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Evening star., 1940-11-21
lckes Attacks -Four
Groups as Hostile
To Democracy
Terms Col. Lindberoh
And Merwin K. Hart
Native Poscists'
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Secretary
of the Interior Ickes said yesterday
-four large groups" were "subversive
to our institutions and openly hostile
to democracy itself" and named
them as "the native Fascist groups
the American Bund
the Italian Fascists the
Communists and their fellow trav-
elerS."
Most. perhaps all, of these groups
are inStrumentalities of foreign in
trigue," he said in an address at
Town Hall. Most, perhaps even all
are financed by funds from abroad" 4"
First, there are the native Fas-
cist groups such as the Silver Shirts,
the knights of the White Camellia,
certain Ku Klux Klans. the Christ
ian Front, etc." he continued.
while in general these groups,
terrible as it is to say it, are COM
posed of native-born Americans,
they may also include American
citizens of foreign birth, such as
Father Coughlin."
I'm the ranks of the native Fas-
ciStS," Mr.. Ickes asserted, "one may
even discover such an individual as
Col Lindbergh. busy appeaser, who
would surrender voluntarily his sword
even before it is demanded. ="
Mr. IckeS named MerWin K. Hart,
president of the New York State
Economic Council, as another ma
tive Fascist" who misses few oc-
casionS to sneer at democracy"
Mr.. Hart, commenting later, de-
clarlng that in the past five years
any one who has fallen for the COL
lectiviSt philosophy has called every
one who differed from him a Fascist.
If I'm Fascist, Ickes is the pro-
verbal Chinaman."
Referring to the German Amer
ican Bund, which he called "Hitlers
chief organization in the United
States and the italian FaScists.
Mr., Ickes said that most Italians,
It Is my pleasure TO inform you. like
the overwhelming majority of our
citizens Of German birth or descent
are loyal TO the United States. - :"
Evening star., 1940-11-21

the morning, a quiet family dinner
and hours of friendly talk. But for
the first time since he became Presi-
dent Mr.. Roosevelt spent the day at
Hyde Park, N. Y.
With the exception of 1886. when
he went TO South America, the
President has presided every year
since he first was elected at a
Thanksgiving dinner for patients of
the Georgia Warm Springs Founda-
ton for infantlle paralysis victims.
This year he was IeIuCtant TO get
too far away from Washington. and
Warm Springs is nearly a full day S
train trip from the Capital He
sent a telegram of regret to the
patients.
The President and his family
Worshiped in the Episcopal chapel
and heard an admonition from the
Rev. Frank R. Wilson that Ameri-
blessings OF peace and security
This great country enjoys so
much said the rector. The grand
est thing of all it enjoys is peace,
and great amount of security.
But We cannot Just sit back and
gloat in that We have an oppor-
tunity a work to do. We must pass
these blessings on to others"
With the closing of stores. Gov
eminent departments and business
firms, thousands of Washingtonians
took advantage of the time off TO
leave the city on excursions.
Railways, bus terminals, the air.
port and highways were crowded
yesterday. Another rush was eX-
pected tonight.
Rain Tomorrow.
Overcast skies prevailed during
most Of the holiday. holding a threat
of rain The weather forecast called
for mostly cloudy tonight with low
of about 48 degrees. tomorrow cloudy
and slightly warmer with rain to-
morrow night The minimum this
morning was Al degrees and the
temperature around noon was in the
middle SOS.
To win the moral leadership of
the world the nations of North and
South America must make their
inner morality conform TO their
external morality. Msgr Fulton j.
Sheen declared at the Pan-Ameri-
can mass If democracy is to be
saved religion-"that which makes
a man valuable also be
saved, he said.
The Pan-American mass here was
to be followed tonight by a good will
broadcast from Venezuela to be put
on by an inter-American society
there. A transatlantic hookup was
arranged between New York and
London to permit three Boy Scouts
to exchange greetings with English
members of the organization.
The close Of the Thanksgiving
holiday will be the signal for the
beginning of the Christmas shop
ping season in many communities.
This, however. will be postponed
for a week in the l6 States which
clung to the traditional last Thurs
day in November for Thanksgiving
New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, Arkansas. Florida. North
Carolina, Tennessee. Oklahoma,
Kansas. Iowa, South Dakota, Penn
Sylvania and Nevada.
Church Services.
Church services today which drew
large holiday throngs included a
community service at the Mormon
Chapel, Sixteenth street and Co.
Evening star., 1940-11-21
Nightingale Records
Help Sell" Mississippi
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GREENVILLE, Miss.-They've en-
listed the birds in selling" the Mis-
slsSippi delta country to tourists.
Because many people never have
heard the dulcet tunes of a delta
nightingale e"-really a mocking bird
John A. Fox. secretary of the
Washington County Chamber Of
Commerce rigged up a recording
machine with 300-foot wire TO a
mocrophone in cedar tree.
Before long nightingale"
obliged by perching nearby and
rendering an aria requiring two sides
OF disc to record. The record will
be sent to travel agencies.
Evening star., 1940-11-21
Thanksgiving

