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The Ely miner., 1942-09-10
HIC FLIGHTS in the weeks ne~s

ESCAPE: Of the more than 1000
officers and men interned when the
German pocket battleship Graf Spec
was scuttled in Montevideo, more
than 100 have escaped internment
in Argentina, Juan Antonio Solari,
chairman of senate committee in
vestgating anti-Argentine activities,
said.
DEATH: DR.. Belisario Porras,
IS, three times president of the Re-
public of Panama, is dead of a
chronic respiratory ailment. He was
one-time minister to the United
States and represented his country
at The Hague conference and in the
League of Nations.
POTATOES: Germany's 1912 po-
tato crop, according to Nazi spokes-
men, is a record one. Admitting
that there were no potatoes to be
had in Berlin last winter, authorities
are promising the population nine
pounds of potatoes per person, per
week.
QUARTERS: The luxurious
$4,000, 900 Lido Beach club, compris-
ing 168 acres and 306-room hotel
at Long Beach, Long Island, has
been taken over by the navy.
STUDENTS: In the u. S. for the
International Student Assembly was
Liudmila Pavilichenko, Russian girl
sniper, credited with killing 309
Nazis.
CEILINGS: In one of the first
court cases involving OPA's ceiling
orders, a special federal court in
Wichita, Kan., upheld temporarily
that agency's right to fix maximum
rent prices in designated areas
The Ely miner., 1942-09-10

tinfoil and rubber, active in many
ways we didn't think necessary or
possible a few years ago.
What we women have to get
through our heads is that no service
to the family compares to the serv-
ice that is investment in Victory
Bonds. 1t is small use to get into
uniform, keep office hours, collect
packs of cards and packs of ciga-
rettes for the boys, and at the same
time to say dreamily, 81 did buy two
dollars worth of stamps from Mar
ion and I meant to buy more, but
forgot"
Would Prevent Imitation.
Victory Bonds ought to come next
to rent and grocery bills. If the
government could count on one-third
of the national income in the next
two years, we wouldn't have to have
imitation. We would be the only
country that ever came through a
war without it.
But while women are under the
delusion that buying Victory Bonds
is a pretty and loyal gesture, done
partly to please dear Louise Baker,
who sits at a little table selling
them in that hot department store
five mornings a week, the govern
ment's vigorous determination to
spare us imitation is jeopardized. Our
fate is in our own hands now; it is
for us to decide it.
One woman I know finds herself
today with an income of something
like $3.50 month. Up to this time
it has lowered irregularly around
$140. She is putting $100 month
into Victory Bonds. Three of her
four children work, and she insists
that one-third of what they earn
shall be invested that way.
She does her own work; the FAM
lily table is the same plain old ta-
BILE; the girls put aprons over their
office clothes and do the bedrooms
and the dishes; the small boy
sweeps porches and runs errands
just as he did before the aggregate
monthly family income was approx
imately $500.
said something, praising the
spirit of this woman, but she
laughed it off.
Excellent Opportunity.
Wonderful" Milly Carter ech-
oed scornfully. There's nothing
wonderful about it. It's chance to
fix this family up for life. In ten
years these girls will be married,
and each one will have good sound
investment that will mean a home
for all of them. never dared hope
for such an opportunity. America
is still the land that gives the work.
ing people the best break" Milly
concluded, her eyes on the flag that
flies cheerfully above the shabby
Carter home. sI'm taking advan-
tage of it as my ancestors did, that's
ALL"
Everyone can't do what she's do
ing, of course. But if everyone who
could do it did it, a great wave
of confidence would wash over the
whole country, and we would begin
to realize just how rich and power
full we are.
If certain gentleman in buff and
gray had come up on his big dapple-
gray to your great-grandmother's
gate 167 years ago, and had asked
her to lend him a few hundreds, to
make secure Americas glory and
freedom, wouldn't you be boasting
today of Colonel Washington's visit?
It's the same America.
The Ely miner., 1942-09-10

Nov is the time to use every
l scrap of old woolen goods that
you have on hand. That old coat
the moths got into; the dress from
which spots cannot be removed; (;
the trousers that are ragged at
the knees-all of the material in
these may be made into handsome
hooked rugs that you will be proud
to own.
The square rug in the sketch
was designed to fit in a smart
The Ely miner., 1942-09-10
Bv KATHLEEN NORRIS

