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Evening star., 1941-02-21

@ When was the first ice shipped in
the United States?-I. S.
A. Probably the first ice cut and
shipped as an article of commercial
value was sent, in 1899, from New York
to Charleston, S. c. While this shipment
was the first recorded, the real beginning
Of the industry came in the year 1905
when Frederic Tudor of Boston shipped
a cargo of 130 tons to the West Indies.
G. What became of the japanese Pa
vilion at the New York Worlds Fair?-
v. M
A. 1t has been kept as a permanent
feature of Flushing Meadow Park, which
is being developed on the site of the
fair.
@. How much sediment is carried by
the Mississippi River?-F G. R.
A. 1t is calculated that the Mississippi
River carries into the Gulf of Mexico
more than a million tons of sediment
every day. and that it would requirs
900 trains. each made up of As cars Of
25 tons capacity, to transport an equal
amount of silt and sand.
@. Why is Bourbon whiskey so cslled7
S. M
A. Bourbon is named for the county
in the northeastern portion of Kentucky
which produced in the early days almost
all of the whiskey made from Indian
corn.
@. How many French soldiers and
sailors were killed in the American Revo-
lution?-H. 7. E.
A. There were 2112 French soldiers
and sailors who lost their lives in the
American Revolution. A monument to
their memory was unveiled at the Palace
of Versailles. near Paris, on June II.
1886.
@. Who introduced reindeer into
Alaska?-W w
A. The late DR.. Shelton jackson. mis-
sionary, educator and first superintend-
ent of public instruction in Alaska, urged
the introduction of reindeer to augment
the food supply and brought the first
ones into Alaska from Siberia.
@. Please give the names of the Ne
groes who have been admitted to the
United States Naval Academy and those
who have graduated.-R. Y.
A. No Negro has ever graduated from
the Naval Academy Those who have
attended are: James H Conyers Q872),
Alonzo C. McClennan 1873, Henry E.
Baker, jr. Q974), James Lee johnson
1886, George j. Trivers Q937-resigned
voluntarily July, 1880.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
'KENLWORTH.

Dear Sir:
II have been meaning to write to you
for some time to tell you how much
enjoy your column.
Recently, you had a piece in your
column about a one-legged startling. All
last winter one-legged startling fed out
side our kitchen window and he did not
seem to have any trouble getting along.
I'VE were visited frequently by song
sparrow with just single tail feather.
Around my home l have placed four
feeders, but the birds seem to prefer to
this section of back sidewalk on which
scratch feed is scattered. The visitors to
this spot that we are most proud of are
q pair OF mourning doves. Whenever
we approach the feeding place while they
are there, they go whistling off at an
amazing speed.
I'VE have many species of birds around
Kenilworth I recently went through
Birds of America to see how many
could identify by sight. I listed Al.
IF you would like to study and OBJ
serve aquatic birds I suggest that you
visit Kenilworth's aquatic gardens Many
herons and kingishers hang out here
in the spring and summer. II you are
also interested in wild animal life, there
are muskrats and minks around this sec
ton also. I think that it would be well
worth your time to drop out here in the
spring.
Sincerely, D. R."
=
There is no better bird to have in a
dove.
This is the smaller relative of the
extinct passenger pigeon.
This mourning, or turtle dove, as it is
often called, Is about as close as we will
come to knowing what passenger
pigeon looked like.
1t is a graceful bird, despite its heavy
when the creature walks.
Once in the air, the dove is a match
for almost anything which flies.
Its "take-off" is peculiar. The first
beat OF the wings are accompanied by
whistling sound, a great deal louder than
any mere whirr.
There is, also, a distinct note to this
sound, which sets it apart from the whirr
OF pigeons wings as that bird leaves
the ground.
n
The greatest number of doves we have
seen together is four. II any of our
readers have seen more at one time we
wish they would let us know.
There is something about numbers
which often sets off an individual. That
is, four doves somehow tend to make
the observer have slightly higher
regard for one dove. If the terrible
totalitarian theories have any philo-
sophical basis at all 1t is probably this.
The sight of those four doves, creep
Ing through the autumn grass like little
gray battleships, was something to re-
member.
We had pair of them for long time,
but two pairs were something new.
Evening star., 1941-02-21

storm of criticism and has proved
itself to the satisfaction of the off,
GERS and men who must trust their
lives and regulations to its efficiency.
The Marine Corps decision should be
sufficient to remove any lingering
doubts about the suitability of the
new rifle and should clear the way for
an enthusiastic quantity production
of a weapon which its friends long
have claimed will make the Ameri-
can soldier the worlds most deadly
fighting man.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
Denies That Versailles Treaty
Caused Present Conflict.

