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Evening star., 1945-03-23
Bill 10 Draft
Men for State
Guard Offered
Normal Strength of
$500 Is Sought in
Maryland Measure
By the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Md. Mar. -23.-
Drafting of men into the Maryland
State Guard to bring its noncom-
missioned strength up to the nor
NAL $500 is proposed in bill in
Sroduced in the Legislature by Sem
ator Shipley, Republican, of Carroll
County.
Senator Shipley, captain of his
county's Guard company, said he
believed it was the only way to
keep the Guard at sufficient
strength to meet possible home
front emergencies. Delegate Bur-
kins, Democrat, of Hartford, chair
man of the House Militia Commit
tee, said fatty the Guard was be-
low safe operating strength in cases
of crisis.
Bill Sent to Committee.
The bill. which was sent to the
Senate Militia Committee, specified
that the Governor would be ''au-
thorized and directed, under such
regulations as he deems proper, to
order such number of the male cit
liens of the State. without regard
to age, to serve in the State Guard
or the reserve militia Minute Mem =,
and he may. by regulations, pre-
scribe the duties to be performed by
each"
Despite the recent recruitment
campaign in which Maj. Gen. Philip
Hayes. commanding general of the
Sd Service Command, Gov. O'Conor,
Brig. Gen. Dwight H. Mohr, head
of the State Guard, and other State
officials participated, mot one new
man has come into my company"
Delegate Burkins added
He commented, Il don't know
what happened to the SIS men he
said Gen. Mohr had reported were
recruited in the campaign.
Some Down to 35 Men.
Senator Shipley said his own COM
pany now has about so men. where
as its norma. strength is So. Four
more are due for induction into
the Army this week, he added, and
requirements are unsighted
Delegate Burkins said such COM
panies are down to IS or 40 men,
and at no time could the full men,
bership be called into service be-
cause many of them are engaged
in important war jobs which would
have prior claim on their time.
The bill specified no draft or in
duction formula to be followed but
would leave these details up to the
Governor.
Senator Shipley said the Cover
nor was in favor of a similar meas
ure which failed of passage at the
1943 session but understood he now
was against it.
Evening star., 1945-03-23
Cites PRINCIPAL Beneficiaries.
BY the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Mar. 23.-The
Maryland Court of Appeals has
drawn a distinction between inhal-
ing and breathing while asleep"
In reversing Superior Court deci-
sion and ordering further hearing
on suit involving benefits on an
insurance policy.
The policy was on woman who
on November 9, 1943, was asphyxi-
ated by Illuminating gas while
asleep. In case Of accidental death,
double indemnity was provided, but
the policy stipulated that the extra
benefit should not apply IF the
death Of the insured shall result di-
rectly or indirectly from taking
Evening star., 1945-03-23
lsHRstoniinq
&Remiindery@,

Meats, Fats, Etc. Book 4, red
stamps Q-5 through SIS good
through March 81 stamps T-5
through KS good through April
%, stamps Y-5, rs, Az through
d. good through June Q. Stamps
E-2 through J-2 good through
June 80.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS through rs, Az and
B-2 good through March 81;
stamps ca through Co. good
through April %; stamps H.
through M-2 good through June
2, stamps No through So good
through June 3d. Each stamp
worth 10 points.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points fol
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp IS valid for 5 pounds
through June 2.
Gasoline-A-15 coupons are vahc
through June 81. B-5, C-5, B-6
C-6, B-7 and CT coupons gooc
for gallons each. BIS, C-5, Ell
RI land all D coupons invalid
after March 81.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and I
in Book No. good indefinitely fol
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one, two, three
four and five coupons good for II
gallons per unit through heating
year Consumers in this ares
should not have used more than 81
per cent of their ration as of today
Evening star., 1945-03-23
Silver Spring Red Cross
Drive Oversubscribed

