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Evening star., 1943-08-24
Back From the Wars
Soldier Wants to Become Flyer
After II Months Guarding Jops
Interned Men at Oahu
Think San Francisco
Hos Been Bombed

Miss Mollie Raffel, War Produc-
ton Board employe called The Star
today and asked for an interview
in the paper with her soldier
brother
He's had II months overseas" she
said. Now he starts flyer training
The reporter and photographer
arrived at 4901 Georgia avenue NV
They were met by Miss Raffel, and
introduced to her mother, Mrs
Bessie Raffel. Sitting on a couch
was soldier. He had South Pacific
and an American Defense service
ribbon pinned on his shirt.
This is Leonard" Miss Raffel
said.
Hello" said Leonard.
There was a silence.
II feel sort of funny about this.
Leonard said. "I haven't seen any
real action, you see. Just II months
on Oahu"
What did you do on Oahu?'
"We interned JAP prisoners from
Guadalcanal," he said.
"What dld you tnlnK OF IneIn!
He frightened his fist.
They're just like what you reac
they are" he retorted. IF I gel
killed getting Just one Jap flyer
I'll be satisfied
His sister WINGED. His mothe'
spoke quickly.
He only has few days here,
she said. Then ne goes to Texas tt
start training"
Evening star., 1943-08-24

dent here for three years and Civil
Service Commission employe, he was
sworn into the Army at 81, about
a year ago After only five days
he was shipped overseas to Oahu
The men manned guns on the
transport going over, he said, but
nothing happened. After he got
his basic training on the South
Pacific Islands, Leonard said, he
began to look longingly at the
planes overhead.
How did the other fellows feel
when they sa wyou leave Oahu
Leonardo"
"Envious," he said Because of
the Air Corps. They all want to
get into the Air Corps and bomb
those Japs. Definitely"
Evening star., 1943-08-24
100 District SeIectees
To Report Tomorrow

A total of 100 District men now
on their post-induction furlough
will report to their respective serv-
ices tomorrow.
Included in the group are 81
selectees for the Army, indicted
August A; 33 for the Navy, inducted
August 18, and six for the Marine
Corps, inducted August II. The list
follows:
Evening star., 1943-08-24

Leonard kept right on talking
about the Japs.
Superior" he said. They we're
so superior. They think our cities
are getting bombed every day. They
even think San Francisco is in the
hands of Japs already"
He gave snort.
Think of it! San Francisco"
He saw San Francisco on his way
to Oahu, he said, five days after his
induction at Camp Lee, Va. A resi-
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Stories of Veterans
Wanted by Star
For Publication

This is another of a series
of interviews with men from the
Washington area who have
returned from overseas duty.
Friends and relatives of service
men returning from battle zones
are urged to write or telephone
the city editor of The Star at
National 5000. The Star wants
to give these men of the armed
forces a chance to tell their
stories to the thousands of in
terested Washingtonians.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
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Evening star., 1943-08-24

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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-08
Diary of q Rroodcoster

This "share-a-taxi' system is
really working out very well, but it
requires quick thinking. I heard a
very charming but disappointed
young lady telling her tale of woe
today.
II had to get to my dentist this
noon and stopped cab with some
one in it. The driver said he had
to go to the Mayf1ower hotel first.
That was only a few blocks out of
the way but was in a hurry so I
said no. AS the cab started off,
! looked at the passenger. And was
I sorry I said not was Wendell
Willkie!"
I thought: This Zone World" isn't
so small after all!
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-08

mate is questioned by some Ameri-
can observers.
The second feet under General
Pesslering was in the Mediterrane-
an area. 1t was estimated shortly
after Tunisia as 800 strong but prob
ably soon thereafter was considera-
bly, wasted" and not very efficient
because it was spread thinly over
long coast line with Italy as a weak
link.
The Remainder
The third fleet was under Gen.
eral Sperle-perhaps fifteen hundred
planes with the tremendous and
growing task of guarding the Ger.
man industrial area, the submarine
ports all the way to the bay of Bis
cay-and also the duty of meeting an
invasion at any point along that long
coast line.
Then there was General Richtho-
fen's fleet in southern Russia and
General Stunpf's at the other end
of the stick in Norway with what
was left.
Besides these fleets, or a part of
them perhaps, were certain "Flieger
korps" mobile units which at
tempted to come to the rescue when
some area was in dire distress. But
the whole force, the experts believe,
is spread so thin that in case of
simultaneous air attack, great gaps
have to be left which would make
(and already have made) Allied air
invasion safe and. as a corollary,
would do the same for land invasion
beneath it.
The Luftwaffe has not vanished.
It is still powerful weapon and
the Germans are trying to maintain
it's strength by concentrating on the
production of fighter planes. But
the days when Hitler's evil angels
darkened the skies and fortunes of
Europe are over.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-08
About the LuftuaHe

