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Evening star., 1942-05-06
By B. ]. McQUAID.

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A NEWFOUNDLAND AIR BASE.
Nobody has figured it out officially,
but it's quite generally believed that
Newfoundland is the only civilized
country in the world in which the
total mileage Of air base runways
exceeds the total highway mileage.
The war is chiefly responsible for
this, but the significance of 1t will
outlive the war. It's a safe bet that
Newfoundland is one of those areas
destined to skip a whole chapter in
the history Of transportation, and
20 on into the air age without ever
having known that modern highway
development which has been so
much q feature of North American
civilization.
One way of estimating what air
travel means to sparsely settled,
poorly developed country like this is
to study the saga Of Group Capt.
Foss, commanding onlcer OF this big
Royal Canadian Air Force patrol and
security base. and his little De Havi-
land Fox-Moth.
The r. c. A. F. found the Fox
Moth here when they moved IN.
Somebody had left it for junk, but
Group Capt. Foss put some mechan-
les to work on it, and soon had 1t IN
flying condition. It is a small. fabric
covered biplane with single 130-
horsepower engine.
Many Mercy Trips.
theoretically, Foss's job Is ad-
lninistrative, but he's an old bush
pilot of the type that just can't bear
to stay on the ground. That ancient
Fox Moth was the answer to his
personal prayer. It has been the
answer to many another prayer.
What Foss has accomplished with
It has made his name renowned
throughout Newfoundland. One of
his specialties is flying out to
remote fishing village or isolated in
terror settlement and ferrying preg-
nant women or acute appendix
cases in here to the base hospital,
which is the only modern hospital
In this part OF tne country. AnOCner
is dropping into incredibly small
clear1ngs to rescue pilots forced
down in the bush or compelled to
bail out of their ships by motor
failure or impossible icing condi-
tions. He has been known on more
than one occasion to set the thing
down in clearings so tight that in
order to get out he has left large
hunks Of wing-fabric trailing behind
in the tops of tall trees. He claims
that the Fox-Moth, which is fitted
for skis and floats as well as wheels,
can land and take OF anywhere in
Newfoundland, and nobody who
knows the story disputes him.
Men of Foss' type are one reason
why the Royal Canadian Air Force
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Deaths Reported

Ida Howgate. So. 1923 e2nd st. NV
Catherine B. Courlay, 81, 1889 Insleside
Herbert Grow. ST. Casualty Hospital.
William D. Skeen, "A, 2400 18th st. NV
Mary Z. Murphy ~, 204 Randolph pl ne
DAVID 8. Stanley, SO, 1869 wyoming ave
ATs. B; JENNINGS. es, St. Eli1abeth's
Aleert sigmund. 81. Doctors Hospital.
Gsorse Jackson, 66, 81. E1izabeth's Hos
sAfly Mauek. "a. earneld Hospital.
Max schvarz. 90. 2722 woodiey pl. nv.
John D. Jones, 56, Walter Reed Hospital
Thomas W. Legsett. 56, s3 New York
Francisco r. Baird, So, Mount Alto Hos
Moliie j. Barrett. 81, 1864 Harvard st. NV.
Bernard G. semones, 46. Walter Reed
vrsinia Rit.enhouse, 80, Doctors Hos
John W. simms. 8s, Doctors Hospital.
Edward p Titus, 33, Galiineer Hospital.
Maria Redd, II, 1905 Q st. NV.
Arthur L. Adams, 20. St. Elizabeth's Hos
M.Tssr.t Dorsey, SO. ISIS Dumbarton
Philip Gross. 81. Veterans Administration
John J. Payne, SO, 442 Ridge st. NV.
Mary c. Harris. As, 1113 4th ST. NV.
James B. Bowman 4s, 1914 Wylie ST. ne.
Hsrie % pers.s, % IS IS. df a.rfi.id Hospissi s9npsfi
Doshi. Mcdowell, 40. Freedmen's HOSPITAL.
Cora Nelson. IS. Gallinser HOSPITAL
JACK Bstie ss. B. o. 4. Gaiiinaer H Hospitai.
Liller Brown, 81, Freedmen's Hospital
Sylvia Blalock. 5, 619 Florida ave. ne.
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Births Reported

