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Evening star., 1943-12-19
Disposal of Enemy Property
In US. Poses Tough Problem
By Sierid Arne,
Associated Press Writer.

| until Germany made provision to settle
our claims against her
A mixed claims commission was SET
up and reviewed claims until 1928, wher
it had approved American claims o1
$237 100000. We were holding $500, ,00O,.
900 worth of German property, so i,
was debt which could have beer
cleared.
Regained so Per Cent
Aron and Eisner have found that Ger
mans did actually regain about 80 pc,
cent of their holdings under this ar.
rangement. But Americans not only
regained much smaller portion but, in
1889, when Germany attacked Poland
Americans were still attempting to get
their claims settled. At the last, the
Germans even failed to appoint a Ger
man member to the commission.
At the present writing this country
knows Of s674,286,3l3 invested in Ger
many and her satellites. And Axis prop
critics held here amount to about $780,
100000. Neither figure is complete.
is ferreting out new Axis holdings here,
hidden under fraudulent names. And
the census of American assets held
abroad is not complete yet
So far the census of foreign assets
shows that Americans have invested
close to s7.00o,00O,OOO in l2O nations and
colonies scattered over the world.
There is a hitch in the census of for
eign assets. Many have not yet heard
OF 1t. For example, the news evidently
just reached the Chinese in San Fran
cisco, where great rush to fill out the
form developed.
The Treasury believes a great many
individuals holding such scattered pos
sessions as Swedish stock, South Amer
lean bonds, Italian farms, family home
in Austria, South African mining stock,
have failed to report. Such people are
directed to visit their banker for IT.
F.. R.-500" form, or to write to the
nearest Federal Reserve bank
The reports which have come in are
being made available to the military in
areas which the Allied armies are lib
Grating.
Census Aids EWO.
In Italy, where AMG is anxious to re-
establish regularized economy, the
reports will be used to locate American
business concerns which can be opened
rapidly. and corporations here can be
called on to name former anti-Fascist
employees who may aid AMG.
The census also is proving of aid to
the Economic Warfare ONCE. in that
1t has uncovered several concerns, par
ticularly in neutral countries. where
the stocks were held in such way that
Axis votes dominated company policy
Such concerns were Immediately put
onto the prescribed list
It's also expected here that the census
will aid American investors when re-
Mobilization money begins to flow into
Europe. The knowledge Of just how
many American plants were operating
in an area is. expected to assist in assur-
ing that American concerns get assist
ance in proportion to their losses.
But behind the census, the subject Of
reparations probably looms the largest
now because of the debate which has
started here, and because of the senti-
ments which showed up at Atlantic City,
where delegates from A nations have
just laid the groundwork for United
Nations relief program.
1t was extremely obvious there that,
every time Germany had to be consid
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Evening star., 1943-12-19
Br Barbara Wace,
Associated Press Writer.

SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHWEST
ENGLAND.-Even with the war on,
five days before Christmas will be
bustling, expectant, gay time In the
country towns and on the farms of the
United States. But in this corner OF
England, Monday will be the end of
normal life for 5000 people.
BY then every cottage, store, farm
house and inn must be completely evac-
uated so that the United States Army
can move in to set up second front
training area. The people are leaving
their homes, taking with them all the
accumulated treasures of lifetime, often
the accumulation of generations, for
west country people love their land and
many of the farms and cottages have
been in the same family for 200 years.
Now it is nearly over.
In the village, some nights ago, life
long friends discussed the situation
Behind the bar, Mrs. LAYERS, the lively
little tavern keeper, smiled bravely as
she poured good English ale and cider
For 20 years, first with her husband,
and after his death alone. she has
worked behind the bar to make liveli-
hood for her boy. Now she has had to
pack up-lock spiggot and barrel-and
find new home.
Still, we can't grumble, can we DAM"
she asked smiling figure at the bar.
