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versity and myself on scholarship standards"
 I'd heard something about that, too. "Football?" I said.
 Yes. There seems to be a feel ing that the term tests should be tempered to the shorn intellects of several students, all of which hap pen, by a strange coincidence, to be star athletes"
 Juddy's eyes snapped. T suppose you mean Angel Todd"
 "Todd's name is on the delinquent list. He Is only one of a dozen"
 You'd like to funk Angel wouldn't you?"
 "Oh, no! It would save me a lot of trouble if he got through. But I'm afraid he is likely to funk him. self"
 Well, I think Angel is a lot more important to Welliver than than
 Than I am? You're not alone in that opinion"
 Well, than bunch of silly relics"
 Do you mean they're going to ease you out, Doc?" I asked.
 Not quite that, I think. But they might force leave of absence on me until the exams are safely over"
 And what are you going to do about that?" wanted to know.
 Carry over the tests to next fall" You could tell by the set of his chin that the president or any one else wouldn't get much change out of Loren Oliver if he thought he was right. Juddy saw 1t, too. It got her goat. She said, like 8 per- son talking to herself:
 T don't believe there's a more pigheaded, lopsided mind in the world than the collegiate intellec- tual. Oh, well! That kind can't help but be out of sympathy with the all-round athlete type. It's sub conscious jealousy, I suppose"
 That's it." Doc said. "A sad and suffocating sense of inferiority."
 fTo Re Con. .inued)
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jane ann had hurt him nom boun,er didn't want him hurt again.

girl like Juddy. It isn't natural"
 But she's getting over that, isn't she? Anyway, you must remember l that I never knew her" You know more about her than you let on. How'm I going to find out without asking?"
 You might ask her." he said.
 Well, I ought to have known I wouldn't get much out of that tightjaw.
 Juddy strolled in and gave the Doc cool nod.
 "Still digging, MT. Oliyer?"
 "Oh, yes.'
 Gust what is it you're after, Doc?" I asked him.
 "Wandos. An extinct tribe"
 "Is that all?" Juddy said, and he looked up at her.
 "Quite all," he said. i've been having some of my friends out for an airing. Would you care to see 1 them?"
 We followed him to the stockade. He unlocked the heavy gate to let us in. Inside there was a very small shack, also with strong lock to it. He didn't offer to let us in there, though Juddy looked hard at 1t. Rough tables around us were covered with Carved stones and pot tery and gadgets.
 Idols, these small ones," he said, | J,a yo<tIiru thny,, 1iLn many jewels. Aren't they beauti full work! The larger obloids arc Chung-ke casting stones. The old party whose burial urn stands over in that corner seems to have been a tribal champion at the game. I've got his bones in that box"
 Juddy huddled her shoulders. "Ooof! That's spooky."
 Hell never bother you" the Doc said with smile. See all the charms? They're his guarantee of peaceful rest. There are his bow and arrows, his hatchet and club, all laid aside. No more warpath for him. He probably stayed at home and won all the tribes Wampum, casting the stones. Look at the lot of shell gorgets. And these pots, with the animal designs. They're as fine as any of the Central New York | Algonkian workmanship"
 He opened a lockbox and brought out stiff and moldy old map and told her that one of her ancestor Mauries was probably on the origi- nal expedition that discovered the place, and he showed us copy of a passage from something he called the Shaftesbury Papers. It read like this:
 Our Indians calling out Ap-
 pala, they withdrew and lodged
 theire bows and, returning, ran
 to ye middle in mire and waiter to carry US a-shoare where they
 gave us ye stroaking compH-
 ments of ye country and brought
 deare skins, some raw, some
 drest, to trade"
 Ut must have been just above here in the shadows that they crossed" he said There was prob ably village" He stamped on the earth. Under us there may be a whole unexplored civilization. Mo- body else has touched this. It's pretty exciting"
 That's the kind of nut Doc is. Get all worked up over dead Injuns with a live gal in reach, and such a gal! Well, I'm all for guy that's sold on his own line. But Juddy - l caught her smile; kind of amused and patronizing; let-him-play-With- \ his-dolls stuff. She asked him:
 How long do you expect to be at it?"
 That turned him gloomy. T wish I knew" he said.
 What's the matter, Doc?" I asked. I'm not losing my star boarder, am I?"
 T hope not" he said, But there has been a difference of opinion between the president of the Uni
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A SOCIAL CALL
CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER VIII
 When Angel brought her back home, after the dance that Satur- day, they were still arguing 1t out on the doorstep, right under my window. Eavesdropping? Why not? I've got my sense of honor trained 50 l can tell it where to get of, in a good cause. The first thing heard her say was:
 Whether I want to go in or not, think I'd better" (That set me back 30 years or so: I could hear myself saying the same thing plenty of times-and maybe not quite often enough at thatD
 Nothing else came up for min ute, and then she said: Now know I'd better"
 He said, Come on, sWeetie What does being a prude get you? You miss a lot that Way.'
 T haven't missed much so far" she came back at him. Ever since I got out Of school I've been up against this sort of thing"
 You have?"
 You sound shocked. That would be funny. Don't you suppose I've known other men?"
 T guess I'm just boob" he said, and I could tell he was smiling that pink cherub smile at her.
 No" she said. You're all right, Angel. Good night"
 The door closed and I was plenty glad that Juddy was inside, and alone.
 Next morning she overslept and 1t gave me a chance at Loren Oliver up on him as soon as I'd set his breakfast.
 You knew Juddy's folks" I said. "Yes. Charming and rootless," he gaid.
 "Yos, but what sort were they2 What did they do?"
 Nothing and everything"
 Don't give me the runaround, Doc. I'm Juddy's friend"
 T know you are. Well, think the Judsons were perpetually haunted by the fear that they'd miss something unlexg they hurried as fast as pos sible to get somewhere else and do some4hing different"
 That's heck of an atmosphere to bring kid up in," said.
 Yes, understand she got a little sunburned by the glare of that life. " What happened? Something go sour on her?"
 They lost their money, you know"
 "All of it?" That was one of the things was leading up to. hoped he'd say no. He didn't say any thing.
 "Juddy'd never let that throw her. I said. There must have been something else"
 He buttered his pancake carefully before he answered, and it wasn't much of an answer at that. Why do you think there was anything?" "All this goodby-proud- world tripe," I told him. T never could see any percentage in that. Not for
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CR CRACKERS
DEFENSE DATA

