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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-03-25
Vsi moski pod rs. letom
bodo pozvarli ma nabor
Odredba velja "a vse, XII so radi
della zacasno oprosceni vojascine
WASHINGTON. "a. marca.

WASHINGTON, a. marca. Naborni direktor
Lewis B. Hershey je nocoj ukazal nabonim komisijam
sirom dezele da takoj odredjo preindukcsko fizcno
preiskavo moske pod 26. leom starosti XII de-
ezni zacasnega oproscena voascne rad tega ker vsi
jo vazna della vonih industrijah
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-03-25
ALBUM

Victor Lisjak, 400 Pennsyl-
vania Ave., N. S., Pittsburgh,
Pa, sporoca, da je tidal mimeo-
grafiran album slovenskih pc
smi. Cena je $1.0O.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-04
IN
&hE.

Although everything was sim. Il
seemed l could hear the 'ce.los do
ing the pastoral. Dawn move
mcnt from the William Tell over
turc.
And perhaps l could. for the
storm movement came soon
enough. In the evening gloom
everything was 3hadowy. 1t was
that time of day when you can't
decide whether to drive with lights
on or off. was so accustomed to
being the only driver on the shad-
owy highway that | first thought
the car was big clump of desert
shrubs. 1t was parked on the oppo-
site OF the road. headed back to-
ward Laredo. though. the men
were having tire trouble. And
Then" The girls heart was beat
ing frantically. "Altitude" she de-
cided stcrnly. in attempted COM
fort Il must be getting near Ma
milique Pass. That's what is af-
fccting my hcart-ycs, l thought
1t was a tire they were bending
over, but then" Mallory's words
came around an awful lump in her
throat, then saw the two men
were trying to kill the third. Not
Just trying. They WERE killing
nm. They were pounding his head
against the pavement. He was linn.
manSled. The men killing him had
evil. gloating looks, Ike the Jester,
Rigolcttc, when he drags the sack
that he thinks contains the rascal
~ duke. Especially the man with
the white scarf around his neck"
Why did she have to have no.
tlccd that? Had she really? Could
she have. in the dim light? But. in
those few seconds it took to reach.
that parked car and get past she
had seen plenty. If ahc saw that
much, how much had the men
seen? The question sent chiIls
down her back. But surely they had
Dcen too busy. Possibly they hadn't
noticed the swishing sound of her
expensive automobile. Couldn't its
slight noise have been covered bv
the pounding of their own blood?
10 steady her nerves the girl be-
gan reciting again. remarks with
no continuity. Just think, Verdi
got $4,000 for writing Aida That
wasn't hay. And poor Bizct died,
discouraged, thinking Carmen a
iaiitire. Gosh, I've sung it five
times, not counting the picture I
made. I've always hated doing La
Bohcme,' because I can't be Mimi
and Musetta both and get to sing
Musctta's waltz-of course Mimi is
one of the few characters where I
can use my own hair"
1t was well Mallory could not see
the depths of Mamulique pass: a
second strain would be put on her
nerves. But. in the darkness that
danger was hidden. All she knew
was that the highway certainly was
twistcr.
Lord" she spoke, you can't
just let n fellows head h split
open on the pavement and not tell
someone. You can't do it. Mallory,"
she insisted sternly. I'll tell the
police in Monterrey" she promised.
Monterrey was larger than she
had calculated and she had a little
difficulty finding her way. However.
at little past Z o'clock she pulled
up before the entrance of the old
Colonial hotel where she had
planned to spend the niPht. She
was greeted with the smiles and
bows apparently used by most
Latin-Amcricans.
She registered. then said to the
clerk. "Will you please tell me
where" Her words balkeG. Com
ing toward the desk were two men.
One was wearing n white neck
scarf.
ITO BE Continued)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-04
CHAPTER TEN


