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Evening star., 1943-03-21
Here today Russia tomorrow; then maybe Africa or
India: It's all in a weeks work for Air Transport
flyers. Thrills? Plenty! veteran pilot speakng...
by Major william n. Vicl<ers, JE.
told TO PAUL W. EARNEY

20 days, l3 of the trips being on successive
days! In 194l the ATC took the Hartman
mission clear around the globe in l21 hours
a total of 26,4l8 miles, More recently, an
ATC pilot, Captain Otis Bryan, flew Presi-
dent Roosevelt through the African combat
zone on his famous trip to Casablanca.
Thus the 9O-day ship-rail journey to Mos
COW has been reduced to Sc hours. And to
literally thousands of ATC pilots Q'm sorry
can't tell you how manyD it's just week
to Chungking. five days to Cairo The other
day l met a chap in Washington. "Hi'ya,
Jack" said. Haven't seen you for couple
of weeks"
NO." he chuckled. Ran over to India for
my laundry"
Evening star., 1943-03-21

- NE day Washington got radlogram
from General Macarthur, in Australia
~ asking for several thousand special
devices for his planes. The standard equip
ment he had would not work well and he
wanted requirements g. fast
As you know, it's % days by freighter from
San Francisco to Australia But in exactly
tuo DAYS, IA hours after General Macarthur
sent his radio message, an Air Transport
Command plane landed at his headquarters
with 5000 pounds Of these devices. Direct
from manufacturer to consumer" you might
say.
Up in Alaska 24-bed hospital was burned
to the ground. The Air Transport Command
flew in brand new hospital, complete from
roof to thermometers, in 36 hours.
In Libya the first fighting planes to arrive
soon encountered trouble from sand sitting
into one part of the mechanism. A factory
expert was flown in from the States - he
inspected the damage, sketched sand
shield" suitable for the part. And in two weeks
from the first hurry call 1000 of these acces-
sories (Which nobody had ever heard Of be-
fore) were in Libya from a factory in the
Middle West
This in nutshell is the work of the ATC:
the lusty infant of the US. Army Air Forces
Evening star., 1943-03-21

And when l suddenly realized that | now
have laundry waiting for me on three different
continents. it dawned on me that the world
has changed some since studied geography
in school back in 1928
Tibet and Sahara Greenland and Cairo,
Teheran, Natal, Sitka, MelbOurne-such
names are as familiar today to AIC crews
as the suburban stations on your COM
muter line are to you. Any of us, sitting
around the Ready Room on call, have our
little bags packed and are prepared to leave
on an l8, ,OOO-mie jaunt on 10 minutes notice.
think one of the outstanding feats OF TINS
war was Brigadier General Caleb Haynes $
evacuation of wounded troops and CIVILIAN
refugees from the Irrawaddy Valley, IN
TW-3-N-3
Evening star., 1943-03-21

which in 10 monthsy grew from personnel
of three to crack flying organization larger
than all of the worlds airlines at the start of
the war Today, aside from ferrying thousands
of battle planes monthly to every nook and
Granny of the globe we carry everything you
could name in the line of war goods from
blood plasma and sulfa drugs to ammunition
and hoWitzers And on our return flights we
bring back either score of ferry pilots or tons
of critical materials like quinine, tin, mica,
chrome.
Miracles Are Routine
HAVING been with the outfit since its incep-
ton as the Ferrying Command in May l94l,
I've seen miracles happen at weekly intervals
In my first year in the service | flew over
25O,OOO miles, as have many of my fellow
pilots. Spanning the Atlantic in land plane
- an epochal feat not so long ago - is now
Just l6-hour jump at most. 1t amounts to
"commuter' service from here to the "Uk'
United Kingdom). Months back we were
flying Is planes day to England; you'll just
have to guess at what we're doing now But it
might interest you to know that one lad
hoped from Newfoundland to Scotland in
400 minutes fiat on a routine flight Another
has crossed the South Atlantic l8 times IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05

