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Evening star., 1942-09-07

every one with any sensibility,
that this war is revolutionary in
its implications, and that it must
be fought around a new interna-
tional democratism, or the result
of 1t will be breakdown and chaos.
Let me quote from a letter
which has just come in from
corporal. 1t is a three-page, sim
gle-spaced letter written with
great literacy, clarity and intelli-
gence, by young patriot with a
warm heart. He says:
Like countless other American
boys, I went into the Army with
high ideals. I believed in this
country and in the war and I
wanted to get into the fight. I
have not lost one of those ideals,
but my soldering has taught me
that many OF my fellows in arms
feel differently this is no
sign that Americas men lack pa
triotism or good, old-fashioned
CUTS They have both, to a
glorious degree. But something
is lacking, Many a barracks bull
session have told me that faith
in the America of Whitman, Tho
reau and Emerson is no longer
vital in our youth. The boys
are confused by this war; detest
the filthy politics surrounding it;
the insecurity of the last two
decades and the vagueness OF the
future have undermined their
faith.
Proved They Can Fight.
These boys are not towards.
They have proven on dozen
fronts throughout the world that
they can fight as well as their
fathers, or better. But the diff
ference is that their fathers be-
lieved they were fighting a war
to end wars and fighting for
democracy, and that decency and
progress were the life and breath
of our cause. Now they are won-
dering whether the way of life
they have seen in their life
time is worth fighting for. Yes,
they'll fight but with their
tongues in their cheeks. Their
instinct tells them that 1t Is
either the enemy or us.
why are we not given a cause
worth 1t all? A pride in our
past and a belief in the future
-. faith that we are taking part
In a great movement bringing us
closer to the ideal world dreamed
Of by all the great liberators OF
mankind i. Don't let the Amer
ican soldier look upon this strug-
gle as just another example of
mans incompetence.
Help us to annihilate the wall
of despair smothering the dreams
of youth! All the Yankee wants
is a cause. Give him that, and
he will swim across the ocean;
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old Alexander will be able to hold
back Nazi Field Marshal Erwin
Rommels army. Even If Mar
shall Rommel attacks in force, Gen.
Alexander is believed to be able
to hang on until reinforcements
reach him.
The situation in the South Pa
cific, however, is likely to become
critical within the next few
weeks. The Japanese are smart
ing under loss of the Solomon
Islands. 1t is not so much the
question of lost face or pride that
annoys the Japanese high COM
mand. 1t is the military fact
that as long as the japanese fail
to control the lines of communi-
cation between Australia, New
Zealand and the United States
their clutch on their newly con-
quered areas is tenuous.
Strategy Is Simple.
Our strategy toward Japan is
so simple compared with other
theaters Of operation that any
layman can understand 1t. II
Jap lines of communication with
the Netherlands Indies are in
terrupted, Japan's power can be
broken in year or 10 months be-
cause she cannot obtain raw
materials to carry on the war.
Japan at present has sufficient
supplies Of scrap steel and iron
she obtained before she entered
the war, principally from the
United States. But her chief hope
OF replenishing her rapidly dwin-
ding stock pile lies in exploita-
ton Of her gains in the South
Pacific. II we press the advan-
tage we recently have obtained
we may, in the next months,
actually endanger the Japanese
hold on the South Pacific.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Nazis Depend Heavily
On Air Arm in Fight
To Win Sta|ingrad
Strength Must Be Kept Up
If City Is to Be Taken,
Soviet Officer Says
BY LELAND STOWE,
Foreign Correspondent OF The Star and
Chicago Daily News, Inc.

