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Evening star., 1941-10-11
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WASHINGTON, D {.
Bridge Approaches

AS plans for the S31 ,000C00 War
Department Building in Arlington go
forward, it becomes increasingly evil
dent that speedy construction of
adequate bridge approaches on the
District side of the river is essential
to avoid intOlerable traffic COngeS-
ton when the new building is taken
over by $4,000 Federal employees.
The need for haste in improving
District roadwayS leading to the
Highway, Memorial and Key Bridges
makes imperative complete revision
of the fiveyear program of conStruc-
tion which had been worked out by
the District Highway Department in
cooperation with Federal authori-
ties. The new war building cannot
wait five years for these anti-bottle-
neck improvements And the Dis
trict of Columbia obviously cannot
be expected to raise the bulk of the
S5,500000 or more that officials
estimate will be required for an i'm
mediate start on four major projects
involved in the War Department
traffic plans
One of these projects, the grade
separation at Fourteenth street and
Maine avenue southwest. already has
been begun. The District has been
assessed S8OO,000 for this important
engineering job and S500,000 addi-
tional will come from Federal aid
funds, leaving 100000 yet to be
appropriated from some source. This
Maine avenue underpaSs is needed
urgently to facilitate the movement
of traffic across the Highway Bridge.
A requisite corollary of the Maine
avenue undertaking is the proposed
extension and widening of Inde-
pendence avenue, entailing an esti-
mated expenditure of $1,l00,000. The
District has no funds available for
this project. A third improvement,
designed to provide a direct route
from the Northwest to Memorial
Bridge, involves the widening of
Twenty-third street from ConStitu-
ton avenue to N street and its eX-
tension through park property to
connect with Twenty street
just south of @ street. Heavy traffic
from Massachusetts, and Florida
avenues will feed into this new artery
and empty into the Lincoln Memorial
area. This approach, costing about
5000, 900, is to be paid for from Dis
trict funds, according to present
plans. The fourth project is the K
street viaduct, to bypass traffic
through Georgetown to Key Bridge.
This elevated roadway is intended to
eliminate existing congestion on M
street in Georgetown and, by en-
couraging greater use of Key Bridge,
to reduce the traffic burden on Me
mortal Bridge. The cost of this
viaduct is expected to be around
s22OO,0OO.
The District at present is not pre-
pared to put up more than $1,00O,0O0
toward immediate construction OF
what had been planned as a long
range development, so that the re-
mainder, $4,5OO,OOO logically should
come from Federal emergency funds.
As Federal aid amounting to $500,000
already has been allotted to the
Maine avenue underpass, S4,000000
remains to be raised. Unless this
sum is allocated under defense high
is apt to be grave delay in preparing
to solve extraordinary traffic prob
lens growing out Of governmental
expansion across the river.
Evening star., 1941-10-11

Will serve the purpose of uniting and i'm
munizing our people against the shrewd
Vaccinations of his political enemies
They are simply using his reluctance to
admit error to bind his hands in fate
ful hour when he is called upon to exer-
else leadership which only he can give
and which he solemnly pledged us to
exercise. Should our President but have
the Christian humility to admit errors
of the past, errors so palpable that their
denial is childish petulance and their
condonance the poor craftsmanship of
false pride, he would confound his
enemies and reunite his people for the
inescapabe ordeal ahead.
Even in this Mr.. Roosevelt would be
using the homely wisdom of our mar
tyred Lincoln who in letter to Horace
Greeley, dated August %, 1862, said:
Il shall try to correct errors when shown
to oe errors and shall adopt new views
so fast as they shall appear to be true
views"
Abraham Lincoln is worthy of emula-
tionl
THOMAS E. MATT1NGLY. NJ. D.
Cites Book on "Alternative"
To Marxist Doctrine.
To the Editor Of The Star:
An article by David Lawrence, appear
ing in The Star for September 90, sug-
gests that: Leadership of the soul right
now might unity America 1t might
70 oot .
the cause of human brotherhood which
gave birth to Christianity itself"
The cause of human brotherhood!
Would that one nation MIGHT be per-
mitted to attempt its protection. with
out becoming involved in the interna-
tional struggle for power.
A logical place to look for leadership
of the soul is in the Christian church,
but there are other organizations prac-
ticing the Christian philosophy of the
brotherhood of man. Indeed, the very
ideal of democracy itself is just that!
Some Americans had the notion that
democracy meant liberty to push one
another around, without regard to others
welfare. Am I my brothers keeper"
Idu 10 De turned dTOuIlQ 10 TedQ L am
my brothers keeper" and spread on the
sidewalks of our city streets during a
Community Chest drive before we under
stood what 1t meant.
There is one fearless Christian who
has published a book called "Christs
Alternative to Communism" Only a
cynic will fail to see the place of Christi
anity in our changing economic life and
only prejudiced or uninformed person
in the ranks of Christianity will fail to
see the necessity for change from the
competitive to the cooperative way of
life after reading this work by E. STAN
ley Jones.
Since there are so many cynics and so
many uniformed people, it may come to
pass that we on the sidelines will be
forced to witness, aye. even to partici-
pate in, struggle to solve the worlds
problems by means other than the appli-
cation of the golden rule of the brother
hood of man. That merely will be q
struggle and not a solution
BERTHA v. BERNHARD.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
Turtle

