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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-25
D. T.. Maintains Health
Standards al Pools

The city's 80 swimming pools and
10 wading pools are meeting the
sanitary requirements of the Health
Department in spite of an increasing
of at least 10 per cent in the use of
pools this year compared with last,
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, assistant
health officer, announced last night.
DR.. Seskinger said the Health De-
partment's standard OF 100 bacteria
per milliliter Of water has been more
than met by the pools, where the
average count Is below 20 bacteria
per milliliter. He said that, in gen.
eral, swimming conditions are better
than a year ago.
The assistant health officer re-
ported that 30 additional pool OPP
orators qualified in the June exami-
nation, making a total of 1919 per-
sons who have been issued pool
operator permits" since the law be-
came effective July /, 1910. DR.. Seek
niger said he believed the most i'm
portant reason for the Improvement
in the pools was the necessity for a
permit to operate the pools.
Health hazards" at public pools
are not permitted, he said, adding:
This Is important now because
swimming pools provide excellent
recreational opportunities for the
stationary population as we'll as for
the war workers who seek relief from
the tension"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-25

the region in which the rollback
order is effective, COS neighborhood
price panels with 1000 volunteer
members and 5000 volunteer assist
ants are ready to aid the proprie-
tors of the 250,000 restaurants af-
fected to become acquainted with
the regulation.
Mr.. Joseph urged restaurant OPP
orators to avail themselves of the
assistance of their neighborhood
price panel, and said he believed
"the educational work of the panels
will assure compliance with the reg
ulation."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-25

would work all night If necessary"
to speed the mailing.
He indicated. however, that it
probably would be Wednesday night
before the last of the copies was in
the mail, meaning that enforcement
could not begin until Friday or Sat-
urday.
Delay Not Serious.
The spokesman indicated that he
did not regard the enforcement de-
lay as serious, since the OPA, in
any case, would have given the res
taurants several days grace in
which to become accustomed to the
new regulations.
Meanwhile, in New York, Sylvan
L. Joseph, regional OPA admins
traitor, announced that throughout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-25
10000 Italians Reported
Held for Refusing 10 Fight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 24.-Tass, Russian
official news agency, said in a dis
patch from Bern, Switzerland, to-
night that many italian political
prisoners and a large number of
italian army men had been sent to
concentration camps in Croatia.
The total number of prisoners at
three special concentration camps
for Italian soldiers who refused to
tight or deserted has been increased
recently to 10000 the dispatch said.
It added that several hundred
italian officers, arrested for violating
orders and "subversive activities in
the army" are kept in one Of several
prisons maintained for the purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-25
4 u. 5. Newsmen 10 Assist
Chinese Information Unit

Four American newspapermen
have been selected by the State De-
partment to spend year in Chung
king advising the Chinese Ministry
of Information on American tech
niques and standards of newspaper
reporting, the department an
nounced yesterday. The men were
chosen at the request of the Chi
nese government as part of the
United States program Of inter-
national cultural relations.
The men are Floyd Taylor, assist
ant city editor of the New York
World-Telegrams; Frank P. Buck
ner, East Orange, N. j., editor of
an aircraft magazine; George H.
Alexson, photographer for the New
York Times, and George H. Grimm,
Jersey City, former radio director of
the Minneapolis Star-Journal Sta
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-25
Gen. Eaker Describes
WAC Drill in England
As 'Smartest' Seen
By the Associated Press.

