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Evening star., 1942-03-04
Inspector General Quits
His Post With R. A. F.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 4.-The Air
Ministry yesterday announced the
retirement March l of Air Chief
Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore, in
Spector general of the Royal Air
Force.
1t said the 57-year-old officer re-
tired at his own request lin order
to accelerate promotion of younger
officers"
His aviation career began in 1911
when he was one of the first four
British naval officers to learn to
fly.
He was air officer commanding
in the Near East from May, 1910
until last July, when he became in
spector general. Prime Minister
Churchill once recalled in the House
of Commons that Sir Arthur pilotec
him on flights before the last war.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Man Held for Grand Jury
In Assault on Howard Dean
3Y the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 4.-R.
D. Fessey, former Davidson County
deputy sheriff, charged with assault
and battery in connection with an
attack on a colored lawyer last
week, yesterday waived a General
Sessions Court hearing and was
bound over to the grand jury un-
der $1,000 bond.
The charges were placed against
Mr.. Fessey after a brief encounter
with Leon A. Ransom, dean of the
Howard University School of Law
in Washington, in the courthouse
corridors last week. Mr.. Ransom
charged Mr. Fessey struck him with
out warning, knocking his glasses
from his face.
The incident occurred during a
hearing in which Mr.. Ransom was
participating as counsel.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Phone Charge Hearings
Are Set for April |

The Federal Communications Com
mission today set April 1 for begin
ming of hearings on the reasonable
ness of charges made by hotels.
apartment houses and clubs in this
city for use of telephone equip
ment.
The hearings will be conducted in
the Offices of the commission in the
new Post Office Building before
Commissioners Paul A. Walker and
Ray C. Wakefield, who have been
designated by the full commission
as a committee to consider the
charges.
Evening star., 1942-03-04

1899 and began employment with
the Civil Service Commission Oc-
tober 7. 1910. He later was appointed
Junior file clerk
Sergt. Ewes resigned from the
commission December II, 1910, and
went to Ontario, where he received
his training with the Canadian Air
Force He had flown for several
years before that time and is said
to have been a licensed pilot.
Acquaintances in Washington re-
called that he had attempted to
enter the Army Air Corps, but had
been rejected because of lack of
college credits.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Japan Reports Units
West of Soerobojo

TOXIC From japanese Broad
casts, March 4 P.-Mechanized
units of the Japanese Army reached
a point west of Soerabaja, main
naval base of Java, this morning
and there clashed with Allied forces
trying desperately to halt the Japa-
nese onslaught" correspondent Of
the newspaper Asahi reported today.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Juvu
Continued From First Page


recoiled in a seemingly powerful
counterattack.
Having first held the Japanese to
a standstill everywhere since Sun
day, the first full day of the in
vasion. the Dutch and their Allies
were disclosed since to have pushed
the enemy back 7 miles in an Of
fensive aimed at sweeping them
into the sea-
If this were accomplished before
the invaders could reorganize their
battered conveys and move back to
Java's shores with a second big ex-
pedition, they would lose a shock
force gauged at from $4,000 to 10000
f1rst-line troops and 80 ships sunk
or knocked out of action. And they
still would have to start over again
from scratch.
Some regarded the success against
the Japanese beachheads as only a
respite, possibly only brief delay
ing action before the japanese could
build up overwhelming power, un-
less reinforcements particularly
nlaneS-arrived oujcklV
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Strict Rubber Control
Decreed in Argentine

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, March A
government decree yesterday estab-
lished strict control over the rub
ber industry under threat of
expropriating available supplies if
necessary.
The decree restricts manufacture
to tires. tubes, shoes. medical sup
plies and articles indispensable to
industry. Informed sources pre-
dicted rationing later.
Argentina produces no rubber
but robber processing is one of the
country'S most important indus
tries.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Italians Report Own Subs
Operating Off U. 5. Coast
3 the Associated Press.

