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Evening star., 1941-12-23
Off-Shore Submarines

The appearance of Japanese sub
marines off the California coast
should occasion no surprise among
those who remember the series of
similar U-boat raids of our East
Coast in 1918. The Germans launched
sporadic submarine operations in the
Eastern Atlantic in the spring of
1918 for the primary purpose Of
drawing considerable portion of
our fleet back to home, waters from
their important patrol duties on the
other side of the ocean. Our Navy
refused to fall for the trick then,
however, and it is quite unlikely that
it will be deceived by what Is evi-
IDENTIFY a modern Japanese version
Of the old stratagem.
1t has long been suspected that the
Japanese had large, long-range sub
marines, capable Of crossing vast ex-
panses of the Pacific Ocean, prob
ably from bases on the Japanese
inundated islands around Guam. For
extensive operations these undersea
raiders would have to depend on
supply ships. In this connection it
may be recalled that a Japanese
manned freighter with large guam
titles of fuel oil recently was cap
tured off Costa Rica by an American
patrol plane, which forced it into
harbor. There is also the possibility
that improvised refueling bases exist
in Lower California, into which Mex
ican troops have gone on scout
ing expedition with American CO.
operation.
The submarine activity along the
West Coast presumably may include
the sowing Of mines. German u
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin.

reader can get the dnStDer to any
question Of fact by wr.ting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hnskin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the population OF Wash.
ington, D. CIR. C. M.
A. On November the estimated pop
ulation of Washington was 10000 and
that Of the Metropolitan Area was
1,o57,o00.
O. Will the boys who were drafted for
the one-year period prior to the extended
service law be released?-V. NJ j.
A. The War Department says that ac-
cording to the present policy men VII
not be released from the Army except
for disability or incompetence.
Q. What is the origin of kissing under
the mistletoe?-M. H. P.
A. Some authorities claim it to be
survival Of q custom Of the Druids OF
Britain. The mistletoe is believed to
have been given to the Goddess of Love
to keep, and everyone who passed under
it received kiss to show it was the en-
blem of love. The Druids cut the sacred
mistletoe and hung it over the doorWays
to propitiate the woodland spirits.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
"MOH1CAN ROAD.

Dear Sir:
Your column is . must on my read
ing list. I live in the Bethesda area
and just this past summer I really
went in seriously for feeding the birds
and my feeding station Is constant
10y. Regular visitors are nuthatches,
tufted titmice, chickadees, two varieties
of woodpeckers, dozens of squirrels, and
occasionally visitors of various other
kinds, and to my surprise two pair OF
bluebirds this morning.
Several days ago noticed titmouse
in the leaves under rhododendron
and upon closer examination found one
of his wings hanging and the bird
unable to ny. From time to time he
hoped out to drink water and eat
sunfower seed from the ground. have
watched him each day with great con-
Germ and would like to know If there
Is anything I can do to help him. Will
his wing mend and will he ever be able
again to fly? 1 have been told his
wing will not mend and the kindest
thing to do Is to chloroform him lest
one Of the cats in the neighborhood
catch him 1 agree with one of your
recent correspondents in his preference
for the courageous little chickadees. but
I am also fond of the titmice and I am
worrying over my poor little busted
bird. I burn the toast and hard boil
what should be soft-boiled eggs each
morning in my anxiety in watching
;rl tI1,
ciate your advice rs to whether there
is anything I can do for this pathetic
little mite.
Yours very truly, L. P. o.
"P. S.-When I first started feeding
the birds it annoyed me to have the
squirrels gorge on the birds sunfower
seed, but since reading your articles
have realized the fact that they are
worth all they eat in the entertaining
show they constantly put on"
Such a wounded bird is best taken
indoors and kept in a cage for time
II it can drink and eat, 1t still has
. chance for living.
An attempt might be made to put
. small splint on the wing. Then wait
and see what happens. Persons who are
quick to advise the chloroforming OF
animals or birds do not give nature
enough credit. Healing. after all, is
natures work, and she often confounds
the wisest doctors.
When it comes to the dumb animals
so-called, nature Is, in fact. their only
| true doctor.
This column has had many letters and
telephone calls from persons who have
found birds With broken wings, anc
while in most cases these birds probably
| died. In some cases they did not.
Nobody except an expert s able Il
tell when q birds wing is broken, after
all Every time . bird droops . wing
1t Is not necessarily broken. 1t may bt
injured in some other way. Sometime!
| plenty Of care and food will bring Il
| out all right.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Proposes Whistles
In Place Of Sirens.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Apropos Of criticism Of the inadeQuacy
of the present siren method Of giving
alarm, in the event Of an air raid and
for other purposes, I should like to sug-
sest, from past experience, the follow
ing as q simple solution Of this important
problem:
That there be provided from four TO
six water or air whistles. preferably the
former and that these whistles be located
In fairly and evenly divided areas
throughout the District Of Columbia, in
stalled in police precinct or Fire Depart
ment houses, where they may be under
the supervision of responsible persons
and where they may be synchronized
with existing fire alarm or telephone
systems.
Whistles may be provided with very
distinctive tones and Of such size bells
that their blast or shrill may be dis
tinctly heard for miles distant.
The cost of this equipment would be
slight compared to its effectiveness. I'm
mediate delivery Of the necessary equip
riaent should be obtainable.
HARRY 4. CARROLL
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Penunq

