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Evening star., 1939-07-13
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TraceUeI.

Excuse the length Of this letter. The
old machine and writer both are worn
out, the writer having entered his s0th
mile, SO don't be too critical about er-
rors and my phraseology.
Yours very truly" etc.
English sparrows, starlings, blue Jays
and cats-what q quartet!
We are sorry our correspondent can't
md 1t IN his heart to like them, for he
has missed many pleasant hours.
Our admiration Of the house sparrow
grows year by year. Here is bird
which, as our correspondent says, being
more virile than most, no doubt would
be surprised to know that any human
considered other birds better" than it is.
MY eye!" we can hear old Whitley
say to herself. What do you mean.
better?"
The latest report this column has had
OF Whitley, sparrow with much white
on wings and tail, comes from Forty
first and Fessenden streets.
A householder In that neighborhood
called up to say in much excitement.
that Whitley was at the feeding station.
There was no doubt it was Whitey-
the description of her had been read
many times in this column, as Whitey's
adventures during the past four years
had been detailed
Maybe 1t is Whitley, really. This would
be fine, for we had not seen her for
almost year, and had feared she had
gone the way of birds. The smaller the
bird, in most cases, the shorter the life.
Eagles are supposed to live about 30
years. Parrots often do from so to 10
years. 1t is probable that most of our
songsters do not live more than five
years, on an average, many of them only
Two or three, so many are their enemies
including the elements and other birds
in particular. Bird banding records to
date show an exceptionally large pro-
portion OF common songsters being killed
or found dead two or three years after
banding
Whitley is splendid bird, quite as nice
as most of them, and acquaintance with
her, we feel, would convert any SPAR
row-hater
We watched her closely over a long
period and never saw her do anything
which would have offended any one.
With her round fat body her bright
eyes and soft light gray breast, she
seemed the very picture of the truly
better bird, augmented by her unusual
coloring on wings and tail.
A perfect bird, in fact-just like a
wood thrush! What praise could be
greater? The wood thrush is the para
gon of birdland, without fault or blem-
lsh. No one has ever found anything
to criticize about it. Yet this has its
drawbacks, too. OF the many letters
written to this column about birds. not
one has ever been about the wood thrush.
Must we believe that good is not in
teresting?
Evening star., 1939-07-13

An 80-year-old nature lover. H. e. K,
Of Winnsboro. s. c., sends letter con-
corning three of his pet peeves, as fol-
lows:
Dear Sir:
''Now for a few remarks about your
defense and admiration OF English star
lings, English sparrows and cats.
"The introduction of both mentioned
birds was fatal mistake.
'They may be all to the good where
God placed them but here in my neigh
borhood are perfect nuisance.
"They pre-empt the nesting places and
consume the food of much better birds
and being more virile and prolific start
housekeeping much earlier than our
native birds.
Il am glad our Government has put
some restriction upon the introduction
OF plants and animals. The introduce
ton of the mongoose into the West
India islands,. and that of rabbits into
Australia should have taught them a
much needed lesson.
blue jay. I would not advocate their total
destruction, for they are useful, so
are rattlesnakes, but would advise those
who wish variety OF birds to nest on
their premises to keep them reduced in
numbers.
This season they have already de-
Stroyed many catbirds and robins and
robbed my robins last season. There are
renegades and murderers among them as
among people and such should be de-
stroyed.
Cats! wish I could express my opin-
ion Of them. A few years ago trapped
and shot between Is and 30 Romeos,
outcasts, pirates degenerates and free
hooters in my neighborhood, and since
then have had very little trouble un-
til recently
my flock Of pigeons left their loft
and sought refuge around my dwelling,
using the cornices and window sills for
a resting place. Upon investigation
found the floor of the loft covered with
carcasses, II or Is. Some with only
their heads crushed others with
deadly wound
Il at once set my trusty trap and the
second night caught the scoundrel. He
was fat, sleek and well kept and as he
had only visited me two or three nights
did not seek pigeon food, but was only
indulging his hellish instinct.
When the sun goes to rest, that's the
time they love best, for then they be-
come nothing more or less than verita-
BILE miniature tigers.
They are economic failures and are
not to be compared to well managed
traps
You assume that well fed cats do
not modest birds and young poultry.
Feed your pet cat on porterhouse steak.
liver and fish to repletion and then set
your pet canary and cage on the floor
near him or her and see what happens
You will soon have an empty cage.
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Franklin Asked to Name
' Form Of Government.

