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Evening star., 1942-10-15
Personnel Probe

ISVl1IISI bOOS
The personnel inquiry which the
House Civil Service Committee plans
to start next week is an undertaking
for which there is real need. Chair
man Ramspeck has made 1t plain
that the sole aim of his committee
is to promote eff1ciency-not a
smear" campaign. That was to be
expected, and, conducted on such a
level, the study can be exceedingly
helpful.
Employment policies generally will
come under the committees scru-
tiny. Reports have been widespread
that the war agencies are over
stated, and that as the result Of
incompetent supervision the skills Of
employees in countless instances are
not being utilized to the fullest
advantage. Recently the Civil Service
Commission bluntly told Congress
that thousands OF Federal employees
are working below their highest
skills. Thousands of Federal en-
ployes are using their highest skills
for very small percentage of the
working day. This is a waste of
manpower at time when the coun-
try can ill-afford to indulge in such
practices" Charges OF this sort,
from responsible quarter, call for
the attention the committee is
equipped to give them.
While the Ramspeck resolution OF
inquiry was before the House Rules
Committee for approval, interest
was aroused by statements that the
War Department now has more than
100000 civilian employees with a
payroll greater than the Army. No
figures were given, and the fact that
the Army outnumbers the civilian
force nearly four to one would tend
to cast doubt on the payroll COM
parison, despite salary differences in
the lower ranges of the two groups.
The civil force however is far out of
line with that of the first World
War, although there were 1000 900
men under arms then, and, accord
ing to Secretary Stimson, 4,25O,0O0
now. At the present level Of 1000
employees, the War Department is
using 100000 more than were required
to operate the entire Government in
1918. 1t likewise accounts for nearly
half the total in all executive agen-
cies at present. Peak employment in
the department locally in 1918 was
37,400, as compared with approxi-
mately $4,000 now. Data are lacking
on the field peak OF the first World
War, but 1t stood at $4,000 six
months after the war ended.
But neither the War Department
nor any other unit is to be pre-
judged. Administrative officers have
had their troubles in attempting to
whip unframed stats into eficient
organizations, and mistakes were
bound to occur. The committee
probably will be less interested in
honest errors of judgment, than in
the efforts made to correct them.
The committee no doubt will
concern itself with other than the
war agencies, however, to ascertain
whether units having little or no
connection with the war effort can
be switched to more important
duties. Some results along this line
already have been obtained through
the transfer plan put into, effect by
President Roosevelt several months
ago, but the possibilities have been
far from exhausted. With shortages
in many types Of employment, this
Is a source of manpower that can
L.
Evening star., 1942-10-15

@. Did Marshal Shaposhnikon serve
In the first World War?-B l.. v.
A. He was an officer In the Cars
army, having graduated from the Mos
COW Military School. During the war
he became colonel and received several
decorations for bravery.
@. When did Hector Berlioz write his
dramatic symphony, Romeo and Juliet"2
p. X.
A. The symphony was completed In
September, 1889, after less than eight
months work.
Q. What does the word Gospel"
mean?-N. E. N.
A. Gospel means good tidings" and
Is used In the New Testament for the
contents of the message given by Jesus
Christ to the world. In Romans 1915
"the gospel" Is used as referring to the
message Of the Old Testament prophets.
@. When did Thomas Cook inaugu-
rate his tours?-B. r. E.
A. This English travel agent per-
suaded the Midland Counties Railway
Co. to run special train to temper
ance meeting on July 8, 1841. In 1855
he arranged an excursion to the Paris
Exposition and the following year saw
the first grand circular tour In Europe.
@. I note that one of your answers
stated that Missouri was bounded by
more States than any other. I believe
that Tennessee shares this honor with
Missouri Will you please check on this?
*. NICK.
A. You are right. Both Missouri and
Tennessee are bounded by eight States
as follows: Missouri by Iowa, Illinois.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Okla
homa, Kansas and Nebraska: Tennessee
by Virginia, Kentucky North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Missouri.
Q. Is there more than one song called
THE Londonderry Air"?-T. T. D.
A. Many settings have been made Of
this ancient Irish melody, the best known
being Danny Boy" by Weatherly, and
Would God I Were a Tender Apple
Blossom" by Fisher. Many authorities
believe that the music was originally
used for an old Gaelic song known as
Farewell to Cucullain."
Q. What race of people are the So
called Redbones of Southeastern United
States?-C. F. A.
A. Redbones is applied to distinct
ethnic group representing q fusion of
Indian, Spanish, French and Negro
bloods, and so called because of their
odd, transparently tinted dusky skins.
These people, found in Central and
Southwest Louisiana, generally occupy
an intermediate social status being more
privileged than Negroes but less privi-
legged than whites.
@. Which of the pictures in the Ma.
tional Gallery OF Art were the most ex-
pensive to buy?-R. B. D.
A. The price paid for Raphael's Alba
Madonna was $1,166, 400. Others which
cost commensurately large sums include
Botticelli's Alteration Of the Magi."
Raphael's "Niccolini- -Cowper Madonna"
Rembrandt's "Self-Portrait," Titian's
Venus With a Mirror" Jan van Eyck's
"Annunciation" and Reynolds Lady
Compton"
Q. What is the correct spelling Of the
river In New England which Is given
both as Merrimac and Merrimack?-
T. r. Z.
A. According to = decision Of the
Board Of Geographical Names, the cor
rect spelling Of the name is Merrimack.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Letters to the Editor.

