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Evening star., 1942-05-03
Symphony Drive Starts
Final Week $4,000
Short Of lis Goal
Lost Compoien Reports
Will Be Made at
Luncheon Wednesday

The National Symphony Orches-
tra's drive to raise $114,000 sustain
ing fund for its 1923 season enc
ters its final week today $3s 900
short Of its goal.
The campaign will be closed for
mally Wednesday noon at a May
flower Hotel luncheon when final
reports will be submitted.
All walks of Washington civic
life, joined by many" servicemen,
have combined to contribute the
$4,000 received to date, campaign
officials said.
E. r. Finkenstaedt, drive chair
man, said he believes contributions
from the armed forces are the re-
suit of gratitude for the National
Symphony's policy OF admitting
Evening star., 1942-05-03
.3,700 Census Bureau
Workers Engaged
On War Statistics
Doto on 240 Inquiries
Completed Since June 40;
New Droft Biggest Job

Since June, 1910, the Census Bu-
reau has completed $40 separate
statistical inquiries for the Gov
ernment's war agencies, j. C. Capt,
director Of the census, pointed out
yesterday.
OF the bureaus 5000 employees.
approximately 3,700 are now en-
gagged entirely on war projects.
Most OF the others are devoting
part Of their time to gathering in
formation for war agencies.
Big Job With Draft.
The bureaus biggest war job
Director Capt pointed out, Is the
tabulation of answers to the ques-
tions filled out by the 100000
Americans who registered for the
Evening star., 1942-05-03
(Fitth OF a Series.)
BY B. J. MQUAID,


Correspondent OF The Star and Chicago
Daily News
A Newfoundland airbase-at this
great North Atlantic outpost of
oceanic aircraft ferry operations,
convoy work. and submarine patrol.
there's no evidence of that lack of
leadership" often alleged against
democracies by columning critics
and sideline braintrusters. Leader
ship seems, on the contrary. the
only piece of equipment we yet pos
sess in true abundance.
I think. as I write this. of Squad
ron Leader Clare Annis Annis
commands a bomber reconnaissance
unit whose job it is to keep cer-
tain voluninous quantities of blue
ocean clear of Hun U-boats, and to
provide air convoy for tons of ship
ping that crawl endlessly north from
Buston and Halifax, and eastward
to their destinations in England and
Russia.
Clare Arinis-and you may take
him as typical of the young men
who hold responsible posts in air
operations Of both the r. c. A. F.
and the United States Army Air
Forests man who knows his
job. Every man serving under him
will tell you so, and the most ig-
norant layman would see it for
himself. This means not only that
the human and mechanical equip
ment of his squadrons functions
smoothly, efficiently, and with the
highest degree of team play and
esprit de corps. Nor can 1t wholly
be accounted for by his refusal to
stick to his desk, and his intimate
familiarity with every detail of
maintenance and operation. He in
sists, for example. on taking his own
turn as a patrol and convoy pilot,
and is out over the North Atlantic
a good 30 per cent of the time,
including, always, those periods
when the weather is at its foulest
and most hazardous.
Watchful of Mems Welfare.
These are big factors, but bigger
yet is his unfailing knowledge of
the human soul The sympathetic
but unobtrusive fatherliness with
which this young Canadian-scarce-
ly half a dozen years older than
his youngest pilot-shepherds his
men, keeps an eye out for their per-
sonal comforts and problems,
watches their moods, and takes a
tactful hand in their recreations,
would cause the author of How to
Win Friends and Influence Peo-
Pile" to gear up his manuscript and
start over.
Annis. moreover, is but one of
dozen men encountered in a brief
tour of r. c. A. F. operations who
possess these qualities. Nor are they
qualities of purely tactical nature.
Such men. being primarily airmen,
are engineers and technicians. They
see war, and society itself. from the
techniclan's viewpoint. 1t Is from
such men that the training staffs
have learned-and may have still
to learn-many of the small but
Evening star., 1942-05-03

and scientific skills, race and citizen
ship.
Another important war job as
signed to the bureau was registra-
ton of the country's 1900, 900 re-
tailers and 100000 service estab-
lishments in connection with the
Governments rationing and price
control programs. At the request of
the War Department, and the War
Production Board. the division also
made a count of all shotguns, rifles
and revolvers in the hands of dis
tributors anG dealers.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
One-Aet PIoy Finals
Will Sturt Tomorrow

