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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-28

UNFURNISHED apt. and house. Inquire Snap Shoppe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-28

ROOMS strictly modern unfurn- ished house. 504 5th St., top floor.
Evening star., 1942-07-19
EVERY DAY, EAT THIS Way
THAT'S the slogan Of the US. Nutrition
Program. Here's how it works out for you
in practical, everyday menus and recipes
<y 9sooe 9fes''es

were succeeding in meeting all requirements not
Now. however, the Government nutrition program
strips away the scientific argon and presents the
Food Rules in terms that the busiest have time
to understand and can easily put into practice.
Every day, eat this way says Uncle Sam, and
shows the eight basic food groups and how to
them in building the three meals day.
Evening star., 1942-07-19

to infection; a healthier nervous SYSTEM longer
hold on youth and the Prime of Life"
1t is, of course, question of vtamins, calcium,
iron, proteins fats and carbohydrates Our bodies
need them all. Without any of them, part of US
probably several parts begin to deteriorate. Our
teeth decay and have to out; hair loses its
lustre it's vigor, even its color; skin ages;
starving nerves do wicked things to physically and
mentally; we grow old sooner than we need.
For years thousands of people in the know have
been trying to teach other people plain, everyday
women at home - all these vital facts. But the peo-
pie in the know specialists and they used technical
terms which those of who not nutrition experts
found confusing We've made stab at trying to get
the vitamins and other things need into the daily
diet. But we have never felt quite sure whether we
Evening star., 1942-07-19

TvERY day, serve your family or yourself, if
p you lone eater - at least one of the foods
- in each of the eight groups illustrated here
Have them in mind when you plan picnic meal or
your husbands lunch box; remember them next fall
when the children have to carry lunch to school.
With this health ammunition you will hit not one
but three bulls-eyes at one shot: You'll be cooperat
Evening star., 1942-07-19

A convenient trick is to cut out the
eight illustrated food rules which appear
on these two pages - mount them on
cardboard and hang them in the kitchen
or wherever we do our menu planning.
Then, as we work out the days meals we
can check off the food groups and rules
one by one: one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight. That is precisely what we
did in working out the menus and recipes
which we print today as an example of
how to turn the Government Food Rules
Evening star., 1942-07-19

ing in the National Nutrition Program
which the Government considers of vital
Importance; you will be a more admirable
provider of the family's food; you will in.
sure better health to yourself and those
you are responsible for, and will prevent
one or more of the many ills that result
when important food elements are lacking
in the human diet Or put it another way:
right eating helps to give you some of the
physical assets you prize most highly: bet
TOR teeth ckin and hair. cfo11for resistance
Evening star., 1942-07-19

TOO BAD, sweet bride /. but love is doomed
unless you learn this feminine secret that
there's gentle, fragrant soap that gives you
double protection" against body odor! That
means you no longer need to risk your daintiness
with unpleasant smelling soap! Before tonight,
discover double protection" in your bath :.
Evening star., 1942-07-19

into three square meals" It's simple; it's easy; it
works; and it will help to cure the kind of human
waste discussed by Paul " McNutt, Director of the
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services, Wash
ngton, D. c., elsewhere in this magazine
THE MENUS
Breakfast
breakfast Cocktail
Cereal
"Blueberry Bran Mullins
Coffee Milk
Luncheon
Hot Tomato Juice
+Deviled Egg Salad peanut Butter Triangles
*Peach Whip
Tea or Milk
Evening star., 1942-07-09
Hod Ought

ETheSe TWO words 90 not Delong
together in good speech or writing.
Wrong: "You hadn't ought to
Co." Right: You ought not to Cor,
should not go.
Wrong: "She had ought to mend
her ways" Right: She should Cor,
ought to- mend her ways.
Wrong: Il told him that he had
oughtn't to do it," Commonly
heard, but inexcusable. Better say:
/ told him that he ought not to Cor,
should not do it.
What's wrong with this sentence:
I'VE planned on going to show?
Planned on" Is redundant; elm
mate "on" and say: We planned
going to a show. Or: We planned to
20 to q show.
An adequate knowledge Of English
uammar is impossible without ar
understanding of the parts OF
Speech. My Parts of Speech" PAM
phlet explains. in simple. tech
nical terms, the functions of nouns
verbs, adjectives, etc. Ask for free
COPY today. Send stamped g.
cent?. elf-addressed envelope to
Frank Colby, in care of The Evening
Star.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. 1nc)
Evening star., 1942-07-09
Lillian Cox Athey

