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Evening star., 1942-03-20
Believes Hitler Cannot Invade
The Embattled British Isles.
10 the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star:
One need not be a military strateeist
to observe and to estimate certain funda-
mental facts that stand out clearly,
particularly in relation to history that
has gone before our times.
As long as the British Isles remain a
citadel Of armed resistance and the
English people retain their will to fight,
regardless Of anguish and losses, Hitler
may conquer the rest Of Europe and
part of Asia and yet suffer ultimate
defeat as did Napoleon. To those who
know their history the analogy is plain
Europe lay PROSTATE at the feet of the
Corsican conquerer for years-except the
British Isles. Despite his triumphs
everywhere upon the continent of Europe
he could not invade England nor break
the will Of her people. In the last
analysis all his efforts proved futile in
the face Of British obstinancy. The
citadel Of the British Isles he could not
conquer.
Hitler might have invaded and possibly
conquered England right after Dunker-
que, but he didn't. Stonewall jackson
might have marched into Washington
with 10 or IS thousand men right after
hrst Manassas, but he didn't. Such
golden opportunities in war are but fleet
ing; they seldom come a second time.
ENOCH A. CHASE.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Tells Of Difficulty Involved
In Getting Electric Power.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Some citizens in nearby Maryland are
wondering If they should not petition
to have R. E. A. extended to their neigh
borhood. An instance in point is at
Friendly Hills, Prince Georges County.
a new subdivision, located on U. g.
Route 224 near Oxon Hill, about six miles
beyond the District line.
Fifty or more 100-foot lots were sold
at Friendly Hills last fall to prospective
home builders, most Of whom are resi-
dents Of Washington. One such pur.
chaser, . worker on . Government war
project, has exeavsted ioe his tosmda-
Evening star., 1942-03-20

reamrming the principle Of the for
mer case that rates must provide 4
fair return. This phase, incidentally,
provoked sharp disagreement, JUS
tices Black. Douglas and Murphy
contending that the right OF judicial
review does not go so far as to per-
NIT the court to pass on the eco
nomic merits of a rate base.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Deplores Creation Of Target"
In Downtown Washington.

Deplores Creation Of Target"
In Downtown Washington.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Returning to Washington after nearly
q years absence, one Of the things that
has surprised and disturbed me most is
the congestion of buildings along and
near Constitution avenue.
Ever since the Government triangle"
was built, traffic and congestion within
the city have become steadily worse; but
far more serious in wartime is the fact
that such an Recommendation of build
ings in . single area produces . bombing
target to which it now is proposed to add
. number Of Government dormitories.
To say that the heart Of Washington
may be bombed into oblivion in one-tenth
the time of Coventry is stating the
simplest truth. The city Of London,
which Is large enough to spread over
several of our counties, offers no COM
parable target to that Of the whole Fed
eral District. BY some miracle not q
bomb may fall on Washington, but the
risk Of trusting to such luck Is too great.
There are, I venture to say, numerous
solutions to the problem of expansion,
but they require more foresight and
imagination than is shown by many
ofnciais in our Government today.
G. w. CONKLN.
Evening star., 1942-03-20

to hin-to the Uhd that his work
may continue. The Japanese natu-
rally complain over being robbed Of
their fun. but the world at large
Is delighted,
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Discusses Dangers Of Attitude
OF Waste and Incidence.

To the Editor Of The Star:
With Japan getting ever nearer her
European ally, and Germany getting
ready to stake everything on furious
drive eastward, we stand now at the most
critical period In all the vastness OF
human history. Unique is this hour, and
terrible must be our fate If We fail to
meet this challenge with all the strength
and courage Of our souls.
Some of us delude ourselves with the
idea that time is working for us. Yet It
Is not America, but the Axis powers that
are filling precious time with feverish
activity on all fronts, including the pro-
duction front. Japan still marching for
ward. already has gained sources of raw
materials which her experts seem to con-
slider fully sufficient to enable her to win
the entire war
Let us not forget that the Japs are
past masters at making all edges cut
Their army can subsist on what our Army
throws away. BY working everybody.
even children, Is many hours . week as
possible. Japans $4,000, 900 look like $780,
100000 busy Americans.
The Japanese have simplined fighting
and conquering, just Is they have SIM
plifled living. They do not need to out
produce us in order to win. They are
an enemy we cannot hope to defeat with
out straining ourselves and our resources.
And We are losing the war today, and we
are going to lose the Anal, fateful battle,
~, yHn1irv 4f
placency. BOILING SOMERVILLE.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the tDriter, although the use OF
a pSeudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters ,pith
q DieD to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-03-20

