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Halifax 10 Accept $1,000
Given 10 Aid British Effort

Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham will
present 81 800 to Lord Halifax as a
gift of the American people to the
British war effort. at a brief cere-
mony at 5 pm. tomorrow at the
British Embassy.
The money represents gifts made
by tourists visiting Stratford Hall
in Westmoreland County. Va. an
cestral home of the Lee family. On
behalf of the Robert E. Lee Me-
mortal Foundation. of which she Is
Kentucky director. Mrs. Bingham
will repay gift of 300 pounds ster-
ling made by Queen of England
200 years ago. When the home of
Thomas Lee was burned. Queen
Caroline sent him 300 pounds to
help finance the building of new
home, Stratford Hall, where Robert
E. Lee was born.
Mrs. Bingham, widow of the
former United States Ambassador
to Great Britain. is national presi-
dent of Bundles for Britain.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
24O Strikes in March
Involve $4,000 Workers

New strikes In March totaled 240
and involved 5000 workers, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. This was an increase over
the February figures. which showed
100 new strikes, affecting $1,000
workers.
The March strikes caused an esti-
mated 100000 man days of idleness.
IS compared with a loss of 425. 900
man days in February and 1853 ,457
in March, l941.
About one-third of the lost time
resulted from three disputes involv-
ing textile workers in Fall River.
Mass: anthracite miners in Eastern
Pennsylvania and New Orleans
laundry workers.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Burr Mcintosh, Actor
And Correspondent,
Dies in Hollywood
Heart Ailment Is FutuI
For Cheerful Philosopher;
Reported Cubon Siege
Ey the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. April 29.-Burr
Mcintosh. whose theatrical career
spanned the golden era of the Amer
ican stage and the first gaudy years
of motion pictures, died yesterday of
heart ailment
A striking memory to theatergoers
around the turn of the century. the
cheerful philosopher" 70, collapsed
on bus and died in an ambulance.
Mr.. Mcintosh, loved for the help
and advice offered to younger per-
sons, had been an actor, author, lee
turer, publisher, photographer and
a pioneer in film and radio work
A star in his younger days on the
New York stage, he was regarded as
a competent supporting actor in
Hollywood before retiring several
years ago.
Mr. Mcintosh never made the
fortune with which he was going
to found an expansively described
colony on the Pacific Coast devoted
to the arts, But he finished his
days happily by clubbing himself
for the lecture platform and RADIO
'the cheerful philosopher"
Christened William, but using
Burr as stage name for so years.
he created the role of "Tay"
in "Trilby' and appeared in a num-
ber of Augustus Thomas plays,
starting with Arizona" and In
Mizzoura."
Reported Santiago Siege.
In 1898 he went to Cuba for
LeSlie's Weekly, reported the siege
of Santiago with pen and camera,
got the yellow jack" and recovered.
He went on Secretary Of War Taft s
trip to the Philippines in 1905 as
official photographer and was in
Alice" Roosevelt jumped in, fully
clothed, in pursuit of her future
husband, Nicholas Longworth.
In 1909 he toured the country,
playing the leading role in The
Gentleman From Mississippi" He
HuiI oOd6C III 1SlO dIlu
est in photography took him to
California where he organized his
own movie company. 1t was from
this that the fortune for the art
colony was to have materialized.
During the World War he made
highly effective patriotic speeches
and entertained as Y. M. c. A.
worker in Army camps in France
and Germany. After the war he
supported Leonard Wood for the
Republican presidential nomination.
He was born August 81, 1862, in
Wellsville, Ohio, and attended La
fayette College, 1880-82 and Prince
ton, 1898. In 1884 he was one of
two honored survivors who attended
the 50th reunion of his class at La
fayette. The other was Mai. Gen.
Peyton c. March. In their fresh
man and sophomore years, Gen.
March and Mr. Mcintosh formed
the battery of the varsity baseball
team
Evening star., 1942-04-29

LH1 HOBE, MAINLY
On Tuesday, April %. 1912. at Walter
Reed Hospital, MARIA VICTORIA LAGUNA
LATROBE, widow of the late Col. Osmun
Latrobe.
Mrs Latrobe will rest ct the Tabler
funeral home 4217 9th St. ", until
Thursday, April 80; when mass will be
said in Fort Myer Chapel a. p 80 m. for
the repose Of her soul. Interment in Ar
linfton National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
3. From D. 6. Area Sent
To New Caledonia