THAT SHE had witnessed an
actual murder was so incredible
that Mallory Bakers foot paraly2cd
momentarily on the accclcrator.
Her legs were shaking. And her
check muscles grinncd, with that
uncomfortable shaking she used to
feel in them when she first smiled
beneath bright lights.
There's nothing to smilc about
now, you IDIOT" she lid to herself.
She spoke the words loudly.
The sound of her own voice
seemed to yank her back to horri-
bic reality. Her foot regaincd pow
CT and trod heavily on the acccler-
ator; the machine responded with
a few jerking movements to that
quivcrinS pressure, then finally set
lied down TO an even pIirr." If only
Id had my pistol" she thought.
"Ych? And what would YOU have
done with it," haunting voice
seemed to demand. Mallory had no
answer for that. She stole a ncctinp
glance into the rear vision mirror.
Behind her she could see moth
ing. BuS that was slight comfort.
She hadn't seen much Of anything
before she came upon that awful
sight. either. The dusk had taken
care of that.
where am I. I wondcr?" She
tried to catch the numbers on n kill
ometcr post at the left hand side of
the road. The figures cvadcd her.
What difference did it make? She
still wouldn't know. give miles
are roughly eight liilomctcrs," she
reviewed, still speaking aloud. Pepc
had told her that. Wen. she didn't
have time for arithmetic now: all
she had time for was speed. It was
gratifying TO be away from the
worries of tires and gasoline, to be
able to speed lawfully-wcll, kind
of lawfully. for there was n speed
limit on the highway.
She began climbing, very. very
gradually at first, but the road re-
manned fairly straight. Not so geo.
mctrically straight as those some
40 miles right out of Laredo. but
unbcnding enough that she was
able to adhere to her 7O-milc-an-
hour progress without feeling She
might crash.
She thought, I'll turn on NV
lights Then. mo, I won't. ANY
thing is better than that brightness
10 show where I am" Eventually
she had TO have light. a few miles
father, at the right of the road, she
saw an elaborate, Hollywood-typc
place OF stucco and lie. In font of
II was 4 modern gasoline station.
There were several cars. The place
was alive and gay.
SabnaS llidalgo, she knew. The
place where pcpc and the customs
inspector had urged her to s;oD.
Even if just for a "coky." "CoIiv"
was very popular in Mc%ico, Nal
lorY was learning.
There are some marvellous poly-
chrome wood carvings there" she
had been told by the Mcxican who
attended to her passport. do stop
and see them"
Sure" Pcpc had added. you
might want to buy some scrapcs
or something"
Mallory's eyes had rested on the
customs agent, instead OF the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-04
Wife Preservers
|EEE0GeseN

Eclihcr gas nor electricity should he
turned on the cook stove until the cooking
utensil IS ready 10 be put on the flame.
prc,hcaiing the burner will not cook the
1000 any faster. Once the food is SSHking,
!et II cook without interruption Every
time the lid is removed heat is wasted and
cooking slowed down.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-04
Wife Preservers

When serving SIT drinks at home. chit
10 around 10 degrees 10 get the best fla.
Nor. To remove the cap tip tho bottle
slightly oil vertical and remove the cap
with q slow. steady pull so that IL won't
fiz2 over. For those who prefer 10 drinL
their sof, drink from glass. pour the hcy.
eragc slowly down the side of the glass 10
retain the carbonation
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-04
SYNOPSIS

MALLORY BAKER. SELF -ccntcrcd but
young. beautiful and talented singer
las achieved succcss-with the aid OF
TOD PATRICK. her manager. n. mas
been her agent since SIT" was AN en-
i.ftalnrr striving to reach III" top
Eli route TO Mexico 10y plane Mallory
meets an attractive. rather myslcri-
GUS young man.
RICHARD BLYTHE
YESTERDAY: Starting her drive to
Mexico City. Mallory sees n murder
being committed on the highway.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-04
Wife PreseYers

Turn the cloth bag Of your vacuum
cleaner inside out every two or three
weeks and give the inside a thorough
brushing with still brush. he careful not
10 puncture the bag Never wash IT, II you
have paper bag. change il often.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Glancing with pride at his IL
vear.nld-snn Pat ir uhn WAS hanp-

Glancing with pride at his IL
year-old-son, Pat, jr, who was hang
ing over the back of his chair, Chief
Petty Oficer Everett H. Padgett
told of the biggest fight his ship,
the O'Bannon, had off Jap-held
Vella Lavella in October. Pat, as
usual, was completely enthralled
with the familiar story.
"As the Japs were trying to take
many of their troops off the north
end Of the island, the O'Bannon and
two other American destroyers en-
gagged eight Jap destroyers and one
cruiser" the 36-year-old sailor re-
lated. Mr.. Padgett, who has seen
IA years continuous service in
the Navy. lives at 1862 Newton
street NV.
THE fight lasted 30 minutes" he
said. when the shooting was over
we definitely had sunk four Jap
ships and damaged three others so
they might not be able to return, -
the chief radioman continued. THE
O'Bannon got the Jap cruiser with
her fourth salvo. I've never seen a
more beautiful explosion"
Japs Get Destroyer.
Jap torpedoes got another de-
stroyer, the Chevalier, and we took
a lot of punishment, too, When the
O'Bannon went in to pick up the
Chevalier's survivors, we couldn't
maneuver closer than 200 yards OF
the sinking ship because of our dam
age, So the survivors-and there
were over 200-had to swim to
reach us.
And as those men, who had just
gone through one of the toughest
Evening star., 1944-02-07