In conserving rubber with which to
erase the Axis, care should be taken
that enough should be reserved with
which to rub out our own mistakes.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Suggests staggering" Arrangements
For Evening Shopping.
To the Editor Of The Star:


Your paper has been printing the
plan Of the District Board Of Trade and
the Merchants and Manufacturers As
ISOLATION for night shopping hours here.
That plan is ideal for most people,
but why don't they think Of some plan
whereby the clerks in the downtown
stores can get their shopping done?
We clerks do not have any time for
our shopping and must take our lunch
time to rush around and try to get
enough clothes to wear.
Why don't some stores stay open one
night and other stores another night'
After all. even though We don't work
for the Government, We like to dress
ven q. L. K.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Haskin Quiz Book-The answer.

Haskin Quiz Book-The answer.
ing of questions is the Oldest form
of education-of finding out about
things. 1t Is check upon ones
knowledge. The particular value
of the questions in the HASKIN
QUIZ BOOK is that they have ac-
tually been asked by various per-
sons-and are on subjects that
every one wants to know about.
See how many you can answer. To
secure your copy Of this publica-
ton inclose 10 cents in coin,
wrapped in this clipping, and mail
to The Star Information Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1942-03-20

went up to her and asked. SISTER, are
you Swede?"
The woman happened to be Colonial
Dame from Virginia, but she replied
obligingly that she was-yes-a distant
cousin Of Miss Garbo. ME, too," said
the sergeant. Misery loves company.
Shake"
At this point the public relations
officer came in saying that, at last, he
had something definite. Nothing could
be released for 4S hours. That, ap-
parently, was that.
From a toll box located between
two roaring juke boxes the reporters
phoned the word to their papers. They
| decided that there was nothing to do
but go home. About this time some
one heard that in the future, when
stories were written concerning ships,
the names of the vessels could not be
mentioned. A reporter sketched the kind
Of story which would result under this
rule:
IAN unspecihed number Of survivors
from an unidentified ship arrived at
an unnamed port at an unspecified
hour on an unspecified day after hav-
ing been in a (deleted by censoD with
an unidentified (deleted by censor. The
background of this heroic action was
either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean"
They asked the public relations Of
ficer how he would like that kind
of news writing and he replied with
advice. Were all washed up here, "
he said. I'm going home and get some
sleep. Why don't you fellows do like
! WiSe2"
Evening star., 1942-07-16
BY Lillian Cox Athey

potential dinners for the lobster.
And since he has an extremely high
sense Of smell and touch, there is
nothing laborious In the way he
makes his living.
Spawning occurs every two years.
The female carries the fertilized
eggs attached to her swimming legs
for almost a year. During this time
she is rather clumsy and must keep
out of the reach of eels and other
egg thieves. She must also keep the
eggs clean and aerated, which she
does by moving her swimming legs
back and forth. In spite of all the
stress of winter and the storm
stirred waters, not many of the eggs
are lost. At the end of II months
the young Holsters hatch and ascend
at once to the surface. While here
they go through several molts and
changes of form. They are about
third of an inch long. with a
translucent shell through which you
may see the brilliant blue and red of
the lobster. During surface dwelling
days the mortality among baby lob
sters is great. After three to five
weeks the surviving youngsters sink
to the bottom and take up the
serious life of adult existence.
Lobster fishing is the most impor-
tant of the fisheries Of Maine. The
catch accounts for over million
dollars each season.
Lobsters contain valuable vita
Minis. as do all sea food.
Evening star., 1942-07-16
LETTER-oUT

Remove letter from spell
called for in the last column Print the letter opposite
the from which have Lettered
Yesterdays LETTER-OUT.
Letter Out A&
COLLAPSE-SCALLOP food
NOSTRIIS-TONSIIS
MCROBES-COMBERS
PETREI-REPEI. off.
Evening star., 1942-07-16

American lobster is found in water
less than feet deep to more than
600 feet deep from North Carolina
to Labrador. Costly and many have
been the attempts by State and
Federal Governments to establish
the lobster on the Pacific Coast. All
have failed; the lobster remains
loyal to the Atlantic.
No use to remind you that lobster
is one of our most famous scaven-
gers. 1t plays an important role in
keeping the floor of the sea free
from Objectionable decaying matter.
AS a swimmer. 1t is awkward, due to
the heavy and unwieldy claws, but 1t
makes up for this in speeding over
the ocean floor. 1t kicks up constd-
cradle sand when digging for small
shellf1sh hidden among rocks or sea-
weed. Fish, starflsh. shellhsh-in
fact, all the small animals living in
the same territory-are SO many
Evening star., 1942-07-16
Uncle Ruy's Corner
s ~ RAMON KAUFFMAl

