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Evening star., 1942-03-01
Occupied France Gains Hope
From u. S. Entry Into War
People Reminded How Yonks Helped
Turn Tide Against Germans in 1918
skin and thin face made him look

skin and thin face made him look
like deaths head.
THE Germans must have told
them that" he said. But I was at
Dunkerque with them.
The British are very good. Quiet
and not excited. And disciplined
The officers walked around with only
those fiat caps to show their men
that bombing. and shelling were
nothing.
"It was very fine for people under
fire. I have been in two wars, and
I have seen nothing like it. But,
of course, 1t is hard to make people
who have never seen war under
stand how good it is.
There ale not many Of them, 1t
is true. But in 1910 the Germans
thought they would win.
Who stopped them? The Aus
traliansa The Canadians?
suffered Hardships.
"I heard German aviators when
they came back-it was before I
was prisoner. They kept saying:
The damned stubborn English!'
The colonel used to weigh about
100 pounds, and he always joked
about how he was built before we
had little hide-and-seek pill boxes
like the Maginot." Now he weighs
about 100.
What do you expect after IS
YnnY1fhc crIIoct nf friay1lc
over there?" he asked. They took
me four months after it was all over.
I lived in the town where you knew
me and practiced my profession,
walked with my wife in the, park
and was fairly happy.
Sometimes in the night you
would wake and think the war never
happened.
But the Germans kept after me.
They wanted me to teach their
troops to use our big guns that
they'd captured. All through the
war, I swear it, ours were better
than theirs. I told them mo- agair
and again.
Finally got angry. There was
a fight, and they took me over the
frontier to prison camp.
II was in a shack with a Dutch
man, Norwegian and an officer of
the Foreign Legion. They moved
him out.
They do not want two French
men together.
''It was cold all the time. We
worked on roads and ate potato soup
and bread with sawdust In 1t and
ersatz coffee.
Many died. There was much
consumption. The Boches kill many
in battle, but not as many as they
kill in prison.
Refused to Fight Russians.
often they would come and ask
me to reconsider and help their ar
tillery. They needed skilled artil-
llerymen for the war in Russia.
Il had no great love for Russians,
but they were men like us, defend
Evening star., 1942-03-01
0. P. A. 10 Deny Ration
Books 70 Sugar Hoarders

By the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Administration
has announced that sugar hoarders
possessing more than two months
supply would be denied sugar ration
books until their stocks have been
reduced to normal" levels.
At the same time, it was disclosed
that the registration for sugar ra-
tioning would cover a four-day per-
iod, probably late in March, and
would require the services of l, ,400, 900
registrars and the facilities of 245 900
public schools. Teachers will act as
registrars, under supervision of local
rationing boards.
Approximately 130,0O0,000 ration
books will be issued. The o. P. A.
figures it at one for every man.
woman and child in the United
States, except members of the armed
forces, inmates of institutions and
persons temporarily or permanently
in hospitals.
No book will be given to any per-
son whose stock of sugar requires
removal of more than eight ration
stamps at the time of registration,
o. P A. ruled. Each stamp will per-
init citizen to buy one weeks allot-
ment-presumably IL ounces, al
though it has been reported that
officials were considering reducing
the weekly ration to eight ounces.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

It's the sentiment that counts.
Never mind the fancy gift wrapping.
Save paper.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Trade Board Unit Urges
$50 School Opening

The Board of Trade announced
yesterday a recommendation by its
special war activities committee
that school authorities take early
and favorable" action on a proposal
to shift the opening hour of schools
from am. to $50 am. to relieve
transportation pressure.
Approving the change at meet
ing Friday, the committee took
the position that approximately 300
buses thus would be released for
general passenger service during the
congested morning hours if the plan
were put into effect.
The Executive Committee of the
trade boarc, already had approved
the proposal.
The War Activities Committee,
headed by Joseph C. McGarraghy,
approved appointment of a group to
study measures to expedite delivery
of freight in the Washington area.
This action followed a recommended
ton by the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association that consid-
Grafton be given to the problem by
representatives of railroad and car
rier companies, trucking and de-
livery firms and receivers of freight.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Fullers Visiting
In Fredericksburg

