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The Nome nugget., 1942-07-22
THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR HAND By Leicester K. Davis
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THERE are surprising number A of people in this world who have far better than averave mental equipment and yet have difficulty in getting anywhere simply because they haven't the concentration es- sential to completed accomplish ment.
 Such individuals, unfortunately, are always conceiving really bril- liant ideas which are practical in every way. But, somehow or other, they are able to carry them just so far and no farther. Indications of this deficiency are always found in the fourth finger and its telltale characteristics.
 The Finger of Unstable Mentality.
 Several distinct characteristics mark the fourth finger of this type: CD Shortness, CD straightness, (3) fullness, (4 pronounced taper. Such a finger is usually well but not over fieshed. The points are smooth, combining with the taper to give the finger a somewhat peglike ap- pearance. The nail tip is gracefully rounded, with full oval nail, sym. metrically set.
 With fingers pressed together the tip is found usually falling midway of the length of the third finger. With hand extended wide the finger
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More than 30,O00 paid admissions crowded into Wrigley field, Los An- geles, to witness benefit ball game between Joe E. Browns Hollywood comedians and Robert Taylor's Leading Men. During the second inning, the comedy team of Mitch ell and Durant insisted on coming up to bat as a combine, Durant on the shoulders of his huskier part ner. The first ball thrown was hit by Mitchell, who promptly spilled his "excess baggage" and headed out for first base. What transpired, at the first stop, is shown below:
The Nome nugget., 1942-07-22
Of Course, All the Little People Within Hearing Hurried Over to Find Out What It All Meant.

he knew that Blacky had found the stranger who had so excited him. Now perhaps the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Mead oWs would believe him and no long, CT think him crazy.
 But they didn't No, sir, they didn'tl Instead they thought that Blacky the Crow had gone crazy, too. Never was there heard a worse racket than Sammy and Blacky made as they each tried to talk louder and faster than the other Neither was listening to what the other was saying, which in itself was very impolite, even if they were cousins. Worse still, each kept interrupting the other, and, you know, there is nothing more impo- lite than to interrupt when another is speaking. But neither seemed to mind in the least. Each kept right on talking and growing more and more excited.
 Of course. all the little people within hearing hurried over to find out what it all meant. But they couldn't understand at all what Sammy and Blacky were talking about. You see, Sammy and Blacky interrupted each other so often that all that those who were listening could make out was that there was great big stranger in the Green
The Nome nugget., 1942-07-22

as far as possible from such noise. But Peter Rabbit suddenly sat up with his eyes popping right out of his head He had just re- membered the strange tracks he had seen in the snow deep in the Green Forest just at the end of winter. Could it be that they were made by the stranger who had so excited Sammy Jay and Blacky the Crow?
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The Nome nugget., 1942-07-22
SAMMY AND BLACKY BOTH
 TALK AT ONCE

Two tongues at once are one too many. And better 'twere there were not any. WHICH means that when two
 W people try to talk at the same time it is very unpleasant for them- selves and even more unpleasant for others who may have to listen to them, When Blacky the Crow came flying out from deep in the Green Forest so excited that he was cawing at the top of his voice Sammy Jay had at once flown to meet him. Now. Sammy was just as excited, and he was screaming
 at the top of his lungs. You see.
The Nome nugget., 1942-07-22
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FARLEY WAS ONCE A BOOK
 KEEPER
By JEANNE

MOT everyone can be an individ- 1 ' ualist and blaze his own trail to fame. Some of us are better fit- ted for falling into line as part of an organization. James A. Farley's rise in politics is an example of the rewards which may come to the good lieutenant.
 Farley was born in 1889 In Grassy Point, N. Y, a small village on the Hudson river. There were five chil- dren, and the father was a saloon keeper. When Jim Farley was ten years old, his father died and his mother started a combination sa- loon and grocery store. The boy often tended bar or worked as gro- cery clerk on the other side of the store. Through these jobs he learned to meet the public, be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

