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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-07
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You men and women doing your patriotic
bit for Uncle Sam right here in Washington.
You >. are the vitoI battalion on Americas
home front And it's to you we dedicate our
February Furniture Show planned to pro-
vide you With the essentials you need to make
your home shining ivory tower" in spite
of Wartime conditions You'll find no fol-
de-roIs here no g|ittering godgets that
you'll buy today and discard next month. Be-
cause this is no year to waste money on such
frvoIities But you will find furniture that
you'll be proud to live with for years e.. cur
toins that require just q Tubing to keep
them fresh and new-|ooking -. towels and
sheets that con take frequent trips to the
laundry You will find mattresses that will
cradle you in deep, sweet sleep and roono-
warming, oiI-oonserving cool stoves and coal
qrotes all SO important in keeping you fit
for your Job.
Come i'm and look around
600 our wonderful, spoce- sowing, double-duty wall
units and our many purpose tables designed
for living in Woshngtons smaller rooms.
600 our clever n7oress ond box spring -on-legs
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Snn our Model Rooms for ideas in fixing up your
own 8h century, Eory American or Modern oport
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suite from SUM- dust or dirt =. . how you cover
I'D your shabby upholstery and we'll show you
in q flash the magic Of sIipcovers reody- mode or
custom mode
Ask us whot to do with your broken down SOTO
with the gorgeous mahogany frame and we'll
save it for you with our 6-pont ReuphoIstery plon
SO You'll be patriotic os we'll as economical.
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And don't forget TO inquire about
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Evening star., 1943-09-19
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U11Ad3oD. 100. Aftrouritemthat
marriage-goers IN Holland were throwing
torn cardboard instead of rice, we got a
letter from Rev. w. r. Siegart of Reading,
Pa. He reports that even at American
weddmgs, very little rice is being thrown.
-. People do not feel like throwing
any away. At one recent wedding one of
the guests gave the box of rice to the bride
for her kitchen supply. Didn't seem like
bad idea"
Secret Service has asked US to pass along
this important new information to depend
ents Of Army men who are receiving
allowance and allotment checks. Any
change of address should now be sent to
the local post Office and to the Office of
Dependency Benefits. War Dept. Newark,
N. j., instead of to the Chief of Finance,
Allowance and Allotment Branch. Ad-
jutant Generals Office. Washington, DC
If you're getting a Navy check and
move, report the change to the Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts. Navy Dept.
Cleveland, O.
TIP ron YOU: We got an election report
from Camp Banding, Fla. Seems that it
was chow time and a company was march
ing eagerly back to the mess-hall. But
lunch-time is also mail-time One sergeant
said: Wonder what these guys would
rather have. Food or letter." Twenty
soldiers took a vote. Result: six would
rather eat; IA would rather hear from home.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

SALUTE! THIS WEEK thinks the edi-
tors of Yank deserve salute. Even
though they publish the magazine of U.S S.
soldiers. here and overseas, they haven't
forgotten that the United States is part
of an even bigger team - the United
Nations. In recent editorial commenting
on U. S. casualty figures. Yank says:
I'VE have been at war year and
half yet our total of 60, 800 dead, wounded.
missing and captured is small compared
with Great Britain's 600 900 and Russia's
5,O00.O 900 casualties.
Remember these comparisons OF our
own casualties with those of our allies the
next time somebody hands you that old
line about American boys dying to protect
the women and children of Britain and
Russia"
Evening star., 1943-09-19

-ARLY last autumn an old and dear
friend who lived 4 few blocks away
~ from US wrote asking US to dine with
him. I'VE haven't seen each other for
years." he said. ''and the time left grows
shorter" I was leaving town that night
for long trip. but sent hurried line
of promise to get in touch with you imme-
diateiy On my return"
When got back, however. my desk
was heaped with the business that accumu-
lates during an absence. Before it could
be disposed Of, was off on another jour-
ney. Hugh was often in my mind; ! did
want chat with him and Jessie; finally,
in the spring. phoned to ask whether
might drop IN that afternoon. why,
didn't you know" Jessie replied. Hugh
died last December"
MANY of us must have had this sort OF
saddening experience. Life is a swift and
terrible race, doubly complicated now by
the war, and almost everyone is inclined
to postpone social amenities. We can
phone Hugh tomorrow.
What we should understand, think. is
that nothing is more important than
friendship, or more essential and rich in
reward. And, as have observed before,
friendship is never a one-way street. To
have a friend, be one," Emerson wrote;
being one requires only occasional mo-
ments, and remembrances and contacts.
The greater demands of friendship are few
and far between, and most of us rise to
them; it is the simpler, everyday demands
that we neglect, to our cost and eventual
regret. What has my dear Carrie left I'M
accomplished because she telephones me
every Sunday with CHEEKY, Hello, and
how are you?" And how much time and
effort does it cost my busy old Bill to
pencil greeting on his scratch pad, or to
send me the book or magazine article that
he thinks may interest me?
As a matter of fact, it is the busiest
Evening star., 1943-09-19

