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Evening star., 1942-04-24
Rites Set tomorrow
For Giuseppe Messina

Giuseppe Messina. 81. who died
Wednesday at his home, 730 Otis
place NV. will be buried tomorrow
in st. Mary's Cemetery, following
requiem mass at Q am. at the Shrine
of the Sacred Heart.
Mr.. Messina came to this country
from his native Italy 46 years ago
and was a member of several Italian
American societies. He is survived
by II children, John, Peter, Charles,
Salvatore, Anthony, Rosario and
Angelo Messina, and Mrs. Vincezo
Di Giorgio. Mrs. Salvatore Di Misa,
Mrs. Nunzio Bovello and Mrs. Nico-
letta Caltibiano; his widow, Mrs.
Concetta Messina. and 80 grand
children.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Forest Fires Spread
Over $1,000 Acres in
4 Southern States
Some of Bloxes Blomed
On lncendiorism; Power
Service Disrupted
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BREvARD, N, c.. April 24.--Rag-
ing forest fires that stubbornly re-
sisted the united effort Of air pa
trolls and volunteer fire fighters had
spread today over - 900 acres OF
rich timberland in four Southern
States.
Some OF the blazes were attributed
to incendiarism and In North Caro-
lima Gov. j. NJ. Broughton ordered
State Bureau OF Investigation agents
into the Pisgah National Forest,
where 1900 acres have been laid
waste since last Sunday.
Meanwhile, q new siege OF hres
broke out in Southwest Virginia
while forest rangers and C. C. c.
units there battled q furious blaze
that has consumed at least 12.000
acres.
The South's worst timber con-
fiasration in years spread during
the night to North Georgia and
Southeast Kentucky. and United
States Regional Forester Joseph G.
Kircher Immediately restricted pub
lie use of national forests in North
Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.
Civil air patrol planes few low
over the hills of Western North
Carolina and Northern Georgia to
direct the ground fighters and to
Evening star., 1942-04-24
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s.o Ap hG I ssa this s rsss
mass ct St kloysius Church at am
GILL, ANNA c. KREAMER
CARTER. EUGENE p. Sacred to the
S6Nr Of our c.s ss. aso passed sns sI
Afsl Afs L6vfisa z; fisea WIFE AND CHILDREN
NARY *, NJ CARTER MARION AND
Of nv aeaf vile n aLleE cohPLiS HSshS Re%G6S Sso
April "A. 1887.
A loving thouSht true and tender,
Just to show ! still remember
DEVOTED HUSBAND, THOMAS.
DORSEY. JOHN II. In loving memory
Of onr. dear father, JOHN II. DORSEY,
1886,
Loved in life, remembered in death.
MAGGIE n. COLE MARY J. DicKFR-
rENwICk. sERGT. WILLIAM ]. In
lovins memory OF my deer husband. Ssrgt
On. wear sso today April % ie4i
Today is g day Of remembrance
And mspy SAD REGRETS
A day ] shall always remember
when the rest Of the world fctests.
his DEVOTED WIFE. ANNA MAY FEN
TIMER. IDA MAE. In loving memory
of our dear mother and wife. IDA NAE
TIMER. who departed this life six years
ago today. April "A. 1886.
You are some but not forgotten.
For as Ions M as there IS n.nory
We wiz always think Of thee.
THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Living Costs in District
l2.5 Pet. Above Yeor Aoo

