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EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
BUSINESS

TEACHERS clerks, receptionlsts; select po-
sitions. No charge unless placed; top sal
Est. II yrs.l 1911 @ St MA 2114
TEACHERS-Vacancies public and pri-
yate schools secretaries needed for better
2Q4 Colorado Bldg, 14th and G. RE. 1898
PUBLIC RELATIONS, m: $1,000; under
30; exper. radio and newspaper releases
BOYD'S, 1893 ST. Ma 2340.
CAPITOL EMPLOYMENT sERVICE-Thou-
sands of positions available, professional
technical sales. office personnel, mechani-
cal, domestic, etc.: highest salaries; indi-
vidual service to applicants and employers
We can help you to help yourself. CAPI-
TOL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, 403 11th
ST. NV MA 1889
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HELP DoMEsTIc tcont. J

PART TINE MAID, 0-l, 6 days week. 8.
Arllnston. Phone JA. .1747-R 8.
PLAIN COOK and g.h.w.: prefer married
woman. husband employed: good Lying
quarters am and $S5o $S5 per mo. s422 Garfield
WOMAN. white or colored,. help with two
children, no cooking, laundry or cleaning
Room, board and laundry. free. Reference
and health card required. Call between
ANN, QE 23gb.
WOMAN, white. settled for s.h.w. and oc-
casional care Of small children; live in; /;
nice neighborhood, cony. to bus.an stores
CHI 0836
WOMAN. private room: treated IS family;
assist school children aged 6-6 and In
FAINT. light duties; S16 week. RA. 26b3.
WOMAN, colored, reliable, Rh.w.; child,
apss ssuss suscHF LIZ r. roop sosE' MA Il saE ~
r. st. NV.
WOMAN, colored. for chambermaid work;
good pay: no SUNDAYS. tla-day wk. Call
WoRkfsG y 23G lofh HoSSsEnREEIpER, q white.
40; room and bath; permanent home;
t0rSn pTiTrss Sn sfEsncs er s. Adams .n sS.h a.D
with. child. Good salary. Refs. IA.
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REPAIRS and SERVICES {,

kEFAIN9 ono SGNNtS6S Nootshs
TyraWRsHsEs pstss Esrk esansa saassn,esa eed
UNITED TYPEWEITEE Goi .i,stS siS ltIs f.. nv: ":
Nd GARY APPLIANCE Co. Du ,3355.
VENETIAN BLINDS cleaned, 9sc. Up 70
8 It. wide and f.. long Have your blinds
thoroushly cleapsd g,no.ToN eg oyr mosfTnn sHnnR /.
AWNING CO. 2oS1 18th nv: pu .,,stssy sSeS.
dependable service. free estimates. al WORT
guaranteed; serving Wash ne nsarpy va, 69bpo 9bpo
WAsHiNG MACHINES REPAIRED, 24-hr.
serv., free est; work guar; serving q; C.
nearby Md, and Va. GARY APPLIANCE
USED CAMERAS bought and sold. FULLER
y d'ALBERT, INC, SIS 10th st. nv.
National 47l2
5OLs- -85Z5-II7P7 and other type tubes
or radios repaired; order your new rad,os
now: for better tone buy Templetone IA.
dios, Call IA. 25ls. EXPRESS RADIO
g. APPLIANCE CO 90
"SERYICES"-Auto painting, reasonsbls.
COOK. SP. 09S7-W.
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HOME iMPRovEMENr coMPANlEs

ALTERATIONS, additions and moderniza-
tion, residential and commercial construc-
tion: general contractors. COMMON
AsBEsros SIZING. roofns. % roct W WOOL Sf11 n.
sulation. Call US for estimates. HUDSON
SUPPLY EQUIPMENT c., 1877 Pa. ave
nv. Warehouse at 7th and T NE. DI.
CEMENT WORK. stone walls. nasstone
porches and walks, chimneys. hreplaces
DRIvEWAYS, black top. concrete. ma
s:m.nt s.. rosf soaa i5idlns psN WI pusHTsr sradns
FLOOR SANDING. paper hanging, paint
ing. remodeling, expert workmanahip and
nsD ana
appraisals assured. John oreenhalgh. with
EGGLEroN REAL kSTATE. Du. 606l,
AsPMxi.T DlfviEMAYs. kosds ana parkins
lots surfaced. Est. trsdA Call Gil. ka4p.
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MOTOR TRAVEL.