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Evening star., 1942-10-12
Pittsburgh Police
Give Handouts
For Axis Coptives
3y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. H.. Nearly
200 Pittsburgh policemen have do
mated their personally -owned hand
cuffs to the Government for prob
able use in shackling Axis prisoners, ;"
Police Supt. Harvey j. Scott dis
closed.
Supt. Scott visited precinct sta
tions, asking for the donations, after
receiving what he described as an
urgent request" for the handouts
from the Quartermaster Generals
Office in Washington. He said an
Army officer told him the handouts
would be used on Axis prisoners but
did not specifically say German war
prisoners in Canada"
Britain and Canada have started
shackling 1876 German war prison.
ers in retaliation for the fettering'o of
the same number of Empire prison.
ers in German prison camps.
Supt. Scott said he expected scores
Of other policemen would add their
handouts to those already sent to
quartermaster' depot in the East.
The handouts were purchased by
Pittsburgh policemen at cost Of
from SO to $18 a pair, Supt. Scott
added.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. ia quartet
Of little Norwegian corvettes and
British destroyer that led them
have seriously damaged four Axis
submarines and shelled several
others in a 48-hour battle in the
Atlantic, the British Admiralty
announced today.
The U-boat wolf pack" attacked
in relays of as many as seven at a
time, by day and night. The cor
vettes sighted submarines on the
surface 18 times during the day and
night battle. The corvettes them
selves delivered 80 attacks, it was
said.
The night battles were lighted by
an eerie criss-cross of calcium flares,
star. shells and tracer bullets.
The destroyer Viscount went
after the U-boats nine times and
the corvettes made several daring
but vain attempts to ram subma-
rines, so hot did the battle become at
times.
Although these particular Nor
wegian corvettes had been engaged
IN protective Atlantic conveys for
q year, this was their first tangle
with the enemy in real action.
Despite this, however, 1t. Comdr.
J. v. Waterhouse, the destroyer COM
mander, said the Norwegians un-
corked an "uncanny skill" in locat-
ing the attacking submarines.
There was an od1cer high ON the
mast Of each corvette, and every
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Norwegian Ships Help Damage
a Axis Subs in 48-Hour Battle

man on deck worked as a lookout,
and whenever the cry, 'tallyho, ;
went up I had only to check by
bearings to. find a submarine" he
said.
The corvette H. M. S. Potentilla
dashed up as one surfaced enemy
ship dived, and dropped circle Of
depth charges.
After only a 12-minute breather
the corvette sighted another enemv
boat only 300 yards away and let
ny with her guns, scoring several
hlts. She set out to ram the SUBJ
marine, but missed by a few feet as
the sub dived. Again a pattern Of
depth charges was dropped, this
time around the coming tower.
Another submarine attempted to
crash dive when the destroyer over
took it and shelled it. The subma-
rine's bow tipped up out of the water
at a so degree angle and the boat
Slid down stern first, apparently out
OF control. The depth charges which
were dropped right on top probably
finished her." the Admiralty said.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Phoned Threat Reported
By Indiana Priest

CHICAGO, Oct. II P).-A tele-
phoned threat to a Catholic priest
turned Illinois State police to In
diana today in their widespread hunt
for Roger Touhy and his six fellow
convicts who fled the prison at Joliet,
ILL.,, Friday afternoon.
Msgr. Thomas Conroy of the Fort
Wayne Gnd.) Cathedral told Chi
cago police yesterday that lisping
man, who identified himself as one
Of the Touhy gang, had called him
on the telephone and said, We'll
get you today or tonight"
A guard was detailed to the In
diana priests home while in Chi
cago police watched the former
haunts of the Terrible Touhy Mob.
Off1cials in the States Attorneys
Office said Msgr. Conroy was in
strumental in dissuading an In
dianapolis priest from appearing as
a defense witness in Roger Touhy's
second trial for the 1888 kidnap-
ing of John (Jake the Barber) Fac
tor.
Twice, after their break from
prison, Touhy and his prison mates
slipped through State police radio
blockades. Their abandoned car,
its engine still warm, was found
Saturday night near Villa Park, a
western suburb of Chicago. A gas
station attendant told police four
men stepped out of the car and into
another waiting machine and
headed toward Chicago.
Evening star., 1942-10-12

