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Evening star., 1943-10-24
Bridge Luncheon
Party in Hernd0n

HERNDON, Oct. 23.-Mrs. Will
liam Meyer will entertain at bridge
luncheon Monday for 16 guests. DR..
and Mrs. Meyer have as their guest
the formers sister, Mrs. L. H. Sultan
of Endfield, N. C.
Mrs. Beulah Anderson has had as
her guests this week Miss Jean
Brandt of Huntington. Conn. and
Lit. William Anderson of Nashville.
Mrs. Mack Crippen entertained at
bridge luncheon Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bentley Harrison
have had as their guests this week
their son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Wright OF New
Jersey.
Mrs. George r. Sims OF Philadel-
phia has been spending several days
with her sister, Miss Lillian Duncan.
Mrs. J. L. Nachman entertained at
several tables of bridge Tuesday
afternoon
Mrs. John Mcdaniel entertained
Sunday afternoon in celebration OF
the birthday anniversary of her
daughter, Miss Leah Mcdaniel.
Mr.. R. B. Nickel has returned
from a weeks vacation trip in the
mountains OF PENNSYLVANIA. He was
accompanied by his son and daugh-
ter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Lehman
Nickel OF Washington
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Tokoma Park and Silver Spring
Miss Leila Clark Will Be Feted;
Miss Nina Page Hostess Today

u. S. N. r.. who Is enrolled in the
Navy VIA college training program
at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn,
arrived yesterday In Silver Spring
to spend furlough with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph A. Wells.
Mrs. Oliver Holden. Miss jean
nette Holden and Miss Marie Bush
Of Myers, N. Y, are guests of Mrs
Arthur Barker of Silver Spring.
DR.. and Mrs. w. B. Mehring Of
Silver Spring have had visiting them
for a month the formers mother.
Mrs David Mehring, who plans to
leave today for her home in Taney-
town, Md.
Mr.. Eben M. Whitcomb and his
daughter, Miss Ann Whitcomb, of
Seven Oaks Manor, left Thursday
for Ellsworth Falls, Me, to join Mrs.
Whitcomb, who was called there the
early part of last week by the illness
Of her mother-in- law. En- route Mr..
Whitcomb picked up their son, Eben
Whitcomb, jr,. who is on furlough
from the Navy college training
course at Stevens Institute of Tech
nology, Hoboken. N. j.
Mrs. Thomas M. Doris of Albu-
Querque, N. Mex. is visiting her SON.
in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs
Willard F Barber of Woodside Park
Maj and Mrs w. c. Gamrath. for
mer residents of the community. are
back in Silver Spring after spending
some time in Detroit. where Mai
Gamrath was stationed.
Plans of Mrs. Harry McComas to
loin her husband. Capt. McComas.
in Philadelphia. where he has been
temporarily transferred. have been
changed and instead she has taken
an apartment on Dale drive in Sill
YER Spring. They have leased their
house In Montgomery Hill and two
of their sons. Harry, jr.. and George,
are attending Massanutten Military
Academy. The youngest son, Joseph
Lance, is remaining in Silver Spring
with his mother.
The Rev Cecil Hobbs and Mrs.
Hobbs are now making their home
on Second street in Takoma Park.
Both have seen many years resi-
dence in Burma where they were
Baptist missionaries. Mr.. Hobbs is
in Washington to do translations
Of Burmese for the Government
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Manassas and Other Virginia Places
Mrs. Contee Is Guest of Haydons;
Mrs. Clark johnson Is Leaving

MANASSAS, Oct. 23.-Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Hayden have as their
guest for fortnight at their home
New Commons, near Manassas. Mrs.
Richard Snowden Contee OF Balti-
more.
Mrs. Clark Johnson will leave to-
day for Chicago, where she will visit
relatives.
Mrs. E, X. Evans will entertain
at luncheon Thursday for a group
of friends who have been invited to
remain for an afternoon sewing bee
Mrs. Henry Payne has returned
from visit with her son and
daughter-in-laW, 1t. and Mrs.
James Hugh Payne, in Roanoke.
Mrs. Herbert Saunders and her
young daughters, Barbara and Su-
same, will leave this week end for
Iowa City, Iowa, where they will
join Ensign Saunders, who has been
stationed there for several months.
Warren N. Hynson of the Naval
Landing Force Equipment Depot at
Norfolk is spending the week end
WIN nlS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
r. Hynson.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Bauserman
have with them for the week end
their daughter, Miss Marie Bauser-
man. who is a senior at Madison
College, Harrisonburg.
Mrs. G. Raymond RatchfIe left
this week for New York, where she
Will be the guest of her son-in-l law
and daughter, Capt. and Mrs. John
Beard, for 10 days.
Mrs. Paul Arlington has visiting
her for the week end Mrs. Theodore
Zinn of Chevy Chase.
MI. and Mrs. M. Bruce Whitmore
had as guests this week the latter's
slster-in-laW, Mrs. Richard Silling
and Mrs. Glen Yount Of Staunton.
Evening star., 1943-10-24