LAS I said to two American soldiers,
they've had heartbreak, too, and come
over the sea to help us. And it's better
for us to go out for them than be driven
out at the end of German bayonets like
others We read about. But we didn't
think about it much till this came to
our own doorstep" She turned to push
Dams mug little nearer-and I saw
that he was blind.
keep Your Chin Up"
you've got to keep your chin up is
what I say" said Dan Luscomb. 80
long as I've roof over my head, I won't
grumble." Dan hoped for a house to
himself outside the banned area, 30 he
could live as usual with his old house
keeper and his hens. But he'll probably
have to stay at the house which has
been commandeered by the ministry OF
health for the IL blind people in the
area-where they can live together and
be looked after
George Trout and Harry Steer drank
their ale in bewildered silence. A TO-
year-old fisherman with face the color
of a russet apple, Steer murmured at
last to Mrs. LAYERS, where be I going,
mLssus, I 60 with you.' Afterward l
learned that this old man in his darned
f1sherman's jersey had lost his cottage,
his granddaughter and his great
granddaughter in . raid in ls4l. Now
Evening star., 1943-12-19
StaHn-Man of Steel
By Charles e.. Ross.

sador Davies was impressed, he told the
writer, with Ibis hard realism this
word hard appears, like a refrain, in
every informed estimate of Stalin-and
with the discriminating, appraising ma
ture of his intelligence
Davies had several hours with Stain
this year when he went back to the
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tANC W SSAilA uoSob ASoo
capricious, etc"
Stain was not re-
moved from the Office
to which he had been
appointed in April, 1922
but went on to &C
quire ever greater pow
er. 1t was not the
Office itself that gave
him authority, but the
shrewd and ruthless
use he made OF 1t.
"Comrade Stain, hav-
ing become general sec
retary," said Lenin in
another part of the
testament" has con-
centrated an enormous
power In his hands; and
I am not sure that he
knows how to use that
power with sufficient
caution" He had not
long been general sec
retary before he had a
tight grip on the whole
organization; he was
the boss"
Lenin's message car
ried also an apprecia-
ton Of Stain as one OF
the two ablest leaders
OF the party. The other,
Of course, was Trotsky.
1t is the judgment of
Chamberlain, a careful
observer who spent the
years 1922 to 1884 in
Russia as a newspaper
correspondent, that If
Lenin had lived and re-
tanned his faculties a
few years longer, Stall
ms rise to autocratic
power might never have
taken place. But the
dead Lenin, a mummi-
fled figure in the maui
Snley1f,o m tl,n DaA
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the Terrible; in Barbusse he inspires an
enthusiasm akin to idolatry. Some
where in between these estimates is the
balanced judgment Of William Henry
Chamberlin Tin the recently published
THE Russian Enigma that "if Stain
had to his credit only the strong push
toward industrialization and the tre-
mendous stand which his armies made
before Stalingrad, he would be sure Of
a place among Russia's great rulers
Named for Steel.
Whatever the source Of the intorn1a-
ton about Stain, one gets an impress
sion of the complete appropriateness OF
the name that he finally took for him.
self out of the several that he used in
dodging the Cars police. His real
name is Joseph Vissarionoyich Djugash-
viii, and at times in his hunted career
as a professional revolutionary he was
David Koba, Niteradze, Tschijikoff,
Stain. Stain Is from the Russian word
stal, meaning steel.
The steellike, implacable quality OF
the man-the quality which. infused
into his armies, turned back the Ger
mans at Stalingrad-has been universal
ly remarked by his recent American
visitors. Wendell Willkie saw him as a
man with "a hard. tenacious. driving
mind coldly realistic in his thinking,
"a hard man. perhaps even cruel man,
but a very able one" Former Ambas-
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This man Stain the cobbler's son who
rose to be the absolute ruler Of coun-
try of 10000, 900 people-this Stain
the Great" whom Churchill toasted at
Teheran-what is he like?
Less is known about him than about
any other modern figure of comparable
stature. He has written volllminously,
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Russian word grub" meaning rude or
rough) and proposed that a way be
found to remove him from the office of
general secretary Of the party and Ito
appoint to it another man who in all
respects differs from Stain only in su-
periority-namely, some one more pa
tient, more loyal. more polite and atten-
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but he has produced
nothing of the self-re-
vealing nature of "Mein
Kampf.' He has been
interviewed only a few
times. About many of
the details of his career
there is dispute.
Ambassadors to Mos
cow have come and
gone without seeing
him. When he received
Ambassador Joseph E.
Davies in 1888, at the
end of the latter's mis-
sion to Moscow. the
event, AS Davies reports,
created a sensation in
the diplomatic corps.
Until he went to Iran
for his conference with
Roosevelt and Church.
Ill, he had not been out
side Russia since the
revolution of 1917. He
is surrounded by walls
OF legend as thick as the
walls Of the Kremlin
within which he lives.
