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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11

ing around in jeep, unknowingly ran
behind the German lines. They saw
swastika marked tank just OF the road,
but, thinking 1t had been put out of
commission, paid no attention to it I'M
til it planted shell right under them.
Both jumped for ditch and-mirac-
ulously-escaped without scratch.
Even as q two-star general. Pete"
Quesada Is a hard man to ground.
Shortly before the incident of the tank,
he had personally led the squadron that
opened the intense plastering Of the
German lines around St. Lo that led to
the break-through on the Normandy
front and the Nazi's expulsion from
France.
Looking over clippings describing
these exploits and a photo showing the
Junk pile of rubbish which was all that
remained of the jeep the German tank
shot from under the general, his mother,
Mrs. Helen Quesada, 4716 Ninth street
NV, said hopefully the other day:
"They tell me that the War Depart
ment has stopped Elwood from flying
on combat missions. 80"
Mrs. Quesada looked as If she hoped
the report was true, but wasn't quite
sure
The flyers mother, white-haired, blue
eyed and with ready smile, was REM
iniscent for moment. She was think
ing back to the winter days Of 1884 when
the Army few the airmail for few
months and rolled up a depressing list
of casualties.
pete" Quesadas main worry, like
that of many Army flyers, has been the
fear of worrying his mother. So when
the Army assigned him to Cleveland In
1894 as engineering officer in charge of
the airmail depot there, he assured
her that in that job he would not have
to fly the mails. Perhaps he really
thought he wouldn't.
Anyway, as the papers day after day
carried their news budget of plane
crackups, Mrs. Quesada's eyes fell on
a dispatch under a New York dateline
telling how 1t. Quesada had flown 1000
pounds of mail from Cleveland and
arrived safely.
That night Mrs. Quesada phoned
Cleveland.
"I thought engineering officers didn't
fly" she reminded her son.
Just One Trip
He jokingly pretended ignorance Of
her meaning, then laughed, We'll. did
have to ny one trip"
But that didn't deceive mother. She
watched the papers anxiously until the
Army turned the airmail back to the
private operators.
Mrs. Quesada recently had = thrill
ing experience. While viewing news
reel Of Prime Minister Churchill anc
other celebrities, she saw her uniformed
son appear among them.
That's Elwood," she exclaimed II
surprise; then, taken aback, apologizes
to those around her for her enthusiasm
Word Of that incident must have trav'
eled mysteriously. for soon afterward sh'
was invited by the War Department t,
witness private showing in its theate1
First, plane bearing Gen. Eisenhowe
and Gen. Quesada was flashed on tn
screen. Then the general appeare,
alone and spoke from the silver sheet:
Hello, nom. See how well an
healthy look. Now don't worry abou
ma ~
The War Department gave her tn
film, which Is now treasured among he
large collection Of newspaper clipping
and photographs chronicling the actis
tiles Of her famous son.
hut adventure y nothing new Ia d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11

September of that year. But the War
Department, operating under sharply
pared budget, had few openings for
professional officers, and 1t was not until
January, 1927, that he was commits
stoned in the Regular Army.
Aside from foreign assignments and
special schooling, Gen. Quesada's flying
career before the outbreak of the pres
ent war has centered largely around
Boiling Field and Langley Field, near
Norfolk, Va.
Duty at Boiling Field
He was first assigned to duty at Boil
ing Field in June, 1928, returned there
in 1892, and served third term Of duty
there in 1898. He also has spent part
OF his career on various assignments in
the Office Of Chief Of the Air Corps, War
Department. It is interesting that
during a large part OF the time Gen.
Quesada was at Boiling Field it was
commanded by Ira G. Eaker, now .
lieutenant general in charge Of Ameri-
can flyers in the Mediterranean theater.
The Washington field thus nurtured two
of the Air Forces leading commanders.
During that period both Quesada and
Eaker-then a lieutenant and captain.
respectively achieved national fame by
flying to the relief OF the German trans
Atlantic flyers in the Bremen, which
was forced down on an island of Lab
rador. Little did either think then that
is years later they would be engaged in
shooting down, rather than rescuing
German aviators.
m 1929 Quesada, Eaksr and thir,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11

ever, his urge to be flyer was so strong
that he didn't remain until graduation,
but enlisted as an Army flyer cadet in
September, 1924
He completed his basic training at
Brooks Field in March, 1925, then
went to Kelly Field for advanced train
ing, and was commissioned as a second
lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve in
Kodiak mirror., 1945-09-01
Kodi0k Diary
(continued from page 3

