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Evening star., 1943-04-13
Court Will Review Suit
Over Sponge in Body
b. the Associated Press.


CHARLESTON, w. Va, April 13
The State Supreme Court yester-
day docketed for review the case OF
a Berkeley County woman who said
she carried in her body for seven
years a sponge left thereby a sur
geon who performed an appendec-
tony in 1885.
Mrs. Naomi Christman Baker
asked s50,O00 damages in her suit
against DR.. N. B. Hendrix of Mar
tinsburg, who. the plaintiff said
operated on her January 7, 1885, at
the Kings Daughters Hospital.
Thereafter, the suit charged, Mrs,
Baker became violently i'll and suf
fered pain and nausea. She de-
clared that an abscess or tumor
grew around the obstruction.
Her suit in the lower court de-
clared that she consulted DR.. Hen
dirk and he declared her ills were
imaginary, and that she was unable
to find relief from other physicians
and surgeons.
On January 9, 1912 the declara
ton continued, Mrs. Baker was
operated on at Winchester Me-
mortal Hospital when the sponge
was found and removed.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Gen. Cox to Speak

Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox will speak
on the manpower problem before
members of the Club at their
luncheon meeting at 1890 pm. to-
morrow at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Counting three to a family, more
than half a million people will read
this issue of The Star. If you have
want" tell them through Star
want Ad." Phone Ma. 5000.
Evening star., 1943-04-13

| tached to the special devices section
of the Bureau of Aeronautics in
| Washington.
His mother has been Red Cross
field director in England since July,
1912
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Theodore Roosevelt, Sd,
Promoted, Ordered 10 Sea

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April l3-
Theodore Roosevelt, Sd, has been
promoted from ensign to lieutenant
Gunior grade) in the Naval Reserve
and ordered to sea duty.
Announcement was made at the
Evening star., 1943-04-13

Monticello and at the University OF
Virginia, which he founded at Char
lottesville.
Following the ceremonies today,
the Jefferson Bicentennial Commits
sion planneI to launch Nation
wide series of celebrations in schools,
clubs, institutions and many organi-
cations, to continue throughout the
rest Of this year.
Evening star., 1943-04-13

Counting three to a family, more
than half million people will read
this issue of The Star. If you have
want" tell them through a Star
want Ad." Phone MA. 5000.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
BY PETER EDISON

An awful lot OF poppycock has
been put out lately about the
Army's School of Military Gov
eminent, set up by Provost Mar
shall and Judge Advocate Gen
eral Allen w. Gullion at the
University of Virginia at Char
lottesville. Criticism of this en-
terprise has tried to make of IL
something sinister - college
for would-be ''gauleiters" to run
things when the Army takes
over"
Part of this trouble may be
the Army's own fault for talk
ing in generalities about the
school instead of staying in SIM
pie language that graduates OF
Charlottesville, far from being
political deepish intriguers OF
the State Department variety,
were in reality intended to be
nothing more than the equiva-
lent of u. S. state, county or mu-
nicipal highway commissioners
public health officers, directors
of public utilities and so on in
occupied areas.
For reasons of security, the
Army is not yet ready to reveal
where some of the Charlottes-
vile graduates have been as.
signed. But it can be told that
few were sent to Africa and il
there had been more such as
signments, General Eisenhower
might not have run into all the
difficulties he encountered with
French colonial officials there
The Charlottesville school is in
tended to train men for just such
jobs.
Simple facts and an examina-
ton of its curriculum, records
and enrolment seem to indicate
that the principal function of the
Charlottesville School of Mill
tary Government is to provide
a four months short course in
public administration, contem-
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n otherwise excellent story.