Beneath a pokeWeed full OF ripened
fruit
You hold your measured pace and
look about.
Bright pigment is at hand, and
ginseng root;
Scarce anything is absent saUe the
shout
OF ShaUnee or OjibWays to create
Again an ancient cozorful estate
OF savage dance and 1Dar. Can it be
pride
In totem ancestors that slo1Ds your
stride?
MABEL POSEGATE.
Evening star., 1941-10-11

@. What is the origin of the name
Manila?-J. F. H.
A. The Capital of the Philippines de-
rives its name from the native word
maynila, designating a shrub formerly
common on the site.
Q. Please give the number of muscles
in the human body.-G. S. H.
A. There are more than 500, varying
in length from a small fraction of an
inch to feet.
@. Who is the only pitcher who ever
pitched three shutouts in one World
Series?-M. H. T.
A. Christy MatheWSon in 1905.
Q. At what age should a dogs ears
be cropped?-F. S.
A. The best time to cut the ears of
q dog is when he is about 31z months old
Q. Is it legal to sign a will on Sunday?
S. P. M.
A A will, or codicil, may be signed
any day, including Sundays and legal
holidays.
Q. How many Jews are there in
Jerusalem?-W. H. j.
A. There are 81 500.
Q. Where is the largest crane in the
world?-D. c. E.
A. 1t is the one at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard which is 230 feet high and
capable of lifting $50 tons.
Q. What are the requirements for city
mail delivery?-G. D. K.
A. They are as follows: Receipts Of
$4,000; population of $500 to be served;
territory so per cent improved; continued
sidewalks and crosswalks; street signs
and lights; houses numbered, and mail
receptacles.
@. Is there an old ladies' home in the
United States for English women?-A r.
A. The Victoria Home at Ossining.
~ Y, is for the daughters of the British
Empire in the United States.
Q. Who wrote the famous Yale Whit
fenpoof Song"?-C. S. E.
A. The composition is by Meade Min.
nigerode, George S. Pomeroy and Tod
B. Galloway
@. Are vitamins destroyed by quick
freezing?-A. H. j.
A. According to scientific research,
quick frozen foods contain vitaminS
equal in amounts to those of the fresh
est foods on the markets
Q. How is the yucca plant propa-
gated?-C. D. J.
A. The yucca is fertilized only by the
yucca moth each Of whose species is
adapted to a separate species OF yucca.
The moths emerge at the time of the
opening of the yucca flowers, which fire.
quently remain open only for a single
night.
@. Who was the Prince of Skeptics?-
L. T. S.
A. This name is frequently applied to
yoltaire, who rejected Christianity and
devoted his life to crushing the spirit of
intolerance which characterized the
church of his day.
c. What is bentwood?-T. j. B.
A. Brentwood is a process Of molding
wood, after softening with steam, into
continuous structural shapes. The low
backs and arms of Windsor chairs are
examples. The process came into use in
Austria in the late 10Th century.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
Cartoon Prompts Question
About Possible Resistance to Stain.