MOSCOW, Sept. 7,-As they
batter their way closer and closer
to the outskirts Of Stalingrad, Ger
man tank and motorized divisions
are depending on exceptionally
heavy support from their air forces.
According to the army organ, Red
Star, the Nazi command has thrown
about 1000 planes into the battle
for Stalingrad. Soviet defense lines
are being bombed repeatedly by
waves of German squadrons before
the land troops attack and the
enemy's air forces often enjoy
numerical superiority.
If the Nazis succeed in capturing
Stalingrad and seizing control of
the Lower Volga, their air strength
| in this most important battle OF the
| 1912 southern offensive is likely to
be judged as one of the chief decid-
ing factors. For this reason an
article in the Red Star on the
weakening of the German air forces
in the west has especial significance
The authoritative Red Army
officer, Col. Tolchenov, who only
writes on exceptional developments.
is the author.
Losses Put at 1000.
Col Tolchenov places Germany's
air losses from mid-May to mid
August in the South Russian often
sive at 1000 planes. He says the
Nazis are using up aircraft now
faster than their rate Of production
yet are obliged to keep their air
strength in Russia at undiminished
level If Stalingrad Is to be taken
AS result he says, the Germans
are bringing to the East "air units
from other war theaters, especially
from occupied countries in Western
Europe
Col. Tolchenov cites German
aviators recently taken prisoner
whose squadrons are reported
transferred to the Soviet front from
Pilsen, Wiesbaden and Northwest
ern Germany. Others are said tc
have come from Belgium in June
and from Sicily in July, as well a.
earlier.
Red Star editorially states that
it is established that, around Stain.
grad, German pilots from Egypt anc
German troops from France are
fighting.
For the Russian soldiers and peo-
pie, these transfers of Nazi forces
from the West explain the terrific
difficulties under which stalingrad'
defenders are fighting with grea'
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dresses. Some of them live in cas-
tles-no kidding. Many q baronial
manor has been vacated by its
owners for the duration and req
uisitioned by the British or Ameri-
can Armies.
In London, the United States
Army is ultra ultra west end. That
is to say, the lads bunk and eat at
some OF the best addresses in May
fair-former clubs. hotels and apart
ment houses in the towns most
fashionable neighborhood.
One of the big hotels turned out
whole floors Of Tony residents al
most overnight and yielded the
rooms to American officers. Another,
rendezvous OF London's cafe society
and home from home of minor
royalty, sees as many American uni
forms these days as British.
Nearly every country house that
is still open has Americans on its
week end or Sunday-d dinner guest
list.
Peoria was never like this.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
This Changing World
Imminent Moves Of Joponese in South Poetic
Now Are Chief Concern Of u S. MiIitoy Leaders

This would require, of course,
heavy reinforcements of troops,
ships and planes in that area
to replace losses and to in
crease our forces sufficiently to
enable them to carry on further
major operations. Whether this
is being done Is a matter Of
military secrecy and the answer
is known to only very few.
Strategy Is Aggression.
There seems to be no ques-
ton, however, that the Japa-
nese will make a desperate ef-
fort in relatively short time to
prevent us from advancing west
ward. Like the other Axis pow
ers, Japan believes that ofIense
is the best defense. Her STRAIT
egy has been aggression from the
very start of the war. In con-
trast, we have been on the de-
fensive everywhere, with the ex-
ception of the Australian theater,
where the attack on the Solo,
mon Islands was the first ex-
ample of real Allied initiative.
There is no question that we
surprised the Japanese. They
did not expect the United States
to assume the offensive because
they believed we lacked essential
forces. Their surprise disap-
peared quickly, however, if re-
ports reaching Washington are
correct. A japanese armada is
reported to be preparing to hit
back. not necessarily at Aus
tralia itself. but at the islands
astride our communication lines.
The elimination Of these Allied
holds in the Pacific Is regarded
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Police Investigate
Death of D. c. Woman

Police today were investigating
the circumstances surrounding the
death of Lucille Demeritt, %, of the
300 block of Eighteenth street NV
The woman, police reported, was
brought to Emergency Hospital
early this morning by William Jack
Shook, but physicians pronounced
her dead on arrival. She was said
to have undergone an operation re-
Gently.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
On the Record
Faith in Future Is Needed to Give American
Soldiers IdeoI for Which to Fight

