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Evening star., 1942-09-19
A WE'LL -Pioyed Slam

North overbid his hand a bit. but
he was lucky in two respects: South
had the right cards for his bids
and South was also a fine player.
Probably North would have been
more conservative had he been less
confident in his partners ability to
play the cards.
North dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
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The bidding:
North. East. South. West.
IA Pass 20 Pass
3A Pass a. Pass
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Evening star., 1942-09-19
BY Lillian Cox Athey

put out suckers that wave about in
the breeze, finally touching some
plant with soft tissue. AS soon as
the dodder has found a living host,
1t lets 60 Of It's anchor in the ground.
There are no leaves, as the plant is
determined to do no work OF it's own,
but to live at the expense of a
neighbor. The stem Is orange vel
low. AS the dodder grows, these
bright threads, looking more like
yarn. wind about and over the
shrubbery or plants upon which it is
thriving.
In July, the tiny dull white flow
ers, in dense clusters, are found
along these threads. The insects
call and are we'll treated, so the
dodder is sure of many offspring:
her pollen has been brought from
neighbors, her own transferred to
friends close by.
Now try to loosen the dodder when
she has become well established and
see what a determined "squatter"
she is. Her suckers are firmly at
tached, and the golden yarn will
break, but it cannot be torn from
its anchorage on the plant.
In September, visit the places
where the dodder has flourished.
There will be numerous, globular
seed-boxes. There also will be late
flowers that will manage to mature
seeds until frost. Take some Of these
seed-vessels home for examination.
AS the dodder always has selected
spots where the soil is soft and moist
in which to grow, the seeds, on
the earth, often sink slightly into 1t.
Leaves and debris soon will weigh
down the seed. Sometimes the seed
vessel will float down stream and
come to rest in some cove to found
new colonies.
Where the dodder has entered
cultivated fields, the only solution
is swift treatment with a scythe and
the burning of the dodder. These
weed pests are sometimes harvested
with alfalfa or clover. The seed
box is capsule-shaped, with a sharp
point causing much discomfort to
animals trying to eat their food.
Spraying with a"senite OF soda
has been found satisfactory where
the dodder has first made its
appearance.
Evening star., 1942-09-19

it anyway. Something has got to
be done and nobody else seems to
be doing anything. so I'm going to
At least I'm going to try"
Then Peter told her all about
his adventure with the hunter the
day before and all about the mar
row escapes Of poor Mrs. Grouse
and of his cousin. Jumper the Hare
WAS that hunter Farmer Browns
Boy?' interrupted Mrs. Peter.
NO" replied Peter. mo, II
wasn't Farmer Browns Boy.
I'm glad OF that" said Mrs
Peter softly.
so am l." replied Peter. ri
haven't seen him out once this
fall with his terrible gun and some
how I feel sure that he doesn't
want to hunt us any more. I be-
lieve Farmer Browns Boy is our
friend and I am sure that If he
knew about this other hunter he
would stop him. But I guess he
doesn't know, so we've got to stop
him ourselves or something terrible
will happen to some OF us one of
these days. That is what I am
going over to the Green Forest
for tonight"
Little Mrs. Peter stared at Peter
as II she thought he had quite lost
his senses. Are you crazy. Peter
Rabbit" she demanded. What
under the sun can you do to stop
the hunter from hunting?"
Nothing" replied Peter. But
Buster Bear can do something
What that hunter needs u to be
Evening star., 1942-09-19
Thornton W. BURGESS

hunted himself and then he'll know
how we feel. There is no one big
enough to hunt him but Buster
Bear. and so I am going to call
on Buster tonight to get him to
give that hunter a scare just as he
did Farmer Browns Boy once"
But you forget that Buster was
just as much frightened by Farmer
Browns Boy as Farmer Brown S
Boy was by Buster" said Mrs Peter
mo. don't" replied Peter, "but
now that he knows that Farmer
Browns Boy ran away from him it
isn't likely that Buster will be afraid
any more, is it? If he is he hasn't
got common sense. Anyway, I'm
going to find out"
So of Peter started to call on
Evening star., 1942-09-19
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME

Peter Rabbit washed his face and
hands and brushed himself with
great care. 1t was very plain to
see that Peter wanted to look his
very best. Little Mrs. Peter watched
him suspiciously. It was very un-
usual for Peter to care how he
looked, so she felt sure that he had
something on his mind, something
she didn't know about.
Where are you going, Peter?"
she demanded
over to the Green Forest, just
as l do every night replied Peter,
brushing away as hard as ever he
could.
"H-m-m-m," said Mrs. Peter. IT
never have known you to be so fussy
about how you look just for a visit
to the Green Forest. Whom do you
expect to see there?"
Peter looked little bit confused.
The truth is he wasn't quite sure
that Mrs. Peter would approve of
what he was planning to do and
so he had told her nothing what
ever about it. Now there seemed
to be no way out of it. Besides,
right down in his heart he wanted
to talk 1t over with some one.
Are you going to do something
you are ashamed of, Peter Rabbit?"
demanded Mrs. Peter.
NO" replied Peter, "it isn't any
thing I am ashamed Of. II
haven't told you because-well, be-
cause was afraid you might think
me foolish. But guess I'll tell
you now because I am gotng to do
Evening star., 1942-09-19
Red Cross Workers
Reach Foreign Posts

Fifteen American Red Cross work.
ers. including one Washington
woman and one who worked last
year as a. secretary in Washington,
have arrived safely at their posts
In Australia, England, Iceland and
Hawaii. it was announced today by
the Red Cross. OF the group, nine
are assigned to Iceland, four to
England. one to Australia and one
to the Hawaiian Islands.
Miss Ruth Fleck of the Burling-
ton Hotel. Washington, has been a
medical social worker more recently
with the Department OF Public AS
sistance In Los Angeles. Miss Eliz-
abeth Langlie Todd. who also lived
more recently In Los Angeles, was
r private secretary in this city last
year. In 1941 she was supervisor
OF 4 music. studio in Honolulu. She
attended Augustana College in Rock
Island, Ill. -%
Evening star., 1942-09-19

>El 1t will be just as
1N necessary to you,
% too, this new L.
pese Star book Of sIobol
maps. You need sIoboi
maps to understond a
slobol war. This is the
first full newspaper sup
plement Of sloboI mops
ever issued. Published BY
The Evening Ster soon.
Weteh foy II.
Evening star., 1942-09-19
NATURES CHILDREN
COMMON DODDER
(CnScutd 0ronopii)

This strangle weed is the most
widely known of it's tribe. Some
one called 1t ANGELS HAIR" and the
name Love Vine" was added by
another vivid imagination. The
dodder, like all parasites, is costly
to its victims.
From Nova Scotia to Manitoba
southwark to the Gulf of Mexico,
the weed pest has travelled in a
relatively short time. It is quite in
different as to its hosts and will
embrace anything from a tall gold
enrod or New England aster to an
onion gone to seed. A high climber
it keeps moving until reaching the
height OF it's host.
Moist soil in meadows, bitches,
beside streams and in fields where
valuable food for stock is growing
are places where you will see the
Evening star., 1942-09-19
tRe,sssed NJ the sen syndicate. 1ns.,

The -Four Aces win Be pleased to an
swer letters from readers II 4 stamped
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contract bridge, send with your request
Star. a stamped t3-cent), self 4 ddressed,
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Evening star., 1942-09-19
Policeman Held GuiIty
On Gun SELLING Churoes

Felix E. Martini. "a, suspended
Capitol policeman, was found guilty
by jury In Municipal Court yester-
day on two charges Of selling pistols
without retail dealers license. He
faces maximum sentence of 81 900,
one year imprisonment or both on
each count.
Defense Attorney Richard T. Har-
man told the court presided over
by Judge George D. Nelson that he
would file a motion for a new trial
The jury's verdict came after
three days Of testimony during
which the defendant took the stand
and denied selling the guns.
Mr.. Martini had been on the Cap
itol police force for more than q
year and formerly was q New York
detective. He Is licensed a. Z whole.
sale pistol dealer.
Evening star., 1942-09-19
Nazis Requisitions
OF Food From France
Bring Loud Protests
Hague Convention Cited
Demands Declared
To Be Excessive
By Radio to The Star

