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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Appeals for Christian Approach
To Problems Of Victory and Peace.


To Problems Of Victory and Peace.
To the Editor of The Star:
Through your pages may address
an appeal to all true Christians of what
ever denomination?
We know in our hearts that If
Christians throughout the world had put
the things of Christ first there would be
no war today. We did not instigate the
war, but we, with the help of God, could
have averted it.
Soon, hope, we will have chance
again-after the war is over. Will we
be ready to lay selfishness aside and go
into the world with the gospel in word
and deed?
And what about now? Are Christians
really praying for the war to be won
quickly? How many would be willing
to pray all night long as they have
done in England?
Here is simple little verse from
one of our boys" in Australia:
Are they praying for us at home?
Are they meeting for prayer?
Or going on in the usual way,
AS they did when I was there?
A CHRISTIAN MOTHER OF A
NAVY FLYING CADET.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hnskin.

A reader can get the ansioer to any
question OF fact By ,Driting The Eve-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J.. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. c.. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. How fast do paratroopers reach
the ground?-E. H.
A. The rate Of fall in the average
jump of a paratrooper Is about 20 feet
per second. The rate varies with the
weight Of the individual, the load car
ried and the size OF the parachute.
Therefore, on the average. 1t would take
about Is seconds for a paratrooper
jumping from plane at 500 feet to
reach the ground.
@. How many foreign missions are In
Washington now?-N. M. L. ~
A. There are So now. Germany.
italy, Japan, Hungary, Rumania and
Bulgaria areno longer listed. The num-
Der Of embassies has increased since
the war began, despite the closing OF
three, and there are now Is embassies
and q legations in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Advocates Fair Play
For Housewives.

To the Editor of The Star:
How long is the public going to stand
the unfair practices of such conveyors to
the public as restaurants, grocers, etc.,
all supposedly done in the name of the
war?
To be given poor quality food and
then to be asked If one knows a war is
on is stock phrase now in all but the
best restaurants. OF course, they have
to make changes in their menus, but still
they are not as restricted as housewives
are. 81
Let's treat the home as fairly as pub
lie places. If homes cannot be heated
above IS degrees neither should stores
and public buildings, even If they burn
coal. They always are intolerably hot,
anyway. To work in an overheated
building and then go home to q cold
place is not healthy.
The war is asking q great deal of
housewives these days. Let's treat them
fairly. M. SIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Pays Tribute to Teacher
Who Lived Her Philosophy.

To the Editor Of The Star:
May I have the privilege Of saying
a word in memory of the passing Of DR..
Julia Hahn, an official in the Washing
ton school system?
I would like to share with others the
message which she left with some Of
us, the last time she spoke In public.
She was SO apparently Ill that her
words, to me, took on the significance Of
last words" ! listened very carefully
and what she said has been ringing IN
my ears ever since.
This was her message: There i q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Complains About Maintenance
OF Zoning Restrictions.


To the Editor Of The Star:
The article in The Star about 20 FAM
lilies that were forced out of apartments
because of complaints from owners of
property in the community who fear the
value of their holdings may be leopard
lied by introduction of multiple family
dwellings in various "A" residential
areas presents an appalling and incred-
ible situation.
In a recent Senate committee hearing
Senator Bone said: I'VE are in war
where it is not unlikely that three or
four million boys may lose their lives and
yet there are men who engage our time
talking about their property rights"
These 20 families were not forced out
of their apartments because of any
hazards to life or health or because they
were maintaining a nuisance, but because
of peacetime coming restrictions. In
wartimes, such restrictions are an i'm
pediment to the war effort.
Where are the coming regulations to-
day in London, "Stalingrad, Amsterdam
and other devastated cities? What will
they amount to if this city is bombed?
No one can object to regulations safe
guarding the health and life of the oc-
cupants of any place of abode. That 20
families, presumably war workers, can
be forced out into the street, on the basis
of prospective damage to adjacent prop
erty, sounds like fiction rather than fact.
When millions of people all over the
world are starving and freezing to death
and the youth of our land are to face the
horrors of war, a comedy such as is being
enacted here would be laughable If it
were not so serious
Doesn't some one have the power to
cut the Gordian knot?
PROPERTY OWNER,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Asks About Facilities
For Delivery Of Liquor.
70 the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Will you tell me this?
Why is it when I have sickness in my
home ! cannot get milk of magnesia or
a hot-water bottle delivered from the
drugstore unless I also order pre-
scription filled? But II I decide at $50
pm. that I want half pint Of liquor
or half dozen bottles Of beer. they
are delivered from my neighhorhood
liquor store in Is minutes.
How come?
MRS. GLADYS v. TAFT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17

