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Evening star., 1944-01-29
Britain Won't Deny Freedom
FoIndio AfterWor, ,HoIifoxSoys

Should the people of India agree
on a constitution after the war and
wish to be free. Britain would not
overrule such a decision, British
Ambassador Lord Halifax said last
night IN a lecture at Constitution
Hall before members of the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
Expressing the hope that India
will prefer to remain within the
British Commonwealth, Lord Hall
fax said:
"The constitution must be agreed
for even after peace has come we
are not going to hand India over to
anarchy and civil war. At the same
time, If constitution should be
found acceptable to the greater part
OF India. but unacceptable to GER
tain provinces, where, for example,
the Moslems are preponderant, this
need not of itself present an in
superable obstacle. If India cannot
yet agree to move forward as a sim
gle whole, we are prepared to see
her large component parts move
forward separately. We recognize
all the objections to a rupture of
Indian unity, but we also believe
that stability cannot be found
through compulsion Of the great
minorities."
tcBritain's Conscience Clear.
Lord Halifax, former Viceroy of
India, said Britain's conscience in
regard to India is clear. He said, in
part:
Il think we may fairly claim to
have given her peace in place of
war, unity in place Of division, order
in place of anarchy, law in place of
the irresponsible working of despotic
wills.
I'VE have sown in her people the
seeds of self-government and, so far
from trying to uproot the plant,
have tended it carefully through the
years. BY great public works we
havs laid the foundation Of q pros
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Miss Campbell Bride
OF CAPT. s. G.. King

DR.. and Mrs. Elliott M. Campbell
of Washington and Talbot County
Md, announce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Mary Elliott Camp
bell, to Capt. Samuel Calvin King
jr, son of Mr.. and Mrs. King OF
Birmingham, Ala. The wedding
took place Thursday in Christ
Church in Rockville, the Rev. DR.
Peter of1iciating at noon.
Miss Catherine McMurray OF
Charleston, S. c., was maid Of
honor and Mr.. Mallery Bufford OF
Forest City, Ark, was best man.
The wedding breakfast was served
at Wardman Park Hotel, and later
Capt. and Mrs. King left for a short
trip. They will make their home
in Arlington.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Sorority Chapter
To Hear Ramsey

Capt. Donald J. Ramsey, o. s. N.
will be guest speaker at a meeting
of Eta Alumnae Chapter, Kappa
Beta Pi International Legal Soror.
ity, at pm. Tuesday at the May.
flower Hotel.
Capt. Ramsey, who fought in the
battles of Midway, Santa Cruz and
Guadalcanal, will speak on Expert
ences as a Destroyer Captain Dur
ing This War"
Honor guests will be sorority mem
bers now serving in the armed
forces.
The chapter dean, Mrs. Irene
Kennedy, will preside.
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~
Congressional club Party
H0m0rs Wife of President

The annual party Of the Congressional Club honong
OF the President given yesterday beginning
Mrs Roosevelt declined all invitations
nature but the Congressional Club modified its program
transformed its social activities into
yesterday reality brunch for
Mrs Roosevelt talk dealing mostly with
The honor guest met at the the attractive
at 2o New Hampshire by president
of the club and Mrs Alexander Wiley president members
of the Entertainment Committee the craftsmanship
Ewing Ihomason Mrs Roosevelt received
Evening star., 1944-01-29
.COIvin.Manuel
Wedding Told

Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Nellie Frances
Manuel, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Sam Manuel of Herndon, Va, te
Mr. John w. Colvin. jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Colvin Of this city.
The ceremony took place January
8 In the Wallace Memorial Presby-
terian Church, where the Rev. C. E
Hawthorne ofhciated. Mr.. and Mrs
Colvin went to New York after the
wedding and have now returned te
their home here.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Silver Spring Plans
BIueprint-Reudinq Class

Registrations for q new class in
blueprint reading and drafting will
be held from Z to 8 pm. Monday
and Tuesday at the Montgomery
Blair High School, Silver Spring,
William G.. Feddeman, co-ordinator
Of vocational training in Montgom-
cry County. said today.
Mr.. Feddeman said the class will
meet from Z to 10 pm. two days
each week. He said the choice Of
the meeting days will be left up to
class members.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Lady Dixon Speaks
IOn Flora Found
In australia

