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be the next auxiliary president;
Mrs. Albin L. Christensen and
Mrs. Henry Ahnemiller, with Mrs.
Irvine-F. Belser, sr.. presiding.
Legionnoire Greeting
A trio of Legionnaires dropped
by to extend greetings to the
group. They were: Henry H.
Dudley. national adjutant; Emil
A. Blackmore. assistant national
adjutant, and William F. Hauck,
director of the Legion's Wash
ington Office.
A highlight of the morn
ing session was the presenta-
ton of the auxiliary's coveted
Distinguished Service Award to
Mrs. Mary Breckenridge for "out-
standing service to humanity"
Mrs. Burdett made the pres
entation to the tiny. gray
haired woman who is the founder
and director of the Frontier
Nursing Service of Wendover,
KY, which has received world
wide acclaim.
Yesterday, the delegates spent
the afternoon in divisional cau-
cuses reviewing their committee
work and selecting nominees for
national office.
Those nominated for divisional
vice presidents were: Central di-
vision, Mrs. John Hunt of Port
Sanilac. Mich: Western, Mrs.
Sando Dorest of Phoenix, Ariz.;
Southern, Mrs. A. j. Breaux of
Beaumont, Tex; Northwestern,
Mrs. Crawford Mortenson Of Ord,
Nebr., and Eastern, Mrs. Ernest
Gladu of Manchester, N. H.
Heor Eisenhower
Also nominated for the Offices
Of national historian and ma
tional chaplain were: Mrs. Flora
Baylis Weber of Wisconsin, ma
tional historian and Mrs. Lamont
Seals of Louisiana. national
chaplain.
The visiting delegates enjoyed
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MiddIeNest
Units Win
MusicH.onors

The Middle West took all the
honors yesterday afternoon as
the best glee club, quartet and
trio were chosen from among
the participants in the American
Legion Auxiliary's National Mus
ic Contest held at the Mayfiow-
er Hotel.
Walking off with a cash prize
of $500 in the glee club compe-
tition was the unit from Beatrice,
Neb., but only after a close con-
test with the choral group from
the William Reaves No. z chap
ter of Huron, S. D., which was
awarded the second prize of
SITS.
The winning two crowns were
the quartet and trio entrants
from the Harry B. Dorst unit
No. "a of Mcpherson, Kans., who
received $50 for each first prize.
Second prizes of $40 were won
by the quartet from the Argonne
-Four unit of Enid, Okla, and
the trio from Unit As of Marshall
town, Iowa.
From l until 4 pm, the Will
liamsburg Room and Grand Ball
room of the Mayf1ower were filled
with singing as the judges heard
eight glee clubs, six quartets
and four trios representing II
states.
Rules required that each group
sing a song previously selected
by the Music Contest Committee
and and then one of their own
Mrs. Henry w. Richardson of
Louisville, KY. National Music
Contest chairman, chose the
songs with her committee. The
glee club, groups Consisting of
IL or more people, sang you'll
Never Walk Alone" the quartets
sang "Alice Blue Gown" and
the trios sang Christopher
Robin is Saying His Prayers"
This morning the winning
choral group sang to the con-
vention delegates and the win
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as well as endeavoring to stem
the tide against juvenile de-
linquency.
I firmly believe that the Amer
lean Legion and the American
Legion Auxiliary are indispen-
sable to Americas future" she
concluded, land that we will go
on to greater things"
Citotion to Mrs. Hobart
Another indication of the Aux
iliary's closeness to it's parent
body was seen at the joint ses-
sion, in the presentation of the
Legion's Most Distinguished
Service citation to Mrs. Lowell
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4thAnnuuI National Convention
American Legion Auxiliary r
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER l, 1854
900 AM,


WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER !, 1854 q.
900 Am. III
Convention Grand Ballroom. Mayower Hotel
Advance Of Colors
Call to by the National President Mrs. Harold g.
Burdett.
Invocation-Mrs. William E. sneson National Chaplain
Pledge of Allegiance the Flag, led by Mrs H,
Randall National Americanism Chairman. sd
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM-Miss Maria de la Hull. ao
The Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Reports Of National Committees: \
Pan American Study-Mrs. Leon NJ Bristol, National
Music-Mrs Henry W. Richardson. National chairmans
Selection by National Music Contest Winning Trio.
Panel Discussion-"our country's Future" p
Mrs w. Graydon Painter. National Vice President.
Eastern Division Presiding. sh
Mrs Dallas Cannon. Chairman. National Civil Defense
Committee.
Mrs. Carl zeller. Chairman National Security Commit
Mrs. A. J. Breaux, Chairman National Legislative COM
Presentation of Congresswoman Honorable
Rogers "a
Presentation of Mr.. and Mrs. v C. oeorgescu
Presentation of Distinguished Guests.
Nomination of National Oficers.
Recess '"t
Call to Order by the National President Mrs Harold
Burdett.
Report Eight Forty by Mrs Harry Gray chapeau
National.
Panel lDscusson-"America-Today and Tomorrow"
Mrs. o. L. Roger. National Vice President Central Di-
vision Presiding
MRS. vernon H. HanQal, chairman, NaCl0nal American
ism Committee.
Mrs. Pat j. Kelly Chairman National Girls State Com
mittee.
Presentation of the President of Girls Nation.
Selection by winning quartee of National Contest
Panel "TomorroWs Children"
Mrs. Vonley j. Miller National Vice President Western
Division, Presiding
B. D. Ward. Chairman National Child Welfare
Committee
Mrs. Alloys Hot Chairman, Education and Scholarships
Committee
Reports of National Convention Committees:
Past Presidents Parey-Mrs. Lee w. Hutton National
Chairman
Finance-Mrs Willis c. Reed National Chairman
800 PM.
Report of National Convention COMMITTEES:
Radio-Tv-Mrs. J. Howard Mckay. National Chairman.
Awards Presentation Ceremony
Recess
800 Pm.
States Dinner Grand Ballroom. Mayhower Hotel
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their most thrilling interlude
yesterday morning when they
adjourned early, and drove off in
chartered buses to hear Pres
ident Eisenhower address a joint
meeting of the American Legion
and the Auxiliary in the National
Guard Armory.
The organizations national
officers and past presidents, led
by Mrs. Burdett, sat on the stage
with President Eisenhower, Le-
gion Commander Connel and a
host of other distinguished
guests.
Mrs. Burdett, in addressing the
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Diplomatic Family
Ends Vacation

The Charge d'Affaires of We
nezuela, DR.. Carlos Perez de la
Cova, and his wife and family
have just returned from a
months vacation in Cape Cod.
DR.. Perez will act as Charge
d'Affaires until mid-September
Other news from the Vene-
zuela Embassy is the. arrival of
a new third secretary, Mr.. Rafael
Isava and Mrs. ISava. He will
replace Mr.. Victorino Tejera
who has been transferred as
vice consul in New Orleans.
Evening star., 1954-08-31
The Auxiliary Is Told
To Cherish Freedoms
Mrs. Priest Is. Morning Speaker;
Session Shortened for Parade
By Mary [. Vouehon

The cherished freedoms for
which their husbands fought
must be defended daily, delegates
to the saith annual convention of
the American Legion Auxiliary
were told today by Ivy Baker
Priest. Treasurer of the United
States.
These freedoms, Mrs. Priest
said, are: "The inalienable free
dom to worship God each in his
own way; the freedom to devote
our enterprise and ingenuity to
the harnessing of Americas vast
resources so that our children
and their children will be blessed
with fruitful lives. and the right
to freely choose those who will
lead U.S."
It is not an easy job. she told
the l 400 delegates on the second
day of their convention in the
Mayhower Hotel ballroom, and
entails encouraging individual
initiative and collective action
toward the end that this coun-
try and its ideals win be pre-
served and advanced"
Mrs. Burdett ,Presides
Mrs. Harold Burdett, national
president, presided at the morn
ing session which was cut short
to allow those present to attend
the Legion parade.
Mrs. Burdett was to review a
major portion of the parade as
the guest of Legion Commander
Connell in the official reviewing
stand.
Others who will have seats in
the reviewing stand include the
auxiliary's national officers and
past national presidents.
Before the recess, however, the
convention heard a panel discus
sion on Service to the Veteran"
Panelists iuclulied: Mrs. Percy A.
Lainson Of New York. who will
-
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F. Hobart, first president of the
Auxiliary.
Commander Connell, in max
ing the award. praised Mrs. Ho-
bart for giving unself1shly of
her time and talent "continu-
ously down through the years.
bringing benefit and honor to the
American Legion and the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary"
In reply, the sprightly So
year-old said, "You have been
my boys since 1921 and have
done more for me than I have
done for you."
Speaking in a loud. firm tone,
she told the Legionnaires they
have given much toward the
good of the country, particularly
in their work with young people.
"We must stamp out juvenile
delinquency" she stressed, land
Well do that"
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lege; DR.. Basil Troutorsky, Mrs.
Gertrude Lyons, Mrs. Dorothy
Remington of the Washington
Opera Guild; DR.. William Web
ster Of the Washington Grand
Opera Association, Mrs. Isabel
Shelley, DR.. French Crawford
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ners from the quartet and trios
will sing tomorrow.
Washington chairman for the
contest was Mrs. w. L. Perkins,
who obtained as. judges Miss
Marjorie Fraser Webster, head
of Marjorie Webster Junior Col
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-Stor Stoff Photo.

