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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-29
SCRAP DRIVE MAKES HAUL

Mt. Vernon, O., (UP)- Mayor Carpenter of Gamblier wasn't fool- ing when he told Clair Rice, Knox have something big for you" That something proved to be an iron railroad bridge washed out in the 1913 flood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-29
Platts Mills Parents
 Again Protest Change
Present Demand to School Board for Special Bus
 Transportation for Children Sent to EIOpeviIIe

delegation of ten persons from the Patts Mills sec On appeared before the Board of Education last night and through their spokesman Mrs. Janet Norton asked the board to either reopen Lincoln school or provide special bus for the children of the section who now required to attend HopeVie school The school closed down last Friday and the eight children attending it sent yesterday to Hopeve school after the board decided the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-29

Newcastle, South Africa, wants a Pied Piper to rid the city of crickets which are secreting themselves by thousands behind wall boards and in odd cracks and crevices, keeping up a piercing din that Is driving "even those with strong nerves frantic" :"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-29

wounded.
 Only after he had taken them safely to the hospital did Johnson have his own wounds treated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
TO-DAY At t. you 1 Few. Fsxotite MOVIE
pTIr-sey.n,.enth .nd Myrtle

l MIRIlF- 500 -. 4,
hihiLL Henry Fonda, Joan Bennett IN
'NILD GEESE CALLING" Richard
! Atlen Andy DeVine In RAIDERS or
TlII INSERT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

ton the correct ONE In any event, I know
feminine dentists get very angry when referred
10 lady dentists.
"Do you take cold shower every morning.
asks an Albany ~. Y, subscriber
| take a warm shower every morning and
finish II off with dash Of cold water. ] used
TO take cold shower every morning but a
medco told me IT wasn't such good thing to do
II 1899 product that cost Sl.55 10 make and
sold at S22S wholesale in the United States
vas initiated successfully BY 20 ne be-. japanese and
Played gin rummy last night. My favorite
card game Is still plnochlc
Tony LudeScher. Manhattan restaurant man.
aCcr claims he call over 10000 customers by
name Il Is Mr. LudeSChcr'S establishment which
employs only red-haircd mattresses.
Three -tenths Of women's good looks due
to nature: seven-tenths to dress. SO claimed
Sarah Bernhard
A SKIS Bellamy Brooks
"A lis there any index tn the japanese char
acter In their teeth being too big for their
mouths: They are always. biting Oft more than
they chew"
Seventy-ive per cent Of the rubber normally
used in the United States goes into highway
transportation.
how to get husband" expert says one OF
matrimonial partner is to work waitress in
a restaurant patronized by successful men.
The average price paid for horses for army
use is $751;. Two hundred and fifty dollars is
New York mounted police.
GONE japanese detained by the United States
- government are housed in luxury class resort
hotels All Japanese lnterned here are given the
best OF treatment.
Government explains this by stating il wishes
10 assure similar treatment for Americans de-
tanned in Japan.
This NAV be good idea Take the marines
from Wake Island who now prisoners OF
Japan. The treatment gwen these gallant fel-
lows BY the japanese should be checked and
double Checked by the United States govern
ment
We want those boys to have nothing but the
best.
GIT Is only natural for n man to think OF his
L secretary after 4 first marriage has failed"
says Allison Bryan.
He has tested her loyalty In hundred
battles. She has fought shoulder 10 shoulder with
him In many . campaign He argues she will
he equally loyal and admiring and partisan
wife Usually he Is right"
"Bueberries and watercress both excel
lent energy food" states a dietician.
You can have my share of watercrcSs. but
can 90 for bueberres in large way as in
blueberry pie la mode. BURBERRY shortcake.
hlueberry dumping, etc. Why don't they have
blucberry ice cream:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

will become bored. Hint of gossip and you will
secure perfect attention. NJ"
IRON j. W. RAPER'S Cleveland column:
l. "In his radio talk Walter Winchell called
upon the workngmen OF the u. s.. to con-
tribute a days work a days pay to the
government.
~ noticed he did not call upon the Big Boys
at the mahogany desks To do that and he forgot
all about asking the companies 10 contribute n
days profits
(Colyum Note: The dope who sent that letter
TO Mr.. Raper heard nothing of the sort The
item dealt with workers who had already con-
tributed their days pay 10 the purchase OF de-
Tense stamps
SnEAR MR.. WINCHELL: from 1888 (per-
~ haps before) To 1887 when ] worked on the
New York Times, the Japanese Fascists rented
"A group OF Offices In the Times Annex. first on
the sixth floor. then the seventh and eighth
They published n magazine called Japan
Today Tin English) equally as expensive as
Fortune. IL Was nothing but propaganda for the
present regime that knew well how to attack
Pearl Harbor
They know the Times and the Annex back
anything happens on Times property. you'll be
the first to shout Sleepy Heads" filters:
II should think the Times would have the
Utters-and then some. BY the way, what's hap
pened TO the japanese Buddhist Temple w.
54th Street:-that was another ingenious meet
Ing place.-FP."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

