Show washington DC D C BIBLICAL destroyers there were two reasons for thal tha grin on the face of north dakotas gov john moses when he left the white house the other day one was an assurance that the president would personally invests gate why north dakota has not re any of the new defense plants moses argued that his state was so far inland that it was idea for defense industries roosevelt Roose veli promised to look into the matter im mediately the other reason was an anecdote the president told moses about f E famous namesake of yours it happened when roosevelt was assistant assi stanl secretary of the navy in the administration he was asked to select from a list lisl of american naval heroes the name of a new destroyer he picked Is rael in honor of a U S captain who distinguished himself in the wax wai against the barbary coast pirates in 1815 some time later roosevelt was asked to approve the personnel ol of this destroyer and while looking over the list of personnel another aide entered with another personnel list for a destroyer named moses this coincidence struck me as very funny roosevelt related and I 1 leaned back and laughed the young naval officer looked perturbed and inquired arent those the right crews for those ships moses and israel and then I 1 laughed some more because heading the lists of officers were the firmes names of murphy and oreilly note moses a democrat from a rock ribbed G 0 P state is the tallest governor in the country 6 feet 4 inches i ALBANIAN mountaineers HELP GREEKS editors note the washington merry go rounds famous brass ring this week is awarded to the unsung allies of the greek army the peasants and mountaineers of albania much tribute has been paid to the gallant greek army and royal air force for winning one of this wars most crucial battles in that wildest and most remote corner of europe albania but little has been written about the albanian peasants and mountaineers tai who have provided the greeks with the most amazing intelligence telli gence service of this war so accurate that the greeks have known down to the last detail just how many italians were located behind each hill where their guns were placed and the exact nature of their fortifications an army without eyes is helpless and the albanians who have never forgotten the manner in which mussolini drove their queen and her day old son out of the country two years ago have contributed materially to the surprising succession of greek victories STATE department WIDOWS there was not much christmas joy this year in the homes of blitzkrieg widows of the american diplomatic service their husband diplomats are still on the job but the wives are prevented by official regulations from joining them from warsaw from berlin from copenhagen from oslo from brussels from the hague following the spread of the war these blitzkrieg widows came trekking home on government order with children by the hand A few capitals such as moscow and helsinki have now permitted wives to rejoin their husbands but meanwhile a new warning has gone out affecting citizens in the far east and the ranks of the widows are swelling still further this separation is much more than a sentimental problem it creates a strain astrain on the budget of each family for they are obliged to maintain two establishments and the salaries of the foreign service are not gauged to meet living costs in this country the state department has had so M much uch grief from the widows that a move is being considered to lift the ban and allow them to return to their husbands posts CAPITAL CHAFF the state department is getting a heavy volume of mail from all parts of the country urging strong U S assistance to greece josephus daniels ambassador to mexico is the only ambassador appointed by roosevelt in 1933 who still remains at the same post experts of the house migrant investigating vesti gating committee estimate that at least job hunters are constantly on the move in the country some american women have switched to cotton stockings as a protest against japan yet in the first nine months of this year the united states imported worth of silk from japan MERRY GO two former editors of the ame roc news dally daily paper of the 1918 U S army of occupation at coblenz germany are now on active duty at the war department they are col fred J mueller and col B B mcmahon both assigned to the public relations start staff |