AUUut TUSSIDIe feSISCAnCe 70 StaHn.
To the Editor of The Star:
Let me congratulate The Star on its
cartoon showing the evangeically in
structed Mr.. Hartman converting Stain
with the aid of Nazi bayonets.
To make it stick, will not this shot
gun marriage of Communism to the
church call for lease-lend aid to Hitler
as soon as the lease-lend aid to Stain
has turned the tide and restored to the
Soviet the courage OF its own convic-
ttons? ALDEN A. POTTER.
Evening star., 1941-10-11

Everybody's Coin Book-A 30
page publication on the origin and
development of coins. Tells of
famous collections, of rare, curious
and valuable pieces, Of strange
customs that surround their use, of
how values and prices are estab-
lshed and of how to start a COL
lection. 1t is an interesting and
most informative treatment of the
subject, and beginners will find it
invaluable To secure your copy
of this booklet inclose 10 cents in
coin, wrapped in this clipping, and
mail to The Star Information
Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1941-10-11

enrolIeeS in defense skills. Few New
Deal agencies have as good record
to their credit as the c. c. C. and
few are held in as high regard by
the American people.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin

A reader can get the dnSWer to any
question OF fact BY tDrittng The Eue.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSkfn, director, Washington,
D. c. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
@. How fast can the German Army
march?-E S L.
A. Recent dispatches announced that
the German infantry forces had ad-
vanced at the rate of % miles day for
is days.
Q. What is the per capita consump-
ton of coffee?-G. H c.
A. The average American drinks 530
cups Of coffee a year.
Q. How many American ships fly the
flag of Panama?-W. c. H.
A. There are about l25 American
owned ships under panamanian registry.
O. Why is u" not used in lettering
companies in the United States Army?-
w. J. M.
A. The War Department says that the
letter ~ is omitted in designating bat
talions of infantry because it easily IS
confused with "I"
@. In what part of the United States
is the most snuff consumed?-J. T. r.
A. Negroes in the South and Scandi-
navians in the Northwest use the most
snuff.
@. Where does the Danube River rise2
j S.
A. 1t rises in the Black Forest Noun
tains of southern Germany and flows
into the Black Sea.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 10riter, although the use of
a pSeudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-06-15

Flying fish are used for bait In
sport fishing for the giant sword
fish and tuna in the waters of Santa
Catalina Island off Southern Cali
fornia.
Evening star., 1941-06-15
Ocean City's Boats
To Parade June p

OCEAN CITY, Md, June 14.-An
intensive program of entertainment
is being planned for the thousands
Of visitors expected at this Mary
land SeaShore resort this summer.
Interesting point in the Chamber
of Commences plans is Mayor Cliff
ford P Choppers invitation to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to try his hand again
at marlin fishing off Ocean City.
The President made his first fishing
visit here July % and 80, 1899.
Beginning the season will be the
fourth annual Ocean City boat pa
rade here next Sunday. A band will
play and flags will wave as crowds
of interested spectators watch the
procession of some 35 or more pleas
ure boats. The boats proceed down
the SinepuXent Bay out into the
ocean, and, hugging close to shore,
go up two miles and then back, to
mark what is generally considered
the opening of the Ocean City mar
lin fishing season.
Public interest in sports. partic-
ularly in fishing. will be stimulated
this summer in Ocean City by con-
tests with prizes awarded for win
ming feats. These may be cGmaxed
by the staging of Miss Maryland
beauty contest late in the summer
but final plans for this have not yet
been completed.
Several streets here have been re-
surfaced to better stand the in
Evening star., 1941-06-15

throw it out" After a day or two
of rainbow trout, done to a turn,
or steak broiled over a wood fire,
every one answers that one.
Up in the far Northwest are the
great ranches where one may ride
for days without getting off the
territory belonging to one company.
Everything is on a huge scale
towering mountains with snow
capped peaks, out of sight in the
clouds; great rolling and tumbling
rivers, vast stands of trees, un-
dulating landscapes Of ripening
wheat, and people who start out as
your hosts and remain friends.
Tall Tales Around Campfires.
The Montana and Colorado re-
gion, little closer home may not
be on quite as great a scale. A
little more perSonal-and little
easier to get at" First timers may
prefer experiences little less stren-
GUS. Farther south into New MeM-
CO and Arizona, where the delight
full love Of living of the early Span
ish settlers still fingers, one may be
even lazier There, groups pack off
to timber line for few days fish
ing or hunting, with the cool of the
evening spent around e. campfire
telling stories. There will be the
tall ones of the Paul Bunyan va
riety-but taller than ever before.
There will be the enchanting tales
OF the great intrigues of the Colonial
days told by the guide whose great
grandmother was Spanish and knew
her history. And after several days
acquaintance and a long quiet spell,
If one is very lucky, the Indian
pack man might tell the legends
of his people, which are the back
ground of their religion and their
lives, and accounts in a large part
for their dignity, gentleness, kind
ness and their well-behaved chill
dren. This has been called Land
OF Enchantment" by more than one
famous writer and, wonderful to
relate, its enchantment seems to
grow with the years.
Evening star., 1941-06-15
Cruises to Touch
Interesting Points
On Great Lakes