give us the shirts off their backs, but i
isn't their shirts ne need It's merely
moment of remembrance.
The greatest certainty is that human
contacts are as vital as the air We breathe,
and that chaishing and nouishing them
is more important than two-t thirds Of the
daily dozen things We let intervene
OuRNc many months through which
struggled with play on which ! had law
ished love and labor, Herbert Shipman,
Episcopal Suffragan Bishop of-New York,
never failed to drop into my Office every
late afternoon, and to sit swinging his long
legs from my desk while he exuded cheer
and courage. When the piece ended its
short run, Herbert telegraphed me, Sue
cess to the next one" And yet l recall
with shame that for many months after
ward was too busy" to see Herbert.
I had a memo, Must lunch with Ship
man," and whenever came to it said,
mot this week .
One morning as was repeating Not
this week, voice on the phone informed
me, This is the Synod House." and |
realized that. without thinking, l had
called the Bishop s'How about Iunching
today?'' he asked.
s'I've another engagement, said,
Austered.
$50 have L." Herbert answered,
ssbut I'll meet you at one o'clock. - He
did, and we remained together until five.
I'D no right to waste all that time" l
complained to my wife. Next afternoon,
Herbert died of heart attack. Was the
time wasted, and whom shall l thank for
my inadvertently lifting that phone?
Who dares risk being too busy for friend
ship? One can be too busy for idle chatter,
perhaps, or for that job not really worth
doing - but certainly never too busy for
the word or the handclasp that may be
our friends greatest need today. and our
own in some day to come.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

people who most rarely seem too busy for
friendship. One Of my chums, who has one
Of the biggest law practices in the West,
besides being cternally busy with civic and
Other activities, has never failed to post
to me three Or four pages of his own hand
writing every week or two. No one could
be more harassod and Prooccapiod
than = Woman of my acqsainta.oe
who docs her own hossework, cares
for her husband and children, has
undertaken several war jobs, and still
never forgets the birthdays or we'd
ding anniversaries Of her friends, or
neglects to drop in ON them, or send
messages regularly. "It's system" "
Virginia laughs. why shouldn't it be?
Why should we leave kindness and
thoughtfulness to chance any more than
we leave other affairs? keep record of
birthdays and anniversaries in my Daily
Reminder. set aside two evenings week
for my friends, and have checklist
of those to be written or phoned frequent
ly. Finally, l keep them in mind, and
whenever see or think of anything that
might please one of them do it now
vIRGINIA's System" has lot of heart
in it, of course; daily reminders or verses
hung on the wall can be ignored or fol-
lowed perfunctorily. Nevertheless. it oc-
ours to me that much carelessness of
friendship may be due to pure mental
sloppiness and lack of responsibility.
John, who is fond of me beyond doubt,
spent all last winter in town and l never
knew it. One day he phoned. I'll see you
tomorrow" and my next word from him
came three months later, when he wrote
from Chicago that being in the Office
all day and working at night too leaves no
leisure for correspondence" You and I
know how many warming notes could be
written in the time John, or anyone else,
dawdles between jobs, or in idle chatter.
You and know that our Johns would
Evening star., 1943-09-19
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-11
CHAPLIN ESCAPES
 JURY APPEARANCE
Comedian Gives Joan Barry $2,5OO Cash, But
 FlatIy Denies Charges
BY FREDERICK c. OATHMAN United Press Hollywood
 COrrespondent)

Hollywood, June 10. - (UP) - Charlie Chaplin gave Joan Barry $2,500 in cash today as the first in- stallment in a complex series of payments to the titan haired beau- ty who claims he is the father of her child to be born in September.
 The ulti-millionaire comedian thereby escaped an appearance in court next Thursday to answer the suit of his eX-protege, graduate of Brooklyn convent who sought fame in Hollywood.
 Should jury of physicians, talk ing a sample of the infants blood months after its birth, decide that Chaplain is not the father, Holly woods most lurid case since the Errol Flynn trial would fade from court calendars.
 A doctor versed in the technique of blood tests said science could tell definitely if Chaplin were not the father, but could only point vaguely in his direction if the tests were positive.
 An agreement signed by Chaplin and his 23-year-old accuser provid- ed for the payments and the tests and stipulated further that if Chap lin were not absolved of guilt Miss Barry would revive her paternity suit.
 1 The six-page document as ap- proved by Superior court Judge Will liam s. Baird contained Chaplin's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-11