In the United States?-R. B.
A. It is the Abyssinian Baptist
Church in Harlem, New York City, which
has membership of $4,000.
@. What are osmium and Iridium
L. j. L.
A. Osmium Is one of the platinum
metals which was discovered by Smith
son Tenant in 1903. 1t Is found native
when alleged with platinum and iridium.
This latter metal was discovered by Mr..
Tenant in 1902
@. How much do battleships and
bombers cost?-G. T.
A. The approximate total cost is as
follows: Battleship, $70,850, 300; cruiser,
$22 800 900; aircraft carrier, $276o0,ooo;
bomber, $4,000 to 100000.
@. What Is caucho?-S. B. r.
A. Caucho is the Latin American
name for rubber. 1t Is applied particu-
larly to the rubber obtained from trees
of the genus Castillo. There are two
species, one Brazilian and the other
Central American. They are coming
into prominence now as a likely source
OF commercial rubber, since they can
be grown In many parts Of Latin
America.
G. When was the eagle selected as
an American emblem?-W. NJ w.
A. The eagle has for ages been used
as military emblem and a symbol of
strength. It was first used as an Ameri-
can symbol on the Massachusetts copper
cent, coined in 1776. It is on the great
seal of the United States and has always
appeared on the reverse Of some of
our coins.
Q. How many homes have. radios and
electricity?-B. P.
A. According to the 1910 census, 1913
per cent of the homes reporting had
radios, 76.7 per cent electric lights, AL
per cent mechanical refrigerators, 48.8
per cent gas cookstoves and 5.4 per cent
electric cookstoves.
@. What does forte" means? How is
it pronounced?-W. D.
A. There are two words with this
spelling in English. One, from tho
French, is noun meaning strong point.
This word has the final "e" silent, and
is pronounced exactly like fort. The.
other word is musical term from the
Italian, usually an adjective meaning
loud, opposed to piano In this one the
final &c" is pronounced like an English
long "a"
@. How did the wedding ring origi-
nate?-L. r. B.
A. 1t is said that the Egyptians were
the first people to use the wedding ring
In taking marriage VOWS. The ring is
symbolic of what was once the yoke Of
mans authority over the bride.
@. How long does it take a hen to
lay an egg?-E. A.
A. The time which hen will spend
on the nest when laying an egg varies
from Is minutes to two hours. The
Leghorn may lay somewhat more quickly
than some other breeds. Minorcas lay
the largest eggs.
@. What were the first words used
on phonograph?-B. L.
A. When the photograph was in
vented by Thomas A. Edison the first
verse spoken into the new instrument
was Mary Had Little Lamb"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17

To the Editor of The atar.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Before the oficials Of OPA crack down
on the housewife about an extra pound
or so of coffee, 1t might be well II they
checked up on the persons who have
been using the sugar cards of members
Of their families who have gone into the
armed forces or are in college. Why the
colleges do not collect these ration books
and keep them during the year is q
mystery.
Some people use these coupons, and
have their parties with home dainties as
usual, and make no secret Of the fact
that they will have plenty Of coffee later.
We pirate lot about democracy. Suppose
We practice It as well. FAIRpLAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17

Who remembers the days when,
after the hustle and hustle Of New
York. it was good to get back to
quiet, serene Washington?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Suggests Booklet
On United Nations.
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the Ed1tor OF The Star:
A visit which the writer made lately
to the palace" of the Pan%American
Union, Seventeenth street and Consti-
tuition avenue, amply was repaid by the
discovery there of the unions beautiful
new brochure showing 80 pages of the
treasures and characteristics, natural
and human, of our hemisphere.
On the occasion of the writer's visits
to the League of Nations at Geneva he
had noted similar handbooks of the
members of that body and found them
an inspiration toward understanding
and appreciation of the leagues work.
ings. This suggested to his mind the
making of similar brochure OF the
United States own 48 States. And now
today there is the newest mighty group
ing, the United Nations. Why should
not its facts, characteristics and ideals
be published in like simple and attrac-
tive brochure? w. DANA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17

the plan for the forum this autumn,
but she chose to carry on" and she
has contributed to inevitable victory
by her decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17