The country surrounding Mel
bourne, Australia, was described and
illustrated with pictures by Lady
Dixon, wife Of Sir Owen Dixon, Min
lister from Australia, at q meeting
of the Woman's National Farm and
Garden Association yesterday at the
YWCA.
Lady Dixon told of the waffle
trees which are similar to American
mimosa. There are approximately
TOO varieties. About two hundred
types of gum trees, which grow in
Australia, contain essential oils
which are highly inflammable and
necessitate cutting wide belts to
check fires, Lady Dixon said.
She described fern tree which
stands about IL feet high and is
survival of the ice age. Since the
war, she continued, trees are cut
down for pulp which formerly was
imported from Finland and Canada.
Among the hundreds Of flowers are
green fuchsia and the trigger plant
which springs out upon touching,
BIG dUUcu.
Preceding Lady Dixon's address
brief talks were made by members
and guests from the floor. A sug-
gestion that America increase the
cultivation Of sunf1owers because Of
heir fat values was made by Madame
Grouitch, wife Of, the former Ser
bian Minister
Mrs. Willoughby Chesley told Of
scrapbook being compiled on the
associations history and introduced
her guests, Mrs Ida B. johnson,
mother of Eric johnson, and Mrs.
Ellen D. Hopkins, mother of Miriam
Hopkins, actress.
Other guests included Lady Sam
som, Mrs. Churchill Candee, a cou.
sin of Prime Minister Churchill;
Countess de Castellane, Mrs. Town.
send Phillips Of Newport, r. l.; Mrs
McCeney Werlich, Mrs. c. w. Ex.
ton, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr and Mrs.
Harold B. Butler, wife Of the Miniss
ter from Great Britain.
Mrs. r. Winston Holt presided,
Evening star., 1944-01-29

Of Milk Dealers,
Informed officials
of the associa-
ton holdi n g
their a n n u a |
meeting in the
S t a t ler Hotel
yesterday.
Mr.. S k in n e r
an a d v / S e r to
the War Food
Administrations
d a Try division,
reported that the
VIA quota plan
for milk distri-
button u n d e r
whinh RI q ir ie c
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porous economic future. Those
achievements stand and we are not
ashamed of them"
He said it is not true that Brit
ain is in possession of India and
finds her position there either too
pleasant or too profitable to aban-
don," pointing out that India has
derived marked advantage from
her membership in the British Com
monwealth of Nations" He added
that British investments in Argen-
tina are twice in amount her invest
ments in India.
Traces British Rule.
Lord Halifax traced the course of
British rule from the appearance of
English traders early in the 18th
century. BY the middle of the 18th
century, he explained, the British
had been drawn into local difficulties
by becoming allies of warning states.
Rivalry with the French, he added,
was a complicating factor.
Nat.onalism in India began to stir
early in the present century. A
measure of recognition was granted
in 1910, in 1921, and 1885. Obstacles
to the attainment of self-govern-
ment appeared in the demands of
spokesmen for various population
groups-Hindus, Moslems, Untouch-
ables, Sikhs, and others, Lord Hall
fax said. Issues which might be
raised, he added, seemed to the Brit
ish likely to disrupt India, paralyze
her war effort, and open the way to
Japanese conquest.
He told a large audience that India
now is producing 10000 different
items needed in modern warfare, and
that the Indian armed forces have
grown 10 times their peacetime
strength, all through voluntary re-
cruiting. where they have met the
enemy in Africa or Asia, they have
taught him to respect the quality Of
Indias fighting men," he said.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Saul Sbiro to Speak
At HadaSsah Meetine

Jewish literature is to be the sub
ject of a talk to be presented by
Saul 'Spiro at cultural meeting of
the business and professional divi-
sion, Hadassah, at $50 pm. Tuesday
at the Jewish Community Center.
Mr.. Spiro, who was born in Jeru-
saleum, is literary editor of the
American Jewish Outlook and a
regular contributor to a number of
Anglo-Jewish journals. He is head
Of the speakers bureau of the Zion
list ORGANIZATION of America.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
WM Entertain
At Tea TODAY

Mrs. Bernard Riley Linkins will
entertain at a tea today from 4 te
6 o'clock at her home in Silver
Spring In compliment to Mrs
Thomas H. Skelton Of Melbourne
Australia, whose husband Is with
the Australian mission In Wash
ington.
Assisting at the tea table will be
Mrs. William Eugene Hauver, jr.
and among the guests will be Miss
Jean Worrell Of Sydney, New South
Wales, who Is residing in Baltimore
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Press Club to Hear
1t. Lucas Sbe0k

