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Evening star., 1943-06-12
This.C,honging World
Surftqder Of PonteIIero Strengthens Theory
ThotA \lI-Out Air Offensive Is Key to Victory

be. This caution OF the American
military men is logical and If 1t
proves to be mistaken it will be
much the better for our forces.
Air Advocates Exult.
Advocates of the theory of win
the war by intensive bombings"
are exultant over the Pantelleria
results. While not going so far
as to say that this proves their
contention that air power can
force countries to surrender, they
point out that the conquest of
one of Italy's strongest fortified
outposts has been reduced mainly
by air power.
This never has happened in
the past. The Nazis claimed they
took Crete by air. This is only
partially true. German glider
planes took thousands of para
chutists to that island, which was
occupied only after these air
borne forces fought the British
and Greek ground troops. The
air-borne invasion army suffered
severe casualties, as did the de-
Tending force.
At Guadalcanal aviation played
only limited role at first. The
marines landed under the pro-
lection of a barrage from the
naval units which accompanied
the transports. 1t is true their
situation became precarious when
they did not have aviation to
protect them and it was only
after the planes arrived that we
were able to consolidate our po-
sition. But here again the main
job was done by ground forces.
Claims Were Contested.
In the Tunisian campaign the
claims of the aviation enthusiasts
that Allied air superiority actu-
ally brought about the downfall
of Hitler's and Mussolini's forces
was contested by ground farce
supporters. 1t was admitted that
aviation paved the way to vic
tory, but it took many divisions
using tanks. artillery and, in
many instances, cold steel to
force the surrender of Gen. Won
Arnim.
The immediate sequel of the
surrender of Pantelleria unques-
tionably will be an increased sup
port to the air forces now In
Great Britain to continue the
day and night bombing of the
Reich and Nazi-occupied coun-
tries. Even Prime Minister
Churchill, who is said to have
been a little doubtful about
Allied air. experts belief that
Germany could be reduced by air,
is likely to give the air forces
every chance to try out the
thesis.
OF course, the most enthusiast
tic advocates of aerial warfare
do not claim they can bring
about a quick decision against
a country we'll provided with the
only available antidote to air
attack-a strong air force.
But after Pantelleria their
case is rn,lch Stronoer
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Aluminium Production
Up Sharply in Canada

By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, June 12.-Muniicns
Minister C. D. Howe told the House
of Commons yesterday that Canad-
ian aluminium output is six times
greater than in 1899, that steel pro-
duction holds fourth place in the
United Nations, and one automobile
factory shortly will turn out its 5O0,-
O00th vehicle.
Reviewing the nations war effort.
he said Canada is manufacturing
the most powerful explosive de-
veloped in this war, and that the
aviation industry now could produce
30 planes week.
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velopment was announced yesterday
by Paul G. Hoffman, national
chairman of the CED.
The CED, which has it's head
quarters in the Commerce Depart
ment, was established last year by
a group of industrialists. to assist
and encourage American business
men in making postwar plans.
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I'D Rather Be Rioht'
GIeefuI Mood Of Opponents Of Administration
Evoporotes When They See Result of Acts

which helps Americas farmers to
buy and hold their own farms. Ger
tainly, much of Congress seemed
dazed when such men as Ralph Nc
Gill, editor of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, and such organizations as the
National Catholic Rural Life Con-
ference sprang to the agency's
defense.
The opposition had talked itself
into believing that its own private
language, about professors and
frankfurters and whatnot, was the
common speech of the country; that
the mood of its own TRADES was the
public mood; that to win a fight it
was no longer necessary to prove a
case, but only to affix label.
Yet there is certain higher dig
nifty in handling the affairs of this
Republic, which perhaps we lose at
intervals, but which has a way of
reappearing in moments of genuine
necessity. Certainly, the opposition
seems to have misread the signs.
That is a serious mistake on the
part of an opposition. It needs to
go back and do some more home
work.
The gleefulness of last January is
evaporating. Somehow, in the heat
of early summer, it no longer seems
like a reasonable plan to attack Mr..
Roosevelt by taking farms from poor
farmers
There are undoubtedly going to be
changes in many of our agencies.
But the great congressional dis
covery of 1943 is that this is going
to be serious and responsible work,
not to be done by a man swinging
sledgehammer with look in his
eye showing that he is out of this
world.
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Hun is but miles
away by walk
ing and minutes
away by air, up
ward of so the
aters stage pro-
auctions e very
night in London.
True, the stage
is not quite the
normal st a 6 e.
You must be in
your seat by
$50 in the eve
ming in order to
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HE opinions OF the riters this page o,u not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions
Stars effort to giue all sides of questions OF to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory amono
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1943-06-12

