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Evening star., 1943-02-24
Laush Dns and Ose s Sunday

in the mud under the water, as, OF
course, you know, and when the
water is frozen there isn't scrap of
anything We can get to eat. We
just have TO go south. 1t isn't be-
cause we want to, but because we
must"
Then I don't see what you want
10 make your home in such a place
for" said practical Peter. Il should
think you would make it where you
can live all the year around"
Il was born up there, and l love
it just as you love the dear Old Brier
Patch replied Mrs. Quack simply.
1T is home, and there is no place
like home. Besides, it is a very beau
tiful and a very wonderful place in
summer There is everything that
ducks and geese love there. There
is all We want of the food we love
pest. Everywhere is shallow water
with all grass growing in it"
Huh" interrupted Peter, Il
wouldn't think much OF place like
that"
That's because you don't know
what is good" snapped Jerry Musk
rat. 1t would suit me-" he added
with shining eyes.
There are the dearest little Is
lands just made for safe nesting
places" continued MIS- Quack, with
out needing the interruptions. And
the days are long ard it is easy to
hide. and there is nothing to fear,
for tWo-legged creatures with ter
rible guns never come there"
IF there is nothing to fear, why
do you care about places to hide?"
demanded Peter.
Well, of course. we have enemies,
just a. you do here, but they are
natural enemies-foXes and minks
and hawks and owls explained
Mrs. Quack "Of course, We have
10 watch out for them and have
places to hide from them, but it is
our wits against their wits, and it
is our own fault If we get caught.
That is perfectly fair, so We don't
mind that. 1t is only men who are
not fair"
Peter nodded that he understood,
and Mrs. Quack went on. Last
summer when Mr.. Quack and l had
our nest on the dearest little island
no one found it. First we had IL
eggs, and then u of the dearest
babies you ever saw"
Maybe" said Peter doubtfully,
thinking Of his own babies
They grew so fast that by the
Evening star., 1943-02-24
Take MyWord for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Surprise Word of the Week

Apparently many Of us believe
that the word 'Sacrilegious" is
formed from sac" plus religious. +"
Therefore, we pronounce it: SAX
ree-LIDGE-uss" But note the SPELL
ing-the second and third syllables
are rifle" and not "-re-li-."
AS matter Of fact, sacrilegious
is not even remotely related to the
word religious. The first comes
from sacrilege, from the Latin sac
rilegus," ito pick up (steaD sacred
things" The second comes from the
Latin "rehgere," ito hold back; to
restrain"
First choice: SAX K-ri- LEE juss.
Second choice: Somewhat dubi-
ous): SAK-ree -LIDGE-uSs.
Evening star., 1943-02-24
BY Fronk Willard
Art Huhto

though one or more of the other
properties are possessed in turn by
many other substances"
Scientific excavation of ruins in
South and Central America revealed
that rubber was known to the In
dians of America in the 11th century.
Spanish and Portuguese historians,
writing OF the New World, mentioned
that Columbus, on his second voyage
of discovery, saw Indians playing
games with balls that bounced.
Montezuma put on show for Cor
tez and his soldiers in Mexico City
with such a game played by his
Indian warriors.
The natives of Southeastern Asia
knew about rubber at An early date.
But the Europeans learned of it
from the New World.
Heva is large tree with a straight
trunk. A few trees have reached a
height of l25 feet: 40 to so is aver
age. The wood is soft, the high,
branching limbs are smooth and
dark green. The 8-inch leaves are in
clusters Of three. Sprays of pale
green flowers with yellow centers
cover the tree In July and August,
followed by pods in January and
February with three brown speckled
seeds the size of horse chestnut.
Seven-year-old trees are tapped
for the first time. They may be
abundant yielders for 40 years. The
flow Of lstex is greatest before
dawn. Two to five hundred trees
will be tapped by each man, who re-
traces his steps to collect the latex
from the aluminium cups. Latex is
poured into large pals and sent to
the collecting depots. From this
stage 1t goes through many processes
before it is ready for important uses
the likes Of which American con-
sumers are now finding out.
Evening star., 1943-02-24

You'll want my free pamphlet which
gives tine proper forms Of address for
Government of1cials Army and Navy
officers, diplomatic representatives. min
listers. etc. Also contains rules OF
precedence as observed in Washing ton,
and comparative ranks of Army and
Navy officers. Send a stamped t3-cent),
addressed envelope to Frank Colby,
in care of The Evening Star. Ask for
Forms OF Address
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-02-24
It's Hard to Believe

