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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

w child and read fairy
w tales, wasn't the most
fascinating situation of all the
one in which the prince or prin-,
cess could become invisible at
will? To be able to take part, to
listen, to see everything that
was going on, and yet to be I'M
seen oneself, how intoxicating
that prospect was! There were
years in my young life when l
felt that if a wrinkled, crooked
old fairy suddenly did present
herself to me, to offer me just
one fulfilled wish, that wish in
evitably must be for the power
to make myself invisible.
Years afterward I learned that it
is always possible to enjoy that par
ticular fairy gift, but to find the
fairy one must walk through lonely
and sorrowful ways, and pay the
fairy's price of humiliations and
sorrows and tears.
Humiliations and sorrows and
tears, these are such wholesome
medicines for us all, such strength
ening teachers, such "means Of
grace" / wonder why we all dread
and avoid them so strenuously. The
only worthwhile women in the world
are the women who have had long
acquaintance with them.
But that is an aside. To get back
to the fairy gift of invisibility, any
woman can have it, if she loves
those around her so much that their
safety and comfort are her delight,
and she is willing to be, in influence,
the unseen power in the background
of their lives that makes everything
smooth and bright.
Her Magic Unseen.
Good mothers have the secret of
making themselves invisible. Some
times for years at time the gentle,
kindly, capable, ingenious, tireless,
loving woman who is at the head
Of family keeps herself and her
magic completely unseen.
Perhaps there is not too much
money in the family, perhaps there
are girls and boys of different tastes
and ages, a chronically weary and
nervous man, an older person,
Grandma or Grandpa or Aunt Sally,
a temperamental assistant in the
kitchen, or no helper at all.
All these natures and elements
are welded together by Mother, but
nobody knows 1t, because Mother
is invisible. What the family sees
and feels and enjoys are the smooth
" made beds upon which slips and
sheets change themselves by un-
seen means; the prettily set table
with the marigolds or daisies in the
glass bowl, the hot soup ready
cream Of pea soup for everyone
except Jane, who gets her clear soup
every night.
Newspapers are on hand when
they are new, and disappear when
they are old; telephone messages
are delivered; Tom and Minsy are
helped with homework, sent off to
the movies on Saturday with the
requisite dimes for sodas. Jane of
course may have the living room
for her gang Sunday night; Annie
may have day off to 60 see her
sisters baby; Dads mother must
have fresh pot of tea taken way
upstairs to her room.
OF course she's there all the time,
right before their eyes, and of
course anyone who looked right at
her would see her, comfortably stout
in her fifties, getting gray, liking sur
reptitously to finish the crossword
puzzles when the children abandon
them half-done, insisting on rubbers,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01

opposed to the banging of doors, and
peerless in the arrangement Of
tray for the sick, the adjustment
of hot water bottle, the pressing
of shirtwaist.
Chooses to Be Invisible
But how much do they really see
her, this husband who pays so little
attention to her actual presence, but
swears and shouts and feels mar
tyred if she happens to be absent
for an undue hour or two? These
sons and daughters who occasion
ally hit her temple with hard
checked kiss or feed her very soul
with a shouted, Thanks, Nom,
you're a peach!' This grumpy old
man or fussy old woman who blinks
at her with dissatisfied daily ques-
tons, "Mollie, you aren't giving that
girl another halliday off, are you?
This amt the same tea, is it? What
ever's become of that little piller I
had for my back? What possessed
those children to carry on that way
last night?"
How often do they look at Mollie,
and think of what she is instead of
what she does? Not often. No,
she's invisible. And the wonderful
part of it is that she has deliberately
chosen to be invisible, to sink her
life in theirs, to taste for herself the
happiness of service, a happiness
deeper than any they will ever
know.
When women write me despairing
letters about their tangled affairs;
the parents who misunderstood"
them all through girlhood, the first
marriage to man who was totally
incapable of approaching a good
wife," the second venture with an
other man who s'does not under
stand my little boy and repeatedly
favors his own child" ] wonder
whether they know how close this
magic and mystic power of making
oneself invisible is. The power to
make all these lives happier, on their
terms, not on hers, and to find
herself a fulfillment and an interior
peace of which she hasn't even
dreamed.
The Cause Of Il All.
Half the nervous ills Of woman
hood, perhaps more than half, come
from the miserable inability under
which we all suffer to get away
from self. Nervous breakdowns and
morbidity and even more serious
troubles stem from just this one
thing. Brooding over mistakes and
wrongs, resenting injustices and
sights, sometimes woman who
feels that she has just generally
made a mess of everything actually
slips over the fine borderline be-
tween normality and insanity, and
can't get back.
But the invisible woman is in no
such danger. There is always some
one she can serve, someone whose
life she can make easier, someone
for whom she can plan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-01
Strong Man

