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Evening star., 1942-03-25
Army's Camera Mighty as the Sword

The Army may be short of planes,
tanks and guns. The taxpayer may
be short of cash, automobile tires,
gasoline and sugar. And the inspi-
rational radio speakers may be run
ming out of adjectives.
There's one thing, however, the
country's not short of. In fact, we
have plenty for the A. B. c. D.
powers and maybe one or two left
over even for the Axis, if it wants
some. This is the land of plenty
when it comes to pictures, especially
pictures made by the triangular di-
vision of cameramen working under
the United States Army Signal
Corps.
Day in, day out, week in, week out,
month in, month out, the picture
editors of the Nations newspapers
quail under the whitening barrage
of Army cameras. They could
blackout their Offices in no time at
all with one mails supply OF prints.
Often, when the next mail arrives,
Illty WHO'LL lllCy liou.
Pictures. pictures, pictures. A dol
lar a print-if they were paid for
at commercial rates-and 500
week would not exaggerate one
weeks supply for one newspaper.
Figure it out for yourself. How
many pictures would your income
tax have paid for? Maybe 1t WILL.
You never know.
One days supply of pictures
from the United States Army Sig
nal Corps dealt with the war as 1t
is being fought on the Puerto Rican
front. There were, in the bundle
received by The Star, exactly 81
prints. If The Star used all these
pictures about four pages would be
required for reproduction. But that
is not as many pictures as The
Star received recently on the sub
ject of skiing. There were 157 ski
pictures in all from the Army. And
as the Army sent the same pic
lures to the Photographic services
to which The Star subscribes. % OF
the same ski pictures bounced back
into The Star Office from the pic
ture services, forcing the picture
editor to wear smoked glasses to
avoid snow blindness.
But getting back to the Puerto
Rican front, that days batch of
pictures contained touch Of
novelty, owing to the fact that the
Armys official caption writer OBJ
viously got tired and repeated him.
self over and over again-repeated
himself exactly 30 times. Every
caption began with the salutation:
Watch Your Credit. U. S. Army
Signal Corps Photo, Washington, D.
c., March q, 1912. This tpicture,
snapped in Puerto Rico, shows the
precautions our Government has
taken to insure complete defense
against any enemy" And then fol-
lowed a line describing the partic-
ular subject of each of the 80 prints.
The first one, No. l, was rather
encouraging to the timid taxpayer,
for it showed 1t Gen. Frank M.
Andrews. commander of the Carrib-
bean defense area, smartly stepping
out of an airplane carrying a swag-
ger stick and looking rather con-
fident.
But picture No. 4 LEFT the same
taxpayer a bit skeptical. Bearing
the same caption-"This picture,
snapped in Puerto Rico. shows the
precautions our Government has
taken to insure complete defense
against any enemy''-the photo
graph showed Pvt. Craven listen
ing to Senorita Puratora playing the
guitar. which may be all right, but
one suspects a Jap could sneak up
behind Pvt. Craven and catch him
Evening star., 1942-03-25
Arlington Man Heads
Trade Association
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, March 25.-Wil-
liam J. Baumbach of Arlington was
elected president of the Association
of Virginia Plumbing and Heating
Contractors at the groups annual
meeting here yesterday. He sue
ceeds L. B. Snead of Danville.
J.B. Henderson of Alexandria was
chosen secretary-treasurer.
The association called on the War
Production Board to revise heating
specifications for defense housing by
basing the regulations on the
amount of metal used instead of the
type of heating equipment installed.
Under present regulations B. Y.
Kingery, Richmond, executive man
ager Of the association, explained
w. P. B. does not allow the installa-
ton Of radiators in one-family de-
fense housing units. Radiators, he
said, now are being made Of SUBJ
stitute materials.
Evening star., 1942-03-25
Alexandria Acts
ToAnnexPart
Of Fairfax
Survey Necessary
Before Filing Of Suit
Is Considered
a Staff CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 25.-
Initial steps toward the institution
of annexation proceedings against
adjacent Fairfax County territory
were taken last night by the City
Council.
City Manager Carl Budwesky was
instructed to submit an estimate of
costs that would be entailed in a
technical survey Of adjacent terri
tory with a view of merging sur
rounding areas with the city, He
gave preliminary estimate of
$4,000. The studies would have to
include the population of the areas,
exact size and other pertinent data
required in a petition in an annexa-
ton suit.
The city manager was instructed
to negotiate with Federal agencies
with a view of supplementing Fed
eral funds for a temporary public
school with city funds and erecting
a permanent structure.
The city has obtained about S45,-
900 under Lanham Act grants for
a temporary building for children
of war workers now living in Chin
quapin Village and Cameron VAL
ley. The city seeks the Govern
ment's permission to add its own
funds to those already provided
and erect a permanent building on
one of the two sites now being con-
sidered on Janney's lane.
The Council adopted an AFRAID
and blackout ordinance which cor
responds in many respects to regu-
lations in effect in the District of
Columbia and made violation of the
local ordinance punishable by fines
up to $500 and sentences up to 80
days in Jail, or both.
Evening star., 1942-03-25
Rash Of Woodland Fires
Reported in Virginia
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclateC Press.
RICHMOND, Va. March 25.-Sea.
sonal brush-burning activities spot
ted Virginia with rash of woodland
flres-some of them serious-yester-
day.
State Forester Fred Peterson re-
ported from Charlottesville last
night that unchecked fires we're
burning in the Piedmont counties
of Cumberland, Lunenberg and Ap-
pomattox. Bland County wardens
worked frantically to muster enough
men to check blaze which already
had covered several thousand acres
in the Wilderness section near the
Giles County line.
Two small children Of Johnnie
Marks. colored railroad worker liv-
ing near McKenny in Southside Vir-
ginia, were burned to death in his
home, but there was nothing to link
these deaths with any brush fire.
Marks and his wife had gone to a
spring for water when the house
caught fire.
Evening star., 1942-03-25
tAqreement Reached
On Boy Grab Study

