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were found near Alargasi the village was is-
uorcd by the couquistadorcs and other white
men who followed them and continued It's
sleepy way through the centuries, uumoIcstcd
and gudcvcloped.
IN the sleepy little adobe church in The
village square a kindly young priest allowed
me 90 examine records dating back % 49,
There were older records too, but they were
so faded 20 be illcgiblc.
Bound i'm parchment. the pages ragged and
dim ! could still read the Handwriting OF "a
Succession of priests dating from TIE carly
I'M Century up 10 The recorded birth of a
child that haA been noted the day h,fou,N
my visit
asked 20 see The date Of birth of Tho old
est person IN AlanEasi who was still alive.
THAT would be Transito PARA dc Morales.
senior SAID the priest Here are the vital
statistics. and hc pointed 10 an entry made
April 20 179N 1t read as follows. April the
Twentieth. the year OF our Lord I79S Baptized,
the daughter of Jose Ramon PARA and Dolores
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

are the present day descendants Of the ancient
and once proud Incas The name of Transfers
father Jose Ramon PARA is Spanish and
doubtless he was a direct offspring OF one of
Pizarro's soldiers. many OF whom located in
the villages near Quito and married or lived
with Quchua women
one Of her eyes was blind bat the other
Cazcd brightly at me without benefit of
glasses. Her hair was velovjsh white Trimmed
out somewhat and shoulder length Her skin
had the same texture and color as The old
parchment records in the church Wuuklcd,
saGgIHE. a pale yellow.
The priest introduced us anl said 20 me-:
.Euse your voice a blt nauslto is slightly
de,f"
@.l j.d as he suggested and asked her about
'ho waters of Ga Fuentc DE- Ia Tvcntgd'
the Fountain of Youth she seemed puzzled
and the priest said TO her. Ia Fuente de- In
MERGED
She nodded UNDERSTANDABLE and he ok
planned To me. 1T is the miracle OF our
Pauoncss. the Virgin Mercedes who gives us
The remarkable waters Of ogr=pool In the
days of old these waters were known as la
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

brood and looking after the home. There was
nothing in this routine Of living that indicated
a reason for her long life and the padre told
me that the other oldsters Of the village, in
Guiding her son Domingo all lived the same
sort of lives
On visiting Domingo at his home I found
him TO be a keen-eycd fine looking old man
with kindly. weather-beaten face. Slightly
stopped but rugged for all his l21 years, he
had all but three Of his teeth and they were
still serviceabe though well Worn.
Six months ago he buried his second wife
who died at the age Of 81, not from the in
hrmties of old age but by reason Of fall
from cliff while accompanying Domingo
with his sheep up the mountainside.
He, like Transito, his mother, attributed
his longevity TO the waters Of the pool from
which he drank frequently every day. He
bathed in the waters daily and suggested that
we join him in his bath.
At one end of the pool, which was fed by a
stream that came gushing down from the
mountainsde with considerable force, group
OF QWchuas young and old was bathing
There is Luis" said Domingo. "He is 50
And his wife Maria, she is but few years
wedding long ago"
There were other natives who seemed TO be
we'll in their ffties and sixties Several chill.
dren frolicked and spashed about contentedly.
At the side Of the pool put my hand in
the water and found that il was quite warm.
As did SO l was joined by Senior Don Carlos
Alvarez present owner of the land upon which
the pool IS located. A few years ago, realizing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

had been inhabited for
untold centuries be-
fore Huaiua-Capac
pushed north from
Peru % found the new
empire. After the
death Of Atahualpa
when Francisco Pizar-
10 and his cruel sol
djers had conquered
the land. Alanlasi
vas located and a
small church erected
The Indians soon
became converted %
the white mans re't-
giou, though 90 this
day they also practice
their sun worship U
secrecy AS no treas
urcs Of virgin gold
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

