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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Tanker Destroyer
Also Lost in Pacific
Commanders Tell 700 Yanks Feared
Heroic Last Stand Toll Of Sea Battle

SAN FRANCISCO, April A
QNS).-The commanding officers
of the aircraft tender Langley and
the navy tanker Pecos related i'm
grim detail today how their ships
were ''smothered by a rain Of
japanese bombs" in the Indian
Ocean off Java.
Both men, in a press confer
ence, said it was rather painful
thing to speak of ship that was.
lost and the men who went down
with it,"
The officers are Commander r.
d. Mcconnell of the Langley and
Commander E. p. Abernethy of
the Pecos, a 5,4OO-ton tanker.
CARRIED SURVIVORS
The Langley was sunk February
q, and the Pecos was sent to the
bottom March / while trying to
reach an Australian port with the
Langley's survivors.
Commander Mcconnell said the
Langley was sunk by a formation
of high-fying, land-based Jap
bombers. Here is his story:
THE Langley was engaged I'm
carrying supplies the morning of
February 81 when we were
picked up by a hostile observa-
ton plane. We took steps to
prepare for subsequent action.
About noon approaching
planes were reported and gen.
eral quarters were sounded.
Then fire was opened on the air
craft.
AT HIGH ALTITUDE
"They were high altitude,
horizontal bombers, twin en-
gined, seven I'm one formation
and nine In another so far rs
we could determine as they
few above and through clouds
at $4,000 to $4,000 feet. They
made a series OF approaches to
the ship.
THE first salvo either was
evaded or the bombing was of
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
HELP. KIDNAPPED!

The romance of Miss Kriewall of
1874 Lorraine avenue. Crosse Pointe,
became a police matter when she
left a note in Plymouth gas sta
ton restroom, written on a paper
towel. which gave her name and
address and said:
Send help. Being kidnapped"
She admitted later she wasn't
exactly Kidnapped but at the
moment couldn't think of a better
word when Roland insisted they
drive to Indiana to be married.
Miss KrieWall said:
Roland insisted We get mar
ried right away. saying he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

Like a knight of old, 19-year-old
Roland Will took away his lady
love in his 1910 model charger.
And like the maids of old, his
brunei fiance, Miss Evelyn Krie-
wall. 20, was not too angry with
him.
But-King Arthur's knights
would shudder at the thought
Detroit police stepped in and took
a hand
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

WASHINGTON. April 4 (uPJ
Three American warshipe. ~.
|cluding the aircraft tender Lan1nts
ley, fell victim to sEIrns,d J6p
|nese bombing planes in the Soutl>
west Pacific, but went down viii
their guns blazing to the last, ~
navy communique revealed today.
The 26-year-old Langley, tho
destroyer Pearyl and tho naval
tanker Pecos fell prey TO- Japa-
nese bombers between February
10 and March /. All three fought
back fiercely in glowing demon1l
stration Of. the staunchness and
valor of Americas fighting msn
and fighting ships.
FEAR 100 LOST
Unofficial estimates placed til
loss of life in the. three attacks
at more than 100 officers ana
men. Most Of them died IN IN
sinking of the Pecos, which Wa
carrying survivors of the aircraft
tender.
The Langley. the navys frst
aircraft carrier before its convers
sion five years ago, went down n
the Indian Ocean south Of Jaw
on February 27-not by enemn
action but under the guns Of her
|escorting destroyers.
The Japanese bombers nd
virtually smothered" che lightly
armored 11.o50-ton vessel In han
of bombs. But they failed to sink
it. Desperately wounded. Il wa
shelled to the bottom by American
ships.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
IN THE
NEWS

NNoASh ~ l0fS
Mr.. W. X. Hearst,
Wyntoon.
McCloud, Calf.
Mr.. w. II. Hearst,
TERE Is q little thought for
II Easter. Maybe We have
been attaching too much
importance to earthly, material
things. A little of the faith that
can move mountains might put an
end forever TO the wild ride Of the
Four Horsemen.
Sincerely,
NICK KENNY.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
How to Achieve
Personality
Discussed
Play Up Own Line:
Understanding
Others Bad
Ru DnrnfhM Dir
By Dorothy Dir

