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Evening star., 1943-01-09
Civic Group Is Warned
Of Home Accident Toll

I'VE are careless about preventing
accidents in our homes" John Gates
Of the accident prevention unit of
the District Red Cross told the Chill
lum Heights Citizens Association
last night, pointing out that 81 500
persons were killed and 1850 900
were injured in home accidents In
1941, while 10000 persons were killed
and only 1,450, 600 were injured in
automobile accidents in the same
year. In the same year, he said, 188
were killed In home accidents in the
District Of Columbia.
Mr.. Gates said that falls account
for IS per cent of the deaths and
that three deaths due to falls have
already occurred in Washington
since January l OF this year. He
then showed slides of "The Fall
Guy" an industrial film to educate
workers against falls.
Mr.. Gates pointed out that the
Red Cross is giving a nine hour
course to home owners in safety
training.
"AAAoAA ocOA 1CpOl VCu tI1dt pldIlS
for the building of prefabricated
houses in the Slocum Park area
along Fort drive had been aban-
doned and on his motion the asso-
ciation opposed erection of any such
houses In the Chillum Heights area.
On another motion by Mr.. Olson
the association reafdrmed It's ap-
proval of the sale of three streetcar
tokens for Is cents.
The group. on q motion by Solem
Olaf, agreed to notify the Traffic De-
partment OF its wish to have the
stop signs removed at Second and
Longfellow streets NV. and Kan
sas avenue and Longfellow street
NV. due to the diminishing of traf-
nc at those two intersections.
The meeting, held at the Keene
School, was presided over by Michael
Finan.
Evening star., 1943-01-09

Ldst-ntnute changes IN radio pro-
grams sometimes reach The Star
too late for correction that dav.
Evening star., 1943-01-09

and others presents 4 condensed version Of
"Yeomsn Of the Guard"
WEv, S30-Hobby Lobby: A thrss.ysar.old
prodigy heads the guest panel.
VOL, 8:30-This Is the Hour: Musical show
from the West Coast headed by Betty Rhodes
with Leo Arnauds Orchestra.
WMAL, 9:30-SpotIiqht Band: Band Of the
week is Gene krupa's, which plays from some.
where along The Pacific Coast
WRC, t0:15-Sports hewNeel: Tho parade
Of sportswomen continues with Eleanor Powell.
wDC, 10:00-Porion Of the Lions-BuffaIo
ice hockey game.
WhAL, t0:00-Forsign Policy Association:
First Of monthly series titled The United
States Looks TO the Future" with Hugh Byds,
correspondent, and Catherine Porter, author.
discussing the Far East.
WRc, i0:t5-Serenade: Dick Powell fea.
lures two new English war tunes.
WHV, t0:t5-SoIdie5 With Wings: Fanny
Briee and HdnIey Siafford-Snooks and Daddy
perform before the boys at the West Coast Air
Force Tronno Center.
Evening star., 1943-01-09
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Ancient Egypt has widespread
interest among readers Of this COL
umn, If I may judge by the letters
l have received! There have been
many questions about the sphinxes.
mummies and burial customs of the
Egyptians, as well as about the pyra-
mids.
Gould you please tell me-" writes
Paul Repke, how high the Great
Sphinx is?"
Can you 60 into sphinx. or
is 1t made of solid stone?" asks How
ard Rubin, and Nancy Sparks in
quires, Did the kings of Egypt have
their riches buried with them?"
Evening star., 1943-01-09
BY Ramon Coffmun

Scores Of "sphinxes" have been
found in Egypt. They were carved
from solid stone. Usually a sphinx
has the body of lion and the head
of a man, but a few of them have
the head of woman joined to
lions body. Others have the head
Of a ram or Of a hawk.
The Great Sphinx is the largest
OF all the sphinxes. 1t is only
few hundred yards from the Great
Pyramid, and was cut from rock.
Although there is a hollow in the
head, it Is close to being a solid"
statue.
The Great Sphinx has the body
Evening star., 1943-01-09
IAE EVENINGS HIeh lIehN.

