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Evening star., 1942-03-08

were their last few minutes to-
gether. Up the deck, officers
were coming slowly along, shep-
herding before them all who did
not have the little white tags.
None of this happened easily
and quickly, in a series of clear
pictures. You must imagine the
confusion all around us, the bab-
BILE of voices, people pushing
Evening star., 1942-03-08

lived on rumOrS, and one alter another the
rumors proved to be false. A ship would be
sailing tomorrow. No. not tomorrow, but
next week. Next week - next week - the
week after next -
One morning the rumors came true, and
the ship was there.
They let us on board. doubt if there has
ever been a stranger assortment of passengers
a cross section of the nations of Europe, piled
together by catastrophe. There were not
many signs of high spirits not even among
the children - too much had happened. and
most of these people had husbands, sons,
daughters lost somewhere behind.
BY and by, with the ship still lying along
side the dock, we heard another rumor There
had been mistake somewhere; the ship could
not transport all those who had come aboard.
A hundred had to be cleared out, and even
then the old hull would be crammed to the
limit This, of all the rumors, was the one
that should have been false; but it was not.
do not remember what method was used
by the authorities to determine which of us
must stay behind. Except that, as these
things must always be in times of emergency,
it was swift, mechanical and therefore ruth
less method. Those who could stay on the
ship we're given tags of white paper to identify
them; the Others had to return to land and
wait for another ship-if another ship ever
Evening star., 1942-03-08
"The NOblest Act / Witnessed in the
Var" eighth in a series by famous
authors and ,Vor correspondents
LAST, our ship came in.

ATLAST, our ship came in.
A She was not much to look at She
- II was scratched and grimy and about her
there was the smell of old ships, that curious
odor compounded of innumerable coats of
paint and thousands of cargoes.
But to us she was the most beautiful thing
in the world. 1t did not matter if she was filthy
as a street urchin and slow as turtle she
was beautiful nevertheless. because she was
going to take us from Europe to America.
This was in Lisbon, after the Nazis had
torn up France. The loss of my home and be-
'ongings, the shattering of my whole way of
Evening star., 1942-03-08

life was a very minor casualty in
the debacle. But, if only because
of the terrible suddenness with
which it had come upon US, it
left me with a sense of unreality,
as if l were living in a bad dream.
Lisbon increased that nightmare
quality. The atmosphere reflect
ed the bewilderment and fear of
the thousands of refugees who
had crowded into the city. We
Evening star., 1942-05-07

the Netherlands that the rank Of
the diplomatic representation be-
tween the two countries should be
raised to that of an embassy.
The steps toward the accom-
plishment of this proposal have now
been completed, and the President
will today receive DR.. Alexander
Loudon, until now Minister of the
Netherlands to the United States,
who will present his letters Of Gre
dence as the first Ambassador of the
Netherlands in Washington"
Anthony Drexel Biddle, Minister
to the Netherlands refugee govern
ment in London, now becomes AM
bassador. He already is Ambassador
to Poland, Ambassador to Belgium,
Minister to Luxembourg, Minister to
Czechoslovakia, Minister to Yugo-
slavia, Minister to Greece and Min
lister to Norway. The accredited
governments of all those states are
in London.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
]. Le Grande Everett,
Federal Auditor, Dies

~ the Associated Press.
j. lie Grande Everett, 6s, ar
auditor with the General Accounting
Once, died unexpectedly at his
home, 1880 Kennedy street NV.
last night of a heart ailment.
Mr.. Everett came to Washington
in 1898 after serving for 1ive years as
auditor for the Home Owners Loan
Corp. successfully at Salisbury and
Greensboro, N. C.
Prior to his connection with the
Government. Mr.. Everett was auditor
for Richmond County for two terms
and before that was auditor for tex
tile mills at Rockingham, N. c.,
where he was born and lived until
going with the H. o. L. c. He was
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Netherlands Legation
Ii Capital Elevated
To Embassy Status
Roosevelt Suggests Move
To Queen; Loudon
Becomes Ambassador

