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Evening star., 1943-07-23
Bv Barbara Bell

Just as smart a shirtwaist as you
could ask for-well cut and beauti-
fully detailed. Can go anywhere.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1851-B,
designed for sizes II, IA, Is, 18. 20,
40 and AZ. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, 80, "a, SO, 38, 40
and 42. Size IA (32) requires, with
short sleeves, 81 yards 39-inch ma
terial.
Ready now, for your midseason
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coins, with your name, address, pat
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Barbara Bel, The Washington Star,
Post Office Box IS, Station o, New
York, N. Y.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Decorating Data
By Marearef No,OeH

Dear Miss Nowell-I have finally
succeeded in getting a painter to
paint the interior of my house and
the door and window trim on the
outside. Having accomplished this
feat Che will start in 10 days.
I was discouraged when my friends
told me that the paint would not
dry in this muggy weather and I
would be struggling with half dry
paint for weeks. Can you advise
me whether or not this Is true
and would it be better to wait?
P. B. S.
Answer-The weather at the pres
ent time is ideal for painting. Sur
faces are well dried out and as 1t
is possible to leave doors and win
dows open for ventilation you
should have no difficulty providing
that you use good paint. A week of
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Shopping around
By Dorothy Murray.
Neu, Fall Shade

Nezv Fall Shade ..
well-knoWn cosmetic firm has recently brought
psck for the fall that reddish
for redheads in particular others
nice fat made of white plastic pink
decoration The pck excellent grade moderately priced
Ruby Crystal A Accessories -.
Ruby crystal lovely to look and certainly gaining
number Of articles this glass the
them the articles lovely graceful
To break the solid effect they decorated with white
nice collection of ash in various
In this ruby color combined with might
inexpensive too popular
If prefer there others in shape
Strictly Feminine ..
There don't perfume
bote They dainty thought
luxury items although they really high
ton Of lovely is display in local should
excamaions of obs abs admirers Handbown glass
bottles decanter form boast pale oored floral patterns the
base and top Just how that trick performed Of the
teries of the Another blown glass variety is in blue and white
swirng stripe pattern with that greatly resembles
lily. Plain crystal bottles
also be obtained from this collection
Lovely to Look At -.
Charming used to excellent
advantage places Handmade they distributed
weknown ceramic that should be praised for its
craftsmanship features exceptionally and
clothing carried to point that
dipped thin porcelain glaze called bque makes
a realistic frame for the exquisite features.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Use Care in Home
Dry Cleaning

CHICAGO, July 22.-Are you
just dying to have your clothes
cleaned these trying wartime
days?
The National Safety Council
says too many people are literally
doing just that.
Restricted service due to war
time conditions and the man
power shortage in dry cleaning
establishments throughout the
country are causing many people
to do their own dry cleaning at
home.
Such amateur dry cleaners face
definite hazards from fires and
explosions, often with fatal re-
suits. So the council offers the
following suggestions:
l. Always be careful of fire
when dry cleaning, even If you
are using fluids marked mon
explosive" Some of these fluids
are inf1ammable, and their use
near open flames may cause
serious or fatal results.
2. Do all your clothing and
drying outside the house on a day
when there is enough wind to
carry away the vapors.
3. Keep children and pets away
from cleaning fluids.
4. Keep your hands out Of the
cleaner as much as possible. Use
a suction plunger for dousing the
clothes.
5. MISUNDERSTANDING silk on
silk or wool on wool can produce
sparks which ignite inf1ammable
cleaner fluid and cause serious or
fatal burns.
6. Never use naptha or gasoline
for dry cleaning. Both are highly
dangerous.
Evening star., 1943-07-23
By Dorothy Dir

picked her out from all the other
women in the world for his wife, and
that is indisputable proof that he
loved her, that he found her con-
genial, that she appealed to him,
that she was his first choice.
Then keep in mind that the mere
fact that she is his wife, that she
bears his name, that she stands in
a relationship to him different from
that of any other human being
makes man have a feeling for his
Evening star., 1943-07-23

