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Evening star., 1942-08-01
BY LELAND STOWE,


csso Daily News.
AT A RUSSIAN ARMY OFF,
GERS TRAINING CAMP.-Here,
stretched out rifemen vert target
sighting, and there squads of hand
grenade throwers were wriggling
through the grass. But naturally
We headed for the fireworks. New
bursts OF flame kept shooting up
and smoke obscured everything.
But getting nearer whenever ex-
plosions died down. we could catch
brief glimpses of blackened Ger
man baby tank
Some 80 yards from 1t the heads
and shoulders of men rose in sue
cession from fox holes in turn
When an arm was lifted We saw
a hand gripping bottle amidships
Then a swift. hard pitch and a
sharp splintering of glass, which
was Immediately drowned in an
other roar of flames Even at 30
yards these boys were good shots
They hit a tank every time-and
they never grew up throwing base
balls, either.
Everywhere we found bronzed
young men, built like athletes and
hard as nails, working out their
war lessons with extreme intensity.
Some were drilling, some disman-
tling machine guns, some studying
captured German weapons and, on
the football field, the most realistic
bayonet duels I have ever seen
were being fought
Severe Discipline.
The men wore masks but used
naked bayonets. They lunged, par
ried, clubbed their rifles to block
blows and, with the same motion,
reversed their weapons into counter
stroke at their opponents bodies.
Others were charging and side
stepping through an open field of
half a dozen adversaries-andg get
ting marks on how many opponents
they disarmed and how many
breast-wide swinging targets Of wood
they hit squarely with the bayonet.
This is the Oldest ofiicers' train
ing camp In the Soviet Union and
was founded by Lenin early in 1918.
Today many hundreds of candidates
for heutenantcy In the Red Army
are getting the stiffest kind of
schooling here-and stiff is the only
adjective to use. This place Is Just
as businesslike and just as saturated
with severe discipline as West Point.
1t has further advantage, name
ly. that every officef instructing
here has fought the Germans at
the front, and most of them have
been decorated for exceptional
merit. So these men are getting
nothing but practical lessons based
on battle experience in this war.
Majority Are Ex-Civilians.
1t is surprising to observe how
young these embryo heutenants are.
Although the Russian Army has
been f1ghting more than Is months
and has suffered casualties exceed
ing $500 900, all this new blood for
the Soviet officers cadres ranges
from 20 to 23 years Of age. Some
OF them already have fought as
privates and non-coms in the war,
but the majority are drawn from
civilian occupations. They are re-
quired to have completed eighth
grade schooling, and many have
had much more. They have got
to be as tit as the toughest drilled
American football squads to stand
the pace here. You see that the
way they are driven at their work.
The commander Of this training
camp is Col. Simeon Mladentsev,
and he wears four medals, including
the Gold Star and the Order Of
Lenin.
Where did you get it," We asked
him.
Fighting" the colonel said with
grin.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Coal
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Indiana except West, Central and
Southwest portion-10 cents.
Wisconsin, upper peninsula Of
Michigan, all of North and South
Dakota Except the small market
area in Southwest South Dakota
MontanA-15 cents.
Midwest and South.
West and South Central Indiana,
all Of Illinois except Greater Chi
cago. Iowa, Missouri, West portions
Of Kentucky, and Tennessee, Miss
issippi, Arkansas and Louisiana-5
cents.
Alabama, 4 few isolated market
areas in West Central Georgia, and
Northwest Florida-30 cents.
Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Oregon,
Nevada, California. and Black Hills
region Of South Dakota-5 cents.
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas. except West Central por-
tion-10 cents.
Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
and West Central Texas-30 cents.
Washington, Alaska and Western
Canada-35 cents.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Results
SARATOGA

