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Evening star., 1941-11-08
The skin eruptions may be due to sew
eral varieties of bacteria of the strepto-

The skin eruptions may be due to sew
eral varieties of bacteria of the strepto-
coccus or staphlycoccus families. Wher-
ever possible, the experimenters say, the
physician should Ascertain which type Of
bacteria is at fault and prepare . cream
with the drug which has proved most
effective against it. 1t usually is i'm
possible, however, to obtain q pure cul-
ture from the surface of the skin and
several bugs" may be involved In the
eruptions. Sulfathiazole cream, they
say, can be prepared easily by the
pharmacist and is to some degree effec-
tive against most of the bacteria.
Among the most striking cases in
which the ointment has been used with
considerable success are those of VIC
tins of eczema, especially In children.
Cases apparently have been completely
cured In from 10 TO II days.
Evening star., 1941-11-08
Wants Opposition to President
Punished as Treason.

To the Editor Of The Star:
We certainly know by this time that
our only hope Of remaining free Ma
ton lies in the defeat of the Axis. Well,
who is going to do it? There are always
some people who believe 1T is better to be
a living slave than a dead hero" For
tunately America has few towards of
that kind, but with Russia almost out
and the courageous British unable to in
crease their army, due to the small pop
ulation of England and the very small
white population in the colonies, it is
only with the aid of our Navy and
large American Army that liberty can
be preserved.
We must decide either to submit to
the Axis or fight. There is no time to
lose Unfortunately our President has
been guilty of excessive tolerance in his
attitude toward radical unions. But,
while we have perfect right to condemn
his domestic policies, we must uphold
him firmly in our conflict with the Axis,
and from now on all opposition should
be labeled treason and all strikes in de-
tense industries sabotage, with appro-
pirate penalties for each.
DORE WALTEN.
Evening star., 1941-11-08
Blames Courts for Light Sentences
For Criminals Injuring Negroes.

r OF Srtm1ndlS lnJurlng negroes.
To the Editor of The Star:
The terrible story of the career OF
Jarvis Catoe is fraught with implications
of type of social injustice that has
borne evil fruit for many years. I refer
to the policy of courts in some sections
of melting out unequal justice because
of the race of the offender or the nature
of the offense. When a Negro commits
q crime against the property or person
of a white citizen in some communities
the punishment is extreme, but the same
crime against Negro often goes un-
punished.
The writer has known of at least
dozen murders committed by Negroes
where, after a short stay in jail, these
killers were released. About five years
ago q migrant Negro brutally killed three
members Of = worthy Negro family in
Fairfax County. He had killed In North
Carolina. He escaped and when appre-
hended was given a few years In the
penitentiary. A killing instinct or prac-
tice does not always stop with killing
within the racial group.
Perhaps some courts are moved to give
ught sentences to Negroes because Of
the social conditions, the lack Of educa-
ton or of wholesome recreation, or be-
cause of the Illustrations that change
these minority group members from law
abiding citizens to criminals.
In some cases, however, the failure to
provide for equal punishment for all
offenders, regardless of race or class,
accounts to some degree for letting loose
. most venomous criminal type.
Z D, HUlDER9ON.
Evening star., 1941-11-08
Member of the Associated Press
End of Isolation