Semifinals Of the one-act play con-
test sponsored by the Jewish Com
munity Center's Drama Workshop
will be held at $50 pm. tomorrow
and Tuesday at the Center build
ing. Sixteenth and @ streets NV.
The six participating clubs and
their coaches are: Kadirliah, Bernie
stein; Rocco, Sol Pearlman; Madelle
and A. A. ", Libby Taylor, and Lit
tie Women of Zion, Herbert Machiz.
The performances are open to the
public. No admission will be
charged.
Evening star., 1942-05-03

draft on February Is. The ques-
tionnaires. aimed to provide data
for the complete utilization Of the
Nations man power. are being
shipped to the bureau by local draft
boards throughout the country. A
force of 500 clerks has been as
signed to the job of editing and
coding these information cards.
Following this, the bureau will
make a fast hand count to provide
draft authorities with preliminary
information covering. first, the
number of men trained for jobs
essential to the war effort in which
shortages have developed: second
occupations of men who are trained
for certain jobs, but who are not at
present engaged in these occupa-
tions, and third, the number of
persons who are working at the
occupations for which they have
been trained.
This hand count will be made
with high-speed canceling machines
borrowed from the Post Office De-
partment. which can handle 600 en-
velopes a minute.
Final Tabulations.
The final tabulations will classify
each registrant not only by occupa-
tional skill. but also by marital sta
tus, age, color and work status. Ad-
ditional information will be de-
veloped on educational. professional
Evening star., 1942-05-03

servicemen free to all Of its Wash
ington concerts or because OF ap-
probation for the National SYM
phony Hour broadcast daily over
Station WINK"
Letters accompanying contrihu-
tions show, Mr.. Finkenstaedt said,
that high school students, bricklay-
ers. grocers, Government workers
and others have given financial
support.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
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Music.

MUSIC.
Victrola concert, Petworth Branch.
Public Library, Georgia avenue and
Upshur street NV, 430 pm. to-
day.
Victoria concert, Southeast
Branch, Public Library, Seventh and
D streets Sc. 4:3o pm. today.
Music hour presented by voice and
piano students OF the Y w c. A,
Seventeenth and K streets NV, 5
pm. today.
Victrola concert. Mount Pleasant
Branch, Public Library. Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV, 5 pm to-
DAY.
Lecture-recital on Richard Wag-
ner. by Henry Gregor, Phillips Me-
mortal Gallery of Art. 1900 Twenty
first street NV, $50 pm. today.
FLOWER WALK.
River shore above Cabin John.
Nd. sponsored by the National Cap
ital Parks Service. meet at end of
Cabin John streetcar line, 2.30 pm.
today.
lEAS.
Alpha Sigma Phi Sorority. Ward
man Park Hotel, 3 pm. today.
All States Club. Hotel Washing
ton. 43o pm today.
LUNCHEONS.
Washington Council. knights of
Columbus, Willard Hotel, II 80 pm.
today.
Washington Executive Association,
Willard Hotel, 2:30 pm. tomorrow.
Washington Building Congress,
Mayflower Hotel. II 80 pm. tomor-
row.
LECTURE.
THE Catholic Philosophy OF Free
dom" by the Rev. J B. McAllister.
sponsored by the Plus XI Guild,
Hotel Hay Adams. 4:30 pm. today.
EXHIBITS.
Water colors, by Nancy DYER and
Susan B. Chase. pen drawings by
A. I. Egbert. Arts Club of Washing
ton, 2017 street NV. opening to-
day through May %.
Fshings by Bertha H, Dough-
Evening star., 1942-05-03

erty. north lobby, Natural History
Building, Tenth street and Consti-
tuition avenue NV. opening today
through May 81.
Potterles and china made before
1880, D. A. r. Museum, Seventeenth
and D streets NV, opening today
through MAY 26.
Mural sketches of United States
Government buildings, Founders
Library Gallery. Howard University,
240l Sixth street NV, open
through May Is.
Work by Charles Bemuth, opening
today through May "a paintings by
Russian Americans, open through
June 80; Phillips Memorial Gallery
of Art, 1900 Twenty first street NV.
CARD PARTY.
National Catholic School OF So
cial Service, Wardman Park Hotel,
2 pm. tomorrow
MEETING.
Political Study Club. Mayfiower
Hotel. II m. tomorrow.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Refreshments, hostesses, U. S. Q.
Club operated by the Salvation
Army, 6o6 E street NV, noon to-
day.
Trail picnic, games. refreshments.
singing. sponsored by the Service
Mems Club No. /, BOG Ninth street
NV, ! pm. today.
Professional show, entertainment,
Washington Hebrew Congregation,
Eighth and I streets NV, pm.
today.
Tea dance. National Catholic
Community Service Club. 9ls Tenth
street NV. 2 pm; dinner, pm.
today.
Dance. games. Washington He
brew Congregation, 3 pm. today.
Dancing. games. refreshments.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Newfoundland Airbose Boasts
Plenty of Capable Leadership
Typical Officer Looks After Welfare
Of Men and Inspires Them to Best