To the Editor of The Star:
Senator Wheeler of Montana recently
said: Most historians and students agree
that the Treaty of Versailles provoked
the present war"
But any excuse is suitable for Ger
many to commence war, whether it be
against France, the small nations of
Europe or the world. 1870, 1914, 1889 and
throughout the life of Germany it has
always been the same-envy of the eco
nomic success of other nations.
Immediately after 1918 the Germans
commenced to get ready for the next war
Before the Versailles Treaty was signed
in June, 1919, the Germans set up in the
United States organizations of propa-
ganda designed to mislead Americans.
MRS. r. K. GARNETT.
Little River, Fla.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
JobIess Tux Cut

The sliding scale plan for reduction
of the local unemployment compen-
sation tax which has been proposed
by the District Unemployment Com
penSation Board has the merit Of
setting up a formula whereby the
tax levied on employers would bear
some reasonable relation to the un-
employment needs of the community.
That, of itself, would be a welcome
improvement over the present system
which, despite liberalized benefits,
has resulted in the piling up of
frozen and wholly unnecessary re-
serve fund of nearly $2O,0O0,00O.
Under the boards plan, which was
considered but not adopted by Con-
gress last year, the present local tax
rate of 27 per cent would be reduced
to one-half Of per cent as long as
the surplus in the boards account
is at least four times the highest
amount of benefits paid out in any
one of the ten preceding years. At
present, the reserve fund is about ten
times the sum of benefits paid last
year, and, under the proposed plan,
if it should drop below the four-to-
one ratio deemed necessary, the tax
rate would be stepped up accordingly.
This sliding scale plan is accom-
panied by a proposal for a slight
increase in benefit payments, to
which there probably will not be
serious objection, and recommended
tion for elimination from the District
law of an experience rating" pro-
vision which has never been put into
effect.
Despite the fact that an increasing
number Of States are making sue
cessful use of the experience or merit
rating system, under which an en-
ployer's tax rate is adjusted in
accordance with the stability of his
employment record Inauguration Of
the system in the District has been
blocked by the seemingly selfish and
shortsighted opposition of organized
labor, supported, supposedly, by the
Social Security Board Since the
merit rating system is one which
tends to discourage discharges which
might be avoided, while providing an
incentive for a stable employment
policy, its proposed abandonment in
the District can only be viewed with
regret, regardless of the merit at
tending other phases of the boards
proposal.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
ImperiIed Australia