In voting to repeal the restrictive
provisions of the Neutrality Act, the
Senate has taken a long step toward
attuning our official national out
look to the realities of the world
In which we live.
Certainly, the vote marks the end
OF misguided and costly experiment
in isolation. Now that the record
has been made, it is difficult to
understand how this Nation hoped
to escape the blighting consequences
of a major war by seeking shelter
in a legislated neutrality.
1t is perhaps too much to say that
our adoption of the Neutrality Act
was principal cause of war, but
certainly it was contributing cause.
Undoubtedly it gave the would-be
conquerors reason to believe that at
best, so far as we were concerned,
they would be given a free hand to
smash the rest of the world, and
that, at the least, we would not be-
come conscious of our own danger
until it was too late to stem the tide
Of aggression.
To what extent their plans have
miscarried remains to be seen. We
have been late-there can be no
doubt of that. Had our present
defensive effort been launched in
earnest a year earlier, the whole
complexion of the war today would
be changed. If we had today the
tanks guns and planes that we may
expect to have year hence, but
which are still in the future because
we believed legislation could shield
us from war, the golden opportunity
presented by the clash with Russia
would not be in danger of slipping
away for lack of effective weapons.
But all this is water over the dam.
As matters stand, our one hope is to
make the fullest use of every oppor-
tunity to cripple the aggressors which
may arise IN the future. The Senate,
spurred on by far-sighted Repub-
licans, has struck down the legisla-
tive shackIes which cripple our un-
declared war effort in the Atlantic,
and the House is expected to concur
promptly in this action.
That will restore to the President
and his military and naval advisers
the freedom of action which they
ought to have. Opponents of neu-
tralfty revision contended to the last
that the action taken by the Senate
means war. If by that they mean
q formal declaration of war, it may
be that they are right. But to most
Americans, when our ships, merchant
and naval, are being sunk and the
lives Of our seamen are being lost,
1t Is war, whether formally declared
or not.
The real meaning of the Senate'S
action, when concurred in by the
House, is that we will be able hence
forth to prosecute the undeclared
war more vigorously. The effective
ness Of our defense effort will not be
impaired by a law which undertakes
to map out the areas in which it may
be applied, in total disregard of
military realities. Instead, the Pres
ident and his expert advisers will
be given discretion to send our mer-
chant or naval vessels on any mission
which, in their judgment, is most
helpful to our allies and most harm
ful to our enemies. That is the way
that wars. declared or undeclared,
are won. The alternative is to lose
them.
Evening star., 1941-11-08

@. How much are conscientious OBJ
jectors paid to work in the camps?-
A. S. V.
A. They are not paid for their services,
but are required to pay about s35 a
month for their expenses.
q. Please give some information about
the Sedgwick Memorial Medal.-M. XII.
A. The SedgWick Memorial Medal was
established in 1928 as a recognition for
distinguished service in public health"
The medal was established by the friends
of the late Prof William Thompson
Sedgwick of the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology, who had a significant
influence in the development of public
health.
@. What is sugar-coated steel?-M.
XII
A. Sugar-coated steel is new product
to improve the surface of the steel The
sugar coating is applied by a recently
patented process in which absolutely dry,
pure corn sugar is blown on the inner
surface of the ingot molds.
@. Please give the meaning of the
Latin motto "exitus acta probat."-
c. j. S.
A. The event justifes the deed.
@. How old was Henry Clay when he
became a member of the United States
Senate?-F. T. G.
A. Henry Clay took the oath of Office
on December 90, 1906. when he was %
years, 8 months and II days old.
@. What was the first motion picture
to be shown with an admission price of
SIT w. r.
A. THE Birth of a Nation" was the
first picture to be shown at this price.
Q. Where was the first free school for
the deaf IN this country established?-
j. T. z.
A. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet estab-
ished the first free school for the deaf
in America in Hartford, Conn, in 1917.
@. What is vicuna?-E. R. P.
A. A vicuna is a South American AMI
mai VI llic Idlllel
in size between the llama and the alpaca.
1t is only about 2 feet high at the
shoulder and has rich brown curly wool
spotted with white. Living at very high
attitudes in the Andes, the animal Is
exceedingly f1eet-footed and has never
been domesticated.
@. Who was Victoria Woodhull?-H.
o. B.
A. Victoria Claflin Woodruff was a re-
former. In 1872 she and her sister
launched Woodruff and Claf1in's Weekly.
1t advocated equal rights for women, a
single standard of morality and free love;
campaigned against prostitution and
abortion. In January, 1871, Mrs. Wood
hull appeared before the House of Rep
resentatives and pleaded for womans
suffrage.
Evening star., 1941-11-08
Exit the Marines?