The Silver Spring branch of the
Montgomery County Red Gross has
oversubscribed its quota of s20,457
in the War Fund drive by nearly
$1,000, reporting a total of $4,000.
Mrs. Warner B. Ragsdale, chair
man, in announcing the returns to-
day emphasized that workers will
continue the campaign and urged
residents who have not subscribed
to contribute.
Evening star., 1945-03-23
Robertson Seeking Reasons
For Change in Dam Plans

the project, Col. johnson said that
while these f1ood-control studies are
primarily devoted to the particular
basin under investigation, some nat
ural resources matters are national
in scope and must be considered on
such basis.
The principal local communities
that would receive direct benefits
from the comprehensive plan of the
development proposed for the Poto-
mac River and its tributaries" Col.
johnson explained. 'are Waynes-
boro, Va; Cumberland, Md, and
Washington, where local aood-con-
troll works are proposed, and other
communities along the river between
Harpers Ferry and Washington,
where lowered food crests might be
expected.
''Other direct benefits would be
expected to accrue to the communi-
ties throughout the basin and more
especially to the industrial upper
part of the basin from the assurance
of adequate and dependable electri-
cal power in keeping with the ex-
pected growth of these communities
and the resulting demand for addi-
tional power at rates comparable
to those in other hydro-electric
power areas" Col. johnson added
The engineer explained that while
indirect benefits. such as better liv-
ing conditions might be expected
the principal evaluated benefits are
flood control, increased water supply
for Washington, pollution abatement
in the Washington and Cumberland
areas, recreation in various degrees
better navigation by the retention
of silt in upstream reservoirs and
water power.
Disruption Of Community Life.
1T Is well known" Col. johnson
said, that some individuals anc
even whole communities will be in.
convenienced and the normal com.
munity life disrupted during tht
early part Of development, but it i.
also known that the greater oppor.
tunity inherent to river improve
ments are not limited to individual
communities.
There are numerous instances
of river improvements similar to the
improvement proposed for the Po-
tomac River Basin, some made by
the Corps Of Engineers and some
developed by other agencies thai
will bear out this statement"
Mr.. Robertson said both Gov
Darden of Virginia and the Gov.
ernor of West Virginia have indi-
Gated to him that they will oppose
the project when they are asked te
review the engineers report. He
said 300 Clarke County (VaJ resi-
dents alone will join him in opposing
the plan at the April 3 hearing here
Evening star., 1945-03-23
Rev. Dorsey Blake, 80. Dies

LEWES. DEL, Mar. % (P).-The
Rev. Dorsey Blake, 80, retired Meth
odist minister, died Wednesday
night. He formerly held pastorates
in Cambridge. Centerville. Snow
Hill and Bivalve, in Maryland, and
Stewartstown, Pa.
Evening star., 1945-03-23

Degree days-Total for month, 303;
total for season to date, 1896;
normal for season to date, 1881.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-15
| AM AN AMERICAN
By Jesse MIN mons

Listening to many of the boys,
who have just returned home from
the service of our country, it gives
one feeling of JOY to hear how glad
they are to be able to return to the
good old Z. S. A, as they term it. AS
they are returning let's be Ameri-
cans, and make America just what
America stands for. The spirit of
Mr.. Lincoln should be reborn in the
very soul of all, with malice toward
none, and charity for all. There is
one man Gods likeness, in that man
all true selfhood dwells. The chill
dren of one Father, only one God
the prophets knew, and he chose no
race nor special creed, but gave
alike to all the gifts of love. He still
lives. Hate and creed it's power is
weakness on its false staff we will
find that it will break, and to the
one God, to like, to truth, to love,
we must come.
His promise read, my peace
leave with you.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-15

1T is time for her own country to
honor her."
America has obeyed that iniunc-
tion in full measure. It's halls of
learning have conferred three hon
orary degrees upon her, the most
recent being from Smith College a
year ago last June. The $4,000 Box
Award and the Spingarn medal
head a long list of impressive trib-
utes. She has sung twice in the
White House, the second time for
the royal guests from England,
King George and Queen Elizabeth.
A mural in the Department of In
terror Building in Washington,
dedicated to her, commentaries the
unforgettable Easter Sunday con-
cert when, barred from singing in
Constitution Hall by the Daughters
of the American Revolution, she
sang for $4,000 persons at the Lin
coin Memorial under the sponsor
ship of virtually every important
leader in American national life.
Best of all, America has flocked
to as many concerts as she could
humanity give each year, filling huge
concert halls and outdoor stadia, and
last year breaking a ten-year at
tendance record at the Hollywood
Bowl, fittingly celebrating Marian
Anderson's tenth American tour.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-15
RACE HATE PERIL CITED
IN SCHOOL PROGRAM

