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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, million aire turfman. of New York. is being sued for divorce by his wife of three years, the former Manuela Hudson. The couple were married on June g., 1888. Vanderbilt admitted on Dec. 8. 194O, that they had separated. Their daughter, Wendie, was born
 on March 10- 1889.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
Finally Ifs inc Lawyers
 Turn Now 10 Get Business
 From This National Defense

in a few days or weeks at most.
 Then what happened? Nothing. The legal business logged along at it's even pace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
RULAF0RD ON
 BUILDING JOB

c. c. Rulaford, building contrac- tor, is now busily engaged on 9 job at 3l6 Sixth Street. He is remodeling the home of Frank M. Kardanoff and making an added apartment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
FISH EGGS

Announcement tn t 57-year-olo' four-times married Senator Key holds was to wed 20-yearold Evalyn Mclean, $80, ,000-a-year heiress' brought great jubilation to one man in North Carolina. He is Cam Mor- rison, whom Reynolds nine years ago unseated chiefly on the issue of Nor rison's wealthy wife.
 Reynolds did not mince words in making this issue. His campaign speech on the subject was an epic of rabble-rousing. After emphasiz-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Aug. l9. - Japan has about year of high speed military and naval warfare under her belt, despite her costly excur- sion into China.
 That's the consensus of the mill : tary economists.
 And they figure Japan's first move, if she's wise, will NOT be into the Dutch East Indies. nor yet again into Siberia provided the Russian army is not destroyed in the Vest. They assume Japan would strike for Burma and the upper part of the Malay Penin- sula.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
E. D. R. ASKS PEOPLE 10 GUARD AGAINST
 MATERIAL WASTAGE
National Safety Council 0f- fered Lead in Con-
 Certed Drive

WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. - Presi- dent Roosevelt today called upon every American citizen to enlist in a campaign against accidents to pre- vent 'wastage of human and mater ial resources of the nation.' He ask ed the National Safety Council to lead the concerted drive.
 The Navajo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. famed as silver smiths. learned the art from Mexi- cans they captured about the middle of the 18th century.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

The reasons why the experts fig ure Japan has her eyes now on the British Empires Burma and Malaga are four-fold.
 1.-The Japanese army and navy could operate jointly, the army moving through Thailand and the navy along the China coast and forced merely to hold off, not at tack, the fleets of the enemy.
 2.--Great Britain would be hard put to muster as much military force at the focal points of Burma and Malaga, as could Japan.
 3.-Politically, the argument of the United States that any fut- ther move by Japan would men, ace the raw materials we need in the Dutch East Indies, would be partly answered if Japan avoided a direct thrust at our security For British possessions would be menaced instead.
 4.-Most important, Japan would find in Burma and upper Malaga much of the oil, tin and rubber she needs to prolong her war staying power to two years, per- haps indefinitely.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

The military economists limit Ja- pans staying power against ma- jor world power to one year be- cause the island empire still ranks last among the big-five world powers in the 10 basic essential re- sources
 The United States is first, be- cause we have 75 percent of the basic necessities of war right in our own front yard. Great Brit ain is second, because her domin- ions and colonies boost her es- sentials to 70 percent. Germany now ranks third, with 60, because she's got France and most of the rest of Europe to draw from, and Russia is fourth, with 50 percent score. She has the resources-more than anybody elss-but she lacks the industrial capacity to convert and feed them to her military forces at high speed.
 Japan is last. with 35, because she is almost wholly deficient in four major essentials of war-oil tin, rubber and aluminium. Three of these sine could get in big quantities from Burma and Ma laya.
 Surprisingly, Japan is well sup piled with many of the 10 basic
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Surprisingly, Japan is well sup piled with many of the 10 basic
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Evening star., 1941-12-15