bardments at enemy bases, expert
enced incessant attack from the air
and was missed by more than go
bombs. Not a man was lost.
However" Mr.. Padgett chuckled
I'VE did have one casualty. The
only female on board, Peggy
O'Bannon,' fell downstairs one dark
night and broke a leg. She had tc
be chloroformed. We had picked
her up in Australia and she hac
gone through two battles entirely
devoid Of fear and excitement
Peggy was our mascot-the only
dog on board ship"
Ship Is Praised.
Mr.. Padgett fondly termed tn,
O'Bannon "a tough, hard-hittine
old baby" whose record OF partic.
ipating in the sinking Of approx
mately 80 Japanese ships has earned
her the unof1icial name of Little
Helena" That Chief Radiomar
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Is D. c. Men to Address,
Chicago Housing PurIey

Three men from the District
John B. Blandford, jr, admins
traitor of the National Housing
Agency; M. H. Hedges, director of
research for the international
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
and Miles l.. Colean, vice president
of the building firm of Starrett Bros
g. Eken-will be among the speak
ers at national conference on post
war housing, to be held in Chicago
March 8 through 10.
The conference, which will be at
tended by leaders in all fields Of
housing, is sponsored by the Ma
Evening star., 1944-02-07

Padgett's record Is also impressive
is evidenced by his array Of ribbons
These include: Naval Expeditionary
Medal, for four expeditions; Asiatic-
Pacific Theater of War, with seven
accredited stars and two campaigns; !;
European-African Theater of War
with convoy service; American
Theater of War, Second Nicaraguan
Campaign Medal, Pre-Pearl Harbor
and Good Conduct Medals.
Before Mr.. Padgett helped put
the O'Bannon in commission in
June, 1912, and joined her crew, he
saw convoy duty and neutrality pa
troll on the Russell, and served
several months on the cruiser Tus-
caloosa.
Il was also fortunate enough to
be on the presidential ship when
Evening star., 1944-02-07

battles of the war, came swimming
toward us we heard a song rolling
across the water. Those boys were
singing California, Here I Comet" "
Chief Petty Officer Padgett. home
after 18 months in the South Pacific,
then described the O'Bannon's
amazing record. She fought In five
major battles, hurried seven bonn
Evening star., 1944-02-07
ENGINEERS to Meet

DR.. Robert J. Nebesar, chief en-
gineer of the Universal Nodded
Products Corr. of Bristol, Va, will
speak at meeting of the Washing
ton section of the American Society
Of Mechanical Engineers Thursday
at 5 pm. in the Pepco auditorium.
Evening star., 1944-02-07

Roosevelt and Churchill met to
draw UP the Atlantic Charter"
Mr.. Padgett, who has been a
patient at the Bethesda Naval Medi-
cal Center for the last month. left
this week on an incentive bond
tour" of the country His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Padgett; his
wife, Mrs. Alberta F. Padgett, and
four children, aged 4, 6, 10 and II,
live at the Newton street address.
Evening star., 1944-02-07
Stories of Veterans
Wanted by Star

This is another Of a series Of
interviewl with men from the
Washington area who have
returned from overseas duty
Friends and relatives of service
men returning from battle zones
are urged to write or telephone
the city editor Of The Star at
MA. 5000. The Star wants to
give these men of the armed
forces q chance to tell their
stories to the thousands of in
terested Washingtonians.
Evening star., 1944-02-07

tional Committee on Housing, Inc,
headed by Mrs. Samuel /. Rosen-
man of New York.
There Is . curse In your purse
and = wallop In your wallet. Let
the Axis have it-through an extra
bond.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Carrier Ticonderoqa
Ito Join Five Sister
Warships Monday
By the Associated Press.