an otherwise excellent story.
Invasion is also the theme Of
Call TO Action" doubleday
Doran: S2.5O) but in this case 1t
is the Pacific Northwest that is
the goal, a power dam the chief
objective and japanese para
troops attempting to establish a
foothold on continental Amerl-
ca Here is a vivid picture OF
what an invasion might be, with
trained Jap killers pitted against
unframed civilian guards, terri
flying in prospect.
But don't let 1t worry you
too much. Such an enemy force
might succeed in landing, but as
Jeff Burton reasons, there are
millions of men-trained and
armed-waiting for them.
SPOTLIGHT ON YOU
1T is time for man to make a
new appraisal of himself"
writes fnlllp VyhS III
ton of Vipers' (Farrar and
Rinehart: $2.75). His failure
is abject. His plans for the flu
ture are infantile." Never
was chaos so great. Never was
paradise so near to the reach
of common folks-like you, and
clowns-like me-"
Between these first and last
lines of this book, Wylie has
sandwiched a searching observa-
ton of the American scene, pre-
sented as sermons. sometimes
ranting, scathing denunciations,
often amusing altogether inter-
esting, even If 1t singles you out
for some of its barbs. And it
almost must, because Wylie
misses few American character
istics in his blasts.
Whether you agree with him
or not, you must admit Wylie
has given the country the awak-
ening kick it needs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
. High|ights From Books

and Author Arthur w. Upheld
has given him a difficult case to
unravel. 1t concerns the disap-
pearance of one Australian far
mer and the mysterious activi-
ties of another. The disappear
ance is satisfactorily solved as a
murder, but the mystery OF Mr..
Jelly is not revealed until the
last line of the novel.
Uufield is not as generous
with his clues as some American
writer's, but his works should
prove popular in this country.
FAVORITES RETURN
Thatcher Colt is back again
with new adventure The
Shoulders" (Farrar and Rine-
hart: $2) in which the veteran
detective matches wits with a
scientist who has apparently
committed murder and made It
look like natural death. 1t is
almost the perfect crime-Dut
not quite, as Colt proves. Reg
ular mystery readers will find
this one has adequate plot and
excitement.
Simenon, another top-notcher
among the mystery writer's,
leaves Inspector Maigret out of
his latest "Tropic Moon (Har-
court Brace: S2) and concerns
himself with love and African
intrigue. Maigret is better. The
Simenon touch saves the story
and keeps up suspense.
The great impersonation gets
new twist and three killings in
Alias the Dead (knopf: ST.,
George Harmon Coxe's latest.
A young newspaperman is franz
ed into impersonating the dead
son of a millionaire, runs into d
sweetheart, wife and enough
action to keep you awake until
after midnight.
ON THE ACTION FRONT
For centuries engineers have
dreamed of a tunnel from Eng
land to France, a gigantic engi-
neering feat, which some day
may become fact. David Rame
uses this tunnel as the central
theme of his new war thriller
Tunnel From Calais" Mac
milan: S2.50(.
The Germans build 1t TO in
wade England, succeed in reach
ing the island. Then in the fury
of a parachute attack, tanks be-
gin 10 roll from the tunnels
mouth. The invasion attempt
fails, thanks to the work Of hero
Macrae, but only afte- Rame has
kept you at fever pitch for some
200 pages.
Unless you are familiar with
English, as Author Rame inter-
prets it, you may find the going
a little bewildering. His mill
tary terms, his accents and dia-
lect may prove puzzlers to
many, and are the chief fault OF
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Service staff Correspondent