Names, initials, figures flash by in a never ending parade of the doingS of U. 5. defense. Call put your mental reserves for an all-out offensive on these questions about defense
 1. What defense offices do Don aid Nelson, William Davis and Ed ward Stettinius hold?
 2. For what do the initials SPAB, OPM, OCD and OFF stand?
 3. What important posts are held by w. Averill Hartman and Laur- ence Steinhardt?
 5. What is the estimated U. s. military airplane output for 1941: ta) 10000 planes; (b) 36,000: Co 19,000; (O 7800?
 Answers on Back Page
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BroziI's Capital Noted .
 For Beauty, Fine Horbor

For Beauty, Fine Horbor 0NE of the most beautiful na- V tional capitals in the world is Rio de Janeiro, largest city of Brazil.
 The stamp above, issued by Brazil in 1897 to honor the sec- ond South American Radio Con- ference held that year, shows a general view of the city.
 Boats arriving in Rio dock practically at the front door, at the Avenida Rio Branco, often called Rios Fifth Avenue. Trav- elers debark from the gangplank to the broad thoroughfare.
 Now that war has come to the Americas the harbor at Rio will be the headquarters for the Brazilian fleet, recently augmented by a $60,000,000 war order.
 Rio boasts fine parks and squares. Institutions of education and research include the national library, the botanical garden, the historical and geographical insti- tute, the observatory. and the University of Rio de Janeiro, opened in 1920.
 On the Avenida Presidente Wil- son stands huge bronze figure, representing Amicitia. Friend ship"
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. SERIAL STORY
THE STORY: Mom Baumer sets

THE STORY: Mom Baumer sets up "Feederia' lunch wagon at run down Tambay Plantation : owned by Jane Ann Judson, last of aristocratic Mauries and sour ed on the world. Other characters are Loren Oliver, Welliver U. prof digging for Indian relics; Dolf, Mom's pet skunk: Old Swoby, Slovene refugee Doe" Oliver is harboring; football star Angel Todd, who is making strong play for Juddy, dislikes Doc" whose course he is flunking. Mom and Juddy consult lawyer Maurie Sears about building tourist camp at Tambay. He tells them Sheriff Hollister M0wry, distant left handed" cousin of the Mauries, believes in Tambay gold legend. Mom wonders if Juddy is falling for Angel, observes Sears Is also interested in her.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Roosevelt Signs Measure
CLARIFYING Service PAY