By Radio to The Star.
SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE. Sept
is.-The full list Of Nazi requisition,
OF France for the year 1923, reach.
ing this part of the world through
unusually well-informed sources
gives the following impressive
figures:
Wheat and oats, 1900, 900 tons
OF which at least 100000 must be
wheat.
Meat, 10000 tons.
Cheese, 10000 tons.
Potatoes, 250,000 tons,
Straw. $4,000 tons.
Fodder, 10000 tons.
These demands, made known to
the French government OF Vichy
at the beginning of August, were
fully justified. the Nazis said, by the
needs of German occupational
troops in France. The French i'm
mediately retorted by brandishing
accurate figures on these troops,
which clearly proved the excessive
ness of the German exigencies.
furthermore, the French pointed
out, under the terms of the Hague
Convention, of which Germany is a
signatory victor's acquisitions in
an occupied country must be linn
ated to the needs of its troops there.
The Nazis, as could be expected,
quickly rejected the French view
point. It was understood, they said,
in the answer which reached the
French government August Is, that
all surpluses would be considered
as the French contribution to "Eu-
ropes new order" and as compensa-
tion for losses incurred by the
Reich's armies on the eastern front.
This politico- -juridical discussion
between Vichy and the Nazi occu-
piers is said to have been one of
the main reasons for the recent
resignation of Supply Minister
Jacques Leroy-Ladurie from the
French cabinet. Leroy -Ladurie had
worked out a plan fer supplying
the French population during the
winter which the German demands
completely upset. Rather than
watch the most helplessly poor of his
countrymen starve during the win
ter, Leroy -LAdurie resigned.
tcopyrisht, 1912, CHICAGO Daily News, Inc.)
Evening star., 1942-09-19
Not This

Father Zone day.: "You must be
friendly and get along with all the
boys at school," Next day. Study
hard and beat all the other chill
dren and play hard so you can
always be the leader"
Evening star., 1942-09-19
LETTER-OUT

remove one letter from
or IN the ast column Print the letter opposite
ne Wolo from which you have
correctly he - ' ~ NO Wv
Answer to Yesterdays LETTER OUT.
tS) PANTR1ES-PAINTER he brush).
tH) HANDLE-ElAND African
u PELTRIES- -SPELTER (another name for.zinc)
Ca) K1NDLER-LINKED Goined).
CK) SKATE-SATE
Evening star., 1942-09-19
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| o. Pass Pass Pass
West opened the three of hearts
"a diamond lead would have embar-
rassed South. but West had no way
of knowing that and dummy won
with the ace. South reasoned that
he would probably have to ruff
out both of his losing hearts, hence
would not find it convenient to take
trump flnesse. He decided to
play for % trump break or a IA
vorable break of the spades.
At the second trick, therefore, he
led low spade from the dummy
and ruffed in his own hand. Then
he cashed the king and ace of
trumps, noting with disappointment
that East now had a sure trump
winner. It was now vital to get
four diamond discards on dummy's
spades, since South could not afford
to lose a diamond as we'll as
trump.
He laid down dummy's spade ace,
discarding a diamond from his own
hand; then ruffed a spade. When
East's king fell, the rest was easy.
He returned to dummy with heart
ruff, and led the spade queen. 1t
didn't matter when East took his
high trump; dummy would continue
to lead high spades, while South
discarded diamonds. When East
did ruff and return a diamond,
South put up the ace and ruffed
heart in dummy to continue the
discards on the established spades.
Yesterday you were Howard
Schenken's partner and, with nei-
ther side vulnerable, you held:
axis
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The bidding:
Schenken. Jacoby. You. Lightner.
IA "a 20 Pass
20 Pass CD
Answer-Bid three hearts. You
naturally prefer to raise the hearts,
since you have four OF that suit,
but only three spades. The fact
that your spade support is headed
by high card is not nearly so i'm
portant as the difference in length.
Score 100 per cent for three
hearts, so per cent for four hearts.
Question No. 1882.
Today you hold the same hand
and the bidding continues:
Schenken. Jacoby. You. Lightner.
IA "a 20 Pass
~ Pass 80 Pass
3NT Pass CD
What do you bid? (Answer
MondayD
tRelsased hy the 4eH Syndicate. Incl
~ The -Four Aces win Be pleased to an
.swer letters from readers II 1 stamped
f3-cent). self-addressed envelope is in
closed with each communication ad-
dressed to the Four Aces. care Of The
Evening Star. II you desire the pocket
outline Of the Four Aces system Of
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to the Four Aces. care Of The Evening
Star. stamped t3-cent). elf-addressed,
larEe-size envelope and you will receive
an outline without any charge.
Evening star., 1942-09-19
Points for Parents