We present for your amaze
ment today the first exclusive
interview with Orson Welles'
horse. This noble beast, as you
may have heard, is the 20-odd-
year-old actor producer-writer' S
solution to the "A" card prob
lem. He also has buggy, with
which the horse may be seen
standing on any sunny afternoon
between noon and / p. m. in front
of Prince Mike Romanoff's cav
lar and cocktail emporium in
Beverly Hills.
We always prefer, however, to
get our information straight
from the stable, so that's where
we went to obtain our interview.
At first, all we saw upon en-
tering this establishment was the
buggy, but we called hopefully
rs anybody here?" and after
moment were treasured to see
Orson's horse crawl out from un-
der the rig holding Stillson
wrench in one hoof. Naturally,
he does little mechanical re-
pair work on the side. His face
was smeared with grease, and he
apologized prettily for his ap-
pearance.
Have to keep the old bus in
shape, you know" he said.
Keeps you busy, eh?"
JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES
"Oh, yes. l am also the JAM
tor and night Waterman here,
and junior air raid warden for
this district. Sort of jack-of-all-
trades" he grinned, if a horse
may be said to grin. We MUIR
INJURED politely about versatility
That's nothing" he said hor.
silly. Il act, too. Played Pegasu.
in livery stable play at the age
of 2. At 3, l was herd horse fol-
a bunch of shepherd dogs. And
at 4 l was ringmaster for an all.
human acrobatic act with Bar.
mum & Bailey. BY the way" he
interjected, do you happen tc
have any sugar."
"One lump or two?" we asked
fishing
"One, please. These aren't or
binary times, you know" He
crunched the one lump we threw
him deliciously between hi
teeth. All" he said. with ap
probation. That amt hay"
We asked Orson Welles
horse to tell us about his life
before Orson Welles.
We'll, % begin with" he be-
gan, II was born with a silver
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brought to the screen that it
didn't have 80 years ago? All
they ever do is carry cowboys
back and forth. l pull Orson
Welles, don't -"
us there anything new about
that" we asked.
There is, the way we do it.
l don't always just pull Orson.
Sometimes / push him. In other
words, we put the cart before
the horse. And sometimes he
pulls me. He says he wants prac-
tise, in case he ever has to play a
rickshaw coolie in Chinese pic
ture. Of course, l feel kind of
silly, sitting up there in the
drivers seat. People stare SO.
But you know, l don't want
to be a horse all my life. l want
to act" He tossed his name and
presented us with a profile.
People tell me look like Bob
Hope" he said, proudly. AL
though, of course, Bob has more
chin"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30

kloitz a few hands in Ray Hen
derson's bridge club at the Hotel
Henry. Ray is one of Pitts
burgh's outstanding players and
proved it in the way he ham
died this hand.
With the South cards, Hem
derson let the jack of spades
win the first trick, although he
had the ace and dummy had a
singleton. He saw that if he won
the trick, and if the ace of
trumps was held up until dunn
my was void of trumps, his hand
could be force d by a spade
lead - and that would be fatal
If the trumps were not split
evenly.
After the hold-up the defense
was helpless. West tried another
spade lead, but dummy ruffed
and started trumps. West won
the second round and led an
other spade. But now the ace
stopped the suit and Henderson
actually put to sleep the ace of
diamonds which West had ne
elected to cash.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30

Crime does pay. And in cash,
too, but only to authors and pub
fishers of the ever-popular
mystery stories. For sheer read
ing relaxation, the whodunits
are unsurpassed. They possess
sufficient plot to hold interest at
a high pitch, and offer chal-
lenge to every reader to beat the
detective-and the authorize
the announcement.
Escape reading is much in de-
mand, publishers report. II war
news becomes more grim, and
casualty lists and losses mount, a
swift upsurge in mystery read
ing is forecast.
Westerns may regain some of
their lost popularity, although
there is no new Zane Grey in the
offing. Light, romantic novels
are still high favorites with busy
housewives and feminine office
workers.
AUSTRALIAN DETECTIVE
Current mystery crop intro
duces a new author and a new
locale for the crime fans. Muir
der Down Under" (Crime Club:
S2) is laid in western Australia
and brings Detective-Inspector
Napoleon Boneparte, half-caste
Investigator, to American read
ers.
Bony, as he prefers to be
known, is an excellent sleuth,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
CROWD FULLER

CHICAGO-An exhibit in a
small grocery store is attracting
more attention than many of the
displays in adjoining Michigan
avenue shops
Long rows of shelves are jam
med with every variety of can
ned goods. The model grocery
store was built by the regional
headquarters of the OPA and the
exhibit is intended to demon
strate how the new point ration
ing program will work
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

My last stop on my recent
trip was at Pittsburgh, where I
met the officers and board men,
bers of the Pittsburgh Bridge
Association. II was at Pitts
burgh that one of our greatest
national tournaments was held,
and l am confident that this
same organization will produce
great results in behalf of War
Orphans Scholarships. After
the meeting I had a chance to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
FAMILY SCORE

