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Other signs:
II. In the Eastern United States
around the mountain regions, consid-
cradle cloudiness about 7 or in the
morning shows much greater chance
of thunderstorms than If the morning
is clear.
II. Rain before 7, clearing before H.,
in the same region, is a fairly good
prediction. 1t applies in spring, summer
and winter.
13. In the April shower season Of
spring, two or three morning showers,
with clearing around 3 pm. are a good
sign to beware Of frost.
When the girl-friend Of the wife
complains that her hair won't stay fixed,
you can make a prediction, and maybe
it will be weather.
Evening star., 1942-02-01

OLD GREENWICH, Conn, Jan. 81
The world went astray somewhere be-
tween Versailles and Munich and now
America must be as tough and ruthless
as the foe to win the war and the peace
that will follow.
That is the stated belief of Hendrix
Willem Van Loon, eminent historian and
biographer, who was knighted recently
by Queen Wilhelmina for services to his
native Holland
I'VE must study the methods Of Hitler
and Goebbles and do a little better job
than they have done" he says. 'It takes
a pirate and half to beat a pirate. We
can't win this war by phoning Henry
Ford and ordering 10000 more planes,
though planes are important. We must
win by the spirit of the men,"
Van Loon, at so, sees the old order be-
ing showed aside by economic. political
and social upheavals spawned by the war.
whether we like it or not" he says.
"this world already has changed 1t will
never be the same. The old-school-tie
group is going. Inherited wealth will
mean damn little in our new world"
Men like Britain's Herbert Morrison
(home secretary and minister of home
security will come to the top after this
war. The old system of class and caste
will be leveled.
This is war for independence and
there Is no turning back. Our greatest
need will be to reconstruct our own in
formation by overhauling our educational
system to give realistic and true picture
Of history and geography. We can see
now that we must start all over again"
Ability Will Rule Tomorrow
This new world, Van Loon believes, will
be run by men of intelligence and ability
who earn their leadership by perform
ance.
It will be a world whose mental and
moral muscles will be toughened by ad-
versity, where the brotherhood of nations
will be likened more closely by greater
knowledge Of one another.
But. says Van Loon, international
friendship cannot be cemented by over
night efforts to create good will, but only
by process Of education which leads to
mutual understanding; the people must
realize their out-moded ways Of doing
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parallel rows, six or eight rows. They
may have the diameter of couple of
moons, or Of q barn. They mean no
rain likely for IL hours. Reason, they
show descending air currents. Rain is
likely only in ascending air.
8. The ocean-wave clouds (strato-cu-
muIus). They resemble waves, being
alternately dark and light. If you see
blue holes in the light portions, that is
a likely sign of clearing weather.
9. Fsh-hook (cirrus uncinius). These
are the famous flying tails. They are
likely to show hooks at the ends. Some
times they are cane shaped, with a
handle. They travel fast, at around
$4,000 feet. They are signs Of an ap-
preaching storm.
10. Thunder heads (cumulo-nimbus)
Look for Q storm as soon as these clouds
change from caulihower shape to show
frazzled edges or wells on top.
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"Is this the World War or the Crimea
WARP" he demanded right of.
The superintendent was summoned and
he was asked to give his name.
I'm glad to hear It," Brooke barked.
II thought you were going to say Florence
Nightingale"
He's known for his scrappy qualities,
too, as BELTS member of the Northern
Ireland family bearing the descriptive
Fighting Brookes."
Last September Gen. Brooke, then
commander in chief of the home forces
of the United Kingdom, was reported as
welcoming an attempted German inva-
sion because of the opportunity it would
give of throwing the Nazis back in the
sea-"
Sir Alan Francis Brooke was born
July 23 1888, in Bagueres De Bigorre, in
Southern France, and was educated in
a private school at Pau before entering
the Royal Military Academy in Wool
wich.
He served in France and Belgium dur.
in the First World War. with the Royal
Artillery which he entered in 1902 A
D. S. o., he was mentioned in dispatches
on seven occasions In recognition Of his
distinguished services.
Artillery has been the chief interest
Of his military career, and he has been
responsible for notable advances in this
branch of war science. The barrage map
for directing artillery fire was his in
vention.
He won recognition for what has been
termed masterful direction of the I'd
British Army Corps against the NaA
mechanical forces in the Low Countries
in 1910.
Back from Flanders only a short
while, he set out again for France, later
escaping from st. Nazaire In a small
boat. It was a tight squeeze, for the
Na1 heat was terrific.
Gen. Brooke Is an outspoken exponent
Of modern strategy and bold innovation.
He has warned from time to time that
the possibility of German invasion Of
Britain has by no means been eliminated.
The nation had it from no less an
authority than the Prime Minister that
Gen. Brookes gifts were extraordinary.
Churchill asserted last February that he
had the greatest confidence in Sir Alan"
Gen. Brooke and Lady Brooke have q
son and daughter. He has Q son and
daughter also by his first wife. who died
in 1925.
Evening star., 1942-02-01
Secrecy Comes First
1nMovingU.S, Troops
BY Clarke Beach.
Wide World News.

