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Evening star., 1943-06-18

and Mrs. X. F. Brooks, 1905 Oliver
street, Chevy Chase, Md; Leon
Slavitt, son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. B.
Slavitt, 1929 Adams Mill road NV;
William B. Sears, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Julian d. Sears, Il Kennedy
drive. Chevy Chase, Md; Henry
Wilson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
D. Wilson, l04 Hidges lane, Takoma
Park, Md, and George House
Behrens, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George G. Behrens, jr.. 31o4 r street
NV.
FORT BENNING, Ga. - Mark
Raum, son of Mr.. and Mrs. David
B. Raun.. 1901 E street NE, was
commissioned a. second lieutenant
recently on graduation from the
Officer Candidate Course of the
Infantry School here. 1t Raum is
graduate of Eastern High School
and the University of MARYLAND.
Evening star., 1943-06-18
- WITH ID. c.
FIGHTING MEN :

Caribbean Area-Sergt. Anthony
Di Meglio, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Di Meglio, 618 Girard street
NE, has been promoted to staff
sergeant here where he is assigned
to tie headquarters of a lombard
ment group as message center chief.
Sergt. Di Meglio, who has been in
the service since January. 1912, has
been stationed here since March,
1912.
At Sea-James w. Bower avia-
Evening star., 1943-06-18

JlOu TdUlOIndn,
third class, son
of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. w. Boyer,
STA Th ir t y
Ninth avenue,
HyattSville, Md,
W no recently
completed h i S
training at the
Advanced Avia-
ton Radiomen's
Training School
in Norfolk, Va,
is now on active
duty with an
aircraft squad
ron of the At
lant.ic Fleet
Evening star., 1943-06-18

LOWRY FIELD, Colo-Pfc. Ken
meth Hill Bransdorf, 21, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Philip H. Bransdorf, 5612
Second place NV, recently was
graduated from the Armament
School of the Army Air Forces
Technical Training Command here.
Evening star., 1943-06-18

It's one suit thot's never "out Of seq
son." SuperbIy tailored, with the
rugged resistance to wear that every
thing you buy today should have. In
cobolt-bIue, beige, brown. Sizes Il
to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s39.75
The messenger., 1943-09-01
NO TIME TO QUIT

Tn every major illness there is 9 danger point in the period of convalescence when the patient feeling better, and irked by con finement. feels like throwing caution to the winds and returning to the natural habits of every day life. "Steady," the doctor says' "Steady, or you will be Hat on vour back again" '.
 The people of America, feellng more secure from remote enemies than they have felt for long, tlme' are like a convalescent who IS rarino to discard the regimen ot the sick room. All the volunteer d1ties that seemed so important when danger was more threaten ing have paled into inslgnl1lcance now that our armies are pushing the enemy back into closer anu closer quarters. 1T. ,
 R,1t who can say when the dang or noint is finally past. Who at th;s moment would want to De re- snonsible for giving the word that snotter duty, report center duty' air warden duty, etc. are no long ar necessary? Who, giving tnae order, would want to live II U we're yer followed by nuisance rald tnat destroyed life and property tiae @ might have been saved had a1.aadv vng ;lance been preserved. Airea?y " noan from Bloomfield have died III +he service. and others have been sar;ous1v wounded. What are tne se few hours that you and l might
The messenger., 1943-09-01
SEPTEMBER 1943
THE WAR IS COMING HOME

The war was so far away, our countryside continued so peaceful, our Bloomfield lads were scattered so thinly among the vast armies of the world that we thought the probabilities were in favor of the war remaining remote from us.
 But of late there have been a number of letters to local parents telling them laconically of sons "seriously injured in action," and with the coming of such messages there have appeared anxious faces of those who bravely, still plainly, count the minutes and the hours as they wait the further word that will tell them whether a son or brother will walk again or see again.
 Within a few rods of each other on one highway in town two homes contain a gold star mother of this war. Mrs. Vara F.. Freckleton who lives at 34 Wood- land Avenue is the mother ot Captain Harold R. Freckleton who was killed in transport plane that crashed into the sea off New foundland. Mrs Winifred l.. Saw yer who lives with her daughter, Emeline Willoughby, at 51 Wood land Avenue is the mother of Cap tain Bertrand K. Sawyer who was killed in action somewhere in the Southwest Pacific. Two rare moth CTS of two rare sons.
 The war is coming home.
The messenger., 1943-09-01
LIKE BLOOMFIELD

