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Evening star., 1944-06-02
By THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star War CORRESPONDENT.

LONDON, Delayed. - Day after
day as the bombers from England
blast the invasion coast and Hitler S
cities, their course towards their tar
gets is followed in scattered control
towers by Uncle Sans woman SOL
diers, among whom are II from the
Washington area.
With their deft fingers they form
one of the most important cogs IN
the vast and complicated ground
machine necessary to keep the
planes in the air and guide them
to their objectives.
Washington girls engaged as
flight plotters, teletype operators
secretaries stenographers and
drivers with the 9Th and 9th Air
Forces include: Pvt Bessie B. Nc
Cullough, 1045 Quebec place NV;
pvt. Mary r. Bielaski, 1905 Hobart
street NV: Sergt. Shirlee S. Pas
koff. 3501 Thirteenth street NV;
Corpl. Vera M Heard, 2003 Colum-
bia road NV; Pvt. Sally A. Ben
nett, 1928 Twelfth street NV;
Pvt. Paula B. Edwards, 4319 Georgia
avenue NV; Corpl. Margaret C.
Frank, 24O3 Huidekoper place NV;
Pvt. Ruby H. Gienger, 1871 Peabody
street NV: Pvt. Jane E. Hastings,
56lO Fourteenth street NV: Corpl.
Norma j. Peak, 1881 K street NV;
Corpl. Constance M. Supplee, 1929
Columbia road NV; Pvt. Naomi E.
Trott, As w street NV; Pvt. Stella
D. Straining, 1880 Central avenue
NE; Corpl. Alma l.. Bell, Is Thirty
third street NE; Corpl. Jean M,
Storrar, 121 Willow avenue, Takoma
Park.
Former War Workers Here.
Nearly all these girls gave up good
war jobs in Washington Government
departments to enter the service
and they lead lives differing very
little from those of enlisted men at
the same stations. They usually are
stationed far from any large town
If they go out after dark, they must
tumble about, at the constant risk
of broken ankles and scraped shins
in the dense blackness of the British
countryside. All have had at least
one experience when enemy bombs
fell too close for comfort.
Most of their jobs are as routine
as those of any G. 1. Perhaps the
most interesting and thrilling WAC
jobs are in the airfield contro
rooms after mission starts out
Each plane is followed so far as pos
sible and is represented on a great
checker board by metal disk. With
a rod like that of a roulette crou-
pier the WAC, wearing headphones
through which she receives constant
information of the direction and
altitude of flight, moves the disks
about until the formation is COM
plete and the big dash over France
under way.
Personal Matter to Each.
This is usually a very personal
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Alexandria Court Report

The following report for May has
been submitted to Judge James r
Duncan Of the Alexandria Civil and
Police Court by Mrs. Alma Bryan
Clerk and bailiff: Fines, trial fees,
warrant fees. bail fees, filing and in
dexing and other fees collected, So
234.77; State fines and clerks fees,
$462 SO; sergeant's fees, SIT; cash
depository bonds collected, 81, ,O6l rs; ;
fees collected for justice of the
peace, s32; collections for Juvenile
and Domestic Relations Court.
s545,35 other fees, s198.77; total COL
lections for May, $5,61l64: total now
on deposit, S4,134.52.
Evening star., 1944-06-02

between the two denomination was
approved, but the synod expressed
the belief that the time was not ripe
for the union.
A plea made Wednesday by the
Committee on Christian Social Ac-
tlon Tor the use of common sense
by ministers on the matter of mar
rylng divorced persons again came
to the floor when the Rev. Charles
EnderS, Washington, said he felt
the denomination general synod
should make specific recommended
tlonS to ministers.
The Committee on Christian Edu-
cation gave fewer babies in 1884"
as one reason why Sunday school
attendance has shown a marked de-
cline in recent years. The fact
that there was a decline in the ma
tlOnal blrthrate in the climax wears
OF the last economic depression, 4"
said the Rev Arthur Newell. Rich
mond, Va, means we are bound
to have fewer youngsters of Junior
department age in church schools
Ministers should stop fretting
about the decrease in Sunday school
attendance, and instead use the
same energy for constructive eff
forts to strengthen the education
program of the church." the Rev.
Mr.. Newell asserted at the closing
session.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Merger Plan Rejected
By Evangelical Church

