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Evening star., 1941-09-23
Useless Statute

Secretary Hull yesterday went
further than any other high admin
1stration official has gone OF late in
criticizing the misnamed Neutrality
Act when he advocated immediate
revision or outright elimination of
the act. That the administration
has delayed so long in taking a
decisive stand in this matter un-
doubtedly has been due to diSin-
clination to stir up another iSola-
zionist storm in Congress at time
when national unity is essential.
The neutrality legislation was
forced upon an unwilling adminis-
tration by a congressional majority
which held to an illusory hope that
America could avoid the threat of
war by staying at home" and mind
Ing its business" The President
warned Congress that history is
filled with unforeSeeable situations"
which require the utmost executive
fexibility in dealing with them as
they arise. The march of HitleriSm
across Europe, bringing the threat
of NaZi world domination ever closer
to our shores, was one of the "un-
foreSeeable situations" which the
Neutrality Act could not anticipate.
1t became necessary to abolish the
mandatory arms embargo provision
as one of the first steps in a more
realistic program Of self-defense
through aiding nations resisting
Axis aggression. AS that vital policy
has advanced, stage by stage, to its
present lease lend and naval patrol
phases, the hypocrisy of retaining on
the statute books a law purporting
to maintain Americas neutrality in
the war has become clearly evident.
1t is the most dangerous sort of folly
to attempt to preserve neutrality in
a fight which so directly affects the
destiny of free America.
What remains of the Neutrality
Act is serving no demonstrably useful
purpose. Its major objective of pre-
venting incidents" which might
drag us into the war has never been
achieved. 1t sought to prohibit our
shipping and nationals from enter
ing danger zones, but Hitlers policy
of unrestricted submarine warfare
has extended wars danger zones to
far stretches of the oceans and it is
vital part Of our Self-defense that
our ships enter these zones-as they
are doing. In the face of such inter-
national outlaWry, it has become
necessary to send our fleet in search
Of Axis "pirates," prepared to shoot it
out with them If need be. Yet we still
deprive our merchantmen of the
means of self-protection for fear of
precipitating an incident! We per-
NIT our ships to carry supplies to
Iceland and to British possessions in
the Near East, in Africa and in the
Far East, yet, because of technical
language of the neutrality procla-
nation, forbid them to enter waters
about the British Isles. We have
relaxed the rule against travel by
Americans on belligerent vessels, so
as to enable our citizens in England
TO return on British ships-"at their
own risk"
In short, the remnants of the Neu-
trality Act contain no safeguards
against war that cannot better be
enforced by direct executive action.
its retention, unrepealed or un-
changed, on the statute books mocks
as hypocritical national policy that
has the support of the people. The
sooner it is removed, the better.
Evening star., 1941-09-23
The Crimeu

the Crimea from the mainland of
the Ukraine probably have been
justified by events. The narrow
Isthmus of Perekop between the
KarkinitS Gulf and the Sea of Azov
would not be difficult to occupy. A
proceeding of the same sort was
attempted by the coalition forces in
1854. But, as Lord Raglan and
Marshal Saint Arnaud soon diScov-
cred, it did not follow that the whole
of the Krym Peninsula was secured.
Prince Albert, husband of Queen
Victoria, anticipated one of Hitler's
years ago, he observed: The first
difficulty is the absence of all infor-
nation as to the Crimea itself"
Good maps of the territory never
have been distributed to the world
beyond the borders of the modern
Soviet Union. Perhaps they do not
exist. 1t is conceded that accurate
charts would not be easy to make.
The entire area is ruggedly noun
famous. No less than three lofty
ranges, rising from the depths of the
Black Sea, support high plateau.
The coast is deceptive. Consider, for
example, this description of "the
Russian Riviera: Numerous Tartar
villages, mosques, monasterieS, for
mer palaces of the Russian imperial
family and Russian mobiles, now used
as Sanatoria and rest homes for
workers from all parts of the U. S.
S. r., and picturesque ruins of an
cient Greek and medieval fortreSses
nestle among underWoods of hazel
and other nuts, groves of bays,
expresses, mulberries, figs, olives and
pomegranateS, vineyards, tobacco
plantations and gardens gay with all
sorts of flowers"
The scene so attractively repre-
sented seems friendly enough, yet
it was along the adjacent western
shoreline that the British and French
armies of the Crimean War suffered
and died under conditions so cruel
as to have become an unparalleled
legend. Correspondents of the Lon
don press told the terrible tale in
full in their dispatches, and if. as
the soldiers said, the information
they gave was as useful to the enemy
as any that an army of spies could
have furnished, they aroused people
at home to belated realization of
the fatal consequences of sending
out men to fight without taking
forethought Of how they were to be
fed, clothed, warmed and cared for"
1t was largely to Florence Night
ingale, "the lady with the lamp"
that the surviving veterans owed
their lives. BY February, 1856,
Napoleon III was grown weary" of
the struggle; Nicholas I, the COM
manders Raglan and Saint Arnaud
were dead, and Queen Victoria and
the Prince Consort were "disgusted."
Usually regarded as worthy Of
remembrance only as perhaps the
most ill-managed campaign in Eng
lish history" the Crimean conflict,
however, demonstrated two solemn
realities which previously had not
been appreciated-frst, that forti-
ned cities, including Sevastapol, are
possessed Of great powers of re-
sistance; second, that cavalry, espe-
cially the wasted Light Brigade at
Balaklava, is no match for artillery.
Those lessons were taught in a place
where Celtic Cimmerians, Scythians.
Greeks, Romans, GothS, Huns, Kha-
Ears, Byzantines, Kipchaks, Mongols
and Turks once rode as conouerors
then faded from the glass of history.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