A man was boasting Of his
strength, and how he had once
felled an OK by blow from his fist.
'sThat's not bad" said listener,
"but ! once saw a chap knock down
a factory with one blow Of ham
mer."
''Some Samson, that chap!"
sneered the boaster.
NO. replied the other. He
wasn't much Of . chap to look at,
but he was Q swell auctioneerl"
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Nazi Reply 10 Argentina
Believed Unsatisfactory
By the Associated Press,

bv tne Associated PreSS.
BUENOS AIRES, July 1.-The
belief that Germanys reply to the
Argentine protest on the sinking of
the freighter Rio Tercero was I'M
satisfactory to the government was
expressed in informed circles today
as anti-German demonstrations
grew and 1000 university students
cut classes at Rosario
Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz
Guinazu, who conferred with Ger
man charge d'affaires Erich Otto
Meynen for 40 minutes yesterday,
was expected to outline his attitude
at a meeting of the cabinet. The
Foreign Office refused to give any
details of the German reply and
Ruiz Guinazu said he would seek
additional details on the sinking
from Capt. Luis Scalese of the
freighter, who is due here tomorrow.
Several arrests were reported from
Rosario, where the students of
Litoral University cut classes yester-
day and paraded in the streets in
protest against the sinking. In
Buenos Aires one youth was under
arrest for throwing a stone at a
window Of German import firm
and five others were held for break
ing windows of Maxims restaurant.
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Stopgap Funds
Studied by 0PA
And Wickdrd
Congress Deadlock
On Appropriation
Curbs Activities
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An unprecedented congress
sional stalemate brought to a
technical halt today the far
flung activities of the Agricul-
ture Department but the thou
sands of workers planned never
theless to return to their desks in
anticipation of a belated settle
ment.
Failure of Senate and House to
agree on appropriations for the
fiscal year starting last midnight
left the department without
operating funds and officials de-
cided to make no new commit
ments.
The Office Of Price Administration
and several other wartime agencies
were compelled to get along for the
time being with what emergency
funds are available.
Congressional leaders hoped to be
able to agree today on a resolution
which would authorize Secretary
Wickard to continue activities on a
makeshift basis until Senate House
conferees could agree on provisions
of his $500 100000 supply bill.
StOpgap Funds Considered.
The conferees reached a A dead
lock several weeks ago over an ad-
ministration request for authority to
dispose of wheat> at below-parity
prices.
1t was reported, meanwhile, that
the Agriculture Department and the
OPA we're considering using unex-
pended Commodity Credit Corp.
funds as stopgap to prevent a tight
situation which might cause vege-
tables and dried fruits to break
through price ceilings fixed by OPA
Administrator Leon Henderson.
Mr.. Henderson was said to have
suggested to congressional leaders
that general legislation should be
enacted to provide for subsidies
either to agriculture or businesses
WHICH were squeezed between rlS-
ing wholesale and frozen retail
prices.
But in view of the temper of Con-
gress, informed sources said that
such legislation would have little
chance. Therefore, these persons
said, Mr.. Henderson and Secretary
Wickard would have to resort to
some other expedient.
House Passes Omnibus Bill.
The House passed and sent to the
Senate yesterday $1,808 ,669 SIS
omnibus appropriation bill which
contained S75,000,000 for the OPA.
Mr.. Henderson originally sought
s210, 100000, but the Budget Bureau
reduced that request to s161 900 900
and the House Appropriations Com
mittee cut it to $75,00O000 A Re-
publican attempt to slash the fund
to s50,000000 failed.
Some $500 OPA employees will
have to be Topped from the Govern
ment payroll if the s75 10000 figure
is finally approved, a spokesman
for the agency said.
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Engineer Killed, so Hurt
Slightly in Rail Wreck
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CAIRO. Ga, July 1.-The Atlantic
Coast Line southbound train, the
SouthWind, and another train COL
lided near Whigham early today. re-
sulting in the death of one engineer
and injuring so passengers, none
seriously.
G.. T. Anderson. about 50 of Mont
gomery, Ala. engineer of the South
wind, was killed, and Fireman A. L..
Brown of the Westbound train suf-
fered a broken leg. J. o, Nichols, a
brakeman, was bruised and shaken
when he leaped from the eastbound
train.
The Southwind, first reports said,
was backing into siding, when the
collision occurred. Both locomotives
were damaged, but none of the pas
senger coaches left the tracks.
The Southwind is Chicago
Miami passenger train.
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Ship Construction
Exceeding Losses,
Vickery Declares
Merchant Marine Is
Larger Despite Subs,
Admiral Asserts