BY the Associated Press.
A joint investigation to determine
means of conserving the blue crabs
of Chesapeake Bay will be under
taken by Maryland and Virginia un-
der the guidance of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Agreement was reached yesterday
at a meeting with Federal officials
and representatives of the two States
were pledged to carry out to the
oest of their ability the recommenda-
tions of the Federal agency's recent
report covering the critical depletion
of the Bay crab.
Evening star., 1942-03-25
Beavers in Comeback

RICHMOND, Va, March Is P.-
The beaver, which once was nearly
extinct in Virginia, appears to bs
making a comeback. The Commis-
sion of Game and Inland Fisheries
reported that colonies had beeE
located in at least eight counties
Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Highland.
Powhatan, Augusta. Albemarle. Ap-
pomattox and Bath.
Evening star., 1942-03-25

membership IN
the commission,
asked to be re-
lieved of t h e
C h a i 7 m anship
because of war
tim e demands
on his time as
president of the
Dawson Cheml-
cal Corp, Gov.
O'Conor said.
Inc c n a n g e
was made, Gov.
O'C o n or e X
planned, primar-
lily for the Mary
laNl c,aritan a-on
Evening star., 1942-03-25
Loses Leqs Under Train

MANASSAS, Va, March Is (Spe-
ciaD George Nicely, about so, a
carpenter of near Brentsville, lost
both legs yesterday when a freight
train backed oyer him on a siding
here. He was taken to Alexandria
Hospital, where officials said he
would probably treoover.
Evening star., 1942-03-25

Watch your credit U. S. Army
Signal Corps Photo. Slug:
Serenade. Washington, D. G.
March 81, 1912. This pic
ture snapped in Puerto Rico
shows the precautions our
Government has taken to in
sure complete defense against
any enemy. 4. Senorita Pura-
tora serenades P. F. C. Milton
Craven of the Puerto Rican
garrison.
wholly unprepared. He looks un.
Japs.
Pictures IA and IS, respectively
showed soldiers gathered around q
punch bowl and Master Sergt
Thompson dancing sedately with 8
senorita, all of this being part Of the
complete defense of Puerto Rico
against any enemy.
Thus goes the war.
AS the picture editor put It: us
it pictures for the paper or bombers
for Bataan?"
We're hoping.
Evening star., 1942-03-25

ing season opening April l.
Mr.. Small, senior member OF
the commission, was appointed in
1887 bv the late Gov. Nice. Third
member of the commission is
George P. Mahoney, named by Gov.
O'Conor last June.
Evening star., 1942-03-25
Maryland Republican
Heads Racing Commission