- tne Gultor OK Inc STAR:
In his column of July 10 Jaw Franklin
leads of with this statement: THE last
minute tilibuster against the monetary
safety of the United States has reinforced
the liberal New Deal argument that
Congress is no longer competent to gov
ern this complex, industrial civilization"
This Is very broad statement and at
the same time very pointed one Broad,
because 1t condemns a deliberative body
representing every section Of the United
States; pointed, for 1t very plainly impli-
Gates that the liberal" New Dealers feel
representative government should be
abolished and some form of dictatorship
substituted.
Mr.. Franklin does not suggest what
form of government should replace our
present form, but since he, as a liberal"
New Dealer, has declared for the aboli-
ton Of government through elected rep
resentation, let him give us in detail his
proposed substitute.
Are we to have an absolute monarchy
with Franklin the First as our King, or
will we have some Nazi-Fascist hodge,
podge with Roosevelt as supreme head?
Now that liberal" New Dealer has
revealed the New Deals contempt for
democracy, 1t Is time the New Deal came
out under its true colors as an organiza-
ton in favor Of dictatorship in place of
democracy. Mel. SMITH.
.JuIv IL
Evening star., 1939-07-13

Defines Retaliation
OF Money.


To the Editor Of The Star:
The recent excitement over the Presi-
dents power to devalue the dollar has
led many people to ask why money
should ever be devalued or cheapened
Few people know the real reason for
this. The general public does not
know that money is never cheapened
except for the purpose of deceiving
workers and strengthening the position
of labor leaders and politicians. In
cowardice. 1t is a process of reducing
wages by world standards but deceiy-
ing workers into believing they are get
ting the same, or higher wage, than
before When wages become so high
in a country that exports are choked
off, as they always do in the United
States, this export trade could be stim-
ulated by reducing wages Ii. e. prices
but this would react against labor lead
ers and organizers who live by making
promises of higher and ever higher
wages. In this case labor leaders con-
nive with politicians to cheaper the
money so that the workers won't know
their wages are reduced by world stand
ards.
Cheapening money is nothing more
than remaining it. In 1884, acting un-
der special power Of Congress, Mr.. Roose-
welt at stroke Of the pen, named 5906
cents dollar" He still has authority
to call so cents dollar" He probably
didn't know 1t, but Mr.. Roosevelt's big
gest problem when inaugurated was to
reduce wages. Union wages even at the
bottom of the depression were so high
that the United States could not sell
abroad. To save the face Of union labor
leaders he just renamed the money.
Everybody got reduction Of nearly Al
per cent without realizing 1t. When
wages began to go up under the N. r. A.
the effect of the devalued dollar also
faded When they rose 40.94 per cent
the whole effect was lost. theoretically
we then should have devalued again.
BY devaluing, or remaining money, It
is possible for workers to get any wage
their fancy may desire. In taking over
Germany, the Communist labor leaders
promised higher and ever higher wages,
and as they controlled the elections, they
got ever higher wages. Wages went to
billion marks a. day. Every man was
q Millionaire each day. The only joker
was that prices went up just as fast.
Every American worker can become a
Millionaire If enough pressure is put
upon Congress to cheaper our money
further, but eggs will sell for million
dollars a dozen when that occurs. Labor
organizers reap harvest when wages
begin to skyrocket. They tell the work
ers, "See, we are getting high wages for
you'll" But when the workers say, "Yes,
but prices are going up too," the labor
agitator says, "Oh, that's not my fault;
the employer is doing that!"
It is only in countries where labor
leaders are running the government and
running 1t for their own special bene-
fit that such monkey money business can
be carried on. This was true in ancient
Rome and it is true In modern countries.
CORLEY PERRY McDARMENT.
July II.
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Wings Over France