Three Red Cross workers from
the Washington area have arrived
safely in New Caledonia, recently
occupied by American troops, ac-
cording to headquarters here
Another worker is reported to have
reached England safely.
Among seven workers transferred
from Australia to the outlying
islands were John A. Carney of 4314
North Pershing drive. Arlington, a
field director: Miss Edna Patterson
of sos K street NE, stenographer,
and Mrs. Ethel G. Parker of 305
East Howell street, Alexandria. Mrs.
Adelaide w. Massey, Middleburg
Va. was among those who went to
England.
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Maryland Toxpoyers
To Ask War Economy
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE. April 90, The
MARYLAND Public Expenditure Coun-
Gil announced yesterday delegation
of taxpayers would go to Wash
ington Tuesday to urge Maryland's S
Senators and Representative to
work for elimination of every dol
lar of non-essential Federal spend
ing and use the savings to buy
ornaments to fight the Axis
The council said petition headed
Victory First-Billions for Defense.
Not One Cent for Waste would be
presented to the congressional dele
CATION headed by Senator Tydings
Evening star., 1942-04-29
Pennsylvania Fined
40 ShiIIings by Old Law

z! The Associated Press.
LANCASTER. Pa, April "a
40-shilling fine was assessed yester-
day against David Shelley of Terre
Hill, after he was convicted OF SLAM
der under 229-year- -old Pennsyl-
vania law. 1t provided for nominal
damages in English money
Isaac w. Mohler, a fellow towns
Evening star., 1942-04-29

dav' April 20. 1912. on the Washington
Baltimore boulevard, GLADYS LEWIS
cousin of virginia slocum Of 737 Morton
st
Funeral services THURSDAY. Aprl 40. ct
2 pm. az the Allen & Morrow Funeral
Home Inc, 1925 Y st. nv. fnterment
Dublin, Ga 80
Evening star., 1942-04-29

LANNON, JAMES r. Members of Com
mcdore John Barry Division, Ancient Or
der OF Hibernians are notified Of the
ere asked TO attend the funeral services
for Brother Lannon at St. Gabriei.s Church
Thursday, April 80, 1914. at 2 q m
Evening star., 1942-04-29

