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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-21

@. Was Vice President ever elected
by the Senate?-R. M. S.
A. Richard Mentor Johnson, our ninth
Vice President, failed to secure MAORI
ty of electoral votes and was elected by
the Senate.
@. Is deep mourning always black
F. D. J.
A. Deep mourning may be either all
black or all white.
@. Was Governors Island In New York
Harbor bought from the 1ndians7-B. K.
A. In 1887 the island was purchased
from the Indians for $165 by Wouter
Van Twiller, Governor OF New Neither
land, and his council.
@. When will the next maximum
period Of sunspots occur?-H. c.
A. 1t has been calculated that the
next period OF maximum occurrence of
sunspots is due in 1913.
@. How long has book beer been
made?-N B. r.
n, DUN OCCl WdS Dldut db 6lIlUSCk,
near Hamburg, Germany between 1903
and 1856. 1t became so popular that 1t
was shipped throughout Germany and
exported to London, the Netherlands.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden. Russia, and
even to Asia Minor and to Jerusalem.
q. What Is the path of a bullet fired
from rifle held in horizontal position7
G.. T.
A. The National Rifle Association
says that bullet fired from rifle starts
to fall as soon as 1t leaves the barrel. It
falls in a gradually accelerated curve In
accordance with the law of falling bodies.
@. How did Milne Bay In New Guinea
get its name?-D. r.
A. 1t was named for Admiral Sir
Alexander Milne.
@. What is gobang?-D. j.
A. 1t is Japanese table game, akin
to checkers, which was invented by the
Emperor Jao in 1880 BIC.
Q. Who is the author OF the lines.
There is no death! The stars go down,
to rise upon some other shore" ?-H. w.
A. They are by John Luckey Nc
Creepy and are engraved upon his mon
ument in Glenwood Cemetery.
@. Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J.
is reported to own one OF the few known
copies of the Vinegar Bible. Why Is 1t
SO called?-A. F..
A. This was an edition printed In OK
ford, England, in hit, in which ths
chapter heading to Luke Xxx Is given as
THE Parable of the Vinegar" instead of
vineyard"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-21
RejOices in Americas Part
In Cooperation With Britain,

To the Editor of The Star:
Where can we find words to express
our eternal debt of gratitude to Britain
for refusing to be either seduced or bull
lied into becoming passive partner of
Nazr Germany? And how, then, can
anybody find words to give unsolicited
advice to Britain on how to deal with
her empire which, along with, all the
rest of the world, she has saved from
otherwise sure and certain hell?
Thank God we now are selling the
change that Britain has made for us to
help destroy Hitlerism. Thank God we
now are taking our own share of the
burden OF the war.
BOILING sOMERVILLE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-21
Discusses Importance
OF Farmers in War Effort.

To the Editor OF The Star.
The Allied Nations, united in right
eous cause and pledged to defend demo-
cratic ideals, are met in mortal combat
with the Axis nations which have adopted
totalitarian rule government of men, not
laws. For the Allies to lose would be to
be enslaved. Therefore 1t Is of great
moment that the conduct of the war be
freed of blunders.
We are reported to have an army OF
six million men, one million now over
seas. Also, it is supposed that an armed
force of 10 to II million or more Is being
projected, With facilities to transport to
foreign shores only two million soldiers
and equipment within year this would
indicate that we are to have a large
standing army in the United States.
Food reserves, therefore should be in
creased, because war requirements for
this necessity will continue to be great
But agricultural labor is deserving the
farms for more gainful employment
Then. too, farmers are being drafted for
military service. Labor on farms declined
one million between August and Septem-
Der and the prediction is made that
actual hunger will be experienced in this
fair land by the spring of 1914.
The Secretary of Agriculture recently
said: THE road ahead for the farmer is
long and difficult, but it is the only road
that leads to victory" Such intimate
should cause authorities to consider an
indispensable source of energy-food
Munitions plants may produce the most
deadly weapons yet devised by ingenious
man, but, should the man behind the
gun be incapacitated from insufficient
nourishment, the battle would be lost.
In the final analysis, the man who pro-
duces food is as indispensable as the
producer OF arms
Bluemont, Va. WALTER I. PRIEST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-21

