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Evening star., 1944-02-26


George Washington High School,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
the University of Virginia, where he
was a member of Phi Gamma Delta
fraternity. He was a bookkeeper
with the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Co. when he entered the Army
in January of last year. He trained
at Camp Croft, S. c., and Fort Ord,
Calf, and last July was sent to
Alaska. Later he was on duty in
Hawaii for several months before
seeing action in the Marshalls.
His widow, the former Miss Willye
Francis Moss of Alexandria, is living
at Norfolk, Va. A brother, 1t. Will
liam H. Meeks, Marine Corps. now
is stationed at Norfolk. Pvt. Meeks
was the son of the late William
Hamilton Meeks, veteran Of the
last war.
The German government notified
the international Red Cross 1t. Cole
was killed December 20, according to
information received by his widow.
Mrs. Maitland Macdonald Cole Of
the Fessenden street address. There
were no details.
A native of Baltimore, where he
graduated from st. Paul's High
School, 1t. Cole was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur L. Cole. of Balti-
more. He had been in the service
for about three and a half years
and was ordered overseas last Oc-
tober. He previously had been re-
ported missing on his second mis-
sion.
1t. Cole originally served in the
field artillery but transferred to the
Air Forces in June, 1912, and
received his wings last April at
Turner Field, Ga. He subsequently
received Flying Fortress training at
Hendricks Field, Fla, and at air
bases in Washington and South
Dakota.
Mrs. Cole, whom he married in
May, 1912, is native of Washington.
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Firing of SoIvos
|Of Bureoucrots
Urged in House
y the Associated Press,

The firing Of a salvo of bureau
Gratis for each American military
victory has been suggested by Rep
resentative Scott, Republican, of
Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphian proposed to the
House yesterday:
"The brave Russian armies SYM
bolize their victories by firing a
couple of hundred guns in Moscow
Would it not be a good idea to
celebrate the next United States VIC
tory by firing couple of hundred
bureaucrats in Washington"
Thus, Mr.. Scott said, every victory
on the war front could be cele-
brated by symbolic victory on the
home 'front.'" adding:
"This would save not only money
but ammunition.
"Of course, not every Muscovite
gets chance to fire a big gun, but
every American will, on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November"
Representative SABBATH, Democrat,
of Illinoois commented that If Mr..
Scott set out firing bureaucrats he
would have to start with a lot of
Republicans"
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Alexandra vFW Post
To Begin Muster-0ut Aid

Russell Mitchell Post, No. 6O9, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, will open a
service for servicemen and service
women who need assistance in fill
ing out applications for mastering
out pay.
The posts headquarters at 300
Prince street, Alexandria, will be
open from 7:45 to 10 pm. every
Wednesday and Friday and appli-
cation blanks will be furnished.
Post officials will be on hand to
explain regulations and to interpret
eligibility rulings.
Any serviceman or servicewoman
needs only to bring a discharge GER
tiflcate
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London Lights Up in Fog
First Time in Az Years

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. 26.-Eleven days
ago London was all lit up by elec-
trio lights for the first time in four
and half years of war.
A dust-laden cloud of fog de-
scended on the capital in midafter-
noon and for nearly an hour thou
sands of lights cleaned through the
darkness from Office building and
shop windows. Pedestrians used
flashlights on downtown streets. The
censor refused to permit publication
Of the story until yesterday.
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St. Elizobeth's PoroIee
Shooting Gallery Suicide

Earl E. Atkiss, 80, parolee from
ST. Elizabeth's Hospital, shot and
killed himself last night in shoot
ing gallery in the 400 block of Ninth
street NV, police reported.
Before surprised patrons could
stop him, Atkiss inflicted a fatal
head wound with a .22-caliber pis-
tol, the property of the shooting
gallery.
Police said Atkiss had been pa
rolled from the hospital two days
ago. A certificate Of suicide was
issued by DR.. Christopher Murphy,
deputy coroner.
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atou, where the
heaviest fighting
was reported to
h We occurred.
An infantryman,
h e h a d b e e n
serving with the
Army's amphib-
ious troops, and
was in the orig
inal landing par
ty d u r / n g the
o C C u p a tion OF
Kiska.
Born in Alex
a n d ria, Pv t.
Meeks attended
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Report