man. accused Shelley Of defamation
OF character In conversations with
neighbors.
Shellev's attorney, John L. Bow
man. said the fine will be paid AS
the verdict directs, in shillings" The
1ne amounts to about $50 in United
States money.
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(TO Be COntInuedJ
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uses mascara. Too much for a face
like that"
Look at those lips" said the
soldier as though he had known
'Myra all his life.
II am looking" said Myra.
"She's crazy. She hasn't any sense.
They look as if they had been put
on with a rubber stamp" She
sighed. mo, she shouldn't do that.
It's too much"
The soldier nodded In agree
ment. "But sch still looks like
Spring Song and the Wedding
March to me-"
Myra shook her head. "That's
the worst Of men. They fall fiat
at the first imitation of maya
zine cover they see."
At that moment the train clat-
tered into the station with clouds
of gray smoke soiling the summer
morning and q flood of noise
drowned out voices.
1t subsidized to a stop and there
was a general movement channel
ing the waiting passengers to the
doors of carriages.
Forgetting the girl and the
strange soldier Myra climbed up
between a middle aged stock
broker and a bump salesman and
found window seat in the
smoker. To her surprise the officer
dropped into the seat by her side
"You are wrong he said. Have
a cigaret?"
Thanks" said Myra. "But ]
don't smoke until after breakfast"
If Myra Mack lacked any pre-
tensions to formal beauty she hao
ceased to regret it. She had found
that 1t had some advantages. The
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ton of strangers to it. And while
her modesty and Irish hurnor lent
exaggeration to the statement, it
was true her bright Irish face had
no single lien on beauty.
That did not apply to the other
girl on the platform.
She had obviously been born
for such whiting summer days as
this, just to refresh the jaded eyes
of Monday morning commuters.
Nor was she unconscious OF her
mission in life. A neat and impu-
dent fluff of straw hat and yelling
sat upon the bronzed waves of her
hair as though it had been created
with supreme art for that very
moment of a sunny morning. Her
lowered silk dress, floating like
many-colored mists from her slim
waist and about her long legs, con-
spired with the breeze to draw
the eyes of sober train-waiters, re-
minding them that the week! Of
work ahead was a mockery when
there was so much concentrated
1OfCAA4CSo 4AA VAAC WAN w 4SUoV
the eyes upon.
Myra Mack'S critical gaze checked.
each flawless detail of the other
girls appearance with the cool cal
culation of any shrewd woman APP
praising another. The pattern, the
casual pose, were perfect.
With no consciousness of ex-
pressing her thoughts aloud she
spoke her admiration.
"That," said Myra, lis some
thing!"
Then she turned sharply to meet
the echo Just behind her left ear.
you've said I'll" There was such
fervor in the male voice that
Myra reached for the same. inten-
sity in the soldiers eyes, and found
it there.
He was In battle dress but on
his shoulders were the pips Of a
lieutenant.
Look at the eyes," he said in
low voice.
IT am looking" said Myra. "She
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| Myra relented. "she is beauti-
full"
"Mmmmmm." Then he was 81
lent for q few moments, lost in
thought. And not Of Petawawa,
Myra decided.
The soldier looked at her again
and broke his reverie.
by the way, I've seen you
somewhere before"
And I've heard that every
where before, said Myra. Stock
statement"
"Why?"
"Well," said Myra, ut happens
that I could double in everything
including spades for a film star
whose face is as familiar as a
fresh salesman. Now don't laugh
it's true. She's not one Of the beau-
tiful ones. She's one they throw in
for contrast you know the kind.
Face that has everything, all IN
the wrong places"
The soldier laughed and looked
at her frankly. No one could call
her pretty, but no one could deny
her face had plenty OF animation
and character.
Get it?" said Myra. PATSY
Kelly"
He shook his head. That's not
it. I've seen you somewhere else"
'"That's possible. It's not the kind
Of face you could forget If you
saw 1t up against that one under
the blue straw"
The soldier sighed. Miss Spring
Song and Wedding March hasn't
seen the last of him." Myra said
to herself.
ITO BE Continued
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There was not a cloud in the
calm, distant blueness of the sky
above and the day already prom
ised heat. Some of the men dressed
for the conventions of Office work
were beginning to show signs Of
discomfort - an askew tie, wilted
collar, creases in summer suits al
ready failing. There were several
chances of envy at the one girl
who looked particularly julep-cool
ard comfortable.
The girl was not Myra Mack.
Men she did not know were not
In the habit of looking twice at
Adyra Mack, and she did nothing
10 attract them with gay or ultra
chic clothes. She dressed always
with the 1mpersonal neatness and
simplicity that men would not
notice either unfavorably or with
flicker of interest, 1t was bad
enough to have to look at her own
face IN the mirror, she would say
with q wry grin, without sending
no hareS that attracted the atten-
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pleasanter kind of men could
speak to her without Formally and
, without any fear Of being sus-
pected of Interior motives. There
was something about her that in
spired confidence and nothing that
would make them speak to her
with other than the easy respect
they reserved for favorite aunts.
That was her misfortune, felt
Myra, but one that had compensa-
tions.
She accepted the presence Of the
officer by her side with resignation.
She glanced at his face and decided
that she was glad that he looked
more interesting than obviously
handsome.
"You are wrong" he repeated.
IT have not fallen for her"
"But you could" said Myra.
"Not because she is mascaraed
or has a blood red scar hiding the
most fetching pair of lips :"
"Cut it," said Myra, with an
abruptness that surprised him,
Its Monday morning"
That's just It," the officer said.
where do you suppose she has
been hiding all week-end?"
Myra laughed with q touch Of
cynicism in her Laughter. ION a
raft on Lake st. Louis, surrounded
by men,"
TN a dream of swim suit"
echoed the officer.
say" said Myra, you sound
as if you had been buried away
from the lighter things of life"
"Petawawa,' replied the officer
"And I suppose I'll stay buried as
far as this one is concerned"
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| ESIIMONY HEARD
I'm $4,000 SUIT

