davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04


to the Arctic regions, a boy replied:
Three bears and three seals"
A mountain range is cooking
stove used at high attitudes.
Why does cream rise to the top?
So people can get it.
To stop nosebleed, stand on your
head till your heart stops beating.
My fathers early life was hard as
he had a step-father who owned
butcher shop. At five he was up and
in the slaughter house killing some
kind Of meat-bearing animal. He was
about Is years old when he sold meat
from wagon and a girl used to ask
him for some meat which later proved
to be my mother.
Give qualifications for President
"a T-sN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

CLASSROOM boners are among
the few things that brighten the
lives of school teachers, and the
spring of 1914 has been no exception.
Blunders of pupils often are more
amusing than serious. Some such
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04


passes as soon as
the auctioneer
knocks the buyer
down.
=
Citizens Of the
United States
may be either
male or female
upon re a ching
the age Of
twenty-one. IL of
good moral char
acter.
It was raining
cats and dogs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

cats ana dOgS
and there were poodles in the road.
The Boer War was pig fight put
on for the pleasure of Louis XIV.
Capital punishment should not be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

IN School Boy Replied: whoa"
used too frequently in schools.
Manhattan Island was bought from
the Indians for about $24 and now l
don't suppose you could buy it for
$500.
Where Is Cincinnati?
Fourth place in the league.
In the West, the farming is done
mostly by irritating the land.
Asked to name six animals peculiar
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

OI Tie OHlleO
States.
He must be at
least 35 years
of age because
before I h a [ '
time he would
be too b sy.
getting married
to be of any
real use TO his
country.
The S pin al
column is a col
lection of bones
running up and
q o w n your
back and keeps
you from being
legs clean up
to your neck.
. . .
Correct: The bl
and the cow is
the field.
The cow and Z
bull is in the fiel
Ladies come first
Certain areas
Egypt are cul
waited by irritatio
. . .
Compare Was
ington's and He
ver's Cabinets.
When the Britt
burned Philadelph
they destroyed t.
cabinets. Ever
thing was spoil
In Hoover's cabin,
So, he got himse
a new cabinet wi
everything in it.
THE AMERICA.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

M e d ieval
cath edrals
w ere sup
rted by
flying blu l.
tocks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

Henry VIII had
an abbesS on his
knee, which made
walking difficult.
B g n ] a m | n
Franklin produced
electricity by rub
bling cats back
ward.
.
The witness was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04


errors" selected from
"T h G Pocket-Book of
Boners," are published
on this page, by ar
rangement with The
Viking Press, New York
City.
A census taker is a
man who goes from
house TO house increas-
ing the population.
Pie emu Is the name
of the noise made by a
cat.
Filet Mignon is an
opera by Puccini.
The Kodak is the
Bible of the Moham-
medans.
An unbridled orgy Is
a wild horse.
A grass widow Is the
wife of a vegetarian.
A Mayor is a he horse
A skeleton is a man
side out and his outside
Acrimony is what a n
divorced wife.
Robert Browning ma
poetess named Peaches,
while she got well enou
the stage and have a b
Thomas Paine was a
ual obsessed by commo
Shakespeare was born
1854, supposedly on his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

The future of II give" is
you take"
What was the Age OF Peri
cles?
/ think he was about 40.
Who signed the Magma
Carta?
] didn't.
Queen Elizabeth was a fat
woman. The demands of the
Spanish Ambassador she
stoutly resisted.
Abraham Lincoln wrote
the Gettysburg Address while
travelling from Washington
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

In a sale Of public auction, the title
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Federal Employment
Almost Unchanged

Federal employment in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area at the end
of November remained practically
unchanged, a decrease of only 299
employees being recorded as COM
pared with the October 81 totals.
Of the 265,287 paid employees in the
District area, 257 1888 were employed
full time on a salaried of wage basis
as of November 80.
A slight increase in total Federal
employment was shown by figures
made public today by the Civil
Service Commission. The total was
2,952.682 compared with 2,952,013 at
the end of November, gain of 669.
The November increase, even if
small, stopped the downward en-
ployment trend set in motion in
June, 1943. when the total Federal
roll showed 3,002 2,453 employees in the
continental United States, excluding
Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone.
The full-time employment in June,
l943, was only 2,793,1 ,159.
AS of November 80 there were
1.684,511 men and 968,251 women in
full-time employment for Uncle
Sam within the continental United
States. The bulk of these were
hired by the War and Navy Depart
ments, War having 1,208,942 and
Navy 625, 1856 civilian employees The
chief change was the dropping of
4,2l0 employees by the War Depart
ment in November while the Navy
was adding 6,328 to its rolls.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
lsNRahoni;nq
@Remindery@,

