davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24
Continued from Page 14)

had such a lot to learn.
/ remember that 1 looked up
into Jay O'Brien's eyes and
thought how lustrous and dark
I they were and l had another
thought, too. How cruel"
What is he like, l wondered,
inside that white-white shirt, be-
hind the pearls
But now Jack and Jay wanted
TO dance with me. | had risen TO
dance with Jack, but Jay re-
moved his arm from my shoulder
and had his arm about my waist
Il bet ten thousand I'd dance
with her tonight" Jay said to
his friend as he turned me away
from him.
We were on the dance floor
and while Jack pretended TO give
in gracefully, I-could see that
he really did not like it.
The music throbbed--a tango.
And there without thinking of
movement or rhy [ h m, Jay
O'Brien and l were dancing as
if we had danced together always.
Our timing was so perfect
could not speak. l closed my eyes
and wondered if all this night
had been a dream, and that this
was a continuation of it. l was
never more thoughtful. looked
up into his immobile, finely CHS
eled face and saw it registered
no expression. 1t had the perfect
proportions and even features of
a statue. The only difference,
thought, was that / could see a
muscle in his right jaw throb.
1 caught my breath with kind
Of pain. l don't know why, but
did. My heart skipped a beat. 1t
was OMNIBUS, that feeling which
rushed through me.
Jay O'Brien was bad for me
yet fascinating, as often some
thing which is bad for you can
be. Even though this man was
many years older than |, his at
traction was undeniable.
Jay O'Brien had wanted to
met me. dance with me yes, and
to win his bet Yeti couldn't
believe then that he had been
serious about the bet. l thought
he had only said it in fun. But
didn't know Jay, or I would
have believed. He would bet on
anything under the sun.
He held me closer against him
and l pulled away. subconsciously
resisting his magnetism.
Don't go away from me, be-
cause l tell you I'm going to
take you home | understand that
no one else does"
Il haven't any play time. You
see-I-work.
And I see you are lovely. I
see that you like me. And 1
know and you know that we
have something in common
There is such fine line be-
tween like and dislike.
l said an odd thing then, some
thing I was to recall many times
during the next few years.
II just like honest people" 1
told him
What makes you feel I'm not
honest ?" Jay asked.
] had no answer. I couldn't
say that he both ATTRACTED and
repealed me. / didn't think that
far into whatever | felt. / guess
| hadn't learned TO think. But
Jay was going to begin to teach
me soon.
The tango music ended and be-
fore we could walk from the
dance floor Jack de Saulles was
beside me He had been dancing
with the slight brown-eyed girl
l remembered sitting beside him
at Otto Kahn's table.
Jacks hand clutched my
wrist and he held me back with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