WMAl, Metropolitan Opera: Inter.
mission time will be devoted to salute 10
Norway with brief talks by Crown Prince Olaf.
Ambassador Wilhelm De horgenstierns and {.
J. Hambro, President Of the Norwegian Parla.
msntinExils.
Wkv, 6:30Iabor News Review: National
Civil Service Week is marked by Mrs. Bstniee
ID. Reffnsr, national secretary Of the AF6e
WMAl. 7:00-0ver Here: Nancy Kelly. James
Melton and Jane froman make guest appear
antsS.
WHv, 7:00-PeopIss Platform: Representa-
tive Jerry voorhs Of California discusses Amer
iesn Postwar Leadership.
WRc, 730-EllsY Queen: Case Of the
Singing Rat" an unusual one.
WEv, S:00-lrumit and Sandsrson: Teams
comprised Of employees Of the SpsrY Gyroseops
Corp.
WMAl, S:i5-Gilbet and Sullivan Opera:
While the Boston Symphony tours this week, 4
group Of singers including Wilbur Evans, Earl
Wrishtson. Veronica Wiegins, Fred Hufsmith
Evening star., 1943-01-09

OF lion with outstretched paws.
From the end of the paws to the
tail it measures 17212 feet.
The height is about the same as
that of building five stories high.
The head seems to have been an
image of King Khafra, who lived
shortly after King Khufu, the build
er of the Great Pyramid Khafra
also had pyramid built in his
honor, and it is almost as large as
Khufu's pyramid.
The mouth of the Great Sphinx is
7 feet and 7 inches wide. In past
times travellers were allowed to climb
about the head Sometimes a man
stood on the top of one of the ears,
but from that point he could not
reach the top OF the head!
When the sand was dug away
from around the chest of the Great
Sphinx an open temple" was found
there, but this temple was in front
Of, not inside, the body.
In answer to the question about
the burial of riches with mummieS
of kings, the answer is yes" Many,
if not all, of the kings Of olden
Egypt had treasures placed in and
around their coffins.
In most cases the pyramids and
other tombs we're entered by robbers
before scientists entered them in
modern times. The robbers took
away as many of the treasures as
possible.
Here Is a special note for scrap
book club members: If you have the
story about the Hanging Gardens Of
Babylon, will you please change the
name of the queen to read "Amytis"
instead of "Semiramis"? The name
Of "Semiramis" has been associated
with the Hanging Gardens, but 1t
may refer to different queen. 1t is
best to remember Nebuchadnezzar'
wife as "Amytis"
The name of Nebuchadnezzar has
the ending of ''rezzar" as we'll as
"nezzar." Both spellings are ac-
cepted as correct.
1~<A 'ea
Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
Every Sunday.
Evening star., 1943-01-09

WRc, 1030-sfs Play Reporter: Tho now
quiz show, with city editors, even.
WMAl, i0:45-Nuiriiion Research: Dr..
Charles Glen King. scientific director Of tho
Nutrition Foundation, Inc, speaks.
VOL. ti:15-Satufday Bondwaeon: Helen
Menken, David Ross and others appear In tho
versedrama by Nh. Ross, Proclaim tho Morn
ne"
WINK, ti:t5-Tfeasury Star Parade: Henry
Hull in The Youth Of America Speaking"
SAoRT.wAvE PROGRAMS.
LONDON, 945-Women's War: CSC, 9.58
meg, 3t3 m; 6sL. 61i meg, 49.t m.
MELBOURNE, tO:25-Amertan Soldiers Call,
ing Home: W66, 1873 meg, 1916 m.
GUATEMALA, tl;i5-Contert Of Tho hd-
iional Police Force Band; IOWA, 1858 meg,
81 m.
GUATEMALA, 1900 a.m.-conteh With the
harmba "haderas De Mi TieHa": IOWA, 9.68
meg, 81 m.
LONDON, 1870 a.m.-Ths News: CSC, 9.58
meg. 3t,3 m.; 6A, 6.1t meg, 49.i n1,; Gre,
2.9i meg, i02 m.
Evening star., 1943-01-09
Youth Breaks Wrists
Lifting DumbbeIIs
By the Associated Press.