PARTY leaving for Calf. Fri Nov. Q, 8
to share trip. HO. 4379.
DRIVING to New York City on Nov. 10,
can take four passengers with light lug
gage; S5 each. Box 1911 Star.
NEW BUICK, driving to New York, leaving
Thurs, return Mon; reasonable; take or
a. CE 4426 after 6.
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INSTRUCTIONS COURSES.

LEARN TO DRIVE THE RIGHT wAY-Bet-
ter be safe than sorry. Dual controlled ears
Permits secured. 270l 14th st. NO. 1894
BEAUTY CULTURE, HAIR STYLING-Eve-
ming and day classes. UPSHUR BEAUTY
COLLEGE. 1929 30th st. ne, phone WA
1929 or UN 1855
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IN BRIGHTWooD

in BRIGHTW0OD - Laundry and dry
cleaning agency, connected with local
81 800 cash.
Grocery. colored trade; $500 to $500 per
week price. $500 plus stock. 1. BERS,
sELF-SERVICE GROCERY AND MEATS
No beer; low rent: price, S6,500 complete
with stock; Good opportunity for live
Groceries, meats and beer; liv. quarters
Iice equipment; same owner years; price
$4,000 complete; fixtures and stock worth
more =
Self-service, groceries. meats and beer.
liv. quarters; colored trade; 5ia-day week;
short hours; price. $1,000 complete with
stock; terms. 1G
Self-service. groceries, meats and beer;
$500 weekly business; no competition no
plete with stock, KOGOD & BOOKoFF, s31
e st. NV, Ma. 1889, GE. 1858, RA. 6527.
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RESTAURANT, COLORED; ''C'' LIQUOR
license; doing 81 ,600-S1 800 per, week;
selling for other business interest. Call
Ma. 04l0. 5lQ 4th st. s.w. 81
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CARE CHILD, yrs. nursery school morn
ingS few household duties: white; live in;
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sECkEIAhf, permanent position, pleas
hour, 5-day week. MCGEE g. CO., 1704
18th st. NV. DU. 1865.
for young lady with tact and pleasing
stenoerapher and familiar with filing and
general secretarial duties. Good starting
salary with two increases within first
position, five-day week. vacation, numer-
Gus ,employe benefits. excellent working
business Reply in your own handwriting.
erenses: BOX GLE. star:
MANUFACTURER due to present - secretary
leaving city; permanent, pleasant working
conditions good starting salary. 5-day, 40
reply. Box 43s-C, Star.
SECRETARY, legal, to assist executives;
tive assistant. experience: preferably legal:
must be good stenoerapher; excellent op-
aooa sfnrps ssIy Gan
1241 oath st. NV. for personal interview
Sr rts tslsgh1Rs personnel g dept DI 299o
D. G; firm; although some dictation. main
attributes sought are alertneSs. .fnthusi-
MAfKE GSEs No Fl to budget
director; lge. local industry. previous
financial work must be good stenographer.
but If no previous financial work. will
train; permanent employment; salary
$500 month. State age, phone number
in reply. Box 4S9-C. Star
ARY-STENOGRAPHER, exceptional
opportunities, good. pay, 5-day, 40-hour
week; Apply Immediately. THE CROSBIE
COMPANY. sos H st. ne, AT. 6963
SERVICE DESK--Need refined, pleasant
personality to meet public: excellent work
ing conditions. substantial discount on per-
sonaI purchases. Apply YOUNG MEMS
SHOE SHOE szhEsWoMANw. Ale I ~ experienced to work
in one of Washington's finest shoe stores;
porRns eonalsons zDDfy MR spga
LIEB, 1912 14th st. NV.
SHOE SALESWOMEN, experience preferred
but not necessary. See Miss Hirst employ
a SHOE sAEsMo%EN, sseady aaS Ioss possions GU
good salaries. EMMA JETTICK SHOE CO.,
| 1897 r st. NV DI. $3.50.
SILK FINISHERS, immediate openings
Apply employment o1ace. 9th floor, WOOD
| WARD & LOTHROP, $50 to 8 daily
SODA DISPENSERS, white. alternating
shifts from 8 to 4. to IL: $2S week;
bonus. Apply UNION DRUG CO. Union
SODA GIRL, neat apparsnce, good salary;
uniform and meals. PARK LANE PHARM
glst and Pa. ave. n. W.
SODA GIRL. exp. pleasant job; $50 tveek
with meals and uniforms. PARK LANE
PHARMACY. 2lst and PennsylvRnia ave
Evening star., 1945-06-10