Decision was reserved BIZ Super
lor Court Judge Edward j. DAILY
yesterday afternoon II the $4,000
civil action brought BY Julien Pat-
euaude Of Waterbury against 4. j.
Beudoin owner Of the 4. J. Board-
man Company or Waterbury, for
injuries claimed to have been sIis-
tained last May 28,in q fall from 9
scanold.
/ The plaintiff claimed that he was
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"DEND IN THE RIVER" (Alli-
- ance) is Jan ValtinS answer
to those who questioned his author
ship Of that best-seller, "Out of the
Night"
1t Is a series of short stories, most
Of which were published in the San
Quentin prison Bulletin a dozen
years ago during the time Valtin
(then Richard Krebs) was impris-
oned there. The volume really
bridges the gap between Dick
Krebs, sailor, and Jan Valtin, au-
thor.
Better than any other medium,
this book will answer the question
of how an uneducated foreign sailor
had the command of English exhib-
tied in "Out of the Night" Valtin
was not as uneducated as some be-
lieved. He set some kind of a record
for study when he completed II
Extension Courses from the Univcr-
sity of California, including Eng
lish, Spanish, Russian, French,
mathematics, astronomy, map-mak-
ing and journalism, during his
years in prison. He was the prison
censor for several languages and he
taught class in navigation.
While even his earliest writings
in English show much of the spon-
! taneity of his popular autobiogra-
ply, Valtin's explanations as to the
reasons and circumstances under
which these stories were written
form the most readable parts of
this book. They portray wildly the
authors struggle with the English
language, his ambitions to write
and the life he led in prison.
lnR. HERMANN RAUSCHNING
- has played a major role in IL
Eliminating for the average Amer
lean the inner processes of the Na2i
mind and the Hitler organization.
Now his wife, Anna, has written
"No Retreat" (Bobbs-MerrilD, a
more personal story of the Rauscl1-
ming family, its life in the years
before the rise Of Hitler, the impact
of the Nazi movement and how the
family's life was affected.
In many respects "No Retreat"
is even more illuminating than
Rauschning's own works in making
clear the manner in which Hitler
has chained every German family
and every facet of German life to
the Nazi chariot.
MRS. Rauschning has written of
the peaceful rural life on their farm
at Warnau, near Danzig Of the
happiness which followed the hard
post-World War I years and how
the long shadow Of Nazism finally
fell over the quiet stockraising COM
munity. She shows how the Nazl
program was cleverly devised to ap-
peal to the German farpaer and how
It first attracted her husband.
s'NO Retreat" etches a sharp and
welt-rourded picture q lie IL Ger
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He didn't know her
He'd never seen her
But just one look
And he was in love
CHAPTER ONE

Myra Mack had spent two days the lake shore near
Montreal 1t was not pleasant thought to be facing the
city, hot and humid the office stuffy and brisng with
Monday problems after cool, indolent weekend. &
She waited the open wooden platform of the railway
station in the freshness of the morning and examined the
faces commuters about her. All of them seemed to share
mood seemed to be overly pleased with the thought
of the ne wWeek ahead of them,
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BOUND TO BE READ

