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Uncle Rays Corner

Among the dangerous members
OF the shark family are The blue
sharks and the white sharks. These
savage fish are listed among the
man. eaters"
The blue shark varies in length
from IS to Is feet. 1t has rows of
strong, sharp teeth, and in common
with many other sharks, it keeps
losing and gaining teeth during its
whole lifetime. New teeth take the
place of those which are lost.
The teeth of these sharks grow
in rows, and the inner rows press
against the outside row. When the
outside row has become weak from
use, it falls out and a new row is
pressed into the same place. Blue
sharks swim in every sea.
White sharks are even larger and
more dangerous than blue sharks.
Some of them are from IS to 40
feet long. The colors are brownish-
gray above and white beneath.
White sharks are fond of follow
ing ships, especially sailing vessels.
They race toward any food which
may be thrown overheard, and
sometimes they swallow what Is not
food.
Less than a century ago, white
shark was the star witness in prov
ing the guilt of men who were
running slave ship. A British
cruiser took up the trail of the
vessel, and at length overhauled
it. Search failed to locate any
Negroes aboard, and the officers OF
the cruiser were preparing to let
the ship go free.
Before it was released, however, q
shark which had been caught in the
region was cut open. In the stom-
ach were found several sheets OF
paper, bearing writing. Careful
study of the writing proved that
the papers had belonged to the slave
ship, and the contents proved tina,
the captain and other officers hao
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

Shadow Castle, by Marion Coo
krell (Whittlesey: $2) IS h d W
Castle stands in strange, beautiful
valley which can be reached only
through a tunnel in mountain.
It's a spot halfway to Fairyland,
and, of course, very few persons are
privileged to discover its entrance.
But Lucy and Michael are among
those lucky few, and their adven-
lures make a delightful fairy tale.
Illustrated by Olive Bailey in true
fairy-tale style.
Ilenka, by Lee Kingman, with pic
lures by Arnold Edwin Bare
(Houghton Mifflm: $2)-All about a
Russian girl who can't make up her
mind what she wants to be when
she grows up. Younger boys and
girls should enjoy it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
G. w. Boy Has Fun
AS Camp Counselor
On Lower Potomac
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
BY Eugene Columbus, II,
George Washington High School,
AIeYapdria

Since school let out last June
I've been enjoying the best vaca-
ton of my life-and for pay.
Some boys and girls get no vaca-
ton at all. others have to pay to
spend week or two at a beach or
some similar resort. But I've spent
this summer at Camp Ernest w
Brown as counselor.
The camp, located on the lower
Potomac River near Scotland, Nd.
is conducted by the Metropolitan
Police Boys Clubs. My job as coun-
selor is to supervise the activities
OF the boys, which include swim
ming, ating, grabbing, baseball,
table tennis, horseshoes and other
games. Each counselor is assigned
a different job every third day
Sergt. F. Benswanger is in charge.
In the evening the boys gather
IN the recreation hall to see movies,
spin yarns, play quiz games and
sing
Yes, I've had a swell time at
Camp Brown. but I'm going to have
to say good-by to it. You see, I'll
soon be Is and I know Uncle Sam
has plans for me that involve
another kind of camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Marriage License
Applications