3 the Associated Press.
ROME From Italian Broad
casts, March 4-The italian high
command reported today that Ital-
ian submarines operating off the
coast of the United States have
sunk merchant shipping totaling
27,204 tons.
This was ROme'S first official
claim that its submarines are oper-
ating off the United States coast.
While large number of ships have
been sunk by undersea raiders in
the Western Atlantic, they were be-
lieved to have been German U-boats.
Nazi communiques of U-boat oper-
ations in the Atlantic have made no
mention of Italian submarines.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Wedding Plons Save
jacob Jones Officer
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WESTERLY, r. l., March A.
Wedding plans caused Ensign Dan
lei F. Larkin, jr, U. S. N. r.. OF
Westerly to leave the destroyer
Jacob Jones last Thursday, just two
days before the ship was torpedoed
and sunk.
Ensign Larkin was married yes
terday afternoon at Hewlett, Long
Island, to Miss Judith Freeman OF
Montpelier, VT. They Cancelled a
wedding reception, which had been
planned after the ceremony.
Evening star., 1942-03-04

armed services
to be killed. was
received here
today.
Sergt. Ewes, ac-
cording to the
information, was
killed in action
with the Royal
Canadian Air
Force January
81. He will be
buried in Eng
land.
A native of
Syracuse. N. Y,
n e c a m e to
Washington in
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Toxpuyer Loses Watch

PHILADELPHIA (P). - Edward
Cavanaugh was mighty mad after
he paid his income tax, but it had
nothing to do with Uncle Sam
Some one in the huge crowd JAM
ming the tax office lifted his SIS
gold watch,
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Crew Of Jacob Jones
Drank Hot Coffee as
Ship Was Sinking
II Survivors Remained
Adrift Four Hours
Before Being Picked Up
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAPE MAY, N j., March 4-They
were a very orderly bunch, those
sailors on the Jacob Jones.
Their destroyer's bow was de-
molished by the first torpedo from
an Axis submarine; the stern was
blown to bits by depth bombs set off
by the second, but the men midShip
prepared for the ordeal of the
cold Atlantic by donning three suits
of heavy underwear and downing
hot coffee from soup ladies before
abandoning the United States war
ship Saturday morning off Cape
May
I'VE had good sailors on the
jake said Joseph Paul Tidwell,
%, of Tuscaloosa, Ala, one of the
IL survivors of the ship which may
have had as many as 145 officers
and men.
The water was 38 degrees and
plenty cold. Richard DORIS, 25, of
Brockton, Mass, recalled as he and
other survivors related the story of
the sinking under supervision of
naval officers at the Naval Air Base
yesterday.
Adrift for Four Hours.
Dors said they were at sea four
hours before they were picked up.
A Virginian, John Merget, 26, of
Norfolk, told how he was at the
throttle in the main engine room
when a heavy explosion was fol-
lowed shortly by another.
II lost steam pressure on the en-
gines right away" he related. The
lights went out and then shut the
throttle. The ladder was right by
me- I scooted up topside, discov-
cred I didn't have my life jacket
and ran back after it.
Il jumped in the water and swan
as hard as I could. I was about
rs feet away when the ship sank
and another big explosion took
place. Eventually I got on
the same raft with Tidwell. I could
see two other RATS from where I
was at the time I got on
Another survivor, Thomas Ryan
Moody, %, Of Franklin, KY, told
how he tried to launch a lifeboat,
but found part of the equipment
had been blown away.
so We went back into the boat
to get some coffee" he added.
Il wasn't going to go out in that
cold water without getting some
thing warm in my stomach"
Donned Heavy Underwear.
There wasn't cup around, nor
any cream or milk, but he did find
some sugar and a soup ladle. Three
other sailors were with him.
TT sure hit the spot"
A door was blown off a locker
room and there Moody found heavy
underwear and donned three suits.
Other fellows followed suit.
That's a nice thing about the
Navy" Moody smiled; you get
plenty of heavy underwear"
A coffee companion, George Pan
tell, %, of Struthers, Ohio, said
Moody dished 'em out and we put
'em on
The other survivors, all enlisted
men, were Louis Hollenbeck. 26,
Albion, N. Y; Albert Oberg, %,
Proctor, Vt; John Struthers, II,
Trenton, N. j.; Russell Jacobsen,
40, Eastport, Md, and Woodrow
Albert Roussel, Boston, and Adolph
Ring Storm, believed to be from
Bridgeport, Conn.,, the latter two
hospitalized.
Eleven members of the crew died
while fighting the sea. The others
on the Jacob Jones evidently were
killed in the explosions Among
them presumably was the ships
captain, 1t. Comdr. Hugh David
Black of Oradell, N. j.
Evening star., 1942-03-04
Ex-CiviI Service Worker
Killed in R. T.. 4. F. Action

News of the death in England Of
Sergt. Eden E. Ewes, q, first Of
the approximately 200 Civil Service
Commission employees now in the
Evening star., 1942-03-04

Honorable Hirohito, he hope you
don't buy Defense bonds and
stamps
Evening star., 1942-03-04

For best results: Buy Defense
Bonds and Stamps.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Uncle Ruy's Corner
BY RAMON COFFMAN.

