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HurIev Allows 3 Hits,
Hos s HitIess Frames;
TroiIers Lose, 1912

Held hitless by Denny Yer
nier for five innings, and col
lecting only three safeties off the
black-haired Spruce Inn hurler,
Covered Wagon lost their Sec
ond start of the infant softball
season, 1912, in a Blue division
game at st. Mary's last night.
Despite their lack of hits, the
Trailers piled up sizeable score
as Vernier walked IA and his
team mates committed 10 errors.
Covered Wagon took four-run
lead in the fourth, but relin-
quished the margin in the sec
ond, as the winners added five
runs to their tWo-run first inn
ing.
TWO WALK IN
The bat of Red Fats" Bour-
dage, Spruce Inn second base
man boosted his team along
heavily as he blasted a double,
triple and single in three Off
cial times up, batting in three
runs. After being held to one
run in the third, while their OPP
ponents were equaling the num-
Der, Spruce Inn connected with
three hits and two force-ins-on
walks with the bases loaded-for
four runs in the fourth, then
added one more in the fifth for
the 18th and last run.
Meanwhile, Covered Wagon,
showing considerable improve
ment over their opener last
eWek, struck back in the sixth
with two singles off Vernier,
scoring a trio of runs with the
help of a pair of errors, and in
the seventh nearly rallied to VIC
tory.
PAIR IN 7TH
With the count 1910, a walk
and triple led to pair of runs
and with two out, Ben Witukie-
wicz and Bob Wilson both drew
walks, with the top of the bat
ting order coming up. Fielder
Red Benoit famed, however, to
end the game.
Henry Duckert, IJho moved
from short onto the pitchers
mound for the losers in fourth,
allowed two hits, and got the
longest blow for the Trailers, a
triple in the seventh.
Covered
Wagon 401 203 2-12 3 z
Spruce Inn PSI 410 x-13 7 10
Batteries: Spruce Inn-Vernier
and Menter. Covered Wagon,
Witukiewicz, Duckert az and
Reh.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19
SOftball
Standings
BLUE DIVISION

LAST NIGHTS RESULTS
Bar 50 II, Merchants 3,
Spruce Inn 10, Cow cred
Wagon II.
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LAST NIGHTS RESULTS
Nesbitt's IL, Owls 8.
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Major
Standings Is
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games behind leader.
MONDAYS RESULTS
Boston 4. DETROIT 2.
Cleveland 7, Philadelphia 4.
Chicago :, Washington 5.
New York at st. Louis,
weather.
TUESDAYS GAMES
Boston at DETROIT.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Only games scheduled.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-19

Batteries: Nesbitts - Weir
and Eschenburg. Owls - G..
LoZen and Fenton.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-09-17

ieten Sic bieie nit ser rihtigen
8ro6c itnO Garbe uno Sbre 8eleud.
tune miro beiier iein. Sebt nab oh
ganiigeno 2ampen porbanben itn0,
oenn ieoer Stubl ooer Sofa braudt
ieine eigene 2ampe.
Wenn Sic Shulfinber inn &aule
baben iollte ieoes einen Stubierplas
haben nit gutter 8eleudtuns. .Dies BE-
oeutet uieIlei6t nur bie iehsieitige
Jlurlampe an Sen Tiih beraa5u5ie-
hen oaer es beoeutat eine Sebliht-
Sparlampe iiber Sen Stubiertiib an.
5untahen i'm &inoeraimmer.
Sails Sic beabiidtigen nelle Can't
pen gu faufen bieien &arbit = mar.
ten Sic niht 81 lange, Mangel an
Rupfernloterial bat Die Regierung
oeranlabt oie Seriteaung con Gam.
pen ein5uihrdnfen, Oa aber oie Glene-
lanber 8eifafte groBen 8orrat an
SanS baben, lit es iebt gerate Seit
Seblibt bt-Sparlampen 5u faufen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-09-17