flat denial that he was responsible for Miss Barry's predicament. It al so quoted her in statement equally as positive that he was.
 In addition to the $2,500 he gave Miss Barry, Chaplin must pay her $100 week starting next Thursday, plus $4600 for prenatal and medical care, plus $5,000 attorneys fees and $500 court costs.
 The freckle-faced Miss Barry, who said she'd always love the British born comic and would not think of suing him were it not for the fact that her child-to-be needed sup port. promised to stay in California, to notify Chaplin 30 days before she expected her child. and to allow his physician to be present at the birth.
 Should it be still birth, or should the child die before having it's blood tested, Chaplin would be absolved of all further payments. /, The actor and the girl who stud jed Shakespeare under him agreed further that she would select one physician, he another, and that ths two doctors would choose third to comprise medical trio for the blood test. Miss Barry and Chap lin said they would abide by two- to-one verdict of the medicos. This afternoon Miss Barry is scheduled to appear in Beverly Hills police court to seek the lifting oi a vagrancy conviction against her. She was arrested twice after trying to see Chaplin in his high walled estate and given a suspended sen tence each time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-11

As the thin and spaced line of figures moved ghost-like through the fog, crossing guliies and ridges, men began to remark about the unnatural quiet. Hours passed with out the sound of small arms fire in the vicinity.
 Finally, the rattle of rifles broke out on beach to the left. Above the duller, heavier "Whang' of American rifles could be heard the spiteful, splitting "spang" of the enemy's .25's. Report came up that we had drawn first blood. FIRST BLOOD!
 Lieut.. Bill Davis platoon had en- countered an enemy patrol of four men on the beach, killing one, wounding another The dead mans rifle was brought in. Someone cracked:
 "One down, 1899 Japs to go'
 The fog was still friendly, but the country was growing tougher
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-11
TRAINING COURSE
 FOR VOLUNTEERS
OPA District Office to As= sign Recruits 10 Informs
 alton Centers

Instructions to 35 volunteer work CTS of the local ration board were given at special training meeting yesterday afternoon at the West Main street headquarters by John Dunn, manager of the OPA district ration office. The recruits will man the new information center to be opened Monday or will assist in clerical work of the various panels of the board.
 Mrs. Fred A. Webb, chairman of the volunteer service and training program, and Aaron Paur, office manager, addressed the gathering. An additional staff of 150 volun- teers will be recruited to assist in special duties, such as issuance of fuel oil coupons or filling applica- ton forms.
 Those to assist or information are Mrs. Fred Barratt, Mrs. Joseph Bender, Mrs James c. Bulger, Mrs. Cyril Coss, Mrs. Katherine Fossaty, Mrs. George Gaugler, Mrs. Andrew Gilmour, Mrs. Joseph Hetzel, Mrs. P. w. Kelly, Mrs. Lawrence L.. Lewis, Mrs. J. Walter McGarry, Mrs. w. J. McGrath, Mrs. P. A. Marg- graff, Mrs. H. c. Rochette, Mrs. Joseph Ryan, Mrs. Edward Sander son and Mrs. John Sterling. Sub stitutes for the information center are Mrs. Walter E. Evans, Mrs, Perry Graicerstein, Mrs. Joseph Heiser, Mrs. Thurston V. Lawske, Mrs. A. I. Quakenbush, Mrs. Julia Skinner and Mrs. H. F. Reichen- bach.
 Panel workers include: Mrs. Rich ard Bayard, Mrs. Patrick Healy, James Bayard, Mrs. Theodore Driggs, Miss Margaret Kennedy, nutritionist. Mrs. James E. Moran, dietitian, Mrs. Maurice Healey home economist, food panel; Mrs. Eric Benedict, and Mrs. Edward Sullivan gasoline panel; Mrs. Fred Van Valkenbrug, price control panel, and J. B. Guthrie, volunteer services program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-11

Bursts of rife and mortar fire were becoming commonplace.
 By nightfall Major Hartl located shallow valley where his command post was set up. Patrols and out posts were set out, and the force dug in for the night. This was to be our base for several days.
 We were surrounded by snow clad peaks. Ahead of us some place was Holtz Valley, a Japanese strong hold, and we presumably were sur rounded by the enemy. No one slept much in his wet fox hole, snow seepage from the tundra soaking everything in a few moments con- tact. It was bitter cold for Cali fornia and desert-trained troops, but none complained. They said, instead:
 we've been waiting for this a long time. A little cold and wet won't bother us now"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-11
STORIES OF SPIES
 ALARM YOUNCSTER
Ghosts Also "Seen" in Vacant House; Police
 Probe Weird 'DOings'