Continued From First Page)
Evening star., 1940-11-21
Weather Proverb

An old proverb says the number
Of snowstorms in any winter Will be
the same as the date upon which the
first occurs. Thus if snow comes on
the sixth Of the month there will be
six storms during that winter.
Evening star., 1940-11-21

Your Rugs and Carpets stay cleaner
look brighter =. serve you longer, be-
cause of Sanitary's thorough methods,
proven by Al years of experience.
Your pocketbook saves, too: because
Sanitary cleaning acts as a tonic to the
weave of Rugs and Carpets . . and helps
restore their original life and color.
Make your entire household brighter for
the coming Holidays by treating rugs
and carpets to the gift of a cleaning by
Sanitary
Evening star., 1940-11-21
Y V1F Unusual Opportunities in
N Upholstered Pieces

During these Introductory Doys Of the New For
word Program the entire stocks Of Furniture, Floor
Coverings. Lamps, Droperes, etc., are featured at
special prices.
In this New Forward Program" the monufoetur-
ing ond buying facilities Of the Sloane Factories and
four RetoI Stores combined for the ton
OF new designs; stobiIizins qualities, stimulating
produeton-o TO the end that the furnishing Of the
home moy be achieved with greater individuoIity-
at prices thot will materially fovor the personal ond
fomiIy budgets.
Evening star., 1940-11-21
Finland Colonization

Seven per cent Of the total area
under cultivation IN Finland will
be used for rapid colonization OF
people transferred from areas ceded
10 Russia
Evening star., 1940-11-21

F. Arenkiehl, president of the Ger
man-American Board of Trade.
Dr. E. Kohl, DR.. Peter J. Kesse-
Ter, Richard Koch and DIR. F. A.
k were proposed in the document
for the University League.
Evening star., 1940-11-21

SAN FRANCISCO-EVACUEES LOSE PARENTS ON TRIP
Aboard the American Pierce which
rived from Shanghai several hundred
uated from the threatening Orient situation by
State Department. Herbert Sarah Godng
whose father manager Express in Shanghai
They left their father in Shanghai their mother
got off for visit and missed the boat They'll reunited with
the next boat arrival here. Wide World Photo
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03

Oklahoma village of Osage have challenged the Wisconsin story tellers to a lie telling session with no holds barred"
 To prove we rate in the cham pionship class" says Glenn G. Gates, of the Osage team, here's one an Osage kindergarten pupil tells:
 I was getting dinner one day when I accidentally dropped a very sharp knife. It cut our old cats tail off up close, clean as a whistle. He looked so exposed and embarrassed that I decided to build him a new tail of wood. I threaded the tail stub and made matching threads on the wooden job and screwed it on. The cat looked proudly at 1t a moment and then scampered out of the yard.
 "'The next thing I saw was our old cat hiding behind a tree near which all the rats in the neigh borhood passed When a rat stuck his head out our cat would switch his tail and knock the rat dead.
 "'The next morning the cat had everything organized. He had an- other cat sitting on a fence as lookout, Is cats dragging off the dead rats, 150 digging holes to bury them and 25 more covering them up. A pussy was Keeping score.
 Carrots were eaten in Holland as early as 15l0.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03
By DEVON FRANCIS AP Aviation Editor

