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Evening star., 1940-04-13
THIS AND THAT
By Charles r. Traceuell.

Birds which particularly like sunnower
seed irlcluoe the cardinal, chickadee
nuthatch, goldfinch, pine grosbeak and
the purple finch, but these are only q
few; most Of the seed eaters like them.
Blue jays eat them greedily, and like to
carry them away to hide in tree crevices
against future hunger. There many
smaller birds find them.
The SunfloWer Is q true American
plant, coming originally from Mexico
and Peru.
In ancient Peru the flower was rever-
enced by the Aztecs
1t is said that in their Temples of the
Sun the priestesses were crowned with
sunf1owers, and carried them during
ceremonies
The Spanish conquerers found in these
temples sunflowers made of pure gold,
1t is reported.
Today the economic aspect of the
plant has overcome the ceremonial.
Sunf1owers are grown the world around,
for variety of purposes, of which rails
Ing them for bird food is only one.
Chickens fed on crushed sunflower
seed lay more eggs. Oil is pressed from
the seed. In old Russia, seeds of the
larger varieties were sold on the streets
like chestnuts over here
Roasted sunfower seed are said to
make good coffeelike drink. Note
let's try it some time!
X X
The next time you see one of those
long stalks, sometimes regarded by city
gardeners as rather crude, look at it with
new respect
For the pith of that stalk is one of the
llghtest substances known, its specific
gravity being less than that of cork.
This pith has variety of uses, one Of
them being in the making of life-saving
appliances.
The sunf1ower is prolific plant. One
OF the tall mammoth types, bearing heads
Is inches across, will yield 1000 seeds.
This works out to about so bushels an
acre, yielding so gallons of oil and $50
pounds of oil cake, used in cattle and
chicken feeding.
II you have damp patch of soil in
your yard, grow sunfowers in it. It is
said that they will dry up the ground,
owing to their marvellous ability in abb
sorbing water.
Sunf1ower leaves may be fed to rabbits,
horses and cows. In fact, there is little
to this plant which may not be used in
one way or other. In herbal medicine,
the leaves, ground, are used in tobaccos;
the seeds, boiled in water, provide a
drink which is said to be good for a
variety of purposes
Sunflower seeds, while more expensive
than most of the seeds used in bird feed
ing, are worth all they cost, because the
birds love them so, and thrive so upon
them Every wild bird mixture should
contain some sunf1ower seed, and if it
doesn't, you should add handful or two.
This is the prime food for attracting
and keeping cardinals the year around.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Pass the Gross

The American Chemical Society,
in convention at Cincinnati, has Just
doomed the old-fashioned pancake
and proposes to replace it with one
made of powdered grass. Grass, it
seems, is richer in vitamins than any
other food product. This is wonder
full news for vitamin fans, but leaves
all others cold. Vitamins may be
necessary, at least since their dis
covery, but unfortunately are taste
less, so that it is more fun to acquire
them by eating meat, vegetables and
fruits than by consuming hay pam
cakes. In spite of the possibility of
having the lawn replace the grocery
store, the A. c. S. will have quite a
task muscling in on the prepared
pancake industry, particularly as the
plan is not new.
It was, in fact, first tried some two
thousand five hundred years ago by
Nebucha dnezzar. It is true that Neb
ate his grass raw, but he did give it
a fair trial for quite while, and the
results were not satisfactory. He
must have been a glutton for vita
minis, and undoubtedly absorbed
them by the millions; but history
records that eventually he became
tired Of jackass fodder and called of
the whole project. The first thing
he did was to sneak into the palace
kitchen and fortify his system with
everything on which he could lay
the royal hands; the next was to
remount the throne with a tooth
pick for a scepter; and the third was
to execute any and all subjects
thoughtless enough to refer to the
noble experiment
Evening star., 1940-04-13
"wARRENroN, Va.

