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Evening star., 1942-04-01

how many thousands of Indians we
passed in those days, but their
camps beside the trail were pitiful.
1--WE slept in a temple that night.
There was a three-roomed bunga-
low, but some officers beat us to
it and they didn't even offer room
to the women of our party, so we
all stayed in half-fnished mat
huts. There were absolutely no
sanitary facilities and they had four
cases of chloera there. BY this time
our coolies were simply tagged out,
and no wonder. 1t was all we could
do to walk without any kits or
baggage.
The next day was just more
mountains and more valleys all day
long At last, in the afternoon of
the third day, We reached the road.
At Pelel, we finally found bus line
Evening star., 1942-04-01
PIT Boats Playing Major Role
In Guarding Panama Canal
Woshnetonion Heads Mosquito Fleet
Always on Alert to Defend VituI Area

a fine combination Of experience
and youth.
Boss man Is 1t. Comdr. Earl S.
Caldwell of Washington, D. c.. only
38 years old, but a veteran of service
aboard aircraft carrier, battleship,
heavy cruiser and destroyers, and,
most important, one Of the pioneers
Of PIT boat service.
Junior officers Of the mosquito
fleet, commanding the individual
boats, are keen, quick thinking,
action-hunting lieutenants and en-
sings-average age, about Is.
Crews are picked men-chosen
from a waiting list according to
Bureau of Navigation tests. They're
young in years but all are expert
enced.
Crews are Capable.
Every member of the small crew Is
trained to handle any of the assign
ments aboard. and any casualties
suffered during an engagement need
not destroy the boats effectiveness.
The whole setup is geared for
speed. Drill maneuvers and tactical
operations practiced daily - have
become second-nature, and team
work is at fine edge. All tactical
doctrine has been boiled down to a
single, small sheet of simple signals.
Boats are on the alert always
day and night. A night take-off
can be executed in few minutes
for the men sleep aboard no matter
where the craft is anchored.
There are frequent co-ordinated
maneuvers with planes Of the Carib-
bean defense command. Sometimes
the action is joint: sometimes the
planes dive low in simulated attack
The vid-Goliath setup appeals
to all hands aboard, and they're
hoping mostly for an encounter with
an Axis aircraft carrier-ready and
anxious to put proof to the old
axiom: The bigger they come, the
harder they fall"
Evening star., 1942-04-01
BY CHANDLER DIEHL,

ASSOSAdbtO EIeSS " al NOIIcSpoAOcDt.
AT SEA OFF PANAMA, April l.
One of the mightiest forces serving
in the joint air, sea and land de-
fense of the Panama Canal is the
fleet of patrol torpedo boats-PT
boats-now operating in the waters
of Panama.
These pint-sized battle -buggies
are the razzle dazzle units of the
Navy's attacking force and they
have true high-scoring power as
proved by the results turned in by
the tiny group operating with Gen.
Douglas Macarthur in the Philip
pines.
The mosquito feet of the Panama
sea frontier now is on daily battle
maneuvers and correspondents have
just been permitted to see the per-
formance of these mighty mites in
tropical waters.
There's no question about razzle-
dazzle performance. The PIT boats
have speed, drive, swing, change OF
pace, power and deception. They
zig-zag deceptively. then drive in
hard on their target.
One target for a simulated attack
in the days maneuvers was coast
wise freighter.
Adapt at Feinting.
Foam flying, the vessels of the
mosquito fleet converged on the tar
get ship and it was easy to picture
how these shifty little runners
maintain the attacking edge in any
combat. They can feint more cum
bersome enemies into position for
an attack and then speed in-the
tiniest sort of target-to loose their
torpedoes.
The men who run these PIT boats
off Panama are confident of their
craft in the extreme, They are
totally unafraid-equally full Of
daring.
The Caribbean MOSQUITO feet has
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Essen Hunger RevoIts'
Reported After Cut
In Worker Rations
Slogans AssoiIine Hitler
Appear in Factories,
Moscow Radio Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 1.-The Mos
cow radio reported today that
hunger revolts" took place a
few days ago among workers of
Essen, the German munitions
center, and declared police
guards and armed storm trooper
formations were being increased
at German war factories.
The Essen disturbances occurred
when cutting of the bread ration
was announced a few days ago, the
radio said, and such slogans as I'VE
want more bread" stop the war"
and Down with Hitler" appeared on
factory walls.
Police carry out exercises which in
volve the erection of barricades and
the posting of machine guns on roofs
OF neighboring buildings when the
shifts are changing at Neukoelln and
other factory districts of Berlin, the
broadcast added, and special police
committees have been formed to deal
with sabotage.
Two important centers in Poland
for the Illicit sale of German Army
gasoline have been discovered and
high German officers Of the army
air force and gestapo have been ar
rested, it was said.
Four soldiers of the German gar
rison at Pardubice, Bohemia, were
killed during food riots which were
only halted by the intervention OF
SIS elite Guard troops, the Czecho-
slovak Press Bureau said yesterday
After complaining about their
food, the soldiers clashed with their
officers, shouting. I'VE want peace
let us go home!" the bureau re-
ported.
An SIS detachment was sent to the
barracks and four soldiers were
killed while go were being arrested
A new garrison was established in
Pardubice and military personnel in
the protectorate were made subject
to SIS military courts, it was said.
Evening star., 1942-04-01