WEDDING BOOK-Just of the
press, 32-page booklet, up-to-the-
minute in every detail. 1t will answer
all of your questions on wedding
preparations and the etiquette of
modern weddings, whether they be
military, formal or informal, in
church, home or club. Also includes
chapters on marriage licenses, an
niversaries, customs and superstitions,
duties of the best man, the reception,
invitations, rehearsal-in fact. every
thing the prospective hide will
want to know. To secure your copy
of this publication inclose 10 cents
in coin wrapped in this clipping
and mail to The Star Information
Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17

great deal Of Joy to be gotten out of
teaching, but remember that you get
out OF 1T only exactly what you put into
1t. And do your job well because after
all it Is your job and you are being paid
for it."
I have thought Of these words again
and again. Such was her philosophy,
and 1t is my belief that she lived and
died by 1t. LAURA K. POLLOCK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use OF
a pseud0nyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters ,Dith
a Die1D to condensation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights OF publication Of special dispatches
10 leo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Member Of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post ONCE
Washington, D. C..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17

MRS. GLADYS v. TAFT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17

G. What were the first words used
on phonograph?-B L.
A. When the photograph was in
vented by Thomas A. Edison the first
verse spoken into the new instrument
was Mary Had q Little Lamb"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
Mob Threatens
Draft Evader

OXFORD. N. J., Sept. II (INS)
Williams, 44-year-old
war plant worker, and his 16-year-
old wife were in Jail at nearby
Belvidere today to proect them
from angry neighbors who OBJ
jected to Williams alleged attempt
to evade the draft.
Williams, ordered to report for
induction Thursday after his APP
peal for deferment as a con-
scientious objector was rejected,
was confronted by more than a
score of Oxford residents when he
returned home from work last
night.
Sheriff Clark Willever then took
Williams and his wife into protec-
tive custody pending action by
army authorities.
THE army Is the result Of the
war spirit and the war spirit is
the devils spirit" Williams said,
still firm in his decision not to
report for induction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12

A tavern row that followed
tossing of burning cigaret into
a womans hair wound up today
with the serious stabbing of a
55-year-old patron and falling OF
two brothers.
Arthur Petty of 1885 Butternut
street. the knife viSr n, was dane
ing with Thelma Shea, u, Of 100
Eas' Pildale street, in the Wan
deS. bar. $50 Michigan avenue,
viii the incident occurred.
He knocked away the cigaret.
then accused Edward Blair, 10,
of so Howard street. and Hobart
Blair. "a, of 1856 Howard.
Witness. who included Pettys
wife. Marjorie. charged Edward
with the stabbing. Petty is in a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
IVA i'm Scrap Rally
Boys, Girls Given Second Physical Fitness Lesson;
Addressed by Harry Kipke
BY f. JEROME PETIT
Defense Editor Detroit Times

"Your physical fitness pro-
gram should be Of great interest
to you today, now that we are
at war. because on the shoulders
of you boys and girls will rest
the responsibility of building a
postwar America and, for that
matter, a postwar world"
The program was offered under
the joint sponsorship of the De-
troit Times and the Department
of Parks and Recreation. Mrs
r. O'Hair. vice president OF
the parks and recreation commits
sion. personally supervised the
and physical fitness in.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
Five on Italian Liner
Guilty Of Sabotage

CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone. Sept.
- QNS).-Four officers and men
of the crew of the Italian liner
Conte Biancamano today awaited
sentences of up to % years in
prison after they we're found guilty
of sabotaging their ship.
The four men were convicted in
district court. Their 23,000-to
ship was moored at Cristobal
when the sabotage plot was dis
covered. The ship had been stopped
because of debts against it, and
subsequently il was seized by the
United States.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
Report Jap Subs
In Caribbean