This is not American money, she added.
but it is, Mama. The paper money they
make for their soldiers in Italy. This silver
money they make for Americans to use IN
America"
Benedetta was five years older than Luigi,
and she had learned many things about the
Americans in her school since the Germans
went away Therefore, even if she was girl,
Luigi had respect for her knowledge.
''Is it worth much, Benedetta?" he asked.
"Will it buy many things?"
Strengthened by the boys faith In her,
Benedetta studied the coin intently. 1T is an
American dollar" she said. Eyes, it will buy
a great deal. The Americans will pay us many
lire for it.
Maria, who was only two years older than
Luigi asked if she might hold it in her hand.
Then Mama took it from her and polished it
little more on her apron. Finally she handed
it back to Papa. He laid the coin on the table
and sat down, while Mama brought bowl
of steaming spaghetti and set it before him.
When she had taken her place at the other
end of the table, she couldn't take her eyes
away from the silver dollar.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
BY Norman A. Kahl

over from the steaming stove, and his sisters,
Maria and Benedetta, also ran over
The whole family stared at what Luigi
held in his hand.
"Where did you get it," Papa asked.
"In the village" he gasped excitedly I'm
the street, Papa"
"You are telling the truth, Luigi? You did
not steal it?'
II am telling the truth, Papa"
Papa took the coin and studied it. Several
times he grunted Once he bit it, and again he
let it fall to the wooden floor to hear it ring.
What is it," he asked
g DON'T know" Luigi said. Il think it
must be of much value. 1t is so heavy"
Benedetta peered at the piece of silver. She
turned it over and looked closely at the en-
craving Then she held her hand up to her
mouth to smother gasp of astonishment.
Papa frowned.
why do you do that. Benedetta?" he asked.
"It'smoney, Papa" she whispered hoarsely.
Its American money!
Mama smiled 1T cannot be. American
money is like paper.
Evening star., 1945-06-10

How much will it buy, Benedetta?" she
asked. "Will it buy great deal of food?
"Oh, yes," the girl said. 1T is very valu-
able"
Papa turned to her. "Will it buy us more
land?"
"Yes, Papa. 1t will buy even cow or a
horse It is made of silver and it is very large"
Her father wrapped spaghetti around his
fork and contemplated the amazing fortune
into which his family had fallen.
He picked up the dollar again and ran his
fingers over it.
A THOUGHT struck him and his eyes cleaned
with excitement Then he relaxed little and
smled. There is one thing it will not buy"
he said.
What is that, Papa?" Maria asked.
"A radio - like Major Trimble has in his
Office In America, they say, many people
own them But such is not for us. 1t is for
people of great wealth and for Americans"
Benedetta weighed the matter carefully
for several moments. She had risen in sta
ture in the family circle since she had told
them about the American dollar. Now if she
could only tell them. j.. She put down the
piece of bread she was eating and took the
coin out of Papas hand once more. She held
it close to her eyes and turned it over several
times Finally she put it down.
1T will buy radio" she said.
The other members of the family stopped
eating and stared at her in disbelief. Even
Continued on next page
Evening star., 1945-06-10
Luigi found it in the dusty
road "a great fortune -.
A Short Story