MOLINE, Ill. - The Chester
Miller family of near Silvis, ILL.,,
was more evenly balanced as to
number of boys and girls today
after Mrs. Miller gave birth to
twin girls-her 18th and 10th
children.
With the addition of the twins.
there now are eight girls and 10
boys in the family, the oldest 26.
The Miller's third child, a
daughter, died. Three of the 10
boys are in the Army, while the
father is a machinist at Rock Is
land arsenal.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
LONG WAIT

MALONE, N. Y. - The Union
Church has had its first wedding
ceremony in its nearly l00-year-
old existence.
The Rev. Edward George said
there was no apparent reason for
the long wait.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
TAKING NO CHANCES

SEATTLE - Mrs. Martha
James, a Nays ensign's bride
was slain last week in lower
berth Is of southbound train.
Ticket sellers report many
women now refuse to take No.
13, even after they have been as
sured the death car has been i'm
pounded in Oregon.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30

KANSAS CITY-North Kan
sas City residents, trying to
stretch their coffee allotments,
were tantalized by a family IA
miliar aroma.
1t was $4,000 pounds of cof-
fee, made unusable in recent
fire being burned in an open
lot by city and state inspectors
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
TAKE OVER
BEHIND ADVANCE

TAKE OVER
BEHIND ADVANCE
When these men graduate they
will theoretically be ready to
move in with an expeditionary
force and as that force advances,
take over supervision of the To-
cal government to make sure
that what's left of the civilian
economy in the occupied coun-
try does not bog down.
The Charlottesville trained Of
ficers will relieve the military
commander of keeping order be-
hind the lines, restoring trans
portation IN d communications
systems, water systems, sewage
systems, looking after public
health to see that disease in the
civilian population does no
spread to the troops.
The third class at Charlottes-
Vile has just begun its courses.
Each enrolment is limited to
$50, but it has been so difficult
to find qualified candidates for
the school that no cadre has
been full.
The Charlottesville school is
only one part of the Army's pro-
gram for training Administered
ors. These will be the senior Of
ficers - their average age is
As, which the Army thinks is too
h Ugh - probably assigned to
corps or Army headquarters.
But under these Charlottesville
graduates will be junior officers
trained along two other lines.
SPECIAL Nj. p. COURSES
At Fort Custer, Mich, which
is Army training center for mil
itary police and M. P. officers,
special courses are a6ven to jun
ior officers who will be assign
ed to subordinate military gov
eminent jobs in occupied coun-
tries. Big job of the military po-
lice, of course, is to maintain or
der behind the lines. In every
case, they are to try to use ex-
listing local government machin-
cry, superimposing American d.
rection.
In addition to that, the office
of the provost marshal general,
working with other civilian
agents of the federal govern
ment, is picking out some $500
men now in civilian occupations,
both public and private, such as
superintendents of streets, sew
age disposal, water works, and
industrial and utilities engl-
neers, and is commissioning
them as officers in the active
reserve. These officers will be
given two months special train
ing in courses now being estab-
lished in various colleges and
universities to familiarize them
with the customs, geography and
local affairs of a particular area
After receiving this training
these reserve officers will be re-
turned to their regular jobs in
their home cities. They will wait
until the Army needs them for
particular assignments - super
vising street repa in Italy
checking up on public health in
Japan, recognizing railways in
Germany.
The whole Job Is one of good
general staff planning for future
develOpments
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
OTHER MACS AMATEURS

Well" we asked, lit is said
that you're something of film
critic. What about those movie
horses like Bill Boyd's?"
Amateurs he snorted. MY
dear fellow, surely you know
how corny those equines are?
What, may / ask, have they
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
RATIONING IS DEMOCRATIC