NEW YORK.-And aircraft pat teries training their lire on enemy planes in the European war work out problems of defense as care fully as a scientist tackles a stick Ter in hieher mathematics.
 Mechanical warfar- iias broL. ht to the battlefield painta -insoly prepared formulas for offense and defense.
 Anti-aircratt guns are J. ed around vital districts to give a maximum coverage against Taid CTS. The typical 'aa" or archie (anti- i-aircrafD gun has horizon tal-vertical range of 5000 yards and 18,000 feet. Batteries of four are set up so their fire overlaps.
 At least 10 batteries would be necessary to protect vital areas of a city the size of Washington. Their exact effectiveness has not been determined even by the na- tions now under arms.
 The Houairi Box
 Engagements between German warplanes and British anti-air-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03
U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
Forecast for Juneau and vicinity beginning at
(By the U. $. Weather Bureau

330 Feb $ Fair tonight light channel tonlght tonight 2
  for some local tonight increasing high Probably light Sunday afternoon Little change in tenn perat increasing southern DOT ion Sunday and Canal Forecast of the Gulf of Alaska southeastern portion gulf Kodiak moderate to fresh eastery becoming strong of Dixon Entrance late tonight and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03
WINTERAUT0
 USE G0ESUp
Better Roads, Tires, Vaca. lions Boost Cold
 Weather Mileage

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Winter au- tomobile travel is increasing II per cent faster than warm weather driving, and there are many indi- cations that American motorists will soon be using their cars as much in winter as in the summer.
 These trends were reaveled in a survey of motoring developments made public by J. J. Newman, vice president of The B. F. Goodrich CO, who attributed the increase to the spread of the winter vacation idea, the hard-surfacing of 85 per cent of the nations highways, and scien- tific advances in safety tire build ing during the past decade.
 MT. Newman's survey was based chiefly on monthly consumption of gasoline during the past ten years.
 Comparison of Gas Used
 Comparison revealed that in 193O the average motorist bought only A gallons of gasoline during the six cold months against 55 gallons dur ing the warmer period while in l940,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03

craft batteries tend to indicate that the defending fighter plane is more useful than ground bat .erie5.
 Leading world yers have la bored years to prepare adequate ground deIenses against bombers. The staadard archie gun throws a 3-inch shel 20 times minute. A battery 0l lour has fire power of 80 explosive shells, timed to burst near a plane within less than Q minute after the aircraft comes within range.
 \ fire-control systen, jailed, in the American army, the "Houdini box, supplies a battery with data on the height, direction and speed of raiding bomber. Each man On the gun has his assigned duty. Those who aim, merely turn han dies to make pointers on dlalS coincide. Scientific formulas have done the rest,
 The American army has found that the most effective altitude for aircraft fire is from 1000 to 1l,000 feet. A bomber is most vulnerable in that 45-Seconds-to- a-minute when it must fly a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03

Yorks larg es t department store, has caught on to such an extent that this year both Northern and Southern resorts expect a record breaking total of l0,000,000 winter yacationists, he said. He estimates that about 50 per cent of the cold we a tn CT holidaygoers will travel by car.
 Paved Highway Network
 Accelerated expansion of the na- tions paved highway network, of which more than 100000 miles were paved in 1889, has led to increased winter use of motor vehicles. MT. Newman said, pointing out that gar age statistics show a steadily de- clining winter dead storage" busi- ness.
 'The increased wintertime use of automobiles also has the effect of increasing the value of the average motorists dollar, for research rec ords show that tires wear 20 to 30 per cent less in cold weather than in hot, giving winter drivers were mileage than those who equip their cars with new tires in summer" he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03