S / b / I.~ for
defense, Il IS
S u RENDERED
a f t er lie S S
than t h r e e
weeks of con-
t | n u o u S
pounding by
air, bolstered
by she ii n g
I + o m naval
forces.
A | ! | e d
S t r a t e gists
e x p e t C e d
ponfolloHio 10
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t h e opposition
f a l r | y bubbled
with plans for
firing Govern
m e n t agencies,
for cutting, dis
missing, investi-
eating. probing.
b ! O C k in G and
curbing.
I must report to
you that a reac-
ton has set in. In
part, this is the
OppOSition'S own
fanlt It over.
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Roosevelt. At
t n e S a m e
time another
R e p ublican,
and lso a
war veteran,
Col. Stimson,
became Sec
r e t a ry OF
War.
They took
these jobs as
a pat + i o t i C
duty to help
build up the
national de-
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Former WPB Aide
Named to CED Post

Appointment of John F. Fennel-
ly, until recently director of the
program bureau of the War Pro-
ductlon Board, as executive director
of the Committee for Economic De-
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the membership.
T he objective
now is to affect
decisions by di-
minishing t h e
size of the court
in particular
cases.
T h e proposal
which has been
advanced by the
Attorney Cen
eral in behalf of
t he Roosevelt
administration is
Evening star., 1943-06-12
BY GOULD LINCOLN,

Three years ago Col. Knox, a
Republican and a veteran of two
wars, became Secretary of the
Navy in the cabinet of President
Evening star., 1943-06-12
BY CONsTAA FINE BROWN

For the first = ne in modern
history, a strong. fortified is
land. supported by a sizable gar
risen and offering ex, ,llent pos
Evening star., 1943-06-12
By SAMUEL GRAFTON.

A few months ago the opposition
in Congress was in gleeful temper
In fact, it was higher than a kite
During the first weeks of January
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New Blow
Is Aimed at
HighCourt
Legislation Would
Make ; q Majority
In Certoin Cases
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The New Deal has begun again to
tamper with the Supreme Court. The
objective before was to change the
decisions of the court by enlarging
Evening star., 1943-06-12
McLennore-
FuiIs to Hear
English Actors
Bx HENRY McLEMoRE

LONDON.-Today is the day We
have set aside to report on the
English stage. 1t must be of in
terest that, although the wicked
Evening star., 1943-06-12

Ihere are more than 10 conven-
lent branch Offices for Star want
Ads located throughout the city.
Evening star., 1943-05-22

The best way to root for victory
is to dig deep into that pocketbook
or purse and buy War savings
stamps.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Permits
Continued From First Page. J