II oHOTt otOJ
TIME silver dollar lay half-buried in the
Il dusty street of the little Italian village
when little Luigi found it. He was standing
outside the shop that sold souvenirs to Amerl-
can soldiers when one of the men gave him
stick of gum While Luigi was taking the gum
out of the wrapper, he dropped it; when he
bent down to pick it out of the dirt, he found
the silver dollar.
1t was caked with dirt, and even after he'd
scraped and polished the big round coin, he
didn't know what it was. But he was sure that
anything that was so bright and heavy must
be worth a good deal. He clasped it in his
little fist and ran home as fast as he could.
When he burst into his familys little cot
tage just outside the village, he tried to ex-
plain but he was painting too hard Papa had
come in for his supper and was cleaning up IN
the little wash basin in the corner of the room.
Luigi ran over to him and held out the coin
in the palm of his hand. His mother hurried
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-20

that is why today's hand
brought him to mind.
We will say nothing about the
fact that seven no trump may
be the easiest contract to get in
to, and that the opening of the
jack of hearts will defeat seven
diamonds. When ! saw the hand
played, the contract was seven
diamonds and the king of
spades was opened - and I
would be willing to bet the/
Hank Jaeger would make the
hand Immediately.
The double of six hearts prac-
tically marked East with four Of
that suit, so the only chance to
make the hand was to find East
with the club queen, the four
hearts and of course the queen
of spades, with which he was
marked. After winning the
spade king with the ace, North
must cash the ace of diamonds,
overtake the king of clubs with
the ace and run the balance of
the diamonds. East Is squeezed
out of all his good cards.
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RECOGNIZING VETERANS

We have been told Of on honorobly discharged
and thrice-decoroted soldier who, shortly otter re-
turning to civilian life in his home town. put on his
uniform again. A friend met him on the street and
asked him if he had been called back into the seN.
ice.
NO." the soldier sale, ~ put my uniform back
on because got SO tired Of having people osk me
why young man my oee wasn't in the Army"
Thot young soldier was issued on honorable dis
choree pin when he left SERVICE Presumably he wore
it on the lapel Of his civilian suit. And presumably
the people who asked him why he wasn't in uniform
hod no ideo of whot the pin sienfied, if they saw it
at all.
So perhaps it is time all Of us storted taking no
tice. The discharge pin is plastic and the nsene is
9oId-poted eagle within circle, with the wings
extending beyond the circles edge.
These pins given to all honorobly discharged
men and women when they leave the SERVICE They
should be worn by the thousands who have already
returned to civilian life, and by the millions who will
follow them. And they ought to be recognized by all
who see them. They proud distinctions. and they
should earn their weorers special consideration and
freedom from hard looks and tresome questions.
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. BARBS

