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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13
For the Home Front
If ever the Community Chest W

If ever the Community Chest were
necessary, now is the time. An
emergency of worldwide proper
tionS gradually is moving toward a
climax which no man can guess.
The United States of America in
evitably is involved in the struggle.
If it is to survive, it must justify its
existence in terms of fellowship and
sacrifice. The difference between
victory and defeat may be decided
upon the home front. E. R. Stet-
tinius, a member of the National
Defense Commission, summarized
the obvious requirement in the
words: "A strong national defense
must be based upon strong national
morale, which, in turn, is founded
upon a prosperous, healthy, loyal
citizenry"
The problems Of the crisis are
legion in number, complicated, diff
cult to solve. 1t is an axiom Of
human experience that trouble
breeds trouble. Never before within
the memory OF living generations
has there been a more poignant
occasion for a practical demonstra-
ton Of the one commandment of
Christ: That We love one another"
In Washington the eighty-seven CO.
operating agencies of the Commu-
nifty Chest attempt to deal with all
the infinite variety Of ordinary social
welfare issues which are constant
phenomena of gregarious life. But
presently these volunteer forces also
must cope with the dislocations
which naturally will develop from
the enrolment of large bodies of men
for military training. 1t therefore is
doubly important that the 1910 cam
paign for funds to finance the Com
munity Chest agencies should be
successful. The alternative is a
failure which the people Of the
District of Columbia cannot afford.
1t would spell intolerable distress
among too many innocent and help
less victims of the jests of fate.
For the drive beginning today the
goal is two million dollars-a sum
so small relatively that it may be
wondered If it will even partially
suffice. Considering the need, the
maximum objective certainly should
be exceeded. And it ought to be
regarded as a privilege to subscribe
more than is asked Remembering
the suffering across the seas and the
danger that its consequences shortly
may be felt in the United States, no
individual should be any less gen.
erous than his circumstances permit.
The blessing of contributing to the
limit Of ones ability is the honorable
satisfaction of having testified sub
stantially to the essential meaning
of civilization as it is understood by
Americans worthy of the name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13
Useless Hourdinu
Recently a woman in CriS1

AVVVAAy WViIldll III NllollClu
opened an oyster, found in it silver
dollar, and initiated mystery
which still is unsolved by biologists
and financial experts. How did the
humble bivalve, a veritable symbol
of inertia, ever get up energy enough
to leave its bed, go out, and pick up
a dollar? Or could it have been that
the oyster was on relief, and merely
sat tight waiting until it drifted to
him? No one will ever know
All that is known for sure is that
the oyster, a rock-ribbed standpatter
of the old school, gained nothing by
boarding his fortune. He kept it for
a while in a locked-up vault at the
bottom OF the Chesapeake Bay as
reserve against dry day or some
similar disaster; but before he could
use it, he lost it to a disciple of the
more abundant life who believed in,
and acted upon, the theory that
money was meant to be spent and
not hidden away in subterranean
Kentucky, If gold, or subaqueous
Maryland If silver. That dollar is
now circulating vigorously all over
the Eastern Shore, buying cigarettes,
candy, soap, matches, and the like,
over and over again, bringing Joy
to the hearts of thousands by useful
service. But let US not forget that
the oyster, too, served its purpose. If
he had not been of a saving DISPOSE
ton, the money would still be at the
bottom Of the bay. It is sad to record,
therefore, that his only reward was
nice warm place in the soup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13
Eden's Near East journey

