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Evening star., 1942-10-30
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DANCE.

DANCE.
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
Wardman Park Hotel, 10 O'Clock to-
night.
Kappa Gamma Sorority, Ward
man Park Hotel, 10 o'clock tonight.
DINNER.
United States Chamber of Com
merce, Mayhower Hotel, $50 o'clock
tonight.
MEETING.
Daughters of American Colonists,
Mayf1ower Hotel, 10 am. tomorrow.
PARTY.
Halloween costume party, Wan
derbirds' Hiking Club, Hayloft, 1925
Massachusetts, avenue NV, $50
o'clock tonight.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE. :.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Theater, Madison place and Penn
sylvania avenue NV, 5 O'Clock this
evening.
Sports night Roosevelt Com
munity Center. 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Ballroom dance class for women
war workers and servicemen, Ma,
tional Catholic Community Center
(USO), 7:30 o'clock tonight.
"A Home Away From Home" :"
Church of the Ascension (Episco-
paD, 1901 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, 8 o'clock tonight.
Bowling, "20-40 Club" Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church, at
Lucky Strike Alleys, Fourteenth
street between r and s streets NV,
8 O'Clock tonight.
Game night, National Baptist Me-
mortal Church. Sixteenth and Co.
lumbia road NV, 8 O'Clock tonight.
Women's Battalion dance, Bureau
Of Engraving, Fourteenth and c
streets S.W. 8 o'clock tonight.
Dancing, refreshments, Friendship
House, 8 o'clock tonight.
Instruction in South American
dancing, drama groups, Roosevelt
Community Center. Thirteenth and
Upshur streets NV, 8 o'clock to-
night.
Glass in ballroom and square
Evening star., 1942-10-30

dancing, men and women. Central
Community Center, Thirteenth and
Clifton streets NV, 8 o'clock to-
night. !.
Religious services, social hour,
open forum, .Adas Israel Congre-
CATION Conservative JEWISH, 8:15
O'Clock tonight.
Square dancing, orchestra, re-
freshments, First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets NV,
$3.50 o'clock tonight.
FOR COLORED SERVICEMEN.
Games, skating. YWCA, 901 Rhode
Island avenue NV. (USO), Phyllis
Wheatley, 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Sports night, Roosevelt Commune
ty Center, 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Big sing, Mount Olivet Lutheran
Church, 8 O'Clock tonight.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Chicoeoon Heods WPB's
Machinery Division
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Appointment of D. B. Fell, for
naerly associated with the Miehle
Printing Press Co., Chicago, as chief
Of the War Production Boards ma
chinery and equipment section, was
announced yesterday.
He succeeds William Bloomquist,
who resigned to take position with
the Smaller War Plants Corp.
WPB also announced establish
ment Of a priorities and production
requirements plan section in its
printing and publishing branch.
The section will be headed by Philip
Schneider, formerly of the Crowell-
Collier Publishing Co., Springfield,
Ohio 81
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Life Bureau Writer Warns
Against War News Secrecy
b the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Va. Oct. 30.-In a
war of survival" such as the United
States and its Allies are fighting, 1t
is essential that the one remaining
free press of the world continues to
inform the people of the facts and
let them understand their predica-
ment with seasonable promptness,"
Felix Belair, chief of the Washington
Bureau for Time, Life and Fortune
magazines, declared today,
They are not now being SO in
formed, nor will they be as lone as
the Navy withholds for more than
two months the story of its losses at
the Solomon Islands" Mr.. Blair told
an institute on the domestic prob
lens Of a democracy at war today at
Randolph Macon Woman's ColleRe.
1T is becoming all too apparent
to those of us who dig for the facts,,s.
he said, that there is in omaal1
Washington belief that the peonIe1
can't take the bad news: that public
morale would suffer If the whole
story OF our war losses were
revealed. ="
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Association for Study
OF Negro Life Opens
Meeting tonight
Three Educators and
Senior Student Will
Speak at Session.