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Oriter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerDes
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
a Die1o to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Holds Promise Of Punishment
OF Axis Leaders Is Good Tidinrs.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The statements by President Roosevelt
and others that those Axis individuals
who have perpetrated atrocities are to
be prosecuted and punished, is the best
news for many day. 1t is said crime
does not pay. 1t is up to the world to
prove that aggression-and especially
savagery-not only does not pay, but
costs, and costs high.
VIM. BROSS LLOYD.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Proposes Exhibition
OF Zero" at Treasury.

Proposes Exhibition
OF Zero" at Treasury.
To the Editor Of The Star:
So we are going to have Zero visitor!
After 1t has served It's purpose at Ana
costa. why not capitalize on it for de-
fense?
Let's Side show" it at the Treasury
and make War bonds the price of admis-
sion. Children: One 25-cent War stamp:
charge for touching the ship"-one
stamp. I want the first ticket.
F. C.. BELL.
Evening star., 1942-10-15
Protests Against Neglect
OF Cars Exposed to Weather.

It seems to me that the person in
charge who has permitted thousands Of
new cars to stand out in open lots all
these months is guilty Of criminal negli-
gence and some action should be taken
to stop 1t Immediately.
If 1t is impossible to find inside storage
space, which doubt, at least the wheels
could be taken Of and put inside the
cars and many thousands Of good tires
would not b lsft to rot ca the ground.
j. ". 0I9Q(.
Evening star., 1942-10-15

mankind, her patriotism, and her coun-
try. This nameless soldier died that he
might be true to some secret spark
within his soul. Just possibly We can
hope that there are other soldiers like
him in Germany today.
CAROLINE SHERMAN.
Evening star., 1942-10-15

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herein also are reserved
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Household Helps-Housecleaning-

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the bugbear of every housewife-can
be simplified almost unbelievably by
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set forth in this booklet. New ideas
on decoration, painting, household
utilities, floors, carpets and furniture
are included-it Is really household
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Q. What is the correct spelling Of tho
river In New England which Is given
both as Merrimac and Merrimack7-
r. r. Z.
A. According to = decision Of the
Board Of Geographical Names, the cor
rect spelling Of the name is Merrimack.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05

states, that these foundation teeth
be preserved as they perform cer-
tain necessary functions. They aid
mastication, maintain space for per-
manent teeth and, more important,
they are necessary to the health Of
the child.
Calling a good set Of teeth a
source of pride and happiness. Miss
Hoss says that infected, nnclean
teeth and diseased gums, pronounc-
ed malocclusion and poorly SHAPED
jaws lessen the young persons chance
in the world.
''If our children today profit from
these young men who were rejected
for military service due to their
teeth" she declares, 1--WE must teach
habits of brushing, proper diet, per
iodic dental examinations and cor
rections as a means of good mouth
hygiene.
"Let us remember today" she
says ,"Uncle Sans needs for heal
thy teeth tomorrow.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05
Dental Hygiene Is
Important; Nearly
70 Percent Rejected

