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Evening star., 1942-12-18
Letters to the Editor
What Scrapping the U. s. 8. Oregon
Means to One Unforgetting American

What Scrapplng the U. 5. 8. Oregon
Means to One Unforgetting American.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Our entire Nation should applaud the
fine spirit shown by the people OF Ore
gon in their enthusiastic consent to the
scrapping Of the great old battleship
which bears the name of their State, so
that the steel in her hull may be used
In the present dire emergency.
When they haul down her colors for
the last time, we ought in fancy to mast
head" the precious memories Of this fine
old ship, and Of the man who built her
and the man who fought her. Here are
a few Of the things which I, as an old
timer, remember about the Oregon; these
incidents were told to me by one Of her
own officers:
On the Oregon's famous dash around
the Horn, every time they had to stop
to coal ship" every officer except the
the crew with this hard and very dirty
job. The skipper, Charlie Clark hovered
over his officers and men like an old hen
with her chicks, gave few orders, but lots
of cheer and encouragement
When the Oregon was of the coast Of
Brazil, just north Of Bahia, she passed
quite close to Joshua Slocum, who was
sailing around the world in his 18-foot
yawl He signaled to ask II they had
any news of the Spanish fleet. The reply
was mo" He signaled back:
Lets keep together for mutual pro-
tection!"
The Oregon reached the coast of Flori-
da in the middle Of the night and sent
a whale boat through the surf with a
dispatch to Washington: Reporting the
Oregons safe arrival fit for any duty"
and asking that the ship be given a
place on the firing line, not sent to a
Navy yard with all the delays that would
involve.
When Admiral Cervera steamed out of
the harbor at Santiago the Oregon put
up a strong, vigorous fight against the
Spanish fleet. When the battle was over
Clark took his ship close to the burning
Spanish wrecks. His crew began to
Cllccl. huIllIdl CldIk came OUT on Jne
bridge and called:
Don't cheer, boys. Those men are
dying"
Later he asked for volunteers to take
the Spanish wounded seamen of their
burning ships before the flames reached
the magazines. This was a very dan
gerous detail, but every man In the
crew lined up to 60 as volunteer.
The man who built the Oregon was
Irving Scott, president of the Union Iron
Works, San Francisco. Scott served his
apprenticeship as q machinist in Balti-
more and went to q trade school at
night. From Baltimore he went to Cali
fornia. Soon he was making small forg-
lngs for the railroads and small parts
for mining machinery. Later, with more
equipment he rolled rails and built heavy
machinery and then ships.
Right after the Spanish
War, Scott went to London to try to ar
range for some Of the British ships In
the Far East to be sent to his yard at
San Francisco for overhauling. instead
OF sending them clear back to England.
On his way home via the sues Canal
be went to see thu Pyramids, and Il hap-
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the dnswer to any
question OF fact by ,rrittng The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
= eric j. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. C. Please inclose stamp for return
postage. =
@. Are there any figures on the ship
ping space saved now that we are drying
so much of the food sent our Allies?-
D. S.
A. 1t is said that dehydrating plants
shrink 1044 shiploads of food so it car
be packed into ITO ships.
@. Where was Gen. Montgomery born
and what is his age?-I. L. C.
A. Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery
was born in County Donegal, Ireland,
November II, 1887
@. Who said: Hitler has missed the
bus"?-B. j. D.
A. This remark was made by Neville
Chamberlain, then Prime Minister, in a
speech in the House of Commons May
4, 1910.
Evening star., 1942-12-18
Asks About Large Portions
Served to Men In Cafeterias.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Not only does the cafeteria where eat
charge more money for less food, but
the employees differentiate between man
and woman customers in the size of
portions served. A group OF women who
eat together each day remarked about
this and was told by the girls behind the
counters that they have been instructed
to give the men larger helpings.
How come? The money from . wom-
ans purse Is Just ~ valuable a. that
from mans purse, Isn't IT. Blk.
Evening star., 1942-12-18

