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Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13
Local Resident Is Hit
By Bus At Mt. Rainier

Carelessness on the part of a
bus driver was blamed by Mrs.
Virgil Estes, 43-A Ridge Road, for
injuries sustained by her and Mrs.
Julia f.. Johnson, an aunt of Mrs.
l.. ID. Flynn, 10-A Crescent Road,
on October 81. Mrs. Estes said she
and Mrs. Johnson were knocked
down by a Capital Transit Co.
bus as it swung over the curb
while they were waiting with 20
others on the Mt. Rainier ter
minal platform.
Mrs. johnson is still being de-
tanned at Casualty Hospital with
a head injury caused by the acci-
dent, and Mrs. Estes was kept
home from work for several days
with a displaced vertebra.
In commenting upon the acci-
dent Mrs. Estes said that men,
Der of the transit company's claim
department told her over the
phone that she had been careless
in standing too close to the curb
and in not watching the bus.
In response to inquiries by the
Cooperator the company's repre-
sentative declined to comment on
the accident, but verified the ex-
istence of a report and claim
against the company.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13
Legion Auxiliary
hstaNs Tonight

Mrs. Thomas Freeman will as
sumo the office of president tonight
when the American Legion Wo-
mems Auxiliary holds it's INSTALL
alton meeting in the Legion House
at $3.50.
Mrs. V. L. Estes is the new vice
president; Mrs. James McCary,
second vice president; Mrs. o.
Parkett,, treasurer; Mrs. E. c..
Kaighn, secretary; Mrs. w. Cut
sial, chaplain; and Mrs. M. Car
son, sergeant-at-arms.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13
Friday, November 13, 1912

Defense Commander Arthur Ry-
sticken told the Cooperator last
night. He promised to let resi-
dents know in plenty of time be-
fore any collection plans are placed
in operation, but indicated that
the labor shortage and the diff
Guilty of preparing cans for salv-
age raised some doubt as to the
possibility Of a successful drive
here.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13
Women's Club To Hold
Round Table Discussion

The Welfare Department of the
Greenbelt Woman's Club, under
the leadership of Mrs. Linden S.
Dodson, will hold a round table
discussion on "What Has Been
Wrong with Our Idea of Peace?",
Thursday afternoon, November 10.
The meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Matte Blake, I'D
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13

Mrs. Dean Cortright spoke on
home nursing Tuesday night for
a meeting of the Latter Day Saints
Relief Society. Mrs. c. R. Van
Leuvan, president, presided at the
meeting in the home economics
room at the school.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13

Eastway, with Mrs. Ralph S. Du-
ter and Mrs. Cyril S. Turner serv-
ing as co-hostesses.
The panel for this discussion
consists of: Mrs. C. Paul Barn
hart, Mrs. Joseph P. Lotus, Mrs.
Philip Morrell, Mrs. o. M. Slye
and Mrs. Denzil D. Wood.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13
DRIVERS WANTED

Drivers wanted for car pool to
Pentagon Building. Call War
Department, extension 5266 or see
Harold L. Nav, &c Woodland
way.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13
transportation
Exchange
PASSENGERS WANTED

Room for two passengers to
vicinity of 18th and East Capitol
Streets NE, near D. C. Armory,
Temp X and Tempo Y. Leave
Greenbelt 6:45 a. m., leave Wash
ington p. m. Phone 5097, Mr..
Kitchen, SD Ridge Road.
Two passengers to vicinity of
Social Security Building, 4th and
independence Avenue. Hours
$3.50 to 5:15. Eli Crupain, tele-
phone Greenbelt 1852.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13
RIDES WANTED

To Dupont Circle (174O Massa-
chusetts Avenue), 9 to $50. Mrs.
Estes, ABA Ridge Road, phone
1921.
To Hecht Department Store, 7th
and F Streets NV; hours 8 to 6.
Mrs. Kitchen, SD Ridge Road,
phone 5097.
To vicinity of 9th and Maryland
Avenue Sc, with hours from 9 to
to 4 80. Call Greenbelt 1882.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13
No Tin Can Salvage Is
In Sight For Greenbelt