Charles and Jean Bovles, boy.
Leland ana Ruth Carter. girl.
xolmsn :d and Po.Ossy G.msn. el.sry sS5 So,
Mafdis and Irene Compton, girl.
Harold and Rebecca Cooksey. boy.
Herbert and Adelaide Crumb, boy.
Aletus and Mabel ElSea, boy.
Ehiiip and Caroline Fairbanks, gifl.
aeor.e enc aae 'iIe Ieonss asnTssh rssi.r s1 airl
ADDISON and Harriet ) diubks. sirl.
SaRe WRs :ad :nd nasl1ie Ess1 oE:sss HOBS. Boz e.,
d dsii ma snd bori. fsah Sdd.'si 5Sdd Iirl f'ri'
Fielding and Kathleen Ktmbah. girl.
E.ymond and LsonaTds. Kusmmsrle, girl
Norris and NarTaret Lowe. firl
John and Margaxet Ma<uire, boy.
CfsiE and Christine Muckle, boy.
Vernon and Helen Nelson, boy;
fdson ana ID Dorothy olds. girl. Wy
Fesl and Mary Pardlni, girl.
Joseph and Virginia Pcpe1oy, twin sirls.
.na anf boaosSs sssaiss Rnsy RPHS.ys .4 fT
John and Beverly Roth, boy.
Solomon and Frieda Ruddel. girl.
Joseph and Ruthe Russell. boy.
S Eo.das aus ana nti Msbei Sini wpiaht, IHa boy.
Charles and Erdean Young, boy.
Marion and Annie BaIksdale, boy.
William and Inez Bledsoe. boy.
John and Rosa Evans, girl.
Ssasi.. snn and 1g: JESSIE suknss Hans.f eos Soy
Gary ana i i3iasbesh Liza dsHt.i Mercep. eG. girl.
Percy and Sophie Monroe. boy.
Jsms. nd ana and 1nses s.1aS ssisIet 0dee' boy
Roosvelt and Patsy Turner. girl
James and Irene Wood, boy.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
n the air over France. the Balkans

In the air over France, the Balkans,
Turkey and Russia-four years Of it.
Now, after the years of peace, :"
such men are back in uniform, doing
important Jobs in both training
and operations. Some are still fly
ing. Mostly they have bald spots
and comfortable layers of avoirdu-
pois. Behind them they have left
families and comfortable jobs. Mills
was for many yeares a top-f1ight
Chicago salesman. But such men
do the least grousing of any one
on station. They seem to have no
complaints or regrets. Nothing ever
gets them down. and they are, of all
the men you meet, the surest of our
eventual victory.
tCopyrisht. 1912. by Chicago Daily
News, Inc)
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Of Calfornians In the "era Of won
derffl1 y1nnSanse~

Of Californians In the "era Of won
derful nonsense"
During the same period Kelly
worked on a different type of ship.
He was then a Royal Canadian
Mounted Policeman, whose mount
was a Coast Guard patrol boat spe-
cially designed to catch up with
fellows like Bud.
Or take flying officers, Alec Pop"
Knight and Fred Mills, bitten
veterans of the First World War,
and typica, of dozens of oldsters to
be found now at training bases and
operational stations throughout the
r. c. A. F. Knight handles the
control tower here, and Mills is
station intelligence officer. Both
have fine chestful of decorations
and a fund of stories, good for pur-
poses of comparison on air fighting
in the last war and this one-if
you can get them to talk They
were together pretty much in the
other show. and saw a great deal
of action. Mills, for instance, fought
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Social Hygiene Society
To Hear Dr.. OverhoIser

Mental Strains in a War-torn
World" will be the subject Of Dr.
Winfred Overholser at the annual
meeting of the District Social Hy-
giene Society at 8 pm. Friday at
the Y. w. c. A., Seventeenth and
K streets NV. Ray H. Everett,
executive secretary Of the society.
will discuss recommendations to
improve the control of vice in Met
ropolitan Washington.
The names of three new appli-
cants and 13 present members will
be submitted by Judge Fay L. Bent
Evening star., 1942-05-06

ley Of the Juvenile Court for mem
bership and reelection into the
society.
DR.. H. H. Hazen, president, has
announced that the society's board
urges that the District Health Of
f1cer and the Director of Public
Welfare be granted wider terri
torial leeway in making staff ad-
ditions in view OF the present scar
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Mothers Duy Fete PIunned

The Rev. James o. West. rector
of Calvary Episcopal Church, will
address the Mothers Day exercises
to be held at st. Annals Home, 2224
N street NV, from 4 to pm.
Sunday.
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city Of trained public health and
welfare personnel.
Chicken Dinner Planned

