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Evening star., 1942-07-30

O. How many political parties are
there in Spain?-F. B. A.
A. There is only one legal party. the
Falangist Falange Espaniola Tradicion-
alista) under the leadership Of Gen.
Francisco Franco.
@. When did the term best seller"
first come into use?-L A. r.
A. The term came into popular use
through the American Bookman, which
in 1895 began to print each month a
list of six books in most active demand
in book stores.
@. Have the SO men that were left at
Little America returned to the United
States?-A. w. r.
A. In June, 1910. Congress appropri-
ated $171,111 to bring back the MEM
bers Of the United States Antarctic Ex-
pedition who still were in the Far
South. They returned in the ships
North Star and Bear.
O. Which are the largest masonry
dams in the world?-A. NJ
a. The five largest masonry dams are
in the United States. They are Grand
Coulee. Shasta, Boulder, Friant and
Marshall Ford Dams.
@. How did Count Felix Luckner get
his nickname "the Sea Devil?"-L M.
A. This famous German sea raider was
given the nickname Sea Devil by Lowell
Thomas, who wrote several books about
him.
@. Which OF Gounods works was said
to have been composed by someone else?
B. K.
A. When Faust" first was performed
critic doubted Gounod's ability to COM
pose it. He was challenged to a duel
and forced to withdraw. Fifty years
later a story was circulated that Gounod
had stolen the score from young &c.
MUS who had died in lunatic asylum.
The discussion arose again in Paris dur
ing the l920s.
@. Did any Negroes receive medals Of
honor during the first World War;
E. s. H.
A. The first soldiers Of the American
Expeditionary Forces to be decorated for
bravery in France were two Negroes,
Henry johnson and Needham Roberts.
members OF the 369th Infantry, which
was formerly the 18th New York Ma
tional Guard Regiment.
@. Which animal is considered to be
the most expert diver?-D. r. u.
A. The otter. 1t enters the water with
out a splash and swims so smoothly
that the surface Is scarcely ruined.
Q. What is believed to be the first de-
tective story written?--A S. F..
A. THE Murders in the Rue Morgue-
and "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar
Allan Poe, are considered the first mod
ern detective stories. However, such
stories did not become widely popular
until the publication OF the works of
Gaboriau, Wilkie Collins and Conan
Doyle.
Q. Are there any portraits OF Shake
speare made during his lifetime?-P r. /.
A. Only two portraits are regarded as
actual likenesses and neither is direct
life portrait. The two which are con-
sidered authentic nkenesses are the bust
in the choir Of Holy Trinity Church.
Stratford-on-A Avon, and the copper
plate engraved by Martin Droeshout as
frontispiece to the First Folio, published
In 1923.
Evening star., 1942-07-30

Many State fairs are Cancelled for
the duration. Who was it said that
all Is fair in war?
Evening star., 1942-07-30

II Goering gets any more medals,
he will be badly in need Of a second
front on which to display them.
Evening star., 1942-07-30

In spite OF the well-known phrase,
"the piping times Of peace" 1t took
war to get oil piping started.
Evening star., 1942-07-30
Reports Improvements in
Making Balloon Houses.

Making Balloon Houses.
To the Editor Of the Star:
Thank you for your article in The
your suggestion that the housing au-
thorities get together and work out the
bugs in the balloon houses, then use
them on big scale.
The Falls Church project was purely
experimental in character and was re-
markable insofar as few mistakes were
made. Because of your interest, I am
pleased to inform you that the bugs have
now all been worked out
One of the mistakes made was "gunit-
ing the gypsum tile partitions The
tile absorbed water from the guniting
and being sealed in, has been very slow
in drying out. We have discontinued
this practice and now are using other
methods that have no drying problem.
The exterior construction of balloon
houses is gunite. Gunite is used to
waterproof tunnels and mine shafts
throughout the world 1t has been used
extensively in Europe in constructing
f1reproof and bomb splinter proof shell
tiers.
Recent bids on the cost of balloon
houses in California range from 81 500
to $4,000 complete, depending on the
size of house.
The balloons are made of cotton fabric
by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
They are coated with an alright sub.
stance. not rubber.
We have recently added grain bins to
the balloon type of construction, and
are now building houses and grain bins
IN Phoenix, Ariz, for the Southwest
Cotton Co. The grain bins are costing
at the rate of $4 a ton storage capacity.
Balloon type construction is site-fab-
ricated OF local on-critical materials
and labor. With only IS balloons We
can finish complete 100 houses per day.
WALLACE NEFF,
Architect, A. I. A.
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1942-07-30
Calls for "Strong Men"
And Ban on playing Politics"

