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less inconvenience and hardship. In
the opinion of your correspondent, who
lives In Baltimore, it does not work out
that way. It takes only q few minutes
longer to make that trip than it does
for many residents Of Arlington County.
Va, or Montgomery County. Md, to drive
in. After arrival, the commuter has no
parking problem, and on the way, no
driving problem. While he lets Casey
Jones handle the throttle, he can relax.
The trail Of two cities is double-track
affair. Two mighty railroads connect
Baltimore with Washington-the Balti-
more & Ohio and the Pennsylvania
and either makes the run in times vary
ing from 40 to 46 minutes. Both run
many trains daily at hours convenient
for commuters. Each, perhaps lacked
up by the rivalry Of the other line, looks
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Where are all the thousands Of new
war workers in Washington going to
live?
They will not all live within the once
ample District imits-that Is sure. They
did not, before the war; Washington was
crowded even then. Less than ever will
they be able to do 50 now.
What can the Government do about
1t? Uncle Sam has big Job finding
space here for his employees to work
and has been erecting new offices and
leasing space in private buildings. but
the problem of living quarters is far
more complicated.
It is all very well to speak Of evicting
social parasites whose room is wanted
more than their company. In fact, 1t is
even good to speak Of it, as it provides
material for columnists and radio
comedians and lightens up many dull
moment, but for practical purposes such
talk is idle.
The temporarily homeless war worker
in Washington need not waste time
looking for parasites, or people he thinks
are parasites, and expecting the Gov
ernment to act as exterminator. Let
him look about in nearby Virginia and
Maryland, If he cannot get closer, and
settle there.
But with the exception of Alexandria,
Va, all territory Immediately adjacent
to the District is largely rural And as
Alexandria, by now, is about as crowded
as Washington, the, dyed-in-the-wool
urbanite, who gets the jitters at the
mere thought of being in the country
and yet who has to do his work in
Washington, must 90 farther afield.
But not too far. Forty miles away
lies q metropolis actually even larger
than the Nations Capital. Baltimore u
celebrated - the home Of terrapdn.
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Congress and active politician. He built
a large brick building for q printing
Office in the rear Of the row. BY 1840
Mrs. Whiteweu, Mrs. Frost, Mrs. spriggs
and Mrs. Mount were conducting board
ing houses here and one Of the houses
was occupied by Mr.. Green. The houses
were well patronized by the congressional
set. Mrs. Whitwell, in the corner house,
had under her roof Senators w. L. Day.
ton and Jacob w. Miller of Delaware,
John Davis of Massachusetts, popularly
known as Honest john" and George
Evans Of Maine: also Representatives
Joshua F. Bell, B. R. Young and Henry
Grider OF Kentucky. George Ashman
Evening star., 1942-02-15
Lincoln in Washington

