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THESE, WOMEN! wWW iYA)io NEWS BEHIND NEWS IN WASHINGTON By Errmt K. llndl.y Hi Everyone but LaGuardia Concedes Civilian Defense Program Is Flop 6 BROOKLYN EAGLE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 1941 Dorothy Hall Steps From One Success to Another An Actress, She's Become A Playwright Over Night Dorothy Hall, blonde actress. ls an example of the credo that, life in what you make. it.

There are no sine the Nazis turned east. LaOuardla so far has devoted himself chiefly to one linn of activity: Civilian defense against military attack. The most urgent part of this program If the word urgent can be used at all In this connectionis protection of the people and essential public services of urban centers in the event of air raids. Many thousands of citizens hava signed up as volunteer firemen and air raid precaution workers. And the Mayor is eager to get before Congress a request for a couple of hundred million dollars worth of supplementary fhe-fight-ing equipment.

Heavy Bombardment Seems Remote Hit-and-run raids on American cities, especially those near the seaboards, are a possibility, but heavy bombardments such as have been inflicted on British, and now Ger fast, rules for success, but though exquisitely feminine, Miss Hall admit that she has been ruled by a hard determination that has paid her dividends in happiness. She recently suspended her stage activities, at the peak of her acting career, to try her hand at playwrighting, an ambition of long standing. Her first play, "Yesterday' Tomorrow," a strong indictment against war, Is being presented this week at the Pine Grove Theater, Cambridge Springs, for a trynut period before coming to Broadway. It, is easy enough to allow oneself to be dissuaded "She'll probably never be piesident, but when we have a son she enn vote ior him." from changing the course of one's life, because funda-j mentally we are all averse to change," she says. "At' the risk of bcinu immodest.

I must say I have had the courage, even in face of violent opposition and crtti-1 cism to change the direction of my career many! times. Sine, I had pnty of misgivings, but I would' have been unhappy and repressed if I couldn't fulfill my ambitions. Foitunately, every major step 1 have taken has added prestige to my career and Interest to my Ijfr. ONLY YESTERDAY dia. as head of OCD, would nelt with tha ballyhoo and direct Into these channels Idle but willing volunteers.

LsGuardla's Errors The administrative framework for OCD had been created before LaQuardi took over. Frank Bane, liaison man with the State and local governments for the NDAC, had organized the defense councils. And he also had done most of the spade-work for supplementary fir protection and other civilian defense measures. The machinery was there, partly in use and ready to take on a heavier load. LaGuardia, however, short-circuited the State defense council and ignored most of the local defense councils.

He worked directly with the Mayors, claiming that they had control of the fire, polica and other services Involved in civilian protection In the cities. Complaints were numerous and sometimes bitter. LaGuardia says that from now on, as his program expands, he ls going to use defense council channels. I Even Mrs. Roosevelt's Stirred While she has dlsclalftied any Intention of criticizing TtaGuardia, Mrs.

Roosevelt's comments on the Inadequacy of the civilian defense program reflect views widely held in high official circles. The Mayor, it must be admitted, has a difficult task. The wave of fear which stirred the country after the fall of France, when the invasion of England seemed imminent, has subsided. Exciting civilian volunteer Jobs especially for women are limited in number. Most of the things that need most to be done have no direct connection with military services.

It wa.s anticipated, however, that LaGuardia. with his energy and enthusiasm and artistry tn ballyhoo, would be able to lnjeet into the civilian population a feeling of urgency, and muster volunteers into a myriad of useful activities. So far he has fallen far short of expectations, alike as a morale-arouser, administrator, and policymaker. Mr. Lindley'B column appear) each Monday, Wednesday and Fri Crow Hill Folks Weren't Bothered With High Cost of Living; Milk Was 4 Cents a Quart Does What She Wants to Do I have seen so much unhapptness borne of frustration, that I have always adopted the policy of doing what I most wanted to do," says Miss Hall, looking very young and siim.

"Right or wrong, and it must right, because I've been tremendously happy doing it, I simply had to take a furlough from the footlights to give torm to the ideas for the plays I had in mind. People, I am convinced, are not suf DOROTHY HALL is a living example of the credo thot life is what you make it. Having been a success as an actress on stage and screen, she has now turned playwright. Jim Ellis, Harry, May and Bessie Oildersleeve, Jury Garvey. Charlie Bennett, Seth Rankford.