for one purpose, only to get every dollar
that they possibly can into their own
pockets.
Long ago there was good Senator
from Texas who really did care about
our boys and the welfare of our country,
and he introduced bill designed to
clean up the conditions about our camps,
Senator sheppard's bill is long past
overdue as must" legislation.
AMERICAN MOTHER.
Appeals for Honor and Dignity
In Treatment of Certain Countries.
To the Editor of The Star;
In Samuel Grafton's column, I'D
Rather Be Right" October IS, he says:
1--WE tell Argentina and Chile that we
don't like Axis agents in this hemisphere,
but we tolerate Axis agents of three
other countries, Spain, Vichy-France and
Finland in our Capital ETC."
T can understand the fear of Nazi
influence in Argentina and Chile, having
heard over my friends high garden wall
on the hills around Valparaiso little
German boys being trained to be soldiers,
43 years ago, and realizing the power
Germany has in these countries, I am
sure the stand taken by the administra-
ton is right.
What do not understand is the sug-
gestion that representatives of Spain
and Finland, with which countries we
are not at war, should not be tolerated
The agents" of Vichy France may be
link to help us re-establish the
sovereignty of France in these days of
delicate balance, when walking on eggs
is such fine art and conditions in Spain
require equal restraint.
What concerns me most deeply is that.
brave Finland, fighting for its own in
tegrity, caught between the rival agrees
sion of Germany and Russia, should be
considered an Axis associate and SYM
pathizer.
believe that If we have a Christian
patience and use these countries after
our own honor and dignity according to
your mastery editorial Hamlet in War
timeo a better perspective will produce
more Intelligent understanding and has
ten the coming Of peace
MAY ROGERS WADLEIGH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-21

@. Was Vice President ever elected
by the Senate?-R. M. S.
A. Richard Mentor johnson, our ninth
Vice President, failed to secure a majori-
ty of electoral votes and was elected by
the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-21

@. Is deep mourning always black
F. D. J.
A. Deep mourning may be either all
black or all white.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-10-21

@. What is the capacity OF San
Franciscos new underground parking
area?-P. E. B.
A. 1t has space for 1,700 cars.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-12-18
A GOOD BOOK TO READ

VICTOR HUGO, A Realistic BIZ
ography of the Great Romantic-Mat-
thew Josephson - Doubleday Doran
$3.50.
(Reviewed by Robert " HOldt, Sen
iOr and Assistant in English, Wash
ington College, ChestertOwn. Md
For the third time, Matthew JOS
ephson has chosen as his subject the
life of a prominent French writer of
yester-year. lola And His Times
and Jean-Jaques Rousseau were con-
sidered masterpieces of the art bio
graphy, but both are eclipsed by the
brilliance of Victor Hugo.
If ever there arose a man whose
life and work are worthy of study,
that man is Hugo, born in period in
which men were struggling for the
right to live as they wished, to speak
as they wished, and to write as their
consciences dictated. The France of
1920, like the France of 1912, was
struggling under the heel of ruler
to whom profit and right were synon-
omouS.
Literature, too, was struggling :
against the rules and codes laid down
by previous generations. Into this
picture of strife stepped man who
was to spend his life fighting for
economic freedom, civil freedom, and
literary freedom-a man who was to
be opposed from all sides by the al
ready great, who was to see his best
friends desert him, and who was to
die as the most beloved and venerated
figure in the French world of politics
and letters.
Hugo's early life was a stormy one.
His father, a general under the Re-
public, often betrayed the gracious
woman who was his mother, and for
whom there grew within the young
Victor such a love that the pattern
of the rest of his life always display
ed elements of her training and in
fluence. The boy who was later to
beome his country's idol did not fully
realize what was going on about him,
but the Inducements of unhappiness
and strain could not help but affect
mind as sensitive as his.
Huga started early to display signs
of the genius which was soon to bloom
in maturity, for at the ripe old age
of fifteen his first poems were re-
ceived with no little attention. Soon
he became known as the "Prince of
Poets, and by the time he was TWEEN
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-12-18