OndeT u. L. laos, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, 1oait three Jul days and
receiDe the license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
"i AHA as H aowe a. H. e. 1899 st.
Archer Dabney. SO, and Louise Smith. IS,
and Ellen Evans. Is, 1881 eth 81 st. n NV wv.
Mask bof, ADAMS q. u.s. 81 and Edna Harris. 20,
and Billie B. Kelby, ~, a3i5 ist st.
s snd Hazel N. lockwood, "A. 145s
lor, 90, both Of 54S5 1 It'll p st. Sc e. lay
Arthur P. Hanket, 81, Cleveland, O., and
Jacareline e, Compton, 10, 1922 La
Frederick A. Tucker, 90, 1923 4th st. NV,
a and Ausustie E. Morgan, %. Arlington,
william W. Grove. 80. PAPA Both st. NV,
and Frances NJ. Young. 81, 2O42 37th
john B. CLAYTON, SO. and Mamie B. Town
James H. Sommerville, 80, 1893 r st.
nv nv and Elizabeth M. Adams, 1898
George II. Mclaughlin, 20. and Esther v,
Melton 90. both Of Newport News. Va
Alfred J. Benton. 20. Hot Springs Ark
and Hattie M. Wood, 26, 1868 Meridian
Earl A. Ras.- jr. 90, U. 8. Coast Guard,
and Florence E. snydre, 81, 2515 18th
Melvin ]: Bower, 81. Fort Howard. Md,
Jerome l.. Wade. %, 435 Delaield pl
DIV, and Earline J. McNown. %, 2ei5
George W. Huddie. "a. Is4o W st. Sc, ane
Hasker Booker. 81, 1908 Sherman s ~ ave I'VE
E ES ana 4, Helen r. Roberts 49, 1925
Ell s E st "a ne as, 20 st. NV, and
cecil Mol Me Is T II aas1 Ark st. and nT Mar,
Sherman Starr, %, Brookpark, Ohio, ane
Hazel I. Hendricks, % 1929 Belmon
Edward H. Jewell, 20, 111e New Jerse.
ave ave Sc. and Azalie Turner, 20. 51i
Samuel Msdsniek. So, pittseurgh, Pa. ant
Earl qf Groves h;w; 40 v,enn. ". .nd x.,,
crime Daniels 81. Ariin ss; ana Aa'n
ana and Matilda HssIs n; W. Esnn g. Fss Church
,. and Barbara Ann Bliss, IS, Washington
James Arthur Laubs Fl, Quantico, Va.
sad FRANCES Pn Lou schaf1' FL Green
Robert Ralph Kittredge, 81, and Eliza.
beth Brown. IS, both of Washington.
Eansom coykendall. 81, both Of Elmira
Robert I. Arnold, 90. and Mary Elizabeth
Dechant. 20, both Of Arlington,
Mary E. Briggs. %, Charleston, iii
Paul Knoble, 20, Quantico, and Marian
e; Martindale, 81, Washington.
Wallace F. Sanford, 30, and Emily 3
-, Graves. 45, both Of Silver Spring.
william H. Queale, 81, Miami Beach, Fla,
and Jessie Mae Hartman. SO, Honaker
| Murray Kraft, 80, and Margaret Z, Burch
cite. "a. both OF Washington.
John A: Young 21. Fit. Meade. Md, an,
Ida Mae TAYLOR. 49, Washington.
James G. Klassen, 35. and Mildred M
Bright; 81, both of Detroit.
beth Lewis, %. both Of Alexandria.
a ma Maxine Joyce Carr, %, Boiling
James Thomas Miller, SO, and Phylli
Lenore overholtz, 21, both Of Washing.
Michael v. W. Layman, %. New London
Conn, and Mamie L. Powers, 20
Washington.
Donald G. Larson, IS, Silver Spring, an,
Avis w. Winch, "a, Minneapolis.
Joseph Scheuerman, 49, Bethesda, ans
Dorothy Elizabeth Bowers, q, Nashville
Gayle r. Mckinney. 20. Jefferson City
NO. and Leona =. Rippeto. FL. Bollinf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19

been guilty of trading in slaves.
Man-eater sharks sometimes kill
human beings, but their mouths are
not large enough to swallow man
whole.
The shark family is made up Of
some of the swiftest swimmers and
the most dangerous fish in the
ocean. There are many kinds, how
ever, and some are in no sense
dangerous.
Tropical waters are the favorite
hunting grounds of sharks, but
there are vast numbers in the
North Atlantic and off the Pacific
Coast of the United States. A few
stray to the Arctic seas.
In addition to the man-eaters,
other members of the shark group
are hound sharks, dogfsh sharks,
cow-nosed sharks and threshers.
Hound sharks are common on
both the Atlantic and the Pacific
coasts of North America. They are
gray in color, sometimes spotted
with white. Full-grown hound
sharks are seldom more than three
or four feet long. They feed chief
ly on shellfsh, and are harmless to
human beings. Dogfish sharks
grow to about the same length, and
are likewise harmless.
Long tails belong to the thresher
sharks. Their bodies are common
ly six or seven feet long, but their
tails may stretch to a length of from
three to eight feet. These sharks
are seen along the Atlantic coast,
and sometimes off California. They
feed on herring, mackerel and other
fish, and it is their habit to round
up" school. Swimming swiftly
round and round their intended VIC
Tins, thresher sharks lash their
tails In the water. This frightens
the smaller fish toward central
point, and they crowd close to-
gether. Then in shoot the greedy
hunters, to swallow their victims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
Bv Rita B0dkin. II.

