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Evening star., 1941-05-23

After the mildly absurd thunderstorm
the other morning 1t didn't even
thunder over your way-a turtle dove
came poking through the east gate.
The overcast sky, the sultry atmos-
phere, the wet grass, all combined to
give added coloring to the dove
According to all the colored portraits
of the extinct passenger pigeon, that
bird was merely large edition Of our
present turtle, mourning or Carolina
dove.
This specimen which came under the
gate was high-ighted, as it were. by the
storm, but all of them are beauties.
Sometimes the individual watcher
must see them for long time before he
realizes this, before he actually sees the
beauty in the bird.
The dove stands out best, we believe,
when alone.
Some persons are fortunate enough
to have many doves at once, but most of
us in the suburban areas must be con-
tent with one or two pairs.
The way they glide through the grass
is interesting. They resemble gray
battleships. If the grass is even two
inches tall, the doves legs are hidden,
so that they just seem to glide along.
1t is the individual dove, though, with
which the observer must fall in love, or
whatever the emotion is with which one
admires doves.
We will never forget that snowy win
ter morning when we first really saw
what beautiful bird this is.
There is locust tree close to window,
and on this tree there is branch.
This branch is broken off. 1t is about
two feet long, thick and jagged
In the cold, it was practically black.
The dove was perched on the top of this
branch, and this top portion was coated
with ice. 1t was this contrast between
the lower, or black half, and the upper,
or icy-gray half, which called particular
attention to the bird. 1t is always these
unexpected contrasts which offset
beauty.
The dove was hanging on for dear life,
not that he was in any danger Of slip
ping For all his thick body, he is as
careful and graceful bird as there is.
He is somewhat clumsy on the ground,
and even his take-off seems heavy, ac-
companied by a whistling sound made
by the wings. This whistling is much
higher pitched than the similar noise
made when pigeons take off.
Once you have heard the whistle of
the doves wings. you can never mistake
it for the sound made by any other bird.
The cold morning, the half-black
bough, the jagged broken-off end
These combined to make the dove
stand out. showing instantly, as if by
flashlight, the beautiful combnatio
of pink, gray, and soft brown which it
possessed.
1t was impossible thereafter to look
upon dove as just bird. That is the
way persons who shoot them must feel,
that they are lust birds" 1t is only
after you receive the revelation of the
Evening star., 1941-05-23
REFUGEES in Dancer

At public meeting to be held at
the Shoreham Hotel on Sunday eve
ming the plight of the anti-Nazi
refugees now detained in unoccu-
pied France is to be discussed by
panel of distinguished men and
women. Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. IckeS is to be chairman
and the speakers will include
Princess Paul Sapieha, Genevieve
Tabouis, Count Carlo Sforza, DR..
Frank Kingdom, Edgar Ansel MoWrer
and William Shirer.
The particular occasion for such
q gathering to such a purpose at the
present time is furnished by the
pressure which Germany is known
to be exerting upon the government
headed by Marshal Petain. Under
the terms of Article 19 of the armi-
stice agreement of June %, 1910, the
Vichy regime covenants to deliver
to the GeStapo any individual ac-
cused of political conformity
whose surrender may be demanded.
The meaning of this stipulation IS
clear. It's connotations are those of
terror.
But, perhaps because of the poten-
tial dishonor involved, the Petain
government avoided fulfillment of
the refugee pledge for many months.
Recently, however, Nazi domination
Of Vichy has been increased in COM
pulsive insistency. One result of the
present coercion is that more than
five hundred helpless men and wom-
en- wanted by Hitler are in peril OF
arrest and extradition. These un-
fortnates are persons of better than
average eminence. Among them are
scholars, writer's, artists, teachers
intellectual people qualified to enrich
any civilized community to which
they might be admitted. 1t is largely
because of their cultural attainmentS
that they have been prosecuted.
Their spiritual integrity has been
their crime" their loyalty to their
philosophic convictions the principal
provocation of their danger.
To save sor&e, if not all, Of those
Evening star., 1941-05-23

@. Is the per capita income higher in
the North than in the South?-T. H
A. Although according to the latest
figures the per capita income of the en-
tire United States was s536, the Souths
per capita income was S3l4
@. What does the figure on the food
stamp depict?-D. L.
A. The figure on the food stamp repre-
sents Liberty.
@. Does the Big Dipper move?-
c. L. D.
A. The Big Dipper apparently moves
in circle around the Pole Star once in
every % hours 56 minutes.
c. From what college did Attorney
General Jackson receive his law de-
gree?-O. H. H.
A. The Attorney General has no Law
degree. He completed his course at the
Albany IN " Law School in one year
A degree was denied him because Of
requirement that at least two years be
devoted to acquiring an Ii. B. He
began the practice of law.
G. What is the Defense Plant Corpora
tion?-D. T.
A. It is a Government corporation,
created in August, 1910. which can, if
necessary, build and operate munition
plants and manufacture arms. 1t could
build warships.
@. Since when has the Federal income
tax law applied to State employes7-
T D.
A. The Public Salary Tax Act Of 1889
subjects the compensation of all State
and local officers and employees to the
Federal income tax.
O. What are Magellanic cloudsP-
N M
A. They are not clouds in the usual
sense of the term but nebulous star
clusters, parts of the Milky Way, and
were named for Magellan, who observed
them while circumnavigating the globe.
@. How do naval disasters of the pres
ent war compare with those of the first
World War?-R. C. E.
A. So far as naval engagements are
concerned, they are less spectacular.
Nothing has occurred TO compare with
the sinking of the three British cruisers.
AbOukir, Hogue and CreSSy with l,400
lost, in 1914, all in 80 minutes by a single
German submarine, the U-9.
@. Who used the expression, He who
dallies is a bastard and he who doubts
is damned?"-W. N. S.
A. This expression is attributed to
George McDuff1e of South Carolina. 1t
was quoted by James Hamilton, former
Governor and by the late Col. Henry
Watterson of Kentucky.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Comments on News Reports
Concerning French Literary Man.
Tn the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In its issue of May 19 The Star printed
two widely separated but related news
items that particularly interested me.
In one section there was photo of
quartet of comely maids, with the legend
that they were to serve as aides at
forthcoming lecture by the noted
Frenchman Andre Maurois, for the bene
fit of the French prisoners of war. An
other section contained an Associated
Press release from Vichy dated May 10,
that the Hitlerized misgovernment dom
mated by Gen. Petain had issued yet
another decree "Aryanizing" some 256
additional Jewish business establish
ments, with the additional information:
Included In the latest action were two
businesses, q dyeing house and textile
mill owned by the widely known French
writer, Andre Maurois, who is now In
the United States"
If further information were needed to
establish the fact of the complete moral
bankruptcy of France, such items effec-
lively do the trick.
sAAL. eALOMAN.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Milk for q Penny

