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Evening star., 1944-11-26
':Any Mail Today?''
BY FRANK LASKIER

afterwards kept telling her that there's
often mistakes made. there's always a
chance. And that's just the way it turned
out. He was rescued and went through the
whole campaign. Finally he was promoted
and the last heard he was given a job
at the base.
Last month she read in the papers of
an ammunition-dump explosion. 1t was
where her son was stationed. thought
the shock would kill her. She took to her
bed. and then one evening bunch of
mail came, and was sorting it to deliver
in the morning. There was V-mail for her
II JUST looked inside the flap and saw
that it was dated after the explosion took
place. | went straight up to her house on
my bicycle and gave her the letter She
read it, and then ran into the house to
bring me a package of cigarettes. When
she came out the door, she was crying
with JOY"
He stood up and smiled. well - I'm
off home for lunch. See you later!" With
CHEEKY wave of his hand he was off down
the road.
The next morning had reason to 60
to the city. and headed for the seven
fifteen train with the rest of the towns
commuters.
Down at the station the old postman
stood at his Office door, and it was obvi-
ously Mail for Everyone" day. The
platform was crowded with overalled
men and women who tore open envelopes
and read feverishly even as the train came
in. l turned to find the postman at my
side.
''YoU might think / do this just for
them" he said as he nodded around. But
don't, really. You see, I've got someone
myself"
His hand trembled as he showed me
four V-mails. 1.-TWO from my eldest boy in
the Pacific - two from the youngster in
Italy"
He pushed me to the train.
Get aboard" he said. "I'n tell you all
about it when you come back tonight"
As climbed to the train looked back
to see him standing bareheaded in the
sun, glasses perched high on his forehead,
as with fingers clumsy and shaking with
relief, he opened his mail.
Evening star., 1944-11-26

Names and descriptions Of all ch:reetsss =
Action stories and eemi-aetion aroeiss " .s.s -"
vhIch happens to be the same ~ thsf g ~
person, Hving or dead. 10 entirely ooanesesssa''
Evening star., 1944-11-26
The postman worried when he
had to say no to the folks on
his route. He had reasons 80.

TyHE most popular man in this town,
and certainly the most sought after,
is the postman. The old folks wait pa
iently at their doors for him each morn
ing; pretty girls run halfway down the
street to meet HIM; and from the little
baby born this morning to the old man who
may not last the night. he knows us all.
The house where am spending my
leave is the last on the street that marks
the end of his rounds. One morning not
long ago he came to sit ON the porch and
ease his feet before it was time to 60 back
to his cubbyhole of an Office by the station.
There's near to seven hundred of the
boys from here gone to the war, he said,
land it's left big gap to be filled by let
ters. l remember IN peacetime no one
bothered much about mail. The shopkeep-
ers around here used to pick their letters
up and hold 'em to the light. Then they'd
say, No checks here - only junkr Now
the only thing they look for is the letter
with the franked service stamp, or the "
mail. Everything else they put aside.
Lors of the folks here work in war
plants. They take the seven-fifteen train in
the morning. and sometimes there's let
ter waiting at home for them all day while
they worry at work. So now just get up
an hour earlier, and have it sorted. Then
they can ask for their letters down at the
Office and read them ON the way to work.
Sometimes the mail gets held up, and
nothing comes through" He shook his
head ruefully. II have to think up more
darned excuses for delayed mail than the
Head Office itself. Then, maybe the next
morning 60 down and it seems as though
there's mail for most everyone. just tear
out on my rounds, and feel there's 50
much happiness m my satchel I could sing.
ITS terrible when there's bad news,
though" he continued. Take Mrs.
Hughes, over in the next street. Her only
son was reported missing in the Philip
pines. brought her the telegram myself
I'd never let any boy deliver thing
like that - and then for almost five weeks
Evening star., 1944-11-26
This Wsek M.s.,in.

