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Evening star., 1942-02-27
ny WILLIAM n. STONEMAN,
Yofsisn Correspondent Of The star and

Yofsisn Correspondent Of The star and
Chicaso Daily News.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-David William
Errington Brock, aged 48 and old
enough to know better, will hence
forth pay more attention to the
hounds and less to chattering with
his fellow huntsmen.
Mr.. Brock was one of those people
the government was thinking about
when 1t invented the slogan Care
less talk costs nves!" and like most
of them, he never reacted to the
warning until the other day when
he paid 20 pounds and guineas
costs for his mistake. "a pound
sterling is now worth $4.03. A guinea
is q shilling more, or $4.239
The stcry of Mr.. Brock should be
made compulsory reaing for every
citizen of the United Nations and
particularly for those residents Of
Allied capitals and naval ports who
make q habit Of passing out inside
dope" at cocktail parties.
Last December %, Mr.. Brock was
sitting In his parked car with the
window open when two soldiers,
standing nearby, happened to men
ton Christmas phesent for
Jerry" He also heard them mention
the Norwegian coast and the fact
that "this ones going to be a lot
bigger than the last"
Employing ordinary common
sense, he deduced that there was
going to be a Commando raid on
the Norwegian coast at Christmas
time. So on Christmas Day, when
Evening star., 1942-02-27

realized many Washington residents
had not yet provided their domiciles
with blackout curtains for all win
dows In al Of the rooms Of their
residences. They said each resident,
however, by now should have select
ed q refuge room" for use in case
Of an actual enemy air attack.
Such residents are expected either
to blackout all lighting for the 10
hour period or to use lights only
In those rooms for which no lighting
will be visible from the outside.
Late yesterday q plea for expert
mental blackouts here was voiced
by Chairman Randolph Of the
House District Committee.
In q request to Col. Bolles Mr..
Randolph said it had been more
than two months since the local
metropolitan area had its first and
only practice blackout.
People are beginning to wonder
why we haven't had more and
whether the air-raid warning set
up will operate efficiently" he said
The District committee chairman
had sponsored legislation to pro-
vide for test blackouts in Washing
ton, and authorize appropriations
for AFRAID warning apparatus and
other defense activities.
I'VE cannot be ready If we do not
60 through the operation OF trial
blackouts," he declared" II we
don't prepare now. we will regret it
later.
"Our coastal cities are beginning to
realize the value of blackouts car
ried out not only as play, but based
on actual war conditions and the
possibility of enemy attacks"
Evening star., 1942-02-27

acknowledged that the Russians
were attacking fiercely on the
Sevastopol and Kerch fronts. in the
Crimea, but asserted that German
and Rumanian troops had repulsed
them with heavy losses.
The Berlin radio said two or three
Soviet naval units bombarded
Feodosiya, a war-torn port of the
Crimea, from the Black Sea Wednes-
day night, but were forced to with
draw by return fire from German
coastal guns.
Feodosiya has changed hands
three times in the war, with Ger
many now holding it.
Red Star, Soviet Army newspaper,
urged that Leningrad's siege-tested
garrison make supreme effort to
shatter the German lines and re-
inforce Soviet divisions battling to
close a deadly trap on German
forces in the Lake linen region.
Difficult Soviet Problems.
In the wooded Staraya Russa Sec
tor binding SHOWS, icy marshes and
steep banks offer difficult problems
for the Soviet leader, 1t. Gen. Pavel
A. Kurochkin, one-time bakers ap-
prentice and railroad laborer.
A drive by Soviet troops which
might be spared from Leningrad to
join the Lake linen combat as sug-
gested by Red Star would require a
wide swing southeastward through
territory to which the Russians have
unchallenged possession or stiff
fighting southwark along much of a
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Fine Teaches Briton to Shut Up;
Inside Dope Fails to Pan Out

he was visiting 1 naval oftcer In
Scotland, he enliyened the CONVEX
sation by asking "When's your raid
on Norway coming offa"
The naval ofncer at first pre-
tended not to know what he was
talking about, but then broke down
and spilled the beans.
But, for goodness sake, keep your
mouth Shut" he added, because it
doesn't take place until $3.50 tomor-
row morning"
The following day found Mr..
Brock out pursuing a willy fox, but
not concentrating on his hunting.
At least he found time to tell one
Col. Milvain and Miss Wilkinson.
the daughter of the local vicar, that
a raid was being mace on Norway
that morning.
Actually, what Mr.. Brock was
talking about was smashing raid
on Vaagso and that raid, due to an
unexpected postponement, wasn't
made until the morning of Decem-
Der 81, the day after Mr.. Brock
spread the news.
When news Of the raid was made
public, somebody complained to the
authorities that he had heard about
it before 1t had happened, and the
authorities quickly discovered whose
tongue had wagged.
The fact that the Allied raid was
achieved by surprise indicated the
Brock broadcasting had not really
done much harm, but that, as the
judge pointed out in making Mr.
Brock dish out the pound notes,
wasn't Mr.. Brooks fault.
copyright, 1912, by Chicago Daily News)
Evening star., 1942-02-27
too-to-i40-mile route still partly held
t,xy fha ,Corxx,ors