Axis Claims Sinking
OF Three Big British
Ships in Atlantic
Two Steamers Declared
Destroyed by Enemy
Off Coast of Africu
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Axis
yesterday claimed the sinking of
three big British ships and damage
to fourth In the Atlantic, placing
two of the sinkings of Africa,
where their U-boat campaign is re-
ported to have been transferred
after opposition got too heavy in the
North Atlantic.
These Axis claims, without any
Allied confirmation whatever, ap-
peared to be an extension of boats
in recent days which brought this
British comment:
"The Germans have gone all out
for any kind of allegations OF sink
ings."
The Berlin radio broadcast a
transocean report that the 20,119-
ton steamer Duchess of Atholl, vet
eran of peacetime transatlantic
passenger trade, was sunk while
sailing to Freetown, West Africa,
and that the 23,456-ton steamer
Orcades was sunk by another
U-boat in Capetown waters, of
Southwest Africa.
Italians Claim Sinking.
The Italians reported one of their
submarines sank the 20,043-ton
British liner Oronsay, formerly in
the Australian service, and dam
aged the 17,000-ton Nea Hellas,
formerly the Tuscania.
The Italian communique first
identified the ship that was sunk as
"the trans Atlantic liner Iron
side" but a later Rome broadcast
heard in London, corrected this and
said it was the Oronsay instead.
The Oronsay figured in war news
once before when she was badly
bombed while removing 1000 SOL
diers from ST. Nazaire in June, 1910.
Lloyd's Register does not list any
ship by the name Of 1ronside under
British registry. The Nea Hellas
Is understood to have been taken
over by the British after sailing
in the early months Of the war un-
der the Greek flag. This vessel
brought many refugees to the
United States while she was on the
Lisbon-New York run.
Dates Are Not Given.
Neither the Germans nor the Ital-
ians gave the dates of their at
tacks. Last Friday the Germans
claimed the sinking of 10 ships in
the same Capetown waters where
the Duchess of Atholl, a Canadian
Pacific liner, was reported sunk.
In their Friday report the Nazis
said among the ships sunk was the
14,943-ton Andalucia Star, British
refrigerator ship.
Freetown, of which the Germans
said the Duchess Of Atholl was sunk,
is in Sierre Leone, some 500 miles
up the bulge from Cape Palmas.
Cape Palmas itself is in Liberia,
just west of the border with the
Vichy- controlled Ivory Coast.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Grocer Shot Twice
Resisting Ho|dup,
Gunman Escapes
Policeman FeIIs Man
Attempting to Flee
After SIoshing Him

A grocery store proprietor was in
critical condition today in Casualty
Hospital suffering from wounds in
flicted by a colored gunman who
attempted to hold up his place of
business in one of series of crimes
here over the week end.
Harry Kline, At, owner of the store
at 1893 Fifth street NE. was shot
twice, once in the abdomen and once
in the left arm, by a colored youth
who entered the store last night and
demanded money When Mr.. Kline
refused, the gunman fired, police said.
Mr.. Kline and his wife were alone
in the store at the time. The gun
man escaped.
James j. Gregory, 30, colored, of
1925 Vernon street NV. was shot in
the thigh early yesterday by Police
man Ellsworth Williams, At, colored,
OF 764 Columbia road NV. when the
former resisted arrest on a disorderly
conduct charge.
Officer Williams was treated at
Freedmen's Hospital for a deep
laceration of the jaw received dur
Ing the scuftle with Gregory in the
1900 block of Fourteenth street NV,
Gregory was treated at Emergency
Hospital and later transferred to
Gailinger. His condition was fair.
Mr.. Williams said he arrested
Gregory for creating a disturbance
on the street. He was taking his
prisoner to call box when the
alteration began. The policeman
reported that the man slashed at
him with a pocket knife and started
to flee. He was felled by two shots
from the policeman's service re-
volver.
Police were holding a 19-year-old
youth for investigation pending the
outcome Of the injuries of James
Burns, 81, of IL r street NV, who
was shot in the abdomen last night
In what investigators said was an
argument over the possession of a
.3S-caliber revolver. Mr.. Burns was
In Sibley Hospital in a serious con-
dltlon. The youth was treated at
the hospital for a bullet Craze on
the arm.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
British Archbishop Asked
To Join U.S.AppeaI for India
BY the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-The Arch
bishop Of Canterbury was asked in
an open letter yesterday to join in
a statement signed by numerous
American religious leaders urging
President Roosevelt to mediate the
question Of political freedom for
India.
The letter was to be published in
the october IS issue of the Church
man, independent journal of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and
asserted in part:
The statement would have added
force, We believe, were its objective
OF q mutually satisfactory settle
ment of the Indian crisis to find a
strong and sustained response in
Great Britain.
Not only because of the eminent
position you occupy in the church,
but also because of the view of
world affairs which has for so long
and so widely been associated with
your name, there could be no re-
sponse approving the purposes of
this statement which could be more
effective than yours"
The statement said the people of
the United States viewed the situa-
ton In India with alarm because at
threatens the victory of the United
Nations" 1t asked that President
Roosevelt tender his good ofrlces
with other members of the United
Nations in seeking a settlement.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
One Killed as Army Plane
Hits and Burns House
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW CANAAN, Conn, Oct. 12.-
An Army plane plunged into the side
of a spacious estate home here to-
day, killing at least one occupant Of
the machine, and touching of a fire
which quickly consumed both plane
and the house. .r
John Stanton, 9-year -old school
boy who saw the crash from less
than 200 feet distance, said the pilot
of the plane made three vain at
tempts to pull his ship out of spin.
Mrs. Webb Weeks, owner of the
home, her maid, Miss Anna Nelson,
and three workmen were in a room
near that into which the plane
smashed but escaped amidst a
shower Of plaster.
The plane Immediately burst into
flames. y
The estate is in the exclusive
Silver Hill Mine section where many
New York notables maintain resi-
dences.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
D. {. Nursery School
Officials Will Discuss
Procedures Today
Administrators to Meet
With Mrs. Doyle at
Franklin School