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps G, H,
and j valid through February 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc. - Book No. 3,
brown stamps R, S, T and U valid
through January 49, v valid now
through February 26. w valid
January 80 through February 26.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay you two ration points for
every pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4. Stamp 30 valid
for pounds. Through March 81.
Shoes-Stamp No. 18 in Book No. l
and stamp on the "airplane"
sheet of Book No. 3 valid now for
an indefinite period.
Gasoline-No. 8 A coupons good for
3 gallons each until February 8.
B, B-1, c and C-1 coupons good
for 2 gallons each. These coupons
will expire on date indicated on
individual books. b. and c.
coupons in books issued since De-
cember l are good for S gallons
each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders. March 81.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 2 coupons. valid
now, expire February8. Period
No. 3 coupons, valid now, remain
valid through March a.. No. 2
and 3 coupons good for 10 gallons
per unit. According to the Dis
trlct OPA, consumers in that area
should not have used more than
48 per cent of their total yearly
fuel oil ration as OF January II.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Truck Helper Killed
Under Trailer Wheels

Failing beneath the wheels of a
heavy trailer truck when he slipped
from the running board of the We
hicle, James L. Middleton. 81, COL
ored. 10l7 Seventh street Sc. was
killed instantly early today. 1t was
the fourth traffic fatality of the year
as compared with seven on this
date last year
According to Wilbur w. Peake. %
OF 1906 Georgia avenue, Silver
Spring, Md, driver of the truck,
Middleton was attempting to board
the vehicle as it pulled away from
a warehouse at Fourth and C streets
S.W.. but slipped and fell to the
pavement.
A physician from Casualty Hos
pltal summoned to the scene of the
accident pronounced the man dead
and police booked the driver for
appearance at a coroner's inquest.
Paul Leadwell. 36, of AIT Sixth
street NV. was seriously injured
last night when struck by a taxi at
Fifth and H streets NV.
Police reported that they were as
yet unable to learn the address of
Hugh Du Coates, 78, who is in Emer-
gency Hospital suffering from a
fractured skull received when he was
struck by Capital Transit Co
streetcar in the 1900 block of New
York avenue Wednesday morning
The man lapsed into unconscious
ness shortly after he gave police his
name and is in a serious condition
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Permits Of 5000 Revoked
Here in 1943 for Speeding

Convictions on charges of speed
ing resulted in the suspension of
driving privileges of more than 5000
motorists in Washington during
1943, it was announced today by
Edward Dean, chairman and secre-
tary of the Board of Revelations
and Restorations.
The national wartime prohibition
against driving more than IS miles
an hour was cited as the basis for
the majority of suspensions by Mr..
Dean, who also revealed that in
2,057 of the 5000 cases permits had
been restored to drivers after a
hearing before the board.
Despite the drastic measure to
curb speeders, however, suspension
is automatic following a conviction
in Traffic Court under a District
ordinance, enacted since the war
emergency, the number of viola
tors appearing before the Revoca-
ton Board in the last six months
of last year increased steadily, Mr..
Dean disclosed Thirty cases were
heard yesterday, he said, and board
hearings have been increased from
two to four weekly.
Statistics of the board. it was an
nounced, showed that most viola
tions were for driving between 40
and so miles an hour.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Maj. Yunck of Marines
Awarded Silver Star

