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Evening star., 1941-09-11
Highway Budget

The $4,605 ,060 highway budget for
1943, submitted to the District Com
misSioners by Highway Director
Whitehurst, provides not only for
routine maintenance and improve
ment of existing roadways through
out the District, but for furtherance
of several projects which have as
sumed added Importance because of
expanding requirements of the ma
tional defense emergency. Two of
the larger requests would deal with
aggravated traffic problems arising
from the decision to erect a large
War Department Office building in
Arlington, Virginia. An appropria-
ton of $4e6, 900 is asked for compile
tion of the long-planned grade sepa-
ration structure at Fourteenth street
and Maine avenue S.W., and $194 900
is sought for development of Twenty
third street as a major approach to
the Memorial Bridge. Both projects
would tend to eliminate traffic bot
tlenecks now impeding the flow of
traffic between Washington and
nearby Virginia.
The Maine avenue grade separa-
tion is to be started soon, under
preliminary appropriations 1t is
designed largely to facilitate move
ment Of bus, truck and passenger
traffic over the Highway Bridge.
With the shift of the new War De-
partment building to Columbia pike,
the load on this old bridge will be
vastly increased. The Twenty third
street improvement was authorized
in the Arlington Memorial. Bridge
Act. At present this street runs from
Constitution avenue into a dead end
at N. street. Under plans outlined
by Captain Whitehurst in his recent
highway program, Twenty third
street is to be widened and extended
across park property to connect with
Twenty-second street, just south of
@ street, thus creating main artery
from Massachusetts, and Florida
avenues direct to the Lincoln Me-
mortal circle and the Memorial
Bridge.
Another link in this system of
approaches to the Virginia bridges
is the proposed X street viaduct,
from the Rock Creek area to Key
Bridge, in Georgetown. No funds
are asked in the new budget for
this vital project. 1t logically should
be included in any list of bridge
approaches constructed from Fed
eral emergency funds, generous
allotment of which will be required
to solve some of the traffic problems
confronting Washington as a result
of rapid departmental expansion in
recent months.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
1t was odd news day, and Missouri

1t was odd news day, and Missouri
was distinctly in the news.
From Kansas City came word of an
82-year-oId gentleman who ate for lunch
the following items: Navy bean soup,
sausage and fried apples. pig shanks and
sauerkraut, potatoes, vanilla ice cream,
red raspberries, apple sauce cake, quart
of milk, two cups of coffee, six rolls, and
Is chunks of butter.
From Chillicothe, also by the AS
sociated Press, came the following item
about birds:
"Out of kindness Don Horn fed the
sparrows that futtered around his drug
store.
Now he does it in self-defense. When
he doesn't ring the dinner bell right on
time, they come in and one perches atop
his magazine rack"
These stories of appetites will appeal
to every one, for almost every one likes
to eat
Young people and old people, birds
and human beings
Food is the one thing they all know
and understand.
The way to dogs heart, it has been
said land also to mans is through his
dinner.
kissing doesn't last" said George
Meredith; "coc-erv does"
The old gentleman with the big ap-
petite must have consumed at least
1000 calories, as far as one may Judge
without figuring it out.
Now 1000 calories is about what man
at hard labor is supposed to require all
day long
1t must be marvellous to have an ap-
petite such as that, apparently without
harm.
No doubt the digestive tract is about
perfect
The person who must watch what he
eats will stand in awe before such a
performance.
Many persons, men as well as women,
take on an added pound of fat for every
ounce of food eaten over a certain
amount.
Maybe their glands do not work
properly. Their metabolism is not
standard.
All they eat goes to fat. At least that
is the way it seems to them.
81 .+
When they speak of chunk of
butter" out in Kansas City, they mean
chunk,
None of these little pats" for the
Kansas Cityians.
They like their butter, have the best,
and are not sparing of it, no matter the
modern slogan about substituting can
mons for it.
When it comes to hot biscuits, no
amount of cannon will take the place of
butter!
No matter what Goering says.
Hot biscuits and butter may make fat
but they also make for one of the finest
Evening star., 1941-09-11
White EuqIe

