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Evening star., 1942-06-21
Ireland Learning American Ways

the passing months. In the words Of one
British ofiicer, there was some uncer-
tainty at the start as result of hearing
too much and knowing too little about
the Americans"
And another oficer who served in the
First World War told Of the marked con-
trast between the friendly feeling now
existent and the friction, sometimes the
fighting, that occurred when United
States troops were in Britain a quarter
century ago.
The troops-American and British
alike-finG their tastes congenial.
The swing music Of an orchestra made
up from one Of the United States military
bands is in greater demand than the
professional home talent for dancing Of
the fighting men of both nations, the
girls of Northern Ireland and the young
women of the British auxiliary services
the ATS, WAAFS and WRNS.
There have been some interservice box
ing matches already. British and Irish
spectators gave Pvt. Othel Greene, 20
year-old former Golden Gloves cham
pion from Des Moines, a thunderous
ovation after he draped his welterweisht
opponent, Aircraftsman Frank Gilluley
of Glasgow. on the ropes In the third
round Of their scheduled six-round bout
and the referee stopped the bout.
Even Gen. Sir Alan Francis Brooke,
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cession of the Japs. the native Mex
ican fishermen began shark fishing on
large scale.
1t seems that the shark lying near
the bottom Of the ocean bed breathes
some sort Of minute plant life that
settles in the liver thus giving the great
vitamin content.
Bring High Prices.
The Mexican shark fishermen salt
down the livers and wait for broker to
arrive. The liver is sold to these brokers
FOR about four pesos per kilo (about two
and one-quarter pounds, and they in
turn sell to larger brokers who get the
top price in the States for the product.
1t is small fortune to the Mexican
fishermen, for many of them are now
earning 40 or so pesos per day (abcut
$6 to So American money.
These native fishermen are industri-
GUS, hard workers. Their camp is ruled
Evening star., 1942-06-21
By G. Anderson Pryor.

I have recently returned from Baja
California, Old Mexico, from section
20 wild and primitive that one wonders
how people can exist.
Due to military restrictions, I can't
tell you exactly where have been out
suffice to say 1t is hundreds of miles be-
low the border at Tiajuan, Mexico, over
roads or trails that were mapped out
$50 years ago by the Jesuit priests and
are no better or worse than they were
in those days.
Miles of the rockiest roads imaginable,
stretches of deep sand, where you de-
fate the tires and fill the radiator every
so miles for your best speed is IL miles
an hour or about 100 miles per day. 1t
took me six and a half days to reach
nv destination, my mission as motion
picture cameraman taking me to the
west coast to film the Mexicans' shark
fishing"
We passed only one car in the first
500 miles, a small 1924 Ford. loaded
down with a Mexican family and their
tmpedimenta. Occasionally we would
mass a burro pack train with supplies
of beans. rice and flour for inland points.
A trip that entails several weeks, the
hurros subsisting on bushes and tough
grass and water from brackish salt wa
ter holes or lagoons many miles apart
About every so miles we found
rancho, with brackish water from deep
wells dug by hand. We carried about
SO gallons Of water in five-gallon cans,
freshened with nthia tablets, and sew
eral f1ve- gallon cans of gasoline though
one can usually get few flve gallons
at the ranches or the pueblos' squalid
little villages of 200 or SO population.
AS we came to these small villages we
were halted by Mexican soldiers and our
papers examined, as Mexico had been
on a war alert for many months and on
the lookout for spies, hidden bases and
concealed radio stations. Mexico has
learned lesson from the last World
War when the Germans had many large
radio plants hidden there.
Long before Mexico had seriously
thought of entering this war precau-
tions had been taken. When the Japs
bombed Pearl Harbor there was lot
of lost motion in the California area.
It took time to get the Japs out OF the
defense areas.
But Mexico in less than three days
ordered all Japs away from the coastal
areas and escorted them inland. There
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chief of Britain's imperial general staff,
succumbed to the American influence on
a recent visit to the United States camps
here.
He permitted news reporters to quote
him at length and, at the none-too-
formal requests of American cameramen
he scrambled in and out Of tanks,
hunched his big frame into a little jeep
and was paraded up and down before
thousands of soldiers just dismissed after
a formal inspection.
Gen. Brooke saw facilities for COM
fort that the British soldier has never
enjoyed-and doesn't expect. The Brit
ish tradition is that the fighting man
lives as Spartan an existence as possible
compatible with health and endurance.
The American way is different.
Britain's chief of staff saw potato
peeling machines, electric ovens, dough-
mixers, electric ice cream freezers and
steam sterilizers for soldiers mess kits.
He found every unit of 100 men or more
had shortwave radio with phonograph
attachment and at every camp a recent
feature length movie is shown.
The Yanks like Northern Irelands
scenery. Sergt. Clifford Goodrich of
Iowa City, Iowa, liked it so well he
bought picture postcards of some scenes
to send home. Then he found on them
in fine letters, printed in Germany"
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Destroying Records
By Carneh D. Horner.