Living costs in the District in
creased IA per cent between mid
February and mid-March, and are
now las per cent higher than
year ago, the Labor Department
reported today.
Clothing costs advanced 81 per
cent: food, 18. and house furnish
ings, 0.s. Rents, declined OIL per
cent, and prices of fuel. electricity
and Ice remained unchanged.
The advance during the month
brought the District index of living
costs to ll35 Of the 1935-1939 aver
age. According to the departments
f1gures, costs here have risen ISL
per cent since August Is, 1899.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Wartime Rush Keeps Six Clerks
Busy Copying Birth Certificates
Long Line Forms at District Building
As Job Seekers Get Photostots

claims that he can tell where de-
fense industries are springing up
in the Nation. because workers who
were born here begin to write in
for birth certificates.
Mr.. Irvine is anxious to explain
that defense plants and Govern
ment agencies are not just making
sure their employees are alive. Birth
certificates are good proof of citizen
ship. frequently showing where
parents were born.
Many boys take birth certificates
to their draft boards. on the ques-
ton of age Some want to prove
they are not old enough for the
Army and some would like to prove
the opposite.
The birth certificate as 1t exists
today does not completely satisfy
Mr.. Irvine. A man can wave q
birth certificate in your face, but
there is no way for anybody to
prove scientifically that he is the
person the certificate was issued for
Footprints or thumbprints would
take care of this. but Mr.. Irvine
doesn't expect such q development
for . long time.
Files Go Back to 1871.
Mr.. Irvines files 60 back to 1871.
Any one born before that who
wants to retire or receive social
security BENEFITS must produce evi-
dence of his age, but that's not
Mr.. Irvine's worry. Family Bibles
may be used.
Mr.. Irvine has worries of his own.
The rush is so great that he is two
months behind on out-of-town cor
respondence. Worse, he has little
time for his profession of vital sta
tistics. He has always been in
terested in death certificates, calcu-
lating which of the Districts 96
census tracts have high mortality
rates and why. This information
would be useful now, but he got
behind with 1t in 194l and Is
swamped in 1912.
He would like to appeal to the
public. Please don't get a birth
certificate If you don't need it. Lots
of people hear that Cousin Joe Is
getting a certificate and come to a
sharp realization they don't have
any, he says. That's all right,
don't get one till you are required
to have it.
A lady rushed in the other day
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Chevy Chose College
To Entertuin Officers

Students of Chevy Chase Junior
College. 6410 Connecticut avenue
NV will give a tea dance there
from 4 to pm. tomorrow for 100
officers from Boiling Field, Quantico
Marine Base. Fort Myer and Fort
Meade.
Sunday afternoon the students
will entertain eight men from the
Navy Engineering Department at q
picnic supper. followed by informal
games and dancing. April 30 the
students will have eight girls from
the Once for Emergency Manage
ment As guests at pscnic supper on
the campus.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Seret. Harry Soroh Rites
Set for Mondoy Mornino

Funeral services for First Sergt.
Harry Sarah. II. who died yesterday
after falling from the second to the
first floor in Grant Building at
Soldiers Home, will be held at 10
am. Monday with full military
honors. Burial will be in the Sol
diers' Home Cemetery.
Entering the Army in 1898, Sergt.
Sarah served with Company A, 10th
Infantry, in the Spanish American
War. He was retired in March. 1915,
and entered the home here in 1929.
He is survived by daughter, Mrs.
Sarah Peters, Winfield, Long Island,
N. Y. Eye witnesses told police he
fell over the second floor banister.
a drop of nearly 40 feet.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Veteran Paint Contractor
In District, H.P. Amos, Dies

H. p. Amos. paint contractor. who
died Wednesday at the home OF his
daughter. Mrs. John r. Mayhugh,
1879 Oates street NE. will be buried
tomorrow at the Methodist Church
Cemetery in Alexandria, following
services at pm. at Lees funeral
home, Fourth street and Massachu-
setts avenue NE.
Mr.. Amos. who would have been
30 years old May %. was born In
Madison, N. c., and came to Wash
ington 40 years ago. He was active
in business until his death and was
a member of the White Rose Club
Survivors. besides his daughter,
are his widow, son, William p.
Amos, six grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
0srh ri Chunks

,... .xs ~ gas SaEs .,Easas n i:, nj e e =.
sysss the7y s@Besfe gratitude fer .se ksne
expressions 81 synratfy and Snrsi trfcvtet
~ the time es their Bereavement.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For Mrs. Katherine Loranz

