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How Snakes Walk
On Their Ribs

4 /OST people don't know
M that a snake literally
W. walks" on the end of its
ribs. That is TO say, the ribs are
jointed to the backbone and as
they extend down over either side
Of the body their ends articulate
with the outside ventral plates.
These plates run in a series al
most the full length of the rep
tile on the belly side, and have
projecting edges at their rear
margin.
AS the plates come in contact
with rocks and the uneven sur
face of the earth underneath the
snake its body is brought for
ward by muscular movement
upon the supporting and movable
ribs.
In this method Of locomotion
is found the explanation of why
snakes cannot run. on smooth
glass nor upon the surface of q
brussels carpet.
Glass is so smooth that the
ventral plates are unable to take
hold and after they have beer
thrown forward the reptile can.
not carry itself along on them.
Small snakes. trying to crawl
on carpets that have a high pile
which is composed OF small, up.
right and stiff threads, are BAT.
fled because the piling springs
backward by the pressure of the
ventral plates when the reptile
attempts to move its body for
ward. and that's why it fails 70
find leverage just as on smooth
glass.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

w phrase the ca m era
w doesn't lie" obviously
never had an identity or passport
photograph taken-those weird
pictures that have a knack of
making the subject look like a
Sing Sing postgraduate.
Alphonse Bertillon, the French
anthropologist who is credited
with the dubious honor of hav-
ing conceived the idea of identity
photos, might turn over in his
grave IL he found out that there
was a move afoot TO make iden-
tity pictures look a lot more like
the bearer.
But now just such a. revolu-
ton is taking place. One Of the
pioneers in the move is the Vultee
Aircraft plant in Los Angeles
which now permits its employees
TO sit for glamour" photos The
company has gone so far as to
provide an assistant 10 help
make up the feminine workers.
BY way of demonstrating Just
what can be done in the way of
improving Identification cards,
the photographs on this page
show pretty June Yarbrough
when she started out TO work
for the company. and how she
looked when she posed for her
second, and glamourized. picture.
In addition TO allowing en-
ployes to put on makeup. and
fix up their hair before the cam
era clicks. the company also has
set up booth so that the sub
jet doesn't have TO concentrate
on the photographer. thereby
helping TO eliminate those frozen
expressions that come from self
consciousness.
And. although this company
is pioneering in the move. il took
prodding and a few walls on the
part Of women war-workers in
the plant TO get company off
Gals TO realize that old-style
Bertillon mugs" just weren't
wanted any longer.
Even though it is generally
accepted that the camera doesn't
lie. experts do admit that it will
distort bad angles and emphasize
improper lighting. Just the
wrong shading on the face. for
example. will give a person an
entirely different appearance by
making a long nose look longer
or a deep set eye positively
sunken.
Most employe photos are
taken hurriedly. and with the
camera set in the same position,
and under the same light. for
any and all corners. The like
ness" comes out like something
from a rogue's gallery.
With identity cards becoming
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

A MOONLIGHT NIGHT. -. sweet music
"A you two dancing! Does he have
eyes for you alone? Do you hear him
whisper, You're so lovely?
If romantic words like that don't come
your way, perhaps your skin care is to
blame. Without realizing it, you may be
cleansing your complexion Improperly,
or using soap that's not mild enough.
Change to the Camay Mild-Soap Diet.
Thrilling complimentary complex
ion beauty-may soon,be yours
You know, skin specialists themselves
advise a regular cleansing with a fine
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

hopes that the California COM
pany's move will be followed by
other plants throughout the
country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
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The Picture Below Shows
the Same Young Woman
Across the Page As She
Looked In Her First Work
ing Photograph"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

daily more important. due to the
tremendous increase in war
workers and members Of the
armed forces. many a person
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

4 /OST people don't know
M that a snake literally
walks" on the end Of its
Evening star., 1942-04-13
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The battle Of Palk Straits,
which separate Ceylon from In
dia. was q defeat for the British,
and while they still have some Of
their heavier units In the Ara
bian Sea, between Bombay and
the Persian Gulf, they no longer
have . sufnciently homogeneous
feet to meet the japanese there
on equal terms.
Although the Hermes was an
antiquated aircraft carrier, her
loss means that British warships
have no air protection in the IN
dian Ocean and the remaining
ships henceforth must confine
their activities to raids against
lone japanese transports or naval
units.
Competent military experts now
expect the Japs to begin impor-
tant operations against the In
dian coast, with an attempt to
land forces somewhere between
Calcutta and Madras. Japanese
landing attempts will be opposed
by the British commander in
chief, Gen. Sir Archibald p.
Wayen, with what little air force
Evening star., 1942-04-13
By the Associated Press.