What follows is an
attempt to cut through
these walls to the real
Stain. Americans who
have talked to him have
been interviewed; books
have been consulted
ranging from the hos
tile appraisal - though
comprehensive an d
well-documented - by
the former Communist
leader, Boris Souva-
rine, to the lushlv eulo-
CYSTIC biography by
Henri Barbusse. These
two works illustrate the
passions which Stain
has aroused. Souvarine
depicts him as the mod
ern incarnation Of Ivan
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. SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN C. FLEMING g LOIS EBY aa's sesSct 'ss e

the thin gray light of early
morning he could see he was
quite alone except for the ma
tive desk clerk who was stretch
ed full length i'm a chair snoring
noisily. Then the street door OPP
ened and Renaldo, beads of rain
glistening on his dark face, came
in. Behind him came giant of
man whom he introduced as
Jose. Across Jose's hairy chest
swung crossed cartridge belts.
Two old style six-shooterS
bumped his hips as he walked.
Jose is the best muleteer IN
all Guatemala" Renaldo said.
"And the best guide as well. Al
ter we get to the plantation he
will 60 on with you to the
Quiche country" He clapped his
hands Loudly and the sleeping
desk clerk struggled to his feet.
Coffee and tortillas.'
The native shuffled off in the
direction of the kitchen, and Re
naldo turned back to Barry.
Where is the senorita?"
81 didn't knock at her door,
Barry said. Il thought maybe
because of the rain she Wouldn |
want to go today"
"Caramba," Rcnaldo roareo'
I'VE think nothing of ram III
Guatemala. 1t rains almost ev-
ery dav. II she does not like ram
then she will not like our coun-
try "
"She is very determined
young woman Barry said slow
ly. 80,
"This is no place for woman,
Especially for an Americana oei
Norte. We should do our best 10
convince her Of this.
"You heard me convincing
her" Barry jeered. i,
A queer smile crossed kehai
dos face. -,
81 think. maybe. this trip Will
be convincing"
The native boy came in then
with a tray of iced coffee ana
tortillas. He put the coffee cups
around a table in the corner OF
the room. The men had just sat
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For an instant Allison's smile
faded as though she might be
considering the suggestion. But
then she frightened again.
1T sounds like good fun she
said. Il wouldn't miss il for the
world" She picked a bright red
flower from the table bouquet
and slid il through the coil OF
her hair.
Barry threw up his hands in
gesture OF complete disgust.
"Renaldo, the girls incorrigi
BILE he said. I'VE are wasting
our pity. We should save II for
the mules.
Renaldo laughed
They finished their coffee
and Renaldo stepped TO the door
and said something in Spanish
Six native boys came In and
Renaldo sent them scurrying TO
bring the luggage.
After the native boys had
made several trips up the mar
row board walk and had the
small room practically filled
with luggage, Renaldo turned
anxiously TO Allison.
You are not taking all this
He made a sweeping gesture
( with his hand.
"A girl has to drcsS-even in
the JUNGLE" she said lightly.
Dress, yes. but surely you
won't need all this. The more
mules we have TO take the more
trouble we are apt TO get into.
There you go worrying about
the mules again. / have already
spoken to the mules and they
said they would be delighted &c
carry my things. y
Barry had look of hopeless
abandonment on his face as nc
turned toward Renaldo.
Renaldo shouted something tc
the native boys. For a half hour
the boys logged baggage ano
strapped il securely to the wood
en- carriers on the ANIMALS
backs. Finally Jose came In &c
announce that all was ready
The rain had let up some ano
had turned from a solid sheet In.
TO a fine, sharp drizzlc.
The long caravan started SIN
gle file through the dim, quie'
street Of the village. Jose led the
way and Renaldo followed close
behind. Allison and Barry rode
side by side. After they hac
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GOLD FEAR
CHAPTER VIII

II was sunset before they re-
turned back. On the hotel We
randa in the rose haze Oh the
tropic evening r. n a d was
smoking an evening pipe.
Did you have an enjoyable
Not bad at all. Did you fino
dave he greeted them.
that guide for me?" Barry asked
Renaldo was polishing his I'm
perr .ils with the small chamois
He frowned. ;,
4 Il am sorry to say l did not,
he said.