straight course to aim it's proJec- tiles. That is when the soldiers manning the archies try to blanket the raider with shrapnel.
 The guns, of course, are only part of it all. The standard anti aircraft regiment contains several gun batteries throwing. explosive shells, several machine gun bat teries, to fight off sweeping small CT planes, numerous searchllghts and sound locaters. s+.t,.
 1O0-NIile Warning Net
 The officer in charge of an anti aircraft defense area is flanked by subordinates all working on some phase of defense. Reports from the warning net"'-scores of men reporting the presence. of enemy aircraft by telephone from as far off as 100 miles-are chart ed. The officer in charge of the alert" will order his fighting planes aloft, directing them by wireless. The director of passive resistance will order the wailing of air raid sirens, and will mar shal the forces to combat gas, and fire
 That is war on the mechanized, scientific side, but anti-aircraft defense commanders know that raiders will use a good many tricks learned ip 1914-l8. They will hide in clouds. much as in- fantrymen use woods for protec- ton. They will streak over with the sun behind them to blind the defenders.
 The advantage of flying down the sun" probably has been re- sponsible for German habit of raiding the Scottish coast in the morning hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03

the winter gasoline consumption average per vehicle is expected to approximate GA gallons, only seven gallons below the anticipated sum- mer level" MT. Newman said. ln- creased comfort and safety provld- ed for motorists in bad W weather as we'll as good, have been major factors in effecting through the sos this greater balance of the seasons, from a car-user's standpoint. lnl- portant among these safety advanc- es. he pointed out, was completion of research and development of the new life saver tire, scientifically designed to give greatest protection against skidding.
 Is Impressive
 E The increase ill winter gasoline consumption is even more impress sive since it was made despite the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03
Station
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

A disturbance o situated this morning apparently north
 
 ed disturbance that  form of light rain occurred Alaskan light the remainder of Alaska mostly partly prevailed considerable persisted No marked changes reported.
 4-Sunre 800 sunset 4:28 Feb Sunrise 758 m sunset 432
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03

apparent fulfillment of his predlc- tion that motorists bound to the New York and San Francisco Fairs would add 16,0OO000.000 extra tire miles to the summer total MT. New man said, adding that the l94o sum- mer total will again be boosted by the second year of the New York exposition.
 Winter Vacation Idea
 A large part of the increase in winter driving, perhaps as much as 30 per cent, is due to the spread of the winter vacation idea from fad to a habit, for an estimated 40 per cent of average-income resi- dents of metropolitan areas, MT. Newman said. The plan of giving vacations in winter, originated on an institutional scale for its own employees, five years ago, by New
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03
DR. BLANTON OFFERS
 CITY SEATERl TRA(T
 RIGHT-0F- WAY STRIP

An offer by pr. w. P. Blanton to give the City a l0-foot wide strip ot property in the Seater Tract in exchange for a small lot was in- vestigated today by the Street Com mittee of the City Council.
 The Blanton strip would be used to widen the present right of way to 25 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03
RUSTAD B TO
 REPLACE DAVLIh
 AT UNION PLANT