Detective Lieutenants William Pollard and William Foley, neither of whom believes in ghosts spent three hours looking for one in a deserted house on Fairview street yesterday afternoon.
 The wild ghost chase began after couple of children talking very fast and not too coherently told the police department over the phone that they had seen body in a chair at 35 FairvieW street. There was also some loose talk about a headless ghost being locked in a closet at the same address.
 At this point, The Democrat, act ing on a tip from Captain Stevens of the detective bureau, called the home of neighbor of the supposed haunted house, and asked the wo- man if there were anything to the ghostly rumors. You don't expect me to go near that place, do you?' was all the help we got.
 But the intrepid Lieutenants Pol lard and Foley soon arrived and searched the house from top to bot tom, finding nothing but an awful lot of dust and an unbelievable amount of cobWebs. This completed the Lieutenants began search fol the kids who had called headquar- ters.
 It seems one child told another child, and another child told an- other, and still another called the police. A six-year- old boy and his girl friend" said the whole thing was a story"
 School children circulated al kinds of weird stories. One of the most frequently heard stories was that the murder victim" was spy Papers printed in Italian and Jap anese languages had been found, IL was unquestionably Hirohito's or Hitler's local headquarters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-11

But the fog didn't stop the guns of the Navy as they plastered known enemy supplements on the hills of Attu from early morning island. Echoes rolled back from the all through daylight hours, and once planes from protecting scout force circled over our heads.
 That fog, too, was kind to the enemy in that it grounded bomb- CTS from nearby bases.
 The landing boat to which we were assigned was lowered over the side of our transport on davits Then we circled the ship-often nearly lost in the fog-for a rem dezvouS with other landing craft.
 It was shortly after noon when we hit the water, and mid after noon found us swinging into the beach. Startled birds headed out to sea. In the distance we could hear a furious bombardment. Sec onds after the prov grounded in the gravelly beach, combat troops had reached the protective cover of tundra grass growing 75 feet away. Ammunition and stores and artil- lery swiftly followed.
 UP STEEP SLOPES
 The flat and comparatively easy going of the beach didn't last long. Even though we couldn't see them clearly, the hills of Attu came close to the beach. Up them sweated the men. Up, almost unbelievable straight up.
 To carry oneself alone was a manSized job, but these men strug- gled, climbed, sWeated and went forward foot by foot under combat loads of ammunition and guns. They carried the Armys new light carbine, machine guns, mortars.
 Even the artillery was hauled up 1000 feet by sheer back-breaking labor. Men who reached the top first lowered ropes while those behind pushed. Pushing and pulling, the guns were in position before night
 fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-11

for the kill And they are serving notice on the Axis that if Germany wants to play rough, we will close in on her relentlessly with gas or any other weapon she chooses to un- leash.
 Confidential reports received from Germany indicate rapidly deter iorating position. The transport sit uation is particularly bad. German morale would seem to be perilously close to going up in smoke due to the vertical pressure exerted by in- cesSant air raids.
 Though the German Wehrmacht still is dangerously powerful, it is clear that the German nation is cracking under the strain. The great German army is ill a desper- ate position and can pull out only by some swift, unexpected and deci- sive blow from which our forces cannot quickly recover.
 There is still one great weapon left in the German arsenal, on which our military men are keep lIlS wary eyS-SdS
 The airplane has given the chem ical weapon power it never had before. If the Germans possess the air power to disseminate gas with they could very well attempt blow with which to set us back on our heels. It would be aimed not against Russia, but England, and then would be turned against the Soviets.
 It is agreed by such authorities on chemical warfare as Brig. Gen. Alden Waitt that when gas is used it must be used in overwhelming amounts to gain a decision quickly. That is what we must be prepared | for.
 The Germans have already, &C., cording to documented reports in the hands of the Polish and Dutch l governments in exile, conducted horrible experiments on the killing power of gases, and have used the living bodies of many thousands of unfortunate civilians for this pur- pose.
 But we have the cards in our hands if Germany decides to get rough. Unless she can win by an unexpected, terrifically developed assault, her defeat is inevitable. Our danger is that we may be caught unaWares. If we get set for chemical warfare, the instruments in our hands would allow us to end the war in Europe within any 30 days from then.
 Even without reference to the German situation, the Japanese, watching the deterioration of the whole Axis military position, may break loose in an effort to take the required island positions as well as Eastern Asia, to secure themselves for long siege.
 These are the fears which agitate our political leaders as they sense what may be an impending collapse of the European end of the Axis. In addition to getting the Anglo American nations ready for pos- sible triumph of quick and unex- pected dimensions, President Roose- welt and Prime Minister Churchill are waging delft psychological war against the Axis. In this respect the British Prime Minister has prover himself magnificent-pract! 3ally a one-man army.
 The German leaders have threat ened that if they are to go down they will drag the whole world in- to ruin with them. These threats are taken seriously by the Anglo American leaders-hence the fear of a last desperate use of the chem ical weapon.