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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
This Changing World

government can spare Lord Halifax at
the present time. The Ambassador is
an important figure In this country.
But II Mr.. Eden were to be compen-
stated with the ambassadorial post in
Washington 1t is possible Lord Halifax
may be recalled to the post he held
during the Chamberlain regime.
The most likely successor to Mr.. Eden,
however, Is Lord Cranborne, who has
been In the British cabinet in different
positions for the last 10 years.
Viscount Cranborne comes from a
family which has been traditionally
connected with the British policy of
balance of power His grandfather was
the famous British Prime Minister, the
Marquis of Salisbury, and he is con-
nected with the equally well-known
family of Lord Cecil and Lord Balfour,
all strong supporters of a policy of
maintaining at least two equal rival
powers on the European continent.
The Salisburys and the Cecils spring
from Queen Elizabeth's Foreign Min
lister, Lord Burleigh.
While the balance of power idea
might be traced to even earlier times
than those of Queen Bess," it was
under her strong regime that it came
clearly to the fore as the basic British
foreign policy.
=
The 5l-year-old Lord Cranborne is
a strong conservative. The positions
he has held so far in the British cabi-
net have not given him an opportunity
to express himself in regard to Britains
present foreign dealings But in view
OF his family background and tradi-
ton, which frequently is a strong point
among Britain's political men, it is
probable that he shares the views of
his ancestors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
DaUid Laurence

fantry force now needed to support a
big invasion. It Is argued that the
German air force itself is depleted by
the air bombing raids and that this is
a major objective. But Germany for
nearly a year has been concentrating
her production on fighter rather than
bomber planes, and 1t Is believed her
current production Is still in excess of
her losses.
Our air power must be stepped up
If that is at all possible, but our
ground forces. on the other hand, must
be substantially augmented if We are
to invade Europe effectively and not
bog down into two or three years of
trench warfare. The world has been
given too high an expectation of what
air power can achieve. and this is due
in part to the dispatches from abroad
which tell constantly of the number
of tons of explosives dropped on Ger
man cities but rarely about what is
actually hit with that tonnage. In the
World War, 170,0 900 tons of shells were
fired in Is days at Ypres, which is
several times the tonnage of bombs
dropped SO far on Berlin by airplanes.
And it may be added that the heavy
bombardment didn't always drive the
enemy out of dugouts and underground
shelters then either. 1t was the in
fantry that usually had to win the
ground the hard way.
This war will be shorter because air
power is available in such tremendous
force, but it will not be won by air
power alone nor inexpensively in human
life. 1t appears that at last the in
fantry and field artillery viewpoints
are coming into their own and the
sponsors thereof are no longer being
brushed aside as "old fogeys" just be-
cause they didn't AVALON the propa-
ganda of the air power extremists but
stuck to the basic military principles
that have always won wars.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
YuqosIuviu's Resistance

Three years ago at this time the
world was waiting to see how quickly
and in what manner Hitler would
react to what had just happened
in Yugoslavia. On March 81. with
dramatic spontaneity and immense
courage. the Yugoslav people rose
up and overthrow their government
for having dishonored them by SELL
ing out to Berlin in an agreement
that would have permitted the
Wehrmacht to march through their
country to smash the Greeks.
1t did not take Hitler very long to
strike back. On April 6, ten days
after the uprising, he Numbered into
Yugoslavia by land and air with
such savagery that all organized
resistance collapsed ten days later.
Belgrade, the capital. had been
bombed into a shambles. and the
terror of occupation began at once
with program deliberately calcu-
lated to show every other small
country in Europe what dark and
bloody consequences would fall upon
any people who dared to act as free
men in defiance of the all-powerful
Nazi war machine.
At first, in some quarters, when it
seemed clear that Hitler would take
the country with ease, there was a
disposition to regard Yugoslav hero
ism as useless and quixotic. Yet, as
events have since shown, it had
more than abstract significance.
Concrete results followed. For one
thing, the revolt and the resistance
constituted a. political and psyche
logical setback for Hitler. It was
something he had not expected: It
was the first clear-cut demonstra-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

