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Evening star., 1941-01-06

also joined the first literary society
here.
Keeping up with the passing pa
rade. Mrs. Baden saw the first elec-
trio train run into Washington and
not so long ago, took her first air.
plane ride.
She has outlived her two children
and now has three grandchildren.
four at-grandchildren and three
great great grandchildren. She
lives with a grandson. Jesse A,
Langley. at 1892 Illinois avenue NV.
Mrs. Baden is famous for her
asides. Her stage whispers, Mr..
Langley said, are always perfectly
audible and very fortnight.
Although she has lived here 30
years. Mrs. Baden still thinks WASH
ington was at its best when it gov
erned itself.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Bond Concert

BY the United States Army Band
in the band auditorium of the Army
War College at 2:30 pm. tomorrow.
Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl
Hubner, assistant leader.
PROGRAM.
March, "Invictus" King
Overture. mariana" Wallace
Solo, "Splittin' Kindlin' Wood
Hacker
Charles D. Hershey. xylophonist.
Musical joke, Perpetual Notion"
Strauss
Classic dance, Celebrated Gavotte,"
Grieg
March, "The Adventurer" Buchtel
THE Star spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Housing Authorities 10 Sell
S4,O55,OOO in Notes

Washington and Alexandria CVa)
Housing Authorities will offer s4,-
055,000 in temporary loan notes to
the public on January 27, it was an
nounced yesterday by the United
States Housing Authority
They will be sold to private bid
ders offering lowest interest rates
and the money will repay the U. S.
H. A. for money advanced on loan
contracts. They will mature in from
2 to IL months.
Washington will offer S3,285 900.
while Alexandria will put out S770.-
900. Other Virginia notes will in
clude the following:
Hopewell, s297 600; Newport News.
sl,927,0O0: Norfolk, sl,961 900, and
Portsmouth. sl,967 900. These will
be placed Hsale January H.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Hearing Set on Closing
Draw Spuns in Rush Hour

The United States Engineers Of
flee will hold hearing February 4
on proposal to improve the traffic
flow on the Highway and Arlington
Memorial Bridges by keeping draw
spans closed at rush-hour periods.
The hearing will be held at the
Engineer Office, First and Douglas
streetx NV.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Fencing Glasses Stort
Tomorrow at Y. w. 6. A.

Glasses in fencing. instructed by
Alfredo Navareno, will start at 8:l5
pm. tomorrow at the Y. w. C. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
The fencing instruction will be in
connection with the "Y's" health
education program, which already
includes classes in swimming, tennis,
bsdminton. gymnastics and ice skat-
ing -
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Washington Club Meets

Thomas Bess. governor of the
180th district of the Rotary Club
organization, will be guest of the
Washington Club at a luncheon at
1890 pm. Wednesday in the Willard
Hotel.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
PennsyIvunions to Meet

A meeting of the Membership
Committee of the Pennsylvania
State Society will be held at pm.
Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
George L. Bricker, 904 Fourteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Democrats to Meet

WARRENTON, Va, Jan. 6 tSpe-
ciaD.-The Northern Virginia a
League of Democratic Women will
hold their first 194l meeting January
Is, at Carter Hall.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Install Officers

A joint installation of the officers
of Henry w. Lawton Camp No. 4,
United Spanish War Veterans, and
it's auxiliary, will be held at 8
o'clock tonight at the Pythian Tenn
pie, 1912 Ninth street NV.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Art Lecture Thursday

j. B. Neumann, director of the
New Art Circle, New York, will lee
ture on Georges Rouault" at $50
pm. Thursday at the Phillips Me-
mortal Gallery, 1900 Twenty-first
street NV.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Broken Cable Repaired

MANILA, Jan. 6 (P.-The Manila
Hong Kong cable, which broke Sat-
urday. was repaired today and nor
NAL business was re1lmed.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

In January, Beware Of:
l. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crossWalk. Three
persons were killed doing so in
January, 1910.
2. Crossing a street at an un-
controlled intersection. This
took one life in January last
year.
All four pedestrians killed last
January were over so years of
age. two being 10 or over. The
fifth death was that of a motor
cycle policeman killed in a COL
lision while pursuing a speeding
car.
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Spreading Defense Orders

