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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-24
British, French Infantry, Artillery Hammer
 ing Two Blows
GERMANS NEARING
 CALAIS, ON CHANNEL
Capture Places Hitler $ Troops, 20 Minutes by
 Air from London

BULLETIN-PARIS May "A. Allied Armies are reported to
 have caught German armcred
 columns of artillery in cross
 fire in a new effort to cut the
 German salient to the sea.
 Masses of Allied infantry are
 also weighing down on the cor
 rider and pressing south from
 Flanders field and in the Cam
 brai region north from the Som-
 me River in a pincer movement
 which has brought into full play
 the two branches of the Allied
 service, infantry and artillery.
 Reports said the Germans
 have discarded flame throwing tanks in the drive toward the
 English Channel and are using
 a new type equipped with machine
 guns.
 (By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
 The German capture of Boulogne, French strategic seaport. just 20 minutes by air from London, is ad- mitted today in authoritative Lon don quarters and the sweeping Nazi push to the sea, preliminary to a heralded invasion of England, also gained ground as the result of two smashing blows by German mechan- ized forces.
 It is claimed in Berlin that mech- anized forces have advanced to with in close reach of Calais, French sea- port, which is only g miles from Dover, England, while other forces grappled with Allied troops in fierce fighting in the streets of Ghent, Belgium, 30 miles northwest of Brus- sels where the Germans are reported attacking on the outskirts of the city.
 For Channel Mastery
 The trend of battle in the critical struggle for mastery of the English Channel veered rapidly north with the Germans striking hard for the shortest direct jumping off base for England at Calais and in so doing, Hitler's armored Legions simultan- eously frightened the steel trap be- tween 500,000 and 100000 Allied troops pocketed in Northern France and Belgium.
 Claim Allies Encircied
 The Nazis jubilantly declare the encirclement of the Allies is nearing airtight completion and further de- clare that the great destructive bat tie of all times may occur earlier than expected.
 Early afternoon reports from Ber- lin said swift armored cars, driving through Stomer have approached the gates of Calais"
 A Paris radio broadcast says 5000 German mechanized troops are iso- lated in the bitterly contested Am iens sector on the south prong of the Nazi pincer and other German forces in Flanders are stalled because of lack of fuel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-24
Good Deed
 Batkfires

SALT LAKE CITY, May 24. = Frank H. Stark's Good Samaritan act sent him to hospital
 His car struck dog. He stopped to pick up the injured animal It attacked him.
 Stark subdued the dog; took it to an animal hospital.
 Then he sought treatment for lacerated hand.
 Yugoslavia is now building its own airplanes, but buys the mo- tors abroad. player is 84.
 The mocking bird is the state bird of Tennessee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-24
Two Alaska
 Projetts 10
 Be Approved
Harbor Improvements at Sitka, Kodiak. May
 Get Action

WASHINGTON, May 24. - The House Rivers and Harbors Com mittee may ask the War Depart ment to select navigation projects for national defense value.
 It is said President Roosevelt will approve defense projects and among these is the Sitka harbor improvement at a first cost esti- mate of $l9OO0O and Kodiak liar Dor to cost $70,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-24
ITALY ON
 WAR VERGE
 IS BELIEF
Fascist Youth Official Says British Manned Gates
 to Be Attacked
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss)

Tension in the Mediterranean sea is increasing. This was added to today by a Fascist Youth official declaring that Italy lis on the eve of war to break the British-manned gates at Gibraltar and Suez.
 Rome shipping circles heard to- day that the scheduled sailing Of the liner Rex from Genoa h S been postponed and many believed this is a possible tip-off of Italian war plans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-24
BUTTER RATION
 FOR BRITI5HER5

LONDON, May 24. - The Food Ministry announces that only ma tional butter will be sold after June 1. It is not disclosed as to the qual- ity or origin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-24
FORMER spy OF FGERMANY
 I5 DETAINED
British Authorities Make Arrest of Capt. von
 RinteIed

LONDON, May 24.-Capt. Franz von Rinteled, noted German spy during the World War, and in recent years a resident of England, has been detained in the drive against the Fifth Column.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-24

A Boston survey showed traf- fic jams increase gasoline con- sumption 50 percent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-24

There are more than 100000 trailer coaches in the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-24
FRENCH RAILROAD
 REPORTED BOMBED

PARIS, May 24-Infornled sources said the Paris-Rouen railway line has been bombed and the Capital City is cut off from Port Lahah.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
A Good Neiqhbor?