Three Of our Presidents first saw the
light Of day in February, George WASH
ington on February %, 1882; William
Henry Harrison on February Q. 1773, and
Abraham Lincoln-whose anniversary
has just passed-on February IL, 1905.
And all three gained their renown
through war-Washington in the Amer
lean Revolution, Harrison In the War OF
1912. and Lincoln in the Civil War. OF
washington and Lincoln, both were
identified with the National Capital. one
having substantially founded it, and the
other certainly preserved it. OF both
there are many reminders here, though
of Mr.. Lincoln this Is especially true,
since washington died almost year be-
for the Federal departments were
moved to this city. and at time when
the Capital was very small city indeed
"a city only on paper, in fact.
When Mr.. Lincoln first came to Con-
gress, In 1847, as member of the House
Of Representatives from Illinois, he reg
istered at Browns Indian Queen Hotel,
which subsequently became the Metro
politan Hotel, the name 1t continued to
have until it was removed some time
within the last decade. 1t was famous
hostelry in its day, and was located on
the north side Of Pennsylvania avenue
between Sixth and Seventh streets. The
second inaugural ball of James Monroe
vas held here on March S, 1921, and here
Vice President John Tyler was sworn in
as President two days after the death OF
William Henry Harrison, which occurred
April 4, 1841, and here THE Star
Spangled Banner" was sung for the first
time in this city in December, 1914, three
months after it was written by Francis
Scott Key, long time resident Of the
District of Columbia.
Evidently Mr.. Lincoln did not like the
there for only very short while, when
he went to board with Mrs. Spriggs,
where he continued to reside throughout
his term in Congress, 1847-1848. Mrs.
Spriggs' boarding house was at this time
one of several of similar character then
occupying houses in what was then
known as Carroll Row, which had quite
.
the site Of the First street side Of the
Library of Congress, and included six
buildings, the first of which was built by
Daniel Carroll in 1905, and the others fol-
lowed later.
In the south house Of the row lived at
an early date DR.. James Ewell, one Of
Washington's leading physicians and
who attended the British soldiers in
jured in the Arsenal explosion, which
took place at the time Of the invasion
in August, 1914. In the others at vari-
Gus times, were the boarding house Of
Mrs. Hamilton, Queens Hotel, the semi
nary of Rev. DR.. John Chalmers, and
other tenants.
Carroll Row, in the late sos, became
known as Duff Green Row, named for
its one-time owner, variously editor Of
the United States Telegraph, printer to
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tice until Potomac water was piped to
the city about 1858. though with some
residents, In particularly outlying Sec
tons, 1t continued for years afterward.
There are still standing in Washington
. number Of landmarks associated with
the life Of Lincoln, the White House.
no doubt being the most important, for
this was his home for q little more than
four years. and here he carried on the
affairs of the great Civil War; here his
son Willie died, and from the east room
his funeral took place.
At times, for quiet and seclusion-
especially during the Summer months
he sought the Anderson cottage, still
standing in the Soldiers Home Grounds,
and to which he was frequently escorted
by troops. This cottage was erected in
the summer of 1912, by William H.
Degges, for George w. Riggs, we'll
known banker Of this city of that period,
whose farm was later purchased for the
Soldiers Home. Degges, the builder,
resided on the north side of Pennsyl-
vania avenue, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets, near Eighteenth
street, and his occupation is given in
the city directory as house carpenter"
The specifications called for Venetian
blinds to all windows except to those in
gable end Of garrett" and that the We
randa on south side be according to
plan given by John Skirving," who ap-
pears In the directory Of 1843 as q
bricklayer, with residence on the north
side OF H street, between Sixth and
Seventh streets northwest.
The Anderson cottage was also occu-
pied during the warm months Of the
year by Presidents Grant, Hayes and
Arthur, and possibly by President Pierce.
though the cottage is best known as
having been the summer residence Of the
martyred President, and where he, in July,
1862, prepared the original draft of the
emancipation proclamation, which he
issued following the Battle Of Antietam.
The accuracy of this statement is
vouched for by Mr.. Lincoln In his own
words, when he says: II put the draft Of
the proclamation aside, waiting for a
victory. Well, the next news we had was
of Pope's disaster at Bull Run. Things
looked darker than ever. Finally came
the week of the Battle of Antietam.
determined to wait no longer. The news
came, think, on Wednesday, that the
advantage was on our side. I vas then
staying at the Soldiers Home. Here I
finished writing the second draft of the
proclamation; came up on Saturday;
called the cabinet together to hear it:
and it was published the following Mon
day. I made q solemn vow before God,
that II Gen. Lee was driven back from
Maryland would crown the result by
the declaration Of freedom to the
slaves"
OF Lincoln's residence at Soldiers
Home, Walt Whitman records the fol-
lowing under date Of August II, 1858:
II see the President almost every day.
Evening star., 1942-02-15

OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 14-The Brown
ings, whose famous machine guns and
automatic rifles helped win the first
World War, are hard at work in their
shops here on improved weapons to win
this war.
They are the oldest gunsmithing fam
lily in the country, going back more than
q century.
There were Browning guns in the
Spanish American War, and in the Boxer
rebellion. They went with Peary and
Theodore Roosevelt on their exploring
and hunting expeditions. Since 1911 the
As automatic pistol pioneered by Brown
ing has been the Armys and the Navy's
basic type of sidearm.
It is more than possible that the first
historic occasion when Browning guns
cracked out was the Mormon riots in
Nauvoo, ILL.,, in 1874, in which Joseph
Smith and his brother we're killed.
The first gun Browning, Jonathan,
learned the craft in the Kentucky noun
tains, and as early as 1881 had designed
and forged by hand repeating rifle. He
moved West and was making guns In
Nauvoo in the 1840s.
From there he went to Kanesville,
Iowa, near the present Council Bluffs.
There in 184e he advertised whimsically:
THE subscriber is prepared to manu-
facture to order improved firearms, viz,
revolving rifles and pistols; also slide
guns, from 5 to 25 shooters. All on an
improved plan, and he thinks not
equaled this far East. Farther West
there might be0"
The last was tongue-in-the cheek
allusion to the unknown country west
of Council Bluffs, frontier jumping of
place.
With the Mormon pioneers, Browning
moved westward and set up shop in
little shack on back street in Ogden,
where in 1855 was born his son John,
genius with weapons and Titan in fire
arm history.
Before he was IA, John whitfield rifle
breech mechanism out Of scraps of wood.
At 10 he fashioned q successful gun Of
his OWL design out Of odd parts Of Junk
metal. Fer his brother Matthew he made
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and Robert G. Winthrop Of Massachu-
sets. The latter afterward was Speaker
Of the House and was the orator on the
occasion Of the laying OF the corner
stone of the Washington Monument,
July 4, 1848. On the death Of Mr.. Web
ster, in October, 1852, Mr.. Winthrop was
appointed and filled out his term as
Senator.
At Mrs. Spriggs' table sat John
Quincy Adams, ex-President, and s. M.
Gates of New York, in the 30s; Joshua
r. Giddings OF Ohio. John Blanchard, A.
B. MacIlvaine and John Strohm Of
Pennsylvania were here with Luther
Severence of Maine. The latter. early in
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life was compositor on the National In
telligencer in this city and in 1925
founded the Kennebec journal which he
edited until 1849 Mr.. Lincoln was here
as Representative in 1847 and 184S.
During the Civil War the row became
. prison for political offenders, and was
known as Carroll Prison. After the assas-
sination of President Lincoln, Mrs. Sur
raft and others accused of conspiracy in
connection with the murder were con-
fined there for awhile.
While residing at Mrs. Spriggs' Mr..
Lincoln was frequently seen at James
Casparis' Congress Refectory, corner Of
New Jersey avenue and A street Sc,
where he often indulged in bowling on
what was considered an excellent alley.
Just as President Lincoln was leaving
Congress, Zachary Taylor was being in
augurated. President Lincoln not only
admired Gen. Taylor, but campaigned
inaugural ball on March 5, 1849, given in
his honor in frame building to the west
of the Court House, erected for the pur-
pose, 160 feet long, so feet wide and 20
feet high, the walls being covered with
white cotton and the light being fur
nished by candles, the heating by stoves.
The price of admission to this ball was
$40 person, and a surplus Of 81 $50 was
later divided between the two city or
phan asylums. Two other inaugural balls
were held the same evening-the national
inaugural ball, held at Jackson Hall, for
merly at 339-341 Pennsylvania avenue,
and the third one, which was in honor Of
the visiting military organizations, at
Carusi's salon, the site of which-at the
northeast corner of Eleventh and G
streets-is now being cleared for an ex-
tension to the Internal Revenue Building.
Lincoln's Lost Hat.
At the inaugural ball attended by Lin
coin, adjoining the Court House, arrange
ments were far from perfect, resulting IN
the loss of many hats and cloaks, and Mr..
Lincoln suffered the loss of his chapeau.
He attended this affair with Elihu Wash
burn and a few other friends, and after
enjoying the evening, and up until or
3 o'clock the next morning, the party
went to the cloakroom for their hats and
wraps, and all were successful in finding
them but Mr.. Lincoln, who failed to find
his hat after an hours search. In telling
OF this event, E1ihu Washburn said:
taking his coat on his arm, he walked
into Judiciary Square, deliberately ad-
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Is happen to live where he passed TO
or from his lodgings out Of town. He
never sleeps at the White House during
the hot season, but has quarters at Q
healthy location some miles north Of
the city, the Soldiers Home, . United
States military establishment. saw
him this morning about $50 coming in
to business, riding on Vermont avenue
near L street He always has a COM
pany Of Is or 80 cavalry, with sabers
drawn and held upright over their
shoulders. They say this guard was
against his personal wishes, but he let
his counselors have their way. The
party makes no great show in uniform or
horses.
Mr.. Lincoln in the saddle generally
rides a good-sized, easy-going gray
horse, is dressed in plain black, some
what rusty and dusty, wears black stiff
hat and looks about as ordinary in attire,
etc., as the commonest man. A lieu
tenant, with yellow straps, rides at his
left, and following behind, two by two,
come the cavalrymen in their yellow
striped jackets. They are generally go
ing at a slow trot, as that is the pace set
them by the one they must wait upon.
The sabers and accouterments clank and
the entirely unornamental cortege as it
trots toward Lafayette Square arouses
no sensation, only some curious stranger
stops and gazes."
AT Fort Stevens.
One Of the most interesting places
around Washington associated with the
life Of President Lincoln is Fort Stevens,
which stands just few blocks to the
north of the Masonic Temple in Bright
wood. This fort is particularly historical,
because here was fought the Battle Of
Fort Stevens, July II and II, 1864,
which might have terminated In the loss
of the Federal Capital to the Confed-
crates.
The authorities differ greatly as to the
casualties and the number Of troops en-
gagged. A conservative estimate puts
the Union killed at not over 100, with
400 wounded, and of the Confederates.
900, which most naturally included
killed, wounded and missing. The lowest
apparently conservative estimate Of the
number of troops with Gen. Early Is
given at $4,000, while the general said
he had in all only about 5000 men.
One Of the most interesting things
about Fort Stevens is the fact that 1t
was here. during the engagement referred
to, that President Lincoln was under fire.
Various accounts Of this episode are
given, but the most interesting Of all,
taken from an account printed many
years ago, is as follows:
president Lincoln, accompanied by his
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The City in Lincoln's Day.