Anthony Eden, Secretary for War
In the British cabinet, is back in
London after an extensive tour of
the Near and Middle East covering
some $4,000 miles. The more one
studies that itinerary, the greater
becomes its significance. In his
thorough checkup Of the Mediter-
ranean and Levant situation, Eden
was accompanied by General Sir
Archibald Wavell, commander in
chief of Britain's eastern armies by
Sir Andrew Cunningham, admiral of
the Mediterranean fleet, and by Air
Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore.
These high dignitaries would not
have left their immediate posts and
devoted so much of their precious
time unless the War Secretary's
journey involved momentous con-
siderations.
Although details are naturally not
available. 1t is an open secret that
Britain has been heavily reinforcing
her armies in the Near East both
from the homeland and from more
distant parts of the empire such as
India and Australia. Since Eden's
return, official spokesman in
London have been giving out state
ments which breathe unqualified
optimism and indicate that Britain
is prepared not only to withstand
axis attacks, but even to launch
counteroffensives in the near future.
Just before leaving Cairo, the War
Secretary broadcast an address that
"the future is safe" in the hands of
Britain'S eastern armies. Speaking
to a soldier audience over the air, he
promised them that when the hour
comes, we shall strike home to vic
tory"
In the same vein the London semi
official spokesman already alluded
to tells the press that, while the
equipment and organization of the
Italian forces in Libya and Ethiopia
were mot bad" the morale Of the
native troops was "deteriorating,"
especially on the Ethiopian front,
while conversely, Britain's position
on the desert front between Egypt
and Libya was immensely i'm
proved" The situation in Syria,
still held by French forces loyal to
the Vichy government and thus po-
tentially hostile to Britain, was
described as fairly stable" The de.
lenses Of Malta and Gibraltar, Brit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13

a good thing to let evergreens, for in
water at their roots.
If the home gardener can duplicate
natural conditions, in this respect, he
can be much surer that his bulbs and
perennials will be alive and hardy next
spring.
Experts believe that leaves Of hard
ter as mulching material than the leaves
Of the various softwood trees.
They declare that while it is best to
keep too much vigorous wind of plants,
some air is necessary, since all plants are
living, breathing things. 1t is felt that
some types of leaves and other materials
used as winter mulches mat down too
closely, thus cutting off all air.
The amateur may see that there is
here another of those famous fine points,
up to which one must come, but beyond
which he must not go. 1t is all very con-
fusing, and many solve it by using no
mulch at all. They find that most of
u.
Where fall mulching comes in very
handily Is the yard where planting, for
one reason or another, of the various
spring bulbs must be put off until as
late as possible.
Many persons have the idea that even
November is too late to plant tulips, for
instance.
Even In some books and magazines
you will find advice to the effect that
bulb planting must be done by early No.
vember.
Nothing is farther from the truth.
Late November will do, provided the
ground has not frozen, and even De-
cember is available if the ground to be
planted has been kept from freezing, as
suggested.
1t is true that few persons want to
plant bulbs around Christmas time, be-
cause usually it is very cold then, and
digging in the earth is very, very dis
agreeable.
There is no reason to give up the idea
Of planting the bulbs, however, just be-
cause it has been overlooked.
The election and the war may have
taken the minds of many gardeners off
the spring Towering bulbs, but if they
are wise they will think Of them again
before it Is too late
1t must be remembered that If late
planting is done, it is especially neces-
sary to be sure the holes are the same
diameter all the way down. in order to
prevent the bottom of the bulb from sit
ting on an air pocket.
Holes should be about s inches to the
bottom for tulip bulbs. about 3 for GRO
Gus bulbs, and about inches for mar
cissus bulbs. There may be some slight
variation, according to whether the soil
is heavy or light. If it is heavy, the bulb
goes little higher. If light, a little
lower.
Late planted bulbs should be put in
just little deeper than usual with spe-
cial care taken to put them on fat bot
tom, with little sand on the floor.
After planting no mulch should be used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13

it is said, have resulted not only in
stricter policing by private and public
agencies, but elimination Of fire and
explosion hazards The F. B. I.
service is merely advisory, Of course,
but most factory managers have
manifested eagerness to comply with
the suggestions made by the Federal
inspectors. AS the plant protection
program expands, there is good
reason to believe that saboteurs and
their kind will find their assignments
increasingly difficult and risky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13