1t. Jim Lucas, marine combat
correspondent, will be guest speake,
Of the Women's National Press Clut
at a luncheon meeting at l pm
Tuesday at the Willard Hotel.
1t. Lucas, who wrote the first eve.
witness account Of the Taraws
landing, will describe his expert.
ences as correspondent In the
South Pacific.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Alumnae of Florida
To Meet Tomorrow

The Aumnae Club Of the FIorids
State College for Women will meet
at 4:30 pm. tomorrow at the
Methodist Building, ITO Maryland
avenue NE. Mrs. Russell o. Hess
is president. All former students
are invited. After the meeting tea
will be served, with Mrs. Charles
o. Andrews, wife of Senate,
Andrews of Florida, presiding.
Evening star., 1944-01-29

Q. Does flying at high altitude
AFFECT a persons speech?-T. C.
A. Speaking requires more effort
and voices sound higher. It is sale
that whistling is almost impossible
This Is because the breath escapes
too easily to make a whistline
sound, lacking back pressure on the
lips in the thin atmosphere.
@. Who organized the first Com
mandos in this wars. E. F..
A. They were organized by Ad-
miral Sir Roger Keyes, hero of the
First World War, soon after Dun
kirk. Their existence was kept dark
for some time and no official state
ments were made until late in l941
@. What is meant by the Rocky
Mountain Fleet?-F. F.
A. This is the name given to ships
fabricated in Denver, some 1900
miles from the sea, and which are
carried by rail in parts to San Fran
cisco where they are assembled and
launched.
@. Who was the first woman to
be ordained a Protestant minister?
"A. A.
A. Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Born in New York in 1925, of New
England descent, she Joined the
Congressional Church at the age
of 8 and soon was speaking pub
licly at meetings. She completed
the theology course at Oberlin in
1850 but was refused a ministerial
license because of her sex. Until
1852, she preached wherever re-
ceived, but in that year became reg
ular pastor of the Congregational
Church in South Butler, N. Y.
@. Does the Princess Elizabeth of
England receive an annuity
E. L. H.
A. The Civil list Includes an an
nuity of 5000 pounds (about $50 ,OOO)
Tor the heiress to the throne.
@. When and where did the Little
Theater originate?-M. H.
A. The movement originated in
Paris in 1887 when Andre Antoine
decided to try out certain dramatic
experiments with a small group OF
actors. Plays were produced as the
Theater Libre before a select au-
dience.
@. Is Alexander P. de Seversky ar
American citizen?-J. G. E.
A. He was naturalized in 1927
Born in Russia, he was a leading
ace of the Russian Naval Air Force
in the last war.
@. Would it be possible for q
woman to become President of the
United Statistic. l..
A. 1t would be possible insofar
as the Constitution is concerned
This document makes no provision
in regard to the sex of the Presi-
dent.
@. Were Simon Bolivar and Jose
de San Martin greatly revered at
the end of their lives?-G. r. A.
A. Both great leaders were per-
mitted to die unhonored and ir
great obscurity.
@. Why was the Statue of Liberty
presented to the United States by
France?-R. M.
A. The purpose of giving the
Statue of Liberty to the United
States was to commemorate the
Tooth anniversary of American in
dependence
Evening star., 1944-01-29
ORT Plans Luncheon

The third in the series of pre-
donor luncheons of Women's s
American ORT will be held at
1890 pm. Monday at the home of
Mrs. Nathan Goodman, 4335 Blag-
den terrace NV.
Reports on ticket sales and reser-
vations made for the annual donor
luncheon to be given February 20
will be discussed.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Guild to Meet

A short business session followed
by card games and refreshments
will be held by the Mothers Guild of
Sacred Heart School Tuesday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. Frances
Scott, 17o1 Taylor street NV.
Evening star., 1944-01-29

South America,
where they have
extensive busi-
ness interests,
and in neutral
countries in Eu-
rope. 1t i'll
hurt tn e m in
getting a start
in postwar years
their trade will
be adversely af-
fected.
For the mobi-
lization Of world
opinion against
barbarities Is one
of the most DOW
Evening star., 1944-01-29

MRS. JOHN +. SNYDER.
1t. and Mrs. Snyder, the
latter formerly Miss Bette
Jayne Mccoy, are at home at
8003 Eastern dripe IN Siluer
Spring after their ,oedding
trip. 1t. Snyder Is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter F. Snyder
of Siluer Spring and his bride
is a daughter of Mrs. Ford,
1Dite OF 1t. Archie T. Ford,
formerly OF Washington, noD
Hving in Miami. The aoedding
OF 1t. and Mrs. Snyder took
place In the Sirth Presbyte-
rian Church, the Reu. J. Her.
bert Garner and the Req. DR..
Freely Rohrer Officiating.
-Hdrrts-E1ctn0 Photo.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Rationing Of Milk
In IA Held Unlikely