Record-breaking construction
by American shipyards last
month has increased the size of
the American merchant marine
despite the continued number of
sinkings by Axis powers, Rear
Admiral Howard L. Vickery, vice
chairman of the Maritime Com
mission, who is in direct charge
of the construction program, told
a press conference this after
noon.
He also said that, as result of
the increased speed in turning out
ships, President Roosevelt's program
of 100000 deadweight tons of ship
ping for this year will be built.
There was one proviso, however
and that is that there be a steady
flow of steel and other materials in
the required amounts. At the same
time, he said he had been assured
by War Production Board Chairman
Donald Nelson that the steel plates
would be delivered.
However, he was not certain at this
time as to whether they could get
delivery of structural steel. Each
of the Liberty ships requires $500
tons of plate, 600 tons of structural
steel and between 20 and 30 more
tons for the manufacture of equip
ment.
While the merchant marine is
growing larger as a result of this
program, he said, he expressed the
belief that the United Nations mer-
chant marine was not being re-
placed as fast as the sinkings. He
said he had no figures on the Brit
ish, but added that Canada was
doing a good job in its construction
program.
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Polish Diplomat Killed
In New York PLUNGE

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1,-Gen. Bose
law Weiniawa-D -DlugoSzewski, Po-
lish Ambassador to Italy before the
German invasion in 1899, fell or
jumped to his death from the roof
of Riverside drive building today
The 65-year- -old former envoy
climbed to the roof of a six-story
building at 3 Riverside drive clad
in pajamas and bedroom slippers,
detectives said. His body was found
in vacant lot next door to the
building.
Detective William Mansfield re-
ported that the general had re-
Gently received an appointment as
Ambassador to Cuba for the Polish
government exile.
The former diplomat had been In
this country with his wife and
daughter less than a year. Authori-
ties said telegram bearing diplo-
matte message arrived for the gen.
eral shortly before his death.
Evening star., 1942-07-01
British Convoy Raided
By Axis Sub and Planes

2! the Associated Press.
LISBON, Portugal, July IA
violent attack by an Axis submarine
and aircraft on British convoy es-
corted by warship lasted about 40
minutes yesterday beginning at
noon off Cape Carvoeiro in southern
Portugal, it was reported early to-
day.
The results of the action were
not available here. The scene Of
the clash is approximately lSo miles
northwest of Gibraltar.
Evidence of Axis submarine and
air activity In this eenerel part Of
the Atlantic was brought to Lisbon
only yestrday by the Portuguese
freighter Cunene.
Evening star., 1942-07-01