1t must be hard on Marshal Rom
mel'S eyes with such constant sue
cession of brilliant desert sunsets
facing him as he plods along. When
he was seeing sunrises he had little
leisure to look the other way, but not
now,
Evening star., 1942-12-18

The recent disaster to the Afrika
Korps, now cut in two, should give
Goebbels chance for a masterpiece.
He can tell his dupes that Rommel
has two armies in Libya instead of
iuSt one.
Evening star., 1942-12-18

@. Does Great Britain or Russia have
the longer work week?-T. c. H.
A. The average number Of hours
worked a week in manufacturing indus
tries is Sc in Great Britain and 66 in
Russia.
@. For what was Grace Darling IA
mous?-T. A. c.
A. Grace Darling rescued five persons
from steamer wrecked off the east
coast of Northumberland, England, on
September 7, 1888.
@. Is there any classification of labor
where women are not employed?-C. w.
A. According to the 1910 census,
women are employed in every field except
railroading.
@. Did Mrs. Roosevelt travel on
bomber on her recent trip to England2-
B. N.
A. Mrs. Roosevelt travelled to England
and back on transport plane, paying
her own expenses.
@. How was the pemmican used by
Indians made?-M. H.
A. The pemmican known to the North
American Indians is composed Of either
lean buffalo meat or venison, cut In thin
slices, dried In the sun, pounded fine.
mixed with melted fat and packed in
sacks OF hide.
@. For what purposes are diamonds
used In industry?-G. w.
A. Industrial diamonds are used for
| cutting and polishing the hardest steels,
for wire-drawing dies and circular saws
and for factory grinding wheels.
@. What was Marie Dressler's real
name and where was she born7-D. F. T.
A. Marie Dressler's real name was
Leila Doerber. She was born at Cobourg,
Canada.
o. P. S.
A. Nissan huts, made of corrugated
iron, steel or plywood, look something like
an igloo. They are from to IA feet in
height are provided with concrete floor,
two windows and a door at one end, a
stove at the opposite end Usually built
in three sections, which are bolted to-
gether, they are easily shipped in small
space. These huts are used widely in
Greenland and Iceland.
@. In football, what is triple threatf
j. S.
A. A player who excels at kicking,
passing and carrying the ball.
@. If a man marries in December,
1912, does he make an income tax return
as married man?-O. S.
A. The term married person" In the
Revenue Act means a married person
living with husband or wife on July l
of the taxable year. A person married in
December would file his return as a
single man.
@. Who wrote the plays In which
Rin-Tin-Tin appeared?-L. U. S.
A. Daryl F. Zanuck is the author Of
the plays in which the famous dog, Rim
Tin-Tin, appeared.
Q. How long does the Prime Minister
OF Great Britain stay in office?-W. NJ E.
A. The Prime Minister and the gov
ernment he represents can stay in Office
only as long as the majority in the House
of Commons vote in support of his
policies. However, no government NAV
remain In Office over five years except
when emergency legislation prolongs its
life
Evening star., 1942-12-18
When you make an important I

When you make an important tele-
phone call you often have to wait
while your interlocutor turns off his
radio. When you are listening to
your favorite broadcast the phone is
sure to ring at least three times even
If it has been silent all day. This is
called modern progress.
Evening star., 1942-12-18

Attorney General Biddle insists
that there must be mo repetition Of
Versailles" Just a minute: ct" for
Tunis comes before avn for Ver-
sailleA
Evening star., 1942-12-18

formulated by the brotherhoods. Tho
commission will have to take cog
nizance Of developments in that
connection, however, in treating the
rate question.
Evening star., 1942-12-18

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserpes
the right to edit all letters nth
q Uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-12-18

Wedding Book-In keeping with the
times, our new 32-page booklet on
weddings devotes section to the
etiquette of the military wedding
This up-to-the-m minute publication
covers the subject from the guest list
to anniversaries-every the pro-
spective bride will want to know To
secure your copy of this booklet in
close 10 cents in coin, wrapped in this
clipping and mail to The Star In
formation Bureau.
Name
Address
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Entered % second-class matter post oface.
WASHINGTON. D. C,
Evening star., 1942-12-18

A. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use Tor republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper ana also the local news published herein.
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1942-12-18

reliable may lend false security, as the
French North African Army proved.
Allied control of the sea, always in
cluding the sky over it, of course, will be
one great advantage in striking through
France direct. Conversely, the German
strength is greatest on the land If the
Germans still were strong enough to at
tack us in North Africa, the Spanish
and Italian peninsulas probably would
be used to reduce the distance over
which her troops must cross hostile seas.
The future may open the same avenues
to our own men. preliminary to a con-
centration in France. Since Caesars day
armies have come out Of Italy into
France to fight the Germans across the
Rhine. The valley of the Rhone points
the way. Spain is an offset to Europe,
but both Hannibal and the Moslem in
vaderS used it as bridge to other con-
tinental battlefields. The British used
it and Portugal as we'll to attack Ma
poleon when he was master of most of
Europe. Spain is neutral, tough coun-
try with tough soldiery. But they may
be 1ghting on our side tomorrow, as
French African troops are today.
The road through France is not the
only good one into Germany. That
country, surrounded by the hatred of
the rest of Europe. must and will be
threatened from all sides. But the
French approach remains a favorable
one from which to bring the war close
to the German people. France may be
the battle ground for another A. E. F.
The sons of Americans who knew the
Belfort Gap. the hills of Alsace, the
heights and valley of the Meuse, and
after them the Rhine. may follow the
same road thar fathers took 70 victory.
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Washington the government
maintains a Bureau of Standards.
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of Standards, too. just consult
the advertising columns of your
newspaper. They safeguard
your purchasing power every
day of every year.
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STAGESSc GREEN radio
By VIRGINIA VALE


(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
FTLAUDETTE COLBERTS
~ dressing room has been
doing bit of travelling, to the
amazement of inhabitants of
Los Angeles who saw the one
room bungalow riding along
on a truck one evening. 1t was
made for Miss Colbert at the
Paramount studios, when she.
was working in "Skylark." She
was so proud of it that she had it
taken to Twentieth Century-Fox
when she began Remember the
Day." Back she went to Paramount,
then, for the new Preston Sturgess
picture-and back, too, went the
bungalow.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is rushing
to the nations theaters a two-reel
release special, "War Clouds in the
Pacific" which was compiled by the
Canadian government just before
December 7. It proved to be so
prophetic that M-G-M officials or
dered a record number of prints
so that the picture would be avail
able for simultaneous showing in
many theaters throughout this
country.
Joe E. Brown, wearing women's
clothes for the first time on the
screen in Columbia's 'Shut My Big
Mouth" has set a record for speed
in dressing which will make fem
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-01-22

THE peacock-ther symbol Of
L pridei And you'll be proud of
your bedspread if you embroider
this colorful bird on it. It's all In
simplest stitchery.
Pattern 1922 contains transfer pattern
of a motif Is by 20 inches, 4 motifs pa
by 3I4 inches; illustrations of stitches;
materials required; color chart. Send your
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mine stars look to their laurels.
Timing himself with a stop-watch,
Brown has streamlined the routine
until he can dress completely from
petticoats to hat and wig in one
minute and forty seconds.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31