Dear sir:
I'VE are bird feeders at our house, and
would Ike to pass on an idea to others.
Last spring & friend who owns farm
not far from Warrenton planted SUM-
flowers for us.
I'm the fall we had large quantity OF
sunflower seed for winter and our birds
have eaten and grown fat.
"Our own garden is small and shady
at the time sunflowers get their growth
bloom and 60 to seed.
1.-THE cardinals and chickadees are our
most frequent guests at the bird shelf,
but in another sheltered spot we feed
our sparrows, mockingbirds and starlings
apples, raisins, bits Of meat and fat,
and, above all, bread.
'"They never bother the shelf.
>"By the way, have you ever seen a
starting contest over an old ham bone?
"It's very amusing.
I'VE enjoy your This and That and
thank you for it.
Sincerely yours, B. F.
"P. S.-This am early heard card
inal chipping in the garden. looked out
the window and there was male cardi-
nal having fine bath in the bird bath.
He then preened himself on the rim and
back he went again. So there, to the
doubters."
It's not a bad idea, to get farmer
friend to grow your sunflower seed
Most probably he would do it for moth
ing, at least for no more than the cost
Of few packets Of seed.
1t is more fun, however, to grow sun
flowers yourself, provided you have a
sunny spot in the yard which can be
turned over to them. They are old
fashioned things, 1t is true, not in the
least streamlined; many city gardeners
would no more think of growing them
than they would of putting out alfalfa,
purple Lucerne, or buffalo herb, what
ever you choose to call it.
Yet there is no seed most birds like
better than sunflower seeds.
Millions of pounds of them are raised
every year now for no other purpose
than to feed to birds, either straight or
by incorporation in bird seed mixtures
to be fed to the wild birds in fall and
winter.
An average small yard has plenty of
room for some sunfowers. These range
from the gigantic old country kinds
known to every one who ever lived in a
small town, to the more refined species
which grow no more than four to six
feet tall.
Il X
Some of the old-fashioned types 20
as high as is to 20 feet, and put forth
flowers in their season which measure
as much as II to is inches in diameter
The more refined sorts set smaller
seed. There are here, as in all matters
various degrees, or grades, ranging from
common to extra fancy" but we dc
not believe the birds care much, just SC
it is sunf1ower seed.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Wants Congress to Provide
More Patr0lmen for Washington.

To the Editor Of The Star:
I would like to commend your edi-
torial of March 81. Police Appropri-
ations," which convincingly showed the
need for additional personnel in the
department. Present conditions are in
tolerable, and prompt action by Congress
is imperative Further delays may lead
to even more serious results. I might
also add that If and when they are
provided, the additions to the force
should be foot patrolmen, and not auto
mobile or scout car riders. Foot patrol
men excel in every way. In conclusion
might say that the courts are too
lenient with offenders when caught.
It would help the problem considerably
If they would hand out sitter sentences
as deterrent to crime. H. F. ASH.
April /.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
A Nuzi Greenland?

A Nuzi Greenland?
No whirl OF the kaleidoscope
through which Hitler's war of ruth
lessness is exhibited to the world has
produced a change more startling
than that which suddenly projects
the possibility of Germany's becom-
ing a landholder in the Western
Hemisphere.
Among the outlying possessions of
King Christians people is Greenland
in the Arctic latitudes of the North
Atlantic. Unlike the Farce Islands
and Iceland, which are also part of
the Danish realm, Greenland's 1885,
600 square miles lie within this hem
isphere. The vast island hanks the
North American continent, clothing
its deep southern fjords with uncom-
Portable strategic possibilities for
both Canada and the United States
II Greenland were to come under
the domination of an unfriendly
power, especially an air power.
President Roosevelt clearly had in
mind the potential uses to which
Greenland might be put in hostile
hands, when he observed at his
White House press conference yes
terday that it might be we'll for
Americans to consult their maps and
study the location of Greenland. The
German government AYERS that it is
not interested In the Arctic territory
over which Denmark's flag flies, but
that assurance, on Nazi lips, means
nothing.
Should 1t suit the purpose of the
invaders to proclaim that their
bloodless conquest of the Danes ter
ritory in Europe automatically con-
veys title to their holdings in the
North Atlantic, Adolf Hitler would
hardly shrink from that pretension.
The British, indeed, have anticipated
just such contingency by an
nouncing that they will prevent a
landing in the Faroes, which lie at
Scotland's back door, northwest of
the Shetlands. Iceland, which has
the most ancient Parliament in ex-
istence, has taken full control of the
powers of government, hitherto
headed by Christian x as King of
Iceland. The status of Greenland
alone remains undetermined.
When not icebound in winter or
fogbound in summer, Greenland Of
ters fairly favorable flying condi-
tions. These have not been ignored
by the United States in considering
our general defense scheme farthest
north. Greenland lies, roughly, in the
same latitude, sixty degrees north,
which runs through Seward, Alaska,
In the region where the Navy for sew
eral years has been carrying on ex-
perimental flying operations. From
the northern end of our chain of
chief naval -Boston-the limits
of fleet radius reach as far as Cape
Farewell, Greenland, and to the
Azores. That European strategists
understand the value of Greenland,
the Faroes and Iceland as stepping
stones" for air power in trans-Atlan-
tic operations was made manifest
when Marshal Italo Balbo used them
for that purpose during his famous
massed flight to the United States
in 1884.
Should Hitler attempt to assert
Nazi sovereignty over Greenland,
complications with this country,
based on the Monroe Doctrine in
general and our hemisphere de-
fense" plans in particular, would al
most automatically ensue. It is a
contingency brought near enough
by this weeks events in Scandina-
via to be worthy Of the serious
consideration recommended by the
President.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Predicts Ultimate Defeat
For Germany,