Next to Singapore, Penang repre-
sented the best example Of British
crown colony development in the
Malay Archipelago. It's history dates
back to 17o5, in which year the Sui
tan Of Kedah conveyed title to the
territory, then uninhabited, to the
East India Company. Designed at
first for use merely as a penal set
tlement, 1t prospered beyond all ex-
pectation-so much so, indeed, as to
merit latterly the official designa-
ton of Prince of Wales Island.
The city is known in formal fash
Ion as Georgetown, but its European,
as we'll as its Malay, Chinese and
Tamil residents prefer for most
purposes the older and more historic
name Of the whole island. 1t occupies
the slopes of a hill which rises
$500 feet aboYe the harbor and
the river. The business section OF
the town is generally representative
of tropic English industry and COM
merce. But the influence of the
Oriental community, especially of the
Chinese, is strong. Something dis
tinctively Eastern in character per-
vades the atmospheric feeling"
difficult to describe, yet very real.
Perhaps it is the intervention of
the West that serves to accentuate
the Asiatic note. Be the cause what
it may, the result is traceable to
British initiative. Penang was MOTH
ing but a jungle until Captain
Francis Light applied his genius to
the spot. Docks and piers, railroads,
motor highways, telegraph, telephone
and radio facilities; newspapers, mo-
ton picture theaters, churches, hos
pitals, schools, hotels, apartment
buildings, stately private homes
these are the obvious fruits OF
colonial enterprise. Tourists in
variably express amazement at the
discovery of shops like those at
home" But surely it is natural that
such outposts of trade should be es-
tablished for the convenience OF set
tiers who came. as the tourists do,
from "back there"
The beauty Of Penang Island, how
ever, is its own. The mountains on
the east and the Bengal Sea on the
west are picturesque in the best
meaning Of a much-abused word.
Both borrow of the Malay sky. The
Evening star., 1941-12-23

held for over IL years, ever since grad
uated from school. Are the years I
have spent in business to be wasted?
Must I start at the beginning again in
a new field? On the other hand, will my
Government pay my expenses to New
York? Will my Government give me
maintenance until I am settled in New
York? Will my Government pay my
salary during the months necessary to
move the Patent ONCE, ami during
which it will practically cease to func-
tion7 Again. can I go to my Govern
ment and request transfer to some
agency which is to remain in Washing
ton?
In my particular case, this move is
vitality affecting seven persons. My help
Is needed ut home. 1t would be i'm
possible for me 10 live in New York and
stu send home as much money as is
needed here.
The above may sound very petty in
light OF the sacrifices we must make for
our country in these times. But, I re-
peat, this Is but one case in thousands.
! all SulC 2lOG Olle VI lllc lllOuSdllUS VI
private individuals affected by the NOV
ing Of the Patent ONCE would hesitate
to make any necessary sacrifice for his
country. But is this necessary sacri-
nee? Aside from the fact that the
Patent once should be maintained in
Washington in view of.its close connec-
ton with National Defense, is the space
gained by removal of 1,400 employees
justification for breaking up. thousands
Of homes, family ties, life friendships,
and above all, our very means of liveli-
hood? How can we, the workers, help
our country to win this war If we have
no Jobs?
We are told that we are engaged in
gigantic struggle to maintain the
American way of living" Is the uproot-
ing Of one Of the bulwarks of that way
Of living, and one vitality tied to our war
effort, to be the herald of that struggle?
DOROTHY GOLDEN.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
The Bishop of Myru

