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Evening star., 1944-01-12
Sove This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-01-12
Prince Georges
ToGet $4,000
Housing Taxes
NCHA Agrees to Pay
Sum for Calvert Hills,
Suitlond Projects

Prince Georges County will re-
ceive approximately $4,000 in taxes
this year from the National Capital
Housing Authority for housing prof.
ects at Calvert Hills and Suitland.
Assessments totaling $865 900 on
the Calvert Hills development be-
tween Riverdale and College Park
and $688, 1000 on the Garry homes at
Suitland were approved by the
county commissioners at their meet
ing yesterday in Upper Marlboro.
Annual taxes on the two projects
were estimated at $11, 800 and So, ,28O,
respectively.
Present at the meeting were Will
liam R. Simpson, jr., acting general
counsel of the NCHA: his associate,
John B. Gunion, and H. w. Prescott,
tax analyst OF the Federal Public
Housing Authority.
Proposals Approved.
Mr.. Prescott suggested assess
ments of $500 for each of the 500
homes at Calvert Hills, 100000 for
the land and SIS 900 for the admin
lStTdUlOQ DullQlIlS CIleTe.
Mr.. Simpson then proposed assess
ments of $4,000 for each of the 315
units at Suitland $4,000 for the
land and $4,000 for the administra-
ton building. The proposals of both
men we're approved by the board.
While only 25 of the 315 Garry
homes are now occupied, Mr. Simp-
son expressed confidence that the
remainder would be filled soon by
war workers, for whom they are
being reserved.
He also disclosed that only so of
the 500 Calvert Hills homes are
occupied at present. He added that
the Federal Government is con-
structing a five-room school at the
project, which will be turned over
to the county on completion.
Hospital to Get $4,000.
The Southern Maryland Agricul-
tural Fair Association has agreed
to contribute $1,000 to the Prince
Georges General Hospital at Chev-
erly, the board was notified in a
letter from M. Hampton Magruder,
president of the association.
In his letter, Mr.. Magruder
pointed out that if the hospital will
be operated on nonprof1t basis,
the contribution will be exempted
from Federal taxation. The COM
missioners instructed Linden Bris-
coe, clerk to the board, to notify Mr..
Magruder that the hospital will be
operated on such basis
The board also received a petition
containing the names of 1913 resi-
dents of the Camp Springs-Forest-
vile area protesting a proposal by
the Army to close the Forestville road
formerly Stewart road, where 1t
meets the new military road be-
tween the Camp Springs Airport
and Boiling Field. The petition will
be forwarded to the Public Roads
which is construct
ing the road
Mr.. Briscoe said the board had
received letter from the PRA
stating that traffic meters had been
installed on the Forestville road, |
and that its decision would be an
nounced as soon as the studies were
completed
Mrs. Edna T. Bucklin, a teacher
In the county schools, wrote the
commissioners thanking them for
the 5000 teacher bonus. Annual
payment of the bonus was approved
by the board early this year in &C
cordance with law passed at the
last session of the State Legislature.
Payments will continue for the
duration of the war.
Evening star., 1944-01-12
PTA Circus Friday

The College Park Md Parent
Teacher Association will sponsor a
circus Friday night at the Agricul-
ture Auditorium of the University of
Maryland. Proceeds will be used to
purchase a moving picture protector
for the school.
Evening star., 1944-01-12
Duffus is a colleague of Mr.. Ham