The State Department announced
today that the Netherlands Legation
here has been raised to the status
of an embassy, and that Or. Alex
ander Loudon, up to now Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary, becomes Ambassador Ex-
traordinary and Plenipotentiary.
DR.. Loa1don was scheduled to call
on President Roosevelt today and
present his letters of credence as
Ambassador. He has been Minister
here since December ~, 1888. Tech
nically. an ambassador Is the ennis
sary Of the head of q state to the
head of another state, while a min
lister simply represents the wishes Of
. government to another govern
ment.
Roosevelt Suggests Move.
President Roosevelt recently sug-
gested the change to Queen Will
helmina Of the Netherlands, the
State Department reported. 1t is
sued . statement which said:
Just two years ago the peace
loving Dutch people were treacher-
ously attacked by German armies,
and since that time the territory of
the Netherlands has been treated
as q slave state by Germany. But
the cruel oppression to which they
have been subjected has never i'm
paired the unfaltering determine
ton OF the Dutch people to regain
their+sfndAnendence tn
Since that time the Netherlands
East Indies have been invaded by
Japan, and the gallant defense of
the Dutch forces against over
whelming odds has constituted an
outstanding chapter in the history
Of the present war.
'eThe matchless resistance Of the
Dutch people throughout the world
for these past two years proves their
historic stature in the defense of
their liberties.
Biddle Also Elevated.
with this in mind, the President
recehtly suggested to the Queen Of
Evening star., 1942-05-07

prominent in North Carolina fra
ternal circles.
The body will be taken tonight To
Rockingham. where burial will take
place. Funeral arrangements have
not been completed. Mr.. Everett, a
brother of the late w. N. Everett
one-time secretary of State for
North Carolina, Is survived by his
widow and one son. Lee Everett, a
Washington radio announcer.
Evening star., 1942-05-07

purchasing 1t, and having 1t In their
possession.
Civilians named were Vaughn A.
Isom. William Goodpasture. Henry
Corbett, Richard w. Schultz, Ed
ward r. Whitney. william l.
Bohlender. Eugene G. Brown and
Robert E. Starr.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Army Ammunition Theft
Charged in Indictment
Ey the Associated Press.

TACOMA, Wash. May Eight
residents Of Olympia, several OF
them prominent, and = 23-year -old
soldier we're indicted by a Federal
grand jury yesterday in case in
volving distribution of Army ammu-
milton among civilians.
The soldier. Ccrpi. Ferdinand c.
Dekok, was charged with embezzling
Is 900 rifle bullets from Fort Lewis.
The Olympia men we're charged with
receiving the stolen ammunition,
Evening star., 1942-05-07
'Moslem' Sentenced

Justice T. Alan Goldsborough to-
day in District Court sentenced
Harry M. Craighead. colored, to from
six months to four years for a con-
viction OF violating the Selective
Service Act by refusing to take the
physical examination.
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Prize Contest

Five prizes of 81 each are
awarded in every issue of The
Junior Star for the best original
stories, articles, poems and car
toons by boys and girls of high
school age and under.
All contributions must bear
the name, age, address, tele-
phone number and school OF
the author.
Written contributions must be
on one side of the paper, and,
if typewriter, double-spaced.
Drawings must be in black and
white and mailed fiat.
The editors choice of winners
will be final, and he reserves the
right to use any contribution in
whatever form he may deem
advisable, regardless of whether
it is awarded a prize. Checks
will be mailed to winners dur
ing the week following publica-
ton of their contributions. No
contribution will be returned.
Writers of stories and articles
which, in the opinion of the
editor, are of sufficient merit,
will be given cards identifying
them as reporters for The
Junior Star. The editor re-
serves the right. however, to de-
cline to issue reporters cards or
to revoke those already issued
whenever such action appears
advisable.
Address contributions to The
Junior Star, 727 Star Building,
Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Priced Snapshots
Can Be Mounted
On Frosted Glass
BY KATHERINE HOUISON.

ny Nh 1HEhlNE hOUlSON.
Did you ever mount your favorite
snapshots on frosted glass? It's
effective and easy to do.
To frost the glass, dissolve 6
ounces of EPSON salts in about 20
ounces OF water, then add 2 ounces
OF white dextrin. This is necessary
to make the mixture stick to the
glass. Lay the glass on newspapers
and, with sponge, squeeze the
mixture over it, covering it COM
pletely. The salts will crystalize into
frosted finish. Mount your snap
shots on the glass with scotch tape
or drop of glue and add a frame.
You can get discarded camera
plates from your photographer and
wash the film off, or buy picture
frames with glass at the dime store.
II you use plates, you can either buy
frames or use passe-partout binding
to frame them.
To make pictures for Christmas
gifts, add a calendar tab attached to
piece of red ribbon to the back of
the picture.
or try making background affects
with wildwood down. Use picture
with skyline and tall buildings, or
a group on horseback. Cut light
blue cardboard to fit your frame
and make cloud effects by gluing
the down lightly to it. Then mount
your picture so the figures or build
ings stand out against the horizon.
These silky hairs make beautiful
snow scenes and lovely moonlight
effects, too. You can get really
artistic pictures with a little prac-
tice and careful selection OF sub
jects.
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Ink Bottles Can Be Made
Into Attractive Gift Set