On the front OF the head is con-
spicuous blue ring, surrounded by
yellow one with q black center
Great, round compound eyes occupy
more than two-thirds Of the large
head. Each eye is composed OF
over 10000 lenses, each capable OF
seeing small object in the range
OF vision. The head Is fastened tc
the thorax on such slender pivot
that it ran be rotated through 18(
degrees. Could an insect be better
equipped for hunting willy insects'
Dragon flies may be seen singly
or in groups OF 20 or more. They
are always to be found hoverine
close 20 streams, ponds and such
spots. Cat,ails, reeds or other slen.
der stems Of plants growing in tn.
water are the landing fields for tn.
female flyers With her slender egg.
placed. she pierces a pocket In thu
stem and inserts an egg. In early
| spring the eggs are placed in float.
ing sticks or water-soaked reee
stems
| A1AC QuCCl -lOOAlllk CICdGuIc IldUCIl'
ing from these eggs is known a!
a naiad possessing long legs and 1
large head with wide bands of brown
and white Later in life, 1t become,
a uniform brownish- green. At thi
age, t is 2 inches long and /,
dragon of the pool, a ferociou
hunter greatly dreaded by small
neighbors.
Fully grown the naiad climbs VI
some support fixes sharp claw
into 1t and the miracle OF tn
winged insect emerging from tn
hideous covering takes place. Tn
wings have been developing pads OF
the naiad's back for a month, an,
adult organs have been forming
the skin splits down the back; tn
beautiful winged dragon
fly draws itself carefully from tn
old mummy case. An hour later
with body hardened by the sun ant
air, the dragon fly rises in spac
to begin its career OF freeing tn
air from noxious insects.
Evening star., 1942-07-09

AS soon as insects are abroad, Anax
is on the hunt for them and keeps
right after the hordes OF tormentors
until October.
No doubt about identifying this
insect, with a body length of 3
inches and q wing expansion OF 4.
Policing the waterways where mos
quitoes, gnats and many other in
sect pests fill the air, the dragon
fly, with ti7eless energy, begins
policing the air at dawn, keeping
faithfully at the task until dark.
Prey is captured in flight. They
get thcii man" If they have to
fly upside down or 60 into reverse
Their slender legs are not used for
walking, but for perching and cap
turing prey The six slender spines
and claws form basket under the
body of the swift flying aviator, for
holding additional victims. The
claws hold the insects while the
hunter is enjoying another The
mouth is fitted with strong jaws
we'll suited for tearing and crush
Ing the captured air rover.
What beauty this dragon ny Is!
In the sunlight, the bright green
head ard thorax gleam like jewels
Evening star., 1942-07-09
Uncle Ruy's Corner
Nv RAMON COFFMAN.

Perhaps you will spend some time
watering q lawn or garden with q
hose this summer. II you do, and II
the sun is shining brightly, you
might try making rainbow
I, have made quite number OF
rainbows in past years; it is not
hard to do. You stand with your
back to the sun, and point your hose
Oh an upward slant. Be sure that
the hose is pointed away from the
sun, and adjust the nozzle so as to
make a fine spray in the air.
On any bright morning before 10
o'clock or during the second half
of a bright afternoon, you should
have no trouble making a rainbow
When the sun is high in the sky. it
is not so simple to produce a rain
bow
Sometimes people speak of all
the colors of the rainbow" A rain
bow does have several colors, but
probably you will not be able to see
as many as seven.
If studied with great care. a fine
rainbow may show seven colors-
violet, indigo, blue. green, yellow.
orange and red. Yet we usually
find it hard to make out more than
three, four or five distinct colors.
Rainbows come into being be-
cause light is split into parts. Sun
shine has all the colors in it, but
to see them we must split them In
some way.
Nature makes rainbows when
sunshine passes through rain. The
drops of rain divide the suns rays,
and reflect the colors.
It is possible to see something
that seems like a small rainbow
Evening star., 1942-07-09
NATURES CHILDREN
DRAGON FLY
(Andr JunLs)

