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Evening star., 1942-06-15
Maine Yurd Launches
3 Vessels for Brituin
n. tht Associated Press.

r, the Associated Press.
SOUTH PORTLAND, Me-, June
15-The Todd-Bath Shipbuilding
Corp. staged its second triple-head-
er for the British merchant feet
yesterday by launching the emer-
gency cargo vessels Ocean Wander
er. Ocean Trader and Ocean
Strength.
These brought to IA the number Of
ships to be hoated to the yards
fitting piers-almost the halfway
mark in the corporations contrac-
Evening star., 1942-06-15
Coal Use Restricted

Householders in Scotland are
limited to q certain amount of coal,
most OF the supply being reserved
for the railways and industry.
Evening star., 1942-06-15
Will Burn Whole

Tow boats could not bulge Q
huge dead whale washed on the
rocks near Buenos Aires, Argen-
tina, so it has to remain until dry
enough to burn.
Evening star., 1942-06-15

Buy War bonds, and when the war
Ii won cash in-0n Freedom!
Evening star., 1942-01-27

program, being limited to aliens Of
enemy nationauties who must COM
ply with certain wartime regula-
tions, viii provide US with more de-
tailed information concerning their
families and their present activities.
One Of the questions the applicant
will be required to answer viii pro-
vide the Government with detailed
information about his employment
record. Another question asks for
the names and addresses of close
relatives In the United States and
abroad, and whether these relatives
are serving in any armed forces.
There Il also included . question as
to the applicants organizational
connections and. II he has spent any
part Of the past five years outside
the United States, his political
Evening star., 1942-01-27

who have known them for some
time and are willing to vouch for
their loyalty to this country. The
applicant Is not obliged to submit
such information. II he wishes, he
may ignore the question. The ques-
ton Is there for the sake Of any
alien Of enemy nationality who
wants to state what he considers
pertinent information about himself
which he thinks the United States
Government should know.
One final suggestion. There Il
very little time before the beginning
of the Identification program.
recommend, therefore, that aliens
Of German, Italian or Japanese ma
tionality to whom 1t applies lose no
time In going to the post onces OF
settlement houses or other local
Evening star., 1942-01-27

agencies for printed instructions on
how to obtain Q certificate Of iden-
tidcation. II you have friends or
relatives who are subject to the
Identification requirements, get the
printed instructions for them. The
more time they have to study those
instructions the more accurately
they can make out their application
forms. and the sooner they will be
able to obtain their certificates Of
Identification.
Everything will be handled In the
American way-but with the grim
determination that should prevail
In . great democracy during war
time.
Evening star., 1942-01-27
Martin Named Heed
Of Berkeley WooIen
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Jan. n.
Thomas w. Martin, ST., this city,
was named president Of Berkeley
woolen Co. by the board Of directors
at the annual meeting.
Attorney l.. I. Rice, this city, and
W. v. E. Terhune, Of New York
City, were named vice presidents:
Jesse c. Oakes, Of Winchester, Va,
secretary-treasurer.
The officers with the following
constitute the board: Allen r. EN-
inert, Quinn Hare. r. @. Williams,
this city, and H. B. McCormac, jr,
of Winchester, Va.
Evening star., 1942-01-27
Early Action Advised.

party or national organization mem
bership.
Early Action Advised.
But after the applicant has given
the information asked Of him, he
may feel there are some facts
concerning himself the Govern
ment ought to have In determining
whether he should really be consid-
cred as an ALLEN enemy" He will
be given an opportunity to state
these facts on the application form.
Many applicants may welcome this
chance to tell Uncle Sam how they
happened to leave their native coun-
try, whether because of religious,
racial or political persecution, what
their foreign citizenship status Is;
II they desire. they may give the
names and addresses Of two persons
Evening star., 1942-01-27

