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Evening star., 1943-08-09

cealed against air corps reconnais-
sance. Besides the 210-mm.. there
Is also the smaller 135-mm. Niebel-
werfer, which can be especially
equipped to eject smoke shells.
Another apparent new German
weapon Is a long-range gun which
fires time fused shells at a range of
$1,000 yards, an exceptional dis
tance for such firing. Here, the Tao
tical Air Force dive-bomber fighters
enter the picture.
A few days ago when the new
gun went into operation, an air
mission was called for through
liaison officers here to put it out of
action. 1t was an occasion when
ground and air force coordination
was almost perfect. In At minutes.
A-36s had come from a distant field,
located the position miles behind
the enemy lines and silenced the
gun.
Time firing Is used usually only
from much closer batteries. This
is in line, however, with new Ger
man tactics of showering opposing
troops with shells which burst above
their heads without the warning
whistle of approach, and helmets
are the only defense against it.
For this purpose, the enemy is
using ack-ack guns hitherto used
to shoot time fused fax against in
vading planes high in the air. How
ever, they can be used just as we'll
against ground troops with differ
ent elevations and are perhaps the
major new secret weapon intro
duced by the Germans in the Sicily
war.
In line with the same develop
ment is the bouncing mortar shell
which is set off by the shock OF
hitting the ground. but is so con-,
structed that it does not explode
until it has bounced from 8 to 10
feet in the air. None of these de-
vices, however. has proved very ef-
fective against the advancing in
fantrv
Evening star., 1943-08-09
Army Lists Nine Flyers
Killed in California
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press.
POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. g.
Names of nine airmen killed in the
crash of a Pocatello Army air base
bomber Thursday night near Bic
ber, Calf, were released last night
by public relations officers at the
Pocatello base. The plane was de-
molished.
Tmong the dead were:
Second 1t. Bruce E. Wright, Chi
cago; Second 1t. Burton C. Her
mann. Kingston, Pa; Sergt. Joseph
F. Caccavale, Ridgewood, N. Y;
Sergt. Joseph P. de Francisco,
Corona, Long Island, and Sergt.
Louis j. Marie, Wilmington, Del.
Evening star., 1943-08-09

Rizzi, former chief of cabinet at
Chigi Palace, was named charge
daffaires at the Vatican, succeeding
Count Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's
son-in-law.
The appointment was highly
agreeable to the Holy See," the
newspaper said.
The German-controlled Paris
radio quoted a Rome report today
as saying that Bruno Rossi, former
Socialist and Metal Trades Union
official; had been appointed commits
sioner for a new workers organiza-
ton in Italy.
Evening star., 1943-08-09
Tommies WATCHING
Dice Game Learn
About Little Joe
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMP DAVIS, N. c., Aug. 9.
A group of British soldiers,
members of the first composite
British anti-aircraft battery,
visiting here, passed two small
bootblacks shooting dice.
The Tommies listened to the
chatter with wide-eyed amaze
ment.
Finally a lance corporal could
restrain himself no longer.
Tapping one of the boys on
the shoulder, he inquired:
Tell me, who is this chap
Little Joe from Kokomo?"
Boss" the boy replied, Lit
tie Joe is the hardest man to
get they is. He's harder to find
than Mussolini!"
Evening star., 1943-08-09
Screen Players Wed

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 9 lP.-
Screen Players Suzanne Kaaren and
Sidney Blackmer were married June
l3 in civil ceremony at Santa
Ana, Calf, Miss Kaaren has dis
closed Mr. Blackmer formerly was
married to Actress Lenore Uric.
Evening star., 1943-08-09

nation as to when. or to what ex-
tent, such diversion might be ap-
proved. Since last fall all alcohol
production has been turned into war
channels and distillers who wanted
to make their old stocks last as long
as possible have adopted an un-
official rationing among their deal
ers. Those in the industry who have
asked for a partial diversion have
indicated a belief that it would re-
suit promptly in larger stocks In re-
tail stores, as distillers then would
have in sight source of replenish-
ing supplies. I-t
Evening star., 1943-08-09

SkN ShAtSAits
IF some of
my men go to
the circus after
the war, they'll
get shell shock
when they hear
t h e elephants,
says Capt. w. T.
G or d on, 1910
F o r t Y = fourth
S t r e e t NV,
w a S h i n G ton.
former Western
H | G h S ch ool
football S t ar,
who Is now serv-
ing with the 1st
Evening star., 1943-08-09
Virginia Flyer Killed
In Army PIone Crosh.