A group of young girls ask how
they can develop personality. Well,
the best advice that any one can
give about how to acquire person.
atty is comprised in the slang
phrase. be yourself. 1t is the little
something in you that is different
from other people, the spark of orig
inality, the quirk of smile, the
turns of a phrase, your little habits
and ways that are the very essence
of individuality. They are what set
you apart from the herd. 1t is what
makes people remember you. 1t is
what makes people like you, or
loathe you.
The trouble with most girls is
that they are copycats. They
haven't the courage to be different.
They do not realize that as long as
they dress like every other girl, and
have the same length bob, and say
the same kind Of things, they are
as indistinguishable as peas in a
pod. 1t is only when they have the
gumption to break away from the
mass that they are distinctive.
The excuse that every girl gives
for what she does is that all the girls
are doing it. That is the best reason
in the world for not doing it. In
any group of so girls you would not
notice that As who wore skirts above
their knees and who were smoking
cigarettes in the intervals of apply
ing lipsticks to their mouths. The
five who would stand out in the pic
ture would be the ones who had long
fluffy skirts, who were not smoking
or making up their faces, and who
looked soft and feminine instead of
hard-boiled.
Inasmuch as clothes go such long
way towards making woman, a girl
can do a lot in developing her per-
sonality by her dress. I know one
very commonplace woman about
whom a romantic aura has grown
merely because she always dresses
IN lavender or purple. She has come
to be known as the violet lady" be-
cause she always wears violets and
leaves a Whit of violet perfume in
her wake and uses violet stationary
and is never seen in anything but
a violet frock. -'
If her wardrobe consisted of a
tumble of blues and blacks and
browns and grays and plaids and
stripes in which most of us cIothe
ourselves, nobody would have ever
noticed her second time, but never
wearing anything but one color has
given her distinction.
Another aid in developing person.
atty is dressing your part. On the
stage when an actress wants to get
across to the audience just what
sort OF character the woman is
whom she is depicting she puts on
the clothes that emphasize the
points she wishes to bring out.
Simple white for the innocent young
girl. Sport clothes for the hoyden.
Slinky gowns and long jade ear
rings and ermine wraps for the
vamp Spangles for the adventures.
Alpaca with a skirt 10 inches too
long, and neat white collars and
cuffs for the worthy widow who has
been defrauded by the villain.
The girl who desires to achieve
personality must play up her own
line instead Of understanding an
other girls. Many girls fall into
this error. So my advice to the gin
who wishes to cultivate personality
is just to be yourself. After all,
there is no charm greater than
simple sincerity, and none rarer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
Nj a nnerS
of the
Moment

It's a bit startling to have the
child of your hostess suddenly grab
your pocketbook and start empty
ing its contents on the floor. It's
obviously fun for the child. He CUR
giles and giggles, he boots and hol-
hers. He loves it. The more keys,
iipsticks, powder puffs and pencils
he can shake out of the pocketbook,
the happier he is.
That's splendid. I like to see
hnildren happy.
But not. my dear hostess, at the
expense of my own keys, lipsticks,
powder puffs and pencils. 1 much
prefer to keep them within the
confines Of my pocketbook, right
side up. And I really am rather
partial to the idea of keeping my
pocketbook by my side.
Would you mind explaining this
70 your child, or get him an old
pocketbook from your own bureau
drawer over which he can gurgle?
1t would be appreciated greatly.
JEAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09

pect them to be noisy when quiet
would suit you better. Expect them
to clutter the yard and shove the
living room furniture about. Expect
them to sing and dance and romp
without regard to your desire for
rest and peace, for that is youths
way Of life. 1t must be respected
now more than ever for their OPP
portunities for free expression Of
their pent-up energies has been de-
MED them.
This will annoy you and weary
you past patience if you do not re-
member that 1t is part OF your war
effort. Children are living under
stress and in unusual conditions and
unless we make a special effort to
keep them in sound health they will
become nervous, iu-adjusted, stunt
ed people and we shall have fought
this war is vain though We are VIC
torious over the foreign enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
Dress Up for Dinner
Our 'New.Fashioned' Christmas
Colorful, Cheerful Feast
By Margaref NowelL

