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Natures Children
Common Murre
(Uria troile)

These eggs are extremely interest,"
ing as they are 30 variable in colora-
tion-from white to dark green,
spotted, blotched and scratched with
brown, black and lilac over the
whole surface. Then, to keep the
single egg from rolling. 1t has q
most peculiar top-shape. This shape
prevents the egg from skidding over
the sloping ledges. and should 1t be
placed down grade 1t cannot roll
straight but swings about in top
fashion and finally comes to a
standstill. It Is also covered with a
very tough shell that is dificult to
break.
When all goes well, the INJURIES
turn their backs to the sea, holding
their precious eggs between their
legs with the point outward. But
they change and face the water If
they are troubled, and they keep
bobbing and bowing and maintain
ing an endless low-voiced "murre."
When quiet, you know that the air
has been cleared and all is serene
once more.
The couple shares the RESPONSE
bility Of keeping the egg warm. At
this time, when the eggs are being
incubated, it is very amusing to
watch the parents when they come
on duty. The one who has been out
for exercise, food and rest. instead
Of flying across the vast number of
sitters and landing close to his own
mate, will push and crowd and an
noy all those in the way. Naturally
such rudeness is resented. BY sharp
pecks aimed at ankles and squawks
do the disturbed ones show their
feelings.
On the water these birds resemble
ducks, though they have a much
shorter neck and the bill Is more
sharply pointed. Their glossy black
uniform contrasts beautifully with
the immaculate white of shirt and
trousers.
Their food is captured at night in
the open sea. They are partial to
the young fry OF herring and pill
chards. Some crustaceans and fish
are caught during the day, If their
favorite food is scarce.
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Births Reported

Kenneth and Mary Ryan. boy.
Roe and Pauline RODGERS. boy
Georse and Gertrude Breeden, boy.
Percy and Eueenie Cock. boy.
George and Helen Corder. boy
HHoneTt and Ruth Henderson. girl.
Stanley and Ella Hooe, girl.
Theodore and Maude Perkey. girl
Albert and Ethel Hayden, jr.. boy.
John and Mary Francis. boy.
Herman and Lila Tickel. boy
John and Mildred Walter boy.
lawrence and Anna Dunnigan. boy.
John and Marie Stafford, girl.
Arthur and Sue Bowlee. girl.
lawrence and Catherine Smith. girl
4; Lynn and Marsaret GSS Florence. i girl.
Ie IWade and Pinkie Nairn, girl.
Robert and Ihelma McMartin, girl.
James and Emma Hotchkiss, girl.
Fred and May Guise boy
Wallace and Arlene English, boy.
william and Helen Lee, boy.
Willard and Marearet McGraw. boy.
Hubbard and MARE! Sullivan, girl.
Vincent and Verna Kirby. girl.
Joseph and Eileen Grand, boy.
Thomas and Marion Brumhaueh. r..
David and Susan Levin. boy
W dllI smith, D0y.
William and .Lucie Raymond. boy.
kenneth and Mezzy Lands. girl
george and sally Gamarsh. girl.
I.s,;s AiiIsd ar. and Dorie M stoner. girl;
ReSl1e Rerns,a ana ia Ave A. picksrson; girl.
Robert and Helen Younsblood. girl.
Michael and Dorothy stasulli. girl
snd sna fsn ffances MesssDyases as1a Boy girl
Meyer and Margaret Fox, 10y.
Perry and Minnie Robinson. girl.
Paige and Lupa Pendleton. boy.
Walter and Louise Birnett. boy.
Leonard and Billie Walker. boy.
Bernard and Leola Camubell. boy.
Samuel and Annie Featherstone. girl.
James and Ida Tatum. girl
Madsworth and Raphael Branch. giri
Randolph and Dorothy Coleman. boy
Andrew and Hattie Robinson, boy.
Ealie and Bernice Miller. girl.
Sam San, and Lorraine Young, girl.
Clarence and Frances Symanette. girl
,Iosey and Cecilia Thompson boy.
Edwin and Edna Prather. girl.
HHllGmnard and Emma Wilson. boy
Willie and Marearet Goodman. boy.