FREDERICK, Nd, June 2 ply
unanimous vote, the Potomac Synod
of the Evangelical and Reformed
Church yesterday rejected a plan
which called for ultimate merger in
l947 with the Congregational Chris
tian Church.
Part OF the proposed procedure
which called for further acquaint-
anceship and cooperative endeavor
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Fall on Bottle Injuries Girl

Patricia Lee, 3, of IA M street NE
was admitted to Children's Hospital
last night with abdominal injuries
sustained when she fell on a milk
bottle she was carrying home from
a nearby store. Hospital attaches
said her condition was serious,
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Senote Confirms Ward

The Senate yesterday confirmed
the appointment of Norman E.
Ward as postmaster at Rockville,
Md. Mr.. Ward has been employed
at the Rockville and Silver Spring
post offices since 1921, and for the
last year has served as acting post
master at Rockville.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Virginia to Honor Davis

RICHMOND. Va, June 2.-State
offices will be closed tomorrow in
celebration of the birthday ami
versary of jefferson Davis, President
of the Confederacy. Banks, City
Offices, business houses and liquor
stores will be open for business as
uSIlal
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Glenmont PTA Elects

Officers of the Glenmont (Md.)
Elementary School Parent Teacher
Association have been elected as
follows: President, Alfred Jennings;
vice president, Mrs. William Moore,
secretary, Mrs, Thomas Clarke
treasurer, Mrs. Herman Martell, and
historian, Mrs. Ralph Matthias.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
Tor Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and maga-
anes is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
nave your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
70 Alexandra Registrars
Leave 10 Join Nayy Today

The first group of registrants to
be lnducted from Alexandria since
April 20 left today to join the Navy.
Although the Selective Service
Board sent no men for induction
during May, there are several groups
10 be called for June, including an
Army and a Navy group tomorrow.
among those who left today were
IA fathers. although men over 26 are
not being inducted. The following
fathers were in the group.
F,lnnell' James E, Jr.Cooper. William w.
Jarrett Jay G. Smith Charies w
Hunt, John D. Ford Iohn H
6oa!teI, James l.. BROOKS, Joseph v
h,at.sdSon, r W SauAer, Andrew j.
SGenaelsoll, h b Hale, Leo W.
spoons, Jonn P. Page Norman t.
NOnfatherS indicted were.
Arnold, DAVID B., jr. Bailey. Warren
SSeCoIIu, 4IE4il Is. MauSer. Georsc +.
-A-L44I-- h91e-L =. McDermott John V.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
Opening-v X

nament was worn by Mrs. c. j.
Bonner of South Euclid, o., and
Sam Rockwell of Cleveland.
Mrs. Bonner is one of the hard
working officers of the Cleve-
land Whist Club, the organiza-
ton sponsoring the tournament.
and her victory was very popu-
lar.
Sam Rockwell is one of the
old-time stars of Cleveland.
thought he played today's hand
very we'll When he counted his
tricks, there were only IL in
sight, but he found way to
make the extra one he needed.
Rockwell ruffed the ace Of
hearts and led a low spade to
dummys king. Another heart
was ruffed with the ace of
trumps, and dummy entered
with the king of diamonds. The
fourth heart was led and ruff
fed with the king of trumps, and
a low trump was led to dummy.
Three rounds of clubs were
taken, Rockwell discarding his
losing diamond on the last
round. The ace OF diamonds and
the high spades accounted for
the remaining tricks.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY VIM. Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The two-session mixed pair
event at the Ohio State Tour
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20

In any depressing situation
look for the possibilities. De-
Spondency is chronically assoc
lated with negative thinking.
No discouraging situation into
which we commonly fall is pure
disaster with nothing to be done
about it except succumb, We
ourselves make our situations
seem like that by our absorbed
concern with their depressing
elements.
The first technique by which
many naturally try to win salts
faction from untoWard sltua-
tions, is will power. Facing de-
pressing circumstance, they call
upon themselves TO play the
man; but the emotional con-
quest Of depression is no simple
matter Of direct volition. To be
sure. in some crises of disheart-
eminent respondent man may
with good effect be told TO snap
out of it. George Bernard Shaw
makes one Of his characters say
TO self-pitying woman Your
native language is the language
of Shakespeare and Milton and
the Bible; and don't sit there
grooming like a bilious pigeon
When, however, such reliance
on strength of will is the per-
son S soul resource in dealing
with some long drawn out,
chronic tragedy of illness, hand
leap, or bereavement, its results
can be deplorable. Such a per-
son may refuse TO crack up, but
only at the cost of hard stoicism.
He may be strong, but only by
becoming flint-llke and obdur-
ate, dcfying life and in the end
growing scornful Of it. SO a
strong-willed woman said TO the
minister after the funeral of her
son: Thanks for the service II
was kind of you. But for myself
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
. SO THEY SAY