Theaters in the time of Shake
speare had no electric lights and
most OF them were not fitted even
with good oil lamps. Usually the
plays were given in the afternoon,
more or less in the open air.
An odd-looking theater of Shake
speares time was known as the
Globe" 1t had eight sides!
Even though there might be an
open-air space for the stage, the
ater walls were needed to shut off
the play from the eyes of the
outside world. Otherwise people
might not have paid for watching
the actors.
Charges were not high. One old
record tells us that a person had
to pay penny to get into "the
pit" close to the stage. Sometimes
the pit was SO closely packed that
there was standing room only.
Other persons bought gallery seats
and paid 2 or pennies apiece.
After Shakespeare showed that
he could patch up old plays and
make them more popular he was
permitted to write plays Of his own.
The first one he wrote entirely by
himself probably was Loves Labor
Lost Later he prepared from one
to three new plays each year.
AS time went on the plays became
popular with English mobiles and
with the royal family. Shakespeare
was one of three actors who were
rewarded by giving play before
Evening star., 1942-09-09
BY Lillian Cox Athey

the slender razor clam and the mild
oyster.
On finding a large oyster Melon
gena takes a stand close enough for
the victim to clamp tight its doors.
In a short time guests arrive from
every direction. They make a circle
around the oyster and sit it out"
Finally the weary bivalve, in des-
peration, relaXes, and the doors
swing ajar in order that he may
breathe.
This is what the Melongenas have
been waiting for. With swift, con-
certed action, they thrust their long
snouts into the open door. Clamp
goes the door. Naturally, it cannot
close perfectly, and while the actual
feasting is interrupted, the oyster
must relax ever SO often, thus Civ
ing the bandits an opportunity to
reach the muscle The rasping
tongues quickly disable the poor
thing, and the party proceeds with
out further delay. Coon oysters
are Melongena' favorite food.
The giant band shell, a mollusk
of great strength, can and does kill
the carnivorous Melongenas. 1t ap-
proaches swiftly, and, by superior
strength, overpowers it, wrapping
about it the folds of its great foot,
so that the captive cannot move.
No neighbor interferes. Melongena
is as helpless as the oyster she and
her friends consumed.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS,

You cannot always believe your eyes;
You cannot always believe your ears;
The truth quite often you will find;
Is not at all as it appears
Evening star., 1942-09-09

Farmer Browns Boy. "I've climbed
two trees and it is the turn of some
one else now. Besides, that tree Is
too big. It's too far up to the
first branches"
"Oh, come on!" begged another
voice. You know you are the
youngest and spryest and the best
climber. Just try this one. Well
get him this time"
He doesn't dare to. He's afraid"
another voice interrupted, and the
sound of that voice was not at all
pleasant. 1t had the sound of a
sneer, and you know nothing is more
unpleasant sounding than a sneer.
Il do dare to! I dare to climb
any tree in the Green Forest!" The
voice of Farmer Browns Boy
sounded angry. 1t sounded very
angry. No one would have guessed
that he was just pretending.
Then why don't you prove 1t by
Evening star., 1942-09-09
HORIZON

letter from each spell the word
opposite
which 'Letered-Out"
correctly usually find church.
Yesterdays LETTER OUT.
Leter-Out
GENTIAN-INNATE Unborn.
DECOLOR-COOLED
CHATS the fish caught.
% PAINTER-ENTRAP Ca catch
dts his leave).
Evening star., 1942-09-09

climbing this tree?" demanded the
other voice.
Because I've done my share OF
climbing already" retorted Farmer
Browns Boy, and he sounded as II
he meant every word he said.
For a long time that dispute as
to who should climb that tree lasted
Bobby didn't stop to listen to it very
long. 1t gave him just the chance
he had been waiting for, and he
took it. He softly stole out along
branch that reached over to a
hemlock tree and from there he
reached another tree in which was
hollow big enough for him to
squeeze into. Once safely there he
almost chuckled to think how he
had fooled those hunters. You see,
he didn't know that all the time
Farmer Browns Boy had been
watching him and at the time Bobby
was getting from one tree to another
Evening star., 1942-09-09

