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Bihcrafield. California, ae second class mail under the act of Goneness March 3, 1879 MEaffiER CKP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AessocIatbS 1s exclusively entitled to -JEe for publica- ot.all cewa aispatcies credited to It or not otherwius credited 4a thin paper, and local news published therein. ft' BakBrsifleM. Califcrelan also client of the United Press and recilves its complete wire service. REPRESENTATIVES West-Holiday CoT.

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By local delivery or postal toaea In atate California. $1.00 per month; sis mojitlis, $Sj yearly rate, $11, strictly in advance. meH outsids stats of California, J1.25 per month, A NECESSARY POLICY IE solution of problems in peacetimes is A difficult, loo. The stern Allied policy 'Being pursued both in Germany and in Japan IB essential to the welfare of the world. But enforcement must necessarily increase burdens borne by an already distressed Jiatioa.

But Germany must never be permitted to go to war again and the same is of Japan. And neither of them can be trusted in the absence of contrpl of industries. That is the view of those in charge of Ihe four German zones, and a definite begin- tong Itas been made looking to the preven- of manufacture of war materials by jhe seizure of the plants of the two-billion. dollar L. G.

Farbenindustries. This concern a large part in providing the war Jtaaterialin the conflict that Germany began, of the factories are still in- 'iact but only those engaged in activities essential to the welfare of the people will be to continue in operation. Some mil be destroyed and others disposed of, the returns to be used for reparations. The cessation of the operations of these plants will, of course, lessen labor in the several zones. Added Jto, that lack of employment is the fact that there was never in such deplorable condition as now.

The same situation in Japan. It may be that the Allied nations will have taken on a very consider. aide burden during the period of restoration land complete subjugation of those countries. But whatever the cost, it will be cheaper -than another war. And judging the future the past, in the absence of supervision, we escape the conclusion that without USe drastic policy now being pursued an- war could well be anticipated.

FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE HE widely entertained hope is that we shall have no wars in future, but that in measure, just wishful thinking. It be recalled that following World No. 1 we agreed to a policy that very largely the destruction of our navy. Here was no definite plan to provide for the teaming and maintenance of an army. Jfobody entertained the thought that an emergency might arise which would create immediate need for using force force.

And when that emergency did come My prepared to meet it. General Marshall is right in warning the American jiepple that the History of the past should not Be duplicated in the future. thought of governments the world of the people residing -under them fgthe same, that we shall now set up such as will make it difficult to launch years hereafter. But with con- only a few months behind us, we al- liave ample evidence that what has Happened in history might happen again. with the prospect that the next war be inore horrible than any that has known, we should not fail to gitppt such policy as will insure ample pro- tggiion to this nation and its people if and $hen it should come.

objectors, of course, to holding the nation in. readiness for war but that is wrong, viewpoint. The United States is ttfie latest nation in the world today; it hlEs demonstrated that, even though practically defenseless when war came, itsjndus- tnes and its people could join wholeheartedly in-providing the war machinery essential to But that experience was a costly ly bojth in lives and in wealth. The the future should not be such as tiKJeave this nation defenseless in case Harbor should develop. And it develop.

T8E WAR CHEST DRIVE is the fact that the allotted time 'the campaign in behalf of the Commu- National War Fund has halfway mark. As against that of. Kern has subscribed one- Again it should be said pressing, for the successful nation-wide drive. will serve" who-are still ha service abroad 'men who are iu hospitals it will solve some who, have returned have not yet-relocated economic And not a Jiberal fraction of the money community will be ap- portioned to. home agencies which have been supported until- recently through separate drives.

We have to bear hi mind-that the Victory Loan drive will begin at the end this month and that necessarily will tave the attention of the nation affd of every community therein. It is good business, then, to speed the campaign which will finance the War Chest activities: Therefore it.may be said again that every citizen who has not yet given his support to this-movement should do so at the earliest possible hour. With half of the time gone and but a third of the money raised, there is need for the co-operation of all. MILLIONS IN HOUSING UNITS FPHA which means in officialdom the Federal Public Housing Authority, has before it a gigantic task, tnat of disposing of 654,000 and permanent wartime dwelling units financed by the Federal government and utilized as homes by thousands of workers and official personnel during the emergency. These houses were erected at a cost of 760 millions of dollars and many of them are so constructed that they may be moved by sections to other localities.

