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The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11

The efficacy OF prayer was be
ing discussed by a group OF Main
Street friends al gathering Fri
day night . THE shortest time
in which | ever had one answer
ed" said a feminine guest remi-
niscently: was when was a
child Ny brother and / had
been naughty and were locked in
the bath room as punishment. !
was weeping and saying the only
prayer | knew. Now | Lay Ne
Down To Sleep. when my brother
turned to me disgustedly IF
yoG'n just shut up that prayin an
help me kick this door down, Wen
get out a lot sooner" Almost
at once the key turned in the lock
and our mother stood before us =.
Sister" she said. your prayer
has been answered-come out
Brother - you stay there," And
she banged the door shut.
Overheard Saturday, as a tired
saleswoman from a drygoods store
sat at a crowded Main Street
lunch counter Some things
that used to matter seem so un-
important now - like whether or
not the shade of a child's socks
match the blue OF his rompers."
Perspectives change with war,
and yet there are some TO whom
the shade OF a child's socks still
matter "a child who might
have TO go barefoot, unless more
OF Americas women forget small
things-and help win the war.
A Main Street merchant
was washing the windows In
front OF his place Of business
Monday morning. when
friend breezed past. :. "How
is the world treating your"
greeted the friend. "The
worlds all right" replied the
merchant. Its the people In
IL, who make the going rough"
A hurried matron. preparing to
70 TO her Main Street office, left
the top off bottle of bromo-
seltzer on her bath room shelf.
above a bowl half-filled with water
The family cat. whose break
fast had been neglected. decided
10 investigate =. Crash.-went
the bottle into the bowl of water
The cat watched the result
with interest II looked good
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11

the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Blackwell.
&c +. Russell and daughters, Vir-
ginia and Mary Lou, left Thursday
for Hobart. Oklahoma, to make
their home
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11
Bicknells Hosts
Sunday Evening

Mr.. and Mrs. A T Bicknell
were hosts for dinner and an eve
ming of cards in their home on
Sunday.
Guests were Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Elliott, Mr.. and Mrs. n. G.. Muir
ray Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Ware,
Mr. and Mrs. c. l. Skousen. Mr.
and Mrs F. p. Jameson and
Meredith NJ Guilette of Colorado
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11
MAIN STREET MEDLEY
By
KATHERINE HUPFEL

maybe il would taste good
Cautiously, he stretched down and
began 10 drink What are you
laughing att" demanded the ma
irons husband Come and
see" she said The astonished
cat had Strengthened up. and was
making the most gosh-awful
faces"
A group OF farmers was discuss
ing the inconvenience of war time
on a Main Street corner shortly
before school time went into ef-
feet +" 'Taint that | mind doin
all can to help the government. "
said one: but them cows of mine
refuses TO come in for milkin' till
the suns up. and when | throw
grain out for the chickens they
just open one eye and tuck their
heads back under their wings
Them durn critters is shore an un-
patriotic bunch"
A great cottonwood tree near
Main Street, tossing and bend
ing In the fury OF windstorm
at dusk . reminiscent of the
struggle man is sometimes
called upon TO make against
sudden grief that sweeps down
upon him from Iife's darkened
sky.
Unconscious humor. early Mon
day morning I'm the post office
The mail was not yet distributed
and only the center window was
open. Leaning on its ledge, with
heads craned inside as star as pos
sible. stood a short fat woman
and a tall lanky man. their posi-
tions rediculously provocative TO
punt for a goal out of season
oh, IL some power the gift would
give us. TO see ourselves as others
see u.s.!
See you next week. on Main
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11

OMr. and Mrs Ray Lester are the
proud parents OF baby boy whom
they have named Carl Eugene. He
was born at Florence Hospital on
November eth and weighed nine
pounds two ounces. Mrs. Lester is
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11
JEWEL BARS
(Cookie j1r Rems)

(Cookis jSr gemO
1 tsp. baking powder . cups broSn saeas.
tan cinnamon firmly packed
ik eups hoely tus gum u cup chopped Ssa1~A
deop1 meats
Sift flour and measure. Sift again with
baking powder and cinnamon. Sprinkle
dry ingredients over gum drops. Beat
eggs until light; add brown sugar and
mix well. Stir in -four and gum drop
mixture and add nut meats. Bake in
two well-greased shallow square pans
(8x8x2) in moderate oven (3500 F. for
about go minutes or until done. Cut
In bars (lx3 inches) while hot. Cool.
Remove from pan and roll in powdered
sugar. Makes dozen cookies.
IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS
Simple ideas for effective holiday deco
rating and easy-to-prepare refresh
ments for Yuletide callers are explained
In detail in this weeks Family Circle
Magazine. A new issue out every Thurs-
day and trss at Safeway.
~ SafeWs1
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The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11

oBasil Wofford is visiting his
uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Browning at San Fernando. Cali
fornia. He is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. W ]. Wofford. Basil will re
main in California for the winter.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11
Catholic Church
ST. JAM S

