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Evening star., 1942-08-17
A Repeated Warming

Senator McCarran very properly
reiterates his previous warnings that
additional hospital space must be
provided In wartime Washington. A
bad winter, with threatened insuffi-
cheney of fuel and with rooming
houses crowded with war workers,
foreshadows an obvious need.
No matter how many hospitals
might be built, Of course, the risks
involved cannot be avoided alto
gether. But it Is difficult indeed to
understand the source of delay in
making available funds, from one of
the Lanham Acts, which we're to be
used for construction of temporary
hospital addition at Gallinger. The
Commissioners application for this
money has been before the Federal
Works Agency for some time. The
plans are drawn and waiting.
The addition at Gallinger would
serve two purposes. 1t would provide
a 250bed unit for women and chill
dren, with facilities to care for OBJ
stetrical cases. 1t would permit NOV
Ing the present wonen's and
childrens wards from the crowded
Administration Building, where the
surgical wards now are located.
There is special need for this trans
fer. For Gallinger has been desig-
mated as casualty hospital, to serve
not only the District but Prince
Georges County as we'll in case
of emergency. Adequate provision
should, of course, be made to put it
In readiness by adding to the space
In the Administration Building for
surgical cases.
Even with new hospital construc-
ton, however, the people of Wash
ington will have to adjust themselves
to condition which finds the sup
ply of nurses and doctors decreasing
as rapidly as the demand goes up.
There are not enough of them to go
around. More home treatment of
illness and minor accidents will be
necessary. The widely patronized
1rst-aid courses of the Red Cross
should be of great value to the COM
munity In this respect. And If more
women will make themselves avail
able for training as volunteer nurses,
their families, If no others, will bene-
at from the training received.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

4 reader can get the nnsDer to any
question OF fact by Drtttng The Ere
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. Haskin, director, Washington,
D, c. Please tnclose stamp for return
postage.
@. How many radio stations are owned
by the press?-F. w. G..
A. On January /. 1912 there were 2S4
radio stations owned by newspapers in
the United States, Hawaii and Alaska.
c. Which insect has the largest eyes7
IT. G. r.
A. The largest insect eyes are those Of
the larger dragonflies, which may have
over 25,000 facets, and are as large or
larger than the eyes of mouse.
@. Why do jockeys ride with such short
stirrups?-F. S.
A. The purpose is to place weight on
the horses withers instead of his back.
O. How many deaths result in excess
sive heat in various parts of the United
States2--J. w.
A. Accident Facts. published by the
National Safety Council, states that the
number of deaths due to high tempera-
lures varies widely from year to year.
The highest total on record is 4,678 for
1896. In most years deaths number be-
tween 500 and 1000.
Evening star., 1942-08-17

@. What is meant by mirror image
twins"?-F. F.
A. Mirror imaging in twins is a trick
of nature that makes one twin look like
the reflection of the other In a mirror.
Hair growth, fingerprints and handed
ness are reversed.
@. When was the term Protestant"
first sed?-W. M T.
A. The term Protestant was first ap-
piled to the sdherents of Martin Luther,
German monk who protested against
the DEGREES of the Catholic states.
@. Which States furnished the most
volunteers for the Army in the last war?
A. C. J.
A. The States of New York, Penn
sylvania and Illinois furnished the
greatest number of volunteers to the
United States Army.
O. Who is the author of the saying
that courage is not the first qualifca-
ton of a soldier?-F. j.
A. The saying has been attributed
both to George Washington and to Ma
poleon. 1t reads as follows: The first
qualification of a soldier Is fortitude
under fatigue and privation. Courage Is
only the second. Hardships, poverty
and actual want are the soldiers best
school,"
@. Does hail occur in winter as well az
IN summer?-C. M. D.
A. Hail occurs in hot weather as a
feature OF intense thunderstorms. It
practically never falls In winter.
Q. How did Johann Strauss get the
inspiration for his Blue Danube Waltz"2
m. S. C.
A. The inspiration Is said to have
come to Strauss while preparing to con-
duct concert, after hearing some one
quote the lines of q poem, River so
blue, So blue and bright" He jotted
the theme on his cuff and, later re-
minded by his wife. developed it for
male chorus. Later it was rearranged
for orchestra.
@. Was Mussolini wounded In the first
World War?-A. w. D.
A. A trench mortar which he was
ordered to fire exploded. killing four
privates and wounding Mussolini so Sc
verely that he was confined to a hospital
for seven months.
@. Did Mark Twain publish his auto
biography before his death?-A C. R.
A. Mark Twain's autobiography ap-
peared in 1924, IA years after his death,
though his original intention was to have
it withheld for 100 years.
@. Which are the most common blood
types?-G. NJ.
A. The designation of the four blood
groups by Landsteiner as O-A-B-AB
corresponding to Janskys 1884
types makes o the most common type.
According to Moss type 4 is most COM
mon and according to Jansky type 1 is
most common.
O. What do the initials A. S. N, stand
for in the Army?-V. NJ
A. The War Department saws that
the Initials "A. S. NJ stand for Army
serial number, which Is assigned each
man IN the United States Army.
Evening star., 1942-08-17