The neighbor who keeps her
ear to the ground gets it full Of
dirt.
If you're foolish enough TO
buy from a bootlegger and want
the stuff aged, you'll have to
wait a few minutes.
Landlords Cause Rent Suits
headline. And rent socks, too!
A postwar thought TO remem-
Der: rather than be helped out,
the jobless will want TO be help
ed into a job.
According to statistics, half
the women marry before they
are twenty-five. Maybe because
it takes some of them so long to
reach that age.
The line forms at the right,
left and everywhere Step UP and
buy more War Bonds!
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By ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD - The queen
of the movies, Greer Carson, Is
not knock -kneed, we can report
authoritatively today. We rise
to the lady's defense after see
ing an eastern newspaper clip
ping in which a Hollywood hos
iery manufacturer said she was
- and after Greer obllgingly
showed us her knees.
Isn't that horrible" Greer
said, showing us the newspaper
clipping.
She was so knocked kneed,
the yarn said, that this hosiery
manufacturer made up special
stockings for her - with off
center seams.
Look at these" Greer said
She showed us a stack Of lee
art photographs of herself. One
of them had been banned by the
Hays office because it was a
little too spicy.
do I look knock -kneed in
those?" she asked.
We admitted she did not. But
maybe
ooh" she said, $50 you think
they retouched the photographs.
Well, look at these" Greer lifted
her skirt up a couple Of inches
above her knees. (She was wear
ing b ack garters,) Look at
these then"
We looked.
She definitely was not knock
kned.
"Please report that" she said,
laughing.
POETIC PIN-UP
Then she read us a poem she
had just written to the hosiery
manufacturer which she said she
was going to send him along with
her pin-up pictures. 1t read,
Say the dreary, say the sad.
Say my acting doesn't please.
Say my films are offly bad,
But please don't knock my
knees"
In her own living room, Greer
Carson is no more Mrs. Mini
yer" or Mrs. Parkington" than
Wallace 3eery a ballet dancer
She bubbles like Betty Hutton,
and doubles up laughing over
her own awful puns. Such as:
We asked her what kind OF
perfume she uses. She refused to
say but said: Il use so much
should be arrested for fragran-
cy."
We told her that a friend OF
ours describes her as "drooly.
Gee" she said, that's swell
way to sign a letter - Yours
drooly. l think I'll sign my let
tiers TO Richard that way"
Husband Richard Ney, in the
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. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

WASHINGTON. d. C.-Fifty-
four-year-old Jimmy Dunn has
now settled down at the big but
crowded desk in the big office
at the southeast corner of the
second floor of the State De-
partment building, from which
he will boss European, Asian
and African affairs. But a lot
of the things they threw at him
when he was up for confirma-
ton as Assistant Secretary of
State still hover about his some
what bushy eyebrows and gray
ing hair.
A couple in particular that
seem to warrant little further
investigation are charges made
on the floor of the Senate by
North Dakota's william LANCER.
Dunn blocked the entry into the
United States for some 651 re-
fugees from Nazi Germany, and
furthermore he later sent a
cable to the u. S. Minister in
Switzerland, ordering him not
to send back to this country re-
ports on Nazi atrocities. Those
are pretty serious accusations
which. if true, would make Sc
cretary Dunn not only pro-Nazi
but anti-Semitic.
The story of the 651 refugees
is one of the sad stories of the
war. 1t wasn't 65l, by the way,
but 1000 who got visas to come
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. SO THEY SAY

The Germans food situation
cannot be termed critical yet,
but the first signs of a situa-
ton comparable to 1917 are be-
ginning to appear. - A British
food expert.
If we can't find q way to
make our youngsters more heal
thy, we shall see our mechanical
society 60 into retrograde in
stead of advancing. - Maj. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, Selective
Service director.
Some people say our youth It.
self is to blame for its conduct,
and it may be in some measure,
but l personally consider that
they are the victims of having
been allowed to grow up as they
have done.-Col. Leonard Rown-
tree, Selective Service medical
chief.
The United Nations, without
adding to their strength of to-
day, could compel the total sur.
render of Germany and Japan.
- Sir Keith Murdoch, Austria
linn aI;far
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Rowing Reporters

