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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Capital Turns 10 War
Tasks After Gayest
Celebration in Years
Thousands Observe Day
Of Prayer While Fedora
Workers Continue Jobs

Most of Washington buckled down
to work and the winning of the war
yesterday in the noisy wake of one
OF the, gayest New Years eve cele-
brations in years-marked by toasts
to victory in 1914 and the hope of
many for the return of loved ones.
While stores, banks and other pri-
vate establishments closed and Dis
trict government employees took a
holiday. some 10000 Government
employees in the Metropolitan area
worked as usual.
Many persons joined in participant
ing in the national day of prayer
proclaimed by President Roosevelt.
These services followed the tradi-
tional watch night observances New
Years eve in churches of numerous
denominations.
Special Church Services.
The Washington Cathedral was
among churches holding special
services yesterday. About 400 SOL
diers of the Army's Specialized
Training Corps assembled yesterday
morning at Georgetown University
for a nondenominational prayer
service in line with the Presidential
proclamation. The Rev. Edmund A.
Walsh, S. j., vice president of the
university spoke and the Rev. James
ALI. S. j., an auxiliary Army chap
lain, lead the services.
Hotels, night clubs, servicemen's
clubs and downtown theaters were
damned with merrymakers who
chose to greet the new year the
noisy way. 1t was generally re-
garded as the biggest celebration
in years, despite various wartime
shortages.
Because of more numerous neigh
borhood parties and the gas short
age, downtown Washington streets
were not as crowded as in recent
recent years. according to police.
Street crowds were composed almost
entirely of servicemen and women,
Capt. Robert c. Pearce of the first
precinct said they were the best
behaved" group he had seen III a
long time.
Hundreds of Parties.
Thousands of service personnel
took advantage of parties staged by
the USO, churches and other groups
throughout the city.
With so many persons working
through the day, traditional New
Year dinners were served at homes
in the evening. Approximately 400
servicemen were served a turkey
dinner at Service Club No. /, 306
Ninth street NV, in the afternoon.
Traffic at Union Station was re-
ported fairly light. but station en-
ployeS braced themselves for the
rush expected late today as service
men return to camps and civilians
to their homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Man Files $250, 900 Suit
Here Against R. F. &P.

Lee "A. Tyler of Richmond, Va,
has filed suit for $250,000 in District
Court against the Richmond. Fred
ericksburg & Potomac Railroad for
injuries he said he had suffered last
March when he fell from an over
pass to a highway while walking
from locomotive toward a damaged
switch.
The plaintiff, who described him
self as locomotive fireman, claims
the engine had been stopped and
INSTRUCTED the oyerpass and that
no lights, catwalks or guard rails
had been provided to make the over
pass safe TO cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
District Marine Escapes
As Bullet Pierces Helmet

Marine Sergt. Charles w. Ogden
%, OF 1915 Thirty third street NV
had Jap bullet pierce his helmet
N two places while fighting on
Bougainville in the South Pacific
but he escaped without scratch
The story was told yesterday in a
dispatch written on Puruata Island
-Bougainville, by Staff Sergt. Mil
burn Mccarthy, jr., a Marine COM
bat cor espondent from New York
City.
A native Of Washington, Sergt.
Ogden attended Western High
School and later was employed with
? radio concern here before Joining
the marines. His mother lives at
the Thirty third street address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
| First IA Babies,
| Service Children,
| Doing Well

The first two babies born in WASH
ington in 1914 were thriving last
night.
The two arrived at Columbia Hos
pital about one second apart. a few
moments after midnight signaled
last years end The first was a girl,
daughter of Mrs. Esther Miller, %,
1928 sherwood street NE, whose
husband, Corpl. Thomas ". Miller,
U. S. A.. is now in England.
The second baby was boy, the
son OF Mrs. Eleanor Butler, 10, Of %
I street NV. Her husband Is
Franklin Butler, seaman, first class
q. 8. N, stationed here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Knutson Speaks Today
At Lincoln Ceremony

Representative Knutson, Repub-
ican, OF Minnesota, will speak on
Lincoln as President" at the 10th
anniversary celebration of the sign
ing Of the Emancipation Proclama-
ton at 3 pm. today in the Shiloh
Baptist Church, Ninth and P streets
NV. The Rev. E. L. Harrison, pas
tor of the church, also will speak.
The observance is sponsored by
the United Government Employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Washington Ski Club
To Meet Tuesday