"Tin cans will not be salvaged
in Greenbelt at present." Civilian
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-13

Get in the Scrap!
Evening star., 1942-09-27
BeIeians Assured
OF Food, Medicine
When War Ends
Broadcast by ExiIed
Minister Gives Clue to
New Propaganda

Es the Associated Press,
LONDON, Sept. 26--Belgians ur1-
der German rule were told tonight
that negotiations already have beer
started to provide them with food,
medicine. vitamins and raw mate
rials once their homeland is liber-
ated.
Broadcasting to his countrymen,
Camille Quit, finance and war min
lister in the Belgian government
in-exile, added that a convention
had been concluded for delivery of
sufficient wheat supply for Belgium
at the wars end. This presumably
was part OF the program of the in
ternational wheat pool created dur
ing the summer.
Quits broadcast possibly FORE
shadowed a new trend in United
Nations propaganda to. occupied
lands. Some responsible officials
Of both the United States and
Britain proposed recently that the
United Nations begin building food
stocks in Britain for immediate
relief Of occupied countries after
the war.
Evening star., 1942-09-27

dered sternly. We've still got plenty
Of time to drown!"
I didn't have to issue second
warning. We sat down carefully,
keeping our eyes on the plane. She
was from our own forces. all right.
We looked at our watches, but
they had all stopped at TAO, evi-
IDENTIFY the moment our plane
dropped from under us and we went
into the water. I opened the face
Of my watch and lifted out the
works. They were already corroded
beyond repair.
1t was plain that we were being
hunted. The plane approached on
an eaSterly course at about 140
knots, never detiating from her line
OF night. As she came nearer, we
began to wave our arms, but there
was no sign that we were seen.
Then Gene and Tony began to
shout. I wished we had been able
to save one Of the parachutes. I
would have opened it now and let
1t billow on the water. made one
quick search of the raft. There was
not single thing that we could use
as q signaling device. except our
shirts. Gene and Tony alreaGy had
theirs of and were waving them
wildly. Their voices were becoming
hoarse from shouting.
They Are Not Seen.
Evidently our tiny raft, being
orange yellow in color, was invisible
In the silver path of the morning sun
on the sea. The plane came closer
and closer until she was within a
half mile of us.
Finally it was clear that We had
not been seen. The plane was going
away now, the sound of her motors
dwindling to the southwark like the
last note Of dirge.
I sank down upon the forward
thwart. Gene and Tony were lean
ing by their hands on the sides,
still waving halfheartedly and STAR
ing as if their thoughts could bring
him back.
Now the plane was a speck in the
sky and the only sound was the lap
ping of the waves against the raft.
Then the speck was gone and We
felt terribly alone in the lmmensity
Of sky and sea and sun.
The boys sank down, their faces
expressionless.
I have been sorry that I said what
I did then; 1t was automatic, / guess,
and didn't even remember until
Tony recalled it later, bitterly:
Boys, there goes our one and
only chance"
Evening star., 1942-09-27

boys to swallow. But 1t was only
simple, military logic.
My thoughts were not gloomy, but
they were hard. and I kept them to
myself.
A moment came when I thought
the boys were right and I was
wrong, to my great relief.
A Plane Approaches.
I judged 1t to be about 8 or $50
am. wnen we sighted the plane.
AT first 1 thought it was a bird. but
far away as it was we could see that
1T was steady on its course, and in
a few minutes We heard the faint
sound Of motors.
We jumped to our feet in our
excitement, and almost tipped over
the raft.
Hey, take 1t easy, there" Or
Evening star., 1942-09-27