The Association for the Study of
Negro Life and History will open
Its annual meeting tonight at
Garnet, Patterson, Junior High
School, with four speakers scheduled
to discuss the subject, "The Negro
Scientifically Considered Sessions
will continue through Sunday. and
there will be tour Of schools
Monday. - 4r' ',~s'''r>
| Carter G.. Woodson. association
director Of research and editor. an
nounced that two members of the
Howard University faculty were
among prize winners in an annual
contest for the best articles and
reviews contributed to tie, journal
Of Negro History. ~
First prize of $50 for the best book
review contributed to the journal
was awarded to DR.. Marion Thomp-
son Wright OF the department Of
education, and second prize of s2S
went to DR.. Gertrude B. Rivers Of
the English department.
Other prizes included first prize
OF 500 for the best article during
the year, to Prof. Bernard H. Mel
son of Clark University, Atlanta,
Ga, and second prize OF $50 for the
next best article, to DR.. j. s. Har-
ris OF Ohio State University.
The prizes will be presented 1T 3
pm. Sunday at Shiloh Baptist
Church at the last regularly sched-
uled session Of the annual. meeting.
Speakers at tonight's session In
clude DR.. T. D. Stewart, curator of
physical anthropology of the Ma
tional Museum; DR.. Julian H. Lewis,
professor of pathology at the Uni
versity OF Chicago; DR.. w. Montague
Cobb, professor of anatomy Of How
ard University, and L. Lemar
Thompson, senior student at Hamp-
ton Institute. Presiding will be w.
M. Brewer, head Of the department
OF history of Washington high
schools. 49,.
The annual business session of the
association will be held tomorrow
morning, with Mrs. Mary Mcleod
Bethune of Daytona Beach. Fla, as
sociation president, presiding.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Huntinetown School
DESTROYED in Fire
By the Associated Press,

~ tne ASSoclated Press.
HUNTINGTOWN, Nd, Oct 30
The Huntingtown Elementary School
was destroyed by fire which broke:
out about 2 o'clock this morning.
Firemen from Prince Frederick.
seven miles away, were unable to
save the school. The loss was esti-
mated by f1remen at $4,000. Some
Red Cross supplies stored in the
basement of the building also were
destroyed. Firemen said the blaze
apparently started from a defective
flue.
Arrangements were made to con-
tinue school in an abandoned church
and in Huntingtown Hall.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
10000 Old SuIts Answer
Merchant Seaman Call

By the Associated Press.
Old salts by the thousand are
answering the War Shipping Admin
istration's call for men with mari
time experience to return to the sea
VISA said yesterday more than
10000 former merchant seamen and
engineers had recently volunteered
for sea duty.
All told, more than 100000 men
from all walks Of life have indicated
a desire to 60 to sea, but a ma ajority
Of these were found lacking in sea-
faring experience and were referred
to VISA training services.
The bund has gone, but the bond
Is here. Buy It now for victory.
Evening star., 1942-10-30

The bund has gone, but the bond
Is here. Buy It now for victory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Latin-American Rubber
Industry Under Way

AKRON, Jan. 1.-THE imme-
date prospect for rubber may not
seem too bright, stated p. w.
ILitchfield, chairman of Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company. but
lit certainly cannot be said that
America is without at least a par
tial solution" y
The statement is contained in a
pamphlet entitled "Rubber's Re-
turn TO the Western Hemisphere"
and has been sent to the COM
pany's stockholders, employees and
others.
zone need not be an alarmist
to discern the Ominous note of
this developing situation" Litch-
field said. Ear greater -calami-=
ties could be visited upon us
than world without an ade-
quate supply Of rubber"
He declared that a gratifying
response has been received to the
suggestion by the company that
steps should be taken 10 encourage
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
1871 Newspaper
Ad Volume Up

CHICAGO. Jan. 17.-Afte r
winding up 19i1 with a gain of
.172 per cent over 1910 during the
final week of the year and an
overall gain tor the 52-wcek period
of 3.3 per cent, retail newspaper
advertising dropped off Ia per
cent from last year during the
sevcn-day period ended January 3,
according 10 Advertising Age The
tabulation is based on total retail
advertising carried by all news
papers in SIS major cities.
During the week ended January
3, lineage hit 15.SSS,522 lines as
against 16.1O5,49 in week ended
Jan. 4, 1871.
During the year which ended
Dec. n 1oil. newspapers printed
1.l04 52S, 500 lines, an increase ol
3.3 per cent, or 36,000000 lines
over the 1910 total of LOGS, 76S ,441
lines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Pearl Harber, Made
Dec. 7 Unforeettable
Nv International New. Service