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 25.-Frank
Small, jr., of Clinton, lone Republi-
can member of the Maryland Rae
ing Commission, today succeeded
Chester F. Hockey as chairman.
Mr.. Hockey, who will retain his
Evening star., 1942-03-25
Ladies' Guild Plans Fete

The Ladies' Guild of st. Barna-
bas Church. Oxon Hill, Md, will
hold q benefit chicken dinner from
4:30 to Z pm. tomorrow IN the
parish han.
Evening star., 1942-03-25

Watch your credit = U. S. Army
Signal Corps Photo. Slug:
COmdr. Andrews, Washington,
D. C.-March 81, 1912. This
picture snapped in Puerto
Rico shows the precautions
our Government has taken to
insure complete defense
against any enemy. 1. 1t. Gen.
Frank M. Andrews, command
er of the Caribbean Defense
Area, who recently made a
routine inspection of the
Puerto Rican Island defense,
steps from the plane which he
piloted on his tour of inspec-
ton, and is greeted by Maj.
Gen. James L. Collins, COM
mander of the Puerto Rico
Department.
Evening star., 1942-03-25
For q Stronger America
Commissioner Mason Opposes
Expanded Physical Education
Fovors Limiting School Program to
Pupils in Six Elementary Grades
NO. of serses See Editorial "coddng and Health

By JOHN w. THOMPSON, Jr.
Expansion Of the school medical inspection program m the
public Junior high schools Of improving the
physical fitness Washington youth wet nursing the children
and usurpng responsibilities of the parents according to
Comm CuvM
Evening star., 1942-03-25

Watch your credit o. s. Army Signal Corps Photo Slug Re-
freshment Time Washington D. CMarch 21 1912. This pic
snapped Rico shows precautions Govern
taken insure complete defense against any
H. Members of the ncomissioned Officers Club refresh
themselves between dances during recent evenings entertain
ment at their club.
Evening star., 1942-03-25

Watch your credit " U. S. Army
Signal Corps Photo. Slug:
Sergeant Thompson. WASH
ington, D. C.-March 81, 1912.
This picture snapped in Puer-
to Rico shows the precautions
our Government has taken to
insure complete defense
against any enemy. IS. Mas
ter Sergt. Gilbert Thompson
of Wamped, S. c., first presi-
dent of the Nom commissioned
Officers Club at the Puerto
Rico garrison dancing with
one of the hostesses.
Evening star., 1942-03-25


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Evening star., 1942-03-25

course, turning them out as physica
education instructors.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

We miss so much on our walks
and trips into the woods when we
are unaware Of the many fascinating
growths that are easily observed.
Too many people have grouped fungi
into two claSses-toadstools and
mushrooms. The latter they con-
slider edible, the former poisonous.
A little close inspection Of some
Of the strange though very attrac-
tive forms will give you an idea Of
the marvellous and intricate devices
nature has evolved for some of her
children"
In the open fields and shady
woods you may come across many
very unusual forms of fungi. In
one afternoon-or, better still, in the
early morning hours-you may find
cups, clubs. hoofs, umbrellas, geo.
metrical figures and, last but not
least, you may discover a fine patch
Of dainty birds nests with one or
more fairy-sized eggs in them.
In the order Nidulariales, or
bird's-nest fungi, there are to be
found these strange growths of small
size. When they are fully ripe they
resemble the nests OF some tiny
bird. The eggs in the pouch in
which the spores are developed are
jellylike. AS this pouch expands
and opens at the top, the nest or
bowl or trumpet-call it what you
will-forms what appears at first
glance to be a small nest.
The globular cases in which the
important spores are contained have
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Wins on 117th TN

HOUSTON, Tex. P.-John Mayo
drilled 116 dry holes in search Of
oil. His 1l7th attempt brought in a
producer in Jackson County and
opened a new field which has been
named for him.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

whole colony of birds nests and q
tiny egg within each.
The other genera have one wall
to their nests. In the genus Cyathus
the nest is trumpet shaped, and
one or more eggs may be found In
them. We hope you may have the
pleasure this summer Of seeing one
OF these contraptions in action.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Natures Children
Bird Nest Fungus
(Cyathus verniocosus).