A mystery-story writer is in Jail in
California in connection with the
murder of one of his readers. Per-
haps on the next such occasion the
author might be bumped off" and
only the victim of his literary genius
imprisoned. Among the things this
country needs is wedding out of
the sponsors of real "Who done it's"
Evening star., 1941-09-23

North Carolina agricultural experts
announce that they have been sue
cessful in developing an ear of corn
with kernels arranged in corkscrew-
like Spirals. This will prove battling
to cob munchers who operate on the
typewriter cylinder plan.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

cusable. The public, whom the police
serve, will indorse Commissioner
Young's declaration that there is no
place in the Metropolitan Police De-
partment for officers who resort to
illegal measures in performing their
work
Evening star., 1941-09-23

@. What is febrile disease?-L. B. H.
A. 1t is one accompanied by fever.
@. What country uses the gourde as a
monetary unit?-C. D. F.
A. 1t is the chief monetary unit OF
Haiti and is worth 20 cents in American
money.
O. What State transports the largest
number of school children by bus?-
NJ H S.
A North Carolina. Of the States total
8S8 8O2 public school enrolment, 343,4O1
children are transported daily in 4,649
motor buses.
O. How long have blueberries been
known in the United states?-R. T, M.
A. In 1915 Champlain saw the Indians
near Lake Huron gathering blueberries
for their winter stores.
@. Who purchases airplanes for Great
Britain in the United States?-W. P. c. -
A. The British Purchasing Commits
sion says that Sir Henry Self is the buyer
of airplanes for Great Britain.
@. Where was Billy the Kid hlmed7
e. J. r.
A. The location scenes were photo
graphed in the State Of Arizona. The
rock formations were shot in Monu-
ment Valley and all other scenes IN
Tucson and Flagstaff.
@. How should chromium be protected
from rust?-W. L.
A. Rust does not form on chromium.
@. What is the name Of the town in
Virginia where the Turkey Festival is
held?-H. C. P.
A. Harrisonburg, Va, holds one an
nually. This year it will take place on
October and 10. Rockingham County
produces from 100000 to 100000 fine tur-
keys yearly.
@. Please give the story Of the famous
painting Hope" by George Frederic
Watts.-G. A. c.
A. The theme of the painting IS SYM
bolized by the figure of woman seated
with bowed head. She still clings TO
her Tyre, all the strings of which, with
the exception of one. are broken. This
is to suggest the dominant quality Of
hope which prevails under even the
most adverse circumstances.
@. How often do dogs shed their
hair?-E. T. H.
A 1t is natural for dogs to shed their
hair twice year. Excessive shedding
in dogs is generally due to some skin
trouble.
@. Why are the islands of Florida
known as keys?-B. L. T.
A They are called keys from the
Spanish word "cayo," which means
reef" The keys are composed of islands
and low reefs which are submerged at
high tides.
@. Why are the United States Marines
called leathernecks2-C. j.
A. The name was given during the
Revolutionary War; when the marines
wore leather stiffening in their shirt
collars. The term was formerly used in
the British Navy.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

A "neotriSt" is person whose mind
is always progressive and forward
looking. There are openings for such
almost everywhere, and a couple Of
hundred would 60 especially well In
our Congress.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

