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the Turks might permit Allied
warships and troop transports TO
pass through the Dardanelles.
They would then be in position
to approach Rumania and Bull,
sgaria from the Black Sea.
Dardanelles A Question
When Prime Minister Winston
Churchill went directly from
che conference at Casablanca 70
another in Turkey he raised a
storm Of speculation that still
echoes.
Diplomats and strategists won
dered if he talked with the Turks
about the Dardanelles.
The British Foreign Office says
he didn't Nevertheless, there
are people who still wonder
and not the least of these, per-
haps, is Fuhrer Hitler.
The Dardanelles are the mar
row history-freighted straits
S connecting the Mediterranean and
the Black Sea.
Is Rnmania probably would no
be difficult to invade from ths
/ Black Sea. The whole coastline
and the country beyond, froln
( the shore to the Danube. is aai
and unobstructed. Mechanical
{ forces would have plenty of ell
bow room.
The capital, Bucharest, is bare
! " more than 100 miles from the
coast. From there it IS less than
40 miles TO the great Ploesti ell
fields, one of Hitler's man
/ oil sources Of supply. Having tai
en- these two detectives, the Al
lies, for al practical purposes
+ would have put Rumania out Of
the war.
f In another part of the Balkans
the Greek port of Salonika is no
laughing matter TODAY for the
s German general staff.
It was in the last war. It was
a great joke.
An Allied army had landed
there, and temporarily was
hemmed in BY the mountains
begged down in the marshes, and
! thoroughly entangsd in Balkan
! politics.
But the joke baekfired.
.Eslitlsh and French troops
eTficfed by wild fighting Serbian
j 4nountaineers, drove up the Var
/ dar river valley, and knocked
Bulgaria out.
+ Since history has a tendency
E to repeat, the Germans are very
/ serious about Salonika. Besides
endangering Bulgaria it would
/ provide access to Yugoslavia.
Consequently. reliable infor-
nation reaching Allied govern
inents IN London says that
German troops themselves. are
i occupying Salonika and the
surrounding territory. Most Of
Greece is under Italian occura-
tion.l Furthermore. powerful
shore defenses have been
thrown Ground the city and
vulnerable points nearby.
Allied strategists .havev meyer
theless. some serious objections
to the Balkans. as an avenue d
invasion.
I To reach them. a severe cam
paign to regain the largest and
most strategieally-placed Medi-
teIranean Islands would have "a
be fought
Then, too. ii is much further
to Germany from the Mediter
ranean than it is from the Eng
lish Channel And wherever VOC
go, there are mountains. higll
mountains. the Dinario and
Transylvanian Alps, the Carpa-
thians, They are ancient and
recognized defense-points, where
a small force can hold verv
much larger one.
When the moment for invasion
arrives, these two considerations
of terrain may outweigh the IN
doubtedly important political
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The how and cozrse in Inc Balkans should
the aes attack Countebalancins benefits capai-
are these factors: use of Of the possible
entail cleaning cut network of strong Axis
Crete which protects sanika Of the Balkan
famous and provides easily defene positions. the distances
Germany far greater Than f1or western Euroos
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-29
By RELMAN moaIN

<1A NeAlOA
LONDON, April 20. = Allied
commanders who are drawing
blueprints today for the second
front get a thoughtful look in their
eyes when they speak of invading
Germany via the Balkans.
In many ways. 1t seems the OBJ
vious route to Berlin.
There are five coastal Balkan
states: Greece, Albania, Yugo-
slavia, Bulgaria and Rumania.
The first three have been con
quered. The last two, for reasons
of their own, have become part
ners of the Axis.
And all Of them are headaches
for Hitler.
Two Fight On
Actual fighting is still going on
in Greece and Yugoslavia. They
are occupied in the sense that
their main centers, railways. and
arteries of communication arc
under Axis control
But beyond those areas. na-
tlonal guerrllia ariniss .Rse STU
operating. Greek sources claim
that even IN the island Of Crete,
their forces are still setive. IN
Yugoslavia, the redeubfable Gee.
Draga Minailovica commands an
army of peasant fighters repre-
sented as being more than 40
600 strong.
In addition. there IS q smaller
but no less active force OF paf,
tisans, VINO are polltlca1lX IN
sympathetic to AihalloVieh. Ffe
guerrillas and rartisans, autaea9-
tic reports say, have fought each
other on more than one occasioa
But, unquestionably their man
function is to fight the Germans
and Italians.
Hitler knows That The appear
ance of an Allied army would
start a srassfirs o. reosiliosl
sweeplnJ thTotsn re tsso 12'ti-
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bulgaria Turns away
After World War / Bulgaria
was equipped and trained, mil
tarlly, by the Germans. The army
IS largely reflection OF the Ger
/ man army
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cies has been assured the peo-
pie Likewise. their scfior
kills for all time the hope Of a
centrally located seat Of STATE
Government, long cherished N
the hearts OF Central Florida
who in past legislatures have
voiced the advantages OF suca
locations as Ocala OF Orlando.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-29