To the Editor Of The Star:
Can national unity be maintained with
political factions still resorting to dis
credited Tammany methods in order to
gain their detectives? In any case, play
ing politics" should be postponed until
proportions, is over.
The most elementary minded person
must be aware that unified effort is nee
essary If we are to bring the conflict to
successful conclusion. A divided house
may topple; at best. 1t is weak struc-
ture. Strong men, with unified purpose.
should be sought, not Stunned. They
are needed.
EDMUND X Col OIDSRnROIIGH
Evening star., 1942-07-30

terms there is something wrong with one
or the other, or both
Such wrongs are not to be righted
or prevented by broadside condemnation
OF honest practice whereby payment is
based on performance. Rather, the
sporadic omission Of trustees to live up
to their trustee obligations needs defini-
ton and appropriate means for enforce
ment, whether such trustees be corporate
officials, corporate agents or representa-
tives or public officials, elected or
appointed
NATHAN p0CNr yuTYrrAMS
Evening star., 1942-07-30

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispa tches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights of publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1942-07-30
Member of The Associated Press.

Entered as second -class matter post once,
Washington. D. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
FIRST INJURED SOLDIERS
ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON

Washington - The first wound
ed American soldiers to return
from North Africa have arrived
at Walter Reed Hospital here, the
War Department announced.
Brought to an East Coast port
the men were transferred to hos
pital trains and taken to subur-
ban Silver Springs, Md, where
ambulances and motor cars from
the hospital we're waiting. There
were 81 in the first group, which
arrived here Thursday, the army
said, and "a reached the hospital
. this week.
; Most of the men were walking
and were in good spirits, the de-
partment said.
The names Of the eight officers
and LOT enlisted men were NOT
disclosed, and the army said tina,
because the entire group was un-
der medical care, no interviews
would be permitted at this time
An army announcement, No
vember % said that approx
mately 900 soldiers were wound
ed during the initial landings in
Morocco and Algiers.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
REYNAUD, MANDEL
JAILED IN BERLIN

New York - Paul Reynaud,
premier of France until just be-
fore her fall to the German arm
les, and Georges Mandel, former
French minister of the interior,
have been arrested on personal
orders from Berlin by Adolf
Hitler, reliable European reports
to the Associated Press said.
The two former French leaders
were held for "a hours at the ar
senal at Bordeaux and now are
in Berlin, the reports said.
Gen. Maurice Gamelin, former
allied generalissimo and other i'm
portant French leaders are still
being held in the Pontartlet fort
ress in the Pyrenees, the advices
said.
Reynaud and Mandel were
wanted by the Germans "espec-
tally for a political reason" the
report said, adding that chief of
the Vichy government Pierre
Laval had consented to the ar
rests after several days of nego-
tiatiOnS.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
MEN NOT ABLE TO
CHOOSE ARMY FIELD

Washington - After December
Is all enlistments in the Army,
except in the case of aviation ca
diets or men who can qualify as
technical specialists, will be for
the Army unassigned, according
to information received by the
Army recruiting stations.
This announcement included
18-and 19-year-old youths, who
in the past have been permitted
to pick the branch of service in
which they desire to serve. In
some classifications they have al
so been permitted to pick the
training station to which they
would be assigned.
It was stressed that the re-
cruiting of men for aviation cadet
training will continue on the
same basis as in the past.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
18th CONGRESS TO BE
BUSY FINAL MONTH

Washington - The fuses of two
legislative cannon-crackers sizzl-
ed in the house and senate, prom
ising a lively final month for the
77th congress. The explosive
issues were:
/. A proposal to turn over to
the Republic of Panama water
and sewage systems in the cities
of Colon and Panama installed
with United States money.
2. Legislation requested by Pres
ident Roosevelt authorizing him
to suspend tariff and immigra-
ton restrictions during the war.
The first is to be called up in
the senate this week, the second
before the house ways and means
committee. Congress decision on
the two proposals will determine
}, whether members, after nearly
three years of continuous sessions,
can look forward to a couple OF
weeks adjournment before the
18th congress convenes Jan. 4.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03