Award of the Silver Star Medal
has been made to Mai. Michae, R
Yunck. 5000 Thirty fourth street
NV. "for conspicuous gallantry and
intrepidity" while serving as a first
lieutenant with Marine air fighter
unit in the Solomon Islands in the
Solomons Islands area in 1912. Ma
rine Corps Headquarters announced
today.
The citation accompanying the
award credited Maj. Yunck, who
served as flight leader during part
of his Pacific duty, with displaying
superb airmanship and sheer de-
termination in numerous hazo rdous
missions After a forced landing at
sea, it said, Maj. Yunck, after three
weeks in the jungle, made his way
back to the base at Guadalcanal to
resume flight duties.
Maj. Yunck, native of Detroit,
lived in Washington for a short
while after leaving the University of
Michigan. His wife, Mrs. Esther
p. Yunck. lives In Santa Parbara
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Phil Sheridan Corps
Officers Installed

Mrs. Anna Horn, field officer of
the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary
to the G. A. r., installed officers of
Phil Sheridan Corps, Wednesday
night at the Thomas Circle Club.
They are:
Mrs. Ethel Ferris, president; Mrs
Anna Bing, senior vice president;
Bernice Ferris, junior vice president;
Mrs. Cordelia Pollard, treasurer;
Mrs. Geneiveive Craig, chaplain;
Mrs. Carolyn Lille, secretary; Mrs.
Ethel Lippold, conductor; Mrs. Isa-
bella Bontz. assistant conductor;
Mrs. Charlotte Cary, patriotic in
structor; Mrs. Marie Metts, guard; !;
Mrs. Mary Parker, assistant guard
Mrs. Addie Hickman, musician; Mrs.
Mary Parker, press correspondent;
Mrs. Belle Freer, Mrs. Mary Morri-
son. Mrs. Lena Smith and damn
Metts, color bearers.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Capt. Wilson 10 Talk
Al War Bond Rally
Torowu Veteran to Take
Place of 1t. Lucas

Capt Earl P. Wilson, Marine Corps
combat correspondent, who took
part in the capture of Tarawa, will
speak at a War bond rally at 8
o'clock tonight at Leland Junior
High School, Chevy Chase, Md, in
stead of 1t. Jim Lucas. Capt. VIII
son, formerly was a reporter for the
Post.
The change was announced yes
terday by w. Prescott Allen, general
chairman, who said Navy Depart
ment transfer orders prevent 1t.
Lucas from attending.
Another feature of the rally, which
is given under auspices of the Civil
tan Club of Bethesda in cooperation
with the Western District Bond
Committee of Montgomery County,
will be the showing of the techni-
color film of the Back the Attack"
show in the last bond campaign.
Doors will open at Z pm, when
an exhibit of equipment by the mo-
bile force of the military district of
Washington will begin in the school
gymnasium.
The program will include auction
ing of a dozen captured German he'll
NETS. Former Police Inspector Rich
ard Mansfield, well-known cartoon
ist, will give a chalk talk and the
Army will present display of equip
ment and training on the stage.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Senate Group Delays
Action on Ga||inger
Home Rule Measure

Consideration by the Senate Dis
trict Committee of sthe Gallinger
Hospital investigation report and
revision of the "home-rule" meas
ure was postponed from today until
next week.
The full District Committee now
is scheduled to meet at 3::3O pm.
Monday to consider further action
on recommendations made by the
Holman subcommittee which in
.vestigated conditions at Gallinger,
and also to consider hearings or
actions on many bills on the COM
mittee calendar.
Among subcommittee recommen-
dations awaiting consideration by
the full committee are those call
ing for the removal of Commissioner
Guy Mason. Health Officer George
C. Rutland and Drs. Charles P.
Cake and Joseph L. Gilbert, Gal
linger division chiefs.
Appointment Asked.
Chairman McCarran has not vet
set definite time for consideration
by a District subcommittee on the
home rule" bill, which would pro-
vide for an elected council which
would appoint a city manager.
Meanwhile, the appointment of an
experienced hospital administrator
as superintendent of Gallinger was
urged by the Planning Committee
Of the Health Division of the Council
of Social Agencies in a letter to the
Commissioners.
THE committees members are
vitality interested in this appoint
ment as their agency clients comes
so largely from that portion of the
population who, because of their low
economic status, must seek care at
this hospital when they require hos
pitalization, the letter read.
Phones Break Down.
A remedy for the overcrowded tele-
phone switchboard setup at CALM
ger is under study, DR.. Daniel Seek
niger, superintendent, said earlier
today after a fuse blew out on the
switchboard yesterday. leaving the
hospital without telephone facilities
for more than 80 minutes.
DR.. Seckinger said telephone COM
pany employees now surveying the
situation have found the hospital
has approximately 5000 incoming
calls daily. 1t is probable, he added
that an additional line will be in
stalled.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Boren Asks Publishers
For Views on Newsprint
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press.
Representative Boren, Democrat.
of Oklahoma today invited news
paper publishers to give his subcom-
mittee on newsprint their views on
the War Production Boards policy
of establishing a stock pile" of
additional newsprint."
Mr.. Boren said the committee will
resume open hearings next Tuesday.
adding that the WPB proposal has
been violently opposed by news
paper publishers generally because
of the danger inherent in any direct
Government control of the vital ma
terial essential to the maintenance
of a free and independent press"
Canadian newsprint manufactur-
ers have announced they can supply
zoe, 600 tons of newsprint a month
instead Of $4,000 tons previously
estimated. WPB plans to. utilize
this additional supply to increase in
ventories to take care of the "addi-
tional day of leap year. February 20,
and other extraordinary or unusual
demands Of the industry.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Mrs. Douglas Takes Over Class
To Ease Teacher SHORTAGE