MIN as Jay ana the girl, WITH
whom de Saullles had been dane
ing, walked ahead
Promise me something" he
whispered. Wait for me tonight
let me take you home. I'll
leave with the party, but I'll
come back-Let me not Jay
O'Brien, take you home"
/ told him that no one was
to take me home / never allowed
that. Il never go out alone
with anyone, either" said.
Il know" he said But Jay
and l have bet on-he's won
once tonight from me-now you
help me win over him? You
know, l got you first-give me
a chance TO score this goal"
/ felt like a football player
myself just then.
Look" he said, holding me
back on the floor. Il want TO
be with you. Don't you under
stand? ?"
l understood, all right, but
did not let him think SO. l tried
to wrench my wrist from his
hand and just then the brown
eyed girl turned around and saw
us.
He dropped my wrist quickly.
She didn't say anything. She
was the quiet, timid type-a wisp
of a girl with too much hurt
in her eyes. Her name was
Blanca and she came from one
of the richest families of Chile
land had a fortune in her own
name).
"She is jealous l said too
quickly. I'm sorry I said that
her eyes are so sad mean
she loves you-and she's hurt.
She overheard what you said
to me-"
Because she is Mrs. De-
Saulle she doesn't own me. l
do as l please"
oh"
You're going to see me soon
alone ,"
Never alonew
l was glad it was time for
nv next number. l wanted to get
away from these people. whose
lives seemed to be made up of
betting. of intrigues. of match
ing wits.
Although I managed somehow
not TO return to the Kahn party
again that night, l was conscious
that both Jay O'Brien and Jack
de Saulles were watching me
FOR the following week l was
U spursued nightly by Jay and
Jack. who sent flowers and per-
fume and trinkets.
l was still in Watch Your
Step" because Irene Castle was
still i'll. My life was mad eX-
citing routine of working, sleep
ing and getting clothes made.
Jay OBricn always seemed to
be whore | could sec him out
of the corner Of my eye. And
there came a night when / climb
ed into a taxi as usual, and dis
covered Jay sitting there with
Jenny Jay, you see, had out
witted both the driver and Jenny. |
1t seemed ridiculous to make a
scene just because he insisted on
seeing me home. Somehow knew
it would do no good Jay was
determined And when we drove
up in front of my apartment
house. he helped me out and
stood on the walk while Jenny
went inside
The arc lights were just begin
ming 10 pale in the first dawn
and the wind from the Hudson
made me shiver.
You know I'm in love with
you" he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

The Picture
at the Left
= no VS. MIR.
Cash Fitting
a New Top
Part To an
Injured Ear.
Il e va n
Exhibit of
the Makeup
r. \ Pc r is
HandiWork.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

A A AKING faces - that's the
M unique job of Don Cash of
bVh Hollywood. A IN a k cup
artist for film stars, Cash not
only works with the paint and
mascara pots, but devotes his
spare time 10 the humane task Of
supplying missing. facial parts
for unfortunates who, through
accident or disease. have become
disfigured The pictures Of the
two men on this page--one who
needed a nose and the other who
lacked half an ear-are dramatic
proof Of his generosity and his
skill.
Cash cot started on his UNI
usual rehabilitation work when a
Los Angeles hospital sought his
advice for some experiments. The
institution had in ward one man
with cancer whose nose had been
completely removed. The opera
ton was entirely successful, from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

No sabotage in Our garage!
lohn,on'S Carnu removes
rlcrleuaCc of road scum,
grease bug juice which
cm damage the finish De-
tsriorauon is retarded.
For Ios'ine projection to
make q CHuu polish last
longer save car vdShinCs
and make upkccp easier
apply Johnson AutoWaN.
Atbcttcr auto supply stores,
service stations, regularly wax
dealers. II YOU can't obtain
IohnSon'S Auto Wax. use
regular Johnson's Wax -
which YOU probably have
in your home. It's almost
as easy 20 use as Auto Wax.
All Johnson's Wax Polishes
provide positive protection.
TVoe in Fibber Niece ondMoIly
-TVesdoy nights - MIC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

cept by the closest inspection.
After Cash completed his ini-
tial experimental work on max
ing an artificial nose and ear, his
fame spread, and today he is
consulted by doctors all over the
country when they are faced
with a particularly tough rehabi-
litation job. In his spare time,
Cash now works in an advisory
capacity for Uncle Sam, lending
his skill and suggestions TO the
making over of American sol
diers who have been disfigured
in battle
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

there it was but a short step to
becoming an adviser to physi-
clans.
Today Cash and his theatrical
skill are making a major coptri-
button to humanity.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-24

eros by weekly Britain Rights Reserved
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-10-14
oder Elm Cenosse des kreuzes