Miss Nancy Leigh Didlake and
Miss Betty Gore Didlake of st.
Anne's School, Charlottesville. will
arrive Friday to spend the week end
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Didlake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hawes Thornton
Davies will have visiting them next
week their son and daughter in
law. Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Davies of
darlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Broaddus have
as guests this week end Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Hume Broaddus and
their daughter Dorothy Ann, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard James and Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart Broaddus and
their infant daughter Virginia, all
OF Washington.
Evening star., 1943-10-24

Miss Leila Clark. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald E. Clark OF Silver
Spring, whose marriage to Mr. Rich
ard Bean Of Takoma Park will take
place November IA, will be guest OF
honor at a personal shower which
Mrs. Thomas M. Wilson will give this
afternoon at her home IN Wash
ington The hostess Will be ono OF
the attendants at the wedding
Guests will include sorority sisters
of the bride elect and relatives and
close friends.
Miss Nina Page entertained at
luncheon yesterday at her home in
Takoma Park for Mrs. John Parker
who will leave next week for the
West Coast to join her husband,
1t. Parker.
Another local resident who was
feted at farewell party this week
prior to her departure for a distant
city was Miss Dorothy Strandberg,
who left Silver Spring yesterday for
San Antonio Miss Strandberg was
given dinner party by her aunt,
Mrs Charles Augustin. with whom
she has made her home since she
came here from Milwaukee several
years ago to accept a position with
the Government.
1t COmdr. and Mrs. Calvin
SchaefIer have visiting them this
week end at their home in North
WoodSide, Comdr. Schaeffel'S son,
Tech. Sergt. Harry E. Schaeffer
U. S. NJ c Sergt Schaeffer is en-
route to the West Coast after a fur
Tough in the East He recently re-
turned from l9 months service in
the South Pacific Islands.
Mrs. Fenoail Coughlan entertained
st bridge Friday evening at her
home in Woodside.
Mrs. William E. Bowman. jr., of
Silver Spring will leave this week
for Barkley. Tex, to join her hus-
band, Corpl Bowman. vino is at
tending the Officers Candidate
School there.
Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Brannan
Of Silver Spring have visiting them
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde w. Henley Of
Norfolk. Also visiting at the Bran
nan home for the week end is the
Henleys' son, Pfc. CLYDE Henley, who
Is stationed At Fort Belvon.
Apprentice Seaman David Wells,
Evening star., 1943-10-24

during his absence from the mis-
sionary field.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Shepherd of
Washington and their family are
new residents of Burnt Mills Hills,
having purchased the home OF Mr.,
and Mrs. Frank P Bratton on Edel-
blut drive
Mr.. and Mrs R. L. H. Jones of
Iakoma Park. accompanied by their
children CAROLYN Anne and Bobby
are spending the week end in Fred
erickSburg.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
French Ships Taken Over

Three French merchant ships laid
up in Buenos Aires harbor since
1910 have been taken over by Ar
gentina for the use Of its own mer-
chant fleet.
Evening star., 1943-10-24

Each year thousands of timid young
women. who never have been told certain
facts. enter marriage completely unin-
formed. In this dilemma, what is the
young wife to do? Because of natural
shyness or lack of confidence in the knowl-
edge of friends, she hesitates to seek the
advice of others Too often she either
places her dependence on weak, inefec-
tive homemade" mixtures; or resorts
to over-strong solutions of acids for the
douche which can actually burn. scar
and even desens!tize delicate tissue.
Today such risks are needless. Science
has given womankind a safe-yet amaz-
insly powerful liquid for the douche,
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non-poisonous. safe for delicate tissues
Over 10000 900 bottles already bought
For modern hyglenic protection you may
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rec Booklet Tells lnfimose Facts Every
Young VIE Should Know
Evening star., 1943-10-24
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
CONTROL OF EUROPEAN CORN
BORER

