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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

Thinks United States Should
Help Pay War Costs.

Thinks United States Should
Help Pay War Costs.
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS an interested onlooker I would like
to thank you for your fine editorial
titled Unfinished Story" 1t is such
newspapers as The Washington Star
that make us feel there are some WIDE
awake people in the United States who
recognize the true facts about this war.
We in Canada do not look on this war
as a foreign war and it is very crafty
ing to know you do not consider 1t q
foreign war, Every nation believing in
liberty and freedom should realize that
it is as much their war as it is Britains.
1t is being fought by Britain for the
right to retain all those things that are
decent and worth while.
Americans have been very frank in
their criticism Of England and English
men, and l. as a Canadian, will be frank
in expressing my personal opinion of
Americans. We people of democratic
countries can take criticism and am
sure you will not be hurt II you are told
a few things.
In the first place, you are helping US.
This we acknowledge and We are CRATE
full. But you must remember you are
being paid for your help. Even in the
destroyer deal, you came out on the long
end. In the second place, this is as
much your war as ours-you know this Is
so. Yet your Government declares no
American blood will be spilled over 1t.
The British Empire Is spilling their
blood for you and for all freedom-loving
people. Ask any mother, father, wife,
or any one, in the "Motherland" which
is the easiest to take: To spill ones blood
in a just cause or to provide the sinews
of war?
Now as this is Just as much your war
as ours, how about some Of your mil
honaires chipping in q few million dol
lars to help pay for it?-like Mr.. O'Con-
nell, Montreal publisher, and many
others.
There are many people in your great
country troubled with Anglomania, but
II they would only try to understand
and get acquainted with the English
people, CIle OCOGCIly Tie WELSH, anu Gil
those brave people in that tight little
island" they would find them very like
able and fine people. am no Anglo
phobe, but I know what I am talking
about and can say the English people
are very nice, indeed, once one knows
them; and they are very fair in their
dealings.
Now, would like to suggest, if you are
going to let us fight the war with all
the heartache and anxiety, and the
splitting of our blood, please be a good
sport and help pay for it. Britain needs
American dollars to buy munitions in
your country, so how about chipping in
a few? This is cheap way TO fight q
war and 1t would be doing a good turn
for a good friend. Show the world that
America and Britain are insepsrable
friends. G. A. MeGIBBON.
Toronto, Canada.
November 2.
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Answers Inquiry About
Meaning of the Pyramids.

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Star for october 26 the ques-
ton was asked: what do the Pyramids
symbolize?" The answer was quota
ton from Herodotus circa 4S4-425 BIC,
as follows: The Egyptians considered
the pyramid an emblem of human life;
the broad base was significant of the
beginning, and its termination in point
the end of our existence in the present
state
Herodotus is rightly called "the father
Of history, but he was not a critical
historian in the modern sense. Good
example of this is his story about the
symbolism. of the pyramids. It has no
basis In fact but is purely imaginary.
The Egyptian pyramids we're nothing
more nor less than the tombs of the
Pharaohs. No attempt to read into them
symbolic, occult and prophetic meanings
has any foundation whatever. Such
vagaries are amusing to Psychologists.
The evolution of the pyramids can be
traced from the primitive sand graves
of 5000 BIC. to the great pyramids Of
5000 BIC.
It must be remembered that the
ancient Egyptians believed that the soul,
represented by bird, would be happy
as long as the body was uninjured.
Hence the bodies were mummified, placed
in several wooden coffins and then In
sarcophagus The coff1ns finally were
deposited in the irnermost rooms of
limestone pyramids. Every pyramid,
however, was ROBBED long ago.
October 81. GEORGE 3. DUNCAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06
Member of the Associated Press.
Beyond the Victory