many before and under the Nazi
regime. 1t affords an excellent in
sight into the complex factors
which brought Germany to the
hysteria Of war.
DIETER PAUL RUBENS Is famil-
L lar to us all as an artist, but as
man with political ambitions and
a husband, he becomes living per-
son under the skillful pen of Zsolt
de Harsanyi, in Lover Of Life
(Putnam).
In this novel, which has its set
ting in the court of Archduke AL
hrecht and Tnfanta Isabella, the
artistic history of Renaissance Art
Is traced through the eyes Of the
artist and such figures as Jan
Breughel and Van Dyck. Also, the
reader is introduced to the works OF
such ilnmortals as Leonardo de
Vinci, Titan, Michelangelo, e
Greco and Andrea del Sarto..
Harsanyi was acclaimed as being
able to dramatize the. -inquiring
mind of the scientist Calico in
THE star Gazer." In Lover Of
Life" he has an ever more colorful
character to portray - particularly
his fine analysts Of Rubens as q
continental diplomat.
TAYLOR CALDWELL has, pro-
L jected a dynamic figure into
contemporary fiction in the person
of Franz Stoessel. He Is o syoune
Bavarian immigrant who believes
to the extinction of everything else
that wealth and power can build O
Strong City" (ScribnerS) for him
At heart he Is afraid Of poverty
and power when 1t Is welded by
another, and In his fantastic fight
/ for wealth, he stops at nothing. He
rejects his parents, the bitter and
frustrated Emmi and the gentle
Egon. He is responsible for the
death of his only friend, Tom Har-
row, because Tom Is a threat Il
Franzls climb to power. Because 81
him, another fellow worker dies
and Franz builds his own ladder Of
success in the steel mills of Penn
Sylvania with the precarious rungs
of lies, deceit, ruthlessness, oppres-
sion, and blackmatl.
The one thing in Francs life. he
could not step on and thrust aside
however, was his love FOR Irmgard
lovely cousin. When he finally
realizes that "The Strong city" wa:
vulnerable, that domination anc
power were not worth his sacri'
flee, he turns to Tngard and tht
son she has borne him.
| DOSS1BLY the most vivid, mos
4 understandable and certairA.
one Of the most dramatic account,
OF the real nature Of the war Il
China Is presented in "Village II
August " T'ien claun (Smlth a
puErell).
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permanently injured ia & fall while
helping tlie defendant remove scsf-
folding from mouse being cone
stFucted IA Bristol. The defendant
is alleged 10 have removed Devefnl
key" boards from the scanoId
without warning the plaintitf who
stepped on the kcaffoId during re-
fnoval process and fen sustaining
Hertebral fractures ard severe body
bruises. Testimony n the Gaze start
ed Tuesday afternoon and contiu-
ued until late yesterday.
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poem eundnniffuR NE JARS, has sul
fecBftsd 4 letter Of tnankss from
the d. 8. Navy f0t 8 WAY song ca.
Titled triumph e. Elsllt.s
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The volume, as none Of the many
other books which have come out of
China, has the flavor, the color and
even the smell of the actual war.
"village in August" Is the first
actual modern Chinese novel to be
translated into English and its au-
thor is q young Chinese who for
many years has served in China's
army and knows the hardship Of
the fight against Japan from the
bitter intimacy Of personal expert.
ence.
This Is q story Of the little people
of China and bow they fight their
war against Japan with the few
simple weapons which come to
hand. in pattern 1t has something
of the 'ceaseless, river-like flow Of
the great vernacular Chinese class
les, such as Shut HUI CHAINS famous
"All Men Are Brothers" But its
spirit is that Of the awakening
China, fighting doggedly and with
almost unbelievable courage, against
the massive military machine Of
the invading Japanese.
"THE VALOR OF IGNORANCE"
L by Homer Lea (Harpers), is O
reprint replete with maps, Of the
book which aroused the country In
1909
Lea, a hunehback who was con-
sidered one of the worlds foremost
military strategists, pictured o war
In the Pacific In which the Japan
ese followed q path Of invasion,
which came true 50 years later.
The issue is timely and includes
q foreword by Glare Booth, who
gives q biographical sketch Of the
little man who became Q general In
the Chinese army.
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS
'sThus Speaks Germany" (Har-
pers), edited by w. w. Coole and
M. +. Potter. - A compilation Of
statements made by German
spokesman from Frederick the
Great to current times.
ssThe Academic Man" Oxford I,
by Logan wilson. Analysis Of an
American professor In his institu-
tional setting.
ssBehemoth" Oxford, BY Franz
L. Ncumanil. The meaning Ct
T7itler,s Germany and the struggle
I OF totalitarianisfns VS.. democracy.
ssBlindweed:. (AEorrow), by Betty
de Sherbinin. An absorbing novel
Of a wealthy, matriarchal family In
Buenos Aires.
america Organizes TO Win the
War" (Eaarcourt- Brace. ~ Discus
sions by war experts on Americas
way to Victory.
@Rrlsoners Of Hope (Fischer) BY
Howard I. Brooks. - A revealing
and well-written report On con9i-
tiuns cg Occupied France and tlae
people who I'VE there
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WAR SONG BRINGS
NAVY THANKS
Portland, ore (Up) Floyd w.
osgood, who backsin 1906 wrote q
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DOSSIBLY the most vivid, most
4 understandable and certainly
one Of the most dramatic accounts
OF the real nature Of the war Ia
China Is presented Ia "Village IN
August " T'isn Claun (Smlth A.
nuFroll)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-03-12
Library Branch
Opened In Damascus

AS the result of a county wide
meeting held in the Rockville
Library in December, a branch Of
the Library has been established
in the High School in Damascus
according to an announcement by
Mrs. Beatrice Howard Pyles. Rock.
vile Librarian.
Miss Adeline Pratt, State Librar-
ian, with Mrs. Pyles had hoped tt
start a County Library, and this
branch in Damascus is regarded by
them as the first out post. The
books are circulated in Damascus
thru Miss Ransom, of the school
faculty, and Mr.. William Pyles
principal.
Do not forget to bring in a book
for our boys at camp, many are
still being received daily-and re.
Misunderstanding a nice book not one
you just want to get rid of, because
the dog chewed it or you left it
out in the rain last summer.
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TIMELY HINTS

Attention, Housewives! While
we are investigating various types
of meat for low cost meals, let us
not forget the possibilities of the
old-fashioned salt herring that our
grandfathers used to "put down"
every Spring.
Tho many kinds of fish promise
to be scarce, surely the herring will
still "run" up the Potomac, war or
no war. Plan to salt hundred or
two for future use-they are ex-
cellent slit in half with the back
bone removed and fried so crisp the
small bones may be eaten. And
they are good boiled, too.