The hope of making the good
neighbor policy general through
out the world is perhaps the
most solid basis for believing
that we can arrive at a success
full world organization capable of
making and maintaining peace.
- Assistant Secretary of State
Adolf A. Berle, Jr.
The empire of Chamberlain,
Kipling and Lord Beaverbrook
is dead. Our new empire is part
Socialist an the other part is
rapidly becoming so. - Capt.
John Dugdale, British Laborite
M. p.
II you stick together in squad
ron formation and obey all the
air rules you will come home.
II you don't, you get the hell
shot out of you. - Mai Frank
J. Collins, back from Europe.
The greatest danger of an in
flationary boom will be after
the fighting stops. There will
then be tendency on the part
of the average citizen to buy the
things he couldn't get before
and a violent rise in prices may
result. - William |. Myers, New
York State College of Agricul-
ture dean.
denounce those who come
to America, take advantage OF
the opportunities here, and still
retain allegiance to the countries
from which they came. - Rep.
Jennings Randolph of West Vir-
ginia.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
PLANS FOR x-DAY

The War Production Board hos tlnoy taken
s,eos TO out into effect the XDoy ReconvesIon Pon
which the Boruch. Hancock report recommended
more than three months oeo The plan would prepare
for the doy of Germonys detect - which the report
terms X.Doy-by setting UP an orderly system or re-
conversion before the need crises
The plan would enlist cooperation of WPB and
the armed forces 1t would try to estimate controct
cancellations in advance, provide tor speedy, ett'-
Gent transfer Of plants resources and personnel 70
cviIion production while still maintaining top war
efficiency elsewhere.
II seems to us thot WPB has been tordy in tok-
ina this STEP In foct the whole government hos been
slow to move toward any action on report when
was greeted with general enthusiasm, but which now
seems in some donoer of becoming forgotten blue
print
1t could be argued, Of course, that since Ger
mony isn't beaten the XDoy plan is being started
in plenty of time But military events move too roP-
idy for eisurely approach to such on important
lob Besides, the recent ponicky eoines on at the
Brewster AeronouticoI Corp. show that such q plan
is already needed
The Nav, apparently without warning, asked
Brewster to lay off 5000 men Immediately because
Of controct terminating July !. The company and
the union we're caught flot-footed. So, it seemed,
wos WPB All was confusion The Truman Commit
tee took on immediate interest Everybody directly
concerned went running to the President, who had
other things TO do.
We hope that when another Brewster cose comes
Up there will be an xDoy plan to try out on it. We
also hope that other agencies Of government incud-
ing Congress, will really begin building some derob-
izotion machinery along the line Of the Boruch-
Hancock recommendations
These recommendations aren't gospel, but they
do offord q sound basis for operations. Right now
many local and private agencies ore we'll ahead Of
government in postwar planning. Thots oil right if
they don't get too for oheod. But hometown plan
ming is coming to the point where it must look to
Washington for eo-ordinoted agency Of reodjust-
nnent with some real authority.
Too much delay make the day Of victory the
beginning Of and serious national headache
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
. BARBS

Think what you will. but have
will enough to keep some of
your thoughts to yourself.
Some Of the best cooking tips
are available now. You'll find
them on the end OF asparagus
stalks.
Eventually American soldiers
and sailors arc going TO give
Japan the answer TO What 5
cookin'.' Tokyo
With the amusement tax. when
a girl is taken over TO night
club, the fellow is taken over.
This is the season when little
germs arc waiting for flies to
take them on trip to your
home: Swat!
Experts do not agree on the
origin of grapefruit. Maybe il
just dropped in for breakfast
one morning.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
SERVANTS, NOT RULERS

From 1920 to l94O, stote spending in Maryland
increased 500 per cent Since then things have been
different. In l943 the original budget was reduced
almost q third Stote income tox reductions saved
toxpoyers Il million do|lors stote property toxes
amounted to million and half.
How Gomez Well, three years ego Maryland cit
liens organized Public Expenditure Council. Men,
bers keep on eye public spending, and meet with
stote, county and municipal officers to tok over
budgets ond taxes 1t takes time and attention, but
it pays off in lower toxes olert, responsible
government
Philosophical citizens Of any stote do the
same if they will toke the trouble When they do
50, they exercise not the Americans greet priv-
lege Of choosing his rulers" os Justice Reed rather
corelessly sold in the recent Supreme Court poltox
decision but the greet privilege Of selecting his pub
lie sevonts and holding them strictly accountable
for their stewardship.
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on Gezjz9 f.
REAL PERSON
By DR.. HARRY EMERSON EOSDlCK