Ialem. SD peiB nidt, mie toir ibn
finoen Ioaen."
Benoni ihaute ernit orein. Dod
enblid iaste er: sd nu,B seben, iuie
mir beioblen lit; es mag iein, oaB er
leit beute Iorsen suriidgefebrt it,
~@ebe, iuenn es oir sefaut'', iaete
Situs miioe. BOD Stepbanus iollte
aufpaiieu uno mir funo tuu, isllte
ser Weiiter 5uriidfebren; er miro
oies nidt beriaumen."
~aud id mub sebeu'', iaste @e.
noui.
aaein er febrte idon nad einer
Stunbe 5uriif uno ieiu ernites &C.
iidt 5etate, oaB ieine Wiiiion feblge>
iblaeen iuar. -...-
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-10-14
ID. aapitet

ID. aapitet
2ongiam idliden Die Stuaben oa.
biu. Die Radt trat eiu unb perains
ebeuio langIam. ltno intmer nod
luahte Ettus un6 iuartete auf gtad.
ridt bon Stepbauus, iudbren6 in
aranfen3iumer Die Bddter nit ber.
8tpetfelten Ser5en oas itdere unb IN.
aufbaltiame Serannaben bes eefiird-
teten Berberbens iaben.
Das aino log iest betpesuneslos,
Die ausen balb eeoffnet ,mo sldiern;
nno BLOB oas @eraulb ibres Be.
ibmerli6en At,nens, bas Sen &aum
erfiilte, berbinberte ben @ebonfen
BEL ibnen, baB fte tot lei. Die Mut-
ter bate iib am Subran6e bes 8ettes
auf bic Gnte setuorfen uno berbarg
ibr @eiibt in Den Sorbangen. sic
bate bon 3eit a,t Belt tpdbreno Ser
gansen geaht sebetet nit ben @or-
ten bes Weei1tersf ,Bie niel ,nebr
miro @ott quite @aben geben feiuen
4inbern, als ibr euren Rinbern quite
Dinge sebet', in ibren @eoanfen.
llno nun mar ibr Ser5 bou Bitter
felt. sd babe eebetet, lmo Gott
bat mid nidt erb0rt. 0sein aino
ltirbt. Ser Weilter bat ln3dbliee.
semeine 8ettler sebeilt, aber iest,
90 mein reiues, nnlduloises aiuh
leioet, fommt er nidt. Sollte er bies
ni9t tpiiien, tuenu er ser GbriIt tpds
req" 1nb i,nmer llnb imner 1pieber
febrten Die idn,er5lihen @e6anteu
suriid, bis ibr Saupt balb ipabniin'
mig tpuroe Dor 5dmers.
3ulest erbob fe iib rmb, ii6 raid
ibren @atten ndberno, Der l,nbetues.
lib baiaB unb bes 9inoes @elidt be-
obo6tete, iaste lie:
,,Wialt ou nidt bineeben uno ben
Na6arealer aufiuben! 8arte ntbt, es
! mag ieiu, baB er eben iest suriidge'
febrt it,"
Obne elm Sort erbob lib sssairus
unb berIieB bas 3immer. Ser Wor=
gen par ansebroheu ltnb bas bele
5onneniidt traf idmer5eno feline
Hopfenoen Mugdpfel.
Drauben auf ser @alerie idriti
oer neine 8euoni auf uua ub. 8eim
SdaG 6es 5hrittes elite er nortpdrts
aber bic 1rase eritarb ibm auf bes1
2ippen, als er ieiues Serrn Mnge'
itdt iab.
| ,,9at ,nan ,1ihts bon bent Rasa
rener sebort?" fraste Ssairus.
,,Nidts, mein Serr", antwortet;
ser Wann trauria. SD bin oft brat
Ben setpeien CUR grtl,uoisuns, uni
auh Der Rnabe Titus."
| SD iperoe iest seben. es MAG
iein, oab td i'm fiabe", iaste Sairus
lansiam. uBleibe bu bier 1T Sor
peite. Sd iuerbe oeu anabeu mi
mir nebii,en.
| Eitus bate eeew eiae feiaer fradt
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-10-14