ords of the records disposed Of costs
lot of money and bother, too. Every
agency which follows this procedure to
dispose of old papers-and that includes
every post Office in the country-has to
make final report on the disposition.
Most of the old papers are sold for
scrap, some single lots bringing as much
as $500. The money goes into the
Treasury which reported that during
the last fiscal year a total of s1.47400o
was realized from the sale Of scrap and
salvage material and condemned stores"
including waste paper.
An innovation introduced last year
into the Governments record-keeping
business Is estimated to save some
where around s1,000,000 year simply
by saving space which previously had to
be rented for storing files. Records
which have to be kept in some form,
when suitable for such treatment. are
micro-flmed and the films stored in
the vaults Of the National Archives.
while the bulky original records may be
destroyed or sold for scrap
Several hundred separate reports Of
the joint committee, authorizing dis
posal Of records, are printed each ses-
sion of Congress. A recent one, deal
ing with Navy Department records, con-
sists of 1l3 pages of fine printing, list
ing such things as 21a linear feet Of
1884 "blueprints. model BG-l, airplane
assembly ~: 1-32 of an inch =
records Of transfer of motor boats"
and 269 feet OF bureau orders cover
Ing shipment of material"
A 4l-page report lists. among other
things, the Interior Department is au-
thorized to dispose Of a bunch of 1888
applications for baths, bathing .direc-
tions, daily bathhouse reports" Of the
Hot Springs (Ark) National Park.
Oh, yes-if the Joint Committee on
Disposition of Executive Papers ever had
so many extra copies of its reports lying
around that it wanted to throw some
away. 1t would have to make another
report to get its own permission. &C.
cording to the law.
Evening star., 1942-06-21
By Pat Jones.

The days when citizens strolled the
sidewalks and, like property owners, cast
appraising glances at NAPLES, elms and
sycamores along Washingtons streets
are coming back under the Federal Gov
ernment's gas-rationing program.
Thus predicts Clifford Lanham, District
superintendent of trees and parking, who
reported that notices from the public Of
trees which need trimming broken limbs,
cracks in the pavement and similar de-
fects needing attention have increased
decidedly since the joy-riding motorists
have been forced back to the sidewalk.
He believes Washington's 10000 trees
i 200 miles of them, the equivalent Of
the distance from the Nations Capital
to Key West, Fla,-will be more closely
watched than ever before until the end
of the gasoline emergency.
But he added that the attendant re-
pairs will be conditional upon whether
or not the military services and the war
production program leave him enough
men to operate efficiently. Some of his
best tree-trimmers have hurried to arms
or to better pay in recent months.
Since people quit padding the pave
ments in favor of the more luxurious
automobile ride, Mr.. Lanham's depart
ment has had to depend for discovery Of
needed repairs and improvements largely
upon its own observation and that Of the
police, who turn in daily report.
But the policeman doesn't walk his
beat now as much as he used to before
scout cars came into use. And, anyway,
pointed out Mr.. Lanham, the Police De-
partments reports pertain largely to
broken limbs and other hazards, leaving
it to the public to call attention to the
lesser repairs.
This is true particularly in the case of
trees which need trimming. Nothing
brings a complaint quicker, assured the
superintendent, than for limb to brush
off the hat of an unsuspecting citizen,
or swish back and slap him in the face
when his thoughts are miles away. Per-
haps that is the reason the thickening
foliage of spring. even in ordinary times,
boosts the number of calls.
Some people offered the suggestion
after the severe snowstorm of March 20
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by leader, an old gentleman who lays
down the rules OF conduct During my
stay there I saw not one quarrel or
disagreement. When there are disagree
ments the head man quickly settles
them, and his word is final.
The natives know there is war on,
but why or where or what is beyond
them. An occasional patrol plane flying
ever the water causes great excitement,
and they watch the plane until it is
mere specx in the sky. They have never
seen a plane at close hand.
The war, no matter how long it lasts,
will have very little effect on the people
in this section. Back in little bays and
inlets, near the hundreds of lagoons in
this area, they lead quiet, peaceful
life. But all Of the young men said they
would like nothing better than to be in
the war to get chance at the hated
Japs, who, when they had the fishing
concessions, paid them little or nothing
for their fish, and were mean, treach-'
erous lot.
Evening star., 1942-06-21
Woman Violinist Matched
With Greatest VirtuOSOS