@. How much money is invested in
vineyards?-J. c. r.
A. Capital invested in vineyards In the
United States Is estimated at about
$500.000,000.
O. Please give the real name and
birthplace of Ricardo Cortez, the motion
picture actor?-A. @.
A. Ricardo Cortez's real name Is Jack
Krantz. He was born in Vienna, seplem-
ber 10, 1899.
@. Are the weapons collected from
criminals in New York sold o. destroyed?
IN. B.
A. Weapons collected from criminals
are destroyed once q year by submersion
In the Atlantic Ocean and tributaries.
The Penal Law makes no provision for
the sa.. Of these weapons.
@. What is the proportion OF still
births in the United States7-J. c. H
A. According TO the latest data, for
every 1000 live births there are 80 still
births; OF these 18 are males, IA females.
The ratio of stillbirth Is much higher
than average in the case Of multiple
births. Among 1000 pairs Of twins there
were IA cases in which one of the twins
was stillborn and Al cases in which both
were stillborn.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Considers Right to Work"
A Neglected Freedom.

To the Editor of The Star
December IS has been announced by
the President as Bill of Rights Day."
when we should remember with gratitude
the rights secured to us by the founding
fathers in the 10 amendments to the
Constitution adopted $50 years ago; to-
wit, freedom of religion. Of speech, of
the press, of assembly and of petition.
One right, even more important for the
laboring man than some of these, seems
to have been forgotten. 1t is the right
to work. This right was given by God
to Adam and to his descendants, under
the guise of a curse, when he was eX-
PEELED from the Garden of Eden. Evil
IDENTIFY no one dreamed $50 years ago
that one day it would be denied to
honest and independent workers unless
they should wear the collar of self
appointed boss and submit to pay-table
rake-offs.
We hear much of the freedoms today,
but the right to work seems to have few
upholders and none in the Department
of Labor, where the Embossed workman
naturally should expect to find a friend.
A VIRGINIAN.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trdce1DeH.

he asked a man carrying pair OF
binoculars
why, that bird" said the man, look
ing rather oddly at the questioner, sis
the cardinal, the redbird"
II never saw one before" said the
young man. II have heard it, though.
We could hear its song from our apart
ment porch, up there"
He waved toward the South.
1--WE didn't know what it was, so we
called it the cheer bird, from its song,
which seems to say cheer -cheer-cheer-
cheer"
Today. that same person has learned
to love all the birds.
Many birds and beasts are at the local
Zoo. but often persons who go there 10
see those in cages fail to notlce the ones
running around loose.
Yet these are among the most inter-
esting exhibits" There are scores OF
varieties of birds, probably as many as
100 in summer and certainly 20 or more
In winter.
and rats and mice, too, although the
visitor probably will not see the latter'
since they mostly come out at nlght 10
feast on the left-overs OF the animals
Gagged in the open air.
= ++
II is always a wise thing, in visiting
the Zoo to spend part OF the time IN
/ the more secluded places.
There the animal and bird life is prac-
tically wild.
You will meet no bears, but may run
into chipmunk or two.
These are the bright-eyed, striped
little fellows which love the rocky work
to be found at various places.
The Adams Mill road entrance is noted
for these rodents.
They dart in and out as one goes down
the long winding rocky steps past the
exhibits.
Visitors who do not see these, too, are
missing something, no matter how many
grand and magnificent animals they see
in the buildings.
Yes. there are always bluebirds In
Washington in winter, but not many
There is a section which roughly runs
across Wesley Heights, in which many
bluebirds live the year around.
Most Of us will not have bluebnds in
winter. and often do not have them in
spring or summer, either. Gardeners
who welcome this beauty are fortunate
To most of us, the bluebird remains q
legend which We may see, now and then
but not often.
1t is always a good thing, when visit
ing our Zoo, to have a bag Of peanuts
with you. The authorities there do not
like you to feed the Gagged animals, but
they do not mind if you give them to the
squirrels which come up the path tc
greet you.
Since these rodents have become ac-
customed to sightseers, they are very
tame, and will always come close to get
something to eat.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Sees Change In Methods
OF Modern Offense and Defense.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Japan's foul acts on December have
brought forth waves Of criticism OF the
defenders of Pearl Harbor. This Is but
natural but before complaining we
should weigh all the known circum-
stances leading up to the catastrophe.
It must be recognized that the ruth
less and criminal methods of warfare
adopted by the totalitarian governments
were not anticipated three, or even two,
years ago and, furthermore, that those
methods in conjunction with their un-
paralleled preparation of mechanized
war equipment have caused an over
night change in war strategy.
Our Congress has been lamentably
apathetic and tardy in recognizing this
state of affairs and in providing by legls-
lation the adequate personnel and equip
ment of defense.
Reviewing recent happenings at Pearl
Harbor and elsewhere in the Pacific, 1t
appears that no floating craft OF the
Japanese Navy was involved in the
action except an unknown number OF
aircraft carriers. This being true, 1t
places the responsibility for local defense
on harbor aircraft and anti-aircraft
guns, leaving it the duty Of the naval
crews to search for the japanese plane
carriers somewhere in the trackless
Pacific.
We are, and always have been, proud
of our Army and Navy. But now 1t IS
doubtful whether our floating naval craft
still constitutes our first line of defense.
In besieging coastal enemy cities our
capital ships in themselves have but a
meager chance against the combined
shore artillery, submarines and dive
bombers. Our battleships and cruisers
still may engage enemy craft OF the
same and smaller classes in the open
sea and hunt down and destroy COM
merce raiders But it would seem to be
folly to employ capital ships with their
large personnels of highly trained men
to escort conveys Of commercial ships,
in which their powerful guns would
have no targets save the almost invisible
specks in the sky and the totally in
visible enemy submarines.
The answer to the German submarine
menace in the congested waters 400 or
500 miles from the British and Irish
coasts should be the assembling OF
several large mosquito fleet squadrons,
each vessel adequately armed and high
in speed. The destroyers would continue
their present duties.
WILBUR S. MAYERS.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Victory Draft

