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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-17
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

AS Beth came out of her office
building on Pennsylvania avenue,
she took deep breath and, for
the first time since she came to
Washington, she could smell au-
tunn in the air. The warm, mild
weather was not what it would
have been in Pennington, and now
she thought of the last autumn,
and it came to her with a sense
of shock that it was whole year
since that day when she had look
ed out of Judge Mayfield's VIM
dow and had seen that seemingly
endless line of young men pour
ing into the registration office.
Much had happened in that year
Italy had invaded Greece and the
Germans had finished their JOB.
The president had signed the lend
ease bill. Rudolf Hess had landed
in Scotland. The British and Free
french had entered Syria. Ger
nlaly was at war with Russia.
United States lorces occupied Ice
land The Atlantic Charter had
co: le into being in circumstances
OF unequaled drama. The situation
in TIE Far East was tense, and
everywhere in Washington people
spoke of the Jacanese menace. The
deva stating breath of war W S
coming closer.
YET it was not of these things
that Beth was thinking. She was
remembering that October day
when Jim had called and said he
! had something important to say
to her. 1t was a year now since
che had known that Jim was lost
to her, nine months since he and
Andrea had become engaged.
What had happened to Beth in
nine months? Plunging her hands
into the pockets of her blue cordu-
roy jacket, Beth leaned against the
building-she was going to meet
andrea on that corner at half-past
six-and examined her inner self.
A year ago she had never dreamed
she would be working and living
i'll Washington. Vernon, Marion and
Bert, these g o o d friends, e
hadn't known. A year ago she d
have found it impossible to think
she would not want to be living
with Andrea.
Inevitably her thoughts led back
to finland to the knowledge that
while a year had softened h e
pain, a year of schooling, the lone
liness for him was undated. Three
years of loving him could not be
erased so easily.
Determinedly she began to think
OF something else. OF autumn in
Pennington, W h ere the nights
would be sharply cool and filled
with d clean smell OF frost and
grapes on the vines and dusty
leaves. She thought of football
games and the changing colors of
tres and foliage, and her friends
back home, and succeeded in Civ
Ing herself such a fine case of
inconsistencies that when she saw
Andrea step off street car, she
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IOrSOt t1dt lew minutes before
she had been wishing that Andrea
was any place but in Washington.
Andrea had a small hatbox-a
new one-on her arm, and when
the two girls had greeted each
other, decided to have supper in
a cafeteria and go to a movie,
Beth said, 'tWhat's in the box?"
"A hat" Andrea answered gay
ly. Its too sweet. I couldn't re-
sist it."
Beth refrained from asking how
Andrea could buy anything on her
salary.
When they came out of the NOV
les, Andrea shivered in her crepe
dress. know what l wish we were
going to do?" she asked. Il wish
we were going back to our old
apartment and have fire in our
little old hearth -
-. and hot chocolate and
toast Beth finished nostalgically.
Il was going to say l wish we
could sit and talk like we used
to-"
1--WE can talk anywhere, Andy"
Andrea stole a furtive glance out
OF the corner of her eye. Can
WEI" she asked. Il remember
when we had no secrets. We used
to be able to tell each other every
thing"
Beth laughed lightly. Il have no
secrets,'' she said.
Beth felt her lips tighten in a
familiar way, believing that she
knew what Andrea meant. But
there was nothing she could do.
She knew very well that her whole
attitude had been different since
the ghost of Jim came between
them. She said, I'VE could stop
al a drug store and get a hot
chocolate.
Andrea agreed glulnly that they
could.
When they'd got off the street
Car and were walking up the street
to their boarding house, Andrea
said, Beth, l wish we could have
an apartment. l hate living in this
little old one-room, don't your"
Beth said she thought they were
fortunate to have comfortable
rooms, and pointed out the high
cost of apartments. adding that
only when three or more girls lived
together would it be practical.
There's an awfully nice cir l
who works with me. Her name
is Eunice Seccombe. She's mar
ried to a boy who's in the Navy
She has an apartment way up on
Pennsylvania avenue. I'm going
over to see it tomorrow night.
She's asked me for dinner
Beth walked a few PAGES in
thoughtful silence. Finally, she
said, And, if you'd be happier
living in an apartment. and you
could afford it, l wouldn't want
you to stay on here just because
I'm here. We could see each other
Cften."