sponsored by Nasr DIN, has wide
boulevards with miniature canals a
borders instead of ordinary curbs.
In the shopping district, one thor
oughfare is called THE Avenue of
Tulips" without any flowers Of that
variety and another 1.-THE Street Of
Gas Lights" without any illumina-
ton q that sort. The native ba-
zaars are vast labyrinth of alleys
and passages into which no stranger
would dare to venture. Major
Powell remarks: 1.-THE noise is deaf
ening and the confusion beyond de-
scription."
In the heart of the "old city" is:
1.-THE ark or citadel, whose high,
battlemented walls inclose con-
geries of Offices, barracks, arsenals,
stables, corridors, courtyards, kiosks,
lakes and gardens, the whole COM
prising the palace of the King of
Kings" There the Shah holds court
in the talar. His peacock throne no
longer Is used oficially. Encrusted
with gems, its value has been esti-
mated at thirty million dollars, but
it is too much like an antique ORR
entail bed to be comfortable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05
What About Plain Hash?

The Federal Register for Wednes-
day, December /, contains an
Informative ruling by the Grand
Rapids (Michigan) district director
Of region III (OPA) on ceiling prices
for food and drink. To make a long
story short, they must be abided by.
But where there was a price differ
entail between classes of meals from
April 4 to April 10, 1943, that differ
entail must be maintained, and
meals classified according to the
food item category hereinafter listed
in which the main dish of such meal
Is grouped" AS an example, says the
Federal Register:
A weekday roast pork dinner would
be in different class from a week
day roast pork lunch or 4 Sunday
roast pork dinner or a weekday
vegetable plate dinner, but would be
in the same class as a weekday pork
chop dinner.
The Star is offering this for what
it is worth, hoping that some of its
readers who enjoy roast pork will
be able to make use of it, somehow,
sometime, somewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05
The Dust CITY

President Roosevelt, Prime Min
lister Churchill and Marshal Stain.
meeting at Teheran, have seen
place which they never will be
able to forget. The capital of
Iran is city of dust. Its high
ways are unpaved and every pass
ing vehicle stirs up clouds of pulver-
lied sand, dense as London fog
and almost as suffocating as poison
gas Major E. Alexander Powell
says: Everything, including trees,
is heavily dust-coated." People of
the upper classes wear thin, vo-
luminous cloaks called abahs, also
OF the prevailing dust color, so that
they become almost invisible as
they fit along between the high
mud walls with which every street
is lined" The dwellings Of the poor
are huts Of mud, and "even the
houses OF the rich are built of the
same uninteresting material, usu-
ally camouflaged, however, by a
coat of white or tinted plaster"
Legend endows the ancient me-
tropolis with beauty and grandeur,
but the modern Teheran which
actually does exist is lacking in
both. 1T is true that the city gates
and the walls Of most of the pal
aces and public buildings are deco
rated with glazed tiles of charming
colors, but the effect is ruined by
the fact that many of the tiles have
fallen OF and have not been re-
placed, thus producing an atmos-
phere Of decay and dilapidation. 4"
The so-called European quarter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05
Nurses for the Wounded

Inc DlStrlct Red Cross is under
taking special campaign this week
to stimulate greater response to
and public interest in its efforts to
recruit nurses for the Army and the
Navy, task which has been Specif-
ically assigned to the Red Cross.
A 1943 quota of 476 nurses is only
SO per cent filled, rejecting a failure
locally which is difficult to under
stand in view OF the reported sue
ceSses elsewhere. Everyone is, of
course, familiar with the general
shortage OF nurses in Washington,
which has been publicized since the
beginning OF the emergency. Yet
the local quota was established, &C
cording to the District Red Cross,
after a survey Of the field by the
War Manpower Commission which
indicates even now that there are
586 eligible nurses in Washington,
of whom 157 are Immediately avail
able" for active duty ION the basis
Of essentially of employment and
the remainder available after ninety
days notice
If even the majority of these
nurses entered the services, the
effect would be to curtail more
seriously the supply of nurses avail
able for civilians. But the situation
is reaching the point, as our cas-
ualties abroad increase, where
determination eventually must be
made between the Importance of
adequate nursing care for the
wounded as against comparable care
for civilians. The Red Cross is urg-
ing hospitals, doctors and business
and industrial firms employing
eligible nurses to replace them with
older nurses married nurses or
others disqualified for military serv-
ice. There is no question as to
which demand comes first. The
Red Cross deserves every support
In its recruiting campaign, highly
necessary part Of the war effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05
The Mistake ofBenhadad
Ancient Fable in Modern duplication
By Dr.. Page Mex. Etchison,
Religious Work Director, YMCA.