B. the Associated Press.
FIRST RACE-Purse,. 200; claiming.
steeplechase, 4-year-olds and up; about
, miles.
ssst. P.srIck,s pay tRfo $40 80 $50
Mufled Drums Brand $50
Time, 4:30+s
Also ran-a Himm.l, Greenwich Time
n, < Mellon and Mrs. E. Dupont
SECOND EAcE-Purse,. sl.2oo: claim
lns: 3-year-olds and up; furlones.
Beau James Meade 40 $40 $40
Flying Lesion lGorman) 1890 1920
Alca Gal LindberS, $50
Time, l:26ss.
Also ran-On. Shen. Reapers Blade.
BRIGHT Camp. Sizzling Pan, Prien, Etrus-
can, Neap. Rosy Dollar, Smart Daughter
and Mythical King
DAILY Double oaid s3O.sol
THIRD RACE-Purse 81 900: special
weishts; maidens; 3-year- -olds and up: Z
Best Of All Mccr.ary, $50 800 $50
Ibex Thompson, $50 240
Troon fBerg) 80
Time, | ;26.
Also ran-McCormick. Royal Linda.
Gallant Robin and b Still Gallant.
Mrs. H. L. U-hetta and A. L. Asts
entry.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Desehers in Egypt
Now Include Nazis
AS Well as Italians
Men Of Good Physical
And Mental Types, but
Tired Of Hard Conditions
BY JOHN A. HETHERINGTON,

ny JOhN "A. ne nEn In " ON,
War Correspondent Of The Star and North
American Newspaper Alliance.
WITH THE 9TH ARMY IN THE
WESTERN DESERT, Egypt, Aug.
lit is significant that recent Axis
deserters have included Germans as
we'll as Italians. The Germans have
been good physical and mental types
but they frankly admit they are
weary Of fighting under the hardest
possible conditions where they are
unable to obtain even the simple
amenities a soldier usually enjoys in
the desert.
A plague of mosquitoes has reached
the western desert where this pest
ordinarily never is found Freak
conditions seem to have tempted the
insects and troops on the coast are
pestered by attacks all night. The
only consolation is that the enemy
few miles away must be suffering
similar discomforts.
The 9th Army has made no new
move yet to break through the en-
envy minefields and dislodge the
Axis forces from the strong points
which they have been holding. Gen.
Sir Claude Auchinleck Is content at
present to let his troops strengthen
their hold on the series of strate-
gtcally useful ridges and features
which they wrested from the enemy
in the lighting during recent weeks.
1t must not be forgotten that the
Axis lines are strongly defended by
many guns, chiefly los, SO and so
millimeters, entrenched behind
minedelds. An assault against them
could not be contemplated without
most careful planning. A hasty, Ill
conceived attack might mean serious
losses In tanks and men and elimi-
nation Of the numerical advantage
which the 9th Army now holds.
Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
has regrouped his troops several
times and most of the Germans now
are on the northern sector in front
OF the Australians whose aggressive
spirit they quickly learned to re-
spect.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
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excellent, fixes a pattern applicable
to all employers" Mr.. Lapham
wrote.
The employer members, Mr.. Lap
ham said, were faced with the alter
native to dissent on maintenance OF
membership except in certain cases
where circumstances have clearly
justified 1t as q means OF securing
uninterrupted war production. "
They decided. however. he added,
that constant emphasis on dis
agreement could serve no useful
purpose in this critical period"
However" Mr.. Lapham con-
tinued, the employer members wish
to make plain that they reserve
their rights to reverse or revise their
position on the question of main
tenance of membership at any time
or In any case coming before the
board, particularly when they think
that because Of some special facts
the public interest would not be
served by granting maintenance Of
membership"
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Arlington Man Thinks Guards
Suboteurs; Calls for Police

Capt. Harrison Mann, command
ing onicer of the Arlington Company
OF the Virginia Protective Force, re-
lated today how several guardsmen,
responding to their first test mobi-
lization In Arlington County, found
themselves surrounded by police
when an alarmed citizen suspected
they were NTH columnists.
Some Of the guardsmen were as
signed to = strategic water pumping
station. Hardly had the first uni
formed and armed militiaman ar
rived before a watchful resident
called police.
Five Arlington County policemen
rushed to the scene tn two SQUAD
cars and arrived as other guards
Evening star., 1942-08-01

men were dismounting from their
automobiles.
From reports I received" said
Police Chief Harry Woodyard, my
men had them surrounded before
they got out Of their cars"
Even the guardsmen had no ad-
vance warning OF the test which
took place Thursday night.
Capt. Mann said the police and
the citizens were to be congratu-
lated for their watchfulness.
When saboteurs or the combat
NTH column makes . concerted ef-
fort you may expect they win appear
In the uniforms Of police or SOL
diers," Capt. Mann said. Don't
leave anything to luck. Report any
one who arouses your suspicious"
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Halsey Holds Axis Folk
As Guilty as Leaders
3! IT,. Associated Press.