deny it to him, and he Is little
better than a trained machine.
Tell him he is not fighting for the
preservation of the old. but for
the construction of the new"
Called Typical Letter.
This is a typical letter. And
I do not quote it to show how
bad the spirit among some is in
the Army, but how marvellous it
is among American youth. This
letter-and many like it-fills me
with contradictory feelings: Faith
in a future built out of and by
such youth; rage at the intell-
ectual and spiritual timidity of
the generation leading us, and
apprehension that disillusion-
ment in our cause will spring the
world apart, as it certainly will.
What Is going on In the heads
Of many of the older genera
tion? They seem to think, CAL
culatingly: We will win the war
by sheer force of material and
manpower: we will establish an
other 10th century peace of one
kind or another, with few
borders reconstructed and our
enemies disarmed; then we will
have a new period of prosperity.
American democracy will 60 on,
as it has gone on for the last 40
years, a little more Democratic
or Republican, according as the
elections fall out.
And our boys, proud and
satisfied with the victory they
won, will come back and fit into
the pattern again.
America That Can Win.
They are wrong. Let them
read again-if they have ever
read it-Thomas Wolfe's last
book before his death: "You
Can't Go Home Again"
That Is the voice of an America
speaking that is going to win.
And the only America that can
win. For 1t Is an America that
has mission for the world.
There are two ways by which
the real cause of this war may
emerge.
ct will emerge, young man.
Have faith; it will emerge.)
One is that we, the older gen.
Grafton, take stock of ourselves,
OF our cliches. OF our failures;
honestly and clearly regard the
state of the society in which we
live; honestly and purely set
about redeeming it, appealing to
the youth to help us. That is
our only chance, because we can
thus integrate ourselves in the
coming new world, and avoid the
tragic break in the generations.
Britain Progresses.
The other is that we keep on
mounting platitudes without
transiating ideals into realities,
and leave our youth to a struggle
through to clarity, by way Of the
most bitter experience-and turn
against us when they have done
SO.
I believe that Britain, whom
we SO much criticize, has gone
much farther IN the first direc-
ton tnan we have.
What our youth wants Is
revolutionary credo for a goth
century democracy that takes ac-
count of all the revolutionary
movements In the world and
synthesizes them into the pat
tern of a future national and
international society that makes
sense. With that on their ban
ner, they will fight-and win.
Al roI D~u
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as Of the highest importance by
the Japanese high command and
we may expect a real onslaught
by the Nipponese who are con-
centrating now in the inundated
islands and the zone west of
New Guinea for a real show
down with American forces.
Exactly what forces Gen.
Douglas Macarthur and Vice
Admiral Robert L. Ghormley
have under their orders 1t Is i'm
possible to say. 1t is hoped, how
ever. that the necessary REIN
forcements have been rushed to
enable them not only to hold
their own but to execute further
attacks after their next en-
counter with the Japanese.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The chief concern of Americas
military leaders right now is not
so much Russia and Egypt as 1t
Is the imminent moves of the
Japs In the South Pacific.
We know that the Russians
will do their best in the Caucasus
and at Stalingrad, but except for
continuing to send them supplies,
their is nothing much we can do
for them.
The showdown in Egypt is still
in the making. There is every
reason to hope that the forces
under command OF Gen. Sir Har-
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Seven Tires Reported
SIushed in Alexandra

Vandals yesterday slashed the tires
on five automobiles parked in the
200 block of North Columbus street,
Alexandria, police reported.
A total of seven tires were cut
probably with sharp knife or ice
pick, according to police, who are
investigating.
Evening star., 1942-09-07

. ! j ] y wear hiS
the pennants, as
neither Bing nor
Bob remotely re-
sembles an air.
plane. tank or
bombsight COM
pany.
But these close
friends - t h e
crooner and the
comic are do
ing q war work
that In some
ways Is just as
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war. There is
a remarkable
unanimity in
t h e com =
plants. They
have to do
with the in
tellectual and
spiritual vac
uum in which
the war Is
condu c t e d .
They EXPRESS
the realiza-
ton Of what
is apparent to
Evening star., 1942-09-07

walls with REFER
ence to selective
service polio y
and the admin
istration's lack
Of consistency in
handling tn e
problem here In
Washington.
Mr.. Maloney
has written q
letter to Brig.
Gen. Hershey,
director of Sc
lective service ,
which calls at
Evening star., 1942-09-07

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, ~, at 4 pm. Year ago, 90.
Lowest, So, at $50 an. Year ago, 81.
Rscerd Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90. on July 19.
Lowest, 6, on January IL.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to. noon todayo
Highest 95 per cent. at $50 am.
Lowest, SO per cent, at 2:30 pm.
Precipitation.
:. Monthly PRECIPITATION in inches in the
Evening star., 1942-09-07

THE opinions OF the writers this their oDn not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort to ope all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions may be contradictory
themselves directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1942-09-07
.McLemore-
Crosby and Hope
Rute e Pennonts
Nv HENRY McLEMoRE.