too-to-i40-mile route still partly held
by the Germans.
Gen. Kurochkin, 42-year-old sue
cessor to Marshal Klementi Y. Yoro.
vhilov as northwestern front COM
mander, has moved up rapidly In q
military career after joining Rus
sian guard detachment in 1917. He
entered the Communist party In 1920.
He was chief of staff Of a cavalry
unit in the 1939-40 Russian Finnish
War, headed the Orel military dis
trict when the Germans invaded the
U. s. s. R. last June, and stepped
into the northwestern command
when Marshal Voroshilov was as
signed last fall to training of Soviet
reserves.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Large Maryland Area
To Join in BIockout

BALTIMORE, Feb. n R)ACiti-
zens in Baltimore and five Maryland
counties will darken their homes to-
night in the largest test blackout
yet conducted on the Eastern sea-
board.
Only defense plants and certain
essential facilities were exempted
from the blackout scheduled for GAS
to 10 pm.
Observers In an airplane circling
overhead will see not only Baltimore
but communities in Anne Arundel,
Howard, Hartford, Baltimore and
Carroll Counties fall dark in the
demonstration Of air-raid precau-
ton. The area embraces more than
two-thirds of Maryland's population.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Where They Are Fighting
From the National Geographic Socie

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five berths for ocean-going ships
with railroad tracks alongside.
The Assam-Bengal Railway trav-
els north from Chittagong port to
join another branch from Calcutta
at a point in Assam south Of the
Brahmaputra River. There 1t turns
northeastward to Sadiya, staying on
the south side of the river. The
river meanders from side to side
over silt bed some 6 miles wide
and Is filled to its banks in flood
season like an inland sea.
The railroad was built to tap the
rich resources of Assam. Tea is
the regions great source Of wealth.
More than 100000 acres OF tea land
produce q quarter million pounds of
tea annually, mostly for export to
Europe. Petroleum, coal, limestone
and iron ore are plentiful in the
hills near Sadiya, but little developed
because of difficult transportation to
the rail nnefand competition by re-
gions more accessible to markets.
Now that chance puts the new sup
ply route to China so close to these
resources an added reason for their
development is created, and they
may well be tapped for China's war
use.
The Brahmaputra Is great and
mysterious river, 1900 miles long.
In its reaches below Sadiya 1t car
ries silt. that fertilizes its valley.
From its source in Southwest Tibet
1t flows eastward on the plateau
for nearly a thousand miles at an
elevation averaging $4,000 feet. This
upper part is known as the Tsangpo
Not until 1924 was solution found
to the geographic mystery, whether
the Tsangpo was the upper part Of
India's Brahmaputra Or of Burma's
Irrawaddy. In that year an ex-
pedition followed the Tsangpo
through the wild country Of its drop
from the 12,000-foot level OF the
Tbetan plateau to a recognized part
of the Brahmaputra at the 1000
foot level near Sadiya.
Evening star., 1942-02-27

The Burma road-Rangoon to
Chungking-is temporarily closed,
and China turns to India for q port
of entry for vital war supplies.
BY late 1912 the Assam -Sikang
road over the high Himalayas, 400
miles north of the present Burma
road, is scheduled to open for traf-
flc. 1t extends from Sadiya in Assam
Province of Northeastern India east
ward to Sichang in Sikang Province,
China. This is the middle link only
but 1t is the final link of direct
route from the Indian Ocean to
Chungking. The entire route, 1890
miles long, compares favorably with
the 2,100 miles of the Burma road.
The eastern link, Sichang to Chung
king, the Chinese capital, has re-
Gently been reported ready for use.
The western link, Chittagong to
Sadiya, is not highway but railroad,
which extends TOO miles northeast
ward through the great Brahma-
putra River Valley.
Until the courageous feat of SPAN
ming by road the 11,000-foot ridges
of the routes middle link is COM
plete, freight travel will be slow.
The only present known routes
available from Sadiya are primitive
and indirect trade paths winding
south and southeast to points on
the Burma road close to the China
Burma border.
In any event, the 700-mile valley
from the Indian Ocean port Of
Chittagong to the oil and tea town
of Sadiya Immediately becomes the
first leg of the new China supply
route.
Chittagong, 100 miles eastward
across the Ganges River delta from
Calcutta, is well suited to its new
Importance as port of entry. 1t is
$50 difficult shore miles north Of
Rangoon. It lies u miles up the
Karnaphuli River from the Bay Of
Bengal. Its harbor will accommo-
date vessels of any size. There are
Evening star., 1942-02-27

