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Evening star., 1941-11-13

@ How long has the Cathedral OF s.
John the Divine in New York City been
under construction?-D. T.
A. The Cathedral Church OF St John
the Divine in the City and Diocese o:
New York its legal title was incorpo
rated in 1878. The cornerstone was laid
in 1892 1t is estimated that 1t will bo
completed around 1850.
@ Who owns the Chesa peake Il Oh.
Canal?-W. s. j.
A. The canal was purchased By the
Federal Government in 1888.
@ What newspaper scooped all the
others on the terms Of the Spanish
American peace treaty?-M T. Fl.
A On January l, 1899, the New York
Journal scooped the world on the full
terms Of the treaty.
@ Who said: He what gets there tust-
est WinS?"-J. P.
A. Nathan Bedford Forrest, Civil War
general. said: He what gets there tus'-
est, with the mostest guns, wins"
@ Do most States require physical eX
aminations before marriage licenses arc
iSsued?-M E E.
A. Twenty-slX States now require pre-
marital examination.
O. When did Babe Ruth play his las
game for the American League?-C. R. y
A Babe Ruth played his last gsmH
with the Yankees on September 80, 1881.
in Washington, D. c.
@ How many islands are there In tho
Bermudas?-J. T. H
A. The group consists OF $50 Island
and islets, about a score of which are
inhabited
@ What kind Of flag has Spain'-L. L.
A. The present Spanish flag has tvo
yellow stripes separated by red stripe
through the center.
@ Was Atlanta the capital Of Georgia
at the time Of the Civil War?-A. H R.
A. Milledgeville was the capital from
1907 to 1867
c. What is the highest proof obtain
able in alcohol?-M. D. S.
A. The highest degree Of proof OBJ
tainable is 200 degrees which is abso-
lutte alcohol: that is. without water.
Alcohol as generally produced ranges
from 1873 degrees to 1872 degrees of proof.
O. Who are the greatest mathema-
ticians Of all time?-L C H.
A. Dr. Eric Temple Bell, famous math-
ematician and author of Men of Math-
ematics," regards Archimedes, Sir Isaac
Newton and Johann Friedrich Carl Gauss
as the three leading mathematicians of
all time.
Evening star., 1941-11-13

sia is draining Siberia of reserves to
meet the German menace. America
is getting more involved on the At
lantic. Such factors may offset the
steady drain on Japanese economy
produced by Anglo-American-Dutch
sanctions on trade and raw mate
rialS.
Meanwhile, Japan is immobilizing
the bulk of the American Navy in
the Pacific and is compelling Britain
to concentrate large forces Of air
planes. troops, and ships in the Far
East which could be used to great
advantage in other theaters of war.
The same is true of Russia, which
dareS not weaken it's Siberian garri-
sons beyond a minimum point. Some
military students think that Japan
has thus far acted in full accord
with the wishes Of her Axis partners,
who consider these total immobiliZa-
tiOnS of American, British. and Rus
sian forces of greater benefit to Ger
many and Italy than would Japan's
entry as a belligerent with the risk
of being speedily defeated by those
combined hostile forces, plus the re-
lnfOrced Chinese. 1t is an interest
ing theory, though the course of
events may at any moment change
the equation
In this connection it is interesting
to note that the latest Warlike note
from Toxic is sounded, not by a gen.
eral or admiral, but by the Finance
Minister Okinori Kaya, who has lust
declared publicly that Japan's aim
is to force Britain and the United
States to retreat from East Asia"
and who cites the harm done by eco
nOmlc sanctions as a spur to estab-
llSh Japan's new order in the Far
East immediately
Thus TOkiO'S mixed chorus con-
tlnueS to sing diverse refrains. But
the final tune will be in doubt until
conclusion of the momentous special
meeting of the Diet next Saturday
and the corollary conversations of
Mr.. kuruSu with State Department
officials.
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Government Liability