AN 9Th AIR FORCE ORIENTA-
TON CENTER SOMEWHERE IN
ENGLAND, July 24.-Maj. Gen. Ira
c. Eaker today reviewed a battalion
of WACS being turned over to the
American Air Force for duty and
described their parade as the
srnartest I've SEEN"
Also reviewing with the American
air commander were Maj. Gen. Jean
Knox, head of the British ATS
sisters in khaki Of the WACS-Col.
Harvey Holland, commander Of the
orientation center, and other high
ranking American officers and rep
resentatives of Britain's WRENS
and WAAFS.
Gen. Knox, with Gen. Eaker, Capt
Mary A. Hallaren, WAC battalion
commander; Col. Holland and his
executive officer, Maj. Cecil McGim-
sey Of Birmingham, Ala, and the
WAC adjutant, 1t. Aletha L. Winn
of Havana, N. OAK, "trooped the
line"-walked around the WAC
companies standing stiffly at atten-
ton.
The WACS were preceded In the
parade by a 28-piece central base
section band led by Corpl. Ernest
j. Tassin of New Orleans, aug
mented by a smaller band from the
10th Replacement Depot, which in
turn was led by Sergt. Thurman
Wilson of Newburn, N. c., former
bugler at Arlington National Gem
etery near Washington.
The WACS were wearing new
patches on their left shoulders,
showing they were attached to the
air force. They also wore service
ribbons, which had been pinned on
them the day before by six officers
until their thumbs gave out.
After the parade Gen. Eaker and
other guests were entertained at
the largest luncheon ever held at
the center, and one which the
WACS helped prepare.
Fifteen WACS served and moth
ing was spilled. So delighted were
Center Mess Officer Capt. R. J.
Mccarthy of Washington and WAC
Mess Officer 1t. Edyth E. Biolo
Iron Mountain, Mich, that after
ward they impulsively gave each
other a bear hug.
AfterWard, at an officers dance,
the WACS provided entertainment.
The night before, enlisted WACS
had their dance and some friends
and relatives saw each other for
the first time overseas. Since the
WACS arrived here Roland L. Bour-
geois of Washington, a Red Cross
field worker, and Center Chaplain
Capt. c. G. Skippy of Wollaston,
Mass, have been busy helping
people find each other.
Some of the WACS already have
been sent into London to take a
special short training course in COM
munications before going on perma-
nent assignment, and are quartered
In the former town house of a Brit
ish barren. Pfc. Margaret Frank
of Washington said she was disap-
pointed, adding she had hoped to
be quartered in a castle, perhaps
one with ghosts.
Mr.. Bourgeois wife lived at 1927
Alton place NV. with their two
children, Roland, jr., 7, and Robert
Gibson, 4 months. whom his father
has never seen. Mr.. Bourgeois Joined
the Red Cross as a field director in
August, 1912, and went to the Brit
ish Isles last December.
Capt. Mccarthy formerly lived at
200 Rhode Island avenue NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-25
Restaurants
Continued From First Page.

the District OPA late Monday or
early Tuesday
The regulations then will be
mailed to the restaurants as soon as
members of the District OPA staff,
aided by volunteer workers, can pre-
pare them for mailing, the spokes-
man said. He added the OPA staff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-25

Place a stamp in that vacant
space in your War Savings stamp
book; it will help put the Axis on
the spot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-25

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closeup view of of Uncle Sans antiarca hafracks
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Evening star., 1943-08-15

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slices of tomato. If the sandwich stand several
hours before being tomato separately 1t
be added to sandwich just before eating.
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layer of creamed Cloverbloom Butter and liberal filling
Coverboom Cream Cheese soened with and mixed with
chopped green pepper Really delicious for pae home lunch
or lunch box Stays moist and delicious
Evening star., 1943-08-15
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mayonnaise, creamed butter, mustard, or
a crisp, chopped vegetable. Wrap each
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. bread, but not oozing over. Cream
your butter for easy spreading.
Mustard, lemon juice, horse
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Lettuce willis, 80 wrap it separately in
wax paper. 1t can be added to the sand.
wich just before eating.
Use different breads: Nut, Whole
Wheat, Enriched White, Raisin, Rye.
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Evening star., 1943-03-28

vised jumping" mine, which is sprung
into the air and explodes several feet
above the surface OF the ground. Going
off at that height it insures wider dis
tribution Of the mine fragments, and
thus more damage to personnel.
But the sole effect of BOBBY traps
isn't only the killing Of the enemy.
Much Of it is psychological. A we'll
placed BOBBY trap never gives away its
position by sight OF a wire. It doesn't
have batteries to corrode and put it out
OF action. 1t is just there, ready to do
its deadly work today, tomorrow or six
months from now.
That is why troops following retreat
ing enemy are trained not to kick any,
thing; not to pick up abandoned enemy
equipment, or even to enter an aban-
doned tank until 1t has been examined
by the engineers. And in entering places
that have been inhabited they are
doubly cautious. They are trained to
know the enemy IS tricky: that unques-
tionably when he gives up any position
he mines the approaches, the houses and
everything else.
Evening star., 1943-03-28