OF course, there is a great difference
between the Washington Of 1861 and
the city as we know it today. When
Lincoln first became President the popu-
lation Of the entire District was 69.855
or about one-tenth of what 1t is now,
and considering its lesser population and
its lack Of improvements 1t must have
been pretty close to a real hick town,
since there were few sidewalks beyond
limited downtown area, and though
Pennsylvania avenue had been paved
with cobblestones in 1850, 1t was sorely
in need Of repair at the beginning Of
the Civil War and even later, and when
the 14th Massachusetts Regiment came
here early in 1851 and marched along
Pennsylvania avenue in thunderstorm.
they did so in water knee deep. Indeed 1t
well deserved the name, Great Ser
bonian Bog" once applied to it by John
Randolph.
Along Constitution avenue was still to
be seen the Washington City Canal, q
relic Of early Washington. and before
this an open stream known as Tiber
Greek, when the Government moved here
in 1900. Pumps and springs then sup
piled the people with drinking water,
and the rain water caught in hogsheads
and barrels was used for bathing and
laundry purposes. This was the prac-
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justing 1t on his shoulders. and started
of bareheaded for his lodgings. It would
be hard to forget the sight Of that tall
and slim man, with his short cloak
thrown over his shoulders, starting for
his long walk home on Capital Hill at
O'Clock in the morning without any
hat on"
Mr.. Lincoln did not seek q renomina-
ton and he certainly did not tarry long
in Washington after his term In Con-
gress expired. He did, however, apply for
the position Of Commissioner OF the
General Land once, under the incoming
administration, but President Taylor
evidently had selected some one else for
this Office, and instead offered Mr. Lin
coin the governorship Of Oregon Terri
tory. which he declined.
The next time Honest Abe came to
Washington 1t was as President elect.
He arrived here on February %, 1861, and
was located at the Willard Hotel. Says
Henry Kellogg Willard: Most Of you re-
member that he Travelled through Bal
timore secretly and in disguise and, very
late at night reached Washington, where
he was driven directly to Willard's Hotel,
entering the hotel by the side entrance
on Fourteenth street, where my father
received and welcomed him as his guest.
He was accompanied by his private Sec
retary and particular friend, Col Ward
Lamon.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-11

bombami, musime vyrobiti tisice del, letadel, tankH a
lodi. Tyto veci stoji spoustu penez. Penize, ktere ukla-
date do valecnych dspornych honda a znamek, ~pomahaji
dodati tyto potreby nasim vojindm NYNf. Kazdy
American by mel byti pr tom napomocen tim, re by
p~ravidelne setril. Pracujici Tide NELL by usetfiti nejmene
10 procent sve vyplaty kazdeho tydne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-11