49, r. ASSoS~~SJ 49, S~~S y -
and your husband have in
L vested a certain amount of
dollars in Victory Bonds and
Victory Stamps. And you prob
ably feel a little thrill of pride
and patriotism with every dol
lar so invested.
But the real truth is that there
is no reason here for complac-
ency. You do sensible, even a
selfish thing when you buy Vic
tory Bonds; you do a smart
thing in a businesslike way. For
if there is to be an America to-
morrow, your bonds and stamps
will be the most valuable
things in it, and if there isn't
AN impossible hypothesis, which I
put in merely for illustration-noth-
ing that you have boarded or saved,
money, property, stocks, will be
worth what is classically known as
tlnker'S dam.
More than that. If we of America
rise to this situation, not with
sense of being generous and reck-
less and wholehearted, but because
we appreciate the facts of the case,
this country will be spared infla-
ton. Our financial authorities could
create that imitation now, very SIM
ply. They have the power to float
billions of new bills amongst us;
we wouldn't full realize, seeing
these new bills, that every one of
them meant that what you and I
have in the bank was worth that
much less.
1t Is Self-Protection.
So buying bonds is self-protection,
nothing nobler than that. If we
don't, we lose what we have. If we
do, we keep what we have and add
to it valuable investments that in
ten years will be redeemed at in
tereSt.
You'd get the general idea fast
enough if someone went to your bank
and drew out one-third of your mon
ey. A thief who did it would be
punished to the full extent of the
law. But this wouldn't be thief;
this would be person with per-
feet rights, who might remind you,
as he went away with your good
money, that in another three months
he meant to come and get another
third.
If your comment on this is,
"That's outrageous!" the real an
swer is simpler still, "That's war"
We are in a desperate battle now
against forces that may gain power
over all the world, or that may be
curbed and controlled for 100 years.
Curbed and controlled until the hor-
rors of militarism and invasion die
away into the sunrise of a saner
day. We can't stop now. We can't
go back to the comfortable day
when one hundred dollars in the
bank was one hundred dollars, and
nobody could take it away.
Ten Per Cent Is Too Little.
The only thing we can do to save
what we have is to invest in Amer
lea. They are. talking now of 40
per cent" investing. That seems to
me too little. My own suggestion
would be that every family give
one-third of it's income to the gov
ernment for safekeeping until the
day of peace. Wages are high now;
salariec have ha1looned inward and
every man who wants job-and
quite few who don't-is at work.
Hearts are opened to deeds of
courage and to the facing of
changes; many of us who have nev-
er seen any good in war itself are
nevertheless determined to find good
in the enlarged opportunities of
sharing and brotherliness that war
time emotions bring with them.
We are all knitting, cooking, writ
ing letters to camps, gathering up
The Ely miner., 1942-09-10
KAISER:
Record d-Breaker

Ten-thousand freighters launched
within 18 days after their keels are
laid.
That was the goal announced by
Henry J. Kaiser, master shipbuilder
of the Pacific coast, when he spoke
just before the record-breaking Lib
erty freighter, John Fitch was
The Ely miner., 1942-09-10
V-MAIL:
Saves Space

Throughout the nation, some As, 900
postoffices and rural letter carriers
are equipped to furnish free forms
on which to write soldiers overseas
by V-mail. By this process, V-mail
letters written on special forms, are
photographed, reduced to micro-film
and sent overseas by air. Upon ar
rival the letter on the film is de-
veloped and full-sized letters are
printed and delivered to the soldiers.
Army officials are urging friends
and parents of the boys overseas to
increase their use of V-mail, thus
saving valuable cargo space Oh
supply ships.
The Ely miner., 1942-09-10

launched only "a days after keel lay
ing. This launching broke by two
days the record established in one
of Kaiser's Oregon yards when con-
struction time was reduced from 35
to 26 days.
1t was at the John Fitch launching
ceremonies that Kaiser disclosed he
would again present to the govern
ment plans for building huge cargo
planes. A few weeks previously he
had made his first proposal to Wash
ington and obtained authority to pre-
sent specific plans for the plane
construction program.
The Ely miner., 1942-09-10

dressing table corner. The rose
and-ribbon design in the chintz
skirt and window valance was cop
led in making a border and CEN
ter flower for the rug. It is easy
to make your own rug designs in
this way to exactly suit your room.
So begin today to plan a rug for
some special spot in your home.
NOTE: There are suggestions for pre-
pairing hooked rug materials and for max
ing original designs in BOOK of the Sc
ries of home-making booklets which Mrs.
Spears has prepared for readers. Also
BOOK 6 contains directions for a hooked
rug that any beginner can make easily
and quickly. The booklets are 10 cents
each. Plans for making a hooked rug
frame will be included with your order. if
requested. Address:
The Ely miner., 1942-09-10
TRAPPED JAPS:
Outguessed, Outfought