The "AusSies" are much in the war
news these days. Those tall, lean
soldiers from Down Under" sing
ing and yelling exuberantly in the
heat of battle, are the backbone of
General Wavells Imperial Army in
North Africa, and now another Aus
tralian Army, splendidly equipped,
has come to the aid of threatened
Singapore.
Those expeditionary forces are
merely the first fruits of a tremen-
dous war effort by the Australian
people. The Commonwealth is on
a stern war footing, conScripting
it's man power, building up vast
munitions industries, taxing itself to
the limit, cutting down on luxuries
and non-esSentials for the grim
business it has undertaken. The
results are expected to surpass even
those of the last war, when Australia
contributed 100000 soldiers to the
imperial cause
The reason for these unparalleled
sacrifices is plain. Far more than
in the World War of a generation
ago, the future of Australia is visibly
and Immediately at stake. For then,
Japan was an ally, whereas now
Japan is an almost open enemy, in
tent on dominating the whole Of
the Far East and the Western
Pacific Ocean, including Australia
and its sister commonwealth of New
Zealand. To balk that predatory
imperialism is, for those danger
ously isolated British dominions, a
matter of life and death The task
is heavy, because, despite all their
wealth and natural resources, the
human defenders are relatively few.
Both dominionS are young nations
barely out of the pioneering stage
Australia, though the size of the
United States, has a population of
only 1000 000-leSS than that of New
York City. New Zealand, nearly as
large as the British Isles, has fewer
than 100000 inhabitants. Those
underpopulated countries, of sound
British stock, have built up admir-
able civilizations, with high stand
ards of living, democratic forms of
government and social institutions of
a very advanced kind. Yet this
priceless heritage would be put in
jeopardy by Japanese victory at
Singapore. and would be speedily
doomed if japanese domination in
the Orient should be firmly estab-
lished
In their hour of acute peril,
Australians and New Zealanders
turn their eyes eagerly toward us,
hoping for aid and pointing out the
interests we have in common. They
certainly would be dependable allies
in a Far Eastern struggle, since for
them no compromise with japanese
hegemony is possible. The pending
proposal to fortify our naval station
at Samoa is hailed in Australia as a
most welcome sign, for Samoa is a
vital link in the ocean route by
which an American fleet, avoiding
the Japanese inundated islands
barring the direct course to the
Philippines, could reach the safety
of Australian bases and proceed
thence in relative security to battle
with Japanese sea power for the
protection of the Dutch Indies and
Singapore.
1t, is hard to imagine America
standing idly by and seeing Australia
overwhelmed. Yet that is an even
tuality which might soon become
imminent if Singapore should fall
and Australia'S life line with the
British motherland be thereby sew
cred. The immensely of the stakes
involved in the Far Eastern crisis
is indeed becoming clear these
perilouS days.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reader can get the dnSWer to any
question Of fact by tDriting The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSktn, director, Washington,
d. c. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
@. How many people have obtained
work since the defense program started2
H. K. L.
A. 1t is estimated by William Green,
president of the American Federation OF
Labor, that about 100000 unemployed
have been put to work in the past few
months by the rearmament program.
@. What is the approximate range OF
the Army anti-aircraft guns?-L. r. L.
A. The maximum horizontal and the
maximum vertical range for the United
States 3" anti-aircraft gun are 1420o
yards and 1010c yards, respectively.
@. Please give the birthdate Of the
Dionne quintupletS-L. J. C.
A. The quintuplets were born on May
28 1884
@. What disposition was made Of
Caesars body?-K. r. G.
A. 1t was burned on huge funeral
pyre. The ashes were inferred in the
tomb Of the Caesars in the Campus
MartiuS.
G. Is the house in which Stephen
Foster wrote My Old Kentucky Home"
still standing?-K. B. H.
A. The song was written at Federal
Hill near Bardstown, KY. The house II
preserved as memorial and, with the
surrounding estate, has been made Q
State park
@. How long have cabinet meetings
been held by the President of the United
States?-A. H S.
A. From the beginning of Washing
tons administration he not only called
on the heads of departments for written
opinions, as was authorized in the Con.
stitution, but he consulted them orally.
In 1871 meetings closely resembling cabi-
net meetings began TO be held.
@. Is there an original copy Of Frank
Inns Autobiography in exiStence?-C. P.
A. Benjamin Franklins Autobiography
in his own handwriting is in the Henry
E. Huntington Library at San Marino.
Calf.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
Says Col. Lindbergh Exercised
Americans Right to be Heard.
To the Editor of The Star:


One persons truth" is as problematic
as anothers. Col. Lindbergh has as
much right to express the truth as he
sees 1t as has your reporter, Mr.. Stowe,
for such is the privilege of every Amer
lean. Col Lindbergh expressed his opin-
ion without resorting to melodramatics
or name-calling
JOANNE McGEARY.
Evening star., 1941-02-21

Out of the many thousands play
ing the game there were but eight
football fatalities in 1910. 1t is
almost a certainty that for every
youth thus killed, a dozen or more
players survived accidents, injuries
and illnesses that would have been
fatal to those less rugged and less
alert
Evening star., 1941-02-21

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Criter, although the use OF
q pSeudongm for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the night to edit all letters tUith
q Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-02-21

It seems to be the ideal of some
radio announcers to make the letters
81" and "r" interchangeable. This,
together with the broadest of "a's,"
is probably to indicate to America
how she should talk-but she just
won't do it.
Evening star., 1941-02-21
Describes Circular" Progress
of Labor Philosophy.
To the Editor of The Star

In one of his stories, O. Henry advances
the theory that the laws of nature and
social intercourse operate in arcs and
circles instead of straight lines. In this
connection it is interesting to note that
Assistant Attorney General Thurman
Arnold in his attitude towards labor
unions offers strong supporting proof Of
o. Henry's thesis of circularity.
Prior to the American Revolution. the
Evening star., 1941-02-21
Representative Tinkham recon

Representative Tinkham recon-
mends a three-man committee" to
replace our single President. An
cient Rome tried out a couple or
three of those "triumvirates," but
it always resulted in the emergence
Of one top guy"
Evening star., 1941-02-21
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatch 5
credited TO It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
Al rights Of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1941-02-21