NEW YORK Sooner or later. the
Government is going to award e
pennants for excellence to Bing
Crosby and Bob Hope.
They are going to look pretty
Evening star., 1942-09-07

hcials OF the
Treasury, a so
privately, agree.
The simple fact
is that not in
the history Of
the Nation has
there been such
a tax muddle as
n W. AS on e
authority frank
ly said the other
day it is the
worst ever"
After e g h t
months of con-
Evening star., 1942-09-07
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

Every day in the week brings
me letters from civilians and
from men in the Army complain
ing about the conduct of this
Evening star., 1942-09-07
Weather Report


District Of CoumbaModerate light
rain tonight: gentle winds
tonight light
portion
MarylandModerate with tonight
Evening star., 1942-09-07
BY FRANK r. KENT.

The tax situation in Washington
is almost indescribably bad. Mem
bers of Congress have no hesitation
in admitting this privately and Of
Evening star., 1942-09-07

Draft Policy
Qualification
Is Urged
fChuos' Confronts
Family Men,
MoIoney Says
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Senator Maloney, Democrat. OF
Connecticut Is one of the members
Of Congress who is alert to the
widespread uncertainty which pre-
Evening star., 1942-09-07

River Report.
Potomac and Shepa ndoah Rivers cloudy
at Harpers Ferry this morning. Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls
Evening star., 1942-09-07

Argentina had a heavy loss in
buying the countrys corn crop this
year
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Sponsor socks prov,
champagne spatters:
"A ship is launched!

~ NY of you ladies want to
A christen ship? If you've a
y timber arm and a good
batting eye, you may be in de-
mand soon, what with US. vessels
sliding down the ways at the rate
of three every "a hours.
There used to be a good deal of
fuss and feathers about christen-
ings. Shipyards We'd with one an
other to line up glamorous movie
stars and society leaders as spon-
sors. But nowadays the lucky lady
is apt to be Mrs. John Smith, wife
of welder. One New York yard,
the Greenport Basin Company,
has workers wives signed up for
nearly 100 future launchings.
PLENTY of tradition enters into
the goings-on. The bottle of cham
payne (must be American vintage)
is sewed in cloth to prevent the
glass from flying, and gaily be-
decked with red, white and blue
ribbons.
In fact, everything is made as
easy as possible for the sponsor
in her moment of stress. Some
ships even have a special, sharp
fin welded into the bow for her
to aim at. 1t insures a clean
break and a fine spray of foam.
But in spite of everything the
ladies miss once in a while.
About the only hazard connect
ed with a launching is the cham
payne shower. Navy officers who
stand with the sponsor on the
christening platform are generally
expert duckers. (Watcb 'em jump
the next time you see a launching
in the newsreels.) But the lady
Just has to stand there and take
her medicine.
cHRISTENINo speech itself is gen.
orally brief and well memorized.
such as, Il christen you Alba
tross II and wish you Godspeed."
But no one who heard it will ever
forget the spirited baptism uttered
by one Navy commanders wife
when she sent minesweeper
down the ways. The news of Pearl
Harbor was still fresh and burning
our blood; and as she hauled off
to swing the bottle, she cried:
Il christen you YMS-22 - and
dammit I'll serve on you if they'll
let me" CHARLES D. RICE, JR..
Evening star., 1942-11-15