NEW YORK, Nov. Is (ANP).-
More than 1000 white and Negro
senior students Of Benjamin Frank
lin High School heard DR.. Leonard
Covello, principal, warn about the
seriousness of race hatred during
an Armistice day program.
Driving his point home to the
boys of his school, where a racial
clash occurred a few weeks ago, DR..
Covello likened the seriousness of
race hatred to an "'atomic bomb" in
our midst. Only if groups in this
country "can feel kindness toward
other people can we make a better
world" he said.
"The battle is on" he added, Ito
make peace the success it should
have been after World War l."
He urged the boys, as "the gen.
Grafton that will have to take over,
'to help bring out the constructive
qualities inherent in men. A Negro
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-15
MARION ANDERSON
Continued from page II

looking twice as big as neutral.
was, frankly overwhelmed.
And so she made her second New
York debut that December night
made it with one foot in a cast, for
she had tripped on shipboard the
night before landing and fractured
bone. Undeterred, she faced her
audience from the curve of the pi-
ano, the injured foot hidden by the
folds of herslong white gown.
When she read the New York
Times the next day she knew that
she had come home to stay. Critic
Howard Taubman began his notice,
Marian Anderson has returned to
her native land one of the great
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-15
Thvrsdoy, November Is, 1o45

senior student spoke on youth
Looks Toward a Decent World To-
morrow" and received a thunderols
ovation when he noted the vast vo-
cational opportunities opening up
in new fields and the contributions
to research, science and other fields
all men had to give, providing the
Selfish few" did not discriminate
against any one group in letting
them make this contribution.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-11-15
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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

an invitation 10 disaster in those
churning waters. She could only
head into the waves, not challenge
them by showing them her sides.
Shortly after midnight, Mrs. Emily
Cordeau, of Provincetown, heard the
pleading bleat of a whistle against
the wind. At $50 a. m, the Coast
Guard station at Race Point, on Cape
Cod. picked up the same sound.
At noon, the body of a woman
was washed ashore on the cape. Rela-
tives identified her as one of the
Portland's passengers. Her hair was
white, changed from jet black, in
dicating the terror of the storm.
A few other bodies were found
but there was no clue TO the Port.
lands grave. Occasionally bits of
wreckage were disgorged by the ocean
"a life preserver, a broken oar frag.
ments of railing bearing the Port.
lands name.
Ever since the fatal journey, rela-
tives and friends of the victims have
held annual memorial service on In.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

stitution at Woods Hole. Mass, that
the temperature 130 feet below the
surface off Cape Cod never rises
above 40 degrees.
So relatives of those who sailed
so confidently after the Thanksgiving
holidays at Boston may yet be able
TO give their forebears decent burial.
And the log of Capt. Horace II.
Blanchard skipper of the Portland,
should divulge the narrowing, losing
battle against the weather.
A sharp nor-easter was blowing
the Saturday night the Portland nosed
into the sea. For some hours before,
the owners debated whether TO risk
the voyage. They decided affirma-
lively, for the Portland was consid-
cred a sturdy craft for her time
The Portland was soon mantled by
the storm after casting off at 7 p. IN.
1t Is apparent. from what mariners
know of that region. lat the steamer
became unmanageaL abeam Thatch-
ers Twin Lights. PIT there was no
turning back. Such a maneuVer was
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