lolen SodnOerutgen ahT Ote otrdb
gemadt un6 tuollte geraSe gum atuan
sisiten Wale traurig 5uriidfebreu, al,
er ein @erGuid tpie bon leihte,
raiden 5dritten auf bent Steinpfla
tier b0rte. sSeman6 fam! er itan'
| till uno bordte. SSm ndditen augen
bid ndberte li6 Stepbenus oem go
int bollem 2auf. Als er Eitus lab
rief er freuSis: ,,er lit sefomn,en.
Fitus blieb niht, UNI nebr 5u 20
ren, ionoern Stepbanus aufforoernI
su tparten, fprang er suriid ourd
Ben Sof in ben @arten uno tuollt
feroee fiibu an Ser Tiir anflopfen
Die in ben inneren 8of fiibrte, al
| iid bieieIbe ploslid offnete uno Sa
ir,ts ieibit beraus fam.
Ser Seller lit sefommen!" rie
Titus errest, obne oie Anreoe ieines
Serrn ab3u,uorten. ,,Mein 8ruoe1
bat eben sic 0adribt gebrabt. 81
lpartet orauben uno faun rns iasen
tue ser Ra5arener 8,t finoen lit. Sol
id on beiner Statt sebeu?"
,,Qeim. Rnabe", iaste SSairus, Id
iueroe ielbIt oeben; ood masit ou mid
besleiten.."
9ie bei6en begaben iid raid aut
Sic StraRe. mo iie Stepban,is ertpar,
tete.
,,aommt bierber!" iaste ct. ,,@r ii
seraoe eelanoet orauben bor BET
Staot ,ino. fam auf bas oitliae Eot
au, ais ih es borte."
: Mae brei eilten fe ftiaibiueieeno
bortp6rts. sSsairus ettpas por ben bet
oen -Rnaben, als ipoae 'er lie iiber.
bolen. Nie tpar Der Weg 70 lang er.
idienen, 5traBeu, freie Blase, @ai'
ien, BaIaite uno Siitten, ampbi'
tbeater unb Spnasoee - tie uaren
ibn, ale eius iest. @r batte felt mebr
als "a Stunben 1tid9t geIdlafeu uno
seseiien; uno bie Dinse itiesen ibn1
auf rieienbaft ,ino idredlih uno
ldmer3umnebelt. gnolid erreihten
lie oas 0itli6e 9or.
.Ssslt Ser ssa3areuer i6on bier
borbet?' frug er oeu Eor.uabter BET,
ier.
uNein", iaste Der Wann. ,gr bai
Sort angebalten, Inn s,t bent 8olfe gu
reben, bas i'm ibon brdngt, obtpobl
er fauu gelanbet it," gr 5eiet nadj
bent Siteu, ipabreno ct iprad uno
Die brei eilten nod. elmer fleineu An'
bSbe, Die seoranst bon 2elte ltano.
8olo erreidten iie oen auBereu
Saum ser Wenge uub fonnteu 6as
@eiidt oes Meilters ielbit Ieben, tpie
er auf eiuer grbob,ms in BET Mitt;
itono.
,,ltm 6es Wamens @ottes ,1pillen
laBt mid oorbei, quite 2el,te!" rie
SSairus, lid mub nit bem Weiite'
re6enl' "
Dte Wenge mid ebrerbietig 5uriid
benn' biele erfannten ben Nebenber
une aQe iabeu, 6aB er bon tiefen
aum,uer beibipert mar. 11nb iest II
ct bent Weiiter au 5iiben gefaaes
lnS ruff aus:
uSeIlis, bu Sobn @ottes, ia bitt'
bid, erbore Mid! Weine fleine God
ter liest inn Sterben; ib bite bid
fomme, unb lese oeine SGnbe au
iie, ba6 iie gei,m6 tperbe 1tnb Iebe.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-10-14
e. Sortiekuug)

