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Evening star., 1942-07-27
Address

@. What is the lowest body Of water
in the world?-A. B. T.
A. The Dead Sea in Palestine. 1t hes
1890 feet below sea level.
O. How much weight can a pack mule
carry?-E. D. S.
A. A fully loaded pack animal carries
up to 300 pounds.
@. Who is the outstanding orator In
Congress at the present time?--C. r. N.
A. Since the death of Senator BorAh
Of Idaho there has been no man In
either House to equal him. In the Sen
ate there are several men who are often
eloquent, but are more logicians than
orators. such as Bailey OF North Caro-
lima, George OF Georgia and Brooks OF
Illinois. In the House Wadsworth has
high attainments and is always listened
to attentively. Dirksen from the Peoria
district of Illinois, is young membe.
who nearly always gives an interesting
twist to his remarks.
@. What baseball team was nicknamed
the Hitless Wonders?-C. F.
A. The Chicago White Sox Of 1905.
@. Why do parasol ants carry leaves
In this peculiar fashion2-R. O. w.
A. Parasol ants belong to . group
known as agricultural ants. The leaves
they carry are worked up into little balls
for use as fungus growing beds.
@. Are cork legs made Of cork or some
other material?-R. G.
A. The best artificial limbs are made
of linwood and willow wood, These
woods are used because they are light
and strong, free from knots and yield
themselves readily to sculpture. Buck
eve and Eastwood are sometimes used.
@. Was Karl Marx of the Jewish faith?
C. D. C.
A. His father, Jewish lawyer, be-
came Christian In 1924, and he and his
whole family were baptized.
@. Is there law providing for the
procedure in the event = President
should resign?-L. M.
A. E. S. Corwin, In THE President,
Office and Powers" says that the pos
sibility of the Presidents resigning is
provided for in the Act OF March l. 1892.
which in substance still remains on the
statute books. and the Presidential Sue
cession Act of 1886.
@. Which was the first Federal road
In the United States?-A N. w.
A. The National pike running from
Cumberland to Wheeling was the hrst.
1t is now known as U. S. 40 and one Of
the most heavily travelled roads in the
country.
@. Who was the last survivor of the
Boston Tea Party?-M. P.
A. David Kennison was the last sur
vivor. He died in Chicago on February
"a, 1852, aged lis years 3 months II
days, He is commemorated on q tablet
in Lincoln Park
Evening star., 1942-07-27
Suggests Number Designations
For Cars Whose Drivers Share"

To the Editor of The Star:
There is no question but that the
"share-your-car' plan will save a great
deal in gasoline, rubber and man hours
of labor. However, it should be broad
ened great deal.
l am sure that there are many auto
mobile drivers who would like TO share
their cars, but who do not work on
fixed schedule. In their cases, zone
number. taken from the recently pub
hshed survey of the city, could be affixed
to their windshields, indicating the area
(Which they are driving. People wish
ing ride to that area would signal for
a pickup. BY this means, the traffic
situation would also be improved at all
hours. DR.. GLENN A. G1ERE.
Evening star., 1942-07-27
Thanks Editor and Reporter
For Articles on Auxiliary Police.

