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Evening star., 1946-09-29

sional baseball as a farm hand" of
the st. Louis Cardinals and, in the
winter months, studied art in Chi
cago.
From 1928 to 1910 he drew sports
cartoons for the United Press As
sociations and wrote adventure stor-
les for magazine and book publica-
ton. when war came" he says,
IT Joined the combat engineers and
was kicked around all over the
United States as training officer.
] finally managed to get overseas
just two weeks before D-Day. I
went through the Normandy cam
paign from the beach on D-Day
until We Joined the Russians on the
Elbe River, near Leipzig.
Back in the United States" he
continues, II noticed the big rise
In juvenile delinquency and de-
cided that a cartoon feature ap-
pealing to teen-agers might help
keep younger minds attuned to
worthwhile achievements. After
conferring with j. Edgar Hoover,
director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and several impor-
tant figures in the social relations
field, I created 'Teen-Age Tri-
umphs.' Although the feature is
only a few weeks old, I am greatly
pleased with the way 1t has been
received and have plenty of plans
for bettering it in the future"
Here's how "Teen-Age Triumphs"
struck Chief G-Man Hoover:
II enjoyed perusing the cartoon
and believe that it will be very help
full to youngsters as a whole. Car
tooniStst . . have q tremendous
influence on the people of our coun-
try and are in a position to
make outstanding contributions by
helping instin respect for law, order
and democracy"
Others who have commented IA
vorably on the feature include David
w. Armstrong, executive director,
Boys Clubs of America; Leslie G.
Stratton, director of public rela-
tions, Boy Scouts of America, and
Mrs. Lewis A. De Blois, executive
secretary, Girl Scouts of America.
Mary Jane Farley, II, Holy Cross
Academy, toured the movie studios
on q recent visit to Hollywood.
Among the stars she saw, she re-
ports, were Ingrid Bergman, Charles
Boyer, June Haver and Barbara
Stanwyck.
y X \
From Doris Trenbath, Post Of
nee Box 36.. Ddction, South Island,
New Zealand, comes this note:
"I wonder If it would be possible
for you to advertise for pen-friend
for me? A girl or boy between IA
and 16 years old. My general in
terests are horse riding and skat-
ing"
Evening star., 1946-09-29
raveIers, Notebook
BY Jacques FutrelIe, Jr
The Sfor's Tfovsl Editor

BOSTON, Sept. 2S.-Experiment.
ally and somewhat gingerly, thu
resort industry and the public thi,
year began an earnest trial OF ths
post-August season as a summer va.
cation period. AS in other North.
ern regions that emphasize theil
hot weather attractions for visitors
New England began its test in Sep.
tember. In Massachusetts,, the ira.
ditional backing out and board.
ing up of resort facilities immedi.
ately after Labor Day was broken
from the wooded Berkshire Hills ir
the West to the sandy tip of Cape
Cod.
Popularity of the extended sea-
SON in Massachusetts cannot be
evaluated definitely as yet. In fact
the experiment still is going on
Some hotels especially favored for
late operation have planned to ac-
cept guests through October. But
there seems to be an Eastern sea-
board pattern of late vacation habits
which cannot be confirmed, however
until public response in each area
has been gauged.
AS long as the American vaca-
ton demand continues at its 1916
peak and resort accommodations re-
main limited, it is practically as
sured a growing group will venture
an "oft-season" vacation. If the
signs now being watched by the
travel industry are sustained, the
new crop of late vacation-goers
will:
Drop Labor Day as terminal
point for summer vacations and
substitute, generally, chilly wealth
er standard;
Discover that seashore life con-
tinues well into September In
Northern climes, and into October
in the middle-Atlantic States;
Tend to take vacations relatively
near their homes.
X X
Vacationers in Massachusetts, are
particularly conscious of Labor Day
for 1t is a prelude to school bells
tolling an artificial end of summer
Communities of families on the
shore and in the hills and valleys
virtually fold up on September's
first Monday. All move home for
children to begin their classes.
There is agitation now that cities
and towns model their school year
more along the line of Washington's s,
particularly the later opening of fall
terms.
Resort operators have not yet been
able to learn from this inconclusive
test, the age group into which the
bulk Of the futures late vacationers
will fall, and upon that determine
tion will depend, to some extent, the
recreational facilities that will be
continued after the peak crowds
have departed. Delayed opening
of the public schools will guide them
through September, and visitors
from other States would be assured
of full recreational programs.
But, according to present indica-
tions, Massachusetts, residents them
selves would make up the great pre-
ponderance of late summer and
early fall vacationers at resorts
within the State. This years late
season seems to have attracted or
held few distant visitors. The high
ways now bear only a fraction of the
out-of-State cars that roamed the
State in the, earlier vacation jam.
\ ~
Y. The time may come when. New
'Engiand's reputation for pleasant
Septembers will extend beyond its
borders. and draw more of mid
summer crowd. This year was a good
one for demonstration. Summer
like temperatures have prevailed In
Evening star., 1946-09-29