Funeral services will be held at 10
am. tomorrow at st. Adams Church
for Mrs. Katherine Hanley Loranz,
"a. for more than 60 years q resident
OF Washington. who died Thursday
at her apartment at Alban Towers
after a three-month Illness
Mrs. Loranz lived on q farm near
Frederick, Md, in her early youth
and one Of her first recollections was
of carrying bread and milk to the
Union soldiers, as they fought near
her home. She was q descendant
of DIR. Comfort Starr, who settled
In Massachusetts, in 1922 and was
one of the founders Of Harvard
University.
She leaves a son, John Russell
Emmert of Chicago, two daughters
Mrs. H. r. Worley, $3.50 Reno road
NV, and Mrs. Lenora E. Miller,
1929 r street NV; six grandchil-
dren and six Observation-Disclosures.
Evening star., 1942-04-24

and demanded one because, she said.
her first aid instructor had told his
class that everybody would have to
show his blood was Aryan.
checked with the Red Cross on that
one. The Red Cross pooh -poohed
the idea. Maybe somebody was
joking. Hitler isn't in charge here.
Evening star., 1942-04-24
By HENRY GEMMILL.

In wartime the Government
doesn't take things for granted. If
you want to do anything-join the
Air Corps. sail a boat or be a file
clerk, for instance-the Government
wants your birth certificate.
The average citizen is startled
and shaken by such demand. He
NAV be able to remember where he
put his diploma, but he can't think
where his birth certificate Is.
You can't argue with regulations,
so the thing to do. II you were born
in Washington, is go down to the
District Building. third floor, and
joins the line-frequently long and
winding-that forms at the Bureau
of Vital Statistics.
In the first quarter Of 1912 the
bureau issued 2,752 photostatic
COPIES of birth certificates. almost
as many as the total for the entire
previous year and more than the
number granted in all 1910. Besides
this, 3,730 certificates of registration
were issued in the last three months.
These are nearly as attractive as
the photostatic copies and they
don't cost so cents.
Six Clerks Kept Busy.
-Four regular clerks and two w. p.
A. workers hunt through yellowed
volumes as fast as they can, but If
you need proof Of your birth 1t
wouldn't be bad idea to take your
lunch and q thermos bottle. The
Jams that sometimes occur are the
fault of past generations.
Midwives, who sponsored the
births of high percentage Of ma
tives Of washington, were doubtless
professionally expert, but they were
poor reporters. Joseph B. Irvine,
chief of the bureau for seven years,
says he knows most of the midwives
intimately from his records. Some OF
them were busy day and night and
rarely spelled name correctly, he
says. Mr.. Irvine can understand this
better than their mistakes in OBJ
serving the sex of infants.
When q gentleman comes to the
bureau and finds that he was, ON
cially, q girl child. he is not only
insulted but embarrassed. The
United States Navy and other or
ganizations will not accept him
until he has produced af1idayits from
his parents, old church records or
other documents.
Less excusable, in Mr.. Irvine's
eyes. is the negligence of parents.
even modern parents. In 1871, he
pointed out. 1880 certificates of
birth were filed, and S. per cent
did not contain the baby's given
name.
Favors Finger printing.
Parents have several months to
decide on a name for their child. II
declares Mr.. Irvine. They have
two guesses-it VIII be a boy or q
girl. Now, I think that the doctors
should put little pressure on them.
II they still can't decide. I think
it's sign of pretty low mentality"
It's lucky thing for this country
that Mr.. Irvine is not a spy. He
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-20
HRS. JOHNSON IGNORED
 BY 0. E. s. MEMBERS