For Articles on Auxiliary Police.
To the Editor Of The Star:
wish to express my appreciation to
you and your newspaper, The Evening
Star, for the series of articles on the
splendid auxiliary police force of the
Metropolitan Police Department Of the
District of Columbia by Carter Brooke
Jones.
This series Of articles has been pub
lished accompanied by appropriate pic
lures, and wish to commend Mr.. Jones
for the very thorough manner In which
he carried out this assignment. Each
article showed evidence of great prepa-
ration and deep thought and considera-
ton, and is tribute to the ability of
the writer.
The series of articles caused much
favorable comment from the members Of
the auxiliary police force, and from
citizens throughout the city. AS major
and superintendent Of the Metropolitan
Police Department, wish to compliment
and commend the outstanding accom-
plishment Of Mr.. Jones' and extend to
the regular and Of the auxiliary force.
EDWARD j. KELLY,
Major and Superintendent.
Remembers German-Jap Ship
Sunk by American Submarine.
To the Editor Of The Star:
A delayed" dispatch from Lourenco
Marques, Portuguese East Africa. states
that an American submarine early in
off Hong Kong. resulting in the drown
ing OF hundreds of japanese, including
the personnel of an entire department
of one of the great Mitsui industrial or
CARNATIONS. This has particular per-
sonal interest to me, as the Taiyo-the
word "Maru" being simply the Japanese
equivalent for "ship'-was the craft on
which the party Of American journal
lists. of which was member organized
In 1929 by the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace for a visit to Japan,
Manchuria and China, made the passage
from San Francisco to Toxic.
In letter to The Star, dated April Is,
1929, Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean,"
between San Francisco and Honolulu, I
noted the incongruity of the Teutonic
decorations in Japanese craft and re-
ferred to an explana ton given to the
members of our party by an American
representative Of the IN. Y. X" which
meant Nippon Yusen Kaisha." or ia
pan Mail Line" regarding the word
'maru." He had made a particular
study of this term, which still remained
somewhat of mystery to him. He re-
nese steamship officials, who said that
the word originally meant castle" and
that it was at first applied to a ship as
a fortress at sea. 1t later came to be
the equivalent for ship" I will quote
briefly from my former letter in further
explanation:
Mr. Steele said that maru' had an
earlier significance than that of castle
which had gained usage only at the
time of Perrys visit to Japan. when the
appearance of the American men of war
suggested floating forts to the Japanese
people. 1t was believed by some, he
said. that the word originally meant
something especially precious something
highly cherished, being applied to \
beloved son. or to parent, or to some
richly rated possession.
Il hope to get to the bottom OF this
before leaving Japan. 1t would mean
while seem to be quite all right to refer
Evening star., 1942-07-27
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the tDriter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUes
the right to edit all letters 1uith
a Uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-07-27
Cites Wager Of Long Ago
As Possible Prophecy.

To the Editor Of The Star:
young officer of the Raj was cheered
and amused recently to find in London
club copy of the Racing Calendar for
l78l In which the following entry ap-
peared under Newmarket July Meeting,
Tuesday, the 10th: Lord Egremont's
Spitfire, by Eclipse, 8 st., beat Lord Clare
monts Dictator, 8 st. 8 lb,, r. M. 300 gs.
6-4 on Spitfire."
The odds are narrow. but let us hope
that history will repeat
ERIC UNDERWOOD,
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hose Navy Department employees

Those Navy Department employees
recently given well-merited awards
for successful schemes to eliminate
red tape might we'll be kept on after
the war as a nucleus of a special
force something like the FBI. They
might even cope successfully with
the water chestnut and the starlings.
Evening star., 1942-07-27

be approved, but 1t Is not sufficient
to rule out a better solution Of the
problem merely because it may in
volve greater legislative difficulties.
Evening star., 1942-07-27

There may soon be tax on freight
shipments. Just another way to
make the taxpayer and ultimate con-
sumer pay the freight.
Evening star., 1942-07-27
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdsktn

reader can get the dnsBer to any
question OF fact BY mritino The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. How many telephone calls are re-
ceived at the United States Capitol every
day?-D. Y. S.
A. Forty-seven operators are now
handling $1,000 calls daily OF this
number about 500 are long distance
calls.
@. Who was the author OF ''Rasselas",
F. N. D.
A. "Rasselasr Is the only novel by
Samuel johnson. 1t was written TO pay
for his mothers funeral expenses and
completed in single week, The sheets
were sent to press without being read
over.
G. Do bees drink water?-H. J. K.
A. Honey bees do drink water They
swallow only a small quantity for use
in their own bodies, most OF 1t being
carried back in their honey sacs to the
hive for the young bees.
O. How many words are there In the
Bible?-F. T. C.
A. The number OF words in the Bible
has been estimated at 774,680. This is
some 100000 more than in Gone With
the Wind"
-
the United States reconvene?-N. J,
A. The Supreme Court convenes at
noon on the first Monday in October.
Evening star., 1942-07-27

Remember when the young of both
sexes managed to play all right with
out first being equipped with special
play suits?
Evening star., 1942-07-27

1t is stated on reliable authority
that it costs $4,000 to produce a
United States Navy flyer. What a
bargainl
Evening star., 1942-07-27
Common Household Pests-Are you

Common Household Pests-Are you
bothered by ants moths, flies, mos
quitoes, cockroaches. bedbugs, fleas.
termites, rats or mice? Any one OF
these household pests can make life
misera BILE for the housewife If she
doesn't know how to cope with them.
Common Household Pests tells how
to eradicate these intruders-quickly
and thoroughly. To secure your copy
of this practical publication inclose
10 cents in coin wrapped in this
clipping and mail to The Star 1nfor-
nation Bureau.
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the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
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herein also reserved
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Ten Major Generals
And IS Brigadiers
Confirmed in Senate
Several From D. c. Area
Included in New List
Of Army Promotions