and we co-operated with the mother
country in wrestling the continent from
the French, but all this history, in a
technical sense, is English history rather
than the history of the United States.
Our Revolution occurred in the reign
of the third George; back of it runs
line of other Hanoverian kings. of Stuart
kings, of Tudor kings, of Plantagenet
kings, of Norman kings, of Saxon kings,
Of Roman governors, of Briton kings and
queens, of Scottish tribal heads and
kings, OF ancient Irish kings Long
before Caesar landed in Kent. inhabi-
tants of England had erected forts,
constructed war ehariots and reared
temples Of worship. Of which a notable
example still survives on Salisbury Plain.
So had the Picts and Scots Of Caledonia
reared strongholds and used war char
lots, and so had Celts erected temples
of worship in Ireland, and Phoenicians
had mined tin in Cornwall When
Cavaliers were founding q common
wealth at Jamestown and the Puritans
one on Massachusetts Bay, the British
Isles were 600 years away from the
Norman Conquest, the reformation of
the English church had been effected.
Chaucer had written his Tales Bacon
his Essays and Shakespeare all but a
few of his plays.
"Of the many races to whom belong
these stored annals-Briton, Pict. Scot,
Co1+
America, whose ancestral lines run back
to those islands, are the far-descended
children, heirs actual. Our history, as
civilized people. began not in indie
pendence Hall, Philadelphia, not at
jamestown, not at Plymouth Rock, but
there in the Northeastern Atlantic, in
lands now acknowledging the sway of
the Parliament of Westminster, and
where, as with us, the speech of all is
English Not alone do We share that
speech with them, but that matchless
literature, also English, and more than
that. racial customs, laws and manners,
Of which many are as old as the Norman
Conquest, while others, for aught We
know, are survivals from an age when
human sacrifices were made around the
monoliths of Stonehenge.
att is not in lands such as these that
any real American ever can feel himself
a stranger. There lies for so many OF
us the ancestral home-in that land of
just and old renown,' that royal throne
of kings that precious stone set in the
silver sea- that dear, dear land. dear
for her reputation through the world"
F..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13
Quotes Excerpts on Bonds
Between England and America.

To the Editor Of The Star:
I respectfully suggest that some Of
your readers might be interested to
see the following paragraphs written
prior to 1914 by Francis w. Halsey,
sometime editor of the New York Times
Review of Books and Art: what to an
American is ancient history, to an Eng
lishman is an affair of scarcely more
than yesterday. AS Goodwin Smith has
said, the Revolution of 1776 is to an
American what the Norman Conquest
is to an Englishman-the event on which
to found q claim of ancestral distinc-
ton. More than TOO years divide these
two events. With the Revolution, our
history as Nation began; before that we
were group Of colonies, each . part
Of the British Empire. We fought
singls-handed With fnAiaps, II = trua.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13

The British under Wellington
"'unted" on off days when they were
not fighting the marshals of Ma
poleon. Britons of today, with their
horses and hounds. hunt amid the
shambles and holocausts of Nazi
bombings. How are you going to lick
people like that?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13

We do not know just what commas,
periods and exclamation points were
intended for Adolf's Munich speech,
but 1t appears that the punctuation
was somewhat revised by the British
r. A. F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13
Replies to Letter
Concerning CheOps.

To the Editor OF The Star:
I was very much interested in recent
references in this column regarding the
great pyramid, Cheops of Egypt. Mod
ern British scientists point out that it
never was tomb for departed Pharaohs
but has highly prophetic significance.
The spiritual significance of the inner
passages arc set forth by Sir Flinders
Petrie, d. Davidson and Basil Stewart,
well-known scientists, Cheops, according
to Herodotus, is buried on subterranean
tsland Of the Nile. BIB.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13

That telegram to Secretary Slim
son from the Grand Forks IN. Dak)
draftee which read, Thanks for the
honor of being one of the first
called" should rank with the famous
sayings of such great men as Paul
Jones, Perry. Lawrence, Farragut
and Grant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13
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O. Are there any German ships now in
United States ports?-D. M.
A. At present there are only two, one
of which is the Pauline Frederick, with a
gross tonnage of 4,645, laid up at Boston.
The other is the Arauca, freighter Of
1854 gross tons which is laid up at Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13

@. How much time does the average
family spend in listening to the radio?-
E. j. H
A. Eighty-six per cent of all families
with radios listen an average of over
hours a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-13