Trying to get rid of me-"
Because that was in her mind,
Beth suffered and said that An
Glea was crazy, and asked why
she particularly wanted an apart
ment. Andre was not a girl who
cared for the domestic details in
volved in Housekeeping.
WELL Andy said hesitantly,
Jim wants to come to Washing
ton for a couple of Week-ends, and
YOU know what the hotel situation
is l thought if we had an apart
ment we could let him have a
sofa in the living room or or
Beth thought, Just let Jim come
to Washington and that would be
one weekend when I'd land at
Helen Golden's, invitation or no
invitation" but she said it was
too bad they didn't have place.
After she left Andrea at h e +
coor in the hall, Beth went into
Ter own room wondering if she
got job somewhere in Iowa, or
Iimbucktoo, or Eastport, Me-. An
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-17
WEDNESDAY, NOV. II

Eastern War Time P.M.-Subtract One
Hour for CWT., Hrs. for MWT.
tChanges in programs as listed due to
corrections by networks made too
late 70 incorporated
s:34-Just Plan Bill, Dramatic nbc
The Jack Armstrong Serial - blu-east
The Sea Hounds repeat - blu-west
The Landt Trio Singing Along chs
Chick Carter. 4 Boy Detective mbs
5:+5-Front Page Farrell Serial nbc
American Women, Drama Series chs
Serial Series for Riddles mbs-basic
e,00-News and L. S. Navy Band nbc
Children's Dramatic Skit, Daily - blu
Quincy Howe and News Time chs
PRAYER: Comment on the War mbs
6;:5-Lyn Murray CHORUS, Orch. - chs
Cap. Tim Healy's Spy Stories - blu
s :oo-The Tower Show, Chicago nbc
Jack Armstrong in repeat bll-west
Jer- Sullivan & Her Song Show-cbs
news Time and Volney Hurd - mbS
e:z5-8iu Stern and Sports Spot nbc
Lowell Thomas on News - blu-basic
World News and Commentary chs
Re9eat OF Riddles Serial - other mbs
: G0-Fred Warnings Time nbc-basic
CCEalst; The Falcon. DraD@e - blu
= Lave Mystery, Dramatic - chs
F.-'oa Lewis. il. Comments - mbs
Ez-TE James ard His Orchestra chs
ne Johnson Family, 2 Serial mbs
.-1C-Cs-ib5ean Nights Concert nbc
Lone Ranger, Drama OF West - blu
Ezsy ACES. Serial Series cbs-basic
y. !. Dancing Music Orchestra RIBS
7.=5-kal tenboTn and Comment nbc
2lr. Keen. Persons Tracer cbs-basic
Dancing Music Orchestra cbs-Dixie
o:o0-9Ir. and Mrs. North, Drama nbc
>-ews groadcasting Time, Daily blu
Sammy Kaye with RED Barber chs
Sam Batter Comment on News mbs
o.15-LUm ana Abner Serial Shit - blu
Fulton OursIer News Answers - lnbs
e:-Q-Best the Band, Quiz ShoT nbc
Jean Fersholt as DR.. Christian chs
Nick Garter, Detective Drama mbs
6 :5-Fire Minutes News Period - chs
9Go-Eddie Cantor and Variety nbc
Baadwason. Martins Orchestra blu
L-c1eI BARRYMORE as the Mayor - chs
Gabriel Heater and Comment nbs
e-l5-Gracia Fields and Comedy nos
9:2o-A5r District ATTORNEY Play - nDc
Spotlight Bands. Guest Orches. - blu
JACK Carson and arietv Show - cos
Soldiers With Wings. Variety mbs
e:55-Harry Wismer Sports Time - blu
1G oo-Kay Kyser Music & Quiz nbc
Raymond Gram Swing Comment blu
Great Moments in Music Conc. - chs
i015-Listen to Lulu and Songs blu
Sunny skylar and His Songs mbs
I0-:o-Norton Could and Carnival chs
National Radio Forum & Guests blu
10:45-Dancing Music Orchestra nbs
II 0o-Late Variety With News - nbc
News, Variety and Dance blu-cbs
Comment, Dance, News Hrs. mbs
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Nov. 16.-tR-Lt. Franklin
d. Roosevelt, Jr., the third son of
the President, received the Silver
Star for gallantry and Purple
heart for wounds from Vice Ad-
mlral H. Kent Hewitt today dur
ing the presentation of "a awards
to % officers and men of the de-
.stroyer Mayrant.
