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Evening star., 1942-10-28
Auto Club Urges Delay
In Drivers Eve Tests

Delay in the proposed eye test for
motorists until statistics can be OBJ
tanned on what percentage of the
blame for accidents rightfully can
be placed on defective eyesight was
urged by the Advisory Board of the
Keystone Automobile Club at the
Mayf1ower Hotel last night.
The board suggested to the Traffic
Avisory Council that it delay the
plan from go to 80 days.
The board urged passage of a bill
now before Congress to reduce the
penalty for operating in the District
without drivers license and to
permit person to forfeit collateral
on a first offense for speeding.
The board urged the public not
to scrap bumpers until a request is
made by the Federal Government.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
RecreationaI Units
Assistance PLEDGED
For Nursery Schools
Aid to Depend on
Scope Of Program,
Says Christensen

The Recreation Department will
cooperate in every way with the
public schools nursery school pro-
gram as soon as legal barriers to
care of children under years have
been removed, it was indicated at
the Recreation Board meeting yes
terday.
eve will cooperate with the pro-
gram as soon as it is decided just
how far it will CO." declared Milo S.
christensen, recreation superin-
tendent. The support of the Recrea-
ton Department is necessary, he ex-
planned, because after-school care
for children in the public buildings
will be mainly recreational.
Although other employees probably
will be added for the program, he
said, help of Recreation Board en-
ployes undoubtedly will be required
for play supervision and watching
of the children in the hours after
the teachers day is finished. The
department already does a good deal
of this work, he added, irlsits after
school programs on 65 pMygrounds
all year round.
Bill Before Senate Unit.
All his plans for cooperation IN
the day-care program, Mr.. Chris
tiansen indicated, will be reported
Immediately to the Board Of Recrea-
ton. The program is held up while
legislation to enable care of children
under in the public schools is being
studied in the Senate District Com
mittee. The bill has been passed by
by the House.
AS the board announced show
to be given by Fort Meade soldiers
at Roosevelt High School tonight
for the entertainment of other
servicemen and War Department
employees, it was emphasized that
funds for all the service hospitality
supervised by the board come from
the general Community War Fund.
Such entertainments as the "76th
Division Goes to Town" show at 8:15
o'clock tonight, it was emphasized,
will be impossible unless the War
Funds $4,141,0 900 goal is met. The
drive ends November II.
The department is beginning to
open the 36 night center programs
it supervises in the fall and winter
in addition to the year-round play
ground programs, Mr.. Christian
sen reported. Thirty-two of the
night programs of drama, music,
sports and lectures are held in
public schools, he said, and four
in community buildings of housing
projects.
Grounds Being Improved.
OF the 10000 cubic yards of earth
to be moved by March on eight
Fairgrounds by workmen of Ma
tional Capital Parks, reported Roy
E. Roundtree, board superintend-
ent Of grounds, about 5000 cubic
yards have been moved already.
The Fairgrounds to be seeded by
March and ready for use by mid
summer, he said, are section F of
the stadium site of Anacostia Park:
Hillcrest; Langston, Forts Cradle
and Dupont, Oxon Run, South
west, which has been A per cent
completed, and the Randall.
In announcing progress of the
efforts of special board meeting
to classify board employees from
per diem to an annual basis, DR..
Frank w. Ballou, school superin-
tendent and committee chairman.
praised the reports of the work of
employees submitted to the group
by Mr.. Christensen. All board
employees are now employed on a
per diem basis, pending establish
ment of a special classification
system for them.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
BY PAT JONES.

A pitifully crowded obstetrical
ward situation in which local hos
pitals now are battling with more
than capacity maternity lists and
facing a rapidly rising birth in
crease stands out in study of the
Districts hospital and nursing stu
alton.
The brightest outlook appears to
be the expansion program now in
the hands of the Federal Works
Agency and set up on 90-day con-
struction basis. The first of these
additions, according to this sched-
lule, should be ready for occupancy
sthe last of January.
Meanwhile, these appear to be
the most effective methods by which
the District can handle its burden
Of wartime babies, first noticed here
the last of August and now con-
stantly growing heavier:
l. Encourage home delivery of
babies.
2. Encourage early discharge of
mothers from hospitals.
Causes Complications.
But these two steps, in the very
beginning, involve a condition that
in no way helps the supply of doctors
and nurses, now so short as to be
in the last stages of an emergency.
Home delivery restricts to one case
both doctor and nurse, while, if the
expectant mother is confined in
hospital, those in attendance can
divide their attention between sev-
eral patients.
There again comes the matter of
making the best of a bad situation.
If hospital beds are not available,
deliveries are made elsewhere.
Medical people do not conceal the
fact that home deliveries are on the
increase, that mothers in some cases
are encouraged to leave the hospital
much sooner than ordinary, that
some deliveries are made In doctors
offices and that some mothers are
taken home within "a hours after
their babies are born.
"This is war" explained one doc
tor, "and we have to make the most
of it,"
Safeguards Considered.
If home deliveries are necessary,
the next important step is to pro-
vide all possible facilities to make
the birth as safe as possible both
for the mother and child. The two
crying needs in this respect are
capable nursing service and efficient
housekeeping aid.
In this emergency, it may be nec-
essary to resume the home delivery
service discontinued by the Instruc-
tive Visiting Nurse Society in 1896
because there did not at that time
seem to be sufficient demand for it.
Confronted with such a proposal.
Miss Gertrude Bowling, executive
director of IVNS, said:
If the Medical Society wants home
delivery service, we're ready to give
1t. We offered such a service for
10 years and there's no reason why
we can't do it again If the need is
Evening star., 1942-10-28
To Make Rudio TuIk