The Ski Club of Washington will
hold its regular Jnauary meeting at
BIS pm. Tuesday at the Ambas-
Sador Hotel.
All persons in the city interested
in skiing are invited to attend the
meeting and the dinner which pre-
cedes it at $50 pm. Reservations
may be made by calling Mrs. Co
nant, Republic $780, extension 74847.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Red Cross Unit to Meet

The annual meeting of the Silver
Spring branch, Montgomery Coun-
ty Chapter, American Red Cross,
will be held at pm. Friday at
branch headquarters. 85l1 Coles
vile road. Officers for the coming
year will be elected and reports
from Mrs. Olivier E. Ragonnet,
chairman, and other officers will be
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Thrift Shop to Open

A thrift shop will be opened Sat-
urday in the Poolesville (Md.)
Health Center under the auspices
of the Poolesville Lay Council and
the Home Makers Club. The shop
will be open from to 9 pm. each
Saturday, 1t was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Stock to Speak

Edward L. Stock, jr, Montgomery
County chairman of the Victory
Garden program, will discuss the
1914 program at a meeting of the
Woodside Park Civic Association at
8 pm. Wednesday at Montgomery
Hills Junior High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
Brown Heads Bond Drive

LA PLATA, Nd, january /
(SpeciaD.-P. ID. Brown, county
agent for Charles County, has been
named county chairman for the
fourth War Bond campaign that
starts today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-07
ENSIGN ZOLLICOFFER
HONORED AT DINNER
PARTY ON SATURDAY

Air. and MIR. y. y. Zollicullcr EN-
''' 'laInrd Saturday night al Il dinner
party h"norInG their son, t.nsiun Al
S"!ii"n Augustus Zollicoiicr. .Iy. and
ms hn''Sc guests. Ensign NlcrcIIth
lone, oi EdCuton: Ensign Rrid
! thompson, pi PlttsburO: and it.. Bill!
:. Ic."H'llp1rt' I.,''.'-p,' U. ). Army Air Corps,
GrcCnNlllc.
invited guests were Miss Sar:,y,
nE!ks"n, ui Charlotte. with Eu,,nu
|n!iic"iicr Miss Julid ZuIlroIlrr
WIN Ensign Thompson: Miss ENir;,
ShcHtnam with Ensign Jones. AI.,
Mary Ann Copper with Joe! Cheat
nam, VIZ. Miss Mur,arv, s;uu,, of
with Gid Gillian. VIZ
"i FrAml;imtDn: NIs, Sm'an Dawson.
"i charlotte, with Billy McGruc.cu.
-l"' and Miss Mary Holt Drcv.y
with Walter Aston, Jr. and II
Davenport.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-07
Baseball Books Among
Ne70 Library Volumes

roirS and watcrcarts.
HpOs,maStcr" is Corporal Thumas
X. 81. Georges account ui his lii, .-
Il United States soldier in Austria
liz.
For friends and relatives who pkC
10 keep up with the travels OF ,!.
American soldiers, North Alr.c,"
w'lI prove an interesting LITTLE
New fiction recently placed ou
me library shelves include the .,l-
loWIng titles: Sea Eagle" by Ald-
ridge; Victoria Grandolct." by Bel
!aman: Nov Lay Me Down /,
Sleep. by BcmClmanS: "Du,I in
the Sun" by Busch: "Wi,hou, Pass
port. by COINS: The lual.l,,r-
jinI". by Cotm: "Guudbvc. NI,.
Son. by C"ryn: Girl in KHAKI
NY Craig: The Boss of panlrrru, "
"E t'TCnwvin; Bundle Of Trlri-
IIIS. ny Federal Writer'S Project,
H"hha"Inc Sailor" by Frl>,r.
49,, r'lS, AIDE by H~ncucil: ~.
h,' We Share" by HCdwurtn. ~
h"I Tor Adauu." by Herscv: IS H.
S,'u'" Nurse by Iiumphui,y. IL.
- f-SS. BY Lee: "CclpncTS I.n-I, O."
ny Montgomery: Liberty Sire, e..
ny Norris: "Ilackbcrrv CayuIi,.,. e.
~ rCrrF: Careless Rap.trc," ..,.
'".,o,'.'. ,'',..1'. - Elm Street" by RID
.rn." 'Dr1@onwycE." by Seton.
..;','.,+-h'g. of the Navy" by S,uur.
..5, 5,''." Continent" by Sullivan
.ii...'c. See George" by T:ldc1 amG
"''.H.''2 Ip' by rhirkcll.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-07
$500 Books
Are E-C aned
In February,

