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Evening star., 1942-04-13
Virginia Honor Societies
Elect 81 Members

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
l3.-Sixty-four faculty members
students and alumni have been
elected to Phi Beta Kappa and
Sigma Xi. honorary societies, at the
University Of Virginia, it was an
nounced today. The new Phi Beta
Kappa members will be initiated at
ceremonies this afternoon in con-
nection with the 199th birthday an
niversary of Thomas Jefferson
founder Of the university.
Alumni to be initiated into Phi
Beta Kappa are the Rev. Edmund j
Lee. principal Of Chatham Hall,
Chatham Virginius r. Shackle-
ford, president of the Almuni As
sociation, and State Senator John
Stewart Battle. DR.. Atcheson L.
Hench, professor Of English, is the
faculty member to be indicted into
the organization.
William r. Merrick Of Arlington
Is among the undergraduates named
to Phi Beta Kappa.
1t. Comdr. Thomas F. Ball, profess
sor Of engineering at the Naval Aca-
denny, Annapolis, and Charles Hen
deyson, professor Of electrical engi-
neering at the university, will be
inflated into Sigma XII, honorary
scientific fraternity, May 4.
Others to be initiated into the
fraternity include william p. Boyer
Orange; william C. Overstreet,
washington; Harry L. Archer
Waynesboro, and Edwin c. Hutter,
Charlottesville.
Evening star., 1942-04-13
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY,

Within the last 40 years, the
cashew has climbed to second place
in popularity among edible nuts
the frst honor is still held by the
American peanut. In 1923, 100 1000
pounds Of cashew nuts were i'm
ported into this country from In
dia. BY 1880. the total had risen
to 25.404, 900 pounds and each sue
ceeding year has recorded an in
crease.
At the time the cashew was in
troduced to Americans, 1t was the
most risky food in the world to
handle. Not only were the kernels
easily broken, but they were tempt
ing food for the Indian meal moth
offspring and the saw-toothed grain
beetle. These insects Matched dur
Evening star., 1942-04-13

xng the long voyage from India, so
that, by the time the boat reached
New York, about so per cent Of the
nuts were unfit for food.
During recent years. highly i'm
proved methods of handling the
cashews at their source have been
perfected. Hence, the loss is very
much reduced, and the nuts reach
our markets in perfect condition.
The cashew tree is . native Of
India-An evergreen about the size
Of our citrus tree. 1t IL permitted
to become gnarled and misshapen.
though cultivation would prevent
this and result in q beautiful tree.
Evening star., 1942-04-13

+ USHERS AND DOORMEN, Is yrs. or over.
/ Apply Monday evening pm, Room 732,
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TYPIST and general ofice work. perma :
nent Chance for advancement. Butler 5
Eodara1 HOJ -th st
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YOUNG MAN with knowledge Of typing
for ofice and stockroom. experienced help
full, but not necessary; salary good. Appy
34o5 Sherman ave NV.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

WANTED-COMMON CARRIER l. C. c..
rights general commodities between wash
ington. D. c.. and points in Virginia. Ad-
dress Box S92. Lynchburg. Va. 13'
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
any debts other than those contracted by
myself c. M. ESTEP, 1000 Conn. ave. n W.
Evening star., 1942-04-13
HELP MEN