Sic slrmee- -ariegsporitellung -
cine Maft entbaltenoe slntipprt an
oie NhiennlGbte = al,fgefiibrt bon
5000 Sffi5ieren unO Soloaten, miro
ftinf Wal I'M Staoium alfgefiibrt
Iperoen. Seoe @ebrntabtabteilung
miro pertrcten iein ltno miro i'm gro-
ben Shlaht- -9epot naben Sem Sta
blum ieben Gag bon 2 l1br nahmit.
tags bis 10 llbr abenSs 81 ieben iein
ipie uniere Soloatan leben, arbeiten,
iibcn uno fiimpfen nit einem Sobe-
purft pon &fporitelllng Sb He-
gen ODER 'SonnenlGein bas ssreiluft=
theater beginnt ieOen slbeno Inn $3.50
llbr uno Miro nit einem 9an,onltra.
tiuns- -Slfitfampf eroffnet. Sn anoeren
@orten alles mas sur Mtlitdrange-
lesenbeit gebort Iiebt man bier. gs>
miro eriuartetoab iiber 100000 Men-
icben oieie groBe Goritelllng beIl,hen
speroen. Gas Sa1ptquartier fir bas
Sbeater befinoet iib i'm @ar Serpice
Center @ebdlioe am Hublic Square.
Satiaden ser Goritellung.
Hcrional: 1900 Soloaten uno Off
siere.
Goritelungstage: Sept. Is bis 90.
Stunoen: q. Shladti9epot (slus-
ltellllug BON arieesmateriaD 2 bis
10 llbr abenos tagll6.
90. 6ier ilt Sbre Mrmeeporltellung,
beginneno ieoen Mbeno Inn $50 llbr
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2l<et,si,e eheiftaliee
Has.SbeFber!

Gs eibt cine gan5e Mn5abl 8er-
ionen, oia Sdltler gu eigen batten,
beren WebGuoe aber 5tpiihen Gem Gag
Ser Stenereintragung, Dem IL. Mpril
llno Dem 1. Sftober bnrcb Geuer ooer
anoerlpeitig ssritort tporben iitro. Die
ie Ytrionen miiiRn nod Dor oem 1.
Sfteber Bel Dem Gountp gluoitor
3angerle elm slifioabit einreihan, in
Dem iie iiG iiber Sic Gatiafe Der Ser.
lt0rilns ibres Sauies erflaren.
Wcnn Elm iold)es slffibapit nidt
einsereid)t miro, 10 iperoen oie Steu-
ern tpaiter ieitseiett. aeiner, ser in
oie'e alaIle bon @runoeigentiimern
fdllt, iollte alio Oie Ginrei6ung oes
affioaoits iiberieben, ionit iiebt er iid
uor Der peinliden Sage, oab er fir
etpas, mas er gar niht mebr beiitt,
Steuern be5ablen muB. Die Mffiba-
bits lino bel County Muoitor Sobn
u. 3ongerle, i'm Court Saus, 3im-
mer "a erbdltlih.
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Sm engeren areiie ser ct. Soban=
nesfirhe feierte am pergangenen
Sonntag ser ipadere Srauen &erein
sic 5lpan5igIte @ieOerfebr ieines
@riinoungstages.
gSie ser YrGiioent Ser 8eneinoe,
Serr George Shneioer, IN leiner
Sauptreoe betonte, bat biele 8ruppe
emiiser Srauen niht lpeniger als
auan5igtauieno Dollars gum Mufbau
unb our Grbaltllng Ser ct. Soban-
nesfirGe beigetragen. IS !uar v0tiibe
uno 9lrbeit", elm 2iebesoienit, oen
oieie yWfiitter" ser 8emeinoe gerne
getan baben. W0ee @ottes Segen
ibnen 3obn unb Sergeltung in rel
dem Mabe ihenfen!
Gas Yrogramm begann nit einem
erlttlniiigen 8anfett, uorbereitet bon
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-09-17

