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Evening star., 1941-11-01
Mr.. Daniels Resians

Announcement of the resignation
of Josephus Daniels from his post as
Ambassador to Mexico has been re-
ceived with regret. The duties with
which he has been engaged since
March IT, 1888, have been arduous
and exacting. Changes of vast i'm
portance have occurred in the world
during the period of his tenure, and
those mutations necessarily have in
f1uenced the course of events in the
country to which he was accredited.
1t also is true, certainly, that in
ternal developments have affected
the relations of the Mexican Repub-
lie with its neighbors near and far;
and Mr.. Daniels responsibilities have
included an Interpretation of each
successive step of the Gales, Car
denas and Camacho governments.
A new deal" which its principal
sponsors have not hesitated to term
national revolution" has been trans
lated from theory into action under
three leaders pledged to socialize
schools, "Mexicanize" industry, con-
troll exports and imports, nationalize
public utilities, reform co-operatives,
accelerate distribution of land to the
poor, construct model homes and
extend public works programs.
For the attainment of the goal
indicated by the scheduled reforms,
Mexico was driven to expropriate
rich foreign petroleum enterprises in
which British, Dutch and American
investors were involved. The seizure
of the oil companies properties on
March 18, 1898, created crisis which
is not yet entirely iquidated. Mr..
Daniels was caught in the center OF
the storm at its worst, but he sur
vived the hurricane and was credited
with having done as much as any
man could to repair its damage. The
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Naval Aviution

Thirty-one years ago this month
the Navy, with degree of natural
skepticism, began series of aviation
experiments that eliminated on No.
vember IA. 1910. in the pioneer flight
Of military airplane from the deck
of a warship. Lieutenant Eugene Ely,
plotting a Curtiss biplane, was the
hero of this epochal take-of from
the cruiser Birmingham, and he fur
ther astounded naval and military
experts by later landing a plane
successfully on the battleship Penn
sylvania in San Francisco Bay.
From that small beginning naval
aviation has grown until today, no
longer with skepticism, naval STRAIT
egists of all nations regard 1t as a
vital factor in modern naval warfare.
Indicative of the phenomenal de-
velopment of naval air power was
the emphasis placed upon it during
the recent Navy Day celebrations.
Before the current war brought rev.
olutionary changes in Army and
Navy strategy and tactics, aviation
received but casual attention in
Navy Day speeches and demonstra-
tions. Our naval architects gave
little thought to aerial attack, neg
lecting to provide adequate ship pro-
lection against hostile aircraft.
Meager appropriations kept the
Navy's air force to skeleton strength.
But the experiences of the British
Navy in the Norwegian, Crete and
other operations have shown con-
clusively that aerial bombs and tor
pedoes are formidable threats to any
feet and that the nation which fails
to recognize this fact is counting
disaster. 1t is not surprising, there
fore, to find Admiral Harold R.
Stark, chief of naval operations,
speaking most respectfully of avia-
ton in his Navy Day address over the
National Radio Forum-referring to
it, in fact, as "a fundamental require
ment for success of naval operations" !"
Air power, he asserted, has become an
indispensable element Of sea power,
with perfect coordination Between
the two necessary for success Of
Evening star., 1941-11-01
RESERVOIR ROAD.