surprise. No, she didn't know the
city had ever had previous one.
Assuring the reporter that "yor
can rely on me-" another housewife
said she understood she was sup
| posed to sit in the dark, but she
couldn't understand how that coulc
be accomplished while she followed
another suggestion she had hearc
which was to "sew or read or dc
something to keep my mind of
things"
Several Awaiting Instructions.
Several families are waiting fol
their warden to tell them what to ds
though one housewife said, IF h
doesn't show up soon, my HUSBAND
is going to headquarters and fnc
out what to do"
In the 100 block Of r street, &
housewife, who has bought a stocl
of candles, complained that the
street lights made her house appear
lit up when every light in the house
was out. The light goes right ur
JllC SbdhO, 0llC Ddlo oddAy.
One housewife commented cheer.
fully that she guessed well have t<
live in one room for the night" whils
several others planned to house
their families in the basement ant
grope their way to bed In the dark
Curtain Sales Pick Up.
Meanwhile, hundreds of citizenl
were -besieging downtown stores tt
place orders for curtains or clotf
for their windows. The stores, witt
fairly large supplies Of materials or
hand, reported a furry Of orders.
Business has been rather slow ir
the blackout curtain line in the las,
few weeks, a survey showed, but ir
most places it picked up suddenly
No one could guess whether there
was enough material on hand te
outfit every one in town.
One department store. for in.
stance, said that there were "twc
or three thousand yards" of materia
on Its shelves. The average sale Il
about six yards and on this basis
it appeared that the store could sell
its complete stock without making
any appreciable dent in the demand
Another store said it believed it!
stocks would be adequate for norma
demands, while other stores sale
they also had large stocks and were
hoping there would be enough ma.
terial to 60 around.
Concert Hall to Be Blacked Out.
At Constitution Hall, where (.
concert will be held on blackou
night, an official pointed out tina
the hall had been blacked out sine,
December is from metal shutter
on the skylight to blue lights in tn,
lobby, the latter being partly TO
psychological effect"
John J. Payette, deputy air-rai,
warden in charge Of theaters, salt
all theaters would remain open TO
business with precautionary meas
ures to be taken for the protection
Of patrons.
One theater official reported he wa
still experimenting with blue an,
red lights in the lobby but woul,
have everything under control b.
Tuesday. Pinpoints Of light vii
help his cashiers in the box office
to see what they are doing.
In some homes where member
Of the family are civilian defender
! not only u everything In READINGS
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Roosevelt Blasts
Non-Gerlnane Riders
On congress,BiIIs
Senote Farm Group Hit;
Pority Legislation
CoIled lnhotionoy
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