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Feb.
2s.-Mr. and Mrs. Robert s. Fuller
Of Fort Myers, Fla, are the guests
of Mr.. Hugh D. Scott here. They
are expected to leave shortly for Co
lumbia University, where Mr.. Fuller
will resume his lectures on his
travels in Guatemala.
Mrs. s. Walker Bristow and her
young son, Schuyler, jr., Of Chevy
Chase, Md, are visiting Mrs. Bris-
tow's mother, Mrs. Nelson Decker.
MIR. and Mrs. Simon Hirsh are in
Atlantic City. Before returning
they will visit in New York.
Mrs. William j. Faville has gone
to st. Petersburg, Fla,
Mrs. Parke A. Bacon of Washing
ton Is the guest of Mrs. A. P. Rowe
Mrs. P. Blake Lewis and Miss
Hazel Fines have left on a motor
trip to San Diego, Calf, where they
will visit friends for two weeks.
Mrs. Julian N. Conover of Prince
ton. N. j.. has arrived for an ex-
tended stay with relatives here.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Parties Hold
Linelightin
Arlington
E. F. Inbodys Hosts;
. Miss Harrison
Is HonOred

Two parties held the limelight In
Arlington County last evening, when
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Inbody enter
tanned at dinner and bridge in their
home in Cherrydale, and Mrs. Cliff
ton G. Stoneburner and Miss Fran
els Hurley were hostesses in Mrs.
Stoneburner's Arlington home. The
latter party was to honor Miss
Aleane Harrison, whose marriage to
Mr.. John Perkins vii ltake place
March 21.
Mr.. md Mrs. Inbody had as guests
at the fr party 1t. Col. and Mrs. S.
Gordon Green, Capt. and Mrs. OBJ.
Hillman, 1t. Comdr. and Mrs. T. B.
Nickson, DR.. and Mrs. j. H. Walton,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. MaSsie, MIR. and
Mrs. Nelson N Parker, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. York Welborn, Mr.. and Mrs. S. p.
Vanderslice, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth
L. Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil
Bouknight, Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton
c. Moore and Miss Mildred Bryan.
Miss Betty Marshall is spending
the week and at Blackstone, Va,
where she is the guest of the Rev.
and Mrs. Thomas G. Faulkner.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl W. Tomlin, with
their son Charles, will leave today
to make their home in Richmond.
Mr.. Tomlin is a member of the Pat
ent Office staff which has been re-
Gently transferred to Richmond.
Mrs. Tomlin was honored with a
bridge luncheon Friday by Mrs.
Robert Mcpherson.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Corson have
as their guests Mrs. Corson's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Tilman Of
Charlottesville.
Mrs. Seeley Bates, who has spent
several days with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
A. Gosnell en- route from Asheville,
N. c., is leaving for her home in
Asbury Park, N. j., today. Mrs. Cos
nell Is accompanying Mrs. Bates
and will spend a week with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G. Camp
bell have as their guest Mrs. G. H.
Adams of Waltham, Mass.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
BY DREW MIDDLETON.
Wide World News.

LONDON, Feb. 28.-"Al the wom-
en- cried for gladness when the
United States went to war with Ger
many, and in the. streets that night
they laughed at German officers" !"
the French colonel said
Some one painted Etats Unis'
Omitted States on the wall of a
civic building in the village six kilo-
meters from where I was hidden.
You remember the old barracks
in our town?
They wrote remember the Meuse
and the Argonne' on the gate that
night. 1t was the same all over
occupied France.
THE people of the village where
I was hidden had been quiet. The
Germans had been harsh when they
came in.
But that night people were serene
and almost gay.
The Mayor had never said much
since the Germans took his sash
away and his son was killed. But
he talked about Americans in the
cafe so loudly that the Germans
stopped playing billiards and came
in to listen.
We're Tired in 1918.
1--WE were very, tired in '18 when
the Americans came the Mayor
said. They moved on smoothly
like brown flood, young and very
big, and when they sang it was like
the sea on the coast.
1.-The Germans hit them very
hard, but always they kept coming,
and finally they flooded Boche
trenches. They were brave, and
all their equipment was new and
good
"A German officer walked over to
where the Mayor sat and said: You
can be shot for that And the
Mayor just said: That does no good
now"
At first, said the colonel, many
people in France were disappointed
by news of the war in the Pacific,
but now they listen to the British
Broadcasting Co., which tells them
all the news, not just the bad, as
the Germans do" He continued:
They are very angry with Vichy.
They think Vichy gave Indo-C China
to the Japanese and that made the
taking of Singapore easy.
ALSO they think Vichy will give
the japanese Madagascar, will give
away anything as long as they can
drink and play politics and forget
about France"
Praises British Fighters.
I said: How do they feel about
the British?"
The colonel asked what I meant.
I told him in my United States
some people say the British won't
fight, that they make others do
their fighting for them.
The colonel grinned. When he
grinned his pale, almost translucent
Evening star., 1942-03-01