Dear Sir:
II enjoy SO very much your column in
The Star. It is always interesting, in
formative and entertaining.
Il am puzzled about the bills Of the
starlings.
Unless am very much deceived,
some have yellow bills and some have
black. Can it be that the bills are black
and turn yellow?
II have several bird books, but none
of them mention the color of the bill.
If 1t were not for the spots, would
think that I am seeing two different
kinds of birds.
The yellow-billed ones always look
sleek and well dressed, but the black
billed ones look like rufdans. An answer
in your column or by letter would be
much appreciated.
VERY sincerely yours. A. B. G."
The bill of the starting is yellow in
summer, dark brown in winter.
Most descriptions give it as dusky in
winter, SO take your choice.
Sometimes observers confuse the purple
grackle, which has black bill, and a
very long one, with the startling.
The grackle, however, has very long
tail, as distinguished from the starting,
with its sawed-off tail.
The sickness of the grackle is one Of
its chief beauties. No matter how much
an observer may dislike this bird, which
kills many young birds of every species
at nesting time, he cannot help but
admit that it is a handsome fellow.
Not as many observers will be willing
to see something pleasing in the plumage
of the startling. For one thing, the
starting has been the victim of an active
smear campaign" So much has been
said against him that it is the fashion
to knock" him in general conversation.
Too, the starting is not always pretty.
At times he looks rather disreputable.
Like human beings, who do not always
look their best, the startling sometimes
appears rather on the ragged side.
Often it is necessary to see him in full
sun. in order to catch the Glints and
colors in his feathered coat.
Then he is seen rather in fash a
sort of revelation, as it were.
The way to see a starting at his best
is to see him with the light coming over
the lockers shoulder and striking the
bird full.
Often a startling seen in just the right
light appears wonderfully beautiful. He
has depths of colors and multitude of
tints which are not seen in any other
position.
Over in England the startling is more
appreciated than it is over mere.
Yet they have their troubles with it,
too, as witness the following from an
English gardening encyclopedia:
unfortunately, the increase of this
bird during recent years makes it less
welcome in agricultural and fruit-grow-
Evening star., 1941-11-01
The Reuben james

The torpedolng OF the destroyer
Reuben James, with an indicated loss
of seventy-six American lives, sheds
revealing light on our real relation
to the war and, in particular, to the
battle for control of the Atlantic.
At about the time the destroyer
was sent to the bottom, Charles A.
Lindbergh was telling a New York
audience that there is no danger
to this Nation from without" That,
in essence, necessarily must be the
view of all those who oppose the
administrations foreign policy, for
that policy is based squarely on the
belief that there is danger-a very
grave danger-to this country from
without.
When Mr.. Lindbergh made his
statement, he was in ignorance of
the destruction of the Reuben James,
and it may be doubted whether his
opinion would have been changed
merely by knowledge of the fact that
the destroyer had been sunk. But
it is difficult to understand how Mr..
Lindbergh, or any one else, could
continue to believe that we are in
no danger from abroad when the
sinking of the Reuben James is con-
sidered in the light of the official
reaction to the incident in Berlin.
That reaction. as expressed by IAN
authorized source" is that American
deStroyers have no business entering
the war zone" Hitler has proclaimed
a war zone extending almost to the
shores of Greenland in the North
Atlantic. 1t was fixed by arbitrary
decree to include waters extending
well into the Western Hemisphere,
and If we accept its validity as pres
emily defined there is no reason why
we should challenge a war zone
which might just as arbitrarily be
extended to the limits of our coastal
waters. The sinking of the Reuben
James, in other words, is direct
result of Hitler's bid for control of
the Atlantic Before it can be said
that there is no danger from with
out, we must concede his right to
bar American ships, naval as well as
merchant, from any waters which he
may choose to define as war zone.
That is concession which a vast
majority of the American people
have refused to make. It is one
which they cannot make without an
abject and fatal acquiescence in Hit
ler's plans for world domination.
This refusal on our part has taken
the form of program of full aid to
the active opponents of HitleriSm,
buttresSed by determination to use
our naval forces to keep the Atlantic
supply lines open. The result has
been an undeclared war; of which
the Reuben James is casualty. But
the basic considerations have not
changed-we must fight on or yield
control of the Atlantic to Hitler.
There is danger in either course, but
surrender is by far the more danger
GUS of the two.
Instead of retreating in the face
Of this initial Nazi triumph, every
consideration of ultimate national
security requires us to strike off the
shackles of the ill-fated Neutrality
Act and hit back with all the
strength that we can muster.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