milne bay area is rapidly being
cleared of the enemy D.. His losses
have been heavy All his heavy
supplies and equipment, including
tanks, were lost"
This happy communique from
General MacArthur's headquarters
in Australia made it clear that the
japanese were smashed in their
Milne bay thrust and that Port
Moresby was saved for the fourth
time. The Japs were outguessed
and were caught in a carefully pre-
pared trap.
The communique said, in part:
"The operation represents another
phase in the pattern of the enemy's
plans to capture Port Moresby . {.
His latest effort was to turn the
right flank by a surprise attack at
Milne bay. The move was antici-
pated, however, and prepared for
with great care. With complete Sc
crecy the position was occupied by
our forces and converted into a
strong point.
SOIOmOns
American forces in the Solomons
continued to consolidate their posi-
tions in the newly won outpost in
preparation for their next move,
which may be blow at Jap bases
in the northwest Solomons, or, if the
enemy renews land and sea attacks,
defensive action.
Two waves of Jap planes attacked
u. S. troops and installations on
Guadalcanal island, where a large
enemy airport fell to invading
American marines. The position of
the marines has grown strong
enough for the navy to announce
that only 'mopping up" operations
were in progress. The navy also
announced further strengthening OF
positions on six Solomon islands in
American hands-Guadalcanal, Tu-
r lagi, Florida, Tanambogo, Makam-
bo, and Gavutu.
The Ely miner., 1942-09-10
WARMING:
attention, Ndzis

Something new had been added
to Moscow's reports of the war with
Nazi Germany. It was the story of
increasing air raids by the Red
bombers on German cities. Even
Berlin was the victim of these at
tacks. And Berlin admitted it, too.
But the Nazis claimed that the Rus
slams had come in high and scat
tered their bombs at random with
little regard for military objec-
tives. This was old stuff from the
Nazis, and the world wondered.
In addition to Berlin, the Moscow
radio announced that Koenigsberg,
Danzig, Stettin, plus many other cit
les had been bombed in the stepped
up air program. German citizens
were warned that as the nights grew
longer, the bombings would in
| crease.
See-Sd,U
All this helped to divert attention
from the bitter land fighting along
the eastern front. Around Stain
grad the battle had see-sawed for
days. German forces had admitted
that Soviet troops had pushed
through counter-attacks with terrific
pressure but claimed at the same
time that these had been crushed
after heavy battling.
In the fighting northwest of Mos
cow, Marshal Gregory Zhukov's So
Wet forces were reported to be con-
tinuing their large scale counter-of-
fensive by hurting the Nazis across
a strategic water barrier" at one
point, recapturing several villages
and following the foe westward.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
0'Conor Is Reported
Urged 10 Announce
Without Fanfare
FormoI Condidocy
For Second Term os
Governor Due Soon
d, In. Associared Press

B. the Associated Press
BALTIMORE. June %. Gov.
O'Conor is expected to make formal
announcement of his candidacy for
a second term any day now" The
Sun said today.
The paper said that if he needed
the counsel of his intimate advisers,
the announcement would be made
not later than July l, and that these
advisers felt Gov O'Conor would
benefit in public estimation in di-
rect proportion to the absence Of
the usual political fanfare and
trumpeting' in such an announce
ment
They hope to prevail upon Gov.
OConor to be satisfied with a simple,
STRAIGHTFORWARD announcement that
he is a candidate and that he be-
lieves his record justifies re-elec-
ton"
The Sun said Gov. O'Conor was
being advised to make no reference
to the plank. on which he first
sought election. to limit the COVER
norship to one term An amendment
for this purpose was rejected by
referendum in 1910.
The paper added the Governor S
intimates felt that Mayor Howard
w. Jackson of Baltimore would not
be candidate. although there has
been speculation that Mr. Jockson
would announce his candidacy soon.
Gov. OConor defeated Mr.. Jack
son for the Democratic nomination
in 1888.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Heat Sends Hundreds
To Beaches; Annapolis
Youth Drowned
D. c. Man Hurt in Dive
OF South Haven Dock
Reported Improving