Mr.. Willkie is weakest in those States
this year in which he ran the strongest
in l940-a political paradox-except in
Maine and Vermont where Willkie
sentiment still seems to be strong. This
is due in part to the fact the old isola-
zionist spirit is dying harder in the Mid
west-and Mr.. Willkie is now regarded
as an Observation-Disclosures. 1t is due
also to the fact that many leaders of
the regular Republican organization,
who feel they were ignored by Mr.
Willkie. are for the most part against
him. And 1t Is further due to the fact
they do not think Mr.. Willkie would
be strong candidate against the man
who beat him in 1910.
+ r
While Mr.. Stassen was three times
elected Governor of Minnesota, an Office
he resigned to go into the Navy last
April, he has nevertheless been classed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

net than to the
s u n d ay broadcast
of Prime Minister
Churchill.
Mr.. Churchill's
rhetoric appears to
have been received
more favorably by
his American audi
ence than by the
British listeners.
American and for
eign observers are
disappointed that he
failed to d Use us S
some Of the political
problem which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Russian Rubicon

Crossing the RubicOn" has been
a proverb denoting decisive action
ever since Julius Caesar led his
legions across the North Italian
stream of that name. thereby pre-
cipitating the civil war which cul-
minated in his brief dictatorship.
Another historic decision seems to
impend as Russian troops, knif1ng
across Northern BeSsarabia, stand
on the eastern bank of the River
Prut. This advance has carried the
Red banner to the first segment OF
the Soviet frontier as it was on that
memorable June dawn, nearly three
years ago, when the Wehrmacht and
its satellite allies began the invasion
of the Soviet Union which unleaShed
the most titanic struggle in all his
tory. This first recovery of the 194l
border was fittingly celebrated at
Moscow by a record 24-salvo salute
from 324 guns.
The River Prut was the eastern
frontier of modern Rumania down
to the peace settlement after the
First World War. when it acquired
the adjacent province of Bessarabia,
debatable region which has
changed hands several times in his
tory. This acquisition was made
possible by the collapse of Czarist
Russia into revolution and civil
strife, but the Soviet regime which
succeeded the czardom never ad-
mitted the Rumanian annexation.
and in the spring of 1910, after a
Russian ultimatum, Rumania was
compelled to cede to the Soviet
Union not only BesSarabia, but also
the adjacent province of Bukovina,
which had never belonged to the
czardom, but had formed part Of
the old Austro-Hungarian empire.
It was the promise of recovery of
these losses which Hitler used as his
chief bait to lure Rumania into join
ing him in his invasion of Russia
the very next year.
There has been considerable
speculation as to whether or not
Soviet Russia would continue full
scale military offensives, once the
frontiers of 1941 have been regained.
A crossing Of the Prut into uncon-
testedly Rumanian territory may
furnish at least a partial answer.
The indications are that the war will
continue to be waged with agrees
sive vigor. Red Star. the official
organ of the Red Army, certainly
says SO. when it stated in it's COM
ment on the advance to the Prut:
"For the Red Army there are no
boundaries. Her boundaries are
victory, Berlin, and a straitiacket
for the mad German valkyrie."
A crossing of the Prut where the
Russians have reached its eastern
bank should not be a very difficult
military operation. Though siz-
able river. it does not compare in
width with the Dnieper. At present
it is in only moderate volume. its
spring flood crest being delayed
until the melting of the SHOWS in
the high Carpathians, where it and
it's tributaries mostly take their rise.
The Russian vanguards now gaze
across into the Rumanian province
of Moldavia, a fiat land intersected
by many small rivers. beyond which
the Carpathian Mountains rise
steeply along the western skyline.
That mountain wall is the rampant
of Central Europe which the Wehr-
macht must defend at all costs to
avert swift catastrophe. BY cross
ing the Prut, the Red Army should
stand committed to that supreme
undertaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

preferential primary.
No one else Is in the
race. On the surface
1t looks like a push
over for Mr.. Willkie
one of the most
" / d e ly advertised
men in the country.
He carried Nebraska
four years ago by
about $4,000 votes
a g a in S t President
Roosevelt, too.
There's more to
this race than ap-
pears on the surface.
In the first place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