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Of the combined nickel output
of the United Nations, Canada is
producing s. per cent.
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YESTERDAY: There seems to be
some element of mystery in the
relationship between Andrea and
Jim.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-17
SYNOPSIS

Roonmates and cousins,
BETH KINNAN, serious-minded
and trusting, and
ANDREA BARNES, rather self
centered and selfish, find that
the tenseness accompanying
Americas impending entrance in
to the war is beginning to af-
feet their lives. For three years
Beth has been going with
JIM RONALD, who still has not
been too successful in getting
ahead in the world. while An
drea has been attracted by
DENNIS ARCHER, Is years her
senior, but wealthy and interest
ing-and also married.
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would be held to so per cent of the
appraised value.
Furthermore, the bill reads that
all building and loan liens in. the
future would have to be first liens
or first mortgages on fee simple
property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-08
Raj Bombers Start Fires,
Sink Sampans Near AkYab
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Jan. 8.-RAF bomb
ers raided the Japanese occupied
port of Akyab in Western Burma
again last night after a series of
daylight forays in which four enemy
supply sampans were sunk OF the
coast farther south, a British COM
munique announced today.
Several fires were started in the
night raid on Akyab and detectives
in the immediate vicinity of the
port were attacked with good results,
the communique said.
The daylight sweeps also included
attacks on oil installations near
Chauk and on enemy positions near
Rathedaung, Is miles northwest of
Akyab. All the operations were car
ried out without the loss of single
aircraft. the bulletin said.
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to reappointment for four years
after concluding their initial terms.
Investors Held In Jeopardy.
Supporters Of the bill pointed out
that because Of the large number
of building and loan companies
in Maryland. none of which are
required to be bonded, the States
investors in such enterprises are
ever In jeopardy, whether it would
be intentional on the associations
part or not.
The companies, they said. were
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proposal, tight restrictions would
be imposed against the States
muchly criticized laxity in regard to
building and loan companies.
Director of the State building and
loan program would be the super
visor, likewise selected by the Gov
ernor from list of five names sub
mitted by board members.
Board members would be ap-
pointed to one, two and three-year
terms, respectively, and be eligible
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not required either to make annual
financial reports or any other type
audit in Maryland due to the lack of
proper legislation, and, they added,
there are no adequate checks even
on legislation, because records are
not required to be kept.
Loans secured by a home or a
combination home or business prop
erty would be limited to not more
than 80 per cent of the appraisal,
while loans on business properties
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The Axis Is watching you: keep
EN- signing, while you keep buying
War savings stamps.
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drill or fight or 10 hours a day and
then call it quits until the next morning
He wants to keep going at whatev he
is doing until he is stopped for an hour
or so by absolute physical exhaustion.
He must be a man of high intelligence,
able to master quickly hundreds of skills
He is, in the best sense of the word,
PROFESSIONAL fighter, one who can do
anything in the fighting trade and do it
superlatively well. And he must, above
all, be an original thinker, tied down to
no patterns of actions. This, say the
British officers in command of the depot,
is probably the single most important
qualification Of all. There are millions
OF men who learn to obey orders i'm
plicitly, who will follow a leader any
where, who are highly courageous en-
masse sustained by the presence of others
around them in the same situation. But
the ranger must usually work alone with
no leader to follow.
Perhaps not one man in 20 has the
minimum qualifications. It helps some
II he has been Boy Scout. 1t helps
some II he has been a high school or
college athlete. But nothing Is sufficient
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don't like it. The problem is to muster
the stamina and the nerve to stay.
But this hasn't gotten down fellows
like Sergt. William E. Hewitt, former
M. Ford, Thurmont farmer; John r.
O'Brien. Hyattsville surveyor John w.
Craddock Chevy Chase telegraph mes
senger, and lot Of other old neighbors
from this part of the country.
A Rangers Qualifications.
What sort of soldier makes a ranger?
First, he must be a nearly perfect
physical specimen, under Is years old.
preferably of medium build and height,
with steel muscles and tough bones But
these are the least important of his
qualifications. The real ranger attributes
are qualities Of temperament and of
mind.