@. Please give the birthdate Of the
Dionne quintuplets.-L j. C.
A. The quintuplets were born on May
! %, 1884.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-27

headed by T. Z. Price, and win
contain many of the leading
amateurs in the southern section
of the state
The Biltrnore divos diggers
have the edge in the annual Sc
rieS. but chances of the locals are
exceedingly good this year.
Key West golfers are giving
the course more play recently in
order 70 tane-up for the corning
engagement
Among those playing for the
Kew West Ccunsry Cab are.
wslassrn Fripp. Sasn Goldsmith.
Fred Matthews, Horace O'BTyant
Sam Anderson. DR.. William
Kemp, Joseph Lopez. Norman
Artraan. Glenn Price, Melvin Rus
sell Axiom Parks and Lewis
Pierce.
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Basketball Twin Bill To-
night; SoftbaH Series
Opens At Bayview Park
Tomorrow Evening

Infantile paralysis benefit
games feature Key Vests sports
program this week.
Tonight in the High School
Gym four members of the Island
City Basketball League will per-
form in a charity doubleheader
scheduled by Johnny Offutt last
week.
us. Army and VP33 will en-
gage in the opening game, begin
ming at 700 o'clock. A battle of
champions is slated for the after
piece when Us. Marines tangle
with the Lions Club. Leather
necks won the first-half of the
l940-'41 split schedule and the
Civic five is defending city title
holders.
League passes will not be hon.
ored tonight. Only players do
mating their services will be adj
mitted free.
Tomorrow night the three
game benefit softball series will
open at Bayview Park between
Sawyer's BARRIERS and NavStas
Thursday night will witness the
second contest Of the series, which
will wind up Tuesday of next
week.
Key West Home Guard Band.
Mayor Willard M. AlburY and
American Legion Post Com
mander AL Mills will officially
open the series. Al approxi.
mately 500 o'clock the band
will play America" and fans
will be asked to stand and
sing the words of this patriotic
song. immediately afterward.
Mayor AlburY will toss the
first ball TO Commander Mills
and the game will be under
way. Members of tho band
will patrol the grounds TO
maintain order during play.
Floodlights at the field will be
turned ON at TOO o'clock and
the Clubs will practice until
shortly before 500 o'clock. Each
rontest Of the series win be of
nine-inning duration.
Friday and Saturday Pahokee
and Stuart will invade Key West
for games with the local High
School varsity five. The indoor
cage battles win be the first of
the season for the Conchs against
upstate teams on the locals
home court. Key West students
travelled to Miami last week on
their initial road trip.
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PLANS MADE
FOR COLFING
CHAMPIONSHIP
CUPS DONATED FOR WIN
NERs OF THREE FLIGHTS
AND MIXED FouRSoME;
sPoTrswooD DEFENDER

The Key West Country Club
golf championship win be held in
the near future, possibly after the
inter-city matches with Miami, II
was announced today.
Last championship tournament
was held about four years ago
and was won by the veteran golf
or Robert Spottswood, one~up
over the long-driving Joseph
Lopez. The match was one of
the finest played on the local
course. Spottswood was four-up
after the first nine, bat Lopez,
coming back strongly with par
and snb-par scores. had evened
the match at the end of the fif-
teenth hole. Lopez drive on the
sixteenth was about eight feet
from the pin. Spcttswood rallied
to the occasion and his wood shot
was inside Of Lopez. and with the
sinking Of his putt for birdie
twu, went one-up as Lopez had
cardea oar three fer the hoAe.
Spouswood and Lopez both
pared the two remaining holes
Despite his victory in the last
championship tournament and
his reputation of being an excel
lent match player, Spottswood is
not favored 10 win this season.
Favorite is Joseph Lopez, who Is
scoring consistently web. Lopez
Yesterdays score was S5-S6. n,
with four brides. two IN success
sion on the short fourth, and the
long fifth. Others expected 20
give Lopez battle for this year
hoaors are Alton Parks, and Sam
Goldsmith.
Besides the championship
flight. there will be two other
flights with cups awarded to all
three winners. plus q cup Tor .
mixed fourSome tournament.
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.CONCHS WON
AND LOST in
MIAMI GAMES
DROPPED 2o-25 DECISION TO
ANDREW JACKSON AND
DEFEATED PONCE DE LEON
1882 SATURDAY i

