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Evening star., 1939-07-09
Fort Myer Is Preparing
For Annual Maneuvers
Beginning Next Month
Col. Patton Returns From Cruise:
Col. and Mrs. Roffe Hosts to
Ma and Mrs. Sumner
Mai. and Mrs. Sumner

There will be Army widows during
rst weeks of August when the cavalry artillery
toned the with the the vicinity
FOR the of the Sd Corps
the garrison emped OF the who will
there
the likely visiting get together
formally at the of friends Club at the close
Of the daily military
Col George S. Patton Mye will COM
mand the Sd
Ellen Patton spend away the post during
Col
Col Patton who has been three
afternoon He
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Vacation Time in Full Swing
At QuanticO Marine Base
Officers and Families Go On
Leave, While Others Have
Guests at Homes

QUANT1CO, Va, July 8.-Lt Carroll d G.
Mrs Carroll stationed the Of
their daughter Ray Rita to 1t Paul Robert u
1t Tyler graduate Academy the class of 1895
attached to the Fleet Marine in Ouanco " "
The wedding will probably place some time this month
Gen. and Mrs James Buttck the summer in James,
town. r. L. and will leave Quntco vacation
MAI ana Mrs John Bemis daughter
turned 10 from leave spent in Garden
attending the Worlds Fair and visiting Haven Conn
Evening star., 1939-07-09

and adughter, 1t. d. g. and Mrs.
Perry McIntire, who will be here 10
days. 1t. McIntire is attached to
the U. S. S. Fairfax.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wilson Ireland
of Plum Point, Calvert County, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Edith Lomax, to Mr.
Lloyd James Falk. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Farnk Falk of Egypt, Pa. The
wedding will take place in August
at San Diego, Calf.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Go to California

Thomas and Betty Offutt, son and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Thomas
NJ. Offutt of Highland Park, Va,
have left for Coronado. Calf, to
make an extended visit with their
uncle and aunt, Comdr and Mrs.
Benjamin S. Gantz.
Comdr. and Mrs. Gantz lived in
Arlington prior to going to Coro-
nado.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Annapolis Social News
MIR. and Mrs. Tilton of Alexandria
Take Cottage on Rhode River

ANNAPOLIS Md, July 8.-Mr.
Alexandria, Va and Mr.
cottage Tor July
c. who resided here
for
Capt Timothy returned to their home on
Porter road after York
1t and Mrs Theodore Torgon Mrs Donald Thomas
Comdr Francis Furong N retired
Mrs William A P Martin, to
Evening star., 1939-07-09
1t. Harms Host

1t. Franklin D. Karns. U. S. N,
and Mrs. Karns have visiting them
at their place in Arlington, Va. over
the week end 1t. Claude Dillavou
U. S. N, and Mrs. Dillavou of An
napolis.
Their daughter, Miss Joan Karns.
is spending the week end with
friends in Annapolis.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Attendants Are Dressed
In ShelI-Pink Chiffon,

Mrs. Lew Ayars of White Plains,
N. Y; Mrs. J. Rodney Smith of
Mystic, Conn, and Mrs. F. P. Spice
good of New London, Conn, were
the brides attendants. the bride
having attended them at their
weddings. They were dressed in
shell-pink chiffon fashioned after
a similar model to that of the
brides gown, and their hats were
natural color Leghorn straws trim
med with pansy purple velvet. Their
Their arm bouquets were of del
arm bouquets were of delphinium,
shading from pink to purple.
Mary Alice Longfellow was flower
girl. She wore a dainty frock of
shell-pirk organdy, made with a
very long skirt, and her hat was
she'll pink, trimmed in pansy-purple
velvet. Her basket was filled with
flowers shading from pale pink to
purple.
Mr.. Holman Clark of Guilford.
Conn, was best man. and the ushers
were 1t. E. H. Thiele of Washing
ton, Mr.. Lew Ayars, Mr.. j. Rod
ney Smith and Mr.. Irving Dudley,
brother of the bridegroom.
An informal reception for only the
members of the two families and the
wedding party was held in the home
OF the brides parents on Beach
wood drive in Chevy Chase, Md.
Mrs. Hamlet was assisted in receiv-
ing by Mrs. Ebert Dudley of Gull
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Miss Mary Crane
In Summer Camp