which was taken from them in the
Solomon islands"
died, nations have been tortured
and enslaved,' he said, ito satisfy
the brutal lust for power of a few
inhuman tyrants-German, Italian
and Japanese.
ITO the defeat Oh 3uCn tyrantS-
to the removal from this earth of
the injustices and inequalities
which create such tyrantS and breed
new wars-this nation is wholly
dedicated"
Referring TO the white skyscraper
hospital overlooking the Maryland
countryside just outside Washing
ton, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
Let this hospital then stand, for
all men to see throughout the
years. as a monument to our de-
termination to work and to fight
until the time comes when the
human race shall have that true
health in body and mind and spirit
which can be realized only in a
climate of equity and faith"
PRAISED WORK
Mr.. Roosevelt praised the work
of the brave and skillful men and
women of the bureau of medicine
and surgery" who have reduced the
cost cf American life. He also urged
that greater efforts be made to re-
duce the number of casualties due
to accidents among the civilian pop
ulation.
In tracing ever-s a,nce this
country was UNANIMOUSLY attacked"
at Pearl Harbor, the President said
that lin the mcnths that followed
months without victories our
enemies taunted us with the ques-
ton: Where is the United States
Navy"
Today" he answered, those
enemies know the beginning of the
answer to that question. They
learned in the Atlantic, they learned
in the Coral sea, they learned off
Midway, they are learning now in
their attempts to recapture that
which was taken from them in the
Solomon islands"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31
Navy Construction
Project in Valley
Receives Awards
Employees on Artillery
Range Get National
Recognition for Work

Employees at the NAVY con-
struction project at INLAND,
where a Marine corps artil-
lery range is being complet-
ed, Monday received word
that their job had received two
coveted awards for outstanding per-
formance in the Navy public works
construction competition.
They were commended for their
speed and efficiency on what is
considered one of the mcst import
ant military installations in Impe-
rial Valley. They received first place
in the national competition in group
No. 2, including projects involving
Continued on Page 6; Column a
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31
Universal Draft
System Proposed

vice for 18 and 10 year old youths.
Sclective service officials have
recommended pooling arrange
ment among local boards within
each state to assure the drafting of
all single men before induction of
married men, but Taft held that in
the interest of fairness the pooling
should be done on nationwide
basis.
mo man in one deferred class
should be drafted until all men in
all states in the next highest class
have been called up Taft said.
National Selective Director Lewis
B. Hershey and other officials have
warned during Che past two weeks
that the reserve of eligible single
men is fast being depleted, and that
reclassification of men with depend
ents is inevitable within a few
months.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31

Robert B. RnOa1S, IOTIne' ly Vi
Indianapolis, and Ralph l.. Chaser,
New Haven, Conn, chief and as
sistant chief, respectively of the
available used tool section of the
WPB tools branch until relieved of
their duties Aug. 4, also were charg-
ed in two separate indictments with
making false returns to the govern
ment. Both were full time WPB en-
ployes with annual salaries of $500
each.
Indicted on the conspiracy charge
with Rhoads and Chaser were Louis
E. Emerman, president Of Louis E.
Emerman & Co., Chicago, one of
the largest machine tool dealers of
the country; Clarence j. O'Brien,
partner in the O'Brien, a part
ner in the O'Brien Marchinery Co.,,
Philadelphia, and his nephew,
Frank L. O'Brien, Jr., an associate
of the same firm.
AT NELSON'S REQUEST
Prosecution had been requested
by Chairman Douaid NJ. Nelson of
WPB and John Lord O'Brian, WPB
general counsel
Maximum penalties for convic-
ton under the conspiracy indict-
ment would be two years imprison-
ment, $4,000 fine, or both. The
false returns charge carries pos
sible maximum penalties of 10 years
Imprisonment, $4,000 fine, or both.
Rhoads and Chaser, the conspir-
acy indictment charged, conpired
with Emerman and the two o.
Briens to prevent critically requir-
ed machine tools from being allo-
Gated to war contracts. Rhoads and
Chaser additionally were charged
with selling, at a profit of 100000
to themselves, an option on ma
chine tools they received from
Emerman.
The false returns indictment
charged Rhoads and CHASER with
making false returns for expenses
which they charged to the gov
ernment on trips to Philadelphia,
Chicago, and elsewhere in carrying
out the alleged conspiracy.
TOOLS REMAIN IDLE
1t is alleged in the indictment
that the conspiracy resulted in vi
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31
Remove Injustice.
Is FDR's Pledge