HONOLULU, April 13.-The Ha-
waiian Islands now may be con-
sidered the best protected place on
earth against gas attack, according
to Col. George P. Unmacht, chemical
warfare officer.
In an interview disclosing a por-
ton of the Army's broad anti-gaS
program, begun Immediately after
the attack on Pearl Harbor, Col.
Unmacht said more than 400, 900
gas masks had been issued for
adults. Others of children's size
and bunny masks" for infants are
being turned out rapidly.
The population Of the Hawaiian
Islands in 1910 was 423,330.
School teachers have been trained
as gas sentries.
Gas alarm gongs have been estab-
hshed 1000 feet apart all over the
islands and are to be sounded by
air raid wardens in the event of
danger of that kind.
A survey Of air conditioned build
ings and rooms so that they can be
equipped with proper filters is near
ing completion.
Doors and windows of schools and
other public buildings have been
made so they can be sealed.
More than 1000 persons have been
trained to detect military gases.
The Army has discouraged the
sale in retail stores of carrying cases
for masks. The cases are designed
to match women's dresses and sell
for 81 each.
"A woman would have quite a
time fumbling through a closet for
the proper color during a gas at
Evening star., 1942-04-13
This Changing World
Greot Britain Moy Not Be Able to Spare Air
Support for WoveII. Despite Indo's importance

armies, IN the same manner the
Burmese were responsible for the
dimculties Of the British armies
In Burma.
There Is no question that this
Is the gravest hour In the long
history Of the British Empire.
India itself Is jeopardized, and
whatever communications still
remain open between Australia
and Britain now are being
threatened. Our own line Of
communications with the Red
Sea and the Persian Gulf may be
menaced In a short while, and
that means that communications
with Russia over the most diff
cult but safest road. from the
Persian Gull to the Caucasus,
may soon be endangered, too.
In many military quarters it Ia
believed that before summer the
Japanese win attempt to seize the
important island Of Madagascar,
which Is still under the rule of
Vichy. The naval base at Diego
Suarez is considered one of the
most important potential naval
bases in that part of the Indian
Ocean. Furthermore, on the
African East Coast opposite Mad
agascar is the undefended Portu-.
guese colony OF Mozambique,
with the harbor of Lourenco
Marques, which is large enough
to shelter whole feet.
Why Not Get There First?
The French rushed several
thousand men and probably six
warships to Madagascar last
month. This was interpreted in
many official quarters to mean
that they would defend the is
land against any aggressor. But
1t Is recalled that In 1910 when
the Japanese decided to grab
Indo- China, without which they
could not have attacked Malaga
and Singapore, the vichy gov
ernment was ready to surrender
that colony to Japanese safe
keeping.
When the agreement between
Evening star., 1942-04-13

They faced a Derethy Thompson.
force six times their number.
They fought without adequate
ammunition, and they were ex-
hausted by hunger. At the far
thest outpost of America, they
were surrounded by the enemy
In the sea, in the air, and from
the nearest land bases. There
was no supply line to them. They
were in an infinitely worse posi-
ton than the men at Tobruk,
which could be reached by ships.
They fought, to be brief, for q
lost cause.
That is to say, their cause,
their particular battle, their in
dividual and corporate lives were
forfeit. Not the cause, the cor
porate cause, the greater life,
the future victory. They gave
their lives that others might live;
endured defeat that others might
win. They kept the faith.
And how far we have come,
because Of them.
Because Of them, we can read
Gen. MacArthur's words without
the slight embarrassment that
great words have hitherto caused
in us. Six months ago such words
would have seemed overblown, so
vast their disproportion to the
mediocre level of our thinking
and the even lower level Of our
feeling. Gen. Macarthur said,
Nothing became them more
than their last. hour Of trial and
agony"
Nothing became them more!
Their conduct was becoming to
men; 1t was becoming to Ameri-
cans. And the extent to which we,
the civilians at home, can share
in the dignity which their suffer-
ing courage sheds upon us as q
people, is the extent Of our reali-
zation of it, in all our thoughts
and instincts and deeds.
ut is for us the living rather to
be dedicated here to the un-
finished work which they who
fought here have thus far 80
nobly advanced"
The tremendous words Of the
Gettysburg speech, ratified on so
easily in schoolrooms for a gen.
Grafton, suddenly come alive.
Comes alive again, in our
hearts, that quality of feeling
that except for courage, the par
ent of all virtue, is the highest
mark Of the noble spirit: Craft
SeeS. ---.t-s.ts-. .sc% g. -.
For by them, at Bataan, we are
ennobled. Every American is en-
nobled. Every American who
wishes to be ennobled-who &C
cepts for himself the gift of their
heroism.
The other day they were care
Evening star., 1942-04-13

