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Evening star., 1944-07-23

According to an old legend, there
was once a shepherd on the island
of Crete who had a strange thing
happen to him. He was strolling
along when he felt his feet grow
heavy. He was able to walk, but
had to use great effort to do so.
To try to find out the cause of
his heavy steps, he dug into the
ground. Soon he came to bed of
lodestone ore. 1t had the power to
attract iron itself. The tacks in
the mans shoes and the iron tip
of his shepherds staff had made it
hard for him to walk!
Perhaps that legend has no truth
in 1t, but there really are lodestones
under the ground in some places.
They are pieces of iron of a special
kind and have the power Of pulling
nails and other things made of iron.
According to another story, the
first lodestones were found in Asia
Minor at q place known as Mag
nesia. The name magnet" ap-
pears to have come from Magnesia.
If a lodestone is rubbed against
q piece of common iron the iron
will become a magnet. Perhaps you
have q magnet in your home. II 30,
you no doubt have learned that 1t
makes a good plaything.
Many small magnets are Of horse
shoe shape Others are "bar mag
nets" A strong bar magnet Is q
bit costly. but its magic power" is
interesting to test.
Each magnet has two poles. u
These poles are known as posi-
tive" and negative" or as north
and south.
With a pair of magnets and some
iron filings you may learn some
thing about the Zines of force
around magnets. Place the mag
nets on a sheet Of paper, with the
ends about IN inch and . halt
apert, and drop . handful Of iron
Evening star., 1944-07-23

Vatican City, the worlds smallest
Independent state, is about the size
of an l8-hole golf course.
Evening star., 1944-07-23

Butte. Mont, Is built over one of
the worlds richest mineral deposits.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Star Staff Photo.

made only through Treasury and
State Place or from the south road
way around the White House. Only
the southeast and southwest gates
will be open.
The Marine Band will begin it's
concert at 4:20 pm. After carols
by the audience and chorus, Com
missioner Guy Mason will intro
duce Junior Scout Camille Leaman
and Life Scout Robert Page to
bring greetings of American youth
to the President and Mrs. Roose-
velt. The crowd gathered around
the tree near the south fence will
hear the address by special trans
mission line laid from the White
House to the amplifiers on the
speakers stand.
Miss Sybil Baker, chairman of
arrangements for the Recreation
Department, said that the fact
Christmas eve falls on Sunday has
led the tree committee to expect
a larger crowd than could attend
the weekday celebrations. Park
ing facilities will be ample, she
pointed out.
The tree was trimmed today with
ornaments donated by school chill
dren. The name of serviceman
to which each ornament is dedi-
Gated is attached. In accordance
with the war-conservation program,
no electric lights have been placed
on the tree.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Girl Marine Finds
One Way to Turn
Water Into Blood

What the marines at the Navy
Yard describe as the neatest trick
OF the week-turning water into
blood-has been performed by Pvt.
Connie Maye Cassidy, a petite men,
Der of the Marine Women Reserves
Connie weighs only 100 pounds,
and when she accompanied a group
OF marine girls to the Red Cross
blood plasma center she was re-
Jected because regulations require a
blood donor to weigh at least no.
Connie was bitterly disappointed,
but she put her head together with
those of her companions, and the
marines soon had the situation well
in hand.
Connie went to the water tap, and
she drank water and more water
Then she stepped on the scales again
and they showed a couple of ounces
more than Ito pounds. The rules
were satisfied. She gave a pint of
blood.
Pvt. Cassady's home is in Morgan
town, w. Va. She enlisted in the
womens reserve last May on her
goth birthday.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Scarlet Fever Cases
Double '43 Level

Twice as many scarlet fever cases
were reported for the first half of
this month as compared with the
similar period in December, 1943,
DR.. Joseph A. Murphy, chief of
medical school inspection of the
Health Department, today informed
Health Officer George C. Ruhland
and Supt. of Schools Robert l..
Haycock
DR.. Murphy said there were 40
cases of scarlet fever reported to
the Health Department for the week
ending December 16, about double
the number reported for the same
week last year. Half of the cases
were among school children. He
urged school physicians, nurses,
principals and teachers to be on the
alert for ill pupils and send them
home.
DR.. Murphy said that one of two
vacancies among school physicians
will be filled early in January and
that the other position may be
filled later in the month.
Evening star., 1944-12-21