Mrs Olive B. Johnson was given special honors at the meeting Of the Eastern Star held Tuesday evening November IT. Sister Johnson has been an unusually faithful member of the local chapter of the O E. s. LOT many years and her departure rom NranEeU will be keenly felt in that as well as other orgauiza- tions. H
 At the close Of the regular meet ing, friends joined Star members in the last Of a series Of card par Lies held during the year. Hostesses Tor the evening were Mrs. Marjorie Thornquist and Mrs. Mabel Mea- dows. Prizes for the evening went 10 Mrs Inga Carlson and z. Al Bradford in whist and to Mrs. Helen Clements and Ernest Anderson in bridge. zhff
 After tabulating the evening $ scores together with those of past parties. Mrs. Neva Coulter, Tourna- ment Chairman. announced that winners of the grand prizes for the series were Mrs Doris Barnes and Ernest Anderson first iu bridge Mrs Jessie Hungerford and Oar smith second in bridge and Doro- thy Smith and Mrs. Olive Johnson first and second respectively in whist. Mrs Coulter was given vote of thanks for her work in mak- ing the tournament success.
 Members of the 0. E. s. who were not at this meeting are asked To remember the Covered Dish Din her to be held Tuesday evening. December l and honoring Mr and Mrs. Ernest Anderson who will also leave WrangelI soon. Both Mir An cerson and Mrs. Anderson have been active members in the OES since joining and MT. Anderson is al pre- sent Associate Patron.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-20
ELKS NOTES
B, ?. 0. B., No. l595 '. .. =. e. =. e. ..'
By Virgil Newman

By NTg1I Newman
 Bros. next week Is initiation, and the trustees promised us a good feed. Come and get some and see what the Army has in store for the new brothers. We are certainly glad 10 have with us again Brother Martindale He has to leave for the Army soon.
 l believe some advice to some Of you Brothers would come in handy. IL seems that since we have such good lunches We hardly know enough to go home, some of the wives have decided to send a blan- ket and pajamas along. Better be careful. boys. you're not married to the lodge. And the noise some of the brothers make is terrible. Just why do you scream when you get 4, ,, or s and moan, groan and swear when you see a l, ?, or 8? Brother Osterman should stop us ing his seyenty-fiye cent words on Us, We don't understand them. Bro ther Hanford won't you tell Us where you find such stories? I'm sure your wife doesn't know you carry them around.
 Thursday night was celebrated
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-20

with the annual Elks' Turkey Shoot. Such 9 crowd. now We know that everyone didn't go south. but are just hiberuated for the winter. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves even though some oT us couldn. [ win a turkey. The committee had job that kept them busy, but they did | to perfection. One thing was missing, some Of the committee for got to get off their seat Don't wor- ry boys, your turns next and l hope the Exalted Ruler understands.
 See you Wednesday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-20
TEPEE TALK
S < .. I. < < .s s 1. < 1. .:. .s
 By "JaYn Byrd

The committee on arrangements for the forthcoming Christmas tree to be given for the children of the Red Men brothers is sponsoring a pie social and dance at the Red Men hall tomorrow night in an en- deaYor to swell the purchasing fund to assure the kiddies Of a tru- ly Merry Christmas.
 Brother Carl Bradley who heads the committee announces the affair will be in the nature of a pie soc ial and all wives and gal friends are requested to bring a pie to be auetioned under the auctioneer $ hammer to the highest and best bid den
 Chetsy Wetsy steear. genial genial chairman of the Thanksgir- ing dinner committee. which fiesta is scheduled for December ,. an nounces that several turkeys have been ordered and that Red Men and their immediate families will be privileged to enjoy one of the finest dinners ever presented by the or gaRization. A dance will be given following the dinner for the Red Men. their wives and invited friends.
 After much talk had been made at the regular council of the tribe Tuesday night. the brothers threw back the flap from the tepee and beheld our senior Sagamore squatted on his mocassins in customary fashion, calling on the Great Spirit for the proper procedure in gaining admission to the wigwam. We sug- gest. brother Wing, that you con centrate on the distress signal.
 Pie now!
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-20
S. PHILIPS CHURCH

Services for Sunday, November p. Sunday School 10 a. m. Morn ing Prayer. and sermon II a. m.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-20
CATHOLIC SERVICES

Masses: 7:I5 a. m. Wrangeu In stltute. At the local church at S;S0 a. m, Sunday November 22
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-20