While he waits in the car, Miss Morini
gets out and goes to the front of the
theater. She sees what's playing. She
looks at the still pictures. She comes
back shaking her head. mot good" and
they continue the pilgrimage until Miss
Morini comes back to the car looking
pleased, anticipatory and saying, all
right"
The happy expression will have been
brought about by the discovery OF q very
sad film. She doesn't like comedies but
exalts in pictures like Back Street."
How Green Was My Valley" and "Mu-
tiny on the Bounty" and would love to
make a movie of Camille" herself.
Wanted to Be Pianist.
First she wanted to be . pianist. At 3
she hid behind the curtains In her
fathers conservatory as he gave lessons
to his piano pupils. If the pupil hit
false note 3-year-old Erica would
emerge, toddle to the keyboard and plunk
a reproving finger down on the right
note.
Her father noted that because of her
perfect ear and the shape Of her flexible
hands she ought to try the violin.
She studied violin at the Vienna Con-
servatory under the famous Sevcik, who
after the first few lessons exclaimed,
"she knows everything that can not be
taught"
At she finished the master course
and the following year made a sensa-
tionally successful debut.
Her tours took her all over the world.
Her acclaim, which began early con-
tinued and-unlike the majority Of prod
igies-increased as she matured until her
present reputation was established
She is intensely superstitious-particu
larly about finding safety pins. Then"
she says, you must pick them up and
spit on them. You must spit three
times"
Once she had to break her most rigidly
adhered-to superstition. Never will she
go back to her dressing room before a
recital to get a Handkerchief. compact or
anything she has forgotten Never
until one in Montreal she found her
self en- route to the performance without
her violin
That violin, the famous $4,000, I727
"Davidof" Stradivarius, she uses only at
Evening star., 1942-06-21