Nominations of 10 new major gen.
erals and 65 brigadier generals from
colonies given temporary wartime
promotions to meet the demand for
leadership in rapidly expanding
Army forces at home and overseas,
were confirmed yesterday by the
Senate.
With several from Washington in
cluded, the list of new major gen.
erals bore the name of Brig. Gen.
Walter B. Smith, chief of staff to
1t. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, su-
preme commander of Allied forces
In North Africa. Other officers on
combat duty with American forces
throughout the globe were among
those whose nominate President
Roosevelt forwarded to the Senate
late yesterday.
Takes Reinhardt Post.
Army authorities also announced
yesterday the selection of Brig. Gen.
William r. Schmidt, who was NOM
mated to be a major general. to
head the 18th Division at Fort
George G. Meade, Md, replacing
Maj. Gen. Emil F. Reinhardt. who
left the post last Saturday for
an undisclosed assignment. Gen.
Schmidt Is native of Nebraska
and a graduate of West Point.
In addition to Gen. Smith, whose
home is in Indianapolis, Ind, the
brigadiers promoted are Brig. Gen.
Thompson Lawrence. New York
City; Brig. Gen. Charles c. Haffner,
jr.. Lake Forest, Ill; Brig. Gen.
Alexander E. Anderson, Long Is
land, N. Y; Brig. Gen. Percy w.
Clarkson, San Antonio, Tex; Brig.
Gen. Lucius D. B. Clay, Marietta,
Ga; Brig. Gen. st. Clair STREET.,
born in Washington: Brig. Gen.
Harry c. Ingles, Lincoln, Nebr.:
Brig. Gen. William r. Schmidt and
Brig. Gen. James A. Code, jr., both
of San Francisco, Calf.
Hamblin on List.
Col Archelous L. Hamblin, whose
wife and two daughters reside in
Washington, is one of the officers
figuring in recent news from North
Africa, who won promotion to a
brigadier general. He was a member
of the party with 1t. Gen. Mark w.
Clark, deputy to Gen. Eisenhower,
on the history making submarine
voyage that preceded the landing of
our troops last month.
Two of the new major generals
are veterans of the National Guard.
They are Brig. Gen. Charles c. Haff-
ner, jr., in command of an in
fantry division at Camp Claiborne,
La, and Brig. Gen. Alexander E.
Anderson, who commands an in
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Army Sergeant 10 Give
0rqan Recital Tomorrow

Sergt. Hans Vigeland Of the Army
Music School will give an organ
recital at 5 pm. tomorrow at
the Covenant-Fi Presbyterian
Church, Theodore Shaefer, minister
of music. announced today.
The Army musicians recital is one
of four musical veSpers presented by
the church during December.
On December 20, the annual Cam
delight Carol Service will be held.
The program will include the Chan
eel, Youth and Childrens Choirs,
with Bernice Rickman Gordon, So
prano; Velma Caldwell, contractor;
George Barritt, tenor, and John
Yard, baritone.
Sergt William Heasley, ceremonial
organist at the Fort Myer chapel,
will give an organ recital Decem-
ber 27.
The second musical Wednesday
evening in the third annual series at
the church will be held at $50 pm.
December %.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Southern Maryland Marine
Is Killed in Action

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Dec. u
tP,. - Marine Corpl. William F.
Wheeler, 81, of Hurry, whose death
has been reported by the Navy De-
partment, enlisted in the marines
December 18, 1889, his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Latham Wheeler, said
today.
He trained at Philadelphia, North
and South Carolina and left for
overseas duty from New River, N. c.,
last May.
His parents said they last heard
from him during the latter part of
October when they received a tele-
gram saying he was on Guadal-
canal Island.
Corpl. Wheeler attended Sacred
Heart Parochial School, Avenue,
Md. and graduated from st. Mary's
Academy, Leonardtown.
Besides his parents, he leaves SIX
brothers and three sisters.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