President Roosevelt's disclosure
| that this Government is considering
withdrawal of United States Marines
| from shore stations in China serves
| to accentuate the gravity of the i'm
mediate crisis in Japanese American
relations. 1t is difficult to regard
such move as inspired by appease-
ment purposes, for the United States
long ago learned the futility of at
tempting to halt aggression by meas
ures of appeaSement. There was a
time when Japan would have been
pleased to learn that the United
States was pondering the removal of
it's armed forces from China, for the
presence of these troops has been a
constant source of irritation and
worry to the japanese invader. Toxic
rejoiced when the British withdrew
their forces from Shanghai and
North China in August, 1910, and at
that time the japanese expressed
follow Britain's example, in the in
terest of international harmony"
A withdrawal by the Americans then
would have been welcomed by the
militarists at Toxic as a sign of west
ern weakness, but withdrawal today
could not fail to have a more ominous
pof
America orders her Marines from
Peiping, Tientsin and Shanghai now,
it will not be because she has decided
suddenly to walk out on beleaguered
China.
AS a matter of fact, the small
American force, numbering less than
a thousand men, is relatively unim-
portant as a potential military ally
of the Chinese. 1t has been kept in
China not to render military assist
ance to Chang Kai-shek, but to pro-
tect American nationals and Ameri-
can property. Protection has been
the task of American troops in China
since the first Marines landed there
in 1854 to quell native uprising that
imperiled American citizens. From
then until the Boxer rebellion at the
turn of the century the Marines made
only occasional excursions ashore,
but since the signing of the Boxer
protocol in 1901 American armed
forces have been stationed continu-
ously in China to preserve order and
insure the safety of our subjects.
AS the breach between the United
States and Japan has widened, the
American colony in China has
shrunken steadily. The State De-
partment repeatedly has warned
American citizens to leave the turbu-
lent Far East unless they have urgent
reasons for remaining. With the de-
parture Of so many American civil
ians, the responsibilities of the
Marine force have been lightened. AS
long as peace prevails between Amer
lea and Japan, the Marine detail is
adequate for the police job confront
ing it. But if war should break out
it would be in highly precarious po-
sition. The detachments in Peiping
and Tientsin are in territory con-
trolled by japanese occupation forces,
while the Marines in Shanghai are
surrounded by Nipponese troops.
Viewed in relation to this back
ground, the Presidents brief an
nouncement attains special signifi-
canoe 1t is a safe assumption that
its import will not be lost on the mill
tary faction which has taken over
control of the government at Toxic.
Nor is it likely to be ignored by the
special Japanese envoy, Mr.. Kurusu,
now en- route here to discuss deterio-
rating relations between his country
and the United States.
Evening star., 1941-11-08
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the priter, although the use of
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q DieU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-11-08
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Huskin,

reader can get the dnstDer to am
question OF fact by uriting The Ere.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
d. C.. Please inclose stamp for reply.
q. How much revenue would the Post
ONCE have derived from franked matter
last year If 1t had been carried at the
usual rates Of postage?-J. S.J.
A. The estimated revenue which would
have been derived from franked mail in
1910 is sl,217,346.
Q. Please give the full name Of tire
Duke OF Windsor-W. L. H.
A. 1t Is Edward Albert Christian
George Andrew Patrick David Windsor,
Q. What Is taxi dancer"?-E. S. p.
A girl employed by dance hall or
cabaret to dance with patrons who pay
a certain amount for each dance.
q. Who are the Green Shirts?-J. S H
A. They are members of the Integralist
party in Brazil, who wear a distinctive
uniform Of green shirt and white ker-
chief inscribed with the watchWord
"Avante"
Q. How many pigs were destroyed by
the Government?-J. P. M.
A. Under the emergency program
there were purchased from farmers in
Al States, at cost of s30.643, l02, a
total Of 6,410,866 animals.
@. What is meant by Arlberg tech
nique?-H. T. R.
A. 1t is the Alpine skiing technique
perfected by Hannes Schneider in the
Arlberg Valley, Tirol, characterized by
crouch positions and by turns based
upon the stem Christiania.
Evening star., 1941-11-08

Household Helps The fall
housekeeping season is here and
the homemaker will want to re-
dress her home for the winter.
Ideas on decoration, painting,
floors, carpets. furniture are con-
tained in this practical 32-page
booklet The labor and time saw
ing suggestions will simplify the
bugbear of housecleaning. To Sc
cure your copy of this booklet
inclose 10 cents in coin, wrapped
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Evening star., 1941-11-08