fundamental details needed to make
combat and operational ground crew
out of raw materials flltering
through the centers of recruitment.
Their advice and criticism, warmly
welcomed at Ottawa, has already
wrought vast changes in training
techniques. It is from such men, for
exmple, that the lay student Of mod
ern air war gets his first real inkling
Of the importance of this team
work business.
In an earlier article describing
the definitely great hazards of
oceanic air patrol and convoy work
l presented pilot's-eye view. That,
from Annis' viewpoint. would be
the wrong approach, despite the
fact that he is himself pilot. He
would want the public to consider
the difficulties faced by the naviga-
tion officer. charged with guiding
the pilot to his objective and back
to his home base, under conditions
of bad visibility which often make
it nearly impossible to get reading
either from a heavenly body or an
ocean whitecap.
Praise for Ground Crew.
Annis would be concerned with
the problems of wireless air-gunner
in a region of radio "blackouts," /"
where evm the most powerful
transmitters go dead for hours at
stretch. He would have plenty to
say for "Tail End Charlie" and the
acute discomforts of a 15-hour ride
through bumps and ice In the gy-
rating tail of a big bomber.
Actually, Annis assures me, the
most important factor in air oper-
ations is ground crew. The mechan-
ical technicians, the maintenance
men, are really the fellows that
keep EN- flying" Maintenance,
says Annis. is the foundation of all
operations, whether in terms OF total
hours flown. missions successfully
carried out or longevity of personnel
and equipment.
Annis and every other officer I've
met in his position is convinced 1t
is a serious mistake to post as much
as one man away from fully
organized plane crew. 1t may,
under certain conditions, be wise to
ground an entire crew for few
days if it's own ship happens to be
temporarily out of service or II one
member of the crew goes tempor-
arily on sicklist. Effective air oper-
ations are a co-efncient of mutual
trust, confidence and even affection
as between man and man. ground
crew and air crew. personnel and
machinery. 1t isn't surprising, is
it. that a crew should develop this
abiding personal fondness for its
own plane when it is matter of
they and the plane sharing the risk
and hardship of dangerous job
well done, day after day? It's not
remarkable that lad, accustomed
for months to this particular ship
and his particular crew, should feel
lost and unhappy if transplanted
suddenly to new environment. There
was a good deal of that sort of thing
done earlier in the war. Ottawa
now recognizes it as mistake and
avoids it wherever possible.
tCopyrizht. 1a42, by Chicago Daily News
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Dental Care for Indigenis
To Be Luncheon Topic

Adequate dental care for the In
digent and ."dentally INDECENT" will
be discussed by DR.. Woodson T.
Birthright and panel Of health
experts at a luncheon OF the health
division of the Council of Social
Agencies at 1880 pm. tomorrow at
the Young Women's Association.
Panel members will be Herbert L.
Willett. director of the Community
Chest; DR.. Daniel F. Lynch Of the
District of Columbia Dental So
ciety: willard Smith Of the Health
Security Administration; DR.. Harry
A. Ostrow Of the District Health
Department dental bureau. and
Randolph c. Bishop of the National
Dental Hygiene Association.
Evening star., 1942-05-03
Vermont U. President
Will Address Alumni

DR.. John S. Mills, president of
the University OF Vermont. will
speak at dinner Of the local alumni
at 7:30 pm. Saturday at the Hay
Adams House.
Prof. Leon w. Dean and Senator
Austin of Vermont also will speak
Tracey Jeffords will introduce the
speakers. The meeting is being held
to promote the university's security
fund drive, Mrs. A. A. Morrisette
Is making reservations for the din
ner.
Evening star., 1942-05-03

Carrying packages is one of the things you
can do towards helping the great War Effort
This new carry all looks like handbag until
you are ready to use 1t, when presto it un-
folds into spacious carry-all for an arm-load
OF packages. Made of fabrikoid to simulate
leather. Other shopping bags, 25c to 81 90.
Kann-Notions- Floor
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
3-AIdrnn Blaze
AT Grdtiot Store

A fire originating in the base
ment Of a Neisner Brothers store
at 1873 Gratiot avenue became a
.tnree-alarm blaze today when the
third call for help was turned in
at 7:l6 a. m.
BY the time aid arrived. the fire
had broken through TO the ground
floor Of the one-story building.
Police reported no persons in
'lured. The fire department COM
'plement included seven engines,
two ladders. one rescue truck, one
ambulance. one light rig. one gas
wagon and two battalion fire
chiefs.
Senior Inspector Thomas Wy
SoCki went 10 the fire from his
home and y police officers from
Conner station were assigned 10
the fire.
Traffic was rerouted of Gratiot
At the McNichols road interSec-
uon. half a block from the fire.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24

