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Evening star., 1942-05-17
Red Cross Honors o5
LONGTIME EMPLOYEES

Ninety-f1ve employees of the Amer
ican Red Cross, who have COM
pleted 20 years or more of service,
were honored late yesterday by Red
Gross Chairman Norman H. Davis
and several hundred other employees
at national Red Cross headquarters.
Mr.. Davis presented 20-year serv-
ice bars to the group, six of whom
have worked since before the first
World War and "a since then.
Among those honored was James L..
Fieser, for 20 years vice chairman
in charge of domestic operations of
the Red Cross.
The Canteen Corps prepared re-
freShments.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
By HENRY GEMMILL.

MIS-. OdVlU McdUc Lea COIllcSSeS
she loves her electric auto-the last
of its species operating in the Capt.
tai, she believes-and her emotion
is deeper than satisfaction from
motoring free as the wind without
gas ration card
Thirty years ago yesterday Mrs.
Lea bought her first electric car
riage. Her present Detroit Electric
is the fourth in its line and she
has owned it during the greater
part of time elapsed since its manu-
facture in 1919.
Gasoline automobiles have not
satisfied her since their inception
The first such vehicles were too
broad for narrow roads The mod
ern gas auto, manufactured in
quantity through the early 1940s
but now also bound toward extinc-
ton, was so poorly designed that
its passengers were cramped in a
low-slung body and its tenders pre-
vented the driver from seeing his
road, she declares.
Il have perfect vision of the
street" says Mrs. Lea, and every
body gets very good vision of me"
Curiosity to Crowds.
The vision of Mrs. Lea and her
electric auto causes heads to turn
as she fits silently by at an average
speed of 20 miles per hour. When
she stops, small crowds gather.
Mrs. Lea will answer any question
that is not rude.
How much will you take for
'er?" youth yelled at her last
year.
Ten million dollars" she called
back. He guffawed and jeered.
Today Mrs. Lea has the last laugh.
What other motorist cannot be
frightened by all this city's gas ra-
TONERS? She waters the batteries
and off she spins.
Tires, of course. she must have.
Recognizing that Mrs. Lea is presi-
dent of the board of the Episcopal
Home for Children. and member of
three Episcopal Hospital boards, the
rationers have given her certificate
emitting her to four new tires.
AS the rationers might have sus-
pected, she has, so far, been unable
to find any tires to buy. Her cars
kind are no longer created.
Motor Easier on Tires.
Her present set will last for years,
though, if she shifts the right front
to the right rear, she believes. An
electric car is easy on rubber. 1t is
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Woodside Club 10 Hear
Former Parliament Member

Capt. E. w. H. Wood, former
member of Parliament from the
Cheshire District and an officer OF
the famous Life Guards Cavalry
Regiment in the First World War
will speak at the final meeting OF
the mems club at Grace Church in
Woodside tomorrow evening.
This meeting has been made
ladies' night and any men or
women caring to attend will be
welcome.
Capt. Wood will discuss air raids,
a subject on which he is an au-
thority.
The meeting will begin at pm.
At its conclusion refreshments will
be served.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
George M. Walker
Buried at BeItsviIIe

George Martin Walker, secretary
of the Berwyn Heights Md Volun-
teer Fire Department, who died
Thursday at his home in Branch.
vile, was buried yesterday in St.
Johns Cemetery, Beltsville. Services
were held at pm. at the Branch
vile Methodist Church.
Mr. Walker is survived by his
widow his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinton D. Walker, sr., Of Berwyn
Heights; five brothers, Clinton D.
jr,, Eugene. John R., also of Ber-
wyn Heights, and Charles E. and
william H., both of Greenbelt, and
four sisters, the Misses Minnie G.,
Edith M. and Margaret E. Walker
of Berwyn Heights and Mrs. Mary
j. Jones of Washington.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Prince Georges Chamber
Will Hear Tydinqs

Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
Maryland, will be the principal
speaker at a meeting of the Prince
Georges Chamber of Commerce at
8 pm. May Is, in the Agriculture
Building auditorium at the Univer-
sity Of Maryland. His topic will be,
Economy in Government"
r. M. Watkins, chamber vice
president, Is tn charge Of the pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Mount Rainier Dance
To Benefit Playground

The Park and Playground Com
mittee of Mount Rainier. Md, will
sponsor a dance at 1906 Thirty
fourth street in Mount Rainier May
20 to raise money for park and play
ground equipment. Chief of Police
Eugene Plumer and Frank Goetzger
are in charge of arrangements.
Dedication exercises for several
parks will be held at the new plot,
to be know as the Mount Rainier
Recreation Center. on North Thirty
fourth street, June IA. Mayor Floyd
B. Matthias and members of the City
Council will speak
Evening star., 1942-05-17
New Army Broadcast
Planned Over WINK

A new Army program, 1.-The Quar-
termaster Quarter Hour" with First
1t. Andre Baruch, a former network
announcer, as master of ceremonies,
will be inaugurated over radio sta
ton WINK from Sis to $50 pm
Wednesday.
The War Department announce
ment said the program will be on
the air at that time each Wednes-
day "for an indefinite period" 1t.
Baruch, now on duty in the office
of the Army quartermaster general,
will interview Capt. c. s. Bryan,
@. M. c., on the first program.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Cost of Living Up a Pct.
In Month in District

Living costs in the District in
creased 0.4 per cent between March
is and April Is, the Bureau of La
Dor Statistics reported yesterday.
This advance brought the bureaus
cost of living index for the District
70 a point 1879 per cent above the
average 1935-l939 level.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Leoion Post Sponsors Circus

NV Maryland Post, No. 126, Amer
ican Legion, will sponsor perform
ances of Bell Brothers Circus at
Seat Pleasant, Nd, at 8 pm. tomor-
row and Tuesday. Acrobats, trained
animals and clowns will appear On
the program.
Evening star., 1942-05-17
Episcopal Convoeution

BALTIMORE, May 16 LP.-The
Protestant Episcopal Diocese Of
Maryland will hold its annual con-
vocation at the Pro-Cathedral Of
the Incarnation here May q.
Evening star., 1942-05-17

See SURVEY, Page AID
Evening star., 1942-08-13

breath. AS soon as he could get
near enough to speak he gaSped.
old Man Coyote has left the Green
Meadows and the Green Forest"
Whats that" demanded Jerry
MuSkrat.
Sammy repeated what he had said.
How do you know?' asked Jerry
MuSkrat
Because his house is deserted and
I have looked everywhere Tor him
and not found him. replied Sammy.
Huh" grunted Grandfather Frog.
Sammy glared down at Grand
father Frog. Did you speak?" he
asked.
Il said huh" replied Grandfathe
Frog Just because you haven't
been able to find him Is no proof
that OLD Man Coyote has really
left"
Evening star., 1942-08-13

il is so well camouflaged as TO color
that it may disappear rather quickly.
Above. it is mostly brownish black;
beneath. 1t is pale brownish white
The long slender bill Is brown with
a flesh -colored tint, the feet green
ish gray and the eyes brown. Every
color blends with the plants OF It's
chosen haunts.
Many refer to this bird as Jack
Snipe" The bird is appreCia ted by
those whose property is invaded by
grasshoppers. leather jackets or
cranet1ies and other pesky insects.
1t is an expert hunter when it comes
to the diving beetle, the crawfish
and other insects that prey upon
young fsh in hatcheries
During the counting season, Jack
Snipe is most amusing. He prefers
a background OF marshes and mossy
bogs for his courtshlp antics IN
May or June, he Is determined to
and a mate. He goes racing about
As II trying to make up his mind
which Of the charming snipe
Evening star., 1942-08-13