Rationing of fresh milk and cream
will not be necessary this year, Ray
mond Skinner, newly elected presi-
| dent of the Information Association
Evening star., 1944-01-29
ENGAGEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. Fritts G. Arwooc
announce the engagement of theil
daughter. Miss Dorothy Jean Ar.
wood, to Air Cadet Albert Emory
Burns, jr, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Burns.
The wedding will take place Sat.
urday, February IL.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
ADVERTISEMENT,
BACK IN GRAVDN6A'S DAY

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suet a. . home remedy" to comfort
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Penetro, modern medication In . base
containing mutton suet. Penstro's dou.
bio action relieves these miseriss-(l) va-
porises to soothe stu6y nose (N acts Ike
warming plaster right where rubbed on.
~. Dosh1s s1Doly, SO. Get Penstro.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Discussion Planned

A presidents round table dis.
cussion will be held by the Pee
Sisterhood at II am. Wednesday
at the YWCA and a reciprocity
luncheon at 1890 pm.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Hartford Guests

Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Boatner Of
West Hartford, Conn, are visiting
Prof. and Mrs. Sam B. Craig at their
home on Kendall Green.
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Notice Served on Japs
! Public Opinion of Entire World
: Seen Modified Against Barbarism
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The British and American taken the right
course IN making public the story Japanese mseatment
war prisoners There effective putting
to such mistreatment than by unrestricted publicity
The japanese nation will find that opinion the
whole world is modified against
Evening star., 1944-01-29
Huskin' S
to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
ming Star Information Bureau Fred
eric ]. Haskin, Director, Washingtor,
.. G. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
Evening star., 1944-01-29

whole world is mobilized against
them. 1t will hurt the Japanese in
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A Fourth Front

Lacking confirmation from any Allied capt.
tai it appears that Stockholm reports OF Brit
ish and American landings in Yugoslavia in
dictate the creation of another major front
against the Germans. The British 1st. and
the American 7th. armies, both veteran forces
of the Tunisan campaign, are declared to
have sent crack divisions" across the Adratic
from Italys eastern shores and are already
in battle with German troops.
II this is true, and if the Italian campaign
constituted a third 'front.' as it has been
called, then the thrust in Yugosavia naturally
would be a fourth 'front.'" with the second
'front.' still to be created in western Europe.
An Allied campaign in the Balkans has long
been discussed, and may have been decided
upon at Teheran. With Yugoslav forces in
the field for months past effectively fighting
Axis forces with Allied air aid, and the ag-
gressve guerrilla leader Tito Premier Stain
favorte, it is plausible to believe that the
rumored arrival Of British and American d.
visions in Yugoslava is the first step in a
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senger car tire situation will loosen up bit,
at least enough to help war and business users.
Cast iron is becoming available for kitchen
ware and steel can be used for coat hangers,
screens, carpet sweepers, hand tools and sim
liar items.
There is copper for insect screens, repair
parts for household labor saving devices, elec-
trcal equipment and plumbing fixtures
This doesn't mean that you will get all OF
those things at once. On many of them there
were two locks-raw material and manufac-
turing facilities. The first has been loosened.
The second hasn't, necessarily. The WPB au-
thorizes fabrication OF 80 per cent as much
farm machinery as in 1910, for example, but
that industry may be able % turn out only
70 per cent after meeting its obligations to
the fighting men, though the raw materials
are available.
There still are clouds in the sky. But they
are lighter. The sun is going to come up
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Record

Since the Germans in led Poland the amer
lean electricity industry has boosted It's out
put Is per cent with an addition to capacity
of only 25 per cent. Notwithstanding early
fears, no war program has been delayed by
lack Of generating capacity, nor has the CT
william population been deprived of service.
The industry is proud to note that IN spite
of the attention which has been called to the
contribution of such federal projects as IVA,
Bonneville and Grand Coulee, these have only
five out Of the nations 63 million kllowatts
of capacity-and obviously have not won the
war without some small assistance from pri-
vately owned power producers
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Fourth Bond Campaign