y i.nss :s i3e H sss
AUTO MECHANICS 12). frst-class; best
pay; best working conditions Call Carl.
Inc. GA st. NV. See Mr.. Harwood.
2eoa wofkns steady
Apply Lokan Motor Co. iii 18th st. NV.
BAssEs AND BARITONE for renowned
choir Solo opportunities. Box 99-V. Star.
BICYCLE MECHANIC. wanted. must be
Appy as once 7ss sfh st. n8 '00' pay
BOOKKEEPER for manufacturers agents
selling building trade: must be gentle, ex-
perienced with double-entry books and
Mondas s%a smSHnt SE 1ssg stsnosf'Dhi' work Phone
BOYS, with bicycles SIG to $50 per week
Apply Postal TELEGRAPH Co.. l41s New
York ave
BUS BOY for downtown cafeteria. ex-
perisneed. Apply Rabbits 5l4 1lth
BUS BOY, colored. Apply a43s Conn. ave.
BUTCHER, experienced: good salary. Ap-
ply 24l0 14th st. NV.
CANvASSERS wanted by the Allied Roofing
Lewis. Lev AeH BE Se'yeea ave-. ina n'H am, 70 Al,
CARPENTERS frst-class trimmers. Ap-
ply 2l3 Indian Spring drive, Silver Spring.
Md. up to pm
CARPENTERS, thoroughly experienced in
remodeling: steady work. Car necessary.
Apply $40 am. Gates Contracting Co..
$40 Wisconsin ave, Bethesda. Md.
CAR WASHER. exp, colored. married pre-
ferred: good pay and bonus: 4s1hr. week;
See Mr.. Prettyman. Sun Oil Co. 1910
Conn. ave. NV.
CHECKERS, food and beverage: N. c. .R.
system; hotel experience preferred. Good
sahX ssaalhaX s,nd and working conditions. Box
CLERK. draft exempt. experienced in coal
business. locally. necessary. Apply by
Miller. sos 3rd st. NV. Ma. 5I7s.
Evening star., 1942-04-13
HELP WOMEN.

HELP WOMEN.
ASSISTANT DIErrTIAN in local hospital;
salary and maintenance experience not
essential Box 206-V. Star.
BAKERY SALESGIRL-No experience nee
essary; good wages. Will consider part
time. Box 3S4-V, Star.
BEAUTY OPERATOR-Excellent wages and
commission. No night work Stile Hair
dressing Salon. 1105 G st. NV.
BEAUTY OPERATORS (3): steady work.
good salary. Trinidad s942.
BEAUTY OPERATOR, full-time work
Rosemary Beauty Salon. 127 18th st. ne
Trinidad 90SS.
BEAUTY OPERATOR experienced: good
hours. 719 11th st. NV. Phone Metro
politan 619O.
BEAUTY OPERAToR-S2O plus commits
Upshur st. NV. GE. gS06.
BEAUTY OPERATORS-Good salary. Lii
has Uptown Salon. Woodley $500. 3416
Conn. ave.
BEAUTY OPERATOR experienced: salary
and commission. 4453 Conn. ave.
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HELP WOMEN.


BEAUTY OPERATOR. experienced; salary
and commissions. Myrtle Beauty shop.
642 Pa. ave. Sc. Ia
BEAUTY OPERATORS wanted; warnynn
graduates preferred. Call Mrs. Flynn. DI.
1852.
BEAUTY OPERATOR. part or full time.
French Beauty Shop, 1881 14th st. NV.
AD 9oL4
BOOKKEEPER for manufacturers agent
selling building trade. Must be gentle,
experienced with double-entry books and
small amount stenographic work. Phone
Monday ME. 1852.
BOOKKEEPER. must be intelligent: good
wages. District Awning and Shade Co..
4110 Georgia ave. NV.
BOORKEEPER-SECRET Apply In
own handwriting: give age, experience.
Frances ct Frances. 1915 Conn. ave. NV.
BOOKKEEPER BY national concern. young
lady between 80 and 35 years. experienced
in handling q large volume of accounts
receivable. Elk. 0411. Mr.. Vernon.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Navy War Dead and MISSING
Placed Officially at S >486 Men
ToI! Includes Some Lost in Accidents;
907 Others Are Listed as Wounded