AS Secretary of War Stimson and
Brigadier General Louis B. Hershey,
director Of selective service, advised
Congress Saturday, no time should
be lost in preparing for new and
broader registration Of Americas
man power. The Nation no longer
faces the mere threat Of war; it is
actually engaged in war Of survival
with a combination OF formidable,
treacherous enemies. There Is no use
blinking the fact that to win this
grim struggle will require more than
defensive action. We must strike
back at our enemies, perhaps on
many fronts-by air, by sea and, if
need be, by land. Congress, by lifting
restrictions on use of selectees out
side this hemisphere, already has
recognized the necessity for waging
all-out offensive warfare beyond our
shores. The logical next step is to
build up a vast reservoir OF potential
recruits for the Army, the Navy and
the Marine Corps, who can be called
on whenever their services are re-
quired.
This does not necessarily mean
that we should attempt overnight to
double or triple the size OF our armed
forces. General Hershey properly
cautions against hysterical measures,
as well as against restrictive legisla-
tive provisions that might handicap
the Army In some unforeseen con-
tingency. About half Of the present
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Wants Children Kept in Schools
II Air Raids Occur.
To the Editor of The Star,

% lnc EQltOt OF Inc SlAI.
May I, as mother of two small school
children, protest against the ineptitude
OF those in charge of civilian defense?
At meeting called for parents with
children in public schools it seriously
was proposed that in the dreadful event
of an air raid the children would be sent
home or to hospitable homes within five
minutes of the school, The very small
children are to be put in charge of
children in the upper" grades, l. e., from
8 to 10 years old! Elaborate question
aires are being filled out to suggest which
home parent prefers to send his chill
dren and which colder" child is to ac-
company them.
If there never had been air raids over
cities there might be some excuse for
this suicidal nonsense, but there is an
unfortunate wealth of experience which
indicates what happens when even grown
people are permitted to wander around
the streets during air raids, and even
the master minds of Washingtons civil
ian defense should be able to imagine
the possible tragedies ensuing from a
mass dismissal of children, small and
large, from the citys schools, without
adult supervision, and under the strain
of terrifying excitement. 1t is assumed
that the schools would be given one
hours time before raid is to take place,
but it is absurd to imagine that it
could be possible to guarantee such an
extended time for preparation.
Logic and experience recommend that
children be kept quietly where they are
and under the disciplines to which they
are accustomed Common sense recon-
mends that they be kept off streets.
S. L. w.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSkin.