Akron: Are the words ANMUNI-
TION and MUNITIONS akin?-S. C
Answer Yes. Munition is a
French loan word, from the Latin
"munire," Ito fortify with a wall
In English, the word Is generally
used in the plural, as: Munitions
of war" and means military mate
rials of all kinds.
The word ammunition is really a
nonsense word, introduced into Eng
lish by some word juggler whose
knowledge of French was meager.
Apparently he mistook the phrase
La munition' for Il ammunition, 4"
causing the English form to begin
with "a" instead of with m" as
in French.
However, ammunition" is deeply
rooted in English by long usage
and is now an entirely respectable
word despite its irregular origin.
Evening star., 1943-02-24

WEV, io:00-hust Moments; Excerpts
from kem's Roberta"
National Radio Forum; Representative Martin
Dies Of Texss on Our Domestic Foes, WhAl
at 1890 pm.
WINK, tt:t5-IressuY Panoe; Lowell
Thomas reads description Of he Russian school
SYstem.
Evening star., 1943-02-24

time cold weather came they were
as big as their father and mother"
continued Mrs. Quack. And they
were smart, too. They had learned
how to take care Of themselves just
as well as I could. I certainly was
proud OF that family! But now l
don't know where one OF them is"
Mrs. Quack suddenly choked up
with grief, and Peter Rabbit politely
turned his head away.
Evening star., 1943-02-24
Drums Up Business
For Fire Department
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY.-"How's busi-
ness?" a dry cleaner asked Fire
Chief La We're Hanson.
Good" said Chief Hanson y
there isn't any"
Maybe we ought to drum up a
little for you" the cleaner joked.
Next morning hremen extin-
guished furnace started blaze that
did $500 damage to the cleaning
plant.
Evening star., 1943-02-24
Corsuqe Of Lettuce

SALT LAKE CITY (P,-Madame'
corsage may be a cluster Of vine ripe
tomatoes, or spray OF lettuce
leaves. Robert H. Roland of Chicago,
Florist Society secretary told Utah
flower growers the food situation
was serious. He urged greenhouses
TO 60 into the truck garden business.
Evening star., 1943-02-24

Last-mtnute changes IN radio pro- WEDNESDAY
too late for correction that day Februoy "a, l943
Evening star., 1943-02-24
Natures S Children
nvvvrva>r rnv arrrru
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
RUBBER
(Hepa brdSiltenSis J

Much is being said, more is being
written, about the rubber situation.
Many have become interested in
tracking down the history of this
important commodity. Before long,
Evening star., 1943-02-24

WpC, 9:00-eddis Cantor: Frank Morgan
swaps truths.
WMAl. 9:0o-John Freedom; kszi enslave.
meat Of Norwegian labor.
VOL, st5-Carniyal: lIks Chase becomes
N. t.. Alex TsmpIsion and ksihrYa 6faron are
guests.
WRC. s:30-Mr. D. L.: RsaaItY pupil bes'sd
BY teacher.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08

Sure-fire results with POST
PRESS Wand aus.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08

GRAPEFRUIT doz. medium to
large sizes to sack, $150 delivered
in Ell Centre. Fancy fruit for
holiday boxes, 60c doz. Phone
8714J1 after pm. or before 8
am. Strickland. 1918
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08
Lost. Found Sirayed

LOST-A 81 B gasoline coupon books
belonging to Eugene Oliver. Re-
turn to Ration Board. 1873
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08

Lost, Found Strayed

LOST-Ration book No. belong
ing to Sedgious D. Schultz. Re-
turn to Ration Board 1873
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-08

LOST-Ration book No. a belong
ing to Toy F. Timmons. Return
to Ration Board. 1919
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-29
By ADELE GARRISON

would you mind just speaking to
my husband I'm 171S as you go,
and asking him TO come In here
for a minute. He wanted to In
spect my performance after you
had drilled me-"
She considered this request fol
an instant.
DICKY WILL CALL
'T'll 20 and tell him To call
'Maidn in a second or two. Then
you can hurry over there. While
he's doing that. I'll call Dick
son and tell him the call IL TO
he switched To l7I8 instead OF
1922. And you might as we'll
stay there in 17l8, leaving the
door a little sjar, 40 you can
hear that woman III she calls
you. There won't be any other
calls. There's nobody In this
wing on this floor except you
and your husband, the three
guards and the woman you're
watching. So You won't have
much work 10 do"
THAT II probably good
thing" / told her, smiling. I'm
afraid i don't shine at It,"
"On the contrary, I'll give
YOU n job whenever you want
10 take IT," she replied laugh
ing and then departed for
Dicky's room.
She was back in an instant,
going Immediately 10 the tele-
phone.
Better 60 into the hall and
pretend TO he getting your
stuff together" she directed.
and as / did so Dicky called
peremptorily from the door of
his room:
Maid. Maid"
Continued tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-29
Illness Of Speaker
Cancels 0CD Meetinu