Writing of far off Australia, where many from this area are stationed, Miss Helen Hassley of West Hartford, now serving with the Red Cross in one of the prin- cipal Aussie cities, draws a picture of that country that should be of great interest to Bloomfield resi- dents.
 Addressing "Good Afternoon the Mckinley column of the Hart ford Times, Miss Hassley states, "What I've seen so far of this country reminds be a great deal of Bloomfield is the country life there. The flowers are ex- auisite- -poinsiettias blooming pro- fusely-and despite having a heckuva time with the accents and the ha' pennys, shillings, florins, six pence, pennies, etc., I am more than fortunate to be in this count ry. The natives here are exceed ingly nice to us-are so anxious to make things agreeable for us and make it like home"
The messenger., 1943-09-01
BEWARE, SAUCY SAMMY


 Today a vegetable garden repre- sents a vital war effort, and every man and woman who has yielded trowel and hoe has been in line with those toting gun and bayonet. Vegetables for next winter are not only food stuff in the ordinary sense, but war stuff in the des- perately urgent sense.
 So agreed the citizens of Pros pect Street when they discovered that their green groceries were not being permitted to ripen; that some species of quadruped was committing sabotage as sinister as any that might be inspired by Tojo or Adolph. Now the citizens of Cow Hill have no natural anti pathy for the small wild children of nature that sometimes draw near to the habitat of man, and even come to depend upon his agrarian labors for their existence. They have taught their offspring to bury all prejudices against the furred and feathered creatures IIIdC S1ldIC CIlC CCI1dIIl W1CI1 IIIdII' But there is war on, and food for next winter is a matter of life and death, and all who use that food wastefully and wantonly have to be numbered among our enem- ies.
 To make our story short, now that we know you can fill in all the sinister details, a committee or ganized itself to take militant action. Joe Vincent took down the old gun, Gib Daniels, having the gas, went forth to purchase the cartridges, and Charlie Louns- bury shouldered the musket. What vigil was kept, what stalking through the night, what seemingly endless waiting, what suffering from mosquitoes and poison ivy are military secrets. The facts that may be revealed are that three squirrels were accounted for and probably, thereby, some of the crops saved. Report has it that two old squirrels wise in the ways of eluding the weapon of men, and versed in the cunning of committ- ing widespread depradation are still at large, and until their total itaran methods of destroying crops are ended, the war must go on.
The messenger., 1943-09-01

give to help maintain the spirit of alert at home compared to the price the boys are paying to win for us permanent security This is no time to quit on the home front.
The messenger., 1943-09-01

says ESo0 ldVcIlOI lo SOCC1AA6 fat. I didn't know it could be done in the infantry and him of all people,"
 The fellows who were moving their own lawns got break on account of the lack of rain but the long dry spell is raising havoc with the crops.
 Salty" Breining deserves two orchids for the renovating job done at the High School building this summer. It never looked any better.
 The old Cottage Grove swim ming hole has been unusually pop ular this summer. There were times when they had to take to in relays.
 Guess the battles between the Bloomfield Volunteers and the mythical paratroopers the other Sunday did produce some good laughs. Hear that at the height of the scrap Charlie Cole dumped his flour grenades prematurely on an enemy motorcycle patrol scout. That Bob Spillane dug himself foxhole and hesitated somewhat about coming out even after the affair was over and that Bob Ham, ilton and Hank Heeber covered high ranking Regular Army re- viewing officers with more flour as they stepped from their cars at road blocks.
 According to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins mere man is be- coming merer all the time in in- dustry, with new employees fem nine by nearly five to one.
 Senator Soaper says, mo one knows why Italian leaders insist on getting out of the war with honor, they didn't bring any in."
 We generally just see them for minute or two outside the drug store. Guys that left Bloomfield for the service, and are home for a few days furlough. You don't have to ask them if the old town looks good to them. They come and go, but won't we be glad and won't they be glad when they are home for good.
 Since the O.P.A. is letting the fellers on furlough have five gal Ions of gas, the civilians are bum ming rides from the soldiers.
 Once again the pleasure ban is lifted and we can have a gallon and half of gas a week just for fun. California, here we come!
 