Join the United States Coast Guard
today.
Evening star., 1942-01-27

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You'd order il IN N
q minute il you
didn't remember
your last experience, when al yos
\ got out Of 1t was GAS pains, bad
breath and sour stomach, probably
due to Q spell Of CONSTIPATION.
Next time have ADLERKA handy.
Il 10 IN effective blend of 8 eafmina-
6ves and . Axatives for DOUBLE
action. ALBERTA qaiekiy relieves
gas, and gentle bowel action follows
surprisingly fast Tear out this q
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Evening star., 1942-01-27
9fam
and
Eggs

sure sound good!
You'd order il In
q minute If You
Ellk
Evening star., 1942-03-06

Like ships cat, whose life u confined
within the rails Of It's vessel Penny
lives in a house.
She knows nothing else, and Is per-
fectly satisfied.
She achieves this perfect state by
building up list Of duties.
They begin with two meals, one at
exactly five o'clock in the morning, and
the other at exactly five o'clock in the
evening, or afternoon, according to the
part of the country the reader happens
to come from.
You can't fool Penny.
She still eats on cat time, bird time,
sun time; call it what you choose.
She knows nothing about war time, or
war, either, as yet. For time last sum-
mer, when the salmon supply ran
perilously low, she wondered a bit Had
the greedy English cats got it all?
Then the new pack came in, and Penny
breathed easier. The salmon pack was
in, and all was right in the cats world.
Immediately after supper, Penny's
sense Of duty calls her to the west win
dow In the back bedroom.
There she sits on a nice table, care
fully covered against her claws, and
looks out into the yard.
Every effort has been made to find out
what she sees there, but to date nobody
has solved the mystery except Penny.
She sees something there, all right
But what she sees, only the great god
Bubastes will ever be able to tell.
At exactly eight o'clock, cat time, the
little tiger cat retires to the chair by the
west window in the front bedroom
Sometimes this routine Is varied by a
period Of wild play just as dark comes on.
This is the hour OF hours in the cat
world. On ships at sea. In the alleys,
in forests. in deserts, in mountains, In
homes, the cats OF the world gallop
and frisk.
Penny Is as frisky as any.
Curtain climbing is one Of her IA
vorite frisks. She climbs up about four
or five feet and looks around at you
A bit Of of1cial wool, knotted, IL her
latest plaything.
Dangled in her large whiskers, this
affords no end of amusement.
Silly? Penny would not think 1t half
as silly as q machine gun for q toy, and
many would agree with her.
Her life, compared with lives of in
trigue. murder and suffering and endless
destruction, is . life we'll balanced and
sane. She is only q cat but she is q
symbol, too. one which we hope the
years will externanze into better
world for men az we'll rs for her kind
Evening star., 1942-03-06

of speeches ghost-written by Mr..
Viereck and the distribution of them
and of other Viereck-inspirec mate
rial through the mails under con-
gressional frank-at the expense Of
the taxpayers. The American people,
who were victimized by these fragrant
abuses Of the franking privilege, will
not be content to let the matter drop
with the conviction of Mr.. Viereck.
1t would seem that in justice to its
own honor, which has been impugned,
Congress would wish now to wipe the
slate clean by an investigation Of the
conduct of its own members in this
sorry affair.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Remember the Miller

Remember the mountain stream,
hemlock and birch,
The dark millpond BY the side Of tho
road,
And the farmers cart NTH its golden
load?
The dripping mill Dheeps sound pas
made
OF cold creek Uater that fotred to
the lake,
The lake to the riuer, the riuer to sea.
Flour that 1Das seed mould be bread
for me,
Said the miller. His arms lifted
easily
The bulging bagS-,Dhedt, barley and
rye
To empty them into the hopper.
The Dheel,
In the race. outside, ground stone
against meal
And busted the miller from cropn to
heel.
Watching him ,oork ,De said no word.
We were poured like corn on the
turning stones.
Said Grandaddy Cliff pho pds mostly
bones,
"The mills of the gods grind sloso-."
Miller Jones
Must look like God, Ds children
thought.
He pas bearded and handsome,
strong and kind.
We pent to sleep hearing the pet
pheel bind
The rhythm of pdter With dreams.
Behind
The mill pds the sxov-tsd' rocky
stream,
Icy tn summer. terms and the Httls
pool
OF the ruby eyed netDt IN the moss.
No school
Has taught me more than the ntllsr's
rule
OF crushing the grain to discard the
chat.
True, all ,Das orist that came to hts
mill
And he was too busy to talk much.
Still
His laugh pas as deep as the pond.
He Uds stunch as the htH.
EDNA l.. 8. BARKER.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Viereck's Conviction