A few of our people attended
the Quarterly Meeting at Helton,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Dickson and
daughters, Ola Mae, Billie, and
Bobbie, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Jones.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
Silas Greek News

Mr.. Kent Dickson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Dickson, left
Tuesday for Blacksbhrg, Va,
where he will take training for
a defense job.
A revival meeting is being
held at Liberty church at pres
ent. Besides the joint pastors,
Earl Richardson and Coy Pow
ers, the following ministers are
assisting in the meeting: E. R.
Mcclure, Roe Paisley, Lee Wad-
dell, Avery FISHERMAN, Gran
vile Howell, John Graham, Ell
mer Francis, Arthur Powers,
Luther Powers, and Thomas
Darnel1.
Ella, the little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Make Blevins, is
in the Ashe hospital. She has
had two operations on her leg.
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Dick
son, Mrs. Albert Martin, of
Boonville, and Misses Bonnie
and Cleo Dickson, of Hunters
vile and Mount Pleasant, re-
spectively, spent Thanksgiving
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. M. Dickson. Glenn, who has
been practicing medicine in Phil
adelphia for some four or five
years, is now First Lieutenant in
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03

Women are craftsmen and lever
men on railroads, and they are
wanted as flagmen, gatemen, pa
trolmen, watchmen, foremen, and
section men.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
French Seamen
Scuttle Ships

London - Heroic French sail
ors, many dying at their posts
scuttled the bulk Of the French
fleet in a mighty upheaval OF
smoke and flame at Toulon Fri
day when. axis forces swept down
on the naval base to prevent the
warships from joining the Allies
and touched off a fierce water
front battle.
Three battleships, including the
modern Strasbourg and bunker
que, at least seven valuable cruz
sers, a seaplane tender, Is de-
stroyers and q submarines were
ripped asunder or sunk in the
greatest mass scuttling since Ger
man crews opened the seacocks
of their grand fleet at .Scapa
Flow in 1919.
The French Havas News a.
gency reported the scuttling be-
gan at 4 a m, on orders OF
Wce-Admiral De La Borde,
Toulon commandant, as German
tanks rumbled up to the water
front, and six hours later after
a vicious battle, not a ship re-
manned afloat in the harbor.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
BOSTON FIRE WORST
IN SEVERAL YEARS

Boston - A terrific FLASH fire.
that caused more than 600 cas-
ualties among thousand sud-
: denly panic-stricken merrymak-
ers in Boston's Cocoanut Grove
the nations worst night club no.
locaust-was traced to tiny
match flame in the hands of a
16-year-old busboy.
While Deputy Police Superin-
tendent James r. Claim quoted
the youngster as saying he had
accidently ignited paper palm
tree to start the lightning-like
blaze, the Boston committee on
public safety reported the death
toll alone at All.
The horror scenes at the fire
that started late Saturday night
and those that followed Sunday
never had been duplicated in
! Boston.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
CHINESE FIRST LADY
HAS ARRIVED IN u. S.

Washington - Madame Chi
ang Kai-Shek, American-edu-
Gated wife of the Chinese gen.
eralissimo and the worlds No.
l stateswoman, is in the United
States for medical treatment and
later will be a guest at the White
House - where she will have an
opportunity to discuss Pacific
war strategy with President
Roosevelt.
Her arrival was revealed in a
special White House announce
ment which gave no details as to
her present whereabouts or her
mode of travel from China, but
it was presumed she came by
plane.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
Gov. Broughton Tells OF N. C.
Role In Present War Effort

India" are North Carolina ma
tives, and that many other ma
tives of our state are achieving
notable and heroic records in this
conflict"
Nearly SO different military es-
Establishments, the governor said,
are situated in North Carolina,
and "others are in immediate
prospect" The military estab-
lishments include Fort Bragg,
l'largekt military post in the
world" and the Marine base at
New River which is destined to
be the largest of its kind in the
world" and was "the training
base for the contingent of Ma
rines who bodily took and vail
antly hold Guadalcanal in the
Solomon islands,"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
Brief Review State And World News During The Past Week

the army and is located in the
29th Evacuation Hospital, Fort
Livingston, Louisiana.
Mrs. Maggie Porter, who has
been indisposed for several days,
was carried to the Ashe hospital
Tuesday, by Mr.. w. A. Camp
bell.
Mess1'. w. A. Campbell and
Welborn Lewis butchersd three
nice porkers, Wednesday of
last week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
States Leader Speaks Before
N. Carolina Society AT
Washington