The Navy announced today the
loss of 5,486 dead and missing in
the first four months of world
wide naval warfare.
The casualty recapitulation, the
first of the war, included Marine and
Coast Guard personnel as parts of
the Navy and covered the period
from December to April IS inclu-
sive. 1t gave this summary:
Dead-2,99l.
Missing-2,495.
Wounded-907.
Total-6, 1893.
Officials said most of the casualties
resulted from direct action with the
enemy, but included some lost in
accidents at sea, in the air, or on
war duty. Natural deaths were not
included. The total may be in
creased somewhat by late arriving
reports from distant war zones.
The four-month total was half
again as large as the Navy's cas-
ualty figure for the entire World
War, when some $500 officers and
men were killed in action or lost.
Pearl HarbOr Included.
1t included the Pearl Harbor in
cident. The latest figures on Pearl
Harbor came from President Roose-
velt several weeks ago and gave the
dead as 2,144 Navy men and 226
soldiers.
Other losses by the Navy were in
the bombing of Cavite naval base
at Manila Bay, which followed
shortly after the Pearl Harbor at
tack, and in numerous sea battles
in both the Atlantic and the Pacific.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
British Send Waves
OF Planes Against
Nazi Bases in France
Destroyer Hit in Roid
On Enemy Shipping
OFF Norwegian Coust
Ey tbs Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 2. - British
bombing squadrons hit in force
at Nazi centers along the French
coast by twilight yesterday and
then returned to their bases to
spend a second night aground
while Nazi raiders likewise re-
manned at home.
The weather last night was un-
suitable for large-scale operations,
but aircraft of the Coastal Com
mand attacked enemy shipping of
the Norwegian coast and hit de-
stroyer," the Air Ministry said. Air
dromes in Northern France were
bombed by aircraft Of the Fighter
Command"
One Coastal Command plane was
reported missing from the nocturnal
operations.
Hundreds of planes - Boston
Douglas bombers, bomb-carrying
Hurricanes and escorting fighter
squadrons-struck across the Eng
lish Channel at dusk against the
port of Calais, the station and rail-
way yards at ST. Omer, and other
targets, to follow up several small
scale sweeps by pursuit groups.
Eight British Planes Missing.
Coastal observers, to whom the
gray cliffs of Northern France were
clearly visible, said the raiders
dotted the sky for miles in flight
at attitudes between 10000 and 80
900 feet.
The Air Ministry said eight Brit
ish fighters were missing from the
days operations, although the pilot
of one was saved, and that one Ger
man plane was known to have been
destroyed.
mo bombers were lost" the Air
Ministry added.
A tacit German bid for truce
in the cross channel aerial war may
have been indicated by the fact
that, defensively, British authori-
ties found nothing to report" over
night
Nazi raids of the last week. frankly
labeled in Berlin as retaliatory. were
apparently broken of after scattered
actions over the Southwest English
(See RAIDS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1942-05-02

The large number of missing was
not officially explained, but was gen.
orally interpreted as having resulted
primarily from the disappearance
of American naval vessels during
and after the battle of Java-the
cruisers Houston and the destroy
ers Pope, Edsall and Pillsbury. Men
lost in such fights as those at Pearl
Harbor and in the Philippines, but
whose deaths were never definitely
proved likewise are counted as
missing.
Publication Restricted.
Names of the dead will be re-
leased to newspapers for publication
Tuesday, but newspapers will not
print the entire list as they did
during the World War. BY direc-
tion of the Office of Facts and
Figures each paper will publish only
those whose next of kin live in the
papers circulation area, and in ad-
dition any nationally prominent
names.
The names of wounded and miss
ing will be published late next week,
and additional lists will be made
public from time to time, the Navy
said.
The announcement pointed out
that the classification missing
covers those who cannot be &C
counted for, some of whom may be
prisoners and some of whom may
have been rescued at sea and landed
at obscure spots from which no
word has reached Washington.
Prisoners have not been listed know
ingly in the tabulation to be made
public Tuesday.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
U.S.. Takes Over Blair Mansion
To House VISITING Notob|es