buy the following articles and put
them into the separate bottles:
Paper clips. thumb tacks, ringed
stickers for loose-leaf pages, assorted
rubber bands, pencil leads, and lastly
a few small pencil and ink erasers.
Now place the bottles side by side
and bind them securely together with
strip of scotch tape that is long
enough to reach around all six
bottles and overlap upon itself. Turn
the set over and stick another strip
Of the tape across the bottom. Tie
a half-inch red or green ribbon
around the sides over the first strip
of tape. The ribbon and tape can
remain if the set Is to be kept on
top Of the desk, or can be easily re-
moved to separate the containers for
more convenient use.
AS you wrap the completed set In
clear cellophane and seal 1t with cel-
lophane tape, you viii know that this
gift Will be sure to delight the
fortuns = friend who receives It.
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Army of Youth
Prize Contribution
Rv Louise McCOLLUM, II,

Woodrow Wilson High School.
Though we are weak to bear the
sword, the gun,
We hold our youth as weapons,
keen and strong,
Flung out against the world on
laughter to the sun,
To conquer nations with a simple,
carefree smile, a song.
We hold our faith as banner in our
fight,
And carry it triumphant day by
day.
Our love shines brightly through
the darkest night
And shows us marching, thou
sandfold, along Youths Way.
With spirit calling forth a host of
men;
Guns clean, gold glinting in the
morning sun,
The world is strong, its purpose to
be free again.
Our hearts are stronger still, our
purpose won.
With courage calm in eyes upturned
to God, ..-..... ....
We, too, shall walk where fighting
men have trod.
Evening star., 1942-11-08

:she keeps many trays and print
ing box. A small green lamp is used
when she is developing pictures. She
also has a machine that makes
5-by-7 engagements.
The young photographer has three
cameras of her own-an ordinary
box camera, better folding camera
and her best camera, 5-by-7 tri-
pod-type which uses plates. She
likes to experiment with pictures of
her cat and other forms of animal
life.
Portrait pictures of friends and
copies of other photographs" says
Jean "are fun to print, too."
Tinting, or coloring, the enlarge
ments also is part of Jeans hobby.
This makes photography even more
interesting to her, as art is one of
her side lines. She has been color
ing her own pictures less than two
years, but now it is real part of
her increasingly interesting hobby.
Jean studies art at school and
paints at home, too, so she has
acquired enough skill to work with
both charcoal and oil paints. One
OF her best oil paintings is a por-
trait of a Girl Scout mariner which
is exhibited in a mariner meeting
place known as the Anchorage"
i like to fish, play basket ball and
badminton, but believe hockey is
my favorite SPORT" Jean says.
Recently, she was elected president
OF the Coolidge Hockey Club. She
lives at AIT Whittier street NV.
Evening star., 1942-11-08
BY EsTELLA E. HOWEs.

For small cost in money and
time you can make an attractive
desk set of transparent containers
stocked with necessary supplies. The
set will meet q real need In your own
home OF make an acceptable gift
for friend or relative. 1t will save
space and prove handy because 1t
keeps the many little gadgets sepa-
rate and in plain sight, instead Of
their being scattered and hidden in
various drawers of the desk.
Secure six square ink bottles of
the 2-ounce size usually sold for
10 or Is cents. Soak them In warm,
soapy water to remove all ink stains
and labels, then dry and polish with
paper. Remove paper from the in
side Of the covers: clean. dry and
refine them with cardboard and stick
Z gay holly or poinsettia sticker on
the top ,of each cover 10 give Z
holiday fsuch. From the dime store
Evening star., 1942-11-08
The Fight for Freedom
Prize Contribution
By LOIS b. MARI, 13,