During the time that Alaska Steamship boat was delayed ih Seward by the wars ending, Mrs. Jeff Norman and daughter Nancy, Mrs. Jack Delane and daughter Gloria, and Zita Crnich, all of Kodiak, to kill time, took 8 meandering walk out one of the paths into the hills behind Sew ard.
 On their way back suddenly between them and town, right on the path, appeared a bear.
 The bear merely went its way, left the path, and ambled over the hill.
 We weren't there, of course, but our spy tells us that the trite expression, frozen in their tracks" is the only appropriate description of the hikers when they saw the animal.
 They would have been frozen there yet, except for the fact that their knees knocked togeth- CT so hard that it jared them loose.
 After the best time ever made by anyone over the trail on any return trip the ladies and child ren arrived safely back at the boat.
 Our spy also tells us that was the last hike any of them took.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-09-01

Archie Davis from the Swan, is responsible for one of the clev- crest trophies we have seen in some time, and one that should prove of interest to many.
 The trophy IS mounted on a vanished shield-shaped board, as it should be, and printed on the board is the explanation that the trophy is . D. T.
 Davis tells us he woke up to find the D. T. in bed with him, that it jumped out and ran
Kodiak mirror., 1945-09-01

across the floor and some one stepped on it and killed it.
 It is cute little pink-faced animal, with horns. On close in spection the head looks remark ably like a.crab claw, the mouth being the open claw, and the two horns resemble closely two curv- Ing bear claws.
 But of course it couldn't be that.
 Davis says g picture post card is to be made of it for souvenir which he feels will be in great demand, as it is the only one he knows of ever captured.
 It's the only one we know of, either.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-09-01
A letter from Douglas, Wyom-

A letter from Douglas, Wyom- ing, written by a woman inter ested Tn coming to Alaska, asked of Kodiak friend of hers of the chances of work and the cost of of living in Kodiak.
 Both questions, we take it, are very pertinent. But the letter closed with query as to whether
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The Nome nugget., 1945-07-30
Grandmother Goes to w; gServes In STARS

Many a CT is worrying abc what to tell his grandchildren did in World War II, but it's problem for Coast Guard SIP Adelaide E. Miller.
 SPAR Miller became gr'a mother last June. at the age of when d son, Patrick Harold, !, born to her ls-year- old daugh Gladys AZ Newell wife of {. Howard E. Newell, who is, on d with the Army Air Corps, in E land. Before she joined the SPl inr October, ls4s she was sec tary and assistant in the office a Portland physician. Her first signment was 6 months duty the U. s. Coast Guard Acade at New London, Conn, wh SPAR officers are indoctrinate
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-30
BERING SEA FISH
 SURVEY COMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING

President Dudley Warner, instructions received at the meeting of the Northwes Alaska Chamber of Comme appoined c. R. Jackson, Carl men and A. Polet as the Be Sea Fish Survey Committee. committee met last Satur morning in the offices of the \ CTS & Merchants Bank and n plans to receive and entertain experts that are due to arriv' the near future.
 The committee is anxious meet citizens who have knt edge of our fisheries, in orde assemble all available data present to them.
 We all have heard that saln crab, shrimp, codfish, bali and all varieties Of flat abound in Boring Sea waters, where and in what quantitie not definitely known. It is he that everyone will take a l time to recollect what he or knows and write it or speak to committee. A
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-30
REINDEER BUSINESS NJ.