shut up alone in a small ONCE, is one
that is full of trouble for all con-
cerned, especially if the girl is OF 4
predatory nature or the man has
philandering instincts.
And nobody knows what to do
about 1t. 1t is just one of the con-
ditions Of modern business life, and
apparently all that the wife can do
Is just to learn to take it In her
stride and steel herself not to get
green-eyed.
Evening star., 1943-07-23

wife that he has for no one else
She is part of himself, and Just
because of this he feels that she is
superior to other women. 1t is a
feeling that is all mixed up with
the egotism that makes man think
that his gun, his automobile, his
belongings generally are better than
any one else's. even though they are
outWardly just alike.
But the problem of the man and
woman who work, day after day
Evening star., 1943-07-23
Foods That Agree
With Majority
By DR.. ]. B. Warren

Perhaps you find that all foods
disagree with you If an x-ray
shows no trouble in stomach and
intestines, try eating some Of the
following foods, which agree with
almost everybody: Lamb, gelatin,
butter, sugar, rice, barley, arrow
root, tapioca, sago, lima or soya or
string beans. cooked apple, pine
apple juice, beets, asparagus, peas,
Irish or sweet potatoes, eggplant,
turnips, parsnips. pumpkin, cooked
pears and weak tea.
Evening star., 1943-06-04
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON G.. FRIDAY JUNE 1914

tions by her friends help her over
the quiet stretches in the film.
AS any one else does, Miss Hast
ings has her moments of depression.
sometimes I get disguised with
everything, myself included" she
says, land sometimes I think miss
a lot. But then I realize I am not
really missing very much at all.
My family is large and 1 don't feel
as though am really handicapped" :"
Born in Canton, Ohio, Miss Hast
ings lost her eyesight at the age of 6
from an undetermined infection.
She attended the Maryland School
for the Blind at Overlea and fin
ished high school in Baltimore. She
then came to Washington and was
Evening star., 1943-06-04
BY LISBETH SOLLING.

Caroline Hastings, blind since s.
completed her high school educa-
ton. received a college degree, does
valuable war work at the Civil Serv-
Ice Commission and will be married
Sunday to the man she loves.
Il don't feel that I am really
handicapped" she says. When you
are the Oldest in family Of five
children you have to help the others
ell the time-I had to-
Miss Hastings is a stenographer
in the medical division of the COM
mission. Such dicta ton is generally
considered most difficult, and Miss
Hastings takes dictation in tropical
medicine. to make things Just
little more complicated. A medical
dictionary has not been printed in
braille, so polysyilabic Latin terms
are spelled out for her once. There
after she stores them in her we'll
developed memory.
Types From Cylinders.
She writes shorthand in braille
stencil or types from dictaphone
cylinders, Her stationery stocks are
neatly arranged on certain shelves
and she fetches all such papers her
self. BY care and ingenuity. she
types reference numbers and saluta-
tion in exactly the right position
and places the address so that it
shows correctly through the envelope
window.
Miss Hastings is the daughter of
Mrs. Jean J. Hastings, 1904 Hillan-
dale road, Chevy Chase, Md, who
is employed in the budget Office of
the commission. Mother and daugh-
ter drive to and from work, but there
have been periods when Miss Hast
ings travelled to her Office by bus
and alone.
She is Is years of age and her
fance, Thomas McNickle, is 25 and
works as laboratory technician at
the District Health Department.
Himself blessed with perfect eye
SlSnJ. MI. MCINlCkle is l11o son OF
Mrs. Christine NJ McNickle of 1885
Underwood street NV, who is blind
The two young people met five years
ago while vacationing at Long
Beach, Nd
Will Be Married Sunday.
Their marriage will take place at
80 pm. Sunday at Nativity Church
rectory, 600 Georgia avenue NV,
and they have found an apartment
At 1904 Hillandale road, across the
street from Mrs. Hastings home.
Miss Hastings is tall. slender and
so perfectly groomed that the av-
erage sighted girl feels self con-
scious in her presence Her facial
features are fine and delicate, yet
they show the firmness which un-
derlies her quiet achievements. She
smiles easily and laughter brings
two deep dimples into her cheeks.
A slight blush of rouge and bright
lipstick have been applied with per-
feet precision. She washes and irons
her own clothes
Miss Hastings. as a matter of fact,
Evening star., 1943-06-04