There is another factor, of course,
which is working against enemy mo-
rale; that is, the fact that the hard
est blows now struck come from
the air with the weapon which Italy
exalted and which Hitler forged and
put into effect in the form of his
one-time invincible Luftwaffe.
Meanwhile, what has happened to
the Luftwaffe-which some people
have called the vanished" Luft-
waite?
We have heard much about it dur
ing past months, but very little has
been of a definite nature.
Well, the paper strength of Ger
many's air force has been pretty
well plotted from data obtained in
confidential reports to Allied head
quarters here and abroad. This is
what it looks like:
A maximum overall, first-line Ger
man force of between four and five
thousand planes. Given as I write,
it is probably declining in num-
bers.) The whole is divided into five
'Luftfotte" (airf1eets) one of which,
until the middle of June, was put
ting up considerable offensive ef-
fort on the northern Russian front.
1t is Cor was) under General Keller
and it may originally have been
composed of $500 planes. That esti-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-08
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-08
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Fish Scale Pearls

When artificial pearls are made
by dipping white glass balls into
solution, a gallon of the mixture
contains the silvery coloring mat
ter from the scales of approx
mately 10000 fish, chiefly herring.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-08
Production of MINIS

During the past $50 years, the
minis of the United States have
produced 1859, 100000 coins, of
which O,892,0OO,OOO, or Sc per
cent, were pennies.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-08
WNU Service, Union Trust Building
Washington, ID. G.

Has Herr Goebbels created a
"maginot mind" in his minions
which will crumble and wreck Ger
man morale just as the failure of
the French defense smashed French
morale? That is a question which
the students of propaganda in Wash
ington are studying with great in
terest today.
Both external evidence-newspa
pers, broadcasts, public statements;
and internal evidence-reports of
spies and neutral observers; reveal
two things: one, that the Axis peo-
Piles are extremely invasion-con-
scious; and two, that they are suf-
fering from a severe case of war
nerves. But a third more serious
possibility is developing.
AS result of the 'maginot
mind" it is believed that a marked
increase in the scope of the air
raids, or even minor success of
single invasion unit, might result in
complete breakdown of Axis mo-
rale. Realizing this, the German
propaganda forces are working fran
tically to change their previous
verbal barrages based on the con-
cept of the Fortress Europa, an ut
terly impregnable defense system,
back to the original German con-
cept of the value and efficiency of
a highly mobile, offensive force.
Last year, when the second front
talk reached it's height, the German
defense propaganda reached high
water mark too. Then when inva-
sion weather passed, the German
defense talk died down to be re-.
newed this past April. Everything
was done by the Nazis to create the
idea that Europe was ringed by an
unbreachable wall Of steel, iron and
concrete. Comparisons were made
with the Maginot line; they said
the guns in the Maginot line could
traverse 100 degrees-in the new
German wall, they can swing around
the whole $50 degrees. They said
that the steel used in the construc-
ton equals bar which would reach
from the earth to the moon-the
concrete would build a road from
Berlin to the Solomon islands.
Those Six Months
That was the kind of fare the
Germans and the Italians were
served. Immediately after the fall
Of Tunisia, for instance, there was
an Axis chorus which tried to sound
exceedingly jubilant when it de-
clared: 'Halleluja, we have held
back the enemy successfully for six
months, long enough to complete our
Notifications, it is too late for an
attack son our fortress now!"
In recent weeks, however, with
the growing attacks on German cit
les, the surrender of the Italian is
land fortress to forces utterly in
different to walls of steel or con-
crete, the German propagandists
have begun to realize that they went
too far in building faith in a wall
that their propaganda is in danger
of back-firing. They realize that if
that concept is held, and if the Al
lies make a landing at any point
and break the wall, the civilian mo-
rale will break with it.
So the tune has suddenly changed.
Now we hear that the shores of the
Mediterranean are protected by
splendid mobile defense-there is no
south wall to Europe-none is need
ed. The European continent under
German dominance is ideally
equipped, far better equipped for
offense against any invader who
might get a foothold than the in
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-08
Germdnys 'MdginotM
May Hasten Nazi Collapse
Axis Propagandists Fear Fortress Europa
Concept May Backfire; If Allies Break
'lmpregnabe' Line Morale May Crack.
By BAUKHAGE
Ne,Us analyst and Commentator.