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE
Too often our teaching is con-
Trajectory. Cooperation and
competition cannot be practiced
simultaneously.
Evening star., 1942-09-19

dodder spreading It's hair" in the
sun. Perhaps it would be more ac-
curate to say arms" for the bright
threads are lavishly cast over the
growing herbage.
The dodder's seed time is from
August to October. These seeds NAV
lie on the ground all winter, waiting
until late spring to begin their
growth. Sometimes they are unfor-
tunately gathered with grain and
will be sown the following spring.
The baby seed grows like q SELF
respecting seed child until It reaches
several inches. Then It begins to
Evening star., 1942-09-19
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

psvid Bruce 1urnstone, Oswald Jaco-
by. Howard Schenken and Theodore
Lshtner. worlds leading team-of-
Iour. inventors Of the system that
mas beaten every other system in
Evening star., 1942-09-19
Will Eisner
BY Frunk WilIord
BY MiIburn Rosser.
BY Art Huhto
BY Harold Groy
BY Bud Fisher

Buster Bear, and he certainly
looked his very best as he mad,
his way through the Green Fores
to the deepest, darkest part wheri
Buster Bear lives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
KIsKA RAID DETAILS

HONOLULU, Sept, IT. Army planes heavily attacked Kiska the first of this week. sank two enemy ships, shot down six Jap planes and killed or wounded 500 Japanese.
 A communioue issued by Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, said:
 This afternoon, September IA, our Army air forces in Alaska delivered most successful attack on enemy shipping and shore installations in Alaska.
 "Enemy ships and planes in the Aleutian harbor received direct bomb hits and were subjected to re- peated strafing.
 At least two Jap naval vessels were sunk. Five enemy planes were shot down in flames and one 4 engined patrol plane burned In the water
 Installation and storage dumps around the harbor were repeateoiy bombed and strafed, resulting m large fires and explosions.
 Enemy personnel casualties are estimated at around 500, whereas we lost two pilots as the result oi an unfortunate accident when two P- 38s collided in midair."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
Toughest Of Jobs of
 War Program Handed
 Out 10 William Jeffers

WASHINGTON, Sept 17.-Will- fam Jeffers, President of the Union Pacific Railway System, appointed yesterday by Donald Nelson as Ma tional Rubber Administrator, said last night:
 T am already for work"
 Nelson in announcing that he had picked the 66-year-old railroader for one of the toughest" jobs of the war program, said Jeffers IS charged with recognizing, consoli- dating and administering the gov ernment's efforts to alleviate a rub Der shortage.
 Jeffers is expected to become, in effect, complete boss over the Rub Der Reserve Company and all other government agencies in matters af- fecting the rubber program.
 Nelson declared: T am placing Jeffers at this post with the ap- proval of the President. I am dele eating him with all of my authority.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
BreuerIs Ripped af
 Mo- Hifter
Smith Loses His Twentieth Gdme-Indidns Break
 Losing Streak
(By Associated Press)

Mary Breuer, New York's rlga'- handler came within two innings oi tossing no-hit ball but finally hao to be satisfied with 2-hitter over Detroit.
 Unlucky Edgar Smith lost ms twentieth game yesterday as Phlia- delphia grabbed an eighth inning rally to beat Chicago.
 Jim Bagby's shit pitching yes terday defeated Washington ending the Indians losing streak.
 Although there is nothing al stake in the final standings, the third place St. Louis shut out Bos- ton yesterday on the 7-hit pitching by Johnny Niggeling.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
NEW GUINEA BATTLING |S
 NOW INTENSE
Enemy Troops Make Ad- vance Toward MoresbY
 -Heavy Pressure

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Sept. l7.-Main Allied and Jap forces Ill New Guinea are locked in bitter combat, approximately 32 miles air line from Port Moresbv f"'" new enemy advance down the soutns ern slopes of the rus7o.. --~-S wooded Owen Stanley Mountains.
 The immediate scene of the battle is at the tiny hamlet of Ioribaiwa, which the Japs reached yesterday, pushing forward eight miles from Efogi, where they had been stalled for one week.
 The communique today said the Japs are exerting heavy pressure o1 serious fighting" but no indication is revealed on the trend of the fighting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
"M Heavy New Bombers, Fasi Fighter Planes Visit
 Jap Base SOLOMON ASSAULTS
 BRING VICTORIES Navy Airmen Damage Two Enemy Cruisers Near
 GuaddIednaI