ne mas at MS disposal. The
coast Is practically undefended,
except for the foxholes which the
British may be building.
Can't Spare Planes.
In spite Of the great military
and political Importance Of India,
1t Is doubtful whether Britain
can spare q large air force to sup
port Gen. Wavell. The defense
Of the Near East already has
been weakened by the dispatch
Of bombers and pursuit planes to
India. How many more the Brit
ish can afford to rush to that
vital front remains TO be seen.
But most observers who are con-
versant with the military situa-
ton In the area between Egypt
and India are doubtful that the
Near East command can spare
enough planes to check the Japa-
nese in India.
Ceylon, -ihich Is one Of the
enemy's principal objectives. Is
now in great danger. Although
well prepared to meet the Nip
ponese onslaught, 1t is feared
that determined attack against
that island will finally succeed,
Just as 1t did IN Java, which was
believed to have been better forti-
ned and defended than any other
outpost Of the United Nations In
the South Pacific and the Indian
Ocean.
The British, Australian and m
dian divisions which must de-
fend that prize possession of the
empire are hardly suficient in
number to oppose the Japanese
invasion. now that the British
Fleet has been reduced to i'm
potence. The Japanese have a
long coast line to choose from
when they decide to start their
landing operations and can con-
centrate .. sufficiently strong
force to push inland.
Fear Firth Columnists.
In view Of present relations
between Britain and India 1t Is
doubtful whether the japanese
will find any kind Of opposition
from the Indian people them
selves. On the contrary, it is
feared that fifth columnists may
interfere seriously with the op-
GRAFTON Of the British Imperial
with slogan contests, suggestion
,oxes, cartoons, posters and othel
iy,stsIl Ssa1 Sar &ta cob sv,.
Evening star., 1942-04-13
Hawaii Best Protected Place
On Earth Against Gas Attack

tack" Col. Unmacht said.
The sale of ordinary surgical
masks which were represented as
effective If sprinkled with q soda
solution was stopped.
Appearance Of various other de-
vices brought the passage of an
ordinance prohibiting the manu-
facture and sale Of any material
for gas protection not authorized
by the Chemiacl Warfare Service.
Bunny masks for infants are made
OF chemically impregnated sacks
with f1oppy ears which can be used
to tie the appliance around the
waist, or the mask can be made to
cover the child completely.
Evening star., 1942-04-13

hoo about them,
1t Is not because
Of any inherent
unsoundness In
the plan. The
plan is all right;
the trouble Is In
the way 1t was
presented and Is
promoted.
It got OF to Q
bad start. The
origin al an
nouncement was
misu Understood
by both manage
Evening star., 1942-04-13