The Supreme Court decision by
which the Government becomes
liable for State sales and use taxes
applied on defense contracts nego-
tiated on a oSt-pluS- fXed-fee basis
presents a situation that demands
correction. The ruling will cost
S230000 on work already under
contract, according to Justice De-
partment figures, while prospective
cost is estimated at S100,000000
annually. This is an unreasonable
burden when viewed in its proper
light-that is, as a price eXacted
on activities looking to the security
Of the Nation.
The decision, reached unanimously,
came on two cases from Alabama,
where contractors protested the tax
on material for an Army camp. The
tax is borne by the purchaser, and
constitutional exemption was claimed
by contractors and the Govern
ment on the ground that the mate
rial was intended for Federal use,
and that the contractors enjoyed the
status OF Government agents. This
view was taken also by the Alabama
Supreme Court, but on appeal by the
State, the Supreme Court, in an
opinion by Chief Justice Stone, said
that the contractors, and not the
Government, were the purchasers,
and that they did not stand in such
a relationship to the Government as
to permit constitutional immuniza-
ton from the State levy. The fact
that the economic burden of the
tax imposed upon the purchaser
would be shifted to the Government
by reason of it's contract to reim-
burse the contractor" did not alter
the situation. the court said.
The Chief Justice pointed out that
Congress refused last year to enact
legislation that would have conferred
tax-exemption on Government con-
tractors, but the decision did not
attempt to pass on the validity of
such law, explaining that 1--WE are
not now concerned with the extent
and appropriate exercise of the power
Of Congress to free such transactions
from State taxation of individuals in
such circumstances that the eco
nomic burden of the tax is passed on
TO the National Government"
It was an interesting coincidence
that just before the Alabama deci-
sion was handed down, the court
again unanimously-held that Fed
eral Land Banks are exempt from
State sales taxes, blocking an at
tempt by North Dakota to collect
taxes on materials purchased by the
bank at St. Paul to repair property
which 1t had acquired by fore
closure. Trus, the ruling here was
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Smoke-Screen Diplomacy

Although the trend Of Japanese
announcements both official and
in the press, is increasingly militant,
there are still undertones Of reti-
cence and hesitation. The fateful
word certainly has not been spoken.
Winston Churchill's emphatic warn
ing to Japan aroused no tempest
of wrath in Toxic. That versatile
spokesman of the Foreign Office,
Mr. Koh Ishii, smilingly declared it
was Just what he expected the Brit
ish Premier to say and so was not
surprised. In some quarters, Mr.. Ku-
rusu's flying trip to washington is
hopefully commented upon. The cue
seems to be to wait and see what
this very special envoy can do,
Even more enigmatic are the in
tentions of the Japanese armed
forces. The Far East is full of rumors
of japanese troop concentrations in
Manchukuo against Siberia, in Cen
trail China, in Northern Indo-China
for drive on the Burma Road, and
in Southern Indo-China for pressure
on Thailand Yet there have been
no more Russo-Japanese border
clashes, and no actual advances of
japanese troops against the Chinese
of late. The Thai government is
openly nervous and has warned its
people of impending trouble, but the
japanese Minister to Thailand re-
portedly is suggesting demilitarized
zone along the Thai-IndoC China
frontier.
All this implies continuation of
the diplomatic and military smoke
screen tactics which Toxic has been
employing for many months. The
weight of evidence indicates that the
Japanese leaders have made up their
minds what they ultimately intend
to do, and that is to pursue an ag-
gressive foreign policy regardless of
attendant risks. But the aggression
may take various forms and be timed
for the right moment. Japan'S eco
nomic situation is SO bad and is in
evitably getting so much worse that
a mere fence sitting policy cannot
be indefinitely pursued. Yet some
leeway Is still possible before posi-
tive action becomes imperative. Rus
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Fourteenth Cumpuiqn