known as the White House was
built for the Chief Executive of
Nation composed in the main of
people who had fed the pomp, and
inherited inequalities of Europe. 1t
has been customary ever since
crowned heads and other chiefs of
state started visiting American for
them TO spend at least "a hours as
the guests of the Nation at the
sented real problems When the
Queen and King of England came
to Washington their party had to
be quartered in several homes.
Situation More Acute.
Today it would be even more diff
ficult adequately to receive visiting
royalty. The White House, like the
rest Of Washington, is bursting its
walls. The President has frequent
overnight guests who come for
conferences, such as Judge Rose
man and Gov. Lehman of New
York. Harry Hopkins and his
young daughter are permanent
VI JllS
is little space left for visitors of
note to whom a whole apartment
must be assigned
All suggestions for the erection OF
a guest house" in Washington have
been quietly squelched by Congress
without ever reaching the floor, on
the ground that such a proposal
would be undemocratic and expen-
siye. Today the sheer force of cir
cumstances and the friendly ges-
ture of the owner have accomplished
what could not be done by legisla-
ton.
The Blair House is not q palace
but it is dignified old American
home and a fitting place In which
to receive distinguished foreign
visitors.
released b, the Bell Syndicate. IneD
Evening star., 1942-05-02
10 Groups Of Federal
Workers Left Off
OF Retirement LIST
Excluded From Benefits
In Executive Order
Issued by President

President Roosevelt today is
sued an executive order eXclud-
ing several groups of Federal
employees from the benefits of
the Civil Service Retirement Act.
The order is retroactive to last
January "a.
The order excludes these 10 groups
OF employees from the acts benefits:
l. Employees whose expected serv-
ice will be for brief periods, but not
to exceed more than one year"
2. Employees paic by the hour,
day, month or year, when actually
employed, whose employment is pc
riodic, part time or recurrent and
for whom regular tour of duty is
not contemplated
3. Employees and consultants paid
on a contract or fee basis.
4. Employees paid on a piece work
basis, except when serving under
regular or permanent appointment.
5. Cooperative employees not
wholly under the control of the
Federal Government and not other
wise subject to the Civil Service
Retirement Act.
6. Officers and employees without
compensation or with nominal COM
pensation of Sl2 or less year.
7. Intermittent alien employees en-
gagged on work outside the CONT
mental limits of the United States.
8. Member and patient employees
in Government hospitals and homes.
8. Employees serving under tenn
porary appointments pending final
determination of their eligibility
for permanent or indefinite appoint
ment.
10. Acting postmasters, clerks in
fourth-class post Offices, substitute
rural carriers and special delivery
(See CIVTI, SERVICE pace AL
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Mild Temperatures
Forecast for Todoy

Mild temperatures" and gentle
to moderate winds" will prevail to-
night, the Weather Bureau prom
ises. At no time today will the mer-
curry rise to the record -shattering "a
degrees of yesterday, the forecast
said.
Yesterday was the hottest day of
this year-and the hottest May Day
in the Bureaus 70-year history. At
7 am. today the temperature was
So degrees.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Bon on Use of Autos
Every Sunday Proposed
b. ;hc Associated Press.

B! ;hc Associated Press.
ATLANTA, May 2 pa Nation
wide ban on the use of motor
vehicles every Sunday, rather than
a gasoline rationing program in
Eastern States. is the suggestion of
Walter r. Mcdonald, chairman of
the Georgia Public Service Com
mission.
BY keeping thousands of persons
"at home" one day a week, Mr.
Mcdonald says, his plan would save
more gasoline than rationing, would
be simpler and more fair and would
cost less money. q
Motorists performing an essential
service" would be permitted TO drive
on Sundays, under the Mcdonald
plan.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
By HELEN LOMBARD.