WASHINGTON, Sep, 17-United States Army and Navy aircraft striking furious new blows at both ends of the Pacific battlefront, took heavy toll of Japanese land and sea forces this week, damaging two cruisers in the Solomons and three submarines at Kiska in the Aleu- sians.
 Two enemy mine sweepers were sunk at Kiska on Monday and three large cargo ships and several small CT craft also were damaged at the Jap base in the Aleutians and an estimated 500 Japs were killed or injured.
 The attack on Kiska was made by q large group of Army heavy bomb- srs, Consolidated Liberators escorted by P-38 fighter planes and Bell Air acobras on their first Kiska mission.
 At the same time, land fighting in the Solomons appeared to have ,lacked off with the positions of he U. s. Marines apparently intact. The enemy lost their shore in- 5tallations at Rekata Bay asa result of bombing attack by Army Flying Fortresses and Navy and Marine Oevastator bombers.
 Navy Grumman Avenger torpedo planes attacked a cruiser and de- stroyer force northwest of Guadal- canal Island and hit two enemy cruisers with torpedoes and bombs, damaging them severely.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
VioIators of Retail
 Price Ceilings Going
 ToBe Given Yanking
BY JOHN GROVER Cor Jack Stinnett, On Vacati0n)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17-Theres bad news on the horizon for wilfui violators of retail price ceilings and gas, tire and other rationing orders.
 Up to now, the Office of Price Administration has concentrated on educational measures, to acquain' merchants and the public with the regulations. School days" are over now, however, and the warn ing is out that crackdowns are Tn order.
 Rationing has brought the boot legger of prohibition days back into circulation, recent surveys in- dicate. Prosecutions for violation of the rubber tire rationing order disclosed highly organized rings oi tire peddlers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
STALINCRAD
 I5 BATTERED,
 HOLDING OUT
Sky Over City Swarms with Dive Bombers-Ianks
 Crash Gates

MOSCOW, Sept. IT. German and Russian infantrymen are bat tling in attics and cellars in the northwestern part of the city of Stalingrad after massed tank forma- tions finally opened the gates of the city to the invaders.
 Bombs are raining down without letup on the defending army of soldiers, marines and armed civi''"nS and buildings within the smoking city.
 Waves of Nazi bombers hurled themselves in an assault.
 The German air force holds a clear numerical superiority
 Transport planes of the Germans are bringing up fresh forces and pouring them into the battle.
 The Army newspaper Red Star says the sky over the city is swarm ing with dive bombers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IT, Capt. Elliott Buckmaster, command ing the aircraft carrier Yorktown, risked his life to save negro mess attendant when the craft sank after a terrific beating from Jap bombs and torpedoes in the Midway battle.
 The 53-year-old commander took the negro mess attendant, who was in distress, from crowded life raft and swan with him in tow to a Whaleboat
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
STOP MOTORISTS

BAY SHORE, Sept. 17.--New York State and village police throughout eastern Long Island stopped motor ists and requested them and their passengers to identify themselves. No official explanation was given.
 Trains On the Long Island Rail road, bound for New York, were also boarded by authorities who checked and identified passengers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17

One such organization sold ille- gally acquired tires to it's salesmen at a flat rate-about double the market price-and the salesmen Tn turn sold to their customers. The salesmen got "all the traffic would bear for the illicit merchandise. It was this price-gouging that i'm ally resulted in breaking up the ring. Customers were willing to break the law to get the tires but souawked at the fantastic prices. It is the general feeling of OPA enforcement officers that the war time bootlegger of rationed goods will be easier to trap and convict than his prohibition era counter part.
 Continued on Page Two
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
Yorktown Commander Risked Life 10 Save
 Negro Mess Attendant

He placed the negro in the only available space and ordered the coxswain to make for the nearest destroyer, then swan back to the raft.
 The sinking of the Yorktown last June was announced only yester- day, since the Jap submarine which finished her off was believed sunk and the Navy Department felt sure the Japs did not know of her loss.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
Inspectors Proposedin
 War pIants
Plan Suggested for Ufiliz-
 ing SkilIs of Labor 10 Maximum

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17-Plac- ing inspectors in all important war plants to "see that labor is efficient ly utilized at maximum skills,' IS proposed by Director General Wen dell Lund of the War Labor Boards Production Division.
 Lund voiced the suggestion before the House Committee on Defense Migration, saying the commission already has power to institute labor market controls and should not wall for sweeping legislation"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
hlNT MORE
 SAB0TEURS
 IN LANDING
Raft Found on Long Island Bedch-PoIile Query
 Residents

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-The East ern Defense Command announces that a small raft was found along the Atlantic Coast of Long Island last night and shot was fired in an unsuccessful attempt to halt a prowler.
 The Army Beach Patrol, police and Coast Guard later searched the vicinity and found nothing un- usual in the incident at about 10 p. m.