YOUR WEEKEND FARM. .............. 4
kyCtossses Wsedbay
"YOUR PRISONER, Me0ARRyr. ...... 8
By Msst Isyis
LANA TURNER AND COMPANY b.. .
By Jsek S6~
$50 A MONTH - PlUS!. .............t 10
BY $50. Cssese An0ss1s
WHY DIDN'T SIZE TELL NET. 7............n -
By Leslie Csrds1 ossna6
JUST ASK FOR IT.. ~
BY Issry ossedsistd
TEACHERS ARE HUAAN!. ........... -
BY Emily Pssf
BY ksais Hassis
Csvss BY R1sone
Evening star., 1944-11-26

MP's at camp in Northern Iran.
Red Army truck drivers refused to
slow down at the camp gates. Prob
lens: how to get over the language
difficulty; how to chain natural Rus
sian impetuosity.
The MP's huddled. Next morning.
Red trucks slid to a gentle stop, Red
soldiers showed their passes. The
MP oorporals explanation:
I'VE pinned up pitcha of Ann
Savage on the gatehouse. Cut it outa
'Yank.' Everybody stops - Russian
drivers, doggie drivers, OH guys On
camels. Now we gotta figure some
way to get them moving again"
NAIL: What with our postal cover
and editorial, we thought you'd like
to know that the average CT writes
6.13 letters a week.
Evening star., 1944-11-26

TW-1l-A-A
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-20

FARM FOR RENT. FOUR MILES
north OF Henderson on route >
) I , acres tobacco allotment. l.,
Il. Williams, Route 3, Henderson.
2O-4t.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-20

WANTED. pUONDGRAPH REC
ord player. Coll 696-J OF Write p
9. Box 3U6. 1891
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-20

GROCERIES, FRESH MEATS AND
vegetables. EVERYTHING for you.
table. We deliver ana save you
gas and time. Phone 139. Always
ready to serve you. ~IlerDert's YET
low Front. 25-ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-20

GRASS SEED, RYE GRASS or
m.Ncd long grass. Wa,NJna Hard
ware Co. l6-tl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-20
ALL WORKERS, MALE AND FE-

ALL WORKERS, MALE AND FEE
male, must be hired under pro-
vision of War Manpowcr Commls-
sion's Sterilization Program. Un.
der the new prioritles reierIal
plan all male workers, and all IL
migrant female workers, must be
hired through the local U. s. En-
ploymcn: Service Office. ThoSe
now employed in essential war
work, including agriculture. need
not apply. 7u
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-20

Old County IIonc loa5, Call
1888 T.. &31j
Montana labor news., 1944-04-06
Labor Doing More Than
Its Job. Marine Head Says

Paid anti-labor publcists, responsible
for scores of cock-and-bull stories about
unions and production, got an answer
from Lieut.. Cen. Alexander A. Wander
grift, U. S. Marine corps commandment.
He said:
'One Of the reason we are running
ahead Of our Pacific timetable is that
production of fighting ships for the Navy
and Of all accessories that go with them
is far ahead Of schedule"
Montana labor news., 1944-04-06

or fraction thereof; 1 cent for each 5
cents or major fraction thereof.
Cabaraget charges-5% of charge; SOC
of charge.
Club dues-llE of charge; 200 Of
charge.
Initiation fees-ll9d of charge; 2o2o
Of charge.
Jewelry except watches retailing for
not more than SOS and alarm clocks re-
failing for not more than IS, the rate
on which articles remains at 1921
100 of retail price; 200 Of retail price.
Furs-lO% of retail price; 200 of re-
tail price.
Toilet preparations-1O% of retail
price; POO Of retail price.
Passenger transportation - 1910 of
charge. 1870 of charge.
Seats and berths-1OGo of charge; 15qa
of charge.
Long distance telephone calls for which
the charge is more than "a cents-20%
of charge; $50 of charge. Applies to
amounts paid for services furnished on
or after April 1, 1914.
Domestic telegraph, cable, or radio
dispatches or message-15% of charge;
25a6 Of charge. Applies to amounts paid
for services furnished on or after April
1. 1914.
Leased wires, etc.-15% of charge; 25qs
Of charge. Applies to amounts paid pur-
suant to bills rendered on or after May
1, 1914. for services furnished on or
after March /, 1914. for which no pre-
vious bill was rendered.
Billiard and pool tables-$10 per year;
$40 per year. In effect July 1, 1914.
Bowling alleys-SlO per year per alley;
$40 per year per alley. In effect July
1, 1914.
The increases in the rates of these
taxes are special wartime increases which
will terminate approximately six months
after the end of the war, at which time
the taxes will revert to the old rates.
The new retailers tax on luggage, ETC.,
becomes effective April 1, 1914. The tax
is at the rate of 20 per cent of the retail
price and applies not only to travelling
bags, suitcases, trunks, etc, but to toilet
cases, purses, handbags, pocketbook, wal
lets, and other related article. The new
tax supplants the present 10 per cent
manufacturers excise tax on luggage
and, like the rate increases in the other
excuses, will continue in effect until ap-
%proximately six months after the end of
the war, at which time the m%anufactur-
Montana labor news., 1944-04-06
FEDERAL EXCISE
TAXES In EFFECT
ON APRIL |, 1914