To those who followed the tcsti-
mony in District Court, the convic-
ton by a jury of George Sylvester
Viereck on charges of violating the
Foreign Agents Registration Act
comes as no surprise. In the first
place, there never was any question
as to whether this German born
American citizen actually served the
Nazis prior to our entry into the war.
Viereck himself had admitted that
he was an agent of a foreign prin-
cipal" when he registered with the
State Department as Journalist and
author" At that time he said he
was employed by a Munich news
paper, that he represented its editor
and publisher and that he also was
affiliated with the German Library
of Information in New York City.
What he failed to disclose in his
registration statement was that he
was not only journalist and author,
but also leading propaganda for
Herr Hitler, with extraordinary con-
nectionS.
The really disturbing thing about
the Viereck case is not so much that
a man who had taken the oath of
allegiance to the United States
should, to use the words of the prose-
cutor, "defile his American citizen
SHIP" as the unrefuted testimony
showed he defiled it, but that he
should have found it so easy to in
gratiate himself with certain men,
bers of Congress and to use them for
his-and Hitler's-propaganda pur-
poses. The conviction of Nazi Agent
Viereck will not allay public misgiv-
ings and indignation over the con-
gressional ramifcations of this case
-ramifcations which included the
insertion in the Congressional Record
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Pickup Cabs

Although the Districts experiment
In pickup taxicab service has not
been an unqualified success, the
testimony submitted to the Public
Utilities Commission yesterday would
seem to warrant at least a prolonga-
tion of the trial period for this
service.
Most of the witnesses agreed that
the experiment had worked well dur
ing the morning rush hours, al
though there was criticism of it's
operation in the evenings. Drivers,
1t was said, have experienced little
trouble in getting full loads in the
mornings but have had considerable
difficulty in the evenings, due pri-
marily to the congestion around Gov
ernment buildings and the failure of
passengers to organize riding clubs"
or some similar plan designed to ia
cilitate the picking up of riders.
The commission recently amended
its pickup service order so that
drivers, under certain conditions,
could charge a full fare during the
evening rush hours when able to Sc
cure but one passenger. This, it is
understood, has caused some dis
satisfaction, but it does not seem by
any means to be an insurmountable
problem.
It is significant that the hearing
was productive of very little specific
opposition to the plan and that
spokesmen for organized cab drivers
and the Federation of Business
Mems Associations testified in sup
port of it-particularly as to the
morning operation. Under these cir
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Military Area No. !

Designation by the Army Of a
coastal strip extending from VAN
couver, Washington, to the Mexican
border as military Area Number
One" clears the way for eventual
removal from strategic West Coast
zones of any person whose presence
there might imperil the security of
the Nation. The order issued by
Lieutenant General John L. De Witt
of the Western Defense Command, is
the first of its kind to be promul-
gated under authority of an execu-
tive order of February 20 which
empowered the Army to evacuate
citizens as well as aliens from any
designated military zone.
General De Witt pointed out that
evacuation of aliens and citizens
from forbidden territory will be car
ried out with reasonable celerity,
although mass expulsion is imprac-
ticable at this time. All Japanese,
including those who are American
born, will be excluded from Military
Area Number One, which extends in
land from the Pacific shore as far as
$50 miles in some places. A Sec
ondary strip further inland will be
restricted zone, where some japanese
may live under certain conditions, as
stipulated by the Army. These
measures, while drastic, are fully
justified by the necessities Of war.
They mark a far and prudent ad-
vance from the kid-glove attitude in
such matters that prevailed before
Pearl Harbor.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrncetoeH.