The presidential election of 1910
has passed into history. A Substan-
tial majority of the voters, recording
their preference in the privacy of
the polling booths, have returned
Franklin D. Roosevelt to the White
House for another term in a verdict
which, under our democratic system,
governs all Americans.
But the election is no final answer
TO our problems. This is a critical
time for the Nation. If ever there
was need for a united country, 1t is
now Severe trials await us-trials
which cannot be met successfully by
a divided people. Our national Sc
curity demands that the bitterness
and the dissensions of the campaign
be forgotten by victors and van
Quished alike. For all Americans
the paramount requirement of the
present is that they have the vision
to look beyond the political victory
that has just been won to the greater
contest which lies ahead-a contest
which Democrats and Republicans
must win or lose together.
1t must be with no light heart that
the President prepares to assume
the duties of his office for another
four years. Since his election in
1885 he has seen one nation after
another fall before the onslaught Of
a new force in the world-a ruthless
philosophy, armed and thirsting for
conquest, which demands that the
individual subject himself without
reservation to the state Mr.. Roose-
velt, more clearly, perhaps, than
most men, has perceived and under
stood the danger to our own democ-
racy which is inherent in the spread
of totalitarianisn, and he has taken
firm stand against the apostles of
force. But if he is to hold to that
position-and there can be no re-
treat from it without inviting dis
aster-he will need the continued
support OF that vast majority OF his
countrymen who have stood with
him in the past. And that support
will be forthcoming, for Americans
have learned the art of closing ranks
after a national election, and they
can be relied upon to present a COM
mon front when their democratic
way of life is threatened from abroad.
The political campaign of 1910 has
been waged with great intensity of
feeling. The cleavage between the
partiSans has been deep and wide,
but we have bridged greater CULTS
before.
When this Nation faced the dread
certainty of Civil War, Abraham Lin
coin warned that a house divided
against itself cannot stand. That
was true then and it is true now.
The experienced judgment of the
American people-winners as we'll as
losers-is our best assurance that
there will be no divided house in
America today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06
Red Cross Report

Remarkable expansion of its peace
time and national defense work in
the cause Of Americas security is
revealed in the annual report of the
American Red Cross.
Leading in the field of peacetime
efforts is the work being done to pre-
vent accidents and to reduce the con-
sequences Of mishaps which too often
are unnecessarily severe or even
fatal as result Of lack of knowl-
edge. Until few years ago accidents
in the home constituted the largest
category contributing to the death
toll and the list of serious injuries.
BY a slight margin this has been
replaced by traffic crashes. During
the year which ended last June 80,
1000 persons we're killed and $780,
900 were injured. Of these, $4,000
died in traffic and more than 10000
were fatally hurt in their homes. In
the latter group falls and burns
wrought the greatest havoc.
Efforts of the Red Cross have been
concentrated on two types of pre-
vention: Educational efforts through
publicity, schools and its own classes
in attempting to eliminate the cause
of accidents, and instruction in first
aid care to prevent greater injury
or death resulting from those which
do occur. In the first effort the vari-
Gus safety agencies have co-operated
with The result that industrial acct
dents, once a common form, now con-
stitute only approximately five per
cent of the total. In the latter, first
aid instruction is being extended as
rapidly as possible to all groups of
individuals, including school chill
dren, the primary aim being to
teach them what not to do. In addi-
ton, the Red Cross has increased its
highway first aid services, 1922 fixed
and mobile units being in operation
at the close of the fiscal year.
Principal among defense steps is
the enrolment of volunteer blood
donors and of physicians, dentists
and nurses for possible services in
any emergency.
Accidents are a form of national
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| low right down on the bird bath.
The bather seemed to like this. She
splashed even more than the male had
All in all, this bath occupied the birds
q full five minutes
Suddenly the female took of squarely
from the center of the pool.
She few with the whistling of wings
which distinguishes the species, gaining
altitude as she went until she cleared
the top Of the house.
Her mate instantly took wing, and
was right behind her III second.
1t was not long before they were back
again, but this time they went to the
feeding station beneath the maple tree
There was lull there.
Not a bird was in sight. Even the
bands Of sparrows had disappeared. SC
the doves had the food all to themselves
They are much prettier birds in every
way than their cousins, the pigeons
Their chests do not stick out so much
their colorings are prettier, and so are
their markings.
They lack altogether the rather gross
look which marks most pigeons.
Doves are, in the words song birds
and so strike most observers.
The mourning dove is so named be-
cause of its peculiar, low-pitched notes
familiar to all.
This coo-oo-oo, however, does not
strike all hearers as n1ournful. It is
simply contralto song, and the con-
tralto voice is the voice of lament.
Many home owners insist that they
find something cheering and happy in
the slow song Of this homebody among
the birds
They declare that if it is called the
mourning dove, it is because the dove
is in mourning for its lost relative, the
passenger pigeon, which once abounded
by the millions in America.
According to the best paintings we
have of the passenger pigeon, it looked
remarkably like Carolina dove, except
it was larger and had a much pinker
chest.
Even today, though the passenger pig
con is assuredly extinct, through the
greed and cruelty Of man, reports con-
tinue to come in Of finds" Of solitary
specimens Of the bird.
In all such cases to date, the finders
have simply been mistaken. What they
thought was a passenger pigeon turned
out to be rather large wild dove. The
passenger pigeons were about IT inches
long, and their breasts were very large
and pink. almost red in the males
The last of these wonderful birds died
in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, the year
the world started its career of war in
sanity. Can it be possible that God, ir
some mysterious way, is making man
pay for the slaughter of those millions
Of innocent pigeons?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06
Switzerland Next?