To the Editor Of The Star:
The other day I read with bated
breath the headlines referring 10 Ger
many's invasion Of Norway and Dem
mark. Part Of Hitler's plan Of war is
surprise attack, and this is but an
instance Of that. While the allies are
thinking how to defend themselves he
suddenly makes powerful thrust
But this cannot last. The allies have
far greater man-power and resources
than Germany. When the mobilization
OF these II accomplished Der Tag Will
coma, but not for Germany. Il as only
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Commends Reporting by
w. L, White.

To the Editor Of The Star:
I want to express my appreciation Of
the splendid work Of your very able war
correspondent. Mr.. w. L. White. particu-
larly when billeted with the Finnish
army. He deserves high commendation
for facing the hazards Of sub-zero
weather and Russian bombs to get news
hrsthand.
J.. WELLINGTON SMITH.
April 10.
Evening star., 1940-04-13

=. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights OF publication of special dispatches
hereir also are reserved
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Letters to the Editor

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bear the name and address OF
the tDriter. although the use OF
a pSeudonynn for publication is
permissible. Please be brier
Evening star., 1940-04-13

O. What is the origin Of the word
plagiarism?-C. B. r.
A. The Latin word plagiarius meant
kidnaper, a stealer. or abductor Of a
slave or child. 1t *as first used in the
modern sense Of appropriation or COPY
ing by Martial.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post ONCE,
Washington D. c.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
(Continued.)

MONTGOMERY HILLs-DETACHED GEN.
ter-hall brick house of rooms, 2Ha baths,
large screened porch. fireplace, oil burner.
garage: Sl25.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
)-VENTILATED BUILDING.
TnDT Ev CoTynrc

1914 18th st. NV
Lowest rents in city for comparable
accommodations and inclusive service
Convenient to market and stores.
Double corner apartment, three eX-
poSures, commodious living room two large
bedrooms, Homestead kitchen, outside bath
and splendid closets.
Apartment of two rooms with connecting
bath, furnished dinette and outside kitchen
All utilities and switchboard included
in rents.
Resident Manager Telephone Decatur O3OO.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
HOUSES FUR OR UNFUR.

NEAR GEO. WASHINGTON UNIv.-sPA-
cious rooms, suitable club, lodge. studio.
business, incl. living quarters; best repair:
oil heat, refrigeration. NE. 1878.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

10 ROOMS. 2 BATHS. ON lst ST. NV,
mr. w. See MR.. PINE on premises. Pill
lSt ST NV
Evening star., 1940-08-11
COOPERATIVE APTs. FOR SALE.
APARTMENT HOUSES FOR SAFE

WELL RENTED AND LOCATED, LONG
term, low interest on mortgage; small
amount OF cash required. Large net return,
No trades or brokers' GUY WHITEFORD
Southern Bldg. MA. 2432.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

APARTMENTS uhFURhIsHEp.