Mrs. Frank Garfield of Somerset,
chairman of the department of gov
ernment and it's operation of the
Montgomery County League of
Women Voters, will speak from 10:45
to II o'clock tonight over Station
WINK. Her subject will be why
the League Is Supporting the Char
ter Movement in Montgomery
County"
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Chesapeake 0ystermen
Lured Back by High Prices
D. 4ha Assa.iat.dp-

R5 the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 28.-High
prices and record year are playing
their part in Turing Chesapeake Bay
Watermen back to the States oyster
bars, the Maryland Tidewater Fish
cries Commission reported today.
During the first two months of
the season prices have scared to an
average 99-cents a bushel. David
Wallace, commission publist said,
while some sections have reported
returns of from $l.25 to $1.35 a
buShel for their catches.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Mother, 7 Children Die
In Crash Near Danyi||e
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DANVILLE, Va, Oct. 28.-A
mother and her two small children
were killed and two other persons
were injured in an automobile ac-
cident 8 miles east Of Danville yes
terday.
The dead are Mrs. Margaret Camp
Buff of South Boston and her two
sons, Ronald Alfred, 3, and William
Larry, Z months.
Evening star., 1942-10-28

these mobile< surgical or dental
units are hauled to their destination
and the trucks released for other
purposes. They cost from 81 200 to
5000 and weigh from 11a to 81
tons. You can help pay for them
help keep our Army fit. Invest
at least 10 per cent of your income
ia War bonds every payday. You
can Join the Ten Percent Club
through the payroll savings plan,
~ buy bonds regularly through the
nearest bank or post of1lce.
United States Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
AIexundrio to Heor
Plun for Singing Group

Dr. Luther Richman, supervisor
OF music and art. State Board Of
Eoucation, win conduct the first
q 9 series Of Statewide meetings
AZ 9 o'clock tonight In Alexandria
m which he will outline plan for
establishing community singing
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Married so Years

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, Oct.
% (R.-Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Duke celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary yesterday with a recep-
ton at their home near Broomes
Island, Calvert County.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
4 Z
WAot4e~R.sxMM
WAR Bonds

An Army motor trailer looks much
like any other automobile trailer
which may be seen on the highways
or In the tourists camps. The
Army's trailers are used as travel
ing hospitals, dental clinics and
testing laboratories.
Evening star., 1942-10-28

Philatelic note: The one stamp
always sure to be worth the price
paid is the War savings stamp. Buy
it now.
Evening star., 1942-10-28

With the decentralization Of the
control system into seven control
Evening star., 1942-10-28
More Hospitals Hold Brightest
Hope for Maternity Cases
Home Deliveries Somewhat Relieve Crisis,
But Method Falls in Stop-Go Class

(This is the fourth of a series
OF articles in Dhich The Star 1oill
analyse the situation OF local
hospitals, noW considered the
most critical in their history,
and outline possible solutions to
their problems.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Joe had been just IN ordinary
guy. Then something happened -.
by 0c1avus Roy Cohen

to see him of: be felt % swell shout
It he forgot to be frightened.
Winter passed. and spring came.
Larry and the gzng still gathered ut
Chris's. They'd argue about the
Dodeus and the Yanks. and some
times they'd place a couple OF
sznackzs On the nose Of some nag.
But the place hadn't been % lively
since Joe went away. Jokes that
were funny when you pulled them
on Joe seemed to fall fat when they
were tried On someone else.
Thmsfiay Wzs E1lie's night Of.
But this Thusday night - it was
Evening star., 1942-10-04