1t is familiar and favorite total1-
tartan technique to warn small neu-
trail nations of the dire fate that may
overtake them II they challenge the
motives which inspire the aggressor
powers. In more than one case since
the axis embarked upon its career of
conquest, the prelude to war was a
propaganda campaign directed first
against an intended victims press
and finally against its government.
The procedure is to adn1onish the
country in question that it is play
ing with fire in asperSing the purity
of purpose which animates the die
tators and their policies toward
neighboring peoples. Having created
the atmosphere, wherein the neutral
is always depicted as the guilty party,
it is not difficult to manufacture
incidents" or to provide pretexts
for armed intervention. Czecho-
Slovakia, Norway, Denmark, Belgium
and the Netherlands all tell that
story. The Nazi attack on Poland,
which led to the European war, was
preceded by the same tactics-accu-
sations that the Warsaw press and
government were jointly engaged in
anti-German intrigues and conniv-
ing with Britain and France for
armed assault on an unoffending
Reich. Russia's war on Finland
sprang from equally flimsy pretexts.
Italy's war on Greece was similarly
spawned. Now, Mussolini's press
barrage is turned on Switzerland,
giving rise to the suspicion that
trouble may be brewing for the little
Alpine republic, which is SO pre-
cariously hemmed in on all sides by
the axis, including occupied France.
Signor Virginia Gayda, DR.. Goebbels'
Fascist counterpart, Is attacking the
Swiss press for daring to allege that
Italy is the aggressor against Greece.
II Duce's mouthpiece also charges
that Switzerland is violating her
neutrality by allowing British planes
to fly over Swiss territory en- route to
bombing detectives in Italy. These
newspapers" Gayda threateningly
observes, Should realize the respon-
sibility which the neutrality of their
country imposes upon them. Once
again we see the so-called democra-
cies demagogically accusing Italy OF
being the aggressor. This is pre-
cisely the tone which characterized
inspired" admonitions from Berlin
on the eve of the successive invasions
of the small northern and western
European nations which lay athwart
Hitler's invasion path to Britain.
Perhaps Signor Gayda, having put
Swiss newspapers on desist "or else"
notice, may soon be impelled to turn
his attention to the Turkish press.
1t, too, is berating the Italians for
their wanton assault on Greece and
advising other middle eastern Euro
pean states to be on their guard. The
Istanbul newspaper, Yenisabah, de-
clares bluntly: 1T is the duty OF the
Balkan peoples, by violent resistance,
to see that the Balkans become the
graveyard of Italy'S aggressive aspi-
rations, and to drive Italy once and
for all from this part of the CONT
nent." The same editorial calls for
collective resistance ito this odiOus
aggressive effort eventually to seize
the whole of the Balkans"
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State
Child REFUGEES