AtANt WsNsS SWSNsSsoH&Os
TAO EUCLID ST. NV.
/ rm., din, kit, bath $3.50
2 rms, kit, bath - from $49.50
MODERN 6-sToRY ELEVATOR BLDG.
Gas, Elec. and Refe. Furnished.
ROBERT w. SAVAGE,
s13 Union Trust Bldg MA. $500.
KENILWORTH, NE,
utilities furn.; private entrance. Al. 4i6a.
THE ARGONNE,
1929 COLUMBIA RID.
,odms unusuaI HI,ap apart with exposures bed
Kitchen bath; In upper 10th st. Embassy
For Information, can CO. 4e35.
1901 ORREN ST. NE,
en ap ansse noreS aD Z st blinds tsh r.ta
''s,i'i 5soi COLORADO tSl1i.SFs. AVE. NV.
De luss sam RosE9' ssaEER' ApaMs iSa asek os sar'se
, rooms. Ritehaa eie St; Ssth' NM Iyra. rec, hall;
s5ol 18th ST. NV.
S9ms ktfsen dnstte BATH porch
rooms; kitchen bath, porch: refriger-
o'' esS' soo ESV2aiRiTs ST. NE.
u,;7,,,g rooms: dhinstte; k!;chen, bath, all
P. j. WALSHE, INC,
10Y Eye St. NV. Ma. 646s.
7019 GEORGIA AVE,
l room, dinette, kitchen. bath and
inclosed sun porch S425O
2 rooms. kitchen dinette. bath and
inclosed sun porch 51oO
2504 10th ST. NE.
2 rooms, kitchen, dinette and bath S44. 90
porch 1850
Refrigeration on House Current. WV
Res. Mgr. Dupont 1896
lit 10Th ST. NE.
Apt. Il, rooms, kitchen, dinette.
Refriseration-Gas Heated.
900 EVARTS ST. NE.
Apt. 1-2 rooms, kitchen. dinette.
bath and porch; Arcola heat S365O
E. M. WILLIS. g. SONS,
s16 Investment Bldg. National 7479.
1925 N ST. NV.
Conveniently located. newly papered and
painted, new gas range. sinks, cabinets
and linoleum in kitchen. Electric refrig-
Grafton.
rooms, kitchen and bath $4,000
3 rooms. kitchen and bath S4SOO
HENRY j. ROBB, INC,
1924 Vermont Ave. District s141.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

906 EVARTS ST NE-2 r., K. B., S35. 90
1854 Conn. ave. n.w-1 r. k. a 30. 90
62S Sth st, ne.-2 r., k, refg. - 1000
~ st. s.w.-3 r.. k. h.-w.h. - $3.50
4937 1st st. NV r, k, refg.- 1000
1918 PIX, I'd. nw.-3 r.. k, refg. 47.50
1893 Col. I'd. n.w.-4 r., k. refg. 5000
1110 M st. n.w.-2 r, k, refg $500
1884 Conn. aye: n:w.-4 r, X. refg. 1900
THOMAS P. BROWN.
6l5 4th st. S.W. National 6S72.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

MOVING. PACKING & STORAGE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20
X. Of P. Will Seat
Officers on Monday

Commencement lodge No. 7,
Knights Of Pythias. Will install
officers Monday al 4 p. m In
Pythian temple, p2ois Broadway.
The public Is invited.
Officers To be- installed include
Richard Read, chancellor comman-
der; Ralph Otto. vice chancellor:
John Ryan. prclate: Percy X.
Parent. master at arms. Everett
Sharpe, inner guard, waltbam
Davis. outer guard; Robert J.
Harrison, master OF finance; Al
bert o. Johnson. master Of rx-
chequer. Arthur Rowan. keeper of
records and seals; Harold Willitts.
pianist; Layerne J. Cough. deputy
grand chancellor. Joseph r.
Wilder. grand prelate. and A. q
Hopkins. grand master at arms.
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Among Democratic candidates
seeking the nomination for the
post Of county eommi=sionership
in district No. 2 Is Joe f. Karpsoh.
who is married and resides with
his wife and two children at 1921
So. X 81.
ksrpaeh, IS, has the distinction
Of being one candidate who was
born and raised in district No. 2.
Not only has he been a lifelong
resident Of the district in which
he seeks election. but fer many
years was engaged in business in
the area.
Prior TO entering public life.
Ksrpsch was associated In the
grocery and meat business with q
brother and brother-in-law. The
Is years he was engaged IN the
retail trade, Karpach says. gave
him an opportunity TO become in
umately familiar with the eco
nomie life of the citizens in the
community he hopes to serve as
a county official.
Retiring six years ago from the
business finn, which stu con-
tinues, karpaoh was elected con-
stable OF Pierce county and was
reelected 10 the post two years
ago. During This period. Karpach
asserted, he has acquainted him
self with the numerous adjust
ments needed TO improve the well
fare Of the less fortunate. He has
always been courteous and sym
pathetic in execution OF his duties.
The candidate, who has been
home owner and taxpayer for IL
years, Is past president Of United
Commercial Travellers; past prea-
dent and at present treasurer Of
the 23d Street Improvement cub:
is an officer In the Eagles and
member of the Moose and Macca-
bee lodges.
Karpach, II elected, proposes
business-like and sound admin
stration, by equal distribution Of
employment on work projects In
the district; continuation of hospi-
tai improvements; personal direc-
ton of road construction and
maintenance; development OF the
tide-flats area and pledges support
of programs that viii bring about
substantial olo age pensions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20

