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Evening star., 1942-12-20
D. {. Legion Auxi|iar,
Provides Scholarship
For Nursing Course
Past Presidents PorIey
Sets $3.50 Aside for
Hiqh School Graduate

The past presidents of the District
of Columbia Department and units
of the American Legion Auxiliary
have organized a past presidents
parley.
At the opening meeting last week
$3.50 was provided to be used as a
scholarship fund for some girl grad
uated from high school in time to
enter February class of student
nurses. She may choose training
in any of the local hospitals.
The scholarship is a memorial to
Mrs. Margaret Franklin, first de-
partment president of the District
of Columbia.
Mrs. Helen McCabe, chairman of
the committee, announces applica-
tions for this scholarship should be
addressed to her at once at depart
ment headquarters, 2437 Fifteenth
street NV. Thes amount of the
scholarship will be sufficient for
three years of training and the sue
cessful candidate will be guaranteed
all necessary expenses through that
period.
For details write to Mrs. McCabe
or call MI. 6831. Serving with the
chairman are Mrs. Jerry Love, Mrs.
Lucille Quincy Mrs. Myrtle Spudis
and Miss Grace Stock.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-Lincoln Unit, home of a
member; Kenna Main Unit, 1910
Good Hope road Sc.
Tuesday - Potomac Unit, Pali-
sades Fieldhouse.
Observation-Disclosures Unit,
2l08 Thirty first street S.E.
Friday - Department Executive
Committee, Legion clubhouse.
The District of Columbia Eight
and Forty. Salon Departmental, met
at the Washington Hotel on We'd
nesday and made plans for Christ
mas. Mrs. Mary B. Corwin, chapeau
departmental, presided.
Christmas carols were sung, led
by the quartet, under the direction
of Mrs. Rae r. Zaentz.
Mrs. Virginia Mccarthy, child
welfare chairman, received cash do
nations for Christmas baskets to
be distributed to needy families on
Christmas eve. Gifts of games and
toys of every description were also
donated by the members for under
privileged children.
The juniors of the James E..
Walked Unit met at the home of the
senior president, Mrs. Bertha S.
Robinson, 773 Columbia road NV,
last Sunday evening.
The following officers were elected:
Yvonne Tibbs, president; Dolores
Toms, first vice president; Dolores
Briggs, second vice president; Thel-
ma Anderson, secretary; Victoria
Toms, chaplain, and Mary Rivers,
sergeant at arms.
Scrap books for the children shut
ins at Glenn Dale will be distributed
during the Christmas holidays. A
baby contest is being planned for
the spring.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Liberation Service
To Be Held Dec. 25
By Knights Temp|ar
Ladies' Auxiliary and
Drill Corps Meetings
Are Called OFF

J. Edwin Reid, eminent COM
mander of Columbia Commandery,
No. 2, Knights Templar, announced
last week that the annual Christmas
liberation services will be held on
Christmas Day at 11:30 am.
These services are held on the an
niversary of the birth of the Great
Captain of Salvation.
The regular December meetings
OF the drill corps and Ladies Auxil-
liary have been called off.
Federal Lodge met at a special
communication last Tuesday eve
ming and installed officers as fol-
lows: Roy L. James, master; Floyd
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Regular Veterans
| Association

Pearl Harbor Post will meet
December % at 92l Pennsylvania
avenue Sc at pm.
Comdr Hubacher requests all reg
ular servicemen and also ex-regulars
who desire membership to attend.
Regulars from out-of-town posts
who are now located in Washington
desiring transfer to the Pearl Harbor
Post may do so by making applica-
ton to Adjt, Milton j. Eckert, 3l0e
Thirty eighth street NV. or at the
meeting.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Spanish War Veterans
Select New Officers