With the landing Of American troops
In Northern Ireland, long voyages are
IN the cards for thousands Of other
young fellows in khaki now learning to
shoulder Garand.
AS with the first A. E. r. unit Of this
World War. you won't know when the
troops embark for shipment abroad.
Although the arrival of American
troops in Northern Ireland was an
nounced quickly, the arrival of other
units at stations abroad may not be
known so soon.
In some cases, the first you will hear
about it. probably, will be an announce
ment some time after they have disem-
barked that an American Army is oper-
ating In Africa, or the East Indies, or in
Burma.
That's the way it was done in the
World War I. Practically nothing was
made public about the transportation Of
troops to France, lest the enemy get the
information. People only knew vaguely
that some troops had left. because they
had friends or relatives who were writing
from abroad.
q When the Government announced on
July l, 19ls that 1,oOo,OOO United States
troops were in France, it took the coun-
try completely by surprise.
All information about plans for Amer
lean expeditionary forces now is taboo
at the War Department. The last def
mite word about it came from President
Roosevelt when on January he told
Congress:
American armed forces must be used
In any place in all the world where it
seems advisable to engage the forces of
the enemy" He said these forces would
operate in the Far East, the British
Isles, at bases within and outside the
hemisphere, and ION all the oceans"
Many Battlefronts
Obviously, an unprecedented job of
troop transportation lies ahead. When
the United States had placed 2,000,0 900
men in France by october. 1918, it had
established record. Never had so
great an army been moved so far. Now,
instead of single battlefront in France.
promises that American Armies will be
sent to many battle fronts. some of
them halfway around the world.
If World War experience is a guide,
the essence of any troop convoy effort
will be secrecy. Not even the commander
of the embarkation camp in 1918 knew
the hour of sailing. Ship captains sailed
under sealed orders-to be opened when
they were on the high seas. The troops
marched away during the night, and
their ships sailed through the war zones
near each coast under cover of darkness.
Not a soldier appeared on deck as the
ships left the harbor No lights shone
at night except dark blue bulbs below
deck. No radio communication was per-
mitted.
The ships took zigzag courses across
the sea, operating on special little-used
sea lanes.
Every ship in convoy was armed
and heavily manned with Navy per-
sonnel. Life boats, RATS and life belts
were carried in abundance.
But the most remarkable feature of
the World War troop transportation was
that not one transport was sunk on the
eastbound passage, when troops were
aboard. Five troop ships were torpedoed,
three of them sinking, but the U-boats
got them on the homeward journey,
when they carried only the ships crew.
Throughout that war, only 768 men of
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the American armed forces were lost
at sea.
The first United States military unit
to sail was a base hospital force from
Cleveland on May 8. 1917, about month
after the declaration of war. Then Gen.
Pershing and his A. E. F. stan went over
and began on the seashore Of France
to prepare to receive the American Army
deepening rivers building great docks
and warehouses, enlarging railroads and
establishing supply bases.
First u. S. Convoy
The first convoy sailed on June IA,
1917-12,000 troops in 10 ships, accom-
panied by four cargo ships and an escort
Of cruisers, submarine chasers and de-
stroyers.
In this group. thousands Of boys from
the farms and cities who had never even
seen the ocean before had the narrowest
escape from U-boats Of any In the 86
groups Of troop ships which sailed during
the war Submarines attacked at night
as the convoy approached the war zone
of France, and salvos of torpedoes barely
IIllSScU ScVeTd! Ol SHIPS
Most of the submarine attacks occurred
on the European side Of the Atlantic,
where the convoy routes converged as
the ships neared port. Submarine activ-
ity on the United States Coast did not
begin until June, 1918.
BY January /, 1918, troops and marines
totaling 1854 had been embarked.
Gen. Pershing pleaded for more speed,
writing the War Department on Deem
Der 2, 1917: "The Allies are very weak
and we must come to their relief this
year, 1918. The year after may be too
late"
But the rate Of embarkation increased
the Germans launched their powerful
offensive in Picardy and seemed headed
for final victory. Every available ship
then was pressed into service; troop
ships were packed until the men slept
in folding hunks set up in the mess
rooms, and on some ships the hunks
were used alternately by two men, one
sleeping while the other was on deck.
In March. 84,863 men were trans
ported; in June, 278,750 embarked in
July, 306,185. BY the end Of October,
2,075, 1874 men had sailed.
The job was done with much help
from the Allies. The British loaned 49
per cent of the troop ships and provided
warship escorts. The British directed all
the cargo conveys. The French supplied
practically all the artillery for the A.
E. F. as it went into battle, besides some
tanks and airplanes. Gen. Pershing pur-
chased in Europe 4,341. .405 tons Of sup
plies-forage, animals, timber and equip
ment. Without all this, the expedition
ary force could not have been dispatched
or maintained. For, although straining
every effort, the United States shipped
only 5,153.o00 tons Of cargo overseas.
American Fighters
But the American entry into the strug-
gle began to have its effect. BY the
time the March offensive started 343,OOO
doughboys were in the thick Of the fight
ing, ION trial in the eyes of Europe" as
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker as
serted. "A huge army, hastily gathered,
consisting largely Of inexperienced
troops, they upheld the finest traditions
of the service"
BY October Pershing's forces were
threatening the German communication
lines ct Sedan, preparing a blow which
was to prove fatal to the Teuton cause.
Evening star., 1942-02-01
BY Don Whitehead,
Wide World News.