D! TIE Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. l.-Vice
Admiral William F. Halsey, jr.
speaking today at enlistment cere-
monies at the capitol here for about
$50 Virginia men who have volun-
teered for the Navy. said the United
Nations are not lighting Hitler and
other leaders of the Axis alone, but
the people who put those leaders in
power.
And We shall put them where
they belong. and hope this time
We will make a proper peace" he
said.
The $50 were Lee volunteers" re-
cruited for the Navy IN . month
long drive.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Comden

B, the Associat Press
FIRST RACE-Purse 81 600; claiming:
2-year-olds; furlonfs
Cherry T. tRienzD - 40 800 24n
Procla fRoberts) $50 400
Panamerica fClinsman) $40
Time. :o33s.
Also ran-Lady Case. Chance Oak. Oty
Man and Stop Karpins.
SECOND RACE-Purse. ST 600; special
weishts; maiden 2-year-olds: s. furlongs
Quiz (Youngl 490 800 2b0
Camille tRoberts) $50 40
Portlight tKeiper) $50
Time, 1:02as
Also ran-ChicAtone, DIZZY HEIGHTS.
Blenhour Alpine Ace
(Daily Double paid Sl4)
THIRD RACE--Purse, Sl,1oO claiming;
4-year-olds and up; furlongs.
Sir Kid fSisto) $40 $50 23O
Thorino fYouneb 40 a.
Beauzar tKeiperl 90
Time. 1:16ls.
Also ran-Sandstone. Lots OF Time and
Ameriee
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Oil
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finance conversion and construc.
tlon program to provide additional
barge facilities for transportation of
oil to the East.
Mr.. Jones said the corporation
will have the assistance of the Army
Corps of Engineers, Once of De-
Tense Transportation, Inland Water
ways Corp. and Smaller Warplants
Corp.
The plan calls for conversion of
existing dry cargo barges into tank
barges. Inland Waterways Corp
and private carriers are expected to
furnish the steeel barges for con-
version. In addition to providing
new oil carrying facilities, existing
inland waterways transportation
will be maintained and improved.
Conversion Urged.
The Government and industry
have launched a campaign. the OBJ
jective of which is conversion of
oil burners to coal or other sub
stitute fuel wherever possible, and
institution of conservation meas
ures where conversion Is impossible.
Mr.. 1ckes pointed out that fuel
and heating oil stores in the East
are only about half of what they
were at this time last year. And,
although Summer is the period when
inventories are normally built up for
winter, we have not been able to
build them up this year, he said.
The 1ckes message to oil dealers
stated further:
Upon you, therefore, rests the
unpleasant duty of warning your
customers that, If they want to be
assured of warm homes next winter,
they will convert their oil burners
to the use of coal or whatever other
! fuel Is available, after first ascer-
tanning that the substitute fuel can
be delivered and that CRATES and
other necessary equipment can be
obtained. To be certain of an ade-
auate coal supply, they must fill
their bins now"
May Refuse Deliveries.
Mr. Ickes warned that the oil sup
ply may be SO short next winter that
delivery may have to be refused to
any customer who is able to con-
| vert, but has not done So"
He explained that the fleet of 800
tank ships which formerly was used
to bring about IS per cent of oil to
the East, has been reduced to q
fraction of its former size by trans
fers to military service and by enc
my submarines. He said it has
been impossible to replace the ships
with other means of transportation
although everything has been done
and will continue to be done, to
move oil eastward
Mr.. Ickes said he realized that
dealers may be hestitant about TAX
ing action which will reduce their
volume of business, but dealers, he
said, might we'll consider this:
If you lead your customers to
believe that you can supply them
with unlimited fuel and heating oil
this winter, and then are not able
! to do so. :. as now appears to be
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Orlando Boy Upsets
Watson, Wins Net Title