Sergt. Maj. Thomas F. Donovan.
highest ranking commissioned
officer on duty at United States
Soldiers Home. was reelected COM
mander of Col. John Jacob Astor
Camp.
William A. Morrison was elected
senior vice commander; Frederick N.
Davis, Junior vice commander; Os-
car Feldser, officer of the day; Ben
jamin F. Allen, officer of the guard,
and Robert Madara, trustee for three
years. The camp will meet tomor-
row at Soldiers Home.
Col. James S. Petit Camp con-
venes Tuesday at department head
quarters, 921 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc.
Newly elected officers Of Col.
James Astor Auxiliary are:
President Lillian Garland; senior vice
H1v pTesldsn 4. GstheEIne WI Mnk. ehsplsn
instructor, Ethel Piersma: conductress.
Anna webb: guard Mary johnson: secre-
tary, Luctris Echoltz: treasurer, Anna Berg,
Admiral George Dewey Auxiliary
elected:
President Mary Williams: senior vice
president, Nancy Evans: junior wee presi-
dent, Helen Cares: chaplain, Belle Scriv-
ner; patriotic instructor. Mary Colberth;
Olga Cornosky; assistant conductress,
GusSie Huggens: guard, Matte Riley; as
sistant guard. Virginia Sullivan.
Miles Auxiliary elected:
President, Ann williams: senior vice
president, Minnie Butts; junior vice presi-
dent, Rose Wilson haplain, Susan Bor-
rel; patriotic instructor, Helen Taylor; his
torian, Martha Hamilton; conductress.
Emma Neal: assistant conductress, Louise
Kraft: guard, Anna Sterks: assistant guard,
Louise Stanley,
Violet Taibert was admitted to
membership. The auxiliary viii not
meet December Is.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Meetings This Week,

Monday-Quentin Roosevelt
No. IL, Potomac Boat Club; De-
partment of Justice No. Al, Le-
glon clubhouse: Gas Light No.
"A, Legion clubhouse.
Tuesday - James E. Walker
No. rs, Twelfth Street YMCA;
James Reese Europe No. S, Fiji
teenth and @ streets NV.
Wednesday-Henry c. Speng-
Ter No. IL, 1926 Massachusetts
avenue NV.
Friday-Bureau of Engraving
No. % and Internal Revenue
No. 80, Legion clubhouse.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Fleet Reserve Association

Branch No. q will meet at 1912
Ninth street NV. tomorrow at pm.
Refreshments will be served.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Hope Chapter will meet in the
Masonic Temple December %. Ma
Evening star., 1942-12-20

The National Guard of Honor will
meet tomorrow evening at the Le-
gion clubhouse, with Capt James
c, Clarke presiding. All guardsmen
are requested to be present.
The guard will hold it's annual
dance February 6 at the Indian
Spring Club.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Mrs. Hazel Wakefield, matron Of
Goodwill Chapter, announces as the
regular meeting falls on Christmas
Day there will be no meeting until
January 8.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-04-22
Die Strasse der Verlorenen

