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@. Who wrote when the worlds mad,
every one who keeps his head as con-
tributed to help mankind fro ire
trievaple disaster"?-C. D. B.
A. These are the words of lesident
Wilson.
@. What percentage of draftes were
rejected on account of phyeal un-
fitness?-C. M. j.
A. OF the total number of rsistrants
examined by physicians of the l;al draft
boards and induction centers As per
cent were rejected on physicagrounds.
@. What do people in tn United
States spend on luxuries?-F. G.
A. Over s7,5OO,Oo0,OO0 annuay is ex-
pended for luxuries.
@. Is there an odorless dion?-R.
D. E.
A. Maj Harry. L. Batesor of Long
Beach, Calf, is reported tohave de-
veloped one by crossing the lion with
a certain species Of lily bulb.
@. Who originated the Salvion Army
uniform?-M. H. P.
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Gen. William Booth, founderf the SAL
vation Army, suggested the ioption Of
distinctive uniform for members
and designed the bonnet.
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Praises Celestial Pageant
Of Autumn Nights.

To the Editor of The Star:
May have few lines of space to call
attention to the beauty of the sky over
washington and vicinity this autumn?
I think the current spectacle of "the
starry armament on high" never has
been surpassed in my experience.
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@. What percentage of!he Nations
population is over as yes of age?-
T. S. A
a. The 1910 census shoy that 27 per
cent is over 45 years of ge, as COM
pared with q per cent in920.
Q. Are many private apmobiles be-
ing used in Great Britain-R w. j.
A. Despite drastic restriions on gaso-
line consumption, it is timated that
approximately 100000 pTate automo-
biles are still operating In addition,
there are about $4,000 numerical We
hicles, buses and taXicabs.
@. What is the Switzeind Of South
America?-E. j. H.
A. Bolivia is known as e Switzerland
Of South America becaus of its scenic
beauty and mountains.
@. What Army camps an accommo-
date the largest numbe of troops?-
H. B.
A The two largest Arm posts in the
United States with respt to troop
housing capacity are For Bragg, N. C,
and Camp Blanding, Fla.
@. Please give the dat Of Easter in
l942-A. c. J.
A, Easter will fall onApril 5 next
year.
@. What is the Origin of the word
stocking?-A. S. H.
A. The word stock on referred to a
garment which covered the abdomen
and legs, and knee brches were re-
ferred to as upper stocL" The neither
stocks. covering the lcer legs. subse-
quently became known stockings.
Q. What is bolas?M. H. F.
A. 1t is a form of nsile used by the
Paraguay Indians, Payonians, and the
Gauchos Of Argentina 1t consists of a
rope or line having t either end a
stone, ball of metal, lump of hard
ened clay. Wher used; is swung around
the head by one end I'd then hurled at
an animal so as to ntangle its legs,
holding it captive uni the hunter ar
rives.
@. Does the humameart ever rest?-
T. H. S.
A. The heart res between beats,
about eight-tenths of second elapsing
between the contraions which are
about one-tenth of second in length.
Q. What is the tit of the compost
ton played on the piao by Lana Turner
in DIR. Jekyn and MIHyde"?-G. E. K.
A. 1t is "Ich Liebe ich" by Grieg.
@. Was Quentin bsevelt killed in
the first World War?J. A. U.
A. Quentin Rooseves plane was shot
down on July II, 191 behind German
lines at Chambray. e was buried by
German aviators withnilitary honors.
Q. How hard must t, wind blow to be
called a hurricane?-IV.D D.
A. A wind blowing a rate of more
than rs miles an hours hurricane.
Evening star., 1941-10-02

Add impressive comparisons: If
laid end to end they would reach
distance equal to the Russian war
front.
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@. What Army camps an accommo-
date the largest numbe of troops?-
H. B.
A The two largest Arm posts in the
United States with Tespt to troop
housing capacity are For Bragg. N. C,
and Camp Blanding, Fla.
Evening star., 1941-10-02

@. What is the Switzeind Of South
America?-E. J. H.
A. Bolivia is known as e Switzerland
Of South America becaus of its scenic
beauty and mountains.
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@. Please give the dat Of Easter in
l942-A. c. J.
A. Easter will fall onApru 5 next
year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
u. :. Joins in District
Liquor Investigation