~ hAMON aAhCr MAN.
Dosens Of kinds Of metal and
metal alloys have been used in
making bells. These include bronze
iron, silver and gold. Some glass
bells, with pleasing tones, have been
produced.
,Eor church bells, as we said yes
terdsA the common material is
bronze. Usually the bronze for g
large bell is made with one part Of
tin and from three to five parts Of
copper.
Some churches have sets of bells
which may be rung on Sunday
morning to call people to church,
Men who ring them are known as
"bellringers.
In England, for hundreds of years,
men have made a profession of
being bellringers. They have taken
as much pride in their work as
players of the piano or violin.
Several men may work together
In ringing set of bells. Each man
handles one or two of the ropes
which cause the bells to swing.
Modern science has provided an
easier way to take care of such
bells, or chimes. Often they are
handled by one person who presses
a keyboard something like that of
an organ. Thanks to the power of
electricity, he can operate all the
bells.
The casting of large bells was
started about 900 years ago, when
q French king gave a bell weighing
more than ton to church at Or
leans, With the passing of the CEN
turies, larger and larger bells were
Evening star., 1942-07-16

right away he forgot his i'll temper.
Farmer Browns boy did seem to
be troubled about something. He
had driven all of the ducks into
corner of the henyard, and he was
counting them Three times he
counted them and there was frown
on his face as he began once more.
He took his hat and rubbed the top
of his head thoughtfully.
There certainly was one more
this morning. for I counted them
when I turned them out" he mur-
INJURED.
"Quack, quack, quack." said the
ducks.
Farmer Browns boy grinned. II
suppose If / could understand duck
talk you would tell me all about
what has happened, but seeing that
Evening star., 1942-07-16

I don't understand a word you say
I suppose have got to find out for
myself"
Once more he counted the ducks.
"One is surely missing" said he.
Wonder If the foolish thing has
wandered off somewhere. I'll have
a look in the grass around the duck
pond. Perhaps I'll find something
there to tell me what has become
Of that missing quacker."
on he strode to the duck pond,
and Sammy and Chatterer could
see him looking about in the grass.
Then he looked this way and that
way in the air. OF course he wasn't
looking for a duck there. What he
was looking for was to see II Red
tail the Hawk or any Of Redtails
relatives were anywhere In sight.
Evening star., 1942-07-16
By MiIburn Rosser.
By Art Huhto
BY Harold Groy
BY Fronk WiIIord
Will Eisner
By Bud Fisher

Not single member Of the Hawk
family was to be seen. Then Farmer
Browns boy began to study the
ground. He was looking for tracks.
Yes, sir, he was looking for tracks.
He was looking for the footprints of
Reddy or Granny Fox. He didn't
find any, and once more he took OF
his hat and rubbed his head
thoughtfully.
"I give up he said at last. That
duck has disappeared just the way
my lunch did the day I went after
berries in the Old Pasture and met
Buster Bear"
Farmer Browns boy spoke more
truly than he guessed. Old Man
Coyote could have told him just
why 1t was that he missed one Of his
ducks that night.
Evening star., 1942-07-16
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

"Quack, quack, quack, quack,
quack, quack!" Sammy Jay, who had
stopped in the big maple tree in
Farmer Browns dooryard for
minute, shook his head in disgust.
Did you ever hear such noisy
things as those ducks In all your
life?" he muttered to no one in par
ticular.
"Since you ask me. must say
that I have" replied Chatterer the
Red Squirrel, poking his head out
Of a hole close by Sammy.
Il didn't ask you'll" snapped
Sammy. who had given frightened
little jump at Chatterers unex-
Evening star., 1942-07-16

pected appearance and was pro-
voked, as some people are when they
are startled.
We'll, who were you asking? de-
manded Chatterer. II seem to be
the only one near enough to hear"
II wasn't asking anybody; I was
talking to myself" snapped Sammy.
"A bad habit! A very bad habit"
replied Chatterer, shaking his head
gravely. Some day you will give
away secret that way. But getting
back to those noisy ducks; they
are no more noisy than you are
when you are excited. BY the way.
Farmer Browns boy seems to be
troubled about something. I wonder
II it has anything to do with those
foolish ducks"
Sammy Jay turned to look. and
Evening star., 1942-07-16
Take MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Some Troublesome Twins