I have no faith in life left. My
son is we'll out of this damned
world" Far from being weak.
her will was inflexible, but re-
lance on it as a sole resource IN
deep trouble carried her straight
into a hard imperturbability.
When circumstances are dis
piriting we need not only will
power but inSight-the capacity
positively to see the possibilities
for good still resident in the sit
uation. Booker T. Washington
even used the phrase, The adj
vantage Of disadvantages" He
ought to know. Born Negro
slave, allowed TO carry the books
OF his white masters children TO
the schoolhouse door but never
to enter, shut out from the areas
OF privilege he craved most. the
advantage of his disadvantages
was far from obvious. Yet he
won an appreciation of educa-
ton, determination TO get it
for himself at any cost, a SYM
patty with the children Of his
people who were denied it, a de-
votion to the cause Of open
doors for Negro youth. that
never could have been his with
such depth and poignancy had
he not been spurred by his own
privation. Booker T. Washing
ton was what he was not despite
his early handicaps but in large
measure because of them.
This insight into the "advan-
tage of disadvantages" carry
ing one from negative to
positive attitude toward dis
heartening situations, is of far
reaching therapeutic value in
ordinary life. Toward minor
irritations, broken plans. or un-
expected handicaps, some peo-
pie instinctively make mega
tive response. They have never
acquired the habit of gathering
up the broken threads of their
cherished plans and weaving
something else out of them.
Rossini once had to write an
opera for a company whose con-
tralto had only one good note
in her voice-middle B flat. He
might have taken negative
attitude but instead he wrote
for her one of his most success
full arias. He made her sing re-
ctative on middle 3 flat while
the orchestra wovC glorious har-
mony around il.
To be sure. there are situa-
tons in life that may properly
be called hopeless. There are in.
durable Diseases irretrievable
financial disasters, domestic
tragedies that cannot be remed-
led. fatal accidents-dead-end
streets where all hopeful expec-
tationS are brought 10 full
stop. Even in such situations,
however. one can be a real per-
son. displaying an undefeated
spirit in desperate circumstan-
ces. 1t takes genious to serve
mankind by doing some things
that need to be done. but man.
kind is also served by those who
simply do not crack up when all
expect them to. They make a
stimulating company.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

ted to give the first limitations
of successful water injection
into aircraft engines to supply
temporary spurts of extra power
at takeoffs and in emergency
flying.
These two most important
disclosures. plus all the new
developments the Navy now re-
veals to the public. give pretty
clear indications of what mech
anized "triphibious' warfare OF
the future will be like.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
AND SPEAKING OF TAXES

We ore intrigued by the story Of the man in New
York whose stote return showed thot he owed tox
and who sent the stote income tax bureau money
order for 10000. Trying to fothom his reasoning,
We have discarded tmidity, practical joking and re-
lief, ond have concluded thot here is Of potri-
otism and mpeoeobe civic conscience trying to ex-
press his regret thot in this yeor Of decision he hos
but one life to give to his country and 10000 to his
state treasury.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20

CoWan, puzzled.
Get Carlo to agree TO that
picture" said Hayward. why,
she's turned down 26 scripts in
the last three years. Gabriel
Pascal spent a fortune calling
her long distance trying to get
her to come to England to do
st. Joan. How did you do it,"
Il told him the truth" Lester
Cowan said. Il told him it just
sorta happened. Then poured
myself a stiff drink"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA staff Correspondent