County Agent J. 2. Miller states
that time is growing short for effect
i've control of the European corn
borer through destruction of crop
residues and plant refuse in which
borers are passing the winter. The
most effective method of controlling
the European corn borer is to elimi-
nate over-wintering worms by clean
blowing under of all old stalks and
other crop refuse. The stubbles must
be plowed down with a wide bottom
pillow to get complete coverage of all
stubble and refuse.
In checking corn borer conditions
in the county, it was found that many
infested fields have not been plowed
as yet. Some of the old stalks in
these fields show heavy infestation,
with the worms active and rapidly
developing into pupae. On April %
approximately $3.50 of the worms
in these stalks had pupated.
Emergency cages are being main
tanned for the purpose of determining
the time and date adults still emerge
SO that information can be supplied
to county farmers on the activities
of the insect throughout the season.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
APPEAL FOR FARM
CLASSIFICATION

A resolution, passed by the board
of directors of Southern States Co
operative, requesting the classifica-
ton of irreplaceable key men en-
gagged in the distribution of farm pro-
duction supplies into deferred
draft class lin order to avoid a COM
plete breakdown in the furnishing of
essential production supplies to farm
ers" has just been sent ito War Man
power Commissioner Paul v. McNutt.
This resolution has also gone to
Major-General Lewis B. Hershey, Di-
rector of Selective Service, and Ches-
ter C. Davis, Food Administrator, ac-
cording to statement made by w.
G. Wysor, Richmond, Va, general
manager of the cooperative, an or
ganization of 141,225 farmers i'm
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware, and North Carolina.
"The production of food and fibre
is recognized as an essential element
in the prosecution of the war, and
the manufacture, processing, and dis
tribution of farm production supplies
is a vital prerequisite to such pro-
duction," the resolution points out.
1.-THE key men involved in such dis
tribution are not merely purveyors,
but are in fact agricultural special
lists and technical advisors to farm
ers, and must be possessed of spec
ial training, skill, and technical abil-
ity,to a degree which is not generally
available, and which in fact makes
such men irreplaceable under pre-
sent circumstances"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
u. s. Pencil Production

Ceylon's graphite, because of its
crystalline form, has a premium
value. Used in making crucibles
and as lubricant, it is a top quality
graphite of the pencil industry. 1t
is mixed with clay to make pencil
"leads" of different degrees of hard
ness. More than billion wood pen
ellis are made annually in the United
States. They consume about one
tenth our graphite imports. Discov-
cry of a bed of pure graphite in
England nearly four centuries ago
marked the passing of real lead as
a writing material. Graphite, named
from the Greek word meaning s'to
write" has no chemical relationship
to lead. 1t is a separate and dis
tinct element. It's venerable aliases,
''black lead'' and 'plumbago," show
that it was early regarded as a
form of lead. In many languages,
including English, Arabic, Finnish,
Dutch, German, Greek, Ethiopian,
Japanese and the Scandinavian, the
graphite pencil is misnamed lead"
pencil.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
New Georgia Islands Are
In Pacific Danger Zone

New Georgia island is only half
hours flight northwest of Guadal-
canal. Like the rest of the Solo
mons, the island is of volcanic orr
gin, and in its 45-mile length 1t is
quite irregular, with mountains in
the north. One peak rises nearly
1900 feet above the sea, while an
other, shaped like a crouching lion,
is more than 1850 feet high. There
is considerable level ground suitable
for landing fields in the south, says
a National Geographic society bull
letin.
New Georgia is one of the larger
of the Solomon chain. It is noted
for its huge Roviana lagoon, slim
body of water enclosed behind 20
miles of islets off the southwest
shore. Another large expanse of
water useful for anchorage and land
ing space for seaplanes is Marovo
lagoon, at the opposite end of the
island. The islets and shores of Ro-
viana .lagoon-rated one of the most
beautiful spots in the South Pacific
are normally the most thickly set
tiled of the New Georgia group. Be
fore the war, it was estimated that
nearly 1000 natives, many Of them
English-speaking, lived in this area.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Care of Horsehair Paint Brushes