Washington - In an address to
the North Carolina society here,
Governor j. M. Broughton of
North Carolina asserted that the
Marines who boldly took and
vahantly hold'' U. S. positions in
the Solomons were trained in
North Carolina.
In a speech on North Caro-
lina's part in the War Program"
Governor Broughton told the So
ciety that the old North State had
furnished its sons in unprecedent-
ed numbers to the armed services,
and that its industry and agricul-
ture were producing as never be-
fore for the war effort
Even before selective service
was invoked the sons Of North
Carolina were enlisting at rate
not excelled in any other state, P"
the governor said. -" North
Carolina has in the armed ser
vices at the present time nearly
twice the number that were en-
gagged in the first World war;"
I'm the field of agriculture the
state is just closing its greatest
year," Broughton continued.
g.. Notwithstanding the unpre-
cedented difficulties arising from
shortage of farm labor, our farm
ers have produced an almost I'M
believeable volume of food and
feed essential for the war pro-
gram. North Carolina now ranks
not less than fourth, and probab-
ly third, among the states of the
union in volume and value of ag-
ricultural products.
The states industry, the gov
ernor said, "has exceeded all
known records" in volume of pro-
duction, and 1--WE have the almost
unique privileges of saying that no
essential war production in North
Carolina has been delayed even
for single hour by controver-
sizes or strikes"
The shipbuilding yard at Will
mington launched it's first ship
the day before Pearl Harbor,
more than 40 ships have been
! launched since and now ships are
being launched at the rate of one
every five days. The shipyard
has won the maritime award for
its speed. Five other North Caro-
lima industrial plants have been
awarded the Army and Navy
award Of Excellence and many
other industrial plants are attain
ing such records as will shortly
entitle them to this signal recog-
nition."
'"The leading state in the man
ufacture of textiles, hosiery, tow
els, wooden blankets and wooden
furniture, our state was ready tC
meet the unprecedented require
ments of the Army and Navy in
essential products in these ano
other lines" said Broughton
''The quartermaster general and
the chief of the service supply
and other high Army and Navy
officials have publicly acclaimed
the record made by the industries
of our state"
The governor recalled tha'
Major General William G.. Lee
commander of the Army's ali
borne troops and Brigadier Gen
eral Caleb V. Haynes, ''hero O.
air fiohtinc in China Burna an(
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
Is, 0OO,OOO WOMEN ARE
NOW IN WAR WORK

Washington - The office of
war information reported that ap-
proximately 100000 American
women, or less than % per cent
of the total female population,
have paying jobs and that 4,OOO,-
900 of them are doing war work.
This compared with 100000
in 1910 and an estimated 10000
600 working women by the end
of next year, the Owl said. In
1910, there were 100000 doing
work involving national defense.
Owl said, predicting that by the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03
Conservation
Farming News
By J. T. McLAURIN

w. Bryan Oliver, of Jefferson,
is looking into the future. In
1910, Mr.. Oliver planted 5 acres
of white pines on his farm, which
is located at Old Field Creek. In
1941, Mr.. Oliver. cooperating with
the New River Soil Conservation
District, planted an additional IS
acres of worn out land in white
pine which gives him a total of
18 acres of young growing trees.
MIR. Oliver points out that the
1910 planting grew an average OF
a foot to the tree this year.
In the winter of 1912, Worth
Miller, of Crumpler, started to
work in the gullies which he
thought would take three or four
years to heal. He found that by
the end of this summer these gull
lies had been stabilized and in
addition to this some grazing had
been afforded through the sum-
mer. This was accomplished by
(1) mulching the gullies with
pine brush, (2) a heavy applica-
ton of burnt lime and complete
fertilizer, 90 a good seeding of
pasture grass in the spring.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-12-03

end of 1913 the number of wom-
en- war workers would rise to g.
600, 900, or 80 per cent of the ex-
pected total labor force of TO-
900, 900 in war industries.
The increase in women work
ers has taken place without any
change in the governments pre-
war policy of giving women full
opportunity to work, the owl
commented,~ noting that prejud-
ices of "some employers and some
unions" against hiring of, women
were "being abated now"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-05
Daily Quiz
By THE ACE ANsWERMAN

