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Evening star., 1942-10-23
Axis Radio Reports
DurIun's Son Poisoned
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23-With Ad-
miral Jean Darlan, chief Of Vichy
French armed forces, on tour in
French Africa. the Axis radio circu-
lated today a story that his son,
an officer Of the Vichy fleet, had
been poisoned.
In roundabout fashion. the Ger
man radio quoted Rome dispatch
based in turn on a report to the
newspaper II Messaggero from
Tunis.
This dispatch said young Darlan,
the admiral's son, had been taken
suddenly Ill with symptoms of pa
ralysis, but that the first clinical
examination showed he had been
poisoned. a
Evening star., 1942-10-23

largest single ACCOMMODATIONS Since
the start of the city's quota-smash-
ing drive.
Meanwhile, at Third street and
Constitution avenue NV. District
business, commercial and industrial
houses built up pile of scrap metal
approximately 9 tons in weight in
the first "a hours of the seven-day
heavy" drive.
According to A. T. Seabright of
the District Refuse Department and
guardian of the emergency depot's
heavy" scrap pile, l3 firms dumped
scrap accumulations on the mount
ing pile between HOS am. yester-
Evening star., 1942-10-23
Get In the Scrap!
Heavy Scrap Metal Drive Gains
Impetus as Second Day Begins
50-Ton Trove Discovered in Basement
Of D. c. Department Store Warehouse

AS the Capitals heavy drive which entered its second
day today continued accumulate sockpe
hearth furnaces the District Salvage Committee announced had
vertabe bonanza metal Godnbeg
472 L street NV.
The collection in the form of two huge boilers big supplies
pipe and several hundred radiators
proximaey pound-to represent
Evening star., 1942-10-23

commanded a sector of Dolo, In East
Africa, and later led Graziani's
hell on wheels" column which took
Neghelli.
In the field Bergonzoli scorned
personal headquarters and slept in
his tlnic In the back Of hif car.
Evening star., 1942-10-23
French Being Struggled
To Britain, Nozis Claim

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 23.-The German
radio reported today that Madrid
security police had uncovered a Sc
cret organization which has been
smuggling politicians, Jews ano
men of military age from France
to England via Spain, Portugal ano
Gibraltar.
All British consulates In Spain
are involved in the Vaccinations oil
the organization, the broadcast de-
clared.
Evening star., 1942-10-23
U. S. to Cut Tank Plane Output;
British Squadron in Indian Ocean,
Offensive Against Burma Hinted
5 BottIeships and
Carrier Included
In Big Force
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 23.-The pres
ence of a powerful British battle
squadron in the Indian Ocean,
including at least three battle
ships and the aircraft carrier IL
lustrious. was disclosed authori-
tativeiy today, a sequel to Gen.
Sir Archibald P. Wavell's decla-
ration that Burma must be re-
taken from the Japanese.
The squadron was said to consist
of the battleships Warspite, Royal
Sovereign and Resolution, presum-
ably in addition to a large force of
cruisers and destroyers, all under the
command of Admiral Sir James
Somerville
Veteran of Many Battles.
The Illustrious. one of the most
famous ships in the British Navy
is veteran of many Mediterranean
battles and last was reported in a
northern British port in April.
Possibility of an Allied drive to
throw the japanese out of Burma
has been brought to the fore by
current conferences in India among
Gen. Wavell, commander in chief OF
British forces there; Gen. Sir Claude
Auchinleck, former commander in
the Middle East, who is mentioned
for an important new post, and 1t
Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell, chief of
staff of Allied forces in China.
Recently Toured Frontier.
These meetings followed a recent
inspection tour of the Burma India
frontier by Gen. Wavell and in
creased aerial reconnaissance along
the frontier following the end OF
the monsoon season.
Gen. Wavell has stressed time and
again that ever since the Allies were
driven from Burma he has been con-
centrating on regaining that seq
ment of the British Empire and the
reopening of the Burma road supply
line to China
Gen. Stillwell, who bluntly acknowl-
edged that I'VE took He'll of beat
ing in Burma" also has. asserted
that the lost territory could ano
would be retaken..
Captions on Photographs.
The names of the ships in the In
dian Ocean feet first became known
from captions on photographs postee
in the Ministry of Information.
"It has been common knowledge
that we have maintained a strong
force in the Indian Ocean for many
months" an authoritative source
said.
The Admiralty was cognizant
that it could not keep the where
abouts of these units secret in
definitely, hence supplied the pho
tographs."
Evening star., 1942-10-23
Boys Leg Is Broken
In Football Come

