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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
Yanks Wreck
Jap Air Bases
Flying Fortrsssss
Strike More Blows

WASHINGTON --rivs Americas
flying fostrssses have struck mors
blows ~ tho sp~arhssd of On Inn
pending Jspsnsss drive against
Australia. destroying air droms
buildings and wreckinr rlnwsys II
saiamsus and i.as In New 0uinss
the war department announced
Friday.
The dspassssess's esmapsat-
que also said shat ~ luis> -
she Bsssss pesisssls n ~
Phstippis~s wss essssssisg.
Ths flying fortress attacks on
Jspanese-hsid polnts In Nsw
Guinea occurred too days ago
They we're IN ths ssms areas
whsr. American bomb~rs ssnh
two Jspsnsss ships and Get four
others sfirs
In s11istss 70 hsstssg s1s-
arsss~s 10 ~ iossss sssssa.
ths Amssioss hs~nnsss sgnSs
struck ~ sapssess ssipv>sG
fs1inties. sessSsg . 6as~es 10
On . psss ~ 1As. esSetai ~
New 0sss~a
The American bomb<fs usfe st-
tackled BY . formst,ss ~ enemy
fighter planes bst escaped IN
scstbsd sftsr downing five II ths
Jspsnsss craft.
Ths attack on N@~ Cslass sr-
p~srsd 10 - . psn u = bread
strategy n harry The Jspsness
war msehsnss ssssnes hssss end
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Fiend Who Attacked
Girl, IL, Is Sought

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES search.
ed Friday for the man VINO. sc-
cording 70 12-yesr-old girl
criminally assaulted her Thurs
day after giving a ride 70 her and
her six-year-old brother On their
way home from school
The girl said the attack oc-
CURED four miles from Spoksns
after the sssaiisnt locked her
brother 10 the automobile. She
described the man as about IS
slender. with q red nnoustschs and
wearing a dark suit.
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Corregidor Big
Jap Headache
Fortress Intact
After HeovY Rdids
By FRANK HEWLETT
United Press Writer

WITH GEN. MACARTHUR'S
ARMY IN THE PHILIPPINES
CDelsyed)-Corregidor, Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's foretress island in
the mouth of Manila bay, stands
firm Friday after taking what its
men believe to be. pound for pound
and acre for acre, the heaviest air
plane bombing attacks on record.
II has cost the Japanese I20
planes officially claimed and
many more damaged and I'M
doubtedly downed To bomb
Corregidor. Nearly one-hsif Of
some attacking fleets. heavy,
medium. light and dive bomb
ers, have been shot down by
the Islands guns.
Recently, the japanese have con-
fined themselves largely TO nuis-
ance and reconnaissance raids. and
Corregidor, its battle SCARF dissp-
pearing and the Stars and Stripes
flying from it's highest point. con-
tinues TO be the greatest headache
Of the japanese war lords.
Aside from the bombings they
have stood up under, bombings
which they believe TO be heavier
than those on such places ss
Malta. chungking and Coventry
considering that Corregidor IL only
IS square miles in area. the men
Of the fortress claim another
record.
The crews OF the great
coastal guns ssy these are the
first American SEA coast gun.
IN h. fired at an enemy target
since the Civil war. They say
that maybe thi. claim may h.
disputed hut At least they are
fCarsrwnsd - DmCm . CrHuur Al
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. sssl~b. ~ sssssn@ams =
sssnpS<ss~s $4,000 p&sss sss
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49, - - n tssest~s ess~s.
a spseiAi spp~si vas nsas -
military ssthosstiss. - peft a
the pisn. for 1@stsu<tioa ~ auto
mobilize. h<eyeiss sn6 ssspiies ssr'
plies m any area stts<ksd.
Assssslss go Nsw zssAas1
ere ssss1 go hsse . saaGke
1~sssssvs ssssp wtsA s~1s~1
ssssa~gy 49, tacetes v~she1
out " sssss - aseaek
In both countries men up 10 -
years Of age hsss been nssds suo'
ject 10 military or auxiliary duty
An eastern Australia had firmiy
In mind now the troGedlss Al
n.Isya and Java and tb>es y
marksd spuyt N the var sffost
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stephen Fuller. art and English
teacher at Mason junior high
school. was granted a leave OF alb
sence by the Tacoma school board
al its meeting Thursday. Fuller
will enter the military service.
Mrs. q. II. Rehman, wife of LIST
1t. Rehman of Port Richardson.
Alaska, has arrived in Tacoma TO
make her home for the duration
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Anton Franich of 1850 So G st.
Mrs. Rehman. who as Margaret
Franich was Miss Pierce County
at the Tacoma Golden Jubilee cele-
bration, came south by plane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deldrs Cole Of
Falkland recently visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Col
lings of Elms.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T.. Anderson
and two daughters and Mrs.
George Lice and two sons. all Of
Tacoma. recently were house
guests at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. J. !. kreps Of Oakville.
Paint and varnish had no sooner
dried this week on the newly par
titioned offices in the prosecuting
Continued on Page .. Column 81
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FBl Agent Slain
Trying to Arrest
z Army Deseriers
BULLETIN