the Japanese and the French
government was signed October
40. 1910, at Vichy, M. Baudouin,
then French foreign minister,
stated that the pact might not
be q brilliant diplomatic victory,
but 1t certainly was a great VIC
tory for common sense.
In some quarters In Washing
ton which regard the gyrations
Of the vichy government with
suspicion, fear Is expressed that
. similar victory for common
sense" may be obtained in Mad
agascar In the next few months.
To these fears some Frenchmen,
who share the misgivings of the
United Nations, reply: why
don't you get there first, before
the japanese arrive?" And they
point out that Japanese occupa-
ton Of Madagascar, whence the
enemy can Jump to the East At
rican mainland, may mean an
even more severe blow to the
Allied cause than the loss Of
India. --.
From Mozambique, which can
be occupied with little more than
a detachment of military police,
the Axis could gain a free road
to South Africa and to the Brit
ish colonies Of Tanganyika and
Kenya. In the last analysis it
may mean the collapse Of the
British African empire.
Evening star., 1942-04-13
N. Y. c. Troins Delayed
By Freight DeruiIment
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. :.
ATHOL SPRINGS, N. Y, April
13.-Eleven cars of a New York
Central freight train, en- route from
Cleveland to Buffalo, were derailed
near here yesterday. No one was
reported injured.
Four Of the cars rolled down an
embankment, the others remain
ing upright on the track bed.
State Trooper Joseph P. Lyons
said the derailment apparently re-
suited from a drawbar falling under
one Of the cars.
East-bound trafI1c was resumed
o few hours later, the Centraps dis
patcher Office In Buffalo reported,
adding that west-bound trains were
not affected.
Evening star., 1942-04-13

nave not enough
to man the 4,
planes Just /
coming into
production. AS
I have heard
a ir m e n ay
machines cari1ss J,
m axe planesiss'
but they can'tsd
make pilots.
Quantity pro-
d u C tion of
planes or pilots
cannot win thels
war. Quantity,
Evening star., 1942-04-13

1t A m e r c as
major battle to
date. The men
who struggled
there made the
Japanese pay
dearly, and all
that weakens
the enemy aids
us in the long
run. Therefore,
t h oSe W h o
fought at Ba-.
tam did mt
fight In vain.
Evening star., 1942-04-13

while the Sena-
tors and Repre-
sentatives were
q W ay, another
legislative body
usurping the
fun C ctions Of
Congress issued
q decree which
W i'll doubtless
have the full
support Of the
President.
The new legis-
latiye BODY Is
thu National
Evening star., 1942-04-13
Mechanic
Moy Outfly
College Lad
Good Combat Pilot,
Like Gold, Is Where
You Find Him
By COL. FREDERICK PALMER,

BY COL. FREDERICK PALMER. s.
While the importance Of air pow
er Is being vvidly. revealed TO uSii
from Corregidor and all other +,
fronts on land and sea, the pressa
ent concern Of Army Air Corps ex-
perts Is enough adequately trained
pilots.
Counting the necessary two IN
reserve for one In every plane, we
Evening star., 1942-04-13

menL ana lapor. IL alarmeQ tne
former and infiamed the latter.
Aware that the labor lobbyists who
have been demanding a larger voice
in management" are politically
more influential with the admins
tration than any one else, and know
ing that Mr.. Nelson makes no move
of this sort not first approved by the
President and Harry Hopkins, in
dustrialists generally feared the plan
was q move in that direction.
The left wing labor leaders re-
garded it as q step toward their goal
OF taking over the plants and Justify
cheered Mr.. Nelson for proposing it.
Forced to Explain.
All of which forced the latter to
make a speech explaining that this
plan was neither what the indus
trialists feared nor the radicals
hoped. The proposed committees.
he insisted, would have nothing to
do with wages, prices, policies or
hours Of work. The plan was not,
he said, Mr.. Murray's plan or any
one else's plan. 1t was the w. p. B.
plan and the sole purpose was to
increase production through better
labor-management understanding
and cooperation.
This somewhat allayed the alarm
Of the managers and proportionately
diminished the enthusiasm of the
more vociferous labor spokesmen.
It did not, however, as completely
remove suspicion and create mutual
good will as a clear statement Of the
actual facts would have done.
Briefly, the facts are these: There
Is nothing new about the plan.
Actually, 1t Is almost 20 years old.
1t originated In the mind Of Otto
8. Boyer, jr., who has been . mem
Der of the National Mediation Board
since 1885 and Is now one Of the
directors Of defense transportation.
Mr.. Boyer is q consulting engineer
adm for many years has specialized
on labor-management relations, on
which subject he is q recognized
authority.
s~r,r- Presented to Willard sliE
After his return from the last war.
he evolved this idea and convinced
William H. johnson, former presi-
dent of the International Associa-
ton Of Machinists, and Bert w.
Jewell, president Of the Railway
Employees Department. American
Federation Of Labor, of its sound
ness. The question was. could it be
sold to the employer
Early in 1928 it was agreed to pre-
sent 1t first to Mr.. Daniel Willard,
then president of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad and now chairman
of its board. The reason Mr.. Willard
was picked was because he was con-
cededly the most open-minded rail-
road president in the country, as
sympathetic to labor as he was un-
derstanding Of labor unions.
When IT. was laid before him, the
first thing Mr.. Willard said was "If
this Is q plan to Sovietize the road,
I am against it 100 per cent" He
was assured that no such thing was
contemplated.
Started In Pittsburgh.
Nor was it intended that these
committees should touch such things
Evening star., 1942-04-13
Men Of Botoon, Fighting Lost couse, Bring
Tremendous Words Of Gettysburg Speech Alive