Roland Berger, 13. of 1875 Grafton
street, Chevy Chase, was in ProH-
dence Hospital today with a frac-
tured left leg, received while play
ing football yesterday at the Chevy
Chase playground.
Evening star., 1942-10-23
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Evening star., 1942-10-23
Mrs. Roosevelt Reaches Britain,
Accompanied by Mrs. Hobby
Will Be Guest of King and Queen
And Inspect Women's War Work
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON Oct 23-Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt the guest of Brit
aims King and Queen arrived Britain today accompanied
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby director of the WAACS.
Evening star., 1942-10-23

(See RAIDS, Page A-16.)
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(see GAS RATES, Page A-l65
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(See PACIFIC, Page A-16.)
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(See RUSSIA, Page A-16)
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Continued on Page Ais, Col,
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(See DRAFT, Page A-160
Evening star., 1942-10-23

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages Tx and 2-X of this edition of
The Star. supplementing the news Of
the regular home delivered edition.
Evening star., 1942-09-26
Publicity Bon

Elmer Davis, director of the Office
Of War Information, has made a
commendable start toward putting
the Governments vast army of un-
necessary press agents and informa-
ton services in storage for the dura-
ton of the war.
In the first Of a series of orders
cutting down Government publica-
tions and mailing lists, Mr.. Davis
has revealed that 239 publications
have been eliminated and 284 have
been curtailed or postponed. This
initial order also set up an Inter-
Agency Publications Committee
which is directed to submit recon-
mendations by November l for the
further discontinuance, curtailment
or modification of Government
publications.
A glance at the list of publications
banned or curtailed by Mr. Davis is
illuminating. The Department of
Agriculture is hit hardest, 181 of it's
flood of publications being affected.
But the thoroughness with which MIR.
Davis has handled this initial phase
OF his retrenchment Job is indicated
by the list of agencies and depart
ments covered by the order. In
addition to the Department of
Agriculture, the list includes the
Commerce Department, Federal
Trade Commission, Federal Security
Agency, Federal Communications
Commission, Federal Works Agency,
Interior Department, Interstate Com
merce Commission, Justice Depart
ment, Labor Department, Maritime
Commission, National Resources
Planning Board, Office of Price
Administration, State Department,
Tariff Commission, Treasury Depart
ment, Veterans Administration, War
Production Board and the War Re-
location Authority. And this, it
should be stated, is only the begin
ming. There is more yet to come.
The effort to get rid of useless
publications and press agentry for
the duration began last May with
the report of the Tydings Committee,
which said that this activity was
costing the taxpayers "many mil
lions" of dollars a year and was one
of most wasteful" of Federal func-
tons This was followed in June by
the Presidents order directing Mr..
Davis to reorganize governmental
information services, and the order
issued yesterday shows that the latter
has done his work well.
The savings which will result from
Mr.. Davis housecleaning, II measured
against the total cost OF the war,
probably would seem small. But the
example that he has set, If given
general application, would lead to
economies in money, manpower and
materials which would be anything
but small. Mr.. Davis has demon
strated that the economies can be
made. The question now is whether
other officials will follow his lead.
Evening star., 1942-09-26
War Profiteer

