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Evening star., 1944-11-22

HIS LETTER BROUGHT STAR CHRISTMAS CAROLS-Corpl
Stein medical corpsman in big hospital in the South
west Pacific his pastor the Rev. Herbert Garner
of Sixth Church. asking for copies of carols
newly choir could sing them the wounded
told The Star about it and several thou
copies the most popular carols published
paper shown here with first They
are available counerStar Staff Photo
Evening star., 1944-11-22
MISSING


Pvt. Irving ]. Harris, 26, infantry,
has been missing in action in France
since October 8, the War Depart
ment has notified his family. His
wife and 2-year-old son live at 1000
Eighth street NE. and his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Harris, live at
1347 Tewkesbury place NV.
A graduate of Mckinley High
School, Pvt. Harris attended Mary
land University for two years. Be-
fore entering the Army last jan
uary, he worked at the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing for four
years. He was shipped overseas in
July. Hik9two sisters, Miss Vivian
Harris and Mrs. Bea Wattenberg,
also live at the Tewkesbury place
address.
Evening star., 1944-11-22
Prisoner

Pvt. James n. Shell, 81, infantry,
reported missing in France August
13, is prisoner of war in Germany
the War Department has notified
his mother, Mrs. Roy H. Hickey, jr.,
1928 Fourteenth street NE.
Pvt. Shell attended Chamberlin
Vocational School and worked for
the Army Map Service before enter
ing the Army in March, 1s43. He
went overseas last May. His BROTH
er, Pfc. Jack D. Shell, recently was
sent overseas.
Evening star., 1944-11-22
Blood Quote

FFOT DISITICC, FENLagON aNu
Mobile Units)
District quota per
week -------- 5000 pints
Donations last week 4,757 pints
Donations so far this
week -------- 1,442 pints
T o d a US appoint
ments ----- TAG persons
Appointments may be made
with the Blood Donor Center,
in the Acacia Building, 81 LOU
isiana avenue NV, by calling
District 5000 between 9 am.
and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

dollars of Federal Housing Admins
tration insured mortgages" Houses
for six thousand residents already
have been completed. Mr.. Mason
indicates the engineering skill put
into the enterprise in these words:
The streets within the city were
made safe for old people and children
by so planning 1t as to shunt fast
moving traffic around the outskirts
on through highways. The residen-
tial streets curve gently to discourage
high speeds in areas used by pedes-
trians.
Future expansion of Midwest City
likewise was mapped out in the
beginning" The made-to-order
town does not claim to be Utopia,
but it does represent the traditional
American instinct for pulling to-
gether" yet giving the other fellow
a chance to be himself"-a combina-
ton of cooperation and individual
ism-in municipal evolution as in
everything else.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

taught radio over the radio" and
built up the largest radio telegraph
school in the country. He now is hear.
ing from hundreds of his former pupils
who are on warships, in bombers and
in the communications service Of the
fighting forces all over the world.
Representative Michael j. Bradley Of
Pennsylvania was Morse telegrapher
for more than 10 years and saw dis
tinguished service. He served in the
Navy in the First World War as chief
radio electrician. When President
Woodrow Wilson was at the Peace Con-
ference, the Navy assigned Mr.. Bradley
to transmit all of the Presidents con-
fldential cable and wireless messages.
Following the war he was a newspaper
telegrapher for number of years and
also a telegrapher in the brokerage
business. He worked some of the fast
est brokerage and press wires. Although
he has not been employed at his craft
for more than Is years, he still retains
his card as member of the CONNER
cial Telegraphers' Union.
Representative William c. Cole Of
Missouri was a, radio operator for II
months in the war zone during the
First World War on board the U. S. s..
Machias, doing submarine patrol and
CONVOY duty.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
japanese Thought Control