Gently completed by Senior Alvarez must be
cleaned every night and the sides and bottom
carefully scraped of the accumulated moss
like growths
commented that the indisputable age Of
some Of the Quichuas ! had seen seemed 10 be
convincing proof that the waters Of the pool
did indeed have some remarkable properties
contributing 20 longevity as far as Indians
were concerned but what Of white men?
1T is too early TO tell as vet" answered
Senior Alvarez Remember that Quichuas and
their ancestors have drunk and bathed in these
waters for hundreds OF years.
1t is only lately that white men have be-
come Interested in the pool and they only
drink and bathe in the waters on ,veek-ends.
when they motor out from QUITO
Had Ponce de Leon found this pool he
might have discovered the Fountain of Youth
b" sought And his white descendants by their
az" could offer convincing proof.
some day perhaps white family or two
WN settle here m Aancasi and their children.
hy daily drinking and bathing in the waters
of The pool VIII live 20 such q ripe old age
that scientists VIII have indIsputable evidence
that this is indeed The long sought Fountain
OF Youth
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Orte "a PARA
Name. TranSito."
why that would ma-.
her more than l44 years
old" ! said in astouish-
meUt
Yes, senior the young
priest said earnestly. And
now, if You wish. you may
visit and perhaps photo
graph her"
We walked a short dis
lance to Transito's home.
saw that she was a
"chola indicating mixcd
blood Of Quchua Indian
and white. The Ouichuas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

the possibilities of this
location, he had bought
up a large tract and
built a modern swimming
pool. A portion of the
original pool was left in
tact and is, as il always
has been. available 10 the
natives of the region for
bathing and drinking.
Whatever its powers
contributing 10 long life
may be. the waters Of
the pool are singular in
a physical sense A pail
Of the water left stand
ing for twelve hours
shows a scum on ton.
In - hours il will re.
scmble a miniature float
ing garden. The magnif-
iccnt swimming pool re-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

h'"-prolongiug water which existed only i'm
ms imagination Later SIR John Vaudeville
adopted the story and declared ne had drunk
from the Fountain at place called Polombc.
In the early 10th Century Hispauiola
scothcd with tales OF "A Fountain Of Youth sup
poscdly located farther 20 the west When
Ponce do Leon decided 10 Investigate. djrcc-
tons gjvcn by Indians We're so confusing that
hc had difficulty IN deciding upon his course.
-Ktug Ferdinand granted Htftj. patapt to
claim. the Fountain ~ Youth Do the name OF
Spain providing u Aas not upon an ISLAND
already discovered" aud ignoring The ADVICE
o. some IF his followers to saH southwest
Ponce de- Leon sailed northwest 70 land I'm,
Florida which he believed to bo an island
So much for history. r. quito ! had heard
what l thought were tall tories about the
magic pool az AlauEasi and after passug
tr.u Oft us native superstition for long
time haaIly decided to investigate
Aaugasi was not founded by the Spanish
Ncouluistadorcs It is pre- Inca in origin and
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AS result several thought
Fl Latin Americans now be
ingn 'hat The Fountain OF Youth
t,t-A.4l.1asi IS the one which
Juan Ponce dc Leon started 1ut
90 frd whom ne sailed from
Porto Rico in March 1913 with
three caravcls Although hc was
thr FIRST white man 20 set foot
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Invasion
Continued From First Page

reported, of German. Italian. Hun
garian, Bulgarian and Croat SOL
diers specially trained for defense
of the rugged Balkan coastlines.
One of the ranking German occu-
patton officers. either 1t. Gen.
Haarde or an officer identified only
as "Maenstein," would be the COM
mander. it was said.
Serbia in Mobilization Plan.
A dispatch to Bern from Buda-
pest declared the Germans now had
included Serbia in their total mob
ilization program with the Nazis
empowered to conscript every able
bodied person in the country.
A brief Reuters report from
Stockholm said without elaboration
that the inner political tension in
Berlin never was so great as at
present. adding And it is not en-
tirely due to the air raids"
Rejecting German anxiety over
possible outbreaks of hostile ele-
ments in occupied lands, the Paris
radio announced that from now on
persons charged with being Com
munists and anarchists in France
must accept court-designated at
torneys instead of choosing their
own. The same source also said
that officials helping refugees and
Jews 10 escape the German dragnet
would get 10-year prison terms and
be fined double the amount they
collected from any one they helped
Evening star., 1943-04-01
William {. Byrd, Jr.,
May Be Davis Aide
Store Executive Served
Here With AAA