It's annual election for president;
first and second vice presidents,
treasurer and several other officers.
Ten Years Old. -lt
The AAPA, as 1t Is called, was
organized 10 years ago by people
who were interested in printing and
writing as a hobby. Each month
many amateur publications are sent
to a mailer, who sorts and mails
them to each member in a large
envelope.
Much satisfaction can be gained
from the monthly bundle. Ideas
from amateurs in the allied fields
Of printing and writing are thus
exchanged.
There are laureate awards each
year for the best journal, the best
short story, poem, editorial and
essay A recent laureate contest
was judged by such distinguished
men as Kent Cooper, general man
ager of the Associated Press: Hervey
Allen, the author; Lawrence Spivak,
magazine editor, and Robert st.
John, radio reporter.
| A yearbook is printed with the
prize-winning articles and also the
runnerups. The organization also
has an official organ, the American
Amateur Journalist, which comes
out every two months. 1t contains
the reports of the treasurer, mailer,
etc, along with short stories and
articles of general interest.
Drain on PocketbOok.
I print a small paper for the
AAPA called the Lemon Drop. 1t
has four by inch pages and con-
tains short stores, poems, editorials
feature articles and occasional Illus
trations. 1t is fun to print-and
since it contains no advertising, Is
constant drain on the pocketbook
But I wouldn't give it up for the
world. The enjoyment I get from
printing it and reading comments
about it in other papers is worth
many times the cost of printing it
The association has many State
chapters. Although the District OF
Columbia is not a State, a chapter
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Beetles Strength

The strongest living thing in pro-
portion to its size is the beetle. A
man proportionately strong could lift
10 tons.
Evening star., 1946-09-29

States and one morning the teacher
brought large scrapbook to school
and told us how to collect post
marks.
AS we brought the postmarks in,
we were allowed to paste them under
the right State. 1 found this to be
a very interesting pastime, SO 1 be-
gan collecting them at home.
1t is fun to see how many you can
collect. 1t is also interesting to see
how many varieties you can find.
The best way to mount them is to
use stamp hinges. They look neater
and are easier to arrange. It is
easy to remove one If a stamp hinge
has been used. This is an interest
ing pastime when the hours seem to
drag.
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Here's One Washingtonian
Who Has a Right to Vote
Prize Contribution
BY james A. Lemon, Is
Anoeostia High School

Washingtonians
not me No, sr-Im right in there filling ballots
OF the ballots
at least, voting.
AT the time of this writing the American
organization writer's printers publishers
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

The Leaky Whale, by Laura and
Jack johnson Mifflin; $2)-Earl, 9
happy whale, is punctured acci-
dentally by his friend Sam, the
swordf1sh. Small children will thrill
at the colored pictures of Ear
saving a ship in storm.
This Is the Way the Animals
Walk, by Louise Woodcock and Ida
Binney (Scott; $D-Written ir
nursery-rhyme style, this book will
fascinate children of preschool age
A Date for Diane, by Elizabeth
Headley Macrae-Smith; $2)-Diane
high school sophomore. has her first
date. Teen-age girls will find some
OF her experiences very much like
their own.
Everybody Eats, by Mary Nc.
Burney Green (Scott; SD-A card
board picture book which shows that
every one, animals included, mus
eat.
Edward Grieg, Boy Of the North.
land, by Sybil Deucher Dutton
s2.50)-This is the story of the lift
OF Edvard Crleg. famous Norwegian
composer. It contains several Of
his finest piano scores and is excel.
lent reading for musically inclined
children.
Vagabonds All, by E. K. Seth.
Smith Mif1lin; $2)-To escape pun.
tshment from his father, Mile:
Francis rms away from home ane
encounters many exciting adven.
lures. Boys and girls will find thi,
story of Elizabethan England inter.
estins reading.
Barbara's Birthday, by Irma 81
monitor Black tscott; $1.25)-Young
er children will like this pictur,
book, which tells of a girls 5ti
birthday.
Who Blew That whistler, by Leon
Addison (Scott; s1.25)-A pictur
book which shows why a policema,
and his whistle must work together
Evening star., 1946-09-29
MuniIu Widens Streets