District of Columbia-Rain end
ing late tonight. Tomorrow clear
Ing and windy with higher tenn
perature.
Vlrginia-Rather windy with rising
temperature. Rain in east ano
north portions ending tonight. To-
morrow clearing and rather windy:
warmer in east and north portions
Maryland-Windy and warmer
with rain ending late tonight. To-
morrow clearing and rather windy;
warmer in east portion.
River Report.
Potomac River muddy, Shenan-
doah clear at Harpers Ferry. Po-
tomac muddy at Great Falls.
Report for Last oS uou
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evidence in the
$500, 900 Ii b e |
suit brought by
R e pr sentative
Curley, Demo-
crat, Of Massa-
chusetts, against
t h e publishers
of the maga-
zine.
The jury re-
turned its ver-
dict for the de-
fen6ant a I t e r
seven hours de-
liberation. Rep
resentative Cur
lo1, 1rho o1oipood
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Wanted: Waste kitchen fats to
make explosives for our guns. Save
yours. Take them to your meat
dealer.
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Senate Approves Hill

The Senate yesterday confirmed
the appointment of Grover Bennett
Hill OF Amarillo, Tex, as Undersec-
retary of Agriculture.
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Representative CurIey
Loses Damage Suit
Against Magazine
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, Feb. ga verdict in
favor of the Saturday Evening Post
was returned late yesterday by a
Federal Court jury which heard
Evening star., 1944-02-26

Record for Last 21 Hours.
'rTom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 56, 800 pm Year ago. 80,
Lowest, 81, 8 am. Year ago. 81.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 80, on February "A.
Lowest. II, on January g
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, SO per cent, at $50 am.
Lowest, 20 per cent, at $3.50 pm.
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GEN. EISENHOWER SEES PREINVASION MANEUvERSA
An American tank officer Qf points he explains details
of preinvason Dwight Eisenhower
holding field glasss) Allied commander of the west
'front.' Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder rght
among the Allied invasion chiefs witnessed
a P. Wirephoto via Radio from London.
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FOUND.

BRACELET, Navy, gold. Navy insignia on
fro"t and name on back. linked chain.
COCKER PUPPY, male. black, vicinity
Chevy Chase. WI. 1878.
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FURNISHED BY United States Coast and
Geodettc Survey.)
,,: Today. Tomorrow
1Ign ---------- 1923 am. 11:43 am
Low -------- 5:17 am. sos a m.
Hlgn ---------- 11:19 pm. 1910 a m
Lo" ----------- 5:41 pm. 6:33 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets
sun, today 1.45 6:57
sun tomorrow 7:44 sos
moon. today 9:37 am. 10:13 pm
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset
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Pacific

Continued From First Page.)
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Report for Last "A Hours.
Evening star., 1944-11-05