WaS-you know Mr.. Walter said
this afternoon. 1--WE just called her
to teach Latin and she came"
I'm afraid I'm 10 o'clock
scholar" Mrs. Douglas said when
she finally reached the right school
shortly after noon. She took over
the class at once and said she would
be willing to return if Mrs. Craig
is not able to teach tomorrow. She
has had several years teaching ex-
perience.
She knows Latin pretty good, =
volunteered one OF the students.
Yeah. Not homework fiend
either said another. She's all
right"
Mrs. Douglas-despite her lack of
domestic help at home and duties
caring for her husband and two
children-said she wanted to help
"as much as I can"
And I can do this" she said
gesturing toward the Latin partici-
pies written on the blackboard. Just
then student tried to smash some
used f1ashlight bulbs on the floor.
Not in here, you won't Mrs.
Douglas quietly said, and order was
restored immediately
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Days Paper Salvage
Reaches New High
For City Schools

The greatest single days collec-
ton of wastepaper in The Evening
Star-PTA Salvage-for Victory pro-
gram came yesterday, when pupils in
20 schools turned in 65 $50 pounds to
put the grand total up to 1,815,492
pounds.
The schools earned more than s47O
for their PTA groups in yesterdays
collection.
Last November %, the final day of
the Truth or Consequences contest.
1850 pounds were picked UP. On
that occasion. however, between Co.
600 and 10000 pounds came from
Montgomery County schools, which
had put on special drives. Yester-
days collection in Washington was a
regular weekly collection at the
schools involved.
Big collections reported yesterday
included Lafayette, with 4,742
pounds; West, 4,54O pounds; H. D.
Cooke, 3,100 pounds; Kew. 1910
pounds; Hardy. 2,48S pounds; Shaw,
5,72O pounds; Terrell, 4,45l pounds;
RAYMOND, 6,545 pounds; Brookland
4,572 pounds, which, added to the
previous load picked up, made the
schools total for the week l2l02
pounds: Wheatley, 1000 pounds.
Which was only part of the collec-
ton; Woodbridge, $3.50 pounds: Mac
farland, 1891 pounds, and Mont
gomery, 3,453 pounds.
Another school joined the program
this week, the Murch School, at
Thirty sixth and Ellicott streets
NV. Murch was one of the larger
producers in the previous campaign.
Arrangements for the pickup of
paper at the schools have undergone
an overhauling this week, and it is
expected that collections will be on
schedule hereafter. One delaying
factor has been the short period
each day during which the paper
can be picked up. Paper brought in
during the morning seldom is ready
until an hour or more after school
opens, thus reducing to around five
hours the time in which the paper
can be picked up. When collections
are heavy, the problem of prompt
collection has been difficult.
Another complicating factor has
been the special drive at a partic-
ular school which turns in several
times its normal collections. When
advance warning is not given to the
10
pecting to visit several schools is
loaded at the one and perhaps must
return for the balance, thus delay
ing the collection at the other
schools on the route.
If notice is given of the special
drive an emergency truck can be
dispatched to pick up the large
NJ
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Flyer on Honeymoon Here
Loses Wallet and S400