very strong walls, and here they
remain in the open pouch like eggs
In q nest.
There Is one genus Of the order
that has two walls or layers to
its nest, and here will be found q
solitary egg. This wee egg Is jelly
like and when it is ready to leave
the nest it is forcibly thrown out.
Thus, the ripe spores are cast to
the winds. Later, you will find a
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Spring "SELMAS"
in JunsIe-CoIored
ERMINE SNAKE
$50

Fashion spreads . panorama Of
color 1t your feet this Spring! Red,
beige, green, purple, blue gorgeous,
glowing colors that viii give dash
and verve to your every costume. See
them In genuine ermine snakeskin
soft, supple and 30 foot-flattering
In this beautifully draped sandal. Sizes
4 to 81.
Xann1-ahoe Qbop-FomtA Floor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
Fair Play to Postmen

U-THE communications system of the United States
l is in great part made up of the postal establish
ment, which is the very center of wartime
business and personal activities.
Remember that the communications system is the
first thing that enemies endeavor to destroy in each
country they invade that they may bring CONSERVATION
to and divide the people"
This piece of strategic truth, this warning to all
postal employees of the United States issued recently
by Postmaster General Walker
The connotation is clear.
Postal employees the guardians of vital sector of
home defense.
AS SUCH they must be- and have always been,
efficient loyal intelligent and devoted public servants
While nobody denies this, there is grave doubt
whether the Congress recognizes the human needs of the
posman the simple economic justice that is inherently
his American valuable worker economic
unit.
THE Congress has dawded and quibbled months
i bill-H. r. 7071--whlch would give temporary
increases of pay to postmen for the duration and six
months after
Postmen have not had raise for II years.
While other sections of labor obtained higher
percentage of the profit dollar by agitation pressure
legislation strike the post office employees have merely
petuoned the Congress and patiently under severe
financial difficulties waited for favorable outcome
This is not fair play, and it is sensible
1t is injurious to the morale of vital commune
cations system, it is reproach to the wisdom of egis
laors who presumably friendly to labor and zeaousy
national services.
There is no question at all that the postmen have
fully earned salary increase.
There is question that their work is more than
taxing and valuable
There is question that migration of postmen to
other jobs that would at least supply their families
with the necessities Of life would be serious bowo the
speed safety and privacy of the mails
H. r. 7071 should be approved by committee. pre-
sencd TO the Congress and passed without further ado.
The country needs it perhaps than the faithful
but sadly neglected postman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17

All money sent at senders risk DO not
send cash or stamps All checks. drafts
and money orders should be made payable
ito THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY
/ International News Service has the exclu-
sive rights 10 use for reproduction In any
form all news dispatches credited 20 II OF
not otherwise credited In this paper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17

! mouth of one Of her characters
as follows:
1.-THE American people are
first.a and foremost idealistic-the
most idealistic people, without
any possible doubt, that IL TO be
found anywhere on The planet.
1t has need of faith, need of
self-respect. 1t cannot rest un-
less IL can justify It's own acts
in the eyes of its own conscience.
1t cannot bear to have to blush
for its own sins.
what is more, IL hates OPP
preston, hates IL so sincerely
that ii is incapable of depressing
any other people. Victory will
satisfy the American people only
If that victory enables America
to do what Is right.
II am convinced that the one
thing that would most fiatter
the pride of the Americans
would he IL they could say one
day: 1T il we Americans who
have. set the world right-side up
again, who have restored the
spiritual values which had sunk
IL i'm the totalitarian hell. IL Is
we who have revived the vacil-
lating. half-extinguished fame of
human dignity and freedom,
crushed by the tyranny of the
dictators.'
America, am convinced,
will be unable To get full, un-
troubled satisfaction out of her
augmented power unless she can
use that power to bring greater
happiness to the human race as
whole"
WHAT is, to me, absolutely
W true in the foregoing is
that we are incapable OF OPP
pressing any other people. " The
Philippines. Cuba, Puerto Rico
and Hawaii are evidences of
that-and also the great num-
Der of Spaniards and Mexicans
that we annexed" after the
Mexican War.
The popularity of our people
is that they, may temporarily
Cypress some of their own-the
colored folk. the Southerners
after the Civil War and the In
dianS in days gone by-but we
cannot conceive ourselves of do
pg what the Japs and Germans
DO 10 other peoples.
That's something TO brag of.
In fact, l know of nothing
greater than that for any ma
ton to brag Of.
We are the best practical
idealistS that history can show.
We err on the side Of humane
ness
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
War Poem
Of 90 Packs
Thrill in AZ
The Fighting Race Grew
From Sinking Of Maine
BY DAMON RUNYON