A meeting OF the war service
branch of the OCD for Wayne and
nearby counties, scheduled 10 be
held tonight in the Rackham
Building, has been postponed, it
was announced. Illness Of the
principal speaker. Glenn f. jack
son. chief of the national PRO-
grams division Of the War SerV-
ice branch. caused the indefinite
pOStDOnement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-29
PITFALLS OF LOVE

Annie proved TO be a most COM
petent maid. and while her teach
ing technique was not Of the best,
was able 10 observe her manner
.isms and gait closely,
When IL came my turn 10 work,
I hurried through my tasks. with
Annie standing over me vigilantly
and correcting every mistake.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-29
GIVES THE SIGNAL

Finally felt that / had learned
all could absorb from Annie. not
about work, but about the man
nerisms and gait of a hotel maid,
and with a feeling of relief, | put
my hands up 10 my cap and adj
justed 1.-THE signal which the
housekeeper had told me 10 use.
81 think that will do now,
Annie" and the maid looked at
me with dubious eyes.
Are you sure you'Il remem-
her everything she asked.
You've never worked at this
before, have yOu?"
l replied sedately:
NO, I've never worked in
hotels before-iust private"
maggie will get along" the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-29

housekeeper said. I'LL see TO
her. Thank you, Annie"
I drew a sharp breath of relief
when she was out Of the room
and the housekeeper looked al me
THAT man Halloran was
right" she declared. "You do
know a lot about acting. You've
got everything down pat.
There's nothing else that i can
teach you. Oh, wait a minute!
You'll have 30 be taking carpet
sweepers and linens and things
up and down the hall"
She slipped the lock and set the
door a bit ajar so that We could
hear the telephone, and gave me
another drill.
HOUSEKEEPER APPROVES
you'll do now" she approved
at last. But remember--keep
your eyes half closed as II they
hurt you IL she speaks TO you.
They're the only thing that can
possibly give you away. Now,
do you need me any longer
"No, thank YOU" / said, al
though / had secret qualms
about her leaving me. But
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-29

ERE pleasant little that will give you
every day II Is numerical puzzle designed TO spell out
your fortune letters first II the number
Of letters subtract T. II the number less than
add The result number Start al the upper left
check OF your
numbers left right Then read the the letters under
the checked figures give you. 7-29
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
|TESTAMENTS GIVEN.
MERCHANT SEAMEN
First Presbyterian Church
Here Gives Books To
Liberty Ship Crew

Men aboard the woodrow wilson,
Liberty ship launched here several
weeks ago, will be reading far out
at sea Testaments put into their
hands by the First Presbyterian
church of this city.
Woodrow Wilson, whose rather
was pastor of the local church,
spent part of his youth in Whining
ton. The gift of 6S Testaments to
the officers and men aboard the
ship named for him is a memorial
to the preachers son who grew ur
to become President Of the United
States and one of those who helped
to shape the treaty Of peace after
the first World War and plans for
a. League of Nations.
The Testaments were bought
with contributions made by members
of the congregation for the purpose
They bore the Merchant Marine in
sigma and inscriptions in the front.
The books were presented to the
ships captain before the boat sail
ed.
It was learned that the young
men who received the Testaments
were Every much pleased" with
them, Especially did they seem tt
prize the Merchant Marine in
sigma thereon, church workers com
mented.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
WORK OR FIGHT
BILL IS 0KEHED
(Continued from Page One)

