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Evening star., 1942-06-21

pOlC PONNA'
Since the lathe is practically
weatherproof, it can be set up in
your yard Often. you will find a
tree and fence post so located that
YOU can use them for supports. II
these are more than 3 inches in
diameter, nail blocks 3 inches wide
to their inner faces and then nail the
bed rails to the blocks. If you can
not find natural supports, set two
poles in the ground, packing them
solidly with stones. Cut notches in
these poles at the proper height so
your bed rails will be 8 inches
apart. Fig. l gives a general view
of the lathe set up outdoors. For
indoor use, set up supports that run
from floor to ceiling. Your base
ment or attic is an excellent place
to locate the lathe for year-round
use.
Cut the bed rails (A) from 2x4
timber from to feet long. Any
of the dimensions of this lathe can
be changed to suit your space and
materials. but keep dimensions in
proportion. Fasten the bed rails
parallel to the ground and at the
height of your waist The rails must
be parallel to each other and 8
inches apart.
Fig. 2 shows how the two center
heads (B) are made from 2x6 lum-
ber "a inches long. Make all your
saw cuts square and accurate so
the centerheads will fit the rails
without wobbling. Mark diagonals
on the 6-inch square part to locate
the center and bore a /. .-inch hole
through each center To cut the
locking slots. bore Ss-inch hole at
each end of the part marked for
the slot and chisel or whittle out the
waste between holes.
Make two lock wedges Co from
straight grained wood l2-inch thick,
as shown in Fig. 3. Wedges should
be snug but work easily in slots.
The centers are 3s-inch lag screws.
Buy one 3 inches and one inches
long. Carefully file the point of
each to smooth cone shape.
Run the 3-inch screw into the hole
in the left-hand centerhead until
the head of lag jams against the
wood. This is the fixed center and
never requires adjustment. Run the
6-inch screw through the right
hand centerhead until it sticks out
Evening star., 1942-06-21

r lOl lOd dfClluC
NE. This is an
elementary and
secondary school
for children who
c a n OF b e
taught in pub
lie schools be-
cause of deaf
ness. On the
s a m e campus
is Gallaudet, the
only college for
deaf in t h e
world.
The students
of these schools
are either deaf
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Bright as the Sun
Prize Contribution

Prize Contribution
By MAGGIE HILL, II,
Giddings School.
Our flag must wave,
1t can't come down;
Well fight the battle
For success crown.
Our flag has been waving
For many year;
Well keep it waving
Without any fear.
Let's keep on fighting
Until the battles wor1--
Let the red. white and blue wave
As bright as the sunl
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Riddles

l. What key of music would make
good Army officer?-Harold Man
ming.
2. He's not an artist. but he draws
every day. What is he?-Geraldine
Lindbloom.
8. What kind of tables do we eat?
Wanda Waring.
4. Why does a coat get larger
when you take it out Of a suitcase7
George Reynolds.
Evening star., 1942-06-21

liver messages
for wardens and
to make them
selves useful in
any other ways
they can during
blackouts.
One of these
boys is Lester
Carr, Is, of $40
@ u cy street
NV, a student
at Mcfarland
j u n / or High
School. When
ever there is a
blackout he is on
Evening star., 1942-06-21

secret service, i
learned, is one of
the oldest law
en- cement
agencies of the
Cove IN m e n t ,
having been es-
tablished in 1864.
Its chief duties
are to protect
{ h e President
and his family,
the White House
and its grounds
and the Presi-
dent-elect;; to
- - ~
S u p pr eSS the
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No Farewell

The green second lieutenant was
drilling his platoon. Closer and
closer the men marched toward the
edge of a cliff, while the lieutenant
seemed tongue tied.
Finally, a captain shouted dis
gustedly. Say something you idiot
even II it's Just good-by!"
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Loneliness

Prize Contribution
BY MAXINE GOLDSTEIN, Is,
Roosevelt High School.
I stood ON a lonely hill,
High. and dark, and bare.
And / called to my friend below me,
But only the wind was there.
The mist pressed softly about me,
But one spot it did not embrace
I sought vainly in my lonely heart
For some friendship to fill that
space.
The haze slowly parted;
Eagerly started
I called. but called vainly,
For only the wind was there.
Riddle AnSwers
LA sharp major. 2. A horse.
5. vegetables. 4. Because you'll ind
1t in creases dncreases)..
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Prize Contribution
By BARBARA HAUTER, Is,
Woodrow Wilson High Schoo

WUUuIUW
I spent one of my most interest
ing and enlightening days recently
when I visited the Kendall School
for the Deaf, Seventh street and
Evening star., 1942-06-21
BY AMY LYON SCHAEFEER.