In its city rebuilding plans Ma
nila has arranged for wider streets
and establishments Of neighborhood
housing units.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-04-10
VETERANS FORM new NATL
INTERRA(IAL ORGANIZATION

CHICAGO, Apr. 10 (ANP) -
More than 400 white and Negro
delegates from % states and the
District of Columbia formed the
United Negro and Allied Veterans
of America, a nationwide organi-
zation, here Sunday during the Sec
ond day of a national conference
for national veterans organiza-
ton at Du Sable High school.
Business to form the new nation
al interracial veterans organiza-
ton began Saturday morning at
Du Sable High following a crowded
registration Friday at the Poro col
lege building. Under the direction
of Betram Alves, New York, pro-
vincial chairman of the arrange.
ment committee, preparations were
made to elect permanent officers.
Kennety C. Kennedy, Alabama
was elected national commander
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-04-10

Louis, Birmingham, Washington,
New York City and Detroit.
Principal speaker at Sunday
nights mass meeting was DIR. Char
lotte Hawkins Brown, president of
Palmer Memorial institute of North
Carolina and member of the Wom-
ems International Democratic fed
Grafton. She hailed the formation
of the new interracial veterans
group and warned the nation
against the danger of prejudice.
America will one day lie in
waste if it doesn't destroy this
thing called prejudice" she said,
another name for fascism."
She remarked that "there is no
north, no south, no west, no east as
far as Negroes are concerned. Ra-
cial prejudice is a national prob
lem."
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-04-10

Seven national vice commanders
were elected. They are Miss Ruth
Freeman, Chicago; Tom Neil, New
Jersey (white); Miss Catherine
Godfrey, Alabama; Ruben Lewis,
Ohio; Howard Johnson, New York
City; Coleman Young, Detroit, and
John Stagers, South Carolina.
Other officers include George B.
Burphy, Washington, D. c., nation
al adjutant; Lester Davis, New
York, national finance officer; the
Rev. Charles T. Watkins, Chicago,
national chaplain and Ulysses S.
Keys, Chicago, national advocate.
National staff officers and a nation
al surgeon must still be elected.
The new organization will COM
prise seven regions, namely the
western, southwestern central west.
ern, southeastern, middle eastern,
north Atlantic and middle western
regions, with regional headquar'
ters at Los Angeles, Houston, ST.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-04-10
U. 5. TO PROSECUTE
COLOR BARRIERS AT POLLS

WASHINGTON, Apr. 10 (ANP)
-"Any state or party official who
attempts to prevent a person from
voting because of color" in a pri-
mary or general election will be
prosecuted in the future under the
criminal code by the department of
justice, according to Solicitor Gen.
J. Howard McGrath.
Outlining the new policy at
news conference here, McGrath
said:
''It is our position that the law
has been settled by the fifth circuit
court Of appeals and the denial of
certiorari by the supreme court in
a recent Georgia case, in which it
was held that Negroes were en-
titled to vote in primary elections"
The fifth circuit court of appeals
held that the party primary was an
essential part to Georgia's election
process in suit brought by Primus
E. King of Columbus, G., and that
party officials were in fact acting
for the state in conducting them.
By the courts recent refusal to re-
view the decision in the Georgia
case, the department of justice took
it the supreme court "let stand as
law" it's decision holding that per-
son could not be denied the right to
participate in a Texas party pri,
mary because of color, McGrath
said.
The department will take posi-
ton that "any state or party Off
cial who attempts to prevent a per
son from voting because OF color
will be in violation of Section 18 Of
the criminal code," the solicitor
general declared, which provides
penalty of "S1 900 fine or year il
prison"
Persons denied voting privileges
can sue for damages under clvl
statutes, he said. All test cases have
been brought as civil actions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-09
CLEARLY AND DEcISlvELY