cific Coast Aircraft workers, con-
tend dissatisfaction with pay
scales" is the principal reason for
workers laying off the job. He ar
gued many workers would prefer a
military status and militay pay in
the aircraft. industry, saying this
would give them larger incomes
than they now receive.
Before approving its bill dealing
with absenteeism, the House Naval
committee revised it in important
particulars.
AS introduced by Rep. Lyndon
Johnson O-Tex), the measure oil
rected that employers report to 10
cal draft boards the names of EN-
ployes absent from work without
sound excuse.
AS finally approved, it provided
that any request to draft board
for defement of an employe on
grounds he is an essential worker"
must be accompanied by his absen.
tee record. Since no deferment, un-
der the Selective Service Act, is
granted for longer than six months,
this would mean check-up at least
that often on the working records
Of deferred draft registrants.
In addition, the measure directs
that the War and Navy Depart
ments, the Maritime Commission and
all war contractors shall supply the
Labor Department with names of all
workers absent from work without
prior authorization.
johnson explained that this latter
provision was intended to lay a sta
tistical basis for dealing with the
causes of Legitimate" absenteeism.
Secretary Of Labor Perkins, union
spokesmen and others contended at
committee hearings that much alb.
senteeism was due to bad housing.
inadequate transportation and poor
working conditions.
Union representatives opposed en-
actment of any legislation, arguing
that absenteeisrn was a problem
which should be left for manage
ment and labor to solve. The Navy
War Department and Maritime Com
mission approved legislative ap'
proach to the problem.
Green was opposing the Austin
Wadsworth labor draft bill on th'
grounds it would impose 'involun.
tary servitude" at the time of hi
clash with Holman.
He read statistics from the Ma.
tional Safety Council to show deaths
from industrial accidents were five
times as great as deaths in the arm
ed services during the first Il
months of the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
Salvation Army Group
To Visit Wilmington

Seven Salvation Army cadets and
an officer from the Salvation Army
training college in Atlanta, Ca, will
arrive in the city Friday night for
a ten-day visit to begin a series of
special programs before various
groups in the city, Captain James
Neighbours, Salvation Army head,
announced Wednesday night.
The visitors will appear on the
radio and will speak before civic
clubs, the Red Cross sanitarium pat
tents, and county home inmates.
They will conduct open-air services
throughout the city, and will hold
special services in the Salvation
Army auditorium each night at
s o'clock.
The Atlanta Training College
draws students from Is southern
states and the District of Columbia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
ALLIES B0MBARD
JAPS ON RABAUL
-(Continued from Page One)

the Allies have found other signs
of Japanese offensive plans. Four
ships in an 8-ship enemy convoy
were hit off Wewak in northern
New Guinea, and two of the three
japanese ships encountered in the
Aroe islands area, northwest OF
Australia, were hit, with severe
casualties inflicted on troop S
crowding their decks.
In the new raid on Rabaul Fly
ing Fortresses dropped their ex-
plosives on the Rapopo airdrome
runway and dispersal areas after
dusk. Numerous explosions and
fires indicated heavy destruction
of enemy aircraft on the ground, "
the communique said.
Although anti-aircraft fire was
encountered and two enemy night
fighters attempted to intercede,
all the Allied planes returned, the
bulletin said.
Another Flying Fortress un t
bombed installations at Ubili in
New Britain.
In the action in the Kai islands
Australian airmen strafed two en-
emy luggers at Kaidoelah, and
with Dutch fliers assaulted the
town of Langgcer in two waves,
causing fires and heavy damage
among houses, barracks, work.
shops and in the wharf area"
In McCluer Gulf in w tern
Dutch New Guinea the airmen at
tackled three enemy coastal yes.
sells with unobserved results. u
These ships, of 5000 and 4,OO(
tons, apparently were not related
to the Aroe islands convoypre
viously attacked by the Allies.
Japanese aerial activity ha.
been on the increase, but the only
offensive attempt yesterday wa.
when a single enemy float plane
raided Merauke in Dutch N e "
Guinea without damage or cas-
ualties."
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
Sunset Park Methodists
To Lay Cornerstone At
New Educational Edfice

Another milestone will be mark
ed by the Sunset Park Methodist
church in the laying of the corner
stone for the nearly completed edu'
cational building next Sunday at
ternoon at 4:45 O'Clock. Methodists
and interested friends Of. Whining.
ton who have backed the project
are expected to be on hand for the
ceremony. The Rev. A. S. Parker,
district. superintendent of the
Methodist church, will give the in
vocation. The Rev. j. F. Herbert
pastor of Grace Methodist church,
will deliver the address. and the
Rev. c. D. Barclift, of the Fifth
Street Methodist church will read
the history of the church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18

the % men in his boat ever doubt
ed their eventual rescue.
1--WE were lucky" he grinned.
eve managed to catch enough
rain water to keep us going, al
though we were thirsty most OF
the time.
1--WE had canvas rigged up
that kept the sun off us-and usu-
ally had pretty good winds that
kept us sailing right along"
when the lifeboat had sailed more
Three weeks after the attack,
than halfway across the South
Atlantic, the survivors were pick.
ed. up by British vessel ano
landed in South America.
Young Kurpiel comes from Chi
cago, where his parents still re.
side.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
q ARE RESCUED.
AFTER SINKING
Survivors OF Torpedo At.
tack Sail LOO Miles
In Open Boat