A big part of it is to create In the
enemy mind feeling OF uncertainty
and dread which he is sure to get when
he sees his own buddies blown to bits
by explosion of an innocent abandoned
tin helmet. Also to create in the minds
of friendly troops an attitude of suspi-
cion toward anything that has been left
behind by the enemy. In this way they
may considerably slow up advancing
units, whether friendly or enemy.
1t takes long time to examine an
abandoned house where the enemy pre-
sumably has placed anti-personnel
mines. Troops on the heels of retreat
ing enemy do not just rush in and take
over. First engineer squads 90 in to de-
fang the mines. 1t takes time, but it is
far better than losing valuable men.
The officers impress the men with the
value OF extreme care, both in detection
OF mines and in handling the decorating
devices after they are discovered.
De-activating DANGERS.
Even after you find the darned thing,
you have to deactivate them," said an
engineer captain. "Its touchy enough to
find them. It's touchier to pull their
horns. You just have to take your time
and be careful. Keen judgment and ex-
perience help lot. But we teach our
men to diversity their installations. Put
the mines where the enemy will least
expect them"
At best it's tricky business. One slip
in placing a mine by an enemy soldier
and he becomes casualty, probably
taking some Of his buddies along One
slip in territory just abandoned and his
number may be up You only make one
mistake in this business" said the cap
tain. "You don't have another chance.
That's why we emphasize caution and
more caution" 1t isn't hard to under
stand.
You might think an easy way to take
the barb out Of barbed wire would be to
toss heavy canopy over 1t, on which
assaulting troops could run up and over.
Mines laid in the wire fields take care
VI eAA"o AAeoAO 1VSAA. OCACdIC1y DCt QCJO-
nators lead to invisible wire strands
strung in and over the barbed wire. The
slightest change in weight. or pull on
any one OF many strands sets OF the
charge.
Constantly the officers at Belvoir try
out new settings 1t isn't considered the
snappy thing to yank out desk drawer
unless you examine it first. 1t might 20
of. File case drawers are favorite spots
for placing traps, all in fun, Of course.
A chair might be armed and set to deto-
nate the trap at q particular angle.
Heavy charges are not used, naturally.
Before the troops go out in the field
to learn about BOBBY traps they are
shown q British movie on the devilish
devices. That teaches them to be chary
Of everything. The whole idea Is to
inculcate the feeling among the men
that anything may be dangerous; and
We mean anything" said Capt. Frank
w. Shuman. "But our own men will bs
taught. The enemy will learn by losses
Just how We have mastered this same.-
Evening star., 1943-03-28

no matter what the weather. rather than
enter structure that hasn't been ex-
amlned for mines," explained Capt.
Shuman. Those precautions will save
lot of lives"
Learning About BOBBY Traps
-Four platoons stood in chilly field,
each in seni-circle surrounding a SER
geant instructor. He explained by dia-
grams and with the instruments them
selves the types of detonators used bv
the Army to set off anti-personnel mines.
"All armies use the same general types
OF charges the major explained. At
the moment the troops were learning
about BOBBY traps, or anti-personnel
mines. Anti-mechanized mines, used
against tanks, are more bulky and have
their own decorating devices
The explosive itself may be anything
two or three sticks of dynamite, TINT.
hand grenade, one of our anti-per-
sonnel augmentation mines or almost
anything human ingenuity can devise
They can be set anywhere. You never
know where they'll be.
Wire-cutting parties working at night
in the last war did their job in COM
parative security. All they worried
about was enemy patrols, or the pos
sibility some sleepless machine gunner
might cut loose at random. It's differ
ent in this war. Wire-cutting parties
don't just go out and bithely cut. Most
barbed wire emplacements also are
mined, with the joint purpose of de-
stroying personnel and warning the de-
tenders. Mines are used widely at night
when troops bivouac for q snatch of
sleep. Hidden nests of trip wires run
to concealed mines where an enemy
patrol will be sure to set them of. In
thick country, paths are mined, wire en-
tanglements are canalized, so that If
the enemy avoids the wire he will move
into mined area.
Now want to impress on you men
the technique of handling these things"
doomed the authoritative voice Of .
Evening star., 1943-03-28