A F~TER nearly a half century,
- the sea is beginning 10 give
V up q Secret-the fate of the
side.whecler Portland, a brave little
wooden coastwise craft that grunted
out Of Boston harbor into a blizzard
the night of November 20, 1898, never
TO be seen again.
The Portland, bound for Portland,
Me, with passengers and crew num-
bering 176 men, women and children,
went down in a heavy sea, high wind
and binding snow sometime less than
II hours after chugging away from
India Wharf. But nobody knew where
until recently, when the dredge Har.
riet Crie, dragging for scallops,
scooped UP a dinner bell nine miles
north.northeast of Cape Cod.
Now, after Identification of the
bell and other articles as part of the
Portlands equipment, salvagers are
convinced the Portland lies in 130
feet of water on the Atlantic floor.
And, when the weather permits, div.
ers will bring up $4,000 in uncut
jewels and coin that the vessel carried
when she headed into the storm.
The divers will have other mis-.
Sions-to snatch the ships log from
the battered hull so that the Port
And's last hours might be disclosed
last, and TO recover perhaps 140
bodies believed still in the cabins.
There is reason to suppose that
some of the bodies-those protected
from the scavengers of the sea
have been preserved. At low tenn
perature and in salt water. decom-
position may be avoided indefinitely.
1t is known, through tests made by
the Woods Hole OceanOgraphic In
NpriI J. 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-01

Ndpls A~lldl lCo IL
Carver, of Rockland, Me-, brought up
the stewards bell while seeking seal
lops, the Portland walloWed alone
and unfriended.
Capt Carver took his discoveries
TO an old friend, James F. Hunt, of
Portland, who would have been on the
Portland as purser except for stay
ing behind at Boston for postholiday
celebration. Hunt positively identi-
fled the bell, a door handle and sew
eral bottles of champagne undam-
aged by the tides and the years.
Carver returned to the scene of his
find, and the Harriet Crie, running
into weather such as pursued the
Portland, sank in the same spot with
its skipper and crew.
Edward Rowe Snow, historian of
Boston Harbor, became interested in
the relics and arranged TO spend
81 900 for salvage operations. His in
terest primarily is in the ships log,
believing it will explain New Eng
lands greatest maritime disaster. But
there also are the jewels and coin,
probably intact in the ships safe.
Snow won approval of his plans
when relatives of the Portland's vic
Tins met on India Wharf on the last
anniversary.
There was time when the ships
owners were sharply criticized for
sending the Portland into the blizzard.
Friends Of passengers said the deci-
sion was made because the vessel
had cargo of perishable stores. But,
during subsequent investigation, u
ship masters testified that, under the
same circumstances, they would have
done exactly as Capt. Blanchard did.
The ships log is the one hope of
determining whether Capt. Blanchard
did the best thing. But it will be at
least June before divers can grope
among the wreckage of the Portland.
Until then the currents are too treach-
crous. Even then a four-knot sea
swirls on the ocean bed, making eX-
ploration possible only an hour a day,
four or five days week. The sea
does not yield its secrets easily.
We AMERICAN WEEKLY ~
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-04

ed for work in tine morning, that
there would be call from him to
enliven her day.
Spratt was very unlike Arthur.
Later, Elizabeth thought that one
reason for her immediate pleasure
in his company had been that he
reused her interest without at the
same time rousing her memories.
Spratt was terse, practical and cool
ly ambitious. He liked the moving
picture business and intended to be
successful in it. His expectation had
no elements of uncertainty-he was
as matter -of-fact about it as a man
who walks toward A chosen destina-
ton with the purpose of reaching it.
Elizabeth had no doubt of his getting
what he wanted. Spratt knew his
trade. Though he had never done
anything in a studio more impor-
tant than direct publicity build-ups
for actors, he had learned SO much
about how pictures were put togeth-
er that he astonished her with his
technical expertness. He rarely
talked about himself, but he enjoyed
talking about his business, and he
regarded it, with characteristic
elearness, as a business and not ar
art. Look around you,' he sale
practically.
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IOZ7ZOZZOZU