How fragile, and absurdly small they
look,
Standing beside the ships rail In the sun,
Dolls in their arms, toy gun, or book,
A teddy-bear held by the httlest one.
Their eyes are gazing forward but their
dreams
Fly back on'the bewildered wings Of pain
To cottages of thatch by field and
streams,
To faces they may never see again.
One day shNll cheers will rise from this
brave band
OF little exiles, viewing liberty
Guarding the castled shoreline Of land
At peace across wide and treacherous
sea;
Liberty with her torch held high to light
Freemen who, still defy tyrant's might.
EDITH MIR1cK.
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waste which can be greatly reduced.
Experience of the railroads and
industries over the past generation
has proved the value Of continued
and concentrated efforts to reduce
the toll. 1t is only through such
organizations as the Red Cross, how
ever, that the mass of the public can
be reached in the effort to enhance
their safety on the highways and in
their homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06
Suggestions for
"Betters Driving.

To the Editor of The Star:
washington motorists deservedly are
known as the most provoking in the
United States. So long, however, as
we have a minority which drives cour-
teously and CONSIDERABLY, there is
danger that this hard-earned reputation
will be lost
For the benefit Of those who have not
yet seen At to conform with Washington
standards of driving, offer the follow
ing suggestions:
Do not coast up to red light; swoop
down on 1t like the Assyrian on the
fold. Jam on your brakes in the last
Is feet. Every one will be impressed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

It Is limited that Mussolini's OFF,
the-record nickname for Hitler is
"the sniffer." While holding no brief
for Adolf, it must be admitted that
1t is difficult not to sniff when In O
certain sort of company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

That long-associated variety team
of Carol and Magda seem to And
themselves somewhat in the position
Of the man who, thrown out Of three
different joints in rapid succession,
remarked, Somehow, I don't think
they want me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address Of
the Uriter, although the use OF
q pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters nth
q pietD TO condensation.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

@. How many unknown soldiers are
inferred in Loudon Park National
Cemetery at Baltimore?-H. G. P.
A. There are 34S unknown soldiers
buried there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

@. Are there any mammals that lay
eggs?-E. S. B.
A. The only egg-laying mammals are
the duckbin and the spiny ant-eater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

@. Are midgets as large as pygmies7-
H E. C.
A. The average height of midgeCs Is
from foot inches to 3 feet. The aver
age height Of pygmy is about Al feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

@. What famous scientist measured
the speed of sound by an echo?-H. P. S.
A. Sir Isaac Newton used the echo in
a corridor at Trinity College, Cambridge.
for this purpose. BY timing the interval
between stamping his foot and hearing
the echo, he learned how long it took
the sound TO travel down the corridor.
and back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. HasktH.

A reader can get the dHstOer to any
question Of fact by tDrtttno The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HGsktn, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

@. Where is the most brilliantly lighted
section in the world?-W. G. H.
A. New York City's Great White Way
with over 1000 large electric signs and
innumerable smaller lighting effects is
the most wildly Illuminated spot in the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

@. What kind of horse did MuSsolini
ride on the occasion of an exhibition Of
his horsemanship?-W. F. T.
A. On July 81, 1910. Mussolini rode a
chestnut mare, a Hanoverian cavalry
horse named Thiene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06

@. What is leukemia?-W. s.
A. There is a blood disease called
leukemia 1t is a form of anemia which
originates in the marrow Of the bones
and causes the white corpuscles to multi
ply and destroy the red corpuscles.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-08-01

Miss Maxine cCaughin Wis
tied friends and relatives in
Lodge Grass Saturday. She is
employed at the Walter Green
ranch.
Mrs. Bill Gardner, the Misses
Doris Milliron and Dottie Gard
ner and Harold Anderson were
in Hardin Saturday.
Tavner walker and Bob
Rhinehart of Hardin were in
Lodge Grass Saturday.
MI. and Mrs. Charles Schooner
returned to their home Mon
day evening after a two-weeks
vacation in the East.
George Cooley was released
from the Sheridan Memorial
hospital Wednesday.
Minnie Ellen Whiteman, dau-
ghter of John Whiteman, is a
patient at the Crow Agency
hospital.
Charles Henry, who is en-
ployed at the Bob Miller ranch.
was in Lodge Grass Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Wagon
aar and son of Big Horn, Mont.
visited friends and relatives
here Saturday. G
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Halfway News