by LOlS ID. MANN, 1OS
Paul Junior High School.
Old and young, rich and poor,
Join the fight to win the war.
The men on the ships,
The men at the guns
Are giving a shove
For the land they love,
For it's fight
For the right
OF Freedom.
The men at camps and training
schools,
And women, as nurses, are learning
rules
To keep us from being,
To keep us from seeing,
A day we can't eat,
A day of defeat,
So it's fight
For the right
OF Freedom.
Old and young, ricn and poor,
Join the fight to win the war.
We might have to ration
To keep us a nation.
But we'll all have to bear
And do our share,
For it's fight
For the right
OF freedom.
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Wings for
Youth
BY I. r.. HEGEL.

How would you like to be the lone
girl in Civil Air Patrol class OF At
men? Lois Wilkinson of Walling-
ford, Conn, has that distinction
she is the only girl in the New
Haven squadron of the Civil Air
Patrol.
Mind it? Slim, tousle- haired Miss
Wilkinson, who looks very much like
the late Amelia Earhart, loves it!
Even the drills She marches in a
thoroughly military manner. She
studies the same CAP subjects as
the military courtesy, naviga-
ton, first aid, and meteorology.
Miss Wilkinson, who is 26, started
out as a school teacher. When the
Wallingford airport opened, the urge
to fly overcame all teaching ombi-
tions. She secured a position as
secretary in flying school and con-
tinued learning flying. Today the
blond aviatrix has her student
license and is looking forward to a
private license with instructors
rating.
Since the CAA has grounded
women flyers, Lois Wilkinson advises
the air-minded girl to get her flying
lessons at reputable school. If
money Is retarding factor, girl
can work for her lessons" Miss
Wilkinson pointed to an advertise
ment in trade paper lying on her
desk by way of proof. A school was
advertising for a secretary whose
salary woulc be paid for partly in
cash and rartlv in f1ving lessons.
Such opportunities are constantly
arising.
IF there is the will to fly" says
Lois Wilkinson, there is always a
way
Evening star., 1942-11-08

anu were OlCeIl Aiho' " Noh'
made the scene of bloody human
sacrifices in honor of primitive gods
of the sun and moon.
One of the pyramids has been
completely excavated by scientists,
who discovered the site In the early
part of the century. The buildings
are very beautiful, for they are
decorated with magnificent murals
and paintings, Trilby says.
Trilby's trip was interesting in
other ways, too. When she crossed
the border into Mexico her luggage
was examined with great thorough
ness, no doubt because of the war.
She said:
"An official examined one girls
railroad timetable for great
length of time in Old Laredo, on
the American side of the border.
Finally, the impatient young lady
exclaimed, If you can understand
that, will you please explain 1t
to me?' The same customs man
tore an article concerning strike
in Detroit from a magazine was
UClOlC Wdo dAAoWCo w
cross the border"
Mountainous Country.
After a second examination OF
luggage by the Mexican customs
officials, Trilby and several friends
with whom she was travelling
boarded bus bound for Monterrey.
The road over which we drove
is one of the longest straight roads
In the world" Trilby declared.
She and her party spent that
night in Victoria City and con-
tinued their journey the next day,
finding the countryside more and
more mountainous each hour. She
thought the mountains looked
much like the Blue Ridge, only
more majestic"
Trilby had great difficulty making
walters in Mexican restaurants un-
derstand her high school Spanish.
Ancient Castle.
In Mexico City. the capital OF
the country, Trilby visited the an
cient Castle of Chapultepec. which
overlooks the city. The castle once
was the home of the Inflated En-
peror Maximilian, and his equally
unfortunate wife. Carlota. 1t was
also the home of the famous con-
queror, Cortez, at an earlier date.
After leaving Mexico City, Trilby
went to Cuernavaca, where she saw
our Latin neighbors in their most
picturesque environment. While eat
ing dinner at the Mission Inn, de-
scribed as "typically Mexican" Triby
saw three young men, unmistakably
Mexican, enter the dining room.
They carried a guitar and sought to
entertain the guests by playing and
singing. After finishing each song
they we're always sure to pass their
sombreros around.
The next stop was Acapulco. AS
usual, Trilbys party selected a
hotel in which to stay-but that
particular hotel was being remod-
eled. At lunch the next day Trilby
was surprised, not to say displeased,
to find the rather dirty bare feet
of workman sticking in the win
dow directly above her table. She
complained to the management,
and at supper that evening the feet
were there again-but this time they
had shoes on.
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Coolidge Girl Interesting Hobby
lust Between Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.