The green light has Cleared
brightly on all admiliStrafiVe
sponsored measures I'D e TINS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-29

While many members of the
House will take their stand on
this or that question, Emogene
Commander of Holmes can be
depended upon to take his stand
for no reason at all. The gen.
tleman keeps going up and down
like an elevator most of the time
and is courteously recognized by
the Speaker on every occasion
that a motion to adjourn is in
order. In this game of MANY
Motions, Emogene is at least a
man of Movement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-29
BRILLIANT TORCH

DETRoIT.-The cholla cactus
of the southwest makes brilliant
torch when set afire.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-29

but their Sir Raleighian gestures
came too late and Mary Louis
bill was lost.
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While paying lip service to
Economy" and "Retrenchment'
legislators paved the way for
bigse and gel r 1--WE, nnrentsl
agencies, boards, bureaus and
commissions by their action in
approving the purchase of sew
eral Tallahassee city blocks sur
rounding the Capitol. to insure
room for future expansion
On the assumption that future
generations win need more and
more looking after, ground
space for costly buildings to
house state bureaucratic agen-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-29

Representative Bourke Floyd
of Franklin has the distinction
of being the third generation OF
Floyds to sit in a Florida legis-
lature. His father and grand
father before him served with
distinction. He comes from his
teric Apalachicola and country
newspapers are indebted to him
for a glowing tribute to the
small twon weekly made in .
floor speech last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
The larger craft conceivably could
become commercial whalers.
AweSOme OneratiOn

The larger craft conceivably could
become commercial whalers.
Awesome Operation.
Transfer of any large group of
men from friendly shore to an
enemy shore by landing craft Is an
impressive, awesome operation. At
Carrabelle 1t has involved tricky
navigation problems, problems of
loading and landing, of shore pro-
lection after landing of dropping
parachute troops behind enemy
lines, the technique of troops ad-
vancing through barbed wire de-
lenses under smoke and simulated
gas while explosions stun their
ears, and finally establishment of a
beach head as the engineers laid
beachways of wire mesh for trans
fer of motorized equipment.
All this is preliminary to land at
tack. Several miles back from the
beach at Carrabelle, in wilderness
OF pine and palmetto scrub, is a
formerly Inhabited village called
Harbeson City. This is the OBJ
1ective OF attack by the troops after
establishment of beach head.
The whole operation is part OF
the regular training here through
which several American Army units
already have passed. 1t has few, if
any, counterparts anywhere in the
land. 1t is hard to imagine any
more complete training for the
soldier about to become part of a
combat team assigned to an as
sault Job on a fortified coast.
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Army Trains Landing Forces
With No Pulling of Punches
Live Ammunition Used in Big Florida Camp
As Men Get Final Course in Invasion Tactics