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Jo-
seph D. human. Jr., today called atten-
ton to increases in the rates Of a num-
Der Of retailers manufacturers and
miscellaneous federal excise taxes made
by the new revenue act. Attention was
called to the new retailers excise tax
on luggage, handbags, wallets, ETC., i'm
posed by that act.
The rate increases, showing the old
rate and the new rate which are in
effect April l, 1914, are as follows:
Admission cent for each 10 cents
Montana labor news., 1944-04-06

NEW YORK, N. Y.-The National
Maritime Union has initiated a cam
paign for the enactment OF the Scanlon
bill, HR 1867, providing for citizenship
for any foreign seamen who has been
sailing in the American merchant ma
rine for a period Of three years while
we have been at war and continues to
sail for the duration of the war. The
Butte Miners Union has endorsed the
Scanlon bill.
Montana labor news., 1944-04-06

ers' excise tax on luggage will be re-
vived.
All Of the changes made in the various
taxes, Mr.. human stated, will be made
the subject of regulations soon to be
issued.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
After Dark
News and Comment Of the Night Clubs.
BY the Spectator.
Tra6s Msrk sr>A n n pst.nt cme.

after Student Morton had register
ed at George Washington, some
classmates felt like giving brawl-
otherwise known as dance. Ques-
ton Of where to get the music, when
up spoke Mr.. Morton, in the lachry-
NOSE drawl of a North Carolinian
"Shucks, All doan know this town
so good, but, shucks. All bet All en-
get music for yuh easy num-" said
he.
Moving somewhat more rapidly
than his words. Mr.. Morton ac-
lquired not only a dance hall, but a
band to go with it before another
night had passed. The function
moreover, was a packed, howlingly
happy success.
"On the way home after that"
says Mr.. Morton, "Ah leaned against
a lamp post and thought to NAH
self, 'Shucks, this is a cinch.' It's
ben a lot hard work since, and it
hasn't ben a cinch. But All still
think All had the right idea that
night at the lamppost."
AN to think that first night All
had to 60 pull q guy out of bed to
tell him why he should play for the
folks" reflects Mr.. Morton.
There Is nothing like that these
days. Jack Morton's once and
residence combined-is a smooth
running firm that, last year, had
its finger on 20 bands of varying
sizes, prepared to move into a
LOB" at moments notice. In ad-
dition, there were sufficient num-
bers Of smaller combinations to per-
Evening star., 1944-02-08
business, then, jack" you inquire Of

business, then, Jack" you inquire o1
him.
YEAH" he answers, "Ah jest
about had enough. Course, there's
new place up on Fourteenth street
that's going to open any day now
Ah'm putting the music in there.
And you smile and say to yourself
that Jack will be in there talking
terms for the next place and the
next place-so long as he still has
the eyesight and voice to read q
contract.
your" Evelyn, you can well say
now, as you puff your chest and
reach for another sundae in the
King Cole Room.
Five months ago Evelyn Knight
left the Room for a limited engage
ment in the Blue Angel, an exclu-
sive sort of joint in New York City
Five months having elapsed, Miss
Knight is still there. And someone
else has heard her sing-some peo.
pie known corporately as the Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System. They
liked her. They liked her so we'll
in fact, that Miss Knight-all right
your" Evie-will appear tomorrow
on the network broadcast, Broad
way Matinee" and on Thursday
with the nationally beamed "Saludos
Evening star., 1944-02-08
JACK MORTON.