1t wos the heroic horee Of infantry regiment BY Col Lonhom
tho 'st Pe"eoed the seeed Line force bring might
foot soldier the Noz soil Of the
Reich Shouting ond singing the lungs onq out to his
men BY nome the toll slim colonel through the magnetism Of his
personality ond rolled his impending retreo ond
under whitening fire. sent them storme through enemy
he objective COINED with the lst Army firmly Sermon
The spirited dosh when COL Lonhom commend post otter
such ed telephone reports Pinned down on de-
soyers unobe to moke and THE fono bo ond
rushed to the owod line where his support and omed
only with rifles fighting enemy fortcoon while the Ger
mons inside poured fire lines THROUGH moze Of
bullets ond the colonel led the ehoree o brought topmost
heights Of Schnee EfeI under Allied control - '
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The breach the Sieefed Line only story told Of the
ooIone voor There the time his regiment ooked omouoeed
pboxes the Of h Pinned heovy
off, the oeon soved by oones quick thinking
ocon Dscordns his trench coo which he expected
enoed
which destroyed the plIboxe by one
motive Wohnetonon COL lonhom, whose oher Clifford H.
Lonhom District porks
the Bronze Sor ond the Purple Heo oddn regiment port
the 4h Division the first
Presidential Unit Ctoon Colonel Woshinqon Codets
when he attending Eoste High School 1920 COL Lonhom
eoduoed from West Point 1924 His wife the former Mary Gopen
lives at l04 North Columbus street Arlington, Vo
This Of the series Of poots Of decorated fighting by
Newmon Sudduh Of The Stors orts stoH.
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postwar she may continue the business
which she has spent 1e years in building. And not
only that but through smart trick called forgive
ness it tackled on an additional 25 percent
She continues: if this scheme is deliberate, and
think it is I would not be the daughter of my
pioneer ancestors if 1 supnely submitted. II the
scheme deliberate, but the nadvertent result
of poor legislation, then owe 1t to my country to
point this fact out forcibly as can.
Therefore am not only withholding this money
so that may continue to manufacture tools for our
boys who are fighting, and 1 may continue to
employ the people who dependent upon this bust
ness but call upon all business large and small, to
follow my example and put aside postwar reserves out
OF their taxes
Miss Kellems notes that the coonists ended a
tax on tea by dumping it in Boston Harbor and says:
this is a one-woman tea party and I cordially
invite you to put on your feathers and Indian war
paint and Join me-"
Right now Mr. Morgenthau is busy putting over
the Fourth War Loan Drive, but we imagine he will
have something to say about this later
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Vivien Keems. of the few woman indus
traists in the United States probably has just about
given the entire staff of the Department of Internal
Revenue nervous breakdown. She has informed the
collectors that she doesn't intend to pay her tax
and that's that
Miss Kellenls AZ years old, manufacturer of cable
grips for military use, twice has been named by the
National Association of Manufacturers as the No l
woman in industry, and she Is probably getting
some more names from the Treasury Department
She calls upon business, both large and small, to
follow my example and put aside postwar reserves
out of their taxes"
The Government, she says, lis adamant in its
refusal to let these producers) lay aside a
rserve so they may reconvert their plants to peace
time production and carry their workers through
this period"
She says further, lit is impossible for anyone to
emerge with huge sums of money with the present
but it is insanity to tax so that there will
be no private business after the All those not
financed and thereby controlled by the Government
will go into bankruptcy" sa
And she says still further, Il have not paid my
income tax. They still putting cold congresses
on my accountants head but have not paid it.
December is business taxi One of the reasons l
have not paid it is that do not have enough money
with which to pay it.
Normally, law abiding citizen; believe
in obeyng the laws OF my country, but am con-
WINGED that this tax is violation of the Fifth
Amendment probably the Fourth also. 1t amounts
to unreasonable seizure and its ultimate effect will
be to deprive me of most of my property without
due process of law
She claims the Government. either by design OIL
through ignorance refuses to allow her to set up
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throwing a hand grenade packed
with insecticide. The gas in that
hand grenade is freon.
Long ago. WPB officials antici-
pated the shortage of freon for civil
ian uses, and planned to expand the
capacity of Kinetic Chemicals. First
plans were laid by WPB's Project
Division in February of last year.
1t was found desirable to increase
Kinetics capacity from one million
pounds month to five million. But
the project suffered the fate of
many Government projects-delay
Now, instead of being ready to sat
isfy all needs by March 81, as plan
ned, Kinetic will not be in full in
creased production until August 81
when summer is over.
| Result will be a rationing OF
freon, by the quarter pound. Won
der how many pounds the solons
on Capitol Hill will get to cool Con-
gress and how much General SOM
crvell will get to cool the War De-
partment's gigantic Pentagon Build
ing?
/ Odds are that Sommervell will get
his ahead of Congress.
Copyright 1914. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
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HOROSCOPE
"The stars incline
bat do not compel
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
The mingled aspects of good and
evil which rule today may bring
surprises of many sorts. 1t Is not
favorable date for initiative. 4
HEART AND HOME. Although
many women have worked hard in
war industries and Red Cross en-
terprises. radical measures will be
needed to enlist still thousands o.
others who have not yet given then
quotas of time and energy.
BUSINESS FAIRS Stock
fluctuations may be expected as the
financial world reflects war con-
ditions. The defeat of Germany py
midsummer, as predicted, should
bring great activity of world mar
kets.
NATIONAL ISSUES: Black
market activities will be more APP
parent through this last month OF
winter. Illegal buyers and sellers
will be prosecuted but chief Offend
ers will escape.
INTERNATIONAL A FFAIRS ::
Because 1914 has been called the
year of crisis the United States is
warned of aspects which presage too
much optimism and consequent re-
taxation of war effort.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of year of much pro-
gress. Domestic upheavals are fore
told.
Children born on this day may
be extremely sensitive and temper
amental Ambitious, faithful and
sincere, they may be subject to
periods of intense depression
Copyright, 1944)
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United Effort
washington Post)