 Jack-"I'll take the dollar dinner
 Doc Fenton-"On white or rye bread ?"
 Parachute theme song: It don't mean thing if you don't pull that string.
 Bloomfield is recorded in the geography of Connecticut as an important dairy town, yet the farmers around here are losing weight on account of the scarcity of butter and eggs and meat.
 "I know which side my bread is toasted on."
 "Not toasted. Buttered."
 "TOaSted. Who's got any h11t
The messenger., 1943-09-01

f11llS F1T0 D1SCT1CC accepted all land running west from School Street along Park Avenue to Be- mans Brook and west from School Street along Cottage Grove Road to the Central New England Rail- road tracks. This newest addition joins the boundary lines of the Blue Hills Fire District with those of the Bloomfield Center Fire Dist.
 Phyllis Ann Carroll was in An napolis to attend the United States Academy commissioning exercises for Reserve Midshipmen held Aug ust 31 in Mahan Hall. She was the guest of Colman D. Clancy of Port land, Me-, Boston University graduate, who is a member of the class of w Reserve Midshipmen that will receive commissions as ensigns in the Naval Reserves.
 William Schremmer is on his way from Greenville, Pa., and ex poets to be writing us from some overseas location soon. Before be- ing shipped to Greenville, Bills outfit trained at Camp Croft, sc.
 Mrs. Dominicko Masselli, 90 Prospect, is now recovering from an attack of arthritis which had confined her to her home.
 Harold Schremmer, son of Mrs. Mary M. Schremmer, IT Tunxis Ave-, is suffering from an attack of inflamatory rheumatism.
 The Army's Radar Unit has moved from Blue Hills Avenue to a location off Park Avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles L. Pier pont, who moved to Wakefield, RI. about year and half ago, were mid-August visitors here. On the evening of Saturday, August IA, they were given a party at the Prospect street home of MT. and Mrs. B. H. Tyrell by former in timate associates of Tunxis Grange. Both their daughters and son are in the armed forces. Miss Marjorie having enlisted with the WACS and Leslie is Corporal of the Air Forces and now located on duty in the Southwest Pacific.
 Among others busy with college courses at this time are: George (Bunny) Futile and Marcia Wad- hams who are at Connecticut State University, Robert Case at Tufts, Fred DeBenideto at Rensselaer,, Ann Tracy and Hazel Garfield who attend St. Joseph, Herbert Schur- man at Trinity and Lawrence Washington who is at Middlebury.
 Mr. and Mrs. Floyd B. Moss, Goffstown, New Hampshire, were Labor Day weekend guests of MT. and Mrs. Jack Hoover, Bloomfield Avenue.
 Declaring William D. Barnes, 661 Bloomfield Avdnue, veteran executive secretary of the Con- necticut State Prison Association, and other employees of the organ ization, "employees of the Cor poration and not employees of the state," Atty. Gen. Palotti has ruled that their names must be re- moved from the state pay roll and the state retirement system. Although noting that the Prison
The messenger., 1943-09-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Hard Coal Strike