Food Administrator Chester c.
Davis is expected to name William
E. Byrd, jr., as a special assistant on
Mr.. Davis return to Washington
Saturday from st. Louis, an Agri-
culture Department official said to-
day.. Mr.. Byrd is personnel director
of Macy's Department Store in New
York.
Mr.. Byrd, an executive assistant
to Mr.. Davis when the latter was
head of the Agriculture Adjustment
Administration in the l930s, will be
an internal organization man." the
department spokesman added.
The New York businessman at
tended high schools in Baltimore
and was graduated from the Uni
versity of Virginia.
Mr.. Davis has returned to st. Louis
to wind up personal matters.
The department spokesman said
Mr.. Davis has talked with 1t. Col.
Jay Taylor of the War Department
earlier this week, but he said there
was no indication at this time thai
Col. Taylor would be given a post
in the Food Administration.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Penny Milk Program
|nauqurated in Two
Montgomery Schools
30 Students to Receive
Half Pint Daily; May
Expond Project

The first plan for the distribu-
ton of penny milk" to school chill
dren in Montgomery County has
been inaugurated by the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Public Health Lay
Council, it was learned today.
From now until the end of the
current school year, every child in
the Linden and River road colored
schools will receive one-half pint of
milk daily at cost of / cent each.
Approximately 80 children will bene-
fit by the program, according to
Mrs. Eugene M. Fry, in charge of
the project.
Arrangements have been made for
the Federal Agricultural Marketing
Administration TO pay 2 cents per
half-pint to the farmer. The re-
naming 2 or 212 cents to cover
bottling and distributing costs will
be met by the pupils and the Public
Health Lay Committee.
May Expand Project.
Squads of boys have been Or
ganized in both schools to carry in
the milk from the milk truck on
days when the school roads are inn
passable, Mrs. Fry explained.
While the plan is in the expert
mental stage and affects only a
small part of the total county school
enrolment, Mrs. Fry expressed the
hope that interest in the project
would spread throughout the county.
She said DR.. Edwin w. Broome
superintendent of county schools,
has approved the project and would
like to see it inaugurated in all
schools"
Early Success Cited.
Pupils in the River Road school
also are receiving cod liver oil daily
through the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Lions Club.
The program Of the Agricultural
Marketing Administration to dis
tribute milk to school children at a
nominal cost was started in Chicago
in June, 1910, and then tried in New
York City schools. Mrs. Fry recalled.
In both cities, she pointed out, the
consumption of milk was increased
greatly as result of the program
and the attention of parents was TO-
cused on the value of drinking milk
both In school and at home.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Prompt Physical Tests
Urged by Wheeler for
All Draft Registrars
Would End Uncertainty
On Future Army Call,
Senator Tells Hershey

Senator Wheeler, Democrat. OF
Montana said today he had written
Selective Service Director Lewis B
Hershey urging him to arrang,
Army physical examinations imme-
diately for all men registered in the
draft so they will know whether
they are eligible for military service
He proposed at the same time that
Army physical examinations be
given the youths turning Is as they
register.
Senator Wheeler suggested that
physical examinatio of the Army
type be given at the local boards
The Army physicals account for ap-
proximately 40 per cent of reflections,
while the less rigid local board
physicals usually result in the re-
lection Of 10 per cent.
Would Eliminate Confusion.
Immediate physical examinations
for all registrants. Senator Wheeler
said, would eliminate a great deal
OF confusion and uncertainty now
prevalent among the men who eX-
pect future draft call.
He said mail from his constitu-
ents indicated number of farmers
are not planting their crops because
they expect to be called soon; mer-
chants are going out of business and
students are not returning to school,
though many of these men will be
found ineligible because of physical
defects perhaps unknown to them.
Registrants have been urged by
SelectlVe service not to wind up
their affairs until they have been
given their Army physicals which
occur at the induction station.
Various methods have been tried to
prevent rejection from disrupting
a mans civilian life, but nothing
has been attempted along the lines
Senator Wheeler has suggested.
Fathers Are Uncertain.
Senator Wheeler pointed out that
there are approximately 5000, 900
fathers on draft rolls. and the bulk
of these men don't know whether
they will be accepted for military
service. Approximately half of
them would be found physically fit,
but the other half, Senator Wheeler
contended, should be told sooner
that they can continue their civilian
and make their plans for
the future.
He added that he believed some
thing ought to be done about de-
ferring married men with children
for a definite period while the ad-
ministration figures out whether it
will be necessary to take them.
Senator Wheeler now has a bill
pending to ban induction of fathers.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Army Appeals for Help
To Find Missing Bomber
By HE Associated Pres.