1t Is definitely not our problem.
AS emphasized by the State Depart
ment, the United States Government is
not taking sides in the rebellion, except
IN case American military forces and
American citizens who are in India are
endangered and unless India Is attacked
by the Axis powers. Our purpose in
India, as stated by the State Depart
ment, Is to aid in the prosecution of the
war on behalf of the United Nations
against the Axis powers and to aid China
IN her heroic conflict.
FREDERICK G.. FROST.
Evening star., 1942-08-17

incurring excessive losses. Natural
ly, report of this sort is disturbing,
but until there Is more convincing
evidence to support 1t, most Amer
leans will prefer to accept the iudg-
ment of General Arnold.
Evening star., 1942-08-17

1t Is reported that development of
a new plastic may soon enable air
planes to be built of paper. This is
quite an improvement over the plans
of a year ago, when thousands were
being built on paper
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Argues for Belief
In Probability Of Bombing.

To the Editor Of The Star: t7- "1
The fact that one holds the personal
opinion that Washington never will be
bombed in no way relieves one OF the
responsibility Of cooperation in the
defense effort.
Some persons never will be convinced
that they can be blown up until they
are actually in the air The consensus.
however, seems to be that we probably
will not be bombed or, that If we are,
the worst to which we will be subjected
Is a token bombing
But token bombing is dangerous. We
know that, to date, the enemy has
not employed bombers with sufficient
range to bomb the United States and
afterward return to their bases We
know that we possess only two bombers,
the Bio and Mars. which could bomb
the enemy from continental United
States base, with reasonable hope of
returning. This knowledge has caused
some of us to become complacent and
to not willingly cooperate with the
defense effort.
The enemy, however, has never re-
vealed his intent nor manifested the
means by which the intent was to be
executed. Impregnable Eben Emael was
taken in less than two days by one
plan-Hong Kong and Singapore capitu-
lated to another means-and Crete sub
mitted to still another type of assault.
Each intent was accomplished by pre-
conceived specific plan.
1t is not too fanciful-not beyond the
realm of possibility-that for years the
enemy may have been formulating
specific plan against the United States.
Certainly, the enemy, since the begin
ming of the war, has been aware that
sooner or later we would have to be
reckoned with.
1t Is possible that the enemy may
possess hundreds, or even thousands, of
giant bombers, troop carriers, etc, that
dwarf the Mars and Bio. Construc-
ton experts say that it is possible to
build them, and military experts say
that 1t is impossible to stop them.
The only safe thinking is to assume
that any possibility is probability, and
conduct ourselves accordingly. When
the alert sounds, blackout Immediately.
KNARF WOBNEB.
Evening star., 1942-08-17

Curare, celebrated South Ameri-
can Indian poison, has at last been
used by doctors in mild doses to relax
tightened muscles. Hitherto it's only
use has been by fiction writers of
WhodunitS.
Evening star., 1942-08-17

Hay fever victims, who long have
been agitating for destruction OF
ragWeed, have been asked to desist,
because ragWeed acts as a soil binder
and fertilizer. 1t is an argument not
to be SneeZed at
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Approves State Department Decision
To Keep Hands Of in India.