Queen Elizabeth When King James
I reached the throne he honored the
company of actors and they came
to be called "the Kings men"
The success Shakespeare won by
his acting and by writing plays
brought him a large income Tor
those days. AS soon as possible he
sent money to his father to pay off
family debts and he also bought
a coat of arms for his father.
At the age of 33 he bought house
IN Stratford- n-Avon. This house
was called New Place and is de-
scribed as "one Of the best in STRAIT
ford" The cost was about $3.50 in
our money.
The actor and playwright did not
at that time return to his home
town to live. Instead he kept on
with his great work. He was now
one of the owners of the Globe
Theater and many of his plays were
acted inside it.
The plays he wrote rank as the
most famous of all time. They in
clude Hamlet Macbeth" Romeo
and Juliet" and King Lear" These
plays and others are studied by
millions of students in universities
and high schools.
At the age of As Shakespeare re-
turned to Stratferd-on Avon. He
died there in 1916. at the age of SO.
Although the spelling Shake
SDe2re" is common tcd9V the name
has several other spellings. Among
these were "Shakspere, "Shakspear"
and "Shaxpere.
Evening star., 1942-09-09

Melongena to be found in the warm
seas of both hemispheres, and this
particular one is in the waters Of
Florida and the West Indies.
All the members of the family
construct pear-shaped, solid dark
colored or banded shells. The shell
is usually thick and oblong to fusi-
form, having a canal OF moderate
length. The family, Buccindae, is
large, and each member has an ag-
gressive attitude and carnivorous
habits.
Melongenas may reach length of
5 inches, but most of them are not
quite so hefty. The Whorls of the
shell are decorated with coronal Of
curved, f1attened spines, and the
longitudinal line of growth rises at
the base, forming a secondary row.
These spines resemble a crown,
hence the name. Between the two
rows of splnes there is a beautiful
band OF white on a rich brown or
plush ground color. The surface
is highly polished.
Ihls creature prefers brackish wa
ters where there is an abundance of
clans and their relatives, including
Evening star., 1942-09-09

his wits working every minute If
he would save himself from worse
wounds, or perhaps being killed.
Around the foot of the tree were
gathered the hunters, Bowser the
Hound and another dog. Bowser
and the other dog didn't seem to be
much interested. You see, they
were interested only so long as
they could smell Bobby's tracks,
and since Bobby had taken to
climbing from sone tree to another
like squirrel there were no tracks
to smell So they had stopped bark
ing. and were just waiting around
to find out what their masters were
going to do.
Come on! Hurry up and climb
this tree!" shouted one, as Farmer
Browns Boy dropped to the ground
from the big chestnut tree from
which he had driven Bobby Coon.
Climb 1t YOURSELF" snapped
Evening star., 1942-09-09
BY MiIburn Rosser.
By Art Huhto
BY Harold Groy
Fronk Willard
Will Eisner
<eoton and Glenn Choffin
By Bud Fisher

Farmer Browns Boy had pretended
to be angrier than ever so as to
keep the other hunters from look
ing up.
So, you see, that was case where
Bobby Coon's eyes and ears were
not to be believed, They told him
that Farmer Browns Boy was an
enemy, which wasn't the truth at
all. You know and I know and
Farmer Browns Boy knows that If
it hadn't been for him something
dreadful might have and probably
would have happened to Bobby Coon.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
NATURES CHILDREN
CROWN MELONGENA,
tMelongena Corona),

Few collectors of beautiful sea
shells realize that the empty homes
they are so proud of once belonged
to aggressive fighters. True, it is
seldom man has the opportunity to
witness some of the tactics followed
by the builders of shell shelters.
Recently a perfect Crown Melon
gena came into the possession of a
young student of conchology who
promptly sought an authority to tell
him the life story of Melongena,
1t appears that, at present, there
are about II species in the Genus
Evening star., 1942-09-09
It's Hard to Believe

Spokane: Please settle dispute
Is the word MAP of Anglo-Sa
origin?-H. H.
Answer-Map is from the French
mappe, which is from the Latin
mappa, meaning E. (honor bright)
"a napkin!" Also, it's hard to
believe that the words apron anc
nspery ltable linens) likewise come
from the Latin mappa, but it's true
Send for my new free Spell
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Evening star., 1942-09-09
How Did 1t Stort:o

Los Angeles: Can you tell us how
the expression mot dry behind the
ears" originated?-R. V.
Answer-The expression is said to
have originated among the Dutch of
early Pennsylvania Noticing that
animals just born are promptly
licked dry everywhere but behind
the ears, the Dutch coined the
phrase to designate a mere young
ster. Says De We're 1885: Rustic
maidens, rejecting the attentions OF
youths whom they consider too
young to be of special value as
lovers, are fond Of saying You are
not dry yet behind the ears; you had
better wait"
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Take MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Surprise Word of the Week