Here are the outstanding dates
and events in the course of the
war during 1871:
January 20-Adolf Hitler and
Benito MuSsolini meet TO map
Axis moves in Balkans after
failure OF German air offensive
against Britain.
January 23-Vichy government
accepts japanese mediation in war
between French Indo-China and
Thailand, thus opening the door
for Japan's southwark expansion
March 1l-United States be-
comes arsenal for the demOcracies
when President Roosevelt signs
lease-lend hill.
April Germany touches of
Balkan explosion by invading
YugoSlayia and embattled Greece
April l3-Russia and Japan sign
neutrality pact.
April II YugoSlavia capitulates
April 80 British acuat c
Greece, marking Axis victory.
May 10-Deputy NaZi Party
leader Rudolf Hess lands In Scot.
land after mystery airplane flight
May 20 Germans invade Crete
by gldCr-train and parachute
completing conquest of island or
May 30.
May "a German battleship Bis
marck sinks British battle cruiser
Hood, then is pursued and SUM
by British naval squadron anc
planes on May q.
June British complete con
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Gas Tax Yield
Hits New Peak

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Gasoline
taxes yielded 81 300 900. 600 in
194l, according 10 estimates of the
National Highways Users Confer
ence, a new all time record.
This total, including money
from both state and federal levieS,
is more than half the total Of
S2474, 100000 estimated for all tax
payments in connection with mo-
tor vehicle ownership and opera
ton last year. This constituted an
increase of about one-quartcr bill
lion dollars over the total for
1910.
OF the total motor vehicle own
ership and operation taxes, 81 ,543,
100000 was collected 10 provide
highways for defense and civilian
use, and 1891, 100000 represents {
special contribution of highway
transportation 10 general govern
mental activities.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

development of rubber plantations
in tropical Central and South
America, that an emergency re-
serve of crude rubber be provided
that moderate expansion OF the
country's facilities for the produc-
ton of synthetic rubbers be en-.
couraged, and that reclaimed
rubber be used.
"Our most recent step In the
program 20 bring rubber back
, TO the Western Hemisphere has
been 10 acquire q further 1900
acres OF land I'm Costa Rica,"
he said. This area will be made
ready for planting during the
coming year. It's primary stock
will consist Of material combin-
Ing the best qualities Of blight
resistance and high yield yet
attained"
The development Of a leaf blight
resistant stock, combined with higf
yield. delayed the company's work
in Central America for severa
wears
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Government Buying
OF Furniture 10 Soar

Government purchases of furni-
ture aggregating S40,000,000 will
be made in the first half of 1912,
compared with S4,000,000 In a
similar normal period, John
Brewer, chief Of the furniture
division OF the Office of Production
Management, has said.
The bulk of the next six months
purchases will be desks and other
furnishings for the United Service
Organization recreation centers,
Red Gross units, mobile camp units
and officers quarters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Reclaimed Rubber
Goes in " Fan Belts

AKRON, Jan. 17.-B. F. Good
rich Company plans to market a
new Victory "V' belt made en-
.tirely OF reclaimed rubber which
will give so per cent Of customary
service without drawing on the
nations crude rubber stock pile,
William S. Richardson, general
manager OF the industrial prod
ucts division. announced.
These belts are used in automo-
biles, washing machines, oil burn
ers and other appliances.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Says Druggists
Are Emergency
First Aid Units
Good Sales Year
Has Them Ready
for Defense Role

II a review Of the drug industry
during the past year m this area
p. +. Grcnicr manager Of the
Farrard-Wluams DIVISION of Nc
kesSas- 49, ,elaIsiH~ 'af4-f.4a-4 >4S'---'!@s
PAST ..A-i he -ifAt---rl+-'tt -r-
industry may bc able IN play N
the nations war effort. lie Sdld
Organization of service Of
supplN around the pharmacists
In local communities 10 the end
that stocks Of essential first aid
equipment. drugs and chemicals
NAV he made quickly available
90 civilian defense authorities In
emergencies. Will represent one
of the chief contributions Of the
wholesale drug industry io
Americas about effort In 1857.
1.-THE chief problem facing uS
az the new year opens will I'M
QUESTIONABLE he the increasing
difficulty Of certain types of
drug store merchandise.
Insofar A. this effort II
successful II should open oppor-
tunities for many small manu-
facturPrs who may have or can
acquire facilities for the pro-
duction Of a varied line of sun
dry articles capable of sales
through retail drug stores. As
the result of shortage in ma
terials. Wholesale sales next year
may he somewhat reduced over
the record totals of the year
Just passed hut no definite opin-
ion can be hazarded as yet"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Dramatic War Calendar