The largest crowd in recent years
is expected to stream through the
White House gates at pm. SUM-
day to sing carols at the 22nd Ma
tional Community Christmas Tree
celebration on the South Lawn. To
speed entrance, District authorities
have arranged with White House
police to open Treasury Place and
State Place-closed since Pearl
Harbor-so the audience can go di-
rectly from Fifteenth and Seven
teenth streets to the southeast and
southwest gates.
Boy Scouts stationed near these
two entrances will distribute copies
of The Evening Star selection of
Christmas carols. For the first
time in the long history of the
community celebration, the audi
ence will be asked to join the cho-
rus Of WAVES and seamen from the
U. S. Navy School of Music in
singing the traditional carols. The
innovation has been planned in
tribute to servicemen overseas, who
will hear President Roosevelt's an
nual address by short wave at Sis
pm. Station WMAL will broad
cast the carols at sos pm, fol-
lowed by the Presidents address
on all networks.
No cards of admission are neces-
sary. White House police stressed,
however, that entrance must be
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Spear TO Begin Serving
Four-Year Term TODAY

Frank r. Spear, IS, former Silver
Spring real estate dealer, was to be-
gin serving four-year term in the
Maryland House of Correction today.
He was sentenced yesterday by
Judge Stedman Prescott in Mont
gomery County Circuit Court at
Rockville.
Spear was convicted last week by
a Circuit Court jury on charges of
receiving money under false pre-
lenses. He was specifically charged
with accepting deposits on property
sales and failing to make delivery.
Court officials said it was not
known whether Spears attorney
would enter an appeal, or whether
a dozen other indictments for en-
bezzlement would be pressed.
Spear was arrested in Washing
ton barber shop after a years
search by police.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Still
Crowd Stations
ToFi|| Up Tanks
Drivers Again Asked
To Buy Cos Only
For Present Needs

Motorists continued to line I'D at
service stations today in what the
District Office of Price Administra-
ton said was a struggle for full
gasoline tanks" and it drew from
the agency second appeal for mo-
torists to buy only for their imme-
diate needs.
At the same time, it was learned
that the Petroleum Administration
for War has asked the District OPA
to refrain from talking publicly on
supply figures on gasoline. An OPA
spokesman declined to discuss the
request other than to say, 1--WE are
not gripping, as we don't have first
hand supply figures anyway"
The gasoline industry and PAW
continue to be at variance on
whether this area received a cut in
its allocations for the month. PAW
insists that suppliers are receiving
100 per cent of their estimated needs
for the month.
Earlier this week PAW authorized
release of an additional 100000 gall
Ions Of gasoline for Washington, to
help alleviate a shortage.
Ruhland to Aid Doctors.
Meanwhile, Health Officer George
c. Rutland reported he would
recommend to the commissioners
that gasoline centers be set up to
serve doctors exclusively during q
shortage.
DR.. Ruhland added that in view
of recent experience it has become
obvious that some ARRANGEMENTS
Evening star., 1944-12-21

three weeks they were still in Philip
pine waters.
A torpedo fired by an American
submarine struck the transport on
September Z. The explosion wrecked
the ship and a bulkhead crashed on
Mixes leg, breaking it just below the
knee. Then, while the men in the
hold struggled to escape from the
sinking craft, the Japs dropped hand
grenades down among them.
Miraculously, Mike got into the
water with his broken leg. He
stayed af1oat for II hours, clinging
to board. At first he had to swim
out to sea to escape japanese snipers
in small boats who were picking of
the American prisoners. Then, at
night, he made his way to the shore
21a miles away, where he was picked
up by Filipino guerrillas.
For many days, the guerrillas took
care Of Mike. doing the best they
Evening star., 1944-12-21
lsiNRstoniinq
&Remmidety@a

