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Evening star., 1938-12-03
Says Church Cannot Be
Christian and Fascist.


To the Editor OF The Star:
The actions of certain members Of the
clergy who insist upon entering the field
of politics must be cause of constant
embarrassment to the Roman Catholic
Church.
DR.. Joseph F. Thorning has perfect
right to be follower and advocate of a
totalitarian form Of government, but DR..
Thorning should not imply that organ
ized religion indorses the barbarism of
Gen. Franco in Spain, or that there is
anything in common between Christian
ity and Fascism.
Strange it is that DR.. Thorning does
not mention the fate of Catholicism
especially the fate of Catholic priests
who engage in politics in Germany and
Italy under Fascism. DR.. Thorning must
realize that, far from helping the situa-
ton at home, he Is only speeding the
day when honest people will turn away
in disgust from a religion that considers
the ideals of pagan Moors and infidel
invaders more important than the teach
ines of Christ. The Catholic Church can
not support Fascism and Christianity at
the same time. JOHN c. ROGERS.
Alexandria, Va, November IA.
Evening star., 1938-12-03
Shooting Stors
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Victim.

The Victim.
When the corporations grow
Sinful in their thoughtless greed,
Who's the man who has to 60
Very cautiously, indeed?
Who must pay for each device
OF these financiering men;
Who must hustle for the price?-
Ordinary citizen.
When strange blunderings arise
Mongst important folk who should
Try to be little wise
Even if not very good;
When disaster fills the air
AS its cries resound again,
Who the fiercest shock must bear?-
Ordinary citizen.
Mighty phrases we invent
To reprove the reckless great,
But these efforts eloquent
Sound and fade and dissipate.
Though the carelessness or crime
We upbraid with tongue and pen,
Who's the victim every timer
Ordinary citizen.
Evening star., 1938-12-03

idea Of an entente with italy in ad-
vance of commitments by Mussolini
not to undermine the British Empire
in Africa, the Mediterranean and the
Near East. He looked askance upon
any concessions that would seem to
have been extorted by pressure, hold
ing that threats provide an unstable
foundation for peace. Basically,
Eden contended that until the totali-
tartan powers had pledged q readi-
ness to abandon force and aggression
as an instrument Of national policy,
they were not entitled to the friend
ship or cooperation of the demo-
cratic states. Doubtless, Chamber
lain's dynamic lieutenant felt an un-
quenchable sense of humiliation over
Italys defiance Of League sanctions,
Of which Eden was the arch protag-
onist when Geneva essayed those
abortive measures to thwart the
conquest of Ethiopia.
During. the months which elapsed
after Chamberlain and Mussolini
negotiated their peace pact, and
while intervening events subjected
the British Prime Minister to fierce
political opposition, Mr.. Eden re-
jected all overtures to turn the situa-
ton to personal advantage. He re-
manned supporter OF his former
chief within the ranks of the Con-
servative party. Munich provided
Chamberlain's foes with renewed op-
portunity for attack. Chaos and
strife in Palestine, too, were similarly
exploited. The anti-Semitic excesses
in Germany have visibly depopular-
lied the Prime Minister'S program of
conciliating Hitler.
Evening star., 1938-12-03

joke to his friends, but they were no
joke to the Jones family.
The question was: What to do? All
the members Of the family took pride in
their playful rodents, with their great,
bushy tails and amazing acrobatic feats
In the great trees.
Shooting them, then, was out of the
question. Getting rid" of them in any
other manner was equally unthought OF
in the family. Some method would have
to be thought Of which would get results
without cruelty, one way or another.
So they trapped them.
Overnight they became trappers, with
a good haul for beginners.
Three Of the fattest young squirrels
anybody ever saw, all roaring and fight
ing to get out.
What should be done with them?
Such cleverness as they had exhibit
ed, in getting into a well built house
without visible loopholes, should merit
some reward.
They should be taken down to. the
park, and let out in a new environment.
There they would find plenty of great
trees, which supply everything to these
rodents. Why there particular speci-
mems ever wanted to leave them was
something of mystery, after all. Jones
agreed partly with the experts-squirrels
seldom get in without reason.
~
A family council was held, with the
usual split Of opinion.
One faction held out for the park.
The other for the yard of a friend in a
different part Of town.
Until this can be decided" said Jones,
II will take these fellows to the kitchen
and transfer them to cage, where they
can think over their transgressions for
a time"
Once in the kitchen, the fun began.
The first squirrel made the transfer
promptly, but it was that second one,
with the extremely bushy tail, which
upset kitchen routine.
1t leaped to the light fixture, and
barked its fury.
The maid screamed.
Junior was bit on the hand. Senior
fell on a small rug-why was that thing
in here, anyway?-and tore down the
blind from the back window, as the
rodent played leap-squirrel over the
range and the refrigerator.
At last, amazingly enough, to the vast
relief Of Jones and family, it obediently
entered the cage.
X
"Well," asked Jones, on his return from
work that evening, have you decided
what to do about the squirrels?'
'Yes," replied Mrs. Jones, quietly.
"Well, what did you do with them?"
Il turned them loose"
Il thought you would" said Temple
ton Jones. And after all my work.
They deserve the park, at the least"
They like our trees" said Mrs. Jones,
with some pride.
And our attic, too," Jones said
They'll be back tonight to thank YOU"
Evening star., 1938-12-03
COmmends The Star
For Zoning Stories.
10 the Editor of The Atar.