I agreed to help them. After one
meal I escaped.
Peasants fed me, and I went
from town to town until ! got near
our home. But I never saw my
wife. They watched her, I know.
1t was too dangerous. So left
without seeing her.
soon we will go back. I think.
Many Of us were afraid, as men are
in battle, and more of us were fool
ish or worried about ourselves and
our belongings.
Now the best of us are here wait
ing to 60 back or are there waiting
to help US"
When they talk like that. simply
and quietly. you wonder how the
Germans ever did 1t.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Southern Express Kills
2 Small Girls on TrestIe
b. tie Associated Press.

by tft ASS0clkted Pre66.
SHAWSVILLE, Va, Feb. 28.-The
Southern Railways streamlined Ten
nessean, west-bound out of Roanoke,
struck and killed two small girls
walking on railroad bridge near
Lafayette on their way from school
yesterday.
Trapped midway of the span, the
girls, Ella and Betty Smith, about
II and Is years of age, were unable
to leave the trestle as the fast train
oomed around a curve only a short
distance from the bridges east end.
They were daughters of Mrs. Flossie
Smith, w. P. A. worker at Radford.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Navy Dance
BigFeature
AtManassas
Visiting Recruits
Are Entertained;
Dinner Party

MANASSAS, Va, Feb. 28.-The
high light Of the weeks social ac-
tivities took place this evening in
the gymnasium of the State Voca-
tional School when 125 visiting ma
val recruits stationed at the school
for a six weeks training course were
entertained at an informal dance.
The local Junior Woman'g Club as
sisted with the arrangements, and
young ladies from Manassas, Hay
market, Nokesville, Fairfax and
Warrenton were invited to make the
occasion q success. Chaperones in
cluded Mrs. A. E. Jakeman, Mrs.
Jack Roger, Miss Rome johnson,
Mrs. Florence Cue, Mrs. j. Carl
Kincheloe. Miss Lucy Arlington,
Miss Walser Conner. Mrs. George
r. Lee Tuberville, Miss Cornelia
Lewis and Mrs. Arthur Sinclair.
Another event Of the evening was
q dinner party given by Mrs. Paul
Arlington in honor Of the Rev. and
Mrs. A. Stuart Gibson, who are
leaving Manassas next week to make
their home in Falls Church. Guests
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Keith
Lyon, Mrs. James Dorrell, Miss
Nancy Marstellar, Mrs. Hawes T.
Davies. jr.; Miss Judson MacMan-
away, Mr.. c. A. Sinclair, jr; Miss
Eleanor Gibson, Mrs. Florence New
man and Mr.. Paul Arlington.
. Mrs. Richard C.. Hayden was
hostess on Friday evening at an
informal party. About 20 guests
were present.
Events Scheduled
For This Week.
Among next weeks festivities will
be q small bridge party to be given
Monday afternoon by Mrs. Arthur
Sinclair, and q luncheon arranged
by Mrs. e. K. Evans for Thursday.
Mrs. Evans will be assisted by Mrs.
Rembert Smith. and guests will re-
main for knitting bee in the after
noon.
Mrs. e. H. Hibbs has as guests
this week end Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
lace johnson of Buena Vista, Va.
Mrs. l.. M. Kite has with her for
the week end Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Kite and their son Barry of Wash
ington and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Kite Of Arlington.
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Lanahan will
return next week from st. Peters
burg, Fla, where they have been
spending q month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Weatherall
Of Arlington are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Weatherau.
Capt. Alan Mackenzie
Leaves for New Post.
Capt. Alan Mackenzie has left for
his new post. Mrs. Mackenzie will
make her home in Washington dur
ing his absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Bauserman
have as weekend guests Mr.. War
rem Bauserman Of Richmond and
Mr.. Elmer Fisher OF Fort Belvoir.
Miss Eleanor Gibson Of Hyatts-
vile, Md, is spending the week end
with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs.
A. Stuart Gibson.
Miss Mary Louise Robbins has
as her house guest Miss Shirley
Hynson, whose parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred r. Hynson, are spending
six weeks In Florida.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Pi K. A. Dinner Marks
Fruternity's 74th Yeur