MI. and Mrs. Pete Wedel and
family were in Hardin Satur-
day night.
Mrs. Guy Turner of Hardin
visited with her mother, Mrs. G.
R. Faw, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Faw and
family, Mrs. J. l.. Blackburn,
George Simpson and Frank
Of Sarpy and Junior and Alma
home Monday evening.
Guests at the E. C. Simpson
home Sunday were MI. and Mrs.
Howard Simpson of Good Luck
creek, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Peck, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh HAM
ilton and daughter, Charlotte
Mae, of Hardin, Shelby Hodges
of Pompey's Pillar, Jimmy
Wakefield, Harold, Dorothy and
Helen Wedel, Eddie Miller, Ray
Shepard, and florence Barnard
Of Sarpy, and Junior and Alme
Mabe.
Mrs. J. L. Blackburn has been
receiving medical treatment in
Hardin the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Faw and
family spent Thursday and Fri
day fishing on Soap creek.
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The Lighter Side

Here are some notes from a
WPA field workers report on
home visits to persons seeking
relief or employment:
woman and house neat but
bare. Couple breaking up home,
friends helping. Couples only
income are four boarders out Of
work who owe 5000. Applicant
took Job as janitor in home for
working girls, lasted three
weeks. Woman still owes $45 for
a funeral she had recently. Nice
quiet home family; daughter
has been out since January. APP
plicant worked in children's un-
derwear. Saw woman; she has
- children; husband Is a vet
eran. Man has diabetes and is
insulated twice a day. Woman is
willing to struggle If given the
opportunity"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-08-01
Lodge Cross Locals

Miss Clara Odds spoke at the
Baptist mission church in Crow
Agency Sunday evening". She
gave a report of the Northern
Baptist convention which she
attended at Atlantic City, N. J.
At the same time Miss Malvina
Johnson gave a report at the
Little Brown church here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lonnie Harrod
and Mrs. J. E. Sharp were bust
ness callers in Sheridan Thurs
day.
Mrs. Glen Graham and Mrs.
Helen Miklovich were business
visitors in Sheridan Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Miller OF
Lodge Grass creek were here
Monday.
Mrs. Claud Brock returned to
her home Saturday after hav-
Ing been a patient in the Har-
din General hospital for sew
eral days.
Miss Ruby Wright spent the
weekend in Hardin.
Evelyn and Phyllis Hopper of
Wyola are spending their vaca-
ton with Mrs. Eva Knapp. They
were weekend guests at the
Jim Brown ranch on Owl creek.
MI. and Mrs. Emery Pease
transacted business in Billings
Friday.
Mrs. Lloyd Graham, Betty
Lou, Keith, and Allan spent the
weekend at the Jess Faught
ranch near Wyola.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Clark and
family visited friends and rela-
tives in Forsyth and Rosebud
Saturday and Sunday.
Lloyd Faw was a Hardin cal
Ter Saturday.
Mrs. H. w. Delp was a guest
at the J. L. Blackburn home on
FRIDAY.
Overnight guests at the Mabe
home Saturday were Gladys
Simpson, Johnny Hanson, Cliff
| ford Howard and Lawrence Faw,
all of Billings.
Sunday school and church
services will be held at the
Halfway school house Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The
public is invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Wagner
and daughter, Marilyn, visited
at the Blackburn ranch Satur-
day.
MIR. and Mrs. H. w. Delp and
family and Mrs. J. c. Bowie
visited at the c. R. Faw home
Sunday afternoon.
The young people of this
community attended the dance
at Wolf hall on Sarpy Satur-
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford Davis and
daughter, Mable, were in Hardin
Friday morning.