Kew West High School varsit.,
basketball players returned home
early yesterday afternoon frol I
their first interscholastic rossc
trip of the season with a record
of having won and lost in pc il
of Miami games.
Friday night the Conchs swoop-
led down on the Andrew Jackson
cagers and proceeded to drop 'the
first battle of the invasion, 20 IS
The locals suffered from "stat ye-
fright" in the first-half but ont
scored the upstaters in the final
two quarters.
Coach Johnny Offutt Sent his
second-stringers against the JaclS-
sons in the opening five minutes
of the game. The youngsters
sunk a pair of field goals for four
points and then were yanked in
favor of the first team. The
regulars were held scoreless the
remaining three minutes of the
initial period and were BANKED
in the next stanza.
Coach Offutt gave his boys
dressing down. between halves
and sent them on the floor with
their fighting spirit aroused. An
thony Mcmahon and Dewitt Rob
erts, top scorers of the Conchs,
began to find the basket and
when the half was over they had
accounted for 10 of total Is
points. With the locals hitting
their stride, another quarter
would have ''wrote a different
ending" to the game.
Jackson's forward Major al
most singlehandedly defeated the
Key Westers with his six field
goals and three foul shots.
Roy score.
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Benefit Games
Feature Weeks
Sports Euents
SOFTBAu PILOTS .oti .
PREDICT VICTORY

The three managers of
clubs that will begin the
benefit soffball series To-
morrow night at Bayview
Park are confident of ul-
timate victory. A poll of the
pilots reveals these predic-
tions:
Manager Roy Hamlin. Pep
per's Plumbers: We're ready
TO play ball and I'm confident
my boys will win their two
games. With Clarence Gates
on the mound in one and
Norman Artrnan in the 9TH
er. can't see how we'll lose.
predict one of the contests
will end in a shutout but
can't say which club will be
the victim. -
Manager Theodore AlburY.
Sawyer's BARRIERS: Tin mot
worrying. Memo Castro and
Johnny Walker can take care
of the NavSta and Peppers
with ease. just watch and
see".
Manager Clarence Ais
house. NavSta: I'VE will sur
prise them all. AS we are the
underdog. they do not count
US in. but they will sing a
different song after tomorrow
night and cry after Thurs
day night.
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Key West t2o)


Saturday night the Conchs
dominated the Ponce De Leon
Cavaliers, 1892. Desite the fact
Coach Offutt rates the Cavaliers
a much stronger club than An
drew Jackson, the Key Westers
jumped into the lead in the very
first quarter and were never
threatened.
Frank IKE" Saunders, a
mediocre player, paced the locals
to victory. He ''swished" the net
for IA points, six field goals and
two charity shots. Mcmahon. Is
land City League leader, follow
ed close behind with 10 markers.
Roberts Smith, nine, and Roberts,
eight, aided the locals heavy
scoring. 0 III
BOX score.
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RECORD FIELD
IN SUNDAYS
BLIND BOCIE
GRooMs AND ALBUHY SHARE
FIRST HoNoRS: THREE
WAY TIE FOR SECOND
PLACE

Pro Eddie Bush reports that
the largest field of the season
took part in the blind bogie yes
terday at the local golf links on
Stock Island.
Bascom Grooms and Fl. Albury
shared first place honors,, each
possessing a score of 70, the win
ming number.
A three-way tie resulted for
second place between Mrs. Rob-
ert Parrish, John Pinder and Bill
Fripp.
Caapac Fol1axxT,
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BILTMORE GOLFERS
PLAY HERE FEB. SO
EXPECT CLOSE SCORE rN AN.
NuAL rNTER-CTTY
MATCH

Joseph Lopez, chairman OF the
tournament eorsFnitsee. xnncarc-
cd today that the Miami Biltnore
golfing team viii play the local
golfers on Saturday afternoon of
next week. February 9. and sun
day Eaorning. February q
The Miami delegation win be
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-27

PHILCO RADIO, model 610, Sim
mons Baby Bed and Mattress,
Play Pen, Taylor-Tot Stroller,
etc. Make us an offer. Mrs.
Singleton, GIG Caroline street.
jan24-3tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-27

Lopez was in fine form yester-
day as ne toured the sporty lay
out in a II, one of the incest
rounds scored this season.
The next blind bogie will be
staged Thursday. The event is
growing in popularity each sue
ceeding week and a noticeahly
larger number of women golfers
are participating. : .s:.s. g