At last Washington is to acquire
even if only temporarily-an official
guest house" in which 10 receive
the Nations distinguished foreign
visitors who heretofore have had to
be housed either in their countries
embassies or at hotels.
The Government, through the
courtesy of the owner. has taken
over one of the oldest Washington
homes-the Blair house, just oppo-
site the State Department-which
has been to some extent redecorated.
It's first occupant will be the Presi-
dent of Peru, Senor Manuel Prado,
who is scheduled to arrive in WASH
lngton next week.
In the fall, King Peter OF Yugo-
slavia will fly from London to Wash
ington if things work out as pro-
tocol officials would like TO see them,
and will also be quartered in the
new official guest house.
Lack Long Deplored.
State Department officials have
long deplored the lack of adequate
reception rooms and entertainment
facilities for visiting foreign digni-
taries, especially for good neighbors"
who are used to elaborate official
residences and lavish entertain
ments. One American envoy re-
turning from Rio de Janeiro re-
ported having seen a banquet table
laden with rare specimens of Or
chids which had been sprinkled with
diamond dust.
Both Europeans and South Amer
leans, accustomed to royal palaces
and to palaces which have been
transformed into presidential resi-
dences. are surprised at the made
quate facilities of the Capital of the
United States.
The simple Colonial mansion
Evening star., 1942-05-02
King and Queen Inspect
Bomb Damage at Bath
P. the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
BATH, England, May Climb
ing over heaps of debris, King
George and Queen Elizabeth in
spected today the damage wrought
at Bath by the Germans reprisal
bombing.
I'VE were anxious to come and
see how you are all getting on"
said the King to one gray-haired
woman.
IT'S terrible said the Queen as
they stood on a hillside, surveying
wreckage which hundreds of soldiers
were clearing away.
Their Majesties' route through the
town had to be altered once because
of danger from falling masonry.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
u. !. Service Troops
On Duty in Eastern
Mediterranean Area
Job Is to Support
Combat Forces Of
Other Allied Countries
BY the Associated Press.

DS 'Hc hoSoSIdtcu IlCoos
CAIRO, May 2.-The presence
of United States troops in the
Eastern Mediterranean wal
theater was announced today by
Maj. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell
chief of the United States North
African Mission, but he said they
were entirely service personnel.
Their job at present. Gen Max
well told a press conference, was
to support the combat troops of
other Allied countries engaged in
the actual fighting.
The presence of United States
armed forces in the Eastern Med
iterranean area was disclosed by
President Roosevelt in his broad
cast late Tuesday night.
c"American warships are now
in combat in the North and
South Atlantic, in the Arctic, in
the Mediterranean, and in the
North and South Pacific" he
said. American troops have
taken stations in South Amer
lea, Greenland, Iceland, the
British Isles, the Near East, the
Middle East, the Far East, the
continent of Australia and many
islands of the Paci1c.D
Gen. Maxwell disclosed that q
technical school established by the
missions air section for training
r. A. F personnel in maintenance
of American aircraft was only this
week turned over to the R. A. F.
So many American planes. both
fighters and bombers, are taking
part in the war in the Middle East
that the school was necessary to
get the most out of our equipment,
he said.
The original instructors were
r. A. F men who now are running
the school.
Concerning the various big main
tenance assembly projects which the
mission is establishing in this part
of the world, the general said con-
struction of the Eritrean develop
ment is well under way" and that
it is hoped operations will start be-
fore long.
His announcement and comments
confirmed officially what many per-
sons in the Middle East have known
for weeks, for American Army uni.
forms have become increasingly nu-
merous and large trucks marked
with the letters u. S. A." rumble
through the streets.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Soviet Ship Sunk
BY Sub off Japan,
Toxic Reports
E. tho Assoclated Press.

Et tho Associated Press
TOXIC From japanese Broad
casts, May 2.-The Toxic radio
declared today the 4,76l-ton Russian
merchant ship AngriStroi was tor
pedoed last night by United States
submarine or one OF its allies and
left IN a sinking condition off the
southwest coast Of Eyushu, south
ernmost Of the main japanese
islands.
The radio said the 1888 ton Jap
anese steamer Calcutta Maru also
was sunk by submarine yesterday
In nearby waters.
Torpedoing of the Russian vessel,
IT. said, was disclosed by japanese
merchant ship which was reported
10 have found it last night and res
cued so members OF the crew.
There has been no confirmation of
this Toxic report from any Russian
or other non-Axis source.
Whether true or false, of course,
such a story would serve japanese
propaganda purposes not only as an
attempt to provoke Russian-Ameri-
can Ariction but also to picture Rus
sian ships as trading in japanese
vate9s.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Action on the Home Front