Duffus is colleague of Mr.. Ham
mond in the Tariff Commission.
Since Mrs. Duffus works, Carmen
has been spending her days since
her return here with friends of the
Duffus family. Yesterday, she Wis
tied Mr. and Mrs. w. J. FURNACE,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. FURNACE, jr.,
and their two small children,
"Missie' and B. j. She hauled the
children about in little wagon and
tried to teach tine Spanish words
and phrases.
Evening star., 1944-01-12
Virginia Legislature
Convenes; Darden
To Submit Program
Democratic Cuucuses
Return Most of
Officers to Posts
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Jan. 12.-Both houses
Of the Virginia General Assembly
arranged to meet at noon today
to convene the 1914 session and
later to hear, at a joint meeting
the message from the Governor.
Gov. Darden will report on the
state of the Commonwealth and
offer in general outline his recon-
mendations for the biennium To-
morrow he will submit his budget
report.
Preliminary to the convening of
the new session Senate and House
Democrats held separate caucuses
last night to organize and to name
new officers.
The House renominated as Speaker
Thomas B. Stanley, while Col E.
Griffith Dodson, veteran clerk of the
House, and Col William Bullitt
Fitzhugh, sergeant at arms, also
were returned to their Offices with
out opposition.
Combs Renominated.
E. r. Combs, clerk of the Senate
and chairman of the State Com
pensation Board, was named tempo
rary chairman of the Senate caucus
and later Morton Goode, Dinwiddie,
was elected permanent chairman.
Senator A. w. Clarke, Alexandria,
was named permanent clerk of the
caucus and Mr.. Combs was renomi-
mated clerk of the Senate.
Named to the Steering Commit
tee were Senators Aubrey G. Weaver,
John S. Battle, Robert C. Vaden,
Garland Gray, A. E. S. Stephens,
E. r. Fuller and M. M. Long.
Thomas w. Gregory, Mecklenberg,
was reelected sergeant-at-a
The House reelected E. Blackburn
Moore, Berryville, chairman of the
caucus, and Delegate John Warren
Cooke, Mathews, was elected secre-
tary.
Vacancy Decision Due.
Early settlement of the contest
between Senators Harvey B. Apper-
son, Roanoke, and Robert o. Norris,
Lively, for the vacancy on the State
Corporation Commission caused by
the death Of Judge William Meade
Fletcher was seen in the decision
of both houses to hold their Joint
session by tonight to vote on sue
cessor to Judge Fletcher.
Possession predictions indicated
that the loser in the fight will get
the job as president pro tenn of the
Senate as a consolation prize. The
position was held in 1912 by the
late Senator Henry T. Wickham.
Bills covering most of the major
subjects tfet will come before the
Assembly Il be dropped into the
hopper early in an effort to speed
the work along.
Soldier Vote Action Set.
Among early measures will be the
proposed bill of the American Legion
extending the ballot to men in the
military and naval services.
Gov. Darden, who has discussed
the matter on numerous occasions,
is expected to deal with it in his
message today. Some weeks ago he
announced that he had requested
Attorney General A. P. Staples to
make study of the Constitution to
ascertain whether a practical plan
could be devised.
Leaders in both houses were
hopeful for adjournment before the
constitutional limit of so days. The
possibility of Saturday sessions was
envisioned by Speaker Stanley. He
pointed out that because of trans
portation difficulties many of the
members may prefer to stay in the
capital over week ends and work
rather than undertake trips home.
Evening star., 1944-01-12
Dr.. Skuurd to Tell Story

DR.. Sigmund Skaard of Norway
will address the Fort Myer (Va.)
Citizens Association at pm. Fri
day in the Woodrow Wilson School,
in the 1900 block of Wilson boule-
ward. His topic will be MY Escape
from Nazi Norway"
Evening star., 1944-01-12
Grapefruit Rot

Lack Of pickers caused 100000
grapefruit to rot on the trees in
Trinidad last season.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our many
friends for their kindness and
beautiful floral offerings during
the illness and death of our hus-
band, father and brother.
Fred Searles family.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
News From London

The London Daily Mail sets up q
little special edition for the United
States-a digest II is photographed
In London on microhlm, flown over
to this country, enlarged to a four to
six page brochure, about the size
Of ordinary typewriter sheets,
! do not know how large a cir.
culation It has obtained so far OF
whether 1t is achieving its purpose
Of mutual understanding but it Otter
contains some rather interesting
items. For instance;
John Henry Jones, a 40-year-olc
steel smelter, came TO America with
other British trade unionists to visit
our war factories. The Daily Mai
quotes his reply to one Of his wife.
questions when he got back: How
about wages? Is the American
worker really better of than the
British worker" And this is what
Mr.. Jones replied:
Taking a chap with the same
size house, same number of chill
dren, doing the same job as hi.
counterpart over here $50 No. Oui
house here would cost $l8 a month
clear, in rent. A similar house II
the States would run away with S3t
a month"
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
Geo. E. Van Hook
Ell Dorado RealtOr
Wins Commission

Miami Beach, Florida The
names of eight Negro officers
were included in the list of April
l9i4 graduates of the Army Air
Forces Officer Candidate School,
Miami Beach, the War Depart
ment reported today,
Representing six states. the
newly commissioned second lieu
tenants are as follows:
Arkansas, Ell Dorado-George
4. Van Hook.
Indiana, Observation-Disclosures
d. Pierce.
Louisiana, New Orleans, Peter
w, Clark.
New York, The Bronx-Thom-
as c. Hazel, Atlee d. Washington.
Rhode Island, Providence -
Walter S. Gladding.
West Virginia, Morgantown-
Joseph l.. Newsome; WEIGH
Abishi c. Cunningham.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28