Jennie Holden, Lizzie Kenny, Kate and HEFFERNAN The Non Sequitur In War Propaganda The simulacrum sincerity J-fcJ That the jlvllian defense program Is so far pretty much of a flop Is generally acknowledged in Washington Mayor LaOuardla, who la running it, dissenting. It has not broken down: It ha not got under wny with the drive and sweep envisaged by officials who fostered the Of fice of Civilian Defense. The blame is apportioned, according to taste, among several factors: Mr, LaGuardia narrow interprets ticn of his task. His initial administrative errors. The overlapping with other agencies.

Mr. Llndley Civilian lassitude: Especially Hattie Fuller'on, Isabelle Noll and her brother George, Martha Sutton, Eddie Conroy, Pat and Willie Tracy, Harry Lagergreen. George England, Jennie Foxton, M. Victory, B. Giles, Wllhelmina Jackson, Charlie and Ibb Linderloof, Irene Langford, Florence Pitt, E.

Brandt and uiany others. What has happened to the old timers of St. Matthew's R. C. Church? M.

REDDY alias Teddy. Cause and Cure Of Clubfoot while nurse or mother goes through with the manipulation. Shopping List Sometime ppnse give a Hat of dnrtnrs who can aire the injection trrntment or varicose veins, hemorrhoids, hernia, etc. L. E.

M. On request, if you provide a 3-cent siamped envelope bearing your address, I will name a physician in your vicinity iif I know of one) who is, skilled in the injection treatment of varicose veins or the other conditions, I cannot furnish lists of names and I cannot give names in this column, Preparing for Maternity am 20. weigh 95 pounds, mother died at my birth, at age of 10 I uas in sanatorium with what doctors called childhood type of tuberculosis. am married, dearly lore children. Have had two years of college and courses taken there would enable me to take better care of myself than some, mothers.

Would 1 survive childbirth? Mrs. R. E. Nothing you mention would interfere with raising a family. But which, for the purposes of Intervention and war, converts her suitcase at the Three Arts club, dictator-led Greece into one of the "democracies" overnight, "here embryonic actresses were a and now presents Red, ruthless, godless Russian Commu- riin" and lost no time try-nism as a beacon of holy light and an instrument for the producers that she salvation of Christian civilization ha.s reduced my mental 1" the answer 10 thfir processes to a state of utter con-; I Thrv 1 nor was fusion.

I find the President of the were brutally Mam by a band of With good kiw humor and an enthusiasm which is U. S. in the same breath pleading bloori-thnsty b.u.cs. (mf of cha.ac for American Lghting power in or- I Sliming Nn Sequitur tenstics. she took odd jobs at mod eler to protect Christianity and the These thoughts come to me as I eling.

singing, dancing and even Civilization erected on its basic read William Bird's review in the interior decorating for which she concepts, and including Russia Fll.n. has always had a particular flair. f(fior, Old Tiviers: Our little nou.se stood on Allan-tic Ave. near Troy where Cush-man's bakery stands today. It was a swell little hcuse with plenty of ground around and lots of fruit trees.

We ha. I good times playing in and around the alley. Who remembers Grandma Smith's old stone house? And when the -hoe factory was a saw mill? Reefer's house stood on PaciHc St. ft was kept beautifully and thev had a parrot that used to call after us on our way to school. Merland's house was also on Pacific St.

but 'heir good looking son always used the Atlantic Ave. gate. They had a wooden walk under a tall beautiful hedge that formed an arch from the house to the gate. All of us kids had a crush on young Merland. Goofy's Alley Our Short Cut Lutz's house stood on a high hill opposite Reefer's.

Then came a spot known as Goofy Alley, a short cut for us kids when we had to go to Louie's, the Italian grocery store on Troy Ave. near Bergen. Adaml was our grocer and Joseph Strubb our butcher. Lou Victory had a saloon on the corner. Chiffio was on the corner of Pacific, Lynch's moving van concern was opposite.