instruments of war
has resulted either
in overemphasis or
a lack of balance in
the military elements
needed to win the
victory.
Here we have an
Army of $500, 900
men and, according
to a public state
ment by 1t. Gen.
McNair about three
or four m o n t h S
ago, the infantry
numbered less than
one fifth of our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

either. This is an
excellent example of
the need for a bal
anced and intelli-
gent public opinion
in time of war.
On the whole, the
war is going we'll
on the air front
over Western Ger
many, in Russia, in
the Pacific. But no
war will ever go al
together we'll. There
will always be fail
ures Of greater or
1accor Iaoroa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Question

From the Kansas City Kansan.
States rights may be old.fashioned.
The New Dealers long have said so.
Are they now prepared to say that it is
old-fashioned to follow the Constitution,
to obey State laws, to be faithful to
oathS of office?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

An Oklahoma jury of hill billies
recently delayed a verdict of guilty
because no one knew how to spell
the long word "penitentiary." Even
tually, however, the prisoner wound
up with short spell in the Jug.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
And Have No Jobs?

From the Topeka Capital
Those who gloss over the huge Federal
debt by claiming 1t is nothing because
we owe 1t to ourselves" overlook the fact
we must repay ourselves-and how can
We when we're broke?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

One German weapon, no longer
secret, Is Hitler's self-invented pat
ented double-action backfiring Of
fensive in Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

A police judge in Seattle. when
his own wife was brought before him
for jaywalking. imposed the usual
fine There is some informal talk
of recommending him for the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor, awarded
for unusual heroism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

Sometimes one gets the feeling that
the overall strategy of this war has
been sort of trial-and-error affair in
which the pressure for the use of new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
The Political Mill

OMAHA, Nebr-Wendell L. Willkie.
Republican standard bearer in 1910, is
matched against 37-year-old 1t. Comdr.
Stassen in Nebraska's presidential
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

Washington diplomatic observers at
tach more Importance to the rumor
that Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
may withdraw from the British cabi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

We have suffered a cruel and costly
reverse at Casino and there is no use
Disgusting or minimizing that fact But
there is no use in overemphasizing it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28

1t is really too bad that no one
ever heard Of japanese gypsy.
Japsy would be such a wonderfully
descriptive word.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Thinks Allied Statesmen Good.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star: .
In very outstanding book I have
read, Unto every one that hath shall be
given" and I presume from this that
much is expected also.
The'present world conflict has CRAWL
tated into what seems a battle of the
wits, and all propaganda genius is not
limited to the master mind of Dr.. Goeb-
bells, In fact, believe that we can see
outstanding capacity in none other than
our own Allied excellent statesmen, here,
IN England and Russia and China.
Our excellent President and our Sec
rotary of State are no apprentices at
maneuvering the checkers of interna-
tional affairs.
Again I say that for those that have,
much is expected. WILLIAM F.. PIPER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-28
Discusses Ethics of Bombing


To the Editor of The Star:
1t Is easy to see the business of a
nation bombing civilians of an enemy
nation. In most instances, the civilians
of warning nation mentally and phys
ically support the soldiers of that ma
ton, and, therefore, rightly may be
considered a part of that nations war
effort
But 1t is hard to see the business of
the reasoning which holds the bomb
ing of civilians as righteous when done
by one nation, but as unrighteous when
done by another. j. j. SPERRY,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-17
Civic Federation Asks
Election Law Repeal

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation, in a meeting in Beth
esda Monday night, moved for re-
peal of the Declaration of Intent
Law, whereby new residents must
declare their intentions of becom-
ing citizens of the State one year
before they can register to vote.
The resolution adopted asks the
Maryland commission on revision
of election laws to recommend re-
peal to the General Assembly
with adequate safeguards to pre-
vent illegal registration of persons
residing in the State less than a
year,.
The law was repealed by the
Legislature of 1929 but later de-
clared invalid because it was not
uniform throughout the State, and
Prince Georges and Baltimore
Counties stood by the original pro-
vision.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-17
Maryland All Wartime
Project Contest