defang it and gently lift it, the one un-
derneath goes off.
Some fun, eh," he said. Sometimes
they come in lunches" 1t didn't sound
exactly like fun.
"Supercaution and care are the essen
tlals," he explained. You can't take too
much care or time to discover them and
pull their horns'
The American soldier is an ingenious
chap In boyhood he has played hide and
seek and other games. He knows how to
hide. 1t all comes out in this BOBBY trap
work. Somewhere the Axis is learning
right now the weight Of American ex-
plosive authority and American ingenu-
1ty Belvoir teaches 'em to be careful Of
themselves and needless of enemy losses.
That's the whole idea. Make it tough for
the enemy. The engineers do that pretty
thoroughly. The training at Belvoir all
along the line, emphasizes efficiency in
placement OF mines, and handling enemy
mines after detection.
Anti-Personnel Mines.
Anti-personnel mines used by the Army
can be friendly. They do not have to be
those deadly devices which hurt your
own soldiers as they open book in an
abandoned house, or pull the door of a
barn.
Placed in friendly barbed wire or
around bivouac area they can be pretty
emclent warning singnals that an enemy
unit is around-silent, wideawake devices
that function without care or inspection.
The Army has virtually abandoned elec-
trically operated detonation devices in
favor OF other types of detonators. En-
glneer troops at the big Engineer Re-
placement Training Center at Fort Bel
voir, Va, are finding out about mines of
all kinds The enemy will find they know
their stuff.
Take the anti-mechanized mine, for
example. 1t is laid in roads or fields or
spots where enemy tanks or mechanical
vehicles may run across the heavy ex-
plosive charge and detonate the mine,
blowing the track off tank, or sending a
truck into junk. One of the cute little
tricks the mine boys have is to SOW anti
personnel mines in among the anti-tank
stun, SO that when crews equipped with
delicate detector devices move across the
mine fields they'll explode the anti
personnel mines. It takes much less
pressure to set of an nti-personnel
mine with its hundreds Of tiny fragments
spreading death for yards than to set
of an anti-tank mine.
Used by Rommel.
Such clever little gadgets were used by
Rommel (and still are being used) in his
long haul from Egypt into Tunisia. They
are among the reasons the British didn't
leap on Rommel from behind and cut
him down. You just don't treat mine
fields with impunity or lack Of care.
Setting an anti-tank mine under a
road is easy. It is buried . few inches
below the surface where an enemy tank
may run over 1t and be blown into use
less Junk. Setting an anti-tank mins
fseld In open country Is little harder,
Evening star., 1943-03-28

for tanks, with their ability to knock
down trees and mount obstacles, no not
have to stick to recognized paths. but
they may be cleverly canalized and led
over anti-tank mines.
The Bangalore torpedo is one of wars
cleverest devices for robbing enemy wire
of its sting. Used in the last war against
barbed wire the Bangalore torpedo is
a group of lengths of iron pipe bolted or
screwed together. Each length carries
a charge of dynamite or other explosive.
1t can be made long or short Showed
right under enemy wire and detonated
from safe distance by electricity or by
pulling wire, torpedo charge will blow
a wide gap in barbed wire. 1t will also
set off by detonation any enemy mines
in that area Also it has it's uses on
roads at night. Lengths of iron pipe,
stuffed with explosives can be set across
roads in such a way that they'll 60 off
when the wheel of a blacked-ou vehicle
proceeding almost by touch in a COM
bat area, hits the pipe. You get the
idea, seeing these things that war is
messy business, full of tricks and sur
prises; unpleasant ones. Also you get
the notion that the American soldier is
a pretty capable gent at cooking up
deadly surprises for the enemy in this
BOBBY trap racket.
The New Jumping Nine
The ordinary anti-personnel mine OF
the augmentation type is deadly enough,
whether it be hand grenade, or the
box-like chunk of steel which is the
usual job. But lately the Army has de-
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Fora Greater National Symphony