The Star is to be applauded for the
part it has played in forcing the Board
OF County Commissioners for Montgom-
cry County to yield to public opinion
and rescind today their proposal to pro-
test from prosecution violators of the
suburban zoning laws and, in effect, to
destroy the enforcement of those laws.
The news articles of Jack Allen of
The Stars staff ably covered a complex
political situation, some of the ramifca-
tions OF which are yet a mystery. The
articles made clear to the home owners
the true nature of this well disguised
proposal and the necessity for vigorous
and immediate action. Without the
benefit of such publicity the citizens
might we'll have lost their fight. Ger
tainly they would not have won it with
such promptness. In Montgomery Coun-
ty there has never been to nv recolIec-
ton better example of the effectiveness
OF vigorous newspaper publicity in speed
lily correcting political evils.
Mr.. Allen and The Star have done a
fine thing for the county and deserve
the commendation of all citizens inter-
ested IN honest government.
December l. FREDERIC P. LEE.
Evening star., 1938-12-03
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. TrdcetueH.

Mr.. and Mrs. Templeton Jones had
squirrels in the attic.
Every night the rodents got in some
how, and spent much time galloping
around, when they weren't eating wood
work.
1t is amazing how much noise scam
pering squirrel can make. And how
much wood they can eat.
"Galloping" becomes just the right
word, but If 1t had been Just noise it
wouldn't have been SO bad, the Joneses
thought.
Why the rodents wanted to feast on
the windowsills was q problem which
only squirrel experts could solve.
The Joneses laid no clais to being
experts, in this regard, although pri-
vately they thought they were becom-
ing so.
Not every family, even those who
claimed to love these rodents, had 'em in
the attic.
Mostly they had 'em in the trees, and
the garden, and maybe in the bird feed
ing station, If the family went to that
expense
Only few, however, had real live
squirrels in the belfry, galloping around,
keeping the family awake, and, what was
worse, gnawing great slivers out of the
Sills.
Templeton Jones wondered why they
did it.
Evidently they had free access, and
could get in and out at will.
The getting out was the most impor-
tant. Jones had read that squirrels,
coming down chimneys when a family
was away on vacation, had been unable
to find their freedom again, and in their
despair had wrought real havoc.
No friend Of animals could blame
them, under the circumstances.
But an expert had proclaimed the fact
that squirrels would not chaw up q
home If they could get out.
"Pfui," said Jones. or some such sound.
He had squirrels, the squirrels had free
access to the open air-as well as to his
attic-and yet they insisted on doing
any amount Of destructive nocturnal
work
Jones had always thought these ro-
dents slept at night quietly in their beds
in the trees.
Now he knows better.
why" he said, in describing their
activities to friends, they race around
all night long, and when they aren't
racing, they are eating"
"Eating?" ask the friends. What is
there to eat in an attic, even q fancy
attic such as yours?"
+ 4
- woodwork" says Jones enigmatically
"Woodwork?"
Plenty of it," continues Jones. my
squirrels will never go hungry, evidently
as long as the windowsills last"
Jones squirrels became something of a
Evening star., 1938-12-03
These Endure