It's time TO be gracious. Perhaps some OF those
Helen befrended with coin viii ease their con-
science by paying II to her mother. refer only
10 personal loans ny Helen. In checking over
Helens affairs had quite n few surprises"
81 lERE'S great paragraph that should he on
the walls Of every newspaper office. II
IL from the works Of Matthewn,an: Even those
who do not repeat scandal are generally willing
10 listen TO II. Talk OF virtue and your readers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

J as old as Belle Baker,
"Beiic insists she's
ut least 20 years
Soph's junior. / prom
ised her YOU would
Oblige. Sophie admits
being In her early
sos, which makes Belle
sweet I6."
SW AL TER: I got
w this note from
n friend of Helen Nor
CANS mother, Lulu.
whose address il High
Falls. Ulster County.
y. y. Publicity would
be appreciated.
THE note: a lot of
people owed Helen
money: some debts have
expired by statute of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were
settled by half.
"a few OF those
settlers are now in
the blue chips. Feb.
{ II Lulu'S birthday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
Colt and tennis are
Young mems games.

Ridiculous ANY game an elderly man can
play j., an old mans game Golf tennis, cricket.
bowling and croquc, arc all in this class. Some
Young mems games are baseball, football. hand
ball soccer and hockey.
Note distinguished woman Of business re-
rcrrcd 10 as q lady executive Is THIS dc>icna-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

MEMO FROM GIRL FRIDAY:
A'A Belle Baker phOned. Regarding the clown
wire Joe r.. Lewis sent Sophie Tucker on the
iatter's birthday. Bellies very, very. very very,
very hurt over the crack How does II feel TO he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

MEMO:
Vl strange forces at work In Washington
to interfere with the trial of Geo. Sylvester
Niereck. He has extremely powerful friends
there Some Of them In high places-in
the Senate. Congress and State Dept. They have
been bringing pressure to prevent a fair trial.
The chief reason IL undoubtedly the fact that
"A number OF them were involved with him In his
anti American activities"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

will become bored. Hint Of gossip and you will
secure perfect attentioD'-L NJ"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
On Broadway


Trade Mark Registered Copyright. 1912.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

p0crUII r-Utiea. at Gratiot Avenue
hUOLTlLLL APPOINTMENT Fok
LOVE" NJ SULLIVAN G. Boyer. BAN
SACLE BILL" Wallace Berry. Cartoon
Evening star., 1942-04-12
D. c. Girl Secretary Assigned
To Red Cross Foreign Duty
Miss Martha S. Tote,
Alabama Native, Was
Volunteer Worker

Miss Martha Susan Tate, q,
secretary to T. Howard Duckett,
attorney and president of the
Prince Georges Bank & Trust Co.,
will leave Washington this week for
foreign duty with the Red Cross.
A volunteer canteen worker at
the District Red Cross for a year,
Miss Tate was chosen from q ma
tional field of applicants for for
eign assignment with the Red Cross.
She will serve as secretary to the
field director Of battle area thou
sands of miles from her native
Alabama.
Miss Tate was born in Newton,
Ala. the eleventh Of IL children.
She was graduated from Baptist
College there, of which her father,
the late Augustus Walter Tate, was
the founder and the president for
many years.
After teaching the fifth grade in
Newton Public School, because it
has been tradition for generations
in her family to teach at least a
year, Miss Tate came here five
years ago as secretary to Mr..
Duckett. She attended National
Law School at night for two years
and is a member of Kappa Beta
Phi Legal Sorority.
For a year Miss Tate has worked
two nights a week at the Hains
Evening star., 1942-04-12
C.I. 0. Group Suggests
u. 5. Use Schools Here