There seems to be new deal on in the reindeer business in the North Country. The Reindeer Service has announced that the whole Selawik herd has been loaned to private manager, Charlie Smith. Previously many herd owners were combined in the Selawik Company and the responsibility rested lightly on the stockholders, thus letting the herds do practically as they chose, and to graze wherever the spirit moved
 This new diversion from the regular mismanagement of the reindeer may prove to be the opportunity for which the reindeer business in Alaska has been waiting.
 The Reindeer Service is initiating a plan to turn over all of the reindeer to private ownership or management as the case may be, and the manager with his helpers will obtain income from the business.
 It seems that there will be probation period during which the manager will have undisturbed supervision of the herd and must repay the full amount of the "loan" in four years.
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-30

ter wages without raising p, and this is the combination makes quick markets ahd I perity. Problem: Will Congres industry buy new machinery
 Still in force in America OUT wartime tax laws, ta over 90% of corporation earn They make profits in .>Sus: thin and uninterestipa to in ors; increased produ kction ne impossible. Congress Aholds key. Plenty of good jobs l>ai pay can develop after the W rcw tax laws are prepared
 and announcedsnow to taxe e .he day Japan surrenders.
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-30
Army Can Say Which Japs May Return TOeCOast

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3O- The Army reiterated that Western Defense Command the sole responsibility of d. mining which persons of Jap cestry may or may not retur the Pacific Coast.
 Maj. Gen. H. C. Pratt, hea the Command issued a stater to clarify what he called an roneous impression" that $ people have emphasized WRA has no authority in the l ter. "I am governed solely military considerations" he
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-30
Congress Has Key

There is happy solution to this wage problem. If plant own CTS can be enabled to install new, modern equipment as needed, fac tory output per man-hour will in- crease steadily This justifies bet
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-30
THE NOME NUGGET

This, is would seem, is good way for private management of the herds to show just what advantages the plan holds over the so-called concerted effort through associations" :"
 This creation of reindeer businesses should benefit the herds greatly, and be- come profitable enterprises for all con cerned
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-30
FISH SURVEY


 The Fish and Wildlife Service, in CO., operation with the Alaska Planning Board, and the VIVA Chamber of Com merce, is planning, in the immediate future, to make an extensive study of fish in the Boring Sea area.
 The Chamber has been asked to make the necessary arrangements for trans portation to and from the various loca- tions and to assist in the plan of the sur vey.
 Residents of Alaska, who have lived along the shores of Boring Sea, know that fishing commercially can, and will be, a successful business, and can bring new business to the Nome area.
 To be certain of the latter, Nome must be on the alert and beg or borrow any assistance necessary to make it come true.
 Our harbor must be improved. We must have a harbor for the boats en- gagged in fishing in order to both aid the fishing industry and to benefit Nome
 The fellow who watches the clock does not have to worry about the future-he doesn't have one.
The Nome nugget., 1945-07-30
UPHOLD WAGES

dDle tO .WOIke !S WOrAlng ndrQeT .hese days; moving faster during regular hours and putting in over time. Pressure of war, shortage of workers and prevailing high wages are the cause. A larger personal income, beneficial to all classes, is one of the direct re- suits. We would all like to carry fhis feature over into the post war years.
 Philip Murray of the CIO had the right idea when he went to President Truman few weeks ago and asked for a 20To increase n basic wage rates. Average wages in the United States at that time were '$1.04 an hour. This may seem high enough but it can't last. As soon as tte war is over, labor's income will decline some, in spite of everything that can be done about it.
 Losses ot Labor
 Bonuses will disappear when he pressure of government con- tracts is removed. Working weeks will be shorter. Overtime will shrink to the vanishing point. Be- sides, high-wage munition factor ies will close down and their em- ployees will take work where wages are lower, some on farms. If the basic wage scale is not higher when war ends, labor's in- come will suffer too much.
 Farmers have hard times when factory workers do. The wage earner's dinner table is the farm CTS market, so nobody is more in- terested in high wages in factories than the farmers themselves. Az riculture and labor, both big seg-, ments of Americans, are right be- hind MT. Murray for good wages after the war be- cause prosperity for many years will depend on it.
 Bug in the Lotion
 The only disappointing detail in connection with the CLOS cam paign for postwar prosperity is this: MT. Murray's first move was an effort to make high wages legal rather, than to make them possible. Lawgivers have been trying for centuries to make peo- pie pay what they didn't have. It can't be do,'c. It makes no differ ence wha. -he wage scale is if the employer can't meet it.
 A high basic wage scale record ed upon the ponderous pages of federal statute books will not buy milk for any working mans baby. Folding money in the pay envel- ope, however, will do the trick. Any employer will put cash in his workers hands, in steadily ;n- creasing quantities, so long as te can still show a profit on the products that his organization ships out from his factory.
 Congress Has Key
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24
Victory Gardening
New Type
CuItivator
BY ISABEL FUCKER
Detroit Times Garusn Editor