The Woman's Society of Gorsuch
Church will serve its annual chicken
dinner from 4 to 7:30 pm. tomor-
row at 1l05 Fourth street S.W.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Editor Wants President
To Renounce Fourth Term
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PRESS.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 2S.-Pub-
Usher Ralph Nicholson OF the New
Orleans Item has proposed that
newspapers advocate remuneration
by President Roosevelt Of a fourth
term.
MIR. Nicholson offered list of 10
things he said he thought newspa-
pers should do to increase national
efficiency In the war effort. The
fourth-term suggestion headed the
list.
In an address to the national con-
vention of the National Luorlcat-
Ing Grease Institute, the publisher
said he had noted the new barrage
of sneers and criticism" from Wash
ington against newspapers for their
criticism of the war effort, adding
he had no patience with the view
that because we are in the war
we should shut our eyes and ears
to inefficiency and stupidity"
Other proposals listed by Mr.:
Nicholson were immediate dismissal
of Secretary of Labor Perkins, con-
solidation of all fighting forces un-
der direction of the best qualified
man in the Nation, merging of Ia
Dor unions, increasing OF the war
work week to 48 hours, drafting OF
all civilians for whatever work need
ed, Government taxing of war prof
its, elimination of all unnecessary
bureaus, activities and expenditures,
a guarantee of freedom at once to
subject peoples of all nations and
seizure of all French territory wher-
ever possible throughout the world.
Evening star., 1942-10-28

wise seems intent on doing. by mis-
using the laws of the land to pro-
mote the welfare Of newspapers
which are favorable to the admin
istration and to punish those which
are not.
The Associated Press neither has,
nor has it ever attempted to have,
monopoly of news sources. 1t asks
for its members only the exclusive
right to the news which it develops
from those sources. In doing so it
is harming no one.
Rochester IN. W Democrat and
Chronicle-The essence of the As
sociated Press reply to the Gov
ernment's suit is the associa-
tons denial that it is COM
mercial business and its declaration
that IF members were deprived of
their right to choose their associ-
ates in the cooperative enterprise
=" the assurance of an impartial
and unbiased news report no longer
would exist
The essence OF press freedom Is
freedom from any sort of govern
ment control. The Supreme Court
of the United States in the Mime
sofa case did mean that in
their task of gathering and present.
ing news, and in giving their opin-
ions and those of others, newspapers
should be unhampered and uncon-
trolled except by public opinion as
expressed by their subscribers. If
the Associated Press, because of its
policies of organization, the care it
takes in electing new members, gives
the best news coverage, it does not
monopolize the field
Waterbury (Conn.) American
There is a weight of meaning in
that wogd>Sreliability" in the news
Above an other values, that stands
/ first, and in it the Associated Press
has built reputation that has won
respect. Well does it point out that
if its members could no longer pick
their associates, who not only re-
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Editors See Dire Threat to Freedom Of Press
In Suit by Government Against A. P.

ceive the news from their fellows but
in turn report back to their fellows,
the asset OF reliability would be
tarnished If not obliterated.
Palatka tFla.) Daily News-Tt is
not too much to say that if the Gov
ernrncnt were successful in its suit
against the Associated Press, that
within a short time the canned re-
leases OF Washington bureaus which
now plague the copy desks of the Ma
ton, would be loaded on its wires as
Washington news report and the
enlightened public opinion would
cease to exist.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
BY the Associated Press.

Editorial comment on the answer
of the Associated Press to the Fed
eral antitrust suit, includes:
New York Times: The Associated
Press is mutual cooperative asso-
citation of 1,245 members who are
owners of newspapers. 1t is CO.
operative agency in the truest sense.
1t makes no money, pays no divi-
dends. On the contrary, its indi-
vidual members are assessed for the
cost of gathering and distributing
the news with which they are sup
piled. If this news is honest news
meeting, in the words of Mr. Arnold's
own bill of complaint, 'the highest
standards of accurate, nonpartiSan
and comprehensive news-reporting"
it is fundamentally because of the
cooperative nature of this enter
prise.
Mr.. Arnold's suit has been brought
in circumstances which are in them
selves unusual, to say the least. II
he succeeds with his suit, he can
effectively destroy the cooperative
character of the Associated Press.
But, in so doing, he will do a great
disservice to the accurate, nom
partisan and comprehensive" report
ing of the news which he now ap-
plauds.
Baltimore Sun: The Associated
Press can point out, and does, that
it has been carrying on its work IN
almost precisely the present manner
for AZ years, without challenge by
the Government. 1t can point out,
and does, that in the only official
opinion ever rendered-that of At
torney General Gregory, in 1915
the A. P, was specifically and COM
pletely absorbed of violation OF the
antitrust laws. 1t can and does
attack the good faith of the lnstlga-
tors of this action.
Cleveland Plain Dealer-The
answer filed by the Associated
Press to the antitrust suit brought
against it by the United States Gov
ernment is an eloquent de-
fense of the American public's right
to be served by free press which
has both the incentive and the abll-
ity to provide thorough and un'
biased coverage of the news.
There are other ways than by
direct suppression of newspapers tol
free government to undermine ane
destroy the free press. Il
could be brought about, as the Gov
eminent now inadvertently or other
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Cuba's Police Chief
Will Be Honored
AT Dinner Tonight
Gen. Manuel Renitez
To Be Guest of FBl
Police Academy