I like to think OF that old Russian
saint, =
Frost bitten, wearied by his mans
nights
Far out upon the snow-s -spepi
steppe, and faint
From lonely utgils under northern
lights.
Visions of children and their spar.
king eyes
Were all the meat and drink that ~
required,
Their laughter and their rapture oj
surprise
A uarmth toithin his ancient bosom
fired.
So walking through these streets
upon the cue
He shares in lesser glory. 1Dith hts
King,
I see the darkened homes whers
1UidotDS grieDe-
Yet pause a moment in their so,-
routing,
For there beside each hearth, each
,Dindo1o sill,
Old Nicholas is Hvino, breathing sttA
TEMPLE HOLLCROFT.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

boats dropped mines along the At
lantic Coast in World War I. Sub
marine minelayers can carry score
or more of mines. A submarine
loaded with these bulky engines OF
destruction might we'll sacrifice some
Of its torpedoeS, which could account
for the failure of the Japanese sub
marine to use torpedoes against the
tanker Agwiworld last Saturday. In
stead. the raider came to the surface
and fired eight shells at the tanker
without scoring a hit. The AgW1-
world was unarmed, a circumstance
which may have been known to the
Japanese commander The crew OF
the tanker, on landing in San Fran
cisco, chorused the lament: "If we
had only had gum" Had the Agwi-
world been fitted with deck gun
of the type now being installed on
many of our merchant ships, the
Japanese raider might have been
hit, or at least would have been
forced to Submerge-and if the crews
craftsmanship was no better with
torpedoes than with a gun, the prob
ability is that the submarine would
have wasted any torpedoes 1t fired.
1t is also indicated that German
submarines are engaging in raiding
and mine-sowing operations of the
Atlantic Coast while the japanese
harry the West Coast. 1t is to meet
just such tactics that the Navy has
organized constant off shore patrol,
composed largely of scouting planes,
destroyerS, motor torpedo boats and
various types Of submarine chasers,
supplemented by mine sweepers, to
clear the harbors and sea lanes OF
floating explosives. Similar patrols
proved effective in the first World
War and there is good reason to
believe that they will be able to deal
successfully with the menace Of Off
shore submarines In this new conflict.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles +. Trdcepell

The fact that our correspondents tit
mouse was able to come around each
day, and eat and drink, may have showed
that the injury was not a real break.
Ttmice, chickadees and nuthatches
are the three small musketeers OF the
home garden.
These little birds are always to be
found together.
Where one goes, the others seem to
come.
The titmouse is the one with the crest;
the chickadee the one with the black
cap, and the nuthatch the fat fellow
with the odd voice.
"Na-a-a-a!" cries the nuthatch, at all
times Of the day.
Often this sound comes from far
away, but it is still clear and distinct,
with peculiar nasal quality all its own
The chickadee is everybody's favorite.
Il is at once cute" in the better
sense of much over-used word, and
distinctly beauty, as birds go.
1t Is perhaps the "roundest" of the
smaller birds, being not much larger
than the hummingbird, but much fatter.
This gives the chickadee the peculiar
appeal which it possesses for most per-
sons. 1t is not only pretty bird, and
a peaceful one, but above all it has
this charm of slight rotundity which
makes it seem almost feathered ball
The nuthatch is fat, too, but in a
different way. He Is just enough larger
to be forever out of the "cute" class
His body, when viewed from the rear,
forms a sort of triangle. He is mostly
seen in this way, as he flattens himself
against tree.
The titmouse is more alert in appear
ance, look which he gets largely from
his crested head. He flies into feeding
station with . dash all his own.
The common name, titmouse, means
little mouse. The plural, naturally. Is
titmice.
This bird really resembles q mouse,
its feathers having a certain softness
Of appearance, blending almost to
look like fur.
The titmouse has q peculiar chatter
which goes, "dee-dee-dee," and this at
times may be confused with the some
what similar sound made by the chick
adee. The latter, however, is very fast
while that Of the titmouse Is slow.
The titmouse also has high, clear
whistle, which some observers think re-
sembles that Of a human being calling
q dog.
Tone-deaf persons, OF whom there are
many more than are suspected, will not
be able to tell the difference between
these various sounds.
Titnice. chickadees and nuthatches
will come to any suburban garden where
sunflower seeds are put out. Peanut
hearts are another favorite of the trio
If bird lover had no more than these
to visit his windowsill, he still would
have three OF the finest, showing once
again that sometimes the best come.
In very small packages.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