graduated from Trinity College here
with a bachelor of arts degree in
1889. Her major was history and
her minor political science. Three
girls in the National Youth Admin
istration read her lessons for her
and the family continued this work
at night. Miss Hastings worked a
year in the Library of Congress.
She will continue her job at the
Civil Service Commission after mar
riage. Il like the job here and the
people I work with" Miss Hastings
says. 1T is a duration job and
figure might as we'll help as much
as possible, if 1 am helping"
Praised BY Her Boss.
That last phrase, 'if I am help
Evening star., 1943-06-04

ing" is brushed aside by her boss
DR.. Verne K. Harvey, medical di-
rector at the commission.
Miss Hastings is one of the best
employees we have" he says. "She
takes care of herself and her work
is of the highest quality. And she
certainly is an uplift to the other
employes!"
For over year it has been the
commissions established policy and
program throughout the country to
make full use in Federal service OF
the physically handicapped. More
than 10,500 handicapped persons
have already been placed in Gov
ernment service. There is little
Evening star., 1943-06-04

absenteeism among them, their pro-
duction is mostly equal and often
superior to that of people in perfect
health: there is less turnover and
the accident rate is lower, DR.. Hast
lngs says. Another reason for the
commissions program of employing
the physically handicapped is that
1t gives the Government valuable
Evening star., 1943-06-04

experience for the time when the
Nation is faced with the problem
of employing usefully many per-
manently injured war veterans.
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Girl, Blind Since 6, Efficient
u. S. Secretary, to Wed Sunday

BRIDE TO -BE-Miss Caroline
Hastings of 1904 Hillandale
road, Chevy Chase; Nd. blind
secretary at the Civil Service
Commission, whose marriage
takes place Sunday.
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1943-01-04

States into going through with the
high-seas conference plan, how.
ever, President Roosevelt was not
aboard Japanese warstip WHEN
the Japanese Navy struck at Pearl
Harbor. 80
Commenting today on revelations
Of the White Paper. Chairman Con-
nally Of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee said Secret"~- r-I'''l
surely must have informed the Army
and Navy Of AmbassaoC- 49,
warning. .94
Called Tragic Negligence"
IF the Army and Navy Depart.
ments knew what the State Depart.
ment says it knew" Senator Con-
nally added, their tragic negligence
Of our security in Hawaii Is all the
more significant. -
Senator Taft, Republican. Of Ohio
said the document showed the State
Department was I'm the clear" aS
regarded responsibility for the dis
aster. NJ
Senator Brewster, Republican, 0
Maine said the White Paper "claft-
fies" the State Departments con-
nection with the surprise attack
land makes even more serious the
responsibility now borne by the
War and Navy Departments for the
Pearl Harbor disaster" 70
Senator Wiley, Republican. OF
Wisconsin commented that ut was
inst mental iSolatiop tina, noare tF1A
Pearl Harbor attack possible" 7st
Evening star., 1943-01-04
STAR wAsHINeToN D. c. MoNpAY JANUARY 1s4s