FULL 40 YEARS YOU---THE SUBSCRIBERS, THE AD- vERTISERS THE READERS AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL AND LOYAL TO THE SENTINEL.
 SINCE ITS INCEPTION BACK THERE ON NOVEMBER 20 1902 YOU HAVE RALLIED TO ITS SUPPORT AS THE VOICE OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR VOICE IN THE TERRITORY
 FOR THIS THE SENTINEL IS GRATEFUL AS TODAY IT MARKS ITS 40th BIRTHDAY. THROUGH THE YEARS IT HAS RECORDED YOUR GOOD DEEDS AND YOUR BAD; YOUR MISFORTUNEs AND YOUR GOOD FORTUNES; YOUR MARRIAGES YOUR BIRTHS AND YOUR DEATHS IT HAS SEEN MANY OF ITS READERS FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
 THROUGH IT ALL YOU HAVE KEPT THE FAITH WITH YOUR NEWSPAPER-THE SENTINEL. YOU HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOUR NEWSPAPER TO BECOME THE DEAN OF ALASKA NEWSPAPERS-THE OLDEST CON. TNU0USLY PUBLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE TERRI TORY
 THE SENTINEL IS PROUD OF THIS DISTINCTION AND PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY AND TERRITORY IT REPRE- SENTS TO ALL OF YOU THE SENTINEL SAYS
The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-11-20
sHTNaIrs mR SALE

Grade 4 cedar shingles now available in Wrangell. See or call Mrs. NJ L. MIles - Phone 3R3
 Adv,
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
Survey Cites Violations
Of 4O-Mile Speed Limit

WASHINGTON.-The public roads
administration reported that more
than half the motorists Gin several
states" still drive over 40 miles an
hour despite an appeal by President
Roosevelt that this maximum speed
be adopted to conserve tires and
gasoline.
At the same time, the agency said
traffic volume on rural roads dur
ing June was down 80 per cent in
the gasoline-rationed East and down
% per cent in non-rationed regions.
compared with the same month last
year.
The reports we're based on speed
and travel volume measurements In
ten states, and the data turned over
to the war department highway
traffic advisory committee, which is
waging a campaign to save tires
and gasoline.
This survey showed that the av-
erage speeds of traffic were two to
eight miles an hour slower than be-
fore Pearl Harbor on sections of
highways in Nebraska, South Dakota.
Virginia, Wisconsin, Arizona, Mary
land, Missouri and South Carolina,
with the reductions greatest in the
first four states.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
Handicapped Find
Place in War Work
Disabled Vets to Take UP
Diamond Cutting.

WASHINGTON. - Industrial dia-
mond cutting and skilled ONCE
work, including stehography, are
few of the occupations In which me
War Manpower commission Is plan
ming the placement Of the natioas
disabled service men and physically
handicapped men and women VINO
constitute q reservoir OF unused
man power" estimated to contain
1000, 900 persons.
The latest step toward solution or
the problem Of finding work for the
physically handicapped is an agree
Hent recently concluded by man
agement and labor in the small
diamond cutting industry under
which disabled veterans OF the army
and navy will receive special pref
erence as apprentices with age Inn
its waived.
The cutting of small diamonds for
industrial uses is an industry which,
until the NaZis overran the low coun-
tries, employed about $4,000 people
in Holland and Belgium. Now we
are trying to make ourselves self
sufficient in this highly skilled and
important craft. Most Of the work
is being done now in New York city,
but it is planned to set up appren-
ticeship programs in other sections.
Increased employment and faster
production rates in the munitions
and heavy industries already are
adding to the number OF handi-
capped, whose misfortunes fire.
quently prove, after proper training,
to be no handicap at all, a fact
which, according to the commission,
war industry and business gradually
are discovering.
The blind are being used success
fully in a number of industrial OPP
erations as well as for such skilled
work as stenography.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
Napoleon Was Germanic,
Says Hitler Collaboration