Theodore and Pauline Aston. boy.
Heroert and Beatrice Dyson. boy
Arthur and Helen Williams. girl.
Cal and Hazel Turner. girl.
Thomas and Beatrice Howard, girl.
barron and Bernice Bryan. girl.
David and Susie Gorham, girl.
James and Geraldine Lyons, girl.
Nathaniel and Mary Broadie. boy.
Edward and Mary Miller. boy
Robert and Bernette Smith. boy,
Joseph and Mary Barber. girl.
9uinton and Viola Garris. girl.
William and Carrie Bailey, girl
John and Louise Alexander, gtrl.
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able entertainment. There is room
to spare If they wished to have it,
and the reason for living in such
crowded situations is a family trait
which only murre can explain.
Every member Of the tribe is an
ocean-going fellow who comes in
land only when driven there by a
storm or when domestic duties must
be attended to.
These birds raise their families
from southern Greenland and
southern Ungava south to New
foundland and Magdalen Islands.
Not one bit OF effort is made toward
building a nursery. The egg Is laid
on the rocky surface of the clif1
which has been selected by thou
sands OF other murre mothers
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excused from color service for rea-
sons connected with essential in
dustries. family conditions and so
forth. OF the other 100000, half
would be chosen for two years
service with the colors and a good
many of the remainder for one
years service as class c Reservists
on active duty. Those not 50 chosen
might well be required to serve
years apprenticeship in some me-
chanical trade or to perform some
other useful national service. This
would avoid too much heart burning
among the men chosen for color
service, and special arrangements
should be made for these so that
they might have such start in
life afterward as should place them
even with the men who were not so
chosen.
So much for the permanent plan.
But we must also keep in mind the
immediate emergency, and this plan
will not give us sufficient trained
reserves for some years to come
Therefore, If the Regular Army
ought to consist of 100000 men, we
should raise it to that strength i'm
mediately. calling up under selec-
tive service as many young men of
the 20-22 age group as may be neces-
sary. Meanwhile, we should call
into Federal service the entire Ma
tional Guard to take temporarily
the place of the Reservists we do
not have. We can release from
Guard service such men as are
needed for essential industries and
those on whom such services would
entail extraordinary hardship, re-
placing them with recruits. We can
give the Guard a period of intensive
training. We can organize the vari-
GUS units (anti-aircraft, harbor de-
tense, engineers and so on on which
the Guard will normally furnish to
the Army on mobilization. Quail
fled officers and men can be en-
couraged to transfer as individuals
to the Regular Army.
Meanwhile, the training of the
Regular Army and its gradual equip
ment with new weapons would be
proceeding, and in due course the
National Guard can again be re.
leased to State control. While the
National Guard is in Federal service.
each State should organize a State
guard for the preservation of inter.
nal order and for guarding KEY
points-industries, railways, bridges,
and so on.
Thus the needs of imminent emer-
gency and long-range planning for
a secure future for our country can
60 hand in hand. Vague talk of
millions of men. tens of thousands
of airplanes, national service for all,
will not help us now. Neither will
outworn theories and outdated
methods. What will help us is the
forging of weapons which will not
fail us in our hour of need.
(CopyriEht 1910 by New York Tribune, Inc.)
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BY the Associated Press.


