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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-13
crNrTER TWO

.7.rr-v. OF course. is half of
49,, ..-~,. .a-e." Cholly informed
-,.~,.~v "A.,G 10 YOU remember
.,.>-.r Tree at school? He was a
..,...r j. or ji:.:o- year"
~p,, YES" Romany nodded. The
,,,.Zsn. literary guy with the
classes and the serious mien. He
rs 81 Tie dramatic club"
..~.,..s II, enc. He's continu-
.-y writer .o- ,he radio now"
",Frv marvellous, Maybe he can
.~.v5Easc ne 10 somebody who
r-.., soHyho&v.'
.rna.'s ,H> reason had Terry
nsr- ..,2 ~ and invite him out"
Cnu,,v 2r.@&cd. Nothing like
....~ .:.,- NJ ~ ROW and then. Be-
..:sS hes Very nice-and good
II 3.Ga'r know him except by
s:..-." sail Ramany. He wasn't
r-,-h u q ladies nan. was he"
Married 10 his typewriter.
S~,ar. fellow Even you couldn't
AXE hin. away from his literary
.s..o-.s. I fear"
Al affair e the heart is the last
hing hat would interest ME"
Rrmaav air.,y assured her old
friend. SO I'm sure the Baxter
Mason Tree literary career is per-
sec.lv safe
You sill want 10 be the Sarah
Ss-Nh3rGc Of ne air waves. I see"
C@1..v was amused. And you'll
PROBABLY end NJ reading CONNER
,.al announcements. You know the
40. ! bless the day I found Mrs.
S~.cllatr;cz'S soap" She said It
enough her nose.
R9H,a@y laughed.
81 viii no.. II Scarve first"
"2-&.o : the 2cGz.eSt business in
70 .:3rlG.' Cho.,v TOLD her. I've
..s-cva-5i tia. in three months,
wearing o"t shoe leather trying 20
- q coh -.avi..E Ire piano on the
a.. J. ra-." ,z-G'c helped me find
~ --a -.---@~ ~2yr time il ;:e
ms s,~~2 Z. re jumped in the
~v. L.. = navy said pIac!diy.
- .-.0 80 ..--g:@E until : get
sr~-.-..:,g - 10. 7 Won't LEI il set
-.a ...-.. There's tc0 GlIc,! money
o p -.
"H-o-ey," Cncl!v sighed. II you'd
sa- - SOCKS ~ 80" little high
sc"2e, lis floating around making
.w0 Or three hundred dollars p
wesl g. I".-csc&Ce. id make YOU
sick 70 think you cant get a break.
: a..c:: a tcG-ye&r-old boz making
a hundred and fly a week On two
XII shows"
T&=n:s "ot peanuts" Romany
wh;s.'eG softly.
MIRA Nc-es raid income tax Oh
5tcy thousand dollars last year"
Cho!ly adde; I know a girl VINO
knows the man vino makes out her
income tax return. She's starring
on three daytime radio shows, FIVE
days a week
R0many bl!nked. then grinDed.
Has she got anything I haven't
go.o"
YEAH" Cholly grinned back.
Peroxide blond hair and the mas
ties disposition in Chicago. But she
g striking. And she's got that GER
ain something that q mike picks
~ and plays OIL the heartstrings."
Oh, Lord" said Romany, feel
i?zlg. y hope I've got it, too
Whatever il is. I'm so tired Of be-
ing poor. I'VE never had anything
n my life Aunt Cissie didn't give
NE. Mother and Dad have been
"o@derfuI. 2ut Dad is the poorest
tarmer in Indiana, bless his heart.
I could just make a lot OF
----ry. AMI help them"
", kCow." C.ho!ly's eyes were
---s.re y don't really want any
-a.-g Tor myself. If could just AK
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-13