enemy machine guns pour bursts
of fire over their heads in the in
filtration course. Targets of op-
portunity spring up from the brush
in jungle fighting. Screaming bombs
explode over their heads. No SEM
blance of realism is omitted. When
the soldiers of the unit now train
ing at Carrabelle land on enemy
held territory it will be exactly like
the routine Of their training here.
Conducted almost exclusively as
an Army job, the amphibious opera
tons have developed an acute sense
of timing and accuracy of naviga-
ton which must be part and parcel
of actual invasion.
Amphibious Jeep.
Landing craft used here are of
many types, among them the newly
created amphibious jeep, carrying
several men, which runs down a
beach into the water and Is self
propelled in the water.
The big ones are diversified They
start with monster resembling a
whaling boat, amply powered and
capable of transporting several
tanks or the weight equivalent in
artillery, provided with anti-air-
craft guns and armored against
enemy fire. The nose of this craft
and smaller craft lets down to per-
NIT quick transfer of equipment or
men.
One of the smaller types is a per-
sonnet carrier. nosing through the
waves at considerable speed. It's
the standard Higgins boat, powerful,
fast and commodious. On Dog
Island beach, wave washed stretch
OF sand off the Florida coast, our
craft made several dry-shod land
ings. Best of all, it pulled itself
off without trouble. This type of
boat will come into considera BILE
peace use. 1t can be converted, for
example, into a useful fishing boat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
First OF q Series
BY WALTER McCALLUM,
Star Staff Correspondent.

Stoi otAll Correspondent.
CAMP GORDON JOHNSTON, Fla.
March 18.-Few, If any, Army train
ing centers anywhere in the country
have the combination of sea and
land training. with all components,
that this post affords. Other posts
have many types of training with
varied equipment. but this one. in
addition to amphibious training, has
complete battle courses. Live am
munition is used both in inflltration
and jungle fighting courses. Inso-
FAR as possible, the battle course
here at Carrabelle is the real thing,
lacking only use of tanks and of men
being hit by enemy shells or bullets
There is no pulling OF punches.
4 don't know whether blanks
are being made any more" said a
captain. We have only live am
munition here. OF course, we are
very careful"
Another captain, in chage of the
street fighting course. said there
have been no casualties from gun
shot wounds, although many pla-
toons Of famous division in the
last stages of training, have been
run through the battle course.
Here for Final Training.
This course is a continuance of
the invasion tactics taught all of
the several divisions which have
come to this camp for final train
ing. Preceded by water-borne beach
landings in the many types of land
ing craft in use by the Army. the
troops fight their way forward from
a beach head as reinforcements
pour ashore and capture a defended
enemy village.
The job, in training, is accom-
panied by all the noise, confusion
and tricks of battle. Dynamite
charges spatter mud and clods of
dirt over advancing men. Hidden
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Horse Beuts Utuh Miner
In Freak 19-Hour Race
By The Associated Press

By The Associated Press.
BLANDING, Utah, March 18.-
The horse was first and man second
in remote Eastern Utah's freak race.
Leland Shumway. 81 year old
Banding miner. hiked SIS miles in
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Boston Navy Yord Wins
War Bond Honor FIoo
BY the Associated Press.

BY me ASSOCIATED Press.
BOSTON, March 'l8-Rear Ad-
miral Ben Moreell, chief OF the Navy
Bureau of Yards and Docks, will
present the War bond honor flag
Of the Secretary OF the Navy to
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the Boston Navy Yard at . special

the Boston Navy Yard at q special
ceremony here Saturday afternoon.
The award will be accepted by
Rear Admiral r. A. Theobald, COM
mandant OF the First Naval District
and of the navy yard. The award
was made for enrolment of more
than 80 per cent OF the yard S
civilian personnel in 10 per cent
War bond purchases.
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10 hours. but, exhausted, admitted
defeat yesterday. The horse COW
cred l35 miles.
For years old-timers had argued
pro and con that a man could
hike half as far as horse in "a
hours-both without rest.
The sooner you get that War saw
ings stamp in your book the sooner
you will get victory In the bag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18

Airy net panels in festive color
combinations that remind us
OF our Good Neighbors south
of the border. Each So inches
wide; 2 l/s yards long.
At Three Department Stores
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Last ; DAYS!