BY the AoeoclAteo Press.
ALTA Iona, Calif.-Lee Station,
IT, may practice ris strong -man act
on pillows hereafter.
Lee managed to lift two 100-pound
dumbbells over his head, but the
weights pulled him over backward,
and he landed on his elbows with
such force that both wrists were
fractured.
Evening star., 1943-01-09
I'hiis j

Mother: HE must learn to see
me 60 and also learn by experience
that after he plays awhile and has
his nap I come back home again.
He'll very likely stop crying as soon
as I'm out of sight"
Evening star., 1943-01-09
h~eA h4
Points for Parents

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
The child iUllo learns that cry
ing earns him a second dramatic
good-by from mother 1UiH nat
urally erpect more crying to
merit third eDen-more-dramdt-
ic fnre1Dell.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11
HOLLYWOOD BREVITIES
By ROBIN COONS

HOLLYWOOD - John Kodiak (remember the name) is a rug ged young fellow who looks con- vincing in the role of hardy sea man. He can sit in a crowded lifeboat, his brown hair wild and his cheeks and chin covered with smoky stubble, and look like a fellow out of life-not from a movie s,ript.
 His is the same quality that chap named Gable brought to pictures, and already he's being compared to Gable, just because anybody who is rugged, natural, and modest without being self effacing gets himself card-in- dexed under Gable type.".
 The omen-seekers will not also that Kodiak follows the Ga ble pattern in playing his first important role behind a several days growth of whiskers. Gable did it in "The Painted Desert" ." Kodiak does it in "Lifeboat', the Alfred Hitchcock movie which Tallulah Bankhead from the stage. If there's a leading man in Hit, t,hcock's collection of lifeboat passengers, Kodiak is it. Il is he, at least, who intrigues the TO- mantle attention of the brittle, polished and sophisticated lady played by Tallulah.
 There's story behind his
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11
By Vivian Brown AP Features Writer

See here, Swing-Shift Susie - better be kind to that body of yours, or your topsy-turvy life will get you down.
 That's the sage advice of Dr. Victor Heiser, author, physician and traveller, who spends most of his spare time now featuring to women factory workers on fitness. :.
 Though American women, he says, "can and do adapt them selves to any environment, cli- mate or circumstances more readily than any other women in the world-very often they bite off more than they can chew"
 "In the first place." he says, mo woman should work over five and half days a week; otherwise it won't be many months until her work slows up to where nothing has been gained by the additional hours"
 Night clubbing is another health hindrance. Girls with more money to spend now than they've ever had, he says, sit up half the night and expect to be fit for their jobs in the morning.
 His big concern right now, however, is women who work on the swing shifts. He believes at least two or three days should lapse beteen changes of shift so that normal adjustment can be made to new eating and sleeping habits. Also, the shifts shouldn't
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11

There's story behind his
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11
THE NOME NUGGET