Q. What is "taxi dancer"p-E. S. p.
A A girl employed by a dance hall or
cabaret to dance with patrons who pay
a certain amount for each dance.
Evening star., 1941-11-08

q. Please give the full name Of tire
Duke Of Windsor.-W. L. H.
A. 1t Is Edward Albert Christian
George Andrew Patrick David Windsor.
Evening star., 1941-11-08

Q. Where was the first free school for
the deaf IN this country established?-
j. T. z.
A. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet estab-
ished the first free school for the deaf
in America in Hartford, Conn, in 1917.
Evening star., 1941-11-08

LIE dDpllCdllOll 10 lllC SdAAiC 90 NoSsi0
be that of any other cold cream.
Almost universal among boys and girls
during adolescence is some degree of the
condition known as acne. 1t generally
has been treated by prescribed diets and
often it is quite resistant to any remedy.
Drs. Edmund L. Keeney, Richard H.
Pembroke, Ferdinand E. Chatard and
James M. Ziegler, they report, expert
mented with the new vanishing cream on
20 nurses, aged 16 to 21, whose faces
had been disfigured by acne to some
degree for from one to five years.
There were no restrictions In diet and
any other kinds of cosmetics were al
lowed, 50 long as the sulfa cream was
applied every night and morning after
washing the face. Thirteen of the girls
showed marked improvement. Five
showed no improvement and two dis
continued the treatment before any
results could be seen.
One Of the most bothersome skin
diseases among children, and OCCASION
ally adults, is impetigo. 1t Is extremely
contagious and schools sometimes are
closed on account of 1t. The condition
may persist for weeks. The sulfa cream
produced definite improvement in two
days and the infection cleared up COM
pletely In week.
A fairly frequent and highly embar-
RAISING condition in adults is seborrhea
in which the scalp becomes covered with
large scabs. Dermatologists treat it with
x-rays but it often is extremely resistant
to any treatment. The Baltimore doc
tors report dramatic relief in five cases
by use of the new sulfa cream.
The various sulfa drugs, taken in
ternally. are supposed to prevent the In
crease Of bacteria tn the blood scream
Evening star., 1941-11-08

@. Please give the meaning Of the
Latin motto "exitus acta probat."-
c. j. S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19
No Action Taken On
 City Bond Measures
(Continued from Page 1.)

They were interested in the sug- gested change in the flremen's pen- sion act which would make the age of retirement 55 years or after 25 years of service. Originally the charter contained such 8 provision, but was changed two years ago un- der the Culhane charter revision to read after 25 years of service or at the age of 60.
 Legislative Briefs
 The Roads, Rivers and Bridges Committee today was scheduled to hold hearings on bills recommends ing the repaving of Woodtick road in the town of Wolcott, introduced by Rep. Charles Gibson, and calling for elimination of all hazards in Route 135 in the Town of Middle bury, introduced by Rep. Charles Harper.
 Edward Udelowitz of Waterbury today charged that he was being given a "run-around" with regard to the series of bills that he had introduced in the Legislature rec- ommending changes in the charter of the City of Waterbury. MT. Udelowitz claimed that none of his bills were going to be heard today by the Cities and Boroughs Con- mittee when 1t took up other pro- posed charter revisions and that some of them were assigned to one committee and some to another.
 The Committee of Public Health and Safety of which Senator Ed ward P. Egan of Waterbury Is chairman has voted unanimously to report unfavorably on a bill which transfers from the Depart ment of Health to the Department of Labor the Bureau of Occupa- tional Diseases. Labor Com. Cor nelius J. Danaher and Health Com. Dr. Stanley Ossorn engaged in a heated argument at the hearing on the bill. The committee, prepon- derantly Republican, voted against Com. Danaher's proposal in its un- favorable report.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