NOW here is the famous poem,
The Fighting Race" by
Joseph /. c. Clarke. of which
/ have a bale of copies as
result of my request for 1t not
long ago. AS 1 told my readers
in a column devoted to the
author, Clarke was inspired to
the writing of the poem by the
names on the casualty list Of
the U.S.S. Maine when ii was
blown up in Havana Harbor "A
years ago.
Charles Tracy of Staten
Island, N. Y, commander of
U.S.S. Wheeling Naval Branch
No. 1017. Army and Navy
Union, writes that Clarke, who
was born in Ireland and came
TO the United States at the age
Of % 10 become a New York
newspaperman, awoke on fate
full morning in February, 1893,
10 find his wife standing beside
his bed. a newspaper IN her
hand and tears in her eyes. The
paper carried the story OF the
blowing up of the Maine.
Mr.. Tracy says Clarke brooded
over the news for "a hours. I'M
able to work, the Irish names
on the roll of dead constantly
running through his mind. per-
haps he thought, too, of the old
Irish poems based on the theme
that wherever there was war
you find the Irjsh-lrwin's "Po-
tato Diggers Song" Davis verse
about the wild Geese"
MR.. TRACY says il was from
1'l this verse that Clarke got
his title. The Fighting Race"
and now he set to work and
wrote his own poem on scraps
of paper and old envelopes, stow
ing them away in his pockets
until at the end of 10 days he
had the thing completed, and
sent il to the New York Sun.
And here il is, and my thanks
to all the many readers who
sent me their copies. some Of
them obviously veritable scrap
book treasures.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
Private Enterprise

FrTvdte enterprise
IT CANNOT be brought to the attention of the American
people too often or nsstenty that is the TECH
NIQUE and BRAINS of PRIVATE ENTERPRISE,
developed under the American system over period Of
more than $50 years on which this nation depends
ABSOLUTELY to achieve victory the state-ensav
ing enemies Of that system.
That system of private enterprise is our way Of life
II is the very heart of the Constitution.
1t is the soul of our liberties
1t is in fine the GREAT AMERICAN IDEA.
Is it airpanes on which we depend to destroy Nazsm
and Japism?
Arplanes were developed by PRIVATE ENTER
PRISE
Is it oil on which we depend as body depends
blood?
Oil was developed by PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
Is it steel on which depend to keep liberties?
Our steel industries developed by PRIVATE
ENTERPRISE
Is it coal on which we depend to furnish the power
that runs our munition factories?
The coal mines were developed and expanded by
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
IN FACT there is not single thing you that
is vital to the protection of this nation that
developed by PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
Metal that enters any part of fighting weapon,
from Garand rifle to a super-tank Flying Fortress
is the product of the nventveness the initiative the huge
personal CANDLES of PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
Edison, Firestone, Goodyear, Carnegie only few
OF the who have been and the creative brains that
are witnesses to the soundness of the American way.
The American way has received severe berating of
late years
A capitalist" had almost been put a level with a
common stckup
& The American way-the "captalistic' system
looked as though had been thrust into the doghouse
stay by the New Deal revoutionists
II Ut no sooner had got into bad jam than it
ID PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. and the who manned
the great ndustries-the much besmeared capitalist
brated smeares themselves to give of their brains and
time to the country.
AND THEY DID-unhestatingly, freely and with
real patriotism them than will be found in all of
the "smearers put together.
Because it is not the Reds, the pnks, the New Deal
craepets the fancy seeelegists holding fat jobs that
will the United States and put the road to
glorious victory.
Mott will be the GENIUS OF PRIVATE ENTER
PRISE and the executive business brains Of the country
the recently "smeared" "captalistic class
For the genius that built the naton-PRIVATE
ENTERPRISE-wil now SAVE 1T.
Let then keep PRIVATE ENTERPRISE and
PERSONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and cultural-as
most precious heritage and possession
To lose it, later is to LOSE THE GREAT
DETECTIVES OF THE WAR no matter how many VIC
tories crown our arms.