The Association of japanese Pub
fishers has, In effect, just committed
har1-kari. In line with a decree by
the Tokyo war lords, it has slashed
It's membership from Its to only
172. According to the Office of War
Information, which has the report
from enemy broadcasts heard by
United States Government monitors,
the action will leave Japan's read
ing public with no more than SO
technical magazines instead of the
customary 1891. In addition, though
no figures are given, a similarly
sensational cut has been ordered for
political, cultural, religious and
sports publications.
A paper shortage may have some
thing to do with this. Manpower
difficulties, too, may be in part re-
sponsible. But the most important
reason of all is almost certainly an
official desire to keep the printed
word as much out of circulation as
possible. To understand this we
have only to remember that the
TOTO government operates a pro-
gram called thought control" AS
the phrase implies, this involves a
rigorous and widespread campaign
carried out by the japanese
equivalent of Himmler's Gestapo
and Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry
to keep the average citizen of
Japan from forming any ideas of
his own.
1t may reasonably be assumed
that this Is the main reason why
some 80 per cent of all Japanese
publishers have just been put out of
business. The development, which
suggests that the empire home front
may recently have started thinking
in way to make the TOTO govern
ment nervous, must surely stir up at
least degree of questioning in the
heads Of Hirohito's subjects. The
work OF the thought police" is thus
far from finished. No matter how
much Of the press is done away with,
after all, 1t Is quite task to keep
people from having ideas o. one
kind or another-even anon the
repressed and docile citizens he
| Land of the Rising Sun.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Mude-to-Order CITY

Many an American citizen un-
doubtedly has toyed with the dream
of building town nearer to the
hearts desire" The interest in civic
planning which characterizes the
people of the United States dates
from the earliest Colonial period.
1t is matter of history that the
pioneer settlements of Virginia and
Massachusetts, were intended to be
as nearly ideal as possible. They
were closely integrated for the sake
of security, they were guarded sys-
tematically, they developed numer-
Gus community facilities, they were
tolerable from an architectural point
of view, reasonably comfortable and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES "a good job"
Old drawings show that
And it is natural that they should.
The premier colonists of North
America were men and women of
better than average intelligence.
When they had the opportunity to
improve their condition, they made
proper use of it. The designers of
Williamsburg and South Deerfield
"are of the company" of Major
L'Enfant and of such modern inno-
vators as w. P. Atkinson and his
fifteen associates who recently have
created Midwest City, Oklahoma.
Two years ago the site of the
Atkinson project was an open wheat
field. Joseph B. Mason, writing in
the American Builder Magazine for
April, explains that the small home
builders who pooled their resources
and ideas for this mass building
accomplishment" had every detail
perfectly planned in advance" They
visualized "a permanent postwar
community with schools, play
grounds, parks, administration build
ings and shopping center" each unit
scheduled in logical sequence. "All
homes are Of permanent construc-
ton. financed with over seven million
Evening star., 1944-04-23

ary lines date back to the beginning
Of the eighteenth century, when, the
japanese contention is, "the Co.'S
sacks encroached upon" the upper
portions of the chain. The word
"Kuriles" is derived from the Rus
sian "kurit," meaning "to smoke"
and suggests the volcanic origin OF
the entire archipelago. All OF the
islands are mountainous, several
have lofty cliffs and peaks, four are
heavily forested, the rest are bare.
A vast net of seaweed binds the
group together. The "only possible
harbor" is Shakotan Bay on Shikotan.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

proportions. We still wonder at the
miracles Of Bible times, but what
would the people Of Bible times
think Of the miracles of our times?
They walked, we fly through the air.
They communicated by . messenger
on foot. we hear voices speaking over
the radio from the farthest places.
One fact seems established: That we
must allow for the possibility Of mir
acles. Wonders have never ceased.
Believers in . personal God should
not doubt His power over what He
hiss created. Where the gospel has
gone more health, more wealth, bet
ter food and better morals have de-
veloped.
In China, the largest nation on
earth, the Christian population is
roughly per cent. Yet one in every
six Of its leaders Is Christian and
nearly al Of them have received their
education in Christian schools and
colleges. Thus the influence Of
christianity becomes Z mighty factor
In the life Of the world and the end is
not yet. When We come to the pc
riod Of readjustment following the
present war, we shall need to draw
heavily upon the wisdom OF Christ.
He Is marvelously gifted with power
to help.
- ~
Jesus challenged His hearers with
these words: Believe Me for the
very works sake" Think of what
He has done. He has given the world
its highest Interpretation of God, a
morality Of the purest order and
philosophy Of life that is unexcelled.
The Saviour not only endured with
amazing composure the intense suf-
tering of the cross but He inspired
His followers also to share in suffer-
ing for their convictions.
Jesus Christ Is "the same yester-
day, today and forever" He is back
Of every good word and work. One
Ct His enthusiastic followers of today
says: 1.-TWO things like most to do.
One is to design machines, turn on
the power and see them work. The
other Is to turn on the power Of the
gospel and see 1t work in peoples
lives"
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Greater Works Than These
By the Req. William E. La Rue, MA, 3D.,
Pastor, Tdkoma Park Baptist Church.