6y tne ASSOCIATED Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Feb. g.
The aircraft carrier Ticonderoga
sixth flattop to be launched here ir
"a months, will slide into the James
River Monday at the plant of the
Newport News Shipbuilding anc
Dry Dock Co.
Her predecessors. all of the ESSEX
class, were the Essex, Yorktown
Intrepid. Hornet and Franklin.
Sponsor of the Tconderoga will
be Stephanie Sarah Pell, Pelham
Manor, N. Y, daughter of Robert E
Pell, State Department official, and
granddaughter of Stephen H. P.
Pell, who was responsible for the
restoration of Fort Ticonderoga to
its original status.
Three earlier Navy ships have
borne the name Ticonderoga. The
first was bought by the Navy after
she was launched in 1914 at Vergen-
mes, VT. Later that year she cap
tured the British sloop Club in the
battle of Lake Champlain.
Launched in 1862, the second IT.
conderoga was screw steamer with
barkentine rig to topgallant sails.
Her tonnage was 1888 and her
length 237 feet. She protected
American fisheries off the New Eng
land Coast, participated in the bonn
bardment of Fort Fisher, and after
the war was the first United States
steam vessel to circumnavigate the
globe. She was taken out of COM
mission in 1887.
The third Ticonderoga was the
German steamer Camilla Rickmer
seized when the United States en-
tered the World War. She was con-
verted into transport and on her
fourth Atlantic crossing was sunk
by German submarine with a loss
of more than 200 lives.
Evening star., 1944-02-02

Rubber tires from the United
States are arriving fn Turkey.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
So Gents .a.'1on Boost
lin Hard Coal Price Ordered

Pennsylvania anthracite coal
prices have been increased so cents
gross ton by the District Once OF
Price Administration. The increase
will expire February 20.
Officials said the boost was or
dered to offset higher costs to mine
operators who have been asked to
work miners seven days a week to
increase production during Febru-
ary. The increase will result in the
following price changes here in the
delivery price Of coal ton:
Egg, stove and nut, 1854; pea,
1874; No. buckwheat, $1169, and
No. 2 buckwheat, $1069.
Evening star., 1944-10-27
Sliding Coal Kills
Worker al Yards

John Chandler, 10, a laborer at
the Government fuel yards, and
Half streets Sc, was killed, and
James H. Mattimore. 43, yard super
intendent, was injured critically
shortly before noon today when a
fence around a coal pile in the yard
collapsed, burying them under an
avalanche of coal.
Mr.. Mattimore was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital with crushed chest,
where physicians said he had very
little chance to live" Mr.. Chandler
was dead when yard workers
reached his body after Is minutes of
digging.
Workers at the yard said Mr.
Chandler was operating a loading
machine and Mr.. Mattimore watch
ing near the edge of the bin when
the fence gave way under pressure
of the coal and an estimated 200
tons cascaded on them.
Mr. Mattimore jumped back, wit
nesses said, and was pinned down
only by the wood, but Mr.. Chandler
was buried beneath the slide. Other
workers pulled Mr.. Mattimore away
Immediately and used a huge der
rick to locate Mr.. Chandler.
George Davis, colored laborer at
the yard, said he was working at a
nearby bin when he heard terrific
crash. Then, he said, Mr.. Mattimore
yelled Look outp to Mr.. Chandler
Mr. Davis said he ran to the scene,
found Mr.. Mattimore pinned under
meath the fence and Chandler out
of sight.
Mr.. Chambers address was given
as AIS First street NV. and that of
Mr.. Mattimore as COL K street NE.
Evening star., 1944-10-27
Battle Summary Shows Daring,
Swift Moves by u. S. AdmiroIs
Submarine First Spotted jap Forces
Steomng Down on HuIsey's Sd Fleet

east of the Philippines, and on Vice
Admiral Thomas c. Kinkaid's 7th
Fleet, covering Gen. Macarthur S
Leyte invasion.
All three were sighted Monday. A
submarine made first contact Mon
day morning, reporting that
battleships, 10 cruisers and about 13
Idestroyers were moving northeast
through the South China Sea.
This fleet, probably from Singa-
pore, continued course along
Palawan Island, turned through
Mindoro Strait into the Sibuyan Sea
and headed southeast toward Leyte.
Planes, presumably from Admiral
Kinkaid's escort carriers, discovered
a smaller Japanese force Mon
day afternoon steaming northeast
through the Sulu Sea toward Leyte.
This consisted of two battIeships
one cruiser and four destroyers.
They may have been from Singa-
pore or may have been detached
from the imperial task force which
| (See McMURTRY, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1944-10-27
| Mrs. Rosenbero
| Seen Replacing
| Miss Perkins
By the Associated Press.