ABINGDON, Na.-Two army
deserters who killed a Federal
Bureau of Investigation agent
and wounded another In a run
ming gun battle here Friday
were captured a few hours later
by a posse of officers who used
tear gas 10 rout them from the
basement of a house on the edge
Of town.
RICHMOND. Na.-Specisl Agent
n. !. Bobbitt of the Federal Bur-
eau Of Investigation. said that one
y. B. I. agent was killed and
another wounded in a gun battle
Friday with two army deserters on
the main street OF Abingdon. Va.
Special Agent Hubert J.
Treacy. %. was killed and
Agent Charles l. Tignor. 20.
Was wounded, Bobbitt said.
Bobbitt said the fugitives were
listed as Pvt. James Edward Test
erman. 2S. and Pvt. Charles ..
Lovett. II. from Fort OgiethOrpe
c.. He said they escaped on foot
after the shooting Friday and that
a posse of state police. local Of
ficers and FBI agents were search
Ing for them throughout south
west Virginia.
Bobbitt said the gun battle
started when Trescy and Tignoi
found the two soldiers in a cafe
where they had gone after aban-
ooning a taxicab stolen earlier
after KIDNAPPING the driver near
Fort Oglethorpe. Ca
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Ths Lincoln News. student
Newspaper al Lincoln nigh scbool.
vas again the rnedaliss winner IN
the contest staged ~ tbs colum-
bas Press association. according
20 word received Friday from
se~ York.
TIE award IL the highest made
10 high srhooI papers competing
in the contest with an enrolment
between 800 and 5000.
Hi-Lafe. PuyaIlup high school
newspaper. won the highest award
among contestants In nigh schools
under TO enrolment.
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Brazil Riots
Are Resumed
Against Axis
Police Fire Shots
Trying to Dispense
Angered Crowds
Nv DAVID j. WILSON
United Press Writer

RIO DE JANEIRO-Police fired
into the air Friday in an effort to
oisperse angry crowds OF rioters
concentrating for the second day
against Man sinkings of Brazilian
ships.
The shots were fired when
new demonstration broke out
In front of q German-owncd
drugstore In the heart Of Rios
downtown business district.
First reports said no one had
been injured. and 1t was believed
the officers guns were loaded with
blank cartridges.
Crowds roamed through the
streets. congregating In front
of axis commercial establish
m~ut~ and shouted -siemands
that they raise the Brazilian
flag.
Police, anticipating a renewal OF
the demonstrations, had taken up
strategic positions in the areas
where axis establishments are To-
Gated.
Restaurants Smashed
The demonstrations started on
Thursday afternoon and continued
into the night when crowds
smashed several German bars and
restaurants in an sristocratic Co
racabana district around midnight.
During the demonstrations
Wednesday. several axis es-
Establishments were almost
wrecked and those who openly
expressed sympathy for Ger
many were beaten by mobs.
As police reinforcements rushed
TO occupy strategic intersections,
shouts of Down with Germany. up
with Brazil" resounded through
the streets.
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British Airnss Asais
Demb Bases n Germany