Perfected and designed after
many months of research, new
mobile weapon rolled from the
Cadillac Motor Company assembly
lines today as officials described
il AS a greater surprise and Just
as important as the Nj tank de-
Stroyer."
Giving no further description Of
the weapon Cadillac spokesmen
said it would soon "be IN action
on many battle fronts throughout
the world
Officials OF the Tank-Automo-
tive Center congratulated Cadillac
PreSldeH+ Nicholas Dreystadt and
his employees as the first completed
unit was taken from the factory.
The weapon was endorsed by
ordnance department officers after
models had passed extensive tests,
company Spokesmen said.
with full production now
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Drug Store Safe
Robbed S2,621

Police today sought two persons
one a young dark-halrod woman
who it Is believed, worked together
IN getting s. 621 from an un'
watched safe at the Cunningham
Drug Store, Washington boulevard
and Grand River avenue.
Assistant Manager Fred Han
line reported that the robbery oc-
Cured between II and ll.30 p. m
yesterday. Harry l. Lang, A clerk
was called away from the safe by
the woman. who took an unusually
long time making a small cosmetic
purchase, Hanline said.
The safe. HanlInc told police
was not locked or the amount
taken. he said, approximately Sl5C
was in checks.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Alaska

HEADQUARTERS, ALASKA
DEFENSE COMMAND, Dec. "a
CUP) American Servicemen will
hold Christmas services and par
ties with Canadian forces tomor-
row in desolate areas where only
a year ago there was nothing but
wilderness.
The Royal Canadian Air Force,
following an old custom, will have
its Christmas dinner provided and
served by its commissioned Officers
who will wait on the enlisted men.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
North Africa

ALLIED NORTH AFRICAN
HEADQUARTERS. Dec. "a tUP).
American doughboys in North
Africa are dreaming of a white
Christmas year from now.
They may be fighting tomorrow
and expect no special Christ
mas observance. although one
Iowa squadron fattened up two
turkeys and a pair Of geese in
their quarters for Christmas din
ner. Most of the AEF here, how
ever, will dine on cold mutton.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Lansing, Pontiac,
Saginaw, Bay City,
Flint News, Pe. IS
How Yanks Spend Christmas in Far Corners Of World
New Guinea

som WHERE IN NEW
GUINEA. Dec. - CUP).-Christ-
mas under New Guinea blister
ing sun will be just another
fighting day for the forces under
Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Most Americans have received
something from the plane loads Of
Christmas packages arriving here
during recent weeks.
Some already are using cigaretS
and razor blades from packages
they couldn't resist opening.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Roosevelt on Radio
With YuIe MESSAGE

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a tUP)
Roosevelt Will address
the nation by radio today al a
Christmas tree ceremony
in front of the White House.
And when he reads Dickens
Christmas carol 10 two OF his
this evening it will
mark the tenth Christmas that the
Roosevelt has spent in the White
House two more than any other
first family in history.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Hawaii

HEADQUARTERS, HAWAIIAN
DEPARTMENT, Dec. "a tUP). .-
Hawaii is on the alert today. but
Christmas prospects are brighter
than last year, when tho holiday
followed the Pearl Harbor attack
by only is days.
Fighting men will remain ct
battle stations throughout the Pa
cific. but holiday traditions of
turkey dinners and Christmas mes
sages from their officers will be
maintained.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
India

NEW DELHI. India. Dec. "a
OUP) Like most Americans here
Sgt. Charles o. Hille Of Dallas
Tex. looked forward today 10 his
first Christmas away from home
I'm starting Christmas with
the services under the squadron
tree" he said. Then with
gifts and packages from home,
I'm going 10 an Indian home 10
help a Christian Indian mother
and a Brahmin father play
Santa for their three children.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Jdps' Plight
Desperate
In Buna Area
Yenks Cross Creek
in Smash Toward
Mission Defenses

GENERAL MACARTHUR s
HEADQUARTERS. Australia, Dec
"a (UP) The situation Of Japa-
nese forces in Eastern New Guinea
must now be regarded as des-
perate," the Allied high command
announced today.
Australian and American forces
led by light tanks. further reduced
the Japanese beachhead in the
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
The War Fronts