Earlier Story on Pare B-4.)
By the Associated Press.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, Aug. L.
Billy Smith of Orlando, Fla, won
the boys singles title in the West
ern Open tennis championships here
today with an upset victory over
top-seeded Alan Watson OF Eliza
beth, N. J.
Smith. seeded No. 2. won In three
sets, SO. SIS, SIS. making a great
rally IN the Anal set to sweep the
last four games after falling be-
hind, "a.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Russia
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Red army. navy and marine bat.
teries ashore smashed 4 German
attempt to cross a strategic water.
line on the Sea Of Azov.
Location Not Given.
Where the action took place was
not stated.
Ut was possible. however, that
Kerch Strait was the locale.
Germans on the Kerch Peninsula
OF the Crimea have only four or
five miles Of water, at the strait
entrance to the Sea Of Azov, to
cross for operations on 4 flank
Of the Russians Caucasus line.
(The Vichy radio broadcast two
days ago that German forces
from the Kerch Peninsula had
landed at dawn on the opposite
shore, Taman Peninsula OF the
Caucasus)
The batteries waited until the
main German forces were In sight
and then opened fire, Red Fleet S
dispatch said. Trucks and other We
hicles were destroyed along with
500 men.
NAd Convoy Raided.
Two Russian torpedo planes
raided . German convoy in q Nor
wegian ford and sank q $1,000 ton
ship despite a heavy barrage from
escorting warships, another dispatch
to Red Fleet said.
Meanwhile, the Red Army seemed
to have halted the invaders on the
Don River elbow and around Voro-
nezh, blocking the path to the
great industrial city Of Stalingrad
in battles Of attack and counter
attack that spread over many
square miles.
Front-line dispatches reported
brighter prospects south of Tsim-
lyanskaya, midway between Rostov
and Stalingrad, saying Soviet bomb
crs and artillery were destroying
bridges across the Don while troops
on the south bank were furnishing
the Germans who got across earlier
in the week.
But the Nazi drive south of Ros-
tov continued powerfully.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Yonk to Circulate in u. s.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug (Pl.-Yank
the Army weekly tabloid. reported
today that the War Department had
authorized sale Of the paper in Army
posts and stations In the United
States effective August S. Previous
ly 1t was distributed only to men in
foreign service.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Arlington Park

FIRST RAcE-Purse, s1.2O0: claiming;
3-yeer -oldS and up: furlongs
Mismark tScurlock) $40 500
Briarso (Neves) 40
Time, l.13I..
Also ran-Mountain Air. valdina Boss
Epiget. High Talent. Oarlade. Counter
Dallas.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Rockingham Park
BY the Associated Press,

6S tHS A6SOClAteQ fFeSS,
FIRST RACE-Purse, 5000. claiming;
2-year- -olds: 5h furongs
Cananea tTurnbulD 800 $50 o2n
Mokananne tDattilo) 500 800
Victory Play (Brunelle) $50
Time. 1:01H.
Also ran-Valdina Rocket, Bold Eye
Gallant Novice, Ariel Beam and Devils
Wit.
SECOND RACE-Purse. 5000; claiming:
4-year-olds and up: furlongs.
Pig .c chsnee M Tinnesan> 7'2o 4oo $50
Elght and Six (Turnbull $50
Time, 1:l33s.
Also ran-Paddy Gosse Celesti r. Not
Yet and Knisht's Duchess
DAILY Double paid Sl26O)
THIRD RACE-Purse. ST. 900; claiming;
3-year-olds and up: furlonEs.
Fritz fWahler) 1920 500 %
Ar1ella (Snyder) 14O so
Spare the Rod (TurnbuID $50
Time, 1:13.
Also ran-Pernie. Wake Robin, Air
Spring, Prairie Dog and Alergo.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Bel Air

z, the Associated Press
FIRST RACE-Purse, $500; Allowances:
2-year-olds: furionEs
Bright Quest fPrain) 1910 e7o kao
Vale Victory CVesselD 510 46O
Seventeen Guns (Dufford) $40
Aiao is' f.nMsun nsin kl.s. Linden s..r. mar
StrunE. Bursoo Kid. Euchre, Ginger Mar,
and Four leaf
Evening star., 1942-08-01

Buy bonds and stamps for the boys
In the camps.
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Lamb

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Evening star., 1942-08-01

FIFTH RAcE-Purse. 81 200; special
veishts; maidens: 2-year-olds; 5La fur
Evening star., 1942-08-01
Racing News
Todoy's Results and Entries for Monday
Saratoga
By the Associated Press.

FIRST RACE-Purse 81 200. ailov
ances: hurdles; 4-year .olds and inward;
Evening star., 1942-08-01
% pounds claimed for rider.