Second 1t. Vincent R. Shaffer,
Army bomber pilot who came here
with his bride from Akron, Ohio,
last week for a honeymoon, reported
to police the loss of a wallet con-
tanning his life savings of $40O in
cash and a $25 War bond.
1t. Shaffer and his bride. Mar
garet Clawson Shaffer, a WAVE,
said they believed the money was
lost Monday in taxicab which had
taken them from the Navy Depart
ment to store in the 1900 block of
F street NV. The lieutenant, who
said he intended to invest the money
in War bonds, has left for Fort
Worth, Tex, where he is stationed.
Mrs. David j. Keppel, 6336 West
ern avenue. a sister OF the lieuten-
ant, has offered a 500 reward for
the return Of the wallet and money.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
Fund Approved
For Children S
Hospital Job
$143, 900 Grant and
Loon Is Allotted
For Construction

An ALLEGATION to Childrens Hos
p1tal for construction and equip
ment of new nurses home and
orthopedic department and for al
terations to the existing kitchen
and dining room was approved to-
day by Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming,
Federal Works Administrator. FWA
will make grant of $685. and a
loan of $4,000 to cover the entire
cost of the project under the Lam
ham Act.
Tentative plans call for a three
story nurses home with 30 double
rooms and six single ones and a
one-story orthopedic department.
The new wing will be located on the
V street side Of the hospital and
will connect with the Eastern and
Central buildings.
Construction of the new ortho-
pedlc department will release space
to expand kitchen and dining room
facilities to accommodate increased
personnel and students, according to
Miss Matte NJ Gibson, hospital
superintendent.
Nur es Crowded for Years.
We have been housing our nurses
under crowded conditions and with
the same dining room and kitchen
facilities for the last 20 years" said
Miss Gibson.
The new nurses home. with exist
ing facilities. will house approxi-
mately 80 nurses. At present so
student nurses are in training and
the hospital expects the number to
be increased to 10 by June l, pro-
Vioed the additional quarters are
available.
Children's Hospital, under the
bolton Act, is participating in the
training OF cadet nurses for the
armed forces, governmental and
civilian hospitals, health agencies
and war industrials. Student nurses
from hospitals in the Southern
states and Maryland. which lack or
nave inadequate facilities for train
ing in pediatrics. are sent to the
hospital for three months training
IN that subject.
Larger Staff to Be Needed.
The increased enrolment made
possible when the new construction
has been completed will necessitate
employment OF more instructors and
supervisors and a house mother, ac-
cording to Miss Ashby Taylor, super
mtendent of nurses. The cost of ad-
oltional personnel will be borne by
the hospital.
Plans for the new construction
were to be considered at an Execu.
tive Committee meeting this after
noon. Next week they will be re-
ferred to the board of directors.
The architect, Leon Chatelain. has
been drafting the construction plans
for the past two months. Formal ap-
plication was made to FWA in De-
cember.
The new orthopedic department
may be "a little larger than the
Older one and more modern in con-
struction, according to hospital au-
thorities.
Evening star., 1944-01-21
(From Yesterdays Late Editions:)


Mrs. William o. Douglas, wife of
the Supreme Court Justice, pitched
in to help relieve the shortage of
District School teachers today, TAX
ing over a Latin class in Powell
Junior High School after hearing of
the serious shortage of teacher per-
sonnel from her 14-year-old daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Douglas was joined by an
other parent, Mrs. Roy Frank, in
offering her services to Principal
Thomas F. Ferry of the Paul Junior
High School.
Today Mrs. Douglas got a call
from high school principal-she
thought at the Paul Junior-to re-
port at once to fill the place of Mrs.
Helen Craig, Latin teacher, who
had gone home i'll. Mrs. Douglas
rushed to the Paul. to find that it
was the Powell Junior High School,
Hiatt place and Lamont street NV,
where she was needed Mr.. Ferry
had passed her name on to Principal
Lester Walter of Powell Junior High
School.
II didn't know who Mrs. Douglas