Salrus befttg, tnoem er 1td erbob
uns bic Saut lamt oem er5enen 8es
fdg nabut, iuarf er iie beioe aus BEN,
5eniter. ,,WuB iie iterbeu, 10 iou iie
ipenisitens uubefledt oon folder
Wiedertradtiefeit Iterben! Bflege
tpeiter, 9abitba, ,,nb in oeiner Beiie.
alnb ou, MariHa, glib bent Eiirbi;ter
1efebl, ienen Wenideu ni6t berein=
sulaIien, ipenn ct be1te abeno fommt.
@arte! 2aB i'm Oem Weaideu Die
fes @elo reiden."
Aber iett fiug Der fteine Batient,
ent,ueber oopu oer Gurdt nuo auf'
reaamg ober oon 5ortidritt Ser
Rranfbeit oeruriadt, at, irre 5u re-
beu. sest meiute lie in sSeruialem su
feiu unb re6ete Sulammenbaneios bon
6em ltu,sug. bent 9en,pel, bent sc.
fang. sSsest rite fe auf ibrem Waui'
tier, mo 2itus iammelte sroBe
Strdube tptloer 8lumen fir iie. Balo
barouf erbob fe iih auf int 8ett
uno in6em Iie ibre Ausen nit Der
9an6 beibattete, rief iie freuoig:
%, Eit,as! SD iebe ben Weilter!
gr fon,mt iiber oie Wieie. Sieb' pie
Die 2ilieu lid biesen, lueuu ieine
Rleioer oariiber itreihen! @molid
tueroe i9 nit ibm ipreben!"
9unu fiel lie tpieber suriid auf
tbr ailien uno ibre Stimme iant 5u
einem leiieu, 5ulan,meubanssloieu
@emurmel.
aber mie ein 2ihtitrab( fom Der
bers.peifeluoeu Wutter ser @ebanfe
on ben sroben Seiler. Gid erbebeno
tbritt fe burh bas 3imn,er bin nab
bern 5eniter, Dor ipelbem ibr @atte
gebeugten 6auptes itano, leste ibre
Sano n,f ieinen arm uno iaate IN
Aalbem Jliiltern:
,,Mein @atte, in unIerem Shreden
babeu ipir ben stasarener ber9eien;
ton,1te ct nidt uuler aino beilen?'
Ssairus fubr sulammen rno pano'
te iib ieiner 5rau 5u, etpas luie etn
Soffuunesltrabl in ben ausen.
.,Hibtig", iaste ct. "Bir baben.
es a,.i Die unbegreiilibite 8eiie pers
geifeu. SD CLAUDE, oaB er, nno ct
ailein, lms belfen fann. Sd luiu 10
fort seben uuo grfuuoieunsen iiber
ibu eiu5iebeu. 8enoui erluartet eben
btauBeu 8efeble."
9itus iaB uubetpeglid beim 8rrnt
neu, Ieiite Iugen unoertuauot a,f bas
Sor bes inneren &ofes gerihtet.
5tuuoenlane ihon tuar ct oa ge.ue>
fen ,mo bate getuartet, Oh nidt ie'
u,aub berausfommen ,piiroe. Als oa.
ber 9enoui beraustrat, bereit, ieiues
&errn Deiebl gu erfiiuen, lprang ST
tus auf, ibm eutseeeu.
.Die sebt es unierer ffeinen Ser
riu?" fraste ct.
adj SD fiirdte, 6aB fie niht
beHer miro. Sic tpiro iterben, ipenn
ibr nidt Silfe ipirb, ,no baloise
Ollie. SD aebe, oen Na5arener ,au
iuden. Bir boffen -"
,,gr iit nidt bier, laste Fitrs in,
9ome Sumpfer Ber5tpeiflung. ,Seute
Morsen, als ib suerit bon. ibrer
Rranfbeit b0rte, Iudte id Stepbanus
auf. meinen Dru6er, - oenn er lpeiB
immer, ipas ant beIten lit - ,mo
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-10-14
R;tt,Ss6, Sen IA. Dftsser i942
Witte. Or iuan6te lid) um i,no iagte:
,,Ber bat mid aneeriibrt2"