Barry stared at him. But
thought you were sure
Renaldo turned troubled eyes
on him. Somehow" he SAID
with slow emphasis, "the wore
has gotten out where you are
going. These guides are not fono
of trespassing into Quiche terri
tory. | offered them fabulous
sums"
But how could it have gotter
out?" puzzled Barry.
Allison was tanning herself
with her wide hat. Are yol
having trobue?" she inquired
sWeetly.
Barry whirlcd on her in sud
den suspicion. She laughted a
his accusing anger. Il didn't! she
cried. That was trick
missed"
1.-THE only thing l could sug
gest," said Renaldo decisivcly
'is for you TO go with us into
the plantation and take some
guides l have there, whom
know will go. II not, III go will
you myself"
\ FRY stood glazing in indie
cision. "A long way around" hi
objected. But if it's the onl.
way It's decent of YOU"
Allison's hooking chucklc
went on.
The rain was pelting like bull.
let's on the tin roof. The close
sickness Of the air made the
heat seem more oppressive thar
when the sun poured down. Bar
~ came down the narrow board
walk to the small hotel office. Ir
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passed beyond the clearing that
had been hewn by sharp axes
and machetes for the village site,
the green solid wall of jungle
rose before them. Giant kapok,
balsa, mora, and greenheart
trees reached up toward the
murky sky. Jose first disappear
ed from sight into the jungle
fastness, then Renaldo.
The path is only wide enough
for one mule al time" Barry
said quietly. You 60 ahead. III
follow"
Allison felt cold fear grip her
but she smiled valiantly and dug
the heels of her boots into the
mules sides as she trotted after
Renaldo.
(To BE Continued
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down when they heard footsteps
on the walk They got TO their
feet as Allison came in. She
looked radiant in her white rid
ing habit, her light hair piled IN
soft roll above her smiling
face. She wore black patent
leather riding boots.
Looks like we're about ready
TO shove off, she said gaily as
she took the chair Barry was Of
fering her.
"You look more like you were
ready for the Biltmore Country
Club horse show than for CRU
cling trek into the jungle" Bar
~ said little sourly.
Il pity your wife---if you ever
get on" Allison said lightly,
stirring her coffee. You'd be
just the type TO start the day off
wrong by being disagreeable at
TIC DIcdhldSl ldOlS.
Barry didn't answer. Allison
turned to Renaldo.
What do we do-wait for this
rain to stop"
Renaldo smiled his amuse-
ment. That might be a month
from now. We never think one
way or the other about rain
down here. 1t might rain an
hour, week or month. Then
the sun will come out and you
Will be dry in five minutes.
That's a consolation Allison
laughed. Just SO ! know I'll be
dry sometime. 1t really doesn',
matter whether it's this month
or next"
The worst thing about the
rain Renaldo explained, Il,
that it makes il hard going for
the mules. The trail gets slip
perry and there are many nOlcs
where a mule sometimes sinks
completely out of sight"
Barry was watching Allison
closely, knowing well the mis-
givings yelling up within her
She held her cool aloofness, new.
err once letting a note of anxiety
creep into her voice. In that mo-
ment he was wondering about
Lila, wondering how she might
act if her courage were ever pu'
to such test.
You can still stay here" Bar
ry said flatly. mo one will &C
cuse you of being a sissy. Ir
fact. it would just be using gooo
sense"
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Richmond

The members of the women's
bowling league from this village
held their annual banquet re-
Gently al Vernier's in New Bal
timore. New officers for the
coming year are: President Miss
Leone Ruthenburg Vice Presl-
dent, Mrs. Homer Evans: Secre-
tary, Mrs. Marvin KrauSe and
Treasurer, Mrs. Harold Schnell,
Sergeant alarms, Mrs. Catherine
Lupan.
The mem bers Of the w s c
5. Of the Methodist church will
be entertained ON Wednesday af-
ternoon, May II IN the home of
Mrs. c. II. Richardson. Mrs.
Harvey BRANDED Viii be IN
charge of the program.
The members of the Richmond
Woman's club Viii hold their
regular meeting on Monday.
May II. The meeting scheduled
for May Bird was postponed due
10 the death Of Mrs Libbie Gull
yer. a charter member of the or
ganlzatlon.
The members of the Rich
mond Study club held their an
of Mrs. c. II Richardson on Sat
urday morning, May 9th. Mrs
Fred PenWarden was IN charge
of the program.