Penny is knitting for the Red Cross.
Her job is to help wind the yarn into
balls. which she does with all four feet.
The small tiger cat likes best this
preliminary action. Not that she cannot
find something to do at all stages, but
the winding is her specially.
The knobs of two chairs are used, and
as the yarn is hung around them and
then wound into balls, 1t affords vast
feline amusement.
Penny grabs at 1t, seizes 1t in her
mouth, attempts to run away with it.
Oflcial yarn is pretty strong, though,
and no harm is done.
II the ball falls to the floor, during
the creation Of a Navy sweater, Penny
is on it like flash.
Tumbling over 1t, she gathers it ip.o
her four paws, rolling 1t around Wig
orouSly.
This is done to the accompaniment Of
a very pleased expression, and sometimes
loud purring.
At times during the knitting there is
a little lend" left over, or sticking out,
or something.
This, too, intrigues the cat.
She seizes it with mighty grab, claws
unsheathed.
Lying on the uncomple.ed sweater is
a rather calm. activity.
All efforts are made to prevent this,
NJ hut L. !,
her own.
She manages to be found, now and
then, spread out on the sweater front,
positively smirking.
A few cat hairs, she seems TO think,
will not 60 amiss in any sailors sweater.
Add . bit to the allover strength, and
80 on.
And the ships cat would like 1t, too.
Penny can just see that ships cat.
He would come up to the sweater-clad
tar.
Hello, Tom" Jack would say.
Meow" would reply Tom-the- e-Sailor.
He would rub appreciatively against
Jacks legs.
Most sailors like cats. What is more
important about a ship than the ships
cat. unless it is the captain?
The sailor would bend over TO give .
pat to the faithful back
Meow" would cry the cat. smiling at
the sweater.
PennyIs real Job, however, is to keep
up household morale.
She knows nothing Of victories and
defeats. While others bemoan the lack
OF aid to Macarthur and his brave men,
Penny goes right ahead capering around.
She has routine all her own. built
around sleeping and eating.
Evening star., 1942-03-06

@. How many full moons are there in
. year?-M. I. M.
A. Since the interval from one full
moon to another Is little more than
2917 days and there are 1865 days in the
year, there are necessarily 13 full moons
in the year and there must always be
one month that has two full moons.
@. Are there any industries In India2--
c. R.
A. India, contrary to popular opinion.
Is one Of the worlds leading industrial
countries. The largest steel plant of the
British Empire Is in India.
@. Did the Russian general Tmoshenko
serve in the First World WARM. v. o.
A. Marshal Semyon Timoshenko served
as machine gunner on the eastern front.
O. In which New England town is the
lilac tree that Is said to be the Oldest in
America?-W H. M.
A. The lilac which is believed to be
the oldest in America IS the one at the
MARITIME Cottage, Portsmouth, N. H. The
first paintings OF llacs were probably
made in this vicinity.
@. How long does an automobile tire
last under average conditions2-V. E. A.
A. The Bureau Of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce estimates that the
average lifetime of . tire Is about three
and half years.
@. How large was the German airship
Hindenburg? M. N.
A. The airship Hindenburg was slI
feet long; its top speed was "a miles per
hour: its cruising speed was 49, 1t was
destroyed by fire and explosion in land
ing at Lakehurst, N. j.. May 6, 1887.
@. Is the electric battery known as
Smee's Cell named for person?-C. M. P.
A. Smee's Cell was named for Alfred
Since, an Engishman, who was born in
1878 He published, among other works.
Lectures on Electro -Metallurgy" Q84D
and "Electro-Biology" Q549). He became
q member Of the Royal College OF
Surgeons in 1910, and fellow Of the
Royal Society in l84l. Since died on
January II. 1877.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Objects to Teaching Of Latin
In "Our High SCHOOL,"
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
Instead Of requiring our high school
students to wade through half-baked
Latin courses, 1t would be much more
sensible for this country to arrange with
the South American countries for each
country to teach one of the so-called
universal languages, such rs Esperanto,
in It's schools.
Then in a few years there would be
means of unhampered communication
between the oncoming generations. Let
Latin be reserved for the colleges and for
those who are likely to make some sub
stantal use Of It. EFT GEE GEE.
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Rubber Facts