background, foreground and fu- ture. Its become a major indus try.
 Personal History" was to be the story of Sheean's life from the day he took his first foreign job on the old Paris Herald down to 1885. And Harry Maule Sheehan' s editor at Random House, and former editor at Doubleday Doran, thinks that there was something symbolic in the fact that the day Sheean went to work over there, Musso- lini made his march on Rome. For now Sheean is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, and most likely he has been flying toward Rome.
 Colonel Sheean wrote "Person al History" in this country, in England, and in Italy. One of the major hazards of publishing Sheean is the fact that he writes as he runs, and chapters are al- ways arriving from places like Genoa, Cungking, South Africa.
 The Sheean books of most inn portance are his garnerings from history, and they all have, Maule says, one animating strain. They are all Sheean against a back ground of history; Sheean seeing major events through the eyes of great personages, but seeing it from the standpoint of the un- derdog.
 Personal History" was typi- cal," says MT. Maule It was plot ted as a fairly light book. But as the chapters came in they changed character, became less concerned with the wanderings of young correspondent, and more concerned with the impor- tant forces that the correspon- dent found at work"
 Personal History" has sold around a half million copies in all editions. For me the impor- tant thing about it is neither hte writing, which is excellent, nor the story value, which is con- siderable. It is the way in which the book shows a good mind set ting into a pattern. MT. Sheean is not very profound thinker, but he sincerely wants to know and to understand. He is a man of good will, in other words, and he knows how to put his good will into words. Most likeable are the. homely things; least likeable are the occasional references to important people which appeard to be inserted for their prestige
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11

selection for the role, but Kodiak has his own explanation: q fig ure if something is coming my way, it's coming-and this proves l."
 At the age of II, Kodiak, son of a Detroit automotive worker, decided to be an actor. At IA, he was studying for the priesthood.
 A 19 he had practically set tied on professional baseball as a career, with good prospects of joining the St. Louis Cardinals.
 He was an automotive worker at the time-a job he was offered because. in his school days, he happened to carry for an auto- mobile executive. He was making S45 a week in this job, and he QLll u 1OI pOO UIJS III 1 dQlO DI-' cause he suddenly made up his mind that acting was what he wanted.
 He was acting in radio dramas when an M-G-M scout came along, arranged a test, and thus put hi, on the contract list. He played inconspicuously in four or five movies CA Stranger in Town" T Dood It etcetera) be- fore Hitchcock began casting "Lifeboat." Hitchcock needed a Negro actor, and he wanted to see a test of Canada Lee. He saw it, and he signed Canada, but he also got excited about the husky six-footer Who shared the Lee test. That was Kodiak, whose screen test it was. made in his radio drama days.
 NT,-ono4
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11
be changed more often than once

be changed more often than once a month.
 Work for women today under modern conditions can combine play and pay, says Dr. Heiser providing they don't abuse them selves. Even grandmothers, he says, are improving physically and mentally by return to daily manual activities.
 He outlines the following seven fundamental health rules for women in war plants:
 l. Be sure you are physically fit before taking a war job.
 2. Eat wisely of the five es- Sentiai foods: milk, whole wheat bread, eggs and meat, leafy vegetables and citrus fruits
 3. Avoid excessive overtime; follow sensible hours.
 4. Beware of lifting weights. A good general rule lis that woman can lift one- third of her body weight
 5. Dress sensibly. Long, loose hair, loose clothing, jewelry and high heels cause accidents.
 6. Watch your posture
 '. Don't take your home re responsibilities to work with you and don't take your plant re responsibilities home with you.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11
PERSONAL HISTORY"
By JOHN SELBY AP Arts Editor

NEW YORK - Personal His tory" Vincent Sheean's first big hit, changed the whole tenor of correspondents books.
 There had been plenty of cor respondents books before MT. Sheean took over, but they were stiffer, more on the model of
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11
LAUNDRY PROVIDES PILLS FOR PATRONS

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)- Kenneth Miller knew the laun- dry situation was causing head aches so he wasn't surprised too much when a shirt came back with box of aspirin tablets tucked in it's pocket.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11

- We throw away better stuff
 than most places serWe--. ss
 that's why we insist that we have the best garbage in tOwn.-Tex's ChiIi Parler- Adv ....,.. .,
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11

"Excelsior" and Richand Hard ing Davis. Mostly they dealt with military events, and not with broad trends.
 Fifth of A Series
 Personal History" was most likely responsible for the cur rent glut of books by young men and women on the spot when it happened. But now they also tell of themselves, the current that washed up the events, the
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-11