Canned Goods, Etc.-Book No. 4.
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8: AS
through Us and Az and B-2
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. Next stamps to be validated
January /.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps AS
through Z-8 and AS through SIS
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. Next stamps to be validated
December 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80 through
"a valid for pounds indefinitely.
Book No. stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February 28, 1945.
Gasoline-A-13 coupons good for 1
gallons each through midnight
tonight Ala coupons valid for 4
gallons each tomorrow. B-4, Ca,
BIS and C-5 coupons good for S
gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, and 3
In Book No. 8 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one and two cou.
| pons good for 10 gallons each
through heating year. Period three
coupons valid January Is. Old
period four and five coupons from
last winter good through year,
Consumers in this area should not
have used more than % per cent
| of their rot'"n os of DeAember Ia
Evening star., 1944-12-21

There's a soldier named Frank
out at Walter Reed Hospital whose
buddies call him frankie, because,
they say, he sings like frankie
Sinatra-only better. Much as Frank
would like to be singer like frankie
only better-he doesn't think he
has a chance
Some other people disagree with
him, though. Helen Hayes, for one
she's his self-appointed agent. Perry
Como, new crooner on the Chester
field program, for another. Also
Thomas Rockwell, head of the Gen.
eral Amusements Corp, which
handles many of the big name
bands.
Frank, or Pvt Francis Crudele,
81. from Providence, R. l., to tell the
whole story, is doing all his singing
at present for his buddies al Walter
Reed Hospital. He's there learning
how to walk with artificial legs.
But he's going to be out in early
spring, and then if even one of the
promises people have made him
come true, he'll be singing on the air.
Still Skeptical.
In spite of portfolio of letters
he has by his bed from Miss Hayes
and his other hackers, he's still skep-
tical.
You see, it's this way" he ex-
plains. I've been singing off and on
all my life. did okay before the
war came along and broke in Now
since I lost my legs people have been
telling me all sorts of things they
were going to do for me- Nothing has
panned out definitely yet. So I'm
sticking to my motto-seeing is be-
lieving"
His break-if it pans out-hap-
pened like dime novel reads. He
sang in Providence night clubs for
several years, while he was going
to school. and later while he was
singing part time in a Providence
night club and doing interior deco
rating for department store
Nothing happened. The people of
Providence seemed to like him fine,
but he didn't hit New York and he
didn't get on the radio.
About year and a half ago he
joined the Army and several months
ago he landed in Walter Reed.
Somebody there heard him sing and
put him on the hospitals private
station. One day Helen Hayes was
passing through the hospital and for
fun took one of the patients ear
phones and listened to Pvt. Cru
dele sing.
"Clear EffOrtless Voice"
She wrote him later, "As I sus-
pected when I heard you over that
one earphone, you are special. That
clear effortless voice of yours comes
over the air without losing a bit of
its natural quality" She went up
that day and told Frank she was
impressed.
He wasn't. You're such a big
person, you don't need to help other
people" he told her. I've got other
promises of help, but nothing ever
has happened. wish you wouldn't
Evening star., 1944-12-21

could with his leg. After awhile, an
American submarine took him to
Australia, where he received his first
medical treatment. He was flown
back to this country, and arrived
December l. He reached Walter
Reed on December 10. Altogether, SO
American prisoners survived the
sinking of the Japanese transport.
When Mike gets out of Walter
Reed, he said, he wants to go to
China.
His mother gasped. "Oh, no."
she said. "That'n be worse"
Mike just smiled and put his arm
around her "All of us who got away
want to 60 back there" he said.
At the moment, though, Mike and
his parents are together, filling in
the gaps of the last four years, talk
ing great deal and maybe crying
little now and then. Because, even
though it's turned out to be true, it
doesn't seem quite real.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
f Bond Sales Rise
To 77% Of Quota