erlploerfe 1b 1bnt, ,,aber lpenlt DaS
Biero beidlagen iperoen nluB 10 fann
ih bas eben nidt auoern. 8ermntlid
lit bier irgenopo ein Sotel, bas ei-
men Barlor, in ipelbem ib nti1 auf.
balten fann, beiist?"
rsSsa, setpiB", oerieste er baitia
vuno es ut iogar ein iebr feines Sotel
Srda,lein. Die Wirtin, Jrau Garter,
lit Die aagenebmite Sra,l, oie es MIR
seben faun. Nur mohte ib nidt,
ooB Sic ettpa allein su SUB nod
Sapie seben. Sic tueroen oob tuar.
ten, bis id tpieoer sariid bin?"
ues lit ~nidt wabrideinlid, oaB
mid bic 2ult anipanoeln miro, ourd
iene 5traBe aaein einen Spa5iersans
5it MAIDEN, entgegnete ih unIuillig.
ueieber iise id bis sur Radt i'm
Sotel."
ussa, idj tpiir6's Sbuen audi raten",
Iagte ct troden. ,,Wan bral,dt ben
2euten bier feiuen neilen @runo gum
Heoen 5t seben, iie idtuasen iest
idon gettug."
Sbidon mir bieler ltmItano 6urd)-
aus feilten ginbruf ntabte, 10 tpollte
i6 Sinlsburp iekt lit Inbetra1t oes
llmitanoes, oaB er offenbar entidloi=
Ien iuar, mid 11nter feinen ltnItanOen
ioIort 51triid5ufabren 1n0glidIt balo |
.os iueroen Inn bann lneine eigenen
eldne .ltngeitort f0roern SIT fonnen
mo id iagte ibm besbalb, 90 id in
Der Rabe einen Sblolierlaoen iab, er
nose MIDI bortbin bringen. |
Nfit eilem Drummer, baS ib mir
tad 8elie6en auslegen fonnte, fltbr |
t nob oem Sallie BIN uno baIf mir
,ann in ieiner ungeididten gseiie
,,Sie baben pobI Sbren Softer
6liillel berloren?" erf,,noigte er iih,
als er pieber auf ieinen Blas suriid=
feDrte.
SSb belt es nibt Der Otiibe tpert,
su erlpioern, fonbern ging brett in
ben Saoen binein. gs idien mir, ais
oh er Elm eritauntes @eiidt madte, als
ct feline slntport erbieIt aber ct iaste
nibts lpeiter, ionOern flbr oaoon.
Ser Mann, ben ib in bent @e-
id)afte traf, rnadte einen entl6ieoen
g,tten @in6ruf.
gs ipar mir peinlih, ,uein MnIie-
gen bor5ubringen, aber idlieBlib
iaste id bod:
u5raulein &nollps, pel6e elm tpe.
mig entiernt bon bier tpobnt, ipiiniht
fir eine Der siiren im Sauie einen
paflenoen 5dliiiiel angefertigt 5u ba-
ben. 8oIlen Sic 10 frelnblid iein,
iemanoeu binsuienben? sic ipar 5u
beibaftigt, Inn ielbit bierber5ufomnen
imo BEN auftrae 5l1 geben.'
I0ent Mnideine nod eri9ien id
bent Wanne ais ettpas auBeroroentli1
Mterfpiiroiges, benn ct ftarrte mid
minbeitens cine Minlte lang nit ltn-
berboblener Neugier6e on. 9ann riil,-
fperte er ii1 uno eripiberte:
,,8epiBl 8as fir cine Sorte Sir
lit esq"
slls ib ibm bariiber Musfunft ge.
geben bate, iparf ct mir abernlals
eiten neltgierigen glid ,5u. Damn
aber orebte er iib ltnrubig mad iei,
nen @ebilfen, ser binten in bem Nalt-
me an iraeu0 ettpag herumfeiIte. i'm.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-04-22
gsittpo6, Ben %. aprif 194a