CLEARWATER, Fla, June o.
The giant snow cruiser, in which
Admiral Byrd hoped to roll across
the Antarctic, proved mot so hot"
on frigid terrain, its 35-year-old en-
gineer disclosed today.
Charles Meyer, home to visit his
wife and parents after return to the
United States aboard the expedition
ship Bear, said the 75,000-pound
monster disappointed the explorers
with its performance. Principal
trouble, he said, was insufficient
power.
The expedition arrived in the
Antarctic summer, Mr.. Meyer re-
lated, and recurring snowfalls kept
a soft blanket 18 to 20 inches deep
on the vast ice shelf. Through this
the huge machine wallowed with
difficulty. Since the Bear left Ant
arctica, however, the snow has been
frozen solid, the engineer continued,
adding conditions probably were
more favorable for the cruiser.
Before leaving the United States,
the snow cruiser-a giant auto trac-
tor equipped with huge rubber tires,
Evening star., 1940-06-22
Eliot Emphasizes Training
In Plan to Build Efficient Army
Proposes Permanent Force Supplemented
BY Four Glasses Of Reserves

for the entire military establish
ment.
The Reserve of the Regular Army
should be drawn from two sources:
(A) Conscripted soldiers who have
passed through their two years with
the colors. These should be initially
assigned as class A Reservists for a
period of five years, during which
they would form part of their
unit establishments and would be
available on mobilization to bring
their unit from peace to war
strength Cf there was any differ
ence), to fill up the vacancies which
always occur on mobilization due to
sickness, detachment, ETC., and to
provide an Immediately available
reservoir of requirements at the
permanent station of their unit
l. e., a depot establishment. During
these five years they should have
at least one refresher period of
training of 30 days duration.
Glass A Reservists should live
within reasonable distance of the
permanent station of their unit.
Those moving to another part of
the country should be transferred.
After serving five years as class
A Reservists, such men should be
transferred to class B, available for
service under such conditions in
an emergency as the President might
prescribe, for period of Is years.
C and d Reservists.
(B) Men called up under selective
service but not drafted into the
Regular Army should form the class
G and D Reservists. Glass c should
be composed of specialists whose
occupations in civil life particularly
fit them for military duties of Ger
tain sorts: clerks, truck drivers. me-
chanics, cooks, hospital attendants,
etc. A certain proportion of these
men should be selected annually for
one year of military service with
the colors, and should thereafter be
available for five years as mobiliza-
ton requirements.
Glass D should include the other
young men of the country fit for
military service, but without train
ing. Service in class c and D should
be for total of % years. The OBJ
Ject of the class c reserve is that
most such non military specialist
jobs should be filled by class G re-
servists on active duty, leaving the
time OF the regularly serving soldiers
free for wholly military instruction
without the burdens of post house,
keeping. administration and supply.
Glass c reservists on active duty
should be allowed to extend their
periods of service by re-enlistment
for three or five year periods if
desired.
Let us suppose that the size of
the Regular Army, determined upon
after study, should be 100000 men.
About one-half should be perma-
nent personnel. The rest would be
composed of two classes of con-
scripts of 10000 each, serving for
two years. At any given time the
Regular Army would include 800, 900
men serving five-year voluntary en-
listments, 10000 conscripts of less
than one years service. i.
Builds Up "A" Reservists.
Five years after the initiation of
this plan there would be available
100000 to $4,000 class A reservists,
fully trained, who would come in
on mobilization to fill up the ranks
and to provide an Immediately avail
able group of replacements. Re-
Evening star., 1940-06-22
New Orleans Raids
Hint Riff With State
Reform Regime
Breok With Jones Seen:
City Police Force Also
Undereoes Shokeup
Sy the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, June 22-Sus-
pension of the political honeymoon
of Louisiana's new reform" admin
istration and the City Of New Or
leans was limited today in the wake
of two gambling raids by State
troopers and q sudden shakeup of
city police.
-Four troopers. two Of them cap
tatns, shouldered their way into
gambling houses in the New Orleans
French quarter yesterday, seized
chips, a roulette wheel, several hun
dred dollars in cash and arrested IS
persons.
Shortly afterward two city police
captains and six detectives were de-
moted for what Supt. of Police
George Reyer described as "for the
good Of the service"
City-State Rift Seen.
Although the amount of the
seizure was small, political quarters
at once speculated that the raids
marked the first rift between the
New Orleans municipal government
and the reform" administration OF
Gov. Sam H. Jones.
Mayor Robert S. Maestri sup
ported former Gov. Earl K. Long,
brother of the late Huey P. Long, in
his race against Mr.. Jones. When
Mr.. Jones smashed the Long polit-
tcal machine in last February's elec-
ton, however, the New Orleans or.
ganization made peace with the new
administration.
New Appointee Ordered Raids.
Steve Afford, head Of the Louis
lana State police, said he had or
dered his men to make the raids at
request Of District Attorney j. Ber-
nard Cooke, recent appointee of
Attorney General Eugene Stanley,
strong Jones supporter.
Mr.. Cooke declined comment on
Mr.. Affords statement, observing
"the raids speak for themselves.
Banking games will not be tolerated
In New Orleans"
Evening star., 1940-06-22
Last Chance
For Derby

Registrations for Washing
tons 1910 Soap Box Derby close
tonight. After business hours
at the Chevrolet dealers in
Washington and vicinity tonight
no more entries for the Derby to
be run July 13 will be accepted.
Register today If you want to
compete in the coaster race for
the championship Of Washing
ton and for the many prizes to
be awarded.
Boys between II and Is years
old are eligible for the Derby.
To register. go to the salesrooms
OF the Chevrolet dealer nearest
your home. There are II deal
ers in Washington and the
nearby communities In Mary
land and Virginia.
There you will sign your en-
try blanks and safety pledge
and you will receive a 1910 rule
book. Remember, the coaster
cars must be built by the boys
themselves and may not cost
more than $40.
(Read The Star for Derby
News)
Evening star., 1940-06-22
Snow Cruiser Not So Hot,' Says
Byrd Expedition Engineer

encountered several mishaps on
good American highways.
Il can't get used to the heat"
complained the husky young en-
gineer, as he sweltered in 90-degree
weather which his fellow townsmen
considered not unusual.
The return to civilization had
many compensations, though, not
the least a bath whenever he
wants it.
Because of the necessity for con-
serving space for expedition equip
ment, only $4,000 gallons of water
was taken along. That left none
for bathing, he said, and the men
went 1872 days without a good "all
over."'
Evening star., 1940-06-22
Service Orders
ARMY.
CAVALRY Y.