and were in Imphal in two hours.
God, it was dusty. We had a
quarter inch layer of dust all over
us. Anyway, there was good
evacuees' camp at Imphal and we
got hot food for the first time. We
had lived on canned food for days
The beds were as hard as the floor,
but We were used to that.
1--WE still had an 11-hour truck
ride to reach the railroad head at
Manipur road and crossed another
6,400foot mountain range. At mid
night We climbed in the train where
we had real berths and they were
marvellous. After that we spent one
day stranded on a river ferry and
the next night caught another train
for Calcutta. I lost eight pounds
in those IA days. What a trek"
(Copyright 1912, Chicago Daily News, Inc }
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Three Chinese Corps
To Map Temporary
Route From India
Mukeshift Rood Planned
Until New Highway
Hos Been Finished
BY the Associated Press.
CuTJNcD ~

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, China, April l.
Three 100-man Chinese survey
corps, each including engineers, doc
tors, road experts, mapmakers and
armed guards, will leave Running
shortly to map a temporary coolie
and animal transport route to India
over which gasoline and other vital
materials can be rushed to China
while the new India road is being
completed.
This emergency scheme, necessi-
tated by the japanese drive into
Burma which closed the Burma
road, calls for the use of pack
trains, human caravans, mule and
man-drawn carts and even ele-
plants over route following a gen.
eral line from Western Yunnan
Province through upper Burma to
India.
The surveyors admittedly are
tackling a tough Job, for they must
work through one of the widest
regions in the world. Various dis
eases. notably malignant malaria,
prevail the year round, while the
terrain to be crossed also abounds
In hostile tribes, wild animals and
poisonous insects.
Another route being considered
would lead northwest from Kun
ming into Sikang Province and then
through Tibet.
Besides its surveying equipment
and road-building material, each
corps must carry enough food for
one or two months, as through many
mountain and jungle stretches there
are no human habitations. On the
homeward trip the corps will bring
back war supplies.
This will be China's first foreign
extension of its primitive pack
train transport system in modern
times. China possesses 40 main and
branch lines of this kind covering
1900 miles in Is provinces. Plans
already are under way to open a
passenger cart service over some of
these lines from Chungking north
west to Chengtu, then northeast to
Kwangyuan, just below the border
of Szechwan and Shensi Provinces.
From there 1t will be possible to
make connections into the north
west.
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Map Publishers Asked
To Omit Military Data
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Office Of Censorship has
asked map publishers to leave mil
itary depots and war production
plants off new maps. The request
does not affect maps already pub
lished.
Location Of arsenals and explo-
sives plants should not be shown on
the charts, the Office said. Neither
should military air fields built since
December 7. l941. The names and
locations of military camps, posts
and stations are permissible, pro-
vided there is no indication of their
size or strength.
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Gorbuoe Cons to Be Suved

SALT LAKE CITY (P.-Some Of
that backyard rattle is going to be
eliminated. Commissioner John B.
Matheson issued INSTRUCTIONS to all
garbage collectors to quit throwing
the cans around and to handle them
gently They have to last for the
duration.
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Missing 'PeoIe Portrait
Is Offered to Virqiniu