tOSeDos psrssl~a piss~s isfl
hssvy n<ss burning n ~ sssaf
shipysrds 81 ki<s. o~fmse naval
b~ss 81 The naisx sn1 = IL MI
canal. N . h~svy sai1 curing ~
night. 20 ais ministry coaaue,gss
ssd FRIDAY.
otnsr pi.sss ssts<hss vs<ss>sa
obysetssss n sesthw>ss eeraaey.
and mines ~sss iAi1 n ssemev
sstsR
Kisht plse<s failed - s>ess<u
frsm sks ssshx's fstds. ~ ~
ministry ssl1
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Metropolitan Opera
Singer Held By rBI

NEW tOnA Emo Pima. 90
ye.r-eid hssropoiitss Opera eo@-
psny a.sSs ~ss ks<kss 20 here
Friday - an snsmt alien WI
agents sad he p<sxHsa II ffssnd-
shlp Stth hgsseiinl
Ex.e Pine s.as IN rsoos.s
several pears sso on tire CIVIC
Muse association eeufs~
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Work Of Airmien
May Prevent
Aussie Invasion
TooAfsS WAR MotgS
fBea. q. D. Pat off,
~ LOUIS y. kfEMlf
oy LOUIS =. kftMlt
United Pre~s War AssIsss

The sffsetlvs work Of Australian
and American planes IN blasting
japanese invaders Of New Guinea
and Pspus offers the best hops
that the japanese tims-tsbis for
the invasion Of Australia utii b.
slowed down and perhaps wrecked
Tim 10 the e.s~nes ~ Jap
sa<se strategy. n thy ere 10
take the ssrshers psr 81
As.tvsita. n mssss - ass~
quickly. before fighters sad
bsmfs~ss from Ap~siea arrive
In ssseh nansh~rs that TIE fest
viii be impossible
The prospects are fair that they
VIII b able 20 tsks ssw Guinea.
despite i0sssa In ell their op<fs-
tons in tina indies. they hsss
proved thslr 1ss0sns.. 10 sxpsnd
nsn. ships ard planes rsekiessiy
az long az they gaia their ebJee-
tive
The Japanese advance 81 Java
sfas slowed BY offensive tactics
Of the par Of allied ships snd
CONTINUED On Page 8. Column -
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sisasss svp~ Wvstsv

Japanese tbrsGe 1nts ~ oelssses
Islands desptts pers1eee~e ell1e'
ouStsvbsows Friday isessssa -
attempt y cut suppty i'nse fsoS
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
Reds Unleash
New Blows
Against Foe
Powerful Forces
Attack Key Areas
On Wida Front
nv ROBERT DoWsON
United Press Writer

LONDON - Dispatches received
from Stockholm and other CONT
mental news centers Indicated Fri-
day that Russia has opened . new
phase Of her winter offensive.
throwing powerful new forces into
the attack In key areas all the
way from Leningrad 10 the sea
OF Azov.
Reports that the Russians
are driving on . 150 mile
southern front with q total Of
10 divisions totaiing up 10
I,T50.O00 men remained I'M
confirmed.
The Germans themselves, how
ever. reported heavy and centinu,
ing Russian attacks all the way
from orei. 200 miles south OF Mps-
COW and 200 miles north Of khar-
kov, to Taganrog on the sea Of
Axov. In addition TO attacks In
the Crimea.
NEW POWERFUL ATTACK
Rivaling In importance the re-
ported offensive In the Ukraine
was a new and powerful attack on
the front west Of Moscow. reported
in dispatches this morning.
II Was asserted that within
the last ~ hours. fresh Rus
sian divisions had been driving
down from the Wolokonskf
forest, south Of the esidsi
hills, In IN attempt To roll up
the entire German army In
the vyaxms-smolensk sector
southwest Of Moscow. and had
already succeeded In infiltrst-
ing 10 the heavily fortified
Nikitinka area. ITO miles west
Of Moscow.
Dispatches said the Germans
were taken entirely by surprise
by this new attack and had been
thrown out Of their advanced lines.
leaving hundreds OF dead on the
field.
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Your postmaster can tell you
nov 10 invest in Z. .. Defense
Bonds
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Evening star., 1942-01-25