I have known sorrow; have known
laughter,
Echoing up to the highest rafter;
I have known sweet, and the bitter after.
I have known falsehoods thrusting
dagger;
The hurt of defeat and the boaster's
swagger:
I have known hunger's uncertain stagger.
But I have listened, expectant still,
To hear the spring wind, sweet and shrill,
Singing over the woodland hill.
And I have seen q white filagree
OF mist, on the pale anemone.
And a crescent moon in the apple tree.
And have walked a fragrant lane
Through falling plum bloom in the rain
And known beauty that was pain.
I have learned this: That sorrow and
weeping
Scarcely abide the nights deep sleeping,
But the lovely things are for our keep
MARION II. ADDMaToN.
Evening star., 1938-12-03
War at $4,0OO,O0O a Day

Next week it will be seventeen
months since the North China" in
cident outside of Peiping applied the
match to the conflagration which
has ragged in the Far East on a scale
which Japan did not remotely con-
template. The price she is paying for
aggression has just been revealed at
Toxic. The Konoye cabinet was au-
thoritatively notified that next years
war bill calls for the largest budget
in the Empires history. 1t indicates
that Japan must continue indefi-
nitely to spend $4,0OO,OoO a day on
the conquest of her stubborn foe, in
addition to the ordinary expenses Of
the government, including the army
and navy.
The 1939-4O budget totals 1884,
C00,000 yen. The yen currently is
worth about twenty-seven cents,
which is about twenty-three cents
below its normal, pre-war value. The
coming years expenditure will be
380,000,000 yen in excess of 1889.
Even these staggering figures do not
tell the whole story of how war is
sapping Japan's vitality to the
point of exhaustion, for the $780,
100000 of monthly outlay in China
must be met by supplementary
appropriations. Already the govern
ment has raised 6,SO0,00O,0o0 yen
($2,836, ,000,000) by this recourse.
Something more than one-third
$4,000, 100000 yen) was provided
shortly after the war began, in July,
1885, when General Arita and the
other advocates Of military conquest
expected the lever victorious" forces
OF the Mikado to sweep everything
before them. On March 7, when the
war was only eight months old, an
other 4,800,000,000 yen of supple
mentary funds was requisitioned.
Now an additional 5,OO0,OO0,O00 is
foreshadowed Estimates in we'll
Informed Toxic quarters place ia
pans actual war outlay in China to
OdVC dG UCtWCCAl o,OUU,UUU,UUu dllO
5000, 100000 yen. Piling the impend-
ing 5,00O,000,000 onto that makes it
probable that two years of the at
tempt to subjugate China will have
involved expenditure of roundly 49,
500,000,000 yen, or, in our money, the
fabulous sum of $3,645 100000.
It is announced that Toxic will
shortly appoint financial commits
sioner" to the United States, obvious
ly for the purpose of obtaining loans
or credits. If he embarks upon that
venture, it will reveal that whatever
else the war has done, it has not
killed optimism as a japanese ma
tional virtue. Apart from the de-
vastating dislocation of the Empires
economic structure, through the price
Of war and the loss of good will and
actual business in former export
markets, the Toxic government must
know that the new order" it has
ordained in China, including the
closing of the open door, is hardly
designed to popularize the idea of
American financial aid to Japan.
Evening star., 1938-12-03
StreomIined Regiment

As a result of studies which have
been under way since the World War,
the Army now is "streamlining" the
Infantry regiment. The work is of
fundamental Importance, since the
Infantry regiment is regarded as the
foundation stone of the entire Army.
Any modification of the regiment,
therefore, is of basic character.
The streamlined regiment will be
smaller but far more mobile and
possessed of greater fire power than
was the exceptionally large regiment
Of the World War or the smaller
regiment of today. The reconstruc-
ton, therefore, is thoroughly in keep
Ing with the modernization of our
national defense in all its phases
which now is in progress.
The "streamlining" of the Infantry
regiment is testimonial to mechan-
ical progress in warfare. It is made
possible by and is designed to take
advantage of the development of
motor vehicles and semi-automatic
rifles.
Three of the new regiments will be
set up at once to undergo year of
field tests in Texas. Last year, the
Army established for thorough tests
"streamlined" division, also smaller
but harder hitting than the huge
World War divisions. Those tests in
dicated necessity for similar revision
of the basic regiment, along lines
which had long been under study.
At full war strength the new regi-
ment will have 2,411 officers and men,
compared with the World War regi-
ment of 3,742 and the present regi-
Evening star., 1938-12-03
Parkway Progress