Practical student OF music.
a dozen establishments that have
Mr.. Morton to thank-and he, them
for their musical entertainment
One couldn't consider the Statler
the Roger Smith, the Lee Sheraton
400, Trade Winds, Windsor Room or
Mayfair as chop-house clientele
either.
1t is long span between obscur-
ity in the Southern branch of an
electrical firm and the notoriety OF
having ones name displayed, in
plain view Of dancers, on glittering
music stands. Jack Morton Pre-
sents - the placards read. speci-
flying the ensemble which Mr.. Nor
ton is presenting in such-and-such
place. Twelve years ago, Mr.. Nor
ton could not have presented any
thing more glamourous or soul
satisfying than an eager talent for
directing personnel
A distinct connection, Of course
exists between the old Morton and
the Morton today. A perceptive
electrical overseer noticed Mr.. Nor
tons flair for organizing people and
doing things to such an extent that
he sent the fledgling to Washington
and G. w. U. for formal studies in
the art Of personnel management
That decision shortly worked out in
such a way that both Mr.. Morton
and his erstwhile employer can
hardly believe plausible now.
1t seems that one night, sometime
Evening star., 1944-02-08

From Wilson to Raleigh, from
Raleight to Charlotte-wherever the
Southern branch Of Westinghouse
blows.
II one happened to be thinking
Of Jack Morton and blues in the
Night" simultaneously that Is the
way a night club column lead might
conceivably turn out - and did,
didn't 1t? The song, however, has
gone the way Of most hit songs, but
the man fingers on very much part
Of the Washington after-dark's S
musical life.
Mr.. Morton, to get on with this
tablecloth biography, is a man of
decided musical inclinations. He
couldn't whistle a tune, much less
riff one on an instrument. Yet as
the up-and-coming Gatti- i-CasazN of
the town he must be reckoned with
as musician. There are more than
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Catholic Guild to Meet

The Rev DR.. Hugh j. McCarron,
P. j., will speak on Education OF
the Imagination" at the weekly
meeting Of the Study Guild Catholic
Library at 8:l5 o'clock tonight in the
basement of st. Matthews Cathe-
dral, 1725 Rhode Island avenue NV.
Evening star., 1944-02-08

Amigos" program. The matinee
broadcast, incidentally, also involves
Mrs. Roosevelt.
If only you proud localities could
have seen with your own eyes that
CHS publicity listing: "(Wednes-
day. February 9-Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt and EVELYN Knight"
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Dr.. (. F. Harris to Speak

DR.. Edward F. Harris, president
Of the Federation of Civic Asso-
Citations, will be guest speaker at the
East Central Civic Association meet
ing at 8 o'clock tonight in People S
Congregational Church, 624 M street
NV. The Rev. A. F. Elmes, pastor
Evening star., 1944-02-08

form for more than 1000 one night
er, or party" jobs in the course
Of 1043.
The war has cut into that, as 1t
has into any other trade that ca
ters to the civilian public. And
Evening star., 1944-02-08

GLORIA HART,
Who Is uocdHst Nth Art Kas-
sePs band In Herb Sachs Del
Rio.
Jack Morton's headaches-the kind
he does not precisely begrudge-
have increased correlatively.
Are you going to cut down on
Evening star., 1944-02-08

Of the church, will make the vel.
come address.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Hockenberry
Continued From First Page.)

house near the field where she was
abandoned, she told police. Doctors
said she had been criminally as
saulted and might lose the sight of
an eye as a result of the cuts in
f1icted by penknife
Birmingham police were holding
as material witness Mrs. T. H.
Boiler, 10, New Orleans, who told
police she had been abducted in New
| Orleans and freed in Birmingham a
short time before Mrs. Bfasher was
kidnapped. They said third woman
kidnapped in New Orleans had escap-
ed without being molested. Com
missioner ConnOr said Mrs. Boiler
reported she was assaulted repeat
edly during the trip from New
Orleans to Birmingham.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
District police failed to make use Of
the only available photographs of
Reedy in their search for the youth
after his escape from Gallinger.
Hospital Had Photo.
DR.. Winfred Overholser, super
.intendent of st. EliZabeth's Hos
pital, where Reedy formerly was
confined, revealed that police had
not asked for photographs taken of
the boy at the hospital No other
pictures were available to police.
since juveniles are not photographed
by law enforcement officials in ac-
cordance with District law. Photo
graphs of all patients. however, are
taken at ST. Elizabeth's Hospital
At the time of Reedy's escape,
he was termed by DR.. Overholser
as "brutally strong" and danger
Gus. The doctor said yesterday that
he would have offered the photo
graph to police had he known it
was the only one available
Naturally though, assumed that
police had picture of him." he
said
FDr. Overholser renewed his criti-
cism of the District law which holds
that no person under 18 can be
locked up with adult criminals.
Reedy was transferred to CALM
ger after being released from St.
Elizabeth's last year on habeas COR
pus proceedings based on the law
criticized by DR.. Overholser.
This whole sequence of events
need never have happened if the
boy had remained at St. Eliza
beth's," Dr.. Overholser said, stress
ing that it has more stringent es-
cape precautions than Gallinger.
Hockenberry and Reedy were ap-
pretended by Birmingham police on
bus in nearby Fairfield few hours
after Mrs. Brasher was thrown from
the car, the Associated Press re-
ported
Washington police Immediately
sent Detective Sergt. Albert Embrey
to Birmingham, although there was
slight possibility that Alabama au-
thorities would waive jurisdiction in
view of the serious charges they
have placed against the youths.
Hockenberry and his companion
escaped from Gallinger by over
powering and beating Thomas P.
Cooney, 633 Tenth street NE, 63-
year-old guard, who was alone in
the ward with them about mid
night. Mr. Cooney still is in serious
condition in Gallinger.
Hockenberry had been transferred
to the hospital from District Jail
where he was serving a three-year
sentence for assault. Reedy had
been charged in Juvenile Court with
illegal entry and stealing an auto.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
n. E. Washburne Dies;
Served in Two Wars