Russia, dismayed over the failure
of the Finnish campaign, has sent
General L. z. ,lckhlis, highest pc.
litical army commissar, to the front
to supervise the soldiers morale
according to report. He will be
aided by new commissars in "reor-
ganizing the spirit" of the troops
Evening star., 1940-08-01
Repercussions Seen
In Japan Against
j. ). Gasoline Ban
Toxic Admiralty OffieioI
Regards Move as Aimed
At Axis and Nippon
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Aug. 1.-President Roose-
velt's ban on the export Of aviation
gasoline to points outside the West
ern Hemisphere was interpreted by
the Admiralty spokesman today as
q move against Japan, Germany
and Italy which might lead to
"repercussions."
The spokesman also inferentially
warned foreign powers against in
reference in the currently round up
persons-apparently mostly Britons
suspected of espionage. He said
this was entirely an internal affair,
and in this connection he warned
newspaper correspondents against
"illegitimate activities"
Attempt to Kill Two Birds.
The American aviation gasoline
embargo, he said, was IAN attempt
to kill two birds with one stone" :"
namely, the Rome-Berlin axis and
Japan.
Under whatever pretext the order
on aviation gasoline was issued" he
said, 'it undoubtedly is designed to
extert economic pressure on Japan.
"If America continues on the
same lines it is bound to cause rep
ercussions."
president Roosevelt signed the
oct fS, s.1A1
of national defense" White
House announcement said Japan,
although formerly good GUS
toner for American aviation
gasoline, has received practically
none since moral embargo"
was imposed by the United States
last year for the bombing of
Chinese civilians. During the
first six months of 1910 Germany
and Italy likewise bought no
American aviation gasoline, prac-
tically all of the export going to
Britain and France0
Silent on Roundup.
The Admiralty spokesman de-
clined to discuss the roundup of
espionage suspects on the ground
1t was still under way.
ut is entirely an internal affair"
he said, land it must be clear to
everybody that national secrets dur
ing an emergency period must be
strictly observed.
The measures being taken are
normal and in accordance with the
law of the realm. 1t would be
entirely irrelevant for Britain to
take retaliatory measures. Also, it
would cause trouble if correspond
ents should abuse their privileges
by going beyond the legitimate
bounds"
Evening star., 1940-08-01
Windsors
Continued From First Page)

F0Re,J
functions on Long Island and else
where.
Also sailing on the Excalibur will
be William Phillips, United States
Ambassador to Rome, who is going
home for brief vacation; Anthony
j. Drexel Biddle, jr., United States
Ambassador to Poland; John
Cudahy, Ambassador to Belgium,
and George Gordon, Minister to the
Netherlands. Most of the other
passengers will be war refugees of
various nationalities.
Inspect Accommodat tions.
The Excalibur arrived here sew
eral days ago, but it was only on
Tuesday that the Windsors decided
to sail. Yesterday they went aboard
to inspect their accommodations.
The three members of the Dukes
staff are all Etonians. Maj Phillips,
81, is a former private secretary to
the Duke of Sutherland; Capt.
Wood, 81, is big game Hunter
who once crossed Africa alone on
foot from the Congo to Kenya Col
only, and Capt. Drury, 48, is a spe-
cialist on the Bahamas. who is said
to know the conditions of nearly
every island in the group the Duke
will govern.
In London, the press published
without comment the statement by
United States Undersecretary of
State Sumner Welles that it would
be q violation of American neutral
ity law for British warships to con-
voy the Excalibur.
It was assumed, however, that
British warships in the Atlantic
would keep long-distance watch
on the Windsor's passage without
Infringing on American neutrality
and would be ready to prevent any
enemy coup that might damage the
prestige of British sea power.
Evening star., 1940-08-01
Puerto Rico Reports
100000 Coses of Flu
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Aug l.
One hundred thousand cases of in
f1uenza, known locally as "monga, 4"
were reported yesterday in Puerto
Rico, and the National Guard was
quarantined for the duration of its
three-week encampment.
OF the first $4,000 cases, IA deaths
were attributed by physicians to de-
veloping pneumonia.
DR.. Edwin H. Lennette of the
Rockefeller Institute and DR.. John
H. Oliphant of the United States
Public Health Service have been
called in for consultation of the epi-
demic.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Modern Streets

Major surveys of recent years fire.
quently have directed attention to
the need for channelization of traf-
11c. Since Evanston, Ill, and Milwsu-
kee pioneered in this field nearly q
decade ago, with surprising results In
accident reduction, numerous cities
have taken up the work. Warrington
has been slower than some, princi-
pally as q result Of inadequacy Of
funds. But 1t now has one out
standing example Of complete chan
nelization-Union Station Plaza. And
the project has brought down upon
the heads Of the Traf11ic Department
an unprecedented storm Of protest.
Smaller projects have been carried
out quietly and most effectively in
recent months. Park road and New
Hampshire avenue, where they inter-
sect Sherman avenue and Monroe
street, have been made safe and
easy Of negotiation for both motor
lists and pedestrians. X street, the
widening and channelization Of
which brought some complaints, has
Evening star., 1940-02-28
"Fiqhtinq Continues"