Grayer and Mrs. Z. S. STEVENSON
Of Roanoke Baptist Church, Mrs.
Hattie Hughes of Little Rock, Mrs.
Jennie Wright eff Forrest City,
Mrs. c. Murphy of Visitors Chap
ell. Other out-ofo'town visitors in
the audience We're DR.. and Mrs.
Parker Of Pine Bluff, Mrs. Gray,
Mrs. Bryant and Mrs, Johnson Of
Little Rock and Miss M. l.. ID. De-
cosey of Pasadena, Calf.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
April 6, 1914

Today means nothing to a lot
If people but to this unit it is
mere or less something to shout
about, This day marks the End
anniversary of our arrival over
seas, Just two long years ago we
landed at a large Australian Port
and since that time we've held high
the mottos of the Army Quarter
master Corps, Keep En- Rollin."
Although we r only s. O. s. (Ser-
vice of Supply troops we have a
record that is equivalent to any
combat unit in this or any other
theater of operations. During the
crucial days of AZ we were sta,
toned III an Australian camp with
the responsibilities Of all interior
guard duty.
Early in l943 after those little
yellow sons of (CENSORED) were
pushed back in New Guinea, we
were ordered to a Port of EN-
barkation. We reached the pres
ent locale on February II, 1943
and took over duties of L. S. Ra.
tion Dump. Receiving, breaking
down and issuin gof all foods from
bully beef and hard tack to 9TH
er canned d~elicacies was part of
our job. Many a man in the more
forward areas is thankful to the
9lst q. M. Co.
Ill admit that it's hard but in
the days to come the whole race
can have pride in knowing that
we, the colored Americans played
a big part in the winning of World
War IL. Like others, | would pre-
fer actual combat and hope to do
so someday, but the fighting man
is "howhere without service
troops.
From the layman's viewpoint
it seems as if this is all work and
no pleasure. Technically this is
so, but for three months or So
we've been blessed with having
six American Red Cross Workers
hero with US. Still in the area are
Miss Rosa Spears of Los Angeles,
Calf. and Pine Bluff, Ark. very
nice, too) and Miss Norma Man
Icy Of Asheville, N. C. Literally,
they are classed as ~goddesses. To
their thrones come daily hundreds
Of G. Is. OF course we wish there
were more of them!
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
Across The Pacific--

Arkansas is vastly represent
ed IN this unit. Among Arksn.
sasang are Sgt. Jim Banks, Ell
Dorado, Pfc. Fairbanks Jones, Lit
tie Rock, Pfc. Roy Johnson, Tex
arkana, Pfc. Alton Redd Pine
Bluff, Pfc. Roy Daney, No. Little
Rock, Pfc. Jake Boston, Claren-
don, Ifc Johnnie Rupert Hughes,
Pfc. James Davis, Pine Bluff, Pfc
Thomas Stay, Pfc Pink Sumpter
and Pfc Milton Frazier,
An all colored unit, including
officers, would appreciate any let
tiers received from friends in the
States and we promise to answer.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
Pew Captains
Report Sl2S.OO

Hot Springs -- The women auxi'
liaries of the Haven Methodist
Church had charge of services Sun
day. A highlight of the evening
was the address of DR.. Edna l..
Griffin, who reached Arkansas by
plane from California to serve on
the program. A mixed audience
filled the church auditorium. Plat
form guests included Mrs. T. Love
and Mrs. C. Osborn, of Haven,
Mrs. Annie Coleman, Mrs. c. C.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28

Fifty per cent of the outdoor ad.
vertlsing space in the city Of Madrid
must be reserved for the use Of
SPANS totalltarian party to present
messages Of the Phalangists,
One million fewer work accident.
In the next IL months is the goa.
set by Secretary OF Labor France.
Perkins for attainment by American
labor and management.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28

as Miss Solomon Grove when
she was the successful winner.
Faculty members in charge are
A. W. Young, prinipal Of North
Little Rock, Mrs. Helen G. Lever,
who headed the ticket sales; Prof.
+. +. Lever, who was chairman
of the committee on arrangements
and Prof. Gus Thompson, Jr., had
charge of the publicity commit
tee.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
b X | f IS .. by Baukhage