CAVALRY.
Blakelock, It; Col. David H.. from Atlanta
to Fort Bliss.
Weeks. 1t. Col. John A.. from washington
to Montevideo, Uruguay.
Svensson. Capt Eric H. F.. from Fort
Knox to Washington.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Hirseh, Maj George W. from Aberdeen,
Md. to Camp jackson.
Holmes; Mai. Joel g., from Stanford Uni
versty to Washington
Beyma. First 1t. SEVERN R, from Aber-
deem. Md. to Stamford University.
COAST ARTILLERY CORPS.
Renno. Capt. James G., from East Lansing,
Mich, to Fort Crockett.
BeaZley. First 1t. Lewis K. from Washing
ton to Fort Bragg.
oUARTERMAsTER CORPS.
Edmunds, Mai. James B., from the Philip
pines to Camp Ord.
Wright to Washington.
Avera, Capt. Claude B., from Plattsburg
Barracks to Washington.
VETERINARY CORPS.
Shirley. Capt. Wayne D., from Fort Moul-
trie to Lexington, KY.
FIELD ARTILLERY.
Jones, First 1t. David E., from Fort D. A.
Russell to Panama.
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Deaths Reported

Mary TAFT. "a. Garfield Hospital.
Susan c. Ayres. 92, 1901 Farragut st. NV
Ernest w. Gibson, 6S. Doctors Hospital
Fitzhugh L. Smith. "a. 1920 Massachusetts
Kate Hall. So. e13 Roxboro pl. NV.
Ralph Piperno. so, Casualty Hospital.
Fred B. Kaiser. 3s. 134s Euclid st. NV.
Edward Johnson, A. Casualty Hospital.
Infant Coppage.- Garfield Hospital:
John Taylor. so. Gallinger Hospital.
Charlotte Davis. As, GEORGETOWN Hospital
Nettie Carr. AZ, 2214 11th st. NV.
Evening star., 1940-06-22
Honolulu Refuses
n Germans Entry
81 the Associated Press.

~ VIC <3cSOC1dGeQ 1IeSS.
HONOLULU, June 22.-Immigra.
ton authorities refused yesterday to
permit % Germans aboard the
steamship Rakuyo Maru to come
ashore. although they presented
visaed passports. They were en- route
from Los Angeles to Japan.
The order to retain them was
issued in Los Angeles" said William
Strench, director of immigration.
I'VE merely carried out the order"
Evening star., 1940-06-22
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

In England these birds are known
as guillemots. They are very soci-
able. Nothing suits them better
than to be crowded together 80 that
every available inch Of space is oc-
cupied. Indeed, 1t has been said,
these birds would perish of loneli-
ness II they had to live by them
selves. 1t is test Of their amic-
able disposition, for they seldom
strike each other, though to mere
man watching them they seem to be
IN one endless quarrel. AS a matter
OF fact. the constant babble and bill
lodging Is a form of most accept
Evening star., 1940-06-22
Grid Giants Sign Three
Sy the Associsted Press.

NEW YORK, June 22.-Rex Will
ialns of Texas Tech. r. H. Sparks
of Texas Trinity College and James
Crumley Of Roanoke College have
returned signed contracts to the
New York Giants pro football team,
President John v. Mara said today.
Evening star., 1940-06-22
Marriage License
Applications