New officers Of the local Ii
on club are as follows Prcsi-
dent. +. Scott Burke, First Vice
President. Theodore Harmon
Second Vice President Harry +
Wa;tcrson; Third Vice PreSl
dent. Vern Krause. Secretary
Fred PenWardcn; Treasurer, Roy
Klauka Tail TwiSter, Bue
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they were in the water for an
hour before being rescued.
To guard against recurrence
of such a mishap Cooper devised
a rubberized cover for the bas-
ket and installed L-Shaped pom
toons on the bottom so il might
coast along with the wind and be
blown ashore, an idea still being
utilized.
Then Cooper went 20 work
on the raft idea, in case the pi-
lots had 10 abandon their ships.
The boat was tried out by
Goodyear employees at a pic
mic at Brady Lake, near Akron,
and il was found TO be impoS-
sible TO capSlze.
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Priestap Lion tanner, Frank
Moran: director one year. Thad-
deus SWartz and for two years,
Ray Houston and Fred Zuehlke
4 Joint meeting with the Romeo
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Lions club who observes their
LIST. anniversary and the local
clubs third anniversary will be
held in the Lions Den this viii
lage on Nav 10.
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Rubber Boats
Got Impetus
in Boat RAJ

AKRON. O., May 13 -tUR)-
The rubber life raft which is
standard equipment today for
airplanes operating over water
goes back TO the balloon races
that were all the rage in the
COS.
Those balloon races helped to
demonstrate the practicability of
light, quickly inflated craft such
as those on which three Navy
flicrs spent "a days under the
hot Pacific sun not so long ago.
The father of the modern rub
Der raft may be said TO be j +.
Cooper, who built the first
crude one in the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Co.'S balloon room
during the first world war
Cooper, who retired recently
after building thousands of bal
looms. went to work on the first
pneumatic raft at the suggestion
of Ward I Van Orman, winner
Of three international balloon
races.
MADE COVER
FOR BASKET
Van Ornan and three col
leagues had received an icy
ducking in Milton Lake. near
Youngstown, O., after their bal
loon made a sudden descent
there in March, 1918. Their bal
! loon basket had submerged and
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when they have the greatest increase
in tooth decay.
The Tufts study. remarkable as it
is, was not the only one that has been
made. Virgil d. Cheyne, DDS, Ph.D.,
Of the University of Indiana, took 46
children and used 10 of them for con-
trolls and 81 to get the fluorine treat
ment
He obtained results quite like those
of the Tufts scientists. DR.. Cheyne
found that each untreated child had
six tooth surfaces which showed new
cavities after one year. Amongst the
group who got the fluorine swabbing
applications there were only three sur
faces showing new cavities. In a
word the incidence of new cavities
was cut just 500.
That is the new treatment which
may soon find wide application amongst
all people How it came to it's present
fruition is an amazing and fascinating
story of years of plodding research
n I'm MANY a blind alley until il reached
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cedure for children a means of bringing
patients TO the dentist for periodic check-up.
The above considerations force us to the
conclusion that it is futile to try to control
dental decay by prophylactic treatments of
the conventional type They further suggest
that advocacy of the dental profession of
such treatments as a method of carries control
is to be deprecated something that will
rebound to the discredit of dentistry. 1t Is
very apparent, therefore. that a different APP
proach to the problem of the prevention of
dental carries must be sought"
Fluorine as treatment to prevent tooth
decay arose because it had long been known
that in certain regions Of the world the
people-often ignorant natives-had little or
no tooth decay. despite the complete absence
of anything that Americans would call mouth
hygiene They perhaps had filthy mouths,
but they didn't have cavities in their teeth.
And then, too, it was discovered that people
who had discolored teeth, due to the nothing
of the enamel, seldom had cavities. Most
everyone has heard by this time Of Deaf Smith
County of Texas where the dentists have al
most had to go out of business
There it was learned that discolored notified
teeth were unsightly because they contained
huorine in the enamel which usually
acquired from drinking water containing
small amounts of iuorine in solution.
The question then arose: can't we give just
the right amount of fluorine-not too much
and not too little-to people to protect them
against tooth decay without producing notified
enamel and discolored teeth? Somehow this
happy medium had to be found
The risks seemed great. Few people wanted
unsightly teeth even If they lodged the prob
lem of tooth decay. The risks, in fact dis
couraged most men who even thought about