face OF it that was foolish thing to
say. Nobody could believe war
widow lost her self-respect by re-
ceiving government pension. But
her words had given her the impress
sion of shaking off a burden. AS
she thought of it she remembered
what else she had said. sI can
earn my own living. I'd rather"
Naturally they had been startled.
She knew no more about earning
her own living than a child. The
idea of such possibility had never
occurred to her before. She had
spoken without thinking, and yet she
had somehow been thinking of some
thing much more vital than the
source of her income. She sought
to recall it, more than once drawing
back, for the operation was too pain
full to be continued without pause,
but at last she found what she was
looking for. 81 was thinking of
something, not about a pension or
about my going to work. Just for
minute I got flash of it and it
was like being walked up with dash
OF cold water-I know-I was realiz-
ing that I didn't have to keep on
being dependent ON Arthur"
That hurt. She stood up and
walked around, her whole spirit pro-
testing against the hurt of it. ST want
to be dependent on him I was so
happy when all day l was thinking
OF him. III tell Arthur about this.
he'll laugh and laugh I must ask
how she makes that sponge-cake,
Arthur would love it, DO you real
ly like my bracelet? Arthur gave
it to me- Arthur. Arthur, all the
time, never anything but Arthur.
Stop it, Elizabeth I don't care how
1t hurts, stop itl Arthur is dead.
Yes. say it and get used to it. He's
dead, and you're burning yourself
up like those Oriental women who
lie down on their husbands funeral
pyres. Arthur wouldn't want this.
He loved living and he wasn't afraid
OF dying, but he'd hate this imitation
death you've been slipping into. If
you're ever going to be anything
better than sick vegetable, you've
got to learn to count on yourself.
The only minute you've felt alive
since you lost Arthur was the minute
you said you didn't have to depend
on him any more"
But as she walked around the
house, or looked out at the sidewalk
and its familiar trees, she knew
more and more certainly that as long
as she stayed within sight of these
things she would continue to lean
on her memory of him. She would
be, not an individual, but Arthur's
widow, a poor object standing
around like something traveller had
forgotten to take with him on his
journey. But if she turned down
that pension and went to live in a
strange environment it would mean
she would have to take care of her.
self, no matter how much her resolu-
tion might waver. Her fists doubled
up and her whole body tense with
the effort, Elizabeth faced the neces-
sity. She had to go. She was going.
She chose California because nei-
ther she nor Arthur had ever been
there. Neither of them knew any
body who lived west of the Rockies,
and there was nothing in California
that would remind her of him. Once
her decision was made she set about
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-10-04
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GWEN
BRISTOW
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 1: Spratt Herlong was a
major producer of motion pictures. He
called Elizabeth. his wife. to join him
at lunch. Elizabeth knew that something
was not going right at the studio and
that her husband desired her presence.
more to talk to her than 10 receive any
real assistance.
CHAPTER II: At the start Of World
War I. Elizabeth had married. Her hus-
band soon sailed for France and later
was reported killed in action. Spratt was
her second husband. This memory al.
ways returned when she thought of Dick
going to war.
CHAPTER III: Spratt phones Eliza
beth that he is bringing Kessler. one
of his new writer's. for dinner the follow
ing night. Kessier. a German refugee
who had been injured in the first wal.
was, unknown 10 the Herlongs. Eliza.
beth's first husband.
CHAPTER w: Elizabeth had been or
phaned as a baby and raised by her
aunt and uncle in Tulsa. She had been
sent away TO college. but during one
summer vacation she went out to the
country club TO swim. There she had
met Arthur Kittredge.
CHAPTER v: Elizabeth and Arthur
had many dates the following days
swimming, dancing and hiking. They
found that they were meant for each
other, and despite all objections were
married. Then the United States entered
the war, and Arthur enlisted. After less
than year of married Life, Arthur was
off to the war. Then came the wire
that Arthur was killed In action.
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vigorously getting ready to leave
Tulsa, doing everything briskly lest
she be overwhelmed with the pain
of parting Her first act was to buy
a ticket for Los Angeles. Having
it there bolstered her determination
on the occasions when she thought
she could not go through with it.
The ticket safely in her desk, she
began deliberately to strip herself
of the physical objects that linked
her with Arthur. She had to do this,
because if she had taken them with
her she would simply have built up
another home like this one, where
she could not pick up any article
of use without remembering that Ar
thur had touched it. She sold most
of her household possessions, and
what she could not sell she gave
away. 1t was hard to do, but not
as hard as it would have been to
live among these reminders of her
lost happiness. Her acquaintances
were puzzled BY her vehemence, and