Tex; Lyman p. Whitten, Air Forces,
Maiden. Mass; Harry A. johnson,
Air Forces, Hancock, Mimi; Richard
B. Moran, Signal Corps, Florence,
Colo; Frederick A. Blesse, Medical
Corps, st. Louis, Mo-; Joseph A.
Michola, cavalry, Duluth, Mimi;
Earle E. Partridge, Air Forces,
Ashby, Mass; Albert w. Kenner,
Medical Corps, Holyoke, Mass; Ray
L. Owens, Air Forces, Bethesda, Md:
William Roscoe Woodward, field
artillery, Brooksville, Miss; Charles
E. Loucks, Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice, Mountain View, Calf. Early E.
w. Duncan, Air Forces, Woodsdale,
N. c.; Madison Pearson, Adjutant
Generals Department, Chevy Chase,
Md; Hobart Hewett, coast artillery,
Boston, Mass; Walter j. Reed. Air
Forces, Scarsdale, N. Y: Carl A.
Russell, infantry, Minneapolis,
Mimi; Rupert E. Starr, coast artil-
lery, Angels Camp. Calf; Hugh
jackson Morgan, Medical Corps,
Nashville, Tenn; Fred Wharton
Rankin, Medical Corps, Lexington,
KY; Herbert c. Holdridge, Adjutant
Generals Department, Detroit,
Mich; Patrick H. Tansey, engineers,
Mount Vernon, Ind; Douglas l..
Weart, engineers, Chicago, Ill;
Eugen G. Reinartz, Medical Corps,
Mlddletown, Ohio; Daniel w. Hickey,
Jr., coast artillery, Champaign, Ill:
Archer l.. Lerch, Provost Marshal
Generals Department., Oakland,
Calf; LIE Count H. Slocum. field
artillery, Carmel by the Sea, Calf;
Walter L. Weible, coast artillery,
Waterbury, Conn; Wayland B.
Augur, cavalry, Los Angeles, Calf. :;
Henry l.. P. King, Signal Corps.
Macon, Ga; Ernest H. Burt, Judge
Advocate Generals Department,
New Haven, Conn; Clinton w.
Howard, Air Forces, Dayton, Ohio;
Maxwell D. Taylor, field artillery,
Muskogee, Okla; BlackShear M.
Byran, jr., Provost Marshal General S
Department, Alexandria. La; Frank
c. Meade, Signal Corps, Philadel-
phla, Pa; Frederick w. Evans, Air
Forces, Cambridge. Mass; Josef r.
Sheetz, field artillery, HagerstoWn,
Md; Eugene A. Regnier, mechanical
cavalry, Hollywood. Calf: Robert
c. Oliver, Air Forces, Manila. P. T.:
Bonner F. Fellers, coast artillery,
Rldgefarm. Ill. and Don C. Faith,
infantry, Washington, Ind.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Stars Will Appear Tonight
Al Jewish Center Party

Many well-known stars of the en-
tertainment world will appear at
the USO party tonight at the Jewish
Community Center, Sixteenth and
Q streets NV.
Preceding the program, which will
begin at 9 o'clock, guests will be
greeted by many notables, including
Brig. Gen. John T. Lewis, COM
mandant of the Military District Of
Washington: Sidney F.. Taliaferro
chairman of the USO Council of
Washington; John Schoolcraft,
Frank T. Well Burnett Siman, Nor
riS Cafritz, William Bush, Morris
Gottlieb and E. j. LandoW.
Entertainers will include Margaret
Speaks, singer: Sheila Barrett and
many others. Mrs. Henry Hirsh will
be in charge of arrangements.
Waste kitchen fats make gun
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suyon, 50 Cornhill street, Annapo-

Guyon, 50 Cornhill street, Annapo-
lis.
One officer, 1t. q. g. Marcellus
Severen Nottingham. jr., U. S. N. r.,
from nearby Virginia, was listed as
missing.
The enlisted men from nearby
Virginia, who were reported missing,
were Staff Sergt. Joseph D. Cook of
Charlottesville, and Willard Bledsoe
Harlow. torpedoman, second class,
U. S. N, of Charlottesville. First
Sergt. James T. Childs, Marines. OF
Arlington, was reported wounded.
1t Nottingham was born in Cul-
peper. Va, october II, 1915, and re-
ceived an A. B. degree and an LII. B.
degree from the University Of Vir-
ginia in 1888 He was a member
of the law firm Of Nottingham Il
Nottingham until his enlistment in
the Naval Reserve in September,
1899.
He was commissioned an ensign In
June, 1941, and promoted to lieuten-
ant q. g. on June Is of this year.
He reported for destroyer duty in
October, 1941.
Married Arlington Girl.
Sergt. Childs. who entered the
Marine Corps three years ago, is a
native Of Hazard, KY. and attended
Lincoln Memorial University in
Tennessee.
In May, 1912, while stationed at
the Marine base at Quantico, Va.
he married Miss Alice E. Moon of
Arlington. He left the United States
soon after being married, and has
seen service with a Marine raider
battalion in the Pacific area. His
address is $685. North Nineteenth
street, Arlington.
Sergt. Cook is survived by his wife,
who lives at 1104 Avon street, Char
lottesville. Torpedoman Bledsoe is
survived by his guardian Ollie l..
Harlowe, $50 Monticello road, Char
lotteSville.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Problems Of Supply
Seen Limiting Army
To 100000 Men
North African Compoien
Shows Difficulties
Facing Large Forces
BY COL. FREDERICK PALMER.