Impious, meaning mot pious, ="
more often than not is mispro-
nounced -PIE-uss," pronuncia-
ton that is not sanctioned by any
authority known to me. Be sure to
place the accent on the first syllable,
thus: IM-pee-usS.
A word similarly mispronounced
is IMPOTENT. We hear it often as
"im- POE tent" but, again, the ac-
cent belongs on the first syllable,
thus: poe-t'nt.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
Roid Shelter Economy

Complaint was heard in Sydney,
Australia, that air-raid shelters were
being built out of new bricks when
so many old bricks could be OBJ
tanned by demolition squads.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
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illustrated Ieafiet, Your Body at
Work" send a (3-cenD stamped
self addressed envelope to Uncle
Ray in care of The Evening Star.
Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
EDery Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-09-09

The truth quite often you will find;
Is not at all as it appears.
Up in the top of a big pine tree
in the Green Forest Bobby Coon
was doing his best to keep out of
sight and at the same time to see
what the hunters who were after
him were doing, 1t was very nee
essary that he should know Just
what they were doing in order that
he might know just what to do
himself, He ached and smarted
where three shots from the terrible
gun carried by one of the hunters
had hit him, but he had no time
to think about his wounds now.
He was lucky that they were not
worse. He knew that he must keep
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Arlington County Communities
Former Consul General
At Singapore Is Visitor
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Patton Guests;
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Ide Hosts

Consul General and Mrs. Kenneth
S. Patton. formerly of Singapore
are the guests of their nephew and
niece, Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Corsor
in Golf Manor. Mr.. Pattons new
post will be in Calcutta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth L. Simp-
son have as their guest their daugh-
ter, Mrs. William Engdahl, wife o1
Ensign Engdahl. On Wednesday Mr.
and Mrs. Simpson and their daugh-
ter viii go to Virginia Beach tt
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Simpson
where they will be joined by an.
other daughter, Miss Kay Simpson
of Hampton. At the conclusion OF
their visit Mrs. Simpson will &C
to Florida to visit her son, Mr.
Thomas Simpson, and will also
spend some time in Panama City
Fla, with DR. and Mrs. Cecil Gaines
Mr.. ard Mrs. Robert E. Ide were
hosts last evening to As guests al
an outdoor supper party in the gar
den of their home in Lee Heights
Mr.. ard Mrs. Golden Dagger are
entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Everharc, whose marriage took
place, June 81, in Columbus, Ohio
and are en- route to San Francisco
to make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Allen, jr.
of Richmond and their daughter
Elizabeth Morrell Allen, are visiting
Mrs. Aliens parents, Mr.. and Mrs
William Morrell Stone Mr.. Aller
will return to Richmond tomorrow
while Mrs. Allen will remain for 9
longer visit
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Terrell are
the weekend guests of their SON
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
G. N. Saegmuller, in Warrenton.
Mrs. Edward j. Pierce, with hel
daughters, the Misses Polly anc
Nancy Pierce, have gone to Scituate
Mass, to spend the summer with
Mrs. Pierces parents, Mr.. and Mrs
E. J. Wilder.
Mr.. and Mrs. William P Ames
are entertaining Is guests at a house
party at their country place, HUI
Springs, near Montross, for the week
end.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Robert E. Johnson
have With them for several days
Mrs. Johnsons son, Mr.. G. w
Clarke, Mrs Clarke and their chill
dren, Joan and Billy. of Salem, N. j
Mr.. and Mrs J.. Webster Stevens
accompanied by their son Jimmie
Mrs. Charles Stoneburner and hel
daughter Betty are the weekend
Evening star., 1942-07-05

guests OF Mrs. Stevens mother, Mrs.
J. c. McCallester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashton C. Jones are
spending the week end with rela-
tives in Kenbridge, Va. Tomorrow
they viii 60 to, Newport News to
visit MI. and Mrs. Clarence Porter
Jones. Mr.. Jones will return to
Arlington Tuesday. but Mrs. Jones
will remain until Saturday.
DR.. ard Mrs. Paul E. Quintus,
with their children, Paul and Kath-
crime Quintus, left yesterday for
Mile Lac Lake, Mimi, for the re-
mainder Of the summer.
Mrs. Willard Bradley, with her
daughter, Miss Catherine Bradley,
has returned from visit with rela-
tives in Chicago.
Miss Caroline Moran is spending
a brief vacation with relatives in
Groton, N Y. Miss Moran is the
executive secretary for the Arlington
branch Of the Red Cross.