BETHESDA, Md, Aug. 31-UP)-
President Roosevelt today rededi-
Gated the American natjGn ito
the removal from this earth of the
injustices and inequalities" which
breed war and create such "inhu-
man tyrants" as the German, Ital-
ian, and japanese war leaders.
Speaking at the dedication of the
naval medical center at Bethesda,
Md, in observance of the Tooth an
niversary of the naval bureau of
medicine and surgery, Mr. Roose-
welt recalled that three years ago,
on Sept. /, 1899, "Hitler's legions
launched their first blitzkrieg
against the people of Poland"
MEN HAVE DIED
I'm these three years men have
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31
ALL PIRATES
TO TRAIN HERE

all but a few of the early Season
games.
There we're 90 pitchers and catch
ers here in addition to Frank Frlsch
and other club officials. If the en-
tire team comes next year, accom-
modations for 40 players will have
to be maed.
The San Diego Padres, Pacific
Coast league team that trains in
Ell Centre, expressed wish to have
the Pirates share local facilities
with them, Hatton said.
The decision of Pirate officials
to change to Ell Centre was an
nounced in the latest issue of Sport
ing News, official baseball news
paper
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. CUP)-
Congress may be asked to establish
a uniform national selective service
quota system to make certain that
no local board is forced to draft
men with dependents while boards
in other parts of the country have
ample reserves of eligible single
men.
Sen. Robert A. Taft, r.. O., last
night called for a naturalization
of 'the draft quota system to end
widespread discrepancies in the
treatment of registrants which are
inevitable" in the present system
under which the state is the basic
unit in determining quotas.
He suggested in an interview that
the quota system be overhauled
when congress acts on expected leg
islation to authorize military SER
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31
Judgment on Plane
Plan Before Nelson

OMAHA, Neb.. Aug. 81. tUP)-
Glen L. Martin, airplane builder,
said today that the judgment of
a committee of aeronautical experts
on the plans of Henry j, Kaiser to
build giant cargo planes had been
sent to War Production Chief Don
aid M. Nelson.
Martin was one of four directed
by Nelson to evaluate Kaiser's pro-
posals. Other members of the COM
mittee, whose report may decide
the fate of Kaiser's plans, were
Donald Douglas, president of Doug
glas Aircraft; John K. Northrop
president of Northrop Aircraft, and
Grover Looming, WPB air consult
ant.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31

Mayor Bob Hatton was virtually
assured Monday that the Pittsburgh
Pirates. National league baseball
club, will make Ell Centre their
spring training quarters next year.
In a letter from William Bens-
wanger, president of the club, Hat
ton was told that the Pirates have
given up San Bernardino as a train
ing grounds for preseason condi-
tioning and will switch headquarters
to Ell Centro.
The pitchers and catchers of the
Pittsburgh team spent five weeks
here last spring and were very sat-
isfied at the results. Several author
tiles noted the results of the early
battery training as he Pirates won
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31

Hitler payroll" and said Dies must
not be allowed to continue his cam
paign against unity and victory
He must not be allowed to give aid
and comfort to the Axis. to coddle
and protect Hitler's fifth column" :"
Included on the gilman executive
board of the federation are Dashiell
Hammett, the author; Rep. Vito
Marcantonio, AL, N. Y; Joseph
Curran, head of the National Mari
time union; Rev. William B. Spof-
ford, and Paul Robson, Negro bari
tone.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31

ing important evidence of their
activities"
In a foreward to the book. FEEDER
alton Chairman George Marshall
charged that, "for four years Dies
and his committee have, through
vigorous campaign of diversion and
suppression, obscured the activities
of the Nazi network, the fifth col
umn in the United States.
Marshall recalled Vice President
Henry A. Wallace's statement that
the effect on our morale would be
less dangerous If Dies were on the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-31
Brazil Goes on
Total War FOOTING

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 81. CUP)
The government placed Brazil on
total war footing today through
issuance of decree by President
Getulio Vargas declaring that a
state of war exists throughout the
country and enabling immediate
general mobilization.
(Brazil's standing army when war
was declared on Germany and Italy
Aug. 90 was estimated at about
100000 men with about 100000 train
ed reserveS0
The decree suspended certain
constitutional rights and provided
for the establishment of military
tribunals to try offenses against
the national security.