. The strike in the Pennsylvania
hard coal fields, in which some 81 900
men are idle, is an exceptionally
reprehensible form of abuse, since it
IS the result Of a strictly intra-
union dispute
Secretary Ickes. acting in his ca
pacity of solid fuels co-ordinator,
has described the strike as Intol-
cradle and has strongly urged a
resumption of work. Upon receiv-
Ing vague reply. he said: at Is
the responsibility of the anthracite
workers and operators to produce
this coal, and inconclusive words to
the chilly homes of the Nation make
q poor substitute for fuel
In addressing this message to both
the miners and the operators, how
ever, Mr.. Ickes failed to make 1t
clear that the latter are in no way
involved In the strike. The men left
the mines in protest against an in
crease in union dues from ST to 81 so
a month, and they have refused to
resume work despite the action of
their district officers in voting to
return to the mines.
As matters stand, there seem to
be two possibilities of getting the
1nen back to work. One lies in action
by the officials of United Mine
Workers, who have always taken the
position that they are able to con-
troll the members of their unions,
and who probably can If they want
to. But as yet 1t does not appear
that they have attempted either to
adjust the dues dispute or penalize
the strikers. The other possibility
lies in action by the Government.
II this situation had been brought
about by a comparable dispute
among the operators of the mines,
It should not and would not be toll
Grated by the Government. With
real suffering on the part Of the
public in the offing because hard coal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
q Accept 1t Gracefully

The fuel oil shortage in Washing
ton and along the Atlantic seaboard
is so serious now that complaining,
continued fault-finding and quar-
Ielling with the authorities will do
more harm than good.
Washington fuel oil dealers were
pretty accurate in their predictions
of what now has come to pass But
the dealers undoubtedly realize that
existing conditions are beyond any
single remedy, save a sudden and
abundant supply of oil. AS the
authorities are doing everything
humanity possible to get more oil,
not merely for Washington but for
other cities where conditions may be
even worse, the dealers can serve
best by continuing their splendid
efforts to get what oil there is into
the neediest homes. In this they
need the OPA's recognition of the
fact that the dealers themselves
must practice informal rationing of
their customers. To say that the
dealers must deliver to those who
have coupons, first come, first served,
would ignore the fact that the
neediest should come first. The first
come, first served theory, as in the
case Of other proposals for chang
Ing the rationing system, etc, is
based on availability of oil. When
the oil is not available, the proposed
changes in the system are ineffec-
tive. Even some of the changes
which might in theory facilitate the
delivery of oil in Washington cannot
be made here without applying them
elsewhere. And to apply them else
where might create more confusion,
and in the end represent merely
substitution of evils.
The real trouble now is a lack OF
oil, caused not merely by the in
adequate transportation with which
we are familiar but aggravated by
additional demands on this made
quate transportation with which we
are not familiar. In other words,
we are in for bad time OF 1t and
1t will help in the end to face that
fact as frankly and as cheerfully as
possible and expect no solution"
Of our difficulties except warmer
weather.
With the homes claiming first
priorities, 1t undoubtedly will become
necessary to base other priorities on
the actual need of services furnished.
Further notifications in validity of
coupon dates may be made and fur
Their steps taken to pool oil supplies
among all dealers. While such ex-
pedients may help, they will not cure
the trouble until much more oil is
available than there Is In sight now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Frozen Waterfall

As q gigantic paper1oetght OF glass
In 1Uinter's hand, the crystal mass
Incloses the polatile music OF Shell
leys lark
In un-drenched readotc lands, and
from the dark
OF ,otnd-ribrant pines above the
mountain stream
The ultimate symphony Of Choptn's
dream.
Herein are trangible notes that cap
tured the heart
And BY a crystal enchdntment nth
dreto 1t apart
From mans traA toords and music.
Here In tee
Is iOonderment akin to paradise -
Lost chords and flaming crescendos
OF melody
Waiting the suns baton to set them
free.
RosI MxRA PHuLrPs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TracetUeH

