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Evening star., 1942-11-19

onstrate to the world that our de-
mocracy is not capable of working
in the midst of a great war crisis, u
Senator Smathers said in state
ment.
Il am convinced in my own mind
that the undemocratic poll tax dis
elimination ought to be wiped out
OF existence" he said.
Declaring it was "debatable"
whether the measure was IAN in
vasion of States rights, Senator
Smathers said that nevertheless "the
question of violation of the States
rights feature of the legislation may
be passed upon by the Supreme
Court of this Nation"
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Rail Officials Expect
Thanksgiving Travel
To Jam Facilities
f.,
Eastman Storts Compoiqr
To Holt Unnecessary
Holiday Trips

Railroad passenger facilities prob
ably will be jammed to the limit
Thanksgiving with some riders
standing, officials OF the major
transportation companies here
agreed today, as operators of short
haul trips warned prospective
travellers not to be disappointed if
they fail to make scheduled con-
nections on Thanksgiving eve.
Joseph B. Eastman, director Of the
Office of Defense Transportation,
meanwhile launched a campaign to
halt unnecessary rail and bus travel,
particularly during the Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas holiday periods.
Mr.. Eastman asked American fami-
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Nipping off Japs

Despite the widely increased pres
sure on the Bataan lines of General
Wainwright and the almost constant
attacks by Jap planes on Corregidor,
American fighters continued to take
their toll of Jap planes.
Just as the British on Malta had
held out through the entire war
against hundreds of attacks from the
air, the anti-aircraft gunners on Cor
regidor were getting from two to
four enemy planes day with
machine-like precision.
They were only counting those
they dropped. Many more were re-
ported badly damaged and probably
disabled.
A sharp land counterattack had
turned a Jap thrust into trap on
the land.
General Wainwright was continu-
ing the tradition set up by Mac
Arthur.
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CRITICAL YEAR:
Var Tempo Speeded

The World could feel, with the
quickening Of life in springtime
fields and trees, the speeding Of the
tempo Of the war on half dozen
fronts, and the vigorous battering Of
nation against nation that was to
make 1912 the critical year Of the
World war.
In the Gland down under" the
seasons were reversed, with Aus
stralia moving into the fall season,
but as the threat was to the tropical
north Of the continent, weather made
little difference.
But in Russia, III occupied Eu-
rope, and on the embattled oceans
the changing weather was bringing
faster reports Of action af1oat and
in the air.
Across the English channel had
been moving huge flights Of bomb
ing planes, of late more often than
not accompanied by high and low
squadrons of fighter planes, giving
the ''big berthas' protection from
the defending Nazi ships, and they
were dropping death and destruction
over a widening area.
The Japs were ripping at full
speed into India's TANKS, the Nazis
on the eastern front were redoubling
their pressure against the Soviet,
and were said to be rushing 1900, 900
new troops into action. The Russ
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place in the government Of vichy
France, very much on the spot re-
garding his future conduct.
It was the second official approval
Of DeGaulle and his followers. Rec
ognition Of his control over New
Caledonia had come first. But
French West Africa was a terrific
territory with a population Of mil
lions and close to million square
miles
Oddly, on the same day, the vichy
government reported that Germany
had given it permission" to rebuild
its air force, and to this was add
ed the information that Vichy now
had more than 1000 warplanes, or
actually more than all France had
at the outset Of the war.
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War Production board and the Of
fee of Price Administration were at
odds on the sugar situation, and the
whole thing might be called Off
that there really was plenty OF
sugar.
This was holly and instantly de-
MED by Donald Nelson, who said not
only was there no friction, but that
the sugar rationing was necessary
and would be carried out.
There also was terrific argument
in progress over the time and half
overtime paid war workers for the
48-hour week, under the law that
the work week at straight time
should not exceed 40 hours.
The President had maintained his
position as squarely behind the 40
hour week, and while some sena-
tors and congressman fought against
excess profits by employers, others
were busy going after labor's over
time.
Senator George of Georgia was a
leader in the battle, suggesting that
the 48-hour week be adopted and the
sixth day Of work be called "vic-
tory day." the workers passing up
their overtime, but to be paid it il the
seventh day were worked.
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coin, Susan is protecting her. ]
know that if suggested to Susan
that by quietly moving to her Ia
theirs home and bidding her mother
an affectionate farewell she would
be doing the fairest thing possible,
she wouldn't pay the slightest at
tention.
Her mother has hurt her in every
way; robbed her Of her father and
her home; put strange young man
in that fathers place, refused TO let
Susan's own father offer any solution
to the school problem, and neglected
Susan for days at q time.
What I do suggest, therefore, is a
compromise. / suggest that Susan
have talk with her father and ask
him to pay her expenses as board
er at the extravagant school for
the next half-term. From school let
her spend as many holidays as she
can with her father, and after the
half-term quietly move to his house.
( A Common Tragedy.
But how can mothers so complete
ly overlook the welfare Of their chill
dren, and sacrifice their lives so
cheerfully? 1t is going on all the
time, everywhere, this disruption OF
homes and decentralization of girls
and boys. If marriages are child
less, that is one thing, and divorce,
however regrettable, is not quite
the same sort of tragedy. But when
there are children to love and build
for and establish in normal attitudes
toward the serious business of living,
then it is simply extraordinary that
so many good women can con-
vince themselves that it is really
better for all concerned" to break
UP the right and natural relation
ship.
Some years ago was passing the
doorway of hospital room when an
extremely pretty woman, married
exactly II months, called to me to
come in and see her. While con-
graduating her upon the arrival of a
fine baby boy / spoke of the fathers
pride in the new arrival.
"Oh, George" she said, smiling
and flushing, II don't believe he'll
come to see him. You see, we're get
ting divorce, and he said he was
afraid he'd grow fond Of him. He
loves children"
And seeing my CONSERVATION she
added pleasantly, mo one could
live with George, of counsel He's
actually out of his head most of
the time"
She married again in a few
months; the new husband, it seems,
is so rigid disciplinarian that be-
fore the first child Of this. second
marriage was born, the wife was
obliged to see her small son dis
graced and punished in a way
that would have done credit to Mr..
Murdstone himself. Her new mate
was angry when his own child
turned out to be a daughter, and
presently the little stepson was sent
to boarding school, was taken III,
went to his adoring grandmother
and so got back into his fathers
hands. And the much criticized
George has proved to be an excel
lent father.
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TOLL:
OF U. Slap Var