Our Lord had q way Of speaking
that often caused his hearers to won
der greatly ut what He said. One
instance is that Of the occasion when
he told His disciples that after His
departure greater works than they
had seen through His ministry would
be wrought through them.
Where the hunger of q multitude
had been supplied in 4 miraculous
way, the time would come when mil
lions would be fed. In this He en-
visioned q coming day when the
production, preservation and distri-
button Of food would be as 1t is in
our own times. Yet the world
never has been in greater need of
food than today. Our Nation through
its various agencies now Is sending
food to the peoples Of the earth in
such volume that 1t Is astonishing.
Where In the period in which He
lived . few people were healed here
and there Is Jesus proceeded with
His works Of mercy, Ut present
through the spirit Of Christian prog.
ress and scientific achievement, hos
pitak and benevolent institutions.
skilled physicians and devoted nurses
impart the healing touch to millions.
Where = few, only very few in
dividuals were raised from the dead
in Jesus day, now as an accompAni-
ment Of Christian civilization, aver
age mortality, even during this slobal
war, is at the lowest point ever
reached. This christianity is found
in its finest form.
There seems to be no indication
that Jesus ever looked upon the mir
acles He performed with wonder. He
ives no Snowman. He coveted no
notoriety. When He made the deaf
to hear and the dumb to speak, "He
charged them to tell no man." The
miracles of Christ are best under
stood when they are regarded pri-
marty as deeds Of kindness, sug-
gested by His compassionate heart.
They were works Of love before they
were works OF power.
It Il all something like the work Of
the Red Gross that began 90 simply
and now has grown to marvellous
Evening star., 1944-04-23
KuriIe Front

A spring offensive" against the
Kurile Islands is in progress. Dis
patches from the Pacific Fleet Head
quarters in Hawaii report repeated
bombing of four integral parts of
the archipelago. The effect of such
raids, continuing the fabian efforts
of the Army Air Force last summer
and the Navy Air Force in December,
may be only psychological for the
moment, but gradually an authentic
front will be developed at the
Mikado's back door"
The Japanese call the Kuriles the
Chishima chain. An official descrip-
ton of the islands refers to them as
being lover twenty-nine in number,
stretching for about one hundred
and fifty nautical miles from a point
northeast of Nemuro and ending
close to Kamchatka." The total area
of all the units mapped is approx
mately sixty-two hundred square
miles. A decade ago only five of the
series were inhabited. The popula-
ton for the whole group then was
less than five thousand. 1t is prob
able that there has been some In
crease since the war began.
But real Japs do not like the Kurile
Islands. The explanation for their
antipathy lies In prevailing weather
conditions. According to Toxic me-
teorologists, "snow begins to fall
about the middle of September, and
the country is covered with snow till
July or August in the following year" ;"
Heavy fogs add to the dreariness of
the picture. A certain Lieutenant
Gunji established colony on Shum-
shu In the far north in 1892, but his
defiance Of the climate never pros
pered. The only people who seem
to be able to tolerate the incessant
winter are Anus and Gilyaks, rem
nants OF the Neolithic and Palace
Asiatic aborigines OF Hokkai- do and
Siberia, sturdier and much more
rugged folk than the alleged de-
scendants of the sun.
Differences with Russa over bound
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Churchill and the Empire

