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Evening star., 1943-09-26

v-MAN OF THE WEEK-Wil-
liam Armstrong, who, as
deputy air-raid warden in the
Stanton Park area organized
the Service" which has re-
cruited and trained more than
500 wardens in that district,
has been chosen by the Junior
Board of Commerce as V-man
of the week. He instructs
OCD courses in bombs and
gases, in addition to Red Cross
classes in life saving and
water safety for military per-
sonnel and young people. He
Is also field commissioner for
health and safety of Boy
Scouts in this area.
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Facing the fact that the District
has furnished a smaller proportion
of its quota of nurses for the mill
tary services than any of the States,
the District Chapter Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross has launched an in
tensive campaign to recruit 325 more
nurses before the end of this year.
Only 155 have been signed so far
this year, it was announced yester-
day. With nearly three-fourths OF
the year gone, Washington has re-
cruited less than one-third of its
quota of 480.
Two more nurses were signed yes
terday. They applied for service in
the Nursing Corps of the Army Air
Forces. The young women, Miss
Miriam Bates and Miss Sudie-Belle
Rodier, both of 1929 Kalorama road
NV, hope to be in active service
by the middle of october. Both are
graduates of Emergency Hospital
School of Nursing and recently have
been on nursing duty somewhere in
the Panama Canal Zone. They look
forward eagerly TO getting into uni
form.
States Exceed Quotas.
They were enrolled by Miss Lillian
Adams, Red Cross nurse and re-
cruitment secretary, at her Office in
the District Chapter headquarters.
Miss Adams, who came to her
new post in July from similar posi-
ton with the Indianapolis Chapter
of the Red Cross, said reports indi-
cate that many of the States al
Evening star., 1943-09-26
'briefcase Howifzer'
Will Replace Army's
Old Tommy Gun
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press,
ABERDEEN, Md, Sept. 25.-The
M-3 submachine gun, known as the
"Briefcase Howitzer' been adopt
ed as the standard subgun of the
Army and will gradually replace
other guns of that type, the Aber-
deem Proving Ground announced
yesterday.
Maj. Gen. Charles T. Harris, jr.,
commanding general of the proving
ground said the "pile-driving midg-
et' in the Army's arsenal fires 450
bullets a minute and costs less than
$40 to construct. He asserted it is
more accurate, easier to control, has
less recoil and a slower but more
effective firing speed.
THE M-3 is not only popular with
all our combat teams" Gen. Har-
ris added, ''but is superior in all re-
spects to every comparable foreign
wapon"
Parachute and amphibious troops
are using the gun particularly be-
cause of its lightness and resistance
to rain and sea water corrosion.
The Ms weighs three pounds less
than a Tommy" gun and a trained
soldier can fire it easily from the hip
or shoulder, the Aberdeen command
er explained. Ten thousand shots
can be fired before the gun gets
too hot to handle, he stated.
Using neither the raw materials
nor machine tools normally required
for gun manufacture, the new weap-
on represents radical departure"
from previous conceptions of gun
production, Gen. Harris said.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

of them essential In the community
life and all of them to their loved
ones-and yet there was no question
but that these men should go.
Are No Substitutes.
"The same feeling must prevail
with reference to our nurses, for
these women are in the fortunate
position of having the ability to
serve in a field that requires such
technical knowledge that there can
be no substitutes for those who
qualify.
ut IS estimated that one out of
every five active nurses is needed in
the armed forces. This means that
inactive nurses must return to the
active ranks on the home front to
maintain civilian nursing service.
All women can help in this united
effort to furnish adequate nursing
care to our armed forces-nursing is
woman's foremost responsibility in
time of war"
Outlining the needs for nursing,
in addition to the four-point pro-
gram stated in the committees mes
sage to all nurses here, Miss Adams
said, women who have leisure
time are needed as volunteer nurse s
aides in our hospitals and nursing
staffs. Women who have families
should enroll in a home nursing
class, which will better equip them
to maintain a healthy home and
give simple nursing care, thereby
relieving many doctors and nurses
needed by the armed forces"
Armed Forces Come First.
I'VE must see that the sick and
wounded of our armed forces re-
ceive the nursing care they so richly
deserve. Their needs come first.
Every hour of nursing on the home
front means an hour of nursing on
the fighting front"
At the Recruiting Committees re-
cent session, in addition to Sister
Olivia and Miss Bischoff, were Mrs.
Robert G. Watson, co-chairman:
Mrs. Smith Hempstone, Miss Wini-
fred B. Bonham, Miss Ashby Taylor,
Miss Gertrude H. Boiling, Miss
Lucy Masten and DR.. Walter Bloc
dorm.
Miss Adams will be at her desk
at 1730 E street NV. from 9 am.
to 5 pm. daily except Saturday
when her hours will be from 9 am.
to ! pm. She viii interview appli-
cants, who must be between the ages
OF 81 and As. Her telephone num-
Der is Republic $500. extension III.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
reduce the number of nurses now
employed in civilian care.
N0~co tc Nx,rcae