Every one knows how much care human baby needs But dd
like fire
drought
baby brother who always
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Homemade Lathe Is Useful
In Making Many Articles

needs boys and girls who do things with tools pcu
yourself
preliminary training will excellent you'll be taking
theren consumption this lathe is by spring
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Boy Learns How
Secret Service
Aqerts Work
Assistant to Chief
Describes Capture
Of Counterfeiters
Prize Contribution
By ABRAHAM AUERBACH, IA,
Anacostia Junior High School

Anacostla Junior Hlah School.
Recently l went to the Offices of
the United States Secret Service to
interview r S. Sanderson, one of
the assistants to the chief. The
Evening star., 1942-06-21

,oiH send Frank Webb drawings fcoored
you like plain he H make suggestions
prouenents Address him Of The Junior Star nclong
a self-addressed stamped (3-centJ enueope
Evening star., 1942-06-21
BoyFinds Outlet
For Patriotism
AS Messenger
Macfarland Student Is
Aide to Wardens
During Blackouts
Prize Contribution
By ELIZABETH FITZPATRICK, Is,
Roosevelt High School.

Many patriotic boys. too young to
enlist in our fighting forces, have
volunteered their services as AFRAID
messengers. Their duties are to de-
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Protest Meeting Called
Over Closing Of School

Parents Of Jackson School chill
dren will meet at pm. tomorrow in
the home of Mrs. Lawrence M. c.
Smith, 1890 Reservoir road NV,
to formulate a protest against the
closing of the school.
In a letter to residents of the
area, Mrs. Smith said low enrolment
at Jackson School last year was
given by school authorities as the
reason for closing the school.
Asserting that taxpayers ''have
the right to be heard on matter SO
vitality affecting them," Mrs. Smith
requested all parents to ascertain
from new families in the area the
number Of children they had ex-
pected to send to Jackson School
and to what grades. The closing
was ordered by the Board of Educa-
tion without giving those affected
a chance to be heard, Mrs. Smith
said in her letter.
She said the protest meeting was
called "at the suggestion of some
of the many parents who, besides
myself, are furious at this change" !"
She urged parents not able to attend
tomorrow's meeting to telephone her
at Michigan 2508 and give her their
views.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
D. {. Boys Club 10 Open
Fall Program Sept. II

The Boys Club of Washington
will open its fall program of after
school recreation September 81.
Club activities this winter will be
geared to fit the needs of older
boys and girls for evening recrea-
ton. Special emphasis will be
placed on physical condition and
training in crafts to help make boys
physically fit and manually skill
ful, Charles M. Fyfe, managing di-
rector of the organization, said.
Club hours during the school sea-
son will be from pm. to $50
pm, Monday through Friday, and
from $3.50 am. to pm. on Satur-
day. A competent staff of trained
workers will instruct the boys.
Washington Boys Clubs are To-
Gated as follows: Central Branch,
230 c street NV; Georgetown
Branch, Twenty eighth and Penn
sylvania avenue NV, and East
ern Branch, Seventeenth and Mas
sachusetts avenue Sc. Membership
is open to boys between s and 18
years.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Meetings Slated
For Five Civic
Associations
Plans for 1942-43
Season VIII Be
Mapped by Units

Five citizens associations have
scheduled meetings this week.
Business at all the meetings will
be concerned mainly with making
plans for the coming civic year
The meetings will be the first after
the summer recess for all five of the
groups.
A calendar of meetings follows:
Monday.
Kenilworth 49, Kenilworth School
Kenilworth avenue and Ord place
NE, 5 pm.
Manor Park Whittier School
auditorium, Fifth and Sheridan
streets NV, 8 pm.
West End-2027 H street NV,
pm.
Tuesday.
Petworth - Petworth Branch Ii
brary, Georgia avenue and Upshur
street NV, 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Friendship-Janney School, Wis
consin avenue and Albemarle street
NV, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Healfh-WeIfare Meeting
Opens in Luray tuesday

The Regional Advisory Council.
composed of Federal agencies con-
cerned with health and welfare
services in the District, Virginia.
Maryland, West Virginia and North
Carolina, will meet at the Mimslyn
Hotel in Luray. Va, Tuesday and
Wednesday, G. r. Parker, chairman
OF the council announced yester-
day.
Among subjects to be discussed
are the program for care of chill
dren of working parents, procedure
for handling applications for COM
munity facilities under the Lam
ham Act, and methods of assisting
dependents of men IN the armed
forces.
Speakers will include Hugh POM
eroy, director of the Virginia State
Planning Board: Harry Greenstein,
regional evacuation officer of the
Office of Civilian Defense; Edward
A. Roberts, associate director of the
Division of Local Transport of the
ONCE OF Defense Transportation,
and Raymond Kenny. director Of
the West Virginia Department Of
Public Assistance.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Grocers Plan Bond Drive
On Molly Pitcher DAY.