CHICAGO, June 14-Interesting
points on the Great Lakes will be
visited by cruise ships, operat-
ing this summer on an enlarged
schedule.
-Four Great Lakes cruises each
week will be run by the Georgian
Bay Line instead of the usual three
sailings as during the last several
years. The first cruises on the sum-
mer schedule will start July 5.
This enlargement and diversified
ton of the trips will make Isle
Royale, the newest of the Nationa,
Parks, a port of call on two Of these
sailings. Another change is the
introduction of five-day trip from
Chicago and a two-day, weekend
trip from Chicago to Mackinac
Island and return.
Ports touched by the lines three
vessels, operating on varied loutes
include Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit
Mackinac Island. Midland, Ont,
Canada, in Georgian Bay; SauIt Ste
Marie, Isle Royale, Duluth and Stur-
geon Bay.
The cruiseship Seeandbee, largest
passenger Lake liner began summer
voyages on Lakes Michigan, Huron
Erie and Georgian Bay and Green
Bay earlier this month.
The Seeandbee takes its passen-
gers from Chicago, northeast across
Lake Michigan, past Sleeping Bal
Dune, South and North Manitou
Islands, Charlevoix. Beaver Island
and into the Strait of Mackinac
The next stop is Detroit. Sailing
Evening star., 1941-06-15
Brief Steamer
Trips Explore
Maine Coast
Yen for Yacht
Can Be Gained
At Small Cost
By EARLE DOUCETTE,

Dy EAnLE DoSSE T..
PORTLAND, Me, June 14.-This
writer has always been a yachts
man at heart, but, unhappily
enough, has been handicapped by
being possessed of nothing more
than rowboat budget.
How to sail happily over the
bounding main without stealing q
boat or slowing away on one has
been something of problem.
Now, however, all that is past, the
problem solved. 1t is really simple.
From about a dozer Maine ports
little steamers or motor cruisers
carry mail and passengers to the
offshore islands and out of the way
harbors that are not easily access
sible by land
They are safe, comfortable, and
the fee for round trip is less than
four tickets to a f1rst-run movie
house. In the majority of cases it is
just half of that.
Suppose, for example. the Maine
visitor is in Portland. He goes down
to the water front and finds several
little steamers that visit many of the
S65 islands in capacious Casco Bay.
While he lolls at ease on deck the
little craft puffs its leisurely way in
and out of the picturesque little
harborS and, come noon, will tie up
so that all hands can go ashore and
enjoy an honest-to-gosh Maine
Shnre Finnpr O on ic1orI hnctolr1r
Back in Portland, the sea loving
vacatloniSt can put up at one of
the hotels or head his automobile
eastward and stop for the night at
one of the easy-to-flnd roadside
places.
At Thomaston sea legs can be
tested on some deep sea stuff. for
the mailboat that puts out from
there points her bow for Monhegan
Island. far out in the Atlantic. for
a real treat. Monhegan is a perfect
emerald on the blue blanket of the
Atlantic; an unspoiled little fishing
community peopled by the rugged
souls who spend all their time fish
ing and lobstering when they are
not busy voting the Republican
ticket.
If the sailor wants to forget the
war, the standing of the Mats in
the American League and the price
of spareribs there is no law that
forbids him from going ashore
spending the night on the island
and boarding the next boat the
following day without any extra
charge.
Next port of embarkation will be
Rockland, just a few miles to the
north of Thomaston. Once aboard
the lugger there the coastal wan
derer will be bound for Vinalhaven,
North Haven and Stonington in
beautiful Penobscot Bay, bay that
is so large that some folks would
almost call 1t sea in itself.
Next on the list is Mount Desert
1sland-one crosses a short bridge
10 get to it-where yet again some
thing new will be awaiting in the
shape of sightseeing yachts that
go around the island and to ad-
tacent isles.
These are just a few of the trips.
Plan at least a week to consurn-
mate this sailing touring vacation
along the Maine Coast. Two weeks
or even more are better, for delight
full little coastal villages fairly plead
with the visitor to tarry awhile to
enjoy their somnolent happiness.
Evening star., 1941-06-15
Fiesta de Amancaes
One of Most COlOrful
In South America