Sale of 'E'' bonds in the Districts
Sixth War Loan drive rose only
100000 in sales reported today, to
reach total of 23,10O, 900, or IT
per cent of the $3O,O0O,OOO quota,
the District War Finance Commit
tee announced. All sales to indi-
viduals, including the "E'' bonds
climbed to 40,4OO,0O0, or 87.8 per
cent of the S46,00o,OO0 quota.
The overall figure for the drive
is now $124,300, 900, or 1872 per cent
of the $94,000,000 quota. OF this,
corporations have bought $83, ,9O0,-
600, or 174.8 per cent of their $48,-
100000 quota.
Wilmer j. Waller, chairman of
the District committee, in a Christ
mas message yesterday said, even
global war cannot deny us the
sublime feeling that comes from
giving gifts at Christmastime
There is one gift that expresses our
devotion to our loved ones and at
the same time to the greatest of
our benefactors-our country-and,
in addition, is a real contribution to
the victory and peace we so desire.
That gift is War Bond"
Weather permitting, the Royal Air
Forces Band, now on a tour of this
country, will present concert as a
salute to Federal employees, on F
street between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth streets, tomorrow from noon
to l pm. Prior to the concert the
members of the band will assemble
on the south portico of the Treasury
Building and parade east on Penn
sylvania avenue to Fourteenth street,
north on Fourteenth street toF street,
and west on F street to a special
sbandstand. After the concert the
band will march westward on F to
Fifteenth and south on Fifteenth to
the Treasury Building portico, be-
fore disbanding.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Survivor Of Botoon and Torpedoing Of Jap Ship
Reunited With Parents After -Four Years
Wounded Man Eager
To Go to Chino When
He Leaves Hospital

At breakfast this morning, Corpl
Michael Pulice told his friends at
Walter Reed Hospital, II can't
believe it's true. It doesn't seem
possible"
After what Mike has been through
since the bitter fighting on Bataan
nearly three years ago, the prospect
of seeing his parents after separa-
tion of four years seemed pretty
much like a dream.
But they bundled him into an
Army car and Pvt. William T. Reid
and WAC Pfc. Helen E. Benz rode
down to Union Station with him
to wait for the train. They stood
around awhile, Mike leaning on his
crutches and waiting for his mother
and father to arrive from their
home in Carlsbad, N. Mex Then
Mike turned around to rest his bad
leg a little, and there they were.
Yes. there were tears. What
would you expect after four years?
Mikes mother cried openly, his
fathers eyes were wet and Mike
didn't even try to be nonchalant.
Mike is Is now. He was 81 the last
time his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
M. Pulice, saw him. That was just
before he went to the Philippines.
When the Japs opened up on the
Philippines right after Parl Harbor,
Mike stuck it out until Bataan fell.
Once he was blown out of a foxhole
and cut up some, but there wasn't
time for medical treatment in those
days. He kept on fighting. Recent
ly, he got his first Purple Heart
for this injury.
After the fighting ended on
Bataan, Mike was listed as missing
for a year. Then his parents re-
ceived word that he was a prisoner
of the Japanese. For two and half
years he remained in enemy prison
camps in the Philippines. He
doesn't like to talk about this period.
ut wasn't very good" is about all
he will say.
Last August 20 the japanese
loaded group of prisoners on a
transport and started sailing. Mike
says he supposes they were going to
reach Japan eventually, but after
Evening star., 1944-12-21
RooseveIts0per
YuIeSeason at
Executive Party
258 Office Workers
Get D Day Prayer;
Many Events Set

AS Washington completed prep
arations to observe its fourth war
time Christmas with solemnity and
devoutness in keeping with the time,
President and Mrs. Roosevelt ush-
cred in the season at the White
House today by presenting gifts to
258 employees of the executive Of
fees.
This years present was scroll
of the Presidents D day prayer,
handsomely engraved and tied with
blue ribbon. The employees filed
into the Presidents Office for the
ceremony and each received hand
shake and Christmas card bearing
the inscription:
With Christmas greetings ard
our best wishes for happier nine
teen forty-flve The President and
Mrs. Roosevelt"
Later in the day, the RooSevelts
planned to receive employees of the
White House living quarters and
their young children. These guests
include chauffeurs, police guards,
servants and cooks. Gifts were to
be bestowed on these employees, too,
and the children under IL were to
receive toys and candy in the his
toric east room.
Presidents Sons Away.
None of the Roosevelt sons will be
home Christmas day, but the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt will have
five grandchildren around them
Their daughter, Mrs. John Boettiger,
and her three children, Eleanor,
Curtis and Johnny, and Mrs. Frank
D. Roosevelt, jr, and Franklin D. III
and Christopher will spend Christ
mas at the White House.
Conforming to an old custom, the
President will read aloud Dickens
christmas Carol" to the family
after dinner Christmas eve.
Elaborate plans are being made
for celebration of the Christmas
season by churches throughout the
area. Many pre-Christmas services
will be held, as well as observances
on Christmas Day.
The public and Catholic parochial
schools begin Christmas vacations
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Stadium Bill
Among 5Signed
By President
Six of 9 Commission
Members Named;
House Delays Action