Britain is now adding wings to
words, to impress Germany with the
readiness and capacity of the democ-
racies to meet the axis threat in the
air. On Tuesday squadron of more
than one hundred flrst-line British
bombers made a long distance non
stop flight over French territory.
Manned by two hundred Royal Air
Force pilots and gunners, the squad
ron accomplished what British Army
experts describe as "a f1awless per-
formance." It covered 1900 miles in
six and half hours, while a fleet
Of medium bombers did 300 miles in
about four hours.
The show" is planned to be the
first Of several expeditions Of the
sort. A French air armada expects to
fly over the British Isles as q return
demonstration. OF even greater sig
niflcance, combined Anglo-French
sduadrons are reported to be consid-
ering the feasibility of aerial maneu-
-verS over Poland and the territory
Of other non-aggression bloc allies.
While the British and French publics
were enthusiastically discussing the
r. A. F.'s expeditionary cruise to
France, the Chamberlain govern
ment announced that 1939-40 pre-
paredness plans call for expenditure
Of 81 ,063 900, 900 on the air force and
$76s, ,000,000 on the navy, not to men,
ton record-breaking peace-time out
lays for the army.
That the cross channel flight of a
hundred British bombers promptly
produced the right effect In the
proper quarter is manifest from the
howls Of anguish it drew from the
Nazi press. Hitler's Voelkische Beo-
bachter wants to know If "acquaint-
anceship with the German air force
is desired-the force which won i'm
mortal fame in Spain, has broken
one international record after an
other, stands today at the peak Of all
the air fleets Of the world, and has
Evening star., 1939-07-13

of justice becomes physical impos-
sibility.
The association, in making its rec-
concentrations for reform of land.
lord and tenant procedure, has rem
dered real public service, and it may
be expected that the judges of the
Municipal Court will see At to take
favorable action on the ! proposed
changes without delay.
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Landlords and Tenants

The report of the Washington
Housing Association recommending
sinpliflcation Of procedure in the
landlord and tenant branch Of the
Municipal Court is designed to pro-
mote the fundamental purpose Of
our judicial system-that the proc
esses Of justice be made equally
available to all litigants.
In its report, the association ab-
solved most real estate agents Of i'm
proper practices, but stated that a
small minority regularly exacted
excessive fees from tenants. That
being the case, 1t is only reasonable
to suppose that the great majority Of
real estate men will lend their sup
port to the projected reforms.
The essence Of the housing asso-
ciation's report is that the Landlord
and Tenant Court be remodeled in
the style of the highly successful
Small Claims Court. which was es-
tablished as tribunal In which the
poor could have their claims tried
without undue expense or protracted
delay. The need for the reform now
suggested is clearly established by
the associations finding that, under
present conditions, one hundred and
fifty cases on the average are dis
rosad of in the half ho,1r devotad
each day to the hearing of landlord
and tenant cases. That is an average
Of only twelve seconds for each case
and undoubtedly explains why, with
approximately four thousand cases
filed per month, trials have been had
by an average of only seven tenants
per month. Under such circum-
stances the equitable administration
Evening star., 1939-07-13
Breakdown of Government