by We Associated PreSs.
COLUMBIA. S. c., April Co
lumbia Army Air Base officials issued
an appeal yesterday to all law en-
forcement officers and the general
public in the Carolinas and Georgia
to assist in locating a medium
bomber-bearing crew of six
which has been missing for week.
Air base officials said the ship left
March "a. for round-robin flight
from Columbia to Charleston.
Savannah and return. 1t was last
heard from near Charleston about
9 pm. yesterday, when it contacted
another plane by radio.
Crew members aboard were: Sec
ond 1t. Rufus S. Humphries. jr.
Macon, Ga: Second 1t. Haig P
Wylie, Kearn. N. j.; Second 1t. Frank
j. Moore, Chicago; Staff Sergt
Joseph E. Messina, Revere. Mass;
Staff Sergt. Stanley F. Warshak
Brooklyn. and Staff Sergt. Horace
c. Holt, INDIANAPOLIS.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Fuel Oil Rationinq
Can Be Terminated,
Hearing Is Told
Requirements Must Remoin
Normal to ALLOW Liftino
Of Ban, Wilson Says
By the Associated Press.

Testimony of a high Petroleum
Administration official that fuel oil
rationing in the East would be un-
necessary next winter-provided re-
quirements remain "normaf'-has
been made public by House Ap-
preparations Subcommittee.
The witness. George A. Wilson of
the office of director of transporta-
ton, Petroleum Administration for
War. told the committee in reply
to questioning by Representative
Powers, Republican. of New Jersey
that fuel OF! requirements could be
met without rationing. unless un-
foreseen demands developed. The
testimony was disclosed yesterday
Mr.. Powers, in order clearly to
establish Mr.. Wilson's meaning,
! asked:
Mr.. Wilson, We are at liberty to
state on the floor or publicly that
with the completion of your two
pipelines from Texas to the East
Coast. plus existing tank car facili-
ties. that the present gasoline ra-
tioning system in the East will be
definitely taken care of and enough
oil will be delivered to the East
Coast next winter without fuel oil
rationing?'
In answer to that, Mr.. Powers" :"
Mr. Wilson replied. Il would say
that on the completion of the two
new large diameter pipelines. the "a
inch and the 20-inch, all of the way
from Texas through to the East
Coast. which would provide approx
imately 5000 barrels delivery per
day by those two lines, plus con-
tinued use of tank cars, existing
pipelines and existing or under con-
struction inland waterways equip
ment. that we will be able to meet
the full East Coast petroleum re-
quirements on basis of continuing
gasoline rationing, substantially as
it now is March 16, before the "a
coupons were devaluated so per
cent?, and supply normal require
ments of fuel oil and other pc
troleum requirements for domestic
and offshore USE"
without rationing of fuel oil?"
Mr.. Powers asked.
That is what mean by normal
requirements" replied Mr.. Wilson.
IF the requirements, due to some
presently unforeseen condition, in
creased, of course our estimate
would be out of balance by that
much
And my answer also takes into
consideration the program of con-
version from petroleum to coal.
which is now under way and which
already has been accomplished to
the amount of approximately hun
dred thousand barrels of oil per
day.
Later it was disclosed that the a.
inch pipeline is to be completed by
July 4, this year. and the 20-inch
line by December, if the extension
to the East is approved by the
War Production Board and mate
rials made available.
Evening star., 1943-04-01

because of what he terms an illegal
closed shop contract between Henry
J. Kaiser and the AFL unions. Mr.
Green conceded at q Senate COM
mittee hearing last week that in a
labor jurisdictional dispute where
a legal challenge is raised, the ALL
CIO agreement 'is not worth the
paper 1t Is written on"
Mr.. Tobin suggested C1O leader
ship should advise Mr.. Green that
the squabble should be stopped .and
that his claims should be With
drawn"
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Union Of Axis Armies
In Tunisia Possible,
5timson Declares
Heavy Resistance Seen
If RommeI's Forces
Escape From Wise