Sc, owner; Leon Chatelain, ir., de.
signer; to make repairs 2310 Higl,
street Sc; to cost $500,
Nancy J. and Clinton C. Carroll
329 SiXtv-flrst street NE, owners,
B. S. Hill, 1882 Biltmore street NV.
builder; to make repairs 329 Sixty
first street NE; to cost $500.
E. L, Harrison, 1928 Irving street
NE. owner; Columbia Re-roof1ne
Co., 1903 Buchanan street NV.
builder; to make repairs, 1928 Irving
street NE: to cost 5000.
Old Original Market, Inc, 150C
'~Seventh street NV. owner: j. Mar
Gus Hallett. designer; to make re-
pairs, 1900 Seventh street NV; to
cost s400.
$4,000 Apartment.
Woodcrest Building Co., 633 Que
bee place NV, owner and builder
George T. Santmyer, 1410 H street
NV, architect; to erect one 3-story
brick and cinder block apartment
t26 unitsl, 1926 Twenty seventh
street Sc; to cost $4,000.
H, Burton, 1885 Kenyon street
NV, owner; A. Daniels, builder; r
C. Archer. ir,. designer; to make re-
pairs, 1885 Kenyon street NV, te
cost $500.
Maurice J. Schlein, 915 New York
avenue NV. owner and hUi'der' '
Marcus Hallett, 6525 Piney Branch
road, designer; to erect two z-sUorS
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er: j. Marcus Hallett, designer; to
make repairs, 11l8 Spring road
NV, to cost $1,000.
Benton w. Aylor, 1873 Xenia street
Sc. owner: Atlantic Home I'm
provement Co.. 3408 Rhode Island
avenue, Mount Rainier, Md. builder
to make repairs, 1873 Xenia street
Sc, to cost s570.
Harry Xeron, 1913 Fourteenth
street NV. owner: E. E. Ward
1868 Eleventh street NV, builder;
H. S. Ward, 1902 Spring road NV,
designer: to erect one 1-story
brick addition to restaurant, 1913
Fourteenth street NV, to cost $400
David Brown. 1926 Thirteenth
street, NV, owner and builder: J
Marcus Hanett, designer; to make
repairs, 456 New Jersey avenue Sc
to cost s7oo.
Joseph Bello, 1922 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc, owner; Dallas McGrady
1l04 Vermont avenue NV, builder
George T, Santmyers, l410 H street
NV, designer: to erect one q
story brick and cinder block fiat
flour units, 1925 Ely place Sc, to
cost $4,000.
National City Development Co.
628 Tenth street NV, owner and
builder: George T. Sartmyers, archi-
tect; to make repairs, Alb and 43l
Atlantic street Sc, to cost $4OO.
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brick and cinder block fats (two
units EACH, 5216-18 Blaine street
NE, to cost $4,000.
John P. Van Ward. 1908 Nichols
avenue Sc, owner; Columbia Re
roofing Co., 1903 Buchanan street
NV, builder; to make repairs. 1908
Nichols avenue Sc, to cost $500.
A. Ayers, 1882 Center street NV,
owner: Philip Epling, Glendale. Md,
builder; to make repairs, 1882 Center
street NV, to cost $3.50.
John Lazzari, 3537 Thirteenth
street NV, owner; W. E. Miller, 942
Quincy place NV, builder; to make
repairs, 1887 Thirteenth street, to
cost s325.
$4,000 Dwelling.
Archie Thomas, 1901 c street Sc,
owner and builder: Gus N. Bull, 2212
Thirteenth street NV, designer; to
erect one 2-story brick dwelling
zone unit, 4465 B street Sc, to cost
81 900.
Elsie M Jewett, Nyack. N. Y,
owner; j. Marcus Hallett, 6525 Piney
Branch road NV, architect; to
erect one 1-storv brick restaurant,
73o Thirteenth street NV, to cost
$1,000.
National Savings and Trust Co.,
Fifteenth and New York avenue
NV, owner and builder; George
Howe, GIT Fifteenth street NV,
designer; to erect an addition, one
1-story brick restaurant. 8l2 Seven
teenth street NV. to cost $3.50,
Lady Lewis. 1856 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, owner and builder: to
make repairs. 1925 Prospect avenue
NV, to cost $3.50.
Peter Cokinos. 1921 Upton street
NV. owner and builder; r. H.
Horner, designer; to make repairs,
1921 Upton street NV, to cost
$500.
$1,000 Repair Permit.
r. Richmond, 7o3 Rock Creek
Church road NV, owner and build
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Care Of Rugs Urged
To Conserve Supply

AS the war progresses and the
home front is growing accustomed
to priorities, shortages and ration
cards, there is a growing recogni.
ton of the importance OF taking
care Of the things we own.
It's patriotic and smart sense, tot
especially with things that may
be hard to replace. And whether W.
like it or not the rugs that wer,
always taken for granted are nov
in that category.
Not that it's impossible to go ou
and buy floor coverings-for that!
not the case. But you may have
trouble getting just the pattern vol
want in the size and color thai
meets your requirements.
What can you do about 1t? Star
campaign today to avoid unneces.
sary rug wear in your home. Follow
these simple rules and you'll b.
doing your part in the Nation!
war on waste"
l. Vacuum clean your rugs more
often.
2. Remove all spots and stain!
promptly.
8. Use a rug pad under all fool
coverings.
4. Turn your rugs around ever,
50 often to equalize wear.
5. Give your rug a professional
cleaning periodically.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Outdoor Furniture
In Wood Still Offered

Yes-there Is outdoor furniture
for 1943-most Of 1t in wood, al
though here and there a store may
be found which has some metal
goods still in stock.
The gay colors predominate in
porch and garden equipment. Bright
tints prevail for chairs, tables ano
settees, including yellows, greens
reds and whites. Many outdoor sets
combine several colors effectively
rejecting natures trends.
In place of spring seats you'll
find padded cushions, covered with
water-repellent fabrics. These. too
are shown in the bright colors OF
the outdoors.
Tables with tile tops and wooden
legs. shaped like bamboo, are on the
market. and some bamboo and stick
reed pieces will be found. Loom
woven fiber is less plentiful than it
was but is to be had.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
New Resin Sources
Found in Coal Fields