The Maryland All Wartime
Project contest for 1914 has just
been announced by agricultural
agents. The contest is made pos
sible by the Maryland State Fair
board and is being supervised by
the Extension Service of the Uni
versity of Maryland.
The contest is set up in order
that it might measure All mem
ber's contribution to the war effort
as 20 the production of livestock,
dairy animals, dairy and livestock
products, poultry, fruits, yege-
tables and farm crops. 1t also takes
into consideration the war stamps
and bonds 4-H'er buys or sells,
as well as salvage materials he
get into the war campaign. If the
club boy produces enough food, or
its equivalent of one or more prod
ucts, to feed one fighter in the
armed services for one year, he viii
receive a "Feed a Fighter Certif-
cate" for his achievements. A total
of 45 Montgomery county members
received these certificates in 1913.
Special county championship
awards of SIS will be offered to the
most outstanding member enrolled
in the following projects: Dairy,
baby beef, swine, poultry, sheep,
gardens and junior leadership. In.
order to compete for the county
championship the club member
must turn in the wartime record
book, project record books, simpli-
fed standard report form, a recent
photo of himself and a story on
"My All Club Work"
Records will be taken from De-
cember, 1913 to October 1, 1914,
with the record books being in the
County Agents office by October
Is, 1914. These books will be
placed in blue, red and white
groups by a committee composed
of All Club leader, parent and
an older All Club member.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-17
More Graduate Nurses
Are Needed For Service

If you are a graduate register
ed nurse living in Montgomery
County, and have not registered
with any organization, will you
consider the value of your pro-
fessional service by contracting one
of the following committee men,
bers of the procurement and AS
signment for Nurses. We do not
wish to take any nurse away from
her position who is really needed
and who is now rendering nursing
service.
Miss Meta Hudson, Washing
ton Sanitarium and Hospital, Ia
koma Park, Mrs. Peyton Whalen,
Bethesda, Miss Dorothy Glynn,
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Miss
Elizabeth Jones, Olney, Mrs. Anne
Billiard, Rockville, Mrs. Edwin
Fry, Laytonsville, Mrs. Merhle
Haines, Laytonsville, and Miss Ju.
liza Foley, Chairman, Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-17
Rockville Elementary
School News

Paper Salvage - Thursday is
Paper Salvage Day. The school is
organized into squads competing
for weekly totals. Primary classes
record totals in feet and inches, by
measuring the height of their
stacks of paper and magazines. In
termediate groups record pound
age, by weighing bundles as they
are brought in. Papers should be
tied into bundles weighing about
80 lbs. One foot of folded news
papers weighs about 80 lbs. Paper
cardboard and magazines are
needed badly so please save yours.
Total collections for January
were: 9,21O lbs. paper, and 1925
lbs. magazines. These sales Melted
$36.73 for our School Fund, to be
used for needed equipment. The
winning squads at present are
Squad lib, Miss Thompson's and
Mrs. Barnsley's groups, with So
feet 6 inches; and Squad V. Mrs.
Harper's and Miss Waters groups,
with 1898 lbs. Interest in the con-
test runs high.
School Lunches-Since December
1st we have offered a Bargain
Lunch" for &c, consisting of a rich
vegetable and meat soup, one half
pint bottle of milk, and buttered
whole-wheat bread. This is to sup
plement lunches brought from
home, and is made possible by a
subsidy from the War Food Ad-
ministration of the State Depart
ment. An average of 200 children
day get this lunch.
Keeping Well-Parents should
insist that children stay home
when they have any signs of i'll
ness. Many communicable diseases
start with the symptoms Of the
common cold.
Sanitation - Constant supervis
ion is needed to maintain sanitary
conditions in the bathrooms. Teach
ers are stressing "good bathroom
behavior, and parents can helI
in this respect by impressing the
child with the necessity for the
proper use of facilities.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-17