Winston Churchill appeared in a
congenial role when he addressed
the House of Commons at the con-
clusion of two-day debate on en-
pire policy designed as a curtain
raiser of sort for the conference
OF dominion Prime Ministers slated
to convene in London in the near
future. Mr.. Churchill has been
lifelong advocate of closer and more
effective solidarity between the Brit
ish homeland and that worldwide
asSemblage of dominions, colonies
and protectorates collectively known
as the British Empire. He there
fore was at his vigorous best when
he surveyed his vigilant steward
ship of imperial interests during the
past four years.
Mr.. Churchill emphasized particu-
larly his solicitude for safeguarding
the system Of imperial preference,
whereby each dominion and colony,
as well as the mother country, is
bound to favor all the other units of
the empire in their tariff schedules.
He revealed that, in the framing of
the Atlantic Charter. he had quail
fed the general principle of further
ing equal access to trade and raw
materials by all states, with the
limitation Of respect for existing
obligations" and he likewise dis
closed that, two years later, he had
obtained assurances from President
Roosevelt that Britain was mo more
committed to the abolition of i'm
perial preference than the American
Government was committed to the
abolition of their protective tariffs"
The Prime Minister made it plain
that he does not contemplate the
weakening of the empire through
the erection Of any postwar world
organization designed to insure
peace and stability. Rather does he
envisage the co-existence of such an
organization and the federal struc-
ture Of the empire, $50 fashioned as
to be but parts of one tremendous
whole" He likewise envisaged the
maintenance of imperial solidarity
in harmony with cordial relations
toward the United States and Russia.
Mr.. Churchill concluded his sur
vey of imperial evolution with
glimpse into the future. The en-
pire, he said, has become family
council" and measures must be de-
vised to bring its members into in
innate and secret council" on the
war and postwar events. In fur
therance OF this aim, he tentatively
suggested the creation of a perma-
nent committee on imperial defense
and said that the forthcoming do
ninion conference would explore
the possibilities of extending this
concept to wider fields, such as
maritime, economic and financial
affairs.
1t will be interesting to observe
how the assembled Prime Ministers
will implement Mr.. Churchill's sug-
gestions and support his recon-
mendations. It looks as though the
forthcoming conference will be an
important landmark in the process
of innperial evolI1tion
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Turkey as Ally

1uc Anglo american pressure
campaign against trading with the
enemy by nonbelligerents has taken
a surprising turn in the case of Tur-
key. In response to demands from
London and Washington that ex-
ports of chrome to Germany be
stopped regardless of the current
Turco-G German commercial agree
ment, Ankara has announced that
all shipments Of the precious ore
would be halted. But the reason
given for this action is that it is
being done. mot as a neutral but
as an ally of the British and their
allies"
In a statement to the Turkish
Parliament, Foreign Minister human
Menemencioglu explained the chain
OF reasoning by which this decision
had been arrived at. "A belligerent
country's note to a neutral coun-
try" he stated, asking her not to
sell material to certain country
would probably raise the question
of rights Of neutral countries and
might provoke much discussion.
But according to the policy we
adopted in 1899 and have followed
since, and according to our pact
signed in 1899 with Great Britain,
we are not neutrals. In this respect
it is necessary for us to consider
the Allied note as being not to
neutral but to an ally Of the British
and their allies"
This statement of the Turkish
Foreign Minister'S is well worth
considering from several angles. It
clearly sets forth the difficulty that
confronts wholehearted neutrals like
Sweden and Switzerland, desirous Of
upholding their neutral status under
accepted principles Of international
law which prescribe even-handed
conduct towards both sets of bellig-
erents. To them. Allied demands
to cease trade with the Axis poses
painful dilemma in principle as
well as in policy, and it looks as
though Sweden, at least, is prepared
to. risk Allied displeasure and even
reprisals rather than comply.
Turkey avoids that pitfall by de-
claring herself an ally of Britain
and its allies, thus divesting her
self OF neutrality. Yet this raises
another issue which Ar1kara has
hitherto striven to side-step. That
issue is the extent Of Turkish OBJ
legations under the alliance treaty
with Great Britain signed on the
eve Of the present war. Ankara has
thus far tried to stop at mon
belligerency," favoring Britain in
many ways but refraining from en-
tering the war against Germany
and its satellites. Until recently
this halfway policy was acceptable
to Britain because it corresponded
to British interests. Now, however,
Turkeys active participation in the
struggle would greatly aid the Allied
cause. Russia. especially. is known
to be strongly in favor Of such a
step. 1t will be interesting to see
how Ankara can continue to main
tain its halfway status in face of
its open declaration and Allied
pressure that Turkey carry it's alli-
ance to its logical conclusion.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Statue Of Gen.
Hancock

deserve the public support without
which they cannot be made effective
over long periods"
Viewed in this light, with the ILO's
role in the future peace envisioned as
one Of the first magnitude, the Phila-
delphia conference takes on exceptional
significance. At the very least, it has
all the marks Of an outstanding his
toric event, bearing directly upon the
shape Of tomorrow's world.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Shakespeare