Norman Rustad, of Petersburg, is to replace R. L. Davlin. former truck salesman with Union Oil here, who recently joined Robe.t Cowling at the McCaul Motors.
 Rustad formerly with the old Bureau of Public Roads in survey work is well known here. He will bring with him to Juneau his wife and child.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03
I.iar!! j 1!
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TULSA, Okla., Feb. 3. - T h e Burlington, Wis, Liars Club, which annually choose the worlds cham pion prevaricator, has some com petition now. The Liars of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03
Critics of
 MoviesAre
 Losing 0uI
Insight Civ en as to How They Make Selections
 of Best Films
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YOk>. Feb. 3,-Here is seine melancholy comedy for those who place importance on the pro- nouncements of film critics.
 The other day the Manhattan film reviewers gathered to vote on the best" film of the year. The purpose of this is to recognize real merit. If you are critic you are supposed to know the bad from the good, and if you lend vour name to such a selection you presumably want it to reflect some credit. to. your judgment.
 There were some, 13 critics gathered to debate, this selection Presumably they all had their minds made up before the voting began. On the first, ballot MT. Smith. Goes to Washington" and Gone With. the Wind received the largest number of votes But neither polled two-thirds ma jority. So they argued and voted again, and argued some more, until more than a dozen polls had been taken. e
 In, the end, most of the, critics, who, are supposed to have some courage with their convictions, sur rendered their opinions and ran in "Wuthering Heights" as a dark horse. As. this boiled the two thirds majority, the film critics then. solemnly announced that "Wuthering Heights was the best movie of the, year. 1aa
 It seems to, me that the New York film critics have paid a high price for their fun. Who, after this, will pay any attention to anything they have to say?
 This little ditty is entitled "Go- ing down. Mt, Hoyepberg as 50 miles an hour, or how to have tun in an, abandoned railroad station at. 3:30 o'clock in the morning" :"
 It also explains those stiff joints Kay Kyser it toting around town these days. It seems that Kay and Ginny.. Simms were taken up to Lake Placid and crowned King and Queen of Winter. After being roundly. feted, during which they were taken down the famous bob sled run by two of the four Stew ems brothers, who are Olympic champions, Kay, Ginny, Hal Hack ett Ghis manager, and Paul Mosh- CT Chis press agentl, drive over to Westport, N, Y., to catch an, early train for New York.
 It was about 12 below zero. The King was slightly frost-bitten, and the Queen was breathing plumes of frost. AS they waited for the train. the station master came out and annouced that the little matter of a wreck, up above on the line somewhere, would de- lay matters bit. However he added, , make yourselves com fortable., l got to go home"
 So the. station master went home, and it become l o'clock in the. morning, and the stove ae- came, cold. The, Queen was in the waiting room, just waiting, but the King decided he had to have a little sleep He stretched out on hard table of sort, with a cast iron jack for a pillow Two o'clock came, and the King groaned. Two-thirty came, and then three. Still no train Finally, at 3:30, there was a splutter outside. Their Majesties broke out the ice-run- ners, cracked the icicles off their chins. and boarded a pineknot burner for Manhattan.
 . For some strange reason mur- mured the King next day, T feel little stiff
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03
WHAT'S THIS!

FL PASO, Texas, Feb. 3. = General Motors Vice President Charles Stewart Mott, announc- cd here today he will give away 100000 shares of General Motors stock, currently worth more than S500,000.
 Mott declined to divulge the recipient until next Tuesday.
 Mott is noted philanthropi- cally.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03

Empire classifieds bring results
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-03

Carrots were eaten in Holland as early as 1510.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Messiah Offered

The Washington Missionary Col
lege Oratorio Chorus of $50 voices
under the direction of George w.
Greer will be heard in the annual
performance of Handel's Messiah"
in Columbia Hall, corner of Carroll
and Flower avenues, in Takoma
Park, ON Saturday night at 8 o'clock.
The Oratorio Chorus includes the
A Capella Choir of go voices, Sc
| lected voices from the glee clubs
and singers from the Takoma Park
community. Soloists, chosen from
students in the department Of voice
culture, are: Myrtle Mead. soprano;
Ruth Mitchell, alto; Robert Paulson,
tenor, and Robert Adams, bass. Har-
old Doering will preside at the or
gan and Patricia Greer Weikel at
the piano. This performance will
be the tenth given by the Ora
torio Chorus in the three years since
its organization. The public is in
vited. There will be no admission
| charge.
Evening star., 1940-12-08
Joint Recital for
Piano, COntraltO
SOlOistS Planned

The AIRS Musica Guild, Inc, will
present Betty Baum, young Wash
ington pianist, in joint recital with
Adelaide Van Wey. contralto, on
Thursday evening, $3.50, at Pierce
Hall.
Miss Baum is a graduate of West
ern High School and more recent
graduate of the Peabody Conserva-
tory, where she studied with AleXan-
der Sklarevski. Her ventures away
from the city have been for periods
of study with Josef and Rosina
Lhevinne of the Julliard School of
Music in New York and for occa-
sional concert tours.
For her share in the program
Miss Baum will play two groups
of piano selections, the first to
consist of 'Humoresque," Schumann
The second group will include the
"Sonetto' and "Gnomenreigen' of
List. reflections in the Water" of
Debussy, The Little White Donkey
of Ibert, 'Pensee Elegiaque,' by
Sklarevski, and Suggestion Dia-
bolique" of Prokofieff.
Miss Van Wey's singing career
had it's inception some half dozen
years ago when she left her North
Carolina home to pursue profess
sional career in New York as a
singer. She has sung with num-
ber of leading symphony orchestras
and has been associated in coaching
with Cesare Sodero, Hugh Ross and
Povia FrijSh.