Plans for the sale of War bonds
on Molly Pitcher Day" next Satur-
day, were announced yesterday fol-
lowing meeting of grocers spon-
sored by the Independent Food Dis
tributors of the District at the jew
ish Community Center.
1t was announced that 900 women
will don costumes similar to that of
the Revolutionary War heroine to
sell bonds in District grocery stores
on that day.
The campaign here is part of a
national move sponsored by the In
dependent Food Distributors Council.
A million women are participating
in the drive
Women who wish to participate
are urged to report to their neigh
borhood food dealer.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
all of the interned inmates sleeping
on narrow boards without mat
reSSeS

all of the interned inmates sleeping
on narrow boards without mat
resses.
THE That's are a gentle, kindly
people" he emphasized. "If I have
learned anything from my years of
educational missionary work in the
Far East it is that the rank and
file Of its people do appreciate mis-
sions. Neither have I the slightest
apprehension that the work is lost.
The nationals in all of the coun-
tries in which have served will do
their utmost to keep the spirit of
their schools and missions alive,
even If they must surrender the
physical property, as they have had
to do in so many instances. I am
just as sure of this as I am that the
United States is going to win this
war with the help of Great Britain
and the other allies"
Bombed in Singapore.
Meanwhile Mrs. Bonner and
Harold were under continuous
bombing in Singapore from Decem-
ber to 20. Then they were evacu-
ated with a suitcase apiece aboard
a Dutch freighter with a cargo of
rubber bound for Batavia.
Our mission officials almost had
to put me into a sack and carry me
aboard" Mrs. Bohner said, because
I was SO determined not to leave
without word as to my husbands s
fate"
Their ship later tied up at a dock
in Sumatra, and while Mrs. Bonner
was ashore in a vain effort to learn
news of her husband the boat was
destroyed by nine Jap bombings.
However, all on board were able to
make their way to safety.
Those Japs were such poor
marksmen and the Dutch captain
and his crew were so smart in max
ing a smoke screen with black
smoke from our own tunnels, they
would have saved the ship if one
bomb hadn't gone down one of the
tunnels and blown her up from the
inside" Harold recalled. He had
jumped to the dock and found
refuge in nearby hills.
Dutch Courtesy Lauded.
IT can never say enough for the
coolness, courage and generosity of
those Dutch citizens of Sumatra,"
Mrs. Bohner said.
They took us up into their town
hall, fed us, gave us comfortable
places to sleep and provided all
sorts of travelling bags, filled with
toilet articles, clothes and all the
necessities of life. Then, though
many of us had lost our passports
and even our tickets, they sent up
by Red Cross bus across the jungles
of Sumatra to the Sundra Straits,
Evening star., 1942-09-13
U. S. Urged to Tell Orient
imperialism Is Over

This country must assure the peo-
Piles of Asia that "the day of i'm
perialism is over" DR.. William c.
Johnstone, professor of political
science at George Washington Uni
versity, says in an article in the new
issue of "Confldential-From Wash
ington," publication of the univer-
sity's Victory Council
DR.. Johnstone says that real unity
among the United Nations can be
achieved only if we assure the coun-
tries of the Orient that henceforth
the one objective that shall govern
our actions in Asia will be that of
the advancement of our mutual po-
litical, social and economic welfare" "
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Big Postwar Market
For Housing Forecast

The country will be able to absorb
anywhere from 100000 to 1,200 900
new dwellings year for decade
after the war, it was forecast in a
report made public yesterday by the
National Resources Planning Board.
In addition, there will be a very
large volume of repair during the
same period, the report said.
The forecast was made in a
pamphlet, "The Role of the House
building Industry" which was pre-
pared under direction of Miles l..
Colean, former assistant Federal
Housing director.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
SibIey Hospital Guild
To Hold Annual Meeting