Recent discoveries Of deposits Of
fossil resins believed to be sufficient
to meet the Nations needs for many
years have been found in the coal
fields of Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah and Washington. Seams IA
feet thick in which resins constitute
5 per cent Of the coal have been
found between Castlegate and Salina
Canyon, Utah, distance Of TO miles.
1t is estimated that in 100 tons of
coal there are five tons of resins.
Search for the natural resins was
stimulated by the cutting off of i'm
ports of some types of resins from
foreign sources and the diversion of
some chemicals used in making syn
thetic resins to war uses. The result
of the prospecting is expected to
result in a permanently adequate
supply Of domestic fossil resins for
the paint and printing ink indus
tries.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Dining Room Furniture
SoIes Reported Goinino

A trip through local department
and furniture stores indicates that
modern dining rooms may be
equipped with new designs in both
light and dark wood.
Store officials report that the four
leading types in demand are early
American, 18th century, modern and
American maple. One Of the larger
department stores here reported a
marked increase in dining room
furnitures sales for this month, as
compared with the previous part
of the year.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Brushes Of Wartime
Now Available for
Springtime Painting
Output for Civilians
Lacks BristIes but
Is Called ServiceubIe

Brushes made to meet wartime
requirements are available from
dealers for civilian use in the now
expanding spring painting season
Due to the shortages of imports Of
Chinese and Siberian hog bristles
which previously were generally used
in brushes, the long bristles have
been reserved for Government use,
but Victory" brushes are being pro-
duced for general sale to civilians.
While the manufacturers do not
pretend that the substitute brushes
are as good as real bristle brushes
they point out that if cared for prop
erly and used according to the man
ufacturer's directions, they should
give satisfactory service for ordinary
painting.
Some Victory" brushes now Oh
the market for sale to the public are
made from combination of horse
hair and Tampico fiber. Pure bristle
brushes in which the bristles are
limited to 2 inches In length may
still be manufactured and sold, but
bristles no longer than 2 inches
must be mixed with not less than
As per cent of other material, which
other material is now commonly
horsehair. but those brushes are re-
served for war work. of the armed
forces, maritime and war shipping
groups and dealer requires priority
of A-l0 or higher to get them from
manufacturer.
Pure bristle brushes with length Of
bristles above inches can be manu-
factured only upon certiflcation by a
proper procurement officer of the
Government that pure bristle is
essential for some special kind of
work.
Tapered nylon brushes are now
reserved exclusively for the Navy.
However. If dealer had pure bris-
tie brushes of any size in his store
which he had purchased prior to the
imposition of restrictions, he is pei
mitted to sell them without the
necessity of obtaining a permit. 1t
is in securing requirements of
brushes with bristles longer than 2
inches that he encounters restric-
tions and priorities.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

There are no priorities on imagi.
nation! 1t is the one thing which
we all may use with lavish hano
to make our homes, both inside ano
out, more attractive in wartime
The kitchen-which is the head
quarters office on the home front
may be perfectly adequate as long
as 1t is clean, light and well planned
But it can give the commanding
officer a big lift every morning II
it is bright with color, and if all
its equipment is arranged conven-
iently and attractively.
Lace Will Help Curtains.
There is no reason why the wash
able white sash curtains should not
have heavy white cotton lace at
S cents a yard to make them frilly.
This is just one of the little things
that makes a kitchen a pleasant
place.
A bright pink ruffie across the top
Of the window and pink geranium
glowing in the sun are two other
little touches which need no other
justification than that you prefer it
that way. and are willing to work
out the details.
There is no reason to be depressed
about dining room which needs a
bit of sparkle. To make it seem
more summerlike paint up an old
chest of drawers with bright color
to match gay calico used for dining
room chair seats Give your imagi-
nation and your paint brush full
play to decorate the chest to carry
out your color scheme.
Decoration need not be exact or
look like it was created by a master.
Part of it's charm may be the in
formal, whimsical nonsense that is
the product Of your own sense of
humor and therefore has no prec-
edent.
No Use to "Agonize.-
This is not the time to agonize
over the things we would like to
possess. These days we rearrange,
remake and do over all the odds
and ends we can find to make our
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Painting Provides
Extra Conservation
Aid in Wartime
Stimulus to Morale
On Home Front Cited
As Another Effect