The government, in arranging to sell this property, might be interfering with private enterprise, but it does seem -that since the revenue for their construction came-from the taxpayers as a whole, it should be utilized to relieve the acute housing shortage which is emphasized in every section of the nation. If the buildings are not made to do service now that means eventual loss to the government and to thl people. Possible uses of the temporary units are listed by the Department. They may be converted into bunkhouses, small farm houses, poultry houses, tourist cabins, etc. About 180,000 units are to be disposed of, including 106,000 standard permanent dwelling units.

To make all this property available at a time when the new housing program is hardly beginning would seem to commend itself. As to the immediate acute need, there.is a thought which is entitled to consideration stemming from the recent action of the Delano Chamber of CoinmerceT That body has been advised by the army authorities that the airfield barracks hi the Delano region may be used for farm workers. And that will make a substantial contribution in supplying temporary homes some 500 men employed there in agriculture. RECREATION AREAS proposition now before the authori- JL ties of securing a larger acreage Fairgrounds calls attention to the wisdom of governmental agencies in purchasing available recreational areas. The Supervisors have given attention to that need within recent months and they are performing a real service for the county as will unquestionably develop hereafter.

The purchase of 15 acres of land for a park in fast-growing Oildale will find commendation. The tract will serve not only the adjoining Standard School but the entire community in 'which available recreational ground may soon be limited. And tile improvement of the Kern River area attracts wide attention. Bakersfield would have done well in the fcast years to have secured more land for park purposes. And that is emphasized the expansion of the decade and; by the growth that will follow within the years ahead of us.

RANDOM NOTES It is an old story but it cannot be-stressed too often. The two wars, successfully con- resulted in casualties, including killed, wounded and missing, 6f But the National Safety Council reveals fhat on the home front the accident toll during the same era, that, is, during the was 36,355,000. All during the time Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, to V-J Day, August 14, 1945. Tire number of killed in war-is listed at 261,608 but at home numbelr jqUefl in accidents amounted to 355,000. Not all "of these, of course, happened on the, highways; many occurred in the home, in the bathtub, falling down steps and stairs and slipping upon rugs; The honie accidents alone show fatalities to the number with an additional injuWdilf' But careless 1 drivers, may weBaBQte'fhe figures due to auto and other tragedies" upon the.

streets and highways. ports that 94,000 were kified werexfojurefcL men because there was a war fatalities and the casualties in war and in peace The'd" 1 record can be reduced is servance of caution in. driviEg an caution in -our premises. Most of up the might That is something I vantage and" THE WORLD' -TODAY By -LOUIS F. KEEMLE, United Press Staff Correspondent Genera! Dwight D.

-SSsenhower tiffs asserted emphatically- that Germany's political and military 'fangs are being drawn. His statement is certain to be accepted by the American public at face value. It goes a long way toward narrowing the over what is wrong with Allied administration of Germany. The real issue is. not denazifica- tion or TJbe Declaration of Stalin, Truman and Attlee is clearer on that point than, on any The bone of contention is Germany's economic status, which is threatening a grave division of opinion between Russia ana ihfr Anglo-Amerlean Allies.

The 1 Potsdam declaration unfortunately is subject to different interpretations on the latter subject. The heads of the bccuying not Eisenhower, are responsible for making final economic Eisenhower declared that his command is carrying out the political provisions of the 'Potsdam declaration, letter. He said: "We are directed to uproot nazi- ism in every shape and form, and God willing, we are going to do it." His instruction, in the exact language of the Potsdam declaration, are as follows: "To destroy the National Socialist party and its affiliated and supervised organizations, to dissolve all Nazi institutions, to insure that they are not "revived in-any form, and to prevent afl Nazi and militarist activity, or propaganda. "All members of -the Nazi party who. have -been more than nominal participants in its activities and-all other persons hostile to Allied purposes shall be removed from public and semi-public office and frpm positions of resppnsibility iji important private undertakings.