Already-All Ready.
Already means "by this time"
AL ready means completely ready"
Wrong-"Are you already to go?"
Right-Are you all ready to go?
Wrong-"The mail has all ready
arrived" Right-The mail has al
ready arrived.
Altogether-AH Together.
Altogether means wholly; COM
pletely" All together means "all
in one company"
Wrong-"They were altogether
In the Army" Right-They were all
together in the Army
Wrong-"The theory is all to-
eether erroneous" Right-The
theory is altogether erroneous.
Beside-Besides.
Beside means "at the side Of"
Besides means except; other
than"
Wrong-"We sat besides the
river" Right--We sat beside the
river
Wrong Beside John, I alone
was present" Right-Besides John,
alone was present.
Leave-Yet.
Leave means Ito go away" Let
means Ito permit"
Wrong-"Leave us take walk, y
Right-Let us take walk. Never
Lets u.s." for lets" means "let
u.s.
There sre scores Of such troublesome
words in English. Send a stamped t3.
cent? elf-addressed envelope to Frank
Colby. in care of The Evening star.
Ask for Troublesome Twins Pamphlet.
Evening star., 1942-07-16
NATURES CHILDREN
AMERICAN LOBSTER.

American Holsters belong exclus-
lively to our Atlantic Coast. Records
show that the Pilgrim fathers were
delighted with the lobster. Their
letters and diaries extol the flavor OF
the sea chicken and the fact that
even the servants could catch and
eat all they wanted attests to the
abundance of this delicious sea food
of New England.
Lobsters were larger in those days.
Production of this popular crusta-
cean has declined so rapidly that
each year the price is higher. The
Evening star., 1942-07-16

MADE. One was cast IN Paris IN the
year 1400 1t weighed seven and a
halt tons, and people called it
"Jacqueline
Seventy-two years later another
huge bell was produced in Paris.
This one had weight of 1871 tons.
Still later came the famous bell of
the city of Rouen, weighing 18 tons.
Large bells have been made in
several countries besides France.
These countries include Great Brit
ain, Austria and Russia. also Ger
tain lands in Asia.
When the bell called Jacqueline
was made in Paris, Yang-lo was
Emperor of China. He caused far
larger and heavier bell to be pre-
pared. It was II feet wide and 20
feet high. The weight was about
So tons. 1t was hung in a two-story
tower in the city of Pekin.
Burma is another home of big
bells. Rangoon, the capital. has
some of them, one with a weight
of AZ tons. The great bell of Man.
dalay has been estimated to weigh
80 tons.
The largest bell in all history is
the great bell of Moscow. 1t was
first cast in 1853 and later was re-
cast. The weight has been esti-
mated between 1913 and 1913 tons.
A big chunk was broken from it
before it could be hung. Instead of
being used as bell, it was turned
into kind of chapel, with. the
door where the chunk had been
broken away.
For general interest section of your
ecrapbook)
Evening star., 1942-07-16

If you wish copy Of the leaflet
"Flying Machine Pioneers Just
send a self addressed, stamped
envelope to Uncle Ray in care Of
The Evening Star.
n~ele i9a4
Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
Euery Sunday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10
FREEZING NOTES

Miss Flossie Mullins, beautiful
and attractive daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. B. H. Mullins of Freel-
ing, was married to Wayne Kel-
ly, widower of Brush Creek, last
week. They will reside at the
Kelly homestead on Brush Creek
Hardiway Vanover and Wood
row McFall, former Clinchco min
ers, resigned their jobs at that
point and left this week for near
Fairfax, where they will be en-
oloyed on defense work. Others
are expected to leave for Fairfax
soon.
Memorial services were held
at the Mullins graveyard on Cut
ter Branch last week, with Ed
ers George Mooney and Bill Will
lis conducting services.
Ralph and Adam Haynes of
Freezing have enlisted for army
service and will leave soon for
whatever point they may be call
ed for induction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Willis re
Gently moved from their home on
Pound River to Clinchco, leaving
the dwelling vacant. Two or
three nights later the building
was burned. 1t will be recalled
that store building near this
dwelling was burned last spring
while the premises were vacant.
Firebugs are certainly operating.
Very little manpoWer is left
around this section, even to take
care of crops. Practically all
available labor is away at Vari-
Gus points where wages are high.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10
LETTERS FROM HERALD
READERS