Members of Pi Kappa Alpha fra
ternity in the washington area
celebrated the 74th anniversary of
the fraternitys founding, at din
ner meeting at 7:30 o'clock last night
at the Kennedy-Warren.
The principal speaker was U. S.
Gordon of Gainesville, Fla, a guest
of Senator Andrews, also a frater-
nifty member.
Evening star., 1942-03-01
Ewes Aid Food Drive

GRAND ISLAND, Nebr. (R.-
Eight ewes belonging to John S.
Neubert must have heard about the
"food-for-victory" drive. They gave
birth to four sets of twins, two sets
of triplets, one set of quadruplets,
and a set of quintuplets-a total of
% lambs.
Evening star., 1942-03-01

ing their homes. 1t seemed a thing
of great obscenity If I SHOULD help
Germans uproot other homes and
families. They were not nice when
I refused to help.
Look" He pointed to a tri-
angular scar on his face But I
knew I would die II I stayed, and
when I found where the guns were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

by and see his life messed up"
 Penny sensed, somehow, that this was the longest speech Bill had ever made. With set lips and bitter eyes, he walked out.
 Jim Vickers pulled sheet of paper from an inner pocket, and made a few notes. Deity, Midge poured another steaming cup of coffee.
 By the way, Jim," she said, There's an item for your paper. Meet Penny Kellogg, our new disher-outer of food fit for a king. Penny, meet Jim Vickers, editor, publisher and janitor of the Kirk town Courier.
 Penny felt an unaccustomed blush flooding her cheeks. She managed smile and a stammer.
 Jim vickers rose gallantly, ex- tending his hand in greeting. She enjoyed his grin.
 "Glad to know you, Penny" " Jim said. I'm sorry our little game spoiled your lunch. We don't always play so rough
 T thought you did all right" Penny approved, inwardly thank full that he did not recognize her. Tt certainly was swell of you to come to Bills rescue. He was get ting the worst of 1t, you know"
 Lots of good fellows like Bill are getting the worst of it," Jim said soberly. '"The showdown Is coming soon." Jim went on tc explain that on pay day Castro'S shills worked the mill gates They're a tricky bunch. The men have money, burning a hole in their pockets. Castro provides the temptation and the suckers lose their pay"
 q can't understand that" saio Penny. Don't the men know they're being tricked?"
 "It's hard to explain, Penny. Jim said. But the hunger for excitement and fun is just as gnawing, sometimes. as the hunger for food. Castro runs every place in town. The men wander into one of his spots just to have some thing different to do. Before they realize 1t they've had too much to drink. If they don't gamble their pay away on Castro's crooked games, they're rolled for theiI money"
 He looked up at Penny, studied the serious expression on her face and laughed suddenly.
 Gosh, Penny. It isn't as bad as all that" he said. Lets see you smile again. I like your dim ples." Involuntarily, Penny com piled.
 You're a stranger here and it'' my civic duty to show you tht sights", Jim volunteered. "Hov about a guided tour of Kirktown7'
 Penny hesitated. Jim's invita- ton was tempting, but dangeroui
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
LUCKY PENNY