The gorilla offered to President
Roosevelt by General de Larminant,
High Commissioner of French Equa-
torial Africa, is dead. She may have
been "ferocious," but the world in
its present condition was tougher.
Evening star., 1941-09-23
Presidents and Their Wives-A

Presidents and Their Wives-A
48-page booklet giving the essential
historical facts concerning every
President from Washington TO
Franklin D. Roosevelt, and every
White House hostess; also a con-
densed political history of the
United States. An indispensable
reference booklet for home and
school. To secure your copy Of
this publication inclose 10 cents in
coin, wrapped in this clipping, and
mail to The Star Information
Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1941-09-23
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the lUriter, although the use of
q pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters tCith
q Uie1O TO condensation.
Evening star., 1941-09-23
Comments on
Presidential Appointment.

From the finding of the special Senate
committee investigating gasoline short
age in the East. it would appear that
President Roosevelt knew what he was
about when he appointed Secretary Ickes
gas administrator j. J. SPERRY.
WoodD4ook. VI.
Evening star., 1941-09-23
Urges Jews to Pray to Deity
For Protection From New Enemies"

or fTOtcctlOn FROM new Enemies.
To the Editor of The Star:
During the Jewish high holidays urge
upon all people of the Jewish faith to go
to their respective places of worship.
They should pray as never before that
Almighty God, the God of justice and
mercy, may protect them and shield
them from the new enemies that sud-
denly have sprung up in this Christian
God fearing country. Those enemies are
trying to divide this great country and
its splendid institutions by spreading
class hatred. bigotry and falsehood
among its citizens. They are trying to
bring to this free country the horrors
and suffering that the Jewish people
were subjected to for centuries in Europe.
But the propaganda Of hatred and
intolerance, strange to this free Nation,
will not bare fruit.
AMERICAN CHRISTIAN.
Evening star., 1941-09-23
Questions Senators Investigating Movies
Says People Should Decide About Pictures

To the Editor Of The Star:
Is 1t not fair question to ask why
this investigation of the motion picture
industry, being conducted by packed
committee of isolationists, and which,
according to Wendell Willkie, is OF doubt
full legality, is not stopped?
Bv what right do these Senators at
tempt to suppress freedom of express
sion, however much from their view
point such expression may SAVIOR OF
war propaganda?
Under our Constitution have I not
the right to urge that my country go
to war rather than submit TO Naz
domination? I have. If I were an
executive of a motion picture company,
would I not have the right to present
this same view on the screen? I would.
BY what right do these Senators use
their high Office to attempt to prevent
the truth from reaching the people
through a legitimate form of art? BY
what right do they attempt to censor
what the people of the country shall
or shall not see?
We, the people, individually, are the
proper Judges of what we shall or shall
not see, and this right of selection
includes so-called war propaganda pic
lures as well as others. We are entitled
to select and do select from the vast
output of motion pictures the ones we
wish to see, the same as we choose from
the immense field Of literature what we
shall read. BETTY BEALE.
Evening star., 1941-09-23
Discusses Constitutional Provisions
For Declaring Existence of State of War.

For Declaring Existence of State Of War;
To the Editor of The Star:
The distinction between state Of
war" and declaration of war" appar-
emily is not a subject sufficiently dis
cussed. BY war" is meant combat, even
though intermittent, between or within
nations That in turn means that
state Of war" is matter of action and
that declaration of war" Is a matter
of words. A declaration may be made
and no action ensue; action may obtain
andtno declaration be made.
Thus, in the first World War Latin
American countries declared war on Ger
many but did not fight. The Congress
of the United States in April, 1917, by
resolution recognized the distinction
herein made. That resolution, passed
by the Senate, 80 to 7. and by the House,
373 to so, pertinently reads that "the
state Of war between the United States
md ~ imperial German government
Evening star., 1941-09-23

@. What is Article I of the treaty Of
Berhn?-E. S. H.
A. 1t is as follows: Japan recognizes
and respects the leadership of Germany
and Italy in establishment Of new
order in Europe"
Evening star., 1941-09-23

@. Who purchases airplanes for Great
Britain in the United States?-W. P. c.
A. The British Purchasing Commits
sion says that Sir Henry Self is the buyer
of airplanes for Great Britain.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

@. How much does the United States
Army spend for milk?-P. H. S.
A. The Quartermaster Corps is buying
$4,000 worth of milk for the Army every
day.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