reader can get the anstCer to any
question OF fact By tCrtttng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington.
D. C. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
@. What State has the most railway
mileage?-M. H. P.
A. Texas leads with 1886 miles OF
railway line.
Q. Does the Army buy yachts7-
j. C. H.
A. In recent months the Quarter
master Corps has purchased at least
half a dozen yachts, several OF them
worth $75 900 or more, for the sum Of 81
from private owners. They will be used
In harbor defense work for reconnais-
sance purposes.
@. Is it true that Henry Ford employs
thousands of physically handicapped
Workers?-E. T. H..
A. There are IL 1872 physically handi-
capped men employed in the Rouge
plant of the Ford Motor Co. OF these.
there are 26 who are totally blind and
353 who are blind in one eye. There
are also 66 deaf and dumb employees.
@. What is the State flower of Ohio?-
M. j. H.
A. The Legislature Of Ohio on Febru-
ary 8, 1904, chose the scarlet carnation.
1t was selected because it was the favor
ite flower of William Mckinley.
o. Who said HE has achieved success
who has lived well, laughed often, and
loved much?"-E. NJ.
A. What Constitutes Success" by Mrs.
A. J. Stanley, is the source Of the SEN
tence
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Curuvuns

Across the bridge OF Palestine they
left
Thin trails no wider than curlels
foot
Bearing those Wares OF grain that
men must hare
To live, of incense to dppeaSe stern
gods,
OF kohl and perfume and great rolls
OF silk
To heiohten beauty peeping through
the orils.
A caraUan from Gilead passed here,
OF Ishmeahtes, NTH spicery and
nlyrrh
For Eoypt's priest = embalmers, and
they stopped
Just long enough to dicker for a
A promising young lad they later
sold
TO Potiphar.
And out OF Sheba's land
OF Ethiopia, another train
S1Dayed its great packs OF rare and
costly gifts
For Solomon the Wise.
Feet plodded on.
And no,D group OF Magi, Nth a
light
OF strange preoccupation in their
eyes,
Came bearing gold and perfumes,
and such netDS
As shook little Kingdoms crime
stained throne
And bathed a tolrn in blood.
And here again
A single ass, led by an anriouS man,
Carried ponan and little child
Headed to1Uard Egypt.
That toas long ago,
But later caravans on trettul feet
Brought India and Persia to the
coast
To meet the galleyS bound for Genoa
And Venice, and the merchants
carniDdl.
So down the years the padded feet
disturb
The conQuerino sand that couers
every step,
And yet the trail itself is neUer lost.
Epen phen the rails ,Dere laid, the
cdmels still
Brought merchandise to functions,
and today
With chugging motor trucks and
1Uide-ipinged planes
Their Uork is not yet done.
Black on the sky
The shadow of the past stoinss its
sloU Dny
DOROTHY BROWN THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Make Them Uniform

Congress may complete action
today on the bill which gives the
Commissioners authority to decree
blackouts and to enforce emergency
AFRAID regulations, and which also
provides funds to meet extraordinary
expenses in connection with civilian
defense.
With the final enactment Of the
legislation it is to be hoped the Dis
trict defense authorities will have CO.
ordinated their plans for uniform
blackout and AFRAID alarms and
procedure with those issued by the
once for Civilian Defense and that
the temporary confusion resulting
from lack of such coordination will
be permanently ended.
With the signing Of this bill by
the President, the Commissioners
should be ready with announcement
of plans for a series Of early test
blackouts and daylight raid alarms,
each of which could be Of brief dura-
ton, but which would reveal obvious
flaws needing correction. There
should be an agreed-upon set OF
signals for alarms, thoroughly pub
licized in advance, so that they will
be easily understood. Until today the
local school system was proceeding
on one plan for AFRAID drills, while
national civilian defense authorities
were advocating wholly different
procedure.
The Office Of Civilian Defense OBJ
Evening star., 1941-12-15