President Roosevelt today signed a
bill to clarity the method of COM
putting pay of officers in the various
branches of the armed services, un-
der the new Pay Act Of 1912.
To offset a decision Of the con-
troller generals Office, the bill allows
all periods during which officers of
any Of the military branches may
have served as Reserve or National
Guard officers, to be counted in COM
putting length of service for pay pur-
poses.
The bill also provides that officers
in the Regular Establishment may
count, for pay purposes, any time
they may have served previously in
the Reserve or National Guard Un-
der the old law Regular officers ap-
pointed since June, 1922. might
count for pay purposes only active
commissioned service.
Inc Dill also aO0S a new SectlOn
to the Pay Act of 1912 to allow time
spent as an enlisted man or warrant
officer to be counted for pay pur-
poses if the individual becomes a
commissioned officer. The Senate
committee that drafted the bill took
the view that during wartime men
in the service who are elevated to
commissions should be given credit
for service in the ranks, for pay
purposes.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
; Pct. Transit Tax on Scrap
To Be Passed 10 Consumer

By the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Administra-
ton today authorized sellers of
iron and steel scrap to pass on to
consumers the per cent transport
alton tax which became effective
December under the 1912 Revenue
Act
OPA said that if sellers of iron and
steel scrap were required to absorb
the tax, the resultant reduction in
their margins at the shipping point
would tend to impede the flow
of scrap into industrial production
In another order today, OPA es-
tablished maximum prices for tota-
quina, a newly developed product of
cinchona bark which will be used
in fighting malaria in this country
thus freeing supplies of quinine for
the armed forces.
Retail prices for the new product
will be about half the cost OF
quinine, but OPA pointed out that
larger doses are required.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Brief Delay Might Have Spoiled
African Invasion, Officer Says

1t. Brooks said the shore was SO
we'll fortified that in another two
weeks the outcome of the battle
might have been different. He dis
closed that Marshal Rommel had
been in Casablanca only two days
before the arrival of the transports
I'VE had all our troops and equip
ment ashore when we were torpe-
doed twice and sank rapidly" he
said. Il got off with only my under
wear in Fedala Bay. near Casa
blanca. We were rescued and placed
in Catholic church.
Moved to Stable.
When it got too crowded we had
to stay in stable Casablanca it
self was nothing but holes in the
ground, and in the bay at least 80
enemy ships had been sunk.
Our soldiers, sailors and marines
put up battle that was the greatest
l ever hope to see. There was not
a yellow man in any outfit, and they
kept plunging ahead After we were
torpedoed and burning there was no
panic. Messerschmidtts strafed us
all day and night. I don't know
where they came from. But, brother
l know where they went. Our forces
shot them down"
1t. Brooks has been an engineering
offlcer in the merchant marine for
% years.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Inquest
Continued From First Pape.)

method used was the application OF
match, the chemist gave this de-
scription OF some of the material.
treated:
l. Blue fabric, taken from the
Melody Lounge (where the fire
started from part of the room
over imitation palms: 1T burst into
fame almost instantly"
O. Fibrous material wrapped
around imitation palms: Violent
flames instantly like a dried Christ
mas tree
g. Material from leaves of palm
trees: The brown-colored leaves
burned, but not so rapidly as the
previous two materials 1t is diff
cult to say whether it is because
of any chemical treatment they may
have received or because of the
density of the material"
4. Netting from the moulding on
the stairway leading from the Mel
ody Lounge: TT did not burn so
quickly. There is a possibility this
netting may have been treated"
Leather Gave Off Gas.
He said that it was found that
samples of imitation leather taken
from the premises and tested were
covered with a coating of notro celu-
lose. when this coating burned
very irritating acrid fumes were
given off which we believe to be
oxides of nitrogen"
Earlier testimony about the gas
from the imitation leather was con-
tanned in a report from a State
chemist to Attorney General Robert
T. Bushnell, who is conducting a
separate inquiry behind closed doors.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Z D. c. Marine Officers
Advanced in Rank