WIldt HAS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1Of
the democratic peoples of the globe
in the present hour of their struggle
for free and righteous civilization?
The answer to such a question is to
be found where Ben Jonson and the
editors of the First Folio-John
Heminge and Henry Condell-said 1t
was; namely. in the plays OF "the
greatest genius of the British race"
An average modern reader may open
the volume at random and find
something pertinent to himself and
the turbulent era in which he lives.
The Stratford poet, born April %,
1854, definitely was mot of an age,
but for all time"
In his histories" Shakespeare has
proved himself the master reporter
Of armed strife. Some critics think
him to have been a soldier. Ger
tainly, he wrote of conflict with a
master hand. No other author has
surpassed Richard II" wherein he
tells how:
The bay-trees in our country all are
wither'd
And meteors fright the fixed stars
of heaven;
The pale-fac'd moon looks bloody
on the earth
And lean-look'd prophets whisper
fearful change.
But Shakespeare is no friend unto
the "son Of hell" Advocates of
contest for its own sake cannot quote
him in their vicious cause. He warns
them:
Your breath first kindled the dead
coal of wars
And brought in matter that should
feed this fire;
And now 'tis too huge to be blown
out
With that same weak wind which
enkindled it.
Yet the Bard of Avon has no lack
OF courage nor any insufficiency of
love OF country. In terms of patriot
ism, he yields to no rival. The
language which he puts into the
mouth OF John Of Gaunt never has
been excelled for the power of in
spiration which is implicit in it:
This land of such dear souls, this
dear, dear land,
Dear for her reputation through the
world.
Shakespeare, however, is devoted
not to Britain alone. Among the
men OF his epoch, he is pre-eminent
as citizen of all Europe. He sent
his mind to visit even newly dis
covered and still imperfectly ex-
plored America. Repeatedly referring
to "this wide and universal theater"
IN which are "all the men and
women merely players" he takes
advantage Of his last endeavor-
'The Tempest"-to declare:
How beauteous mankind is! O brave
new world
That has such people in it.
For the days that will follow the
ultimate victory, Shakespeare offers
guidance and direction in the bright
scene in which Hamlet commands
PoloniuS to see the actors "Well
bestowed" and "well used" and
Polonius replies: my lord, I will
use them according to their desert"
The Prince of Denmark is angered
by the slur. Much better!" he
cries. use them after your own
honor and dignity"
Evening star., 1944-04-23

International Labor Organization has
several non-League countries as men,
bers, including the United States
Owing to the changed condition of the
world and the problematical status of
the League, its present structure is
likely to undergo some revision and the
scope of its past program may be con-
siderably extended. AS it sees itself
now, it is the major instrument for
giving effect to the fifth principle of
the Atlantic Charter, which pledges
the fullest collaboration between all
nations in the economic field with
the object of securing for all improved
labor standards, economic advance
ment and social security" This means
that the ILO conceives of itself as being
responsible for phase Of the next peace
that is so big and fundamental that it
cuts across almost every other phase Of
the peace as whole.
The ILO therefore feels that it is in
volved in the work of virtually all other
international agencies and it has al
ready begun to operate. in close
liaison with such bodies as the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Ad-
minlStration. In its own words, "the
International Labor Organization, as the
watch dog of those who will be the first
to suffer from failure to maintain full
employment, has a primary interest in
the achievement of harmonious work
ing relationships between all the con-
stituent functional parts of the body
of social and economic institutions
which the worlds needs require. =
BY scrutinizing economic and financial
policies as they develop the Interna-
tional Labor Organization can add its
weight to the endeavor to insure that
the policies adopted by governments