A news dispatch from Helsinki last
night said: Fighting continues"
That was all. But it would be din
cult to imagine any two words more
meaningful in their application to
the heroic defense Of Finland against
Russia. The Mannerheim Line may
have been broken, Vupuri may be in
ruins, the Nautsi area may be devas-
tated, the Koivisto fortifications may
have been captured, the battle on the
Karelian front may be going In favor
Of the Red invaders, yet the soviets
have not achieved the victory which
the dictator Stain requires.
Indeed, It now may be wondered II
the Bolshevik Car ever can attain
his objective in Finland. Great
Britain and France realize at last,
tardily perhaps, but not altogether
too late. that Russia Is their enemy.
A Polish army Is said to be moving
to the aid Of the courageous Firms.
Swedish volunteers are crossing the
Gulf of Bothnia in q steady stream.
Norway and Denmark understand
that their existence Is threatened by
Soviet success.
Meanwhile, the alliance with Rus
sia Is far from popular in Germany.
It was by promising to protect the
Reich against the peril Of militant
communism that the Nax party rose
to power, and Hitler's less fanatical
followers have not forgotten his
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Letters to the Editor
Likes idea of Pedestrian
Picketing Police.


Picketing Police.
To the Editor of The Star:
An Associated Press dispatch from
San Diego published in yesterdays Star
says an irate woman, after her arrest for
so-called jaywalking and depositing of
81 bail, returned to the scene of her
crime" and picketed the policeman who
arrested her. shouting This cop is unfair
to pedestrians" and Lookout He'll
give you q ticket" whenever a shopper
started to cross the street without the
officers permission.
1t is encouraging to note there are
some people who have sufficient back
bone to protest SO courageously against
the increasing monopolization of the
streets by automobiles. It would not be
surprising If an ancestor of the lady who
picketed the cop had been a member of
the Boston Tea Party.
The practice Of trafic policemen to
pick on pedestrians, blowing their
whistles at pedestrians who cross against
signal when there are no approaching
vehicles, while paying no attention to
drivers who madly dash across inter-
sections on a yellow light that turns red
before the crossing is completed is
additional evidence that the pedestrian
control regulation was adopted not as
protection to pedestrians, but to shield
motorists and speed up vehicular traffic.
Cautious pedestrians have learned to
safely cross busy intersections where
there are no lights, 80 why is 1t necessary
to relieve policeman from the important
duty Of apprehending criminals to annoy
law-abiding citizens at intersections con-
trolled by signals7 OBSERVER.
February 10,
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Permanent Peace

President Roosevelt in his letter
presented to Pope Plus XII by Myron
c. Taylor, the Chief Executives per-
sonal emissary to the Holy See, has
sounded the keynote of the peace
toward which it is possible to look
although the war in Europe as yet
shows no sign OF taking a decisive
turn.
Mr. Roosevelt hopes that "the COM
mon ideals Of religion and humanity
itself can have a united expression
for the re-establishment Of a more
permanent peace on the foundation
Of freedom and assurance Of the life
and integrity of all nations under
God"
In this high aspiration for a last
ing peace the American President
and the head of the Roman Catholic
Church are united, and in the attain
ment Of their aspiration these two
influential world leaders need a
channel of communication" to pro-
vide the means of cooperation when
the moment comes that peace pro-
posals can be made with some hope
Of success.
Mr.. Taylor will be this Channel Of
communication" Mr.. Roosevelt in
formed the Pope in his letter. The
conclusion Of peace will involve not
merely the readjustment of political
relations between states, but, If the
experience of the last war is repeated,
there will be millions of homeless
refugees, in danger of starvation,
needing help.
Mr.. Taylor's experience as head of
the Intergovernmental Committee
on Refugees, which met at Evian-les-
Bains, France. in 1888, qualities him
for cooperation with the Vatican in
the humanitarian work which will
be the task Of the peace loving peo-
pies once wars fury is abated in
Europe.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