The white elephant has for long
time been symbolic of the large, ex-
pensive and useless possession, but
1t now bids fair to be replaced by the
white eagle. For twenty-five dollars,
man bought the pair of 31-ton
eagles that formerly adorned the
Social Security Board Building, but
it seems that in the case of eagles,
like automobiles and wives, it is not
the original cost that matters so
much as the upkeep.
If they could fly, it would not be
so bad, but they are earthbound, and
it costs hundreds of dollars to move
them. 1t is true that they are made
of limestone and require no ration
of bird seed-but as long as they stay
in the freight yards, where they roost
as this is written, they consume six
seeds day in storage charges, and
are for that reason something of
menace to their owners social Sc
curity. Bird lovers would probably
be shocked at his opinion of them.
This teaches us that it is dangerous
to monkey with the American eagle,
that stationary stone gathers no
moss, and that birdie on the golf
course is worth two in the Bush
Terminal.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Station F. B. L.

Only part of the intriguing story
has been told, but details disclosed
to date regarding the radio trick
played by the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation on the highly touted Nazi
espionage system should be enough
to give Hitler and Himmler apoplectic
reactions. 1t all started early in
1910 with the return to this country
from his native Germany of one
William Sebold, naturalized Amer
lean citizen, who did not like the
Nazis and who resented proposals.
enforced by threats--that he do
some spying in the United States for
the Gestapo. Sebold, according to
his testimony at the New York trial
of sixteen alleged German espionage
agents, tipped off American officials,
with the result that he pretended
to accept the unsavory proposition,
which included setting up secret
Evening star., 1941-09-11
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TrnceDeIl.

tastes In all the long annals Of good
eating.
You have to be from the West, to ap-
preciate butter.
The picture of the sparrows coming
into the drugstore to perch on the maga-
zine rack is a pretty one, provided you
are interested in birds.
Evidently the drugstore owner is.
English sparrows, assuredly, would be
just the birds to do this.
They are in no sense bashful birds.
Out our way, the sparrows are as
much sheer fun as all the other birds
put together.
There are more of them, of course, so
they are always doing something odd or
unusual.
Many householders, especially in the
city, are beginning to specialize, as you
might say, in English sparrows.
Instead of following the old grousing
idea, of finding fault with these birds,
these householders try to discover some
good in them.
If they are sincere in their efforts,
they are always rewarded, for, no
matter what some bird lovers say, the
English sparrow Is a bird as much as
any.
Since he is hard pressed to find food.
at TIMES, owing to a dwindling supply
of fodder and an increasing number of
contestants. he exerts his brain con-
stantly.
Thus the English sparrow has come to
be one of the most intelligent of all the
birds.
Accent has been placed on his fighting,
but this Is only seen when living con-
ditions become almost too much for
him.
If he and his mate, and their cousins
and their aunts, as it were, are helped
little, by "hands-outs" of food, such
as the kindly druggist placed for them,
they will lose a great deal of their
belligerency.
Often their showing for place, at the
food line, is mistaken for fighting.
They are not fighting, in such cases,
but merely trying to get in a bill where
it will do the most good.
II ~
Suburban residents who feed the birds
may or may not have many English
sparrows.
But one thing is sure-if a small band
appears, and is fed, it will remain, and
will grow larger month by month.
We believe that such a band is an
addition to any garden, suburban or city.
The flights OF these birds across the
yard in the snow is as fine a picture as
the sport has to show.
Their choral singing in the afternoons
Is perfect winter music.
The female English sparrow, in parti-
cular, is mighty fine songster. We feel
quite sure that most persons, if they
mad never seen an English sparrow
before, would regard her as almost
| perfect.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
which is the more dangerous and
damaging type of propaganda.