Smith, Miss Maria de la Hull,
DR.. Whitford Hall and Rolla G..
Onyum. >4
Evening star., 1954-11-03
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

WTLLYS 40 station wagon: equipped:
perfect tires: clean inside and out:
3O-day guar: S495. HILL & SAN.
DERS, Wash.'s Oldest Ford Dealers
1900 14th st. NV, NO. 7-1111.
Open ewes. till 9, Sat. till 5.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PONTIAC 1853 IS" convertible;
marathon gray; Hydra, heater;
several other accessories; original
owner; only $4,000 mi. and. i'm
maculate appearance throughout;
S1.725. DE. 2-12S6 or eyes,, PO. 2
6245.
PONTIAC '53 Catalina coupe; Hydra
Matte: r. and b., BLACK with white IL;
PONTIAC. 1887 Irving st. NV, AD
4-6500. also 3460 14th ST. NV. -
PONTIAC '53 ''S' sport .sed.; excel.
Texas gray finish; r. and h., Hydra.
dr., seat covers. etc.; low mileage;
/ owner. name on request. Trade in
on new Mercury. Outstanding value.
S1,675. MONTGOMERY-STUBBS.
Lincoln Mercury Dealer. 3715 Bla-
densburg rd., AP. 7-2929.
PONTIAC 40 Chieftain ''S"; T. and
h.; S545. HORNER'S COR. Buick
Dealer. Fla. ave. ne. at 9th. Ii.
Pontiac '5a Catalina "s": e-tone:
Hydra, r.. and h.; 81 .395. HORNER'S
COR. Buick Dealer, Fla. ave. ne. at
PONTIAC '53 chieftain "s" de
luxe 4-door. radio and heater, Hy-
dramatic. 2-tone finish; 81 800.
blvd. Falls Church, Va. JE. $4,000.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
AuToMoBlLEs FOR SALE