In establishing a division Of con-
tract distribution in the Office of
Production Management, President
Roosevelt has taken a step toward
solving two major problems facing
the preparedness program today.
One is the problem of securing a
wider distribution Of defense con-
tracts among small manufacturers.
The other is the relief of "priorities
unemployment" due to the closing of
plants because of their inability to
obtain priorities for the materials
needed. Floyd B. Odlum will head
the new agency, which has been
given equal rank with other divisions
Of o. P. M.
Under the executive order the d.
vision will be charged with the duty
of breaking down large orders OF
supplies into smaller units, and
spreading the purchases among more
firms, and as far as as'possible among
all localities. This it will seek to
accomplish by greater use of sub
contracting and the pooling OF local
plant facilities. In attacking "priori-
ties unemployment" 1t will work out
rams for converting non-defense
Evening star., 1941-09-08
runquillity

Oh, tcdnt to 90 to my home AGAIN,
To my hearts otGn heart of the
fertile earth,
The land that is S1peet as q mothers
lore,
That gaze all I lore its miracle
birth.
IN the spring the corn'S exclamation
marks
Shoot up toward the sun from
their points of ground,
And the herds Of cattle, like tiny toys,
On the htllside's green are toasted
and broUned.
In the Ualley's depths party OF oaks,
With D1tsShapen limbs like
hunchbdck has,
Stand orumbling together all after
noon,
Their ankles buried In Uet pasture
grass.
And ttoo fUe-month colts In the
coming dusk,
Each propped up on stills and
racing his brother,
Run across the field to halt at the
gate
By the house that kneU iohen
kneto no other.
TEMPLE HoLLCRoFT.
Evening star., 1941-09-08
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TrdceUeH.

One pair can have as many as IS or
40 young a season.
The last nestlings seem to run out"
as the saying has IL. This phenomenon
Is often seen in the aquarium of guppies,
those small live-bearing fishes which in
terest collectors.
The crippled guppy young are called
culls. often they have twisted spines,
or missing fins. They are born de-
formed.
Out of a flock of English sparrows
there will be half dozen culls. One
will have chest which puffs out too far
Another, as Stuka, will have wobbly
legs.
Another will not have any apparent
defect, but will pass out of the picture
from no apparent cause.
1t is doubtful if the young of other
species suffer in this way. Most species
nest twice, sometimes three times, sea-
son, but very few of them rear four or
five broods.
Feeding the young birds, must be a
task.
The parents are on the move for sew
eral weeks. supplying the youngsters with
insects and seeds.
Just how they manage to get enough
to eat for themselves is a mystery.
A well-known ornithologist says that
Kindly rarSopS ubo MOB ,,r1 oab,, h;~a-
which have fallen out of the nest seldom
realize how much food the birds require.
The feeding must be almost constant,
he says, if the kindly person wishes to
rear the bird to the flying stage
Probably a good feeding every half
hour will be sufficient. This should be
kept up from daylight to dusk.
1t can be realized that this is not a
task for every one
1t is interesting to watch the young
English sparrow males getting their
black badges of courage beneath their
chins.
One bird will have a small black dot,
another will have several.
Gradually the several dots will merge,
to make a large one, the single dot will
grow larger day by day.
BY the time cold weather comes, the
young males will be perfectly marked.
AS winter advances, the black spots
will begin to fade bit, and remain so
until spring, when they will start to
darken up and take on vivid sheen.
Those distant relatives of the SPAR
rows, the cardinals, also are getting
their colors now No two of the young
males will be colored in the same man.
ner. The red first comes into the wings
and then over the breast. We saw one
the other day with just one red feather
in his crest.
Evening star., 1941-09-08