stuart Junior High School
How would you like to make up
from 10 to 80 beds on Saturday
morning?
That's what the Girl Scouts from
troops of District l are doing every
Saturday in the year, week in and
week out. These beds are being
made up for servicemen in the boys
gym at Stuart Junior High School.
The sheets are put on the beds
with French corners and the blan-
kets folded and placed at the bot
tom.
Since only about 10 girls are
needed each week the troops in
Northeast and Southeast sections
always have long waiting list.
Mrs. J. Miller, District l Division
representative. supervises the bed
making. After the girls are finished
and if they have time they 60 out
to the playground and play games.
This work goes toward their serv-
ice pins, which all the girls are
anxious to earn.
Why don't you visit them and see
how it's done?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
| lust Between
Yourselves
BY Phiib II, Lone

The morning after President Tru-
mans announcement OF the Japa-
nese surrender, June graduate of
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School,
just turned 10, received his induc-
ton notice. 1t was postmarked Au-
gust IA, 7 p.m.-the very hour of
the Presidents announcement.
That announcement, incidentally
changed both the present and the
future of every American boy and
girl.
If you are boy facing induction
into the armed forces, for instance,
your prospects are altogether diff
ferent from what they would have
been, say, six months ago. You are
not going off to fight, perhaps to
die; you are merely continuing your
education. You will see great deal
OF your country and the world. You
will learn to understand and get
along with the peoples of other
lands. You will acquire a keener
appreciation of America and its peo-
pie and their way of life.
If you kave been working after
school or on Saturdays, as your con-
tribution to the war effort, you will
be able to devote that time to rest
and recreation.
If your father is overseas, you
know now that he is no longer in
danger-that, before too long, he
will be coming home to stay.
If your mother has been doing
war work, leaving you more or less
to shift for yourself, you can say
good-by to all that too. She will
have time now to give her home
the attention it deserves.
You are going to have more of
the things you like to eat. If your
house is heated by oil, you'll be
warmer this winter than you've been
for years. You'll be able to take
some Of the trips you've been post
poning for so long. Your whole life
is going to be different. :.
The most important difference Is,
Of course, in the more distant flu
ture.
If, as every one hopes and prays.
the world has learned it's lesson
during the dreadful time in which
you have been growing up; If the
peace for which your father and
mother, brother and sister, have
fought and worked is to be perma-
nent. your chances of living out
your life in freedom, happiness and
security are greater than those of
any previous generation.
But chances are one thing, and
making them good is another. The
men who fought the last war
thought they had won peace for
their children, yet it was those
children who fought this one. They,
like their fathers, believe they have
won peace for their children. And
it will be those children-including
you, in all probability-who will fight
the next one.
Whether or not there is another
war depends on the children for
whom this one was fought-on you.
For what has been won is not per-
manent peace, but only the oppor-
tunity for permanent peace.
1t remains for your generation
for you and every other boy and
girl-to make that opportunity good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Works of Eric Lloyd Miller in Varied
Media on Exhibition at WHITE Gallery

small selection from his work of
the tWo-and- quarter year period,
and illustrates conditions as they
appeared to him in war-torn Italy.
Sergt. Kimmel studied at the Chi
cago Academy of Fine Arts and the
Art Institute of Chicago He has
exhibited extensively on the Pa
cific Coast. He is now working
with the editorial staff of The Air
Surgeons Bulletin" at Wright Field,
Dayton Ohio.
The water colors currently on view
Through September . are broadly
handled in fluid wash of deep, rich
somber tones. The subjects and
color schemes combine to give a
melancholy atmosphere to the COL
lection, which is what one would
expect. Emaciated women and chill
dren, watching soldiers at meals; a
squad of bulldozers cleaning up a
devastated italian town; salvaging
of German tanks for oil storage;
Town Pump" where the population
comes for its daily water needs, Just
as their parents and grandparents
came: an Italian family in an air.
raid shelter. wearing what the art
list calls the look of hunted ami
mails" and fearful of losing not only
their possessions but their lives
these are some of the scenes Sergt
Kimmel has transcribed.
A few of his paintings with hap
pier implications include Grain for
the Hungry" in which robust peas
ant men and women are swinging
across the hills, carrying 60-pound
sacks of wheat on their heads or
backs; Evacuation of Wounded by
Air" which rapid transportation to
hospitals saved countless American
lives, and THE Letter" being read
by an eager CT. Nothing raises
morale. says the artist, like mail
from home
A curious aspect of his paintings
is the artists inclination to distort
his figures, much more than the
background. The letter-reading CT
has figure like Gargantua S, and
most of the Italians appear to be
caricatures, although there is moth
ing humorous about their situations.
On the other hand, planes, ambu-
lances and bulldozers are rpre-
sented with accuracy. Perhaps ma
chimes make a better showing to
the artist than wretchd humanity,
so far as appearance is concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19