Conversion Of "all non-essential
educational institution" into Offices
and housing for war workers was
advocated yesterday BY the War
Housing Committee of the c. I. O
Industrial Union Council in a let
ter to John B. Blandford, jr.. ad-
ministrator Of the National Hous-
ing Agency.
The committee said there are
about 500 such private establish
ments here and advocated con-
ference with their heads to fix the
terms on which this space could
be acquired.
"Other non-essential institutions
such as Soldiers Home, National
Training School for Boys, CONNER
cial organizations and perhaps some
religious institutions" might be
taken over also, the committee
suggested.
The committee said that accom-
modations for Items of thousands
of persons could be provided by the
plan outlined and expressed the
opinion that much OF the impend
ing chaos will be avoided" by this
course
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Suburban Building Permits
For March S1,036,6SS

A total of $1,036,688 in building
permits was issued last month for
the eastern and western suburban
districts of Montgomery County,
Md, it was announced yesterday.
Building permits in the eastern
suburban district, which comprises
Silver Spring, Wheaton and Takoma
Park, totaled $619, ,408, while SALT ,280
worth of building permits were
granted in the western suburban
district, which includes Bethesda
and Chevy Chase.
The figures in both districts
showed drop when compared with
the new construction authorized in
March, 194l. During that period
construction permits in the eastern
suburban districtS totaled 1896, ITO
and in the western suburban district
totaled $628,360.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Recreation Is Topic
Of Panel Discussion

A panel discussion on the place Of
recreation in Washington will be
held by the Recreation Training
Institute for Volunteer Leaders at
7:45 pm. tomorrow in the council
chamber of the Bureau of Engraving
Annex, Fourteenth and G streets
S.W.
Charles Fyfe, director of the
Washington Boys Clubs. will preside
as chairman. Other recreation lead
ers who will participate are Miss
Sybil Baker of the Community
Center and Playground Department.
Miss Mabel Cook of the U. S. O.,
Hugo w. Wolter, District defense
recreation; Miss Eleanor Durett,
scouting; Randolph Myers, Y. M.
C. A.: Mrs. Flake Pinckett, settle
ments, and Edward Rosenblum,
Jewish Community Center.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Plane Plants Must Use
More Women, Truman Says
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 11-Senator
Truman, Democrat, of Maryland,
on a tour Of the Glenn L. Martin
aircraft plant, said today women
workers in the industry were pac-
ing men at their jobs and there
must be more of them in industry u
Senators Truman, Kilgore, Demo-
crat, Of West Virginia and Burton,
Republican, of Ohio spent several
hours at the Martin plant and saw
some of the factory's 1000 women
at work
Senator Truman is chairman and
the other two are members of a
special Senate committee investi-
eating the national defense pro-
gram. They have just returned
rom a tour of West-coast plants.
After inspecting the Martin fac
tory, Senator Truman said, I'VE are
most encouraged by the progress
we have found in the aircraft in
dustry. There is plenty of room
for improvement, of course, but the
determination and progressiveness
of the airplane factories are heart
ening.
The Senators were flown to the
Martin field by Merrill c. Meigs,
director of aircraft production for
the War Production Board.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Registration Days Set
For HyuttsviIIe Voters

Registration of new voters for
Hyattsville municipal elections will
be held tomorrow and April 20 in
the Municipal Building, Farragut
street.
The hours of registration will be
from am. to Z pm. Mrs. Bertha l..
Hislop and Mrs. Emily j. Suess will
be registration officers. Voters also
may transfer from one ward to an
other these days.
The annual municipal election will
be held May f. A town treasurer
and one councilman from each of
the four wards will be chosen.
Candidates for these posts will be
nominated at the annual nominat-
ing convention at pm. April 20 in
the Municipal Building.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Typewriter Rationing
Put Off Until April 70
II TIE Associated Press.

Ey TIE Associated Press.
Government rationing Of type
writer's, originally scheduled to be-
gin tomorrow, will be delayed until
April 20, the ONCE of Price Admin
istration announced yesterday.
o. P. A. also announced that the
list of eligible purchasers had been
enlarged and that a total Of $50, ,000
new and used machines would be
made available under the ration
plan. Most of the 100 900 new type
writer's included in the total are
portables.
Postponement Of the effective
date of rationing was necessary be-
cause OF delays in the distribution
of application blanks and purchase
certificates, o. P. A. officials said.
Revised regulations will permit
the rationing of new or used non
portable typewriters to certain man.
ufacturers of war products. In ad-
dition, portables may be sold to any
plant, project or facility operating
under a W. P. B. priority rating OF
AS or higher.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Forest Warden Groups
Aamed in Prince William