things, scrap soft living and remake
world with proper perspective:
THE United States is great SYM
phony. but the accents are on the wrong
notes. We must learn to place the accent
in the right place.
I'VE had bill of rights. but we never
had a bill of duties. We were given
many privileges, but few responsibilities.
We lost our discipline and the old re-
spect for mamma and papa. Perhaps
Evening star., 1942-02-01
We Have to Get Tough to Win!

THE schools gave children a lot of
fairy tales and sugar coated stories. Now
the time has come to give the yo'ins
generation stock of what's what"
Van Loon feels strongly that educa-
ton has failed the youth of America and
that children must be given a new
knowledge Of the past to prepare them
for the world of tomorrow. He has be-
gun series Of small volumes for chill
dren between II and l6 concerning the
culture and history Of the past 40 CEN
turieS.
II hope that it will help them to
find theirsway in what is about to fol-
low and will allow them to avoid those
mistakes which have almost carried us
of the present generation to the brink
of destruction" he says in note de-
scribing his work.
Van Loon has set about the task
with vigor. He looks fit and has the
quick, light step peculiar to many big
men, although a recent bronchial illness
has forced him to pay closer attention to
his health.
He works in two light. airy rooms at
his white clapboard home overlooking
the waters of Greenwich Cove-rooms
filled with books, sketches, work tables
and manuscripts in cheerful disarray
belying the popular conception that his
torians live in clustered world of neat
orderliness.
The Van Loon Home.
The house with huge cement pillars
on the veranda has honey, lved-in at
moSphere where an inquisitive dachs-
hund, senile poodle, bored cat and
a numbering Newfoundland live in COM
plete harmony with the master and Mrs.
van Loon, the former Helen Criswell Of
Harrisburg, Pa.
Authors, artists, newspapermen, radio
folk, refugees. townfolk and officials OF
many governments frequently visit them.
Recently they had 54 dinner guests, and
both seemed slightly amazed that every
one had managed to be seated.
Even the complete stranger finds him.
self at ease in the Van Loon house
hold, with its irreverence for pomposity
or pretention. This is a trait in Van
Loon which dates back to his early days
as newspaperman.
Born in Rotterdam. Van Loon received
his formal education at Harvard, Cornell
and Munich. He was an Associated
Press correspondent in Washington for
a time and then was sent to Russia.
where he saw the outbreak Of the 1906
revolution.
He was in Belgium when the first
World War began, and during the next
four years he roamed through eight
nations as an Associated Press writer.
He was associate editor of the Baltimore
Sun in 1924.
After the last war he began writing
the works which brought him world
wide recognition. His books have been
translated in some 20 languages.
When the current war broke out and
the Germans overran Holland, Van Loon
became head of the Dutch relief Or
ganization and a sort Of unofficial lead
er of the Dutch cause in the United
States.
Evening star., 1942-02-01