Benhadad, King of Syria, many
centuries ago gathered 80 allied kings.
with their armies, and besieged sa-
maria, the capital of Israel. He sent
messengers to King Ahab of Israel
declaring that all of Ahab's wealth,
in fact everything he owned, belonged
to Benhadad. Ahab, seemingly prac-
ticing the doctrine of appeasement,
replied that this was true But Ben
hadad was not satisfied with the re-
ply; and he again sent messengers
saying: Tomorrow my men will be
sent to search your palaces, your
houses; and whatever they want they
will take, including your wives and
children"
The arrogant demand thus ex-
pressed was too much for King Ahab.
He quickly called conference Of his
leaders and placed the facts before
them, saying: This man seeks trou-
BILE; you can't appease him." His adj
visers urged him not to consent to
such an outrage, and Ahab, taking
courage because Of this advice, blunt
ly answered that he would not agree
to such proposal. Whereupon Ben
hadad few into rage and sent word
that he would grind Samaria into
dust"
The records show that Ahab was
not outstanding for his ability or
courage, but when ne received this
message, he rose to the noblest
heights Of his life. He replied: Let
not him that girdeth on his armor
boast himself as he that putteth it
off," When this message was received
by Benhadad it found him and his
allies drinking themselves drunk"
celebrating the victory which had not
yet been won. In anger, the Syrian
monarch ordered his men to array
themselves at once against the city.
At this point prophet Of the Lord
appeared to Ahab and said: Thus
saith the Lord: You shall win great
victory this day" Who will begin
the battle?' asked Ahab You will
open the attack" said the prophet.
This was good military strategy.
practiced by great military leaders in
every age: Attack! Attack! King
Ahab began the battle and won a
great victory for Israel. although
Benhadad managed to escape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05
Americas Weapons

Nazl Germany very clearly holds
no monopoly in the field of So-called
secret weapons" According to
ordnance experts at the Aberdeen
Proving Ground in Maryland, Amer
lean arms in every category equal or
excel those Of the enemy. In fact,
German equipment is slowly be-
ginning to show significant signs OF
deterioration, and japanese in
feriority is marked in both research
and development
New weapons-"Secret" in the
sense that most of them are spoken
of only in the broadcast terms-are
not mere oddities in the American
arsenal. AS fast as they are de-
veloped and produced, they are put
to excellent and devastating use by
our land sea and air forces, not only
extensively but defensively as we'll.
Thus, for example, Rear Admiral
Blandy, outgoing chief Of the Naval
Bureau Of Ordnance, has just re-
vealed that the Navy has been max
ing progress in coping with such
things as the Nazi radio-controlled
bomb and the acoustic bombing
torpedo" while at the same time en-
ploying novel and deadly devices of
its own, including some revolution
airy in nature" and at least one
which foreign scientists once re-
garded as impossible"
Among the more or less secret"
naval weapons are new "fashless"
powder which makes it difficult for
the enemy to see where our ships
are shooting from; an armor-pierc-
ing bomb capable Of tearing through
thick steel decks of a war vessel;
remarkably advanced antiaircraft
equipment, and apparatus which
makes it possible to pick out unseen
targets at sea and blast them with
amazing accuracy in the darkness
OF the night. Similarly, the Army
is equipped with such things as the
'bazooka," which has done distin-
guished work against tanks. And
the Air Force-as announced the
other day by the War Department
now mounts 75-millimeter cannon
in many of its BIS Mitchell medium
bombers. No other country in the
world has such a piece of flying ar
tillery, the nearest to it being, ap-
parently. the 40-millimeter cannon
In the British Hurricanes and the
Russian Stormoviks. Operated with
special recoil mechanism, it has
been particularly effective in the
Pacific, even to the point of finishing
of large Japanese destroyer.
These are but few Of the many
striking developments in our Ameri-
can arsenal The more important
of the hundreds of them are still
"secret" enough not to be discussed
even in the most guarded manner
A few of them, as Admiral Blandy
says, constitute great romances in
science, and when the story about
them is finally told, it will be the
story of mans genius accomplish
ing wonders almost undreamed of a
few years ago.
Our physicists, our chemists, our
ENTHUSIASTICALLY thousands Of
our civilian scientists and tech
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05