whole temper Of the times has been
hostile to a completely equitable
adjustment.
Yet paradoxically the trend toward
closer friendship between Mexico
and the United States has been con-
spicuous, especially since the start of
the second World War, and in that
Improvement Mr.. Daniels has played
a significant role.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the dnsUer to any
question OF fact BY tDrtting The Ere
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. Hdskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
G. How much blueprint paper is used
in the construction Of battleship?-
J. S. G.
A. 1t requires 10000 pounds or one car
load Of blueprint paper FOR each battle
ship constructed.
O. Which of Beethoven's compositions
is the so-called Victory Symphony
J.H.M
A. The opening bars of the Grand
Symphony in c Minor"-the Fifth, have
been likened to the three dots and a
dash, which stand for the letter Nv" IN
the Morse code.
@. How large is the Campbell wheat
farm in Montana?-L. c. E.
A. The farm of Thomas D. Campbell
at Hardin consists Of approximately
100000 acres
@. BY what authority were the Ger
man consulates and the German tourist
agencies in the United States closed?-
G. M.
A. The State Department issued an
order to take effect last July 10 closing
Germany's "a consulates in the United
States, the German Library of Informal
ton, the German railway and tourist
agencies and the Transocean News Serv-
ice. The order was given because mem
bers of the consulate and propaganda
agency staffs, over ITO in all, had 'en-
gagged in activities wholly outside the
scope of their legitimate duties"
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Says Late Senator McAdOO
Was Not an IsolatiOniSt.

WAS NOt an 1SOldtlOnlSt.
To the Editor of The Star:
In the otherwise excellent review in
The Star for October rs of Helen Lom-
bards interesting and exciting book,
washington Waltz" your reviewer, un-
Willingly I know has done an injustice
to the late Senator William G. McAdoo
of California.
Discussing Georges Bonnet. "the de-
mon of appeasement," your reviewer
says: Blum sent him here to get rid
of him, Nine. Lombard asserts. In
Washington he investigated a political
species curious to a European, the iso-
lationist. He talked with Senators Nye,
Bone, McAdoo and the Others"
This statement is misinterpretation
of an account of a dinner party given
by Nine. Lombard, then wife of the
French Military Attache to the United
States. There were number of per-
sons present who by no stretch of the
imagination could be called isolation
lists" AS Secretary of the Treasury and
director general of railroads during
the first World War and up until his
death, Senator McAdoo was anything but
an isolationist.
Senator McAdoos attitude on the sub
ject is best expressed in a prophetic
statement he gave out in Santa Barbara,
Calf, on September 2. 1889, two days
after the outbreak of the present war,
and which appears in a clipping from
the New York Times for September 3,
1889, which now have before me: 1--WE
will be forced to choose whether we will
use force to maintain our natural rights
which are essential to our honor and
prosperity, or whether because there is a
war we shall abandon the high seas and
paralyze our world commerce. I do not
believe this Nation can or will withdraw
from the seas and attempt to isolate it.
self from the world"
BRICE CLA0ETT.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Approves Proposal
To Check Government Oh1cialS.

To Check Government OMicfals.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Tread with keen appreciation the letter
signed 'Logicus" in your issue of October
Is. The time is ripe for petty Govern
ment officials to be called to account for
their actions. They submit efficiency
ratings based on prejudice and whim.
They place their subordinates under
disadvantages that prevent advancement.
They perpetrate innumerable tyrannies,
and their underlings are without redress.
Appeals to higher oficials only bring
down upon the heads of the appellants
the combined displeasure Of all their
superiors.
When Congressman passed the civil
service laws divesting themselves OF
patronage, they did not intend to turn
that patronage over to petty chiefs, but
that is what happened. Cliques and
machines in the departments and agen-
cies control appointments and promo
Evening star., 1941-11-01

tions. You gain advancement by SUBJ
serviency and trading, not by applica-
ton to your task.
ally are injured or displeased they do
not care to be bothered with complaints
against their subordinate officials. The
internal mechanism of bureaucracy GER
tainly could be benefited by public
scrutiny. FORD.
Berwyn, Md
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Recommends Book Written
During Earlier War.