80 Man6er fiirdtet iid niht boz
| lidtbaren @efabren" iaste er, ,,aber
@eiIter-"
sSn ioI1em llnlinn fonrte id) ibn
lmm0alid ernllitigeu. .Sie glaltben
bod boffentlib nidt an @eiiter2"
,Snl', mabte er, ,,ipenn respectable
2eltte, bic bier I'M Srte nobnet, ,lno
unlduloise ainoer ielbit 9inge ie-
beu, bic iih alf natiirlibe Beiie nidt
erflaren laiien, Oann falt einem tpobl
ein, mas ein speilerer Wann, als uir
ale, emit geIagt bat -. aber pieaeidt
leien Sic Sbafeipeare nidt, 5rdu-
lein 2"
Gin tpenia burd Die uuertpartete
5rage auBer 5ailung gebraht, aber
ourd oas @eIdpds bes Wannes bod
n1ebr intereiiiert, als lid) NIT nleiner
anideinenben gile bertrug, Derieste
id, ga Mir ser 3ipeifel bieIes einfa-
den OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES an meiner 9e.
fanntldaft nit SEN gBerfen oes sroB-
ten Dramatifers aler 3eiten ettoas
laderlid borfa1n, sieu,lid) lebbaft:
,,Sbafeipeare uuo Die 9ibel feblen
ME auf meinem Glide"
,,0un, bann tpiiien Sic, mas ta
meine', f,1br er nit einem entidulot-
genoen &opfniden fort, uoie 8elner-
flung SamIets 5it Soratio: ,gs aibt
mebr Oinge stpilben Silnmel nno er-
Sc = aber SIR @eOadtnis miro oen
Sat ergan5er fonnen."
SD be5ablte 1nb Iagte baum, oa t6
ipiilid)te, baB ct it6 oeutlider iiber
oas, mas er. eisentlid neinte, aus.
ipreden iolte.
Sen beioen ssriulein auol1ps
floBt ibr Seim feinen Shreden eitL
oie elanben allo offenbar ott6 nibt
an Sci iter." .&:a.s .-a
,Das iltere ssrdllein bat einen
iebr Itarfen Gbarafter" entgegnete er.
,aber ieben Sic nur 2ucetta an:
8ie iiebt ibr @eliht iett aus - ltno
babel lit lte faum 5lpan5ig alt lmo
mar friiber bliibeno ipie Oas 2eben
ielblt. @os bat bieie @enoerung oer-
i1ria6t2 Do6 nur bas, ipas iie itt
Dem alten Sauie BORT uno iiebt. Nidts
anberes fam BEN 3ns Der angit in
ibrem @eIi6t erflaren tpenigitens
nid)ts, bas irbii6er Natur iit."
9as eing entidieoen 5u neit. SD
fonnte mid imnoglid NIT 6ieiem mir
pilofremben Wanne in eine Debatte
iiber 2ucetta ei,,lallen, 10 gern ib audi
geb0rt bate, mas er iiber Tie 5u iagen
bnben niiroe.
SD fanu midi Sbrer Meinung
nidt anldlieBen", beriebte ib, it,bem
i1 ,neinen i6lpar5en Seibenbeutel Der
,nein lteter 8esleiter it, ipieber 1T
oie San6 nabm. ,,gs ideint mir biel
eber moslih, baB Die 5hreden oer
StraBe, III nelber iie ipobnt, oaran
l6ulo iein fonnen, ipenn lie 5pureu
bon @nsit seist."
usSa, bas mag iei,1", ertpiSerte ct,
aber TT feineslpeas 5i1itimmenbem 60
ne. ugur fat 2ucetta nietnals bon
bielen gefabren eeiproben, oie
2eute, melde an iener StraBe tpob-
nen, ideinen iid) bur6aus nidt oauor
5u fiirbten. g8ir bier i'm Srte be.
i6aftigen ltns biel mebr bamit. sat
bod ielbit ser 0iafon Spear erfl1rt,
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-04-22
e. sSortiesung)