speeded trafiic. Work recently COM
pleted at the crossing Of Vermont
avenue. r street and Eleventh street
won tn recommendation Of the Ma
tional Safety Council in Its annual
report.
Objection to innovation and
change Is q common human reac-
ton. Changes made at the station
are not perfect, and, for drivers who
habitually watch the lights on the
side streets rather than those con-
trolling their own course, are apt to
be confusing. But except for minor
delays-two short stops is the maxi
mum for a normal passage entirely
around the plaza-no one need be
inconvenienced, and pedestrians and
those seeking parking space are ma
terially aided.
Complaint has been made Of the
number Of lights installed. Except
for the "walk-dont walk" lights the
plaza has no more trafac signals than
any of the busy circles in comparison
to size.
Older motorists will remember the
resentment which followed the in
stallation of semaphores at busy cor
ners and the scorn in which some
held the "go-go cops" More recent
are objections to some traffic lights,
compulsory inspection and other in
novations. It is only few months
since pedestrian regulations were
publicly denounced on many sides
as regimentation and an invasion
of personal rights. With Washing
tons growth expected to show an
increase of some forty per cent In
the next census, and with corre-
spending or greater increase In
traffic, 1t is inevitable that changes,
even those which involve some in
convenience, must be faced.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
BETHESDA, Md.

BETHESDA, Md.
|. Dear sift The little downy wood
pecker appeared frozen to the hickory
tree to which she was clinging.
"She looked neither to the right nor
left, but seemed almost q part of the
tree
Thus she had remained for some min
utes.
Il stood watching her, wondering at
such absolute lack Of motion, 1t was so
unnatural-and then my eyes were
drawn slowly up the tree.
''They stopped suddenly, riveted on .
large bird perched on one Of the
branches above, as intent and as rigid as
the woodpecker.
I'm a second my mind clicked.
"A sparrow hawk!
There he sat with his gray cheeks.
his cream bun chest, spotted below, his
slate wings and red-brown back
"A large piece Of suet was tied to the
tree for the birds, and had q choice
Of watching to see whether the hawk
was interested In the suet or the wood
pecker.
There came vision of snowy Sum-
day afternoon several years ago when
watching from this same window I had
seen hawk drop and swoop away with
little unsuspecting junco.
++H4
Il took no chances.
II dashed to the door, rushed out onto
the porch, fearing to be too late, and
away went the hawk.
1T flew to tree in the nearby woods,
and with a little more encouragement,
away and out Of sight.
During this commotion the downy
did not move.
Except for her eyes, which kept
blinking and blinking, she could have
been a piece Of the bark of the tree.
'"Thus she remained for five minutes
or more, during which time q chickadee
or two had arrived and were calling and
feeding around her.
"Slowly she began to turn her head
from side to side, and as her terror
lessened. to work herself up the tree,
when with sudden whirr of wings, she
was gone.
=, "She must have communicated some
thing of her fright to the few birds that
had come into the yard, for, as she
dashed away, they all few up and
vanished.
Nov. after an hour, none has re-
turned.
1T is not often that one gets a
chance to study a hawk at such close
range and when he is about the very
intimate business of getting his food.
whether suet - bird.
Il agree he entitled to food where
and If he can get it. but I am firmly
prejudiced against any hawk in the
act of catching one of our downy wood
peckers for his dinner, rare though
the sight may be-
Il admit the suet might have been
the drawing card, but the downy was
mighty worried and felt obliged to 20
Evening star., 1940-02-28
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles =. Trace,Dell.

to her aid as she Is one Of our year.
round friends and neighbcrs.
Sincerely yours, r. T. NJ"
HHR
Suet or downy woodpecker2
The chances are that the hawk was
after the bird, as our correspondent
suspected.
The weather probably cut Oh almost
all Of the sparrow hawks normal supply
Of mice.
Yet this smallest Of hawks has been
known to kill small birds. Their bones
have been found In its stomach.
Hawks eat their prey, bones bills and
all. The food Is digested. the harder
parts rolled up into pellets, which are
regurgitated.
Ornithologists, by counting the number
OF these pellets found around q hawks
home, are able to state more or less
accurately how many birds the hawk
has killed during years time.
The arrival Of q hawk Of any kind
ut . bird feeding station Is always q
moment Of alarm, both for feeders and
observer.
While 1t affords an excellent oppor-
tunity for watching the beautiful, up
right creature. with its wonderful poise.
1t brings CONSERVATION to the birds,
naturally enough.
Some few of the smaller birds may
be hypnotized, as stated, but most Of
them, fortunately, are well able to fy
away.
This they do without staying for cere-
mony.
If suddenly all the birds at your feed
Ing station vanish, suspect hawk, first
thing.
The disappearance is almost miracu-
lous in its speed.
One moment, the birds are there,
busily feeding; the next, there is not
small creature in sight.
*44
Look up about 20 or 80 feet In the
closest nearby tree.
There he is likely to be perched, with
that arrogant carriage, that keen, cruel
eye surveying the situation.
The length, from head to tip of the
TALL will surpise any one who is not
familiar with hawks, large or small.
We come to think of most small birds
as having their backbones on an angle
OF perhaps As degrees, but the hawks
carry their spines almost up and down,
that is, vertical, when perching.
& -
There can be little question that the
hawk. any hawk. is not desirable addi-
ton to the bird feeding scene
In the first place, not a one of the
smaller birds will remain, and you can't
blame them. Not only will they go, but
they will "stay gone," sometimes not
returning until next day. Again, you
|, can't blame them. More than that,
however, the hawk may swoop down
and seize an innocent bird before your
very eyes, which is not happy sight at
a bird feeding station. It is much
better to scare the hawk away, as our
correspondent did, than to run the risk.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