quest of Iraq after month Of
fighting
June 4-Former Kaiser Wilhelm
dies.
June Germany and Turkey
sign 10-ycar friendship treaty.
June 22-Hitler launches hi
greatest gamble thus far, will
sudden invasion of Soviet Union
and IL followed in attack on Rus
STA by Finland, Hungary, Rumania
Slovakia and Italy. Prime Mir
lister Churchill announces Britain
will aid Russia.
June 23-Sumner Welles an
nounces United States will ali
Russia.
July 7-American forces occup.
Iceland.
July 12-BritiSh and Free
French finish conquest of Syrit
after 35 days of fighting.
July 13-Britain and Russi;
sign military alliance.
July 23-Vichy grants militar,
bases in lndo-Chlna TO Japan, FOL
lowed two days later by freezin:
of Japanese assets in Britain ant
United States. Japan prompt,
freezes American and British
assets.
August AR osevelt anC
Churchill promulgate hist or IL
eight-point Atlantic Charter,
proclaiming determination to de
stroy the "Nazi tyranny"
September 3 Premier Konoy'
declares Japan faces the graves
emergency in her history"
September destroyer Gree
exchanges depth charges 70
U-boat torpedoes in first Ameri
can German armed clash.
September 11-President Roose
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
III Millions Spent
On Research in Year

NEW YORK. Jan 17.-EXpendl'
lures for research by American
manufacturer viii reach the rec
ord sum of S117490,000 this year
the National Association of Manu-
facturers' committee on patents
and research reports.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Speeds Mail TO Armies

Micro-photography is being used
TO expedite mail between Great
Britain and the British armed
forces in the Middle East. accord
ing to the department Of COM
merce.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

money to Us to get fair return on their
investment.
Above all we want to serve our country
by doing all we can to produce eff
GENTLY an abundance of nutritious fools
TO improve our research-and TO Co
operate with the government and varioss
pubIic-spirited organizations IN further
ing public knowledge Of proper dicss and
proper preparation Of foods.
The need for rendering such service
is challenge to the whole food industry.
1t is challenge We are eager to aooept
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

search laboratories are working harder
on important food and diet problems, and
our consumer service organization is pur-
suing vigorously its development of new
and better ways to use food products, for
getting neither your family's healthy ap-
petite nor your food budget!
For you who buy and use General
Foods products, we shall continue to pro-
duce high-quality foods. We shall strive
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

So let us remember that every the produc-
ton line, turning in fill and capable day cork, is no
less vital and important to National security than
is his fellow American in uniform.
The loyalty of our men producing the munitions Of
must be no less than the loyalty OF the whose
very lives may be at stake for want of these.
What we have here in America of Freedom and
the American Way of Life, and which we intend and
are pledged defend even unto death, should furnish
a vast incentive to every man-at bench-st lathe
AT press-to give unsntedly and unreservedly
of the best that is in him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

The present war will be won on the production line
no less than on the battlefield and at Victory on
the production line must precede victory IN the field.
1t would seem, therefore, that America has won the
toss in having this war game played under our own
rules For il there is one thing in which America
exces is supreme and unbeatable, il is in quantity
production
We have built well over SO6 OF the worlds motor
cars and motor trucks. In the matter OF machine
tools, necessary TO produce tanks, airplanes, guns
ships and every sort Of munton OF war; no
other nation is even a close second.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

TO-DAY, this country Of ours has big
i job to do. Many of us are just begin
ming to realize how big this job really is.
To company such as General Foods,
the years ahead are a challenge as
great a challenge as we have ever faced
:. and a grave responsibility.
These are the days when it is of vital
importance that the American people be
strong and well nourished in order to
carry out their military program. Our re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

Buy n Bopber-
Evening star., 1942-04-22
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