Price Administrator HenderSOnS
blunt statement to Senate commit
tee that mot single pound of crude
rubber" will be available for pas
senger car tires in the forseeable fu-
ture should have the salutary effect
Of dispelling much of the confusion
which has prevailed with regard to
the rubber situation in general and
the tire situation in particular. The
rapidly changing war picture in the
Southwestern Pacific has played
havoc with earlier estimates of the
rubber shortage. necessitating reap
praisals of supply and consumption
figures almost week by week.
Early last month, when it was
hoped that the Dutch East Indies
could be held, Commerce Secretary
Jesse Jones told House committee
that he thought the United States
would be getting ''the normal amount
of rubber next year" Less than two
weeks later he and Chairman Donald
Nelson of the War Production Board
declared in joint statement that
''unless we restrict all civilian use of
rubber to the bare essentials, we
shall not have enough for our mill
tary machine for the next two years"
Last week Mr.. Jones expressed the
conviction that If sparing use is
made of existing stocks and sources,
I'VE will have enough to supply our
necessary war demands and have
some for essential civilian needs"
Yesterday Mr.. Henderson told the
Senate Defense Investigating Com
mittee that there isn't enough rub
ber now to sustain the rate of mill
tary production and the most essen
tial civilian needs
In view of the changing and some
times conflicting opinions in official
circles on the rubber crisis, it is not
surprising that the average car
owner has been uncertain in his own
mind as to the real gravity of the
tire emergency and its future effect
on him. Mr.. Henderson has done
the operators OF the 30,000,000 pas
senger automobiles distinct service
by stating the situation with utmost
candor. He speaks with authority,
for he is director of civilian supplies
and member of the War Production
Board. The citizen now knows that
1t is futile to cling to the hope that
by the time his present tires are worn
out. synthetic production or South
American rubber or some other
sources will have caught up with the
demand. He will not even be able to
get his old tires retreaded until this
war Is over. 1t is plain from Mr.. Hen
derson's testimony He might even
have his present tires taken from
him.
In short, the grim necessities Of
war are ringing down the curtain,
slowly but surely. on an era of mo-
torized transportation that brought
profound changes in the American
mode of living. Just as profound
changes are certain to lie ahead in
this war period-changes involving
surrender of many comforts and con-
veniences that motoring public has
known. Motorists will adjust them
selves to these changes all the more
readily if they are kept fully and
clearly informed as to specific sacri-
f7ces necessary for victory
Evening star., 1942-03-06
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the Uriter, although the use of
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters tDith
q uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-03-06

cision in the west or cease to battle
with total might. aware that the skies
Of England will unleash an annihilating
storm against the Reich If they be not
captured instantly. To relinquish the
projected venture against the British
Isles would be tantamount to a recogni-
ton by Germany Of defeat.
In Russia, in England and in America
the German war cabal and people descry
the imminence of divinity that is a
codeterminer of the nations destinies.
EDWARD CONN.
Evening star., 1942-03-06

cumstances, the commission would
seem to be fully justified in continu-
ing and possibly expanding the pro-
gram when the initial thirty-day
trial period expires this Monday.
Evening star., 1942-03-06

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Evening star., 1942-03-06
Wants Children Taught
why We Are at War

40 Jne E0Ilof oI Inc ctsI'
For a time it appeared that all school
children were to be treated as infants
on the question Of war. They were asked
to conserve paper and tin, live frugally
and keep well because we are at war
They were prepared for bombings, sang
the Star Spangled Banner" more often
and intensified salutes to the flag.
Little reference has there been to the
necessity Of teaching older children why
we are at war.
However. the lag is being caught up.
A New York Times editorial Of February
~ comments on the movement to make
young men physically fit to fight" but
suggests this is merely one phase. 1t
says, 1T is even more important that
college men should understand the issues
Of this war with the perspective that
can be acquired only through the study
of history"
The Baltimore Sun on the same Sun
day published lengthy article headed
Schools to Start New War Course"
The study is open to all students between
the seventh and twelfth grades. The
sponsors of the course believe it will give
meaning and intensity to our war efforts
and will develop morale that will be
needed as time goes on.
Why should not "Mein Kampf" be
studied? The writer ventures to predict
that millions of Americans would work
to win this war with more vigor If they
knew what they were fighting for.
E. B. HENDERSON.