To the Editor of The Star:
All far-sighted Americans will agree
that the State Department has enunci-
ated a wise policy in reference to the
uprising in India.
We Americans resent any foreign in
reference in American administrative
affairs and political life and we readily
can understand why the British govern
ment would resent any interference from
the American Government in countries
which are under British control or super
vision The situation In India is a serious
one, but it is definitely British-India
problem and one that must be solved by
either of them in the best way possible.
Evening star., 1942-08-17

A bus recently Travelled two miles
without driver-but many former
driver now goes much farther than
that without the old bus.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use of
a psendonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Dith
a Die1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
Traces Differences Between
Freedom and Its Axis Foes.
To the Editor of The Star.

1 have heard some good Americans still
ask what it is for which the two sides are
fighting in this war. Yet history does
not record war IN which the issues were
more strikingly drawn. On the side of
the Allied Nations particularly America)
person appreciating personal freedom is
individually interested.
This cause is not only the promotion of
1t is universal cause in which eyery
general freedom, but also another step
upward in the civilization of the human
family. Such a cause (such an obiec-
t1ve) develops both individual and gen.
eral initiative and courage. 1t Is this
which makes the individual Allied soldier
so far superior to those of the Axis
powers. We acknowledge that so long
as the Axis soldiers can fight in mass
and under the immediate urge of their
leaders they put up good fight. On
our side these contacts are not necessary,
for should the Allied soldier be deprived
OF his leaders and officers, with his eyes
upon the grand cause or objective, in
which he has personal interest, he is
unconquerable.
Most OF Americas greatest military
leaders have been developed from the
rank and file, and every American
soldier consequently is a potential Of
fcer. Each is fighting his own war
not that of a self-delegated leader in
whose ambitions the soldier has no per-
sonal interest. On the other side the
Axis soldier is not allowed even this
source of inspiration, his only induce
ment to action being blind and unuues-
tioning allegiance to self-styled leader
temporarily in the ascendancy, his only
objective being f-glorification, his only
weapon that of force, not realizing that
his force is destined to be overcome by
a superior force-superior because
backed by that unconquerable element,
the human spirit.
DAVID A. TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1942-08-17

Can any one remember the good
old days when the word "oil" was
symbolic of soothing ease?
Evening star., 1942-08-17
COmmends Editorial
On Politics in Wartime.

To the Editor of The Star
We need many more articles like your
editorial, What Are the Facts" In order
to awaken Mr.. Citizen.
Men are sacrificing their lives. Is 1t
asking too much of political parasites"
to put aside their own selfish interests
Less effort should be spent trying to
discredit business. I am sure that labor
and capital are. above all, American.
A READER
Evening star., 1942-08-17

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Evening star., 1942-08-17

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the use for republication OF all news dspa tches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication OF special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1942-08-17
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Evening star., 1942-01-11

should act as vice chairman Of the
war cabinet, and should be the
President's first deputy, with the
power of final decision in all mat
tiers save those of the very first
importance, for which the President
should reserve his time and powers.
The Vice President should in par
ticular be given authority to re-
organize, transfer and even abolish
existing agencies and bureaus in
order that each member Of the war
cabinet should have under his direct
authority every agency having to
do with his particular job. Only
thus can there be that simplicity,
coupled with direct flow of au-
thority and responsibility which are
the essentials of war organization
and which we must have not only
that We may attain victory, but
that We may do 80 at the least
possible cost to the Nation in time,
treasure, and above all. in lives.
(copyrisht. 1912. New York Tribune. Incl
Evening star., 1942-01-11
BoIIes to Answer Queries
On Air Raid Regulations