June by now Ellie shoWed up It
Cris's u 4 cutnma. The Ezng
couldn't quite e.t It Whist dzpped
them silly vzs the guy With hE.
1t W. Joe.
He v1s wexmg his unifuEm. He
walked stElghtu than he used to.
md he sid 'Hello'' to Chm md
tie boys. Then he sEf m \ booth
with Ellie md stutcd taking: low
and steady md quiet.
He looked Different, somehow.
Not t1azt there v1s 1uytng to
cheer about the streets me fun
of guys Ike Joe m unitorm- he
didn't even hzve the single chevTcn
of 4 private. frst daA Jwf 4
soldier snit Ike three million other
boys.
Wen, that was LzrTy's cne. Be-
cause here w1s m angie nobody
could figure, which w1s Why did
Joe bring Ellie to Chris's when It
was her night OF and he had the
whole city to choose from2
Larry started Of with his usual
wisecracka, and the gang laughed;
but they weren't belly laughs. They
laughed because they were supposed
to. Somebody dropped some nickels
into the juke boz and few couples
Evening star., 1942-10-04

HH gang ut Chris's pa1ce made
\ habit Of picking On Joe BE-
4 cause he always looked 20 en-
bsrrassed, and never did anything
about it, no matter how rough they
got. They started showing HIM
around when he was a kid. and
they'd been showing ever since.
Especially Larry, who was 4 big.
fleshy guy that liked to think he was
tough.
There wasn't anything classy
about Chris's. It had 4 bar and 4
few tables and booths and a julHe
box. You could bring your giri and
Evening star., 1942-10-04

eot up to dance. Joe and Ellie got
up. Joe wasn't any.Arthm Murray.
bat ut knst he didn't trip 0v1 In
own feet.
Lar1y's jokes were falling fat
They'd never been funny. really.
Only that Joe had always used to
look % embarrassed you couldn't
help laughing. Nov he didn't even
seem to hear what wa going On. A.
though LarIy wasn't 4 pasca 1t III
lust % much noise.
You could feel = kind Of question
in the atmosphere. The E1ng was all
looking at Larry ~ much - to say.
well. it's been laid right On your
lap, brother. What you gonna do
about it?'' He just had to do some
thing.
What he did was to pick a time
when Joe and Ellie were dancing.
He finished his beer and walked out
On the hoor. You could tell this was
Evening star., 1942-10-04
n.avu.,SAccA
Mma 11in 1nfl d1nce

o6. That left Larry Standing there
m alne. looking plenty foolish He
could 70 after Joe If wanted. Uhe
oould % hnck to the bar.
He went back to the bK. Nobody
spo1e 10 him. He w8 INT - pm
c1lne left ovu hum hst Ssmdys
breakfast
He urdeEed 4 be9 md dE1ined
half of ii. He knew snmefi,ing hid
hzppened, but he couldn't 6gwe
vlszt. So he spn1e to CHiA
"You know Why didn't slng tlknf
aw7' he epazined loudly. 1T was
the unifnm- It's 4 1t of gia. hyou
dug 4 guy m uniform-"
Cluis looked shziGht 1t him
Chris Who never butted into my
body's sffanA Only this time he said
snme4hing: '.Aw. quit kidding your
ell. LMny. Joe didn't Just change
clothes. Whzt happened was the
uniform changed him. And in caae
you don't know it, that's why
Hitler and EIirohito really are
scared"
Chris looked across at the booth
where Joe and Ellie were. Two
beers comm up" be called. Right
away. Soldier"
The Ed
Evening star., 1942-10-04

was Iead-of man. He'd BEEN called
w twice and deferred twice Bad
eyes, U flint feet. W hzy fever -
he'd l.ngh It Of. lend yuu to think
he'd outsmnted the Government
When Joe walked m that night
md said Hello to Ellie. the boys
m lined up 1t zttention md salufed
Thn LA1y stHted calling HIM
Cenerzl, md making speeches 1bout
how the vzr was Over bcczse Hitler
md Hnuhito had died of night
when tiey heud Joe'd been caned
A FEW mnrnings lztr Joe's daft
contingent met at the station Thy
vue a bunch Of scared md, beWl-
dered kids who weren't sure wh.f
it was all about. Thy crowded
aromd the AWVS kitchen not
because they loved the hot cdtee
that WA being handed out free. but
became It made them feel good 10
have these ar-eyed women smil-
inx at them. saying nice things.
That morning Joe felt extra good.
because Ellie showed up and said
'.Coodby, Joe. I'll be thinking about
YOU" When Joe got On the train
he started figuring that she must
have gotten up about five O'Clock
Evening star., 1942-10-04