Army OF 10000 men is composed
of selectees. The War Department
has asked Congress to provide full
equipment for an Army of 100000
men and critical supplies" for one
of 100000, The department is spon-
Soring a bill to widen the regis
tration age limits to include all
men between the ages of eighteen
and sixty-four, inclusive, but with
a provision that only those be-
tween nineteen and forty-four, in
elusive, be eligible for actual combat
service. The others would be avail
able for various home defense activi-
ties. Such registration would bring
in some 41,000,000 men, it is eSti-
mated, of which perhaps 100000
could be trained for fighting. The
fact that facilities for training and
equipping so large a force are not
available today should not stand in
the way of prudent preparations for
counting heads now and getting Or
ganized with view to swinging into
action with the least possible con-
fusion and delay when the need for
additional man power becomes press
ing. The American people stand
united as never before. They will
support whatever measures and make
whatever sacrifices are deemed
necessary by our naval and military
experts to insure complete victory.
Congress, rejecting that will to win,
may be expected to approve prompt
ly the War Departments request for
new victory draft" law.
Evening star., 1941-12-15
Believes "All' Are to Blame
For japanese Attack on Hawaii.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Following the news Of heavy losses to
United States forces from Japan's das-
tardly and treacherous attack last Sun
day, there has been suggestion of a con-
gressional investigation to place respon-
sibility for that tragic setback. Was it,
as some who supported the proposal i'm
piled, that the Army and Navy had been
asleep or does the responsibility 60 back
much farther than that?
If searching inquiry really were to
be made to determine where the blame
should rest. should it not 60 back to
those who assiduously sought to lull the
people into false sense q security?
Should it not 60 back to the misguided
efforts Of appeasers who endeavored to
purchase immunity by paying tribute to
international bandits, trusting that they
thereby would be induced to confne
their attentions to other countries2 Or
should It 60 still farther back to the
Evening star., 1941-12-15

Dear Sir:
This morning I went across Adams
Mill road and into the Zoo Park (Adams
Mill road entrance) for walk. l saw
titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, two
downy woodpeckers, three mockingbirds,
frolicking or fighting-I could not tell
which-and above all, a bluebird. 1 was
much amazed to see the bluebird. He lit
on a branch above me where 1 could not
see him well, but I got up and moved
for a better view; then he f1ew-and he
was beauty; as blue as blue. Is it not
unusual to see a bluebird here at this
time of the year?
You recently spoke about black
squirrels. There are plenty of them in
the Zoo woods near the administration
house; see them every day and feed
them. Some are coal black; some are
not so black and have a reddish tinge
to their undersides. One old fellow
rears up on his hind legs, for peanut,
until he seems to stand IA inches high,
and he looks for all like miniature
black bear He always makes me think
of KipIing's The Bear That Walked
Like a Man
"Very truly yours, E. c."
Twenty-Five years ago there was
Young man walking through the National
Geological Park.
He had lived in the city all his life.
When he came to the Zoo, he came to
study the animals in the cages, and the
people who watched them.
He didn't know which interested him
the most. the animals in the cages, or
the reactions of the people who looked
at them.
How superior the people thought
themselves! You could tell 1t by the
way they laughed and joked. An animal
in a cage was an animal in cage, SOME
thing to laugh at.
A human being was lordly creature
who walked outside.
He, alone, could think.
The four-legged things behind the
bars-they had no brains, they were only
fit to be laughed at.
The crowd showed this best at the
monkey cage. They fairly roared their
heads of, there; and the young man,
watching them even more than he did
the monkeys, thought that, actually. they
had neither the dignity of lions nor the
honest good humor Of the monks.
That Young man saw neither squirrel
nor bird in the park.
These were things outside his ken.
Many people are that way. City life
tends to take them away from the small
four r-legged creatures, the squirrels. and
the two-legged birds.
Birds are just things which fly around,
but are Of no particular interest.
Squirrels. in city parks are amusing,
now and then.
At the Zoo. they didn't even exist. But
he saw bright red bird on the grass
and it was the first time he had ever
seen such bird.
Can you tell me what bird that is?"
Evening star., 1941-12-15

viously has based its proposed regu-
lations on experience abroad, while
proposed local regulations have ema-
mated from half a dozen different
sources. 1t would be better if the
local authorities followed national
headquarters in such matters. Uni
formity of procedure throughout the
Nation, and especially between con-
tiguous communities, is desirable and
there is no reason why it should not
be obtained.