ty-five, his fame had spread through
out all Europe as the leader of new
vogue of writing-a revolt against
the -Romanticism.
Happily married by this time, and
the proud father of several children
Hugo found himself the head of
group of youths who were to go down
in the history of French artistry -
Foucher, SainteBeuve, DelacroiX,
Boulanger, de Musset and many 9th
ers. 1t was Sainte-Beuve who was
to become his best friend, and still
later, his most critical enemy. The
production of "Hernani" and the bat
tie over it's merits and faults marked
the initial triumph of Romanticism in
French literature. From this time
on, Hugo was to become the center of
a torn of criticism and praise, de-
nunciation and acclaim, and to emerge
as "Victor" over all.
Josephson traces with sympathy
and understanding Hugo's ''ffaire du
coeur" with the lovely actress Juliette
and follows him as he leads the
French in their fight for freedom,
shows him in his first exile when he
wrote his masterpiece Of prose, Les
Miserables. We see him as he re-
turns to his native country, is exiled
once again, an dthen comes back to
die in the Paris he loves so deeply.
Thus does Matthew Josephson, the
master of the art of biography, tell
the story of Victor Hugo, Frances
prince of poets and lord of languages"
(Any book reviewed in this column
will be sent to you postpaid by the
Washington College Bookstore, Ches-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-12-18

overworked housemaid brought her
her Fruhstuck of two hard rolls a
pat of butter, and a cup of coffee eX-
tract colored with raisins, to the cold
night when he crawled into her mar
row bed and pulled over her the short
square feather comfort which would
cover either the lower part of her or
the top, but never all of her at once.
She would lie there, listening to
Chris's heavy breathing, with the
feeling that in sleep he escaped her,
and that he welcomed that escape.
Goodnight, Katie dear"
Goodnight, Chris"
To be continued
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-12-18

Painters cotton-waste bought at
paint shops is cheap and may be
burned rather than kept after using
particularly if used as oil polish cloths.
Berries should not be washed until
Just before they are TO be served.
Very ripe raspberries viii keep for
several days if placed on a platter
and lightly covered.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-12-18

what am to do with you, child ?"
Take me along" she whispered.
"Pll kill myself if you don't. I'll do
what mother did. I'm not just talk
ing. I'll go to a drugstore and"
stop it! Stop it, tell you"
I'll love you all my life, Chris.
Take me with you. I'll look after
you. I'd do anything. You don't
have to marry me. Just let me go
along. If you don't, Pm gone. I'm
no good without you: Pm nothing.
You can't just go away and leave
me. You can't!"
1t was within fifteen minutes of
train-time then. He said nothing,
and at the station he got out and
stood looking at her, But she did
not move.
"If you leave me now, it's good
bye, Chris. I can't go on; not
alone"
He was white to the lips when he
reached in and, taking her suitcase,
gave it to a porter.
He sat up all night in the smoking
compartment of the train, his old
pipe clenched in his teeth. Katie had
his berth, and whether she slept or
not he did not know or care. Toward
morning he got out his book of Ger
man medical terms and tried to for
get that once more life had trapped
him. On the leather seat near by
the car porter slept, and after a
time the darkness outside the win
dow turney to gray and then to
brilliant daylight. Perhaps mans
life was like that. After all, Bev-
erly was gone, and he still had his
work. Thank God for work! He
put down the book and slept the
sleep of profound exhaustion.
He married Katie in New York
that morning, an hour before the
ship sailed. He did not love her, but
almost in spite of himself, as he sat
doggedly beside her in the cab on the
way to the ship, he was aware of her
youth and her soft young body. He
did not love her, but he would be
good to her.
Probably Chris never really faced
that marriage of his during those
early months. Katie had been for
so long part of his background that
it was not strange to have her con-
tinue there. Now and then he heard
some one call her Mrs. Arden, and
it always startled him. He would
look at her quickly. She was his
wife. Possibly even the mother of
his children, although already he
knew she would be an unwilling
mother.
"Not yet," she would say, and
shiver. "Give me a year or two
Chris. After all, I'm young, and a
baby"
From the beginning she loathed
the pension in Vienna, small and in
expensive as it was. 1t was in the
eighth district near the Allegemeine
Krankenhaus, and it occupied the
fifth floor of tall and dingy build
ing on a side street. There was a
salon done in brown plush with anti
macassars, an upright piano, and a
center table ruined from many beer
stems. There was dining room
with a long table, and bunch of
dusty paper roses in the center, and
a sign on the wall which said, "Nicht
Rauchen." Also there was bath
room with a water tank and small
coal stove under it, but as baths
were extra, the stove was lighted
only when one of the guests, usually
an American, wanted a bath.
Katie loathed it all, loathed it from
the "Guten Morgen" with which the
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tertown. Md. upon receipt of order
accompanied by check or money or
der)
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mtHlrrH Trum Our UlrrtatttaH Orr
Wishing you bright and happy American Christmas
ability to understand and appreciate the blessings
dom for which fighting, the courage give every
thing you have to the fight in the coming year
and above ALL Victory and the speedy return of loved
ones
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-12-18
CLOSED DECEMBER 10th