which is the more dangerous and
damaging type of propaganda.
In his testimony yesterday, Senator
Clark of Missouri said that the hear
ing would enable the committee to
drag out in the open the men re-
sponsible for moving picture produc-
ton and 'let them perform this out
rage against American unity, Amer
lean freedom and American security
where the whole world can see what
they are doing and who is doing it"
The same thing may be said in
reference to the little group Of Senate
isolationists who have cooked up the
hearings. Through the hearings now
in progress they are isolating them
selves, letting the country take a
good look at them and examine them
for who they are, what they are and
what they are doing.
From present indications, the isola-
tionists will come out second best.
Evening star., 1941-09-11

for pregnancy and lactation. One group
was fed basal ration low in protein
while another was fed the same plus
enough urea to make it equivalent in
nitrogen to a ration containing an ade-
quate amount of protein. 1t was found
that the lambs from the ewes fed urea
gained much faster than did those from
the control ewes. Before the termina-
ton of the experiment the ewes receiving
the basal ration alone had all died, while
the urea ewes were, for the most part,
heavier and in better condition than at
the start of the experiment.
The air-coal-water ration for farm
animals, it was explained, is German
innovation started when protein feeds
were very scarce in that country and
has only begun to attract attention in
the United States where they have been
cheap and abundant.
1t is now known, however, that the
urea diet will permit the utilization of
more high-energy. fat-producing feeds
such - corn
Evening star., 1941-09-11

radio station near New York City for
direct communication with &C.
stapo station in Hamburg, Germany.
The station was set up in May,
1910, by agents of the F. B. l., with
whom Sebold agreed to co-operate.s =
For sixteen months two F. B. I.
agents, posing as members of the
German spy ring, kept the ether
between New York and Hamburg
churned up with messages contain
ing spurious information" requested
by the Gestapo. The Germans were
completely taken in by the hoax, as
Sebold had given the G-men the
confidential codes, pass words and
all other data supplied him before he
left Germany. Many of the broadcasts
from the other side gave names and
addresses of German agents in the
United States who were to be given
instructions. Presumably it was in
this way that the F. B. I. effected its
recent wholesale roundup of thirty
three suspected spies in New York
and other cities. Seventeen of the
prisoners pleaded guilty when they
learned the damaging nature of the
Federal evidence against them. The
others are on trial before Federal
Judge Mortimer w. Byers.
Station F. B. l." continued to
operate until the very day of Sebold's
appearance on the witness stand.
The F. B. I. agents even reported to
Hamburg the sad news of the arrest
of ring members by the F. B. I. What
happened when the G-men's station
finally signed off remains to be dis
closed. On top of the Nazis' other
radio troubles of late, including the
kibitzing Russian ghost voice and
the false weather reports" sent to
Germans in Norway by the British
landing force in Spitsbergen, many
Nazi faces must be red.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Recalls Story of Murder
OF Mayor of Senlis.

To the Editor of The Star:
c. K. Berryman'S cartoon in The Star
for September recalls that the shooting
of innocent hostages not charged with
any crime is an old custom of the
Germans.
BY transposing the numerals of the
year. that is 1941 to 1914, but retaining
the same month and the same day, we
are reminded of another example of the
German frightfulness.
Twenty-seven years ago the Germans
entered Senlis, an ancient town which
had been freed by Joan of Arc in 1929
1t had first been occupied by the Ger
mans in 1871. On their second visit in
1914 the commanding officer went to
the old town hall which dated from 1895,
and asked that the "burgomaster" be
produced. The Mayor, M. Odent, came
forward to meet him. For three genera
tions the Odents had been Mayors of
Senlis. The father of M. Odent, like
wise as Mayor, had been seized as a
hostage in 1871. The Mayor of 1914 was
charged with encouraging inhabitants to
leave town and also with failure to
order the people to surrender. AS M.
Odent came forward the German officer
snatched his gloves from him and threw
them in his face, seized the Mayors stick
and brought it down on his head.
After being held until about II o'clock
at night the Mayor was brought before
the assembled German officers. He was
compelled to lie fiat on the ground with
his hands stretched forward, then was
commanded to rise and stand at atten-
ton. The Judgment of the officers was
that the Mayor as hostage should be
shot. The Mayor bade a dignifled fare
well to his companions in captivity be-
fore going forward to meet his fate
Two soldiers dragged him about 10 yards
and put two bullets through his head
With the statement, 1--WE have orders
to make of Senlis another Louvain; a
terrible example is needed for Paris and
for the whole of France" the town was
burned.
Now for the third time Senlis is occu-
pied by the Germans and for the third
time in the memory of living men host
ages are being shot
MELVIN D. HILDRETH.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
A Good Opportunity