D.. ,.'.. OBJ. c..@u ..... .-.,. f...,.,,.,
" o." Nary ur..y .,.G -. I,.'.,
.''. ..".i O.. Dar.u nr.nrn
'"' N,.rr. dunn. fr.....y y. '.''yu ',
.,. WIZ =. "-'"." ..naH today
o.. u. j.. ... i".s>. librarian.
'"-' ".|' circulation v..
.'.." ''." l.''n'.. O" w..ra aal percent
...' h"i.-I!'i."H Volumes The liz
..rs ""c open "5 day..
....''"H H' On. lr.ry library
".h-i '"ira"s. a. .rcYrI.. 80.
',.. 80. ''s;t ''ir 'i.I'' nnH..- .n FEBRUARY
-,,. -:,,''. -" Dtn"n branch loaned >
~ .""..S iH>t munih. compared vifr
100 last year. an iucr,.sr. of I IA
N"'iIi> borrowed 2.4IG bun,,. ,rI
Juveniles LIS from the Perry jFb-
.IET proper. while adults b,,'rn,"n,l
-" ana Juveniles 2.2O6 volumes -,
ne Dunbar branch.
During the month the Perry lih-
.".N received s. nov volumes 90 ~,
mem iIct;on and - non-lir,jn,, ..,d
d! Hd'ui books except two. The Drn-
'"' branch got only eight ucv VII
"'l'"N. all adult. and five of then, r,c-
""n and three ron-liCtiou.
M me end of February the Pcrry
library had 3.4g7 members. ,r,.- I'd
IiiiE ~ and dropping 20. Th,r,. ,v..,..
I.f"o adults and l.Ol7 irivcnIlcs. Tho
Dunbar branch had G4l rrrrr,r,.s
.'o"in@ II and dropping none and
'ri.u!nE 99 adults and ~ lrIl.,uil.-
ne u" H'"ln Henderson branch loan
nj Volumes and tho North Hon
uury ''-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-07
Return tn I,JSr

N|rE Lee Chapucll p"'tv officer
, G.. and Charities H. Chrrr,L QIa.-
'"rwast"r. G.. Iule returned f.
their naval base after suCndrn. -
.yv days With their mother. NJ.
Ecli Chappcii. a. route one. llcuirr-
son
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-07
Visiting Parents.

re. CLIFTON Mili- al camp IUckcr.
Alabama. .. h"'r" "u "a scNou-I1y
Through visiting his parents. Mir and
Mrs. j. Franklin Mill, un Belle
street.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-07

!"' Prayer Meeting B.md wIu
rect '1'- evening at go % c.uc. at
'lic county home. .cJdcss stated to-
day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-07
To Jacksonville. IInrid.

John J. Chappcll left This morning
iUr Jacksonville. Florida. where he
VII receive his oeslc training l1r
The L. S. Navy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-03-07
In England

Mrs. Nary Hawkins has received
word from her daughter It, hcu.
Hawkins. that she is upw spmc-
where IN England.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04

that of remaking the world, which was the
long-range need. The resulting treaty failed
Of both detectives.
In many ways, however, President Wilson S
supreme blunder,'' Professor Bailey says,
was forcing the full text @. the League
Covenant into the Treaty, for Article OF
the Covenant was the rock upon which the
ratification finally foundered :. brief state
ment committing the slgnatorics to the gen
specific provision for a commission to draw
it up at a later date, was done in the
case of the World Court, would have insured
the ratification of the Treaty and the franz
ing of a covenant in less hurried fashion
and in a saner atmosphere. A League brought
into being under these auspices, and after
the election Of 1920, might well have been
approved by the Senate.
Far be it from us to agree or disagree
with the learned gentleman, who at least
lends plausibility to his views. Certainly the
Treaty of Versailles played its part in laying
the foundation for this war. But it should
not be overlooked that Stanford University is
the adopted child of former President Hoover
and in late years has yielded its leadership
to him. 1t is not unreasonable TIC think that
its faculty, in all innocence but ievitably,
should be influenced by Nh Hoover's politics.
IT. however, all that Professor Bailey says
of President Wilson is ,rue. it but proves
Pope correct in his famous Dunciad line:
The right divine of Kings to govern
wrong.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04

as Russia and Poland remain without diplo-
matte contact
In the meantime, with Poland under Ger
many's heel and the Russian forces within
ten miles of the old Polish border when this
was written it appears that Poland is des.
tined to become a battle-ground again as it
was when the Germans moved in, every bit
as bloody and as stubbornly fought over as
Italy.
Poland's immediate future bids fair to be
harder upon its decimated population than its
past when Hitler's arrogant troops were most
blood thirsty and his gestapo most cruel. II
the government in exile is capable of leader.
ship in this desperate emergency it would
seem to be its duty to compose its differ
ences with the Russians who alone can bring
any relief to the benighted land before the
war is ended.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
Hold On To Bonds

