Evening star., 1943-05-16

girls and boys, from the youngest
kindergarten pupil to the oldest
high school student, are eligible to
try for them.
To enter the contest, all you have
to do is to begin collecting old silk
and nylon hosiery-the sooner, the
better, of course. And to win the
first prize of SIS, all you have to do
Is to round up more hosiery than
anybody else between now and
June S.
On that date, Horace Walker,
executive secretary of the commit
tee, will weigh the hosiery turned
in at his office, 412 Albee Building,
Fifteenth and G street NV, and
the winners of the contest will be
announced as soon thereafter as is
practicable. In addition to the first
prize, there will be a second prize of
$40 and a third of S.. All the prizes
will be in War savings stamps to
be provided by the committee,
through Mr.. Walker.
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The committee hopes, through
this contest, to enable the District
to make more creditable showing
in the Nationwide hosiery salvage
campaign than it has made to date.
"As of April 15," says Mr.. Walker,
"a total of 1,239,05O pounds of hos
iery had been collected in the United
States. OF this amount, the Dis
trict Of Columbia produced 1914
pounds, placing 10Th in the States
total poundages throughout the
country"
Mr.. Walker feels-and I agree
with him-that the District ought to
do much better than that.
Get busy today-right noW-and
round up all the worn-out hose in
your home. Search the drawers of
bureaus, chiffoniers and dressing
tables. Ask your mother, grand
mother and sisters-all the women
In your family-to give you any
stockings they no longer need. And
then make door -to-door canvass
of your neighborhood with the same
request. I'll bet you'll be surprised
how quickly you accumulate a pile
OF hosiery worth turning in at Mr..
Walkers office
But you don't have to insist on
hosiery that is all silk or all nylon.
Those types are best. of course. but
the committee also lists as accept
able mixtures of silk and nylon. silk
and rayon, nylon and cotton, nylon
and rayon and silk and cotton.
Maybe you don't know why these
old hose are wanted by your uncle.
Well, Mr. Walker explains
'One of the most important mill
tary uses for silk is in the manu-
facture of powder bags. The re-
claimed silk will be woven into silk
bags, into which charges of powder
are placed for generating the power
required to expel a shell from guns
OF major caliber. Silk alone burns
completely, leaving no hot embers.
The gun can thus be recharged
with greater speed, because clean
Ing is not necessary. Nylon also
has important military uses"
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This is contest in which some
boys may be inclined to think,
Leave 1t to the girls"
But that's silly. Boys can collect
just as much hosiery as girls, if
they'll only try. And I'm betting on
them to win at least one of the
three prizes!
just a sentence more is neces-
sary: All hosiery turned in at Mr..
Walkers office must be washed.
Ralph Gilbert, who will graduate
from Anacostia High School in June,
is an accomplished accordionist.
And Marjorie Woods, another honor
student, is "a whiz on the drums. +"
according to the Anacostia Pow
Wow.
John Places, former Anacostia
student now in the Navy, has been
awarded a meritorious citation for
extraordinary courage while plotting
one of the first barges to land in
North Africa. "Jeep," as he is
known, was one of Anacostia's out
standing athletes. He won three
letters in basket ball and also
starred in football and golf.
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Demetra Bacas, The Junior Stars
No. l correspondent at Calvin Cool
idge High School, has been elected