name has come into general use
for maize or Indian corn" which
early settlers found the Indians
growing
Corn and wheat are the leading
grain crops on this continent. In
Canada far more wheat is raised
than corn. but in the United States
1t is the other way around.
Csnada's s corn crop last year was
close to $4,000 900 bushels, little
more than one bushel for every Ca
madam man. woman and child. The
wheat crop was large enough in 1910
to provide 49 bushels for every per-
son in Canada. The wheat crop
was smaller in 1941 but it still was
many times as great as the corn
crop.
The United States raises more
corn, or maize. than any other coun-
try in the world, more than all
other countries together Last wears
crop was large enough to supply %
bushels for every American.
The way 1t works out, most of
the corn crop is eaten bv animals.
not by people. Farmers feed about
four -tifths of 1t to cattle, hogs and
other livestock.
tFor general interest section of your
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Lillian Cox Athey

maidens TO impress. He rises swiftly
into the air in wide daShing circles.
So fast is his flight that there is
humming. murmuring sound made by
his wings. Then he flies low, broad
casting a weird yelping or cackling
sound. finally, after several minutes
of this, he alights on shrub to
continue his formal proposal. Some
declare that the engagement is an
nounced to their friends when
Jacouelin Snipe joins in the WIN
moving and circling flight.
Later, she is deeply interested in
finding suitable depression in the
marshy ground where she will es-
cape notice when she broods her
three or four grayish olive eggs.
They are so streaked with chestnut,
murnt lumber and black that you al
most step on them as you wade
through the spongy ground.
The infants do not tarry long in
the nursery. There is too much
going on to remain at home The
slender legs are soon strong enough to
carry their owner through the marsh
and meadows. There is an abun-
dance of food ready for industrious
snipes. During the heat of the day,
sleepy headed snipes are snoozing
under clumps OF tall grass. At sun
down, or when the sky becomes
overcast. the open meadows anG
fresh water marshes, where the
ground is wet and soft, seem almost
alive with snipe.
Flushed. Wilson's snipes dart
from the grass with a swift, erratic
fight. uttering in such funny
squeakv noises, Scalp, scaip"-or is
1t Escape?
Snipes are important friends Of
ours; give them your protection
whenever they need it-they never
fail to do their part in protecting
plants from greedy insects.
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Uncle Roy's Corner
~ RAMON COFFMAN.

There Is a question which thou
sands of persons have asked play
fully. It is, DO you eat to live or
live TO eat2'
In these days, when most of lis
DO not care to grow fat, a ma aiority
can answer truthfully that they eat
to live. There are so many inter
esting things about life that 1t
would be foolish to spend much time
thinking about food
At one season of the year. how
ever, find myself thinking about
food. That is In the sweet corn
season! II I can have three or four
ears of the right kind of sweet corn,
DO not care for much else at din
ner time.
To this day some persons eat
young ears of corn OF the kind fed
TO livestock, and say they like It,.
That Is not what I care for The
kind which appeals to me is the
sweet corn grown for the table
especially Golden Bantam which
has been picked only few hours
before being placed in hot water
Although fresh sweet corn may
aeem important for the table. it
Is not eaten to the extent Of the
sweet corn which is canned. Canned
corn lasts through all seasons. and
is one of the leading kinds of can
ned goods.
The name corn has been used
in England for many hundreds of
years to cover the various kinds of
grain especially wheat. In Scot
land the people often speak of oats
ss corn
On this side of the Atlantic, the
Evening star., 1942-08-13
NATURES CHILDREN
WILSON'S SNIPE.
tGaIlinaso delicata.)