Dragon flies were Americas first
biplanes. These large insects. with
the exception of butterflies and
moths. are the most beautifully
colored and interesting friends we
have. Too bad there have been SO
many falsehoods circulated about
them They have been called
devils daIning needles" snake
doctors" and other fanciful names
that would frighten of children
who otherwise would have been de-
lighted to study the handsome
dragon fly at close range.
This dragon fly is among the first
of his Tribe to appear in the spring
Evening star., 1942-07-09

times. Speaking Of plain dressers,
have you noticed those upstarts
who have come out from the city
to live here in the Old Orchard?
I mean Bully the English Sparrow
and his wife. Goodness knows, my
dress is plain enough, but do try
to keep it in order! But Mrs. Bully
doesn't. Why, she doesn't seem to
care crooked feather how she
looks! She and her husband are
a disgrace to the neighborhood."
I've noticed that they seem very
noisy and judge by some OF the
sounds I have heard that they are
not altogether easy to get along
with" replied Chatterer..
Easy to get along with" Jenny
Wren fairly danced as she snapped
this out. East to get along with!
Why. We don't pretend TO get along
Evening star., 1942-07-09

with them. We just don't have
anything to do with them! They
are beneath our notice!" Jenny
held her head very high when she
said this.
Chatterer chuckled. IT notice
that they stay just the same and,
so far as I can make out, they
seem very much at home" said he.
YES" sputtered Jenny, "they are
at home all right. I suppose you
know where they are living?"
No" replied Chatterer, II can't
say that do"
You don't say!" exclaimed Jenny.
"Well, they are living In that old
house that Drummer the Wood
pecker built two years ago and in
which Skinner the Swallow started
housekeeping this spring"
Evening star., 1942-07-09

claimed Jenny. II hope you are
feeling as we'll as you look"
X should put it the other way"
grinned Chatterer. who happened
to be in the best of spirits that
morning. II hope I look as well as
I feel, because in that case I must
look very fine indeed"
You do" declared Jenny. You
never have looked better in your
life. believe you are actually
growing handsome"
Chatterer pretended not to notice
this flattery, but Jenny's sharp eyes
saw that he was tickled and she
went on.
That red coat Of yours is one
Of the handsomest coats / know of.
I always did admire red. You don't
know how envious we folks who
have to dress 30 plainly get some
Evening star., 1942-07-09
what has become Of Skimmer?"
by Art -Huhto
BY Harold Groy
Frank willard
BY Will Eisner
BY Bud Fisher

inquired Chatterer.
"Oh, they drove him out and took
the house away from him. 1t was
the most outrageous thing! That's
just what 1t was-outrageous! Now
they've built q nest there them
selves and I. heard Mrs. Bully say
this very morning that they've got
six eggs! Think Of that! I've no
business to say such . thing. but
I can't help wishing that something
would happen to those eggs. Well.
I must be hurrying home. Don't
for goodness sake repeat what !
have said"
With this OF hustled Jenny Wren.
leaving Chatterer In . brown study.
Evening star., 1942-07-09

well, if you gossip about other people
and their affairs you may get some
body into a great deal OF trouble.
Now. Jenny Wren is a great gos-
sip. Everybody knows that. Her
tongue is going from morning to
night. For the most part it is
harmless gossip, but not always.
She didn't mean 1t to be harmless
this morning as she settled herself
in the old apple tree nearest the
stone wall on the edge of the Old
Orchard and at once began to gossip
with Chatterer the Red Squirrel.
No, sir. Jenny Wren didn't mean
1t to be harmless. The fact is she
had deliberately set out to make
trouble for Bully the English Spar
row.
Good morning, Chattererl" ex-
Evening star., 1942-07-09
Take MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Stips o. the 7onoue

Thank you kindly" No. Never
use this inaccurate expression, for
1t implies Il am being kind in
thanking you" Better say: Thank
ybu very much.
Wrong: I'VE thank you kindly
for your prompt answer" Right:
We thank you very much Cor: We
are gratefuD for your promt an
swer.
Wrong: Eve would kindly ask
fcr your catalogue" Right: Will
yeu kindly {please) send your cat
alogue7
Evening star., 1942-07-09
Fill Up Cos Tank,
Oil Dealers ImpIore
Eythe Associated Press,

Eyathe Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES.-Read in gas
olihe-rationed area please ignore.
The Petroleum Dealers Council
urged motorists to keep their auto
mobile tanks filled, commenting:
IA tremendous potential storage
capacity exists in unified tanks
urgently needed in certain
areas where shortage OF
TRANSPORTATION facilities have caused
huge surplus stocks of gasoline to
pile up."
Evening star., 1942-07-09
Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
What's the harm Of Gossipinx upon
pleasant day?
IT'S nothing but means, you know,
to pass the time away.
1t all depends. Yes, sir; 1t all de-
pends. If you gossip about pleasant
things there Is no harm. But il
Evening star., 1942-07-09