ob &egen ooer Sonnenlhein. Die
GorItequng oauert 1 Stunbe unh 40
Ifini,ten.
Program.
$40 p. III. Air parade = Handkerchief
stunt
tion - audience participation.
/. Retreat and review.
2. Close order Infantry drill.
3. Butts manual physical fitness drill
4. Motorized Artillery demonstration.
5. Medical detachment demonstration
6. Horse Cavalry demonstration.
T. Automatic weapons demonstration
s. Problems of Prime Mover.
9. Jeep Jamboree.
10. Motorcycle Cavalry.
IL. Flame throwers.
12. Match stunt audience partici-
patton.
13. Salu.e to Industry and Labor -
the Living Flag.
IA. Signal Corps demonstration
erecting and operating a field COM
munications line.
Is. Tanks and Tank destroyers.
16. Engineers construction pontoon
bridge and obstacles.
II. Anti-aircraft demonstration.
IS. Army Chaplains.
19. Realistic Battle Action.
90. Fireworks display.
81. The National Anthem.
Gintrittsfnrten folten 55 Gents.
&elarpierte Elite lino fir $1.tO unb
2ogen fir 1920 5u baben.
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Snoem Sic &inoer 5urid CUR IShule
geban, Sic Gage fiir5er meroen uno
oas 5amilienleben iid in oie 3im-
mer begibt, lit es an ser 3eit fir Oie
Sei.nmaderin, iid nod ibrer 8eleud)-
tung i'm 9auie umauieben unb oieie
81, perbeiiern.
Tenn 0ielen fommenben Winter
tperren mir mebr 3eit berbringen
I'M Sen Sellerbcrb berunt, Die Ser
teioisuneslitera ituoieren, Striden
Naben l,nO ausrrben bon langen
Stuuoen &riegsarbeit, Spiele ipielen
uno ssreunOe al,fiuben.
Gerieben sic Sbre 2ampen in if
rem @obn5immern geniigeno nit
idimmerloiem 2id)t, oas einen anrest
su @ben0arbeiten.
llnterillben Sic Sbre 2ampen i'm
3ilnmer unb erieten lie bie 8irnen,
6ie nur 2ihtperidtpenoer itno, ent-
lpeoer neil aus farbigcm @las &C.
madt ooer alt uno idtpar5 iinb. gr-
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-09-17
Hippccrci,,e Gteatcr
rToutligbt Serenabe" beginnt am
Samstaa, sen 19. September.

Ser neite nitfifaliihe 90. Century
Sor Slim vssootlisbt Serenaoe" lit
ob Samstag, Sen 10. lSlcptember, i'm
Sippoorome Sbeater nit gettp 8ra-
Ole. Sobn Eapne uno Gictor Wature
in sen Sitelroaen 5u ieben. @enn tie
Wfiliif lieben llno einmal gut laden
mollen Damn perpaiien Tie niht bieien
Slim 81 ieban. SEQ Hobin unb &alpb
Hainiger .baben Sic M,iif fir oieIes
9ilo geicbrieben uno sic 2ieoer linO:
rs bearo tbe 8iroies Iins", rSS'm
it'll graep about pou", vMre pou fioos
ing me9" uno vSIl be Marbing to
a 2ppe Song. llnterltiist iperOen
oieie Shallipieler bon Hcbert ellis,
SeIen 2ogan ,lno 2pnn Starling.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-09-17
Stiftmnesicit ~es Sramen pereines Scr
st. Jotanncs>Kirdte, 81 epelanc, Okic
3uansis sanienb saler in 3iuansis Sabren.

einem tiihtigen &omitee. Ser rnter-
baltlicbe Seil Itano unter Ser 9eitune
bon Haitor Soiiel nnb ipuroe burb
mebrere prGhtig porgetragene 2ieber
oes &rhen6ores nnO einige treffen-
oe @niprahen peridonert.
gruberbuno, Sountaesihule uno
Sunior @uilo ser ct. Sobannes-
Stride bra6ten Dem peroianltpollen
iShtpeiteroerein ibre 8liidipiinlfe
bar uno iiberrei6ten in oanfbarer
slnerfennung allb ibre 8eblrtstag-
@eibenfe, lpofiir bie Hrdiioentin
6rau &atbarine nngar ber5lih oanfte
0as Hrogramm mar nitbt lang
aber umio inniger uno iinnrei6er.
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9enti9e 3entralt
Mnf gum Sahrmtarft.