RUSSIA German general and
1000 Of his mon captured as
Russians plow through two
enemy divisions; Nlillerovo
virtually surrounded. Page L.
NEW GUINEA - Allied COM
mand says situation of Japa-
ncSe forces in eastern New
Guinea is"desperate - Page IT,
BURMA-Royal Air Force at
tackS japanese bases. page -
NORTH AFRICA Patrol ac-
iivity increases in TuniSia;
Axis artillery shells our posi-
tions; French press attack in
Pont du Fahs region. Page
p British flierS attack Crete
airdromcS and set fire TO ship
off TuniSia. Page p
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Spain 10 Stay Neutral
Elmer Davis Saws

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a CINS)
Elmer Davis, director of the Of
flee of War Information. today
expressed his belief that Spain and
Portugal will remain neutral in
the current global conflict"
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Secret Weapon Here
Cadillac Turns Ou+ First OF New Mobile Headache
for Axis; Models Endorsed by Government

underway" they added, "Cadil-
lac employees are working full
speed tn rush the weapons to
their destination as part Of
the combat team that will
eventually destroy the Axis
powers"
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Halls Macarthur

UNITED NATIONS HEAD
@ UARTERS IN AUSTRALIA,
Dec. "a (INS) Gen. George c.
Marshall, United States Army
chief of staff. has sent a message
TO Gen. Douglas Macarthur COM
plimenting him for the splendid
campaign in New Guinea, it was
revealed today.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Hawaii TO Relax Army Rule

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a (UP).
Hawaii, under martial law since
December Z. 1941, will be returned
TO partial civilian rule about Janu-
airy /, official sources said today.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
Russian Drive
Enemy
Supply Line
Rail Junction Circled;
Germans Fortified
Winter Base Falls

MOSCOW, Dec. "a tUP).--Rus-
sian troops. ripping through two
German divisions within "a hours
in their middle Don offensive, cap
tured a divisional general and
1000 of his men, the Red Army
high command announced today.
(The noon communique as
heard by the FEC from the
Khabarovsk radio said II high
officers of the division were cap
tured)
Two powerful Russian armies
were smashing, behind tanks,
through regiment, brigade and
division Of demoralized German
troops.
THREAT TO MILLEROVO
They had all but surrounded the
junction city of Millerovo on the
lRost6v-Voronezh-Moscow railroad.
a vital line TO the Germans for
lateral communication, and they
were driving through village, coll
lective farms, and town which the
Germans had fortified and pro-
Ivisioned for a winter reserve line.
international News Service
said the Red Army had occupied
positions from which artillery
could pound Millerovo, $50 miles
north of Rostov)
Communicates and special dis
patches alike spoke more and
more of pursuit" and "rout," and
the fast mounting toll of rifles
captured told how the Germans
were running for their lives,
throwing away their arms.
In single middle Don sector.
the Germans essayed a counter
attack during the night. The
Russians broke the attack. pur-
sued the retreating Germans and
pressed on TO take a fortified
Inhabited locality. The Germans
left 900 men dead.
DEAD IN STALINGRAD
The Germans left 300 dead in
the streets of Stalingrad, the noon
lcommunique said, in savage at
tempt to regain lost positions in
the factory area.
Northwest of Stalingrad. Rus
sian artillery smashed five Ger
man dugouts.
Southwest of Stalingrad the
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24
The Weather
TEMPERATURES

The sun will set A. 0s . N today
and rise tomorrow ~ $50
The moon viii rise A. s,ii ? m. today,
and set tomorrow a. 1923 a. H.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24

Pope Hits
Goddess
Nations

LONDON, Dec. "a (UP).--Popt
Plus denounced Goddess authori.
tartan government and Mafxist
socialism today in a Christina!
message 10 the world.
He condemned racial and ma.
tional discrimination, deplored tn
bombing Of civilians and calleC
for a new world in which all meT
would have free choice of govern
ment and religion.
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24

G. VI. McARTHUR, DENTIST
I'LL Griswold, over KinselS.
Hours; SO, Sundays 10-12.-Adv
Detroit evening times., 1942-12-24

Buna Mission area, occupying
more jungle between Sinemi
Creek and the sea.
Americans whiting the beach
head on its north end had crossed
Entrance Creek. tough natural de-
fense for the japanese in the mis-
sion buildings.
BOMB LANDING AREA
The Allied air force dropped
hundreds more augmentation
bombs on the Mambare Estuary
area, 40 miles up the coast. Japa-
nese troops and supplies were put
ashore there last week.
The communique reported that
the Australian corvette Armidale
was sunk early this month 250
miles north of Darwin by japanese
planes. Fifty survivors were picked
up but small number of the crew
are missing and presumed lost.