'Such persons shall he replaced by persons who, by their political and moral qualities, are deemed capable of assisting in developing genuine democratic institutions in Germany." So much Eisenhower can do and. will do. He pointed out, however, that any idea the Germans can be trained democracy in live months is "just plain stupid." Cogi- plete reeducation may take 50 years, he The immediate economic future of Germany is another matter, and it is not one of re-education. The Potsdam declaration specified that Germany shall be industrially disarmed, but shall still have enough industrial capacity to permit "approved." exports and imports Which will assure payment of reparations and the maintenance of goods and services required to meet the needs of the occupying forces and displaced persons in Germany and essential to maintain in Germany average living standards not exceeding the average of the standard of living European countries." The obvious intent was to make self-supporting, and to be no better off, if as well off, as the neighbors she despoiled during the I war. i I Unfortunately, dispute has arisen I as to how far German industry can') be revived to meet these conditions i without making, it a war potential which.can be directed toward an ag- gressive resurrection like that which followed the previous war.

Allied, seizure of the vast I. G. Farben in- dustries looks like an Important step in the right direction. I The American economic advisers to the Allied military government are reported to rea.ched the conclusion that Germany must achieve a foreign trade at about her prewar level if the Potsdam conditions are to be fulfilled. Hollywood Column ERSKINE KEA.

Service Staff Correspondent' HOLLYWOOD, Oct. voice: Carmen Miranda- called Director Lewis Seller the other morning to tell him she could not report for work because she had a "horse in Detroit." It hurt, she'added. Bewildered Seller demanded further explanations. So Carmen's secretary came to the phone. She explained that Carmen meant she had a hoarse throat antl h'ad been ordered to stay home.

Title: Ed Gray, the Hollywood agent, is responsible for selling the, film version, of and the' Colonel." Ed says that when the play first opened on Broadway one Pole standing in front of the marquee said to "What a title? How in the world 'will they pronounce it? Jacobowski and the what?" Balanced conversation: It happened at a San Luis Objspo hospital. Bob Hope waa a- show when a pajama-clad patient suddenly joined him. at the mike and started ad Hbbing. They were going great until a man in. a white coat came up and took the patient away.

The patient was from the mental ward. Hope: "What worries me is that we were having what I thought WEB a well-balanced conversation." No shortage: Hollywood's" famous Beachcombers probably was the only restaurant 'in movietown, if not in ihe" entire country, which did not suffer from a help shortage In the kitchen during the war. The Lees uncles and care of the situation. Since 1933, the Chinese Lee family has dominated the kitchen at the Beachcombers. As Lees went off to war, new Lees took their places.

One. night, the boss of the Beachcombers, comely Sunny Lund, got to Wondering how long this could go on. So she went back to the kitchen and asted the eldest of the tribe if he thought there were enough Lees to last out the war. Senior Lee grinned, assumed a Jimmy Durante pose and in a Durante growl, announced: "Missy Lund, a million 'Of 'em." Stubborn: Carole Landis' story 'of the waiter who refused to reform with the coming of is the best yet. She was haying a farewell dinner with, friends in Xew York before set'ting'out for Hollywood to star in "Behind the Green Light." It was the.

period between the first news of-the surrender of the Japs and the official ceremony of. signing the peace. Irked by the surly manner of the. waiter, one of the men in the party exploded: "Don't you know there's a war over?" "Yeah," replied the waiter, "but they ain't signed the papers yet, have they?" Actor hater: A casting director at a major studio saw Larry Ginsberg; the press dinner at a swank night club and asked him if he would like to take a screen test. "Not me," said Larry, firmly.

"I hate actors. Just think, if I took the test and became a star I'would have to hate myself." Copyright, 1945, NEA Service, Inc. The Readers' Viewpoint EDITOB'S thonld be limited to 150 msy ideas but not persons; mtist.BOt.be ubiisire and should be written legibly and on one side of the paper. Tbfr ij not responsible lor the. sentiments contained therein aid xeseires the right to reject auy" Jetters.