Distributed by King Features synd., Inc.
Your watchpocket is no place
TO keep a Sidcwinder, especially
one from the wcStcrn United
States. Why
one kind of old Maxim
We might mention that Is not
an admonition. What IS II?
-Blind-WornS, sometimes called
SloW-Worms. are neither slow
nor blind. What else is peculiar
about their name?
The Black Land was a whole
country whereas the Black
Country is only part Of one.
Can YOU point them out?
The composition of gunDOWdor
was recorded in 12lS by the
person thought 10 be its dis
CovcrCr. Who was that?
The ocean depth northeast Of
Mndanao in the Philippine
Islands IS particularly note
worthy, DO YOU know why?
Gu YOU guess what IT might
haze been that General Alex
andcr Dumas defended TO do
serve Napoleon s commentator
as Horatio Coolies OF the
Tlrol
answers on Page 2o)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-05
SOMETHING CoNSPIRES

Since this little case history may
be read by outlanderS from Ohio,
Uruguay and such foreign parts, /
must explain that Just the minute
YOU cross the line from anywhere
into New England, the pies i'm
prove greatly.
doubt that the lard or the
flour. the sugar, spices or even the
fruit is very much better there.
but something does seem to con-
Spire 10 make the pies more de-
hcious than anywhere else IN the
country
The only exceptions TO this rule
come when people Ike The Sell
lerSes drift in from Long Island or
-SameMheHe and are hullheaded
enough TO think they can make
pies
Once in a while some ono tour
ing New England gets wildly OK
cited and reports encounterlng a
rubberV. sour and indiGeStlble pie
al Wells River. or maybe Rutland
Now Of course the only possible
way that could happen, would be
that some outlander had Sneaked
in. maSqueraded as a genuine
pickeled in-the-peruna New Eng
lander, and presumed 10 puryey
pies.
There have been indignation
meetings al the oranges. where the
women'S auXiiarieS agitated for
law which would prohibit such eff
frontery. al the same time their
husbands were growing in their
boards at upstairs in New York
State who actually dared 10 make
maple syrup and whipperSnapperS
in MARYLAND who actually believed
they could raise turkeys 10 COM
pete with the Vermont product.
Usually. instead Of making laws
which would have settled the mat
ter once and for all, counsel Of
moderation has left the matter off
the statutes. Tho theory is that
worth and virtue must triumph in
the end.
But II that is so. how can if
happen that there still exists a
flavorleSs monstroSity such as the
Mississippi unspiced piney-woodS
sweet potato pic?
After more than. two centuries
Of good New England pies, YOU
would think the light must have
penetrated even unto Biloxi.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-05
HE WOULDN'T KNOW

Strawberries may have been re-
SponSlble originally for the pink
ness of that thin line. l wouldn't
know. With considerable eXertion
| diSScCted out z forkful, and
aimed IL at my palate.
The latter though. refused. 10
cooperate with any ringing cheers.
In fact after a moody and scan
dallzcd chew or two, / went hastily
out back, removed my plates, and
then spit out the pie.
il was actually undentcd. and
so obviously nCuter IN flavor that
Id never known a name for il had
the pink color not been there m
what remained of The filling.
Later on when il was dark.
drove out a couple miles to Spur
Pond. On the shore there lust as
the moon was rising, l took tho
pose Of tho discus throwcr, reached
way back and then let or sail.
The one thing / could say for
The connection was that 10 made
fully as fine q splash AS could be
expected from even a frst-clasS
PIE
Then Of course. lied myself
purple iU the face each time for "a
month, when l met Homer or Ma
Sellers.
A few days later. down there at
SparanburC a package was de
lNcrCd 10 Bob Junior. twas my
record carton, duly wrapped so no
damage could come 10 the contents
'rcally supcrcrogatlon, one might
Think.
Bob had hccn appraised OF his
good fortune hv letter But when
DO cut strings and opened the car
Ton his crew cut stood UP a lot
SITTER on his scalp. Ma Sellers
had NOT thought of tho time Gle
ment and the warm climate of
tho CarQlnaS
over the Sunktr chest Of that
strawberry pie, thick. furry.
CrconISh-rcd growth had mounted
10 height of thrcc-auartcrs Of an
nch Mold or fungus or maybe
lust PLAIN ptomaincS.
Anyhow Bob Junior had too
much sense 10 Try TO eat il. lie