The Antitrust Division of the
Justice Department today entered
the District grand jury investiga-
ton of the liquor industry here.
United States Attorney Edward
M. Curran went before the grand
jury this morning. The jury was
sworn in yesterday by Justice T.
Alan Goldsborough in District
Court to inquire into possible vio-
lations of the Sherman Antitrust
Act and alleged conspiracy to fix
the retail price of liquor. Assisting
Mr.. Curran will be Special At
torneys Arthur Clark and Walter
Powell of the Justice Anti Trust Di-
vision and Assistant United States
Attorney Charles B. Murray.
Mr.. Curran proposed to begin the
presentation of evidence today after
outlining the scope of the investi-
CATION. 1t is expected Detective
Sergt. Joseph w. Shimon. special
investigator in the district attor-
ney's Office, will present evidence
he has unearthed which led to the
grand jury inquiry. 1t is expected
leaders in the liquor industry will
appear before the body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Bill 10 Revise
D. {. Liquor
Law Offered
Stondup Drinking,
Lute 'SoIes Saturday
Nights Asked

Drastic revision of the District
liquor control Iaw-changes that
would permit standup drinking at
bars and the sale of liquor in hotels,
night clubs and other places having
an on-sale license until 2 am. Sum-
day is proposed in the draft of q
bill sent to Congress today by the
Commissioners.
The measure also would require
that liquor licensees be a resident OF
at least gainfully employed in the
District for a year and would allow
temporary bars at banquets, picnics
or bazaars in residential areas.
The Commissioners explained in
a letter to Speaker Rayburn ask
ing introduction of the bill that the
present law, which requires persons
to be seated while drinking, does
not contribute anything toward So
briefly, but on the contrary adds to
the problem of enforcement.
Bars are now required to close at
IL o'clock midnight Saturday. The
Commissioners pointed out that the
two-hour period from midnight Sat
urday to 2 am Sunday is generally
considered part of Saturday night
rather than Sunday morning and
bars should be allowed to sell drinks
during that period.
Representative Dirksen of Illinois
ranking minority member of the
House District Committee, has in
dictated he would oppose the changes
recommended by the Commissioners
He believes the proposed liberaliza-
ton may lead to a return to pro-
hibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
New Rent Control
Bill Hearings Due
Within 10 Days
Randolph Measure
Would Give President
Power to Act

Chairman Randolph OF the House
District Committee today planned
to start public hearings within a
week or 10 days on bill that would
give President Roosevelt complete
control over rents in Washington
during the period of the national
emergency.
The hearings will begin, he said,
as soon as the Bureau of Labor
Statistics completes survey of rents
paid and the housing conditions of
5000 Government employees. In
formation given Mr.. Randolph indi-
Gates the checkup will be finished
by June 10.
Sees Henderson Aides.
Mr.. Randolph introduced the bill
to give the President control over
rents after a conference yesterday
with representatives of Leon Hen
derson, director of the division of
price sterilization of the Office of
Emergency Management.
He also is sponsoring a bill on
which five public hearings already
have been held, calling for creation
OF a commission of three members
appointed by the President to fix
and control rentals here.
Representative Randolph said his
latest bill is not a substitute for
the original. Both measures" he
declared, will be given serious con-
sideration."
Present Bill Pending.
Mr.. Randolph's original rent con-
troll bill is now pending before the
special defense subcommittee of the
House District Committee, which he
heads. His latest measure Is ex-
pected to be referred to that sub
committee.
Mr.. Randolph said the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics is making a survey
OF the housing Of 5000 Federal
workers to get a "cross-section"
picture of the existing situation
here with respect to the conditions
under which Government employees
live.
A similar survey, he said he had
learned, also is being made by the
Census Bureau and the w. P. A.,
but their reports, he fears, will not
be completed in time for considera-
ton of his defense subcommittee
which is handling the proposed rent
control legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Ickes Says Proposal to Move
u. S. Agencies Is 'Hof-Cocked'
Interior Department Already Deeentroized
With 10000 Scattered Workers, He Asserts

space control showed that Office
space Is being rented in 1872 widely
separated private buildings in the
| city. The space thus obtained
amounts to 100000 square feet
and costs the Government $4,500,-
900 a year in rent.
Almost any structure with four
walls and a roof has been considered
fair game in the effort to prevent
development of an Office space
bottleneck. An example is the
Maritime Labor Boards quarters at
924 New York avenue NV, con-
verted undertaking establishment.
The defense buildings co-ordinator
and his staff are elegantly set up
in the Henry Kirke Porter mansion
and stables at 1000 I street NV.
A one-time roller skating rink at
430 Delaware avenue S.W. has been
done over for the Division of Alien
Registration of the Justice Depart
ment, and three floors of the Mer-
chants Transfer g. Warehouse Co.
Building, $40 E street NV, serve
as Offices for employees of the Civil
Service Commission. Several apart
ment houses have been given
over to the defense workers. The
Building Owners and Managers As
ISOLATION reported recently that one
fourth of all Office space in the Dis
trict is in Government use.
: Defense officials are complaining
not at being quartered in privately
owned buildings, but because of the
resultant breakup of vital agencies
Enough space cannot be found fol
an entire agency in one building, il
seems, and scarcely a bureau CHIEF
in the city can tell off the location:
of all the units under his supervision
| Difficulty also has been encoun-
tered by outsiders trying to locate
an individual in one of the defense
agencies. Only sources of help are
the telephone operators and the
nimble memories of public relation!
officials.
Almost every day witnesses a shift
of personnel from one building tc
another. These moves are all sane
toned and recorded by the P. B. A,
but only as to space made available
and assignee. The agency given the
space in turn designates the person.
| mel to occupy it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29