Letters must an authentic address althouth these will be withheld if desired. DRUNKEN DRIVING Editor The Californian: Tour editorial, "A "Postwar" Problem," in the issue of October-10, is to be commended. The editorial begins with "Newspapers tbroijghout the country are compelled to devote a considerable.portion of their local spacg to chronicling'those activities which appear to. have developed into a crime wave." It then quotes from a statement made, by J. Edgar and after commenting such statement, the editorial goes on, concluding with these words: "But in the meantime we cannot escape the conclusion of the FBI chief that much responsibility rests upon citizenship and that it can make Itself felt indirectly through home environment and the influence exerted by the rellgiouf organizations of the As a part of that "citizenship," could not a great many newspapers help'the rest of us who fully.realize conflitjpns? Might It not help were these newspapers to and cocktail bar advertising? Or, would it? It is possible I may be considered quaint, but in the Issue of October 10, others no doubt may have remarked the incongruity of your fine editorial, when, on, page 5, alongside a news item of a damage sujt for personal injuries, in.

which driving was alleged the appeared a'sedue- written whisky advertisement almost a -Quarter page in- size. The gays that -under certain conditions drunken driving 5s a felony; thus it may take its in the "crime wave." The Californian. wields powerful influence. ONE CITIZEN. RENTAL, 'Editor- J.wquld the- remarks about -the rental situation; I hare known sinca August 21, move Fri.

12. '-iihfcvV advertised, iauateSJmy friends, registered with a rental agency "anti -I, have had place. I that pedpie to rent -tJifi present roles rentals that they are refusing -to rent houses and leaving them one APPEASING RUSSIA Editor The Californian: It doesn't prove that a man wants war with Russia just, because he notices that at last we.are.finding, how impossible it is for anybody to get, along with them. Myself, if we never have another war with anybody for a thousand years, I will think it is lot too soon. Just the same, it looks bad.

I hope we will never share the atomic bomb with those people; neither should we lend- lease them anything more. The longer it takes them to recover from this war, the we will -be. When I say 'that we are not getting on with them, by "we" I mean both, the Americans and also the English, the French, the Chinese and Just about all-the rest of the world, except maybe the Rumanians and Bulgarians, who only get along with them on an "or basis. At the London conference of prime ministers they have handed a slap to just about' all the friends they ever had. They wouldn't agree to anything important anybody brought up, and the smartest thingr they could offer of their own wa 8 a Proposal to" set up a commission, with a Red on it to the Japs instead'of MacArthur.

They must think they are strong enough now to" tell all the rest of the human, race where" to head in. Well, maybe they -are; it looks as though we would have-to find out in the "usual war. That was what Hitler thought. Let's only hope we don't try to appease the U. S.

R. the way we did him. PHILP- VAN SLTKE. ON SOCIALISM Editor "The Califprnfari: is applied neither in theory nor iuV "in ''leaders (including the founder, the-German Jew, Karl" 1 Marx), literature press are" aH anti-Christian;" hen'cei Christian socialism, is a contradiction in terms, In fiianSind" becomes- truly Christ-like, socialism Is unworkable because it aittmaiel? ia ruinous of and iadtvietnal liberty, for oae cherish -as inY great eat right; free-will. A socialism requires a community Bfe based on" the "free choice fii'dividual 'Modenj, socialism is based on cornpulsioT! and aims electing (even spiritual is We serf'.

entirely the From the Files The Californian TEN AGO (The CaJifornian, this date, 1935) Headlines: Bakersfield High School Plans Building Program: Gymnasiums Listed; Plans Ordered and Work Anticipated as Soon as Completed. Mrs. William Bradshaw willapre- sent a review of the book, "New Christianity in India" when Missionary Society of First Presbyterian Church meets Thursday. A. Dimon, vice-president and manager of Bakersfield branch Bank of -America, was re-elected chairman of Bakersfield Chapter American Red Cross last night.

Expert cracksmen last night opened a big safe of Allard Furniture Company on Nineteenth street and looted it of $292. Roy Campbell of Bakersfiel'd created a mild furor in Santa Cruz. recently when mistaken for Haille Selassie. TWENTY YEARS AGO (The Californian, this date, 1925) Bakersfield Lodge of Elks will sponsor a. monster jubilee for the benefit of and to finance the lodge's drill team to a.

competition in Chicago, it was decided when members met last night. Mr. and Mrs. A. H.