line setting OF the Christmas table
That goes on It, years
1ea may be tempered to the times
making the table oveier usual
Color Will damatze the table making glassware
look new and different have heirloom
away bring 1t out and serving dinner
For change from the shining
tablecloth
dishes and repeat the coors which
Plan correate china tablecloth
the family guests
All the and which
other fall flowers pottery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09

around those who enter its aura
In less fowery language, we'll add
that it's not for the ingenue, but
very much in order for the poised
career girl or smart young matron.
Excellent gift suggestions are
those bits of manicure equipment
which are on the must" list of every
well groomed woman. From lavish
and very expensive kits, con-
tanning everything but the proven
bal Kitchen stove" they scale down
to simple sets which hold only the
essentials for lovely nails. Among
the latter is a tricky little container
which looks like a rural mail box
Needless to say, this one is called
a mail box" and contains polish re-
mover, base coat and bottle of
slick enamel. The three bottles are
of a famous brand. the set is COM
pact and useful and the price is
more than right.
Tricky, "gifty" presents are par
ticularly appealing at Christmas,
and among the best are interesting
Jewel tree" with five flacons of
perfumes nesting among its leaves.
Featured. too. is a tiny wood tobog-
gan holding four small bottles of as
many fragrances; a garden cart with
three bottles and pair Of miniature
wooden shoes, each a container for
a facon of perfume. These are but
few Of the very new ideas and all
are as gay and ingenious as they are
f1attering to the recipient.
Also selected for our beauty hit
parade" are such tempting bits of
fluff as Christmas stocking gayly
decorated and concealing a WONDER
full perfume; whimsical Santa
Claus who really is front man" for
busting powder; a Christmas cake,
complete with candle, and a filling
OF bath soap. Other ideas include
rocking horse ridden" by bottle
OF cologne and whale whose gaping
mouth holds huge bar of fine soap.
From the same house are the TOPS"
III fitted daytime and evening bags.
ranging from calf, suede and sim
ulated tortoise shell for street wear
to the most lavish satin, velvet, faille
or orocade purses for evening. Very
new, very smart is the "canteen
bag" completely fitted with make
up essentials and equipped with over
the-shoulder strap. This you NAV
nave in crocodile cowhide or SIM
ulated rawhide. A luxury, but
worth 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09

graduation or It's equivalent, with
preference given to persons now
employed in industry and to those
willing to accept such employment
upon completion Of training. The
course for junior engineers is to
train women and men who have a
bachelors degree from college or
university of recognized standing,
and who wish to qualify for appoint
ment in technical branches of the
Federal service.
The courses will last from II to
Is weeks, with evening sessions two
or three nights each week. The
junior engineer course, however. will
run for q weeks. All classes will be
held in the Engineering Building,
College Park, Md.
Upon completion of the courses,
students will be issued a certificate
of efficiency, and due to the pressing
need for trained workers, they are
practically assured of immediate en-
ployment.
The program OF courses is being
conducted by the University OF
Maryland in cooperation with the
United States Office of Education,
under an appropriation recently
granted by Congress.
Application blanks and all requests
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
Correct Posture
Vital toHealth
And Beauty
Bv Patricia Lindsay

By Patricia Lindsay
1t is amazing how much physical
beauty can be destroyed through
incorrect posture while sitting,
walking or standing. This is
brought to our attention now
through health authorities who
have been concerning themselves
with prevalent absentism in war
plants. Frequent absences are
caused by fatigue and occupational
aches and pains which come from
poor posture while working, and
lack of corrective exercises after
the days work is done.
If you sit slumped at your work,
or while visiting your abdomen
bulges, your chest sinks, your
shoulders round forward and your
head is strained forward because
your spine no longer supports it
adequately. Just imagine what your
figure would be if you permitted
these unhealthy, unlovely curves to
develop chemically!
Your back should be almost as
straight when you are sitting as
when you are standing in good pos
ture. Your shoulder should be back
but relaxed, and your head nicely
poised. If your table or desk Is too
low to permit you to see your work
when you are sitting in good pos
ture, then it should be raised to
meet your hands and eyes.
One should never sit bent forward
from the waist. Gravity should pull
you down as you hold your spine
erectly-and only the thigh and
calf muscles do any work.
For practice try this-which is
splendid exercise evolved by Miss
Dorothy Nye, who gives me permis-
sion to print it: Stand with one
foot slightly ahead of the other near
a straight back chair. Have the
calf of the rear leg against the
chair. Bend your knees, keep your
upper body straight and lower your
self as If you were going to sit down
but don't! When you are almost
on the chair seat, rise again slowly
to standing position. Repeat this
exercise four or five times to get
the feel Of sitting with a straight
body and to strengthen the leg and
thigh muscles you need for doing it.
When at last you do sit down
do not slump. Force yourself to
check your sitting position every
once in a while. Your abdomen Is
pulled in, your shoulders and head
are back, but In easy poise. Good
posture knows no strain!
Your compensations: You will
avoid spreading hips, a double chin,
rounded shoulders, back ache, neck
fpatns and dAbby abdomenl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09