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lather of Woodbury. Soap. smooth it
on. Woodbury. works fast to brighten
my complexion" This famous skin
soap contains costly ingredient for
mildness. Get Woodbury. todav! 1Oc.
Evening star., 1942-11-15

pss ACTIVE IN WAR WORK on FRONT. New York deb,
Carol Marcus says Nov that girls in uniform too
the men notice clear fresh skin than So take
Woodbury. Facial Cocktail This quick skin cleansing with
Woodbury. Soap touches off the spark of beauty in girls
face" Try Woodbury. made for the skin alone.
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rics 'cm or they get a tempera-
ment and drive you crazy.
Now take this dame. She's
got everything. even red head,
and that's hot right now, a pair
Of legs and a voice that knocks
EN- over. All the work l done
on her coming out with a bunch
Of contracts like flowers on a
cherry tree and what do ! get?
She quits on me, quits on
me, that's what she dOesl Runs
away and does she tell me
where she's going? No, she does
not I burn the air with cables
and | spend dough like il was
dirt and what do ] find? She
Just taking a weekend with a
bunch Of hicks
What was that" asked My
IA darkiy.
In the sticks, said Badly,
correcting him $ @ If AS If /
couldn't have fixed a weekend
for her at some nice place If she
wanted a rest. Some nice place
where she could be seen around
with a few of names that count,
where / could fix a few candid
shots for the press boys, where
| could get johnny White Chas-
ing her making a play for that
contract And what about him?
lie loses the best contract Of the
season ON the air If he doesn't
get her. Is that fair ! ask you,
Is that rar?"
But Nyra was less interested
mn BaIdy's troubles with Fay
than nm whatever impression on
1Im Peggy might have made
Her first problem was TO keep
{ hat rattle Drained youngSter
from carrying out whatever plot
churucd in her pretty head. My
"a knew her too we'll TO believe
that Peggy could be innocent Of
intrigue for a whole weekend
among new people.
lTo BE Continued
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ly, 1t was apparent that they
did.
Nigel lay on his back gather
ing a tan and Badly sat in an
over-presSed play suit Of blue
cotton perspiring slightly and
smoking a very long cigar with
a moody Inconsistencies Of the
striking beauty of the morning
He looked at the exceedingly
attractive vision of Peggy com
ing from the boathouSc.
Il thought you said Gay was
down here
You told me that too, said
Nigel rcproaCh(ully.
Peggy's eyes narrowed with
a certain satisfaction and the
pert smile on her lips showed
that 50 far. things were going
her way, even though she would
have preferred to manage the
two men separately.
II only wanted To help, said
Peggy.
At that moment just as Nigel
sat up and noticed obviously and
obligingly how attractive she
looked i'm her new swimming
suit, Nyra emerged from the
woodland path and Sauutcrcd
down TO join them.
Peggy realized that her sis.
ter would see through her plans
only too quickly. SO she smiled
swcety at Nigel and decided to
leave Badly till later
Let's 90 and find her I'm the
canoe" she suggested
Right said Nigel all too
Willingly
III come too said Badly
No you won't said Peggy
Can you swim
Whats that got TO do with
it, asked Badly
Everything, She replied.
When you swim from q canoe
in the middle Of a lake.
Myra sat down beside Badly
and they watched the other two
push Off in the sunlight The
canoe cut through the mirror
like surface Of the lake with
swift perfection Of motion and
the two in it completed a per
feet picture for a still young
summer morning, their strokes
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: You're not going back so
SOON
Listen, baby Even five min
utcs ago isn't soon enough for
me"
Gee" said Peggy, her eyes
linpid with what looked like
disappointment. Just when |
was thinking we'd have a really
interesting man
Badly Brien rcturne d her
gaze, completely unimprcssed.
Oh, ycah2' he said.
Peggy offered 10 help him in
his search for Fay He refused
the offer but found that she
had the persistence OF a mos
quito. Not unlike one, Peggy
was quite aware that every man
has a vulnerable point some
whore.
She showed him the way 20
the lake and found Nigel dis
consolatcly lying in the sun on
the wharf.
Peggy looked from the one
man TO the other and wondered
which TO concentrate ou--a rich
man or career.
But she was doomed TO dis
appointment If she expected en-
enlargement in either of her
ambitions from either man. Nj
gel looked up at them without
moving.
Hullo. Have any OF you
seen Fay2'
We were just looking for
her said Peggy. She realized
that If she was TO have any at
tcntion from the men she would
have 10 distract them from their
fixed idea, so she went TO the
boathouse and changed into
her Hawaiian swimming suit
When Peggy returned she re-
allied that she had left two men
together who had every reason
TO dislike one another intense