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, April 1.-THE
Prince William County Forest
Warden Organization has been an
nounced by Chief James M. Russell
as follows:
Lookout watchman, w. H. Ellicott,
r. F.. D., Nokesvil1e; wardens, Arthur
D. Arlington, David; E. E. Cornwell
Route 2, Manassas; E. c. Dewitt
Route 4, Manassas; Cornelius p
Ennis, Nokesville; George A. Hedges,
Hoadley; Van r. Herndon, Nokes-
vile; w. H. Herring, Route l.
Nokesville; William F. Keyes. Joplin;
A. Macmillan, Route l, Manassas;
John A. Musselman, Occoquan;
Elmer A. Payne, Route 1, Manassas;
D. w. Posey, Hoadley; J. T. L. Rol-
Inns. wellington; Frances S. Van
Ooren, r. F. D., Manassas; James
c. Watson, Haymarket; Frank W.
Wells, r. F. D., Gainesville.
The county organization urges
all citizens to be cautious in the
prevention of fire during the spring
season. The assistance of citizens
in rural sections in suppressing fires
in their immediate vicinity has also
been requested by Mr.. Russell due
to the lack of sufficient help for
controlling forest and field fires.
Evening star., 1942-04-12

A model" victory garden has
been started by a group of Univer-
sity of Maryland students in an
effort to prove that intensive cul-
tivation car increase he yield Of
an average vegetable garden four
fold.
Alongside vegetables cared for in
the normal way, the students have
planted others which they are fer
tilizing with nutrient solution
developed by DR.. Herman Debuy,
research professor in plant patholo-
gy at the university.
Led by George D. Kieffer, John
Yeatman and Miss Ruth Buchanan,
approximately 80 students keep
charts on which are indicated the
amount of time each has spent in
the garden, the quota for each vege-
table and other data.
The purpose Of the garden. Mr..
Evening star., 1942-04-12
u. of M. Students Start Garden
To Prove Cultivation Theory

Kieffer said, is ''to get the most
yield out of a small piece OF land" +"
That, he hopes, will show the
average citizen the value of gar
den, however small it may be.
Everybody who has back yard Of
Is by 80 feet" Mr.. Kieffer maintains,
could raise about IA per cent OF
his own vegetables during the
summer"
Beets, radishes, string beans, to-
matoes and the newly discovered
"celtuse" are being raised. Celtuse,
according to Mr.. Kieffer, is vege-
table which tastes like a combina-
ton of celery and lettuce, though
he says it has not been clearly de-
termined yet whether it is the prod
uct of an actual crossing of the two.
Celtuse has been grown in China
for centuries. It was regarded as
q weed, however, and was rarely
used for eating purposes.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Visitation Monastery
To Stort Noveno Fridoy

The annual novena to the sacred
heart Of Jesus will open at the
Monastery of the Visitation at Be-
thesda, Nd, at $3.50 pm. Friday.
The services will continue each Fri
day until the feast Of the sacred
heart, June II, and will include
sermons and benediction Of the
blessed sacrament.
The Oblate students from De Sales
Hall, Brookland, D. c., will have
charge Of the musical program.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Meeting TO Urge Support
OF Poll Tax Abolition Bill

support Of a bill introduced by
Senator Pepper, Democrat, of Flor
ida to abolish the poll tax govern
ing Federal elections in eight South
ern States will be urged at a pub
lie meeting of the National Com
mittee to Abolish the Poll Tax at
8 pm. tomorrow in the National
Press Club auditorium.
Speakers will be Msgr. John A.
Ryan, director Of the National
Catholic Welfare Council; Prof.
Lawrence Lee of the University of
Virginia faculty, DIR. Charming
Tobias, member Of the President S
Advisory Committee on Selective
Service and of the National Coun-
Gil of the Y. M. C. A., New York,
and Edwin S. Smith of the C. I. o.
Oil Workers Organizing Com
mittee.
The committee sponsoring the
meeting said: Repeal of the poll
tax in eight Southern States, as
regards Federal elections, is pri-
ority No. l for winning the demo-
cratic war The American people,
fighting for democracy, can fight
harder with democracy. Congress
should repeal the poll tax as q total
war measure"
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Manassas Conducting
Upholstery Clinic
,cial Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, April IA
countrywide upholstery clinic will
be conducted at the Bennett School
workshop here tomorrow and Tues
day in connection with the State
and county victory home produc-
ton and conservation program un-
der the direction of the Department
of Agriculture's Extension Service.
Beginning at $50 each morning, the
an-day schools will be instructed
by NJ Ruth Jamison, State house.
furnishing specialist, with the as
sistance of Miss L. Alice Webb,
Prince William County home
demonstration agent. Residents
throughout the county are invited
to bring any type of furniture in
need of upholstering to be repaired.
On Wednesday Miss Jamison will
conduct leaders training meeting
at the Bennett School.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
20 Sorority Members Troining
To Combat lncendiury Bombs