The annual Community Chest
drive, beginning today, is the four
teenth such effort in behalf of the
voluntary institutions of charity and
social service necessary to the MAIN
tenance of civilized standards of life
in the Nations Capital. For thir-
teen years the money required for
sustaining long list of cooperating
humanitarian agencies has been
raised by direct appeal to the neigh
borlinesS of residents of Washing
ton. There is nothing new in the
method followed with gratifying sue
cess in the past and again adopted
for the present campaign.
But many changes have occurred
since the 1910 solicitation and it is
imperative that they be recognized
and understood by the men and
women now being asked to con-
tribute. The United States currently
is engaged in great defense enter
prise, one of the effects of which has
been large expansion in Govern
ment personnel. 1t commonly is said
that the seat of the Federal admin
istration has become boom town"
and the implications Of that phrase
are that unlimited prosperity has
returned to the District of Columbia.
Increased employment, however,
does not mean decrease in the nat
ural demand for social welfare work.
On the contrary, the arrival Of thou
sands of strangers, consequent over
croWding, stimulated use of existing
facilities, constantly growing educa-
tional and recreational activity, ac-
celerated routineS in hospitals,
clinics, courts, children's homes and
shelters for the aged-all of these
factors add to the complexity and
the urgency of the vast problem
which the Community Chest is ex-
pected to solve.
OF course. the average individual
citizen cannot be familiar with either
the poignancy of human need or the
efficiency of the agencies designed to
meet its challenge The issue, how
ever, is set forth fairly in the PROPOSE
ton: What would any one of us do
if he suddenly were confronted with
the question of how best to give
assistance to a casual acquaintance
taken gravely i'll, WayWard boy who
has blundered into trouble, a girl in
quest of decent living quarters within
her own restricted capacity to pay
a family distracted by disease or
impoverished by the serious injury
of the principal bread -winner?"
Certainly, the whole tremendous
riddle is too intricate and confusing
to be read in all it's details by even
the Wisest, the kindlieSt, the most
sincerely generous bystander. Only
by adequate volunteer support of
the operation of the fifty-nine CO.
operating constituents Of the Com
munity Chest can the growing needs
OF the poor, the sick, the friendless,
the very old and the very young be
met. The national defense endeavor
may be putting wages into pockets
which had been empty, but it has
mott cannot-accomplish the cor
rection of every social i'll, every
anxiety, every pathetic hope unSatiS-
fed.
A total of two million dollars is the
goal of the fourteenth Community
Chest campaign, and the prayer of
every resident of Washington should
be that it will be oversubscribed.
During the critical year of 1912 the
Nations Capital will require its home
front secure, the morale Of its people
lifted to the maximum height.
Evening star., 1941-11-13

based on the etax-exemption clause of
the law creating the lending agency
and the well-established principle
that Congress was within its rights
in enacting such law, but it is an
incongruity, nevertheless, that finds
the Government pursuing different
policies with regard to the same form
of taxation. This incongruity should
be eliminated by congressional action.
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
Bu Frederic J. HdSktn.

A reader can get the anSWer TO any
question OF fact by 1Urittng The Eue.
nina Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HaSkin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the salary of Leon Hem
derson?-D. G. H.
A. As director of civilian supplies his
salary is 1000 a year.
O How many cameras are used by
amateur photographers?-W. R. H.
A. 1t is conservatively estimated that
there are 100000 900 cameras in use by
amateurs in the United States.
@. What Government building IN
Washington is inscribed with the Shake
spearean quotation, What is past IS
prologue" &c. J.H
A. These words are on the National
Archives Building.
O. When did the Army Air Forces
start taking enlisted men as flying stu
dentS?-J. F.. B.
A. The first full class of enlisted fly
ing students IN the history OF the Army
All Forces began flight training on Au-
gust %, l94l When they have won their
wings, they will fly as noncommissioned
officers.
@ What is Argentinas most valuable
induStry?-C. G. r.
A The frigorifcos or packing houses.
.11,-
supplying approximately three -fourths
Of the world exports OF chilled beef.
@ What is the name Of Doris Duke
CromWeu'S Hawaiian home2-N. s
A. Her home at Honolulu is called
Shangrl-La.
Evening star., 1941-11-13