Horsehair is one of the substitutes
for imported hog bristles from China
and Russia in the manufacture of
wartime paint brushes. Manufac-
turers Of brushes containing horse
hair state that to make such brushes
last longer and give their maximum
result in the application of paint,
the horsehair should be combed
straight before any attempt is made
to use the brush. Then, say the
manufacturers, new horsehair
brushes should never under any cir
cumstances be put in water, as wa
ter tends to curl, mat and twist
horsehair. 1t is also bad practice to
put even used horsehair or mixed
bristles and horsehair brushes in
water, but if soap and water is used
to clean such brushes, it is of ut
most Importance that the hair be
oombed straight so that there will
be no mating, after the brush has
been washed, and it is equally inn
portant that the brush then be dried
thoroughly before it is again used.
In the case Of a new horsehair or
mixed horsehair brush, after it has
been combed, it should be put di-
rectly into paint.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
It's Repeated Once Again:
Shakespeare Is Not Bacon!

An emphatic no is given by DR..
Hans Reichenbach to the theory that
Sir Francis Bacon was the real
author of the Shakespearean plays.
Following a lecture on the Los
Angeles campus of the University of
California, where he is professor of
philosophy, DR.. Reichenbach adj
vanced psychological reasons why
Bacon could not have filled the long
disputed role.
Bacon was far from being fancy
free. He was a very busy man,
and of wholly different mentality
from the creator of the dramatic
masterpieces. The same man could
not have written those plays and so
much dry stuff. On the other hand,
a poet could not have had the analyt-
ic power of Bacon's mind. What
poet has had the sober reflection ex-
pressed in Bacon, the great intellec-
tual penetration shown in his philoso-
ply and in his deep understanding
of scientific method?
"When a poet becomes too learned
his poetry degenerates. Shake
speare's did not degenerate"
DR.. Reichenbach, as contribu-
tor to the Living PHILOSOPHERS" lee
lures, took Bacon for his subject.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Medals for Service

Regulations covering the award OF
three campaign medals authorized
by executive order-the American,
European-African- Middle Eastern,
and the Asiatic-Pacifc-to members
of the land and naval forces, includ-
ing the Women's Army Auxiliary
corps, who serve outside the con-
tinental limits of the United States
during this war, were announced by
the war department. Although man.
ufacture of the medals themselves
has been postponed indefinitely to
conserve metals needed in war pro-
duction, the appropriate service rib
bon which accompanies each medal
will be awarded to individuals after
their arrival in theater of opera
tons under competent orders. The
service ribbons, 1as inches long by
rs inches wide, are worn on the left
breast over the pocket of the serv-
ice blouse. Each service ribbon is
designed to symbolic the area it
represents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Argentine Oil Output
Grows: Aids Industries

Argentina's growing oil production
now provides bulwark OF economic
strength, helping to sustain its in
dustries and transportation system
in the face of wartime difficulties
of importing fuel from overseas
sources.
The nation is now filling almost
half of its present petroleum require
ments from its own wells. The value
of this oil to Argentine industry has
increased because of the shrinkage
in imports of coal.
Like other countries of South
America, Argentina has been de-
pendent on outside sources for coal
and some of its oil. Unlike Brazil,
however, Argentina has an oil pro-
duction that has been increasing
steadily for more than 20 years.
Argentina, second in area and pop
ulation and first in per capita
wealth among the 10 South American
republics, stands ninth among the
oil-producing nations of the world.
The countries exceeding Argentina
in the order of volume of production
are the United States, Venezuela, the
Soviet Union, Iran, the Netherlands
East Indies (prior to Japanese in
vasion, Rumania, Mexico and
Colombia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Zero Milestone Built in
Place of L.'Enfant Column

No doubt most Americans have
read or heard about the Zero Mile
stone. Where is it? What is it? It
is simply block of granite four
feet high with a bronze compass
designed on top and it stands on the
meridian of the District of Column
bia just south of the White House
grounds.
This Zero Milestone takes the
place of the itinerary column"
planned by L'Enfant, first capital
planner, for a place one mile east
of the Capitol from which all dis
tances of places throughout the con-
tinent were to be calculated. But
for some unknown reason the LEN
FAINT column was never built. On
the street side of the Zero Mile
stone it shows the designation Zero
Milestone" with the insignia of the
motor transportation corps, U. S.
army. The inscriptions on the otk-
er three sides show that it consti-
tutes a point from which distances
may be measured on the highways
of the United States radiating from
Washington.
It's erection was authorized by con-
gress in an act approved in 1920.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21