MIAMI. Fla. March II. - H -
Twenty-eight survivors OF a u
boat attack sailed 1,100 miles IN
three weeks in fragile lifeboat
before they finally were rescued
and landed in South America.
The attack was reported by Leo
Kurpiel, 19-year-old gunner's mate
who arrived here by plane from
South America.
The youth said his vessel, a
medium-sized American merchant
man. was attacked at night early
in February, about 500 miles south
west of St. Helena. .
.The first torpedo missed us, -
Kurpiel said, land we zigzagged
for an hour and a half. We had
lust gotten back on the course,
when a second torpedo scored a
bulls eye.
'sMore than an hour after we
had abandoned the ship in two
lifeboats," he continued, 1--WE
heard the vessel blow up, and we
think the sub fired another tor
pedo to sink her.
Missing are 20 of the 38-mar
merchant crew, six of the 19-mar
gun crew, and a passenger. Three
of the merchant crew were killed
in the attack,
Kurpiel reported the two life
boats were separated soon after
the attack. Nothing has been
heard of the second boat.
The young sailor said none o1
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
Hypnotist To Appear
On Community Forum

DR.. Franz j. Polgar, hypnotist
and mental telepathist, will make
an appearance in the auditorium
of New Hanover High school here
at $3.50 p. m. Thursday, March Is,
under the sponsorship of the Com
munity forum.
Tickets will be on sale at Shoe
makers and at the door the night
of the performance.
'Dr. Polgars' performance will
be by far the most unusual presen-
tation ever seen here" Rabbi M.
M. Thurman of the forum staff
commented.
"Dr. Polgar lays no claims to
being supernatural, yet his work
transcends common experience
and defies explanation. He has
left skeptics and scoffers baffled
everywhere.
"Basically scientific in charac.
ter, Polgar's program is designed
both for education and entertain
.nent."
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
ARMY DESERTER
ARRESTED HERE
Cfaud Cook Turned Over
To Military For Failure
To Return To Fort

c1aud Cook, 22.year-old white
man. was arrested by Harry d.
Fales, superintendent Of the New
Hanover county bureau of 1nvest1-
CATION, and Detective-sergeant W.
D. Thompson of the city police de-
partrnent, here Wednesday on
charges Of being deserter from
the U. S. Army.
Cook was turned over to local
military authorities. He was found
at a house on Masonboro sound.
The arresting officers said Cook
was a member of Company A. 18th
Infantry, at Fort jackson, S. C.,
last August when he left the camp
on an overnight pass and failed to
return.
He is a native Of Charleston,
r.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
SWEET CLOVER WEEvILS

Although observations indicate
that the number of sweet clover
weevils overWintering to attack
1943 seedlings will be much small
er than year ago, farmers are
warned not to overlook cont r
measures that will prevent losses
to this important soil building
crop. Adult beetles hibernate over
winter in ground debris in a n d
around sweet clover fields. They
start feeding as soon as the first
leaves appear on the clover plants
and lay eggs as early as April Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
MANGANESE FOR N1CKELs

More than 100000 pounds of me-
talic manganese, recofered from
loW-grade domestic ores by an
electrolytic method, have been de-
livered to the. Treasury depart
ment and U. S. mint as another
tangible product of the program
for freeing the U. S. from de-
pendence upon foreign sources for
this strategic mineral. Metallur-
gists determined that several al
loys using manganese possess the
physical and chemical properties
required as a substitute for the
|five-cent coin heretofore made of
rs per cent copper and 25 per
cent nickel
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
A Proven Way To
Relieve Itching
Due To Ssabjie,

Relief from itch, or that co,,,
ltlon known as scabies, scratsb., ,,a.'
camp itch or 7-year itch ,s .a. FS
had with "Davids Sanatira ggGeky
a liquid sulphur solution Vbi.s "SSn
stroys those itch germs wbia, Sn de- E.
contacts, thus easing that Dta ~. i
tormenting itching. 6Oc ~ Nsfy,
druggist or postpaid direct. - Many any
back if not relieved. Owens ,4'll'F
Minor, Richmond. Va. ''I "a, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-03-18
NYA Group Now Working
On Large Order Placed
By Maritime Commission

The s5 youths now engaged IN
training at the National Youth Ad'
ministration center on the Carolina
Beach road are at work on an order
for 1,700 ship ladders given by the
Maritime Commission, Marcus L.
Ham, director for the project an
nounced Wednesday night.
According to Mr.. Ham the boys
and girls at work on the order In
their welding shops. produced 131
of the articles within a 16-hour
stretch recently.
NYA has sent 12 girls to ship
yard jobs within recent weeks, Mr.
Ham revealed.