The Army engineers report their
survey work on the Washington
Baltimore parkway project is sixty
per cent complete, which brings the
plan into the zone of realization
within a shorter time than had been
expected originally. Through aerial
surveys, part of the great air map
project of the entire Nation, accuracy
and speed, which would have been
out of the question under ordinary
methods, have been made possible.
While the date of completion of the
work is uncertain, the project is one
of great value to Washington, and
watching it grow will be most
interesting.
The first results probably will be
the elimination of flood hazards, not
only at Bladensburg, but all along
the Anacostia valley Early steps will
include the elimination of pollution
from the Eastern Branch and its
tributaries.
odtCA WILL COIIlc VIC UullQlIlk Ol a
great parked highway, similar to the
Mount Vernon Boulevard, free from
grade crossings and commercial en-
croachments. This highway, opening
up new, safe, high-Speed route from
Baltimore to the South, will, in ef-
feet, be a continuation of the new
Governor Nice Highway through
Northeastern Maryland on the route
to New York. It will tie in with the
proposed short cuts" to Baltimore
and Annapolis on the roadbed OF the
old Washington, Baltimore & An
napolis electric line, the late units Of
which are now being negotiated for
by the State.
Insofar as the National Capital it.
self is concerned, the project affects
the expansion of Anacostia Park and
will provide access to the newly
acquired water lily gardens, across
the branch from the National Arbo-
return. The whole job will take years,
butit will be worth watching.
Evening star., 1938-12-03
Asks Investigation Of
Claims Procedure.

To the GQlt0r OF Inc 6tAI.
On April 23, 1885, filed at Fort Nc
Henry in Baltimore, Nd. claim for dis
ability incurred during war service d9l8)
in France. was private, Headquarters
Company, 23d Infantry, I'd Division, A.
E. F.. I tried to secure an examination
at Fort McHenry, but I was told they
were too busy. Finally was compelled
through inability to secure employment
to migrate to Hartford, Conn, and Sc
cured employment at the Chance Vought
Aircraft Corp. I at once had my claim
folder transferred to Newington, Conn,
and was called there for the examina-
ton and was promised an opportunity to
appear in person before the board for
rating purposes. That right was denied
me and I was patiently awaiting word to
appear when I received letter stating
my claim was disallowed. I appealed my
case to the Veterans Court of Appeals
in Washington, D. c. In the meantime
worked slowed up in Connecticut and
secured employment in California. On
April 16, 1886, drew the bonus and my
wife and I left for Inglewood, Calf. I
at once got busy and secured four spe-
cialists to give me an examination. They
were unanimous In their findings. Then
after much corresponding finally got in
touch with q former buddy, who was in
Base No. 66 Hospital in France and occu-
pied 4 bed In the same ward with me.
This buddy since being mustered out OF
service in 1919 has held many high posi-
tions in industry and don't think he
would perjure himself for me Or any one
else. I presented this new testimony to
the Veterans Facility in Los Angeles,
Calf, and they threw my case out, as did
Newington, Conn.
I then carried it to Washington, D. c.,
for final appeal. On October ~, 1897,
received notice had been turned down
again. In the meantime I appealed in
vain to r. l.. Jarnagin, chairman Of Vet
erans' Board Of Appeals, for = new
examination. Mr.. Jarnagin denied
me this until after the Appeal Board
turned me down In October, 1887.
= finally, after quite struggle (my
wife is crippled), succeeded in getting to
Hyattsville. Nd, with sxactly $50. We
Evening star., 1938-12-03

The c. I. O., having made itself a
Congress-" has rapidly declared an
adjournment" of Chicago stock
yards workers.
Evening star., 1938-12-03
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Prohibition Cure for
Pedestrian Plague.

TO the Editor of The Star:
BY all means control Of American
pedestrians. We are 50 prone to obey
rules that 1t would not take more than
the equivalent number Of pedestrians at
maximum traffic hour as traffic police
to hold them in check! With curb bits,
event
LAW VOGE, M. e.
November 8.
Evening star., 1938-12-03
Extremes.

This life Of ours is surely rough,
And happiness is hard to touch.
II poor you do not eat enough,
And If you're rich you eat too much!
Evening star., 1938-12-03
Bad Enough.