Thirteen officials who will share
responsibility for the nursery school
program now being proposed for
District public schools will meet at
3 o'clock this afternoon in the
Franklin School ito become &C
quainted and to discuss procedures. :"
They are school officials and Work
Projects Administration and Office
of Civilian Defense officers who will
cooperate on financing and run
ming OF nursery schools when the
Randolph bill permitting setting up
of such a program in the local
school buildings passes the Senate.
1t has already been passed by the
House.
Called by Mrs. Henry Grattan
Doyle, president of the Board Of
Education, the group includes Mrs.
Henry P. Chandler, chairman OF the
Child Care and Protection Commit
tee, and Miss Dorothy T. Pearse, di-
rector, and Mrs. Adelia Boynton
Heiney, assistant director OF the
day care administrative Office OF the
civilian mobilization division of the
Ohlce of Civilian Defense; DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent of schools;
Robert L. Haycock, DR.. Carroll r..
Reed and DR.. Garnet c. Wilkinson,
first assistant superintendents OF
schools, and Adelbert w. Heinmiller,
assistant in charge Of school build
ings; Mrs. Elizabeth D. butcher,
director Of the service division OF
the District Works Project Admin
ttration; Mrs. 1zetta Jewell Miller,
regional supervisor Of the war pub
lie services of the Federal Works
Agency; Milo S. Christensen, super
intendent of recreation, and Miss
Bess Goodykoontz, assistant COM
missioner of the United States Office
of Education.
Il have called this group together
at this time" explained Mrs. Doyle
in her letter of invitation to the
conference, 80 that those charged
with the administration OF the
nursery school program will have
an opportunity to become acquainted
and to discuss procedures that will
be helpful in the coordination OF
this important program"
Evening star., 1942-10-12
seven Passengers Released
From Refugee Vessel
BY the Associated pr.s.

oy the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Oct. 12-Nearlv 300
persons, among them an American
consul from Tangier and five French
consular agents, arrived in Balti-
more yesterday aboard the Portu-
guese refugee ship Serpa Pinto.
Examination of the passengers. 27
OF whom are American citizens, is
being supervised by the Department
OF Justice and immigration authori-
ties. who were assisted by the Fed
eral Bureau OF Investigation, NAVY
and Army intelligence, and customs
off1cials. Only seven were released
yesterday.
The American consul, William
Scottem, who served at Bucharest
before his assignment to Spanish
Morocco, was not among the seven
who left the ship.
The passenger list included about
120 Jewish refugees, most Of them
from France; 66 Poles, 6 Belgians,
l Czech, 6 Dutch, Haitian, 4, from
Luxembourg, 48 French, l Mexican.
26 Portuguese, 2 Austrians and l3
stateless.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Rent 10 Be Controlled
In All Major Cities
Except New York
OPA Order Sets Nov. !
As Regulation DeodIine
In 81 More Areas ,. ,.ao.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press. -.--
Residential rents in another 81
defense-rental areas will be frozen
November /, the Office of Price Ad-
ministration announced last night.
The new areas have a population
OF nearly 10000, 900 and include such
cities as Los Angeles, Cincinnati,
Boston, Syracuse, Minneapolis, St.
Paul, Knoxville, Providence, Fort
Worth, Dallas, Houston, Baton
Rouge, Toledo and Harrisburg.
Every large city in the Nation
except New York will be under rent
control after November /, the order
said, and Price Administrator Leon
Henderson called on New York land
lords to get in line voluntarily by
holding rents at the levels prevailing
March l.
Directors To Be Announced.
In 96 of the areas In the new
order, rents were cut back to March
l levels, but in Orlando, Fla. the
date was fixed at October l, 1941.
as March would be at the height
OF the tourist season. Directors for
the new areas will be announced
later this month.
The action followed designation
some time ago of the 81 areas as
defense-rental areas, which put local
authorities on notice to control the
situation within 60 days. Such
designations were made for 396
localities, starting last spring, and
now 287, with an estimated 10000
600 population, have been brought
under direct Federal control.
On October S the OPA designated
the entire Nation as a defense-rental
area but under the 60-day provision
IN the law, Federal control over the
country as whole cannot be as
Sumed until December 5 or later.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Draft Boord Head Seeks
Marine ChupIuin's Post