President Roosevelt today fired
a double-barreled blast at infla-
tionary legislation and repre-
hensible congressional proce-
dures by special interests blocs.
Directing his IRE specifically at
the Senate farm group which has
forced adoption Of parity legislation
over administration recommenda-
tions, the Chief Executive told his
press conference that the whole
practice Of attaching riders not fully
germane to bills which cannot be
vetoed Is q violation Of legislative
ethics.
BY this criticism he indicated he
would so consider the present House
effort to wipe out much labor legis-
lation In an amendment to the Sec
ond war powers bill.
Farm Bloc Criticized.
The President renewed his de-
nunciation Of farm bloc tactics as he
referred to people who are sitting up
nights attempting to- device ways OF
accelerating imitation. The parity
legislation, which the Senate farm
group is now attempting to attach to
the pending $32, ,000, ,000, 900 military
appropriations bill, is an infation-
ary measure, he said.
The effect Of such special inter-
ests legislation, the President added,
would be to raise the cost Of eating
for the Nation about $1,000, ,000, 900
yearly. This is q fact which
should be realized, he emphasized,
ut q time when the country Is
actually opposed to increasing its
ordinary living costs.
On the subject Of living costs,
incidentally, the President said
that the memorandum submitted
to him on Wednesday by the War
Labor Board had dealt in some
detail with this subject and had
been a part Of the overall dis
cussions on wartime economic con-
trolls.
He said one Of the problems in
these considerations Is that of
regional and local variations in cost
Of living levels. For example, he
said the assertion had been made
that costs Of living are now higher
in Washington than any other city
in the country.
If this is established as fact, ne
went on, there would then be the
question Of whether allowance
should be made in whatever price
and wage controls might eventually
be exercised.
The Senate farm bloc is pressing
its proposal against spending any
of the projected war appropriation
for surplus agricultural commodities
at less than parity prices. Admin
istration leaders sought to prevent
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Of
Oklahoma from presenting such an
amendment, but the Senator said
he had no intention Of yielding.
The Senate already had approved
legislation which included this pro-
hibition, but the farm bloc took
steps to clinch its victory by putting
substantially the same provisions
into the huge war appropriation 50
that the danger of a presidential
veto would be lessened.s
Directly after his press conference
today, the President was scheduled
for an engagement with Senate
Majority Leader Barkley and Sena-
tor Doxey, Democrat, of Mississippi.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Copt. J.. B. OIdendorf
Named Reur Admiral
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. -.
President Roosevelt yesterday
nominated Capt. Jesse 3. Olendorf
of the Navy to be a rear admiral.
Capt. Oldendorf's last announced
assignment was duty on the staff
of the Naval War College at New
port.
He has had wide variety of ex-
perience at sea and ashore and in
addition to his studies of naval war
strategy has also attended the Army
War College. He is a native Of
Riverside, Calf, and now lives in
Coronado, Calf.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
BIuckout
Continued From First Page. }

Sings manager of the Public Building
administration and deputy warden
FLOR all Government buildings, con-
suited with Col Bolles today. He
said the money had not yet been
-provided to buy shades for all win
.dows. The cleanup forces, however,
(which operate from II pm. to
.a.m. have been instructed to CO.
coordinate their efforts so only e. Sec
stion of each building will be lighted
-at a time. Mr.. Peters didn't think
cit would be a good point to forego
.the cleanup.
= Col. Bolles defended the l0-hour
sblackout on the score that Wash
sington may have long" blackouts in
the future either as tests or "the
sreal thing"
: Originally ordered Tor a 12-hour
period, beginning at 6 pm, the hour
: was advanced to because the Com
imissioners didn't want to disrupt the
sdinner hour and pointed out it prob
sably wouldn't be dark by 6 pm.
{ A telephone checkup today indi-
Seated that nobody wants to be a
rwillful violator. They all want to
sdo the right things, but some are a
.little bewildered. what am ]
supposed to do?" several asked
s"What do they want Of me?"
: Will Spend Evening in Dark.
: More than one family will spend
sthe evening in the dark. A house.
swife in the 1900 block of First
tstreet NV. will keep her family In
: the hall and do the dinner dishes
lin the dark. Another, in the 1900
sblock of Grant street NE, said she
awas going to stay home and follow
sthe directions. I'm not going near
sthe windows or turn on the radio
COR make any telephone calls. I'm
Sjust going to sit in the dark till !
ago to bed"
z To a woman In the 800 block of
sTlorida avenue NV. the idea of
shlacking out comes as . complete
H
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Broadcast Will Poy
Tribute to Macarthur

BALTIMORE, Feb. 27.-A ma
tionally y-broadcast radio tribute to
Gen. Macarthur will emanate from
Fort McHenry, from lis to 1:3o
pm. Sunday.
Station WBAL will broadcast the
program in honor of Gen. Mac
Arthur, who once commanded the
Sd Corps Area, with headquarters
in Baltimore.
The program will be broadcast
nationally over the N. B. c. Red
network and by short-wave hookur
to the Philippines and the Far East
Mayor Howard w. jackson will
read q tribute to Gen. Macarthur.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Lid on Open Town Asked

When Coral, Chilli, withdrew its
prohibition against the sale Of
liquor during the tourist season the
effect on the ports workmen proved
so disastrous that the authorities
may restore prohibition or restrict
the sale of intoxicants to tourist
establishments.
Evening star., 1942-02-27