sfon gebt Ser iCtone Somner
5ur Teise. Der oitn,als in Sie'em
2unoe/nof itonerc Serbit Itebt por
ser 9iire. Die buntelten SerbItbll,men
baben ibre Gel6e geoffnet nno balo
fangen sic gdlune on, ibre aelfe
gcoiinet ,mb balls fangen Sic galtme
an, ibre 0ldtter in alien Shattie-
ringen ali iirbe,L nn oen Wenlhen
sic nnenolihen @unoer ser 9satur
at 5eieen nno lie nohmals binaltssls
Ioden in Selo uno gSnlo lmo ibre
bunte Serrltbfeit. 8ir 2anSsleute
in Glcpelano fonnen nns eladlih
ihdten, einen Tlas aan5 in Ser gtabe
ser Staot sur Gerfiigung su baben,
no mir alle oieie 8unoer genieBen
fonnen, nod basu i'm &reiie bon
SreunSen nno lieben 8efannten Mit
bie'en Elnt lit sic Sarm ser Sert-
iden 3entrale gemeint, ipelfe an
Dorf Hoao in Barma selesen lit. Gie
Seripcltnng Ser 3entrale ,uill nun
allen 2anbsle,,ten @elesenbeit aeben,
rohn1als ale bieie Sdonbeiten einsu=
nebmen, ebe ser falte @intcr mieoer
feinen Gir5ug bdlt. @ie aaidbrlif,
lit audi SieiesmaI tpieber elm Sabrs
marft auf Ser 5arm feitgeiebt uno
5tpar an brei Sonntagen, 49,, 20.
uno q. September. sln ane 2eIer er-
gebt biermit Sic Ginlaoung, Sen Sabr-
marft alf Ser 3entrale sSarnl GIT be-
itcben, iit babel 5ll freuen init
2anosleuten rno Sreunoen ,mo in
Dem gltnten 9fummel oes Sabrmarf-
tes in grinnerurgen nn dbnlihe ge-
gebenbeiteu in Ger alten Seinat 5u
idtpelgen ulro 5ugleict, Die .Soreen
Ses Iatags auf eirige Stunoen 81,
bereeiieu. @ir mohten ealcb ale nod)-
mails auf ser Sarm .piebsriebsn, liebe
2anosleute. Gintritt miro an oieien
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Britett eGmtpfeit e.,.f
111aHaeasfar erfolereiA

Qonoon. 8ritilde Solomon, Die
Itdnoig mebr ins Snnere Maoagas-
fars einoringen, iino Bis auf 100
Weilen an sic &auptltaot betan porI
aeorungen uno bier miro aber nit
'gr0berem @iberltano ponleiten Der
1ran3oien gerehnet.
Der 9lngriff aur 8eietung Der gam
aen Sniel Maoagastar tpar Die 6olse
Ser Nermltune, oaB bie Sapaner el-
men ltnterieebootS Sdlupflpinfel bat
ten uno no aus iie i'm inoiihen S5ean
aroBen sdaoen anrihten fonnten.
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Rein KmttitNMt,eer
fi,ekr fiir 0Grteft

.@aibinetou. Sas ariess Groouf-
tipnsamt bat Sen Bebraud) bon DE
mii6en Stidltoffbiinger fir Haien,
glumengGrten uno 8oliplGse nit io-
fortiger 0irfung perboten.
Ser Stifltoff miro fir Die notige
9cbensmittelproouftion gebraudt uno
runo so Gro5ent miro oaourh fir
sic 2anoapirtibaft benotigt.
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Han>itrcitt eeeett
Gcbr,.f criclorcih

2onoon. 0ie Momiralitdt CAB be-
fannt, oaB Ser &on,anboangriff duf
Eobruf nnterltiibt bon ser Slotte als
erfolgreicb angeieben iperoen fam.
Gem 5einb apuroe erbeblider edo
Sen sllgeiiigt uno es tpuroe feitgeiteat
oaB Sobrllf iftuer bespaffnet lit. Sn-
folge6eKen mar aud nit 8erliliten
bon unlerer Seite aus 3u re1nen.
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gagen nidt erboben mno audi 6as
Tonaen lit frei. aomn,t arm Sabr.
marft, ser einsige in iinierer @egeno
alif Ser ein5ig ih0nen Garm ser
Geutiden 3entrale. Sin beralihes
Winfonmen lit eih getpiB, uno nit
aurem aonneu beIft ibr Sic Tarm
lit inns aue erbalten.
sluf @ieoerieben! Der SentraI,.
lhreiber @illi Sung.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrncetceH.