Why not? These sturdy dish
towels are just as efficient ION
the Job"-and a lot better
company than perfectly plain
ones! Washfast colors. l6x30
inches.
At Three Department Stores
Evening star., 1943-01-09

To keep our independence, instead
Of being kept in dependence. start q
regular bond-buying program right
now.
Evening star., 1943-01-09
BY Thornton W. BURGESS
with things you don't know about"

with things you don't know about"
said the small voice.
But they are such queer looking
things, and they're not alive. They
can't hurt me-" said Chatterer.
Nevertheless, he ran back to the
pile of corn and tried to eat. Some
how he had lost his appetite. He
couldn't take his eyes of those two
queer things down on the floor.
Better keep away" warned the
small voice inside.
TT won't do any harm to have q
closer look at them," said Chat
terer.
So, once more he scrambled down
from the pile OF corn, and little by
little drew nearer to the two queer
things. The nearer he got the more
harmless they looked. Finally he
reached out and smelled Of the
smallest. Then he turned up his
nose. Smells OF MICE" muttered
Chatterer, "just common barn mice. u
Then he reached out . paw and
touched 1t. "Pooh!" said he, "it's
nothing to b afraid Of" Just then
he touched one Of the little wires
and there was . sudden snap. 1t
frightened Chatterer 30 that he
scurried away. But he couldn't stay
away. That snap was such . funny
thing, and 1t hadn't done any harm
You see, he hadn't put his paw in at
one Of the little holes or 1t might
have done some harm. Pretty soon
he was back again NEEDING with
Evening star., 1943-01-09
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME

supply Of corn. AS usual. he had
raced about over the great pile Of
yellow corn. Quite suddenly his
sharp eyes spied something that
they hadn't seen before. 1t was
down on the floor of the corncrib
quite near the door. Chatterer was
sure that 1t hadn't been there the
day before. 1t was q very queer
looking thing-very queer, indeed.
And then he spied another queer
looking thing near it, only this was
very much smaller. What could they
be? He looked at them suspiciously.
They looked harmless enough. They
didn't move. He ran . few steps
toward them and scolded, just as he
scolds at anything new he finds out
of doors. Still they didn't move.
He ran around on . little ledge
where he could look right down on
the queer things. He was sure now
that they were not alive. The big
gest one he could see all through.
Inside was something to eat. The
littlest thing was round and nat,
with funny bits Of wire on top. It
looked as If 1t was made OF wood and
in the sides were little round holes
too small for him to put his head
through.
Leave them alone" said . small
voice inside Chatterer.
But I want to see what they are
and and out all about them," said
Chatterer.
NO good ever comes Of meddling
Evening star., 1943-01-09

Everybody knows how curious
Peter Rabbit Is. He forever is pok-
ing his wabbly little nose in where
it has no business to be, and as a
result Peter forever is getting into
trouble. Whenever Chatterer the
Red Squirrel has heard a new story
about Peter and the scrapes his
curiosity has got him into, Chatterer
has said that Peter got no more than
he deserved. AS for himself, he
might be curious about thing he
saw for the first time, but he had
too much sense to meddle with it
until he knew all about it. So Chat
terer had come to be thought very
smart. quite too smart to be caught
in trap-at least, to be caught In
an ordinary trap.
Now, many people manage to
make their neighbors think they are
a great deal smarter than they
really are, and Chatterer is one Of
this kind. If some Of his neighbors
could have peeped into Farmer
Browns corncrib the morning after
Farmer Browns boy found the tell
tale corncob so carelessly dropped
by Chatterer they would have been
surprised. Yes, sir, they would have
been surprised. They would have
seen Chatterer the Red Squirrel, the
boaster, he Of the sharp wits. show
ing quite as much curiosity as ever
possessed Peter Rabbit.
Chatterer had come over to the
corncrib - usual to get hts daily
Evening star., 1943-01-09
Winning Contract
BY THE -FOUR AGES

David Bruce Burnstone. Oswald Jaco.
oy, Howard Schenken and Theodore
four. inventors OF the system that
has beaten every other system in
existence)
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metal is the reason for the perfora-

metal is the reason for the perfora-
tions made by the borers.
A survey shows that these beetles
are fond Of several species Of wood
They attack oaks, some elms, Oregon
maple, California laurel, sweet
cherry, gum and the waffle. The
center of distribution Of the beetle
is over a wide area in California
As soon as the adult borers make
their way out into the sunlight. the
female. waiting only long enough
for her pale body to darken and
harden, begins at once to seek a
likely spot on the same tree, or one
close by, for placing her eggs. Once
she has made . tunnel or two into
which she can deposit her eggs, she
Is interested in finding q mate.
The tunnels made by the female
borers sometimes riddle . tree. The
eggs are Is times longer than wide.
They have q stem on one end, and
the slightest pressure would crush
them. Each egg has It's own gall
lery and from this spot the grub
Evening star., 1943-01-09
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o-trump over your overcall he
erves notice on you that he holds
ome strength in your suit. To
ebid your suit in the teeth of such
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oionships held last month one player
gave his opponents a near-top by
gnoring such warning.
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NATURES CHILDREN
LEAD CABLE BORER
C1Ahsn:~ IANJss,ssl