Regardless of what President
Roosevelt told DR.. Leopoldo Melo of
Argentina in their disputed conver-
sation at Hyde Park several weeks
ago, the Sanitary Convention nego-
tiated between the United States and
Argentina more than five years ago
should be ratified by the Senate
The best interests of all concerned
would have been served by its ratifi-
cation long ago. Failure OF the
Senate to approve this measure can
be laid only to misunderstanding of
its provisions and objectives, or to
deliberate subordination of the best
interests Of the Nation to sectional
political considerations.
The Sanitary Convention is de-
signed to remedy an injustice done
Argentina by law on our books
prohibiting the importation of any
meat from any country in which
there is any hoof-and- mouth disease.
If other nations had similar laws,
we could not export any beef from
Texas If there was single case of
the disease in Alaska, for example.
The convention itself provides for
strict sanitary regulation, permitting
United States inspectors to check
meat at the source in Argentina. 1t
would correct the present injustice
by providing that neither country
could prohibit Importation of meat
from one section Of the other simply
because another section might be in
fected. Our right to impose import
restrictions to protect our own live
stock industry would not be impaired
In any way.
In other words, ratification Of the
Sanitary Convention would in no
sense mean lowering of sanitary
standards or opening the door for
ruinous competition of Argentine
meat with our producers. We could
limit the imports to whatever amount
necessary to prevent damage to the
domestic industry. This would be
the fair and above-board way to do
it. At present, all Argentine fresh
meat is excluded because of what
ostensibly is sanitary regulation,
but is retained solely for its effect as
a protective customs measure. Nat
urally, the Argentinians resent this.
They do not think it is fair that
meat from perfectly healthy districts
should suffer the stigma of "unsani-
tary" because some other remote Sec
ton might be infected.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
District Reorganization

Pleasantly surprising was the sud-
den passage yesterday by the House
OF the Kennedy bill to reorganize the
District government along more
modern lines. The bill, reported to
the House last May, had been
thought to be dead for this session
Of Congress, in view of the problems
Of national defense with which both
Houses have been occupied. AS ap-
proved by the House, the bill happily
is minus number of provisions to
which many citizens of Washington
had taken vigorous exception during
lengthy hearings on the whole re-
organization problem. The Board of
Education and the Public Library
would retain their autonomy The
controversial provision for a special
Advisory Council, designed, SEEM
ingly, to appeaSe District citizens for
their lack of a voice in their Gov
ernment, has been eliminated. This
pan was criticized roundly because
1t was recognized that council with
advisory powers only, whether it be
appointed by the Commissioners or
elected, is no solution whatever for
Washingtons plight as a taxpaying
community without representation
In Congress, which acts as its legiS-
lature. Instead of the city manager
plan Of the Griffenhagen recon-
mendations, the Kennedy bill calls
for an administrative assistant to
the Commissioners, to serve as an
executive officer This would leave
primary administrative power vested
in the Commissioners.
The proposed legislation would
permit a general overhauling Of
various bureaus and commissions in
the interest of efficiency and econo-
my. Opinions differ as to how much
money would be saved by this process,
but certainly the city would benefit
in the long run if the governmental
machinery of the District were
stepped up to conform with the
tempo of modern municipal practice.
What chance of passage the bill
stands in the Senate remains to be
seen. The time is growing short
and if extended hearings are held
the Senate may not get the bill in
time to act before adjournment. The
enactment of the reorganization bill
will not in any way relieve the obli-
cation of Congress, however, to give
.Washingtonians the paramount
rights of representation in Congress
and In the Electoral College to which
they are entitled as American citizens
. and for which they will continue to
fight in the future.
Evening star., 1940-09-10

ardized it. Critics of the United
States Housing Authority, especially,
wished to keep that agency from
handling the bulk of the construc-
ton work. There were other agen-
cies, too, that were anxious to have
prior claims.
The U. S. H. A., however, is building
II housing projects fer the Army
and Navy at their request, and from
all reports the cooperation is salts
factory. The President can des-
ignate the U. s. H. A. to undertake
other projects, and no doubt he will.
Under previous act no rental sub
sidy is involved in these defense
projects.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
Mrs. WuIcott's Gift