A new plan of induction of men
into the armed forces became effec-
tive on February l, according to an
announcement this week by Selec-
tive Service officials.
The new plan is designed to
assist the local draft boards, the
appeal boards, Selective Service
and, most important of all, the
selectees themselves.
Heretofore, men classified as Ia
were called for physical examina-
ton and, if acceptable, were sworn
into service the same day. A linn
tied time, ranging from few days
to a maximum of three weeks, was
given them to settle their per-
sonal affairs before reporting for
duty. Many men, confused by the
abruptness of the old method, gave
up their positions prematurely and
then found themselves rejected.
Such hardships are overcome in
the new system.
Under the new method selectees
aged 10 to 38 are summoned for a
"pre-induction examination" at the
induction center. No one is sworn
in on the day of examination but
the selectees are offered choice
of the services. Later, that choice
is honored unless quotas set up by
the various branches of service
make it impossible. 1t has hap
pened that some branches of serv-
ice have been overloaded during
certain periods while not enough
men were choosing another branch.
If such a situation should recur,
the branch of service in greatest
need of men will be favored re-
CARELESS of the selectees' choices.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-17
r A TON
REMINDER

GASOLINE-A-9 good February
9 through May 8.
TIRE INSPECTION = Deadline
for A coupon-holders is March
81. For B and C coupon-holders.
deadline is Feb. %.
FUEL OIL - Period 8 coupons
good through March 10. Period
A coupons good in all areas
through September 80.
SUGAR = Stamp No. 80 good
through March 81. Stamp 40 in
Book Four good for pounds for
canning through Feb. %, 1945.
SHOES-Stamp No. 10 in Book
One good for 1 pair. Stamp No.
on the "airplane" sheet in Book
Three good for l pair.
MEATS, FATS v, w and x
good through Feb. &c. Brown
stamp Y good Feb. 10 to
March 20.
Waste kitchen fats are re-
deemed at 2 ration points, plus
A cents a pound.
PROGRESSED FOODS = Green
stamps G, H, ] good through
February 20. X, L, M good
through March 20.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-17

Following the "pre-induction ex-
animation" Certificate of fitness
is mailed to the local draft board.
Those failing to pass the exami-
nation are Immediately classified
as AT. The names of those passing
are placed in pool" of reserve
manpower to be drawn upon by all
branches of service whenever they
need men. Sclectees, under this
system, have a minimum of 81
days after the examination to settle
their affairs. AS the "pool" grows
larger, they may have as much as
as days.
The new plan will relieve much
of the load of work confronting
the appeal boards. Heretofore,
many men re-classified as Ia
promptly entered petitions for de-
ferment or Redistribution. In
numerous cases where the boards
denied their claims, selectees were
rejected for physical reasons at the
time of examination Obviously in
these cases all the work of the ap-
peal board as well as the anxiety
of the selectees was found to be
unnecessary.
Under the new arrangement no
cases are referred to the appeals
boards until the selectees actually
have passed the "pre-induction ex-
animation" and are definitely liable
for service.
Selective Service officials are en-
thusiastic about the new plan,
which already is in operation. They
believe that many of the annoy
ances and hardships accompanying
the old method have been elimi-
mated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-02-17
olored White and County
Foster Homes
Sought For Children

The Montgomery County Social
Welfare Council is participating in
the United Home Finding Cam
paign to locate foster homes for
children. Mrs. Charles C. Tumble
son of Sandy Spring heads the
committee in the county.
Three types Of homes are sought;
those where one or more children
can be boarded "a hours a day,
days a week; where one Or more
can be cared for while his parents
can not be with him, and who will
return home at night; and where a
parent and child can live together.
This latter type home may pro-
vide peace of mind for a service
man.
Those who open their doors to
foster children will find that it is
not financial burden, since they
will be paid board to cover the
child's essential needs, and cloth.
ing, medical and dental care will
be provided.
Anyone interested in offering q
foster home to a child may write
or telephone the Montgomery Coun-
ty Welfare Board, Social Services
League of Montgomery County, al
Rockville; or Mrs. Ruth C. Brain.
erd, Executive Secretary of the
United Home Finding Campaign
1101 M St., N. W., metropolitan
1884, Extension %.