II the President has been waiting
for an opportune moment to take a
hand in the congressional contro-
versy that has left the Capital of the
Nation without a duly authorized
government, now is the time for him
to speak.
BY yesterdays vote the House is
now in the position of refusing to
accept even a solution recommended
by four of it's own five spokesmen in
the conference with the Senate, de-
spite the fact it represented virtually
complete victory for the House tax
structure and a battle-ground COM
promise on the lump sum Federal
payment, at $6,500,000.
The House, in effect, has said to
the Senate: You have discarded your
views on the forms of local taxation;
you have given up your principle of
definite, percentage ratio of Fed
eral obligation; you have again ac-
cepted our lump sum theory of ma
tional payment, and you have come
halfway on the difference between
us over the amount of that lump
sum. But that is not enough. You
must come all the way and take the
$5000,000 figure we have decided
upon or nothing.
And while one branch of the Con-
gress, which rules this community
completely. is taking that attitude,
Washington is technically if not &C
tually, operating without municipal
government, for it has no appropria-
tions, and therefore no real authority
to employ the public servants who
nevertheless are maintaining orderly
municipal functions.
Two days hence, when the District
officials find themselves without au-
thority to pay policemen, firemen and
other employees it will be rather con-
vincing evidence of an absence of
government.
Senator Overton's statement that
the blame for this condition does not
lie at the door of the Senate cannot
be challenged successfully.
Remember, the Senate had already
ratified the compromise, thereby up
holding the decision of both it's own
and the House conferees. The House
has refused to support its own man
ayers.
The whole purpose of sending
bill to conference is to obtain a meet
Ing Of minds between two branches
OF the legislature. Recognizing that
doctrine, the Senate made concession
after concession, until 1t has left on
Its side of the scales only a fragment
OF one Of the questions in dispute.
The answer Of the House is: Let's
have another conference. But If the
Senate must take the House view on
every question in dispute, the process
OF conference becomes mockery.
SO far as District legislation is con-
cerned.
Senator Overton, therefore, is
amply justified in stating his belief
that the Senate has yielded as far as
1t can go.
Evening star., 1939-07-13

The visage Of the late Woodrow
Wilson adorns the United States
Treasury 100000 bill. II we ever
print million dollar note, there is
one logical presidential candidate for
similar portraiture.
Evening star., 1939-07-13

Fred B. Snite, jr., still in his iron
lung" is back from his pilgrimage to
Lourdes. No word is yet given as to
whether the famed shrine helped
him. But he undoubtedly helped
every one who met him, so that the
trip was a success.
Evening star., 1939-07-13

The new highly recommended
cigarette tax now in force in New
York, New Hampshire and other
States may mean that we are to
Smoke ourselves out of the de-
preston.
Evening star., 1939-07-13

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Evening star., 1939-07-13
FavOrs Alliances
For Democracies' Safety.

To the Editor Of The Star:
mo entangling alliances?" Well. George
Warrington himself made one to win
the war that made him. It would seem
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-18
Five More Days To Pick Flowers For Christmas

Santa will be sucker if he doesn't schedule himself enough time in Juneau to pick few flow CTS for the winter locked northern States.
 A week ago Juneau was mildly excited when John Newmarket picked @ bouquet from his window boxes out at Point Lena, and nov it is revealed that Mrs. James Drake has been picking peoples, daisies and other flora in her garden on the Fritz Cove road.
 And, MT. and Mrs Harold Brown were surprised yesterday at their Aux Bay garden where brave pan sies. sweet william and daisies pushed smilingly through evergreen boughs which were placed over them earlier to save them from freezing.
 Five more shopping days until Christmas! Who'll bring us home grown flowers on Christmas Day?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-18
CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED; PAIR WITHIN
 ONE OF CORRECT NUMBER

Street; Glenn Edwards, Douglas, and Mrs. Martin Lynch, Glacier High way. Mrs. Carlson, who guessed s. 756, will be awarded two pottery vases; Edwards, (estimating 5,76D will be given Wilson Brothers shirt, and Mrs. Lynch (who guessed 5,73D is the winner of two pairs of Phoenix hose. These prizes are awarded by the B. M. Behrends Co, Inc.
 Contests Separate
 The two contests were entirely sep arate. Many entries at George Bro thers were closer to the population figure than the winners at Beh- rends, but these do not qualify for prizes under rules of the contest. Tn view of the ties, George Brothers posted additional cash prizes so that all guessing alike could share equally.
 Of the many thousands of entries made in the two contests, only a small percentage were in the 5000 region. More than 80 percent Of all entries were in the 7000-to-9 900 class. Some estimates were as low as 5000 and few were in excess of 100000. Many were over 10000.
 Prize winners may claim their awards at the two stores.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-18