New Hanover county's goal in the fourth
war bond drive. 81, o31, 1000, is notceably small
or than in the third when $685. 900 was the
objective.
This does not mean that any lessenlng OF
effort or reluctance to buy will be justified
On the contrary, it must be borne IN mind
that with previous payroll and other commit
ments to purchase bonds not yet fully met
it will require greater effort to convince the
people that the goal line must be crossed and
acceptance by them Of any actual sacrifice
additional buying of bonds involves, if this
critical year of the war is to fulfill its promise
Of success.
The essential thing for everybody to re-
member is that bonds represent an IN
diydual investment, not only in the interest
of victory, but tor personal security when the
easv earnings of the war period are no longer
to be had and money will be a great deal
scarcer than it is now. Too much emphasis
cannot be placed on the fact that while bond
buying may impose some hardship now 1t
assures a safer future for every person who
puts every dollar that can be diverted from
other expenditures into them.
The campaign is to open on January 10
and close on February IS. During that period
it will be incumbent upon the entire popula-
ton to cut expenses to the bone, to enable
them to buy more bonds not only that New
Hanover county's splendid record may be
maintained but because the nation needs the
money for successful prosecution Of the war
and the bonds offer the best guarantee against
want in the years to come.
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By JOHN SELBY

GOOD Night, Sweet Prince" by
Gene Fowler: Viking $3.50;
George M. .Cohan," by Ward
Morehouse: Uippincott S3).
There are a good many people
violently allergic to the late
Messrs. John Barrymore and
George M. Cohan. To these Bar
rymore's arrogant assumption
that the accident of birth which
brought him into the woila a
member of the DreW-Barrymore
clan entitled him to special con-
slderation and indulgence seems
anachronistic at best and vulgar
at Its worst. And the memory of
George M. Cohan going into his
oance the once said, l believe,
that ne knew only three routines,
or perhaps it was three steps,
with the Stars and Stripes waving
IN a backstage breeze is merely a
memory of the days when hokum
and the stage were synonymous
terms. They still are, but in a less
obvious sense.
Just the same, it is well to have
records of the two men, and by
really great good luck, each has
found the perfect biographer.
Good Night Sweet Prince.@ arc
Morhous calls hisgprcduct "Georee
VI. Cohan," and subtitles it
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Balkan drive undertaken with the blessing Of
Moscow, London and Washington.
But it is not easy to think that general
offensive would be launched in this region
without first effecting a reconciliation between
Tito and Mlchallovic, the antagonstic Yugo-
slav guerilla leaders, or without preparations
for the seizure both of Crete and the Dode-
canese islands, which in German hands eff
fectively block the AEGEAN but which must be
open to Allied transport service from Africa
for a successful Balkan campaign.
Should the arrival of large contingents OF
Allied troops on the Yugoslav coast be con.
firned, the attitude Of the people and govern.
ments Of Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary,
growing more FESTIVE under the German yoke
daily, will be watched with keenest interest.
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Clouds Lighter

The prodigious achievement OF American in
dustry, combined with the spectacular success
of the Navy in thwarting Axis submarines,
has put an initial crack into some of the most
burdensome civilian bottlenecks.
Specifically, we now have caught up--or are
on the very verge of catching up-with short
ages in aluminium, copper, STEEL cast iron,
wool, and rubber for most purposes except
heavy duty tires.
The improvement is not necessarily perma-
nent. Another of the continual shifts in front
line requiremets, a revival Of ship losses,
moderately protracted strike or Holiday
in any Of these industries, and the tiny sur
pluses in excess of critical war needs would
vanish
Barring one Of those eventualities, it will
be possible for the WPB to allocate increased
quantities Of material to civilian needs In
deed, in certain fields such ALLEGATIONS could
have been made already il manpower and
machines were available to utilize the raw
materials without interfering with war pro-
duction.
In general, here are some Of the blessings
we can expect or for which we can hope in
the near future:
There is enough wool so that all restrictions
ore off its use for clothing, even to cuffs
and patch pockets on mems suits. Some l.,
yoo. 900 yards Of Army reject nylon has beer
released for use in garments but. not 10,
hosiery.
Where is no ban on use Of synthetic rubber
feH garments, and it appears that the ri
l Z
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Unauthorized

Wage increases granted by three small Phil
adelphia firms, aggregating So, 900 for the year
have been rejected by the regional War Labor
Board as unauthorized. Therefore the employ
ers cannot deduct them, as operating ex-
penses for tax purposes.
Apparently the enployes-Who undoubtedly
now will lose their raises-weren't very bright
They failed to join union with spokesman
whose voice is loud enough to frighten the
White House and scare Congress into con-
niption fits. Maybe John Lewis will take them
into District so, or Phil Murray has a place
for them