that the enemy had lost "a number
of tanks" in fighting yesterday be-
tween armored forces and that no
large-scale action had developed al
though "the enemy approached GER
tain of our positions during the day"
It's communique, however, was
vague on where these clashes oc-
CURED. It's only mention of specific
fighting zone was the Fuka area, TO
miles behind Ell Alamein, where it
said Allied planes again had
smashed at Marshal Rommels rear.
Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck de-
clared in an order Of the day to
his 8tn Army today in Cairo that
"the battle is not over yet and will
not be over until we have defeated
the enemy. and defeat him we will. u
Gen. Auchinleck, commander in
chief for Britain in the Near East
now is IN pei sonal command of the
desert battle to save Egypt.
Saving Main Strength.
So far, opposition to the break
neck Axis advance has been offered
only by outfung British armored
and infantry elements, hacking at
the foe to pare down his strength
to try to gain an equal footing,
Behind the swiftly receding line
Gen. Auchinleck's mechanics hur-
ried to get disabled tanks back into
action while troop trains and fresh
tanks rumbled westward with rein
forcements from elsewhere in the
near East.
The British still had not commit
ted their main forces to the su-
preme effort of hating the invaders
Allied air forces-in which United
States squadrons are flying wing
to wing with the British-strafed
(See EGYPT, Page AID
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Farley Refuses 10 Enter
New York Governor Race
BIZ the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1.-Former
Postmaster General James A. Farley,
recently mentioned as a possible
Democratic candidate for Governor,
unequivocally eliminated himself
from consideration last night. -
IT have not been candidate;
am not candidate; 1 will not be q
candidate" he said in a statement.
Those who have known me during
my public career know that my
declination is final"
Mr.. Farley, State Democratic
Committee chairman, revealed his
position and indorsed the candi-
dacy of Attorney General John J.
Bennett as Stanley M. Rinehart, jr.
president of the publishing firm of
Farrar & Rinehart. announced
formation of a Draft Willkie Com
mittee" to obtain the Republican
nomination for Wendell l.. Willkie,
1910 Republican presidential candi-
date.
Former District Attorney Thomas
E. Dewey is considered the leading
Republican aspirant for the nominal
ton.
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Japs Mass on Manchukuo
Border, Briton Reports
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
LONDON, July IA military
commentator asserted today Japa-
nese air and land forces were con-
centrating on the border of Man
chukuo and there seems very little
doubt they are making their own
military preparations so that they
may, at their chosen moment, at
tack Russia"
There has been a general drift
of japanese forces northward, the
commentator said, but he added
that Il don't wish to imply that
their preparations are complete or
that their attack Is imminent"
He said the bombing of Toxic by
United States airmen April 1S had
"a very great moral effect, very
much greater than the actual phys
ical damage"
Evening star., 1942-07-01
u. S. Aircraft Carrier Delivers
Plane Reinforcements to Malta;
Axis FORCES Nearer A|exand ria
Troops IS Miles
From Navy Base,
Hitler Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 1.-The men
ace to Alexandria became rapid
ly graver today as the Axis
armored armies rolled steadily
eastward toward the great bas-
ton of Britain's Mediterranean
seapower, still without encoun-
tering solid line of defense.
A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's
headquarters said Axis forces were
assaulting Ell Alamein, only 65 miles
southwest of Alexandria, which it
called the last fortif1cation before
Alexandria itself.
This would mean an overnight
Jump or roughly 35 miles to the
easternmost limit of the Qattara de-
preston, an almost impossible OBJ
stacle which compelled Nazi Field
Marshal Edwin Rommel to compress
MS advance between it and the coast.
Beyond Ell Alamein, where the
corridor Is IS miles wide, broad eX-
panse of desert would give Marshal
Rommel wide freedom of maneuver
with his superior armored strength.
Claim Uncorroborated.
There was no corroboration here
Of the Nazi claim, and the f1uidity
Of the desert struggle indicated that
British forces still may be operating
to the west, far behind the farthest
enemy penetrations.
The British had conceded last
night, however, that the invaders
vanguards were beyond III Daba,
IS miles northwest of Ell Al amein on
the coastal road.
There was nothing to support the
German announcement concerning
Ell Alamein either from British
headquarters in Cairo or from Rome.
British headquarters said only
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Soviet Counterattack
Balks Nazi Drive
West Of Moscow
Bitter Offensives Against
SevostopoI and on
kursk Front Continue
BY the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, July IA German
attempt to launch a new Of
fensive near Gzhatsk, advance
point 100 miles west of Moscow,
has been frustrated by powerful
Russian counterattacks, the
army newspaper Red Star re-
ported today.
The 7th German Infantry Regi-
ment lost more than $500 men in
this battle, the paper said, and the
Russians held their original posi-
tions when it was ended.
Sevastopol Drive Continues.
The Germans apparently aban-
doned the effort there but contin-
ued bitter offensives against Sc
vastopol and on the Kursk front,
with Russian counterattacks reported
to have cost the Nazis whole COM
panies and battalions of shock
troops on the latter front 300 miles
south of Moscow.
(The German high command
announced capture of another
in the series of Sevastopol fortifi-
cations to widen the break
through into the bases inner de-
fenses. An attack on the center
of the eastern front also was
! announced)
The three day-old Nazi offensive
at Kursk already has been blunted
| by huge losses, including $50 tanks,
/ the Russians said.
The Germans began the battle
| of Gzhatsk with a 40-minute artil-
lery preparation by 120 big guns.
About six regiments of Nazi in
fantry attacked in three sectors,
attempting to pierce the Red Army
lines.
Strong Fire Repulses Foe.
Strong artillery and machinery
fire was reported to have repulsed
the enemy Immediately in one sec
tor, which was defended by a
Russian guards unit.
In the second sector, where the
entire 7th German Division was
thrown into the battle, the Nazis
succeeded in forming breach 2
miles deep and mile wide.
More than 500 miles to the south
defenders of Sevastopol-facing a
reinforced Axis army authorita-
lively estimated at 225 900 men
again beat off big attacks yesterday
in battle nearing the end of its
fourth week.
Mechanized detachments and foot
troops fought on across the Kursk
front between Kharkov and Moscow
a region of black earth deeply cut by
water courses on southern slopes oil
the central Russian plateau.
Using Natural Ambush.
The Soviet radio said Marshal
Semeon Timoshenko's legionS took
advantage of natural obstacles for
ambush and counterattacks and a
communique declared that thrusts
of large German infantry and tank
units were repelled.
The enemy is suffering colos-
sal losses" the government infor-
nation bureau said. Our troops
talready said to have accounted for
, 200 tanks Sunday and Monday de-
stroyed $50 tanks. =" On one sec
tor alone during the day we killed
, (See RUSSIA, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Cab Driver Is Shot
To Death by Sentry
By thu Associated Press.