UtAit. vi lUuHUIc IVY AiN ANN iuHAS:
,,Ber bat mid angeriibrt2"
3uerit anttportete niemono, 6enu
alle bertpunoerten fid OBJ oer 5rase.
Daun iagte einer Ieiuer Siinger, nit
Namen Betrus: ,,Weilter, oas Bolt
ordneet Did ,,no oriidet oib; uno ou
ipridtlt: ,8er bat mid aneeriibrt2' 4"
Seius aber iprad: n@s bat mid
|ientano anseriibrt, oenn ib fiible, saS
eiue araft bon mir ausseganeen lit. I"
Bdbreu6 er fprad, ridtete er feline
slugen auf elite arrnlid sefleioete
Srau, 6ie nabe babel itano. als lie
i'm nad iid bliden fab, sitterte fie
unb, bortndrtsfommen6, fiel iie Dor
ibm nie6er uno iaate iblud5e,,6:
30, Neiiter! Sd bite bid, ber.
eib mir!~ Sd bobe felt sIpolf .Sabrea
an ether unbeilbaren Rranfbeit ee-
litten ,tnb babe biel erlitten bon bic.
len @ersten. Sd babe al mein Gut
oarob bersebret unb es bat nibts ee.
bolfeu, ionbern bielmebr uaro es Gr-
ger. ltno id oadte in meinem Ser
5eu, nenu id MIR 6en Count oeiues
aleioes anriibren fonnte, 70 tpiiroe id
gebeih. llno 10 mar es, .benm faunt
bate iA bid beriibrt, 10 tparb id &C.
Juno"
als Seius Dies bSrte, ftredte ct
feline Sano aus, bob iie auf uno iagte:
,,Meine Eodter, oein CLAUDE bat oi4
seiun6 -aenadt; eebe bin nit 6rie-
oen uno iei eel,,uo um oeiner Nla.
ge."
@abren6 ct nod 5u oem Weio
iprad, iab Sair,ts, Der in idmersli-
der unse6ulo eetuartet batte,. 8enoni
fomn.en. l1no 8enoni, als er ieinen
Serrn fab, 5errib feline aleioer nit
einem laltten ausrnf- bes 8ebes..
AID, nein Serr'', iaste er, ,.oeine
Sodter lit eeitorben, tpas beniibelt
ot ipeiter ben Weiiter 2"
Das anselidbt bes sssairus tparo to-
tenbleid, als ct bieie 8orte borte
uno ct tpiiroe 5u 8ooen gefallen iein,
tpare es nidt fir oie geidminoe &anb
oes Weiiters getpelen iein.
"JGrdte bid nidt'', iprad 6e-
Weiiter 5u ibm, CLAUDE nurl" Dann,
iiA tpenoeno, iprab ct gebieteno sur
Wenge, ibnen oas Beiterfomneu un.
terIagefto.
gSieoer ainsen iie ipeiter; Sei,,s
nit oret ieiner SsSiineer ,.no Sssairus !;
Die beioen anaben, nit 8enoni, folg.
ten ibnen in fur5er gntfernung.
,,8as fann ser Seller nun nod
belfen9" murmelte Gitus bitter.
.Wean es ni6t fir bas Beib getpe-
fen tpdre, 10 ipdren mir bielleidt frib
senug gelpeien.'
uDie 2leine tot ibreu lekten
atem5ug geraoe ais Der Serr oas
Saus berlaiien Bate. iagte Benoni
traurig.
.Mber bat 6u geb6rt, mas ber
Meiiter gum. Batter bes Nainbes Tag.
tee" iaste Stepbanls. r6iirdte bid
nibt gla,,be nur!' Ct ,pirb auf ir-
senoeine 8eiie belfen - ibr ner6et
leben."
vMber tpas fann ct iest tun 2"
,pie6erbolte Eitus.
,,gr fann ibnen belfen, Ben @it.
len ertrageu unieres Baters int &int.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29

de luxe trk sedan: choice
OF II beauties; only $500 up, 1-3 down
Tor trade
r. Nj. Gregory Salesrooms. 1866 Gratiot
READ Times Want Ads for proht--use
them for results
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29