The United Mine Workers Journal
suggested in an editorial today that
Frances Perkins might be replaced
by Anna Rosenberg, a presidential
labor adviser, as Secretary of Labor
if President Roosevelt is reelected
The journal, official organ of John
l.. Lewis mine union, also contended
editorially that the Endorsement OF
MIR. Roosevelt by Senator Ball, Re-
publican, of Minnesota was the re-
suit of "a vote-getting deal' man.
aged by Harry Hopkins.
The journal described Mrs. Rosen-
berg, who is New York regional di-
rector for the War Manpower Com
mission and the United States EN-
ployment Service, as "a personnel
director for millionaire department
store owners" and IAN out-and- -out
Roosevelt politician"
In an editorial attacking Senator
Ball. the journal said that "here in
Washington it is a commonly ac-
cepted viewpoint that an actual deal
was made between Ball and the
White House inner circle, and that
the deal was not based on any con-
cept of world duty or world organi-
cation or foreign policy"
Evening star., 1944-10-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-Prime Min
lister Churchill told the House o1
Commons today "a very gooc
working agreement" had beer
reached with Russia on the
problems of Southeastern Europe
but acknowledged his efforts tc
end the Russian-Polish dispute
prime objective of his mission to
Moscow, had not proved sue
ceSsful.
Likening himself to a wandering
minstrel of diplomacy, Mr.. Churchill
said he and President Roosevelt
should confer with Premier Stain
before the year ends. But he de-
clared that "all is solid, sure and
sound among the three Allies.
The Prime Minister summed up
the results of his conferences with
Premier Stain as highly satisfac-
tory" and underscored the neces-
Isity for dispensing misunderstand-
ings and forestalling them before
they occur
Il am quite sure" he added, that
no final result can be obtained until
Evening star., 1944-10-27
Prime Minister Hopes for Talks
With Roosevelt, Stain This Yea,
Accord Reached in Moscow on Problems Of
Southeast Europe, House Of Commons Told

the heads of the three governments
have met together, as I earnestly
trust they may do before this year
Is out"
AT Quebec" he said, "the Presi-
dent and I felt very much the alb
sence of Russia. At Moscow, Mar
shall Stain and I were deeply con-
scious that the President was not
with us, although in this case the
American observer, Mr.. Averell
Hartman, the accomplished Am
bassador of the United States, made
us feel at all times the presence of
the great republic"
Inc one of the shortest reports he
has ever made after a major con-
ference. Mr.. Churchill spoke only
about 80 minutes. Commons granted
his previously expressed plea that it
refrain from using the report as the
basis for a general policy debate.
He touched but briefly on the
military situation.
Asserting that I'VE are in the last
lap" of the European War, Mr..
Churchill declared
Let all hope die in German
See CIITIpCuTT De- AIcY-
Evening star., 1944-10-27
Six u. S. Worships
Lost in Victory
Over Jap Fleet
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
American losses in defeating
the japanese Navy in the Bat
tie of the Philippines totaled six
warships-two escort carriers,
two destroyers and a destroyer
escort, in addition to the light
aircraft carrier Princeton, the
Navy announced today.
The names of the vessels, ex-
cept the Princeton, were not
disclosed, pending notification
of next of kin of casualties.
No details, the Navy said, are
yet available on circumstances
of the loss of the ships.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
has reported that more than
1900 officers and men were
rescuedSfrom the Princeton.
The bst carrier escorts each
carried a complement of prob
ably 1000 men, and each had a
squadron of more than 81
planes. Destroyers carry nor
NAL complement of about 200
men and destroyer escorts about
$50.
Evening star., 1944-10-27
Planes Step Up Pursuit Of Japs;
Churchill Acknowledges Failure
To Settle Po|ish-Russian Dispute
U. S. Seq Victory
Points Up Threat
ToLeyte Invasion
MAP on Page A-5.l
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Oct. 27.-Further details
were awaited today on the de-
feat which was dealt the Japa-
nese Navy after the Japs, in an
amazing gamble, actually sue
ceeded in getting warships peril
ouSly close to Americas invasion
beaches on Leyte Island in the
Philippines.
The combined sinking or damaging
of 81 warships, including three car
riers and 10 battleships in these
naval-air encounters, tells far
from-completed story.
Remnants of the once, proud i'm
perial feet which, it now can be
disclosed, actually penetrated Leyte
Gulf and attacked transports en-
gagged in Gen. MacArthur's landings,
still were under relentless air pur-
suit, Gen. Macarthur announced