fulminations against the Muscovite
Marxists and their policies Of mis-
chief. In Turkey also there Is grow
ing sentiment TOR drive upon the
Soviets by the way Of the Ukraine.
Only yesterday italy announced that
any activity by Stain in the Balkans
would be resisted.
It almost inevitably will be the
verdict Of history that Russia has
suffered q tremendous loss of pres
tige during the past six months
first, because of the Bolshevik deal"
with the Nazis; second, because Of the
failure of the Soviet "blitzkrieg" In
Finland. The reputation OF Stain,
notorious before August, 1899, now is
damaged beyond all hope Of repair;
the credit Of his army has been
wrecked by its failure to make an
efficient showing in the field. Even
II the Firms eventually are conquered,
the price paid by their foes will have
been too high.
But the democratic nations of the
world ought not to permit Russia to
claim any sort Of victory over Fin
land. The people of that valiant
little state have held the line for
civilization, as a distinguished Eng
lishman rightly has said. It is the
duty Of those nations still free to
support their struggle against bar
barism. Fighting continues" by
grace Of God, and it will be the
earnest prayer of millions of Ameri-
cans that 1t may not cease until the
Firms have been reinforced effective
ly enough to guarantee the survival
of their independence and the liberty
which they have earned by sacrifice
unparalleled in current times.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Written Contracts

As a result Of conflicting decisions
in the Circuit Courts Of Appeal, the
controversial question Of whether an
employer, under the Wagner Act, Is
obliged to incorporate in a written
contract any collective bargaining
agreement reached with his employees
appears to be headed for the Su-
preme Court for Anal decision.
The first ruling on this point came
from the Circuit Court at Chicago,
which held that the act imposes no
such requirement and that the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board cannot
read it into the statute. Other mat
ters, such as finding that the trial
examiner was grossly unfair to the
Inland Steel Company, entered into
the Chicago courts refusal to enforce
the boards order, but the holding
that the law does not require writ
ten and signed contract was explicit.
In no section does the Wagner Act
make any mention Of written agree
ments, but the Labor Board has
insisted that Congress must have
contemplated the reduction Of agree
ments to writing. Otherwise, it is
argued, the terms of any agreement
would be uncertain and of little value
to employees. But the Chicago court
refused to accept this view, and
pointed out that during the discus
sion of the measure prior to its
passage Senator Wagner, its author,
said: "' - The law does not require
any employer to sign any agreement
of any kind. Congress has no power
to impose such a requirement. ."
The New York Circuit Court, how
ever, in a case involving the Art
Metal Construction Company, stood
squarely behind the Labor Board,
the majority opinion holding that
the fair implications Of the act JUS
tify a requirement that any agree
ment reached by collective bargain
ing be embodied in "a permanent
memorial" A dissenting opinion in
this case said that I'VE have no right
to read into the statute a manda-
tory provision which Is not there"
In view Of the complex nature OF
most employer -employe contracts,
1t Is reasonable to believe that the
interests of both parties would be
best served by putting the agree
ments in writing. A refusal to do so
certainly implies bad faith on the
part Of the dissenting party, or a
woefully impractical attitude toward
the process of collective bargaining.
But the issue in this controversy is
not one Of practicality, nor even Of
good faith. The issue is whether
written contracts should be specifi-
cally required by Congress or whether
the courts can legitimately read such
a requirement into the law as 1t
stands now. Determination Of that
issue, If recent New Deal protests
against judicial lawmaking" can be
taken at face value, may cause the
Supreme Court some trouble.