Guilty Of the Allied transportation
across water is stressed, the power
OF the submarine is emphasized.
But this about-face, according to
observers here, has come pretty late
and can hardly create much con-
fidence on the part of nation which
has had the myth of the Fortress
Europa pounded into it for over
year.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-07-08
Son of the Future

I don't know who my grand
father was; I am much more con-
cerned to know what his grandson
will be.-Lincoln.
Evening star., 1943-12-18
lsiNRatoniinq
&ksRemiindery@,

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Book No. 4, green stamps A, B and
c valid through Monday Stamps
D, E and F valid through January
20.
Meats, Fats, Etc. Book No. 3
stamps L, M, N and P valid
through January /.
Sugar-Stamp 20 in Book No. 4 good
for 5 pounds through January Is
ShOes-Stamp No Is in Book No. /
and stamp l on the "airplane'
sheet of Book No. 3 valid now for
an indefinite period.
Gasoline-No. 8 A coupons good for
3 gallons each until February 8
B and c coupons good for GAL
Ions each B-2 and CO coupons
in books issued after December /
are good for gallons each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders. March 81. For
B coupon holders. January 81.
Fuel Oil-Period No. l coupons, good
for 10 gallons a unit, valid now
expire January 3. Period No.
coupons. valid now, expire Febru-
ary g. Period No. 3 coupons be-
come valid January 4, remain valid
through March IA. According to
the District OPA, consumers in
this area should not have used
more than "a per cent of their
total yearly fuel oil ration as OF
December l3
Evening star., 1943-12-18
William f. Bowman Named
Silver Spring Postmaster

President Roosevelt today sent to
the Senate for confirmation the
nomination of William E Bowman
to be postmaster at Silver Spring,
M.
MI. Bowman, who lives at 804
Wayne avenue, Silver Spring, was
Endorsed for the post by the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee of
Montgomery County on November
8. He would succeed the late How
ard Griffith. Dyke Cullum has been
acting postmaster,
A native of Brighton, Md, Mr..
Bowman has lived in Montgomery
County most of his life and is man
ager of the Wolfe Motor Co., in
Silver Spring. He served with the
Navy in the World War and is a
member of Stansbury Masonic
Lodge. He is married and has two
sons and a daughter.
Evening star., 1943-12-18
REAL ESTATE
Most Roosevelt Pupils
In Unofficial 'Frats,'
Students Write Star
Punishment of Steiner
Called Too Severe
By His SchooImutes

More than rs per cent of the stu
dents at Roosevelt High School be-
long to unrecognized fraternities
and sororities and, therefore, dis
ciplinary action taken against one
student, Paul Steiner, was "too
severe" SO Roosevelt students de-
clared today in a letter written to
pthe editor of The Star.
Miss Jean Thai, a junior, 1434
Somerset place NV, consented to
act as spokesman for the group be-
cause she notified school authorities
at the beginning of the year that
she had permission of her parents
to join an unrecognized sorority.
The other IS, however, although
they signed their names to the let
ter, asked that they be withheld for
fear of "retribution' by authorities.
Paul Steiner, a senior, was re-
moved from the presidency of the
Student Council and the captaincy
of cadet company because Miss
May B. Bradshaw, principal, said
she was convinced he belonged to an
unrecognized fraternity Any STU
/ cent belonging to an organization
that fails to submit its bylaws to
officials and does not have teacher
at its meetings is, under Board of
Education rules, ineligible for any
school honor except scholastic ones.
/ The letter did not deny, as Paul
Steiner has, that he belongs to an
unrecognized fraternity Instead, it
declared, while we understand that
rules must be followed (the action
waO entirely too severe in view Of
actual facts"
The students expressed disagree
ment with the boards rules because
they said they have the full consent
of their parents to join these organ
izations. whose activity is social"
and does not interfere with school
activities They objected to any
favorable light" shed on students
who asked the principal for the
Steiner boys removal
Miss Bradshaw was not available
for comment.
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Frigid Weather Ends
In Warm Sunshine;
Mercury Climbing
Two More Deaths Here,
Including Woman Burned
Attributed to Cold Wave