winter when the varsity was
wrecked on Vancouver island and
Babe was one of only three men
who survived after narrowing ex-
periences.
The St Francis is noteworthy
for several reasons.
Built by the Western Boatbuild-
ing Co, she's % feet long and thus
the largest purse-seiner In the
world until Spiro Babich of Gig
Harbor gets his e4-footer Western
Queen completed at the same yards
in another few weeks)
And the st. Francis was the first
to heed our arguments for more
color and blossomed out with a
fire-engine red bulwarks stripe
which looks grandly jaunty and
swaggery.
All in all, the st. Francis is a
very fine boat, looking more like a
yacht than otherwise; she has re-
ceived unanimous approval by all
who've seen her.
Then, in the more technical de-
partment of any purse seiner
discussion, the craft is even more
interesting.
In the first place, the st. Francis
is the first purse-seiner without
turn-table on her stern. Sorry.
No room here to explain the nu-
merous aspects of that innovation)
Suffice it to say the method she
employs proved to be a complete
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,Nazi Economic
Plan Completed

BERLIN DIR. Hjalmar schaehi
was understood today to have CON-
pleted a plsn-ordered by Adolf
Hiler-for the postwar economic
structure q Europe.
The Schaeht plan was said 10 be
based on a scheme for economic
coordination of Europe, presuma-
bly, centerirg around German in
dustry.
Hitler was advised OF the plan
last week in long talk with
schacht. II vas understood. The
plan was described as being divid-
ed into three main parts in its
present memorandum form:
l. General proposals for reorga-
nization of European economy.
?. Observations regarding Euro
pean currency problems.
3. Colonial questions.
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success when put TO the test thii
week.
And here's why the method o.
building a purse-seiner Is import
ant; The net itself.
One Of the largest ever used IN
coastal waters. the ST Francis
net is $500 feet long and 40 feet
wide
Hanging on edge in the water
the top edge Is kept sloft by cork
and pneumatic floats; the net is
maintained in its edgewise position
by l y tons Of lead sinkers strung
along its bottom.
The net cost $500. The boat
alone cost more than $50. 900 }
Therefore YOU can readily see why
handling methods are vital.
Fishermen refer to purse seiners
as the "moneybag." It's literal as
well as figurative.
To spread that gigantic net. q
system common enough is used /.
the big four-man skiff holds one
end while the st. Francis runs
away in a great arc. turning al
ways TO port, and returning 10
the skiff. The net is paved over
the st. Francis stern meanwhile.
Rope through rings on the nets
weighted bottom. wire-rope is
led to the deck winch and hove
in on both ends simultaneously. In
that manner the bottom of the
net is "pursed"-hence your purse
seine" Then you have big mesh
bag. the 1,s00-foot circumference
Of its opening floating on the sur
face. the tightly-gathered bottom
made fast TO the u. Francis bull
warks.
So far the operation has been
mostly mechanical and has con-
sumed only a few brief minutes.
AFTER the seiner has circled TO
spread its net, the engine is stop
ped and remains so until the haul
is complete and the net slowed
aboard ready for a mother set"
That's where the mast and boom
come into the game. A strop of
hemp is passed around the net at
the bulw arks. The winchfall's
blacksmith (hook at the end) Is
made fast to the strop, and the
net-mesh or web, cork, lead and
all--is lifted high TO the boom's
end. The process is repeated sew
eral times until all is aboard. As
the winchfall Is Stacked off. the
IL fishermen tincluding the engi-
neer and cook in their oilskins
and boots stow II in a neat pile
on the seiner's stern. The fish fall
to the deck as the net comes over
the bulwarks from the water.
That is the time you appreciate
the raw. wet back breaking work
which is fishing. But Wen not
deny it's darn picturesque
Handling those big sardine nets
in daylight is mans work. And
all ssrdine fishing is done at night
in the dark of the moon with all
lights utterly blacked-out. Chats
howcome the new boat and I'M
familiar gear was tried in allen"
waters TO afford us a treat.)
The 81. Francis will leave Ia
coma next week for Astoria 10
the seasons sardine 1
fishing.
incidentally, she can carry 800 /