Victor Brandt was another grocer on Atlantic Ave. past Schenectady and Moneeses. another grocer, had the opposite corner. Most persons shopped on Sunday mornings for food for Sunday dinner and managed to go to church in between. We Ate Well Food was much cheaper then.

Loose jelly sold for six rents a pound and milk four cents a quart. We had plenty of good stuff to eat as my father grew fine corn and other vegetables on our land. We also had several goats and lots of chickens. We had fine neighbors. Some I remember were Tracys, Gilder-sleeves, Holmqtust, BalcJ, Cunningham, Grey, Grandma Smith, Grandma Agart.

Jenkins and his niece Lizzie. We all attended Public School 83 here Mr. Harding was principal and Miss Lyons his assistant. Some of the teachers were the Misses Bell, Roche. Corner.

Brown, Provost, Tucker, Atkinson, and the two Miss Downings. Billy Burke was truant officer and Mr. Farrell the janitor, and his assistant" was known as Peaches. My Playmates Some of the boys and girls my brothers and 1 knew were Tom and I 1 man, cities seem remote. Civilian protection forces of the type LaGuardia is organizing are valued in 'military circles chiefly for their effect on morale.

They would become of vital importance only if hostile forces could get bases within easy striking distance of our cities. Registration of volunteers has shown that the people are willing to co-operate. But It is widely conceded that the fear of attack which would put real vigor into a program of this kind is generally lacking. Nurse-aid training, now getting under way, is of more certain practical value because there is a shortage of nurses now without waiting for war or aerial bombardments of our cities. Broader ProRram Envisioned Officials who advocated the creation of OCD thought of civilian protection against military attack as only one part of a much broader program of civilian activity, ranging through all kinds of emergency services around camps and in defense industrial areas to the improvement of the health of the population generally.

LaGuardia has steered clear of almost everything except what the President calls "semi-mllltary" activities. His contention is that health, recreation, welfare and nutrition are the job of Paul V. McNutt. That is so. but it was supposed that McNutt's activities would be geared into the OCD.

Actually, McNutt has a more thorough organization than La- Guardia's. and it is tied into the State and local defense councils. But it was expected that LaGuar don't conjecture about it ask your physician. In fact any woman contemplating maternity should seek the advice of her physician and no one else. Send 10 cents and 3-cent stamped envelope bearing your address for booklet "Preparing for Perennial Hay Fever Otpr a year ago I received your pamphlet "Relief for Allergy" and gave the soluble potassium chloride a thorough trial, with little effect.

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ne suu nas tne grace not to men tion Stalin's name, although he has already sent Harry Hopkins proposes to send a full commission to the Red Dictator In the category of the nations to benefit from the flow of war materiel to to Hitler's foes. Xfhj the Hypocrisy? Well, war and politics throughout history have always marie strange bedfellows; Catholic Venice marie a treaty with the Turks, and Louis XIV of France proposed one. When balefires blaze end cannon roar the question is not how one prays or ii one prays ai an, our now one fights. Through the mist of claims and counter-claims the output of Goebbels in Germany and his ri- va the Communis propaganda Chief, Loztjovsky. in Moscow, there, conies an maicauon mat tne kus iians can fight, are better prepared uru irom me jonunent.

or tneir Allies, who, unable fly, surrendered to the German host. That mav make them seem like a Godsend to beleaguered Britain, but if Churchill and Roosevelt are to accept the hand red with Christian blood, grasping for the loot of corquered lands and the riches of new alUe. wny the hypocrisy of presenting the Communist rulers of Russia as saviors of America? The ether night I heard a radio com-men'jifor remarking that a certain part of the Russian battlefield con'ained the village in which the Czar and his family were "executed." It is not so long since we had another name for it. Charles I of England was tried fairly or not is a matter of opinion- before he 'a-. excu'd.

Poor Louis XVI ef Franrp had at at the form of a trial ivfnre the guillotine fell on his neck. But. the Czar Nichojis Of Russia and his wife and chilrirn I ficiently adventuresome. They'd have much more fun and enjoy a richer life If they took more chances." Always Taking Chance She started taking chances when, as a pretty young girl, she let; Bradford. for New York and a theatrical career.