In order that our employees enjoy this Christmas in
the full holiday spirit this year and at the time aid in
the War effort by conserving the oil supply we will be closed
on Saturday, December Goth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Weather Favorable
To Enemy Force

Today, the tables were re-
versed, as far as weather con-
ditions were concerned. We
landed another haymaker on
them, but they got one on us at
the same time.
We we're badly outnumbered.
but managed to shoot down
some of the Japanese. The
others finally scattered. but only
two of our six planes returned
Commander Bill Ault. the
Lexington group commander.
led the bombardment attack.
His torpedo plane was shot
down. The last word from him
was a radio call to say that he
and his radioman were wounded
and his plane was on fire. But
he wanted to report a thou
sand-pound hit on the carrier.
When 1 picked up the Lexing-,
ton again, / found IL had been
hit half hour before.
At last the order came to
abandon ship.
The entire evacuation was
very orderly. and I do not think
any one was lost through
drowning.
My plane. No. -. went down
with the carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Jeeps Have Proved
Most Successful

Jeeps have proved to be the
most successful transportation
vehicle ever used in desert war
fare by either the Allied or Axis
forces.
The British have found that
jeeps can take i" and that the
treacherous loose sand and
gravel in the desert does not
impair their motive power.
When jeeps arrive in the
desert they are fitted out with
three water containers, an extra
gasoline tank and one machine
gun. That makes them a pretty
formidable desert war pony.
The Desert Commands are a
colorful lot. They are men who
are quick on the trigger, quick
thinkers and men who can think
for themselves.
Arising just before dawn, the
Desert Commands breakfast on
American beans and bacon.
some biscuits and tea. They
don't shave because there ism I
enough water.
After lunch, the commando
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
THRICE DECORATED HERO TELLS FLYING EXPLOITS IN PACIFIC
Wounded Commander, His Ship
~Afire, Reports Hit on Carrier

lmost to the limit of our gaso-
inc range.
Meanwhile, our lacking
planes were pounding up the
carrier, but our casualties were
heavy.
When Ensign Wingfield dove
his bomber on the carrier, he
came out of his pass to find one
bomb still clinging to the rack.
Angrily, he turned about and
went back by himself to make
another try. This time. the
bomb behaved properly, and a
probably hit was scored. But
Ensign Wingfield did not return.
The Japanese sent up three or
four seaplanes, but I saw only
one. We made short work of
them, although one little Jap
made a particular nuisance of
himself. Single-handed, he at
tackled our torpedo group, who
were so loaded they couldn't do
much about him. Then, he took
on the dive bombers, and finally
even attacked the fighters be-
fore we shot him down. There
were two men in this Jap plane
and neither seemed to have para
chutes.
During the Coral Sea battle.
which lasted May 4-8, / was on
patrol the first two days, and
did not even see a japanese.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Can Wait Long Time