Sunday concerts where its members were
box holders. AS word Of it spread from
agency to agency, membership grew
from 200 to almost 300 members The
forum was given something of pre-
view OF the music to be presented the
following Sunday. On most occasions
the soloist was there to explain the music
and to play passages from it.
Mrs Miller wrote to cabinet members
and other agency heads, asking for the
appointment of individuals to help
further music in Government circles
and to support the symphony in any way
possible.
From War Secretary Stimsons Office
came the response that 'it has always
been satisfying spectacle to members
OF the War Department staff to witness
the presence of enlisted personnel at
concerts of the National Symphony Or
chestra and to know that these perform
ances were made possible through con-
tributions of the public" Maj Howard
c. Bronson, music officer of the special
service division, Services Of Supply, was
named the War Departments repre-
sentative.
Similar responses came from the other
departments. In many cases, those
chosen were musicians in their own right
or had long been devoted individually to
the orchestra. incidentally, the commit
tee is anxious to have others who as
sisted In past symphony campaigns Join
the group.
The Government Comes in.
From the Navy Departments Bureau
OF Ships came Oscar Bessie. The COM
mlttee promptly solved a problem pre-
sented by Mr.. Bessie, who is a violinist
He wanted to find pianist with whom
TO play chamber music. Walter. Buxbaum
member of the committee, was found.
DR.. Walter Bauer, conductor of the
Agriculture Department Orchestra, be-
came member of the National SYM
phony Government Committee. So did
George E. Heisley, conductor of the Post
Office Department Orchestra.
With 125 committee members scattered
through 80 Government agencies, the
group already has several projects on
the fire, including holding the symphony
concerts earlier in the evening so Gov
ernment workers can stay downtown to
attend
The Job at Hand.
The immediate job, however, is to help
insure the National Symphony Orches-
tra's 18th season. There will be no
high-pressure soliciting in the Gov
ernment departments. The idea is simply
that the committee members are there
for those who want to give and there are
already indications that the committee
members won't be idle.
What the dimes and dollars from
"boomtown's" workers will help make
possible are the usual series of Sunday
afternoon concerts and Wednesday eve
ming concerts which may be given at
pm, as the Government Committee
suggested; the students concerts and the
highly successful $3.50" concerts which
will be extended from three to five or
more.
Among the soloists already scheduled
for next season are such great names in
music as Arthur Rubinstein, Nathan
Milstein, Grace Moore, Yehudi Menuhin,
Ezio Pima and Josef Holman.
Evening star., 1943-03-28

I'VE ask the men to use their own in
genulty and their own Devices" ex-
planned platoon commander. The
sergeants exchanged maps of the mined
spots. Isolated explosions burst along
the barbed wire, puny against the back
ground of woods and fields, as feet
sprung wire traps and men stepped on
hidden mines.
The men grinned as their buddies set
them off, but the second lieutenant
didn't grin so broadly. I'VE give 'em
charts showing just where the mines
are" he said. How about it if they do
not have charts, as the enemy won't
have charts in battle?"
One lad was keen for the job until he
set off charge which stung him.
You're dead" his pals jibed. Patiently
the lieutenant explained to him. This
work isn't easy. Throw away those
sticks and probe with your bare hands
IN that grass and dirt. Your hands
have much more feel than that stick"
The lieutenant showed one detonator,
cleverly camoutlaged beneath whisp
OF grass, set flush with the surface of the
ground. Unless you knew it was there
you wouldn't see it. But in battle it
might set off a heavy charge.
Come over here and de-activate this
one," said the lieutenant. A man jumped
to the job. BE careful. How do you know
this one doesn't have another mine be-
low it, set to go off when you lift the top
one?"
A Favorite Trick.
The platoon commander explained that
a favorite trick is to put one mine on top
OF another. When you find the top mine,