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.-Ana at
tempt to demonstrate that Napoleon
was of German descent is made
by one of Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hit
ler's intimate collaborators, Chief of
the German Reich Chancellory Phil
ip Bouhler, in book entitled "Na-
poleon: The Comet-like Rise of a
Genius"
The name Bonaparte, he an
nounces, derives from the old Ger
manic-Lombardian name of Boni-
pert. He also asserts that Napoleon's
ancestors in the year 923 had such
Germanic names as Konrad and Err
mengarde. =
The author draws a parallel be-
tween Napoleon and Herr Hitler,
saying that although the French en-
peror did not really know the
Jews" he hated them no less.
The essential difference between
the two is said by Herr Bouhler to
be that while the soldier dominated
in Napoleon, Herr Hitler is much
more the statesman.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
Blind Man Saves
Self in TunbE
Crasps Wire and Hangs q
Till Help Comes.

CHICAGO. - Robert HennemaF
who is blind, fell off his third-stor
back porch. He clutched instructive
" at space and found an insulate
electrical wire in his hand. H
kicked, and his feet came to res
upon heavy cable below. 4,
Call the police, Clarice," he toll
his wife. Call the firemen. / ca,
hang on here o. K"
To assure his wife that there wa
nothing to be excited about. he le
90 of the wire with one hand, pulle
out his pipe, filled it and calmf
lighted it. Mrs. Henneman, who j
almost blind, saw that he was SAT
for the moment and called firen1s
to their home.
Capt. Robert Casey came with CHI
cago's hook and ladder company Al
The firemen found Henneman sEe
smoking his pipe among the wire
which run past his porch. job
Henneman, his father, had alread.
piled bed springs beneath him an
advised him to jump upon them
but the blind man only kept on puff
ing his pipe.
While the firemen prepared to re.
cue Henneman his wife explaine
what had happened. They had bee
measuring the porch, which was We
from rain, when Henneman Slipped
He fell over the low railing. Sb
thought he had plunged to his deaf
until she heard his voice and he
weak eyes discerned him lodge
among the wires.
The fremen spread a net beneatL
him for safety, but warned him no,
to jump. They warned him, too, tho
just above him was wire carrying
1900 volts of electricity, insulated
but nothing to experiment with
Then they ran up ladder and car
ried Henneman down. He was SIT
clutching the pipe between his teej.
and beaming with a calm befittir
his 30 years. But he was bfowif
no smoke rings. He pipe was GU
He'd been up there Is minutes.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
A Soldier Can Kiss and <
Kiss and Kiss in Macosi

MACON, GA.-The goodnight ki:$
of soldier and his date is not di =
orderly conduct in Macon, ruled Fl {
corder George M. Nottingham, a
veteran of the First World war.
An 18-year-old Macon girl and tEs
22-year-old army air force soldit I
date were charged with disordeEy
conduct by the girls parents On Il {
young couples return from movi44.
IF I'm guilty of being disorderl :,
then every man in Uncle Sam 8
army belongs in JAIL" the young set
der told reporters as he waited ( I
be called by the court. And if e
cry girl who kisses a soldier-swee !.
heart goodnight is going to be locke J
up, this is going to be mighty d. J
war"
After hearing the evidence, Jud,
Nottingham smiled and ordere J
lease dismissed" +
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30

Jane NJ. Bertram
AntOinette Burtka
Twenty-fourth Precinct
Walter Schonschak, Chairman
Magdalene Sevensky
Mary Sakowski
Genevieve GaSiewski
Lillian Los
Katherine Dunn
Twenty-fifth Precinct
Magnus Meier, Jr., Chairman
Beulah Bloomfield
Ella II. Smith
Helen WrOblewski
Clara L. Schultz
Frances Figurski
Twenty-sixth Precinct
Byron p. Crane, Chairman
Rita SalliOtte
Nellie Boldly
Clara Ryalls
Frances E. Linge
Fannie f. Randall
Referred to Council.