Miss Mary McKim Crane, daugh-
ter of Col. and Mrs. John Alden
Crane, has gone to her summer
camp at North Hatley, Province of
Quebec, Canada, where she will
spend the next two months. She
will have visiting her Miss Virginia
Randolph of Washington and Miss
Lorna Maughen of Montreal.
This camp, located on a Canadian
lake. was gift to Miss Crane by her
uncle, DR.. Robert Crane of New
York. on the occasion of her 2lst
birthday anniversary.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Naval Officers Here

Comdr. and Mrs. Ben H. Wyatt
are at the Shoreham while Comdr
Wyatt is on temporary duty in
Washington. He came to Washing
ton from the Naval War College
at Newport.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Dudley>Hamlet Wedding
Couple Will Be at Home After
September in New London, Conn.

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer H. Dudley,
whose marriage took place Saturday
afternoon, July /, will live in New
London, Conn, where they will be
at home after September. The we'd
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley, the
latter formerly Miss Jean Hamlet,
daughter of Rear Admiral H. G..
Hamlet, United States Coast
Guard, and Mrs. Hamlet, took place
in st. Adams Church, the rector,
the Rev. Charles T. Warner, Off
ciating.
The bride was dressed in a be-
coming gown of white chiffon, the
bodice having sweetheart neck
line, short pulled sleeves and the
high waistline marked by wide
girdle of chiffon. The very full skirt
was made in three tiers and was
very long, falling into a very short
train. About her neck she wore the
traditional wedding lei of crown
flowers from the islands, the lei,
made of six strings of the flowers,
falling below the waistline. About
her neck hung a cross of gold from
a fine gold chain, and she dispensed
with the conventional bridal bou-
quet. Her tulle veil was long and
was arranged with a halo effect of
tulle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07
EmpIoye Grievances

AS might reasonably be expected
when the doors are thrown open for
a round table discussion of govern
ment employe grievances, the hear
tngs of the Ellender committee on
Federal personnel policies are bring
ing a harvest of chaff as well as
wheat.
It is to be expected, for instance,
that for each promotion in grade or
salary occurring in mass produc-
ton industry such as that of govern
ment there would be disappointment
for those not being favored. And in
the absence of perfection in any per-
sonnet system, public or private, it is
further to be expected that some of
those who advance may not be de-
serving and that some Of those who
stand still are fully capable of better
things.
To concede this so casually is not
to imply that it is a condition which
should and must be accepted and
insofar as ne may be helping to cor
rect the evil by focusing attention on
It Senator Ellender should be COM
mended. At the same time, it is not
amiss to point out that worth
while study of personnel policies in
government requires considerably
more than q sequence Of family
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07

gatherings" to hear one group Of
workers tell why they think they
should have been favored over an
other group.
The idea of establishing complaint
machinery through which aggrieved
employees may seek review and cor
rection of any injustices not only has
long been approved by responsible
students of public employment and
by the Civil Service Commission itself,
but already is under experimentation.
Presumably, some such plan con-
tains partial answer to the per-
sonnet problem and if the Ellender
committee can CLEAN some construc-
tive information from its current
hearings then its operation will be
fully justified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07
Fears European DONNA ton
OF American Press.

To the Editor Of The Star:
It is too bad that the best newspaper
In Washington should go over to the
ranks Of Anglo-French propaganda.
Your editorial stigmatizing Senator
Borah as pro-Hitler was one of the
strangest and most inexplicable bits of
writing In decade. It would seem high
time that all hyphenated Americans"
whether pro-German, pro-French or
pro-1talian got out of the country. We
need Americans here, not pro- Europeans.
It is not too late for America to stay out
Of the impending European land
grabbing expedition but we need Amer
lean editors with backbone strong
enough to resist foreign influences.
April s. COLEBROOK ADAMS.
Editors note: The Stars editorial did
not "stigmatize Senator Borah as pro-
Hitler" but said that his isolationist
policy. If adopted, would prove bene-
ficial to Hitler and disadvantageous to
the European democracies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07
II Duce's Quid Pro Quo?