President Roosevelt today signed
five District measures, the foremost
Of which is the joint resolution Gre
ating commission to make recon-
mendations regarding the site, de-
sign and cost of the proposed Wash
ington National Memorial Stadium
Shortly after the President signed
the resolution the District Commits
sioners and Vice President Wallace
each announced the names OF three
members to the Stadium Commits
sion. The commissions complement
of nine members will be completed
with the naming of three members
from the House.
Named by the District Commits
sioners are John Russell Young,
president of the Board of Commits
sioners; Floyd D. Akers, chairman
OF the committee which proposed
and fostered the stadium project,
and Robert v. Fleming, president of
the Riggs National Bank.
BilbO on Committee.
The three members from the Sen
ate named by Vice President Wal
lace are Chairman Bilbo of the Sem
ate District Committee, Senator
Mead, Democrat, of New York and
Senator Burton, Republican, OF
Ohio, an active member of the Dis
trict Committee.
Officials of the House indicated
that the appointment of Representa-
tlves to serve on the commission
would await the return to Wash.
ington at the beginning of the new
Congress of Speaker Rayburn, now
vacatlonlng in Texas. However
there was lively speculation today
as to which House members would be
named to the commission. Amone
those prominently mentioned are
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee, Representative
Lanham, Democrat, of Texas, who is
chairman of the House Public Build
lngS and Grounds Committee; Rep
resentative Dirksen, Republican, o1
Illinois, ranking minority member
OF the House District Committee
and Representative Weiss, Demo-
crat, OF Pennsylvania, the author OF
one of the stadium bills introduced
late in the Seventy-eighth Congress
Another of the measures signed
by the President is that which
places Government restaurants un-
der sanitary regulations of the Dis
trict Health Department., with the
exception of the restaurants of the
House and Senate.
Commissioners Powers Increased,
Also signed was the bill to in
crease the administrative powers OF
the District Commissioners in a
move to reduce the load of minor
District matters which Congress
must now consider.
The act amending the setup of the
District Boxing Commission also
was given presidential approval. The
measure provides that the two ci.
william members of the commission
be paid $2,400 a year and back dates
this to last July l. 1t also provides
that at the end of the fiscal year the
commission, which now has a sur
plus Of more than $4,000, shall turn
all in excess of SIS 900 into the gen.
eral fund of the District. It also
leaves the commissions gate tax al
exhibitions at 10 per cent.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
District OPA Unable
To Extend Valid Date
OF Alb Gas Coupons

The District Office of Price
Administration said today it
could not extend the validity
OF Alb ration coupons and
that any motorists left with
these stamps after midnight
tonight will find them void.
1t was pointed out that action
is impossible because of the
question of where to set geo.
graphical limits on the motor
ing public involved and the
supply situation may be thrown
further out of line as motorists
with Abs remaining increase
the drain on the supply planned
for ALA coupons.
Alas become good tomorrow
and will be worth four gallons
each, a total ration of "a GAL
Ions for the period ending next
March 81.
Evening star., 1944-12-21
Fu|bright Will Address
Board Of Trade Toniqht

Representative Fulbright, Demo-
cratic Senator-elect from Arkansas
and author of the resolution which
first put Congress on record as
favoring some kind Of world peace
organization, will address the WASH
ington Board of Trade at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Statler Hotel.
The members also will hear a
Christmas message by DR.. Angus
Dun, Bishop of Washington.