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What books have you past them
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Roosevelt High School Reporter has oee
Glass Honor Rating by the National Scholastic Press
editor of the student newspaper Ropert
advisor to Tech Life has appointed Jeanne to act as
for The Junior star we
promising gifted OF
who well you al seaa
welcome letter from Jeanne reports
learning save you
the speed of caterpillar with little
time practice At least that's
Furnss, another correspondent has been eco
Girl Reserves Louise Monseau WoooroW WILSON
High School junior at Pearl arbo at the time OF the
Bethesda MD School, likes to
Mole Bgeow Hine Junior High School
after reports Those who attended found their
The Roosevelt nome economies
class has practice child gift from
named Teddy Dott Spang-
dancing Mckinley assemblies before her
Roxyette SIX wilson Stuoen eu
Black Hills Passion Play They Dorcas Jones'
Jackie Helen Fielder and Claire Ryan
four Navy flyers who snot down
planes in the Solomon Islands, from 1ech
Evening star., 1942-11-08

Birds seemed to cover every square
foot of the island. In the record
which Cartier has left to us, he says:
Some of the birds are as large
as geese, being black and white,
with a beak like crows. They
are not able to fly since they nave
only small wings about half the
size of ones hand. However, they
move as quickly along the water as
the other birds through the air"
Friendly Meeting.
The birds were members of the
"great aux" family, which has been
extinct since 1874. Auks Of other
kinds still live in the northland,
however.
A friendly meeting with Indians
took place while the vessels were
anchored off Prince Edward Island.
The Indians held up furs and beck
oned to the white men to come to
them. Two sailors rowed ashore
and gave presents of knives, with
red cap for the chief as special
gift. The presents pleased the In
dians and an active trade was
struck up.
The following day about 300 In
dians came to trade. They gave the
strangers strips of seal meat, as
well as furs.
Set Up Cross.
In the presence of a chief and
his warriors Cartier and his men
set up a cross 80 feet high and
nailed upon it board bearing the
French words meaning, Long live
the King of France" Leaving the
cross firmly planted, Cartier re-
turned aboard ship. After exploring
other coasts along the Gulf of st.
Lawrence he returned to France
and told the story of his adventures.
On a second voyage to North
America, Cartier explored the st.
Lawrence River as far as an Indian
village on the site of Montreal. He
was much impressed by a mountain
which lay back of the village and
gave it the name of Royal Noun
tain, or Mont Real in his language.
The words were later combined to
make Montreal" now the name OF
Canada's largest city.
Excellent Seaman.
Another famous French explorer
was named Samuel de Champlain.
The son of sea captain. he early
became an excellent seaman. like
many other young men of his time,
he looked to America as land
where fame could be won. His
early voyages took him to the st.
Lawrence River, the Bay of Fundy
and down the New England coast
as far as Marthas Vineyard.
In 1903 Champlain crossed the
Atlantic with the purpose OF start
ing a colony on the St. Lawrence
Landing at place called Quebec
Can Indian word meaning "the mar
rows") the French started to cut
trees and to clear place for the
settlement. Soon the first building
a storehouse, was completed.
In addition to the storehouses the
men put up three dwellings. each OF
two stories. Around the buildings a
high wooden fence was placed and
cannon were mounted where they
could be fired through holes in the
fence. Such was the beginning OF
the village of Quebec-which was
to grow into an important city.
The cannon were intended to
guard the fort against Indians, but
the tribes around Quebec proved
friendly. Champlain spent much
time among them and left record
OF their customs.
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Evening star., 1942-11-08
Girls Give Play to
Aid Red Cross

Shirley Buchanan, 10, has been
helping in the war effort by making
money for the Red Cross. Her
method of doing it was to make
up play with the help Of three
other girls, and then present it,
charging l cent admission to chill
dren and 2 cents for adults. They
made 81 on the project and sent
it to the Red Cross, and the next
week each girl received a Red Cross
pin.
Shirley lives at Treakle street,
Williams Court, Portsmouth, Va.
The girls who helped her were Ber-
tina Buchanan of Portsmouth and
June Rose and Martha Yates from
Baltimore.