By Thu Associated PresE.
DENVER, July IA taxi driver
was shot and killed by Lowry Field
military police corporal last night,
Acting Detective Capt. Charles J.
Burns reported.
Capt. Burns said Corpl. F. W.
Miller, on sentry duty at the gate,
told of firing at the taxi driver,
Hollis Roger Allen, %, because he
believed Mr.. Allen was reaching for
a gun during an argument over leav-
ing the cab in the gateway of the
field.
Corpl Miller was released to Army
officers after Denver police ques-
toned him.
Evening star., 1942-07-01

One of the qualifications for resi-
dence in Meridian Hill Hotel, a
beautifully constructed building
which includes among its appoint
ments swimming pool, is salary
of 81, 800 a year or over. Another
is that the woman tenant must be
a defense or war worker The Civil
Service Commission estimated that
four-fifths of all women Govern
ment employees make under $1,000
Even fewer new war workers. who
need housing most, earn above that
minimum.
Over and above restrictions al
ready mentioned, hotel tenants will
be picked. F. c. Minnick, the
newly-appointed manager, said ten
Evening star., 1942-07-01
German Radio Says
British Fleet Has
Gone Through Suez
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1.-The
German radio, using custo-
mary technique in fishing for
information, made the follow
ing broadcast today:
"GENEVA-News was received
that the British fleet left Alex
andria and passed on June %
through the Suez Canal in the
direction of the Red Sea-"
This was entirely without con-
flrmatlon from any quarter.
Evening star., 1942-07-01

ants will be selected through inter-
views, in addition to being required
to furnish the customary references
as to credit, etc. This in itself af-
fords the management all power in
tenant selection. For example. Mr..
Minnick said a woman would have
to be neat and tidy" in appearance
to get a room.
A high -salaried employe, who was
considered untidy, presumably
would be excluded from residence
just as quickly as low -salaried en-
ploye.
The 644-room building can house
(See MERIDIAN HILL, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-07-01
Foreign

Foreign
Commands surprise Japs at Sala-
maua, New Guinea. Page Al
Jap bases attacked by strong forces
Of Allied planes. Page Al
Soviet counterattack balks NaZi drive
west of Moscow Page Al
East China railway completely oc-
cupied, Jays declare. Page Al
Bishop of Berlin critical of Naz;
beliefs. Page Ala
National
House, expected to approve Federal
wage increases today. Page Al
Agriculture bill deadlock leaves
agency without funds. Page Al
Burdick. Lemke lead in North Da-
kota House races. Page Az