@. What is the average number Of
kernels on an ear of corn?-S. D.
A. The number of kernels on an ear Of
corn may vary between 500 and 1000 or
more. The golden bantam type has
smaller ears with fewer kernels than
most other types. Five hundred kernels
would be an average for this type.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-09-12
TERMESZETESEN
EZ MEM

jelenti ait, hogy tenylegesen
sokkal kes6bb fognak sorozni,
inert csak legfeljebb nehany
napos halasztasr6l lehet be-
szelni. '','
Egy-ket h6napra minden
esetre sziikseg lesz, hogy a re-
gisztralast lefolytassak Is a
sorozo boardokat felallitsak S
elkesziiljenek a kaszarnyak
A hatarozat tehat legfeljebb
egy-ket heti halasztast jelent,
de haboru eseten annyi is eleg
hozza, hogy veszedelembe don't
son egy orszagot. S minden-
kepen szerencsetlenseg ez a
hatarozat azert, inert ICY az
europai diktaturak mem lat
jak a nemzet teljes egyseget.
OFT mem tudhatjak, hogy egy-
egy senator vagy kongresz-
szus a sajat rongyos kis egyeni
pecsenyeje kedveert veszede-
lembe dontheti az orszagot.
Mindezt mem irnank, ha a
kongresszus egyszeruen lesza-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-09-12
A JOV0 HETEN KEZDODIK A
VERHOVAY SEGELY EGYLET
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
RENDES OSZI GYULESE

DARAGo JOSEF, a Verho-
way Segely Egylet kozponti ell
noke, ugy is mint az Igazgato-
sag elnoke, september loan
reggel 9 orara (D.S.T.) hivta
egybe az egyesulet igazgat6sa-
ganak a minden ev 6szen meg
tartando rendes felevi gyiile-
set, mely Pittsburghban, a
Standard Life Building kilen-
cedik emeleten lev6 igazgato-
sagi tanacsteremben lesz. A
gyiles valoszinuleg elhuzodik
egesz heten at. Igen fontos
ugyek lesznek targyalva S ICY
a gyules irant amerikaszerte
Macy az erdeklodes.
A gyiilesen resztvesznek az
egyesulet iga0gatoi, nevszerint:
Ari Bella igazgato alelnOk, Tren-
ton, N. J.-b6l, Brogley Ferenc,
Youngstown, Ohio-bol, Csomor
Mozes, Madison, Illinois-bol,
Dobos Andras, Pocahontas,
Virginia-bol, Kun Bertalan,
Homestead, PennSylvania-bol,
Lang Istvan, Bethlehem, Penn
sylvania-bol, Macker Gyula,
Detroit-bol, DR.. Prince Jozsef,
Dayton, Ohio-bol, Siket Imre,
New York-bol, S1alanczy ia
nos, Chicago-bol, Szalay Jozsef,
igazgato aleln0k, Cleveland-bol,
es VIII Lajos, Scalp Level-b6l.
Jelen lesznek a k0zponti tiszt-
visel0k is: Bencze Janos koz-
ponti titkar, Varga J. Mihaly
k0aponti penztaros es Revesz
Kalman k0zponti szanvevo.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-09-12

a k0telez6 katonai sorO2ast
szavazni, de hozza ait a mo-
dositast szavaztak, hogy csak
a torveny alairasa utan hat
van nappal lep eletbe, ha ad-
dig megfelel6 szamu 0nkentest
mem kapnak.
A kongresszus tagjai ponto-
san tudjak, hogy fele annyi
onkentest sem fognak talalni,
S a hatvan napos halasztasnak
csak az a celia, hogy a sorozas
a - valasztasok el6tt meg ne
kezd6dj0n.
Mocskosan gyava ez a hata-
rozat, inert vagy van sziikseg
a gyors fegyverkezesre. vagy
nincs es mindenkepen a nep-
kepviselet joga es kotelessege,
hogy a kerdest eld0ntse.
Ha sziikseg. van tizen0tezer
millio dollar ara fegyverre,
akkor szukseg van katonara
is. Ha sziikseg van katona-
sagra, akkor celtalan huza-
vona a hatvan napos halasz-
tas S ez a leggyavabb hataro-
zat, amit egy nemzet t0rveny-
hozasa zudit az orszagra.
Onkenteleniil is azok q
francia politikusok jutnak az
ember eszebe, akik szinten g
sajat politikai palyafutasol
erdekeben t0nkre tettek az
orszagot.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-09-12


hadat mem uzentek, 0nma-
gukat szinten ICY neveztek.)
A tavol keleten ismet borus
felh0k mutatkoztak a multi
heten, Hull kulugyminiszter
felreerthetetlen erellyel k0-
z0lte a japanokkal, hogy a
francia kezen lev6 Indo- -Kina
elvetelenek lit "szerencsetlen
kovetkezmenyei lehetnek"
Ugyanakkor hire jart, hogy
az orszag Csendes tengefen le-
v6 flottaja sziikseg eseten a
Japan ORA el6tt fekv6 leger6-
sebb angol flotta-bazist, a Sin
gapore er6ditest szjikseg ese-
ten hasznalhatja, ha akarja.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-09-12