the showdown. He put
his hand On Euie's arm
and said. Gone On.
babe: you're finishing
this with me"
Ellie didn't my any
thinx. Neither did any
body else. It wasn't q
cut-in. It wa 4 chal-
knee.
d OF turned around
md moved one step,
90 -th1t he stood be-
tween Ellie and the
big guy. He didn't
look nervous q en-
bMI1ssed. Just a 1d IN
olive hab. Who h1d
been IN the Army for
% than half q yW.
Joe spoke quietly.
He said, She's not
dancing with yoa-"
Simple Ike thAt-
The gang nw Larry
c3mch his 6stA For m
Instant he hovaed
over Joe, ana you
could zee he W1s get-
ting ready to mop up
the hoor with him. 1t
looked Ike murder.
Only Il didn't Wuk
cut thxt WY.
Zoe tp0k Ellie m his
--. ->sw >,,S1 Sannrnd
Evening star., 1942-10-04

have a swell time for
half a buck. Provided
the gang let you alone.
They never let Joe
alone, and for a long
time they couldn't I'M
dastand why he kept
coming back for more.
Eliewast the1nswd.
She worked as q wait
rea, and was a. pretty
as seventeen dollars
worth of lettuce.
The Joe-1nd-Ellie
setup was the fumn1@
thing of all. because
everybody knewLMry
w1s overheard about
hd. She never seemed
to resent the WY he
bullied theama1ldmAn
unless you looked
close: then maybe
you'd see a queer look
in her eyes. - though
she wished Joe would
do something about it.
Except that Ellie was
arealist and knew that
Joeoouldn't Toopuny.
Well, the middle Of
December Joe got a
call to report for M1ny
duty. The next two
niGhts were lots Of fun
m everybody eDcept
Joe. As usual, Larry
Evening star., 1942-07-20

Japanese beetle. Some of our moles,
large short tailed shrews, skunks
and pine mice manage to consume
thousands Of the, grubs. Purple
grackles, European starlings, cardi-
mails, meadow larks. catbirds, English
sparroWs and robins feast upon the
adults.
Hand-picking. jarring them from
their banquet board onto 4 sheet,
then dropping them into a bucket
of q killing solution will take care
of many of them. Turf, lawns and
other infected places may be
sprayed with approved solutions.
japanese beetles are swift flyers. On
cool days they are sluggish and can
be dislodged and killed. Each of
us doing our part can help to free
this country from a costly and de-
termined foe.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Uncle Roy's Corner
By RAMON COFFMAN.

Once more 1t is time to speak
about Baku. the greatest oil city
of Russia. Hitler would like to have
It; he wants more oil for his war
machine.
Baku is the chief oil center in
Europe. The city and the district
near 1t produce millions OF barrels
of oil each year-enough to supply
one gallon to every man, woman
and child on earth.
Oil has been flowing out of the
earth in the Baku district for more
than 2,O0o years. People could see
fountains of oil rising into the air
from time to time. Yet the oil was
of little use until modern times.
Now and then there have been
oil fires in that region. Parsees,
or fire worshipers," saw such fires
and said, They start by themselves,
with no person lighting them! This
is a holy place!"
For hundreds of years, Parsees
have looked on Baku as a holy
city. One nearby spot with an
area Of one square mile they called
"Ateshga," meaning place of Fire. !"
This spot is short distance out
side the limits Of the city. Parsee
pilgrims made trips there to watch
the flames.
Some of the fires have spread and
caused great damage, sweeping
away the homes of thousands of
persons. A very bad fire in 1887
lasted five days.
In that same year, but not during
the same days, a fountain of oil
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Take My Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Names in The Nave

IRAQ, also spelled IRAK, country
on Arabian peninsula. This name
does not rhyme with "tie rack" The
syllables receive equal stress. Say:
ee-rahk.
MOSUL. district of Iraq noted
for its rich oil fields. Do not say
"MOE-z1." The accent falls on the
second syllable, which rhymes with
pool. and begins with the sound of
IS" Say: moe-SOOL.
IRAN, native name for Persia.
Accent the second syllable, thus:
ee-RATIN.
HURRICANE, name of a famous
British fighter plane. The word
hurricane is from the name HUR-
AKAN, the thunder and lightning
devil-god of the Quiches, a Mayan
tribe OF Southern Guatemala.
First choice: HER-i-kain.
Second choice. HER-i-k'n.
Let's Learn = New Word.
The word BOMBARDIER, like
almost all military terms in Eng
lish, is loan-word from the
French. While the word is not
new it has only recently come into
oncial use In designating the air
force ofiicer or enlisted man who
is charged with the operation of
bombing enemy objectives. One of
the Nations largest training centers
for bomhardiers is Ellington Field,
near Houston, Tex.
In the French pronunciation of
bombardier the IN" has the nasal
n" sound, and the "a" is fiat as
in carrot. thus: baw (n) bar -DYAY.
In the English pronunciation the
second syllable should rhyme with
her. per. thus: OM-ber-DEER'
Send for my BLITZKRIEG
Pamphlet, giving correct pro-
nunciations Of panzer, Luftwaffe.
Stuka, Gestapo, etc. A valuable
reference. Send = stamped t3-
cent, self addressed envelope to
Frank Colby, in care of The
Evening Star.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate. IncD
Evening star., 1942-07-20
LiIIion Cox Athey