'52 dc luxe z-dr. sedan;
Hydra Matte, :. and h., dark gray:
exceptionally clean, fully guar; ST.
395. ARCADE PONTIAC, 1887 Trv-
ing, St. NV. AID. 4-S500; also 3460
l4th st. NV. -4
PONTIAC '4s, conv.; excel. cond.,
fully equipped. owner entering serv-
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al 4-dr. sed.; excel.
cond.,. r, h.. recently overhauled,
new battery tires JE. 3-0091.
sTuDEBAKER '5s Commander VS.
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BROS. oLDS, KE. 7.13OS. wis. ave.
STUDEBAKER '5l VS. 4-dr.; fully
esqiP'pEs,d 'E.,d company CON otcisl ssr o0 new; =;
$1.s95: Payments to suit yr y9grr bgdg- gs5I.
ave-, Of. z-so00, in the Heart Of
sTGbEsakER sTTffDfEissaskE 81 VS. 4-dr. sedan:
fully equipped. overdr.. atone green:
S695. WISSINGER CHEVROLET
CO., Seven Corners, Falls Church
sTGiDEsAkER T1i Iii kSiii'iis4 iis47 stsr,its coupe;
h.; see to appreciate; only $295
OWNER, 2274 Cathedral ave. NV
STUDEBAKER 1851 convert. tcham.)
european style). 5 pass, beaut. Ex-
actly like new car. Rock Mink black
baked enamel finish, red leather up
hols., r. and h., cd. gar. kept. sac:
$695; terms. ROPER" 18th and
sTUDEBAKER 81 Champ. 4.door:
overdrive; blue: S595. HORNER'e
CORNER. Buick Dealer. Fla. ave
ne, at 9th, Ii. 6-6464.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PONTIAC 1854 conv. cpe.: Hyd.,
power steering, full equipment, never
was $3,4lo. FLOOD PONTIAC. 1sSi
Connecticut, Wo. 6-S4O0.
PONTIAC 81 Catalina: pvt. party;
absolutely perfect cond.; 8 cyl,
$3.50. CAN Mr.. FERRIS. Ma. 5000.
PONTIAC '53 convert. coupe: r. and
h., Wv. tires, Hydra. Here is the
perfect low mileage, 1-owner car.
Special at $1.795. Payments to suit
your budget. MCNEIL PONTIAC,
1890 Wis. ave. OIL. $4,000, in the
pnSTi.d assTs q Bsthesda;. fans ,orv.-,;6,. tn
CORNER. 1929 MINI. ave. ne, LU.
model. New-car title, 2-yr., 5000
mi. guar. $500 of or over allowance
to help on dn., pymt: Payments to
suit your budget. MCNEIL PONTIAC,
1920 Wis; aye, OIL. $4,000. in the
PONTIAC IS station wagon. 8 cy-
Under synchromesh; an exception
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TIAC. 1887 Irving st. NV, AID. f.
$500; also 1850 14th st. NV. "A
PONTIAC '52 de luxe "S" 4-door
sedan; perfect cond.; r. and h. life
guards; excellent buy. Must sell;
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PONTIAC '53 de luxe 4-dr. sedan;
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Irving st. NV, AID. 4-s500; also
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Evening star., 1954-11-03
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PONTIAC '52 chieftain "S" de luxe
2.-door; radio and heater. Hydra
HUGHES BUICK. 62I Arl. blvd.
Falls Church. Va. JE. 3-9700.
PONTIAC 40 Chieftain de luxe "S'
club coupe; equipped; near new Wv Wv
MANN MOTORS. iNc. toids., So6t
18th st "a blk. west Of Ga. ave.
Silver Spring, JU. 5-61S6.
PONTIAC 1851 .Chieftain IS" 2-dr.
r. and, h.. Hydra--Matic. nice tires
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custom 4-dr.: Hydra. r. and h..
turn, signals. ETC.; looks like new
inside and out: 1-owner car with
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9 mos. or 5000 miles; special, 81,
295. FRANK SMALL JR.. INC.
l736 Good Hope rd. s.e.. LU. 4.
300. Used car lot. -5
Evening star., 1954-11-03
AuroMoBllss FOR sALE

|sTUDEBAKER so champion ciul
cpe.: blue finish,. =. and h.. cd.
safety tested and sanitized: $795
COLONIAL OLDSMOBILE CO. Oh
3-5555). 124E 9Th st. ne. (iust o.
Fla. ave.). Open to 8.
STUDEBAKER '52 coupe: automatic
dr., T. and h: $S95. HORNER'S &
CORNER, Buick Dealer, Fla. ave. ne
at 9th. Ii. 6-6464.
STUDEBAKER 81 Land Cruiser 4.
dr.: radio and heater, automatic
transmission: S595. PAGE-HUGHEs
BUICK. 62l Arl. blvd. Falls Church
Va. JE $4,000.
STUDEBAKER 81 Champion 2-dr.
overdriYe. r. and h., seat covers
good tires: one owner; 30-day guar.
$685.. HILL Il SANDERS, Wash
Oldest Ford Dealer, -1114 Vermont
ave. NV, AID. 4-4300. Open ewes
till 0. Sat. till 5.
STUDEBAKER '53 Champion 4-door
black finish: heater. turn. signals
oyerdriye. 1000 actual miles: ST.
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INC, 1003 E.-W. hwy. Cat Ga. ave.l
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WILLYS '52 Custom Aero Ace 2-dr.
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LU. l-9226,
Evening star., 1954-09-29