You probably have heard lot about
Government red tape, but have you
ever heard just how much of 1t is in
yolyed when a Government office itself
wants to get rid Of old correspondence
or other records that have outlived their
usefulness?
The law is that mo records Of the
United States Government may be alien
ated or destroyed" except by special
authorization from Congress, obtain
able only after a time consuming and
sometimes complicated procedure.
Congress has set up special COM
mittee to oversee this phase of the
national welfare, the Joint Committee
on Disposition of Executive Papers, with
two members from the House and two
from the Senate and ful-time COM
mittee clerk.
When any Government department or
aqency-or even Congress itself-wants
to dispose of any correspondence. pa
pers, indexes, maps, charts, plans, draw
inRs. punch cards, tabulation sheets.
pictures and other kinds Of records
it first must submit a detailed list OF
them to the national archivist.
If he agrees that the records listed
have no permanent value or historical
interest to the Federal Government" he
30 reports to the joint committee. The
committee members then examine thes
lists and report their recommendations
to the House and Senate. Their re-
port Is printed and its receipt by the
department concerned is the signal to
60 ahead and get rid Of the papers.
But that isn't all. The records In
volved may then be disposed Of by one Of
three methods set out In the law:
/. BY sale for scrap paper to the
highest bidder.
2. BY causing them to be destroyed"
3. BY transfer, without cost to the
Government. to any State or any zap
propriate educational institution, library.
museum, historical, research Or patriotic
organization" that has applied for them.
The mere business Of keeping the rec
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at time, a large hole cut in the belly of
the shark and the liver extracted.
The liver generally weighs about one
tenth of the weight Of the shark. And
300 pound shark. which is small one,
has an "egado" Qiver) weighing about 80
pouAds, which sells for about So to s11
per pound in the States
Due to the war the supplies Of hall
but, cod and other fine oils that we pro-
cured from Norway and other countries
was shut of and San Francisco chem
ist discovered that shark liver oil" had
a vitamin (AJ content hundreds of times
greater than that of the previous source
of supply.
Commercial fishermen abandoned
fishing for tuna and other edible fish,
and the price of shark went from $40
ton up to $4,000 per ton.
Fortunes were made overnight. When
America entered the war thousands Of
fishing craft were commandeered by the
Government and as the Mexican gov
ernment had revoked the fishing con-
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perchance take off their coats and try
to initiate some intricate acrobat stunt
she has demonstrated.
The music begins again, and as this
superb concert, for which there are no
tickets, floats from the windows to Fifth
avenue below, passersby often stop to
listen.
One following Friday morning. the
doorman reported to Miss Morini that
one fascinated listener approached him
to ask:
who are those musicians? They are
good enough to be on Maj. Bowes' pro-
gram
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was no red tape or delay. In Ensenada
about IS miles below the Tiujuan border
the Japs were removed In . few hours.
Great care is taken at the border. and
the traveller is not allowed to bring IN
magazines or newspapers, cameras or
other items, and every car Is thoroughly
searched
En- route We found in the largest pue-
bios detachments of well armed and
equipped Mexican soldiers.
At Ensenada. the first large city below
the border, the naval army and air
forces are capably officered and equipped
with Mexican aviators constantly on
patrol duty aided by American flyers.
At the end of the sixth day Of our trip
I was about 100 miles from the coast
line. In the last 40 miles Of our trip we
did not see one tree. one blade Of grass.
only stretches of sand, with mountains In
the distance There was no water. We
carried a fresh supply from the last
rancho.
Upon reaching the fishing camps we
were amazed at the primitive manner
in which the natives live. Many years
ago few families came to this section.
Married and intermarried and raised
large families. The sea provided ample
food, lobster, clans, shrimp, crabs, fish
of every variety.
More than half of them had never
seen telephone, electric light, or any
thing modern. including radio. and our
car radio and the portable we carried
created much interest and delight.
I had brought with me several fine
shark lines and modern hooks in order
that might be assured Of getting the
pictures desired.
Sharks Are Vicious.
The frst day we stopped at a lobster
trap, pulled up q couple Of dozen lob
sters, ralved them and baited the hooks.
We set out three lalge lines, buoyed with
5-gallon empty gasoline cans and
anchored with large rocks. The next
day we had caught II sharks The ma
tives method of dispatching them Is
dangerous and primitive. The shark is
hauled up near the boat by two or three
of the natives, and with large clubs they
beat the shark to death. Some Of the
sharks were so large and 80 vicious that
was in fear that they might actually
swamp the boat.
Then starts the long row back to shore
with the sharks trailing behind. They
are dragged UP above the waterltne. one
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marked deficiency of superphosphates
and three hundredweight Of superphos-
phates-by American shipment again
is drilled into every acre of soil along
with the wheat seed.
Land girls have helped to solve the
labor problem connected with this recla-
nation scheme. One hundred and fifty
girls from the cotton mills, factories and
offices of Lancashire are working in
gangs from three hostels within lorry
ride of their work. They are putting in
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60-hour week today and would not
change their jobs if they could. Royal
engineers, under training as commandos,
lend hand with the work of blasting
Land reclamation in Cambridgeshire
is part of nationwide plan. After
Mussolini had spent 13 years in reclaim
ing some 100000 acres in the Pontine
Marshes, he gave Italians holiday to
celebrate the event. Almost exactly the
same area has been reclaimed in Britain
in nine months in the middle of war.
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recitals. She practices on another.
When she is not on tour. the other violin
gets an unusual workout on Thursday
nights.
Classical Jam Sessions.
Then. at her upper Fifth avenue apart
ment, q varying half dozen or more Of
the worlds most famous musicians
gather with their instruments for q
classical lam session"
They play whatever they feel like
playing. At "intermission" they have
one Of the half dozen or 80 cakes Miss
Morini whipped up that morning and
Evening star., 1942-03-05