lCOntllucQ ITOIIl EuBG U to France; Wayne Coy, assistant to Federal Security Administrator Paul ". McNutt; and Bduget Director Harold Smith. .'...
 Coy has been working on MT Roosevelt's program for home de- fense and Bullitt repeatedly has figured in reports that the home defense structure soon might be es- tablished. It was understood that MT. Roosevelt might ask Coy and Bullltt to present a final program for home defense upon his return from the south.
 MT. Roosevelt also saw Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and sched- uled meetings with Chairman Wal ter P. George, D.. Ga, of the senate foreign relations committee and Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles and the Netherlands Min- ister pr. A. Loudon.
 The new ll-man super-mediation board probably will not be estab- lished until tomorrow or Friday, Early announced.
 Although the President had hoped to create the board before leaving on his vacation, Early said 1t now appears that personnel and ma chinery will not be completed in time.
 Baruch May Head
 Bernard M. Baruch, New York fnancier and chairman of the World War industries board, was said to be the Presidents first choice for chairman of the new mediation board. Dean Lloyd Gar rlson of the University of Wiscon- sin Law school, William Hammatt Davis, former chairman of the New York mediation board, and Dean James M. Landis of Harvard Uni- versity Law school, are possibilities if Baruch declines. The board will have four representatives each of labor and industry, and three repre- sentatives of the public.
 Congress of Industrial Organiza- tions President Philip Murray was understood to have submitted his choices for CIO representatives among the labor members yesterday Van A. Bittner, chairman of the Packing House Workers Organizing committee and regional director of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19
COAST CUARDSMEN
 RESCUE NINE MEN

Bay Shore, N. Y., March 19 - (UP)-The crew of nine of the 3S7- ton wooden steamer Student Prince II was rescued early today by coast guardsmen from the Fire Island station after the ship had founder ed, broken in two and gone aground on a sand bar during a gale.
 The ship, operating out of Hali- fax. N. S.. and belonging to Nova Scotia Shippers. Ltd, was carrying 5O4 tons of coal and was mile and a half west of the coast guard sta- ton when huge waves, whipped up by a 40-mile northwest wind, swamped the ship.
 With the decks ,awash, the crew climbed onto the ships cabin and signaled for help with their search- lights. CoaE guardsmen in two lifeboats labored four hours in the turbulent sea before completing the rescue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19
PRIEST MAY GET
 MEDAL AS HERO

Brockton, Mass, March 19-(UP) Mayor Fred D. Rowe in letter to the Carnegie Hero Fund commis- sion of Pittsburgh recommended to- day award of a medal of heroism to the Rev. Lawrence P. Morrisroe, 48 year old curate of St. Patrick's church for his bravery in minister ing to firemen victims of the Strand theater blaze March 10.
 The mayor also mentioned Rev. Morrisoe's heroism in the Pickwick club disaster at Boston. July {, 1925.
 Meanwhile. contributions to fund for widows and children of B fire- men who perished in the theater fire increased to s40.GO Latest dona- tons included $i 600 from Lawrence residents and $500 from New Bed- ford citizens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

the officers. or registrars of voters appointiye rather than elective.
 A major controversy appeared in the offing over a bill providing 8 pension of $500 g year to Mrs. Thomas J. Lynch. widow Of the former fire chief. Mrs. Lynch has never received g pension. from the city though there has been medical testimony that her husbands death was the result of injuries suffered in the line of duty. Chief Lynch died October 1, 1887, following his retirement February l, 1887. The pension would be retroactive to the date of death.
 Many proponents and opponents of the various bills were here for the hearings this afternoon, tnclud- ing a delegation from the city hall.
 Summary of Bills
 Following is summary Of the Waterbury bills listed for hearing this afternoon:
 Payment of retirement salary to former Fireman Daniel J. Fran.
 Payment of pension Of 1,500 a year to Mrs. Kathryn Lynch, widow of the late Fire Chief Thomas J. Lynch, for death resulting from injuries sustained in the line Of duty. Pension retroactive to the date of death in 1887.
 Payment of a pension to Mary E. Luddy.
 Retirement of William o'Rourke, veteran city employe, on a pension of $50 @ month.
 Retirement of Fireman Harold J. Parker, badly injured in fire sev- eral years ago, on half-pay.
 Payment of a pension to Margaret L.. Luddy.
 Amending the policemen's and firemen's pension fund.
 Amending the sewer assessment provisions of the city charter.
 Providing for the appointment or old age census enumerators by the registrars of voters rather than the mayor.
 Providing a pension for Marie Coughlan, widow of a fireman.
 Providing for approval by i've members of the aldermanic minority of minority appointments to city boards by the mayor. CTen Diils)