Necessary painting is wartime
measure to protect the vital mate
! rials contained in the $3.50 0,000, ,000,-
600 worth of paintable American
property, which includes industrial
machinery and tools, agricultural
implements, railroad and utilities
equipment, motor vehicles ships,
household equipment, appliances
and furniture, as we'll as business,
industrial and residential and insti-
tutional structures.
AT the same time, paint so applied
automatically performs another
highly important service-the stim-
ulation and maintenance of indi-
vidual and collective morale on the
home front
1t provides this added service
without extra cost, for it costs no
more to select and use cheerful, at
tractive colors in harmonious COM
binations in accordance with mod
ern methods Of paint styling, than
1t does to use duller and less attrac-
tive tints.
S0iOIS AHcCL NINA.
Beauty and harmony in paint do
much more than merely crafty
whinls and good taste Modern SCI
entific research firmly has estab-
ished the fact that the right colors
in the right places may be equiv
alent to an effective medicine for
certain types of mental depression
and actually stimulate efficiency and
production by relieving the indi-
Vidual of the inhibition of dull and
depressing surroundings which def
nitely retard progress in everyday
occupations
The effect of colors on the human
mind is emphasized by definite find
ings that according to the colors
used. rooms may be made to seem
warmer or colder than the actual
registration of the thermometer.
longer and higher, or shorter and
lower than their actual measure
ments, dark or depressing, or bright
and cheering to the occupants.
Can Have Physical Effects.
Benefits to morale which have
been mentioned are psychological
and important, but color can have
physical, as we'll as mental effects.
as is evidenced by its relation to
human eyesight. The proper use
Of colors in connection with modern
lighting equipment can help to re-
lleve serious eyestrain. both in chill
dren and adults, and in homes,
schools and places of employment.
When this fact is carefully con-
sldered, it may often be thoroughly
justiflable for the protection of eye
sight, which is such an important
factor in human health and eff
cheney, to change the color of an
interior on that basis alone.
Here again is contribution to
morale without extra cost, for the
better people see. the better their
disposition is likely to be, and the
better they will work.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
The Home Clinic
Imagination, if UnIeoshed, Will Do
Wonders for Your Home in Wartime

4, house comfortable, easy to live in
and to add a bit of lit to the
intensive hours we are putting in.
New furniture may be out of the
question because of family financial
| pressure. But old furniture may be
redesigned with a saw and made
over with a can of paint with such
charm that most of us wonder why
we wasted moment pining for the
things which were out of reach.
Lifetime drapery and upholstery
fabrics are not feasible with refur-
bished furniture, but as long as
calico and cotton plaid are made,
and unbleached muslin still comes
from the cotton mills, we will get
along-provided we whip our imagi-
nation to the proper pitch and are
willing to work overtime.
Cotton Intrigues Decorators.
For years, decorators have been
turning out smart country and sum-
mer homes dressed in cotton. They
have long recognized the beauty
and practically of unbleached
coarse -textured materials. When
color was demanded, they dyed
these simple fabrics to achieve the
proper effect. All these are things
that our grandmothers did, and they
certainly are not too difncult for
us to learn.
To be sure. 1t is more trouble than
going to the shops and buying
things ready made, but the per-
sonal, individual effects which
crown our successes are we'll worth
the effort.
Every woman plans time budget
these days. There is no other way
she can market, prepare food, look
out for her children and keep her
house the way she wants it. Work
ing on the theory that the busiest
persons are always the ones who
find time" working house
wives can slip few hours into the
weekly budget to keep their homes
alive, vivid and interesting.
This is important war work: 1t
is important housework and it is
one Of the most soul-satisfying
forms of women's work.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Uses of Luminous Paint

Luminous paint sprayed on stock
ings, belts, gloves, handbags and
hats, and q luminous fabric treated
with special chemical that glows
for 20 hours and regains its luminos-
ity after brief exposure to day.
light or. electric light, are among
the wartime novelties produced as
the result of dimouts, brownouts
and blackouts. Some startling ef-
fects may be produced in darkness
such as seeing only ladys legs
and hat coming down the street
a commentator says.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
z Matching Pieces Enough

Two pieces that match usually
are enough for any room, interior
decorators say. Using more than
two makes a room look over done
or anxious" Twin tables, cabinets
lamps or vases are fine Quintup-
lets of these items would become
monotonous."