The Rev. Ernest A. de Bordenave,
rector Of st. Paul's Church and
chairman Of the Alexandria Selec-
tive Service Board, yesterday an
nounced to his congregation that he
had made an application to the
Navy for appointment as a chap
lain.
"As chairman Of the Selective
Service Board, I am very conscious
Of the fact that about 1000 boys
have gone from Alexandria, and I
feel 1t is time that one Of the city's
ministers went" Mr.. de Bordenave
said. He added that he had asked
to be assigned to the Marines.
Mr.. de Bordenave said that he
made the announcement because he
had heard 80 many rumors about
his plans.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Infringement Denied
By Hecker Products
BY the Associated Press,

0S Inc ASSOClated PfesS.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 12.-Hecker
Products Corp. OF Buffalo filed an
answer yesterday in Federal Court
denying its cereal product known
as Cream enriched Farina" is an
infringement upon a patent held by
the Cream of Wheat Corp, Mime
apolis.
Hecker also filed counter-claim.
asking that the Minneapolis firm be
enjoined from bringing suit under
patent No. 2,131,881, issued October
4, 1888. 1t asserted the patent is
invalid because Howard j. Billings
inventor) was not the original and
first inventor or discoverer of the
alleged improvements"
Cream of Wheat brought suit
July q asking an injunction against
further Infringement" and an "ac-
counting for profits and damages
and ar assessment of costs against
the defendants"
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Michigan Motorist
Threatened by Touhy
Gang, He Tells Police
Officers Call Report Of
Gun DispIoy by Men in
StolIed Car Very Hot Tip
BY the AsSociated Press

By the Associated Press.
PAW PAW, Mich, Oct. 12.-State
police and sheriffs' officers clamped
a road blockade on Southwestern
Michigan following q motorists re-
port that the desperate, Roger
-Touhy, and four or five companions
in car threatened him with a
tommy gun near here at S am. to-
day.
The informant, Erving White, IS,
Paw Paw creamery operator, said
no shots were fred, but that an
occupant of the car silently aimed
the weapon at him as he drove from
side road and his headlights shone
on the desperadoes' car, which evi-
IDENTIFY was having motor trouble.
Mr.. White said he was positive"
one of the men was Touhy and
that the convicted kidnaper. a fugi-
tive with six other men from the
State Penitentiary at Joliet, ILL.,, car
ried a holstered pistol at his hip.
Ohdcers at the Paw Paw post re-
ported they had been unable thus
far to pick of the trail, but that
this looks like very hot tip"
Mr.. White said he could not
distinguish the serial numbers on
the cars Illinois license plates, but
that after it sped away he followed
for about miles and informed State
police the car had headed into US-12
in the direction of Benton Harbor.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
u Nozis Reported Slain
In Paris Ambush
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Oct. l2.-The Moscow
radio reported today that Fighting
French sympathizers had ambushed
a column Of German soldiers in 4
Paris suburb, killing II and setting
flre to two trucks.
No other details were given.
Evening star., 1942-10-12

Why should your Uncle Sam have
to dun anybody to buy = war bond
to help preserve the democratic way
Of living? Buy \ bond rs your own
expression Of willingness to help.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
1 More D. {. Se|ectees
Start Army Life Tomorrow

Seventy-nine District selectees
will report at 10 Am. tomorrow for
assignment to Army training camps.
following a two-week furlough which
ends today.
The group was inducted Septem-
ber %.
The men beginning Army life in