BY the Associated Press. T.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. "A
Brooks Field training plane crashed
Saturday, killing Second 1t. George
P. Carper, Brooks Field flying in
structor.
He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry F. Carper of Roanoke, Va.
Evening star., 1943-08-09
Cash in Circulation Hits
Peak of $131 Per Person

BY the Associated Press.
Money in circulation hit new
peak of SIT 7,423,l25 on July 81, or
S13l31 for every person in the
country.
In reporting this today the Treas
ury said the per capita average was
$3.7l higher than the revised June 30
figure OF $12760
Evening star., 1943-08-09
Weird Screech Warns. Soldiers
OF German Rocket Shells

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
WITH AIR CORPS, ADVANCED
LIAISON, 7th ARMY, SICILY, Aug.
3 Delayed. - Through the air
comes a screech like a trumpeting
Evening star., 1943-08-09

Every time you lick War savings
stamp you help lick the Axis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
Chicago Art Institute to
be Ready For Any Attack

CHICAGO-INS- The Chicago
Art Institute is prepared for any
air attack. The enemy just won't
find any Rembrandts or Van Goghs
lying around waiting to be smash
ed.
Six months before the Japs crept
up on Pearl HarUor, the institute
mapped out plans to protect life
and property within the museum
and to evacuate valuables at mo-
ment's notice
Refuge Zones Created
I'VE realize that in the event OF
an emergency, we couldn't saws
everything" Daniel Cation Rich,
the Institutes fine arts director, eX-
planned recently. But We thought
we could make plans to save the
most valuable pieces and to save
for posterity a collection OF pieces
representative of each period
The result was that the museum
was divided into refuge zones, &C
cording to the Office of civilian de-
Tense plan, and each zone has a
captain.
Rare Glass Removed
Because OF the many windows
and skylights special precautions
were taken against flying glass.
Rich said that some of the Wedg-
wood collection. medieval glass.
msterware, Chinese proclaim and
English ceramics have been pack
ed and stored away. Where, is a
secret.
Nothing else has been removed,
Rich said. He also took the occa-
sion to describe as ridiculous" re-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25

ports that many art treasures from
Europe and the west and east
coasts OF the United States have
been shipped to the Midwest for
the duration.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Roosevelt Boys "Applauded"
BY Critic of Their Critic.
To the Editor Of The

10 the Eotor OF The Star.
In regard to the rllmpus recently raised
in Congress by Representative Lam
bertsons improper and unfair criticism
of the service records of President
Roosevelts four sons, feel that am
only one OF thousands of minded
Americans who applauded along with
both sides of the House ton March 81
when Representative Lanham of Texas
read 1t, Col. Elliott Roosevelt's letter of
January %, written from Africa.
l do not agree with Mrs Roosevelt
that Elliott should not have written the
letter" Why not? He only showed
perfectly normal reaction in defending
his brothers and himself against this
unfair criticism of men in the armed
forces who cannot stand up for their
honor or answer back"
Its high time We got together in
America, have less political back-stab-
bing from the high places and less petty
criticism from the low Let's stop play
ing up to the Japs and Nazis, have more
moral support on the home front, hurry
up and win this war-and hope that
Elliott will be one of many lucky Ameri-
can boys to come back to his ranch and
family. MRS. T. c. WILLIS.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
A Problem of TotoI War

r4oIH LHs new 1OTS IlmeS.
If we make our Army larger we must
make some other part of our war effort
smaller. This applies to any part of
our war effort whatever. That is why in
total war the problem of the size of the
armed forces is one that can be worked
out only by the joint study and consul
tatlon of military, economic, agricultural
and industrial experts. The question in
VolVed is not at all what the total size
OF our war effort ought to be- This
ought obviously to be as great as we
can possibly make it. The real uues-
ton concerns the internal balance of
our war effort Even before we have
begun to realize the ultimate goal of
induction set by the armed forces,
there is already admitted to be on
all sides a serious labor shortage.
What intelligent and responsible ques-
tioners of the plans for ultimate armed
forces of 100000 are asking is whether
the proper food authorities, farm au-
thorltles and specialists in many other
lines were consulted, and whether
proper weight was given to their opinion,
before the Army figures were arrived
at. Total war is military problem.
But it is much more. It is a problem of
a nations total economy. And experts
on that economy must be consulted on
every major decision no less than purely
military experts.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
An Unjust Charge