reduce the number of nurses now
employed in civilian care.
Message to Nurses.
Sister Olivia has sent message
to every nurse in the city. 1t reads
THE District of Columbia must
recruit 325 nurses for military serv-
ice before 1914. You are needed to
meet this quota! Your city, the
Nations Capital, has risen with
alacrity and pride to meet other de-
mands of war. Don't let the Dis
trict's nurses fail her.
This call to service Isl being sent
to nurses in four classes:
81. Those who can volunteer now
for immediate duty in the Army or
Navy Nurse Corps.
20. Nurses who can volunteer now
for service and on completion of
State registration, accept duty.
'3. Nurses in essential positions
who cannot volunteer for military
service, but who can help by urging
available nurses to do so.
"a. Inactive nurses who can return
to duty and release other nurses
for military service"
Enlistment Appeal Planned.
Miss Lillian Bischoff, member
of the committee, reported that in
an effort to expedite military re-
cruiting, two special examinations
year have been added to the two
regular ones, making four annual
opportunities for District nurses.
Plans are being made to appeal to
nurses through press, radio, organi-
cations and personal contacts.
Miss Adams told the committee
of results achieved by a recruiting
booth at the Capitol Theater, where
information about and applications
for military nursing services, the
Red Cross home nursing courses
and nurses aides, may be obtained
Since her arrival July /, she said 18O
prospective applicants have been
contacted by telephone or personal
interview. There were six military
assignments in July, II in August
and Is in September. There were Il
military reflections.
Miss Adams said she understood
that throughout the country, "the
greatest obstacle Is the reluctance
of local communities to release their
nurses"
This is understandable, she said.
But 1t must be realized that the
same feeling applies to those men
who have gone away to war-many
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Algeria Communists AssaiI
Dissolution Of Assembly
BY the Associated press.

By the Associated Press.
ALGIERS, Sept. IS. - Algerian
Communists, augmented by ~ Com
munist members OF the French
Chamber Of Deputies. issued a state
ment today oriticizing Gov. Gem
George Catroux's dissolution yes-
terday of the native section of the
Provincial Financial Assembly.
The statement called for more
complete explanation Of the arrest
September % Of two Arab leaders.
Fehrat Abbas and Sayah Abdel-
kader, whom Gen. Catroux accused
OF fomenting dissatisfaction which
resulted in all the former native
members of the assembly boycotting
its meeting.
The statement coincided with re-
Evening star., 1943-09-26

ports from T,lnis that All Djerad,
secretary-seneral Of this Tunisian
Communist party had been arrested.
This excited his partisans who as
serted Djerad was one Of the lead
ers OF resistance against the Ger
mans and Italians before the Allied
entry of North Africa.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

ready have exceeded their quota.
The campaign to stimulate re-
cruitment of the Capitals quota is
under direction of the volunteer
committee for recruiting nurses for
the military services, of which Sister
M. Olivia of Catholic University is
chairman.
"The situation here is so acute ;"
according to Sister Olivia, who pre-
sided at a recent meeting of the
committee" that it Is necessary to
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Miss Lillian M Adams Seated left, Red Cross
is recruiting secretary of the local Red Cross Volunteer Com
mee for recruiting for the forces
suctng two who have just applied for duty with the
Army Air Forces They Miss Miriam Bates standng)
Miss Sudie Roder both of 1929 Kaorama NV The
book they reading the by Army officers
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