enjoyed at home When it is pos
sible, the older ones can have ping
pong, tennis, croquet, badminton,
swimming. Anybody who owns a
swimming pool will surely share it
this>year with the neighbors' chill
dren.
Cards, checkers, chess, parchesi,
the old lotto games of our childhood
minus the gambling phase, dominoes,
jackstraws, jacks, marbles, kites
and the hosts of family games IA
miliar to most of us are going to do
duty in earnest this year. Gather as
many on the shelves as you can and
combine with the neighbors to build
up game collection. that VIII serve
the group for the season.
Children have to have the COM
partnership of other children in
order to get the best out OF their
play and work hours. No grown per-
son, however loving, can take the
place of the child companion. Don t
try to do that. Make room for the
playmates. Expect the neighbors'
children to visit yours and anoW
yours to go to the neighbors' houses.
Send equipment along and share in
the work the presence of group OF
children entails on somebody. Take
turns in supervising games and par
ties, have tournaments and plays
and parades, and try always to keep
an open, sympathetic attitude to-
ward their doings
This is the time to remember
that children are different from
grown people in all their ways. Elk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09

pTeJJy WIN Ola Olue anu Willie CHINA,
white milk glass and centerpiece of
fruit. Pale green is a delightful
foil for the traditional white, gold
banded china, with brilliant color
introduced in centerpiece of ever
greens and Christmas bells. Smart
idea is to select one of the colors
from the china you are planning to
use and make a tablecloth which
will set it off to the best advantage.
Tarletan, the bright colored mos
quito netting which is SO effective
for Christmas candy bags, is equally
decorative for a table cover. 1t
comes in brilliant colors and costs
but few cents a yard This will
not wash, so you will have to plan
on its effectiveness as part of the
cost of your dinner party. Sheer,
crisp and brightly colored, it will set
off your china and centerpiece in
gay manner.
If you have plain dishes, you
might use length of fruit or flower
patterned glazed chintz running the
full length of your table. Lay this
over white damask cloth and be
sure 1t is effective enough in color
to be decorative. Plan to keep the
center of the table free of other
decoration. Match your fabric colors
In real flowers or fruit and place
them on the four corners of the
table. Place the candles only at the
center of the table. Thrifty part of
this Is that the chintz may be used
for other purposes later, or if 1t is
the permanent glaze chintz it may
be laundered and used again for
party.
This year many things will con-
tribute to make different" Christ
mas. Many of the traditional
goodies" will be impossible to OBJ
tain. Family gatherings will be diff
f1cult to arrange. The idea of bounty
and opulence does not quite fit in
with our national thinking, but this
does not mean that we will NOPE
and forget all about the day. Much
more important would be to make it
different" in an unforgettable way.
Plan a menu according to what
you can get without straining the
budget too heavily. Plan on having
q guest or two to keep up the party
spirit. Serve each course in a new
and interesting way, if possible, and,
best of all, raise the spirits of every
one present by making the scene
Is colorful as possible.
We are in the midst of changing
times. Many of the things we do
now in an emergency will become
the accepted fashion of the next
generation. New ideas in the pres
entation Of food and ways of serving
will be as acceptable as the food
itself. Start on Christmas Day to
make the dinner table at your house
an exciting event of the day. Vary
Its appearance as you do your menu.
As the varieties of food are restrict
ed, make UP for it by thinking up
new ways of serving and by varying
the color scheme and the whole gen.
sral appearance of your table
This may not be an old-fashioned
Yuletide in 1912, but there is no
teason why it shouldn't be a better
-new-fashioned' one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
Biscuit Dough
Wraps Tasty
Treat Filling
& Small Amounts of
Leff0vers Make So.
Good Dish