BERLIN. Sept. y German
recorded by UP at New
York;. - The German radio today
said that japanese submarines "in
the Caribbean Sea" had sunk two
American transports which were
said to be carrying 1000 troops.
The German broadcast asserted
that an American battleship of the
Tennessee class and a heavy
cruiser were heavily damaged by
Japanese dive bombers.
THE broadcast did not specify
where this action was supposed
10 have occurred)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
Willow Run
Praised by
Patterson
Plant to Help U. S.
Rule Air. He Says
at Road Dedication

Undersecretary Of War Robert
P. Patterson today promised that
B-24 hombers pro-
duced at Henry Ford's Willow Run
plant will soon begin blasting
Toxic and Berlin. -.
Speaking at the dedication cere-
monies for the new Willow Run
road system, Patterson said that
the plant Is "a very practical SYM
Dol of Americas determination to
produce what is needed to crush
the enemy.
"The bomber Is an offensive
weapon he said. Its mission
Is to carry the war TO the foe.
AMERICAN TACTICS
Tt typifies the principles that
have always guided American
military tactics. We believe IN
the offensive, the attack. Wtth
the product of this plant we WIN !
carry devastating attacks from !.
the air to our enemies.
'Willow Run Is at one end "a:
this network OF highways. Whist:
is at the other end? Where DO
these roads 60 from here?
Further than Detroit.
They 20 to the great mir
bases UP and down the country.
They go to our bases In the
Caribbean. They 20 to Alaska
They 60 to Brazil.
SOON TO JAM AIR ROADS
They span one ocean 70 Ice
land, to Britain. to Africa. They
span another ocean to Australia,
to China, to India. Some day
they will go to Manila. And some
day they will go to Toxic and
Berlin.
zone day soon. traffic win
jam the air roads from Willow
Run to Toxic and Berlin, and
those roads will be crowded with
four-motored B-24 bombers pro-
duced at Willow Rum"
Replying to critics, Patterson
4 C0u &sr-~x ~ - -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
Halt EnIisting
.0fEssentia|
War Workers
Army and Navy List
Men Who Probably
Won't Be Drafted
BY ELLIOTT HAYES

International News Service stan Writer
WASHINGTON, Sept. r.
Chairnen Of both the Senate and
House military affairs committees
today disclosed that they would
seek an inquiry into the draft
mess" and the manpower question.
Their statements came rs the
army and navy issued their first
list of essential civilian workers
who will not be allowed TO volun-
teer and probably will not be
drafted.
Declaring that the draft act lis
not working out as it should, y
Senator Robert Reynolds Cd of
North Carolina, chairman Of the
Senate group, said that he was
doubtful if much can be done "un-
less we make some changes and
ultimately-reach into the pool OF
IS annd 19-year-old youths"
Rep. Andrew J. May Cd OF
Kentucky. chairman of the House
military affairs committee. said
that we want to find out whether
many men have been deferred be-
cause of industrial jobs which they
took for no other purpose than
10 escape service"
Under the new joint policy, ex-
ecutives, foremen and technical
experts in 80 key industries can
not be given commissions or al
lowed to enlist unless their release
is given by company heads.
In what was considered an i'm
portant implication. the army
navy announcement said that the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12

showed up the scandal. We
noticed the payments were run
ming ahead of other counties of
comparable size and we ordered
the investigation.
Brown IL just riding on our
coat tails for publicity purposes.
He's got a nerve"
Between the two. IL turns out a
Manistique truck driver named
William Carefelle allegedly
charged the county S1,196 fol
hauling goods which never existed
and collected.
PROSECUTION PROMISED
"Since the state pays IS per
cent of the SchooIcrsft County
welfare costs, we are inter-
ested," said Brown. Hell be
prosecuted"
O'Connell retaliated:
Eyes, but wen do the prose-
cutting. This Ia our case"
Both agreed on one thing. The
state will withhold enough money
from the county TO pay for tho
excess charge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
Asks 10 Void MARRIAGE
10 Actor Lyle Talbot