@. What kind of a nest does whip
poorwill build?-J. H. c.
A. 1t builds no nest, but lays two
brown -blotched whitish eggs on the
ground or on log or stump.
@. Who was the first person who saw
Rudolf Hess when he landed in Scot
land?-B. J. r.
A. David Mclean, a tenant on the
estate of the Duke Of Hamilton, near
Glasgow, took him prisoner when the
plane crashed.
O. Where is Lords Prayer Rock?-
]. S. V.
A. The Lords Prayer is carved on the
face of a huge boulder on main high
way just east of Bristol, VT, in letters
so large as to be readily read by passing
motorists. The inscription tells that it
was carved in 1891 by DR.. Joseph c.
Greene of Buffalo, N. Y.
Evening star., 1941-09-23
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the unstDer to any
question OF fact By ,Urtttng The EUe-
ning Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSkin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

@. Where was Billy the Kid" hlmed'
e. J. r.
A. The location scenes were photo
graphed in the State of Arizona. The
rock formations were shot in Monu-
ment Valley and all other scenes IN
Tucson and Flagstaff.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

@. How long have blueberries been
known in the United States?-R. T. NJ.
A. In 1915 Champlain saw the Indians
near Lake Huron gathering blueberries
for their winter stores.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

@. How should chromium be protected
from rust?-W. L.
A. Rust does not form on chromium.
Evening star., 1941-09-23

@. What is febrile disease?-L. B. H.
A. 1t is one accompanied by fever.
Evening star., 1941-04-10

and Navy. A goal of 125 blood
donors a week has been set for
Washington.
Plasma from the blood will be
shipped to Army and Navy hospitals,
where it will be used in treatment
of service men. Both men and
women may make the donations
and not more than one-half pint of
blood will be taken from one donor
at one time.
At the same time, the Red Cross
chapter here announced two new
classes i9 home nursing. to begin
Tuesday. One course will be con-
Quoted at the chapter house, 173O
E street NV, and the other at
Evening star., 1941-04-10

photographs of the leading men and
women of nearly four decades past,
and props for the thrillers and ro-
mances of another day.
Richard Celia, owner of the
wooden studio since used as a barn,
recalled its glorious other days as he
watched the place go up in smoke.
Here Mary Pickford, Bert Will
Hams, William and Dustin Farnum.
Montague Love, William Brady and
the others had faced the camera:
Bronko Billy Anderson, Celia unused,
had filmed the first of the Western
thrillers, and the Farnums had made
THE Spoilers"
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Onion Mission Appeals
For Emergency Fund

An appeal for additional funds to
meet unforeseen expenses in con-
nection with erection of the addi-
tion to the Central Union Mission,
which is now under way, was issued
yesterday by Mrs. Jean Bennett,
superintendent of the mission.
The additional money is needed
TO meet the rising prices of building
materials and to make adjustments
and requirements in the present
building to conform to the building
Evening star., 1941-04-10

permit for the new one, Mrs. Ben
nett stated.
The new building will provide ITO
additional beds for men and A
additional beds in the Emergency
Home for children. The mems din
ing room also will be enlarged by
160 more seats.
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Fire Races Old Studio
Of Silent Film Days

3, the Associated Press.
FORT LEE, N. j., April 10.-A
dilapidated barn, once a studio
where the movie stars of yesteryear
filmed the crude forerunners of
present-day epics, was razed by fire
last night.
The flames consumed placards of
since-forgotten films, autographed
Evening star., 1941-04-10
Blood Donors Asked
For Army and Navy

The District Chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross issued-an appeal
today for blood donors for the Army
Evening star., 1941-04-10

Hampshire House, 1105 New Hamp-
shire avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-30

THESE are more prze-winning photographs in
/ The Detroit Times $1,000 Interesting Baby
Picture Contest.
Judges select prize-winners not for beauty, not
for cuteness, but for Pictorial Interest. All babies
may not be pretty but they're certainly all interesting
% Those who submitted these pictures will receive
prizes of $500 each and all pictures remain eligible
for the grand prize of $4,000, and other prizes
totaling $4,000 more at the end of the 10-week
contest
Other prize-winning pictures appear every day
in The Detroit Times, with full-upage of prizewin
ners each Sunday.
Submit your babys photograph this week; it
might be your picture that will win the $500 first
prize You will find easy directions and simple rules
another page in this edition.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-03
DvoTakovy pametni znamky.