Voters are now clearer thinkers than
they had ever been before. The old line OF
pork barrell' promises and the opening
up of the pork barrelr' for them to have
a look at it do not create the favorable i'm
preston as had been the case.
In 1910, 1912 and 1914, Pat Cannon
put on exhibitions of pork barrell' pro-
auctions, and the voters in his district fell
for his See what I've done for my district .
In that regard, he went further during
the campaign for the May primary than
he had ever done before. On the platform
and in the press in his district he enumer-
ated the things he had brought to his
district, totaling S125,000,000.
Locally, it was he who had our Naval
Station re-opened; it was he who brought
a system of running water to town. But his
claims in that regard resulted in many
hundreds of Key Westers laughing up their
sleeve. They know that the Naval Station
was put on an active basis because of the
war in Europe and the almost certainty that
the United States would be drawn into the
war AS things turned out, it was certain
ty, and the government acted wisely in
preparing for it,
As to the Florida Keys Aqueduct
System, Key Westers know that, at first
it was purely a Navy activity. Because of
an inadequate supply of fresh water in the
Navy Yard, the Navy decided to pipe water
into Key West. The water main was to
have been only IL inches, and what hap
pened?
Senator Claude Pepper went to his
friend Jesse Jones, head of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation, and per-
suaded him to advance $1,500,000 to in
crease the main to Is inches, so that
residents of Key West also could obtain
supply of running fresh water. Readers
of The Citizen may recall the streamer
headline we published in The Citizen in
telling about Senator Peppers success in
obtaining the loan. But Cannon told the
voters it was he who brought running fresh
water to Key West,
But, as it turned out at the polls on
Tuesday, Key Westers were fed up on
that kind of stuff. They thought clearly
and decisively, as result of which George
Smathers, capable young man, beat Can
non in Monroe by nearly two to one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-09
CAVES FOR WAR USE

It's no use to be worried, but the
Army and the Navy are investigating the
possibility of establishing underground
military and industrial installations in the
event of another war when atomic bombs
might make surface plants worthless.
A group of military and civilian ex-
perts, connected with the Army-Navy
Munitions Board, has been directed to sur
vey the countrys caverns for possible
military use and geological, military and
industrial experts will visit them to obtain
information as to their availability in con-
nection with wartime production.
Some of the places mentioned for in
spection are Carlsbad Caverns, New Mex
leo; Mammoth Cave, Kentucky; Wind
GIVE, South Dakota; Howe Caverns, New
York; and a number of caverns in Vir-
ginia and elsewhere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-09
MODERN MYSTERY

A female bank employee in New Jer-
sey has been sentenced to five years in
prison for the misuse of $4,000 of funds
belonging to the bank over a period of
fifteen years.
This is not, in itself, an entirely I'M
heard of criminal act. What amazes most
Americans, however, is how the woman
could have lived on such scale without
exciting the violent suspicious of bank
officials.
The investigation, reported by the
Judge who tried the case, showed that in
five years she spent $4,000 at one sea-
shore resort, $4,000 in tavern near
Trenton, $4,000 in other cafes, $4,000 for
luxuries in a department store, $4,000 for
other known purchases, $4,000 in tips to
walters, and $500 for taxes.
These items add up to less than $780,
900 but they indicate that the lady was
enjoying life on large scale through the
use. of bank funds. Spending on such a
lavish scale should have attracted atten-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-09

'sIt seems to me, reverend ia
ther," said the knight, that the
small morsels which you eat have
thriven with you marvellously.
You appear man more fit to win
the ram. at a wrestling match,
than to linger out your time. In
this desolate wilderness. saying
masses, and living upon parched
peas and cold water"
II see," said the hermit, ''that
thou art a man of prudence and
of counsel; and now I bethink me
that the charitable keeper of this
forest walk left me some food,
which, being unfit for my use, the
very recollection of it had escaped
me amid my more Weighty medl-
tations."
Il dare be sworn he did so,D
said the knight; II was convinced
that there was better food in the
cell, Holy Clerk, since you first
DOTTED your cowl. Let us see the
keepers bounty, therefore, with
out delay"
| AFTER exchanging a mute
Ia glance or two, the hermit, out
of the recesses of a dark closet,
brought a large pasty. baked in a
pewter platter of unusual dimen-
sions. This mighty dish he placed
before his guest, who, using his
poniard to cut it open, lost no
time in making himself acquaint-
ed with its contents.
by the true Lord" answered
the knight, everything in your
hermitage is miraculous, Holy
Clerk! for / would have been
sworn that the fat buck which
furnished this venison had been
running on foot within the week"
The hermit was somewhat dis
countenanced by this observation;
and, moreover, he made but a
poor figure while gazing on the
diminution of the pasty, on which
| his guest was making desperate
| inroads; a warfare in which his
previous profession of abstinence
| left him no pretext for joining.
| "By my faith" said the knight,
"thou art the most mysterious
hermit I ever met; and / will
know more of thee ere we part.
! ITO be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-09