had been brought up in a rural
community and chafed at confine-
ment. He stood up to stretch oc-
casionally, but found it hard to
keep his balance with his feet push
ing that thin rubber floor against
the sea beneath as into q cushion.
A Long Night.
We passed long night, 1t seemed.
Our conversation, when we talked,
consisted mostly OF reinsurance, re-
peated and repeated, that a plane
or ship would find us in the morn
ing, I hoped so, and pretended con-
f1dence.
Day approached imperceptibly un-
til suddenly it was dawn, in the
abrupt way of the tropics. All at
once the sea appeared, a leaden
gray; then little white tongues of
fire danced on the waves, and the
east became conf1agration that
resolved itself into a. pleasant, ris-
Ing ball, the sun. Before this, as
soon as the sky had taken misty
AOAAAA, VIC t4AlCC WClC dlIlillk OUT
eyes for sight of rescue ship or
plane.
The boys discussed every posi-
bllity with cheerful eagerness. They
were confident that many ships were
securing every square mile of this
area 20 find us. If we weren't found
today, they agreed, help would surely
come tomorrow.
But I was not so sure. was an
old head in this business, and knew
that ollr admiral could not risk his
entire force in q doubtful attempt
to rescue three men. After all, we
were at war. We were in the vicinity
OF known enemy. positions and naval
forces. There would be one quick
look and then we must be given up
for lost.
This would be q bitter pill for the
Evening star., 1942-09-27
ROBERT TRUMBULI
CHAPTER ONE.

The plane struck the surface Of
the sea with a sound like the slap
Of a giant hand on the water. A
great splash of water instantly
covered the glass in front OF me
nnomentarily shutting out my vision.
Two sharp bumps, and the plane
settled quietly back on the long,
slow swells. 1 had made a good
landing
AS rose from my seat in quick
concern for Gene, Tony, the raft,
and a multitude Of things that
competed for my attention In this
crowded moment, I was conscious
that the plane was bobbing gently
UP and down, but that at any sec
ond a wave might pull wing, and
we'd be gone. The sea that had
looked 50 fat and solid from the all
was now a reaching, greedy thing
that shook It's prey before devour-
ing 1t.
I knew that our small three-man
scout bomber would not fioat long
It is no great trick to set land
plane down on water, but these
heavily armored war jobs are not
intended to float I had no idea Of
staying with it very long.
I jumped as quickly as I could
onto the left wing to receive the
raft from Tony Pastula. my bomber
and he was right there to hand ii
to me without an instants delay
Gene Alorich, my radioman and
gunner. was raising himself from
the rear cockpit and was busy with
his gear. was already trying tx
open the RATS gas valve, which
seemed to stick.
Suddenly there was no airplane
The next thing I knew was hang
ing in my life jacket, kicking the
water.
A MAgician's Trick.
The sinking of that plane was like
q magician's trick. It was there, and
then 1t was gone, and there was
nothing left in our big, wet, darken-
Ing world but the three Of us and
a piece Of rubber that was not vet a
raft.
or course the plane took with 1t
everything the two boys in their
weu-disciplined haste had pulled
together from emergency stores and
equipment. I was soon to discover
that what fight we were to make for
our lives must depend upon the
JUNK ii our pockets, tools attached
TO the raft, which were so negligible
IN value As to be almost frivolous
ana the uses we could make of the
clothes upon our backs. All these
things were to stand up we'll until
they were wrested from our rrasp
one by one, by the great unseeable
enemy we fought, and then our only
weapon was the mind, until this toe
began to 60 In the particular cor.
rosion to which it is susceptible.
Finally I got the raft blown up
but the thing inflated itself upside
down. Fortunately there was a
handrail around it, of half-incf
manila line. AS soon as the raj,
expanded to its full size we hao
grabbed hold of this. I was a,
the bow. and struggled to twist the
raft right side up, with the boy.
holding on SO that we were fighting
each others weight as we'll as thu
clumsy vessel. After struggled fol
IS or 40 minutes, with the ses
banging me in the face and filling
my mouth with salt water, die
get the raft turned over once.
can't remember for sure whether
Evening star., 1942-09-27
Trouble Strikes Double

PUEBLO, Colo. (P.-One Sunday
night H. L. Burnham's car was
stolen from in front of his residence.
On Monday night he borrowed his
sons car to drive to a suburb. The
sons car, too, was stolen.
Evening star., 1942-09-27
Continued tomorroW.)