In persuading the Senate to elimi-
nate a $4,000 charge for repair of
flood damage to the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, which the Budget Bureau
had assessed against the District
Water Department, Senator McCar-
ran is endeavoring to set aside
levy which is plainly unjust to the
people of the District. Although the
amount of money involved is small,
the principle is important.
The canal has been taken over by
the National Park Service and re-
stored as national park. During
the recent flood that section of the
canal between Georgetown and Little
Falls was damaged to the extent of
$4,000, and the Budget Bureau, con-
tending that the canal now serves
as a supplemental source of water
supply for Washington, wrote into
the first deficiency bill requirement
that the District should pay $4,000
toward the cost of repairs. The fact
Is, however, that the District receives
no benefit from the water flowing
through the canal. Instead, the use
OF the water is sold by the Park
Service to private establishments in
Georgetown for about $4,000 a year,
and II the District were to use any
OF the water in the future it would
be required to pay for it at the same
rate.
In these circumstances, as Senator
McCarran pointed out, it would be
improper to require the District to
bear a part of the cost of repairing
the canal, and it is to be hoped that
the House will concur with the Senate
when the bill goes to conference.
The reasoning behind the Budget
Bureaus action in this instance is
inconsistent with that which fixes
local taxpayers with the cost of
guarding the water supply system
against war damage The National
Government uses, without charge,
about $500, 900 worth of water a year,
and is therefor substantial benefi-
ciary Of the system. Yet the Budget
Bureau refuses to recognize any re-
sponsibility for Federal participation
IN the cost of protecting or main
tanning the water system, although
1t contends that the District should
pay for a benefit from the canal,
which is uncertain and remote. To
say the least, it is difficult to reconcile
the reasoning on these two matters.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Mr.. Lewis Demands

To a greater extent than ever be
fore the general public has direct
and vital interest in the outcome Of
wage negotiations between John l.,
Lewis, on behalf of the United Mine
Workers, and the representatives Of
the coal companies.
The negotiations, as was to be ex-
pected, have reached an apparent
stalemate. Mr. Lewis is standing pat
on his higher wage demand-"S2 a
day, not any more and not any less"
The bitumlnOuS operators, speaking
through Charles O'Neill, are Just as
unyielding in their refusal to meet
the demand. Thus, the dispute
seems headed for the War Labor
Board and with the present miners
contract expiring at the end Of this
month, it would appear that final
showdown cannot be long delayed.
From all indications, Mr. Lewis is
determined to make this dispute the
occasion for a finish fight with the
board. During the captive coal mine
dispute in 194l he succeeded in
wrecking the old National Defense
Mediation Board and won a clear-cut
decision over the President Evil
IDENTIFY he is bent upon repeating that
performance now.
Under the Little Steel formula,
which the administration has said
must be maintained, the coal miners
would not be entitled to any wage
increase. Mr. Lewis insists that they
be given two dollars a day-an in
crease of about Is per cent over the
formula. II he can enforce this de-
mand on behalf of 100000 miners, it
means the end of the Little Steel
formula and probably the end Of the
board, since it is difficult to see how
it could continue to function after
such loss Of prestige.
Furthermore, there is reason to be-
lieve that MIR. Lewis is almost as
much interested in destroying the
usefulness of the board as in secur-
ing the pay boost for the miners He
has been unrestrained in his at
tacks denouncing Chairman William
H. Davis as a former corporation
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Buyeux Tapestry