today is how Producer Lester
CoWan got Greta CARLOS sigma
ture on contract 10 portray
ships captain in a motion pic
ture based on the Norwegian
merchant marine.
We looked up the gent who
finally had lured Gee-Gee out
of Nree-year retirement and
found him taking no bows. 1t
sorta just happened, Lester
CoWan said, still in a daze Its
quite story"
And it was.
1t all started two years ago,
Cowan said, when he was in
Canada filming Commands
Strike at Dawn, story of Nor
ways fighting home front.
"One day, he said, Il went
aboard a Norwegian merchant
ship in Vancouver. To my sur
prise, the captain turned out to
be woman | talked to her and
discovered that her husband
was also d ships captain, that
they met periodically. Right
then | saw the possibility Of a
great movie
Well. CoWan was still talking
about the idea when the Com
mandos' was prevleWed a year
later at the Royal Norwegian
Embassy in Washington. Am
bassador Wilhelm Munthe De-
MorgenstIerne thought 1t was a
great idea, too.
I'D like you 10 make that
picture about our merchant ma
rine," MorgenStlerne told Cow
an. Fine, said CoWan, but
who will we get to play a lady
sea captain
How about Garbo?" said the
Norwegian ambassador. She's
the most famous Scandinavian
in the world
"Garbo' said Cowan, start
led why, | don't even know
the lady. She hasn't made pic
ture for three years. Really,
don't think she'd be interested.
After all, il would have 10 be
an action picture and Carlo
would be playing ships cap
tain and we'd have 10 throw
buckets of water in her face and
Let me see what | can do"
said the Norwegian ambassador.
CoWan returned 10 Holly
wood and forgot the incident.
Couple of months later Carlo 5
best friend. Salka Viertcl, tele-
phoncd COWan al his office.
Miss Carlo, announced Sal
ka, would like to meet YOU and
discuss that Norwegian mer-
chant marine picture.
For minute, said CoWan,
Il didn't know what the devil
she was talking about Then
remembered the NorWcg an am
bassador. Salka said he had
written Gee-Gee asking If she d
like to be IN the picture, and
Gee-Gce had answered back
that she most certainly would. "
CoWan, meantime, had landed
the scren rights TO Ernie Pyle $
book and had temporarily for
gotten the merchant marine
film idea.
"HAM AND" FOR TWO
SO, CoWan said, next day
! met Carlo and Salka IN the
dining room at the Beverly Will
shire hotel. II was the first time
had ever seen the lady. She
was wearing a mink coat and
dark glasses. She ordered a SAL
ad and | ordered ham and eggs.
She looked at me surprised like,
called the waiter back and said
IL have ham and eggs, too.
Well, Cowan and Gee-Gee dis
cussed the picture and the con-
versation, Cowan said, went
something like this. Carlo:
They want you to produce the
picture. Cowan. They want
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20
i. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-What is sericulture?
A-The raising of silkworms.
Q-How many people are on
the government payroll within
continental United States?
As, l88,625 as of June, 1943.
Q-To what family of the
plant world does bamboo be-
long?
A-Bamboo is a grass; il may
grow as much as a foot and a
half in a day.
Q-What office does Stain
hold in the Communist party?
A-General secretary.
Q-What famous American
born expatriate was fined re-
Gently in London for violating
rationing regulations?
A-Viscountess Astor, M. P.
Q-HoW many square miles
are there in continental United
States?
A-3.022.387.
Q-How many radios are in
use in the United States?
A-The figure was 100000
(3O,0O0,00O in homes) in l943.
Q-Where is The Pentagon OF
the War Department?
A-Arlington, Va.
~
Q-What American poet was
recently indicted by District
of Columbia grand jury for
treason?
A - Ezra Pound, who re-
nounced the United States and
has lived in Italy almost con-
stantly since 1908.
@ - What are the Argyll
Rooms, located in Oxford Cir
Gus, London?
"A place of entertainment
where such famous musicians
as List and Mendelssohn APP
peared in the early 10th CEN
fury.
Q-Who is Great Britain's
counterpart of the o. w. Is FL
mer Davis?
A-Brendan Bracken,' British
Minister of Information.
Q-Has modern man ever
known the taste of the flesh OF
the dinosaur, an animal extinct
millions Of years?
Ayes; portion OF the deli
cacy, discovered perfectly pre-
served in the frozen tundra OF
Siberia, was served at BAN
quet for scientists several years
ago.
(Which of the following
takes the most war bonds to buy
an anti-aircraft searchlight, a
barrage balloon, or training
plane?
A-The searchlight costs $780,.
600, the balloon $4,000, and tn,
plane $4,000.
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D IN HOLLYWOOD

you TO star" Carlo: Lets get
going" CoWan: "Okay." Next
day CARLOS agent, Leland Hay-
ward. called at Cowan's office
and they drew up contract
which Carlo signed the follow
ing day.
After returning the signed
contract, Hayward, in a hushed
whisper, said:
Tell me confidentially, Les
ter, how did you do it,"
"HoW did | do WHAT" asked
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-20

Q-What is sericulture?
A-The raising of silkworms.