RATlONINC IS DEMOCkAIIC
As the pinch Of totoI war begins to really hurt, the
American people must expect that rotoning will be
extended and intensified Whenever thot happens,
it will help if we keep one thing clearly in mind
1t is not rotionne which creotes shortages. 1t is
shortages thot make rotonine necessary.
The shortages thereof metals, Of foodstuffs,
Of n,onpower Of rubber Of gasoline and fuel oils OF
ships, of machine tools and factory space and dones
tic transportation facilities and other things neces
sory to the conduct Of the war and the maintenance
of an efficient civilian economy.
There isn't enough to go around Either somebody
must 90 without or everybody has to share equobly
with everybody else. The first is onorchy-every man
for himself and the devil take the hindmost-the
strong and the selfish euttonize while the weak and
generous storve The second, equitable sharine is
democracy.
Americans are thoroughly sold on the democracy
of military CONSUMPTION There is great sacrifice to
be made, not only by individuals in uniform who brave
death in bottle but also by their loved ones at home
We decide by lot who shall make that sacrifice. Mo-
body is left to feel that he sucker for sticking
his neck out while more selfish thong htess men
sroy at home in easy we-poid jobs.
There is no essential difference between this and
rotionne.
Voluntary restraint has not worked because most
families are unwilling to go without ample sugar, cot
fee meat gasoline, heat, recreation, canned goods
or other things long they have reason to believe
thot others are enabled thereby to Iuxurote just as
thong there we're no war.
Voluntary rotoning Of monPower has not work.
ed for the same reason. No wants to give UP his
accustomed work, his seniority to go into war work.
unless sacrifice is to be rotoned dennocroticolly
If everybody in anarchy felt the same way,
there would be the effect Of democracy temporarily
But it still would be anarchy, ready to fly apart
Dernocrooy-eq Of privilege. equality Of OBJ
legation, equality Of soorifioe-s the American woy
zo-To-l IS PEANUTS
Admiral HoIsey expresses conviction that one
American is worth 20 Jops-n military value, OF
course since the morals Of men and Of animals ore
not comparable Thot estimate must have been made
before the admiral totoIed up the score made by our
submarines The Navy Department reports thot Am
ericon subs have hit some SO jap ships and have
sunk at least 100 of them, with loss Of five Of our
underwater croft Of which destroyed at Co.
vite and another in q collision
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30

GIN RUMMY QUIZ
Q. When is the game COM
pleted?
A. When one player reaches q
total of 100 points or more.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
. IN HOLLYWOOD

bit in mouth of course, /
wasn't going to accept = fate like
that. So / got the bit in my teeth
at the age of 3 months and broke
both teeth. But there isn't much
to tell, really. I'm just an ordi-
nary horse, although a genius,
which isn't my fault, is it? I've
already told you the main things
about my miserable career. The
only other pertinent fact left to
relate is that I once ran in the
Kentucky Derby, but was ruled
off the track. They said l pulled
my jockey. That's ALL" he said
simply.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30

1T got mighty lonesome
around home" explained the
new recruit, whose husband and
both sons are in service.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

porary history and economics
for hand-picked civilians. In pri-
vate life these men have been
public health officials, public
school heads, transportation and
communication engineers, pub
lie works and public utilities di-
rectors, traffic and safety direct
ors, wyers and economists
with experience in municipal or
state government affairs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
SNIFF, SNIFF

SNIFF, SNIFF
LOS ANGELES Mrs. Edna
Kehoe, 38-year-old housewife
and Defense worker, made it
unanimous by joining t h e
WAAC'S,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30
BERLIN PAPERS PLEASE COPY

Tom Grder, the old steel man who is making
Lberotor bonbers in San Diego, soys his engineers
are working day and night mostodon which will
make present doy giants look like toy planes.
The new behemoth, which is planned to the point
where production could beein could carry crew and
400 passengers across the Atlantic in few hours
equivalent super-quontities Of armament and mill.
tory supplies. Grder doesn't soy whether he hos this
machine in mind when he predicts that tomorrow dir
speeds of four to five hundred miles an hour will be
commonplace.
This information is dedicated dsrespectfuIy to
Herr Adolf Hitler ReiehschonoeIIey Berlin, Ger
many
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-30

The relative activity Of our Navy in this World
War as controsted with the previous is suggested
by cosuoIty figures. In the whole Of World War the
American Navy lost only 81 men by deoth at SEQ,
including officers.
Lotest World War II reports shows 4657 Navy
dead, exclusive of Marines, Coost Guord and nner-
chont marine.