Her schooldays had been filled with dreams of the time she could come to the big city It was a hazardous venture for the i blonde slip of a girl, she parked Got Chance in Movies The movie industry in those days was centered in the East and her "eau'-v Qmn 1 escaPp lne movle wuW- At thp old Biograph Studios she 80t her first chance, and presto he was launched on a film career with important roles following in close succession. She was Richard Dix's leading iady in a number of bus most successful pictures. All this was splendid but the tenacious young actress wanted the stage, and though it meant throwing over the success she already had, and starting anew, she was undaunted. With Clare Major Tree she studied dramatics, with Immediately pood results. Broadway received her enthusiastically; applauded her versatility.

She has literally run the gamut from comedy to tragedy in t.n(, sta8P niM jn whicn np peared, including "The Complex," "White Collars," "Speak Easy," "Girl Trouble," "Precious," "The Love Duel," "Other Men's Wives," "Flying High," "The Greeks Had a Word for It," "Behind Red Lights," "Lily Turner," "Champagne Supper," "Page Miss Glory," "Child of Manhattan." Miss Hall Ls by no means finished with her acting career. "All my life I have wanted to write," she explains, "and when I tried to com- bine playwrighting with acting, it was no go. I decided then it must "be one thing at a time. The time at the moment is for writing, and I will continue long as I still feel I have something to write about." Asked how she, "a gay sophisticate, came to write a serious plav about war and its tragic effects on individual lives. Miss Hall explained that she has always been an ardent pacifist and thought and talked so much about the futility of most wars, she found herself developing a play in her mind.

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says and truth of the propaganda Red Decade." Mr. Lyons had said in his introduction that he would be well smeared for telline the truth about the band that rules Red Russia. Mr. Bud says: i "Again to take my life in my hands. I hazard the gue.ss that it is bad logic to say that because 1 Stalinism It bad, anything opposed to Stalinism is necessarily good.

That non sequitur permeates The Red To Mr. Lyons any old stick is good enough to beat Stalin with, whether it be Trotsky, Emma Goldman, the Spanish P. O. tne or lne pgj Mr Bird thlnks that Mv. Lyons "mourns" for Stalin's thp is cloM.

to in mgir to embrace fw tne Mme This is the very non sequitur which permeates the American in- terventionlsts war propaganda. Why should not any American hate for the same icasnn the twin buds of the same Marxian tree? Let's Be Intellectually Honest Mussolini. Hitler, Stalin were all Marxists, a.s was Trotsky, and as are some of the American interventionists, although it Ls no more true of all of them than it is true that Socialists re interventionist Norman Thomas is proof to the i If Mr. Roosevelt truly believes caiive is the cause of justice and American defense and that Red Russia is an expedient aid for the rnsis, why not just say so and not. insult, tne intelligence of Americans bv intimating that a robber robbed of his prey ls suddenly become a poor victim of aggression and a fit ally of nations fighting in civilization? a war for Christian s'ltches; phntosrapn 'if ma- needed.

To obtain this p.vv-n 10 cen's iti rnin 'o Household Ar-s pep- r9 IV St. Man'cs'tan sure rwir 3 nd PATTERN MMDtK. I day. YOUR BIRTHDAY ByStellc SEPTEMBER 5 Is this your birthday? Then today don't push matters. Let everything ride along on an even keep your temper.

Keep your eyes open for an opportunity which may come to you ground the 15th. You have a certain practical hard-headedness strangely at odds with your artistic temperament. You seem able to combine art with money-making. You are essentially executive. Able to do things yourself in a pinch, you prefer to let someone else use the elbow grease.

If you are born to wealth the struggle for personal achievement will be more difficult, since you will not have the Incentive to work hard. You have creative ability in tha arts but it needs stirring up. You work best when encouraged criticism will discourage you and stop your creative thought. You have good understanding of human nature and keen powers of observation. Learn to stand solidly on your own feet and do not let yourself be too influenced by your friends.

If you follow your intuition you will do the right things. Don't go against your hunches. Find a lifemate who sees eye to eye with you In details and will inspire you. Among those who were born on this day are Edward H. House, author; Richelieu, French statesman; Doris Kenyon, actress; John G.