Not many Americans have Jour-
neyed to Bayeux, in France, to view
with their own eyes the celebrated
tapestry preserved and exhibited
there. A more numerous company of
visitors from the United States has
seen the Photographic reproduction
IN the Victoria and Albert Museum in
London. But even the copy has a
power of attraction which could not
be denied. The constantly increasing
age of the relic adds to it's interest
William Stukeley in 1746 described it
as "the noblest monument in the
world relating to our old English
history" and his appraisal has been
confirmed since that time by success
sive generations of scholars.
The British Museum authorities
agree that it is 1.-The most famous OF
all medieval textiles" then hasten to
explain that the tapestry lis not =" =
tapestry at all, but an embroidery
in colored woods or linen" now
brown with age. 1t consists of "a
band" two hundred and thirty-one
feet long and twenty inches wide "on
which have been worked with
needle in WOrStedS scenes rep
resenting the conquest of England by
the Normans." Though the Gate Of
It's manufacture is disputed
n
Matilda and her ladies'" It is first
mentioned in the Bayeux Cathedral
inventory Of the year 1476, when it
was hung round the nave" A
room was built for it in the town
library in 1842, and it is to be hoped
that 1t remains there safely.
In the Victoria and Albert version
there are SeVenty-tWO scenes, be-
ginning with Harold'S visit to BoSham
on his way to Normandy and ending
with the flight of the English from
panels have perished. OF those still
intact, the most engaging relate to
the building of the fleet which the
Normans used to cross the Channel
and the cavalry charge up the hill
at Senlac. The entire chronicle is
dated" by the introduction of a
recognizable sketch" of Halley's
comet, which is known to have ap-
peared in 1865 and to have been re-
garded as an omen of good fortune
for the Conqueror.
OF course, the artistry of the
Bayeux tapestry is crude and i'm
perfect, both in conception and exc
cution. Yet it must be admitted that
the instinct which 1t manifests Is
notable even as judged by modern
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Sierra Doybreok

What OF the sun that fires the east
ern slopes,
The light, rose-uiolet, flaming on
the SrlO1DS,
The lilac lustered gorees under
morning sky;
What OF this silence, this enormous
cold repose?
For NTH this noon the light tDtH slash
to burning ,0hite,
And Nth the eagles Dinq the angle
OF the sun 1Uil change,
And that 1Dhich is this morning
hushed in aster mystery
Will Uith this noontide be no
longer strange.
And by this evening in another and
a dying fire
More than this painted range shall
hare been crossed; ,
And more than an actual morning, or
time or place,
Shall then be lost, trreuocoblv lost.
FREDERICK EBR1GHT.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trace,Ueu.

quitoes and other night flying visitors
they. too, are unwelcome visitors in the
country.
Il have no intrusionS from other birds
and I have plenty about my house and
grounds-robins, mockingbirds, blue
birds, meadow larks, quail, brown
thrashers, various kinds of woodpeckers,
and sparrows and many, many iuncos,
though you once said rather finally that
juncos weren't found south of the Po-
tomac.
Also, I have a pair of wood duck in
my grove and of course, through visitors
such as cedar waXwings, goldflnches, etc.
Il don't think you offered r. P. any
solution or even solace unless to tell him
how interesting the swifts are.
Il read your column pretty regularly
and I must say in my Judgment you draw
too sweeping conclusions from the birds
in your own Washington back yard. You
eagerly set up the defense of the jay, the
English sparrow and even the startling
Fortunately. have not so far been both
cred much by starlings, nor the English
sparrow. pair of starlings did try to
locate at my place but gunshot seemed
to disturb their assurance too much and
they departed-maybe 200 miles north
back to your back yard.
Il repeat, like birds and put out feed
for them during the snowy and icy
weather and purposely keep no cats
One of my mockingbirds pretty regu-
larly wakens me, summer and winter,
at 7 am. But I don't like chimney
swifts, nor English sparrows, nor star
lings. You may have them all
Very truly yours, Maj j. D. c."
1t is true that we do not have eight
chimneys, nor grove.
But we never said, either finally or
otherwise, that juncos are not found
south of the Potomac
We are afraid the major Is letting
some of those chimney swifts get in his
hair
We said, as of December 26 1912:
"As we watch the snowbrds in the
yard, let us keep In mind their tre-
mendous flying range
They have been observed from the
Gulf of Mexico to Alaska"
And that's that.
X
Here's a sweeping conclusion:
We are looking forward to the return
OF Lilly Belle, the pet robin, by March II.
Two boxes of raisins await her COM
ing, but after that, we are afraid, she
will have to 60 raisin-less
Point rationing-and this is quite a
sweeping generalization-is going to play
hob with the birds.
Lilly loves her raisins.
And she likes ground beef.
Maybe we can dole her out some bread
We feel sure she will not be ashamed
Of our one chimney.
1t is very good chimney, and Lilly
Belle Is very good bird
Evening star., 1943-03-13
IN STREET.