The first group Of women in Mary
land-and probably in the Washing
ton area--to study incendiary bomb
ings and wartime gas attacks. will
complete training tomorrow at the
University OF Maryland.
Twenty members of the Gamma
Phi Beta Sorority have taken the
training under direction Of Chief
j. w. Just, State fire defense CO.
ordinator, and will be qualified in
structors to teach other university
students, speak before civic organi-
cations ard conduct general ed
ucational program In the gas and
fire phases Of chemical warfare.
Miss Ruth Buchanan, sorority
president, said the young women
have devoted one night and one
lunch period Of their own time each
week learning how to combat in
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Five Persons Killed
As Omaha Flyer
Crashes Into Local
Wreck at Savage, Minn.,
Injuries IS on Trains,
IS of Them Severely
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAVAGE, Mimi, April 11.-Crash
Of an Omaha Railroad flyer into the
rear Of a local passenger train here
today caused five deaths and injury
to at least s. persons, Is of them
hurt severely. The wreck will be
investigated within "a hours" rail
officials announced late today.
Omaha train No. 210, known
as the Mondamin, bound from Sioux
City, Iowa, to the Twin Cities, had
stopped just west of the Savage
station after striking an automobile
on a grade crossing. The train was
due here at $40 am.
A f1agman of the stalled train
ran down the track and set torpedo
signals to warn the Nightingale,
the flyer, also bound to the Twin
Cities from Omaha, and about IS
minutes behind the local.
The fiagman said he set out the
torpedoes and stationed himself
farther down the track to wave
down the flyer, but the train roared
past.
The Flyer engine plowed into a
baggage coach at the rear of the
stopped train with a noise, one eye
witness said, that sounded like an
explosion or clap of thunder.
Force of the collision jammed the
first passenger car of the Night
ingale into a baggage car ahead.
The dead and most of the injured
were riding in the Flyers first pass
enger coach.
The dead were:
Oscar Ogren, about As, Minneap-
oils. brakeman on the Nightingale
Oscar j. Schneider, As, Worthing-
ton, MINI.
H. L. Kleppe, Clearbrook, MINI.
E. H. Ayers, 81, st. Paul, Flyer
candy butcher.
An unidentified girl.
Wreckage of the two trains was
cleared by Ills pm. and normal
traffic resumed after wreckers used
acetylene torches and cranes to pry
apart the telescoped cars.
Evening star., 1942-04-12

cendiary bombs and detect various
types Of wartime gases so as to pre-
scribe the proper antidote. They
felt this would be their contribution
to the defense effort.
A practical demonstration of ex-
tinguishing incendiary bombs, in
which the young women will take
part, Is tentatively scheduled for
this week.
Other members Of the class besides
Miss Buchanan are Charlotte White,
Barbara Bartlett. Dorothy Brosius,
Mary Farlett, Clarebeth Holt, Caro-
line McGill. Betty Hall, Barbara
Nutwell, Marjorie Reeside, Margaret
Ann Sherman, Myrtle Killingsworth,
Erma Hughes, Margaret Brereton,
Dorothy Rundles, Janet Herman
Mildred Sears, Joan JAMS, Frances
Becker and Betty Lou Fike.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Democratic Women Plan
Election in Arlington

Election Of officers Will take place
at a meeting of the Arlington
County Women's Democratic Club
tomorrow night at Democratic
headquarters in the Rucker Build
ing.
There will be a discussion of how
to defeat the McCarran bill to
return Arlington to the District, &C
cording to Mrs. Beulah S. Goss,
president.
A card and bingo party sponsored
by the club, scheduled for April II.
has been postponed until April "a.
Proceeds of the affair, to be held
in the Ballston Fire House, will be
used for defense work.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Virginia Plans Tax Check,
On Gas Used by Trucks
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. April 11.-Thou-
sands Of motor carriers operating in
Virginia will have to satisfy the
State Corporation Commission after
next June that they are purchasing
gasoline within the State commen-
surate with their Virginia mileage,
or else pay into the State treasury
an amount equal to the State tax on
the gasoline used within the State.
]. c. Masten, corporation commits
sion tax assessor. is already prepar-
ing questionnaires to be sent opera
tors and forms to be used in report
ing to the commission, at least quar-
terly. the mileage Travelled and the
gasoline purchased within Virginia
The requirement, embodied in a
1912 act OF the General Assembly
will become effective June 27.