LIMA, Peru, June 14.-On a
broad plain on the outskirts of
Lima, Peru, on st. Johns Day,
June "a, is celebrated the Fiesta de
AmancaeS. 1t is one of the most
colorful of all South American
fieStas and brings within the easy
reach OF travellers native customs
and costumes, dances and music,
which they ordinarily could see oEly
the interior.
The PampaS de AmanCaeS, where
the festival is held, is named for
the yellow flower which at this time
of year carpets plains and nlllsldes
casting their bright golden glow
over the entire scene.
The big day of the fiesta is St,
Johns Day but the celebrations last
for an entire week-and are at
tended by thousands of Indians
from remote villages dressed IN their
most snowy tribal costumes, and by
hundreds of spectators from Lima.
Several years ago this traditional
festival was proclaimed officially by
the Peruvian government the "Dia-
del Indio" or the Day of the In
dian"
The fiesta first was celebrated
sometime back in pre-Cclumbian
times-with the wide plain serving
as a stage, and the surrounding
hills as an amphitheater. During
Spanish colonial dayS-When the
Viceroy Amat ruled in Pizarro's
Palace and his enamorata, the mes
tia dancer, La Perricholi, was the
toast of all Peru-the spectators
rolled out to the plains in calecheS
or balancinS. The viceroy and his
lady rode in state in a gold and
scarlet chariot The knights were
mounted on horses bedecked with
harnesses flashing with silver aid
with velvet trappings studded With
Jewels. The Indians make the
Journey on foot-dreSSed in their
most colorful costumes they wind
like bright colored Serpentine
streamers along the roads leading to
Lima
Today motor cars have replaced
the coaches and prancing steeds,
and an arena with ringside seats
and a grandstand is set up for the
performance. But the show itself
the music, the dances, and the cos
tunes are the same as those pre-
Sented many centuries ago.
The spectacle is most impressive
at night. The stage and the sur
rounding hillsides are lit with
flares, torches, and primitive Ian
terms which cast a Pickering, eerie
light over the scene. FantaSticaly
garbed natives dance, with startling
abandon, the primitive steps Of the
ZamacueCa, now more often called
the marinera Native musicians
draw from harpS and guitars, har-
moniums, quenas and drums, the
SenSuouS strains of melodies born
in the heart of African jungleS and
in aboriginal Indian villages-music
which strangely stirs the emotions
and lends magic to the night.
Here and there on the outskirts
of the crowd, charcoal fires glow
in the darkness eXudlng the exotic
fumes of native food served steam
ing hot in temperature-and red
hot with spices. garlic and other
peppy havors. The fiesta ft.vorites
include such delicacies as escabeche,
which is meat or fish, rolled in meal,
cooked with all sorts of spices, ard
covered with a sour sauce: hueVoS
a la huancaina, eggs cooked in
native style; patio la chiclayana,
a highly seasoned duck dish.
Evening star., 1941-06-15

down the Detroit River, the ship
heads into Lake Erie and in the
evening the skyline of Cleveland
comes into view. Thence to Buffalo
and Niagara Falls. Sailing west
ward again, following a different
course, passengers arrive at Detroit
before sailing on through the st.
Clair River. The next morning be-
gins the ascent of the st. Mary's
River to Sault Ste Marie and the
800" locks The next stop is Mac
kinac Island. Then comes Green
Bay and Chicago.
DETROIT. June 1.-THE S. S.
Georgian of the Seaway Lines began
preseason charter trips on the
Great Lakes yesterday. Seven week
ly cruises through Georgian Bay and
the Lakes will follow when the regu-
lar cruise season starts July II. with
sailings out of Detroit each SatHr-
day night thereafter through August.