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, April IA por-
trait of George Washington, which
may be Virginias long-lost Peale
painting. has been offered to the
Commonwealth by New York COL
lector who reputedly acquired il
from the Due de Mouchy in France
in 1881, Gov. Darden disclosed yes
terday.
The "rediscovery" Of the painting
was made known to the Governor
by Thomas c. Colt, jr., director OF
the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Mr.. Colt said the present holder
asks $25000 for the painting.
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Soviet President Coils
For More War Material
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, April 1-President
Michael Kalinin of the Soviet Union
last night told collective farmers
that Premier Stain demanded more
war materials and added:
This also applies to the agricul-
tural council. We must produce
more bread and more vegetables. He
who through carelessness or slovenly
work does not fulfill his task will be
guilty of the greatest crime imag-
Unable before the Soviet people and
the Soviet state"
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Thief Drops BiIIfoId

KANSAS CITY P).-A bunch Of
chickens were stolen from johnson
County farm. At the scene the
sheriff found the thief's billfold, con-
tanning all necessary information for
the arrest. Faced with the evidence
the man confessed, the sheriff said
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Plumber, Aide Strike
Match at Wrong Time
Ry the Associatea Press,

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. April Tony
Lucchesi, Al, a plumber. and his IT.
year-old assistant, Clifford Hauchin,
don't hunt for gas leaks with a
match. No sir!
They used a f1aShlight yesterday.
The f1ashlight bumped into some
thing, fell on the floor and went out.
One of them lit a match to find the
f1ashlight
Emergency Hospital attendants
said their burns were extensive, but
not serious.
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Altitude Affects Teeth

Experts in Peru have reported that
the teeth of sheep grazing at $1,000
feet altitude may last only seven
years, while at $1,000 the useful age
may be extended to nine years.
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Soviet Hos 20 Million Horses

Russia estimates it still has nearly
&c 900, 600 horses suitable for mill
tary purposes, compared with IT,
900 900 in all the rest of Europe.
Evening star., 1942-04-01
Acid INDIGESTION

WnAt many DoctofB do Tor u
When excess stomach acid esuseS gas sour ston.,h
90 heartburn doctors prescribe the fastest srf,n
medicines known for symptomatie reiief-medicinss
Ike those In Bellsns Tablets Try Befl -sns yoUr,sI
ct nrst sign OF distress They neutraIe acid rsisys
gst: and BRING comfort very auekly-yet are not a
aIturel Only 25c. a. drug stores II your very ART
trial doesn't prove Bell ans better return hottis -
us and get double your money back
Evening star., 1942-04-01
FOUND.
LOST.

GERMAN SHEPHERD. female Vicinity
Tnevy Chase Lake riding stables Call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-28
D. {. Fireboat Goes
To Aid Of Stricken
Craft al Alexandria
'Coust Guard Removes
Crew After Vessel
Roms Hidden PiIinq

An attempt was being made today
by the District fireboat and the
Coast Guard to keep a wooden cargo
boat afloat off her pier at Alexan-
dria so her load of approximately
lis tons of soybean meal can be
salvaged, Coast Guard officials re-
ported.
Of1icials said the vessel, Persever-
ance, carrying a cargo of soybean
meal consigned to the Herbert Bry-
ant Fertilizer Co. of Alexandria,
struck submerged piling yesterday
morning as she attempted to dock
at the foot of First street.
The boats captain. Antonio
Mitchell, Immediately called the
Coast Guard and the crew and a
portion of the deck cargo was re-
moved The District fireboat. re-
spending to call. was held up for
several hours by dense fog, it was
stated.
Coast Guard officials said the boat
was resting on pile which pune
tured her hull under the No. hold
Or the starboard side. Although the
Perseverance was said to be listing
badly to port. officials said water still
was being pumped from her hull in
an effort to get at the balance of
her cargo and repair the damage
The Perseverance. l1O-foot
auxiliary motored wooden vessel of
300 tons is owned by the Davis
Milling Corp. of Norfolk. Va, and
was carrying cargo consigned from
that firm to the Bryant company.
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Trucks Now Garry Servicemen
To Lodgings on Week Ends
transportation Service Solves Problem
Of Getting Men to Recreation Center

"All aboard for the recreation
center!"
This call on Saturday nights has
become a popular one at service
clubs in Washington and at the
Union Station, for it means free
lodging and transportation for the
hundreds of servicemen who visit
the city over the week ends.
Initiated just recently, the trans
portation provided by the Army to
its recreat ton center across the Ar
lington Memorial Bridge is called
blessing" by Ian Forbes. director
of Service Club No. /, 306 Ninth
street NV.
Used to Sleep on Floor.
Until this transportation service
was provided, he explained. his club
and other centers here were damned
late Saturday nights with service
men who had no place to sleep
Often, he said. the men did not have
money or the inclination, if it was
cold. to make the trip over the
Arlington Memorial Bridge.
Mr.. Forbes said that on many
Saturday nights he was faced with
the problem of servicemen sleeping
on the floor and on the stairway of
Service Club No. l. There was no
way of sending them to the sleeping
place provided by the Army.
Through the efforts of 1t. Col.
w. H. Long. head of the Washing
ton Recreation Area, and 1t. John
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Army May Be
Asked for Oil
Truck Drivers
ComuIier Finds
Monpower Shortage
Problem of Dealers