THOSE greedy little weeds
Il that pop up after every
shower are rohbing your vege-
tables OF much needed nouriSh-
ment. The only way TO get ild
OF them without too much effort
Is to cultivate swiftly hut surely
between the rows and between
widely spaced plants after each
and every ram.
II you've been using hoe for
this chore, you have 10 raise IL
after every stroke into tine
ground Why not try the
newer type or cUitW8tor that
is merely pushed back and forth
along the ground. II slices
under the weeds coming. and
shakes them loose EonuE. AZ
the same time. this CuluVator
need not be lifted from the
ground, therefore saves that
much energy. Just 80 you'll
know what 10 look for, here g
a picture Of the tool.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24
Easy Action

Youu find that your back Is,
a lot less tired 1t tho end of "A
fcw hours work. because q
swinging motion is used with
this cullIyator rather than the
Chopping action YOU have used
with hoe Besides Tho easier
action youll hnd that yog are
able lo-& ecd ClnseL- u. TIC 49, go
table rows because once tne
cultvator j, no tho ground yUu
can puA- il toward YOU a.onE a
Catcfully controlled line
You can gct It JUST a- Ear 10
thc ground as you Won't from
one inch 30 f04 Gua -e can
slide under small weed, -
undercut bug ones
The natural way 20 Use tnc
tool seems 80 bo 20 start 10y
pulling ~ toward you allow
Ing the Pa+Htaa F.--4.4-te g+4t4A
the cutting eros piece a..-
ground ai4-o-t IKE tne action
ol a pioW.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24
About Spinach

For instance there is no
Sons" 1T Trpian'lnS spinach nat
did not gcrmlhatc New Ica-
land spinach or Swiss Chard or
tampala. any Of which viii stand
The heat might be- substituted
and would furnish Ty1yt 7rS ru0rf
and Just as plentiful greens
There is another situation in
which part of Il row maybe
even halt lis growing well
while the other half shows very
>pottY termination. Or II may
be that there are plants here
and there along a row but hardly
enough TO pay for Tho ground
they are using In this case 10
Is perfectly possible whom our
recent weather is considered 20
TraTvpf5TTr TtrT0~r aTr-y-- '-'Tgrrsltr1f--7r
plant and GlI up part of
1he row so % is property spaced,
then SOW tho same or another
crop m the rest Of the row.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24
IncIennen+
Weather

GARDENERS probably more
- than any other class OF peo-
pie, have 70 constantly adjust
them S Elves hccaum Of The
weather. But 4 isn't every year
that they have 10 ADJUST the
entire garden as well.
In many a plot, this spring
none Of the early soWlngs have
Sproutod TIN, means a com.
plete rcplantma When seed is
-Su"n a-8tn. the hHd -ef tege-
table should Dr considered.
since a crop that might have
done Well u the cool weather
OF early spring cannot bc eN-
pcctod 10 stand ,hp summer =
heat that IA- ahead ol(I,-
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24

Tailored dresses with that beloved fresh look that
take the tub makes you claim them for your
Summer co-upauouy Coat dresses and criSply tailored
shrtwaisters in bright lloras monotoues brisk stripes.
TT group Pictured rHbby
Brue aqua navy, assorted patterns 33 TO a.
Othcf Coloriul Wash Dresses. 2.00 70 s. -.--
WASH DRLssEs-sEcoND Observation-Disclosures
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24
On TranspIantin9