Being a comparative newcomer to
your CITY," writes L. B. s. of Silver
Spring, naturally your newspaper
wasn't too interesting for me until ]
discovered your column, and since that
time I've never missed reading it. It
really is the most interesting section
of your paper"
Thank you, but the rest Of the paper
is good too! ALI you have to do. lady.
to find that out. is to read 1t.
That's an interesting thing about
newspaper.
You have to read it.
Every one has had this experience.
A newspaper In new town always
seems dull, mostly because one does not
know the town and what is being talked
about and written about.
After time, the paper seems to open
out and become friendly, but it actually
was that way all the time. You just
have to read 1t.
"How to read q newspaper"
Some one ought to put out book
on that.
To read q newspaper, you have to
read all OF 1t.
The advertisements. the editorials.
the society columns. the comics Gin
cluding Pogo}. and everything.
I think the best newspaper reader ]
ever knew was my father.
He was an old-fashioned father.
Y
Evening star., 1954-09-29
Likes Presidents Style

About u month ago President Eisen-
hover made television report to the
Nation on the achievements of his
administration and general conditions
throughout the country.
Shortly thereafter The Star printed
letter of protest from a writer who
criticized everything g--the English
composition, the pauses, the infections,
the simplicity of the language used and
the general "folksy" attitude of the
quential objections to an informal talk
by the Chief Executive.
Apparently the writer of that letter
prefers polysyllabic words and sinister
double-talk. But there are millions Of
us who prefer down-to-earth, straight
from shoulder. simple language
and we ought to have more of this style
in all walks Of life.
MIR Eisenhowers remarks were ex-
temporaneous. He Is quoted as having
once said, II am no orator. but I am
sincere" He meant what he said in
that television talk and he said what
he meant without guile or hypocrisy.
That is good enough for me and for
millions of my fellow Americans.
Finally. to illustrate my point, let
me tell brief story and then quote
from Tennyson. We had a neighbor
who was very proud of being seventh
generation direct descent" from so-and-
so, but my parents taught me nobler
philosophy
Howe'er 1t be, it seems to me,
,'Tis only noble to be good.
Kind hearts are more than coronets.
And simple faith than Norman blood.
Lillian Sinclair Large.
Evening star., 1954-09-29
The Brook

Down In the business of forest and
HoDers,
spted brook babblino caretree and
gay,
Leaping black rocks. spraying sAverv
showers,
Cart-Dheelin0 boulders that CHANGED
in its 1D1y; ..
Splurgtng beyond the green noss-ls1es
OF ledgeS,
Splashing the terms that leaned orer
to see
Into its crystal-cleur open-taced edges:
loped its freedon-once tOGs a.
free.
Following swiftly its ripping laughter.
spted an impGsse-sn1GH mountains
OF stone.
Epen brooks halt In the search they are
after,
Gaining in depth as they ponder
alone
Ways OF surmounting the tDGIls set
around them,
Probing each passage for freedom
Fun force again into paths once theype
found them;
/ IoDed the bYook-for teIt Toe
tDere. one.
Jeon Msroord
Evening star., 1954-09-29
By Charles E. TroceweN

around anxiously waiting to get q
chance at the paper.
The man was not cruel, as we have
stated, but he liked to have all his paper
by his chair, in case he wanted to go
back for anything.
The minutes crept by. but still no
one else got a crack at reading The
Star until he had finished.
The earliest recollection we have Of
this paper was the serialization of "The
Thrall Of Left the Lucky" a popular
best seller Of that era.
It was good exciting story, judged
by the standards Of that day. and we
can recall yet how we waited, impa-
tiently. to get hold Of the page it was on.
The welsbach mantle in the gas lamp
on the library table glowed its fine
soft light, and we glowed along with
it. until father was through at last.
Then there was general rush to
grab a section, if only a page. each
reader going after favorite thing, but
each one reading as much as he could
find. as others gave up sheet.
Read all the paper. then: that is
tie way to do it. and the way. to get
the most out Of the really marvellous
collection served UP every evening.
There Is no better way to get and keep
in touch with the city you live In.
Evening star., 1954-09-29