by looking through a glass prism
When the prism, is of triangular
shape. 1t will serve very well to
divide rays of light. Light from
q common electric bulb. as we'll
as sunshine, can be divided into
eolors.
The power Of the prism to di-
vide light has been used in an i'm
portant invention. The invention
is called the "spectroscope." ano
scientists use it in various ways.
With the help of a spectroscope
bands of color can be seen much
more plainly than in any rainbow
The instrument has been Of great
value in study of the stars. 1t has
been used to discover the kinds Of
gas around The surface of the sun
also around stars many trillions
of miles away.
Astronomers attach the instru-
ment to their telescopes, and can
make photographs through it as
well as through the lenses of the
telescopes. In addition. to colors
they can see dark lines. BY study
ing changes in the position of the
dark lines they, car tell whether q
star is moving toward the earth or
away from it.. =
tFor science section Of your scrapbook)
noeA ha4
Ges ~
Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
Every Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-07-09
1~eA Aa4

Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
Every Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Campus to Have Battlefield
To Teach War Leadership

Leadership can be best learned
on the battlefield and that's where
we're going to teach it," Capt. Ralph
Williams, adjutant of the r. o. T. C.
department at the University of
Maryland, disclosed yesterday.
The battlefield" will be the closest
thing to actual battle conditions
that can be simulated on the campus
at Maryland and will be ready for
use the first part of next week.
Called a combat course" it will be
built on rough terrain with land
scape targets rather than conven-
tional bulls'-eyeS.
The trouble with target ranges"
explained Capt. Williams, lis that
the men firing on regulation range
always know where the target is and
the distance.
vanced r. o. T. c. cadets will have
to Judge, and quickly, location, ele-
vation and position of targets. Also,
they will be directing mass firing,
rather than individual firing, which
is all that can be done on an ordin-
airy range"
Capt. Williams outlined the plans
for the course" which include
large scale targets representing
fields, hay stacks, trees, etc. The
practice given advanced course STU
dents in on-the-spot thinking and
group commanding will be invalu-
able, he said.
Maryland R. o. T. C. students
already have an obstacle course,
similar to ones at Army camps,
and a bayonet range, where future
soldiers learn the intricacies Of
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Anton Ostmunn Services
Will Be Held Tomorrow

Anton Ostmann. meat merchant,
died yesterday at Washington Sani-
tarium after an eight-week illness.
Born in Germany in 1861, Mr..
Ostmann came to Washington in
1880, and was engaged in the meat
business until last September when
he retired. He was a member of
ST. Mary's Church, the Holy Name
Society, treasurer of Catholic
Knights and an honorary member
of Windthorst Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Elizabeth Ostmann, and three sons,
Anton B., William A. and Bernard
G. Ostmann. Mr.. Ostmann made
his home in Rockville. Md.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at $50 m. tomorrow at St. Mary's
Church, with burial in the church
cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Virginia Highway Traffic
Drops IL Pct. in February
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. March 24.-Vir-
ginia's highway traffic count. as re-
ported today by the State Highway
Department. showed a decrease of
81 per cent for February from the
corresponding month in 194l.
1t was the first concrete evidence
in Virginia of the widespread effect
of rubber shortage and tire ration
ing recorded in the traffic counts
made so far, and in the opinion Of
highway officials the decrease is ex-
pected to continue throughout the
next several months.
Computed on the basis of vehicle
miles, the traffic count rate showed
only increases in the Suffolk and
Lynchburg districts of 5.4 per cent
and per cent, respectively. A
decrease of per cent was reflected
in the Culpeper district
The tremendous influx of workers
in the Suffolk district. which in
cludes the Norfolk-P Portsmouth de-
fense area, according to the highway
department, accounted for the gain
in traffic counts in that section.
Likewise. the large number of de-
fense workers in and around WASH
ington accounted for the compara-
lively slight decrease in the Gull
pepr district. that includes the AL
lington- Alexander area.
Maryland traffic studies also show
a definite decline, it was announced
last week.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Use of Prison Labor
On Armory Indorsed

ANNAPOLIS, March "a @.-The
Board of Public Works yesterday
indorsed a plan to use prison labor
for the construction of the proposed
bombproof armory at the University
of Maryland.
DR.. H. C. Byrd, university presi-
dent, told the board he had con-
ferred with prison officials and the
university's Board of Regents and
it was agreed that, rather than have
the Federal Government assist in
construction of the 100000 armory
project, the original legislative ap-
preparation would be sufficient II
prison labor were used to cut addi-
tional expenses.
The Board of Correction estimated
DR.. Byrd said, that 100 prisoners
would be enough to complete the
project.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Mrs. Marjorie Robinson
Named Bethesda Librarian