Lend-lease, as the Presidents thirteenth report
to Congress demonstrates, is contributing in steadily
growing volume to the common strength OF the
United Nations. But it is doing something else as
well which is perhaps equally important 1t is
knitting the allied coalition into real sense of
union 1t has helped very greatly to bring about
unified strategy making the several United Nations
think and act partners in an enduring community
of interest rather than mere temporary allies AS
President Roosevelt put it in his letter of trans
initial THE lend-lease program has made stronger
the ties that bind the United Nations together for
common victory and in common determination to
assure lasting peace.
We have stepped up own lend-lease contribu-
tons from $1,000 900 in 1912 to for
the first IL months OF 1913 More significant however.
than this overall increase in volume is the fact that
the proportion Of actual munitions OF war has risen
markedly They accounted for only AZ per cent OF our
total lendease aid in 1912 Last year they comprised
81 per cent of the whole amount The effects OF this
increase are being made Enthusiastically apparent all
along the frontiers of the Soviet Union and
in the air over Hitlers roofless dungeon
This latest report on lend-lease activities takes
considerable pains to refute charges that American
aid has been distributed quxotically 1t makes clear
example that the goods shipped abroad labeled
proclaim their origin. Some of them need no labels
Jeeps and General Sherman tanks and Arocroba
fighters are known the world over as products OF
American industry The report reveals, too, that
there has been squandering of American petroleum
resources Interestingly enough under lend-lease we
shipped to Allies in 1943 only 1872 million barrels
of oil compared with commercial exports in 1888
amounting to 2l6 million barrels 1t is primarily our
own fighting machine which has drained off the
lions share of the gasoline produce.
Whether food and war supplies should be trans
ferred by one of the United Nations to another or
retained for its forces said the President, de
ponds on the strategic military necessities OF war
Our common objective is that all the planes and all
the tanks and all the food and other equipment that
all the United Nations together can produce should
be used as effectively possible by our combined
forces to hasten the defeat of the enemy This is
elementary to effective joint action 1t doesn't matter
who fires the gun pilots the plane so long as the
Axis is his target That philosophy is our best
assurance of victory. SH
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will not be cooled again until the
summer of 1915.
Freon was developed by refriger-
alton engineers in their search for
a safer gas than ammonia. Lar
gest manufacturer of the gas is
Kinetic Chemicals, Inc. Dupont
subsidiary. Largest user is General
Motors, a Dupont associate, and
manufacturer of Frigidaire refriger-
ators.
But frivolous uses of freon have
been showed aside by war uses. The
gas is now being used to cool the
fire control rooms of battleships
the instrument rooms of submar-
ines, and for Army food storage all
over the world. When Yank SOL
der first crawls into a foxhole in
the South Pacific, he annihilates
his insect enemy, the mosquito, by
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RADIOS ON RAILROADS