While an Italian cruiser and two
destroyers dropped anchor at Du-
razzo, Albania, yesterday and King
Zog's tiny realm rocked with fears
Of Fascist military occupation
fears that today proved well founded
the rest of Europe gave itself over
to an orgy of anxious speculation as
to the real portent of events in the
Adriatic Their true inWardness re-
mains to be disclosed. That some
deep-lying purpose Of explosive pos
sibilities is behind them cannot be
doubted. A Observation-Disclosures
duel for the mastery of the Near East
looms as one of them.
Considerable plausibility attaches
to the theory that the Berlin-Rome
axis, irritated and alarmed by Brit
aims stop-Hitler program, which is
inherently also stop Mussolini pro-
gram, has decided that counter
demonstration of Italian
bravado is called for-some dramatic
step by the relationships to show that
democratic reinforcement" plans are
not only fraught with danger, but
can be met in kind.
Neither Italy's Albanian moves
nor reported Italo- German general
staff conferences at Innsbruck de-
tered Prime Minister Chamberlain
from informing Parliament that an
Anglo-Polish military alliance has
been concluded. Its announcement
is accompanied by intimations that
diplomatic exchanges are proceed
ing with a view to eventual inclusion
of the Soviet Union and Rumania
in a chain of defensive barbados
against aggression in Europe.
Evidence accumulates that Italy's
Albanian sortie may be the conse-
quence of an axis understanding,
made in Germany" whereby Mus
solini is assigned the Balkans as a
field of compensation, to match Hit
ler's acquisition of Austria and
Czecho-Slovakia. Having just been
made aware that no territorial quid
pro quo is to be had at the expense
of France, II Duce is said to have
been counseled by the Fuehrer to
spread Italian wings in Southeastern
Europe. Albania, according to this
theory, would be the first move In
the breaking up of Yugoslavia, in the
domination of Greece and in an ulti-
mate stranglehold on the Aegean
Sea, and, through the Aegean, on
the Dardanelles, Rumania, the Geor-
gian oil wells and Russia.
Yet another explanation of Italy's
maneuver to seal the Adriatic is that
the Rome-Berlin axis seeks thus to
warn both Yugoslavia and Greece
to stay out of the Anglo-French anti
aggression coalition. Whatever mo-
tive actually inspires the latest
moves on the European chessboard,
Eastertide daWns in an atmosphere
plentifully charged with new threats
to peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. TrdceUeN.

Well, April's here, and 1t doesn't mean
spring flowers to me.
It means the wood thrush.
This best Of birds, friendly, and a
great singer, comes to our wooded area
about April % each year.
You couldn't exactly set your calendar
by him, but almost; he comes to the
great oaks down the street first, then
he flies to our locusts.
Most birds prefer the oaks, If they can
find them, but are satisfied with any old
tree If they can't.
A tree occupies place in birds life
equivalent to land in humans.
Back to the land" movement was
preceded by the great unstated hack to
the tree" of the annual migration.
Birds which winter in the Southland
do not come north together. Even indi-
viduals of the same species do not fly
north in great cloud, as some poetical
persons imagine.
1t is pretty picture, that Of the birds
coming north in great flocks, all to-
gether, robins, thrushes, wrens. hum
mingbirds, keeping each other company
on the way.
1t is pretty picture, but it isn't true.
Even pair of wrens do not keep each
other company on the trip north.
The male flies away first, and is fol-
lowed at safe distance In miles and
days by the female.
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An extremely careful observer who
had nothing else to do, might note a
slight increase in overhead bird traffic,
II he happened to be stationed in the
northern half of one of the Southern
States bordering on the famous Mason
and Dixon line.
Observers farther north, and that
includes hereabouts, can see bird migra-
ton only In the robin on the lawn, the
lone wren flying in and out the little
house on the arch, the breast-spotted
thrush calmly walking around beneath
the rhododendrons.
It Is the arrival of this thrush, most
common in this locality, which is eagerly
awaited by all real observers who accept
migration as 1t is, not as some would
like to have it.
4
The wood thrush is clean, beautiful
bird. with something in his very aspect
which spells gentleman" and gentle
woman"
This is its distinguishing character
istic, rather than its song. The latter is
UNIQUE In bird circles but is merely an
accomplishment.
The general demeanor Of the wood
thrush is born to it. At one time. when
America was settled, 1t was very shy
bird. That was the reason it was given
its name. In Audubon's day this thrush
seldom came to the clearings and the
towns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07
A Play on Economy