industries and factories to war pro-
duction, and cooperate with the la
Dor division of o. P. M. in finding
employment for workers who have
lost their jobs as a result of plant
shutdowns, or the curtailment Of
production.
AS service to prospective subcon-
tractors, the division will open dis
play rooms in various cities through
out the country, in which it will put
on exhibition the component parts
of tanks, artillery, field guns, air.
planes and other weapons. The va
rious parts will be properly labeled,
with an indication of the tools and
operations needed for the manufac-
ture of each. Small businessmen
who are unfamiliar with Army and
Navy specifications will thus have an
opportunity to see exactly what will
be required of them. The new agency
will also help subcontractors to OBJ
tain financing facilities, through the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
or through banks, if they need flnan-
cial assistance to assure their partici-
patton in the defense effort.
A>wider distribution of contracts
among small factories, and a greater
utilization of idle plants and labor
will increase defense production. If
successful in its objectives, therefore,
the new division will speed the final
victory over Hitlerism.
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Mrs. Sara DeIuno Roosevelt

The mother of the President was
a lady of very great distinction in
her own undoubted right. Even If
her son never had attained the
highest Office within the gift of his
countrymen, she would have been
a personality Of compelling attrac-
ton. Her mind was as searching as
a flame. She carried herself with
a grace that was regal. There were
occasions when it was required of
her that she should govern circum-
stance, and she did not fail the de-
mands of such emergencies.
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt never
courted popularity at any time in
her long life. 1t follows that her
talents may not have been appre-
ciated by the multitude while yet
she lived. But those of her con-
temporaries who were skilled in the
Judgment Of human values realized
that she was profoundly useful and
helpful influence upon her world.
Both directly and in carefully hid
den ways she contributed to the
progress of the Nation whose voters
thrice chose her only child their
leader.
The President owed his mother a
debt of gratitude impossible to pay.
She taught him the lessons which he
does not forget. From her he received
his courage, his cheerfulness, his op-
timism, his confidence, his facility Of
expression, much of his capacity to
make and to keep innumerable
friends Out of the stores Of her ex-
perience she could advise him. Be-
cause he loved her deeply he did not
hesitate to seek her counsel. Hence
developed the faith which she had in
him, even in the darkest days. From
the same source-their bond OF mu-
tual affection-accrued his deep re-
spect for her kindly and generous
character. They differed, yet in most
essentials they agreed. Neither de-
sired to be independent of the other.
Both were advantaged by the equal
ity upon which invariably they met,
and America profited from their
comradeship.
1t is an infinite pity that the Pres
ident should lose his mother at a
moment when the burden Of his cares
is heavy beyond the power of words
to tell. The pain Of a private grief
during the prevailing crisis is an af-
Fiction which should entitle him to
universal sympathy among civilized
people. Perhaps his spirit may be
strengthened by the knowledge that
he is not alone in his sorrow. II
so, he will not be altogether parted
from the noble parent to whom he
owed his being. His memories Of her
are an endowment which may be
counted upon to sustain him.
Evening star., 1941-09-08
industrial Loot

An Associated Press dispatch from
Buenos Aires brings news of the
extent of German economic conquest
in the southern part of South Amer
lea. Testimony offered before COM
mittee of the House Of Deputies in
vestigating alien activity indicates
that the Nazis, through military
operations in Europe, have gained
a more or less factual control
Of approximately $455 100000 worth
of business and industry in the
Argentine Republic. 1t is estimated
that the amount mentioned repre-
sents the value of the branches of
firms over which Hitler has achieved
at least theoretical power by force
of arms. The head offices of the
looted organizations are in territories
which he holds.
Whether or not the government Of
Argentina will permit Der Fuehrer
to maintain his grasp on the indus
tries he has seized In that country
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Mad Mike

May all your children be radio
announcers used to be a standard
curse in the early days Of the ether
when almost any one around the
studio, even the janitor, was i'm
pressed into service in this capacity,
whether or not he could talk clearly
or knew the difference between an
attempted double play and forward
pass. Since then, radio announcers
have had to show their qualifications
before being turned loose upon a
helpless public.
Not so, Mike, the Mad Russian,
who daily cuts in on a Soviet radio
tuned to the exact wave length Of
Herr Goebbels' popular bedtime
story hour of fantasy, wherein r. A.
F. bombs are turned into harmless
ping pong balls. Mike has signally
failed to endear himself to the Ger
man public, when he suggests that
If the Nazi campaign in Russia is
proceeding according to plan," then
there must be something the matter
with plan that causes millions OF
casualties. Should loyal audiences
tune him out, and thereby miss the
priceless boon of hearing Goebbels?
Or should they listen and risk strain
ing, with actual individual thought,
brains unaccustomed to anything so
radical2 Either way, Hans and Fritz
are In Z frightful dilemma.
Evening star., 1941-09-08