Kongresn1k Anton F. Macie-
jewski re 6. distriktu predloz1
v nekolika dnech vrchn1mu
poStmistrovi F. c.. Walkerovi
petici, ably byly vydany zvlast-
nj postovn1 znamky k ucteni
100. vyrocf narozenf slavneho
ceskeho skladatele Anton1na
Dvoraka. Kongresn1k predlo-
Ii zadost osobne a doufa, re
pranl, ably byly vydany postov-
nj znamky S DvoTakovou podo-
biznou, bylo splneno.
Budou-li Dvorakovy znamky
vydany, Dude postarano, ably
byly dany do obehu jiz v PRIV
mich tydnech mesfce T1jna a
zbude tudfz dostatek casu k je-
jich u%potreben1 v jubilejn1m
rOce.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-03
Z Washington.

PTedseda Americkeho
Cerveneho kT1ze Norman H.
Davis upozornuje ma to-, re ia
to organisace We snaze vyhove-
ii potrebam narodn1ho zbroj-
nfho programu rozSfrila znac-
ne svou cinnost a apeluje z to-
no dGvodu ma verejnost, ably
pfi letosn1m pTij1manf novych
clenG Cd IL. do 80. listopadu
pristupovala houfne "a cleny.
Podotyka pri tom, re vypomoc-
ma akce We prospect obyvate-
III valc1c1ch zemi z1stava nez-
menena.
Cd zapocetf valky bylo zas-
lano do Evropy a ma Daleky
vychod "a vice neil $4,000
rdznych potreb, zakoupenych
jednak z vladnlch pTidel1,
jednak z Observation-Disclosures
veho valecneho vypomocneho
fondu Cerven6ho kTfze, vytvo-
fen6ho z veTejnych pr1spevk1.
Pan Davis poukazuje ma to, re
rozsahla cinnost Cerveneho kTi
re ma domac1 fronte je finance
vana vyhradn6 re clenskych
pT1spevkG; temeT veskera tato
cinnost je posledn1 dobou V ne
jake spojitosti S pr1pravami ma
Obranu Zeme.
Poole vydanf listing, povole-
ne kongresem, je Cerveny kTfz
1rednfm poj1tkem americkeho
naroda S ozbrojenou moci.
TAX zvanf poln1 Teditele Cerve-
nehO kf1ze, jmenovan1 pro tuto
cinnost, jsou pridelovani vsem
vojenskym posadkam a manor
MIN stanic1m; personaiu Ger
veneho kT1ze pTibyva 1merne
Sc vzrGstem vojska. Polnf re-
ditel6 pTisp6li lonskeho orku
100000 vojakG a jejich rodi-
nam s kooperacf m1stn1ch Cd
bocek.
Mezi akcemi We prospect
brann6 moci bylo ma pr. vyba-
ven1 .t6locvicen a hT1st1 nakla-
dem 100000 zhotovenf ia
kovych ~pFedmetG, jake jsou
zupany, ponozky, svetry a pa
jamas pro pacienty We vsech
vojenskych nemocnic1ch zena-
mi, ktere Sc dobrovolne prihla-
silly; aktivnf pTispen1 pacien-
tim We vojenskych a manor
mich nemocnicfch prostTed-
nictv1m sociame-zdravotn1ch a
rekreacn1ch pracovnic Cerve-
n6ho krfze, t. Nv. Gray La
dies.
Deset tisfc osetrovatelek
Cerveneho kT1ze je krone to-
no verbovano do sluzby v ar
made a v namornictvu, nehle-
de ami ma cetne medicinalnf
technology, dieteticke znalce a
osoby, ochotne darovati krev.
Vojaci a namofnici mohou Sc "
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-03
Prihlasil Sc Ia 81 rokI.

V Rockford, ILL.,, Gustaf H.
Johnson pozadal policii, ably
mu vratila nGz, ktery mu roku
1907 sebral jeden mestsky po-
licista. Zapisuj1cf serzant John
Pelgen otevrel ma 1stredni sta
nici still, vytahl nGz a vratil
jej. Ale dosud Sc div1, proc
Johnson cekal celych "a rok1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-03
Voiak utonul v rece.

24lety voj1n Arnold r. Axes
ter z Washington, Ind, pride
leny 10. letecke skupine ma
Chanute Field, utonul v rece
Illinois, kdyz Sc prevrhla 10 :
ka, ma ktere byl jeste S dvema
spolecn1ky.