These words of Ahab are timely to-
day: Let not him that girdeth on
his armor boast himself as he that
putteth it off," We Immediately
think of the numerous boasts of Adolf
Hitler. He successfully carried out
many surprise attacks against small
er, unprepared nations. A startled
and unbelieving world looked on, I'M
able to comprehend how such brute
force could be turned loose in planet
supposed to be civilized. In 1910 Der
Fuehrer boosted that he would con-
quer England, wiring her neck as one
does a chicken" AS Prime Minister
Churchill said before Congress: Some
chicken! Some neck!" In 1941 Hit
Ter boosted how he would conquer
Russia, but as we look at the picture
today we are sure he never under
stood those words of Ahab: Let not
him that girdeth on his armor boast
himself as he that putteth it off,"
Also, we recall that famous jap
anese admiral who boosted that he
would draw up terms of peace in the
White House. Today, somewhere, he
occupies, allegedly. suicides grave.
II he ever heard of those words OF
Ahab, he did not comprehend their
meaning.
But we find in Ahab's words good
and timely advice for ourselves and
our Aliles. We are conscious of the
danger of overconfidence. There is
yet tremendous job to be done, de-
spite our recent successes. Let us not
celebrate until victory has been won.
That Is the time TO rejoice. OF
course, We should look ahead and give
careful consideration to the end that
we shall win the peace, but let us
remember the words Of Ahab.
Particularly, let us follow the voice
OF God. The prophet of the Lord
said: Attack and you shall win a
great victory this day." The impor-
tant thing Is to be sure We are fight
ing on the side Of right, then we
cannot lose the battle. We are sure
OF that today, for we fight persecu-
ton, we fight prejudice, we fight for
freedom OF all people, everywhere.
II we will not be defeated by over
confidence, but will stand together
and continue to fight, we may be sure
great victory will be won and once
again the world will be at peace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05
Almost Starved
From the Lyons (KansaD News.

We have been reading that all true
Americans should occasionally observe
"meatless days" buying no meat, using
no meat coupons on those days. Yes
terday we made the supreme sacrifice.
On Sunday, big dinner day, at that. All
that appeared on our table was a baked
pheasant and two wild ducks, the
former with sage dressing, the latter
with big Bermuda onions where their
1nnards used to be. The gravy was
brown and rich 50 we saved on butter,
too. There was casserole of wild rice
with mushrooms, cranberry jelly. hot
rolls, coffee and angel food cake and
custard sauce. We wish this war would
End 20 We Americans can eat normally
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05

nicians-have not been asleep. Since
the start OF the war, working with
the Army and Navy, they have been
more active than ever before In our
history, and the results are showing
themselves with highly gratifying
effect in every theater OF battle-a
fact which our enemies are now
learning to their great sorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05

The Nazis announce their retreat
in Italy as a means of obtaining
short line OF supplies. This sounds
much better than to say they re-
tired because their lines were short
Of supplies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
NEGRO PROBLEM
 VITAL PRELUDE
Solution Must Be Reached Before Worldwide De.
 mOCracy Is Reality

Problems of democracy in this country, and particularly the Negro problem, must be settled before world wide democracy becomes . reality, Paul A. Reynolds, professor of philosophy at Wesleyan Univer- sity told his audience at . mass rally of young people yesterday aft. ernoon at the First Congregational church. The rally was sponsored by the Waterbury Youth Council.
 Prof. Reynolds urged those pres- ent as Headers of tomorrow" to cooperate with peoples of other races and faiths In working toward bet ter understanding, Miss Roberta Finlay, president of the youth coun. ell, assisted by Alden Brown and Herbert Barsales, conducted Q wor- ship service preceding the meeting, A social program which followed supper was presented under the di- rection of Miss Mary Cheek, student assistant at the First church, and Rev. Webb Wright, of South Fed- erated church,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
FATHER DONNELLY
 GUEST OF COUNCIL
."The Church and Labor" to Be Subject of Address
 Sunday Afternoon