Mrs. Mary Vaux Walcott was
generous friend of the Smithsonian
Institution from the date of her
marriage to its secretary in 1914 until
her own demise more than a quarter
century later. She gave of time and
strength as we'll as of her means
toward the purposes for which 1t
was established. Her husband, DR..
Charles D. Walcott, died in 1927, but
his passing served rather to Stimu-
late than to diminish her interest
In the work and the organization to
which he had been devoted.
|. 1t will bear stressing that both DR..
Walcott and his wife were indi-
viduals who practiced the philosophy
Of being concerned about all mat
ters involving the fate of the human
race. They followed in the tradition
OF the Agassiz family, rejecting
nothing as unworthy of their con-
Germ If by careful study of it the
boundaries Of human control of cir
cumstance could be extended 1t
was their privilege to carry forward
the labors Of James Hall and Clar-
ence King. J. w. Powell and others
in geology and paleontology. But
they also developed new fields for
the exercise of their talents in such
enterprises as the setting up of the
Freer Gallery, the Carnegie Institu-
ton and the National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics.
The leadership in each Of these
efforts, naturally, was that of "the
senior partner" but Mrs. Walcott
was a faithful supporter of every
aspect of his manifold activity.
Especially appealing to her was the
plight of the Smithsonian, hreat-
ened with decline to secondary rank
through the shrinking value of its
endowment and the vastly larger
endowments of institutions newly
organized" She visioned to the full
the potential achievement of an in
stitution adequately capitalized for
the increase, the preservation and
the diffusion of knowledge. Partic-
ularly in times like the tragic pres
ent, she wished to contribute to the
evolution OF cultural idealism. So at
the end Of her pilgrimage through
the troubled world she provided that
her residuary estate, estimated at
quarter million dollars, should be
employed to finance the research
endeavors of young disciples of her
husband and his associates. Her
altruiSm is symptomatic of the in
Stinct which elevates civilized people
above Savages. 1t will be a monu-
ment to her memory and to that of
her beloved companion.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
Housing on Army

Congress acted with wisdom and
foresight in giving the War and
Navy Departments the deciding
voice in determining where and by
whom emergency dwellings shall be
erected for the families Of their
rapidly increasing enlisted personnel
and civilian employees, engaged in
national defense work.
The sole object of the S100,O00,00O
voted for this purpose is to relieve
the housing shortages at certain
posts, yards, arSenalS and other
establishments, the acuteneSS Of
which is said to be impeding the
defense program. The guarded
wording of the housing amendment
to the national defense bill makes it
clear that the projects shall be con-
structed and operated under the
direction of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps. Certainly these Serv-
ices should be the best judges of the
kind of housing they need. In the
event they may wish to ease their
already overburdened responsible
ties, the President may direct some
other Federal agency to do the job,
but only on the recommendation of
the Secretaries of War and Navy.
That may be construed as an inten-
tional brake on the usually wide
discretionary powers conferred upon
the President.
Nothing should be left undone to
expedite the start and early COM
pletion Of emergency housing projects
where they are most needed. The
seriousness of the situation was re-
fiected in the amendment to the
conscription bill adopted in the
House on Friday, designed to prevent
the induction of draftees into the
services until adequate housing and
health facilities are available. Spon-
sors had in mind the dangers Of
another "flu" epidemic such as swept
through overcrowded barracks dur
ing the first World War. This
amendment would seem to be en-
tirely unnecessary, since the Army
and Navy are acutely aware of these
dangers and would do their utmost
to guard against them.
BY giving the War and Navy De-
partments control over their hous7
ing, the Senate sponsors Of the ap-
preparation possibly forestalled q
serious fight that might have ieops
4
Evening star., 1940-09-10