In three separate major engage
ments taking place between Octo-
Der % and rs, the Jap lost his fleet;
at any rate, he lost SO much of it
that the remainder never was able
to come out of hiding. The total
of japanese losses was four battle
ships, nine cruisers, four carriers,
six destroyers, plus an important
total of lesser craft and auxiliaries
sunk; one battleship, five cruisers,
seven destroyers, badly damaged,
possibly sunk, and six battleships,
five cruisers and 10 destroyers
damaged.
From then on, through all the sub
sequent Philippine landings which
the, Navy supported, both with i'm
mediate fire support, air cover and
surface protection, and with distant
strategic air cover; through the
landings at Two Jima and Okinawa,
also protected by naval air cover,
naval forces encountered serious OPP
position-but not from the japanese
Navy. Jap suicide attacks from the
air, suicide attacks from the lightest
kind of surface forces (even indi-
vidual swimmers in some cases.
challenged the fleet. But the Japa-
nese Navy was finished.
Naval Air Cover.
What remained for the Navy
were the important jobs OF protect
ing United States forces in their
landings, furnishing the air cover
and gunfire until the airstrips were
operating and the heavy artillery
was ashore; marrying what little
japanese shipping dared put to sea
in all the waters surrounding the
japanese home islands; searching
for the remnants of his fleet-they
were found and destroyed in the
Inland Sea in early July, 1945-and
steaming up to the coast of Japan
to shell military and naval installa-
tons and lombard industrial plants.
In short, what remained for the
Navy was to do anything it pleased,
with only the feeblest sort of oppo-
sition, If any, from the enemy it
had done so much to defeat.
This great victory, the greatest
ever achieved in modern history
by one Navy over another during
the course of war, did not come
without great cost to all America.
It cost lives, it cost ships, it cost
money, it cost enormous labor. The
sea road from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo
was long and bitter one, but not
so long nor so bitter rs would have
been the road from Japan to Pearl
Harbor to the shores of the United
States.
The Nays victory was not
achieved alone. No victory in mod
ern war can be. In the dark early
days, the gallant Dutch, British and
Australians stood by its side, taking
their own cruel losses in men and
ships, as all the Allies vainly at
tempted to hold back the rising
tide of Japanese power. And, above
all, there has been the abiding sup
port Of all the United States, its
Army, ground forces and air forces,
and Its people at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Con-
stitution avenue and Sixth street
psntinss and sculpture d BY Great
p peeHh e sRd eaisias sold Paint A
from National Army Arts Contest
NATIONAL MUSEUM, National Col
lection OF Fine Arts, Constitution
can paintings from private collec-
ffHf SRI Gshfs ffS sGa Divson
of Graphic Arts, Independence ave-
American artists. through Sep
FREER GALLERY OF ART. Twelfth
and 3 streets s:W.-oriental and
etchinss BY 'Whisler and other
American artists; changing ex-
CoRCoRAN GALLERY OF ART.
So svenae s srses Msw
can paintings and sculpture. the
exhibition a 81 p aNifatoI by Samuel
pHi REsst t MEMoRi sIpte% GALLERY
1000 Twenty-first street-Paint-
September. Daumier autographs
and Rouault etchings OF the circus,
through september.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, East Cap
itol and First streets-Division OF
Prints.
WHITE GALLERY, 1913 Connecticut
avenue--Paintings by Eric Miller.
through August 81.
D streets N;.Wa;-old glass. Colonial
period to 1890.
ARTS CLUB, 2O17 I street NV
Exhibition by members.
BARNETT-ADEN GALLERY, 127
Randolph place NW.-Group ex-
hibition
PUEBLO LIBRARY, Eighth and K
streets N.W-Exhibition, Italy
at War" by tSergt. Joseph Kim
mel, through September >.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Patience'
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
BY Penny Beth Trapis. ID