The cold wave melted away today
in sunshine and warmer winds.
By noon the temperature had gone
above freezing (32 degrees and was
rapidly climbing.
The temperature was expected to
go to 42 this afternoon.
Tomorrow, the Weather Bureau
said, will also be sunny and warmer.
The mercury want down to 10 at
8 am. and then started to rise
rapidly.
The cold wave was sliding off the
continent along the Florida coast.
1t was l8 last night at Tallahassee,
Fla, one degree colder than Wash
ington's low.
Two more deaths connected with
the cold were recorded A colored
baby died of pneumonia while being
removed from a partially heated
alley dwelling. A young colored
woman was burned to death when
her clothes ignited from a hot stove
in an alley dwelling.
Body Found in Dwelling.
The baby was Edward 3. Copeland,
IA months, 1924 Congress court NE.
Police found insufficient coal on
hand to heat the place and obtained
100 pounds from a neighborhood
dealer.
The young woman was Annabelle
Smith, 25, of 2034 Alexander's court
NV. Her body was found in the
ruins of the dwelling 1t was said
that her clothes caught fire from the
stove. A man who was with her
tried to put them out, but failed.
and the blaze quickly enveloped the
shack.
DR. A. Magruder Macdonald, Dis
trict coroner, said that cold was a
contributing factor rather than a
primary cause in the several deaths
in the open during the cold spell,
which police reported as "appar-
emily caused by freezing"
Cold Contributing Factor.
I'VE have not come upon any
cases where man was actually
frozen to death,' DR.. Macdonald
said 1T takes more extreme tenn
peratures than we have experienced
or very prolonged exposure to freeze
a man to death Cold becomes a con-
tributing factor 1t constricts the
outer blood vessels and throws more
pressure on the interior ones. This
is sometimes more than the heart
can stand
The cold weather provided a va
cation for 10 employees of the hos
pital permit bureau of the Health
Department in an old building at 472
Indiana avenue. When the engi-
neers were unable to get the tenn
perature above 54, DR.. Douglas West,
head of the bureau, sent the force
home and spent the rest of the day
answering the three telephones in
the office.
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Fuel Scarcity Hits
Southern Cities
In Grip Of Cold
y the Associated Press,

Severe coal shortages in some
parts of the South added to the dis
comfort of frigid weather today
but relief was in sight as tempera-
lures rose slowly from their sub
freezing levels.
The coal situation at Savannah
Ga, was described by dealers as the
worst we've ever seen," and many
persons were unable to get supplies
while at Augusta. Ga, merchants
said they had coal but delivery was
difficult. The Weather Bureau at
Augusta said low of II was the
coldest weather ever recorded there
Rain. which broke a weeks long
drought in South Georgia, stopped
falling after two and a half inches
were measured at Albany, an inch
and half at Alma and an inch at
Macon. Intermittent rain fell yes
terday along the southeast coast of
Florida, the only cloudy section of
the South.
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Farm Labor Fund Bill
Faces Delay in Senate
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated PreSS.
A S33, 100000 House-approved ap-
preparation measure to finance con-
tinuance of the farm labor recruit
ment program next year moved over
to the Senate today with pros
poets that action there would be
deferred until after the holiday
recess.
The bill, subject of a hot legisla-
tive controversy earlier this year
won House passage yesterday with
out record vote after the Ap-
preparations Committee wrote in a
clause to place actual operation of
the program in the hands of State
and Federal extension officials. Cur
rently War Food Administration and
extension officials are jointly han
ding recruitment.
The measure directed the War
Evening star., 1943-12-18
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Evening star., 1943-12-18
Area Police Officials
Called 10 Conference
On Drunken Drivinq
PIons to Solve Problem
Of Three Jurisdictions
Will Be Made Tuesdoy