They are no good. Do you know what
do with them when they fly down into
my yard and try to mix with my pigeons?
I wiring their necks and throw them
into the garbage can"
That" we said, mo doubt would get
rid of them, all right. But we don't want
to kill them. There Is too much killing
going on in the world now. All we want
to do is get them to stay away"
Better shoot 'em," said he. Its the
best way"
Out in the yard the bunny threw up
his heels and shot across the lawn.
Nobody was shooting at him, nor were
any dogs after him.
He was just having a good time in
the hour before dark
This Is the hour the wild rabbits love.
Often in the twilight they will play hide
and seek around the brush piles. Gisten
to Deep in the Heart Of Texas" for q
reminder of this scene)
The squirrel was burying a nut The
doves were still plowing through the
grass, seekAg heaven knows what.
Just then a pair of those accursed
pigeons came across the grass.
Fortunately for them, they didn't know
that the man thought them accursed
and fit to have their necks wrung.
No, they were enjoying the spring
weather, too.
The female was coy young thing, all
in tan and white. A streamlined pigeon,
quite in the style.
The male was dark blue. He was
putting out his chest, and trying to show
the lady what magnificent fellow he
was.
First he bowed his head solemnly to
the ground
Then he twirled around and around.
All these motions were going on, of
course, while the two Of them were walk
ing along the grass.
Suddenly they arose in the air, and
flew to a nearby roof top.
The female started along the ridge
pole, but this did not get rid of him.
He followed right along, bowing and
turning as he came.
She few lightly to the rim Of the
chimney.
He took the other rim, and there he
bowed once, twice and three times
Then he started to turn, around and
around.
We thought he would fall in, but no
such thing.
The last we saw OF them, they were
moving along the top Of another house
she in the lead. and he bowing and
twisting in that absurd way, presenting
the latest silhouette of spring.
Evening star., 1942-04-10

Truly rural was the best description
for the scene in the back yard few
evenings after the big snow.
A rabbit, pair of doves and squirrel
were on the lawn a few feet from each
other.
They were having fine time In the
fresh grass, soft and luxurious after all
the snow water which had been melted
there.
Wkat a nuisance that unexpected
storm had been, and yet how good for
the growing things Of the earth!
Somehow we always have thought that
water from melted snow Is Just a bit
better water than rain.
Certainly the back yard presented a
fine scene and a good green at this time.
Most of the shrubs and evergreens had
Strengthened up. For a time 1t looked
as If they wouldn't) Here and there
too-long evergreens were slanted at a
precarious angle. Probably the best thing
to do is to cut them of. But how many
persons will do it?
rel and the two doves fitted nicely.
The bunny was eating grass.
He was a good specimen, about a
foot and half long, with fine brown
tones, mixed with some grays, and an
engaging cotton tail
He seemed utterly unafraid as he nib
[id a ATTAIN
ton to the squirrel or to the doves. The
latter barged along in the peculiar Gid
ing way they have.
Surely no birds flt better into the
home scene than these.
We always have had q particular
fondness for them on the ground.
Somehow they seem to belong to the
earth in a way which few other birds do.
This, no doubt. is due to the fact that
they belong to the pigeon family.
Pigeons are birds of earth, although
they are magnificent flyers, too. We
were talking the other day to a pigeon
fancier one of these odd fellows who
keeps and flies them. every other per-
sons hobby is "odd~.
He said, II was going to write you the
other day. after your pigeon piece came
out You wanted to know how to get
rid of these stray pigeons that insist on
coming to your bird breeding stations"
yes" we said, eagerly. How do you
do It? The only thing we know is to put
the feeding station on a stake amid
shrubbery. Then the pigeons will not
come. They feel as II they are trapped,
in the shrubs and evergreens"
"Oh, it's easy" said he. you ought
to shoot them.
You see. these wild pigeons are ut
terly worthless. Nobody wants them.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Farm Problem

A large boys school In rural Mary
land is now conducting q farm
course. so that, come summer, the
boys may take jobs on farms and
thus do something useful to win the
war. This plan is very far-sighted
on the part Of the school authorities,
because 1t goes directly against the
popular but erroneous notion that
no instruction Is needed for farm
work. Every one knows that factory
workers are made, not born, and that
1t takes time to learn to use precision
tools; but the idea prevails that any
one can 60 out on farm, pick up a
pitchfork and make good by sheer
muscle alone, giving the mind rest.
1t is indeed true that muscle and
stamina are needed in agriculture,
but they are not enough. To 60
places in that industry, the mind
must be conditioned, too, and that
requires time. The neophyte, for
instance, can never understand why
he is supposed to rise in the pitch
dark and grope his way to the barn.
He feels, not unreasonably, that the
barn will still be there an hour later,
and be lot more visible. The school
ought to hire a professor Of logic to
handle this one. Then, too, be it
noted, no real sure-enough farmer is
ever satisfied with the weather, and
he is voluble, If not profane, on the
subject. II the budding agricultur-
lists are to make good and fit properly
into the picture, they should have at
least elementary classroom lectures
on the proper technique Of weather
grumbling.
Evening star., 1942-04-10