been thinking that the musket was TO
protect US from the beast should the
latter come after u.s.
little birdie with the gift of speech
admonishes Mr.. House: "Tweet, tweet,
remember November 5"-whereupon Mr.
House drops his hat, glasses, gun and
goodish amount of perspiration and
takes off down the road.
In the last picture Uncle Sam, whom
Mr.. Bergman, but not Mr.. House, knew
had been hiding in the bushes all the
time, jumps up and says: Go on back
and pick up your gun!"
Now Uncle Sam, as I understand it,
stands for United States which in turn
stands for United States (of America),
the last being the name of the political
union of a free and sovereign people.
November 5, imagine, refers to the day
on which that free and sovereign people
takes its collective self to the polls
to determine who shall have the right
to call himself Mr.. House and for
that matter who shall try to wear Uncle
Sans shoes. So, apparently, what it
boilS down to is that free and sovereign
people berates Mr.. House for consider
Ing that peoples opinion as expressed
In the ballot box Reductio ad absurdum.
But maybe I'm still being naive
Maybe Mr.. Berryman's Uncle Sam
really doesn't represent that free and
sovereign people. Maybe he symbolizes
q small, powerful group which stands to
gain from the gun and the hunt. In
that case I owe Mr. Bergman an
apology. But do wish he would put
an asterisk somewhere around Uncle
Sam and tell us below the cartoon lust
whom that revered gentleman represents.
J. HARVEY EDMONSTON.
September q
Evening star., 1940-09-10
Silent Mornino

This Is a strangely hushed, muted day,
All winds have died upon a silent
morn.
A pregnant meaning lies upon the leaf.
No bird is here; no bee defies ths
thorn.
The garden bears a weight Of shining
bloom
Now touched to waking as when one
has heard
In some deep chamber of the souls
domain
A meaningful and long desired word.
Unto waiting world and to my heart,
Within the soul all men and nations
share,
Oh, speak, Thou Word! Thy fair crea.
ton waits,
Defiled by lust and hate, and torn
with wari
SOPHRONIA FULLER.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
Fur-Fiunq Bottle Line

Amid the travail Of her grim battle
for survival, Britain has just supplied
graphic and significant evidence that
she is far from the end of her fight
ing resources, even in remote thea
terS of the war. During the recent
week end, while Nazi bombing planes
were taking their terrible toll of life
and property in London, thousands
of British troops were landed at a
port in Egypt from the biggest con-
voy ever to reach that country.
They had travelled from England,
past Gibraltar and across the whole
Mediterranean, for the purpose of
reinforcing the British Army in the
Middle East. On various fronts in
that region clashes with Italy, by
land, on the water or in the air, are
momentarily expected
On arrival at their Egyptian desti-
nation, British officers remarked
that the outstanding feature of the
voyage from the homeland was that
not a single Italian warship was
sighted en- route. There could be no
more positive proof to the axis
powers that despite grave preoccupa-
tions in her own islands, Britains
command of the sea is still unchal-
lenged. She remains able to protect
empire interests far from her air
besieged citadel In that fact lie
implications outstripping in impor-
tance the loss of Somaliland and
sporadic incidents just reported by
Rome, such as destruction of a Brit
ish submarine at Malta and a patrol
boat near Gibraltar.
The much discussed and long pro-
jected Italian attack on Egypt from
Libya, las well as an offensive against
Palestine, continue to be conspicuous
by their postponement. With aug
mented naval force in the Mediter-
ranean and the demonstrated ca
pacity, without molestation, to add
to her military units along the route
to the Suez, Britain gives every sign
that she retains ample power to safe
guard her interests In North Africa
and along her life line to the east.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
Change of Administration
Held Desirable.
To ths FHitnr ~ Trhs ctar