Pre-war Selective Service exam
nations show 1875 per cent Of the
men examined rejected for teeth
according to Miss Martha Hoss,
dental hygienist with the Kinds
County Health Department, who calls
the condition distressing. Declar-
ing that recruits are required to
have only twelve serviceable teeth,
six above and six below, which must
meet, Miss Hoss says that even with
this low qualification, one in five
could not pass, dentally speaking.
This information paints a vivid
picture, she states, as to the mouths
Of our younger men. eff the hazards
of this situation are realized, them"
she declares. we must work toward
correction with our small children
today We must train our children at
an early age in good mouth hygiene
habits in order to elm )1ate these
terrible defects later on when the
children of today are the citizens Of
tomorrow
The dental hygienist recommends
that the child be taken to the dem
list at the early age of two-and-one-
half years. 1t is most important, she
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05
Western Union Sells
u. ). Defense Stamps

To aid the Government in selling
United States Defense Savings
Stamps, Western Union is placing
these stamps or sale at 5000 public
telegraph offices throughout the
United States. Local employees of
Western Union have been instructed
in the sale of the stamps and have
indicated their enthusiastic coopera-
ton, it was announced by Mrs. P. B.
Traweek, local manager Of the tele-
graph company. The stamps will be
sold in denominations of 10, 25 and
so cents.
Secretary of the Treasury, Nor
genthau, expressed his appreciation
of this action by the Telegraph Com
pany in the following telegram to
President A. N. Williams of Western
Union: I'VE at the Treasury Depart
ment are very pleased to learn that
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany is placing Defense Stamps on
sale at its 5000 offices and also that
your company has instituted the pay
roll savings plan for Western Union
employees. The opening of all your
outlets for stamps sales will be a
major contribution to the defense
savings effort and will greatly assist
us in our program to stimulate re-
gular bond and stamp purchases by
Americans everywhere"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05
Tax Stamps Must
Be Displayed

| JACKSON, Jan 27.-Motor vehicle
owners who are required under the
RAnsnue Act Of l94l to purchase
tax stamps may. enter the engine
| numbers of their vehicles on their
stamps, according to instructions re-
ceived by Eugene Fly, Collector OF
Internal Revenue, from the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue in Wash
ngton. Mr.. Fly stated that other
reasonable measures to prevent re-
moval or theft of stamps when once
affixed to wind-shields of motor We
hicles should also be adopted, and
that many purchasers of stamps al
ready were taking steps to insure
against theft by writing their names
across the face of the stamps.
"Regulations to be issued by the
bureau Of Internal Revenue cover
ing the location Of the use tax
stamp on motor vehicle said Mr..
Fly. "Will be substantially as fol-
lows:
"The tax stamp issued to the tax
paver shall be posted on the vehicle
for which it was issued in such a
manner as to be readily visible for
inspection. Where permitted by To-
cal law or regulation the tax STAMP
shall be posted at such place or
the windshield of the vehicle as Is
designated by local motor vehicle au
thorities. Where the vehicle has M
windshield, the tax stamp shall o'
posted in some appropriate place OF
the vehicle
with respect to the State OF MIS-
s;ss;ppi. the stamp should be at
f;xed in the lower right hand corne
of the inside of the windshield.
The price Of the stamps for .moto
veh,cles in used uring the month o
February is 5000 for the remainde
of the fiscal year ending June ~
1eA2 Since February falls OF
sunday. stamps must be purchased
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05
Nitrate Fertilizers Are
Scarce Al Present Time

The fact that a very small quain-
tity of nitrate fertilizers have been
available to farmers this season has
caused considerable anxieties by
many.
The best information on the move
ment of these fertilizers into the
channels of trade for agriculture is
that farmers will have available for
their use this season approximately
rs per cent as much Cyanamld as
in 1941 and about 80 per cent as
much Nitrate of Soda More Sui
phate of Ammonia has been pro-
duced the past year than usual but
this material has been purchased by
mixing plants and is not available,
as Sulphate of Ammonia, at reason
able prices.
In the past years the farmers OF
this country used approximately
100000 tons of Chilean Nitrate. At
the present time 100000 tons have
reached ports of this country, IA
600 tons are considered safe, since
his shipment has passed the Canal
Zone, $4,000 are enroute and boats
have been promised for shipment
for $4,000 tons. 1t is believed that
some of these shipments will pro-
Badly reach United States ports al
late as June 1st. Of course, materials
reaching us that late will necessari-
ly be used for side dressing crops.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05
Compensation Law
Sought For Workmen
Move Announced
For Duration
OF The War