Hendrix Willem Van Loon,
eminent historian and biog-
rapher. Star STAFF Photo.
having 100000 men in the Army will
teach us discipline again. We need it
badly.
This is job for our educational sys-
tem-after it has been overhauled. The
system has been rigged up to prevent
children from knowing what has hap
pened. We must begin all over again
by taking geography and history seri-
ously.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Qualified

And here's Rosalie Peters OF
Detroit. Michigan. who gives a
qualified mo" answer, but for
reasons quite different from An
thongs.
Marriage Is essential to the
happiness Of a woman, but not
necessarily so to a man. A career
woman may be happy in her
work while she Is still young, but
she knows that when Time has
taken its toll she will not find
IL SO easy to hold her place in
the business world. Fine clothes.
expensive vacations, plenty of
spending mOney-all these mean
nothing when they cannot be
shared. And so to n woman the
love and cOmpanionship of
husband mean more than all the
careers in the world, and mar
riage offers way Of life which
can never be improved upon.
A man. hopeuer, can lire
quite happily without marriage
as long as he is in good health
and has the, t0hereUithdl TO pay
TOR all his wants. But this holds
true only up to the point Where
he meets the One and Only no
man tCho becomes absolutely eS-
Sentidl to his happiness and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

In front Of you" he said. ere
fused to do that. What's the
matter with him anyway"
ooh, that one" was the ex-
PLANTATION. Hes been driving n
hack for so years, has 500, 900
and tells everybody to 90 to
hell
The lads from the theatrical
publicity cages. tDho leaned on
the colyHmiSts land rice versa
in the uniforms OF the armed
forces The bioShot from
the Capitol. tDho explains phy
he weekendS IN N. Y: an
Washington the todr stops on
Fridays and starts on Mondays"
The blGcked-out PennSv
Station. a heduen for the SOL
dierS returning to camp and
their StOeetieS The pool OF
silence that floods the Plaza
after midnight. So still you can
hear whispers OF nothing
Heddlners sitting on their
thrones Of fame and burdened
nth croDnS OF t0orrv
Actresses entering JOINTS chin
deep in Summer ermine, COL
lecttno StdreS Barren
Island in Brooklyn, Dhere
people eIiSt in FRA ShdckS-d
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

waving their snobbery at each
other The intellectual stage
door Johnnies waiting for their
ladies to come out OF the night
session at the 23rd Street branch
OF City College. The top-flight
Broadway people in the after
midnight places. playing card
games or anything to stifle their
loneliness. Bootblacks in the
electric shine parlors carrying
on conversations in jive-lingo
that completely battles the I'M
educated and Broadway slang
stars. The air raid sirens being
tested and wailing like a guy
who has lost his gal.
Street Scene: The 59th street
and 5th avenue side of Central
Park, where the horse and buggy
hacks wait for fares and lovers
A cafe owner seeking some
day time air hoped into one of
them and instructed the veteran
at the reins: Half way around
the park"
II don't go half way around
any park" was the rebuff.
Jumping out OF IL, the cafe
man took the hack behind and
gave the same order. That guy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