News, some good, some bad, con-
tinued from the various battlefronts
on which American troops and sail
ors were meeting the might Of Nip
pom.
The navy had admitted the loss
Of three warships, the aircraft tend
er and former carrier Langley, the
navy tanker Pecos and the destroy
er Peary, with the loss Of some 700
lives.
This had been bitter tragedy Of
the waters of Java, adding to the
awful toll Of the Battle Of Java Sea.
First the Langley, spotted by Jap
planes, had been 'smothered In
bombs"
Her crew, all but about dozen
men, got safely off, SWAN about,
clinging to debris, until picked up by
destroyers, later transferred to the
Pecos. The latter, trying to escape
to Australia, was caught by flights
of Jap dive bombers, evaded the
first run butwas smashed in the Sec
ond. With two crews aboard one
boat, the loss Of life was heavy.
The Peary was done to death In
the Aussies' port Of Darwin, but
went to the bottom with all guns
blazing, her commander dying at
his post.
Not all was to be defeat, how
ever, for our naval forces. Ameri-
can submarines had taken a heavy
toll of Japanese shipping In the
neighborhood of Bali and south Of
Java, and in the Christmas island
region.
Following these disclosures, the
navy reported that since the start
of the war AT Japanese ships of war
had certainly been sent to the bot
tom against "a for the American
navy.
More than 200 ships Of all types
had been sunk, many Of them by
plane action, many by submarines,
many by army planes and shore
guns.
This rate Of loss was deemed Ger
tain to be more than the Japs could
stand, while America was increasing
her production average Of more than
two ships Of war daily going into
the water, and more than this num-
Der Of merchant vessels. 81,
7 With the attack on Australia def
initely turned back, at least for the
time being, military leaders were
taking a more optimistic tone as to
the chances for a 1912 offensive in
the South Pacific.
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TT ISN'T FAIR

Divorce is bad enough tUhen
there are no children to be con.
sidered. But it simply isn't fair,
says Kathleen Norris, to deprive
a child Of the normal home life
he needs just because things may
not be running as smoothly at
the moment as you tcant them
to. Successful marriage has al
soays been based on Milling COM
promise and adjustment, and
parents must think Of their chill
dren as sceH as themselves sChen
they consider divorce. A childs
happiness is too big a price to
pay for a little self-indulgence.
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THAW:
Russian for Slush