LOS ANGELES. Sept. II INS).
-Annulment of her marriage to
film actor Lyle Talbot was sought
today by Margaret Adams (Tom-
mye) Talbot, actress and model.
Without going into detail, she
charged that her consent to the
marriage was obtained through
fraud.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
Germans
Fight Into
Stalingrad

LONDON. Sept. II (UP).-The
Exchange Telegraph said today
that the Moscow radio had re-
ported street fighting in Stain
grad.
Radio Moscow reported that the
Germans had penetrated several
streets but had been forced back
each time, the Exchange Telegraph
said.
"a Nazi radio broadcast.
heard by the United Press lis
tening post in New York. said
the Russians had been forced
to retreat further to the center
of the city of Stalingrad.D
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
BY VI. 3. HANDLER
Uaissa Frees star Correspondens

MOSCOW. Sept. 12.-The first
snow OF Russian winter was fall
ing today as defenders of Stain
grad stubbornly held off attacks
of 1000 planes. hordes Of German
infantry and droves Of tanks.
Although the snow was reported
in the mountains of the Mozdok
region of the eastern Caucasus. it
gave terrible urgency to the efforts
of the Germans TO seize the Volga
River city which Adolf Hitler has
ordered captured. regardless OF
price.
No Nazi advance had been re-
ported anywhere around Stain
grad in "a hours in official
PuSSiap coy,,p,tniotlaS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
Bic Welfare Scandal
COP, Democrats Both Take Credit for Finding
$lI96 Overeheree in SehooIcraft County
Time. stan Correspondent

LANSING. Sept. 12.-Mindful
of the approaching elections. Dem
ocratic and Republican sta tie
officials raced to the press today
to claim publicity for uncovering
big welfare scandal"
Republican Auditor General YER
non J. Brown was quickest on the
draw. He announced his men had
made an audit of the Schoolcraft
County welfare office books and
found a truck driver allegedly
socked the state S1,196 too much
for hauling surplus commodities to
schools.
sour investigation showed
this man was paid too much and
we are turning over the evidence
10 the county prosecutor"
Brown said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
o'CoNNELL INDIGNANT

Welfare Director John d. O'Con,
nell. a Democrat. was indignant
"How come Brown II an
nouncing this?" he asked. cit
was our investigation which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
NoVoRossIsK YIELDED

The midnight communique ac-
knowledged, however. that the
Russians had given up Novoros-
siSk. their Black Sea naval base
(claimed by the Germans since
Sunday.
The Caucasus snow buoyed Rus
sian hopes for an early winter and
correspondingly hit at the Nazis,
who, regardless of the outcome of
the present battle. are doomed to
another winter of war in Russia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
FORD B0MBERS TO
TOXIC AND BERLIN
PIaneHits
Factory;
9 Killed

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. II (UP).
The death toll exacted by a
burning army plane that crashed
through the roof of a building at
one of the Curtiss- Wright Corpora
tons aircraft plants reached nine
today, and it was feared that eight
of Al injured persons would die.
Among the critically injured, 1t
was reported. was J. Bertram
Burnell, SO. the pilot who was
testing the plane. and who bailed
out when it caught fire high above
Buffalo airport late yesterday.
Frank Ryan of suburban Ken
more and another worker, Sam
Shalala, 40. of Buffalo, were killed
at their work when the plane burst
down upon them like a meteor.
OTHERS FATALLY HURT
Lester Glenn sof Buffalo, an
army Inspector, died shortly before
midnight. Frank Warda. Joseph
Sheohino. Martin Till, Salvatore
Palmeri and Carlson Raugh of
Buffalo, and Paul Chase of eileen
Falls, all Curtiss-W Wright employees,
died before dawn.
The plane tore an "unbelievably
small hole in the roof, company
officials said. It's motor was en-
bedded in the concrete floor. The
rest Of the plane skidded along
the floor for a short distance, after
striking at an angle.
INQUIRY BY FBI
Officials said the planes gaso-
line ignited, but the afraid pre-
caution unit in the plant quickly
extinguished the fire, and kept
injuries and damages to a mimi
num-"
Debris was cleared away within
two hours, and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation i'm m e diately
opened an investigation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-12
The Weather
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

The sun viii set AT 7:47 p m today
and rise tomorrow al 1910 a. m.