Edward J. Clements. "a. 1857 Mintwood pl.
NV, and Theds r. Wells. Fl, ii0S <th
ct. sw.; the Rev. James A. smyth.
Lawrence Z; Shoots. 2s. 4517 9th st. nv,
Sweeney. -
Charles Markison. 21. and killie Korth Fl,
both OF $50 Rock Creek Church road
NV: the Rev. NJ. H. Levinson.
william M; Kline. 43; Arlinston, Va. and
st. NV; the Rev. Duncan Fraser.
chs1le, .It N N Me,tt!e1; q; lol9 < st. nv
st. NV: the Rev. Thomas 3. Dade.
Albert Mabey. 22. and Evelyn D. Larsus.
e: both Of Long Island City. N. r;
Sc, and Ida NJ Lathern. 20. 450 Frank.
lin st. NV; the Rev. q. q. Bullock.
a1s, both of 81 Pierce St. NV: the Rev.
sss ff.s: Il. e. ss:,S .S$; ~ sss s:
sassS: yli.s..W IN n 'fis =; tie Rev. '5s bonsid I'd
fI!s RsssssS e. s1oadmooi adm si' A.; the The
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Pay Sa{S 5.ia:s e. tssl 49, I;s:v: " St H MAJ sae
JAMIE, shs Eev kIsn Rs q SnS: 1,.n1
ence. s. C.: the Rev. M. p. German.
Walker 2 Anderson. 10; ouantice: Va. and
usrones tss s.v e. on nns 70 2e vDshur st.
e; both q Baltimore; the ere Rev. 'z%i Aaron
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Ssane e0h.n E. Ness ss sss7 1a St Mnlo. 'sd %
Richard Roundtree: 27, and Ruth B, Gaines.
RahsT, D9ti OF aa,ns IL quincy pl' NV; the Rev.
Kenneth NJ. Huddl.sen; 25. sos4 wiscen-
R;sh Rsthesda. s.1 Md: the Rev. Walter N.
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No; the Rev Noah Riser.
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Ellen I. Tonks, ls: East Chicaso. Ind:
Michael Apicella. 40, and Sara Orlando.
n n D. sote G.1}o 9t Philadelphia; the Rev: n.
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1918 10th St. NV: the Rev Z ;. ;.
julius Levine. "a. 2341 18th st. NV. and
sylv1s 81 R.v RUBIN VI /, 20; 5o25 ard st. NV:
William Madison Conner. %, Baltimore.
sDfins' sDa Mfay Md Alice Johnston "a. Silver
Ira Nichols Wright. %, and Helen Ger.
v.Iu,se tIude Davis Se. both Of Washington.
Maurice HI,ss n1:,S W; Gaines 81; olney. Nd" and
John II Hardy. z %. Ss Glenmont, mont ND Ma. and
covsrdin l. Smith. 81, MsshsHnssof MesherTytoWne p.
-, Anne H: Rosin. 2s. silver Spring. Nd. -H1
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heisass n ss sethesan Md and Ms Dorothy May IAush
vs9ehsF 2s: bosh Of II Takom. saa Psrf. Ps4fn Nd g.
Ear L. I'VE Wsddle' II ss and Luz Virginia Diaz
Al5sr. @ P. Ferguson. IS and Margaret q.
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Evening star., 1940-06-22
MARINE CORPS.

Larsen, Col Henry L., from WASHINGTON to
San Diego.
Knapp. 1t. Col Raymond T., from wash
ington to San Diego.
Richard, First 1t Robert H.. from Pensa-
c.sots cola to sssuaa 9uaatifq ,os.n, =. =, ,ron
Pensacola to Quantico.
Evening star., 1940-06-22

Afghanistan has made military
service compulsory for all men
over seventeen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Scott Circle Underpuss

Final approval by the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion Of plans for an underpass at
Scott Circle along the line of Six
tenth street, while not meeting all
of the objections of those who wanted
the grade separation to follow the
Massachusetts, avenue route, may be
expected to have the happy result
Of leading to the early elimination
of intolerable traffic congestion at
this important intersection.
The need for some rectification of
conditions at Scott Circle became
pressing Immediately after the
Thomas Circle underpass had been
opened, as the benefits of the Mas
sachusetts avenue traffic speedup
were nullified by the jams en-
countered at Sixteenth street.
After extensive studies had been
made, it was concluded that a grade
separation at Scott Circle offered the
only satisfactory solution, and the
final decision to build the underpass
along the line of Sixteenth street
was supported by several considera-
lions.
The first Of these was that it would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19

cost about 100000 less than the
avenue route Another important
consideration was the fact that ad-
herence to the Sixteenth street route
would permit of a more symmetrical
surface traffic arrangement, resulting
In material increase in the park
reservation around the Scott monu-
ment and the preservation of most
of the trees around the Hannenann
and Webster statues.
Advocates Of the Massachusetts,
avenue axis contended that the fol-
lowing of the line Of Sixteenth street
would seriously injure the appear
ance Of that thoroughfare, particu-
larly its approach to the White House.
Officials in charge of drafting the
plans have given careful considera-
ton to this aspect Of the matter,
however, and assurances have been
given that no effort will be spared to
preserve the beauty of the affected
neighborhoods. If that is done, and
there is no basis for a contrary
assumption, the engineering and
financial advantages of the Sixteenth
street route seem ample to justify
the decision that has been made.