That persistent controversy in
Army councils is definitely settled
The group that foresaw the danger
of accumulating more troops in our
home camps than we could ship and
maintain overseas has won it's point
We shall not have. an Army of
1900 900 by the end OF 1919. : That
number, with the increased Navy
Marine Corps, and Coast Guard per-
sonnel, would add up to total of
100000 men under arms. Six
million will be nearer the figure
for the Army than 100000.
Our experience in the North Afri-
can campaign was one of the factors
in defeating the aims Of the "big
Army" advocates, some of whom
had even favored an Army of
100000. North Africa afforded
us a lesson in the practical expert
ence in the logistics of the supply
and equipment of an army overseas
such as we had IN the World War.
Casablanca is a small harbor with
very limited accommodations Nor
has Oran or even Algiers anything
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like enough facilities to meet our
future needs. We shall have to pro-
vide more pier space, more yardage,
as we did at Bordeaux in 1918.
Need Two Month Supply.
We shall have to do that wher-
ever we undertake offensive opera
tions, and also to extend transport
facilities, as we did in France, to our
front line. At least two-months'
food supply and ammunition supply
should be in reserve.
Hunger for both of these essen
tials can delay action at cruel cost
in time and lives. To reach the
starvation point with either is
fatal. And no matter how many
tanks and planes you have at the
front an army is almost equally
helpless without gas.
The wastage of planes in all air
forces Is enormous, not only in
combat but in grounding. If there
are not enough planes to replace
those lost an army is stalled. This
has been one Of the main handicaps
to the Allied advance in Tunisia.
The NAV of modern overseas
army is Unsuitable. 1t. Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower. just as Gen. John
J. Pershing did in the World War
will call for more shipping, more
guns, trucks and railroad cars, more
personnel and materiel for his serv-
ice of supply until our great driving
war machine comes to rest on the
day when the victory is won.
Must Build Facilities.
And wherever we land an army,
We shall have to build and repair
airf1elds; we will have to build hos
pitfalls, warehouses, afraid shelters,
repair shops, and regulating sta
tions we will have to repair broken
bridges, bridge streams and expect
to replace shipping and transport
planes which are lost.
For war is surprise. You must be
ready for quick and sufficient re-
sponse to the sudden emergencies
! which come from surprise, or the
enemy will provide you with another
surprise
Be it in France or Italy, or over
the German borders, we shall have
to create an American world of CO.
ordinated American effort 1t is bet
ter that we shall have in hand, or
assured on time, everything needed
to support no cessation of the ham
mering by smaller army than that
a larger army should be halted for
want Of material while it is being
punished in a stationary position for
lack of air power of which no army
has an excess.
McNutt Studies Problem.
The arrival of more bombers and
Of more guns brought by transport
planes, when the Japanese had not
enough to support their defense
helped the Aussies to take Coma, and
helped our own ground forces to
hold fast on Guadalcanal and to
close in on Buna.
In view of the results Of delayed
study of future global demands, to
arrive at some balance between pro-
dustion and armed manpower, Pau
V. McNutt, manpower chief, favors
a smaller army. We shall reach the
peak of industrial production next
summer. Not only have we to sup
ply our armies overseas, but we must
take care Of the growing lease lend
demands.
Considering the number of Ger
man divisions which were held back
by the Russians on the eastern front
and the German losses in dead and
disabled, Germany can never bring
to bear on second front an army
not we'll inferior in numbers and
arms to that Of the British and the
| United States.
(Released Throush North American News
| paper Alliance)
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Nearby Man Missing.

Machinist's Mate Guyon Is sur
vived by his wife. Mrs. May Lou
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Pvt. Charles A. Poore, Is, Marine
Corps Reserve. is the son of MIR.
and Mrs Randolph D. Poore, 1904
Yuma street NV. A graduate Of
Tech High, he worked as a parts
man for Creel Bros, before enlist
Ing on January %, 1912. His family
was notified that he was wounded
on Thanksgiving eve. They had not
heard from him for three months.
He was in the Pacific area.
Corpl. Garland H. Wallace, Ma
rine Corps. worked as butcher be-
fore enlisting In 1910. His wife Is
the daughter of Warrant Ofncer D.
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Waste kitchen fats make gun
powder.