anchorite, ato disturb me no
more"
Either open the door quickly.
or, by the rood, / will beat it down
and make entry for myself"
The anchorite, not caring to ex-
pose his door to shock, called out
aloud, Patience, patience spare
thy strength, good traveller, and /
win presently undo the door,
though, it may be, my doing so
will be little to thy pleasure.
The door accordingly was
opened; and the hermit, large,
strong built man, stood before the
knight. When his torch glanced up
on the lofty crest and golden
spurs of the knight, who stood
without, the hermit, altering prob
ably his original intentions, in
vited the knight to enter his hut,
making excuse for his unwilling
ness to open his lodge after sum
set, by alleging the multitude OF
robbers and outlaws who were
abroad, and who gave no honour
| to Our Lady or st. Dunstan, nor
to those holy men who spent life
in their service.
Having said this, he fixed his
torch in a twisted branch of iron
which served for a candlestick:
placed a stool upon one side OF
the table, and beckoned to the
knight to do the same upon the
other.
Reverend hermit" said the
knight, after looking long ano
tfixedly at his host, "were it not tc
interrupt your devout medita-
tions, would pray to know three
things of your holiness; first
where l am to put my horse?-
secondly, what I can have for sup
per?-thirdly, where ! am to take
up my couch for the night?"
Il win reply to you," said the
hermit, with my finger, 1t being
against my rule to speai. by words
where signs can answer the pur-
pose" So saying, he pointed sue
cessively to two corners of the
hut. "Your stable" said he, i:
there ~ your bed there: and
reaching down a platter with two
handfuls of parched peas upon i
| from the neighbouring shelf
l"your supper is here"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-09
NOT APPARENT

The unexplained removal of the body
of Benito Mussolini from its grave IN Italy
leads to some speculation as to the motive
of those who robbed the cemetery.
Police authorities set up guard on
the highway to prevent the remains of the
Dictator from reaching the Capital. Just
what purpose would be, served in Rome
by the dead Mussolini does not readily
appear.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-09
Chapter II


THE reader cannot have forgot
i ten that the event of the tour
nament was decided by the exer-
tions of an unknown knight. This
knight had left the field abruptly
when the victory was achieved;
and holding his course northWard,
paused for the night at a small
hosiery lying out of the ordinary
route. On the next morning ne
departed early.
The sun, by which the knight
had chiefly directed his course
during the day, had now sunk be-
hind the Derbyshire hills OH his
left, and since every effort which
he might make to pursue his jour-
ney was as likely to lead him out
of his road as to advance him on
his route, he resolved to trust to
the sagacity of his horse. The good
steed had no sooner found, by the
slackened reins, that he was aban-
doned to his own guidance, than
he pricked up his ears, and as
sumed, of his own accord, more
lively motion.
He was justified by the event:
for soon the tinkle of a small bell
gave the knight to understand
that he was in the vicinity OF
some chapel or hermitage.
The knight, thanking Saint Ju-
Ian (the patron of travellers)
who had sent him good harbour
age, leaped from his horse and
assailed the door with the butt OF
his lance, in order to arouse at
tention.
1t was some time before he OBJ
tanned any answer. and the reply,
when made, was unpropitious.
"Pass on, whosoever thou art,
was the answer given by deep
hoarse voice from within the hut
"and disturb not the servant OF
God and st. Dunstan in his eve
ming devotionS."
81 pray you, reverend father, as
YOU are a Christian, to undo your
door, and at least point out to me
my road"
"And l pray to you, good
Christian brother" replied the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-05-09

About the finest stand of timber
in our county is on Asa Fullmore's
farm. Asa says it's due to "regula-
tion"-eheeking on trees that don't
come up to standard, and trimming
them off to give the other trees a
chance for healthy livelihood.
He was explaining it to US in
Andy Botkin's Garden Tavern,
and Andy nodded approvingly.
''The same goes for any indus
try" says Andy. Like the brewers
who give US tavern keepers beer to
sell. If they find the place isn't up
to standard-clean and courteous