Secretary Of Interior Ickes said
today he considers the proposal ad-
vanced on Capitol Hill to move nom
defense agencies out of Washington
a "half-cocked proposition"
His opposition to the plan was
expressed this morning, and focused
attention on report made by the
Public Buildings Administration,
which revealed the troubles that
unit is having in locating Office
space here for the expanding de-
tense agencies.
The Ickes statement was made at
his press conference in reply to a
question on whether he considered
feasible the idea of decentralizing
the Interior Department.
He said the department already is
decentralized, pointing out that
only about 5000 of it's employees
make their headquarters in Wash
ington, while approximately 10000
are scattered over all parts of the
country.
He explained that the Bureau OF
Reclamation has operated largely
from Denver, Colo, for a number of
years, that only about five employees
of the grazing service are located
in the Capital, and that the BIZ
luminous Coal Administrator oper-
ates principally from the various
coal-producing areas OF the United
States.
Mr.. Ickes. reminded that Repre-
sentative SABBATH, Democrat, OF
Illinois, has introduced a bill which
would move the Interior Department
to Chicago, Ill, declared he did not
see how the department could oper-
ate successfully from that city.
The SABBATH measure also woulc
move the Agriculture Department
Veterans Administration and Inter.
state Commerce Commission to Chi
cago.
Not long ago Mr.. SABBATH, who i:
chairman of the House Rules Com
mittee. drew up resolution request
ing the President to move non-
defense agencies away from Wash
ington. 1t is understood the Presi-
dent has requested that a study be
made of the possibility of such
action
The report of the Public Build
ings Administrations division of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Air Passenger Record
Forecast for Holiday

Tile heaviest air passenger traffic
In hpcaa history Is in prospect for
the Memorial Day week end. All
airlil ses are running extra sections
to tt lie limit of equipment available
and already are turning away ap-
plica mt for seats.
Pc. nnsylvania Central Airlines,
which has added two new regular
scheo hles out of Washington re-
centlyL reported that, with three
extrat schedules already provided
for tom prrow and no additional air.
planes available, there is a waiting
listi of more than 200 persons.
Amer ican Airlines has reported
the, breaking of all-time passenger
traffic records many times during
the, past month with another likely
to fall during the week end, despite
the addition of recent new regular
schedules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Nearly $4,000 Here
To Benefit Under
Ramspeck Law
$4,000 Positions Found
Eligible for Classified
Civil Service Stutus

More than 10000 permanent
positions are eligible for classified
status under the Ramspeck Civil
Service Extension Act, the Civil
Service Commission announced to-
day in making public list Of the
places affected, as furnished by the
agencies in which they are located.
The positions include 1882 in
Washington and 158,554 elsewhere.
and the list may be expanded, the
commission said, as there are nearly
1000 temporary positions which
may include some of a permanent
nature which later will receive the
benefit of the civil service legisla-
ton.
The tabulation for the first time
gave an accurate indication Of the
positions covered by the Ramspeck
Act, which have been estimated
variously at from $4,000 to 1000.
After January /, when the RAM
speck Act is effective, the incum-
bents of the positions brought into
civil service will take non-com-
petitive tests to qualify for the new
status.
All the departments and score
of the independent agencies have
positions which are affected by the
new legislation, the commission
tabulation showed. Locally, the
principal beverages will be as fol-
lows: Agriculture, 5,451; Federal
Loan Agency, 4,452; Federal Works
Agency, 1924; General Accounting
ONCE, S,049; Treasury, 2,212: War,
1,290; Interior, sos; Federal Secur-
ity Agency, AIT: Navy, $40, and
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion, 286.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Dads Club to Meet

The Dads Club of the Boys Club
of Washington, eastern branch, will
meet at o'clock tonight at Sew
enteenth street and Massachusetts,
avenue NV. to plan a trip for
fathers and sons to Camp Reeder
June IA and Is. The Mothers
Club will meet at the same time
to discuss plans for a card party
in the club auditorium June S at
8 pm. to benefit the camp scholar
ship funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Trash Collections
To Be Made Saturday