AP Features
 THE Buzooko, recent addition 10 Amer. ! ieo's orsenul, is on onti-fonk weapon shot com be carried by soldiers on foot because of it's smoil size. Usoble in place. which would be inaccessible 10 lorqer onti-sonk weapons. the Army's new rocket gun is officially listed as "iovneher, Rocket, Al. MI" Above. 0 soldier dem. onsirafes the proper woy to hold the Bozooko, ond the psoieeiiie it fires is
 shown al the right.
Evening star., 1943-05-31

break. The first trees planted in
Florida were brought in as seedlings
between 1870 and 1875. About 1880
the Department of Agriculture dis
tributed some seeds and young trees.
and they have produced stock for
many nurseries.
The camphor tree has wide
spreading branches, covered with
evergreen leaves. The flowers are
small and greenish white. They ap-
pear from February to April, and the
fruit natures in October. The single
seed in its container is berrylike.
The birds are quite fond of them.
The wood is close grained and yel-
low. 1t takes a beautiful polish and
is used for chests, cupboards and
choice cabinet work.
Before our last war synthetic
camphor was taking the place of
the natural product. Today the
synthetic camphor is of such a high
quality it is being used successfully
in plastics, insecticides, medicines
and wherever the imported camphor
had been used. In other words, we
not only can produce excellent
camphor trees to meet our need for
camphor gum and oil; we also have
a satisfactory substitute.
Evening star., 1943-05-31

try to get nap and forget his
aches and pains.
Hardly had Peter curled up for
that nap when he heard a voice. 1t
sounded as if it came from a long
way off, but he knew just where
it came from. 1t came from the
doorway of that old house. He
knew, too, whose voice it was. 1t
was Jimmy Skunk's voice.
Il know where you are, Peter
Rabbit said the voice. And
know why you are hiding down
there. I know, too, how it hap
pened that 1 was rolled doWnhill
in that barrel. I'm just giving you
a little warning, Peter. There are
a lot of very angry yellow jackets
up here. as you will find out if you
try to come out before dark. I'm
going away now. but I'm going to
come back about dark to wait for
you. 1 may want to play a little
joke on you to pay you back for the
one you played on me-"
This put an end to Peters hope
of a nap. He shivered as he thought
of what might happen to him if
Jimmy Skunk should catch him.
What with his aches and pains
from the stings of the yellow jackets
and fear of being caught by Jimmy
Evening star., 1943-05-31

Skunk, it was quite impossible to
sleep. He decided to brave the yell
low jackets rather than wait and
meet Jimmy Skunk. Twice he
started up the long hall but turned
back. He just couldn't stand any
more stings. He was miserable.
Yes, sir, he was miserable and most
uncomfortable in both body and
mind.
Il wish I'd. never thought of that
joke" he half sobbed Il thought
it was great joke, but it wasn't
1t was a horrid, mean joke. Why,
oh, why did 1 ever think of it,"
Meanwhile, Jimmy Skunk had
gone off chuckling.
(Released by the Associated Newspapers)
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.

If ever any one was sorry for
having played pranks on other folks
that one was Peter Rabbit. am
afraid it wasn't quite the right kind
Of sorrow. You see, he wasn't sorry
because of what had happened to
Jimmy Skunk and Reddy Fox, but
because of what had happened to
himself. There he was, down in the
bedroom of Johnny Chuck's old
house, smarting and aching all over
from the sharp little lanceS of the
yellow jackets. who had driven him
down there before he had had a
chance to see what had happened
TO Reddy Fox That was bad
enough, but what troubled Peter
more was the thought that he
couldn't get out without once again
facing those hot-tempered yellow
jackets. You see, their home was
right up in the hall of Johnny
Chuck's old house. Peter wished
with all his might that he had
known about it before he ever
thought of hiding there.
But wishes of that kind are about
the most useless things in the world.
They wouldn't help him now. He
had so many aches and smarts that
he didn't see how he could stand a
single one more. and yet, he couldn't
see how he was going to get out
without receiving several more. All
at once he had comforting
thought. He remembered that
Johnny Chuck usually has back
door. If that were the case here
he would be all right. He would
find out. Cautiously he poked his
head out of the snug bedroom.
There was the long hall down which
he had come.
And there-yes, sir-there was
another hall! 1t must be the back
hall. Very carefully Peter crept up
it.
Funny" thought he, that I
don't see any light ahead of me"
And then he bumped his nose.
Yes, sir, Peter bumped his nose
against the end of that half You
see, it was an old house, and, like
most old houses it was rather
tumbledown affair. Anyway, the
back door had been blocked with a
great stone and the walls of the
back hall had fallen in. There was
no way out of there. Sadly Peter
basked out to the little bedroom.
He would wait until night and per-
haps then the yellow Jackets would
be asleep and he could steal out the
front way. Meanwhile, he would
Evening star., 1943-05-31