Robert E. Washburne, 70, veteran
of two wars and retired employe of
the War Department, died Friday in
Mount Alto Hospital. He lived at
1913 Thirty-fifth street NV.
Mr.. WaShburne, a native of New
Bedford, Mass, enlisted in the Army
during the Spanish-American War,
serving with the 1st Regiment of
the Rhode Island Volunteers.
During the World War, he served
as captain in the Coast Artillery in
Providence, r. I. After the war he
came to Washington and took a job
with the War Department. At the
Evening star., 1944-02-13

time Of his retirement three yeart
ago, he was employed in the Amy
War College records section.
A member OF the Gen. M. Emmett
Urel Camp. United Spanish War
Veterans, Mr.. Washburne also be-
longed to the Department Of the
District USWV and the Lincoln
Post, No. IT, American Legion.
Surviving are daughter, Mrs
Harry Kerrigan OF Washington; a
brother, Harry Washburne and q
sister, Mrs. Henry Potter, both o1
New Bedford.
Funeral services will be held al
$50 am. tomorrow at Chambers
Georgetown funeral home, Thirty.
first and M streets NV, and at IL
a m. at Fort Myer Chapel. Buria.
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-02-13

than the average diet Of 1900 to
1000 calories. In other parts Of
Europe the rural sections are bet
ter on than urban areas but this
does not hold true in Russia. The
government effectively takes it's
share"
| The institute said food production
in reoccupied areas had been "far
below normal but that gardens
added to individual diets, the potato
crop was good, grain harvests were
mot too bad" and there should be
spring grains in the Caucasus and
parts of the Ukraine.
Prospects for 1914 are better than
1943," the agency said, but this
does not mean much because 1943
was such bad year."
The trouble is in lack of food
not poor management of available
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Five Students to Give
Views on Recreation

Five young persons will give their
views on recreation facilities in the
District before the Recreation Di-
vision of the Council of Social
Agencies at a meeting at 1915 pm
Tuesday at the YWCA, Seventeenth
and K streets NV.
The speakers, all junior or senior
high school students will include
Miss Jean Hyde, 1853 California
street NV; Miss Betty Korson
1901 Fifteenth street NV: Robert
Alfandre, 2027 r street Sc; Rober,
Barnett, $500 Ridgewood avenue
Chevy Chase, Md, and Robert
Smith, 120 c street S.W.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Russian Food Situation
Serious, Institute Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-The food
situation in Russia Is serious, with
meats and fats the most critical, >
the American Institute Of Food Dis
tribution said today.
There is no Disgusting this fact
even though information is meager, ;
the nonprofit research agency sale
in review of the world food stu
alton.
Civilians are strictly rationed al.
though heavy workers get bette,
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Cuemmerer to Speak

H. Paul Caemmerer, secretary of
the Fine Arts Commission, will
speak on Charles Moore and the
Plan of Washington" at a meeting
at 8:15 pm. Tuesday at the May
| flower Hotel.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
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Evening star., 1944-02-13

supplies" the institute said, addink
that transportation and distributor
systems in Russia had held up
rather we'll"