number had increased rapidly. Six
States had about II, 800 square miles
occupied by both adults and grubs,
and local colonies were known to
exist In most OF the States east Of
the Mississippi River.
The adult beetle is almost one
half inch long and about one
fourth inch wide. It is broadly oval
and glossy metallic green. The
hard outer wing covers are coppery
brown. There are two small tufts
of white hairs just behind the wing
covers and five patches along each
side Of the body. No other beetle
is so marked.
The life cycle of these foes re-
quires one year. The normal life
span Of the adult beetle is from 30
to Is days. They make their ap-
pearance the latter part of May
and by the last Of July the peak is
reached. During August, many of
the beetles lie lifeless on the ground,
but their offspring have been well
established in the soil close by and
will carry on.
japanese beetles are known to
feast on 260 different plants. Farm
ers, fruit growers and home owners
know this only too well. On warm,
sunny days, the beetles feed and
are very active. Thus, they widen
their borders. The females are quite
clever in finding medium-moist
loamy soil where closely cropped
grass is present. Usually, they bur-
row at night to a depth of from 2
to 4 inches before depositing from
one - three eggs. After this heavy
tunneling, there will be q rest of
several days and much feasting.
Then another batch Of eggs win be
laid until from 20 to 60 have been
placed in the soil. They are 1/l6 of
an inch in diameter, elliptical and
translucent. They hatch In two
weeks.
The newly hatched grub begins at
once to feed On roots Of grasses and
other plants. BY the last Of Sep
tember it is from :. to / inch long.
a husky white fellow. This root
consumer goes deeper into the soil
as cold weather approaches, making
his way toward the surface during
the spring months. Growth and
final development into the winged
insect Is resumed until late in May,
when the adult beetles work their
way to the sunlight.
A number Of important parasites
have been brought In from the
Orient to curb the activities Of the
Evening star., 1942-07-20

he couldn't. All the time that ter
rible roaring came nearer and
nearer. He gave frightened little
yelp, and then-why, then, his eyes
few wide open! He was right on his
private summing bank. The rays Of
jolly. round, bright Mr.. Sun were
pouring down on him, the blue sky
was over him, and all was rs 1t
should be. except one thing-that
dreadful roaring seemed to have
come out of his dream with him.
For just . minute Reddy Fox
couldn't understand 1t. Then sud-
denly he recognized the voice Of
Bower the Hound, and he knew
that it was no dream. Bowser was
on his trail and very, very near.
Springing to his feet Reddy glanced
hastily behind him. Sure enough
there was Bowser and he saw Reddy.
Evening star., 1942-07-20

He sprang forward and his voice
seemed to grow twice ~ loud. Reddy
didn't wait. He started for the
Green Forest as fast rs he could
run. And as he ran ne muttered
to himself:
Il wonder how he came to find
my track. 1t must be that Farmer
Browns Boy is out hunting again
with that dreadful gun. I must
watch out for him. Oh dear, I'm
too fat to run well! I've got to
throw that dog OF my track some
how. 1t isn't fair to hunt me when
haven't been near that old chick
enyard. Some things are dreadfully
unjust In this world. Farmer
Browns Boy ought to keep that
bothersome dog chained up when I
keep away from the ducks and
chickens. It isn't fair. No, cir, It
Evening star., 1942-07-20

was trying to decide whether he
would begin his dinner with q fat
mouse and follow this with . plump
chicken, or begin with = chicken and
top OH with . mouse, when he heard
faint sound and stopped to listen
while the ducks and the chickens
and the mice and the grouse con-
tinued to march past.
All this was dream. you know,
and to Reddy very pleasant dream.
until that faint sound began to grow
louder and louder. And. aS the
sound grew louder. the chickens and
ducks and the mice and the grouse
seemed to fade away. At last not
one Was left, and his ears rang with
a great roaring, which Allied him
with . great fear. His beautiful
dream was becoming = bad one. He
wanted to run away, but somehow