The planes, slowed aboard the
Submarine destrnyers. are in
genious affairs and marvels of
compactness. according to our in
formation. Naturally, they are
Seaplanes and can be lowered over
board by a derrick for a takeoff
from the sea.
While this factor. coupled with
the smallness of the planes. would
require an almost giasslike sea.
the long staying power OF the sub
marine would easily permit an ex-
tended wait until weather condl-
tons were favorable.
Carried under the deck in stor-
age space which can also be used
for torpedoes, the planes have
collapsible wings and undercar-
riages.
They have a flying radius of
300-40O miles with a 2,000-pound
load including pilot and bombs.
That would mean nearly 1000,
two-pound incendiary bombs.
An interesting feature of the
Japanese destroyer submarine.
according TO our information, IS
that it is equipped with a special
device for refueling while sub
merged!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Enemy Maps Prove
Bio Aid to Them

Aided by enemy maps which
have been taken from captured
enemy soldiers during other
desert forays, the Commands
are able to pick a good spot
sufficiently near the Axis base
to marshal their forces and get
set for the attack.
The leader of the Commando
group holds a battle conference
with his men. They carefully go
over the plans again, repeat
their instructions and detectives.
and sit around resting in the
sand waiting for nightfall.
When the zero hour ap-
proaches, the Com m n d o S,
bristling with Tommy guns,
hand grenades. bayonets, sticks
of dynamite and even crowbars,
dispense and set out afoot to-
ward the enemy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
No Commands
Boosted by Axis

The Germans and the Italians
boast no Commando troops, for
that type of combat is not suited
TO their tempo.
They fight in accordance with
fixed plans, under which each
group proceeds along the lines
mapped out for them by superior
officers.
And they are easily confused
when things go awry, setting
them off balance.
These latest British Desert
Commando raids upon Benghazi,
BARGE, Tobruk and the Gialo
Oasis deep in the Libyan Desert
really supplement Raj aerial
attacks which are being carried
out constantly against Axis
bases and supply lines.
These toughened desert raid
ers, who are all volunteers and
have received special combat
training at desert bases, ride OIL
to battle in American-made
,jeeps, which are their pride
and loy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Hides From Allies

If the destroyer had been an
enemy ship the submarine
sooner or later would have
risen to periscope level, taken
a bead on the surface vessel and
sent a torpedo speeding toward
her. But in this case it could
only hide on the bottom, cutting
its motors and remaining as
quiet as possible, until the
friendly vessel moved on.
Despite popular belief that
submarine duty is the most
hazardous of the navy. there
has been no shortage of men to
man them.
William T. Burke. 24-year-old
motor machinist's mate second
class of Vallejo, Cal, said he
had tried for six years to be
assigned to submarine duty be-
fore he finally was accepted. He
had been aboard our sub since
March.
He said he liked submarine
duty even better than he thought
he would.
Some Of the crew said they
liked submarines because of the
extra pay. They receive an adj
ditional so per cent of base pay.
But most of them tell you that
there's something about a SUBJ
marine that no other vessel can
match. and they wouldn't 60
back to surface ships even for
the same money.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

planes could be launched from
the carrier, Our group jumped
the remaining four so fast we
never knew who made the hits.
We only lost two fighters in
this action, and a "tincan" (de-
stroyer) rescued one pilot, stop
ping for him in the height of
battle. guess 1t. Scope Worse
spoke pretty much for all OF us
when he landed and said:
what scares me Is that the
Japs are shooting real bullets"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Charge HelI-Bent
Into Enemy Camp

At the zero hour, the leader
of the Commands fires a light
signal into the air and the
desert raiders charge hell-bent
into the enemy camp.
Although the enemy replies
haphazardly, shooting in all
directions in an effort to hit the
raiders, the casualties are amaz-
ingly low among the British.
AS a matter of fact, ] would
say they do not exceed 3 to A
per cent.
The raiders also always try to
capture a few prisoners.
When their assignment has
been completed, the raiders rush
back to their jeeps and, without
waiting for morning, beat 1t out
into the desert and head for
home.