Maj. Edward r. Hagenah, Marine
Reserve officer. aide to 1t. Gen.
Thomas Holcomb, commandant of
the Marine Corps, and Capt. John
H. Dillon, also of the Reserves. on
duty in the Office of the Secretary
of the Navy, both received tempo
rary promotions today.
Maj. Hagenah was made lieu
tenant colonel and Capt. Dillon was
advanced to major.
Maj. Hagenah. who lives at 1861
Crescent place NV, first enlisted in
the Marine Corps in 1924. He ac-
companied members of the Con-
gressional Subcommittee on Naval
Appropriations on a tour of inspec-
ton in the fall of 1887 that extended
from Chicago to Honolulu. Ap-
pointed captain in June, 1888, he
accompanied another subcommittee
on tour of West Coast naval es-
tablishments
Maj. Dillon has served in the Ma
rine Corps since his first enlistment
in 1929. His home is in Alexan-
dria, Va.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Fuel Oil
Continued From First Page.)

least rs per cent of last years fuel
oil consumption figure could be
maintained this year for domestic
users.
He said however, this was contin-
gent on lower gasoline consumption
as we'll as greater conversion of fuel
oil heating plants.
Mr.. Davies said entirely too
much" gasoline was being used nom
essentially.
Situation Improved.
The automobile is not restricted
entirely to essential purposes to-
day he said Much more than
essential gas is being used"
Mr.. Davies told the New England
group that the fuel oil situation in
that section had improved mate
rally within the last two weeks, the
inventory now being 80 per cent Of
supplies there year ago as COM
pared to rs per cent two weeks ago.
I'm comparison with other sec
tions, New England has very much
the best position" he said. I'm no
other area is the inventory as good
or nearly as good. In some areas it
is only one-half.
Mr.. Davies said while the Petro-
leum once hoped to supply IS per
cent of the normal heating oil
demand this year, This figure is
only an estimate of what we hope
to do. 1t carries no guarantee. We
can't guarantee anything"
Dependent or Army Needs.
Mr.. Davies said maintenance of
the IS per cent fuel oil goal was
dependent on two contingencies
gasoline consumption and the 'un-
certainty Of military demands
He said military demands had
never been less than anticipated but
even with the great military re-
quirements Of the past few weeks
there had been nothing yet to in
dicate abandonment of the IS per
cent figure.
Representative Rogers, Repub-
lican, of Massachusetts, asked Mr.,
Davies If estimates Of military re-
quirements took into consideration
"a second front
The deputy administrator replied
he had no details"
Opening the hearing. Senator
Brewster, Republican, of Maine,
chairman of the New England group,
read statement saving there was
no reason to believe the oil tanker
situation. which caused the shortage,
would improve in the first six
months of l943.
He added. however. that the coal
situation was encouraging, explain
ing New England had received 2,OOO.-
600 tons more of bituminous coal
this year than was received in 194l
and that 1943 shipments would be
increased by to million over 1871.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Ii. F. D. Roosevelt, Jr.,
Reported in Hospital
Ey fhs Assoc iat ed Press

BY the Assoc iated Press s.4s
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4-The
Evening. Bulletin says 1t. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, jr., back from action
aboard a destroyer in the North
African campaign, is in the naval
hospital here.
The newspaper quotes a medical
officer as saying the 28-year -old
gunnery officer is suffering from
mild attack of acute catarrhal
fever, but that his condition is "ex-
cellent" and that he likely will leave
the hospital within three or four
days.
A public relations officer for the
4th naval district declined to con-
flrm or deny the story.
The Bulletin says the Presidents S
son entered the hospital yester-
day and that his wife, the former
Ethel Dupont, came here to be near
him.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Postwar Continuance
OF United Nations
Asked by Stassen
Minnesota Governor Suys
Allies Should Act as
Governing Unit
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Post-
continuance of the United Nations
to act as world governmental unit
was urged today by Gov Harold
E. Stassen of Minnesota in a speech
in Town Hall.
Gov. Stassen advanced a seven
point program for worldwide ad-
ministration after the war:
l. Temporary governmental con-
troll over each Axis nation, includ-
ing entire disarmament, punishment
of their criminal leadership, but no
"inhuman" vengeance against en-
tire populations.
2. Establishment of an airways
commission having international ad-
ministration of air fields, radio
beams, weather reports and airways
traffic codes.
3. Control of the "Gateways of
the Seven Seas"
4. Plans to increase the literacy Of
all the worlds people.
H. Vi a OllllCu IVA
tions court to administer an inter-
national code Of justice.
6. Establishment of trade COM
mission. In this connection, Gov.
Stassen said that Gov. Lehman
could we'll be the forerunner." (Her-
bert H. Lehman Is the newly ap-
pointed American relief and re-
habilitation director for nations lib
Grated from the AxisD
7. Establishment of an interna-
tional legion which would serve as a
police force to enforce the United
Nations postwar program.
Gov. Stassen suggested that the
seat Of the international govern
ment be in some such place as
Panama. which would be acceptable
to all countries"
On the postwar home front, the
Minnesota Governor called for pub
lie works and improvements with
cut resort to make work projects of
the demoralizing thumb-twiddling
or leaf-raking variety"
The alternative" Gov. StaSsen
said Of his international program
"is recurring wars Of increasing
tragedy and horror"
Evening star., 1942-12-04
BY the Associated Press,