Department, -: General Account
ing Once, II: Federal Reserve
Board, 5, and Farm Security Ad-
ministration, z.
The committee recalled that last
August Is 1t sent to President Roose-
velt the names Of 1900 individuals
who had been identified or afIiliared
with the Nazi movements in this
county and suggested at the time
to the President that some form Of
surveillance should be kept over
them"
The committee on October II,
1941, sent the Attorney General the
names Of 1924 Federal employees
who were members of organiza-
tions which the committee had
found to be subversive." The report
reviews the controversy between
Chairman Dies and Attorney Gen.
eral Biddle over the question wheth-
er the Attorney General followed
the orders Of Congress as set forth
In q law Of June, l941, ordering
the investigation Of Government
employees connected with subvcrsive
organizations.
Previously the committee sent to
Leon Henderson. chairman of the
Once Of Price Administration, the
name Of Mr.. Brady, head con-
sultant at $500 q year, together
with information tending to DEM
onstrate his Communist afIiliation
and background" Mr.. Henderson
turned the information over to the
Civil Service Commission, which
later recommended Mr.. Brady's dis
missal.
Mr.. Watson's alleged Com1hu-
mist Affiliations were described by
the committee November IS, 194l,
In q letter to James l.. Fly, chair
man Of the Federal Communications
Commission. He was chief broad
cast analyst. The committee re-
ported 1t had 100 exhibits about
Mr.. Watson, but Congress later re-
fused to approve an amendment to
the FEC appropriation that would
prohibit Mr.. Watson from receiving
any Of the money.
Mr.. Jackson was described by
Chairman Dies as a Communist af-
f1liate In speech to the House No
vember %, 1941. Mr.. Jackson was
principal economist in the Agri-
culture Department with a salary
Of $500.
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tee reports to the House that during
the past IA months some 1000 agents
from the various intelligence units
Of the Army, the Navy, the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation, Secret
Service and others have called at
the committees Office in Washing
ton alone for information.
Hundreds of agents from the
same agencies have called at the
committees branch Offices in New
York, Philadelphia. Los Angeles and
Chicago for similar information"
the report said.
Lists Axis Fronts.
In the resume of its activities
during the past two years, the COM
mittee disclosed that it has been at
work on comprehensive report
on the Axis front movement in this
country" covering the activities and
propaganda of 298 organizations
"and several thousand individual
leaders who are connected with
these organizations" The commit
tee found these types OF Axis agents
and propagandists:
l. Organizations and individuals
known to have been financed in
whole or in part by Nazi Germany.
2. Organizations owing complete
allegiance to the Emperor of Japan.
3. Organizations which have been
carrying on Mussolinis Fascist prop
aganda among the Italians and
Italian Americans in this country.
4. Organizations composed prima-
rily of German nationals and Amer
':ans Of German descent who were
distinctly pro-Nazi in their activities
and propaganda.
5. Native Fascist groups having
both anti-racial and pro-Nazi char
acteristics.
The Axis front inquiry is one Of
Evening star., 1943-01-04

the, seven subjects covered by the
committee In its investigations since
January S. 1941, the report said.
The other six covered:
/. The American Peace Mobiliza-
ton, whose anti-war picketing Of
the White House halted the day
Russia was invaded by Germany
The organization changed its name
to the American Peoples Mobiliza- =
tion, the report said.
2. Sabotage strikes in our defense
industries. The report found Com
munistic inspiration in the strikes
in nine plants that took place
before the invasion of Russia-Allis-
Chalmers, Milwaukee; Harvill, Los
Angeles; Vultee, Los Angeles:
international Harvester, Chicago;
Aluminium Co. Of America, Cleve-
land; North American Aviation, In
glewood, Calf; New York City's
transportation system, the lumber
industry, and the mines at Trona,
Calf.
3. Japanese activities in the
United States. The committee said
that direct result of its inquiry
was the removal of the Japanese
population from the West Coast
areas.
Defines Scope.
4. Anti-Semitic propaganda.
5. The Union for Democratic
Action, lone of a considerable num-
ber of agencies which form wide
spread movement in this country
looking toward the discrediting of
the legislative branch of Govern
ment. The committee said:
Since the publication Of our
report on the Union for Democratic
Action last June the committee
has come into possession of a large
amount of evidence which will
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White Paper
Continued From First Page.)

cred 1t, therefore. Of urgent neces-
stty that the heads OF the two gov
ernments meet first to discuss from
q broad standpoint all important
problems between Japan and the
United States covering the entire
Pacific area"
Hull Cool to Project.
In conversation with Secretary
Hull the same day august 28) Am
bassador Nomura said Prince
Konoye planned to meet the Presi-
dent lin a Japanese warship," and
that his government was very anx-
ious that the meeting be held at the
earliest possible moment"
Secretary Hull was cool to this
suggestion, although the then re-
cent meeting Of President Roose-
velt and Prime Minister Churchill
aboard a warship in the Atlantic
made the japanese proposal techni-
cally innocent enough. Secretary
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"A. P. Wirephoto.