OLDS-l94l HYDRA Matte streamliner 2-dr.
and 4-dr. sedans. custom de luxe sedans,
coupes and S-cyl models. radios and
heaters; choice Of 16 beauties; $s67 up.
- down or trade
II NJ Gregory salesrooms, 1868 Gratiot
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-29

NASH 1910 convertible club cabriolet :
scarlet red finish, new black top. custom
tailored red leather interior. practically
new whitewall tires. all the extras, a steal
at Shg9 long, easy terms
TIT Woodward
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Afraid Regulation


In their revised blackout regula-
tons the Commissioners demonstrate
again how difficult it is to provide
for all the contingencies and at the
same time to be specific without Gre
atlng confusion. They have not sue
ceeded IN any Of these things. 1t Is
small wonder that the Off1ce of Civil
ian Defense, studying these and other
regulations, has concluded that some
standard pattern is necessary for
the country.
The Commissioners distinguish be-
tween practice blackouts and the
real thing. In practice blackouts,
Wardens are not permitted forcibly
to enter premises where lights are
burning. Certain lights, such as
traffic signals and those within some
industrial establishments and Gov
ernment buildings, are permitted to
burn. But how are the wardens, and
the, public, to know the difference
between practice alarms and real
alarms? And, in event of an air raid,
how long is it going to take to inform
those concerned that the alarm is the
real thing-not practice? The regu-
lations do not 60 into that.
Specific land most confusing) reg
ulations are laid down for parking
OF automobiles on the AFRAID alarm.
But no directions are given the motor
1St about what he is to do with him.
self, after parking his can He is for
hidden to walk, ride or be upon anv
street, highway, avenue or alley or
any other open space in the District
OF Columbia Presumably he is to
vanish into thin air.
Perhaps the most serious failure
IN the regulations is to distinguish
between an alert, during which the
city might be blacked out in prepa-
ration for an air attack, and an air.
raid alarm Suppose the authori-
ties decide to black out the city after
dusk, and to keep it BACKED out all
night in expectation of an attack
which does not materialize. The
same signal would be used for
this alert" that would sound the
actual alarm of an attack. Under
the regulations people in theaters, in
the streets, etc, presumably would
get under some shelter-though
there is no mention of shelter. Would
they stay there all night or would
some effort be made to get them to
their homes? And how would they
be notified as to what is expected of
them?
AS long as air raids are a possibil-
lty regulations must be drawn. They
must be as simple and as brief as
possible. The Commissioners. after
comforting with the proper authori-
ties, may find it advisable to try writ
ing them again
Evening star., 1942-08-18
A Wartime Casualty

The nOne-too tranquil career OF
the Rural Electrifica ton Administra-
ton, so far as any expansion is con-
cerned, came to an abrupt end last
week when the War Production
Board ordered the discontinuance of
construction work on all of its power
and light projects. This action was
taken because of the pressing need
of the armed services for steel and
copper, some 400 tons of the latter
metal being in the possession of REA.
The surprising aspect of the WPB
order is not so much the fact that
war finally has caught up with REA,
but that the latter survived as long
as it did. More than six months ago
majority report of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee took the WPB
to task for what was described as it's
reckless disregard" of the need for
conserving war material in per-
mitting the construction Of REA
transmission lines in Texas and
Arkansas. Charging that these lines
duplicated existing private facilities,
the report said: If there Is no other
way to curb the conduct of the REA
and It's Wastage Of copper at this time
than to repeatedly bring it to the
attention Of the public until 1t (the
public is aroused to the point of
demanding a cessation of its acts,
then this committee will do Just that