Gasoline needs In this war are
90 times greater than in the last
one, according TO the U. S.. Petro.
leum Administrator for War.
Since Dunkirk, more than IA. 600, g.
600 food packages have been sent
by or through the British Red Cross
TO British prisoners OF war In
Europe. the British Information
services report.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
Egg G|ut Calls Attention
To %S(hoo|-Lun(h Question
House Of Representatives Decides Against
Spending Taxpayers Money on Food for
School Children After July /.
BY
Ne,ps Analyst and Commentator.

the four or five million school chill
dren won't get hot lunches after July
! Of this year.
Not all the parents Of all OF the
four or five millions Of school chill
dren are taxpayers. In fact, the
truth is that many Of them are too
poor to buy a decent, or In some
cases any, lunch for their children.
The richer ones who can afford a
lunch will have to be satisfied with
a cold one and the chances are they
won't get nearly as healthy a one
as If 1t were provided by a school
where parent-teaeher and other
| groups have seen to 1t that a bal
anced diet is provided,
Educators Worried
This worries the ONCE of Educa-
ton which is still working on con-
gress to get an appropriation
through to continue the school lunch
idea.
School lunches started as made
work. back in the days of depres-
sion and the WPA. The original idea
was to provide employment for
women. But as the idea developed.
it was discovered that here was an
opportunity to do two things; to i'm
prove the health of school children
and to absorb farm surpluses.
So the WPA furnished the woman
power and some equipment and the
Department of Agriculture fur
nished the food. For awhile, the de-
partment took the actual response
bility of buying the food and de-
livering it. Inter. when the WPA
went out of business, and in many
cases local sponsors took care of the
service, the Department of Agricul-
ture merely contributed a certain
amount of money mine cents per
child, matched by nine cents from
the local community, This came
out Of funds provided for the pur-
chase of surplus commodities and
the school bought the food itself.
The proponents OF the school lunch
point out that on the principle that
as a twig is bent the tree is in
clined, furnishing a balanced lunch
to school children will build gooc
eating habits which will affect thu
whole community. 1t also points ou1
that now that SC many schools, espe'
cially in rural areas, have been con.
solidated with one school and bus
service drawing children from
many distant places, children can't
go home to get a good hot lunch.
Many can't afford to bring food with
them.
OF course, the community ought to
look after this question itself and
in most communities great interest
has been shown and local authori'
ties have c~ooperated. But in the
poorer communities which have the
greatest need, 1t Is impossible. and
even in the richer locations it isn't
easy, to get money for things per
tanning TO the schools -- as school
teachers salaries all over the coun'
try testify.
Unless the appropriation bill now
before the Senate Appropriations
committee is accepted and passed
by both houses, the next time the
hens step up production, the school
children won't benefit nor will they
feast at federal expense even Il
other farm products are so plenti'
full the government has to buy them
up TO protect prices.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
Pew captains, Mrs. r. Franklin,

Pew captains, Mrs. r. Franklin,
Ms. l.. NJ. Whitehead, Mrs. S. W.
Fuller Mrs. NJ, B. Wilson, Mrs. A
Thompson, Mrs. A. Lotion Mrs. l..
Shepherd, Mrs. r. Pleasant, Mrs.
c. II. Cravins. Miss f. Seroggins,
Mrs. NJ. F. Martin, Mrs. r, Bay
liss, Mrs C. Osborn, Miss Nedra
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28

ulty Of the
Solomon Grove
High School.
near Damascus.
A main event
of the school
was Populari-
ty c t G S t
sponsored by
t e faculty.
eliminating in
the crowning
of Miss Ealy
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28

In this case. the man power
doesn't match the hen power. A con-.
traption called a cyclone drier dries
eggs. All you have to do is to crack
the egg and drop II into a ~container
and let the artificial breezes blow,
but it's hard to get crackers. One
Kansas City drier who has a wage
ceiling Of so cents an hour for his
crackers, has TO compete with an
airplane plant in the neighborhood
which has a SO cents an hour cell
ing, for work no less attractive to
young ladies than breaking eggs.
Right now, the country boasts the
biggest hen population il ever had
and egg production is 80 per cent
higher than it was just before the
ware Ever since March, something
has gotten into the hens that has
made them step up their produc-
ton -- feed was supposed to be
hard to get so it couldn't have been
something they ate. Maybe it's
just patriotism. Anyhow. the War
Food administration is buying all
the eggs it can, and now 1t is giving
eggs to schools for school lunches
and to state and federal institutions,
not entirely because it has a gen.
erous heart but because it wants to
support the price to the farmer who
Gas usual hasn't been getting the
benefit Of the retail prices which, in
many places, have stayed up even
In the face Of the greater supply.
Washington, however, was able tc
buy eggs for the Easter rabbit this
year, 10 cents a dozen cheaper than
they were In March.
This egg glut has brought into
sharp focus the school-lunch cues.
ton which Is Of considerable con.
Germ to the ONCE Of Education as
well as the War Food admins.
t~ration.
The present laying spree Of the
hens will not last forever, and there
will be no eggs to throw around
later on. And anyhow, the house O,
representatives has decided thar
even If there were a surplus of eggs
and other food products, it does moi
approve Of spending the taxpayers
money on school lunches even Il
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28