The man in the street is still
wondering why railroads are so far
behind the airline industry in re-
spect to communication. Ken G..
Howard, consultant with the Army
Signal Corps. says the answer is in
the railroads reactionary state. of
mind.
Nearly twenty years ago, Howard
tried to persuade the New York
Central to install radio communica-
ton in its Boston and Albany OPP
erations. But railroad men had
grown up on Morse work, and they
were even reluctant to give up tele-
graph for telephone-let alone
going still further. into radio.
Howard had observed that Boston
and Albany freights on the noun
famous run between Springfield and
Pittsburgh often had to stop at
Chester, Mass, to pick up a
"pusherr another locomotive to
push from behind Then it would
sometimes take half hour, and
almost shake the train to pieces, to
get started again.
He wanted to install radio equip
ment for communication between
the front locomotive and the
caboose, and also between the ca
bose and way stations. This would
allow the engineer to ask for a
"pusher9 and get it without stop
ping the train.
But railroad officials were skep-
teal They said they didn't have
the radio engineers, and didn't trust
radio equipment. Radio is all
right at home when you want to
listen to a little music" they said
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LESS AIR COOLING

II you depend on air conditioning
for summer comfort, you may not
be very comfortable next summer.
Supplies of the vital refrigeration
gas, freon, are running low, and
WPB plans for stepping up produc-
ton are five months behind sched-
ule. This means that offices, the
aires, night clubs, bars, restaurants,
hotels, department stores and beauty
parlors normally cooled by freon
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MODERN ETIQUETTE by ROBERTA LEE

a entering streetcar or bus, which
one of thems first?
A. when entering but the man should
precede whe leaving streetcar Or bus
together should
the table?
they prefer fifteen
c. the bride her veil before
the breakfast table?
A 70 retains her veil
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20 YEARS AGO f fyiT EMPIRE
FEBRUARY l, 1924

1
woodrow of
Washington which had his place
the day. the stricken
told that he
die.
population Territory the Bureau OF Educaons
day to pick up cadets from
various Indian N district
contested the
Wrange the
Hall floor OF the Southeast
with the right represent
institutions promoted by
the final standings Wrangei
third and Kechikan fourth
the Coliseum Theatre Orchestra to
be
The orchestra composed
woinist Mani Hahn pianist and Harold Lowensen
xylophonist and director.
Elgen this time at the u s. Signal
the States
Wealth report: High, SO; low So; rain
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Daily Lessons in English f. y !. GORDON

MISUSED DO When do you mean to see
James?" Say, INTEND to see James?"
NaISPRONOUNCED Ceramics Pronounce se-ramk as
in SEE in M, syllable
OFTEN Tickish not TICKELISH
daboc diabolical demonaca satanic
three times and it is yours Let us
increase each Todays word;
FUTITY quality useless He realized the utly
his efforts
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They would like to go further-in
two respects.
"a They would like to be able
to prosecute railroads and individ-
uals found negligent.
ca They would like to have au-
thority to force all railroads to fol-
low high safety standards. They
say there is no reason why the At
lantic Coast Line or any other rail-
road cannot be forced to follow the
high safety standards OF the Union
Pacific, with the saving of hundreds
of lives each year
NOTE-In 1912 the Union Pacific
had a casualty rate of 1882 casual
ties per million man hours. The
Atlantic Coast Line rate was 1854
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but it's no good for running a
railroad"
This was in 1926 Today, eight
cen years later, railroads are just
beginning to look for radio equip
ment to save them from repetition
of the disaster suffered recently on
the Atlantic Coast Line.
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DANCING CLASSES NOW
ENROLLING

Baton twiriing, tap, acrobatic, toe
ballet, moderne, eccentric, toc-tap,
character, chorus, specialties, social
dancing for beginners. Body toning
and tap classes for stenographers.
Studio All 7th. Phone Red SIS.
adv.
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LOOK and LEARN & c. GORDON

Virginia takes its name from Kentucky,
President had the most children?
legally owned?
What supplies most of Americas sulphur?
executions State taken
place?
ANSWERS:
Kenova Kentucky Virginia
William Henry Harrison ten children
they predatory animals lions
bears,
In O -
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Washington
Merry
6o-Round

4(Continueo nom Page One)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

FEBRUARY 1
AL Monsen
DR.. A. w. Stewart
Mrs. David Brown
Lynne Peterson
Mrs. o. G.. Culberhouse
Sally Hope
Mrs. Albert S. Burrell
l. Goldstein
l.. E. Tucker
Nils K. Ludvickson
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BUY WAR BONDS
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Weather report: High 80; low, So; rain.