burp?" flang es iest eit 5weitesmal
bonn SetIter, biesmal aber in luelent'
lid anberem Gone. u8as bat bas
&ino selaet? Sic lit 10 aufseregt,
1peil iie iest Itatt 9ob's bier iisen
bari oaB le beu Sdnabel feine Ni-
nute balten fann. Bob lit ein tuenis
ertaltet, ,ueiter nid9ts. Norsen miro
er wieoer at ieinem alten Blase
fein." llno nit bieien 8erten aog
fte Iid 5ltriid, als Oh 1ie boflib an-
benten ipolle, oaB mir iueiter fabren
mohten.
5in,sburp fam bieier ltilihtpeigen-
ben @ufforberung lofort nod, uno
rnier 8agen rollte oie StraBe emit
lang. Sbaoe! @dren mir MIR cine
Wtinlte langer geblieben, 10 tuiiroe
6as &inb iiberld nod ettuas mebr
ODER ipeniger Sntereiiantes gelagt ba-
ben. 9enn Tie iab 10 aus, aIs Oh lie
baraltf brannte, at reben, lmo tpel-
6em Wenide,l, Der gleib ibr bic !
!Salfte ieines 2ebens al eineln Sen-
iter l1nb oie anoere groBere Salfte in
bent blnflen Ghlaf5ilumer elmer ruBi- |
gen Cottage perbrin9en n1llB, lpiiroe
es lpobl anber5 geeangen fem!
9as Bferb, oas bisber einen leibs
1idJ gllten Grab gegangell mar, begann
ieBt, als mir lnS Der SrticDaft naber=
ten, 5u labn1en uno bies nabm Sims
bltrp's slufmerflanfeit 10 pollfonl=
nen in Mniprud), Dob er altf Sic mel
iten n1einer an ibn geriUteten Sra-
gen ni6t einntol NIT Dem mir l6on
befannten iibliben 8run5en antpor.
tete gr beId)Gftigte fib altsi6lieBlib
6aulit, na6 belt @interfiiBen oes Sfer-
oe5 at bliden, Bis er Damn i1lieBlid,
gernoe afs tpir Die erlten Sdl,ier bor
ANS iaben, ~ieine Sprabe iopeit lpieoer
fano, oaB er mir mitteilen fonnte,
oas Sier babe ein Sufeiien perloren
ullo er miiiie es aim Sufidmieo neb-
men, I'm es neu beihlaeen 5u lqiien.
uSo2" fraete id). Limb tpie lauge
miro oas bauern?"
gr soeerte 10 lange, inoem er Iid
nahbe,1tlidb an Der NaIe fraste, baB
ih 8erba6t ldOpfte ,mb nad ben
SinterfiiBen bes Sferoes blidte aber
ct bntte Die @abrbeit eeiproden: i6
fonnte bel,tlih ieben, buB ein Suf-
eiien feblte.
Ism, ia, bradte ct enolib ber-
aus, ,,ein paar Stunben mag es ibon
nebnlen. gBir baben int Srte feinen
Sufid1nie6 nno Der nGdIte lit 5tpei
Meilen bon bier. gs tut mir Iebr leib,
baB bies pafiiert it, ssraulein, aber
id bab' INNER seb6rt, oab cine Game
bequem ein paar Stunoen in ben
2aben beru,nIteben fanu."
gSir iparen iest 1T Ser 0orHtraBe
uno id) fonnte bie mir su @ebote ite-
Benoen 3erItre,llngsobiefte ieben:
aipei iebr lGnolib .beideioen eribei,
neube @eibafte, Die ienonoen, ser
aus Seem yorf fomnt, abIolut nidt
in SerIudung fiibren fonnten. @6er
i6 ltnterbriidte iebe sle,tberrng bes
MiBpersniigens, ba ib mir iagte, bab
Ser Mann enttpeber elm 9unmfopf
fei ooer inn Sntereiie 2ucetta's unb
ibrer San1iIie cine GoIe ipielen mill.
fe. Sie Iettere MnnaDme idien mir
bic ipabriheinli1ere. @enn Sic Mb.
fidlt borInd. midi m1hreno bes 0or.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-04-22