by tne Associated Press.
ORLANDO, Fla, Dec. If the
invasion forces of the United States
had waited two weeks longer, to
make their North African attack in
November, they never would have
met with the success they did, 1t
Joseph F. Brooks of Orlando said
today on his return here from
Casablanca.
1t. Brooks was an engineering Of
ficer aboard the Hugh L. Scott, a
Navy troop transport, which was
torpedoed November 12
The Hugh L. Scott, formerly
the President Pierce of the Dollar
Steamship Lines arrived along with
other transports at Fedala Bay,
near Casablanca, French Morocco,
4 o'clock Sunday morning, November
8" he said.
Heavy Gunfire Encountered.
I'VE were Immediately met with
heavy gunfire from shore batteries
and pill boxes, and we started re-
turning the fire from our heavily
armed transports.
1T took our battleship 36 hours to
put the French battleship Jean Bart
out OF action. The French ship,
although the machinery was out of
her, threw everything she had at us. -
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Strike Of Drivers Halls
8 New England Bus Routes
BY the Associated Press

bN tne Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Dec. A
strike of approximately l25 bus
drivers halted travel on eight bus
routes in Rhode Island and East
ern Massachusetts, today but Gov.
j. Howard McGrath expressed hope
differences would be settled at a
conference late this afternoon.
The strike was called at am.
by the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway and
Motor Coach Operators (AFL) in
protest against the dropping of sew
eral drivers from the employ of the
New England Transportation Co.
because of an order by the Office of
Defense Transportation consolida-
ing bus service between Providence
and Fall River, Mass.
Gov. McGrath said the conference
would be held in the State House
with R. H. Palmer, general man.
ager of the transportation COM
pany; John F. O'Brien, vice presi-
dent of the union, State labor off,
cials and representatives Of the
ODT.
Il feel solution will be reached
without much difiiculty," Gov. Nc
Grath said.
The governor earlier appealed to
private motorists to help prevent
interruption Of war production by
picking up stranded workers.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
Bomber Seen 10 Crash
Into Gulf OF Mexico
By III. Associated press

BY the Associated Press
VENICE, Fla, Dec. A plane
that apparently plummeted into the
Gulf Of Mexico one mile south of
here last night was the object of an
intensive search here today.
The public relations office at Mac
Dill Field in Tampa said medium
bomber with seven men aboard
from that base had been unreported
since 1890 pm. Thursday.
Several persons here reported
sighting what they identified as a
medium bomber headed toward the
Gulf and losing altitude because of
motor trouble. A moment later,
witnesses related, crash was
heard.
Early today searchers found a
plane wheel and collapsible rub
ber boat in the area.
The MacDill base said no other
+ information wa. available.
Evening star., 1942-12-04
State Civil Service
Board Backs Firinq
OF Newark Strikers
Declares City Employees
Must Foreeo WoIkouts
While Public Servants
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 4.-The
rights of public employees under
civil service do not include the
right to strike, the New Jersey,
Civil Service Commission ruled
today in upholding the action of
Joseph M. Byrne, jr., Newark's
director Of public works, in dis
missing is city employees and
suspending so others.
The employees were involved in a
sixday strike which delayed garbage
collections and other municipal
operations during October. The dis
pute primarily was over wage in
creases demanded by the State,
County and Municipal Workers OF
America (CIO).
The strike was called off when
the War Labor Board announced
it would assume jurisdiction in the
case after the men returned to the
jobs.
Mr.. Byrne has challenged the
" LII Jii ASt1Sololl anu
he would appeal to President
Roosevelt.
A WLB panel, which conducted
closed hearings. has recommended
reinstatement of the discharged
and suspended employees and the full
board has scheduled hearing for
December in Washington to act
on the recommendations.
Public employees have their rights
as do other citizens the Civil
Service Commission ruled. but ir
the very nature of their employment
they must forego some of the prac-
tices which private employees may
exercise while they remain as public
employees, in return for tenure ano
other protective features"