With the installation of wood
handicraft in the curriculum OF
Kansas City public schools, fourteen
woman teachers have had to learn
to use hammers. Their principal
difficulty, it is thought, will be that
of learning the correct words to use
when they try to drive a nail and
hit a thumb instead.
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the lrriter, although the use of
q pSeudOHynl tor publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the ri0ht TO edit all letters lcith
q viC3C 10 condensation.
Evening star., 1941-11-13

Everyday Science + ..sTers In
the language OF the lalman hun
dreds of questions about the stars,
the weather. animals, plants the
natural features OF the earth and
the study of the mlnd-the things
the average reader wants 10 know
about the world in which he lives.
You Will find in this helpful 46-
page booklet many fascinating
facts whose existence you have
probably never suspected. There is
a real pleasure in knowing the
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Evening star., 1941-11-13

Oil is now proposed as a base for
the manufacture of explosives. This
reverses It's traditional role Is
soothing medium.
Evening star., 1941-11-13
IndiCtS Sins of SelfishneSS
And Urges strong Measures" in War.

To the Editor o: The s.sr:
II needs to be said over and over again
that greed and self-interest are probably
the chief causes of world troubles today
Because the Germans wanted great
er share of world trade, they engineered
World War No. !.
Because certain American Senators
saw responsibility might cost something,
we were kept from joining the League of
Nations.
Because business came first and hu-
manity last We allowed Japan 10 do her
will in Manchuria and China.
Because peace is more profitable and
pleasant than war. the League and the
United States stood idle during the
slaughter of the EthiopianS.
Because comfort is better than camp
life, the French. British and Russians
permitted the looting of Austria, the
plunder of Czecho-S -Slovakia.
Because salaries and new cars ap-
pealed more to the isolationists tran
the CRYING woes of humanity, the United
States watched Poles massaCred and
saw the British and French bestir them
selves TO aid, but never moved a ship.
Because the fostering of labor unlon-
ism and radical social experiments prom
ise fat political plums and financial gain
thereby. elected American leaders in
the highest places gamble with defense
preparations and thus hazard our very
existence as a Nation.
Because union leaders find the check
of a profitable and easy source of in
come without working at any useful
trade, they sabotage the work which is
meant to free the prisoners, take food to
the hungry, liberate the oppressed, heal
the manned and bring peace again to
a suffering world
May God punish this greediness, this
colossal sin of self-interest.
Let us get on with the war. What
a shame that our sailors must feel that
they risk their lives only for the Presl-
dent and the Secretary of the Navyl
Let us give them the satisfaction of
knowing that, If they must die. they
die for the whole people who want
strong measures in the name Of ilu-
manity. RICHARD L. FEIDMAN.
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Calls for Demonstration
OF Democracy by Vote.

To the Editor of The Star.
If we really have democracy In the
United States let us demonstrate it to
the world. Let us have referendum to
determine If the citizens are In favor OF
entry into World War II.
JIM. COOvER.
Evening star., 1941-11-13

The Associated Press IS exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication OF all news dispatches
credited to II or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights OF publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1941-11-13

Will, dated February 18, 1900 which dis
tributed The remaining parcels of Pleas
ant Hills and Mount Pleasure.
The Rev. Mr.. Breckenridge his wife
and their daughter Mary are buried in
a family plot surrounded by low con-
crete fence with iron gate, located in the
Soldiers Home property a few hundred
feet from the road opposite the dairy. 1t
is supposed to be located on that part
OF the property inherited by them under
the provisions OF the joint Will aforesaid,
WILLIAM LaRUE WHITE.
Evening star., 1941-11-13
Rate by Mail-PayabIe in Advance.
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post office.
WASHINGTON D C.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-16
Fewer Men Out
OF Work; Less Poid
Benefits