The National Association of Manufa cturers
estimates the nations deferred consumer de-
mand for things not now to be had because
of war restrictions equals $22 SEQ 900 0oo in
Guiding 100000 automobiles and 10000, 600
radios.
Potential buying power, as 1888 ended. saws
the postwar committee of the Association.
was $685. o0O 0Oo 600, including s27 COO 900 900 in
war bonds, $4,000, 900, 600 in Individual bank
accounts and $4,000 0OC Oo9 in installnent cred
it..
Suppose war bond owners hold on to their
bonds until they mature, the s27, 900, 900, 900
now invested in them would materially reduce
the spread of initiation and accumulate add
tional value in the form of interest through
a decade at the end of which money is liable
to be a premium
Common sense, therefore, dictates that bond
holders hold on to their bonds # this is done
the difference between consur. er cash and
consumer demand cannot lead 10 such wild
orgy of spending so many prophets foresee
when the war is ended.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
Wilson's Blunders

Prof. Thomas A. Bailey, historian of STAN
ford university, now at Harvard, listed twenty
two peace-making bunders committed by
President Wilson, that have resulted in the
most far-reaching consequences" They were
named in an address before the American
Historical Association at Bernard College.
Among Wilson'S mistakes Of lesser inapor-
lance, Professor Bailey named his enunci-
alton Of his war aims in the Fourteen Points:
his failure to educate American public opinion
in advance Of its responsibilities in the new
postwar world; the premature forcing Of a
republic on Germany, instead of imposing the
treaty upon the Kaiser and his regime: his
appeal to the country in October, 1918. for
a Democratic Congress, stating that defeat
would mean Reputation; his appointment Of
only one Republican to his peace commission
Of five; his snubbing o. the Senate; his "in.
ept'' handling Of publicity: his failure to dc
to make public his ideas as to the League
OF Nations prior to his going 10 Paris, and
zone Of the most costly plumbers of all, his
sabotaging the whole idea Of preliminary
treaty"
Wilson's most tragic blunder," says Pro
lessor Bailey. WAS his assumption Cor was
it a hope?) that mankind could attain kline
of international millennium at one bound. HI
eonfused the task Of making peace with Ger
many, which was an immediate need, witt
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
RussO-POlish Relations

With strong probability that the Russians
will have crossed the Polish border before
this newspaper is delivered to IFS subscribers
the question of how the Poles will view the
invasion and what the Polish government
in exile will attempt to do poses an interesting
question
The recently adopted Observation-Disclosures
accord seems to indicate that Russia wishes
to establish a paternal relationship toward the
smaller countries within her sphere of influ-
ence An invitation to Poland to accept this
kinship is implicit in the Russo Czech agree.
ment, and It is understood the Polish govern
ment in exile has given 1t car eful consider.
ation. But no pact can be completed as long
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
The Literary Guidepost

that land be turned over to him:
Gandho was encoura ging non-vio-
lence with violent results; Jinnah
begged for control and made pro-
misses, and Chandra Bose was fac
ing the Japanese with open arms.
Left wingers the world over were
insisting on immediate independ-
ence for India-and it was all a
bloody mess.
Mr.. Rodgers experiences have
to do, therefore, with compare
lively early part of the war. He
has had little time to digest
them, and his digestion is good.
But what is better is his remark
able gift for remembering the side
material that brings experiences
to life, and I think the best illus
tration of this is his astounding
trip across Africa (cris scros s
might be a better world in the
company Of a quite mad Baron"
and against fearful difficulties
The baron and Rodger were try-
ing to join the Fighting French
before their early desert campaign
closed, Rodger to get pictures and
information. the baron apparently
to deliver a case Of champagne to
one Colonel Leclerc and to lecture
each chance acquaintance upon the
haron's proves.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
Be Careful