To the Editor of The Star:
Having listened to Raymond Gram
Swings account of the rapacious bleed
ing of France by the Germans am
prompted to write you about a book I
recently reread which, although written
some 10 years ago, truthfully describes
the Hun and his methods today.
The book is called The Brigadier
Frederick" by Erckmanor-Cha trian,
written during the Franco-Prussian War
OF 1870.
I most heartily recommend it to you
and through you to your readers.
MAURICE MAGNUS.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

Q. What was the religious affiliation
of John Brown. the abolitionist?-M S.
A. He was devout member Of the
Congregational Church.
@. From what poem is the line. "The
glory that was Greece and the grandeur
that was Rome?"-L. w. L.
A. 1t is from Edgar Allen Poes poem.
ITO Helen"
O. Where are the Bremerhaven ship
yards?-H. F. C.
A. They are in the port of Bremen,
Germany
@. Is there any estimate Of the num-
ber of cars that have gone over the
George Washington Bridge since 1t was
built?-D F R.
A. In the 10 years since its construc-
ton 100000 cars, trucks and buses
have passed over the bridge. Approx
mately $4,000 900 in tolls has been COL
lected The busiest single day was on
August 3. 1941, when 60,202 cars paid
more than s33 5000 to cross.
nance Works in Virginia?-E. P.
A. The site Of the plant consists of
over 5000 acres. There are 5000 workers
and 100000 pounds of smokeless powder
are turned out daily.
@. Who is the representative Of the
| British Broadcasting Co. in the United
| States?-H. T. c.
| A. Reginald Everard Lindsay Yelling
ton is head of the B. B. C. on this
| continent.
@. How long has lettuce been used as
salad?-N. D. S.
A. Lettuce was cultivated as q salad
plant by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
O. Who invented mercerized cotton?-
L. w. R.
A. 1t was invented by John Mercer Of
Lancashire, England.
@. What is the largest orangutang
on record?-M F. H.
A. According to w. T. Hornaday, the
largest specimen on record stood feet
Inches IN he1ght, measured AZ 1ncheS
around the chest and between the fin
gertips stretched feet.
@. Vino was the first Presidents
widow to be given the franking priv
ilege?-H PsV.
A. Martha Washington. In 1900 it was
enacted that all letters and packages to
and from Martha Washington, relict OF
the late Gen. George Washington. shall
be received and conveyed by post free Of
postage, for and during life"
@. What school had the first organized
sports?-E. L. K.
A. The first regularly organized ath-
letic meeting of modern times was that
promoted by the Royal Military Academy
at Woolwich, England, in 1849.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Insists LeaSe-Lend Act
Discountenanced Conveys.

To the Editor OF The Star:
The freedom of the seas which the
President is demanding is the freedom
to conduct an undeclared war without
shooting. It seems obvious to me that
he has invited the attack on the Kearny
by landing our armed forces in Iceland
and using our Navy to protect British
shipping.
Is it possible that he does not know
this and also does not know that Con-
gress and the millions of our people who
wish to stay out of this war have GER
tainly never determined to deliver the
goods" to England or Russia beyond the
actual waters of the Western Hemi-
sphere? This fact is clear to the ordi-
nary citizen from the provision of the
1ease-lend law which specifically re-
fused to authorize the use of conveys.
The question of the bravery of our
people or of our armed forces and
their readiness to fight in defense Of our
country is not involved
EDWARD r. STEEL.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

The Chesapeake Bay oyster crop is
reported good this year, but a long
way from perfection. When the mil
lennium arrives, Of course, each oyster
will have q pearl.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

In case Treasury accountants are
puzzled over how to classify expendi-
lures on our Atlantic anti-submarine
patrol, how about listing them as q
sinking fund?
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Remembers Lewis Intervention
In Kanawha Valley Long Ago.

To the Editor of The Star:
We all will agree that John L. Lewis
is rendering a disservice to the country
in openly defying the President as he
is doing continually, and only because
he has a grudge against him.
Mr. Lewis is a great patriot-yes, some
thing like the ones who contributed to
the downfall of France-playing politics.
We will be in the same position if the
President permits Mr.. Lewis to dictate.
OF course, this is much more impor-
tant than saving our country from Hit
Ter, who must howl in glee when our
defense plants are closed by Mr.. Lewis
and his associates.
AS a child in the Kanawna Valley coal
fields, I well remember Mr.. Lewis COM
ing into a peaceful community, stirring
up strife and discontent-trying to justify
the big salary he was getting. 1t would
seem that leopard can not change his
spots. NELLIE G. WHITE.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

It is strange how often in the
course of a day an average citizen
will say Thanks" to perfect
strangers, yet cannot spare two or
three minutes to make similar &C.
knowledgment to his Creator.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Member of the Associated Press

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the use for republication of all news dispa tcheS
credited to it not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

AstrOnOmy-In crisp, authorita-
tive style this little 48-page booklet
answers hundreds of everyday
questions about the earth, sun,
moon. stars and planets. The lay
man as we'll as the astronomy en-
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Evening star., 1941-11-01
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Criter, although the use of
a pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUeS
the right to edit all letters 1pith
q Uie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Asks How Big
Is Lewis.