He must be man of quick nerve
reactions. He must be a fast. almost
instructive observer of little things-a
man who notices bent twig or hears
an almost inaudible rustic of dry leaves
and fits them Immediately into the pat
tern of his surroundings. He must have
tough, resilient nervous system which
doesn't break under any sort of strain.
He must be one who hates comfort
and ease, who would trade any night
soft mattress in heated barracks for a
sleeping bag in the woods in the rain,
one on whom meals OF steak and pie
pail quickly and who enjoys the cold
rations Of the field, or no rations at ALL
He must be fellow who hates to work,
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u S. Rangers in Scotland

unless he is man born to high ad-
venture, eternally daring
The basic training Of the rangers is
almost entirely in the hands of British
officers and non-coms. They are a tough
lot. 1t seems a trif1e strange, perhaps,
that men from the New World with the
tradition of Daniel Boone and Kit Car
son behind them should turn to the men
Of the Old World for this sort of train
ing, that Englishmen should teach Amer
leans how to get along in the woods.
But in all the contacts between the two
armies here it is doubtful il more true
comradeship is to be found anywhere
outside this Scotch glen
Much of the commando technique was
worked out here. The Americans are
getting the benefit of something which
has been tested over and over again.
Perhaps the nearest approach to this
training is that now being given to ma
rine amphibious divisions in the United
States. But veteran marine officers who
watched the proceedings admitted freely
that nothing at Paris Island or New
River is quite as intense as this.
What Is to be done with the rangers
remains undisclosed. More and more the
training Of the average American in
fantryman is approaching this. Perhaps
too much stress has been laid in the
past on disciplining men to fight in
groups. Perhaps they have lost some-
thing of their ability to fight as individ-
uals. The ranger training corrects all
this and it is possible that the men will
be used to raise the standard Of training
as 4 whole. They should make grand
leaders, Gen. Hartle commented.
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hours and it is estimated by the Bureau
of Reclamation that this year it will gen.
crate 100000, 900 kilowatt hours
Boulder Dam is the main engineering
structure Of the Boulder Canyon project,
which provides not only power, but
means of food control, irrigation, i'm
proved navigation and water for indus
trial and municipal users 1t is op-
Grated by the Bureau of Reclamation,
with the power plant operated by the
City Of Los Angeles and the Southern
California Edison Co., as agents of the
United States
Much the same role is being played
In the war by some Of the major power
projects which have been authorized
since Boulder Dam. The Bonneville
Dam OF Oregon and Grand Coulee Of
Washington are said to be supplying
about 95 per cent Of their power to war
industries. The War Department oper-
ates Bonneville, while the Bureau of
Reclamation operates Grand Coulee
The distribution of power of both dams
is handled by the Bonneville Power Ad-
ministration. Grand Coulee is now
serving, and will serve in increasing
amounts as generating units are in
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Blazing the Trail of Federal Power

ating for many months. A powder mill
and bag-loading plant of large proper
tions are operating to capacity. One of
the largest shell-loading plants in the
country is in full production.
There are many other war plants in
the region. They are producing air
planes, ferro-alloys, shells, shell fuses,
marine boilers, mine layers, artillery am
munition, mine parts, bomber wings and
body parts, not to mention those that
are making Army blankets, Army shoes
and clothing and other things.
The power that is going into this
production is being furnished in the
main by IVA directly to the munitions
plants, but very substantial part is
being furnished to the 1913 towns and
co-operatives' (Which use IVA power.
The McNary committee is now recog-
nized as having done historic job and
great credit is given to its foresight.
Besides Senators McNary, Ashurst and
Johnson, members of the special Senate
Survey Committee included Senators
Shortridge, Republican, of California;
Jones. Republican. and Dill. Democrat,
of Washington: Phipps Republican, of
Colorado; Kendrick, Democrat, of
Wyoming, and Pittman, Democrat, and
Oddie, Republican, both Of Nevada.
Senator Scrugham said any story of the
trip would be incomplete without men,
tion of Representative Taylor. Democrat,
of Colorado, who did a great deal Of
work in connection with the project.
After the committee had finished its
work, Col. Halsey went on to go through
the Grand Canyon. which he said was
place of 'indescribable beauty"
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Hun9erford Tavern.

For years Rockville went without a
name until by common consent it became
'Hungerfords Tavern and then, after
Montgomery County was established, it
Evening star., 1943-04-04

stalled, the war industries of the Pacific
Northwest.