Francis Stan and James T. Bergman concluded
first leg OF journey through of the nearby military
and manufacturing plants where and women in and
out of uniform, working to win the
Their first joint produc-an entertaining article
traed by Jim Bergman skeches-w appear
Star. Additional articles will appear in subsequent issues of
The Star.
Follow these articles they appear in The Star.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Ii. Krug, Escaped Nazi
Flyer, Captured by
f. B. |. in San Antonio
German Wos on Way
To Mexico; Detroit
Man Held in Cose
ey the Associated Press.

SS Cut ASSOSldlcu fTtSS
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May a.
Heel-clicking 1t. Hans Peter
Krug, 22-year-old Nazi bomber
pilot, who escaped from a Cana
dian concentration camp, was
captured here last night.
He was arrested by two P. B. I.
agents and two city detectives in a
small hotel where he had been spot
ted by the manager whose name was
withheld.
Apparently awakened 5y the in
sertion of a passkey into the door of
his room, the young pilot, who was
shot down over England at the
mouth of the Thames RiI.r, at first
refused to take down the latch
chain.
Free for Is Days.
But when the officers explained
that they were making a check and
wanted to talk to him, he opened
the door.
M. w Acers, special agent in
charge of this F. B. l. district, an
nounced 1t. Krug's capture, which
came after a l6-day Nation wide
hunt, since his escape from the
camp at Bowmanville, Ont.
You must remember my position
as an officer" Mr.. Acers quoted the
young German as he was being
fngerprinted.
1t. Krug also objected to being
photographed. Told by officers that
the pictures they had of him were
not good, he replied:
1T is good for me that the picture
is bad"
The photos were made, however,
and he was questioned all night. He
did not admit his identity until l Is
a m, Mr.. Acers said.
1t. Krug, son of a civil engineer,
might have been in Mexico in an
other day or so if he had not been
captured.
He apparently planned to swim
the Rio Grande, for his papers
forged in the name of carpenter
purportedly from the fire. -gutted
French liner Normandie-would not
have put him by border officials, Mr..
Acers said.
Carried Timed Foods.
In 1t. Krug's two bags were timed
foods and chocolate bars to last him
several days
Also found in his bag was a
United States map detailing his
escape route-from Detroit, where
he was aided by persons now under
arrest, to Chicago. then New York,
Harrisburg, Pa; Louisville, Nash
vile, Texarkana, Tex; Dallas and
Brownwood, Tex
Told that he was pretty good to
go as far as he did. he said, Every
thing we do is good"
1t. Krug, who arrived in Detroit
on his 22d birthday, is native
of Muenchen, Germany, the son of
Eric and Lottie Zobler Krug. He at
tended the Siegman public schools
near Chemnitz in SaXony and later
went to a war college, the name of
which he refused to give on the
grounds it was a military secret.
The young flyer is S feet 8la
inches tall. has long wavy black
hair. and fair complexion. His
eyes are brown. He was not wearing
the horn trimmed glasses pictures
have shown.
1t. Krug said he was shot down
by British anti-aircraft fire August
%, 1910, after having completed his
mission. He was flying a two
motored Dornier, and had three
other crew members. All four flyers
were wounded, but not seriously.
He was shot through the right
hand and a metal splinter struck
him near the right eye. He was in
British hospital from August % to
September 7, 1910. and left England
for Canadian internment camp on
T.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Nuzi Planes Bomb MuItu

BERLIN From German Broad
casts, May 2 tP.-Waves of Ger
man planes bombed Malta last night,
causing considerable" damage to
planes in hangers and on airfield
runways, official dispatches reported
today. Three British planes were
shot down during aerial combats.