One drowning and injury from
diving into shallow water was re-
ported from nearby Maryland yes
terday as hundreds went to beaches
and swimming pools to seek relief
from the heat.
The victim of the weekend
tragedy was William J. Bryan. 10.
of Annapolis. who drowned early
yesterday afternoon Off the county
wharf at South Haven. Anne
Arundel County police said the body
was recovered about pm. by
Arthur Evans of Riya. Md. .
A Washington man, Ernest Ben
nington, 80, of $50 Twenty-f1fth
street NV. who was injured when
he dived into shallow water from a
pier at North Beach, was reported
improving at the Calvert County
Hospital. Attaches at the hospital
said the nature of his injuries had
not yet been determined.
Mr.. Bennington was brought to
the hospital in the ambulance of
the Upper Marlboro Rescue Squad.
whose members applied artificial
when they arrived at the
scene. North Beach officials said
that there was a notice on the pier
prohibiting diving.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
u. 5. MayGrant
1917 HikeinP Paw
Under $1,000
Compromise PIon
To Go to Civil
Service Committee

Federal workers receiving less
than $500 per year may receive a
nat 10 per cent pay boost under q
compromise proposal to be consid-
cred this week by the House Civil
Service Committee.
The compromise has been worked
out by administration leaders and
opponents of its proposal for pay
ment of time and one-half for over
time work. 1t has not, Chairman
Ramspeck Of the Civil Service Com
mittee said. been oficially approved
,by the committee. but has been
given serious thought by some
members.
The 10 per cent increase would be
given to all the lower-paid employees,
regardless OF whether they work
overtime. In cases where the en-
ploye earned more through over
time than the 10 per cent raise, he
would not receive the raise, but II
his overtime compensation did not
amount to 10 per cent of his base
pay. he would be given a raise sum-
cient to make the extra amount 10
per cent.
Committee members said the
compromise was advanced to take
care OF many employees whose posi-
tions do not provide for overtime
payment but who are low-paid and
should be given a raise.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Mrs. Rachel Turton, 79,
To Be Buried Tomorrow

Mrs. Rachel Louise Turton. 70.
who died Saturday at her home. 919
Sligo avenue, Silver Spring. after a
short illness. will be buried tomor-
row in Rock Creek Cemetery after
funeral services at her home at IL
am.
Born near Bethesda. Md. Mrs.
Turton moved to Washington after
her marriage to the late William
E. Turton. She had been a resi-
dent Of Silver Spring for the last
% years and was a member of the
Woodside Methodist Church and of
the Womans improvement Club of
Silver Spring.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. An
ME Crockett, Friendship Heights,
Md. and Miss Hester Pyles. Silver
Spring. and a granddaughter. Mrs.
Mary Louise Coffey, Buffalo, N. Y.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Tokomo Park Playground
Offers Facilities Free

In response to numerous inquiries,
Takoma Park Md town officials
announced today that no municipal
charge will be made for use of the
town playground on Philadelphia
avenue
An appropriation of $1,000 has
been made available in the l943
budget for operating expenses of the
playground during the summer
months. including salaries of super
visors and special instructors
Plans have been completed by
Mrs. Earl lockwood, principal of the
Philadelphia Avenue Elementary
School. and by the Parent-Teacher
Association for summer camp to
be held at the school beginning to-
day and ending August IS.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Mrs. lido Lenore Cose
OF Cedar Grove Dead
sr ec'@l Dispatch to The Star,

oi &C. al DlSpatch to The Star.
CEDAR GROVE. Md, June o.
Mrs. Ida Lenore Case. 81. lifelong
resident of the Cedar Grove neigh
borhood. died Saturday in the Mont
gomery County General Hospital.
Sandy Spring, after a brief illness.
She is survived by her husband.
Clarence E. Case; a daughter, Mrs.
Albert Moore. Washington: two
sons. James. Cedar Grove. and
Thomas, New York a brother. Will
liam Oden. Cedar Grove, and six
sisters, Mrs Charles Beall, Lay Hill:
Mrs. Alice Kengla, Clarendon, Va;
Mrs. Mary Ponton, Baltimore; Mrs.
F. N. Poole, Cedar Grove; Mrs.
Windsor Poole, Rockville, and Mrs.
Austin Swartz, Hagerstown.
Funeral services were to be held
this afternoon at the funeral home
of Roy Barber, Laytonsville. The
Rev. William B. Waters. pastor of
the Methodist Church at Derwood.
will officiate and burial will be in
the Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Star STAFF Photo.