Carlisle, statesman; Thomas Eddy, philanthropist, and Henry van Brunt, architect. For Boys and Girls fall Is 20 to 50 Inches lea has from 34 to 80 inches ot rainfall par year. Born aectlons on the Paclfla Coatt and around the Gulf of Mexico hart more than 60'lnches per year. In South America sft find heavy rainfall In the- valley of the Amazon. The supply of rain ls the thing which hM brought the mighty river Into being.

Where there is a large amount of rain, plant life la itrong. The jungles of Brazil do not contain many persona, but they are rich in bushes, vines and trees. Dry parts of the world seldom contain many people, and. there is little plant life except where dams and canals supply water for the soil. The western half of Asia has an average rainfall of less than 15 inches per year, and most part of that half are thinly settled.

Tomorrow: Notes on Vrlting. Dr. Brady says: All babies are rlubfooted before birth. The position and form of the feet are similar to the position and form of the common type of clubfoot which physicians call pes varus, which means foot bent or grown or turned Inward. The cause of rlubfoot is not, known.

Some physicians believe it may be due to crowding or insufficient room for normal growth, cramping of the infant in a narrow space or loop, especially when there Ls not enough water to keep the. Infant afloat and free to develop In the amniotic sac. To such faults or defects of the mother some physicians attach the theory that clubfoot may be inherited, and so they would explain the occasional instances of several successive generations of clubfooted members in a family. But, that is a mere speculation. There is no good reason to think that clubfoot is hereditary.

Not Always Congenital Not all clubfoot is congenital 'present at birth). In some instances the deformity result from paralysis (usually poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis) in early childhood. Characteristic of ordinary clubfoot is the position of the foot, exaggeration of the normal position of the feet of the newborn infant. The foot is turned Inward, the outer border lowered, the inner border elevated, the sole sharply flexed so that the arch is greatly exaggerated, the toes point downward and inward toward the opposite foot, sole turned inward. If the child is permitted to walk on the i foot, he or she walks on the outer side and back of the foot with the toes curled up near the inner ankle.

Curative Measures i Of all curative measures for clubfoot manipulation ls most im- i portant. This means regular han-riling. as carefully administered thrpe times a day as though it were the most imperative medicine, under the instruction of the physician or orthopedic surgeon. Themanlp- i ulation may be carried out by mother, nurse or any intelligent, reliable member of the family. The general purpose is to bend, mold and train the foot In the way it should grow.

The physician should administer the manipulations daily for the first week or so. and then the person who is to carry out his orders may assume the responsibility, with the continued supervision of the physician and st. least weekly vlslta, when the physician looks on Uncle Ray's Corner RAINFALL JmiB mini fr IN A YEAR q.g. Most People Live If we look over a rainfall map of the world, here are some of the i facts whirh may become plain: I More rain falls in the torrid lone than anywhere else. The wet pa 'Is of the world are, in general, more thickly settled than the dry parts.

This is what we might expect. Rain is needed for crops to grow. Yet there can be loo large an amount of rain. Some very wet parts of the globe do not have a great number of people. The aectiona of the earth with most people usually have from 20 to 50 inches of rain per year.

The densely settled Islands of the Dutch East Indies have more than 80 Inches per year, but the rule is true almost everywhere else. Some one might point to India as a place where there are many persons per square mile but where the rainfall is extremely heavy. Certain parts of India have more than 100 tnrhes of rain per year, hut most, of the roim'ry has less than that amount. About half of India Wj Vf O' 'f Doilies for Everyday Enjoyment PATTERN 6033 DIAGRAM showing greatest rainfall in South America. has less than three inches of rain per month, or less than 36 inches per year.

Europe and North America Europe does not have so many people as Asia, but Europe ls much smaller than Asia. The number of persons for each square mile is greater for Europe than for an other continent. Most of Europ has from 20 to 50 Inches of rain per year. The greater part of North Amer- lir The height of beau'v in Is this pineapple design in crocheted doilies, done in fin co'ton. Wl'h them voj ran alwais fee tha tour home il "--tinctive ar1 F.v'en WS.I contains in' ni" ions for doilies, ci them auc.