For a case of war profiteering that
wins the palm, with baksheesh, it
is necessary to go to Egypt, or at
any rate to certain Egyptian in
Bardia, just after the British had
taken It, A British officer, touring
the battlefield, was accosted by a
ragged son of the desert. Hastily
the officer tipped his pocketbook
shut and locked it, bitter experience
having taught him not to undereSti-
mate the powers of the Egyptian
beggar. But this was no mendicant;
he had become a merchant of valu-
able cargo. "Nazi prisoner for sale,
effendi," he Wheedled Mice and
fresh. In good condition; alive and
kicking. Oh, very much kicking"
In vain did the startled officer try
to persuade his companion to turn
over the prisoner, who was not Wis
ible, as a patriotic duty.
The officer sighed, and then dug
up all he had with him at the time
three piasters. He got bargain.
Upon being led to hole, all he had
to do was to roll back a heavy stone
and pick up his prisoner. The
Egyptian, having seen the Nazi
dive into that hole for refuge some
time before, had with great COM
mercial instinct rolled the stone in
front of him, until he could sell him
on the hoof. 1t is worth recalling
that the plaster, at par, is worth
less than a nickel 1t would annoy
Hitler intensely to learn that an
armed member of the super race,
in spite of all his campaign of terror.
was valued only at the equivalent OF
pack Of cigarettes.
Evening star., 1942-09-26
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdce1reH.

They are among the scores Of birds
coming through on migration.
Practically all of the flycatchers have
gone through by the lst of October.
The black -throated green warbler a
true beauty. is common in migration,
being seen mostly in well-wooded areas
the last of them usually 60 through
by October 7.
Our correspondent gives very good
picture of the excitement friend of birds
gets out of seeing these unusual ones.
There, indeed, is something electric in
the air.
There is, moreover, music in the air"
OF very definite sort, mixed with the
perfect gladness of the autumn.
How much longer will autumn be glad
for us?
We do not know, but let us all keep
we'll in mind the fact that the birds are
happy They deserve to be- Theirs is
a community of interest which has not
been spoiled by misdirected energies.
They devote their considerable intelu-
gence to the duties of living, as sensible
living things should. No queer kink has
developed in their psychology to turn
them down the long, long road of de-
struction.
AS we look out upon the happy birds.
we may have a feeling of sorrow that
man has permitted his own mind to get
in his own way, to his own sorrow.
y
Not every one will be able to look for
new birds in the middle of the afternoon
but it is perhaps the best time for mi
grating species.
During the warmth of the afternoon
they settle down from the skies.
Suburban yards, of course, with their
trees, are favorites.
Even in the city, however, some of
them will be seen.
They are on their way back from the
far North to the South Some of them.
no longer than your hand, will fly all the
way to Central and South America
1t is tremendous journey, and any
thing we can do to help them will be
appreciated, you may be sure One of
the things most suburban dwellers can
do is to put out shallow pans of drinking
water. Any old pan will do. The birds
will not harm it.
The use of binoculars is almost essen
tlal in identifying such wayfarers. They
are small, and quick and their coors
change constantly as they change their
positions
real CLOSE up by means of glasses,
Is essential, if one is to make any real
attempt to identify them.
Even then the observer is bound to
miss many of the best points of identi-
fication.
At best. there will be many seen which
will bewilder him.
The warblers, in particular, are very
difficult to check up on There are so
many of them-at least 80 come here,
at one time or another-and their mark
ings are, in the main, so much alike,
that the old hand at bird Identification
often is at loss what to call them.
Evening star., 1942-09-26
Cabin Site
CHuckleberry Mountain, N, C)

(Huckleberry Mountain n CO.
Along this emerald line of o,en and
hill
There comes the caroling OF siluer
sound
Like laughter of a happy child ,chose
1UiU
The mountain uhispers to the
shado,ged ground.
Peace is the pollen summer breeses
bloW
Through ancient trees, phose tall
serenity
Has kinship Nth the cadenced
oDerfoD
OF pastoral song in Woodland
harmony.
No urban lot could hold such tender
dreams
AS fo,0ering uerdure lends thi,
cabin site,
Where sun and nater meet in
je1Ueled CLEANS
That fringe a pathway LEADING to
the height:
Ana so to one ,Oho seeks place
apart,
This hillside pours contentment IN
the heart.
EVELYN NoRcRoes szERRnL.
Evening star., 1942-09-26