"Some day we shall be conversing
with the inhabitants Of Mars"
II hope not" answered the weary head
of the house. Telephone tolls for con-
versation within the narrow limits of
this earth are big enough to make one
shudder at the thought"
Evening star., 1938-12-03
Second Thought.

SeCOnu 1nUuSHI.
Remember" said the prudent man,
that words once spoken can never be
recalled"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum, "but
you can always make fuss and say
you were misquoted."
"The man who goes to sleep in
church." said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, gets more blame than the man
who puts in the other six days showing
disrespect for the sermon"
Evening star., 1938-12-03
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Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address OF the uriter,
although the use OF pseudonyn1 for
publication is permissible. Please be
brief!
Evening star., 1938-12-03
Time to Develop.

AAuC w OCNCAVRs
A law suit when first brought to light
Quite easily is tried;
But whether the DECISIONS right
Twill take years to decide!
Evening star., 1938-12-03

conscience" said Uncle Eben, "is
what dey calls still, small voice. And
some O. desc here grsfters make 1t seem
dat every year it's gettin' still smaller"
Evening star., 1938-12-03
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@. Where is Ellen Terry buried?-J H.
A. The body Of the famous actress was
cremated and the ashes were placed in
st. Pauls, London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

member of one of the oldest Irish families in Waterbury. After being graduated from grammar school and high school here, he entered Niagara university, where he soon won &C., claim as star athlete.
 Well Known Athlete
 For years he was one of the city's best known athletes, achieving spe- cial prominence in football as a star tackle for the old All-Waterbury team. He was well-known not only in Brooklyn, but throughout the city. He was parishioner of St. Patrick's church, an early member of the Brooklyn A. O., and a member of the Waterbury lodge of Elks.
 Surviving are six sisters, Mrs. Nora Mahaney Harris of New Haven, one of the leading women Democrats of the state, Mother St. Margaret of the Convent of Notre Dame, New York; Mrs. J. Fleming of New York, Misses Catherine R. and Agnes C.. Mahaney and Mrs. Ellen Blansfield, all of Waterbury; also by one brother, Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney, who has served several terms in the state legislature.
 The body was removed to the funeral home of Arthur J. Lunny, 25 Central avenue, from where the funeral will be held Monday morn ing. A solemn mass of requiem will be sung at St. Patrick's church at g o'clock. Burial will be in the fam fly plot, Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
GREAT BRITAIN
 IN SOVIET PLOT
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secret service and of having been a Polish spy in Russia.
 Three More Implicated
 Sharangovich in his testimony implicated three more leading bol- shevicks. They are N. K. Antipov former vice-chairman of the council of peoples commissars, the cabinet of the Soviet Uunon; N. M. Colo ded, former premier of the white Russian republic, and D. E. Sulimov. former premier of the Russian Soviet republic Gone of the repub- lies of the Soviet Union).
 Sharangovich, in his testimony to- day, outlined in fuller detail the plot, already disclosed as the gov- ernment saw it, to separate White Russia (western Russia) from the Soviet Union.
 He said that White Russian Ma tionalists wanted to secede from the union, and help defeat it in pos sible war. The nationalists were to engage in sabotage and diversion to aid them toward their end, he said. He confessed that he himself had in agricultural sabotage including the spreading of cholera among cat- tie and the poisoning of horses.
 Sharangovlch charged that the late A. G. Sherviakov, president of White Russia-one of those who committed suicide rather than stand trial-waS member of the nation alist group.
 "The organization included na- tionalists, Trotskyists and right wing men but the nationalists were the main group" said Sharango- vich. Our connections with the Moscow (opposition center were close. We received instructions from them systematically"
 Thus Sharangovich drew tighter the meshes linking all possible ele- ments of opposition in one gigantic plot.
 Instructed in Moscow
 He said that Goloded, one of the three living men he implicated, and the late Cherviakov went to Moscow and got instructions on sabotage and espionage for Poland from de- ferdants Rykov and Nikolai Bulk harin, former president of the Com munist Internationale, the supreme leaders inside Russia as Leon Trot- sky was alleged to have been out side. He said that he talked to Suli- nov, second of the three living men he implicated, and that Sulimov confirmed the instructions.
 We Nationalists chose Britain as the country which would help US secure the independence of Bok- hara. Of course we knew that Bri- tain would not give her aid just for the sake of our good looks but we were ready to accept her pro- lection and secede from the union.