The Woman's Guild of Sibley
Memorial Hospital will hold its an
nual meeting at IL am. September
IT in Rust Hall, with members of
Union Church acting as hostesses.
Mrs. Samuel A. Mooers, president,
will preside; the Rev. S. K. Cockrell
of Union Church will lead the de-
votional exercises.
The speaker will be Miss Rhoda
Milliken, head of the Womens Bu-
reau of the Metropolitan Police
Department.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Missionary Family Reunited
After Far East Adventures
Tokomu Park Mother, Son Survive 40 Raids;
Father Returns on GripshoIm, Was Interned

America. The report was false, but
it served to cheer him.
Asked about his food and treat
ment while he was interned, Mr.
Bonner said it was mot as bad as IL
might have been"
"You see the Japs at this stage
OF the game were still trying to con-
vince the Thailanders that their
friendly dictatorship over them
might be an advantageous one, so on
the whole they were on their gooe
behavior.
What 1t Is difficult for Americans
to realize is the almost instatnane-
Gus change of face which the Japs
can and do exhibit. One moment
they are smiling, courteous, bowling
evidently so sorry to cause incon-
venience.' In the twinkling of an
eye, especially toward the poor
Chinese, there would be savage bru-
tality, too unspeakable to elaborate
upon"
The internes formed a committee
Of which Mr.. Bohner was a member
to make the best of their predica-
ment.
Sanitary Facilities Set Up.
Fortunately" Mr.. Bonner said
there were both physicians and en-
gineers among us who could advise
on how to drain our site, and set ur
as best We could by the combined
manual labor of all of us primitive
shower, sanitary facilities and COM
munity laundry arrangements, as
well as preventive methods against
mosquitoes and other pests. Regu-
lar setting-up exercises and school
hours for the children in the intern
ment camp were part of the morn
ing schedule
To prevent brooding, classes were
organized in almost anything that
any one was expert enough to teach.
Such subjects as history, navigation,
Malay, and even Cantonese. were
on the schedule. Mr.. BohnerS spe-
cialties were stenography and book
keeping.
The Americans taught the British
and the Dutch to play basket ball
and baseball, with the British girls
and women soon becoming the bas-
ket ball champions. The American
men held their own at baseball.
There wasn't a bed in the camp,
Evening star., 1942-09-13
where we were ferried across to

where we were ferried across to
Java"
At Java they learned of the. safety
of Mr.. Bohner and went through
another bombing.
This time, with his mother, safely
under one of the ships dining room
tables, Harold saw ''dogfght" di-
rectly overhead between Japanese
and American planes. Gee" he
said, "it was certainly swell seeing
our American planes shoot down
that Jap Zero. That was the best
Of all the bombings I have ever
SEEN"
From Java Mrs. Bonner and
Harold went to Australia, then came
to Washington by way of New
Zealand, Panama and New Orleans.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard r. Bonner
educational missionaries for the
General Conference OF Seventh Day
Adventists In the Far East, and
their 14-year-old son Harold are
reunited at their home at 604 Albe-
marie street, Takoma Park, Md
after having been separated in Axis
controlled countries.
During that time neither hus-
band nor wife had positive as
surance of the safety or whereabouts
Of each other. For more than six
months Mr.. Bonner was interned
in Thailand Meanwhile Mrs. Bohner
and her son survived some 40 bomb
ings during their efforts to reach
the United States after being forced
out Of Singapore by the japanese
invasion.
I'VE are humbly grateful to be
back In America again" Mr.. Bohner
said, "and We suspect we know how
those who have expected to die must
feel when they have been granted q
reprieve."
With their son the Bohners went
to the Far East five years ago. Mr..
Bonner was secretary treasurer fol-
their mission, with headquarters in
Singapore. There his wife, who be-
fore her marriage was Miss Margaret
Fleming OF Battle Greek, Mich, and
who Is graduate of the Emanuel
Missionary College, was not only a
homemaker but teacher of SANTA
tion and home economics in the
Seventh Day Adventist Co-Educa-
tional High School and Junior Col
lege.
Many Dialects Spoken.
In this school approximately 400
Indian students speaking as many
as 40 different dialects were taught
In English. In many instances their
background was being laid for minis
terial training.
Whenever an expert interpreter
was needed Harold, like Kipling's
Kim, was pressed into service. so
fluent had he become in speaking
Malay. He is also conversant in a
sort of pidgeon English, used bv
natives and foreigners for a limited
exchange of ideas.
During q supervisory trip to
Borneo Mr.. Bohner reached Thai
land almost simultaneously with the
Japanese invaders.
"As the grimmest Christmas pres
ent I have ever had" he said "I
found myself imprisoned with
groups OF fellow Americans, British
and Dutch, in a barbed-wire in
closed internment camp on the
grounds OF the Thai governments
University Of Political and Moral
Sciences, near the City of Bangkok
on December %, 1s4l."
There he remained until last June
~, when with other Americans he
was released and started on the long
homeward journey, which ended
with the arrival of the exchange
ship Gripsholm at New York.
Diary Burned by Japs.
A diary, which he had kept dur
ing his internment, was seized and
burned the day before he was re-
leased.
Nearly three months elapsed be-
fore he had any news OF the family
he had left behind in Singapore
Finally, through Swiss oficials, he
had this message, wife safe, en-
route to America" The lack of ref
erence to his son made Mr.. Bohner
fear that he had been killed In the
bombing Of Singapore. Later, he
took comfort in an unconfirmed re-
port which reached him from ref
ugees returning to Bangkok that all
the American missionaries and their
families had returned safely to
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Ben Hur News