In the case of the Tennessee Valley
Authority system, which is now produc-
ing power at rate approaching TO-
000,000,000 kilowatt hours annually,
more than 10 per cent of the output
goes into war production. In January.
James P. Pope. director of the IVA, said
in a speech at St. Louis:
The people of this valley are con-
scious of the fact that now the Ten
nessee Valley Authority is producing for
war purposes more than half as much
as the total amount of electricity used
in the first World War
Power from IVA now goes to alumni
num- chemical, Observation-Disclosures and
munitions plants and Army bases. Mr..
Pope added:
The Importance of this large output
of electricity is plain when it is realized
that more than half of the aluminium
output in the United States, a substan-
tial part of the ammonium nitrate. vast
quantities of INT, tons upon tons of
loaded shells and war chemicals are
produced in this area. :" - A very large
United States arsenal has been oper-
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Gen. Richard Montgomery,
American patriot, killed in the
attack upon Quebec, Canada,
December 81, ITS.
as too insignificant stream, it was final
ly concluded to name it after its more
pretentious neighbor, Rock Creek
The first addition to Rockville, We are
told, lies principally to the north Of the
town. and is part Of 'Resurvey' and
valentines Garden Enlarged" which
was early surveyed for Henry Wright
Crabb for 2085 acres.
One of the best evidences of the age Of
a community is shown by the inscriptions
on the tombstones in it's cemeteries, and
in Rockville Cemetery a short distance
east of the city limits, the writer found
one large stone lettered as follows:
Here lies the body OF
JOHN HARDING
Born March 25, 1858, aud
Died January 20. l752."
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Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery, 10ho is leading the
British 8th Army in Tunisia,
possible relation OF the
American patriot, Gen. Rich
ard Montgomery.
the free and the home of the brave
not to mention the numerous towns and
villages and such more important places
at Montgomery, the capital city of Ala
bama, and the first capital of the Con-
federacy.
Montgomery County.
And of course, being so close to home,
We just must not leave out our own
Maryland neighboring county of Mont
gomery, which was formed in 1776, one
year after the death of Gen. Montgom-
cry, and for patriotism during the Amer
lean Revolution no county in the con-
federation was more devoted to the cause
for which the Colonies rebelled, and
wherever the Maryland line went, Mont
gomery County was we'll represented.
Indeed, Scharf, in his History of
Western Maryland,' gives us the names
of the following persons as having be-
come members of the Society of the
Cincinnati at the close of the Revo-
lutionary War: c. Ricketts,, lieutenant;
Lloyd Beall, captain; Samuel B. Beall,
lieutenant; Henry Gather, captain
Richard Anderson, captain; James Nc
Cubbln Llngan, captain; Richard Chi
derson, captain; David Lynn, captain
In addition to the members of that
society, there were Coils. Charles Green
bury Griffith and Richard Brooke, Capts.
Edward Burgess and Robert Briscoe, Its.
Greenbury Gather, John Gather,
Elisha Beall. Elisha Williams, John
Lynn and John Court Jones. Ensigns
Thomas Edmondson. John Griffith and
William Lamar. and Quartermaster
Richard Thompson.
In all the wars subsequent to the
American Revolution, Montgomery
County performed it's part with pa
triotism and devotion unsurpassed by
any other part of the country Being
so very close to the Federal Capital, it
shared in its scares during the Civil
War and during the raid on Washing
ton in July, 1864, eliminating in the
battle of Fort Stevens. much damage
was done by the Confederate forces Just
north of the city in Maryland.
Just when Rockville the county seat
OF Montgomery County, Nd, had its be-
ginning, would be a question about as
easy to answer as to say who was the
first settler OF Georgetown
OF course, We do know Owens Tavern
was in the vicinity of Rockville when
Braddock passed this way nearly two
centuries ago, for that generals records
gives the distance as IS miles from
Georgetown. The land records disclose
the fact that portion of this village was
originally a tract of land known as Sur
vey Exchange and New Exchange En-.
larged. which was surveyed on Decem.
ber 20, 1721, for Arthur Nelson and found
to contain 1920 acres
Hun9erford Tavern.
For years Rockville went without a
name until by common consent it became
'Hungerford's Tavern" and then. after
Montgomery County was established, it