Gen. Manuel Benitez, chief OF
Cuba's police, who arrived in Wash
ingtone Sunday to study the FB1s
methods Of crime detection, partic-
ulariy in sabotage and espionage
cases, will be the guest of the FB1
National Police Academy at dinner
at the Mayflower Hotel tonight.
The first Cuban police officer to
visit this country as the guest of the
United States Government, Gen.
Benitez, a 32-year-old Army officer,
has been active in recent months in
the drive against Axis agents in
Cuba. He directed the investigation
which led to the arrest on August
81 of Heinz August Lunlng, Key
figure in an espionage organization
transmitting information on ship
movements to Axis submarines.
Luning was sentenced to death as
spy, and the sentence will be carried
out next week.
Gen. Benitez's conferences with
Director J. Edgar Hoover and other
FBI officials this week are expected
to result in even closer cooperation
between the two governments IN the
campaign against Axis espionage
agents and in other law enforce
ment problems common to the two
countries.
Gen. Benitez was scheduled to
visit the FBI training center at
Quantico today. On Monday and
Yesterday he visited FBI headquar-
ters at the Justice Department.
studying at first hand its techniques
of crime detection On Saturday
he will attend the graduation eXer-
cises of the goth session of the
National Police Academy at the
Departmental Auditorium. Before
returning to Cuba he is planning a
short visit to New York City.
Tonights dinner will be ATTENDED
bv members of the National Police
Academy. Mr.. Hoover and his prln-
cipal aides.
Accompanying Gen. Benitez IN MS
visit to Washington are Maj. Antonio
S. Velasco. his aide; Capt. Mariana
FACET. chief of the Cuban Bureau
of Investigation: DR.. Israel Castel'
lanos, fingerprint expert and CHIEF
of the Identification division, ane
Mai. Carlos Govea.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
GuutemuIu Rood Approved

GUATEMALA CITY, Oct. % tP).
President Jorge Ubico yesterday
approved an agreement signed by
Guatemala and the United States
October IA for building a military
road through this country. The
United States Government is pro-
viding 100000 for the project.
Evening star., 1942-10-28

The war we're in is the war tt
win! Buy War bonds!
Evening star., 1942-12-20

backer. He is back and I think
there is more of him now than
there was before"
Then, turning to the flyer, he
declared, Capt. Rickenbacker, take
the chair
Speaking slowly and gradually
warming up TO his subject. Capt.
Rickenbacker expressed gratitude
for the personal interest shown
in his case and the confidence" in
stllled in his wife and family in
the eventual outcome"
Tells of Companions.
Early he mentioned Col Hans
c. Adamson of Washington. who
was brought here in the Ricken-
hacker plane. OH stretcher. and
was taken to Walter Reed Hospital.
He mentioned also the young Polish
soldier, Sergt. Alexander T. Kacz-
marczyk. who died from drinking
sea water, from poisoning and star
vatlon. Capt. Rickenbacker had
held him in his arms, cuddling
him like mother" trying to protect
him with the warmth of his own
body for two nights.
Col. Adamson is still quite a sick
man because of the many things
he went through" Capt. Ricken-
hacker said.
He had suffered a sprained back
10 begin with, when the Bit went
into trough of the sea and landed
up against big swell.
Not only did he have a bad time
during the 81 days, but on his ar
rival in the Samoan Islands, he
showed up with a very bad case
OF diabetes" Capt. Rickenba cker
explained. The hospital had no
lnsulin. but doctor who was
dlabetic, happened to come in that
same day with supply, and he
saved the situation.
Then Col, Adamson developed
pneumonia, I'VE almost lost him
again. Capt. Picl1enbacker said
During the nett 10 days Col. Ad-
amson developed lung trouble and
had to be operated CT. 1T was
unbelievable Capt. Rickenbacker
said of his recovery.
He is now in Walter Reed Hos
pital and in good hands. I am
certain that, being back in Wash
lngton among his friends and fam
lily. within six weeks or two months
he Will have recuperated and be-
come normal again"
The vital Rickenbacker had
bounced back" two weeks after his
own ordeal, The flyer and his wife
returned to New York late TODAY.
where they were greeted by Mayor
F. H. La Guardia and large crowd.
Capt. Rickenbacker is scheduled
to appear OH the Army Hour radio
program this afternoon.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