stuka, the bomb-diving English SPAR
row, was making landing.
Evidently Stuka Is Gull, the result Of
overbreeding and too much in-breeding.
His legs won't hold him up when he
lands.
So he comes down on his nose and
chest. The thing is unbelievable, unless
witnessed.
Otherwise, he seems perfectly healthy.
Sunday morning there was an unsus-
pecting sparrow eating in the small
feeding station in the rhododendrons.
Suddenly here came Stuka.
You could see him coming clear across
the garden. No other bird has such a
direct dive.
The bird in the feeder had its bill
tilted forward, its tail high in the air.
Stuka came down with his usual dis
patch, landing on his nose" beneath the
other birds tail.
This sudden assault catapulted the
unsuspecting bird right out of the feeder.
The moment 1t felt itself hit its wings
beat the air, and away it went, never
once stopping to see what had struck it.
Stuka righted himself, and fell to
eating.
While in the feeding station he stands
partly on his feet, but over to one side.
so that his capable chest does part of
the supporting.
"Stuke" is not bad-looking bird.
He is now developing the large black
spot beneath his chin which is the badge
OF the male English sparrow.
1t is interesting to watch the young
sparrows develop these marks.
At first the spot is very small, then it
grows to good size. Young males are not
as good-looking as young females.
In fact, the female of this species is
one OF the best-looking of all birds. This
may seem strange statement to any one
who prefers highly colored birds, but we
believe that if doubters will observe
English sparrows carefully, they in time
will come to agree.
The female of this species is a grand
bird.
Her mixture of black, gray and brown
feathers is one of natures perfect Jobs.
In addition, the female sparrow has
an air about her which sets her apart.
The male is something of a rowdy. He
has an air, too, but it is not a good air.
He defies the world, in cheap way.
There is nothing cheap about his mate.
She is a mighty fine little bird, much
too good for him, many observers will
think
English sparrows have been known to
have flve broods a spring and summer.
Nesting often begins in March, so there
is plenty of time.
Evening star., 1941-09-08

is a question for which no answer is
forthcoming at the present moment.
The problem, of course, must be faced
by many different nations. Prior to
the beginning of the second World
War, Belgium, the Netherlands. Nor
way and Denmark had interests in
numerous cities and towns of the
Western Hemisphere. Those assets,
except where frozen" passed into
Hitler's hands. How long they will
remain in his possession may depend
upon the result Of the conflict now
entering its third year.
Perhaps it may serve a useful pur-
pose again to call attention to the
truth that the Nazi czar's original
victim was the German Reich. Be-
fore he could launch his schemes for
the subsection of all the allegedly
inferior" peoples of the earth it was
necessary for him to dominate all the
resources of his own country. He
brought its banks and insurance
companies, its factories and mills, its
railroads and communications sys-
TENS, its whole productive capacity,
even its traditions to heel. Then and
then only could he absorb Austria,
destroy the independence Of Czecho-
Slovakia, invade Poland. Each month
since September. 1899, has witnessed
an extension of his imperial realm.
Even while locked in battle with
Russia he has absorbed Latvia, Lithu-
ania and Estonia. 1t would be
tactical error to underestimate his
accomplishment. He has excelled
Napoleon, not merely in the area of
his conquests but in the universal
influence of them.
The discovery of the significance
of German economic penetration in
the Argentine Republic is important
because of the warning which 1t con-
stitutes for all the Americas. No
citizen of the United States can
afford to neglect to study the mean
ing of such thievery in its effect upon
the life of free society.
Evening star., 1941-09-08

people under the cruel heel of the
Gestapo have no possible chance of
successful revolt without guns, without
leadership. There never will be a chance
equal to that which the British now
have. Hitler has his hands full in Russia
and his armed forces in the occupied
countries are at minimum.
Why, then. don't the ever-late British
recognize their opportunity? Why is not
an effort made to invade a part Of
France; any part. so that western front
be established for the enemy, pressure
upon Russia relieved, and a rallying
point be given to those in the conquered
nations who are ready to revolt. Such
move would give new courage and
faith and hope to suffering humanity.
don't know, I am only asking.
HENRY M. CUDROFF.
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Approves Proposal
For Union of Nations.