Estimating Juneaus population within single digit, two persons tied for the first prize offered in The Empire census contest. Thf correct figure, announced last week by the Bureau of Census, was 5,748.
 R. A. Peterson, IF Second Street, thought the population would be 5,747. Clay H. Bowman, Box 452, thought it would be 5,749 They are to be awarded prizes of $10 cash each.
 Three who tied just behind the winners were Elliott Fremming, An- drew Bernsten and Ed Bowden, all of whom thought the City's popu- lation would be 5,750. A $5 prize is to be awarded each of these three
 Mems Judgment Best
 All the above winners, who left their entries in the contest box at George Brothers Pay'n Takit, are men. This is surprising, for well over half the entrants in the contest were women. All the above cash prizes are provided by George Bro thers.
 Winners in the similar contest at the B. M. Behrends Company Store are Mrs. c. E. Carlson, 239 Main
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-18
Berlin Claims Sinking of
 Four Merchantmen Damage Warships
BRITISH AVER SUB
 SANK BIG CRUISER
Germans Deny Any U-boaf Scored Victory in
 EIbe River

BERLIN, Dec. 18.-The official German news agency, DNB, re- ports today that German bombers sank four British merchantmen and damaged three warships yes terday in an air attack.
 Elaborating on High Command communique, DNB said, one van guard ship" was sunk by bomb.
 The news agency declared the German planes attacked a British convoy with bombs and machine guns. Two of the ships mentioned were identified as the Pearl, and the Serenity.
 Damage to the warships was proven, the agency asserted by their listing, and flames and smoke while the crews allegedly took to the lifeboats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-18
Casualties Of British,
 Sea BaitIe
Seventy-two Killed, 30 Wounded in Engage
 ment, Graf Spec

LONDON, Dec. 18 - The three British cruisers which engaged the German sea raiding cruiser Admiral Graf Spec last Wednesday after noon off the Uruguyan Coast, sui fered 72 killed and 30 wounded, the British Admiralty discloses.
 Sixty-one were killed and B woun- ded on the cruiser Exeter.
 Five officers were killed, three of- ficers were wounded and seven sea- men were killed aboard the Ajax.
 Four seamen were killed aboard the Achilles.
 The Exeter was the cruiser that the Admiral Spec opened full blast of fire on and gunfire also swept the Ajax and Achilles, which joined in the attack
 The British Admiralty, by the re- port, shows that the German raider put up a fight before running into Montevideo to escape further rid ding from the British cruisers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-18
German Pocket Bdffleship Goes to Self-Chosen
 Wdfery Grave
GREW ABAND0NS VESSEL BEFORE GRAFT SENT DOWN
Command Reported Issued by HitIer-Three Ex-
 pIosions Occur

MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 18 The Admiral Graf Spec, German pocket battleship driven into this neutral port last Wednesday and trapped here by the British war ships, was blown up and sunk late yesterday by the Nazi crew.
 The Admiral Graf Spec sunk within three minutes after three explosions roared through the har- bor.
 The battleship was sent to self chosen watery grave with the Nazi Swastika flying proudly from the masthead.
 The battleship lifted nachor and steamed slowly down the bay with Q depleted crew standing by and this crew abandoned the vessel just a few minutes before the three ex- plosions occurred. The crew mem bers were taken off the ship on two tugs and a barge.
 Hitler's Command
 It is reported in German sources here. that Commander Hans Langsdorff received a command from Chancellor Adolf Hitler to destroy the ship rather than sub- init to internment or destruction by waiting Allied craft off shore.
 The Admiral Graf Spec sank in 25 feet of water and the upper works are still showing above the surface.
 Scuttled
 The German craft sang three miles off-shore just at sundown, forced out of her neutral anchor age by the Uruguayan time limit, scuttled by her own crew.
 All during Saturday night, &C., tivity was seen aboard the Ad- miral Graf Spec which had an- chored in the harbor after leav- ing a dock. It was indicated that repairs were being made from the smelling received in the encounter with the British cruisers A fog prevailed during the night and early Sunday morning and this gave rise to the belief that repairs were being made and dash would be made for freedom although it was known that the Allied fleet was laying about 20 miles off-shore waiting for the expected dash.
 Time Limit Expires
 The Government of Uruguay re- fused Saturday night to extend the time allowed the German bat tleship to remain in the harbor after o'clock Sunday night and based this decision on the opinion of Uruguayan naval experts re- garding the seaworthiness of the craft.