Trash collections which normally
would be made in various sections
of the District tomorrow will be col.
lected Saturday instead, William
Xanten, superintendent of city
refuse, said today.
In the past, trash scheduled to be
collected on a holiday has been
taken up the day before in George
town and some other sections where
in many places, the trash must be
stacked in front of the buildings in
stead of at the rear. Mr.. Xanten
said his division now could not dc
this because of the increasingly
heavy load placed on his forces by
reason Of Washington's growth.
Three collections of garbage a
week will be started next Thursday,
Mr.. Xanten said Collections now
are made twice a week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Lawyer Asks Jury Trial
On Drunk Drivinq Count

James K. Hughes, lawyer, who
when arraigned on Tuesday before
Judge George D. Nelson of Police
Court on q driving while drunk
charge waived the right to jury
trial, yesterday withdrew the waiver
and demanded a jury trial when he
again appeared before Judge Nelson.
On Tuesday the case had been
continued to yesterday for trial by
the court. Yesterday. when Mr..
Hughes demanded the jury trial,
the case was continued for assign
ment to a date for trial. Pending
the trial, Mr.. Hughes Is free under
$500 bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
House Group Urged
To A||ot S10,782,717
Requests Of D. {.
OfficioIs Justify Items
In Appropriation Bill
Before Committee

District officials were heard today
on requests totaling $10,782,717 by
House Appropriations Subcommittee
drafting the District supply bill for
the 1912 fiscal year.
District agencies heard included
these participating in the welfare
budget, amounting to $8,085 ,628; the
militia, s1,O62 ,627; Anacostia River
and flats, S65,000; improvement of
Washington Channel, $4,000: Ma
tional Capital Parks, $925,002; Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, S341 200, and the Ma
tional Geological Park, 239,260.
The Department of Vehicles and
Traffic. Highways, Washington Aque-
duct. the Water Department and
citizens are yet to be heard when
hearings are resumed Monday
Chairman Mahon said today citizens
spokesman probably would not be
heard until Tuesday.
Funds Asked for Site.
Robert E. Bondy, director of Public
Welfare, whose resignation is effec-
tive Saturday, urged an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for a site in Mary
land or Virginia for a new welfare
center, on which several welfare in
situations could be located more eco
nomically and efficiently. Mr.. Bondy
was supported in presentation of the
welfare budget by Commissioner j.
Russell Young and the heads of the
welfare institutions.
Gen. Albert L. Cox, commanding
the District of Columbia militia, ap-
peared in support of the 81 062 ,627
appropriation recommended by the
Budget Bureau.
Col. William J. Barden, United
States District engineer, and E. A.
Schmitt, administrative assistant,
appeared in support of the sos 900
requested for Anacostia River and
flats, and also for the s64 900 in
cluded in the budget for improve
ment of the Washington Channel.
Thomas S. Settle, executive secre-
tary of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, explained
the budget of $341 ,230 for the COM
mission, which provides for $780,
900 reimbursement to the United
States for land purchased under
the Capper Champion Act.
Irving G. Root, superintendent; F.
F. Gillen, senior assistant, and
George Gist, chief of the Fiscal
and Personnel Division, were heard
regarding National Capital Parks,
for which the budget carried $685.
002, with a supplemental item Of
$4,000 in the defense budget" re-
Gently submitted, which covers sal
airy increases of 1880 and $10,640
required for proper maintenance Of
certain recreational centers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Three to Get Degrees

Three Washington girls will re-
ceive degrees from Simmons Col
lege in Boston June g. They are
Dorothy Virginia Chan, 809 II
street NV; Jeanne Moves Morgan
5721 Chevy Chase Parkway NV.
and Arlene Spencer, 1850 Jonquil
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
In May, Beware OF:

In May, Beware OF:
1. Careless walking at night.
Six Of the eight persons killed
in traffic during May. 1910.
were struck after dark.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action In May last year.
The six other traffic victims
were injured while either cross
ing a street against a proper
signal, attempting to jump onto
a moving vehicle. attempting to
stop stampeding horses. stand
ing in a button safety zone.
crossing at an uncontrolled In
tersection or riding in an auto
mobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Viroiniu Port Post Filled

WAVERLY, Va, May 20 R-B.
Michael Patton of Chicago, Eastern
representative of the Seattle Port
Commission, has been named port
director for the Virginia Port Au-
thority. He will take Office July /,
succeeding the late w. A. Cox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
D. 6. Girl Honored

Margot Jean Hermann Of WASH
ington has been elected to Phi Beta
Kappa, national scholastic honor
society. at Stanford University. 1t
was announced here today.
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