It's common sense to be thrifty.
War bonds help you to says and
help save America.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-12-25
sPuRGY AND BES>'
STAR Will NOT SiNG
N BALTIMORE THEATER

BALTIMORE ASP The
.hsafs- s ro' available ar
rru1-e. re Lyric ,heA'er mara
ger upon lesrrirE Ia Anne
B-cwr former heroine o. George
cershz Peggy ard Psss
vas colorec singer irs'eac Of
vhrs Mss Blown scheduled 70
srE n her ho-e town, BaiH.
more next Marc viii attract
her audience 20 ors o, the Ne.
gro churches instead
Bore IN Baltimore Miss
Brorn Is the ca1gA'sr o. ore q
he Guys leading physicians arr
hs- horo-s have ac.utet a. ~
vtts..on here 70 launch ne IL
bertysrip Frederick Douglass
when shs was welcomed U ne
cry By Mayor Tneotors r Ne
Keicsn
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-12-25
new YORK Mite LIFE

iamed DR.. Frederick stock. With
The composer as soloist Her -.
cert. runner IN The stock ex.
change. chlmsd N ever snd again
~i'h rich HRS ~ information 90
TIE Negrn.ln.sho~ business dls.
cusslon He vas quite certain that
I hat resd The rlece IN the hs.
efHlher Issue ~ Cerontt magazine
about PHIIIPPA SCHJIIFR. cot.
Standing child prodigy among Ne.
gro nps'f ans. ne offspring ~ 4
distinguished Nsern father and
white mother told them had
auth red numerons pieces on
l'inianie.Phllippa-
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r. elafor sa~- we talked about
NeSro entertainers ~ STAGE and
rish'life; The late beloved FLOR
ente NILS; Aha Uverton walker:
lnca Trarahle Ethel Water:
george Dewey washirginn; Rohy
Po--T N Bes- Fry jules Rlet-
Soc PAN Oiheilo Robson;
pnhe Fnlrz-on ard his ->orhisti-
Gated Iaas.- and BLACK and Tan
Ianfasy.- c4rfrude ha.ha baby
sander: sdelalde Hall: GLADYS
risaue. singing Bontley: lackie
Nahlev; Fla Princes Fltsser-
all. Ben ftenor.sax webster;
Louis trumpet Netcalf; the VIZ
nra ~ the dvnms 6hlck webb:
Alan Cor7nev. champion ~ MI
norliy groups and ontspeken an.
fhoriiy on the musical venius 81
the American Negro.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-12-25
HOLD RITES
In KANSAS;
SONS SURVIVE

KANSAS CiTY-fASPl - Last
rites Tor Thomas W. lFats) wal
ler - che % Americas foremost
swinE psanis's, whose sudden
death while aboard the Santa Fe
Chic, las, Wednesday morning Al
SIS am shocked the nation.
we're held early this week
Waller whose death has been
attributed 70 inflaen1al bronchial
pneumonia. died n The arms ~
his business manager Wallace T.
ed Kirkeby. as ke was On
route Z, bis Long Island home 70
srsnd he holidays With his fam
~
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.Ha-lng walters s.a,eroon Re
uas awaksret " the famous
hsrd'sa1ers loud spesrod,c
breathing ard Immediately con-
'scfsd physician who was
boarding fAe rain % treat cher
rassenrers When ne doctor en-
,s-sa he s'a'eroor ard exam
ired wsller he pronounced him
Trad
Hint old Stage Tradition
wh;ie paying five weeks a.;
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tluerza bad confined the nations
hrli'lsn, pianist % his hotel FOR
70 DAYS was learned as friends
ard business associates now real
ne that Waller merelv rushed his
cure % n on With the show n
accordance With the tradition ~
The sage
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1862 Thomas " Waller was The
son 81 leading New York City
Baptist minister who pastored the
Ahvssinian Rarsisi church ard
Who expressed a desire 70 have
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-12-25
Music World Bows To Fats Waller