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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-11
PROC BYsTE Sc MEL PINE POD1LETI MA
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LEG mHzde

Protoze vase zeme bojuje Ia vasi svobodu, Ia
vas zivot. Abychom tento BOZ vyhrali a zabra-
Mill nepratelskym vojakdm vniknouti do
vaseho domova a zahubiti vas i vasi rodinu
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-11
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
RIOTS
 CAUSE MARTIAL LAW
British Call Out More Troops 10 Attempt QueI-
 ling of Mob Violence

BOMBAY, Aug. 12.-The British have called increasing numbers of troops and police to action to cope with the spreading violence and it IS now become a question of how long martial law can be forestalled in turbulent India.
 The worst new trouble spot is in New Delhi, where an official state ment described the situation as ugly" The dispatch said that an Indian mob burned and virtually destroyed the Town Hall when troops fired at civilian crowds yes- terday.
 The four-day -old tension also persisted in Bombay but the situa- tion at noon seemed to have calmsd somewhat. Rioters were showing signs of tiring although some Gov ernment trucks were footed of heir food loads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
President Raies as No. 1 Amateur Expert
 On Military Affairs

chief of the fleet and from Gen eral George Marshall, chief of staff of the Army. He sees secret analy- ses made by our military best mindsv of German and Japanese power and weaknesses and of the progress of their campaigns.
 He studies confidential reports from General Macarthur in Aus tralia, from General Eisenhower. commander -in-chief of U. s. Forces in Europe and from Admiral Leahy, recent ambassador to Vichy. He sees similar reports from military leaders in the Pacific, the Atlantic, China, Iceland, the Aleutian islands and Hawaii
 The extent of the Presidents in- fluence on military decisions is a government secret. When, and if, members of the joint Army Navy board disagree, the Presidents sug- gestions undoubtedly have consid- erable weight because of his posi- tion as supreme commander. His ideas on grand strategy by the United Nations. based largely on information obtained from his mili- tary advisers, obviously have much influence with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
One Nippon Cargo Ship Is Sunk in Kiska Harbor- Others Damaged ENEMY AIRCRAFT
 REPORTED D0WMED Camp Facilities and Shore Installations Also
 Bombed

WASHINGTON, Aug. l2. = The Navy has announced that five air attacks and one naval lombard ment of Jap forces in the Aleutians recently have resulted in the sink ing of one enemy cargo ship, the damaging of two others and heavy damage to shore facilities.
 Our loss was one observation plane. The Japs also had two four motored seaplane bombers shot down by American pursuit craft, but it is not stated whether they were caught in attacks on Jap held territory or some separate action.
 The communique said that Army bombers on July g dropped bombs through the fog in the area of Kiska Harbor, but results were un- observed. On July 29. Navy patrol planes conducted night attack on Kiska, and Army bombers attacked shore installations and ships in the same vicinity.
 Send Task Force
 Japanese aircraft attacked the United States destroyer Kane off Atka Island August 3. but no dam age was inflicted and Army bomb- CTS again attacked the Kiska Har-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
The W ashington
 Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON tMajor Robert $. Allen on active duty)

WASHINGTON - One sad con1- mentary on the war effort is that the big brewing companies are now strong beneficiaries of the patrl- otic campaign to collect tin cans. Together with certain soft drink bottling companies, they are get ting, for bottle caps, large per- centage of the tin cans which housewives in 140 different com- munities have been so faithfully collecting to be used for bombs and war weapons.
 Furthermore, the two chiefs of WIPES Conservation Division, Ju- Illus Rosenwald and Paul Cabot, have given their OK to letting these companies get part of the tin cans.
 This has aroused the vigorous op- position of lesser lights in the WIPE, particularly the men charged with collecting tin. They are Burton M. Parks, chief of WIPES tin can unit;
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