Chief Charles C. Lewis presided
over Mckinley Court.
Meetings this week in Pythian
Temple are: Tuesday, Mckinley
Court; Friday, United Court. Con-
gressional Court will meet Wednes-
day at the home Of Elmer johnson
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Citizens Preparing for
Annual Budget Hearing
Sharp Reduction in Requests for
Community Improvements is Indicated
By GEORGE ID. BEvERIDGE.

District citizens associations VIII
requests for the 1914
21 at the District Budng out survey
indicated there will be decrease over past years. que 70 Wie
dtions,i in o improvements
association the most essential civic prob
dealt with added ceatonal acht ana
schoo mpro considered
meeting the Executive Board OF the Federa
that the budget De
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Business Groups
Five Meetings
Are Scheduled

Five businessmen's groups will
meet this week. The schedule fol-
lows:
Monday.
Cleveland Park-Monthly meet
ing, the Broadmoor, 1901 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, $50 pm.
Brookland-W Woodbridge - Monthly
meeting. 1904 Rhode Island avenue
NE, $3.50 pm.
District Hairdressers - Monthly
meeting, Mayflower Hotel, OILS pm.
Tuesday.
Northern Seventh Street-Month-
ly meeting Abbott Vocational School,
9 pm.
Central-Monthly meeting, Casino
Royal. Fifteenth and M streets
NV, 1915 pm.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Calendar Notes.

The Cleveland Park Business
Mems Association will have as guest
speaker w. w. Wheeler, assistant to
the vice president of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.,
who will speak on Lets Talk Less
and Shoot More" Also present will
be Chief Air Raid Warden william
j. Mileham, who will make sugges-
tions on what to do during an air
raid, and A. v. Holmes of the o. P.
A., who will discuss ceiling prices.
Evening star., 1942-09-13

A War bond Is a vote for victory.
Vote early and often at the nearest
post office; In this election ballot
box stuffing Is legal.
Evening star., 1942-09-13
Society to Elect

Officers will be elected at a meet
ing of the Eastern Shore Society
of Washington at the Chastleton
Hotel at pm. tomorrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-07
b. s. on Offensive,
But Enemy Is Strong
laps Definitely Slowed Down.
Things Hopeful in Europe
BY SANDOR :. KLEIN
United Press stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE end Of a year of finds
the United States march extensively last but still con-
by enemies power appear little
diminished
In the Pacific, fighting still largely defensive in basic
nature But the Japanese made little any progress since
they completed their conquest the Philippines Burma Malaga
and the Dutch East Indies And the United Nations have taken
the offensive certain degree the SoomOns and in New
Guinea.
In the Old World the picture is hopeful The swift
drive North Afrca demonstrates American determination
TO carry the 10 the enemy
But real decision, which will spell the destruction of
the military might Of the AXIS still 10 be had The still
10 be
Whether African campaign will prove to be the
second front for which Soviet Russia has been agtang
not yet be determined.
The Russians had pleaded for second opened
in Europe but President Roosevelt and his military advisers
decided that fuscae invasion Of the continent this year
not feasible It felt however that the African would
result diversion Of German strength from the Russian front
Months of planning by British American leaders went
than week after the trap sprung Algeria and Morocco
were American hands and Allied began into
Tun in squeeze play catch the of Gen Erwin
orcesrctrcat1n
But this is gobal Our forces fighting the
steamng ungles Of the South Pacific They battling the
sandy wastes Of North Africa the arctic wilderness OF The
Aleuans. They India China, Australia in Iceland
nalarlardden Middle Africa and the British Isles.
More than 100000 Of soldiers in the fighting lines
or guarding ouposs far-removed from home.
Our fighting and in the air in far.away places
gmy that they struggle in which quarter
is asked given.