Lead or tin do not prevent the
lead cable borer from gaining his
freedom. The Jaws of this small
creature are strong enough to cut
through several layers of lead when
it is time for the adult borer to
come out into the sunshine. Such
efforts on the part of these beetles
cause much damage to cables. Their
small square or round exits permit
water or moisture to seep in and
cause trouble. The repair work on
many cables is difficult and costly.
The borer does not seek lead, tin,
zinc, silverplate or mirror lining: it
is simply that these metals stand
in the way Of liberty. Wood that
has been infected by those creatures
and used, then sheathed by some
Evening star., 1943-01-09
BY LiIIiun Cox Athey

will mine It's way under the bark.
The average number of eggs per
female is 40. The occupant Of the
shell steps out in seven days, first
tearing or cutting its way to free
dom by the use Of a sharp saw at
the caudal end of its body. The
youngster begins mining into the
wood at once. In short time, the
young worker in wood decides to
rest, sheds the birthday skin and
along with 1t, the saw. 1t now
assumes the typical curled position
OF the grub. This, by the way, gives
the worker a better purchase on
the hall he is excavating. He can,
IN other words, brace himself more
effectively. The flexible neck per-
mits the head to move in any di-
rection, and the strong mandibles
open and close laterally, cutting the
wood into small particles. Some OF
the pulp is eaten. some packed into
the tunnel behind the worker.
Three-fourths of its lifetime is
spent in the pores Of the wood: then
complete resting spell of 20 days
while Transforming into the adult
beetle. After this, the adult will
remain in the wood shelter for an
other 80 days. gaining strength to
work its way out.
If, in the meantime, wood has
been used for some purpose that
calls for metal protecting it, the
beetle encounters an obstacle that
would bafne a human being, but
seems to have been the lot of lead
cable borers for centuries. The
strong mandibles work on the metal
steadily until the goal has been ac-
complished-freedom. The females
live from 80 to A days, the males
from 10 to 18. Both are strong f1iers
and by this method of transportation
the range of the group is widened
each year.
Evening star., 1943-01-09
Take MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Saturday Roundup

Santa Barbara: How is the Portu-
guese title SENIOR pronounced?-
D. L. M.
Answer: Exactly like the Span
1sh "Senor." Say sain-YORE.
Troy: What is meant by at.
q. g. ?"-Mrs. C. E.
Answer: 1t is the Navy rank of
lieutenant, junior grade, correspond
ing to the Army rank of first lieu-
tenant. The Navy rank of lieuten-
ant, senior grade. corresponds to the
Army rank of captain.
Cincinnati: How should we pro-
nounce the word HERB?"-A. K.
Answer: First choice: erb. Sec
ond choice: herb.
Los Angeles: Is it permissible to
speak Of an American U-boat?"-
N. M.
Answer: Never, for "U-boat" is the
contraction for the German word
unterseeboot (OON- Liter r-zAYboat
meaning "undersea boat" U-boats
are German only.
Lake Charles: How should one
pronounce the word GUAYULE?-
I. N. D.
Answer: First choice: gwah-YOO-
lay. Second choice: wah-YOO-la
Loony Logic spotted in a st. Louis
society column by c. r. T. of Ken
| nett. Mo-: Miss o. has shared
honors with Miss M who will
become the bride of 1t. W next
Saturday several times!"
Send for my Spanish pamphlet which
gives phonetic pronunciations Of many
important Spanish words and phrases.
Learn to sing Eel Rancho Grande' in
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1000. etc Fascinating, easy, instruc-
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Ask for SPANISH Pamphlet.
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