'Tunisian Battles Fought
200 Years Before Christ

Battles that shaped the history Of
the world for centuries have been
fought in Tunisia. More than 200
years before the Christian era men
clashed there in one of the worlds
most decisive military engagements,
the battle of Zama. 1t was during
the Punic wars, the long-drawn-out
struggles between the Roman and
Carthaginian empires for control Of
the Mediterranean. The Romans
held the Italian peninsula, the Car
thaginians, the African side of the
Mediterranean narrows. An uneasy
peace ended the first Of the Punic
wars in PAL B. c., but fighting was
resumed in 218 B. c. It was during
the latter phase that the daring
Carthaginian general, Hannibal,
marched his troops and elephants
through Spain and Gaul over the
Alps into Italy
Hannibal, however, eventually had
to return to Africa. He made his
last stand against the Romans in
what is now Tunisia, on an inland
plain which military historians sug-
gest may have been situated near
the town of Zama, about 20 air miles
southwest of Tunis. There, in 202
B. c., the Carthaginians were de-
feated by the Romans under Scipio
Africanus. The battle marked the
end of Carthagiriian power in the
Mediterranean.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Ever Hear Of Chittagong?
It's Leading Indian Port

Chittagong is normally one of In
dia's leading ports. It's commercial
fame is not new for, in the 10th CEN
fury, the Portuguese thought SO well
Of it they called it Porto Grande.
Nature was generous in providing
the city's site on the deep Karna-
phuli river, IL miles from its outlet
in the Bay of Bengal. The largest
ocean-going ships can safely proceed
up river nine miles. Cargoes are
handled between ship and shore by
modern cranes serving waterside
tracks of a rail terminal. Coal, ma
chinery, railway materials, mineral
oil and salt are brought for distribu-
ton to Indian and Burmese points.
The ships take away tea, jute, cot
ton, hides and wax. Passenger
steamer lines regularly served the
port and there is telegraph commu-
nication with all the principal towns
of India.
A loose grouping Of villages, Chit
TAGGING stands on low ground, maxi
ing colorful picture as viewed from
the river. A 200-foot hill where Euro
peans live, is local distinction. Ma
tives people the lower districts, their
huts framed in fruit trees. Paddy
fields give the same clusters of
huts an island effect. Gardens
brighten the uplands. Business
buildings are modern.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
The Sikhs Had Word for II

Khaki comes into its own as hum
dreds of thousands of soldiers fight
in the deserts and on the dry pla-
teaus of north Africa. What is khaki?
It's a color, says a National Geo
graphic society bulletin. The name
comes from the Hindustani and Per-
sian word "khak," meaning earth, or
dust. British soldiers in India dur
ing the wars with the Sikhs, 1859,
felt too conspicuous for comfort in
their campaign whites. They need
ed camouflage. BY dipping their uni
forms in muddy water they changed
them from white to-the Sikhs had a
word for it-khaki. Thereafter khaki
promptly became standard for East
Indian campaigning. The name at
tached itself to the closely twilled
cotton cloth of the uniforms and
stuck without regard for the shade.
Since 1900, however, it has gradually
regained its correct meaning and
has been applied to drab shades of
gray, brown and green, regardless
of the material.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-05-21
Famous Dolly Madison a
Native North Carolinian

Dolly Madison was born Dolly
Payne in North Carolina in 1853.
The family moved to Virginia and
then to New York city so that the
children could have better education
al opportunities. Beauteous young
Dolly married John Todd Jr., a
lawyer. The yellow fever epidemic
of 1893 took Dolly's husband and the
younger of her sons.
The following year she married
James Madison, the noted congress-
man, who was nearly score of
years her senior. She became an
important social figure when her hus-
band became secretary of state in
1901. Since President Thomas JEFF
ferson was a widower, Mrs. Madi-
son often was White House hostess.
In this capacity she unwittingly be-
came storm center in a struggle
for precedence waged by the British
minister, Anthony Merry.
Madison became President in 1909
and when they were forced to flee
before the British invaders in the
War of 1912, Dolly saved many state
papers and a portrait of George
Washington. When they left the
White House they lived quietly on
a Virginia plantation. After Madi-
sons death in 1886 Dolly returned to
Washington and died there in 1849.