Chase left today for Los Angeles, planning to continue to Hawaii within the next week. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Westphali announce the birth of a daughter, Marilyn Joan. Patrick W.

Doane was complimented by L. H5 Collett. superintendent of safety for western division of Santa Fe railroad, when he addressed a luncheon meeting of Rofariahs here Thxtrsday. The Reverend William E. Patrick, newly elected national American Legion chaplain, will arrive home tonight from Omaha.

News Behind the News -(By PAUL. Oct. 15. The furnish the army all the strength Mai-shall considers necessary. The democratic way of maintain- thermometer in both houses of Congress went down to 32 degrees on the youth of Ma, gj shall report.

No one said much modernization the National st could not solve. about it but their private expressions showed fresh enthusiasm for a voluntary system. A rising sentiment for Guard was evident, a method Mr. Truman is reported to favor. Not much progress has been made on the bills to institute new army and navy academies, or to break the deadlock over the Marshall (May) bill, but in the debate orf liberalization of service pay, strong sentiment was generated for a democratic way of operating the future army.

Congress seems turning that way. There was nothing in the Marshall report to make that tide stanr! still. The retiring chief of staff, for instance, said the principle he is advocating is "identical to that of coaching a football team." It precisely. But did you ever hear of a football team which was drafted away from its home for a year of service, on a fixed pay, and required to play? The democratic way in football as in all other matters has the utmost efficiency thoughtful attention of military authorities to work If. out.

Democracy always requires ingenuity" to meet its problems. But it has yet found one Even better news than this hidden in the paragraph announcement that the Hill bill to modernizs the entire war; department is be taken up for hearings next day. It had been buried so by covert opposition and then decorated with red tape by the joint chiefs of staff that not even the President could get the report recommending it, a report made last April columns a few days back disclosing the contents of the report: my fire started under the combined chiefs of staff seems to have made it hot enough in Congress, if not among the sitting generals.) Thus on two counts there are signp of the cracking the old regime in the war department. Tha fighting generals and adinirils in both services, and the men with new ideas, are going to get a hearing for their bill, and the youth been generally favored in this coun-1 draft act is developing signs of ir y- i senility. The coach seeks' people who want foug nt nearly a year against tho to play.

He picks those who want youth draft. My first analysis of its to volunteer their talents. By that I deficiencies was presented in this means he gets, from them the enthu- spaoe last Sep tember. when the siasm and co-operation necessary to ars were gj. eased rush it operate a successful football aggi-e-j through and no one whom knew gation thus generates energy was interested in stopping it.

Hit it and spirit. again and again. as the Marshall If a man does not wish to play (Ma bn was delaved and delayed, a military or a football game he but not unti thfi congl essiona i reac THIRTY YEARS AGO (The Californian, this date, 1515) "A cup and saucer tea" will be given by St. Paul's Guild Wednesday afternoon. Heading the reception committee to greet Governor Johnson who speaks here tonight will be Mayor George Hay and Judge Howard Peairs.

Dr. A. F. Shafer sailed from New Tork October 9 bound for France where he will engage in work in French hospitals for a year or more. Grade stakes are being placed for a new cement road-from Kern River bridge to Rosedale, a distance of six miles.

Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of the International Peace Congress. is asking President Wilson to call a meeting of neutrals to discuss peace. School authorities of California are attempting to cut down words in the spelling book from 15,000 to 3000. does not make a good player.

He is a liability to teamwork, a mal- I content goes grudgingly about i his task, doing, only what is re- i quired by authority he fears. In war most young men want to get in on the game. In peacetime it means sacrifice of their chosen work, their education, and a year of their lives away from home and they cannot see the need for it, especially when untried democratic methods might tion to the Marshall report becarns noticeable, did I feel encouraged te expect success. I have only been at the ginple dg- parment matter a week and it has reached the hearing stage. I will be hitting that subject again and again.