Wilson's snipe. being wide
ranger, has naturally picked up
many names. Some of the more
common ones are Shadbird, Alef1sh-
bird. Gutter Snipe. Meadow Snipe,
Bog Snipe and Shad Spirit. With a
distribution territory that covers
North America and Northern South
America, this bird is known to many.
II breeds on the northern borders of
the United States and north to the
Arctic Sea.
Though this snipe is u inches
long and stands high above much of
the lush growth of swamp and bog,
Evening star., 1942-08-13

way to tell Danny Meadow Mouse
and couldn't stop to answer Danny
was just as much pleased as Peter,
and he and Nanny Meadow Mouse
had little celebrat ton all to them
selves. You see. 1t meant just one
less worry for them, Sammy hur-
ried up to the Old Orchard to tell
Johnny Chuck, who didn't seem TO
care, and then few over to the
Smiling Pool. Jerry Muskrat saw
him coming and he knew by the
way Sammy was hurrying that he
was very much excited
Sammy Jay has got something
on his mind said Jerry to Grand
father Frog. Il wonder what has
happened now"
When Sammy reached the big
hickory tree on the bank Of the
Smiling Pool he was quite out Of
Evening star., 1942-08-13

watching out for Old Man Coyote
lest he gobble them up. So he
spread his blue wings and hurried
over to the dear Old Briar Patch to
tell Peter Rabbit. He quite forgot
that he and Peter were forever
quarreling.
"Oh, Peter, I've great news!' he
screamed as soon as he was near
enough for Peter to hear.
Peter sat up. so full of curiosity
that ne, too, forgot that he and
Sammy were not the best of friends.
What is it?" he asked eagerly.
old Man Coyote has left the
Green Meadows and the Green
Forest Hes gone away" replied
Sammy jay.
"Hurrah!" shouted Peter. kicking
his long heels together. Are you
sure Of 1t. Sammy Jay?"
But Sammy was already on hts
Evening star., 1942-08-13
BY MiIburn Rosser.
BY Art Huhto
Harold Groy
BY Frank Willard
BY Will Eisner
Bud Fisher
O you don't believe, it?" snapped

so you don't believe, it?" snapped
Sammy.
At once Sammy Jay lost his tenn
per. You know, he loses 1t very
easily. He called Grandfather Frog
a stupid old know-nothing. and
finally few off to the Green Forest,
screaming angrily.
just after jolly, round, red Mr..
Sun sank behind the Purple Hills
that night sound was heard that
made many little people on the
Green Meadows and in the Green
Forest shiver. Peter Rabbit heard
1t and his heart sank Danny and
Nanny Meadow Mouse heard it and
drew close to each other. Grand
father Frog heard it and smiled.
Sammy Jay heard 1t and felt. oh.
so cheap, 1t was the voice OF Old
Man Coyote.
Evening star., 1942-08-13

way with Sammy Jay when he
found that OLD Man Coyote was no
longer living in his home in the
far corner OF the Green Meadows
First, he began to wonder if Old
Man Coyote had left the Green For
est and the Green Meadows. Then he
jumped to the con- clu-sion that he
had. Just because he didn't find
him in the places where he was
used to seeing him he made up his
mind that Old Man Coyote had
gone away.
Like a great many others who
Jump at con-clu -sions. Sammy Jay
didn't wait to make sure that he
was right. but at once fastened to
spread the news. He knew that it
would be good news. the very best of
news. to great many of the little
people OF the Great Meadows. espe-
cially those who had to be always
Evening star., 1942-08-13

Men In the armed forces are being
allowed TO purchase a share In the
democratic United States they are
defending Do you have to be told
to buy \ bond:
Evening star., 1942-08-13
L~eA& la4

Submarine Warfare" is the
title Of = new picture leafiet. 1t
contains 10 pictures by Frank c.
Pape and several hundred words
81 text by Uncle Ray. To obtain
, copy send stamped. self -ad
dressed envelope to Uncle Ray in
carr cf The Evening Star.
-- n,
Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Sta
Eperp Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-08-13
LETTER-OU1

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called Print
from which
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LETTER
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SINUATE-UNITES
bemishe.
Evening star., 1942-08-13
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS

Con -clu- sions sounds like very
big and important word, but really,
it is quite simple. To Jump at con-
illusions is TO make up your mind
that thing is or isn't so without
really knowing. 1t was Just this
Evening star., 1942-08-13
T axe MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Woy-Awoy