-
Congress Heights School.
Patience is quiet thing.
With tongue between her teeth,
She sews success and happy lives
And on her head a wreath she wears
That mankind wove when Patience
went with men.
Today she dropped her spinning
wheel,
And going down on earth
Granted us peace and happy song,
A joyful world and mirth.
With Patience at your side
The battle will be done,
BY Patience. never stopping,
Until the job is done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
"Ifaly at Var"

Italy at War" is the title of an
exhibition at the Public Library OF
water colors and brush drawings by
S/Sergt. Joseph L. Kimmel, painted
during % months he spent with the
Air Force Engineers in Africa and
Italy. The present group is only a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Navy Record
Continued From Page C-4.)

aircraft flying down from Japan or
eastward from China.
Long-range Navy search planes
and submarines ran interference for
the advancing invasion force, while
the greatest part of the Pacific
Fleet deployed to turn back any
enemy fleet which might threaten
the all-important assault area where
the Nays 7th Fleet was landing
General of the Army MacArthur's
forces.
Landing on Leyte.
The landing on Leyte was made
on october 20, under cover of naval
aviation. The enemy's naval re-
action was immediate, well-con-
ceived but disastrous-for himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
| Incognito

Incognito
Admiral Chester w. Nirnitz trav-
eled from Washington to Pearl Har-
Dor after the disaster under the
name. Mr.. Wainwright" and wore
civilian clothes to fool the Japa-
nese agents, who would have killed
him for the secret reports he carried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Voteless D. c.. on National Victory Day;
Wars End May Change 1947 Budget

BY JESSE C. SUTER.

proposed celebration Washington
which citizen organizations and oncas will join enthusiastically The
the for an
vnia different the of mpha
70 plan and through successfully celebration will
the
there is nge of irony the prominence it these
In classic history there pictured the With
@ Of h hs S W h n n
freed from slavery and patio the %
of they shall live
vanasd nations which attempted to
gives that Political outlaws have Deen
participation
people and prove @
hde residents the National Capital
ao s M TAXES obey
war at the 0ry dse call and fight side by with men the
they Of
permitted part election Of Senators and representatives
dent and Vice President It only through the parepaion in These
the ns s the e the
na csga o ade until they that those
ton last November Many could not
French nd o oa so m Oh e s be eon to make
There feeling among the citizens who have worked ncessen
the celebration of Victory Day the
country intends to practice home
amendment the Constitution would
long adding the
celebration of the victory history
Lest the amendment overlooked
again. 1t would add to the Constitution following
The Congress shall
the Congress and the electors President
the
such the Congress shall legislation
shall be subject to amendment and repeal"
Better Education Program for Industrial Home School
sDo na @ has for long been the
usually
suitable location and model purpose
Welfare
The Executive Committee Columbia Congress of
home where only instructors teaching ages
The committee decided that immediate
at the Industrial Home School.
The School controlled until about six
when this authority
The president School Board control
would produce
will be transfer this
being made to get the immediate
and House District Committees.
Advocates this improvement which
waiting for the ideal conditions
able The Board OF Education charge of all public
District felt the children entitled the
facilities public school
their parents guardians.
Wars End Revises Early Plans for 1947 D. c.. BUDGET
The being ended
very general revision Of the Districts
ls4 The projects being postponed for the postwar period have
reviewed for
for inclusion in the next fiscal
Some chance District
advances Federal
CURED because impossible improvements it
thought
fiscal expenditures. ~ ~
The changed situation District
well
the District Commissioners at their budget hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19

Right Off the Cob
IF WAVE is Navy and SPAR
is Coast Guard, what's WOC?"
"A VOC is what you fwow at q
Wabbit."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Famous Tree

L dulOuS rec
Probably the most famous apple
tree in the world is the one under
which Gen. Robert E. Lee surren-
dered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomatox, Va, on April 9, 1865.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-03-01
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
thaE5he. Sphserihers=of. -Montgoms
cry County, have obtained from
the Orphans Court of Montgom-
cry. County, in, Maryland, Letters
Testamentary on the personal
Estate of s-vss - gs
h EULALIE Z. B0UIC..E
Later of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally anthem
ticated to the subscriber on or
before the 21st day of August
next: they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of
said Estate. All persons indebted
to ssAd Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under our hands this
21st day of February in the year
of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and forty-five.
VIM. F. PRETTYMAN,
ALBERT M. BOUIC,
81 Executors.