To the Editor of The Star:
I was greatly interested in the letter
to the editor signed 81. H." favoring
world federation, September 8.
have been wondering If President
Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill In their
Atlantic conference discussed union
of the British Empire with the United
States of America.
I believe that such a union would
bring peace to the world with less blood
shed than is likely in any other way. 1t
also seems to me the surest way of pre-
venting future world wars.
1t is grand to be citizen of the United
States. 1t would be even more wonder
full to be a citizen of worldwide re-
public which included the United States.
Americans are fond of travel. Think
how much simpler travel to other democ-
racies would be If they and the United
States formed one big union. A District
of Columbia citizen would then feel quite
as much at home, say, in England, as
he now does in New York or California.
His money would be the same money he
uses at home No inspectors would meet
him at the dock and no passport would
be required. Think also how enormous
would be the increase in the commerce
Of the democracies included in the larger
union with no tariffs to fetter trade.
would like to see plans for union
of at least all English speaking peoples
considered and discussed more widely.
II. @. ALLEN
Evening star., 1941-09-08

between Roosevelt and Churchill has un-
doubtedly forestalled that.
In all probability Hitler must now wait
until he has made bid for control Of
the Mediterranean theater and Africa.
He hopes, of course, that this can be
done without American interference.
His strongest weapon against America
Is his fifth column since the Nazis have
analyzed American morale as the weak
point in the joint democratic defense.
If America interferes-and we are al
ready shipping tanks and planes to the
Middle East-there will be a collision.
Hitler will not shrink from it.
Only then will the American isolation
lists understand his hatred of America.
Hitler admires England and describes
its population as "Teutonic," almost Ger
man. For America he reserves contempt
and defiance.
America is no nation, according to
Hitler, but a conglomeration of mass
races controlled by Jews. He thinks it
would be the perfect land to plant the
master race OF Nazi Germans.
But for al his admiration of them he
thought the British would capitulate.
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkin.

By FredeTtc j. HGSktu.
A reader can get the GnSDer to dny
question OF fact by Drittng The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HnSkin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please tncIose stamp for reply.
@. What is the uniform worn by VIM
ston Churchill at his meeting with
President Roosevelt?-L. T. H.
A. 1t is the uniform of the Elder
Brethren Of the Corporation of Trinity
House, an organization which is respon-
sible for lighthouses, pilot service and
other navigational aids.
@. When was the Statue Of Freedom
placed on the Capitol at Washington,
D. C.?-E. T. H.
A. The statue was hoisted in place on
the dome amid a salute of IS guns on
December 2, 1863.
@. Is England building many mer-
chant ships?-E. T. M.
A. One hundred new merchant ships
will be on the water by 1912.
@. How many fires occur in New York
City?-H. P. E.
A. Last year there were 2S,413 fires in
the city.
@. What verse in the Bible prophesies
automobiles?-M. o.
A. Nahum, n.3-4, reads: 1.-The chariots
Evening star., 1941-09-08
Writer Muses. Upon
Jigsaw Disaster.

To the Editor Of The Star:
One swoop, and Monticello lay in ruins
Great pieces Of the white dome pro-
truded from piles of brick Broken COL
umns were almost buried by shattered
window panes. The lawn was plowed
up into big chunks shade trees were
blasted out and their leaves scattered
everywhere; flowers were thrown far
and wide, in clumps or singly. The feet
of one of the group of sightseers who
had been standing on the front steps,
pushed through the carved door pedi-
ment which lay on a pile of debris.
1t was done-no doubt about thati
And apparently there was nothing left
whole.
Well-it could be built again. 1t would
take time, of course but it should be
easier, on this second occasion. 1t could
always be built again.
could do 1t this time without even
looking at the picture on the puzzle box.
VIRGINIA LEE GRIMES.