In shifts nonstop. Beautiful pleasure
gardens, tennis lawns, golf courses and
green roadsides have been ploughed up
to grow food.
Food and clothes are rationed-20 cents
value Of meat each week and 3 ounces
OF cheese; 3 eggs month one suit of
clothes and one pair of shoes a year.
Income tax rises to 97i2 per cent on
the largest incomes; an income of ST 900
pays one-sixth, of 50 500 one quarter, of
$4,000 one-third. The maximum SPEND
able income is approximately $4,000
Whisky costs s6 bottle. cigarettes 40
cents pack and there is a tax on all
sales of 20 to 80 per cent. It is clear
that wealthy" and "well-to-do' are
phrases which have now lost all meaning
IN England. While TO per cent of the
national income is spent on the war, vet
expenditure on social services for the
poor-already the most generous in any
country-has been extended and in
creased. About $4,000 600, 900 has been
subscribed to war loans. So much for
Brltains productive effort, which I would
remind you is the achievement of coun-
try about the size of Georgia, with one
third of the population of the United
States and one-fourth it's industrial
capacity.
AS to fighting. British armies have
fought on IL fronts. The Navy never
has ceased to fight on the seven seas
and the ROyal Air Force has heep on
gagged In daily battles in the air in every
quarter of the globe. including Russia.
Transportation of war materiel from
Britain during the last two years has
included, besides 100000 men, 5000
planes 5000 tanks, 5000 big guns, 10000
machine guns, 100000 trucks and cars,
and ammunition and food In incalculable
quantities.
1t has been said that the British have
lost the art of winning victories. The
fall of Singapore and Tobruk have been
criticized, but it must be remembered
that even N these cases the facts are
not yet available
And there have been victories, some of
them decisive and brilliant.
NGLO-AMERICAN.
Editors note: The Stars reference
was not derogatory of Britain's
achlevements, but was meant as
warming that free people"-merely by
being free-have yet to demonstrate
their military superiority over people
VINO are not free in the Anglo Saxon
sense of that word.
Evening star., 1942-09-26
SILVER SPRING, Md.

Dear Sir.
Perhaps the witching hour means
different things to different people To
me, it came on the afternoon of Septem-
Der II, between and O'Clock, a period
so sultry that even the vitamin-stuffed
children had deserted their wheeled toys
and were quiet indoors. sort of watt
Ing hush pervaded the neighborhood.
Suddenly, I became aware of the
rustic of many wings, and the chirps,
whistles and squeaks of many birds. 1t
was like scene from Walt Disneys ver-
sion of Snow White as unreal and eerie.
Surely hordes of migrating birds had
descended on our street for a pause be-
fore continuing on their long flight
southwark.
Robins and starlings sprinkled all the
lawns The dogwood trees were full of
robins, gorging on their berries At least
a dozen catbirds peered from the shrub
berry borders, and on the trees in front
OF the house downy woodpecker, car
dlnals and chickadees mingled.
High up in the tips of the branches
many small warbers f1uttered, and on
the telephone and electric wires other
tiny birds perched and fined on waver-
ing short flights. There was constant
movement, and many unfamiliar birds
came so briefly into view I could not
train the glasses on them before they
had flown out of sight,
Two species of the visitors I did see
well enough to describe, and I hope YOU
will be kind enough to identify them
for me-
One kind resembled the peeWee. but
were much smaller. They perched on
the light and telephone wires, and peered
buslly from side to side then made short
zg-zag flights away from the wire and
back again. They were about the size
of a chickadee, as nearly as I could
judge. There were at least eight or
ten of these.
The other was beauty-probabl
around inches long. 1t had a yellow
head, greenish back, gray wings and
Whitlsh stomach. Across it's throat and
down either side of its stomach was a
band OF blackish streaks which seemed
to run crosswise, instead of lengthwise.
as in the thrush family. There was a
similar but duller colored bird near it.
which assumed was the mate.
I feel sure there were probably more
strange birds in my yard that afternoon
than ever before, and only wish I could
have seen more of them, so as to know
what kinds they were.
I enjoy your column so much-alwavs
read it first thing, and I have learned a
great deal about the local birds THROUGH
reading it.
with deep appreciation, I am.
very sincerely your, M. j. McC"
~
The first of these birds, the one re-
sembling the peewee, Is the least fv-
catcher
The other is the black -throated green
warbler
Evening star., 1942-09-26
Dr.. Charles Moore