Mass each Sunday morning at
1890.
Confessions will be heard pre-
ceeding mass.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11

Q Corporal Jack Rowe has been
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Rowe, on a short furlough.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11
Local Happenings

90. j. McCleery of Chiioquin.
Oregon, arrived Sunday to spend
two months vacation with his
family.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11
Local Happenings

OMr. and Mrs. r. t. Prather and
son. Roy, of Blythe were weekend
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. ]. ]. Jones. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Wynn and twin daughters of
Tucson were dinner guests at the
Jones home Sunday. Mrs. Wynn
Is Mrs. Prather's daughter.
. Pvt. Regan Lacy of Los Angeles
left Thursday after a three day
furlough spent visiting relatives
and friends. He was accompan-
led here by his mother. Mrs. II. H.
Lacey. who had been visiting her
sister, Mrs. II. II. White in Los
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11
Valley Farm News

Born 10 Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Thomas on December End. baby
boy Both mother and baby are
doing fine
Little Shirley Gay has been
confined TO her home with scarlet
ina.
The appearance OF the Com
munity House has been much i'm
proved by the removal of the tall
oleander hedge around the
grounds.
a. l.. Frazier was recalled TO
FL Paso. Texas, where Mrs. Fraz-
ier Is confined to the hospital.
John Proffitt, an employee of
Casa Grande Valley Farms. for
several years, died in Florence
Hospital Friday morning. He is
survived by his wife and seven
small children.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-12-11

Church services conducted Sun
day evening by Reverend S. b.
Hannah were well attended
Evening star., 1942-04-04
Marine Corps Commissions
372 Second lieufenants

Commissions as second heutenants
in the Marine Corps were given to
372 graduates of the nth candi-
dates class at brief ceremonies to-
day in the post theater at Quantico,
Va.
The graduates will enter reserve
officers school Immediately for a
1O-week course, then will go to duty
in the field.
Brig. Gen. Samuel M. Harrington,
commandant of the Marine Corps
schools, addressed the graduates,
and Col. william A. Worton, as
sistant commandant of the schools,
administered the oath of office to
the new officers, most Of whom have
college degrees.
Earlier in the week, Gen. Har-
rington addressed the graduating
class of 300 members of the seventh
Reserve Ofiicers' class. These men
have already been assigned duty
with troops or have continued their
schooling at Quantico.
Evening star., 1942-04-04
Baltimore 0. P. A. Probes
Tire Price Violations
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 4.-The act
ing regional director of the o. p. A.
said today field men were checking
reports that used tire ceilings were
being evaded by dealers.
Leo H. Mccormick, acting director
for Maryland, Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia, said many used
tire dealers had bought large stocks
in the inflated market just before
price ceilings set retail prices which
in many instances were lower than
those the dealer paid.
Mr.. Mccormick said investigators
were checking reports that tire
dealers were attaching the used tire
to worthless wheel, charging only
the legal price for the tire but
insisting the wheel be bought also
at high cost.
Another reported evasion being
checked, he said, was where the
used tire dealer refused to sell the
tire but offered to lease 1t for the
life of the tire at a rental price in
excess of the maximum sale price.
Evening star., 1942-04-04
MacArthur's S Prestige Greal
In England, Rabbi Says
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 4.-Dr. Abba
Hillel Silver, Cleveland rabbi and
chairman of the United Palestine
Appeal, returning from Europe today
said Gen. Douglas Macarthur was
the most popular man in England to-
day.
He added that the American mil
itary leader seems to be a kind OF
symbol of the democratic action for
which the English people are ask
ing" He said the British were be-
coming impatient with their own
leaders and demanding offensive
action"
DR.. Silver arrived on the Pan
American Clipper, which also
brought Sir Hubert Young, retiring
Governor of Trinidad, and Phillip
Holland, United States Consul Cen
eral at Liverpool, England, and 16
other passengers.
DR.. Silver said he spoke with OFF,
cials concerning the organization
of a Jewish army and the Jewish
cause in Palestine" and expressed
the hope that there will soon be
action on both matters"
Evening star., 1942-04-04