for blackout but also for the worst
that an air raid could bring.
The wife of an AFRAID warden on
Cathedral avenue NV. has practiced
hooking up heavy blankets in her
bedroom until she can do it in 10
minutes. To check up, she turned
on II lights in the room while her
husband marched around outside.
1t was a success. She has solved the
Tuesday night eating problem by
ordering sandwiches prepared.
That's enough for anybody" she
said.
Relatives Fighting on Bataan.
Adding to her awareness Is the
fact that four members Of her
family, including brother, are now
fighting on the Bataan Peninsula.
Another housewife, on Eolmead
place NV, has a problem. From
the basement to the top of her
three-story house heavy Grapes
adorn the windows. Her lacy cur
tains on the front door have been
replaced by dark green shades. Most
of 1t was up before Christmas, but
she's waiting for her air-raid warden
To- tell her how to blackout her sky
light and she's pretty worried
about 1t.
Alexandria, Arlington County,
Fairfax County and portions Of
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties lying within the Metro
politan Area will be affected by the
same order, officials of these areas
having confirmed instructions re-
ceived from Col. Bolles.
Traffic To Move.
+ The private lighting blackout will
not affect public street lighting and
traffic movements are to be per-
mitted to continue in the normal
fashion.
AS described by Col. Bolles: "The
purpose is to make sure that all
individuals having control Of light
ing are provided with adequate IA
cilities for accomplishment Of COM
plete screening or extinguishment
of all lighting visable from the air,
and that they understand their use
and responsibilities in these cir
cumstances. A further purpose is
to afford air-raid wardens an op.
portunity to check, and Instruct in
their sectors, on the status of black
out training"
Certain industrial plants "en-
gagged in essentiel production ano
activities of the War and Navy De-
partments" are to be exempted
from the order, after agreement with
District authorities.
Given Army Annroxal.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
PIT. A. Minstrel Tonioht

The Prince Georges County Fed
Grafton of Parent Teacher Associa-
tions will sponsor minstrel show
and dance at 8 o'clock tonight In
the Bladensburg High School.
Evening star., 1942-02-27

Maybe you can't buy a new tire
but you can still get Defense stamps
and bonds.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Given Army Approval.

The order for the private lighting
blackout was issued by Col. Bolles,
acting as the agent Of Civilian De-
fense Co-ordinator Young, within o
matter of minutes after he had re-
ceived approval from the Army In
terceptor Command.
District o. c. D. officials said they
Evening star., 1942-05-27
EvaSiveness
Should Be
Checked
Child Will Resort
To 1t Repeatedly
If Successful
BY Leffice Lee Street,

There she was|caught red
handed, literally! Her mothers
crimson fingernail polish effectively,
If not artistically, decorated Susie's
small fingers. What's more, the
bottle had overturned and its sticky
contents dripped luridly across the
edge of the table and onto the rug.
Susie's mother. coming into the
room, gave a cry of dismay. But
before she could speak the child
looked up and stated deflantly, MY
fngernails are as pretty as yours,
now. You like red fingernails and
that's why I paSlted mine"
Susie's mother had been through
this sort of thing before and she
resolved not to let her little girl
have the best of her this time. So
she answered, mo, your nails are
not pretty because red polish is not
becoming to a little girls hands. I
do not like it."
The child, undismayed that her
first ruse had failed, tried another
excuse. "The polish is mine," she
declared, Il gave it to you"
The mother showed no surprise,
but she said, That Is not true.
You have taken my polish and
spilled it and that was wrong be-
cause it does not belong to you"
Susie now began to feel that she
was trapped in difficult position,
so she stiffened and whined,
You're not a nice Mummie any
more!" Her face puckered. ready
to cry, as her wise little eyes
watched the effect Of her last
speech. There did not seem to be
any at all; her mother stood silent
and unimpressed. You don't like
me and you won't give me any
thing" shifted Susie and started to
weep In earnest. To her surprise,
the next time she opened her eyes
she was alone in the room.
Her crying came to a hicoughy
halt, and then her mother returned,
as calm and unmoved by Susie's
schemes as before. The little girl,
realizing that there was no escape
from the disagreeable fact that she
had been naughty, and caught at
her mischief, dropped her eyes and
admitted, I'm sorry, Mummie, I
shouldn't have played with your
polish"
This small episode in Susie's life
Is not as inconsequential as it
sounds. This little girl shared a
tendency with many other young
sters; the inclination to try to evade
reality, to fabricate explanations
that are frequently fantastic as
well as being falsehoods.
If a child succeeds in fooling or
browbeating his parents he will
resort to such tricks more and more
often. The normal evasiveness of
the average, keen-minded child
should be firmly discouraged lest
this tendency prove to be the begin
ming of such unfortunate character
habits as cowardice, deceitfulness
and lying.
One of the things a child must
learn Is that he must pay a fair
penalty for wanton, premeditated
mischief and that flimsy excuses,
wild explanations and lying will not
protect them.