southeastern part of Japan. The
name has been traced to various
possible sources. The Sanscrit re-
fers to it as "karpura, meaning
white The Arahians apparently
knew the gum quite well. calling it
"Caphura" in their medical proscrip-
tionS That it was highly priced is
shown by the fact it was always
listed among the assets Of the
wealthy.
The Venetians refined the gum Of
the Camphor tree and their secret
was kept for many years Within
the past 60 years the demand for
Camphor has greatly increased 1t
IS used in the manufacture Of cellu-
lOid and other nitro -Cellulose prod
uCtS, and it enters into the manu-
facture of many pharmaceutical
preparations From it also are made
various antiseptic compounds. 1t is
also used, or was until recently, in
insecticides. There are probably
few plant products which find so
MANY and so varied uses as camphor,
A4'F SlS"NSHt pen o4 Ilt Wol ~ D
supply cf camrhor came from For
r2c2a, though relatively little is
produced in Jar2n The japanese
monopoly ContrC,loG most Of that
produced in China. where. in 1909,
in the province Of F'ukien, was
shipped about 1064,OOO pounds of
camphor and 2,66oooo pounds of the
Oil.
Native trees were used and until
recently no serious effort was made
to replace them. The methods used
by the Chinese for extracting the
gum and the oil are still very prim-
tive.
In this country the camphor tree
IS cultivated for its beauty as an
ornamental and it, use as a wind
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Victory Garden Hits
$67 Jackpot in Coins

BY the Associated Press.
JOHANNESBURG, N. Y.-Floyd
Chamberlain's Victory garden paid
off before he put his seed in the
ground. Spading the plot. he began
turning up crop Of silver coins,
the oldest dated 1888. His harvest
thus far is S67.
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
CAMPHOR TREE.
(Cinndmomunl cam phord.)

The earliest records of the cam
phor tree occur in Chinese litera-
ture. During the 9Th century it
was spoken Of as valuable timber.
Even in the older writings of the
Chinese there IS no mention of the
striking product Of the tree.
The Camrhor tree is native to the
coastal regions OF southeastern Asia,
beth on the mainland and in the
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Texas Lightning Rod
AGENTS Tax Voided

By the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex.-Gov. Coke Steven
son has signed bill which, among
other things. eliminated a tax on
lightning rod agents. The reason:
There are no lightning rod salesmen.
Evening star., 1943-05-31

Last-minute changes II, radio pro-
grams sometimes reach The Star
too late tor correction that dav.
Evening star., 1943-05-31

ON THE AIR TODAY.
Star Flashes: Latest news, WMAL al ass
2m
WRC, 800-Cavatade Of America: Mary
Todd Widow Of Abraham lintoIn," with Helen
Hayes.
WT0P, 800-Voy Pop: At war rally in
Sparfanourg, S. {.
Evening star., 1943-05-31
Points for Parents
BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE

Through courtesy TO her chill
dren'S friends. mother raises
her status Uitl her o1rn children
as lUeU as their quests.