Police representatives of nearby
Maryland and Virginia counties
have been invited to attend a con-
ference at 2 pm. Tuesday in the
Municipal Center Building to dis
cuss the problem of drunken motor
lists coming over the District line,
Traffic Director william A. Van
Duzer announced today.
The conference is an outgrowth
Of attempts by local police and the
traffic director to curb traffic fatali-
ties due to drunken driving in the
District. Seven of fifteen traffic
deaths last month were traced to
drunken driving, and four of the
motorists were known to have come
from taverns in nearby Maryland,
police said.
Because of variance in the clos
ing hours of Maryland and District
taverns on week ends, Mr.. Van Du-
Ter pointed out, many Washington
motorists have been driving to
Maryland after the midnight cur
few on drinking in the District on
Saturday nights. Nearby Maryland
taverns do not sell hard liquor after
midnight. he said, but do sell beer
until 2:30 am. Sunday.
Prince Georges County authorities
have suggested that the District
change its closing hours to conform
with those of nearby Maryland. But
Mr.. Van Duzer said he does not
think that will solve the drunken
driving problem.
Meanwhile, Maj. Edward J. Kelly
superintendent of Metropolitan
police, has ordered local police pre-
cincts bordering nearby counties to
keep sharp vigil for drunken
motorists coming into the District.
Among those invited to attend
the conference Tuesday are E. r.
McShane. executive secretary of the
Maryland Safety Commission: Chief
Ralph Brown, Prince Georges
County police: Capt. Edward Sims
Alexandria police; Chief H. Leslie
Carlin, Montgomery County police
Chief Harry L. woodward, Arlington
County police, and a representative
of the Maryland State Police.
Evening star., 1943-12-18

Battalion from Pikesville to Fort
George G. Meade.
The battalion has served as a re-
serve guard, occasionally policing
various war industrial centers and
vital transportation facilities in this
area, and it will be held in reserve
at Fort Meade for the same duties.
Gen. Hayes said the transfer was
ordered for the added efficiency of q
more centralized organization ano
for more, convenient training
facilities. ~ N."
Evening star., 1943-12-18
702d M. P. Battalion
Moved to Fort Meade
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. 4e.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 18.-Brig. Gen.
Philip Hayes, head of the Sd Service
Command, announced today the
transfer Of the 7O2d Military Police
Evening star., 1943-12-18
Hotel Men Re-e!ect
Moore as Director

L. Gardner Moore, managing di-
rector Of the Shoreham Hotel, has
been reelected president of the
Washington Hotel Association, off,
Gals announced yesterday
Other officers named were Au-
gustus Gumpert, vice president; C.
j. Cook, treasurer; Arthur j. Hart
nett, executive secretary. and Joseph
! c. McGarraghy, counsel Directors
are Thomas D. Carson. Floyd E.
Rush, L. M. frey, c. j. Mack, Henry
B. Williams, Russell A Conn and
Fred G. Kenny.
Evening star., 1943-12-18

CorpuscIes, as well as corporals,
can fight. Enlist yours at the Blood
Donor Center, District 5000. Enlist
ments accepted at your convenience
Evening star., 1943-12-18
0'Meora Succeeds Kina
As OPA Publicity Chief

Py the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Administra
ton yesterday announced appoint
ment OF Walter O'Meara, Woodstock
N. Y, as deputy administrator ir
charge of information.
A former associate of Price Ad-
ministrator Chester Bowles in the
New York advertising firm of Ben
ton & Bowles, Mr.. O'Meara more
recently was with the J. Walter
Thompson Advertising Agency.
Mr.. O'Meara succeeds James F.
King. who resigned recently
Evening star., 1943-12-18
DR.. Deitz Elected

DR.. Aaron Deitz of HyattSville has
been elected president of the Prince
Georges County Medical Society, it
was announced today.