con and installation Of officers,
Casino Royale.
Washington Branch, League Of
American Pen Women-Wednes-
day, 3 to 6 pm, fellowship tea;
illustrated sound picture, Flow-
ers We Love-; guest artist, Mar
garet G. Howard.
Vienna Garden Club-Tomorrow,
2pm., with Mrs. Walter Millet.
Washington League Of Women
Shoppers-Tuesday, noon, men,
bership luncheon, Y. w. c. A.
Friday, 4 to pm. tea with Mrs.
Raymond Clapper, 3l25 Chain
Bridge road NV.
University Of North Carolina Wom-
ans College Alumnae, Washing
ton Chapter-Wednesday, 8 pm,
Wesley Hall, 1903 K street NV;
guest speaker, Kenney Fromm,
South American Countries"
Indiana University Alumni-Today
l0:30 am, breakfast, Kennedy
Warren Hotel, election Of officers;
speaker, James L. Fieser, High
Lights of the Andes"
Association for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities, Washington
branch-Friday, 2:30 pm, annual
election, Willard Hotel; speaker,
Miss Mabel Boardman.
Catholic Library Study Guild
Tuesday, 8:l5 pm, IT'S Rhode
Island avenue NV; speaker, the
Rev. James c. Kearney, o. P;
1.-THE Effects of Materialism in
the Modern World"
Kenilworth Ladies' Guild-Wednes-
day noon, covered dish luncheon
with Mrs. Joseph Brashears, 1905
Kenilworth avenue NE.
w. G. T. U.-Tuesday, 2 pm, Shep-
ard Park Union with Mrs. Jesse
Ramsdell, 1411 Underwood street
NV; speaker, Dr.. Thomas E.
Boorde. Wednesday, Georgetown
Union. benefit luncheon with Mrs.
Albert. Stabler, 3017 Cambridge
place NV.
P. E. o. Sisterhood ood-Tuesday, 1880
pm, Chapter B, luncheon with
Mrs. ]. p. Hendricks, 1762 K street
NV. Saturday, 2 pm, "presi-
dents round table," Y. w. G. A.
Beta Sigma Phi-Tomorrow, pm,
Lambda Chapter, TO Fourteenth
Evening star., 1942-01-25
Miscellaneous Clubs

League Of Republican Womer-
Tuesday, 10 am, f1rst-aid class;
$3.50 pm, book review followed
by tea, reviewer, Miss Ellen L.
Corbett. Wednesday, 10 am, all
day sewing group; Friday, 10 am.
.first-aid class.
Women's Association Universalisi
National Memorial Church -
Tuesday. l pm, book review
luncheon, reviewer, Miss Janet
Richards.
Woman's National Democratic Club
Tomorrow, 1890 pm, "Infor-
nation Hour" luncheon, speaker
John B. Kelly, "The Wealth Of the
Nation Is In the Health Of tt
People"
Arts Club Of Washington-Today
5 to $50 pm. tea opening water
color exhibition. Tuesday, Z pm.
club dinner; $50 pm, musica
program by Composers Club oI
Washington. Wednesday, 6:3t
pm, home dinner; 8 to 10 pm.
square dancing. Thursday, z pm.
membership dinner; 8 pm, club
meeting.
Ladies' Board, Georgetown Univer.
sity Hospital-Tomorrow, 8 to {
pm, silver tea at hospital.
Bnai Birth Auxiliary, Argo Lodge
Wednesday, to pm, canteen
tea, American Legion clubhouse
2437 Fifteenth street NV.
National Home for Jewish Chill
dren In Dsnver-Tuesday,. 12:3(
pm, washington Chapter lunch.
Evening star., 1942-01-25