This weeks Slip O. the Tongue:
The lives way up the hill" No.
Way" should not be used as an ab-
previation for away" Better say:
He lives away up the hill,
Wrong: The dam gave way"
Right: The dam gave away.
Wrong "He was born wav back
in the nineties.' Right: He was
born away back in the nineties.
Wrong: ut is only a little ways
further There are two errors here.
Better say: 1t is only little way
farther. Farther is preferred for
spacial distance; further is pre-
ferred for time or degree as ! shall
want to consider the matter fur
ther)
Wrong: ut didn't matter any
ways" Right: 1t didn't matter any
way,
Wrong: He'll manage to do it
aome WAYS" Right: He'll manage
10 do 1t some way,
Wrong: The ship got under
weigh as the band PLAYED Anchors
Away" Right: The ship got under
way AS the band played Anchors
Aweigh."
Wrong: she shouldn't behave
that-a-way," No. "That-awsy' and
"this-a way are dialectal express
sions heard chiefly in the South.
Better say: She shouldn't behave in
that way.
What's wrong with this sentence:
Mother doesn't approve of me
dancing? In such constructions
as this. the pronoun must always
be in the possessive case. as: Mother
doesn't approve of my dancing. This
tricky point of grammar is ex-
planned simply in nv free POSSES
SIVF PRONOUNS Pamphlet. Every
home and school should have one.
Send stamped t3-centl, self
addressed envelope to Frank Colby
In care Of The Evening Star.
Ceeie...d b, tn. Bell syndicate. 1ncD
Men In the armed forces are being
allowed to purchase a share In the
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Chicago Livestock

so sss:s Ss s'1:;
vance: medium to good srades closed activ.
at qptgrn Dsas top reached paid to
new high on crop; fed heifers. reached
eTsn ne new bHshr hSh since 1891 hefers GEN.
steer and yearlinE run, bulk. i3.75-1s:s5,
were 1901 pound averages at 1890
hssfSt sS rdsp sssFs hse Deng very ist but
Psessnips5sd 4 s5ep ssis e S:iis5a
soo good vssdy srsas xssh saF COWS sais sefv
t, Eastern buyers at iI,5o-I2.5o, fes
l30o' extreme outside on heavy sausas'
1870. With Choice lisht western yesrilinsi
to 1890 and comparable 4a5-pound calvei
rass sols Al psf. 1u,hs2 s9o ,ss.. s .s9S Gage Sa lit
H1 lambs Anp enGiae few a' i475 sSTo1
outs, CUTS 90 90 doxn low, one double choice i.s
Compared Friday last week: Fat lamb,
ewes ssans x'h IN sse pas.
turn; demand was active from the week.
opening for all classes: choice. S4-pouno
Colorados sold at midweek at 1873, with
close; bulk natives late, 144O-l4 go
throwout natives were in rood demand
late, II 90 down: best yearlings at mid.
1880; slaughter ewes ranged from $50.
$40, mostly $50 up.
Salable hogs, 800: total, 5000: not
enough good and choice hogs on sale to
fairly test, value. market nominally steady:
auotable top. 1475: shippers took none;
compared week ago: most representative
weights barrows and gifts also SOW, IS to
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Washington Produce

BUTTER-93 score, tubs. 40; 1-pound
prints, 491a: A-pound printc, so, 81 score,
tubs; 41A; a. pound prints, 4s; h-pound
prints, 4794: A-pound prints, 4SH; 90
score. tubs. A.: 1-pound prints, AN: "a
pound prints, As; SO score, tubs, 46; l.
poound prints. 46h; A-pound prints Al:
A-pound prints, 46A.
LIVESTOCK-Calves, 10: spring lambs,
From Farm Marketing Administration
Prices paid net fob. WASHINGTON.
EGGS-Receipts too light on account of
flood conditions to report prices except on
nominal basis. Following prices are car
ried over from Yesterday: Whites, u s.
extra. large, 52-53 average, 52: u S.
extras medium. 43; U. S. standards. large,
45-4s. ayerage 46; U. S. standards,
medium. 80; U: s. trades 3s. Browns,
U. s. extras. large, 81; U, s. extras.
medium. ,43; y. S. Standards. large, .44-45,
average 45; U: s. trades, SO. Nearby un-
graded eggs: Current receipts: Whites, 40;
mixed colors. 36-39
LIVE POULTRY-Fowl: Colored. 5
pounds and up. 21-22:. under 5 pounds,
1913; No. 2s, 10-11. BOOSTERS. 14-16.
land Rocks and crosses. " broiIers ole N'sls and
fryers, all sizes. 1924: No. 2s, 20; Reds.
21. Turkeys. young. toms and hens. 29-31.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated PRESS.