To tn. Editor Of The Star.
The intelligent and independent in
dividual voter in 1910 finds himself
bereft of all his rights save one: He may
discharge one crew and install another.
If he shall fail to preserve this right. it
may be long time before such an op-
portunity is again available.
Representative democracy relies upon
an informed, independent and deter
mined electorate. The great increase in
number of independent" voters" augurs
we'll for the restriction of governmental
activities and q consistent decrease In
their cost However, to reverse the un-
sound trend of recent years will be a
long and tedious task.
Voters, by their absorption in their
immediate. tasks and by their neglect
of public questions, have so fallen under
the sway of the idea of allowing gov
eminent to do their thinking that their
judgment upon the ephemeral issues Of
alleged public policy presented in
election years is so confused as to mini
mize intelligent decision This comes
from the planning" of politicians.
All down through the ages the scarlet
thread of governmental attempts at
dominance and control of the individual
citizen in his every activity stands out
with vivid clearness in the many-colored
fabric of human history.
Representative democracy cannot ex-
ist in any society where the government
Is the sole and detailed arbiter of the
myriad affairs of the citizen. The activi-
ties of government must be kept within
the reasonable limits, of the compre-
hension and understanding of the citi-
zen. Else his alleged participation" is
a hollow sham and mockery.
Students of history realize that most,
If not all, of our recent innovations in
the field of public law, and in political
and economic theory, are in no way
new; that all of them have had fire.
quent trial and after test were discarded
by progressive peoples as so much ex-
cess baggage. burdensome but worthless,
fetters upon the aspirations of men to
be free.
1t required 100 years for our people to
reach the first objective as stated by our
patriotic forbears in the preamble to
the Constitution, Form a more perfect
Union" The second objective. "estab-
lish justice" is yet in the dim future.
We are now confronted with the imme-
diate necessity of providing 'for the
common defense"
Outside of the myriad regulations Of
political government We have nothing
left but established custom, which is but
the common sense of mankind. That
common sense establishes limit on the
time any man or group of men may as
sert preferred claim to be continued in
Office. The freer we are, the more exact
and determined we must be in command
ing and enforcing respect for practices
long approved and cherished by de-
termined people.
NATHAN BOONE WILLIAMS.
September 4.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
"FAIRFAX STATION, Va.

Dear Sir:
"Your column, This and That, in The
Star every evening is one never fail
to read. as gain so much information
about the life of my feathered friends.
Il was most interested In letter about
the vanishing Of the bluebirds, written
by G. B. 8. Happy to say, they stay with
me throughout the year.
Il have a large 14-room birdhouse
placed upon a large stump of an old
oak tree in my back yard.
This spring six bluebirds built their
nests in the birdhouse. They had their
babies and left when they were able
to fly.
II missed them for a while, but several
young ones have been visiting my yard
every day.
MY birdhouse hasn't been occupied
since the bluebirds left.
do you think because of the bluebirds
making their nests in my birdhouse, no
other birds will live there, although
have cleaned 1t out?
Sincerely, H. r. A."
1t is difficult to tell why birds will not
occupy birdhouse.
But we feel that any one who has had
six bluebirds nesting has no complaint
whatever!
Six bluebirds is just six more than
most persons can boast Any garden
with just one of these beauties in it
is fortunate
Most persons who like the birds will
not feel that our correspondent has
anv complaint.
There is no finer bird than this, and
If it comes, then spring is really spring
and the yard has something which very
few gardens have any more.
One must not expect q succession of
birds Of various species in any birdhouse,
no matter how good, or how attractive
to the birds
1t is likely that the smell of one species
is unattractive to birds of another
species. The creatures of nature have
wonderful abilities at scenting. Every
one knows how this is with dogs, but it
is a gift not confined to them
Every bird nest. once used, is done
with-no birds, even Of the same species,
will occupy it again. Certainly the same
pair will not, as rule. II they do, they
practically make 1t over again.
This must be natures way of keeping
everything sweet and sanitary.
Lice aff1ict birds. Fledglings which
began life in an infected nest probably
would not have as good a chance as
those youngsters which were born in a
nice clean nest.
The birds do not have any sanitation,
as we know it. Neither do the animals.
Antiseptics, soap and water. disinfectants
these are unknown to them, at least
in a chemical sense.
But they have the sunshine and the
wind and the rain, and their own
strength and abilities in keeping their
living quarters clean.
The four-footed animals, while in no