or no worse, probably, than all
Americans of their generation.
They played baseball and went
to the movies, read the comics,
struck, on occasions, for higher
wages, voted for Roosevelt or
Willkie.
Certainly none Of them wanted
war. and maybe some Of them
marched In peace parades.
They were Just like the rest Of
us.
But now they are not Just like
the rest Of us. For they met q
challenge, and. in meeting it be-
came much more than them.
selves; they became fully men.
And in becoming fully men, they
became Man. They became Man
as man conceives himself in the
most profound depths Of his be-
Ing to be-as something more
than flesh and blood and all its
fears and Illustrations, weak
nesses and yearnings. Without
expressing 1t at an in words, they
expressed the deepest realization
Of the human race; that he who
loveth his life shall lose it, and
that he who loseth it can gain 1t
can gain 1t In the greater life
of man and God.
Gen. Macarthur dared to say
this: "The sacrifice and halo Of
Jesus Of Nazareth has descended
upon them and God will take
them unto Himself"
The fight at Bataan was an act
Of Observation-Disclosures for
America, redemption for man
kind. Our men did not fight for
empire. They fought side by side
with the Filipinos for their free
dom and for ours.
And our debt can only be paid
In increased devotion to the
cause for which they gave the
last full measure Of their devo-
ton"
THAT this people," and the
world, under God shall have q
new birth Of freedom"
The extent to which we COM
prehend to the fullest the glory
Of the fight at Bataan, is the
exact extent to which the fight
viii prove to have been justified.
Nothing less than our soldiers
obedience and their devotion is
demanded of each Of us. Who
can grumble at discomfort, re-
membering them; or have fear
for the future, remembering
them; or care greatly for his own
life, remembering them: or worry
about his profits or his wages, re-
membering them?
Only those who are not worthy
Of them. Only those for whom
they suffered, died. and endure
captivity in vain.
They fought their hopeless
cause that the will Of America
might be steeled; the spirit Of
America might be infiamed; the
love for America might be In
tensified; the faith In our cause
rise In our hearts to the standard
set by them. They died that our
pride and faith and love might
live.
1N They redeemed our humiliation
at Pearl Harbor. They washed
1t out In their own sweat and
blood and hunger. They made
themselves immortal, that our
cause might take on immortality.
Let us forget Pearl Harbor and
remember Bataan.
0seleased By the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1942-04-13
Macarthur Epidemic
PeriIs Los Angeles
By ttl Associated Press.

By Tic ASsociated Press. :.
LOS ANGELES, April 13.-Brook-
lyn avenue residents started some
thing when they petitioned the
City Council to have the thorough
fare. named in honor Of Gen. Mac
Arthur.
Thirty-nine other groups In Los
Angeles, representing Just that
many streets, have asked the coun-7
ell for permission 10 use the name
Of the Pacific war commander.
Evening star., 1942-04-13
BY FRANK r. KENT.

II Mr.. Donald Nelson's highly pub
ncized ACKNOWLEDGEMENT commit
tees, launched six weeks ago, are
falling to measure up to the bally-
Evening star., 1942-04-13
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON MONDAY APRIL 49,

THE opinions OF the urtes this their o,cn
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
Stars EFFORT to 0tue all sides OF questions OF to s
reade although such opinions may contradictory amono
themselves and directly opposed to The Sturs,