In the valley of the Franciscan
Monastery close by the Grotto
of Our Lady of Lourdes is the
Shrine of st. Anne.
Along the path leading to the
shrine brown-robed monks are
accustomed to stroll.
One Sunday not long ago sew
eral of them stopped at the
shrine. The thick glass floor
was shattered. Amid bits of
broken glass lay a rock.
The priests went to the nearby
Grotto of Gethsemane and found
concrete walls hacked away. In
Evening star., 1942-04-04
| District Raid
Wordens Get
| Metal Helmets

District air-raid wardens and
auxiliary firemen today will receive
metal helmets.
The first shipment of 1000 of the
helmets was received by the District
Civilian Defense organization and
Col. Lemuel Bolles, Civilian Defense
Director, at once arranged to have
the 1000 divided among auxiliary
firemen and air-raid wardens. Dis
tribution was started shortly before
noon.
Additional shipments are expected
day by day The District is to re-
ceive more than $4,000. They are
being supplied out of Federal o. c. D.
funds.
Recently the first large batch of
helmets was sent to the West Coast.
The District had placed prior orders
for its desired supply but, at the re-
quest of Federal officials. agreed to
let the West Coast have first call,
Evening star., 1942-04-04
End to Use of Defense Bonds
As Trade StimuIunt Asked

ton Better Business Bureau and the
Treasurys Retail Advisory Commit
tee.
The new policy Is designed to keep
the stamp-bond sales on a high
plane and to stimulate the pay
roll deduction plan.
H. L. Rust, jr., chairman of the
District Committee, in expressing
his appreciation of the splendid CO.
Savings campaign by Washington
retailers, said he was confident OF
their continued voluntary assist
ance, in line with the committee s
new policy.
Evening star., 1942-04-04
Bandit Shoots Man
PROTESTING HoIdup

An intended holdup victim re-
ceived gunshot wound in the hand
last night when he demonstrated
with bandit.
Clarence Hamilton, %, colored,
I'LL New Jersey avenue NV, told
police he was accosted in the 900
block of N street NV. by a colored
man known to him only as Sonny"
who produced gun and demanded
money. Met with objection, the
holdup man fired twice before flee
ing, one shot striking Mr.. Hamilton
in the hand. The wounded man was
treated at Emergency Hospital and
later admitted to Gallinger Hospital.
Theft of $105 from a safe early to-
day was reported to police by Clax-
ton c. Royal, manager Of lunch
room at 500 Ninth street NV.
Mr.. Royal said the dial knob and
hinge pins had been knocked from
the safe after it had been taken
from the first floor to the basement
of the establishment. A sledge ham
mer, missing from a cupboard, ap-
parently was used to crack the
strongbox.
Police arrested a 64-year -old man
as suspect.
Evening star., 1942-04-04

and additional public health nurses
to follow up to try to obtain correc-
ton of the defects by the family.
Dental defects we're the largest
cause of physical rejection both ma
tionally and for District men and
a recent survey of the Junior and
senior high school pupils disclosed
two thirds of the junior and three
fourths of the senior high pupils
with an average of eight or nine
dental defects each. The entire pro-
gram would cost an estimated
$500
State Follows Through.
Gen. Reynolds declared that in
Pennsylvania, where he is now as
sociated with the department OF
health, the records of all men re-
jected because of veneral disease,
tuberculosis, other infectious dis
eases and nervous and mental dis
eases are referred to the department
by the selective service boards.
These are then forwarded to local
boards Of health. Men shown to
have tuberculosis are either isolated
in sanatoriums or kept at home with
instructions given as to care and
avoiding contacts with others to
prevent the spread of the infection.
Likewise, cases of venereal disease
are followed up to insure adequate
treatment of the man and diagnosis
of his close associates. Treatment
is instituted Immediately when nee
essary. Other diseases are handled
in the same way to the extent Of
medical and surgical facilities
available.
Recently a group of District
physical reiectees agreed to be
physically rehabilitated at a cost of
SIP each. If the expanded school
and health department program
which officials believe would sub
starltially reduce reflections is in
stituted for the 10000 public school
pupils, the cost would be slightly
more than So per child.
Evening star., 1942-04-04
Cruiser Denver Launching
Scheduled at Camden
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMDEN, N j.. April 4.-The
Navy gets a powerful new weapon
today with the launching Of the
cruiser Denver at the New York
Shipbuilding Corp. yards.
Ranking Naval officers and Colo
RADIO State officials came here for
the launching and the presentation
of the Navy's "E" for excellence
pennant to the shipyard employees.
Secretary of the Navy Knox Sc
lected Miss Lois Jane Stapleton,
daughter of Mayor Ben F. Stapleton,
to sponsor the cruiser. A Junior at
East Denver High School, Miss Stap-
Teton was accompanied here by her
parents and brother, Ensign Ben F.
Stapleton, jr., who is In training at
Fort Schuyler, N. Y.
Evening star., 1942-04-04
Thousonsd at Fort Meade
To Attend Sunrise Service