OF the nine main planets, the
earth Ia third farthest from the sun.
II s more than two and half times
rs far from the sun as Mercury, and
is almost one and q half times as
far as Venus.
The average distance of the earth
from the sun Is about $4,000, 900
miles. At one time Of the year it is
nearly 100000 miles closer than
that. Al another time 1t Is about
l,S0o. 900 miles farther away.
Here is q fact that seems very
strange 10 US. though Il does not
seem strange 70 people in Australia:
The earth is about 5000 900 miles
closer 20 the sun in the month of
January than in Julyl Judging by
the heat, we should think 1t would
be the other way around.
That fact is explained by the tilt
Of the earth's axis. AS IL travels
around the sun, the earth does not
stand I'D straight" II is on q
slant. The suns rays strike the
northern half of the earth more
directly in July than in January,
The direct rays give US more warmth
IN July. even though we are farther
from the sun during that month.
Ths fact Is not strange TO people
n Australia for the simple reason
Evening star., 1942-04-22
and how may one remember which
r,,&

and how may one remember which
is which?-Pvt. B.
Answer: To remember port
left" and "starboard-right," keep In
mind that port" and left" are
short words. and right" and star
board are long.
Starboard is from the Anglo Saxon
steorbord, the steering side" Port
lefU originally was called larboard,
from the Anglo-Saxon ladeborde,
"the loading side" Larboard has
been superseded by port, which ap-
psrently is from the French porte,
door, portal" Any opening in the
side Of ship is known as a port, as
'port-hole; loading port; gun port.
These facts would indicate that
the helm (or wheeD of ancient ships
was on the right side of the vessel,
and the loading port was on the left
side only,
Offered for first time this week,
Evening star., 1942-04-22

my new pamphlet Of synonyms 10
replace such everwcrked words rs
mice; cute; swell; fix; awfully,"
ETC., . valuable aid to better
speech and writing and improving
the vocabulary. Ask fer your free
copy today. Send . stamped
ts-eentl, sef-aAdressed envelope
10 Frank Colby, In care Of The
Evening Star. Ask for SYN.
ONYMS pamphlet.
Evening star., 1942-04-22
Remarkable Labor Record

HONOLULU F.-The annual re-
port of G. Brewer d Co.. sugar fac
tors, asserts 1t was rather remark
able" that no instances Of friction
between plantation workers had
been reported as the result Of the
war. Employees include various ra-
cial groups, including both alien and
native Japanese.
Evening star., 1942-04-22
LETTER-OUT


"Isstered0ut
correctly they're sluggish
Evening star., 1942-04-22

six clubs was beaten two tricks
with d diamond opening, and six
spades could have been made with
q reasonable amount Of good guess
ing. At any rate, game at spades
was Ice cold, while there wasn't
even q game at clubsI
North points out that he pur-
possiy bid diamonds first TO find
out II South had q real club suit
and TO reverse later on and thus
show q good hand. When South
failed TO bid one heart or one spade.
North assumed that his partner had
o real rather than fake club suit.
South maintains that he showed
spade support by going TO five
spades. When North went back to
clubs, 1t seemed that North might
have a fake or very weak spade suit,
but very strong clubs.
since both players often bid
three-card suits TO confuse their
opponents or lead up TO three no
trump contracts, there's much point
in what each says about not believ-
ing the others bidding. Who was
the real criminale"
We think South was the criminal
It's all right to bid three-card suits
II you like to make fancy bids. but
you must have some Rock of
Gibraltar somewhere. One such
Rock Is supporting your partners
major suit early when you have
four-csrd support. II South had
raised spades ut once, there would
favs been no crime and no tragedy.
Almost as bad was the bid OF one
no-trump, which quite understand
ably convinced North that the club
suit was legitimate.
Yesterday you were Howard
Schenkens partner and, with neither
side vulnerable. you held;
4 A KJ5
90 Je7s
KS
asa
T1ns bidding:
Jacoby You Burnstone Schenken
Pass - Pass INT
Pass CD
Answer-Bid two hearts. The
whole point OF opening with one
spade was to be able 10 show
both suits without Ioverstating the
strength OF your hand.
Score 100 per cent for two hearts,
20 per cent for pass.
Question No. 1858.
Today you hold the same hand
and the bidding continues:
Jacohy You Burnstone Schenken
Pass 1A Pass INT
Pass 40 Pass a.
What do you bid7 (Answer to-
morrow
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Evening star., 1942-04-22
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Sunrise Word OF the Week

Ask the next 10 persons you meet
10 pronounce the word DETTRlO.
RATE. The chances are that all
10 viii say: "duh- -TEER-ee-ait." But
what Of the 20" and the second 'r''?
II we page Mr.. webster, we find
that deteriorate is word Of ftve
syllables, and the last syllable be-
gins with "r," thus: de-ter-i-o-rste.
There Is but one authorized pro-
nunciation. II Is:
ee-TEER- -oh-rait.
It's Hard to Believe
Fort Bragg: How did the terms
port" and "starboard" originate,