tee has been organized to encourage
cultivation Of gardens where it is
possible.
As Puerto Rico's greatest indus
tries are sugar and coffee. Miss
Lee said it had been difficult to
ind enough land available for sub
sistence gardens. With tranSporta-
ton between Puerto Rico and the
mainlands becoming increasingly
difficult, however, 1t is necessary for
the people to grow as much food
stuns IS possible, she pointed out.
women are taking an active part
IN the cultivation Of FARMS" she
added.
ut is nothing new for Puerto
Rtcan women to be interested in
agriculture" she commented. lone
Of the first census Of the island
was taken in the 18th century and
It recorded q woman as one of the
leading agricultuAsts who spe-
cialized IN cattle and the cultivation
Of ginger"
Miss Lee expressed her belief that
ginger may again be cultivated
since the curtailment Of imports
from the Far East.
Miss Maria Libertad Gomez, q
member Of the Puerto Rican Legis-
lature, Is one Of the principal lead
ers in the "back-to-earth" move
ment, said Miss Lee. "Sne is one
Of our largest coffee planters" she
explained, and personally super
vises the work on her plantation. /"
As director Of the Bureau Of In
Evening star., 1942-01-25
Future Meetings of Women's Clubs Announced

street NV. Tuesday, 8 pm, Zeta
Mu Chapter. ITO Fourteenth street
NV; 8 pm, Nu Chapter, ITO
Fourteenth street NV. Wednes-
day, 8 pm, Choral Club with Mrs.
p. w. Pharoah, 1145 New Eamp-
shire avenue NV. Friday, 8 pm,
Delta Chapter party with Mrs.
Irah Eaves Hooker, 1856 Fifteenth
street NV.
Daughters OF the American Revo-
lution-Tomorrow, Victory Chap
ter 23d anniversary luncheon
meeting, Women's City Club:
speaker, Miss Elizabeth Poe. Tues
day, pm, Livingston Manor
Chapter with Mrs. John w. Ed.
wards, 1917 Hobart street NV;
2 pm, Our Flag Chapter with
Mrs. Frank Williams, 230l Con-
necticut avenue NV; speaker,
Mrs. Pearl M. Shaffer; $3.50 pm,
Capt. Wendell Wolfe Chapter, an.
nual dinner, the Highlands; pm.,
Federal City Chapter, Chapter
House; speakers, committee chair.
men; Columbia Chapter, Chapter
House; speaker, Miss Helen john
son.
Jewish Women's Joint Institute
Tuesday, las pm, Jewish Com
munity Center; speaker, John
Metcalf. Triumph of Democratic
Forces In America"
Evening star., 1942-01-25
Children's
Drama toAid
Red Cross
Four Plays
Include One
Original

The soroptimist Club Of Washing.
ton Is among several organizations
and individuals planning to enter
tain groups of children at q Chill
dren's Drama Festival" at 2:30 pm.
Saturday at the Woman's Club Of
Chevy Chase.
The war fund Of the Red Cross
will receive the entire proceeds OF
the entertainment, which will be
presented by the Children's Studios
Of Drama, directed by Rose Robson
Cohen.
Miss Estelle Zirkin, president Of
the Soroptimist Club, will be hostess
to 10 youngsters from the Children's
Emergency Home Of Central Union
Mission, while another group Of 10
will be entertained by the club. Mrs.
Jean Bennett, president Of the
American Federation Of Soroptimist
Clubs and superintendent OF the
mission, will accompany the party.
Mrs. Cynthia Warner. another
Soroptimist. will entertain the sta1
and pupils of her school.
Inc tGlcty Slup 70 PAoiulAlS W
have as its guests 20 children from
Friendship House.
So the entire proceeds of the en-
tertainment may be turned over to
the Red Cross, the youthful actors
decided to eliminate special stage
scenery.
-Four plays to be given include
an original, Rehearsal for Assem-
bly," written by one Of the classes
at the studio. Others are Miss
Lollypop's Party" "The Emperors
New Clothes" and Robin Hoods
Friends"
Tickets are On sale at 1914 Con-
necticut avenue NV. or from Mrs.
George Wise, ticket chairman.
Evening star., 1942-01-25