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md,
April (P:-Thousands of Fort
Meade troops are expected to at
tend a special field sunrise service
tomorrow.
Bishop Adna w. Leonard of Wash
ington, chairman of the General
Committee on Army and Navy
Chaplains, will deliver the principal
sermon. The service will begin at
z am.
Massed bands of the Sd Corps
Area service command and the re-
ception center will play for the cere-
monies. In addition, colorS will be
massed, and vested choir from
Episcopal churches at Laurel and
Beltsville will sing.
Evening star., 1942-04-04
PenoI Board to Select
New District JuiIer

Members Of the Penal Committee
Of the Board of Public Welfare are
to meet at 2 pm. Monday to con-
slider selection of successor to Capt.
Thomas M. Rives as District jailer
for the duration of the war. Capt.
Rives goes on military leave without
pay April Is, when he will be COM
missioned a major in the Army.
Three penal officials of the Dis
trict are said to be under considera-
ton for the assignment. They are
e A. Green, assistant general super
intendent of District penal institu-
tions; c. o. Botkin, superintendent
Of the District Reformatory at Lor-
ton, and Z. j. Welch, assistant Lor-
ton superintendent.
Evening star., 1942-04-04
|Lusk Claims Losses
By Apartments for
Telephone Service
Tells Commissions
Thot Rent Administrator
Now Controls Rotes
BY WILLIAM J. wHEATLEY

BY WILLIAM j. WHEATLEY.
Telephone service rendered by 80
apartments in the District is at q
loss. the joint hearing Of the Fed
eral Communications and District
Public Utility Commissions was told
yesterday by Rufus s. Lusk, secre-
tary of the Building Owners and
Managers Association. The two
commissions are conducting an in
quiry into alleged surcharges i'm
posed on telephone tariffs for serv-
ices through hotels, apartment
houses and clubs.
Mr.. Lusk testified that figures
compiled covering period of year
and gathered from SO apartment
houses showed the total cost of the
service was s236,8l363 to the own
ers, while the amount collected from
the tenants for the service was $780,
275.11. OF the cost to the apart
ments, he said that S155 .65845 was
paid to the telephone company and
$Sl, 1858 for the services of op-
orators.
He said that in figuring the cost
Of the telephone service, no notice
was taken of the cost of space for
the equipment, the bookkeeping cost,
which he said had increased ma
terially because of the necessity Of
keeping account of taxes, and the
cost of elevator boys who had to be
used in some instances to run the
switchboard and carry messages.
Holds Jurisdiction Shifted.
/ Commissioner Gregory Hankin OF
the District body questioned Mr..
Lusk on the matter of the jurisdic-
ton Of the two commissions in reg
ulating the rates charged by the
hotels. 1t was Mr.. Lusk's contention,
as well as that of the Hotel Owners
Association, that Congress has
placed the matter of regulating such
service charges in the hands of the
rent control administrator. He
wanted to know of Mr.. Lusk if there
was anything in the Rent Act which
deprived the commissions of the
power to regulate utility rates in the
District. Mr.. Lusk said that the act
precluded the commissions from reg
ulating the service charges.
IF you get control Of this thing"
Mr.. Lusk told the commissions, you
will see what happens, If you try to
change them" He added that if the
commissions put the rates down,
then r. F. Cogswell, rent control ad-
ministrator, will put them up. He
asserted that the rent administrator
must consider this in fixing charges
for services in connection with
rentals.
Federal Commissioner Paul A..
Walker, who is presiding at the in
quiry, wanted to know if the Rent
Act gave the administrator the right
to fix charges for coal, oil and elec-
tricity. Mr.. Lusk answered in the
negative, but added that If the costs
of these 60 up, then the administra-
tor can raise the rental charges.
Evening star., 1942-04-04