bis son follow iu his footsteps
However. AZ the axe cf six. young
Thomas musical career began
LEAD him 70 the pinnacle OF music
fame
Made Music History
His lack o. interes, ~ advanced
academic training and his great
love Of music caused him 70 cuff
Dewr, clinton high school before
graduation but not before he had
PLAYED IN the schools orchestra
he became New York theater
organ,st az "a. earning a reported
salary az $40 q week but within
few years ives heading his own
band AZ a $4,000 week salary
breaking al attendance records
Tor swing bands "a Europe 81
1925 Waller made music history
by being listed ss tho only swing
artist 20 plsv The grance PIPE
organ o. ancient historic Notre
Dame cathedral
A friend 81 George Gershw;n.
Wai.sr hsi received Instruction
from some o, the worlds out
sanding masters ~ music
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atSr q more than 300 songs wal
lfr's mos' porular M tunes ir
cluae "iln' Msshehpv'r HONEY
suck'e Rose snd n CT A Feel
lrr I'm Failing ~ which Billy
Rose ls credited with doing the
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keep shrfflirn IN ia.- an Ar
mold To'Nstein show f''cwcd ~
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wrote fNe score To- "Easiy To
Pr Nss 'ira' broadway success
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survived ny -Nree scrs crl
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Evening star., 1943-07-07
Model AirpIane Contest
Scheduled for SUNDAY

The Bethesda (Md.) Thermalaires
model airplane club organized
about three months ago, will hold its
first annual model airplane contest
from 10 am. to pm. Sunday on a
vacant field opposite the Bradley
Hills Country Club.
There will be separate classes for
gasoline and rubber-powered mod
els and gliders as we'll as a contest
for all models in speed fight. Prizes
will include war bonds and medals
A 25-cent admittance fee will be
charged entrants in the rubber
powered and glider classes, with
50-cent fee for those in the gaso-
powered classes and speed con-
test
Any additional information may
be obtained by calling Peter Dunkle,
Oliver 0929.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Blast Kills Miner,
Iniures Five Others
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July Two
coal miners were in serious condi-
ton today, suffering from burns re-
ceived in a mine blast which took
another miners life and injured
three others.
The explosion, in the Powhatan
mine of the Franklin Coal Mining
Co. occurred yesterday about a
mile and half from the entrance to
the shaft. Company officials said
It, vas believed to have been caused
by mine cars trolley jumping off
the wire, resulting in spark which
set on a pocket of gas.
The dead man was identified as
Scott Bradley, colored, whose body
was. recovered several hours after
the explosion.
Approximately 200 men were at
work In the mine, about 20 miles
west of Birmingham.
Evening star., 1943-07-07

man whose mind is filled with small
suspicious, most of them unfounded.
He has a distrustful disposition,
tending to think that people are
trying to undermine" him, or take
credit away from him or put some
thing over on him. This somewhat
morbid sensitiveness is one reason
he has had difficulty in getting first
class men in the Treasury and in
keeping those he had.
The mortality among Treasury
officials in the last 10 years has ex-
ceeded that in any other depart
ment. One has only to call the roll
of the Undersecretaries who have
come and gone-Dean Acheson, Ros-
we'll Magill. T. Jefferson Coolidge,
John w. Haynes-to prove the in
stability of the organization.
Not All His Fault.
In addition there have been nu-
merous Assistant Secretaries. special
aides and advisers who have come
into the Treasury. stayed little
while and gone out. Some of these
changes have not been Mr.. Morgen-
thau's fault; some Of them have
been.
Certainly, recent designations,
such as those of George Burlington
and Robert Hobbs, were his own re-
sponsibility, due largely to his
strange decision to scrap the Fed
eral Reserve setup under which the
last two drives were successfully
made and around which had clus-
tered some $4,000 trained bond
statesmen from all over the country
working under the experienced di-
rection of the Federal Reserve presi-
dents in the II regional divisions
1t was a shock when a month ago
Mr.. Morgenthau announced that all
this was to be thrown into the dis
card and the next drive would be
handled on a State basis with "a
State chairmen whom he would
select. This is to report that the
shock has not subsided and that the
situation as 1t exists is disturbing.
Plays on State Pride.
In defense of Mr.. Morgenthaus
action in throwing the Federal Re-
serve out Of the War-bond picture
1t is said that tn: new arrangement
will utilize State pride as an asset
and, through the War savings stamp
staff, be more effective in getting
bonds into the nands of the lower
income groups.
The answer given to that is
first, that so far as War bonds are
concerned. State pride amounts to
nothing at all. People buy bonds
because they are good investment
and because it is a patriotic duty
but not out of State pride. As to
methods Of the War savings stamps
staff, one OF which is the extensive
use Of movie picture stars, the
Evening star., 1943-07-07