ternational Relations at the Uni
versity of Puerto Rico. Miss Lee
has long been interested In pro-
noting better inter-American re-
lstions. She has contributed per-
sonally TO friendly understanding
between the English and Spanish
speaking people Of theI Western
Hemisphere by translating the
works Of South American poets
into English.
She Is Poet and Il Working
On New Anthology.
A gifted poet, herself and the
author Of . book Of poems, "Sea
Change" she Is now working on
an anthology to include transla-
tions Of Latin American poems
which will be published under the
sponsorship Of the co-ordinator Of
inter-American affairs.
When Miss Lee came to Wash
Evening star., 1942-01-25

describes as one OF the "battlelronts
of democracy"
An ardent feminist, she was active
in securing Votes for women" 1r
Puerto Rico 10 years ago and has
seen the women there become in
creasingly active in public affairs
They have proven their ability as
organizers and executives In the
present crisis by setting up nuner-
GUS defense groups trained and
equipped to operate over the entire
island, she said.
Puerto Rico realized two years
ago that it would become one Of
democracy's war frontiers" she ex-
planned, "and several months ago
the women of San Juan started to
form committees for defense work.
Plans Made to Evscuate
Residents to Mountains.
The Evacuation Committee has
been particularly outstanding, she
said, in its plans for transporting
the civilian population from San
Juan into the mountains should an
emergency arise.
"The women Of San Juan started
to organize with Mrs. Rex Tugwel,
the Governors wife, several months
ago." she explained, giving par.
ticular study to plans for evacua-
ton. They have established COM
mittees for transportation and to
provide food, medicines, cots and
other supplies to be used in the
mountains by evacuees."
Interest in agriculture has been
greatly stimulated by the war, Miss
Lee added, and a woman's commit
Evening star., 1942-01-25
BusinesSWOmen
To Hear Mrs. Rogers
At Dinner Meeting
Representative Edith Nourse Rog-

REPRESENTATIVE Edith Nourse Rog-
ers Of Massachusetts, will be the
guest speaker at q dinner meeting
Of the Business and Professional
Women's Club at pm. tomorrow
at the Washington Club. She will
discuss her BILL providing for es-
tabhshment Of q women's Army
auxiliary corps for service with the
United States Army.
The program, under the direction
Of the clubs Legislative Committee
will include the singing of THE
Star Spangled Banner" and Amer
lea" with Miss Elsie Green, . de-
scendant Of Francis Scott Key
playing the piano accompaniment
Guests Of honor viii include Sen
ator Hattie w. Caraway Of Arkansas
Representative Katharine e. Byron
Of Maryland, Representative Mary
T. Norton Of New Jersey, Repre-
sentative Caroline O'Day Of New
York and Representative Jessie
Sumner Of Illinois.
0dfS. EsStc1c "a. WIutlIlS - ClldlI
man Of the Legislative Committee
and Mrs. Augusta Hanlon Brown Is
vice chairman.
Others on the committee include
Miss Green, Mrs. Edwina Avery
Miss Elsie Gould, Miss Mary An.
derson, Miss Eunice Broyles and
Miss Louise Backus. Also assisting
with the program are Mrs. Elsie
Coleman, recording secretary: Mrs
Ruth Baker, program co-ordinator
Mrs. Berniece Potter, corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. Marie D. Wer.
ner, parhAmentarian.
Mrs. Laura Waters, president, viii
preside.
The open-house programs held
each Wednesday evening at 1874
Connecticut avenue will continue
through February. They are prov
ing very popular with business and
professional women employed here
In war work.
Evening star., 1942-01-25

ington II years ago to fight for
equal rights as . member Of the
Woman's Party, she was accom-
panied by her young daughter,
Mmacita, and her little son, Luis,
jr. She Is again accompanied by
her children, but Munacita Is now
Q young woman who graduated last
year from the University Of Puerto
Rico, and Lrfs Is attending George
Washington University.
Time, which has changed the
children, has scarcely touched Miss
Lee. Her dark eyes are still youth
full and there Is but little gray in
her black hair.
What is your secret, plenty Of
exercise and fresh air?" she was
asked.
mo, I hate BOTH" she laughed.
But work has kept me interested,
and interesting work is the secret
of youth, think"