attack or defense Is based. Every
body just gets out and plays the
best basket ball he knows how.
The same is true for Washington
and Lee. The Generals wouldn't even
be in Raleigh today If it weren't for
a determination to uphold their high
name in tournament history.
AS for the other six teams-N. G.
State has its Horace Bones" Nc
Kinney, who led the conference
with 200 points; George Washington
has Matt Zunic, whose ailing shoul-
der may dim the second-seeded Co
lonials' chances; Wake Forest has
its Herb Cline. runnerup to Nc
Kinney with 1876 points; William and
Mary has its Glenn Knox; South
Carolina has Preston Westmoreland
and North Carolina has Bob Rose.
Westmoreland and Rose were
members of the l941 all-tournament
team.
The tournament opens this after
noon at 2:30 with the Duke-W. and
L. clash. At 4 O'Clock, South Caro-
lima meets N. c. State, and in the
night games North Carolina plays
Wake Forest at 8, and William and
Mary faces George Washington at
$50.
The winner Of the Blue Devil
General game will play either North
Carolina or Wake Forest at 8 pm.
Friday and fhe victor ~ tba cop,a
cock-Wolfpack clash will face either
William and Mary or George Wash
ington at $50 Friday.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Dixie Fans Put in Quondoy by So Many Big Events
yo Let Him Use Fh; ose Now Navy Recruit

When the Weber Junior College
swimmers came to Colorado U.
with q gal diving star. Colorado
recruited one Of their own to
perform with an otherwise
masculine team.
Big words-When some one
asked Joe Gordon whether he and
the Yankees were far apart in
their salary negotiation, Joe re-
piled: "One word is all that
separates U.s."
What's that?"
II talked to Ed Barrow and he
wrote me q letter. He said no."
Cleaning the cuff-Frank Frisch
found training conditions at El
Centre, Calf, such a pleasant
surprise he's talking about taking
the Pirates there for a full session
next spring. Stutz Modzlewski,
the Rhode Island court sharp
shooter, has teacher-coach Job
lined up if the Army doesn't get
him before next year. The cover
picture of the May issue of Ring
Magazine will present Gen. Mac
Arthur as "the fighter Of the
year."
Evening star., 1942-03-05

N. Y. Who said anything about
a 4o-hour week? Make it 40 days.
Virginia ham-lets: Williams
burg-Carl Voyles, william and
Mary Grid coach, has broken the
ice by asking permission from
the rest Of the conference to use
freshmen next fall. The Indians
have a tough schedule, includ-
ing Harvard and Dartmouth,
who will use frosh. Norfolk
Fred Apostoli, who is the senior
athletic instructor at the naval
base now, finally has q ship
mate" who can give him q tussle
in the ring. Billy Soose has Just
arrived. Bob Feller, who wants
to be regarded as just another
sailor, takes his daily workouts
with a punching bag or the golf
driving nets. Richmond-Word
here is that Virginia can have the
P. G. A. golf tourney next sum-
mer If some one will put up
$4,000. and the local divot dig
gers sure would like to see Sammy
Snead and his five or six golf
ing brothers all shooting for the
title.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Army May Call Pesky
OF Red Sox, Making
.Cronin Play Again
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SARASOTA, Fla, March 5.-Joe
Cronin, who has had little or no
time to devote to his Boston Red
Sox squad since he learned Of Ted
Williams deferment, now has two
other headaches.
Dom Di Maggie Is such a stubborn
holdout that Cronin has turned his
case over to General Manager Eddie
Collins. Johnny Pesky has informed
him that he expects a call from his
Portland. Ore, Draft Board any
day. That means Cronin may have
to get himself in shape to return to
his shortstop berth.
SAN FERNANDO, Calif.-Mike
Kreevich and Jack Knott figure
Connie Mack's plan of paying the
Philadelphia Athletics salary bonuses
based on attendance will make the
AS better ball players.
You won't complain about a sore
arm when you see 10000 or $4,000
in the stands" Outfielder Kreevich
told Pitcher Knott. And you'll try
little harder in the clutch to drive
that winning run over the plate,'
countered Knott.
Crosetti of Yanks Missing.
ST. PETERSBURG, FIA.-The
biggest mystery in the New York
Yankee camp is the whereabouts
Of frankie Crosetti, signed and con-
tented utility infielder now long
overdue. THE wires must be down
because I've had no word from him."
said Manager Joe Mccarthy.