HELENA.-With only few more
than 400 unemployed workers
drawing weekly benefits, unem-
ployed compensation payments in
September were the lowest for any
full month since the plan was in
augurated, Barclay Craighead,
chairman of the Unemployment
Compensation Commission, an
nounced today. Payments for the
month amounted to $67,783, COM
pared to $86,547 in August and
$128,323.l5 in September Of 1910.
Only 753 new claimants filed for
compensation during the past
month. OF these, 1903 we're declared
ineligible for benefits and the claims
of $50 were allowed. Benefit pay
ments for the first three months
of the present fiscal year, beginning
July |, amounted to SITS, 825 as COM
pared to $437, 1888 for the first
three months of the previous year
With the approach of the winter
season, a decided increase in COM
pensation claims is to be expected,
said Mr.. Craighead.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-16

friends who gathered to wish them
happiness in their new home in the
Flathead. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Rhodes have lived here all of their
lives and have made many friends
who regret their leaving. Mr..
Rhodes has clerked in local stores
beginning with the A. M. Mikalson
store, later with A. Y. Lindsey, then
]. H. Garner and for the past sew
eral years he has been at the Mon
tana Market. Mrs. Rhodes has been
part time clerk at the Market for
several years also. The Rhodes fam
lily have purchased farm in Flat
head valley on which they expect
to make their permanent home.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. c. F
Dierman was hostess at dinner in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Rhodes
and sons. j. H. Garner was also
guest.
On the previous Thursday even
ing Mrs. Fred johnson was hostess
at an inpromptu party honoring
Mrs Rhodes.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-16
Farewell Dance for Departing
Family

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Rhodes and
sons were rendered a farewell dane
ing party at the CYO hall on Sat
urday evening by their many
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-16
EUREKA


Three carloads Of women attend
ed the day session Of the Flathead
Baptist Association annual meeting
in Whitefish on Monday. In the
evening three carloads Of young peo-
pie wsnt down and had charge Of
the ses6aen. The Rev. c. H. Davis
preached the association sermon.
Mrs. Lima Clark was reelected lit
erature director; Mrs. r. Garrison,
student counselor director; Mrs. c.
H. Davis, vice-president; Mrs.
Ralph Cole, missionary education
reading program director. DR.. Foote,
a returned missionary from Japan,
who spoke at the local church on
Sunday morning, was speaker at
the meeting. DR.. Foote, a former
Montana resident, spent % years
in Japan and says he finds it diff
ficult to speak in English as his
thinking is done in Japanese terms
and he often has to interpret be-
fore uttering the words. The AS
sociation viii meet in Eureka next
year.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-16
Halloween Bridge Parties

Mrs. C. A. Clark was hostess on
Wednesday evening at two tables
of bridge with favors and lunch IN
Halloween motif. Guests were,
Mesdames E. E. Price, l.. A. Riley
]. H. Sailing, r. M. Sherman. V. A.
Peltier, F. E. Sabin and Miss Ger
trude Dumbolten. Mrs. Sherman
captured both the travelling and
high score prizes.
On Friday evening Mrs. Clark
was again hostess at two tables Of
bridge with the following guests,
Mesdames Marie Mosby, Ethel Long
John Cada, Dode Baeman, Mabel
Bettes, M. A. Hunsinger and Cora
Waller. Mrs. Baeman won the ira
yelling prize and Mrs. Belts high
score.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-16
Red Cross Garments Now Ready
for Sewing

Mrs. John Morgan, chairman Of
Eureka Chapter of the Red Cross,
has been busy for several weeks
cutting out garments for local or
CARNATIONS to sew. She has cut out
IS operating gowns, IL hospital bed
shirts, 81 hospital pajamas, "a cot
ton girls dresses, Is women's wool
dresses, 81 baby caps, 38 baby robes.
In addition to this Mrs. Cora Wal
Ter and Mrs. Kenneth Chrisison have
cut out 20 complete layettes. This
enormous amount of work done by
these three women hghtens the bur-
den of the organization and it is
hoped all garments will be returned
ready for packing by December lst
Eighty-five pounds of yarn is also
on hand for knitters.