here's one from Anthony Saco,
OF Paterson. N. j.
Dear Miss Robinson: From
purely personal, masculine
viewpoint, i find that marriage
IL not necessary TO happiness.
Those people are truly happy
who have learned that only
through sacrifice can we obtain
the happiness we seek. We are
happy TO the extent that we are
able TO bring happiness to the
lives Of others.
Let US not confuse personal.
selfish satisfaction. which
ceases when the pleasure oiU-
ing object has been spent or
diSSipated. Nth the soul satisfy
ing joys that come TO us Uhen
ine sacrifice ourselves to BRING
happiness TO those Ue lore. II
ne enter marriage TO seek
happiness Tor ourselves. zoe ,UiH
be sadly disappointed. Hap
ptneSS is complete only Uhen IL
IS giuen, and the more zoe oiue.
the more ire iCtIl hare for our
selves.
The happieSt moments Of my
life have been those i'm which
have been able TO bring happi-
ness to the people I know. I
have never been married. but
have found that being single
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

than men3 Do they look the other way when
Ill Health sticks his foot in the door &. . do they
drown out the sound with loud music when the
wolf begins TO howl outside do they shut
their ears when they're dead sure the boss is
going TO say next Saturdsy-"You're fired"-
and pretend such thing couldn't happen or
that there's better Job just around the corner?
Do women-or men-reeosnize the facts;
look trouble straight in the eye; come out sml-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
Ethics OF Flat Feet
BY ARTHUR BUGS BAER

don't mean anything more than feathers egg
SO the Ethics of Flat Feet advises you there is no
use jumping off the top of piano with your sweet
heart in your lap.
They don't worry about your SHUTTERS in the
mechanical Army. Here is thing to remember
about warfare. If they let the short guys dig the
trenches the tall guys will stick head and shoulders
If you want the trenches dug right let the tall
birds do the echelon blowing and the military spadng
Ethics insists that heads and feet the more
vulnerable in modern budozng. As for the dogs,
anything that you lace boots will do until the
gasoline out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
UP and Down
Broadway

reminder Of the Old West-in
the Uorld's most modern city.
The USO distributes theatre
and cinema tickets 10 the men
in the local camps and naval
bases 1t is done in alpha
betical order to avoid favorit-
ism The other day at the
old Paramount Studios in Long
Island City (now an army depot
the letter IL" was reached
and two movie ducats were
handed TO Carl Laemmle. Jr.
-. Young Laemmle was mere
ly the owner OF Universal Pic
lures. and its sale made him a
millionaire.
The art studios In Greenwich
Village which once were stables
&c. The big clock on the buiIding
at And Street and 9Th Avenue.
where during the wee hours of
the ayems you can hear the
tic-tOcks dropping into infinity
The tots who used to play
cops -and-robbers now playing
Commands, In the west side
streets. The huge searchlights
interrupting the dimouts by
stabbing the planes roaring over
Central Park .Loafers stand
ing on street corners staring at
the paSsersby and tossing away
precious hours like cigarette
butts Wrinkled charwomen
million dollar sky
Scrapers every evening TO give
them beauty treatments The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

ing and face the musie3 In short, who are the
reslists-men or women?
fyoure an observer of Life il you study
men and women and how they react :. here's
your chance. Write your piece in not more than
ESQ words and send il 70 Elsie Robinson in care
of this paper. Include full name, address and
age mot over 30). SIS for the best letter from
boy or girl. and other prizes for all letters
published!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21

peace OF mind. Then and then
ONLY ,0iH he consider marriage
~ he cannot obtain his heart S
desire in any other nay"
Resale tMrSE G. PeterS-age q
1861 w. Lafayette blvd. De-
troit, Mich.
(S250 price.
Even as vital a question as
this has its humorous side, and
It takes man like Pvt. Richard
w. Sissala OF Camp Berkeley,
Texas. to point 1t out.
Dear Miss Robinson: Mar
riage Is not necessary for the
happiness Of man, because man
has never been happy. Our pres
ent world crisis Is ample proof
OF that. Besides, taking a few
classic examples of unhappy
men who were married. the
catastrophies and unhappiness
that result are self evident.
There has been Adam, the wife
of whom was Eve. Need l go fur
Their? Well, there was Solomon.
He wasn't happy with several
hundred wives. Then there was
that old American patriarch,
Rip Van Wrinkle. twenty years
is long time to hide in mortal
fear of one woman. Consider.
too. the truly great men who
never did get married: Hitler,
YahoOdie and myself.
Pvt. Richard w. SiSsala, Age &c,
Camp Berkeley Casual Oct.
Camp Berkeley, Tex.
$3.50 price.