The handful of Senate isolationists
now investigating the moving pic
lures have in effect admitted that
there is no legislative remedy for the
ills of which they complain. They
are making, and will doubtless con-
tinue to do so, their current show on
Capitol Hill a sounding board for
their own type of propaganda.
1t being impossible, as well as un-
desirable, under our form of govern
ment to shut off at its source either
the war propaganda" of the movies
or the "isolationist propaganda" OF
a small minority of Senators, the
hearings now in progress will give
the American people an excellent
opportunity to decide for themselves
Evening star., 1941-09-11

@. What is the meaning Of the word
"neotrist"?-R. L.
A. 1t is defined as a person who stays
and forward-looking, no matter what
his age. The word was coined by
Charles Earle Funk.
@. Who would take over the duties Of
the Chief Justice of the United States
If his Office were to become vacant?-
M. H. M.
A. In case of a vacancy In the office
Of Chief Justice or Of his inability to
perform the duties and powers of his
office, they shall devolve upon the asso-
ciate justice who is first in precedence,
until such disability Is removed or an.
other Chief Justice is appointed or duly
qualified.
@. At what distance can ear be
stopped when 1t Is going 10 miles per
hour?-R. L. P.
A. The National Bureau OF Stand
ards says that the minimum stopping
distance from 40 miles per hour is about
110 feet. The maximum acceptable
stopping distance is $50 feet. 1t is
assumed that the car travels 80 feet
before the brakes are applied (reaction
distance) and 80 to 120 feet after the
brakes are applied (braktng distance).
Q. What politician was known as
calico Charlie"?-C. r.
A. Charles Foster, legislator and cabi-
net officer Of Ohio, was so-called. He
was the owner OF q large dry goods
business.
@. In what State is the tobacco
growing district known as the BLACK
Patch"?-H. P. M.
corner of Kentucky, where a black.
heavy leaf is produced.
@. Are the Dionne quintuplets being
reared as Catholics or Protestants?-
C.. r.
A. They have been baptized as Catho-
lies and constantly wear the crosses
that were sent to them by Cardinal
Hayes.
@. What kind of poisonous gas was
called "the dew of death" during the
first World War?-T. R. A.
A. Lewisite was so-caIled because it
was dropped from airplanes
@. Where is the town that is named
for Lily Pons. the opera singer?-E. T. j.
A. Lilypons, Md, in Frederick County.
The community is noted for its water lily
industry.
@. What is the altitude of Lake
Placid?-E. F. H.
A. 1t lies about 1000 feet above sea
level.
@. Where did Billy Sunday, ths
evangelist, preach his last sermon?-
A. M. L.
A. On october 27, 1885, his last sermon
was preached at Methodist Church
in Mishawaka, Ind.
@. What are bad lands?-G. Pm.
A. This is the name given in the
Western part of the United States to
certain sterile regions. They are char
acterized by an almost entire absence
of vegetation, and by the labyrinth of
fantastic forms into which the soft strata
Of clays, sands and gravels have been
carved through the action of wind and
water.
@. Is excess weight less dangerous
in youth or middle age?-E. G. A.
A. From the life insurance point of
view, it is better for a young person
to weigh a little above the average,
while it is disadvantage after person
is 30 years old.
@. How many turnip seeds are there
in pound?-E. w. S.
A. There are from 100000 to 100 900.
@. Please give Mrs. Roosevelt's birth
date.-M. c.
A. Mrs. Roosevelt was born october
Il, 1884.
@. How much do hotels spend In
advertising?-L. G. @.
A. An average Of ss.ooooo a year %
spent for this purpose.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the Uriter, although the use of
q pseudOnym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserues
the right to edit all letters Nth
a UteU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-09-11

A cable dispatch from Capetown
reports that there are only $4,000
ostriches extant in the Oudtshoorn
district of South Africa. Some in
crease among those survivors, how
ever, may be expected since Sally
Rand has decided to try the serious
drammAS.
Evening star., 1941-09-11