(World copydfht, br Kins Featurls STHT (Ucite. Jnc. All rislil? reseiTed, Keprodoctioa la full or In cart strictly prohibited.) Washington Column By DOUGLAS LARSEN, NBA Service Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. Just why the heating system of are being made to give this city a the Lincoln memorial hasn't been FORTY YEARS AGO (The Californian, tliis date, 1905) Rex Edwards was killed at 9 a. m.

today when his head was crushed beneath the wheels of a bay wagon while working in the fields of Mrs. J. Murphy near his home. Coach Grant and Manager Benson of the High School football team are attending a meeting of amateur athletic in Hanford. There was an exciting chase 12 miles below Buttonwillow this morning in the second attempt to round up elk shipment to Sequoia Park.

Five were -captured. Invitations have been issued for the first meeting of Scholia Literary society of the commercial department of the high school. Attractions will recitation by Ban- Baldwin and a reading "Ship of State" by Lewis Dennen. badly-needed face lifting- to make it presentable to the thousands of tourists expected next year and restore it as nation's show-place. Maintenance and-sepairs of the na- tional shrines and memorials drastically curtailed during: the war.

I As a.result the weather and pigeons have made' eyesores out of otherwise I beautiful buildings and monuments. Some of the restoration has already begun. For the first time since the war, the White House can now literally be called a white house. It's getting a ceat of dazzling white paint, the gardens are being replanted, and the fountains are turned out. One of the big mysteries of the White House gardens, however, is the disappearance of shipment of tulip bulbs which were to have been connected, with the central heating system isn't too clear.

It would require running pipes underground for about two blocks to do the job. Congress, apparently, has neglected 40 provide funds to pay for it. A i similar problem of condensation exists in the Jefferson memorial, but not quite as bad as in the memorial to the gi-eat emancipator. More of its surface is exposed to the sun. All of the capital's 75 lesser monuments are in very bad need of a cleaning.

Mortar in the joints most of them has chipped out. When water gets in and freezes It cracks the marble. This has happened to several of them. It is estimated it would take, about $75,000 to do the basic fob of restoring the capital to nonial. FIFTY 'SEARS AGO (The Californian, this date, 1895) Charles Todd, a young man who was knocked out in-last night's prize fight, is suffering from a disarranged kidney caused by the blow.

The Daily Morning Echo made its appearance this morning and a very creditable effort it Its pages fairly bristle-with telegraph and local news. A. P. Eyraud and family will return tomorrow from San Francisco. A marriage license was issued yesterday to H.

E. Hardman of Lerdo and Florence Wood of England. Mrs. Maxwell of San Luis Obispo has opened a boarding house on Seventeenth street in the Jackson property. A pickpocket attempted to rob Mrs.

E. A. Cardee on Chester avenue last but was unsuccessful. SO THEY SAY The postwar world will no more endure part democratic, part fascist, than. the United States could have endured half slave, half free.

Professor Harold Laski, chairman of National Executive Council, British Labor party. Maas starvation and death by freezing Are not likely in Europe this winter, but there will be great suffering unless the people are provided with more of the necessities of life. Wlnthrop W. AldrSch, president National War Fund. General Franco (of Spain) put himself on the same level with Hitler and Mussolini and, in the same measure as they, is subject to prosecution as a war acting head of Soviet embassy in United States.

India Ss pressing for her freedom, the watching world is anxious to'see her have it. Also anxious to see her able to handle it, when she gets Leader-Call. To every true newspaperman comes-joy with- the discovery of a new effort for righteousness, for patriotic virtue, for toni" Gazette. SHAFTS 'One touch of financial good luck bad habit of making the whole Vorlfl yo'nr kin. bachelor's main troubles are that he has no wife to blame for them.

Most people who take things as come -don't know what to do them. the first to come from, Holland since The biggest blight is the hundreds mQ 0 Qf temponiry buildings -jvhich almost fill the once-beautiful ipall and dis- the of the war. They supposed to have arrived weeks ago, a gift from the Netherlands government. Investigation has failed to locate them. The Washington monument needs most attention.

The 998-step stairway to the top is filthy. The memorial plaques and stones that line it are covered with dust and grime. The marble spike needs a new elevator. The present elevator is perfectly safe but It only runs at half-speed. It can't get the increasing number of visitors to the top during the hours the monument is open.