JACKSON, Jan. 28.--Strong sup
port for enactment of Workman
Compensation act was given this week
by the Legislative and Policy Com
mittee of the State Rural Electrifi-
cation Authority representing all as
sociations operating in Mississippi.
Announcing action of the group,
Senator Evon Ford of Taylorsville,
chairman of the State r. f. A., said
that mississippi needs, and needs
badly, at this time a Workman's
Compensation law
"The state is being penalized in
many ways for failure to have such
a statute, and the sooner we put
one on the statute books the better
off the state will be-" Senator Ford
said. Certainly, AZ states cannot
be wrong and Mississippi right on this
vital ISSUE"
''This program should, and | feel
sure has, the support Of labor, indus
try and business generally" he said.
II am confident it will be passed at
this session and thereby remove Mis-
sissippi as the lone state without such
program for benefit Of its citi-
zens."
Representatives of the affiliated
r. f. A. associations went on record
as favoring the law because of its
need for both labor and industry.
Members of the associations are
contracting their legislators urging
them to back the program.
A bill seeking to blot out Missis-
sippi as the lone non-compensation
state has been introduced in the
House by several members
The bill meets all the require
ments Of all groups for being fair
and equitable. 1t provides an addi-
tional safeguard to the workmen by
having it administered by the cir
cult courts. Benefits up to 65 per
cent of the weekly earnings are pro-
vided, as well as a maximum death
benefit of $1,000.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05

nlane f5m Miami where he ad-
dressed he annual Conference Of
Southet Governors and was met
at the 1apital City airport by .
delegabn of business and civic
Leaders Reading from left to
right. hose in the photo above
are: representative Thomas Reed.
kof Nachez: Dr. r. r. Stoker. .
m a m)er of Mr.. LeTourneau's
party: Les NJ. Taylor. general
sales manager. Mississippi Power
& LIMIT Company, whose indus
trial evelopment division. in CO.
operaion with state and municipal
authoities, is seeking to interest
Mr.. lie Tourneau in locating his
next slant in this state; Mr.. Lee
Tourreau; Secretary OF state
Walker Wood; Major w. E. Hol-
comb representing Governor Paul
B. Johnson, and Col. R. M. Heder-
man. IT., Business Manager, jack
SON Chrion-Ledger. Picture on the
left shows Governor johnson
greeting Mr.. LeTourneau.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05
Tie
Sa1ts 4.sld ott;s.*
Ssya

With no desire for calamity how
ling, it is my duty to acquaint the
people Of Mississippi with infantile
paralysis prospects for 1912.
Infantile paralysis travels west
each year. In 1910 Alabama, Georgia
and Florida each had about $50
cases. In 1941, the year following,
they had ten times as many. In 194l
we had 154 cases in Mississippi.
Whereas poliomyelitis was an i'll wind
blowing through out state last year,
indications are that it will be veri-
table storm this year.
In order to be more adequately
prepared for this emergency which
we must, by all previous experience,
expect, plans to raise money for cpl
demic measures of control are now
going forward in local chapters of
the National Foundation for lnfan-
tile Paralysis. These exist in every
county of the State. Plans of cele-
brating the Presidents Diamond Jub-
lice Birthday include dinners, con-
certs, plays, church festivals, and
dances. Other Embarrassing plans in
clude the March of Dimes, sale Of
Birthday Buttons, use of birthday
scrolls. and coin collectors.
The success of the campaign to
raise money this year depends large
ly on good organization and the eff
forts of celebration chairmen and
committees. The people of Mississip-
pi VIII not let crippled children down
if given an opportunity to contribute
Every man, woman, and child should
be given this chance.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05
HAVE OWN NEWSPAPER