wright, and he, in the tradition Of
the service to which he belongs, will
keep the faith to the last tolerable
moment.
The question for the people Of the
United States now increasingly be-
comes the problem of how best and
most promptly to justify the sacri-
fees Of all who have fought and
died for liberty since the start of the
prevailing strife. It is convenient,
Of course, to think Of the surrender
OF Bataar1 as merely "a temporary
losS," but 1t would be folly to suppose
that even so little as single square
inch Of territory taken by the Axis
can be retrieved without making
victory the business, the solemn duty,
the sacred obligation of every
American.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Tells Of Women Paper Hangers
In Homes Of Pennsylvania.
TO the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Your articles about women paper
hangers intrigued me. I am glad to
know Burlington, VT, has her bonny
paper-hanging lassies. But Pennsylvania
can hold her own, too.
We had woman paper hanger for
years where lived in a bustling town
at Port Allegany. She not only brought
her heavy ladders, paste pals and all
the accoutrements that went with her
profession, but she brought her LADY
assistants" as she termed them, with
her. 1t was like spring tonic to see
them invade q home! Dressed IN their
freshly starched aprons they would come
in and take complete possession Of q
whole house. To watch them WELD
large and sticky paste brushes, making
the rooms fresh and clean with gay new
wallpaper, was a pleasure, but to listen
to their female gossip, accompanied by
the rhythmic motions of their strong
arms, was very special privilege! Many
q time when I was q little girl I have
hidden behind q door and listened to
their chatter.
There was one thing that always sur
prised and amazed me. When my big
6-foot daddy would come In the room
while they were working with their
tongues as well as their brushes, the
ring leader very easilyscould change or
stop the gossipy clatter with just her
eyes and all would be quiet except the
thud and thump Of their soothing hands
on the fresh new wallpaper.
More power to those dear hard-work-
ing souls whom I gratefully remember.
BEULAH LAYMAN GREENE.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
To Music

You are t1dter, you are food
When the heart Is q dark tDood
FtH OF famine and Of fear
With no lope-stream running clear.
You are fire, yet you are peace.
Fetters taH and bars release
Mute prisoners to see the sky
OF your bright reality.
You are friendship, loDe and kin;
robe to ,ordp the sick ,Dorld In.
Though kindness, faith and IoUs
Dere dead
I should not 90 uncontrolled.
As Hope, stoeet sister of>Despdtr,
You are as close to God as prayer.
Though stricken dumb, you pers
my potce.
Music. rejoice for me, yetotcei
IDA ELAINE JAMES.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Control Is Needed

The unchecked expansion of the
Federal force here, which finally has
reached the point where the Civil
Service Commission is having trouble
meeting the demands for additional
personnel, causes the average citizen
to wonder just when this mushroom
ing will end-if ever.
March figures to be released by
the commission in the next few days
probably will show employment in
the executive agencies approximate
ing 245,000 Add to that the hiring
thus far this month, and the total
is around the quarter million mark,
or nearly double the figure when
war employment began in May Of
1910. And no relief is in sight, un-
less it should be afforded by dimin-
ishing supply, and that is hardly
likely.
The Budget Bureau for several
weeks has been engaged in study
designed to show what personnel al
ready employed here could be shifted
to war functions, but there is no
certainty as to what this will amount
to, or, in fact, when the study will
have reached the point where 1t can
be productive of benefit.
Decentralization has taken away
q few thousand employees, but this
was not drop in thesbucket so far
as its effect on the whole situation
Is concerned.
Plainly, something more-much
more-s needed, and officials gener-
ally, with profit to all concerned,
might give thought to this matter.
In some quarters there is a feeling
that more rigorous controls should
be applied, and that the Budget Bu-
reau or Civil Service Commission
could be authorized to pass on all
requests for increased personnel,
particularly where large numbers are
involved, and decide if they are JUS
tif1ed. There Is no reason why pro-
cedure Of that sort should cause
undue delay in bringing needed per-
sonnel into an agency, and the fact
that 1t would infringe on the hiring
prerogative of affected establish
ments is no argument against 1t. If
the tremendous additions being made
over the Government are justified,
that is susceptible of proof. 1t not,
they must be curbed