without one dollar of new taxes
of any kind. In fact, "No new
taxes" was his slogan.
Davey brought about the re-
peal of the sales tax on food, and
saved fhe people of Ohio $12,0OO,-
10000 year from November II,
1886, on forever.
With the help of the Legisla-
ture, he reduced automobile IL
cense fees $2,0O0,O0O,00 per year,
and farmers truck fees $1,000,-
10000 per year. In adition to this,
he gave free use of automobile
tags for three months from Jan
uary |, to April l, when the law
was first amended.
The admissions tax (on thea
ter tickets, etc) was reduced from
ten per cent to three per cent. The
intangibles tax was reduced from
six per cent to five per cent.
There were several other tax re-
ductions and exemptions.
!, The net result was reduction
in your taxes, under the Davey
administration, of $40,009,000.O0
from 1885 to 1888, inclusive. Da-
vey left $40,000000.00 in your
pockets.
Better still, these tax reduc-
tions still continue. Davey's tax
reductions left in your pockets
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-09-12
EEK A
DIPLOMACIAI

es hadi mozdulatok egyre
k0zelebb sodornak Anglia
melle benniinket S bar Cana
danak meg csak ocska, XII
mustralt tankeket adunk a k0-
zeli napokban, mindenki biz
tosra veheti, hogy AIT vi es
harckepes tankek is fogjak
k0vetni.
Mem gy6zzuk elegge isme-
telni es hangsulyozni, hogy ez
a nemzet mem az Anglia irant
erzett rokons7env, hanem a
sajat biztonsaga erdekeben
igyekszik, hogy az angol biro-
dalmat segitse.
Ugyanilyen gyakran kell is
metelnunk, hogy az esetleges
haborura el kell mindany-
nyiunknak kesziiIni.
S veglil szliksegesIlek tart
juk lit megjegyezni, hogy bar
a magyar nernzetet a helyzet
jelenleg a tengelyhatalmak
melle kenyszeritik lit vigyaz-
zon nindenki niagara es a
nyelvere, inert az vi Haza to-
link a teljes es fenntartas
nelkiili lojalitast joggal ell
varja.
Egyebekben j6 lesz tudni,
hogy amig a magyar nem-
zetnek az oroszok elleni bizto-
sitas celjabol itelte oda Err
delyt a ket diktator, jelenleg
Washington egyszer szorosabb
viszonyt keres (Japan ellen) a
Szovjettel.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-09-12

Kansasban egesz nap skier
nelkiil halaszott egy enber es
mikor a part fele indult, egy
het fontos ponty ugrott a viz
boil a csonakjaba.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-09-12
MEM SOKAT JELENT,
HOGY

veglegesen es formalisan is
torveny lett az otezer milli6
dollaros navy-javaslatbol a
mutt heten, inert az hetek
ota meg volt szavazva. Csu-
pan ait jelenti, hogy vegre
formalisan is meg lehet azo-
kat a hadiszereket rendelni,
amelyeken egyes gyarakban
mar ugyis dolgoznak.
Ezael egyiitt most mar men,
zetvedelem celjaira THEN
OTEZER MILLIo dollart sza-
vazott meg ez a kongresszus,
es ismeteljuk e helyen, hogy
ezt az osszeget a jovo kon-
gresszusokban sokkal maga-
sabb 0sszegek fogjak kovetni.
(EZT jelentette az az europai
haboru a szamunkra, amely
rovidlato emberek el6tt "nem
a mi dolgunk').~ 81.
Jelenleg azokat az adoja-
vaslatokat targyaljak, amelyek
a nagy haborus profitok egy
tekintelyes reszet XII fogjak
venni a. t6kesek zsebeb6l. S a
melyeknek bizonytalan sorsa
egyel6re utjaban all a. fegy.
verke1esnek.
Ha ait tet6 ala hozzak, va.
loszinuleg a kampany felmara.
do heteire sziinetet tart a kon.
gresszus, amt azonban be-
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