These days it is not so easy from
the point of view of the housekeeper
to find economical, quick cooking
meats. 1t may be worth while to
purchase a boned shoulder of lamb
or veal or a pot roast of beef and
to cook it during the evening for
use for next days dinner.
1t may also be an economy to buy
a ham butt, for instance, which will
be enough to serve two meals for a
small family.
Even a small roast will usually
furnish enough meat for two meals.
1t is amazing how far the flavor of
even small amount of meat will
go, particularly when combined with
biscuit dough. Diced meat of any
kind, combined with a well-sea-
soned cream sauce to which left
over gravy will, of course, be added,
can be used as filling for short
cake. Even smaller amounts of
meat, including the tiny bits which
can be scraped from the bones,
when combined with gravy or an
oiA1olA anu Call HG
used as filling for dumplings.
The biscuit dough should be rolled
rather thin, cut in squares and
spread with the savory meat mix
ture. The edges of the dough should
be moistened, just as they are for
apple dumplings, and pressed to-
gether before they are baked Extra
sauce or gravy may be served with
the dumplings at the table.
You may like to use leftover pastry
with the same type of filling. but
IN this case the pastry should be
cut into large rounds and the edges
pressed together. turnover style.
Even men who say they don't like
leftovers will usually succumb to
shortcakes, baked dumplings and
turnovers. And if you are not lucky
enough to have any leftovers you
can always use staple dried beef
which, frizzled properly with
creamed sauce, is always so good
with baked potatoes and just as
good when used as a filing for
shortcake.
SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH
HAM.
medium sized potatoes.
salt.
pepper.
2 tablespoons flour.
3 tablespoons butter.
cups milk (about.
l cup diced raw or cooked ham.
Wash and pare potatoes and cut
in very thin slices. Place one third
of the potatoes in creased two-quart
baking dish. Sprinkle with salt, pep
per and one-third of the flour. Dot
with one tablespoon of butter and
sprinkle with ham. Repeat twice.
Pour in enough milk so that it can
be seen through the top layer. Cover
and bake in moderate oven (375 de-
grees Fahrenheit) 80 minutes. Re-
move cover and continue baking
about Is minutes longer until pota-
toes are tender and a brown crust
has formed on the top. Yield: Six
servings.
DREAMED DRIED BEEF.
4 pound sliced drief beef.
4 tablespoons butter.
tablespoons flour.
i teaspoon pepper.
3 cups milk.
Tear beef in pieces. Melt butter
In frying pan. add beef and saute
until light brown. Sprinkle flour and
pepper over beef and blend well.
Add milk slowly. stirring constantly,
and cook over low heat until mix
ture thickens and boils. Serve In
hot dish or on toast o. hot biscuits.
Yisld: Blk ssrvinss. M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
For Feminine Flattery
Novel Presentations in Cosmetics
Are Tops on Santa's Lists
By Helen Vogf

It forget all those silly
youu looking
don't think it's anybodys particular prete
believe that It's definite
And that's give
Christmas gn the hope that
when selecting
Particularly exciting which
the leading
cosmetic houa
choice
sophisticated heady that
this with all the glitter floating
orignaors describe sparkling liquid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
From a Woman's Angle go
University of Maryland Plans Courses
To Train Women for War Jobs-Free
By Betsy CasweH,
Women's News Editor,


older liable
effort in big apply
actual training University Of
Maryland holds the solution problem.
series ttonfree evening training qualify
you for supervisory positions with industries branches Of
Steinberg College
enroll
II they choose.
production processes
time welding hniqu aircraft materials
ton and Junior engineer supplemental
these school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
Keep Children Occupied
Set Regular Schedule but Vary
Form of Their Diversion
By A neeIo Patri

Keep the little occupied They thrive
they know what going happen from hour hour
OF themselves
mealme
become as cratic as their difficult
Little
monotonous variety Their hours planned
but not the kind OF food payme the
but not the story the kind OF rghdes the bed toy that
Set schedule
interesting
rhhms of thought behavior little children
full to them in adolescence.
Provide children