in different ATTITUDES according to
definite pattern.
And up-and-down movement Of this
floor, in turn, causes . variation in the
height Of the highest clouds and In
the movements Of air masses, now con-
sidered perhaps the most fundamental
factor In weather. These effects cause
different precipitation effects In different
parts Of the earth.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

climate is warm, rainfall is plentiful,
vegetation grows prodigiously where
1t is uncontrolled. Many OF the finest
plantations have had American man
ayers. 1t is not pleasant to think
Of those gardens trampled by Jap
anese troops.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Oriter, although the use OF
q pseudonyn, for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUes
the right to edit all letters Dith
q Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Household Budget Booklet, 1912

Household Budget Booklet, 1872
Our entrance into the war calls for
planned spending. With the drastic
changes in our economic condition,
1t Is necessary that We plan our
expenditures wisely. Budgeting is
the satisfactory way to cope with
the times. The new budget book
contains many new features. There
is also ruled page for each months
accounts, and model budgets for
every income. To secure your copy
Of this practical guide inclose 10
cents in coin, wrapped in this clip
ping. and mail to The Star Infor-
nation Bureau.
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Address
Evening star., 1941-12-23

To the Editor Of The Star:
I am writing this in the hope that you
may see fit to publish 1t so that the
people OF my country may hear this
voice crying in the wilderness"
I have no Senator or Representative
through whom I may speak, even
though my family has been American
for many generations, some Of my ances-
tors having been here to greet the first
settlers. I was born and reared in the
District Of Columbia.
I am not . Government employe.
There still are some people in Washing
ton who do not work for the Govern
ment, but these people all have the
same habits as Government employees.
They must eat, they must be clothed
and they must have shelter in order to
exist. BY removal Of the United States
Patent once from Washington, some
10000 Of these unfortunates will be
vitally affected. I shall state my own
case as merely one Of these:
am secretary in = patent law Arm.
I have been engaged In this particular
Evening star., 1941-12-23

~. Is lncle any estlmaCe OF the amount
spent by the average American family
for movies?-J. c. G.
A. approximately $2I per family il
spent annually.
O. Where is the largest silver mine in
the world?-M s.
A. The Real Del Monte Mine at Pa
chuca. Hidalgo State, Mexico, is ths
largest in the world.
O. How far Is 1t by air from Pearl
Harbor to San Diego?-E. j. H.
A. The distance Is $500 miles.
O. How many stars are there in the
Milky Way?-H. A. S.
A. 1t is estimated that there are about
10 billion stars in the entire Milky Way
system. but that not more than per
cent Of them can be seen In our largest
telescopes.
@. Please give the inscription on the
grave Of Robert Louis stevenson.-C
o. c.
A. On the boulder marking the place
Of burial Of Robert Louis Stevenson are
two bronze tablets. The first bear.
stevenson's poem called Requiem
which begins: Under . wide and starry
sky, Dig the grave, and let me lie" The
second bronze tablet bears four line.
from his poem Of tribute to his wife:
Teacher, tender, comrade, wife, A fel.
low-farer true through life, Heart-whoN
and soul-free The August Father gavl
to me"
@. How old is Patricia Peardon, staI
Of Junior Miss"7-s. w. M.
A. She is Is years old.
@. Who were the congressman WHIT
resigned to enter the first World War;
! T. H.F
A. The following members OF tht
House of Representatives resigned Il
serve in the World War: Royal johnson
| Of South Dakota. Albert johnson Of
Washington, Augustus p. Gardner 6!
Massachusetts, Fiorello La Guardia OF
New York, Carl Hayden Of Arizona. Ton
Connally of Texas, Victor Heintz o.
| Ohio and Marvin Jones Of Texas.
@. How fast does sound travel II
water?-A. S.
A. The velocity Of sound in water al
zero c. Is 1915 feet per second
@. Please give the origin Of the Christ.
mas tree.-E K. G..
A. The Christmas tree is believed Il
have it's origin in the ceremonial use oi
the palm tree in the worship of the
Egyptian goddess Isis. A palm with Il
shoots one to represent each month ol
the year. was carried in a festival al
the winter solstice, celebrating the com.
pletion of one year and the beginning o,
another. In northern climates, this as.
sociation Of the palm tree with the cele.
bration of December 25 was modified By
the substitution of Ar tree.
@. Did Abraham Lincoln ever advo,
cate the purchase Of slaves?-G. H.
A. President Lincoln advocated TIM
purchasing of slaves to end the Civil Wa,
and signed bill providing for the pur'
chasing of the slaves in the District oi
Columbia by the Federal Government al
q price not to exceed 5000 each. ..t
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Readers Appreciate
Editorial on War Poster.
Ia the Editor Of Ths Star.