Appointment of Mrs. Marjorie B.
Robinson as librarian of the Be-
thesda Public Library, effective April
l. was announced today by the Ii
brary's Board of Trustees. Miss
Ruth C. Coplen. acting librarian,
will be retained as assistant Ii
brarian
Mrs. Robinson was graduated
from Wellesley College in 1922 and
later took her masters degree in
education from Harvard University
and her training in library science
at Drexel At present she is en-
ployed in the public library in New
Rochelle, N Y
At the library associations an
nual meeting April three trustees
are to be selected, each to serve
three years, according to Mrs Wal
ter E. Perry, president Among
those nominated are Clarence C.
Keiser, Mrs. William H. Winkler,
Mrs. j. William Mohler, Edgar
burlington and Paul L. Banfield.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Fairfax Names
Defense Council.
.0f Citizens
Advisory Group Will
Make Survey for
County Board
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
FAIRFAX, Va, March 24-The
Fairfax County Board of Super
visors last night named a Citizens
Advisory Council of 40 members, in
cluding the Mayors of the four in
corporated towns in the county, to
study matters related to the local
defense program and make recon-
mendations to the board.
Action in setting up the new
council followed a visit by County
Defense Co-ordinator r. M. Lough-
borough and members of the board
to a number of nearby areas last
Friday to study their setups.
Circuit Judge Walter T. Mccarthy
will head the council as chairman,
and G. Wallace Carper, chairman
of the Board of Supervisors, will be
vice chairman.
The council will hold its first
meeting at pm, April /, when the
heads of various defense units will
submit a list of their needs.
Members of the council were
named as follows
Centreville district-W. Sven
Webb, Clifton; Wharton Huns
berger, Clifton; Graham James,
Chantilly; Mrs. Addie Weaver, Cliff
ton; John T. De Bell, Centreville,
and r. Cotton Lewis, Clifton.
Dranesville district-Russel A.
Lynn, Mayor of Herndon; William
C. Walker of Forestville, Arthur
Speight. Forestville; Walter I. Fox,
Vale; Miss Edith Rogers, Florls;
Holden S. Harrison, Chantilly. and
A. Smith Bowman. Sunset Hills.
Falls Church district-BurnS N.
Gibson, Mayor of Falls Church; for
mer United States Senator Joseph
L. Bristow; William J. Cleveland,
Seminary; John w. Brookfeld,
Springfield: John W. Kerns. Falls
Church; Claude w. Oliver, Baileys
Cross Roads, and Harry Birch, Falls
Church.
Lee district-William F. HALEY,
ST., Fairfax Station; Douglas Hatch.
Burke: j. Leonard Besley. Burke;
Edward F. Howrey, Burke: E. c.
Sheads. Burke, and J. NJ. Fitzhugh.
Burke.
Mount Vernon Malcolm
Matheson. Wellington; L. H. Skim
ner. Mount Vernon; Ellsworth
Nightingale, Groveton; Avis Boothe,
Springfield; w. F. P. Reid. Groveton,
and Mrs. Mildred L. Flnks, Welling-
ton Villa -
Providence district-John H. Rust,
Mayor OF Fairfax; Joseph T. J.
Davis. Mayor of Vienna; Earl D.
Sanders, Mclean; C. P. Mills. Mer-
rifleld; Ralph T. Powell, Mclean;
James Byrnes, East Falls Church;
Aubrey B. Price, Fairfax, and Roy
Money, Vienna.
Evening star., 1942-03-24
Montgomery 6uardsmen
INSPECTED BY Officials

Army and civilian defense officials
attended the first Federal inspection
of Montgomery County companies
of the Maryland State Guard at the
Silver Spring Armory last night.
Capt. Henry w. Ryan, U. S. A.,
inspecting officer. commended 1t
Col. E. Brooke Lee, commander of
the 7th Battalion, and company
officers on the showing of Guard
members. Units inspected were Com
pany c, infantry, commanded by
Capt. Mark Patterson, and the Sec
ond company, separate engineers
commanded by Capt. Ronald L. Nc
Donald
Those who took part in the in
spection included Brig. Gen. Dwight
H. Mohr. commanding the Mary
land State Guard; Maj. L. v. Kreh
of the Third Regional Headquarters
Office of Civilian Defense, and men,
bers of the Southern Maryland
Civilian Defense Council and the
Montgomery County Civilian De-
fense Executive Committee.
Company D, infantry, will be in
spected tonight at the Armory. The
inspection is open to the public.