The Lincoln memorial has stood 'up pretty well. Only, minor repairs ars needed. But, the same trouble that has plagued caretakers since it was built continues, to bother them. The Memorial has a small flood A THOUGHT FOR-TODAY 3htfll not wrent judgment; not respect persons, a gift; -for a. gift doth of the wise.

per- of-tJte rigbteom. 7 it.Is* said that gifts persnade even -Euripides every When the sun comes out it the air. The marble walls inside don't get the sun and don't warm as fast as the air. This causes condensation and a small flood, which if hot mopped up, would give early visitors very soggy shoes. It is.

only known by a few persons but the Lincoln memorial was built with a very eWborate heating system. Pipes and ducts run through air the walls. But it has never been connected to the central heating system which keeps all 'the government buildings If the heating system was connected it would eliminate the condensation nuisance. figures most of the parbjs. Some temporary buildings are even left from the first World War.

It is up to each agency to tear down its tempprary office buildings and restore the landscape. But offics space is still one of the hardest things to get here. Federal "Works Agency is trying to get. money ta build new permanent buildings. Congress is considering that tion now.

Some of the parks are being stored to their former beauty. Al! of the anti-aircraft gun emplacements have been, removed. Ths hastily camps for troops built on the flats along the Potomac also been removed. The tourist camp which eliminated during ihe war is now replaces and doing a thriving business. Probably the most ambitious plan for the additional beautificai.ion of Washington is a huge stadium.

Moat persons agree that it should be built at the end of the mall opposite ths Washington monument. There have been many suggestions that this stadium be made aa a memorial to the late President Whatever is needed, officials hope to have this town as spie and span as it used to be and. when the visitors and sightseers start arriving in droves spring they wani: them to' he justly proud of. their Questions and Answers -(By THE HASKIN SERVTCE)- Q. Is a.

figure available on -the greatest number of planes that engaged in: one sortie or mission in the present McK. A-' The war department says that the largest number of aircraft ever dispatched on a single mission by a single air force was that used by the Eighth Air Force against German airfields, communications centers and the Ai-dennes Bulge on December 24, 1944. -There were 2031 heavy bombers airborne on this mission with an' escort of 885 fighters, making the total 2926. total number of tons of dropped was. 4302.

The bomber stream Was niore than 100 miles long. Q. What is the point score for discharge of enlisted members of' the B. H. A.

The joint score for enlisted women is 36 as of October 1 and will drop to 34 on November 1, 1945. Enlistment in the Women's Army Corps stopped on August 29. If a'young man of IS has just finished his boot- training in the marine corps, will he be kept in the service now that the fighting is A. Yes. Marine corps headqnarr ters says that the man will be kept in the service." When application is made certificate of derivative citizenship must the applicant appear in court? E.

R. No. The' applicant Is not required to appear in court or to answer questions other than those on "the application blank. Q. How 'many soldiers have been discharged from the army since V-E L.

12-, 1915. through. September a total of 805,000 soldiers civilian life. Q. "What Sfrttfe.average age today of 'the- Tefestans 7 ol the first World T.

-JL-'The average age of World War votorana' ia now 52 years. Q. When a man is killed in action while serving overseas, is his' entitled to social security K. S. B.

A. In the event of the of a member of the armed forces, who had had civilian employment in private business or industry, civilian insurance benefits may be payabla on a social security account. Tha next of kin should inciuire at the nearest security board office. Q. What was the title of the book written in.

reply to Uncle Tom's K. E. il. A. It was Aunt PhiHls's of Southern Life As It Is, (Philadelphia, 1S52).

The author was Mrs. Mary H. Eastman, a Virginian. Q. How tail the tallest cora- stalk ever grown in this country? A.

M. S. A. Since no official records kept, it iS not possible to make a statement. la 1S37 a stalk of corn waa reported to have grown fett high in the state of Alabajoa; Q.

To what army was the Two Hundred Seventy-third Infantry F. J. A. The war aepartment says that tbe Two Hundred Seventy-third Infantry fe a part of the girty-ninth Bteision, which is attacheil to the FSrst'Army. Sow many people to Europe have driven from their homes or hav.e left because of changes of frontiers daring the war years? B.

A. The number IB estimated to be in the neighborhood of Q. What type of ship in tos XJ. S. H.

G. A. The department says that the U. S. is.

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