Charges by responsible members Of
the Senate that the w. P. A. almost
deliberately" increased its rolls during
the months of February and March
for the purpose Of creating a picture
of exaggerated need in support Of
the supplemental relief appropriation
should be run to the ground.
Such tactics, If found to exist in
fact, are thoroughly reprehensible
and nothing short of outright mall
feasance by administrative officers
Of the w. p. A.
It must be emphasized, however,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07
EIwood Street RESIGNS

The decision of Elwood Street to
resign as Director of Public Welfare,
considering the circumstances which
impelled him to take that step, will
be received with keen regret by the
many residents of the Nations Cap
ital who believe he has done an ex-
cellent job under exceedingly trying
conditions. Coming to Washington
some ten years ago, Mr.. Street organ
lied the Community Chest. He had
the benefit of broad experience in
that field, and the successful opera
ton of the Chest today stands as a
tribute to his skill and energy.
It was after becoming Director of
Public Welfare, a little more than
five years ago, that Mr.. Street became
acquainted with some of the difficult
ties which for so many years have
hampered the best efforts of so many
public officials of the District. Appro-
priations which at first were adequate
to meet the relief needs of the city
proved insufficient as the relief prob
lem grew in stature during the de-
preston years. But, despite his in
ability to obtain what he considered
to be the minimum of funds neces-
sary for the work, Mr.. Street con-
tinued to the best of his ability to
furnish the maximum OF relief to the
greatest possible number Of needy
people.
In the light of this record, it is all
the more regrettable that he should
feel impelled to give up his post
before having an adequate oppor-
tunity to answer charges against his
administration which we're set forth
in the Burdette Lewis report. The
Lewis charges, in so far as they are
applicable to Mr.. Streets admins
tration, rest upon an examination of
specific relief cases by the investiga-
tors, but those cases were not identi-
fled by name or number in the report.
Such a procedure, whatever its sup
posed justification. runs counter to
the time honored American tradition
that an accused person is entitled to
a frank and open statement of the
nature of the charge against him in
order that he may properly prepare
his defense.
When Mr.. Street leaves to take over
his new duties In Richmond, Va, he
will carry with him the knowledge
that the people Of Washington,
approaching the good work he has
done here, will withhold judgment
on the Lewis report until he has had
full opportunity to present his side
of the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07
Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1oriter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication IS
permissible. Please be briet!

including the United States, that they
should pay closer attention to such
potential problem as the Ukrainian ques-
ton in Europe-a problem Of about fifty
millions of Ukrainian nationality, subju-
gated and suppressed, who are clamor-
ing for independence.
If solution of that problem were to
be found, for the sake of democracy, for
the sake of the political and economic
sterilization of Europe, of a desirable
European balance Of power which would
tend to guarantee lasting peace, then,
perhaps, 1t would not be necessary to
organize democratic crusades, as is being
done today, in order to prevent the de-
velopment Of events which would affect
the whole world.
But how can that be accomplished If
such problems as the Ukrainian question
are being refused even a thoughtful
consideration?
The Ukrainians are very far from de-
string to cause harm to the United
States by involving them in the Euro
pean brawl. If the United States should
risk involvement in the European con-
flict, which we do not presume and
which, in any case, would certainly not
be due to the Ukrainian question: 1t would
probably be motivated by nothing less
than the powerful desire to help in
bringing about the restoration of lasting
peace by removing the permanent causes
Of unrest and constant trouble. In that
case the Ukrainian problem would be one
Of those causes. If, however, the United
States remains neutral, which is most
probable and desirable, 1t will not fail,
we are sure, to contribute to bringing
about peace under the same motivation
by means of Its great prestige.
For either eventuality the Ukrainians
wish that this country be truthfully in
formed about the Ukrainian problem, all
the more that this problem is being so
grossly misinterpreted to 1t by nom
Ukrainian sources.
With this sole desire at heart, the
Ukrainians approach the American pub
lie with their cause
EUGENE SKOTZKO,
Director OF the Ukrainian Bureau,
April 5.
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Letters to the Editor
Wants Annual Observance
OF Good Friday.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The advent of Good Friday must
remind Washington residents that busi-
ness and civic interests of our National
Capital do not join with our religious
institutions in the definite recognition Of
this solemn day to the extent to be noted
in growing number Of our other great
cities. The Washington Catholic Evil
dence Guild, which for the last eight
years has been conducting Good Friday
service for everybody in Franklin Park,
cordially invites religious organizations
of every denomination, and social and
political organizations as well, to join
with the guild now in a movement to
the end that in 1910 the hours between
II and pm. be set aside for commemo-
ration of the supreme sacrifice of Jesus
Christ on the cross.
Our National Government through
President Roosevelt has indicated the
importance of religion In the life Of a
free people. Here is an opportunity to
give public expression OF that impor-
lance. Let us add Nationwide recog-
milton Of Good Friday to our peculiarly
American and most laudable Thanks
giving Day.
Separation OF church and state does
not mean the ignoring Of religion by the
state. Definite encouragement of re-
ligious life and its expression among all
the people is entirely consonant with
our theory of the best relation between
these two great societies in America.
Surely in these dark hours in the history
Of mankind we all need very much to
learn that lesson of remuneration Of self
and giving Of self to others which is 50
perfectly shown to men in the death Of
Christ upon the cross of Calvary.
Rev) CHARLES A. HART.
Spiritual director, washington
April S. Catholic Evidence Guild.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-07