| munltleS really want TO nelp, mere
are the subjects which would be of
most value:
Precision and disciplinary drills,
first aid, hygiene and sanitation,
physical training and hardening to
include hiking and swimming,
knowledge of maps and sketching
and ability to orient ones self on
the ground, and self-reliance when
the man is own his own, especially
in woods, at night and in unfamiliar
surroundings"
Becomes School Problem.
This program clearly calls on the
District to step up its physical ac-
tivity and health instruction pro-
grams in the junior senior high
schools and school officials, along
with several members of the Board
of Education, have called attention
to the need to establish the five
period-a-week program at Calvin
Coolidge High School in all the
senior high schools. 1t is now par
TALLY in effect at Woodrow Wilson
High School and Roosevelt High
School. This program calls for
three activity periods and two study
ing hygiene or first aid each week
Continuing its request for physi-
cal fitness, the War Department
added: Other things being equal,
the young man who is physically
hardened prior to induction will be
better able to Withstand the rigors
Of military life"
The War Department, according
to the statement, desires to en-
courage voluntary activities which,
among other things, improve the
individuals physical standards.
Would Require More Instructors.
An estimated 43 additional physi-
cal education instructors would be
required to put the Coolidge pro-
gram into effect in all the senior
high schools.
Meanwhile Maj. Gen. Charles R.
Reynolds former surgeon general Of
the Army, calls the rejection record
of men in the first draft a ma jor
III NAHUM WHICH mas
adequate food, medical and dental
facilities.
In a report to the Military Sur
geon Journal Gen. Reynolds said
100000 of the first 1000, 900 were
rejected for active duty for physical
and mental defects, many of which
could have been remedied earlier in
life.
The selective service examina-
tions have shown that a large pro-
portion Of the disqualifying defects
are remediable, and many more
conditions are amenable to treat
ment," he declared
Many of the men, he continued,
were rejected for defects largely due
to neglect and improper use of the
body" adding:
THE lamentable fact is that
many of these disabilities were pre-
ventable."
In addition to expanding the ac-
tivity programs in the schools for
hardening the bodies, and the
health instruction on proper use of
the bodies, local school and health
officials are calling for an expanded
program of school medical and
dental inspection to detect defects
Evening star., 1942-04-04

Defense stamps and bonds should
be sold for cash or on the salary
deduction plan only, the District
Defense Savings Committee said
today in recommending a new policy
discouraging use of stamps or bonds
"as premiums, discounts, gifts with
the purchase of merchandise, trade
stimulators, or in any way asso-
ciated with the promotion of mer-
chandise.'
In formulating the new policy
"for the constructive advertising
and merchandising of these securi-
ties" the committee said the plan
was recommended by the Washing
Evening star., 1942-04-04

the Grotto of Our Lady of
Lourdes a fire had been built and
kindled.
Along the paths trod by thou
sands of pilgrims vandals had
come.
Police aid was asked and Pvt.
George Cooper went from house
to house in the blocks around the
monastery questioning boys. He
knew the boys of the neighbor-
hood. He talked to most of them.
He found the culprits, almost a
dozen, none more than II. He
took them to the Rev. Emmett
Evening star., 1942-04-04

faithful worshippers will ascend
the slopes of the Franciscan
Monastery. BY the Grotto of
Our Lady Of Lourdes they will
see where the glass was shat
tered-for it has not, in these
days of strife cannot. be replaced.
Free. to be among those wor-
shippers are a band of neighbor-
hood boys. 1t could not be other
wise for there would be no such
thing as Easter If there had not
been One who could say:
Father, forgive them for they
know not what they do"
Evening star., 1942-04-04

w. Walsh at the monastery.
Should the boys and their
parents be taken into juvenile
court? For some of the boys it
wasn't a first offense. A few Of
them might 60 to an institution
where boys with an urge to de-
stroy were sent. The priest was
asked to decide.
Leave them" Father Walsh
told the policeman, and Pvt.
Cooper went away.
After that Father Walsh talked
. to the boys.
Tomorrpw, Easter Sunday,
Evening star., 1942-04-04
Boby Burns to Death
As Mother Seeks Job

FoiIr-month-ol Jessie Walker,
colored, was burned to death yes
terday afternoon and the baby's
four sisters and brothers were res
cued in a fire which swept their
room on the third floor rear at PIT
G street NV.
The landlady, Mrs. Matilda
whran, discovered the fire and got
the four children from the room.
The blaze apparently originated
from an oil heater while the mother,
Mrs. Marie Walker, was away look
ing for work.
Evening star., 1942-04-04
Nature Walk in Park
Scheduled Tomorrow

A special nature walk is scheduled
at 2:3O pm. tomorrow at Fort
Dupont under auspices of the Ma
tional Capital Parks Ofhce.
The walk, to be conducted by
Parks Naturalist Donald E. Nc
Henry and Junior Naturalist George
Petrides, will feature study of the
trees in this heavily wooded park
The party will meet at the Alabama
avenue entrance to the park.
Yesterday The Star enormously
reported the walk was to be held
today.