Possibility that the Army may be
requested to relieve the present
shortage of fuel oil truck drivers in
the District was revealed today by
Renah F. Camalier. newly appointed
consultant to the OPA director for
Washington.
Mr.. Camalier. who will confer
today with Price Administrator
Henderson and other Government
officials connected with fuel oil
rationing, said he would request
first that Manpower Commissioner
Paul V. McNutt be asked to furnish
drivers and then. if this failed.
would request that soldiers stationed
here be assigned to aid in emer-
gency fuel deliveries.
Either of these steps, the CONSUL
tant said. would relieve what ap-
pears to be the crux of the present
confusion enveloping the oil ration
ing system. He reported that he
had made survey during the week
end and had discovered that dozens
of trucks were standing idle because
dealers were unable to get drivers,
Mr.. Camaliers principal task in
his new post, which is non paying
and in the nature of liaison job
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kartinsburg Girl 10 Train
As Ferry Command Pilot

MARTINSBURG, w Va. Dec.
28.-Miss Frances Grimes, ground
instructor for the Southeastern Uni
versity pilot training course here,
has received appointment to enter
training as a pilot in the Ferry Com
mand Service flying planes to
Army and Navy forces in distant
places, she disclosed today.
Miss Grimes, one of West Vir-
gina's leading sportSwomen when
she was playing competitive tennis
few years ago, will enter training
under the program Just organized
by the noted flyer, Jacqueline
Cochrane.
She plans to leave here early in
January to report for an intensive
training period at Houston, Tex.
Miss Grimes was voted the out
standing athlete in West Virginia"
several years ago after winning
numerous tennis titles. She also
formerly held the No. ranking
among women in the Middle At
lantic region.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
MIS-. Bushrod Grimes. formerly of
Morgantown, w. Va, now Of
Richmond, Va.
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Two Washingtoniahs
And Arlington Officer
Die in Plane Crash
Maj. n. }. Vim Victim;
Fourth Soldier Killed
In Gainesville PLUNGE

A Virginian and two Washing
tonlans were among four men killed
last night in the crash of an Army
plane near Gainesville, Va. Capt.
Walter r. Bottcher, public relation
officer at Boiling Field, reported
today.
The Virg.nian was listed as Mai.
H. j. VIM, 81, of 4764 North
Twenty-fourth street. Arlington.
The two crew members from
Washington were listed as Staff
Sergt. Walter r. Best. %. of 400
Brandywine street Sc. and Pvt.
George E, Blanc, %, former en-
ploye of the Washington Post
The fourth member of the crew
was Pvt. Vernon NJ. Kragnes. "a, of
Glyndon, MINI.
Was Native 0f Arizona.
Maj. VIM. who was chief OF the
manning section in the Office of the
Director OF Personnel. Headquarters
OF the Army Air Forces. was a ma
tive OF Phoenix, Ariz, and had been
licensed AS civilian pilot before the
war.
An officer in the Infantry Reserve
MAJ. VIM was called to active
DUTY in 1885 when he was assigned
as adJutant OF the Arizona district.
CIVILIAN Conservation Corps.
In December, 1910, he was trans
ferred to Shreveport, La. and in
April, 1912. was sent to Washington
He was promoted to the rank OF
ma jor last February.
Maj. VIM is survived bv his
WIDOW. who lives in Arlington. and
his mother. Mrs. Gail VIM of Phoe-
nix.
Sergt. Best. an aerial engineer
was serving AS crew chief of the
plane, Boiling Field officials said
He was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Budd Best of Huey, Pa, and en-
listed in the Army Air Forces in
June, 1910, at Boiling Field. He had
been recently married.
Attended Night Schools.
Pvt. Blanc, who served as a copy
boy at the Washington Post for
several months in l94l, was native
of Denver, Col He enlisted in the
Air Forces at Boiling Field last July
and had been working in the SAL
wage section of the quartermaster
department. .
Pvt. Blanc, who formerly resided
at 1878 Brentwood road NE. had
been employed as a clerk in the
ReSettlement Administration, the
Treasury Department and in the
Office for Emergency Management,
and attended various night classes
at George Washington University
Georgetown and at the Temple
Business School.
Pvt. Kragnes was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Alvin Kragnes of Glyndon,
Miss. He enlisted in the Air Forces
last July at Fort Smelling, Mimi,
and was transferred to Boiling Field
on December Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-28