Gone, Ser bel,tlid iagt: SD balte
inein 8erIpreden itets uno ertuarte
baber, oaB sic oas Sbriae balten.' :
5ein ,,@etpiBp' ffang oieslnal ipe-
niger beitimmt, als porber, bieaeiht
besbalb, neil ieine Reltsierbe mad
getporoen mar. ,,5ino sic bie Danie,
pelde aus 9seip Yorf ST. 8ei,ld) ee-
fonlnten iit2' fubr er alsbann fort,
inbem er, bnrh nteine fiible Saltl.ng
stueifellos etiuas einseidiidtert, eit,en
Sdritt sIriid trat.
usSa", iagte id elm lpe,tig frenno,
liher, lid, bin Sraulein Butter.
nortb."
CT itarrte mih iest an, ais ob i6
elm Naturpunber iei.
,,l1nb baben Sic lekte Nadt BORT
seiblafen2" erflmoiste er lid eifrig.
.Ratiirlid', entsesnete id, oa es
cine ribtise Bolitif 81 iein idien,
aus meiner 3uriidbaltuns ettpas FER.
$50 ionlt bate id oenn
iblafen iollen? Die iungen 9amen
iinb Sreun6innen bon mir"
sSn @eoanfen perloren flopfte er
nit einem fleiuen Sbliiiiel, ipel6en ct
in Ser ,Sanb belt, alf Den SaoentiId.
,gntiduloigen Sic oie Srase',
iuate ct baum, iid oaran erinnerno,
SOB id ibn ia gan5lid frenlo iudre,
,,ober baben Sic ii6 ni6t gefiirbtet?"
,,@efiirdtet2" ipieoerbolte id) uSSn
Dem &nollps 'iben Sauie?"
uSSa, marllln ipollen Sic benn Ell
ten S6liiiiel fir Sbre Sir baben?"
fragte er nit eilt ipenig erregter
5fmlne. uaein 0fenib bat bier ie
eine Sir perIhloiien - iuenigitens
1i6t friiber.'
SD babe nidt eeiagt, oaB es li5
Inn neine Sir banoelt', begann id),
16er ba mir in oentIelben slugenblif
'i1fiel, baB i6 cine llnipabrbeit aus
pra6 uno au1 oie gmpfinoung bat
e, oab Der Mann mir nidt elaltben
piiroe, fubr id ettpas lteif fort: Scr
5dliiiiel lit fir lnein 3i1nmer. SD
bin nibt oaron eetpobnt, bel unber>
Ibloiienen Siiren 5u i1lafen."
So, m,trmelte er burhaus nibt
iiber5eust, "i6 oad)te, Sic apdren
burb irgenbetipas eri6redt
lporben. gs eibt ia 2elite, benen iolh
altes Saus ltnbeimlih iein miir0e,
lueil es 10 sroB l.no 10 eeipenitiid lit.
Sd CLAUDE, sic fonnten bier in Dem
gan5en Srte feinen MenIben finbett,
ser lib oa5u berltanoe, bort cine Nadt
5u5ubrinae1."
Cine angenebme Borbereitllng fir
lueine Nabtrube', Iaste id, srimmis
lddelno. y@efabren auf ser StraBe
,u1o @eipeniter i'm SauIe! @liidli-
dertpeiie CLAUDE ih an sic lebteren
niht."
CT iab abiolut nicbt iiberseust aus.
Isle fennen oen fleinen Bob tpobl
nod nidt', erfl.noiste er iid lpeiter,
,,oen perfriippeIten Sunsen, Ser am
Gingang Der StraBe ipobnt2"
vNein', ertpioerte ib, ,ib bin ia
erIt einen Sag bier. stber ib beabiid-
tlgte, ioluobl feline, iuie ieiner Sbpe=
iter gefanntidaft 5u ma6en. 3mei
&riippel it elmer 5anlilie - bas lit
oob ii6erlid intereilant."
Sbne lpeiter barauf ~ein5useben,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
THE WRONG APPROACH
TO TOMORRCW'S WORLD
Should we have children &?

Should we have children?
The question was asked the other day
in a natinal magazine, and in the same
article, which purported to answer YES.
there was page after page devoted to
the handicaps and supposed hardShipS
that will face the children brought into
the world these days.
Piffle!
AS for us. we envy these children of
today. The world they will live in, we
honestly believe. will be the most inter-
esting one in all the long roll of history.
The achievements they will he able To
count, the changes they can watch, the
goals they can set for themselves, should
make their world-the world Of tomor-
row-one so fascinating that II will make
all others dull by comparison.
Let's stop moaning about the hard
ships our children are going to suffer-
and consider the interesting things they're
going to see. Let's stop sowing the seeds
of defeatist complex for them. and start
giving them the ability to appreciate Just
how lucky they are.
There will be handicaps and hardships,
surely But then. we've all had to make
a living-and that's all they will have
to do We've all faced handicaps and
hardships, and the facing of them has
made US stronger according to our ability
to overcome them Why should we la
ment because our children are going TO
have the same opportunity we had to
fight against and conquer adversely?
According to the world they live in and
the methods Of that world. their handi-
caps will be no greater than ours were.
The trouble with a lot of us is that
we are more or less doddering adults
fearful of change. We are too inclined
to view anything unfamiliar as handi-
cap or hardship. We forget that these
things will not he unfamiliar TO our chill
dreg They will be part of living.
To deny any child the right to live
through the fascinating days ahead Is. to
our way of looking at it, the peak of cow
ardice-not by the child, but by the be-
wildered adult who is too stepped in
tradition to realize that problems and
change make life interesting-that dull
ness is the worst hardship of all.
Others may think as they will, but as
for US, we would gladly change places
with these children of today.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
Dutch Ask Pledqe
For Java Defense