when and If published-constitute
q final exposure Of that organiza-
ton as an un-American sham."
6. The National q Federation for
Constitutional Liberties, 50 Of the
leading figures of which were
leaders in the American Peace
Mobilization, the committee said.
The report said that the "com-
mittee has defined its special func-
ton, in accordance with the terms
Of the mandate given by the House,
as the discovery and exposure Of
those enemy groups which fight
with non-physical weapons as a
fifth column on our home front"
It accorded the committee credit
for the informal discoveries which
led to the sentencing OF Fascist
agents like Gunther Tom and
Ralph Townsend.
Aided Argentina.
The committee assisted the Ar
gentine Chamber of Deputies in
quiry into subversive activities in
that country and helped legislative
inquiries along the same trail made
in New York and California.
British intelligence agencies made
three requests of the committee for
information. Altogether, the COM
mittee during its life has received
138,807 requests for information
from various governmental Offices,
broken down thus:
Civil Service Commission, 50,843;
Navy Department, 1880; Treasury
Department, 26,6o0; Justice Depart
ment, 1884; War Department,
1897; ONCE for Emergency Man
agement, $3.50; the WPA, 1928;
State Department. 1851: local police
forces, 1868; State agencies, 108;
Post once Department, 81; Com
merce Department, %: Agriculture
Evening star., 1943-01-04

ties in the United States, adding
there appears to be some doubt
even that 1t will be approved" al
though it should have been issued
long ago."
The Californian deplored what he
said was "too much tendency" for
"So-called Left-wingers to shout
Fascist at every conservative who
holds IAN important position
and for Right-wingers to shout
Communist at liberals and progress
sives."
The Voorhis statement was ex-
pected to be seized upon by oppo-
nents as strong point in their
fight to block renewal of the COM
mittee, headed by Representative
Martin Dies OF Texas.
Mr.. Dies probably will ask for
new lease on life for the committee
late this month and for another ap-
preparation.
Aided Intelligence Units.
The report said that the files
and records collected by the COM
mittee since It's birth in 1898 now
fill 1876 file cabinets. containing more
than 100000 cards, each bearing
information on individuals and or
ganizations engaged in subversive
activities.
From the time Hitler marched
into the Lowlands and the people
and Government of this country
were shocked into the realization
that there was fifth column in
America" the report said, "the files
OF this committee have served as
veritable fountain head of informa-
tion for the various agencies of tie
Government charged with the in
ternal safety Of the United States.
"As evidence of this service to
Government agencies, the commit
Evening star., 1943-01-04
Week End Bure|aries
Net Nearly $1,000

Police were investigating today
five reported weekend burglaries In
which loot totaled nearly $1,000. b..
Thieves who entered the How.
ard Laundry branch at 40l3 Minne-
sofa avenue NE. took clothing
valued at $3.50, Rufus Overstreet,
manager, told police. n
At the Neptune Restaurant, 1889
Connecticut avenue NV, burglars
who gained entrance through an
unlocked rear window early yestera
day rifled the cash register of
$106. The loss was reported by
Arthur R. Parker, co-owner of the
restaurant. q.
Miss Edna Keiser, 1916 N street
NV. told police her car had been
ranSacked while parked In front Of
her home Of 5000 in postal savings
bonds, S45 cash. three pairs of shoes,
a hat box and an Army nursing
certificate.
Miss Virginia M. Stevenson, 20,
Of 1915 Clifton street NV, re-
ported the loss Of 500 In cash to
thieves who rif1ed bureau drawer.
A billfold containing $235 was
stolen from dresser drawer in the
bedroom of 1t. Col. William A.
Rocks, 5515 Thirty-ninth street
NV, the colonel told police. -
Lost or stolen from an apartment
at 4700 Connecticut avenue NV.
was IL carat diamond, together
with several smaller stones. valued
at $1,000, it was reported by Nor
man Luchs. The loss occurred
sometime between Christmas and
New Year Day, Mr.. Luchs said. "