Ferguson, Mrs. X. B. Graham and
Mrs, N. Whitmore reported $128.
Mrs. J. H. Eden presided.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
WNU Service. Union Trust Building
Washington. d. G.

WNU Service. Union Tru buildihg
Washington. d. G.
You have often heard the lament
when guests came and the larder
was bare: III we only had some
ham and had some eggs, we could
have ham and eggs"
II We had the man power and the
machinery, equipment and distribu-
ton, we could step up American
food production until, by 1854, we
could feed $50 million people. That
is what the Department Of Agrieul-
ture says. Last year. we raised
enough to feed ITO million.
Today. Washington is worrying
over two problems brought into
focus by that little If"
This time we have over-produc.
ton of one food product; eggs.
Government agents are hurrying
around trying to find q means OF
absorbing them. America has more
eggs than we're eve laid on these
fair shores in vi history, enough to
have rolled some on the White
House lawn on Eastef Monday If
the President had permitted such
a wastage, which he wouldn't.
The government is buying eggs
right and left 600 thousand cases Of
shell eggs, IS million pounds of pow
dered eggs since January y to sup
port the farmers price, and giving
some away -- and here is where
problem number two, which | said
Washington was worrying about,
comes in. We are giving away eggs
TO state and federal institutions and
also for school lunches. After July l..
school lunches. supported by the
federal government, will be no more
II the senate follows the action Of
the house and refuses the appropri-
alton for that purpose. And re-
CARELESS Of eggs. there is develop
ing the other situation over which
certain people in Washington are
worried. III 60 into that later. but
first, let us look at the egg glut.
We are told that we could feed a
lot nor people II we had the mar
power, equipment and machinery to
produce the food. In the case Of
eggs. we could consume far more
II we had the man power to run
the drying equipment to produce the
powdered eggs for the military
forces and lend-lease although those
institutions now consume 400 million
pounds Of egg-poWder a year. and
eggs run about three dozen to one
pound of powder.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-28
Honor Student
Contest Winner

Miss Quimire Ealy named vale
dietorian of her class by the fac
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
ODT Appeals For Cooperation Tn
 Current Crisis

America Is facing . transpor- laslsn crisis. Unnecessary travel will handicap Che war effort.
 Recent surveys indicate that Che travel Of about 2oes Of an passengers on trains and inter city buses is nen.esscntial; Trips to visit friends; trips home for weekends: trips of a sightseeing nature: trips te rae- es or other amusement events and similar pleasure trips.
 Unnecessary travel may make lt impossible fer a soldier CT sailor tO get home when leave Is granted or prevent a business man from getting to hls point of destination for a conference on . war production problem.
 Tn view Of Che urgency Of this situation, it Is requested that everyone adept Colonel ]. Ag. yehnson's policy Of asking himself, ''Is this trip neces. sary?"
 DON'T TRAVEL UNLESS YOU MUST.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08

But until now. he only used his most highly trained soldiers for special guerilla warfare and sabotage. But withwith the fight now in the opoil, Dor has brought his tens Of thou sands of soldiers into the open"
 The handsome general, whose hair is just beginning to gray. malntains several headquarters. Until the bat tie for the liberation of Warsaw started, his main general headquar- ters were in an isolated part Of Pc. land controlled by his guerillas. But with the start of the Warsaw cam paien. he moved into teh capital and into a cavern which had been one of his secret hideaways. Here he di- rects the battle Of Warsaw.
 A Polish underground courier, formerly a stan offlcer in Bor's headquarters. said the hideaway is so well hidden the Germans will never find it.
 It is only a small place with rough walls covered with maps showing where various Polish divisions and regiments are operating. Tiny red