U. S. Marines at Midway Island
have their own newspaper, the "Cor-
al Reef, edited by George A. LAWS
Bird, former University Of Minnesota
student who Joined the Marine Corps
as radio and telegraph operator.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05

not later than February 2 to avoid
penalty for delinquency.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-05

that he intended to build the next
and greatest plant in the South
Regarding the war, the Industrial
list warned that America must ad-
journ politics, halt monkey bust
ness" and settle down to the grim
task of whipping the greatest
military machine the world has
ever seen. Following his Jackson
address. Mr.. LeTourneau went to
Natchez where he spoke at the
annual meeting of the Association
OF Commerce. Mr.. LeTourneau
flew to Jackson in his private
Evening star., 1942-05-03
PRIORITIES
By the Right Reu James T. Freeman, D. d. L. D. D. C. l.,
Bishop OF Washington.

kingdom Of God and to make 1t effective
and operative here on earth was not the
dream of a visionary 1t was the pro-
nouncement of one who penetrated the
depths OF mans needs and saw that
without better regulated and ordered
way of life, the conditions of life would
become increasingly hard and desperate.
We are witnessing terrible demon
stration OF this in our modern world.
We have reached stage where all the
conceits and wisdom of men, all their
boasted genius and prowesS are proving
of little worth. Our democratic system
has in it elements that were born out of
Christ's plan of life. Here in America
men of excelling gifts set up what they
conceived to be a system. designed for
the general good of all who shared its
privileges. 1t had great promise, and
from it sprang a people that have pros
pered above their fellows. It's freedoms
were without limitation, saving those
limitations that have to do with an
ordered and orderly way of life. Days of
rich prosperity and unparalleled advance
marked Americas progress, and it has
become the most favored OF nations. All
seemed we'll with us. but we were found
wanting in one essential an essential
that was basic; we showed a sharp de-
cline in those strong moral and spiritual
qualities that had characterized our
earlier and less prosperous days. We
were sufficient unto ourselves. We sought
to demonstrate our capacity to build our
mighty fabric because We had the skills
and the gifts to do So We exalted cul-
ture and the refinements of life to new
levels, and we thought we had sufficient
world.
The kingdom of God ceased to be a
priority 1t became a matter of conven-
fence, to be reckoned with at our pleas
ure. Domestic and social ways and
practices underwent great changes, and
day Of worship became a day of indul-
gences, in which reverence for sacred
things had no place. The most cursory
study of our life reveals these inconsiSt-
encies. Now new test is upon us and we
readily invoke the God who has made
and preserved us nation Are we pre-
pared to reckon with Christ's priorities?
Are we ready to return to ways that in
other days made us strong? The test is
on, and our fitness to survive has to be
proved God Is not mocked and what
soever nation soweth, that shall it also
reap"
Evening star., 1942-05-03
A Tithe for Victory

AS the fifth of seven points con-
Stituting his program for combating
rising living costs and financing the
war, the President said. I'VE must
put more billions into War bonds"
A day or so later Secretary Morgen-
thau came forward with the details
of what the Government hopes to
accomplish in this respect. Every
county of the Nation has been as
signed a definite quota. The total
for the Nation is billion dollars a
month. And while this means a
doubling of the current rate of bond
sales, 1t means more than that as
far as the average citizen is con-
cerned. For the sum and substance
of the plan is to obtain, from each
wage Garner, voluntary purchase
of bonds amounting to 10 per cent
of earnings.
The money to be raised by this
program is essential to the war pro-
gram. 1t would accomplish two OBJ
jectives: First, the siphoning off of
excessive purchasing power at a time
when the supply of goods is decreaS-
ing; second, raising each month by
bond sales about a fourth of the
money necessary for prosecution Of
the war at the present rate of
spending.
The voluntary method of raising
this money is desirable, provided it
can be made to work. For If citizens
can be persuaded, without the COM
pulsion of law, to set aside voluntar-
lily 10 per cent of income for War
bonds, they will have demonstrated
a splendid spirit that will go far to
win the war, and this spirit is an
even more valuable asset than the
cash. Secretary Morgenthau evi-
IDENTIFY believes that the voluntary
method will be successful and GER
tainly every effort should be made to
see that it is successful. But to be
successful, 1t must require almost
unanimous participation by wage
earners everywhere, millions Of
whom are doing barely more than