(Copyrsht. 1o42. by Henry Holt Il Co., Inc
Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc }
Evening star., 1942-09-27
98 CoIored SeIectees
Report Tomorrow
For Army Training
Men Were Indicted
Sept. ID and Given
Two Weeks Leuve

Army life will begin at 10 am.
tomorrow for 80 colored registrants
Of the District who report for assign
ment to training camps.
The men were inducted September
II and given two weeks leave. They
Evening star., 1942-09-27

A dollar from you will bring q
holler from the enemy. Buy stamp
now ut the nearest post office.
Evening star., 1942-09-27
81 Days AdrM on an 8x4 Raft on the Pacific
) U. S. Flyers Crosh
At Sea but Survive
5 Weeks of Horror
PREFACE.

-. Bomber Pilot Harold Diron
fr0s a man that Bligh would
fancy. Time, March -, 1912.
Capt. Bligh would indeed have
tancied Dixon. The famous English
man. with his II men from the
mutinied Bounty, accomplished a
classic OF the sea that men will never
weary Of telling. But for his 48-day
voyage from Tofua, in the South
Pacific, to Timor, Netherlands East
indies, a distance Of 3,6lS miles, he
had 23foot boat. Dixon. Pastula
and Aldrich, to cover thousand
miles in "a days, had an inflated
rubber raft feet by 4 feet over all.
Capt. Blieh had 80 pounds of pork,
$50 pounds Of bread, 28 gallons of
water, 6 quarts Of rum, 6 bottles Of
wine, quadrant, . compass and
canvas. Dixon and his two COM
panions had . pocketknife, q pair Of
pliers, an automatic pistol that soon
became useless from corrosion and
q length Of line. They had no food,
no water, no instruments. no means
Of controlling their tiny fabric boat.
Dixon devised series Of ingenious
makeshifts that enabled him to con-
troll his craft and chart his course.
But the raft tipped over so easily
in the heavy Pacific swells that in
the end he and his two young sailors
had nothing-not even shred of
clothing--to protect them from the
equatorial sun. Before they lost
their clothes they were able to catch
drinking water by soaking their rags
when 1t rained, and wringing them
into an oar pocket. They pulled
their food from the air and the sea
q very little food, that was; not
enough, as Dixon said, to make
them one good meal.
Il was no wonder. then, that they
were given up for dead. But Dixon
sailed that raft, made 1t 60 where
he wanted it to 60, and brought his
men through.
When I saw them for the first
time at Pearl Harbor they looked
like any three men Of our Navy
such as I might meet on Waikiki
Beach. or looking for an afternoons
amusement on Hotel street. That |
was the wonder of the story to me:
They were just three men who hap
pened to have been assigned to take
up a scout bomber from q carrier
prowling the far South Pacific.
When they got into that plane they
barely knew each other by sight.
They could have been any chief
petty officer, any two sailors Of their
ratings. But they were men like
these.
Dixon, the spokesman for the trio,
came to my house At Waikiki for q
week end. and we talked the best
part of a night and q day
have tried to tell the story much
as Dixon told 1t to me.
Honolulu.
ROBERT TRUMBULL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

Love-" on WWJ during the sum-
mer, will switch TO WJR next
Sunday night =. Charles Laugh
ton spent 16l2 hours at WEAF
last week, speaking Is times on a
bond drive. Between talks he
answered phones Lights
Out" authored by Arch Obler.
opens on WJR Tuesday night
We. the People will be an all
marines show tonight Bill
Conn's bout with Charles Nc
Garthy tWWjt tonight is just
like the affair with MIR. Louis
It's of NBC is trying to lure
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker to the
mike Sponsor has finally re,
newed Victor Borge's contract fol-
the Crosby VIVID show
Rosalind Russell and Janet Blail
will be Kate Smiths guests Fri
day night tWJR} in an Original
skit.
Nadine Conner. lovely Met
star. will leave the Nelson Eddy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Catholic Schools
Gain l,O4
Physical Education
Classes to Be Started