For some time, competent
quarters assumed that If the Ger
mans decided to strike at the
Russians this summer the princi-
pal attack must start in the
Orel- -Belgorod sector.
A frontal attack against the
powerfully-fortified Moscow area
was regarded as suicidal and
doomed to failure. II the Nazi
high command has Moscow as its
objective, 1t must necessarily at
tempt an enveloping movement
which should get them back to
Tula and thence to the Okla River
after severing the Moscow-Ry-
azshsk railroad. Dispatches on
the attack, which developed dra-
matically Monday, are meager
and are being scanned with in
tense interest. The Germans are
very cautious in their reports.
Americans Far From Scene.
The fact that the American
and British military observers are
hundreds OF miles away from the
scene of action-they are all at
Kuibyshev-makes their reports
no more interesting than the
official communicates issued at
Red Army headquarters. Hence
the London and Washington high
commands are compelled to guess
as to the importance OF the battle.
But while a few days ago the
general opinion was that the
Nazis have lost too much precious
time to start major operations
now, In some quarters it Is be-
lieved that II they still believe
in the blitz war they have 10 full
weeks ahead in which to try their
greatest gamble.
All kinds Of reasons were given
by the Allies rs to why the Ger
mans have remained static on q
front where, since last March,
they had sent no less than 202 di-
visions and mountains Of war ma
terials and supplies.
The speculations ranged from
the theory that the enemy was
completely exhausted and afraid
to undertake any major opera
tions while the American and
British were poised to attack the
italian islands In the Mediter-
ranean, to vague rumors about
talks" between Nads and Rus
slams through friendly inter-
mediaries.
Explanations Logical"
Each of these contentious was
backed by 4 wealth Of facts and
figures and logical" explanations.
Some exponents maintained
Evening star., 1943-07-07

ne coal Strikes, tne IOOQ CrlSlS,
the clash between President
Roosevelt and Congress, the race
riot and the zoot suit dilemma,
as viewed from abroad, seem to
be bell strokes tolling the de-
cease of a civilization.
1t is pleasant and reassuring to
walk beneath the trees of Wash
ington agair after an absence Of
almost three months and discover
that much OF America still exists.
Picture Abroad Is Unfair.
1t is alarming nevertheless to
remember that people abroad
are getting a stark and unre-
lieved picture of the United
States. They can't see the trees
and feel the essential normal
ness of life about us. They are
impressed only by the bad news.
The United States has many
friends in the European coun-
tries I visited-England, Ireland,
Sweden and Portugal. Their af-
fection springs from the simplest
and the most complex reasons.
An elevator operator in my
hotel in London wanted me to
help him travel to America so he
could run lift in a skyscraper.
A young clerk In the hotel
hoped he could migrate to Amer
lea because he thought youth
had a chance over here.
A Swedish businessman trusts
fervently that the United States
will spread its political dogma
throughout the world.
Friends Of u. S. Alarmed.
However, many friends Of
America are growing alarmed by
events of the past few months.
Intelligent Europeans seriously
wonder whether the United
States is not ripe for a descent
to Fascism.
Many OF them who used to
pray that the United States
would maintain an international
role now openly express the hope
that the United States will with
draw into isolation.
Most Swedes find 1t incredible
that the headquarters Of democ-
racy is afIlicted by the Negro
problem.
Gunnar Myrdal, a Swedish
economist, made a Negro study
in the United States for the
Carnegie Foundation. The swedes
have been acutely aware of
Americas racial difficulties ever
since.
The English, too, are puzzled
by American racial antipathies,
although they themselves do not
hesitate to assume a superiority
over the dark-skinned inhabit-
ants of the empire.
Americans Shock Britons.
Ambassador Winant received a
letter from an Englishman who
had given a lift to two American
white soldiers walking along
road. The Englishman was heart
stricken that the soldiers left