Rev, Joseph r, Donnelly, assistant at st. Thomas church, authority on labor questions and director of Dio- cesan Labor schools, will he the guest speaker at the monthly meet ing of the Waterbury Council of Catholic Women to be held Sunday afternoon, March l4, at { o'clock ct the Diocesan Bureau of Social Ser vice, 80 Church street, Father Don- nelly's subject will be "rhe Church and Labor" Mrs. Frank Kenny, council program chairman has an- nouneed that Miss Mary Hennessy, chairman of industrial relations, Is in charge of the program.
 A meeting of the executive board of the council will be held at S:S0 o'clock In the committee room, Miss Agnes Fitzpatrick presiding, All members of the board are urged to attend aS important business mat- ters will come up for discussion. I'm. mediately following this the open meeting will take place at {, oil council members and their fEelnds invited to attend,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
CRITICISM OF OIL
 RATIONINC ASKED
Many RevisiOns Likely in Program for l04S.44
 Washington Indicates

In response to c request from the OPA, local fuel oil ration ofh. cials are preparaing Q criticism of present oil rationing regulations. It was indicated in Q letter received from Washington by Mayor John S., Monagan that revisions will be made to the program when national OPA administrators meet within Q few weeks to plan next winters course.
 Difficulties of allocation and dis- tributlon of oil experienced here are expected to be outlined by the local group. Although much criticism has resulted here from use of the square footage method of computing al. lowances MT. Webb stated no issue will be made of that. He expresses the belief the cubic foot basis, sug- gested by many, would Do very con. fusing and would not accomplish fairer distribution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-08
Task Of Issuing Ration Books To Resume Next Monday
Christian Teachings
 Lead ToHeroic Work
Descendants of CannibaIs Caring for Wounded Sol diers in South Sea Islands Declares Rev. Dr. Walker

Many Of our absent members are some where in the South Seas or in the Southwest Pacific these days, but there are reports coming from many quarters about the effective ness of missionary endeavor in times past stated Rev. Dr. John c. Wall ker, Second Congregational Church pastor, yesterday morning in his sermon entitled, Worship, Work and Witness
 Heroic Services
 pr. Walker said in part: The sons and granosons of cannibal tribes have on numerous occasions rend- cred heroic service to the wounded, Countless lives have been saved be- cause islanders even in remote places have been taught in times past the story of the humble, help- ful, loving Christ. The other day I stumbled upor a prayer offered in other and happier days in one of those South Sea missions, In 1t you will find Q philosophy of worship and service which Is rare and price, less. 70 God, we are about to go to our various homes. Let not the words we have heard be like the fine clothes we wear, soon to be taken off and folded away till the coming of another sabbath. Rather let thy truth be like the tattoo on our bodies, which stands till death"
 You have long since gathered, I am afraid, that Christian missions have made very slow progress in the Moslem world. The Moslems are not remote from the Christian world like the South Sea Islanders. They arc In Q position to make comparisons and form Judgments, Now our Christian Bible has not suffered by comparison with the Moslem Kornn, Certainly the character of Jesus does not sui. fer in the light of MohamIned's life and witness, The difficulty, the weakness lies in the realm of Christian practice, The Moslems Judge Christianity, not so much on the strength of what the mtSSions aries say and do, but rather by the Ak4O atlQ Staut0StSk O WAS 0VSAebV citizen from the So.called Christian countries. That judgment Is often, If not almost, fatal, pr. Iwemer, an authority on the Moslem world, TO. ports that he found an old MoSlem industriously marking his copy of the New Testament, When asked what he was doing the man replied, II am marking the places where I find the teachings of Jesus that arc not observed by his fol- lowers" Needless to say there were large sections of the Gospels rod penciled by the discerning and sceptical Moslem, Too many might well Do reminded of tho characteri-- 1atlon of the man who was said to have the purest principles in New York City, he was never known to mix any of his principles with any practice whatever. Most Christians are for from that Sorroy state but 1t must also Do said that they ore far also from having made any very gallant effort to practice the prin' cipies they profess,
 Early Church
 But we come in the third place