Departing the world at 86, Dr..
Charles Moore leaves his name in
delibly associated with the modern
Capital of the United States. He
built himself into Washington during
long and distinguished career of
service to its Development
But Dr. Moore was not a native of
the District of Columbia, He first
saw light of day at Ypsilanti, Mich
igan. October 20, 1855. Having been
graduated at Harvard in 1878, he
made journalism his first vocation.
1t was through politics, however, that
he approached the major work of his
life. Acting as secretary to Senator
James Mcmillan, he somewhat acci-
dentally was appointed clerk to the
Senate District Committee in 1891.
His knowledge of Washington par
ticular problems at that date admit
tedly was inconsequential. To his
credit, though, it must be said that
he made the most of every chance
to educate himself for the larger task
he chose to attempt. Gradually he
mastered his subject until eventually
he was an acknowledged authority on
the topography of the Capital and its
immediate environment. He also
qualified as student of local history
and law
DR.. Moore was a logical nominee
for membership in the original Ma
tional Commission of Fine Arts, to
which he was appointed by President
Taft in 1910. Six successive chief
executives confirmed him in Office.
He was chairman of the commission
from 1915 onward, until his retire
ment In 1887, and during his tenure
saw Washington grow In loveliness
Evening star., 1942-09-26

at an unprecedented pace. To what
extent he merited commentator for
the personal part which he played
in the city's progress may be deduced
from the fact that he was the re-
cipient OF lengthy list of honors
abroad as well as at home. He
brought to fruition many of the great
ideals OF Daniel H. Burnham, Charles
F. McKim, Augustus Saint -Gaudens
and Frederick L. Olmsted Younger
than those colleagues, it was his
privilege to carry forward their plans
for the Capital when they, perforce,
surrendered them to circumstance.
To say that DR.. Moore deserved
such opportunities of service is
merely to put into words an obvious
truth. He was possessed of natural
endowment for city planning. His
devotion to his country was a reli-
gion with him. To contribute toward
It's growth as a cultivated COM
munity gave him unlimited pleasure.
His influence was felt in distant
places and among strangers. He
taught multitudes of his contempo-
raries to value the highest standards
OF civic art. His enjoyment of his
labors was his principal reward.
Even when he decided to rest, he
could not divorce himself altogether
from the interests which were as
dear to him as breath. He settled
at Gig Harbor. with the Pacific Ocean
at his front door, but his heart re-
malned on the north bank of the
Potomac.
Evening star., 1942-09-26
All of Us Must Help

TomorroW's collection of scrap
metal from homes in Northwest and
Southwest Washington will reach
about twice as many people as last
Sundays collection. If there is
proportionate yield, this phase of
Washington's campaign will be
highly successful And as success
is so essential, it may be helpful
once again to remind citizens that
it is their individual participation
that will mean the difference be-
tween success and failure.
Last Sundays collection was
handicapped to some extent by
failure of many householders to
remember that the trucks sent out
by the municipal government and
volunteers begin their collection
rounds early in the morning. Many
of the little piles at the curb were
not put out in time to catch the
first collection and trucks were
forced to repeat their trips. If citi-
zens will make every effort to get
their own contributions at the curb
before 8 o'clock, that part Of the
collection will be facilitated.
Most of us are familiar by now
with the real need behind this scrap
campaign. Washington has had an
advantage not shared by many of
the cities, for here an efficient sys-
tenn of collection has been estab-
lished which removes the scrap from
the streets almost as soon as 1t
is placed there. Let us all do our
part to help the men who are col
lecting by doing our own part in
plenty of time.