/, firmly in his strong hands. The five who had been beaten brushed dirt from their trousers and glared in impotent fury at their attack CTS, then picked up their crushed hats, no longer white.
 You haven't heard the end of this, Vickers," one of the men said evenly, grimly. Well get you yeti" Bitter anger was written on their bruised faces as they Stalked out.
 Midge and Pietro, suddenly as calm as though this were an every day occurrence, surveyed the dam age.
 That was the best days enter tainment I've had in a year." said Midge. I'd give weeks salary to see you do 1t over again"
 "Sit down and have cup of coffee, boys" Pietro invited. They've had 1t coming to them for a long time. Here, Penny. Take care of the boys. Don't worry about the tables. We'll fix them"
 Both Jim and the steel worker nursed sore knuckles as Penny served them with hands that still shook.
 What's the story, Bill2" Jim asked quietly. Bill took a long drag on his cigaret before he ans wered
 You've probably heard it a hundred times, Jim. My brother lost his pay again this week. Cas- tros men cleaned him good and proper. He didn't have enough money left for bus fare. I'm going to get those guys" Bill threatened, clenching his fist. If they don't let my kid brother alone. I'll kill them!"
 How did 1t happen, Bill?" Jim's voice was soothing.
 "The same old racket" Bill said. as if weary of repeating It. Gas tro's stooges were at hte mill gate, as usual, on pay day. The kid brother is a good lad. He means well. But well. like the other fellows, he likes a good time. They roped him into g crooked dice game. He had a few drinks with the boys. When they finished, his pay was gone"
 Sure 1t was the Castro gang?" asked Jim.
 Sure" said Bill. Its always the Castro gang! They run this town. You know that, Jim"
 T know. You'd better lie low for while" Jim cautioned They're a tough bunch. Don't worry about that outfit. We'll clean them out of Kirktown."
 Thanks. Jim," said Bill. T can take care of myself. If they know what's good for them, they'd bet ter stay away from us. My brother has the swcllest wife and kid that ever lived. I'm not going tO stand
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
PENNY MEETS THE EDITOR
CHAPTER III

Without warning, steel worker who had just come in walked over to the table where the well-dressed quintet was seated and lifted one of the men from his seat. He struck Guriously, before the unwary group could come to its senses. Method Acally, like a machine, he hammered first at one and then at another of the men.
 They they were all on their feet. @iugging with animal ferocity, they ignored tables and chairs in the melee that ragged from one end of the restaurant to the other Penny stepped aside just in time @s her table was overturned, the spaghetti spilling onto the floor fn a tangled mess. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Pietro aurch from his kitchen screaming epithets in a tongue she couldn't understand and waving a meat cleaver high over his head. The men paid no attention to him. In Q whirlwind of fists - the black Gllirted steel worker seemed to be spinning like a top, no match for the men he had attacked. Often his failing punches reached their mark, but now he was weakening.
 Then, once more from nowhere, bame that familiar tweed suited figure, the broad shoulders Penny recognized. She wondered what Sim Vickers would do.
 For . long moment, he hesitated. Then. taking in the situation with e sharp. thoughtful glance, he plunged into the fight with thor 0ugh fierceness that thrilled Penny en q strange way she had no time Co analyze.
 Jim Vickers was a powerhouse Rn action. He grappled with two of the sleck-haired men and tossed them halfway across the room as pf they were pebbles. Pietro, still shouting imprecations that no one Eould understand, returned to the BrAy with Q more practical weapon, m skillet which he bounced with marked success of the head of an- Hther member Of the embattled emintet.
 AS quickly as the fight had be- nun lk ended. Jim restrained the Em1a FietFo and the scowiing steel
 1<kR hv eTasDlng their arms
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
BY GLORIA KAYE
COPYRIGHT. ieA2. NEA SERVICE. tN C.
sy William Ferguson

to the plan she had been outlining in her mind. Penny Kellogg III waitress uniform might mean nothing to Jim. Would he recog- nize her as the Penny Kirk he had known in Paris if he spent an afternoon with her?
 Come on," he urged. I'm harmless"
 well" Penny wanted to go admitting to herself that shed been a little lonely. Maybe 1t was worth a chance (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
MoNTANAN JOINS WAACs

Butte, Mont. (UP) - The first Montana woman to be accepted tn- to the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, Miss Betty Clague, is a dir ect descendant on her mothers side from Nathan Hale, Revolutionary War hero who said, My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10
, SERIAL STORY
HENRY

THE STORY: Wealthy Penny Kirk has returned from Paris to 'rediscover" herself in KirktOwn, location of the great steel mills she has inherited. The morning after her arrival she sets out, in- cOgnito, to tour the town. Hot and tired, she drops in at restaurant is mistaken for a job applicant, and hired as 8 waitress. Five we'll dressed men enter the restaurant, and in moment a fight starts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-10

Airplane passengers in Rwitz- land last year numbered 4,66S, com pared with 122,937 in 1889
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