Persons who are uncertain about
afraid regulations and emergency
precautions may have their ques-
tions answered at 8 pm. January
20 at Gordon Junior High School
by Col. Lemuel Bolles, District
civilian defense director, and Glenn
ent Murphy, chief of AFRAID war
dens.
Questions may be sent in ad-
vance to Mrs. j. j. McCloy, 1908
Volta place NV. Schools whose air
raid arrangements will be discussed
include the John Quincy Adams,
Addison Curtis Hyde; Corcoran,
Eaton = Oyster. Fillmore Jackson,
Grant Weightman, Hardy Key,
Stoddard, Western High and Cor
don.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Evacuation Group Named
By California Governor
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan. 10
Gov. Culbert L. Olson appointed q
committee today to make precau-
tionary plans for evacuation Of
Californians from danger areas in
emergencies.
The Governor said there was no
reason for alarm and that the Army
Western Defense Command had as
sured him no evacuation activities
were imminent. He said the action
was entirely precautionary.
The committee, composed of men,
bers of the State Defense Council, is
headed by Harold w. Kennedy, chief
Of the Los Angeles Defense Council.
It is charged with finding and
equipping housing facilities in the
interior and to plan for the swift
movement Of refugees along Sec
ondary highways In the event of
necessity.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Occupied Nations Plan
Pledge for Post t-War
Punishment Of Foe
Representatives Of Nine
Countries Will Hold
Meeting This Week
~ ths Associated Press.


LONDON, Jan. lO-Representa-
tives Of nine countries occupied by
Axis armies will meet next week
and pledge themselves to bring final
Justice to ofncials Of Germany, Italy,
Hungary and Rumania who are re-
sponsible for hostage executions,
mass fires and seizure Of property
In conquered lands.
Informed quarters pointed out
that the pledge Will require the gov
ernments now residing in London
to start compiling . huge blacklist"
Of Nad and other officers to be
brought to trial after the war.
These quarters said the govern
ments of the Netherlands, Belgium,
Poland, Norway, Czecho-Slovakia,
Yugoslavia, Greece, Luxembourg and
the Free French Committee will
agree at the meeting to punish all
ohicials for any violations Of the
Hague convention of 1907 which
Germany signed.
Whether the trials will be held by
an international court or by the
countries concerned will be worked
out with other details of procedure
at later meetings.
The United States, Britain, Rus
sia and China will send observers to
the meeting, 1t was announced, but
they will not take an active part
the conference being confined to
governments whose countries are &C
tually under Axis occupation.
The meeting Is not connected with
the inter-Allied governments coun-
Gil, in which Britain and Russia hold
membership.
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Russian
Continued From First Page.)

positions anywhere along the vast
front.
The line Strengthening excuse fol
the Nazi Withdrawals has now beer
replaced by this talk of the fluid
'front.'" according to word reaching
here from Berlin-and even this If.
regular line seems doomed. the Brit
iSh feel, since the Germans do not
conceal the fact that the Russians
continue their assaults. often attack
ing the Nazi lines in four, six OF
even eight successive waves.
An indication that the Nazi pool OF
man power also may be running low
came in a broadcast dispatch from
a correspondent for Izvestia, who
claimed that "the huge losses on the
eastern front have compelled the
German high command to throw
into action old men and men under
military age"
Another Moscow broadcast pointed
up the Importance of the positions
the Germans have lost by citing an
order Of the Na1 Fifth Army COM
mander, found in a staff car aban-
doned by the German retreat.
II categorically forbid giving up
any position or any village" the
order said.
Villages Being Burned.
The fleeing Germans, according to
Moscow dispatches, are burning viii
lagos, dynamiting bridges, dams and
highways, and leaving groups of
automatic rif1emen in ambush in
Efforts to check the Soviet offen-
sive-a reversion to tactics they had
to endure during their six months
Of advance.
The Moscow radio broadcast q
Tass account reporting that Gen
Zakharkin's troops "annihilated
nearly 600 German soldiers and off,
GERS and captured trophies" in a
one-day action on an unspecified
sector.
twenty-five villages were freed
from the German INVADERS" the
account added.
Surrenders Reported.
A Tass dispatch broadcast by the
Moscow radio said that hundreds
of soldiers of the Fascist armies"
have been surrendering to the Rus
slams recently without resistance.
Until recently, the broadcast add
ed, prisoners were taken only in
fighting.
An Izvestia correspondent said
the Russian forces which recaptured
Maloyaroslavets prevented all Nazi
attempts to re-establishing a defense
line.
"One unit alone" the CORES
pondent declared, liberated about
80 populated places and advanced
20 kilometers U2.5 miles,"
Evening star., 1942-01-11

as excessive" had in the past proved
the cornerstone Of German victory.
Meanwhile, German newspapers
made no mention of the important
towns which have been recaptured
by the Red armies.
From the soldiers themselves came
this typical note, contained in a
letter home from q German anti
aircraft battery commander:
"Au our conversations and
thoughts here on the eastern front
are centered about one and the
same subject: Home leave things
were different last year it is
better not to have any illusions
about home leave thus nobody
will be disappointed"
Evening star., 1942-01-11
Pacific
Continued From First Page.)