Today all that is changed.
Just what this particular bird did In
the intervening years, to change its
character so completely, is unknown.
Even today its cousin, the hermit
thrush, Is seldom If ever seen or heard
outside the forests.
The wood thrush, however, bellies its
name in every way.
In the deep woods a walker might
tramp for hours without hearing q
thrush labeled as belonging to 1t, but
the moment he got home he would both
see and hear 1t in his garden.
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That disputed phenomenon, singing
while walking on the ground, is best
witnessed in early spring just after the
arrival of the thrush.
Perhaps the bird hasn't recovered
from its long trip.
Any way, 1t is undoubted by close OBJ
servers that 1t does this, at times
although mostly 1t prefers a tree for
singing as we'll as nesting.
The calm habits of this bird are part
Of its general charm.
It conducts itself with refinement, is
never hurried or fustered when hu-
man approaches. If 1t Is following along
behind a lawnmower, 1t refuses to fly
away just because the mower back
tracks.
It Is true that this tameness Is not
universally manifested.
No two thrushes are exactly alike, any
more than human beings. A thrush has
right to its individuality, too. No
doubt there are specimens much tanner
than others, specimens which do sing
on the ground, others which never do.
These birds prefer thicket for nest
ing, that is why their nests are not
usually observed in yards.
Nests are placed either in crotches or
on horizontal limbs Of saplings at
height Of 6 to IL feet.
Three or four plain greenish blue eggs
are laid, intermediate in size between
those Of the veery and the robin.
The nest is made of grasses, leaves
twigs and stems cemented with mud
The lining IS of softest grasses and
rootlets.
Occasionally something in the line of
decoration is adopted, with bits of
colored paper or rag.
So rapid has become this birds change
from forest to suburban bird that the
progress is still going on, and some of
the latest bird books are found to state
that he seems never to become domesti-
Gated in the degree that the robins do.
In our yard, the wood thrush is fully
as unafraid as the robin, and quite as
much at home all the days of his stay
with us. He arrives, as stated, on or
about April %, and remains until au-
tumn. Here's expecting you, friend.
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that the mere fact Of relief rolls be-
ing heavier despite congressional de-
termination to effect economies In
this regard is not necessarily an "al-
most deliberate" development. And
1t seems further that the congress
sional caution against reduction OF
the rolls by more than five per cent
each month cannot fairly be trans
lated as a mandate to reduce the re-
lief load regardless of circumstances.
Certainly if Congress had intended
any such arbitrary reduction it ex-
pressed itself very poorly in the ap-
preparations measure.
With an inquiry of the w. P. A.
soon to be undertaken by the House
Appropriations Subcommittee it is
suggested that this very situation
might be proper incident for study.
From 1t might come, also, some con-
structive suggestions as to how real
relief needs might be computed with
some exactness so that there may be
real economy in the appropriation
and expenditure of funds without
neglect Of those in need or a back
wash of pickering between Congress
and the relief agency.
And when a means Of applying
true economy to the relief problem
is found it might even be broadened
to apply to some of the other special
interests currently faring so we'll at
the hands of those voting away the
public funds. The proposal to boost
the farm subsidy by $500, 100000 is a
case In point.