Says j. c. Buchanan, writing
from the Pacifict northwest:
You are doing nice job with
the Herald, really you are. The
boys around this office look for
ward to its arrival. My boss, Mr..
Cooley, always gets it first a i'd
never see the paper until he has
read it from cover to cover. He
has spent many visits in Clint
wood. and takes a real interest
in the people there. So, now that
I am about to go into the army,
I want to have you send the pa
per to him for the remainder OF
my unexpired subscription term,
starting Immediately. While l am
still here, I can borrow the pa
per from him.
At last the rains have quit
coming. But the rainy season is
due to start again pretty soon.
The mist is SO perpetual that I
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10
D.E.A. TO MEET AT
CLINTWOOD, SEPT. 10

The Dickinson Education AS
ISOLATION meets on Sept. 10, with
the following program for the
day:
$50 to 1O-Registration
10 to 1O:15-Song, America
Invocation, Rev. L. D. Perkins
Announcements
Report on District meeting at
Lebanon
How Dickinson Schools may
Help:
Bonds AMI Stamps, Clyde Reedy
Scrap Harvest -. E. c. Smith
Health Program E. B. Stanley
Nutrition Billie R. Skeen
First All -. DR.. R. L. Hillman
Save-th -Children-Fund
. Mrs. D. C. Kelly
11:15 to 1:3O-Election of Dele
gates to District K
Election of Delegates to Virgin
ia Education Association
1870 to 12-Report of Standing
Committees:
Legislative, E. B. Stanley;
Legislative, Everett B. Stanley;
Social and Recreational, Alfred
B. Phipps; Welfare, Claude Car
If; Budget, S. W. Deel; Publicity,
Allen E. Stanley; Resolutions,
Sidney Stanley;
Special Committees Year
Teacher Comcittee, Joel Phipps;
Program of Work Committee Vir
gil Skeen.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10

Pvt. Nasbie Hale, of Ft. Knox,
called on Miss Lizzie Rose Thurs
day.
Naomi Robinson of Lick Fork
spent the weekend at the home
of Monroe Beverly here.
Margie Rose is spending h e
week with Fred Rose and family
at Darwin.
John Priode visited Clyde Rose
Sunday night.
Pvt. Nasbie Hale, accompanied
by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hanson Hale of Nealy Ridge,
were dinner guests at the home
of Josh Rose Thursday.
Rev. ALIVE Dingus, of Georges
Fork, was the dinner guest of
Josh Rose and family Sunday.
Morrel Strouth Of Camp Creek
visited homefolks here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Murphy of
Stratton were here Sunday.
Dora Ellen Strouth of Camp
Creek spent a few days here last
week with her grandmother, Mrs.
John Strouth.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10

have not been able to see Mount
Rainier for at least month.
Salmon fishing is good-tho
never get time to go fishing.
1 hope to be coming home for
a few days sometime in October,
to rest up for the army.
John G.. Buchanan.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

VIRGINIA.: In the Clerks Office
of the Circuit Court of the
County of Dickinson, on the
31st day of August, 1912.
Granville Phillips, Complainant,
against
Nancy Mae Phillips, Defendant.
The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain a divorce a vincullo Matri-
monii from the defendant upon
the grounds of desertion.
And affidavit having b n
made and filed that the defend
ant, Nancy Mae Phillips, is not a
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10
SEASON 6
CLOSES SEPT. Is

The open season on squirrels
will close Tuesday, Sept. Is, and
will open again with the begin
ming of the general hunting sea-
son in November, date of which
will be announced later.
Squirrels are reported fairly
plentiful, but mast unusually
light. Many hunters report TAX
ing the legal limit of six on
lucky days, while less skillful
hunters have not Jared SO we'll.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10

resident Of the State of Virginia,
it is ordered that she do appear
here within 10 days after due
publication hereof and do what
may be, necessary to protect her
interest in this suit. And it is
further ordered that a copy here
of be published once a week for
four successive weeks in the Dick
enson Herald and that copy be
posted at the front door of the
courthouse of this county on or
before the LIST Sept. rules, 1912.
A copy-Teste:
K. E. Fuller, Deputy
for WE. Counts, Clerk
J. c. Smith, p.q. (Sept. 3-42)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-09-10
HONEY CAMP NEWS

Several people of this section
attended the memorial services
on Bad Ridge Sunday.
Newton Strouth called on Miss
Maude Rose Sunday.
Lonnie Rose and family of
Fairfax spent Sunday with home
folks here.