donment Of Subic Bay and the Sec
ondary naval station, Olongapo,
which is situated on 1t.
Some were saying that Gen. Mac
Arthur's men still had their major
battle ahead Of them, a last-stand
fight on Batan Peninsula, with
the evacuation of as large q force as
possible to Corregidor Island q last
resort.
This rocky fortress, which COM
mands the entrance to Manila Bay,
and prevents the Japanese from
using it as a naval base, lies just
OF the end Of the peninsula.
Evening star., 1942-01-11

Fishing and fish drying are the
principal industries Of st. Pierre and
Miquelon Islands, according to the
Department Of Commerce.
Evening star., 1942-01-11

Thousands Of acres on Mexico's
west coast are producing many win
ter vegetables for the United States.
Evening star., 1942-09-27
new KIND OF OATMEAL CEREAL
COMES ALL READY TO EAT!
CORN and RYE Added for Flavor

is 1873 ground oatmeal, and provides
full oatmeal amounts of Vitamin Bl,
Vitamin G, Calcium, Phosphorus, Niacin
and Iron. It's the "old reliable" for
breakfast nourishment . . in modern,
ready-to-eat form. Fulills all the re-
quirements for ready-to-eat cereal, as
laid down for the National Nutritional
Program. General Mills, Inc, Mime
apolis, Minnesota.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-04-16
HARDIN BOYS
ARE GRADUATED

Two Hardin boys recently
graduated from the trades
schools at the naval air station,
Alameda, Calf, and are await
ing transfer to the fleet, the
navy revealed today. They are
Sterling Leslie Douglas, 20, sea-
man second calss, graduate of
the aviation metalsmith school:
and William Michael Reed, Jr.,
20, seaman second class, gradu-
ate of the aviation machinist'S
mate school.
Douglas is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. W. Douglas of Hardin.
Reed is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Reed also of Hardin.
He attended St. Xavier Mission
school.
They have been attending the
trades schools at the air station
for the past six months, after
receiving preliminary training
at boot camp" While at Ala
media they learned the funda-
mentals of maintenance, repair
and assembly of all types of
aircraft. They will soon be ELI
gible for promotion to the rat
ing of petty officer with a con-
siderable increase in pay.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-04-16
John KLINE
PAYS $500 FINE

John Kline paid a fine of
$500 in the district court of
Judge Ben HARDWOOD here last
Thursday. Kline had been found
guilty of assault in both the
justice and district courts, and
had appealed the case to the
state supreme court.
The Montana high tribunal
upheld the decision of the dis
trict court. AS soon as a re-
mitter from the high court is
received, County Attorney Bert
w. Kronmiller said, Kline will
be required to serve a Jail SEN
tence of three months, also as
sssed in the district court.
Upon application by the
county attorney, Judge Harwood
made an order applying a por-
ton of the fine to payment OF
costs caused to Big Horn coun-
ty in the case. The remainder
of the $500 will be paid to the
county's general school fund.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1942-04-16
MARBLE MEET
IS UNDER WAY

Arthur Platz, principal of the
Hardin grade school, announced
that the annual marble and
jacks tournament for grade and
primary pupils are under way
in the local schools.
There are 80 grade school
students and Sc in the primary
grades entered in the marble
tourney while so grade and IS
primary scholars are in the
jacks contest.
Games are now being played
at recess periods and during
the noon hours. Finals of the
tournament will be held next
"Wednesday afternoon, Platz sta
ted.
Last years winners were
Charles Seacrest, first; Lloyd
Saunders, second; Wayne Tay-
lor, third and Harold Devore,
fourth. Lloyd Saunders is a
strong contender for the title
this year.
Ribbons will be awarded to
the first four contestants.
Winners in the 1941 jacks con-
test were DELLA Schinder, Ed
ma Knaub, Jane Jackson and
Sarah Montez.