SECOND RACE-Purse al zoo: xpee,.I
veishts, maidens; :-year-olds; 81, fur
Evening star., 1942-08-01
.CE-Purse, $500 added !:
p; 3-year-olds: g furlongs.

bW. ". crenshav entry.
CIV. ziegler, jr, entry =.
Evening star., 1942-08-01

a Brookmeade stable entry.
wv. p, Chrysler, jr.. entry,
e Wheatley Stable entry.
Greentree Stable entry.
Milky Way Farm entry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
AK the Axis

Federal Security Administrator
Paul v. McNutt is the man behind
the mobilization of our manpower.
He is chairman of the new War
Manpower commission-WMC to the
headline writer's. Under his direc-
ton, the United States employment
service will register applicants for
war jobs in $500 offices all over
the country. If you want to give
the Axis the axe, see your nearest
USES Office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
Stairway Shelf Space
~
4 the \
1 GREAT SEAL.
1 . OF .
Y MARYLAND

Houses with modern interiors and
plenty of shelf space are easier to
keep clean. If the back stairway
and landing have always been diff
cult to keep neat, cover the wall
with pastel colorkote finished insu-
lating boards, and build shelves I'M
der the landing. The walls will look
clean, can easily be kept spotless
with damp cloth, and the shelves
will take care of the clutter that
usually accumulated on back stair
ways in many homes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
NEW EFFECTIVE HAY FEVER
RELIEF

Hay fever, which annually
causes more sneezes, more in
famed noses and more red,
streaming eyes than any other
scourge, may have its final big
fling this September, all because
aPennsylvania electrical engineer
was served dish of corn meal
mush whichwas entirely too salty.
The engineer, sneeZing, and
with all other hay fever mani
festations, stopped at a hotel
where he was served a dish OF
mush which he considered send
ing back as it was much too salty.
Finally he ate it, however; the
hay fever attack lessened, ul-
timately ceased. Next day he had
three meals, all oversalted, and
experienced his most comfortable
time in years in the ebay fever
season."
. His analytical mind quickly
grasped the possibility that the
saline substance in his food was
responsible for his relief.
About this time, DR.. E. E. Sell
leck, graduate of Columbia Uni
versity, met the engineer, made
notes, and when he returned to
his home, began experiments. To-
day DR.. Selleck declares he has
found a certain means of relief
for hay fever and is supported in
his contention by other medical
experts, and a nationally known
chemical manufacturing concern,
the Hollings-Smith Company, at
Orangeburg, New York, has TAX
en- over making the remedy, which
is called Nakamo Bell.
Describing the experiments,
DR.. Selleck said, "After l was
sure I had found a means of
quickly relieving hay fever
through the chloride group,
tested it in the most practical
way I knew. held three day
clinic, to which many hay fever
sufferers responded, from ages
ranging from 10 to so years. Each
person was given two tabletswith
a little water. Some relief came
to all within ten minutes. Reports
on these cases during the ensu-
ing weeks showed practically
complete cessation ofsymptoms."
ADV.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11

Nov is the time to use every
~ scrap of old wooden 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
10 own.
The square rug in the sketch
was designed to fit in a smart
dressing table corner. The rose
and-ribbon design in the chintz
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11

skirt and window valance was cop.
led in making a border and cen
ter flower for the rug. 1t 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 5 Of the Sc
ries Of home-making booklets which Mrs,
Spears has prepared for readers. Also
BOOK 9 contains directions for 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. y
requested. Address:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
Careful, john

According to a decision handed
down by the Kansas Supreme court,
it is the duty of passengers Of an
automobile to warn the driver APP
preaching danger, and when near
ing railroad crossing where the
view is INSTRUCTED, they should get
out and reconnoitre on foot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
Men Best Drivers

Tests by the Iowa State college
show that men really are better car
drivers than women. Women are
inclined to kill the engine, cut more
corners, clash the gears and make
unnecessary fiourishes in getting
their cars started. The conclusions
were reached after testing 1000
drivers of nearly equal experience.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-09-11
Cherry Pit Oil

A few years ago J. G. Martin,
cherry grower of Sturgeon Bay,
Wis.,, stepped on cherry pit and
found it left grease spot on the
floor. Today he is a millionaire,
making oil used for cosmetics from
1000 tons Of cherry pits a year.