Just what the great Russian thaw
had meant was wildly described in
dispatches from Kuibyshev. They
called it more formidable than
moated citadel"
One writer said: Imagine all the
swamps you ever saw. Imagine all
the muddy bitches your automobile
had whizzed past. Imagine millions
and millions of mudbaths. Into
all this dump billions Of tons Of
grayish snow and stir thoroughly"
That's thaw in Russia. The Rus
sian mud clings to feet and to tanks.
One correspondent said he saw a
trackwalker on the railroad jump off
the track to let a train pass. The
man was buried to his waist in mud
sdy slush.s His comrades had to pull
him out with a rope.
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INDIA:
Hindus Debate
Homeland Defense

Several occurrences had contrib
uted to the continuance Of CONVEX
Stations among Indian leaders with
Sir Stafford Grips, General Wavell
and American representatives as to
the question Of the Hindus' part in
the defense Of their homeland.
Among these events had been the
perhaps fortunate mistake Of Chi
nese spokesman, who had given out
incorrect information about the
Japanese occupation of the port Of
Akyab. This port, so close to Cal
cutta, had actually not been taken,
but the mere thought Of II for sew
eral days had made the Indians
realize the war was at their door.
This alone gave Cripps big adj
vantage. Also the timely interven-
ton Of Chang Kai-shek, and the
arrival In India and on the Burma
front Of a sizable force Of American
planes and fighting pilots were tell
ing circumstances, and played big
part in the keeping open Of negotia-
tons.
Indians, with the exception Of the
Mahatma Gandhi and some others
among his immediate followers and
disciples, were beginning to realize
that they were faced with bullets
and bayonets, and that If they were
going to get ready to fight, they
had better be getting on with 1t.
The Mahatma was counseling 'no
violence" and was continuing his
lifelong policy Of a passive resist
ance to the invader. The Moslems,
20, 900, 900 of them out Of a 800, 600, 600
total population, were perfectly will
ing to fight, but were demanding
their right to separate government
Of their own.
Nehru, past president Of the In
dian congress, had seemed to be
the toughest nut to crack. He had
seemed to be holding out for the
right Of the Indians to do their own
drafting Of manpower, their own
training, while conceding the right Of
Britain to do the leading.
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MISCELLANY:

Washington: The government took
over control of the entire national
stock of quinine. Huge amounts are
needed for soldiers in the tropics.
San Francisco: Survivors of the
Langley told odd stories of what
they saved. One officer said he
showed two oranges in his pockets.
He said he saw Filipino messboy
swimming along with ouija board
on bis head.
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HARMONY:
And Discord

All had not been too harmonious
In this country, though In general
the nation was moving swiftly
enough along the path Of production
for the war to meet the goals and
schedules set by President Roose-
welt.
But there were manifold bicker-
ings along the pathway. News sto-
ries said that there was to be q
sugar rationing beginning in May.
Then other dispatches cited that the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-04-17
Rx KATHLEEN NORRIS

ueT sup hiAOShAi5 AAAJ
dad?" asks Susan, who lives in
st. Paul. Mother and Dad
were divorced six years ago,
when / was 10. When she first
told me that she was leaving my
father and going to marry q
man / will call Sam, Mother
said that she still loved Dad,
that we were often going to see
him; it was only that she loved
Sam more.
However, complications arose.
For a few months ] was left with
my father and his sister, my Aunt
Ann. Aunt Ann has two children
about my age and / was very happy
there. Then Mother and Sam came
home, and great was my excitement
because they were going to take
me to Mexico with them. We stayed
a year, and during that time my
mother became so angry when
spoke of Aunt Ann, or of my cousins,
that I stopped mentioning them.
"About that time it seems Aunt
Ann and my father sold some furni-
ture and some books that Mother
thought were rightfully hers, and
that began it. After that she enter
tanned all her friends with long ac-
counts of my fathers and my aunt's
peculiarities. mo Smith was ever
honest. That's the Smith temper COM
ing out in her. Nobody knows how
cruel John Smith can be. Nobody
knows what went through. My doc
tor told me it was divorce or in
sanity. I think John wasn't quite
right in his head
Faced Unpleasantness.
81 was lonesome in Mexico and
glad to come home, but when we
did get home it was to face great
unpleasantness between my father
and mother. Father was paying
500 month for me, but the school
in which Mother. wanted to place me
cost almost twice that, excluding
extras, and she tried to get court
order for a larger allowance.
{ ''My fathers home is ten miles out
of town and quite near the school,
so could live with him, but Mother
won't hear of it. She told my dear
est friend that my father was so
close with money that nobody could
get along with him, and that cost
me a scene with my mother and
crying spell.
Don't you think that when man
and a woman decide on divorce
the least they can do is to spare
their children from taking sides?
Incidentally my mother and her hus-
band now quarrel a great deal; he
is "a and she is 81: they 60 out al
most every evening and often for
week-ends, and leave me to home
work and the radio. That Is why
Mother wants me to 60 away to
school. I know I will never be di-
vorced, for no matter what my hus-
band did / would forgive him. but
if ever I did you may be sure that
my children will never hear me say
ing anything of their father that is
not kind and generous.
Susan Protects Mother.
The injustice of a case like
Susan's is this: she is reluctant to
hurt her mother, to leave her moth
er's house and perhaps expose her
to criticism or blame among her
friends. Susan doesn't want to give
any one a chance to say that she
was unhappy with her mother. 9th
erwise she could 60 to her father, at
tend the desirable school, build a
new life for herself as his closest
companion and housekeeper.
Susan, in other words, is treating
with generosity and kindness the
mother who has never shown her
the slightest consideration. Instead
Of repaying that mother in her own
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UNREST:
In Nor,Uay, Denmark