Dear Sir:
1T is pleasure for me to find you
writing in defense of such despised birds
as the startling and the English sparrow,
These birds were brought TO this
country, and if some OF the things they
do are not altogether to our liking, it
certainly cannot be blamed upon the
birds.
I'VE might as well talk against vari-
GUS races of men who have migrated to
the United States because their living
habits are not exactly like our own.
Il have found many interesting hours
watching the doings of the birds. Among
them, these species rank high in interest
value. I do not get around much any
more being satisfied to sit by my window
and look at the feathered entertainers.
THE jay is another one you have stuck
up for, I am glad to discover. This is a
genuine American, as you have often
pointed out, with many good traits, two
of which are hiding food for other birds
to find, and warning others of the ap-
proach of hawks.
Il discovered recently that the doves
are coming back. Yesterday I had four
in the yard. Maybe you can tell where
they have been. Several years ago I
always had four pairs or more at the
feeding station.
Sincerely yours, z. H
ARMY AND NAVY CLUB.
Dear sir:
Il can sympa thiZe we'll with your cor
date in his complaint against chimney
sWifts.
Il am afraid you haven't had much
practical experience with these little
pests. I like birds, and it's all very in
teresting to watch the swallows soar
and sail over and around your chimneys
about dusk-but it's quite another thing
TO have to clean up after even one
swallow when he gets into and is left in
room.
Tn spite of screens over all of my
freplaces-four of them-the other four
are closed up for heaters-at my South
ern Virginia home. the swallows do get
leave white smears over the floor, walls,
pictures, furniture and rugs.
Their cute little antics do inspire con-
versation-but it's not the kind ordi-
narily heard in polite circles These
unwelcome entrants into my place are
neither few nor far between, for hun
dreds of them spend their summer nights
in my chimneys.
Their rumbling and fluttering and
screeching often wake me up during the
night; that. too, affords topics for un-
polite conversation.
X
Your solution to leave the windows
open at the top sounds simple and hu-
manitarian, but my windows are tightly
screened against flies, bats. moths, mos
Evening star., 1943-03-13

lawyer bent upon knitting labor, de-
manding that all board members re-
sign so that the board would no
longer cast it's black shadow in
the face Of Americans who want to
work, and describing the union rep
resentativeS on the agency as labor
zombies.'
Although anything is possible in
wage dispute, it is difficult, in the
light of this background, to see how
the board can work out any COM
promise that would be accepted by
Mr. Lewis. Certainly, all of the indi-
cations point to a decisive clash be-
tween the union chief and this war
time governmental agency-a clash
which will determine whether Mr..
Lewis and the United Mine Workers
are stronger than the Government
CT TIE United States.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Salvage Committee Spokesman
Urges Cooperation in Tin Can Drive.

Urges SO-opeTdtlOn IN lin Can Drive.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Mrs, LIS letter to The Star complain
ing about the collection of tin cans has
come to the attention of the D. c.
Salvage Committee.
It is quite true that our Government
is asking everybody to cooperate in
the tin can salvage program. This re-
quest is based on the extreme need of
recovering every pound of tin available
for our war production effort, our armed
forces and our civilian uses.
The committee has set up thorough
collection service for the District of
Columbia. This service has been ex-
tremely we'll publicized by the news
papers, radio, and through organization
channels. Experience has taught the
committee that the procedure of collec-
ton OF salvaged material must be simple
and convenient. 1t is felt that the pro-
gram in the District of Columbia is lust
that.
In the event that you live in a private
dwelling 1t is only necessary for you to
place your prepared tin cans in suit
able container, beside your garbage on
regular collection days.
If you live in an apartment, consult
your resident manager or janitor as to
where to place your prepared tin cans in
the apartment building.
1t must be pointed out that the SAL
vaging and accumulation of every tin
can in the District of Columbia must
be accomplished in order to produce the
results which our Government needs.
The committee urges all residents to
continue their cooperation in this pro-
gram. HORACE WALKER.
Executive Secretary for the District
of Columbia.