SYDNEY. Australia, Feb. IT, tUPD
The Netherlands East Indies has
appealed to Australia for SubStant :
tally increased aid and has asked
assurances that the Allies are de-
termined to defend Java to the
end. it was understood today.
News of the Dutch appeal came
as the cabinet, at an emergenc :
meeting. ordered the inner war Gao
met to announce all regulations
necessary for total mobilization CT
all resources. human and material,
throughout Australia to ensure e.
fective defense of the continent
against an expected japanese attacE.
1t was believed that the Neither
lands request was considered by
the cabinet at its meeting today.
An air ministry communique an
nounced that in addition TO recon-
nCitering over Port MoreSby, on
the New Guinea coast northeast
OF Australia, "A Japanese planes
had made a savage one-hour attack
on Allied ships in the Timor sea
northeast of the great Australian
northern base of Darwin, but failed
to score a single hit.
Prime Minister John Curtin, an
nouncing the total mobilization de-
cision at a mass meeting here in
cident to the flotatiOn of a G35,-
100000 sterling ($140000,000) libert,
loan said Australia'S war effort
must now be on a totalitarian basis
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
M'Arthur Stands by Men

WASHINGTON. Feb. II. up
Gen. Douglas Macarthur will re-
main with his valiant troops on
Bataan peninsula despite demands
here that he be rescued" from the
Philippines for an important COM
mand elsewhere, informed quarters
believed today.
The fall of Singapore and the pos
sibility OF another shakeup in the
United Nations Pacific command
nov headed by Gen. Sir Archibald
Wavell has again focused attention
on Macarthur, the outstanding
strategist and most colorful soldier
of the Pacific battlefronts.
WANTS TO STAY
Already the hero of gallant
STAND that will rank with such
epics as Little Big Horn, the Alamo
and Wake Island-MacArthur is
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
Dutch Score Hit
On Jap TronsP port

Sumatra island. where they ShoC
down two japanese fighters.
The communique did not say
where the three transports were
bombed. Previously Allied planes had
attacked a conveyed line OF trans
ports near the Bangka strait, Oil
the mouth of MuSi river. and re-
ported scoring hits on eight trans
ports and two cruisers. Dutch and
United Nations communiqueS lndl-
Gated IL transports IN all were M
but it was not clear whether there
was some duplication in their re-
ports.D
The japanese, meanwhile, oomD-
ed and machine -gunned sever Al
places Gil small islands in the sumo u
strait, killing and WOundlng SeF-
eral persons. but causing only rel
atively small damage TO buildings
and material.
The Dutch. however, said these
attacks probably preSaged the BIZ
attack expected to be launched soon
against Java, the principal islanf
of the archipelago.
In attacking Palembang, the therS
were bombing territory the Dutch
held until Sunday, when Japanese
troops were landed in force 10 re
inforce parachute troops dropped
in the area Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-17
SlNGAPORE'S SILVER LINING

If the surrender of Singapore can shock
the British empire out of depending upon
the United States to fight the entire war
in the Pacific, and If it can shock the
United States into realizing the need to
begin fighting now-not in l943-the cap
tue by Japan of that Pacific bastion will
be a costly thing for the japanese.
1t has been said of the Anglo-SaXon
race, including both British and Amerl-
cans, that they are not capable of fight
ing anything except half-hearted fight
until their backs are to the wall and the
situation appears hopeless. If that is
true, then the time has just about come
for US to start fighting.
From the strategic, military and naval
standpoint, there is not redeemlng feat
ure about the surrender of Singapore.
There is a chance however, that it will
make us all-every citizen of every allied
nation-realize that this is war for all
of us, and that none of US can depend
upon the other fellow to fight it for us.
Singapore made the biggest piece of
bad news since France succumbed. Yet
the fall of France made the people OF
England begin to fight the enemy-at
home. Perhaps the fall of Singapore
will make the allies of all the world fight
the enemy everywhere.