Simpson. special service officer of
the Washington military district,
and Recreation Services. Inc. the
Saturday night transportation serv-
ice was instituted
From II pm. Saturday night to
S a m Sunday morning Army trucks
stop every 20 minutes to pick up
soldiers, sailors, Marines and Coast
Guardsmen at the Union Station.
Service Club No. l, John B. Bennett
Memorial Club. Glib C street NV,
and the Soldiers, Sailors and Ma
rines Club, 1918 L street NV.
Showers Are Provided.
Sleeping accommodations for 900
to TOO servicemen are provided at
the recreation center There are
also shower baths and warm sleeping
quarters.
The Arlington Red Gross Chapter
serves the men Sunday breakfast.
Trucks used to transport the men
are supplied from Fort Myer.
A driver of one of the Army
trucks estimated that 275 to $50
servicemen have been sleeping at
the recreation center since the
new transportation service was
begun.
The men who seem to get the big
gest kick out of chance to sleep
at the recreation center. according
to Mr.. Forbes, are the sailors. who
welcome the opportunity to see how
their brothers in the service live.
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Boy, 10, Gives Sermon as Feast
Is Marked at Catholic Church

A sermon of hope in war-torn
world was given by 10-year -old
boy yesterday afternoon at the
Church of Our Lady of Victory,
1885 Macarthur boulevard, where
about 100 children and nearly as
many adults attended special
service to mark the Feast of the
Holy Innocents.
Dressed in the robes of a cardinal,
James Konouck. a student of st.
Stephens School, stood inside the
altar rail and delivered the sermon
following a procession of children
dressed as priests. nuns and angels.
The celebration opened in the
parish hall, where number of chill
dren presented six tableaux based
on gospel stories from st. Matthew.
The group then formed a process
sion to the church. where services
opened with the boys sermon.
Young Konouck spoke Of the
Staying of little children by King
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-28
Howard Griffith, Silver Spring
Postmaster, Dies Unexpectedly
Montgomery County
Native Was Farmer
And Civic Worker

Howard Griffith, SO, postmaster at
Silver Spring. Md, for the last eight
years and member of one of Mont
gomery County's oldest families, died
Unexpectedly of heart attack early
yesterday at his home at 1910 Moves
drive, Silver Spring.
Born In Beallsville, Md, Mr. Grit
fifth was the son of the late Charles
G. and Caroline H. Griffith. He was
farmer for number of years and
at the time of his death owned two
large farms in the upper part of
Montgomery County,
Mr. Griffith came to Silver Spring
with his family % years ago and
established the Griffith & Perry
Coal Co., serving as its president for
ii years. He was appointed post
master at Silver Spring in 1884.
During his administration the
Office has advanced from second to
first class.
He was active in civic and welfare
work and was a member of the Sill
yer Spring Board of Trade and other
organizations
Besides his widow. Mrs. Elizabeth
Perry Griffith, he is survived by five
daughters: Mrs Blanche Clark of
Chevy Chase, Miss Rebecca Griffith
Of Baltimore, Mrs. Margaret Livings-
ton and Mrs Mabel Gamble of Silver
Spring. and Mrs. Ann Kephart of
Morehead City. N c.. and three sons,
Pvt. Charles Howard Griffith. who
is attending officers Candidate
School at Fort Mcclellan, Ala. and
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Herod in his efforts to locate the
Christ Child.
Today history repeats itself" he
said. I'VE see the suffering and
bloodshed caused by the wicked who
are trying to erase the very name
OF the divine Child from the earth.
Let us always remember that
truth will triumph as of old. The
enemies of Jesus and His cause will
perish; the tiny Babe, the divine
Prince of Peace. shall triumph
gloriously and eternally.
May He. from his manger. bless
us one and all. and keep our hearts
ever loyal to Him and His sweet
Mother"
The Right Rev. Msgr. Louis C.
Vaeth, pastor, blessed the assem-
bled children.
James is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Konouck of $500 MacAr-
thur boulevard. and is an altar boy
at Our Lady OF Victory. The feast
Of the Holy 1nnocents Is today.