An increase of 1,044 pupils in the
Catholic schools of Detroit wa:
revealed Saturday by DR.. Carroll
F.. Deadly. superintendent of Cath
olic schools. who announced the
schools here have adopted the pro.
gram outlined by the United
States government TO further the
Courses in elementary aeronau.
tics as well as special classes ir
physics and mathematics have
been added TO the regular cur
riculum. Courses in physical edu-
cation will be introduced within
the next week or so.
1.-THE increase is unexpected as
there has been small but
steady decrease I'm the enroll
ment of schools throughout the
country" Doctor Deadly said.
"The total number or grade
school pupils Is 52.401 as COM
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
@
Let's Go to school!

The Columbia School Of the
Air. on wJR opens at 9:l5 a. m,
Monday and mother. busy over
the breakfast dishes, may. join
with Mary-Lou and Billy in learn
inc or re-learning a lot OF things
she ought 10 know School rooms
throughout Michigan. Ohio and
Indiana viii be tuned 10 WJR for
these courses in science. music,
history. geography and literature.
On Friday the Detroit public
schools will take over the pro-
gram.
The heads OF the public, Catho-
lie and Lutheran schools have
placed the stamp OF approval on
this educational series, which
CHS has been conducting for II
years. school superintendent
everywhere have written 10 say
they'll make the lessons a part of
the daily routine. Any teacher in
WJR's area may secure a manual
of the course by writing 10 WJR,
Detroit.
Arthur Godfrey will be with
Erad Allan IN tho CRS-W1R
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Allotment Query

MRS. c. f. r.: Q-My husband
is a sergeant and will be made q
staff sergeant soon. ] am working
five days a week. Will I receive
an allotment from the govern.
ment I?
A-As long as he has the
rating of sergeant or less you
are entitled to such assistance
II you make the proper applica-
ton.
As soon as he becomes a staff
sergeant this assistance will be
stopped by the government,
however, as the Servicemen's
Dependents Allowance Act Of
1912 provides for no assistance
TO the dependents of those rat
Ing staff sergeant or higher.
PROVE Responsibility
MRS. f. r. K: CT have been
divorced and remarked. / have one
child, 8 years old. by my former
husband.
He has been paying for this
childs support until induction into
the army.
Since that time / have received
nothing.
What can be done in regard 10
to support of this child?
A--You should 20 to the army
recruiting Office, room 627, Fed
eral Building, and All out the
proper application form. sup
porting IL with proper affidavits
to show the husband Is respon-
sibie for support OF the child.
This column also appears In
The Daily Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
New Jersey BIdtkout
Termed Satisfactory

TRENTON. N. J.. Oct. 3 (INS)
New Jersey civilian defense Of
ficials today heralded as Eek
tremely satisfactory the surprise
blackout which last night blan-
keted the entire state.
Especially tested of the COM
munities in the states 81 coun-
ties was the city of Trenton where
thousands of people attended the
state fair were told to remain
standing where they were when
the fair grounds was plunged into
darkness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Norway Colonel
To Talk Here

Col. Ole Reistad of Camp Little
Norway, Canada. will address the
annual Left Ericsson Memorial AS
ISOLATION meeting next Friday al
the Danish Brotherhood Temple
opening a two-day conclave of De-
troit's Scandinavian peoples.
Also addressing the association
will be George EverSon, vice con-
sui for Denmark.
After touring the city's war
plants in the afternoon with Carl
B. Moe, Norway vice consul, Col
-unei Reistad viii speak again
Saturday night at the temple be-
fore a grand rally of the local
Swedish-American committee for
Wings for Norway.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

pc in & to-
night and that
should m a k g
for a lot of
fun. Once God
frey tore up
a hee ct of
comm ere ia |
copy and sub
stituted his
ow version.
He expected TO
be fired but,
ms re a d. the
episode $ X v
rocketed h m
TO the high in
come bracket
Those We
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

show the laS'
of this month
but she'll be
the s [ a r with
KostelanetZ or
w ] r Sunday
a tie r n o o n.
Probably h e !
o p c r a a n O
c n C e [ en-.
gagements are
responsible fol-
with d ra w a ]
( r O m I h c
w e d n c S d a y
concerts t.
New head oil
c a n a d i a n
A..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
u Aliens Held in California