TO the Eolt0r OF Inc Star.
Some one has said that John L. Lewis
thinks he is bigger than the President
of the United States; that he thinks he
is bigger than the United States Gov
ernment.
Well amt he? ELMER c. HELM.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

O. What school had the first organized
sports?-E. L. K.
A. The first regularly organized ath-
letic meeting of modern times was that
promoted by the Royal Military Academy
at Woolwich, England, in 1849.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

fairly representative of the strange crea-
lures of the age. Notable is an incom-
plete skeleton of the stylinodont, an
animal very similar to sloth in general
appearance 1t belonged, however, to an
entirely different line of development
and is not ancestrally related either to
the present-day sloths Of South America
or to the great sloth which survived in
North America through the last Ice Ages.
The line Of the stylinodont became en-
tirely extinct. It's remains are among
the rarest of all Eocene fossils and the
find is regarded as probably the best Of
the summer. The remains found by DR..
Gain already has been partly excavated
by some pot hunters" and abandoned.
They probably were considered valueless.
One Of the animals represented In the
collection Is the paramys, or giant "squir-
rel" With q skull to 4 inches long,
it probably was about the size of a
woodchuck or spaniel dog. The paramys
was not Q direct ancestor Of the squirrels
Of today, but belonged in the same gen.
eral line of development. It became
extinct in the Eocene Age, while some
of its smaller and more alert relatives
went on to perpetuate their line.
DR.. Gain obtained good fossil material
of the hyrachyus, small member Of the
general rhinoceros family, with limbs
adapted for swift running. He also ex-
cavated skulls and other bones Of the
most common animal in the Bridger de-
posits, the palaeosyops, one Of the great
and long since extinct titanothere fam
lily, which included the giants OF the age.
The titanotheres were vaguely like the
rhinocen Of the present. but cannot be
| considered IN the same line Of evolution.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

VIM. e. Ross and LYDIA j., his wife,
from VIM. F. Ennis and wife, real
estate on the S. e. side of Clarke Ave.
in Pocomoke City. Consideration, $40.
&c.
Jas. R. Kelly and Georgia E., his
wife, from Mayor and City Council of
Ocean City, part of "Mill Haven
Pasture" and part of exits HILL"
containing 81 1-2 Acres, more or less,
about 1 1-2 miles from Berlin, in the
3rd Elec. Dist. Consideration, $40. &c.
Achsah H. P. Warren and Robert
T., her husband, from Sarah s. Neale
and others, certain lots in Ocean City,
in the 10th Elec. Dist. Consideration,
$40. &c.
w. Sidne Timmons and Henrietta
T., his wife, from Levin James Quill
len and another, real estate contain
ing 11.31 Acres, more or less, in the
Bird Elec. Dist. Consideration, $40. &C.
The Federal Land Bank of BALTIC.
from Edward II. Johnson, Assignee,
farm aggregating 1875 Acres, more or
less, in the 9Th Elec. Dist, miles
North of Pocomoke City. Considera-
ton, $500.
Grason H. CULLEN and Florida ",
his wife, from Harvey p. Cathell and
wife, tract of Land containing 8 Acres,
in or near Purceyville, in the Bird
Elec. Dist. Consideration, $40. &c.
Rudolph Dole and Vashite T., his
wife, from R. Lee Richardson and
wife, a 1-2 undivided interest in real
estate and personal property on the
w. side of Maryland Ave., north Of
Ocean City, in the 10th Elec. Dist.
Consideration, $4,000.
Irving w. Lynch and Charlotte j.,
his wife, from Elizabeth Powell, real
estate containing 25 Acres, more or
less, near Taylorville, in The 3rd Elec.
Dist. Consideration, $40. &c.
Thos. Dunlop, Jr., and Harvey Seal