The procedure recommended
above may sound like heresy
since most people do not think
0f tranSplanung bcetS or car
rot> or IN fact most vegetable
plants. ttrr' 1t-'--t---f4417iiFt- - ATT
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SUN, arc IN most Cases NCiF
GOOD and that this Year Win
food needed 50 badly mans
t----., Il -.-,1 -. ---.-a- -la4rnlaAInS-
that already have a start SO
tncl can 'ccd 'he family sooner
IT ono docs not mind slightly
mixed and muddled garden pic
turc 'no parts OF rows Whe'e
plants have popped up here ana
there may b. left ~ thcy arc
and other cropS placed IN be-
tween what has grown NJ the
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needed now AS neref--hefore
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-24
Ect5-71 Drop5
ImprQves Rrod4c+

NUEE PLANTING Nec.'4-
h,c~ n 'Hc garden 's.- prlnE,
tFl TO place tnem lu ID different
parr from where thc- same Noe"-
sable grew last year Ih~ .s
known aS Ciop rotation and
helps 'ue pI5nr i6 utilize 40
of thc nutrients, IN The sall
since ono type OF CROP takes one
chemical another crop utilizing
another chemical
II also helps chico. 'he ,pread
of Soil-borue diseases. since
those that affect oug crop rarely
affect another
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
Rowing Reporters

NEW YORK-Scientists and
piano-makers have designed q
piano with an aluminium plate
that has cut down the weight Of
the instrument to q bare 280
pounds. II Is 50 light, they say.
that "a slip Of q girl" can trundle
it out to the garden for an after
noon Of chopsticks.
New York gave q rather hand
some coming-out party for the
feather-weight piano the other
evening and many great figures
in the piano-making world stood
around smiling-glad to be pres
ent at such q great moment In
piano history.
They continually spoke Of the
event a. the most outstanding In
1872 years of piano building. This
IL the first time anything new
and liberal has happened to Z
piano In all those years, they
said.
There were not a few, however
who did not witness the passing
Of the old musical instrument
age and the dawn Of the new
portable era without sorrow
Some. slightly choked up with
sentiment, recalled the days ot
the piano movers and the gencr-
al household excitement when
the old grand was being shifted
from the blue room to the per-
lor. They generally agreed Il
was q fine time and q memorable
spot in the American homelife
Some one suggested writing q
play on the subject and calling
1t II Remember the Heavy
Grand"
The more progressive and far.
sighted guests. however, looked
forward anxiously to owning Z
portable piano that could bs
tossed lightly at bill collectors
They realistically imagined the
great sound when it hit. Black
keys and white keys coming
together in one alarming noise.
EEATHERWEIC
Others were delighted with
the prospects of throwing thu
thing against the wall when Z
Beethoven sonato got too diff.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
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The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
Score Of Dols
Visit Queenie

CHICAGO III Only one
dog. Queenie, lives IN the South
side rooming house which Mrs.
Irving Klein manages - she
was astonished when she came
down stairs and saw nearly =
score Of dogs romping through
the first floor rooms.
She called police hut SGT Eu-
gene Mccoy put In IN SOS for
reinforcements after he counted
70 CANNES going to town N over
the house.
Two more sounds rushed 70
the scene. The officers succeed
ed In clearing the houss of III,
the dogs except Queenie.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27

cult. No more Of this binell q
the keys, the said. You Int f6SS
The piano up and pitch y opf 49,
window. y
Although ths NV lDol4eg
weight piano which n ~ & 80
- In. deep and . n. - =
only . console-wh5eh hno -
er been - awkward - unoso -
q baby grand-thege W. b gToot
deal Of talk among thooo cleDo
to the business about doing ~
same thing for the eonesrt ~
ano.
It certainly win b njee when
Iturbi can bring his own piano
under his arm to the eoucert hall
instead Of having % borrow tho
managers everytime ~ plays.
The music world hae always
been Z little unfair b tho tuho
player, and this win sort of even
up the score.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-27
Mons Skin b His Own
Mayor eowron AsseviS

Los ANGELES-RAGayor
Fletcher Bowron believes =
mans skin Is his own. 80 ~
vetoed IN ordinances EeQuisfng
special permits for tattoo artisan
II an adult wants "a ~ hina-s
self decorated, there should ~
no interference. he said.