ously and constantly, and in my
opinion If 1t wasn't for the fact that
they are having that stimulus-suc-
cesses in combat-they could not
possibly last physically or mentally
very long. But due to the great
stimulus of winning and the success
they have had, they are all happy
and anxious to keep going
One thing we need above every
thing else is more and more-after
seeing these boys in the air and on
the ground. working as they are, "a
hours the clock around in the most
unbelievable living conditions, 1
have come to the conclusion that If
your brought combat troop back
to America, If you could overnight.
and transfer them and put them
into the factories and transfer the
present war workers out into their
position, you would have your pro-
duction doubled in 3O-days' time.
I mean that! l
Home Front Urged
To Speed Production.
If only We could get the American
people to realize that by even a small
amount of additional effort to bring,
to increase production of planes and
equipment, ships, to get them their
supplies, ammunition. guns, gasoline
we will have served great purpose.
The cries and objections to being
rationed on rubber and gasoline
seem so insignificant and ridiculous
when We see what those boys haven't
got. l couldn't help but think of the
fact that the old rubber in an old
rubber tire was sufficient to make
up two or three of the type of RATS
that We were in, and if people only
knew that the saving of one old rub
Der tire makes it possible to pro-
duce one of those RATS which might
be responsible, as it has been in
our case OF saving seven men, they
might take it more seriously.
They might not worry so much
about whether they had their auto
mobiles on week ends or whether
they had to walk or ride the street.
car or subway, because those of us
on the home front must remember
that we are 5000 to 5000 miles
away from all of these hell-holes of
fire. 1t is difficult for man to
imagine what our boys are doing
without seeing, but with all the Sc
curity and comforts of home we
are enjoying. I hope that they will
resolve to do even better.
I hope that the trip. what hard
ships we had to accept or endure
might prove to be a lesson to the
people back home in the stimulus to
drive them on to greater peak, be-
cause without their effort and the
material they are producing, our
boys can't do the job they are so
willing and anxious to do in the four
corners of the world.
l have been talking a long time,
Mr.. Secretary. l am very grateful.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

| MacNider, while leading one of his
patrols during the night, had been
hit by splinters from a hand gre
made and was evacuated back to a
hospital at Brisbane. l went to see
him and found him the typical Jack
that he always has been. not Sc
riously wounded and on his way to
recovery. He had splinter in one
eve, but they were able to relieve
him of that.
He said that he had never found
any ground troops, any harder
combat troops than the Japanese
were. They just had no regard for
their lives and they would not be
taken prisoners. If you want them
you had to kill them. and I say to
you very frankly our boys are learn
ing very rapidly how to do that lob
and they are doing it we'll.
Found Gaudalcanal
Real He'll Hole
| knew of certain things that were
gong to happen. that have since
shown up in results. l came back
and went up to Gaudalcanal. They
wouldn't let me in with my ship:
l had to go up with a combat crew
IN a Bit and there found a real
hell-hole Of mud and corruption.
II only our people back home could
know what those boys are doing for
us and for future generations, I
think we would take this war much
more seriously.
Ihe alrmen are doing the same
JOB, and both the Navy boys and the
Army boys are blasting enemy ships,
shooting zeros out of the air at a
rate of about and 5 for l.,
and the Bits are bringing down
somewhere between 9 and 10 for |.
They are destroying tremendous
amount Of shipping and japanese
man-o'-War cruisers and destrovers.
The difficulties in and under which
our boys are operating in the air
make 1t serious from a health angle,
certain things that cannot be over
come. 1t has to be GCne. it is war.
Tney are fighting malaria very seri-