town area. The precinct COM
mander. Capt Robert c. Pearce. Is
proud of every one of his approx
mately $50 auxiliaries.
Capt. Pearce had an experience
that emphasized in a startling way
how handy volunteer policemen can
be. The captain was arreSting q
disorderly man. Suddenly the pris-
oner, a powerfully built man. twisted
loose and clamped something like
deadlock on the officer
Il wasn't doing so we'll" Capt.
Pearce recalls
While he and the prisoner were
fighting it out an auxiliary appeared
and quickly pinioned the obstreper-
Gus ones arms behind him. Then.
after the subdued prisoner had been
loaded in the wagon, the auxiliary
vanished before Capt. Pearce could
get his name.
Dramatic episodes highlight the
experiences of auxiliaries But it
should not be supposed that their
chief purpose is TO arrive just when
they are needed. that their prime
value is in making arrests at all.
They have the power of arrest
just as regular policemen have-but
they are not encouraged to pile up
cases" In fact, they are told not
TO interfere in such infractiOns as
traffic violations and drunkenness.
They are instructed to arrest only
for serious crimes. felonies or ag-
gravated misdemeanors.
Prove Big Help at Fire.
They are wartime police and they
are put on the streets TO learn how
it's done They are ready to 60
where they are needed, now or in
the enemy attack which is to come.
And while they are learning they
are helping protect a Capital whose
every problem has been intensified
by the war and will grow increas-
ingly complex even If the city never
is raided
1t. Harry C. Blsckman went re-
Gently to four-alarm fire at Eighth
and E streets NV. He had the
tough job of trying. single-han nded,
to divert traffic from the fire lines.
But he hadn't been there long be-
fore men came from every direction.
They showed their badges-they
we're auxiliaries. and they wanted to
help The lieutenant put them to
work shunting traffic and curious
pedestrians from the scene so the
firemen could work unhampered.
They were right on the job" 1t
Blackman recalled. Nobody had
to call them. And they we're a big
help"
And these were part of the lively,
enthusiastic crew of volunteers at
tached to No. /.
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Religious Conferees
Pledge Zeal in F Facing
Moral Problems Here
Westminster Workers
Stress Church's Duty
In Crowded Capitol

District religious workers closed a
three-day conference at Western
Maryland College, Westminster,
Md, yesterday with a pledge to
give particular attention to prob
lens arising from present conditions
in Washington"
The Rev. William S. Jones, re-
elected president of the Ofhcers and
Teachers' Conference. said in an in
terview with the Associated Press
that the crowded living conditions OF
war centers had created a serious
problem which called for increased
effort by religious workers.
Young girls away from home for
the first time live in close quarters
with others whose morals might not
be ss high, he said: Churches must
provide a stabilizing influence for
young people now given their first
opportunity to indulge their desire
for adventure, Mr.. Jones, who Is
pastor of Metropolitan Baptist
Church. continued.
The Rev. J. Lloyd Black. general
secretary in the area of the Christian
Missionary Society, said the S.
Christian churches in Washington
had contacted 5000 churches of the
same denominations throughout the
country, asking them to notify their
council of church members moving
to the Capital.
DR.. Black stressed that evening
services. formerly discontinued dur
ing the summer months. were being
held in Washington this year.
Ministers are relinquishing vacations
as a result of the increased wartime
activity. he said.
The Rev. Ralph I. Lewis, pastor OF
Mount Vernon Place Methodist, said
his church had inaugurated - 1on-
Evening star., 1942-06-22
Maryland Police Better
Pistol Marksmanship
e, tie Assoclated Press

Py TIE Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. June 22-The
Maryland State police emerged from
the annual pistol qualification tests
this week one of the straightest
shooting police organizations in the
country, Col. Beverly Ober super
intendent. announced today.
Col. Ober said that during the
last II months the accuracy of the
troops firing 38 revolvers had i'm
proved several hundred per cent.
This year, he said. l01 out of l39
troops firing for the record qualified.
This compared with II out of 109 in
l941
Col. Ober said that this year lc
men shot $50 or more out of
possible 300 They are:
Corpl. C. E. MCCOY, 2e4 Trooper
]. F. Browning. 289: Corpl B. H.
Cecil, 287: 1t. Carl Dillinger. 285:
Sergt. j. r. Buckworth. 283: Corpl.
Truman Moon. 2S2; 1t w. H. Weber.
28l: Sergt. H. F. Schultheis. 28l:
Trooper w. Houck, $50, and Corpl.
J. c. Latham. 280.