through sinister factor Of modern
political decadence: The fifth column.
the native traitor, the citizen sabo-
teur.
Gen. Willoughby writes Of the
Truman Macarthur meeting on Wake
Island as political stunt. Nor does
he for one moment admit that Gen.
Macarthur predicted" that the Chi
nese Communists would not come into
the war in Korea.
Intelligence reports are quoted to
show that Gen. Willoughby (and Mac
Arthur) knew all about the Chinese
Communist troop build-up across the
Yalu and reported 1t to Washington.
North Korea achieved no surprise. in
Gen. Willoughby's estimation. when 1t
struck south across the 38th Parallel.
The famous "home by Christmas"
remark was misunderstanding among
correspondents and Macarthur and was
ripped out of context, Gen. Willoughby
claims. "He quipped about the desire
of Washington as expressed at the
Wake Island conference" Gen. Will
loughby claims, Ito send the two divi-
sions back and to get the boys home
for Christmas The remark was mis-
construed by the press Of the world as
Evening star., 1954-09-29
The Curtain Falls

In the dim past, one had before him all
the joyful anticipation of brief time away
from the drudgery of earning living and
living with ones earnings. That time has
come too slowly and gone, too swiftly, and
what has one gained? One has been told,
from the time of his formative years, that
one is expected to gain much from vaca-
ton.
Well, for one thing, there are several
rocks of varying size lying around the house
rocks which, when the journey home
began, were firmly defended as necessary
to collection which one did not know
existed There are two rolls of photographs
still to be taken to the Camera ,store and
Evening star., 1954-09-29

a bona fide Official estimate Actually
1t was not intended to have any
relation to realities"
The book provides the first lucid.
complete and authoritative exposition
of Gen. MacArthur's "island-hop-
ping" strategy in the Pacific during
World War II. There Is considerable
idolatry for the Macarthur genius. It
is clear that Gen. Willoughby con-
siders Gen. Macarthur to be the great
est military strategist since Napoleon.
Some of the classic feuds of the Mac
Arthur era in the Pacific are reviewed
in detail. Some are new, some are old.
The running fight with the Navy. of
course. was a legend which every CT
in the Pacific knew and joked about.
Gen. Macarthur got off on the wrong
foot with his sister, seaborne branch
of the service even before he left Ba-
taan. From then on the general felt he
was at disadvantage with sailor"
in the White House.
Gen. Willoughby has many tart re-
marks about the Japanese strategists
and their mistakes, so many that it
is quite apparent Japan lost the war at
least as effectively as America-or Mac
Arthur. that is-won it.
Evening star., 1954-09-29
This and That

When he came home, the rest Of the
household subsided into silence.
Not that he was cruel. or mean, or
anything
He just wanted to read The Star.
So read it he did.
He started at the left hand column.
read down to the bottom, then started
at the second column, and so on, clear
across the first page.
In. those days tabout the end Of the
'90S) the articles, stories we call them
today, did not carry over so much as
they do now.
But / am sure it would have made
no difference to my father.
That was the way he read his paper.
There were not as many pages then,
either. He took it column by column,
and page by page.
A 16-page paper was big one then.
with the Saturday edition being at that
time the last one Of the week. This
Saturday Star had second section,
sort of magazine affair, with articles
about Mr.. Bowser. etc. Bowser was a
crusty old fellow. in these stories, who
always said the wrong thing and then
had to take it back later. Sort of
TempIeton Jones Of his day.
My father went right on, page after
page, while the rest Of the family sat
Evening star., 1954-09-29

a half roll still In the camera, more than
likely to remain there until next year.
There are leaflets describing this or that
natural wonder with all OF its unnatural
improvements into tourist attraction.
These leaflets, given the proper handling,
have been known to last for years, turning
up occasionally as one leafs through me-
mentos Of what become, with passing time,
happy memories.
There is an ashtray bearing an inscrip-
ton noting place visited. This ashtray,
one hopes is Of the type which will shatter
easily II it is given nudge over the edge
Of the table. There are spots OF sunburn
here and there. The liniment bottle is a
little less full, and the first-aid kit little
more depleted. There are a few extra
pounds from eating food too rich and too
expensive for regular household fare.
And, finally, there is the comforting
feeling Of having done what was expected in
getting away from it all for few days, and
something about which to talk-and harass
ones friends-until next year. Much has
been gained, actually, from the vacation,
and next summer seems long time away.