Observers, still writing frankly
and against the Nazis in the Stock
holm press, saw the spring season
bringing even more anti German
unity to the Danes and the Nor
wegians.
Both nations were finally realiz-
ing that all German promises Of
postwar freedom were obviously
false, and that occupation and pup
pet government meant simply con-
quest.
The Danes were united behind two
national heroes, the king and the
minister to the United States. Hen
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-04-17
DE GAULLE:
Tmportant RECOGNITION

The formal recognition by the
United States of the DeGaullist gov
eminent control over French Equa-
torial West Africa, and the French
Cameroons, strategic territory along
the supply route to the Middle East
had been considered highly irnpor-
tant.
It brought, for one thing, closer
ties between the United States and
the Free French and put Petain, de-
spite his refusal to allow Laval a
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BY Edward c. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Anti -Nazi Unity in Norway, Denmark
Brings New War Threat to Sweden;
Advent of Spring Weather Heralded
By Increased Battlefront Activity

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rik de Kaufman, the latter, one Ger
imam had been angrily quoted, was
the No. i Danish Hero in the eyes
of the people.
HI As to the Norwegians, their re-
{ sistance to the Quisling government
had solicited until no risk was too
great fol. the people to impede the
puppet leaders. Evidence was that
Germany plans on giving Quisling
enough rope to hang himself.
Sweden was not inclined to view
y these developments with joy, but
rather with fear, seeing the day not
FAR distant when she, too, would be
drawn into the war.
PROFITS:
Agreement by senate committee
on the principle Of limitation Of war
profits by industry had brought to
Light reported profits running as high
as 4, 600 per cent on invested capital.
While, with the government pour
ing capital into essential industry.
such profits always would be great,
the senators felt that a sliding scale
of maximum permissible profits
might be the answer.
Seine companies had returned ex-
cess profits, one check to the gov
eminent amounting to $4O.0Oo.o 900.
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Every Home
Needs a" (1sandmsoH

4 Home isn't complete without hefi II
she's with you help keep her In good
health. Should her appetits "slip." get
vINOL. This modern tonic eontains
vitamin 81 and Iron, combined with
other valuable Ingredients. Your drugsist
n has VINOL.
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Prepare for Painting

To soften paint brushes place
them in vinegar, heat it to the
boiling point and allow brushes to
stand in it for a while.
Evening star., 1942-02-19
Citizens Group Admits
IS Members in Drive

Sixty-flve new members were
voted into the Sixteenth Street
Highlands Citizens Association last
night at the end Of the first month
Of the groups membership drive.
Russell G. Merryman, chairman
Of the Membership Committee, in
presenting the names, said the num-
Der exceeded the total enrolled
during the past six years. Mrs.
Elizabeth Everett and Mrs. Olive
c. Monroe acted as his assistants
in a house toulouse canvass.
George M. Gooch, vice president
of the association, who presided in
the absence of w. E. Stoutmayer,
welcomed the new members by out
lining some of the groups past
achievements.
The citizens oppose Government
use of Stephen Kramer Junior High
School, as yet unfinished. Action
came on q motion by Mrs. Katha-
rine Kramer Kirkland, in honor of
whose father the school is named.
Assurance that the building would
be completed as a school has been
given by the War Production Board.
Due to the resignation Of Dr.
A. H. Richwine, the group is left
without a delegate to the Fedora
ton. Two new representatives will
be elected at the March meeting.
The meeting was held in the
Brightwood Elementary School.