Among the most timely cautions for 1914
is issued by the Seventh Column Committee, -
to watch your step when you are in your
kitchen or the yard OF your horne.
How good is the committees advice Is indi-
Gated by the fact that 10000 persons met
death in their homes during 1913; that 1873
per cent of them were killed while working
or playing in their yard and 1873 per cent
fatally injured in the kitchen. In contrast
with this, surprisingly, is the fact that only
18 per cent Of all home fatalities happened
in the garage or shed-aprarently the safest
place on the home front
The committee adds expectancy charts show
that unless Americans Learn to exercise genu.
inc care and caution, someone will die an
accidental death every six minutes this year.
Such a grim toll on the home front might
actually exceed the nations entire 1914 losses
in war.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
Daily Prayer
FOR SEEKING SPIRITS

All of our fears and anxieties
and manifold needs are gathered
up il our constant inarticulate
prayers to Thee, O Living God,
Almighty Ruler of the Universe,
and tender Cherisher of all Thy
children. We seek Thee; and pray
for wisdom to seek Thee ever
more constantly and trustfully.
All of our desires, for ourselves,
for our dear ones and for our
Country, are comprehended in our
desire for Thee. Make Thyself to
us living, bright reality. In the
wakeful hours Of the night and
amidst the busy tasks of daytime,
may our hearts turn instinctively
to Thee our only Comfort d
Helper. Our times, and our Cause,
and our sons in service, are all
IN Thy Fatherly keeping. Do for
them and for us more than we
can ask or think. And in all
things, in sorrow and in victory,
be Thou the satisfaction Of our
spirits. Amen. VT E.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
BY JOHN sELBY

GAR ON THE Rim ING
PLAINS, by rge Rodger
Macmillan; So.
Still another section of the vast
war panorama has been painted
in by young man named George
Rodger. Rodger was a photograph
er working for Life at the time he
had the experiences described in
Far on the Ringing Plains.' The
pictures in his book show that he
is a good photographer-but the
text indicates that he is a better
writer Withoug exception. his des-
criptions of what happened e
more moving and more exciting
that the pictures corresponding.
Generally, the experiences came
Oh a long trip which began in
Glasgow at the height of the Bat
tie of Britain, continued by ship
via Iceland and the western Allan
tic to Africa, across Africa into
the Tchad and eventually Eritrea.
After the fall of Mussolini's moth
eaten Italian empire on Africa's
east coast Rodger went by way of
the Middle East to India and Bur-
ma, and was there at the time of
the great retreat. When he left
India Nehru was demanding that
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
A Lesson From Germany

Germany's ability to create so great a mill
tary machine while literally bankrupt nation
presents a lesson the United States woulc
do well to learn and apply in the years tina
lie ahead-lean years in which there will be
need for extraordinary effort TO avoid bank
ruptcy.
Not that we should employ Our chief energy
and genius in production for war The mill
tary requirement will be for naval, air and
military police to be empIcyed in combination
with similar forces of the other major Allied
nations, in the cause OF world peace-never
we may hope, in making war, but always
in preventing further wars. This will involve
only minor part OF the population and the
production of our industries
Germany's mistake was in using her man.
power, her industries her curtailed resources
for war. If she had devoted equivalent effort
in production for peace, the conquest she
sought with arms could more easily have
been won.
That is the lesson we must apply in our
postwar activities. The war will leave us
with an astronomical debt. In fairness to the
part we shall have taken IN over throwing the
enemy, east and west. our allies should make
some restitution for the drain. upon our re-
sources we have willingly, even lavshly, SUBJ
mitted to; and our enemies must be COM
PEELED to recompense us in part at least for
the heavy cost we assumed for their defeat
But there is no reason to think that what
we will be able to collect in any part of the
world will 60 far in discharging our debt.
That will rest upon US. W may do it only
by developing new resources, by outproducing
our competitors and by stopping the waste
and extravaganza which nave characterized
our expenditures since the war came
Germany could have been TIE worlds chief
commercial nation. She chose instead to be
the worlds most warlike an. nov, faces com.
plete defeat The point to be emphasized is
that what Germany did under adverse finan-
cial conditions and in the wrong direction.
we may do in the right direction and with
complete success, despite the burden of debt
the war has saddled Upon US But to do it
we must apply ourselves wholly to the task
of finding the solution of o.: economic prob
lens as capably as Germany solved her mil
itary problem.