People with large families do
not have enough clothes to 60
around. Scores of people are
still sleeping in the crypt of the
Abbaye-aux-Hom the cent
uries-old church which miracu-
lousy escaped damage from
bombardment and artillery fire
and where 5000 inhabitants
took refuge and escaped death.
AS for Saint-Lo, through
which thousands of our boys
have passed, it is today forbid
den city. Yet despite its utter
and complete desolation, $500
of its former $4,000 inhabitants
have tried to come back to it.
The town is off limits because
bodies are still buried under the
ruins, making sanitary condi-
tons more than precarious. All
drinking water is polluted, save
that from one small spring.
1t is estimated that there are
at least one million bombed
out people in Normandy alone.
Considering that the worst
months of winter lie ahead of
them, the outlook is as black as
it could be. Headquarters of
the Entr' Aide Franchise (the
French National Welfare organ
ization) reports that since the
end of June over 400 trucks car
rying $500 tons of clothing have
been dispatched to Normandy.
But what are $4,000 pairs of
shoes to a million people, who
for the most part are still wear
ing the only pair of sandals
they had last summer?
What use are 100000 sepa-
rate garments when 100000
mems suits and 100000 complete
outfits for women and children
are needed? The organizations
stocks are now exhausted and
warehouses are empty. The or
ganizers are in despair not only
because today they can do so lit
tie for Normandy but because
they will be unable to bring re-
lief to Alsace and Ukraine when
these provinces are liberated.
Yet in villages and towns
alike life goes on. Fortunately
food in Normandy is plentiful.
There is plenty of meat, cheese
and butter, but there is no soap.
In Caen, restaurants serve good
meals in improvised settings,
and there is cider and calvados
to be obtained in the cafes. One
or two cinemas have reopened
and newspapers are being sold
on street corners while clear
ance work continues and corpses
are still being extracted from
the ruins.
You hear like complaining in
Normandy. The people know
that were it not for the exig-
encies of war, Allied help in
the form Of transportation,
bringing household effects,
clothing and repair materials.
would have long since been CIV
en- them. So far they are thank
full they have been spared the
scourge of epidemic, although
hospitals are windowless and
unheated, and sick and wound
ed cannot leave because they are
bereft of clothes. They hope as
sistance will come to them be-
fore il is too late. For hundreds
of thousands of Normans this is
a question of life or death.
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BY ROSETTE HARGROVE
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

PARIS-Six months ago the
eyes of the world were focused
on the smiling province of Nor
mandy. Today what was once
one of the richest regions Of
France agonizes under her ruins
in the aftermath of war. In
thousands of American homes
the names of Saint-Lo, Carenta,
Isigny, Grandcamp, Coutances,
Valognes and Avranches mean
something more than place
names f victories in the COM
muniques. Priceless American
lives were LIST there, and they
will live forever in American
history.
For hundreds of thousands of
French people these names spell
utter distress and desolation.
Roads, hacked through by giant
bulldozers, straddle what were
once houses. A few tracks of
yellow mud, charred trees and
heaps of rubble, are all that re-
mains of what were once pros
porous towns and smiling VIII
lagos. Even the earth is dam
gerous.
The plains and fields, Uttered
with the skeletons of tanks and
tiny white crosses, are still full
of mines. Every once in while
farmers are blown up with their
plows. Whole families haunt
the ruins of what they used to
call their homes. They live like
troglodytes, jealous of piece
of wall less damaged than 9TH
erS.
A woman who recently re-
turned from Normandy told me
the following story: More for
tunate than many, we were able
to get back to our house which
still has two habitable rooms.
When and if my husband can
find tarpaulin to put over our
beds, we will have nothing to
fear from the rain. There is no
gas, no electricity.
Most people get what light
they can with the wick of a
lighter stepped in melted butter.
We 60 to bed fully dressed, as
the Germans took everything in
the way of linen and blankets.
All closets were broken into
with pickaxes and most of us
only possess the clothes we were
able to take away with us. How
long these will last is another
question. And yet we are not
among the most unfortunate.
Words cannot describe the
desolation of towns like Caen
and Saint-Lo, Coutances and a
score of others. They are the
most moving examples of the
will to live in spite Of the worst
difficulties. Three-quarters Of
Caen are destroyed, yet $4,000
out of its $4,000 inhabitants
have returned and live in the
ruins. Out of the $4,000 houses
in the town, 5000 were entirely
destroyed and every one of the
5000 which remain standing is
badly damaged.
People have only one idea: to
find states. tiles, iron, tarred
cardboard. window glass to keep
the rain out. A great number
live higgledy- piggledy in their
cellars-the sick, the old and
children all huddled together.