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 3 (INS)..
twenty-five German and Italian
aliens were seized today by 4o0
FBI agents. shHiffs deputies and
local officers in the most wide-.
spread roundup Of enemy aliens,
in northern California since Pearl
Harbor. Four Of those arrested
were Germans. The remainder
were Italian aliens. Z
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
U. s. to Build z. Air Fields

WASHINGTON. Oct. 3 QNS).
Senator Francis Maloney CD
of Connecticut announced that
the Civil Aeronautics Authority
has allotted 81 100000 for de-
velopment of two Connecticut air
fields.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04


announces therell be more laughs
and less sob stuff from now out
You should be able to hum
Manhattan Serenade" by this
time. II was played Al times on
the four networks last week :.
WJR's travelling Bondwagon will
be IN Monroe next Saturday TO
help the local committee sell
bonds and stamps. Duncan
Moore and Frank Michigan will
do the ballyhoo 10 the music OF
Tim Doolittle's Pine Center boys
Dinah Shore starts her first
picture this week. Eddie Cantor,
with whom Dinah sings on radio,
is star Sammy Hayes NBC-
WWJ program tonight will origi-
nate In Detroit Dave Elman
finished five years of Hobby Lobby
on WJR last night.
Topic for I'm Our Opinion dis
cussion on WJR at 1890 p. m.
Sunday will be the Home Rule
Amendment. Louis c. Miriam. vice
chairman of the Home Rule Com
mittee, Mrs. Ruth Huston-W hipple,
mayor of Plymouth. and Frank
Woodford of the Free Press staff
viii argue pro and con with
George Gushing, WJR news editor,
as moderator.
Josephine Houston and Wilbur
Evans will open series OF light
opera concerts on WXYZ Sun.
dav piebt Three concerts OF
Great Moments" will come from
the west coast as Jean Tennyson
Jan Peerce and Robert Weede are
There 10 appear with San Fran
cisco opera Hedy Lamar and
William Powell will star in Love
Crazy" on Lux Theater (WJR)
Monday night Elmer Davis
OWL chief, made radio news edi.
tors happy last week when he
ordered discontinuance OF 2Bs
government publications and cur
tailment of 2S4 others. The order
will save millions for Uncle San
1913 will be a bad year FOL
radio, according 10 the Journa
OF Astrophysics. Sun spots vii
be terrible during that year. 1915
will likewise be a bad year fol
radio il Hitler wins this war
Probably one of radios mos
realistic and expensive sound ef
fects was $4,000 locomotive
racing hack and forth on cue foi
recent t'vox Pop" railroad broad
cast. Plotted by \ S110-a-weel
engineer and S70-a-week fireman
each start and stop cost So +. f.
Ron Gamble. former WJR an
nouncer. is in the same outfit wit
Clark Gable AZ Miami. Fla!
This s<.. prepared and paid Ger ~ WIZ
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Spy Decision in 3 Weeks

HAVANA. Oct. 3 QNS).-A
final decision in three weeks was
expected today in the appeal to
the Supreme Court of Heinz
August Luning, convicted as a
German spy and sentenced to
death by firing squad.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Husbands Status
Could ! Enlist?

J. J. G.: Oh am al years ole
ana received dishonorable dis
charge from the navy 81 year.
ago. What class viii / be put in
and could ] enlist
A-Nhethef yen can enlist
must be determined by the
proper military or naval author
tiles after an interview and
presentation by YOU OF neces-
sary character references, etc.
Unless there Is some other
reason for your deferment you
probably will be placed In Class
Ia