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Evening star., 1941-09-11

Washington's and Gen. Jackson's statues
in order that the former and not the
latter might be surrounded by the
statues of Revolutionary heroes in La
fayette Square opposite the White House
was prompted to make this sugges-
tion solely in the interest of accuracy in
the portrayal of American history. ]
had no thought or intention of dispar-
aging Gen. Jackson.
I believe that Gen Jackson, If living.
would himself agree that his statue, sur
rounded by the statues of Washington's
Revolutionary officers, is out of place.
Gen. Jackson was a close personal
friend of my great grandfather, Francis
Scott Key, author of our national
anthem, and befriended him upon many
occasions, twice appointing him United
States district attorney for this district
Hence, for this reason, if no other, !
would wish to see him accorded every
possible honor consistent with truth.
F. S. KEY-SMITH,
Evening star., 1941-09-11

Col. Key-Smith Explains Motive
Of His Proposal for Changing Statues.
To the Editor of The Star:
have read David Barbee's letter pub
lished in The Star relative to my recent
suggestion for the interchange of Gen
Evening star., 1941-09-11

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to to
credited TO It or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein:
All rirhts Of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved,
Evening star., 1941-09-11

O. When did Queen Marie of Rumania
visit Washington?-C. D. H.
A. 1t was the autumn of 1925.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the dnStDer to Gny
question OF fact By tDrittng The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. C.. Please incIose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Says Mr.. Lindbergh Aids
Axis Powers Unwittingly.
To the Editor of The Star.

Through your columns Edmund K.
Goldsborough asserts that Charles A.
Lindbergh has been denied the right of
free speech, which, he says, is a direct
violation of democracy" AS he is such
an ardent supporter of the rights of free
speech, I am sure he would permit me
to utter a word of criticism of both
Mr. GoldSborough and Mr.. Lindbergh.
Our Constitution and our democratic
form of government guarantee the right
of free speech, but not an audience,
tolerant or otherwise. The truth of the
matter is many people dislike what they
think Mr.. Lindbergh is going to say and
for that reason are refusing to present
him with the conveniences of assembling
an audience Intolerant, yes, but there
is time when tolerance ceases to be
virtue or even good manners.
Mr.. Lindbergh would be the first to
deny that he has aided and intends to
continue to aid the Axis powers in their
scheme of destruction and in enslave-
ment of millions of people. He is like the
Schoolboy, who, exercising his right to
throw stones, hits another boy in the eye.
When chided about hitting his friend,
he replied that he didn't intend to do it.
Since Mr.. Lindberghs utterances are
given wide publicity in Berlin, Rome and
Toxic, 1t seems to me that his intentions
are inmaterial His services to these
powers are of inestimable value, but very
detrimental to the interest of his own
country. j. H. BILBREY.
Praises Mother
OF the President.
To the Editor of The Star:
The Presidents mother is dead. She
had lived long life and a useful one.
She had been woman of means with
9. heart full of understanding and kind
ness. The very poor, the very humble
were her friends. She was loved by all
and welcome everywhere
Now she is gone. Not like the mother
of the President of the United States,
but like another Nancy Hanks. For she
taught her son altruism, humanitarian
ism and love for the average man like
you and me. FRED KOROTKIN.
Minneapolis. Minn.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post ONCE,
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1941-09-11

@. What French general lost his arm
in the first World War?-E. H.
A. Gen. Henri Joseph Etienne Gou-
raud's right arm was so badly wounded
at Gallipon that it had to be amputated.
Evening star., 1941-09-11

A. zen. henT1 Joseph EClenne GOus
raud's right arm was so badly wounded
at Gallipon that it had to be amputated.
@. Do Air Corps officers use spe-
cial CAPT.. H. T.
A. A new, flexible, lightweight cap for
Air Corps officers has been developed
with green shade inside the visor for
protection against glare.
@. How long Is Halsted street in Chi
cago?-L. M E.
A. This street extends 20A miles
within the city.
@. When did William and Mary Col
lege become co-educational2-R. C. A.
A. Young women were admitted on
equal terms with men for the first time
in September, 1918.
@. Which of Blasco Ibanez's books
caused him to be exiled from Spain?-
E. S. L.
A His alfonso XIII Unmasked,"
written in 1925, led to his exile from
Spain.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
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THURSDAY September IL, 1941