/, or even In late February. Not every
community has bluebirds, any more, but
some do and certainly there are no
better birds.
The bluebird house is the most pop
ular.
Even the houses for the tiny wrens
may be placed in the garden at this
time. although the birds will not come
until late in April.
Our experience has been that dark
green color is best liked by wrens, fol-
lowed by a dark brown.
The best green is what is known as
blind green
This is fine color for all outdoor
garden work.
But browns and grays are good at all
times, when working with birds. They
are directly related to the outdoors
This must always be kept in mind. No
bird in nature would ever find bright
| red log.
The ruby-throated hummingbird the
only species which comes to Washing
ton and vicinity, is very fond of George
town
Just why this Is we do not know
There are few back yard gardens there,
no matter how small, which do not
; know one or more pairs of these crea-
lures during the summer months.
They prefer such flowers as petunias
and gladioluses, which have bell-shaped
blossoms. Others preferred by them are
trumpet vine, scarlet sage and the cardi-
nal climber. False dragon head is an
other favorite.
Red is favorite color with thess small
birds
The humming of the hummingbird
cannot be heard except when one is
very close to the creature.
These birds grow very tame, and will
come to preferred flowers when people
are seated within few feet.
There is no use to put out a bird
house intended for humming birds. As
far as We know, they never use them.
Very few persons ever see humming-
bird nest, so it makes no difference.
The albizzia tree is the best one to
plant to attract the hummer.
When this tree grows up and spreads
its long feathery blossoms. scores of
hummingbirds will visit it,
We have seen this sight in nearby
Maryland, and it is unforgettable.
Fortunately. the hummingbird is quite
as interesting in twos as in hundreds.
Therefore any gardener with pair need
not lament the lack of so pairs.
This is more or less true of all birds,
but sometimes the observer must put
himself into the mood of understanding
this truth.
The world has become so obsessed
with the idea of magic in numbers, In
recent years, that 1t Is good to recall,
now and then, that even for our saliva
ton no more than three are necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Speed Streetcur Traffic

One of the suggestions made by
the Office of Defense Transportation
to speed streetcar and bus traffic was
to lengthen the distance between
stops. Two years ago the Public
Utilities Commission made fine prog
ress in this direction, reducing the
number OF stops by IS per cent on
streetcar lines and Is per cent on
bus routes and raising the av-
erage distance between stops to $50
feet, as compared with the present
ODT standard of 900 feet.
Perhaps it is not practicable to do
any more along this line But some
thing certainly should be done to
eliminate the congestion now, on
streetcar lines especially, due to
poorly placed loading platforms
and traffic lights-on such down.
town thoroughfares as F, G and
Fourteenth streets. Could not some
study be made of this condition, with
view either to changing the timing
of the lights, eliminating them or
lengthening some loading platforms
while disposing of others?
Certainly the congestion in the
afternoon and morning rush hours
on these downtown streets could be
reduced if the cars had more right
of way to move and if they were not
subject to stops both from traffic
lights and loading platforms in every
block. Substitution Of traffic police
men for lights, and one long plat
form between Ninth and Fourteenth
streets, should tend to facilitate
loading and increase the flow OF
streetcars. And now that people
are recovering their ability to walk,
a walk of an extra block or two is not
the terrific ordeal that it once was.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
Tuxicub Travel

Director Joseph 3. Eastman of the
Office of Defense TRANSFORMATION un-
doubtedly is correct in saying that
the use of taxicabs for pleasure rid
ing is hard to control by order, yet
it is clearly desirable that some
method of curling this evasion of
the latest gasoline conservation
order be found.
Since the purpose of the ban on
pleasure driving is to save gasoline,
it is obvious that nothing is accom-
plished to this end if person leaves
his car in the garage but takes a
taxi to the movies or a concert. Fur
thermore, If this practice proves to
be widespread, and is tolerated, it
will be increasingly difficult to re-
tain the cooperation in this conser-
walton effort of the private motorists
who have been asked to leave their
automobiles at home and walk or
ride streetcars or buses.
Mr.. Eastman and James H. Flana-
gan, chairman of the District Public
Utilities Commission, have appealed
to the public to "help out in this
crisis by refraining from the use Of
taxicabs for mere pleasure" This,
as preliminary move, is desirable,
and probably viii enlist a large
measure Of support. It is clear,
however, from the increase in use of
taxicabs, that number OF persons
have not been responsive to this
appeal. Should this excessive use
continue stronger measures viii