TO the Editor Of The Star:
I wish to commend your excellent edi-
torial Of today entitled THE Wrong
Slant" The War Department poster is
a regrettable presentation Of q degrading
type OF publicity" r. B. GOODE.
10 the Editor Of The Star:
Accept my thanks for your brief but
complete editorial, THE Wrong Slant" +"
in The Star Of December 20. The car
toon caricaturing the singing Germans
is completely unworthy Of Nation sup
posed to be motivated by principle and
intelligence. And its issue as exhibit A
Of the office that produced it is impressive
evidence of the unfitness Of that ONCE
for any useful propaganda service.
Facts are luminous and are needed;
they will suffice If unencumbered by dis
tortion and appeals to passion.
LINDLEY D. CLARK.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

A, The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use Tor republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t 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., 1941-12-23
Correspondents Protest
Removal Of Patent ONCE.

hcm0v&l Oh ISSCht OuC$s
To the Editor Of Ths Star:
Iwish to congratulate The Star for the
splendid editorial in Saturdays issue en-
titled wholly Unwise.''
A number Of the employees Of the Pat
ent ONCE are buying their homes, while
some own their residences. Again, many
of the Patent ONCE employees and their
ancestors for years have paid taxes In
the District Of Columbia. contributed to
the Community Chest, Red Cross and
many other civic interests. They will not
be able to take their household effects
with them due to heavy transportation
rates. I read that it will cost . half
million dollars to remove the records Of
the Patent once. Why not use that
money to build airplanes7
Congress Immediately should pass .
law to prohibit the removal Of the Pat
ent once.
1t would work hardship to hundreds
Of patent attorneys and their employees
should the Patent ONCE be removed.
TALBOT o. PULIZz1.
Evening star., 1941-12-23

ClldIlScS AL uCSlC VI SlOuoulCoSS CAASSrS
on wind direction and intensity, effects
on the movements of air masses in the
high atmosphere, etc.
But somewhere there is direct hit"
as it is described by DR.. Arctowski.
In seeking the point of this direct
hit he finds the most probable loca-
ton is the vaguely defind surface which
marks the bottom of the stratosphere-
the point where temperature decrease
with altitude comes to an end. Above Is
the region supposedly Of perfect calm
with daytime stars in q black sky, the
realm of air transport Of the future.
His investigations indicate, DR.. Arctow-
ski reports, that the solar radiation
variations cause changes in the altitude
of this surface over the tropics, where
1t normally is about 10 kilometers high,
and that these changes proceed north
ward and southwark In wavelike motions.
An extra half of per cent OF solar
radiation appears to have somewhat the
same effect as q stone dropped In .
quiet pond, setting up waves which pro-
ceed in all directions towards the shores.
The height of the real stratosphere
floor, Dr. Arctowskis investigations show.
actually seems to vary with the radiation
changes and 70 vaV By different amounts
Evening star., 1941-12-23
Member Of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post ONCE
Washington. D. c.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24
Market Report

FROM THE Detroit NUM-
cipal Bureau Of Markets
comes the following news on
food supplies for the week
Pork IONS and front quarter
cuts OF lamb are recon-
mended as the best fresh
meats for this weekend
Beef prices show a slight re-
duction while veal has in
creased.
Butter eggs, and cheese re-
main constant Poultry sup
plies are ample. Lake Su-
perior herring and SAUCER
pike from Canada are the
best fresh fish buys on the
local market
Fresh carrots. celery. po-
tatoeS. oranges. grapefruit
and Michigan apples are on
the plentiful side. Beans. Gu
cumbers. eggplant. peas. pep
pers. squash. and tomatoes
are scarce. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24
The Music Room

The recreation room is what
really made a hit with US A..
only it's called the music room.
Placed in front of an enormous
fireplace that really works.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-24

some child from being crippled
for life.