BY the Associated PresS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-The wheat
market drifted lower today, as
traders tried to evaluate the market
significance of latest price control
developments.
Prices were of almost cent at
one time, to around lows for more
than a month, but later rallied.
Corn, oats, rye and soybeans were
steady to firm.
Brokers attributed some Of the
selling to Washington reports that
flour ceilings may be held near pres
ent levels. Although wheat prices
have declined several cents bushel
from quotations that prevailed dur
ing the base period for establishing
flour ceilings, traders interpreted the
latest statement Of Price Admin
istrator Henderson as indicating the
ceiling on wheat, coinciding with
that on flour, may be figured so that
benefit payments or other SUBJ
sides would be included In giving
the producer parity return"
Henderson disclosed that Q new
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Nine Die as Bomber Hits
Mountain Peak, Exp|odes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MAGDALENA, N. Mex, Oct. IT,
Nine men lost their lives in the
crash of a four -motored Army
bomber which struck the top of a
mountain near here and exploded.
Delayed reports on the Thursday
night crash came from a forest
ranger in this little isolated South
western New Mexico COW town.
The bodies were to be taken to
Alamogordo Army Base where off,
GERS reported the loss of the craft
last night.
Forest Ranger Arthur Gibson said
about 1890 pm. Thursday he and
other Magdalena residents were
aroused by a plane which circled the
town and headed toward the Mag
dalena mountains.
Soon there was terrific explosion
on the top of North Baldy Summit.
A searching party found the wreck
age early yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Stock Prices Follow
Irregular Course
At Week Close
Some Strong Spots
Persist, but Many
Leaders Ease
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE stock
market continued to display mild
irregularity today as 1t concluded
its first losing week since early
September.
While moderately strong spots
persisted throughout the list. many
leaders were bit shaky although
liquidating pressure was lacking
in any department. Small frac-
tional advances just about balanced
minor declines near the close with
numerous issues holding at Fridays
final levels.
1t was one of the slowest Satur-
days in about month. transfers
approximating 100000 shares against
455 800 a week ago which was the
largest 2-hour turnover since jan
uary 3.
Bullish arguments still were plen-
tiful but there was an inclination to
keep commitments light In view Of
the doubtful war news from Stalin-
grad and the Solomons. Expecta-
tions that much improved tax bill
would soon become law, plus the
belief the recent reaction had bet
tered the markets technical posi-
ton. again served as a sustaining
influence. Scanty offerings also were
seen as confirmation that stocks
generally were in what brokers like
to term good hands"
Dome Mines was a lively per-
former on the upside as the opinion
was broached that the company'a
interest in large Canadian molyb-
denum deposits would Offset dwind.
ling gold production. Patino Mines
edged into new high ground for the
year. apparently rejecting the out
look for mounting tin demand at
rising prices.
Stocks doing fairly well most OF
the time included N. Y. Central,
Southern Railway, Standard Oil
(N.JD, Texas Co., American Can,
Goodyear, U. S. Gypsum. Mont
| gomery Ward, International Nickel
and Yellow Truck
The going was somewhat difficult
for American Telephone, Santa Fe,
Pennsylvania, General Motors,
Chrysler, Bethlehem, U. S. Rubber,
Douglas Aircraft. Anaconda, Ken
necott, Du Pont, Sears Roebuck,
Western Union and Consolidated
Edison.