Marshal Erwin Rommel apparently
still has the bulk of his Tunisiar
force intact. and he may effect 8
successful union with Axis forces
under Col. Gen. Jureen Won Arnim
to the north. Secretary of War Slim.
son declared today.
In review of the battles now
raging In North Africa. the Sec.
retary told his press conference that
if Rommel slips through the wise
closing in on his forces. he could
offer very strong" resistance tc
the Allies.
Mr. Stimson warned that there
will in all probability be good deal
of heavy fighting" before the Tu-
nisian campaign is won. Allied
mastery of the air will prove a great
advantage in the fighting, he added
The Secretary said Rommel had
suffered an important defeat at the
Mareth Line, principally because of
the skill and leadership of Gen. Sir
Bernard Montgomery and the cour-
o6S Va AAAo oCIl al lily.
Axis Losses Large.
Estimates of Axis losses are in
complete, Mr.. Stimson continued,
but large numbers of German and
Italian soldiers have been killed
several thousands wounded and
taken prisoner and the Allies
have captured and destroyed large
amounts of Axis equipment.
On other fronts, Mr.. Stimson re-
ported:
The bomber commands of both
the United States Army Air Forces
and the Royal Air Force in Britain
are increasing in size and I'VE NAV
expect their attacks will increase
IN frequency and in power"
The early spring thaw in Russia
is begging down major military
operations except in the extreme
North and the extreme South. in
both of which regions the Russians
are continuing to advance in the
face OF strong enemy resistance. 1t
is possible that most of the German
forces in the foothills of the Cau-
casus have been withdrawn across
the Kerch Straits to the Crimea
There is some reason to hope that
summer will find the Germans un-
able to repeat their great offensives
OF the last two years.
Jap Planes Outfought.
There is evidence that the Japa-
nese are increasing their air
strength in Burma, China. and the
Southwest Pacific, but "neverthe-
less, our planes continue to Outright
the best the enemy can bring against
them"
Mr.. Stimson said the close CO.
operation of Allied air forces in
North Africa had contributed SUBJ
stantially to the defeat of Rom
mels forces and promised the re-
lentless air attacks would continue
He reported that the advance of
American forces under 1t. Gen
George S. Patton, jr., in Centra!
Tunisia, and the attacks by the
British 1st Army in Northern Tu.
nisia were timed to coincide with
Montgomery's assault on the Mareth
Line.
He had no report on Allied casu-
'alties in Tunisia beyond those al
ready received in front line news
dispatches.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
Fight Victims S Appeal Frees
|Shipmute Needed in War
BY the Associated Press.

BY TIE Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April IA man
whose anxiety was reflected in his
eyes won freedom for shipmate
accused of breaking his spine when
he pleaded that the defendant was
needed so their ship might not sail
short-handed into the war zone.
This forgiveness for the benefit of
world cause occurred yesterday in
Cumberland Hospital, Brooklyn, in
the room of Bernard Marques,
Portuguese oiler on a trans Atlantic
freighter.
Magistrate Charles Solomon. police
men, a clerk of the Brooklyn Felony
Court and the court stenographer
Evening star., 1943-04-01

filed into the room where Marques
was stretched out IN a plaster cast.
So did Armondo Pima, ship fireman
and the defendant.
Give my pal break, judge"
Marques pleaded. 1--WE had a fight,
yes. We were on liberty for "a hours.
We had a couple of drinks. But 1
don't want my pal to go to Jail. He
is needed in this war. Every man
counts. He's a good man and a
good fireman. Let him go back to
his ship, judge. He can help out in
this war. I can't. III do my suffer-
ing alone. Please let him 60"
Clearing his throat, Magistrate
Solomon announced that the charge
was dismissed.
Evening star., 1943-04-01
British Linguist, Killer
Of Wife, Dies in Prison

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. April 1.-Prof. Arthur
Lloyd James, English language ex-
pert and former linguistic adviser
to the BIC. who was convicted in
lS4l of numbering his wife but was
adjudged insane. died in prison
March "a, it was announced today.
Prof. James, who was So. had been
Ill a long time. At the time of his
arraignment police offlcer quoted
him as saying he killed his wife to
save her from a bleak future"
after he found he could not COPE
with his work.
Mrs. James was a popular violin
virtuoso who taught at the Royal
Academy OF Music and played as
Elsi Owen.