In eight cities school children now
enjoy the benefits of a program
worked out by the Agriculture De-
partment which gives them milk for
a penny a glass. In some OF those
cities private or public agencies buy
the milk for the children. In New
York 100000 children each drink one
glass, half a pint day under the
one-cent program, or in all, 100000
quarts a day in 400 schools. The Sur
plus Marketing Administration OF the
Agriculture Department is anxious
TO have this program operating in
as many cities as possible by the
time the next school year opens, in
September. This is an opportunity
for Washington, which has been
alive always to the possibilities
offered it for sociological advance
ment under various phases of the
Roosevelt administrations surplus
food disposal program.
Washington now has as ambitious
q school milk program as any city
in the country which is not bene-
fitted by the new one-cent program.
The Board of Public Welfare gives
needy school children 5000 half pintS
OF milk day at noon. At 1890 am.
the school children drink between
5000 and 10000 half pintS of milk
which are paid for by the children'S
parents. In the junior high schools
the children consume from 10000
to 1000 half pintS a day. This
makes the average daily school con-
sumption of milk about 10000 half
pints or $500 quarts. This is a
large quantity S milk, but it is only
about rs per cent Of the New York
City school consumption, while the
Districts population is about 12.5
per cent of New YOrk'S. The Surplus
Marketing Administration, whose
purpose is to increase the cOnSump-
ton of surplus farm products, intro
duceS the One-cent program only
where it thinks that the program
will increase the consumption of milk
and thereby help the producers, the
farmers. The increase in New York
City among the children benefited
has been 500 per cent. Despite the
seeming large quantity of milk con-
sumed already by the school chill
dren, the prospect for a large
increase here is almost equally
favorable.
Several weeks ago Superintendent
of Schools Ballou requested informa-
tion on this new one-cent milk pro-
gram Washington already has a
surplus milk problem, which is a basic
condition for introduction of the
one-cent program. 1t is to be as
sumed that the school authorities
and the Board of Public Welfare will
make formal application to the
Surplus Marketing Administration
for introduction of the program
here.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

mouthed greeting seems to ring across
the Arctic
1t is not possible that person chosen
by a member of the cabinet of the
President of the United States might be
a loyal citizen and we'll fitted to do her
job. even if she were capable of en-
thuSiasm for pioneers?
INEZ WIGGINS.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Lily Pads
I kno1D a place phere ,Ddi

I knoD place Uhere tUdter- lilies
gro1U,
White as s11otU
With hearts OF gold When they
unfold.
While mother gathers lilies
match the butterflies and bees;
Striped gold and black
With honey-pack for ,Ointer'S teas,
ANght upon the lily pads.
They seem so glad to find a place
to stop.
And tired ones that sometimes drop
Into the 1OdterS of the lake
Like to find place to Shaks
And dry their tDingS, such dainty
things!
Mother loUeS the lilies best
But to me it seems that the round
green pads
GiUe more to please.
They make such splendid dtrporta
For the butterflies and bees.
ELIZABETH HARTMAN.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Expresses Thanks for Support
OF YugOsIav Benefit Tea.

To the Editor of The Star
In behalf of friends of stricken Yugo-
slavia and all Washingtonians of South
Slavic extraction, we wish to thank you
sir, for the generous amount of space
given by The Star to the recent Yugo-
slav benefit tea, which was both colorful
and successful.
The handsome contributions of diplo-
matte, official and residential society
will help replenish funds of the Amer
lean Red Cross for Yugoslav relief in
War-tOrn zones
MOLLY MALISH, Secretary,
Yugoslavic American Association.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Wants To Shorten Slogan
By Elimination of One Word.

To the Editor of The Star:
The paramount issue of today. indeed
the burning question in everyone S
mind, Is not whether but when we are
going to enter this war If there were
only ten steps between us and the Euro
pean battle zone, We already have taken
nine of them
Hitler and his subservient allies are
hoping against hope to prevent or, at
least, to delay as much as possible our
joining Great Britain's fight against
them. 1t is for this very reason, if
for nothing else, that Uncle Sam should
make it clear to aggressors everywhere
and our appeasers here-that the
present motto of "aid-short of war"
may soon be short of the word short"
AN OBSERVER.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

refugees who are most likely to be
sought by the Gestapo is the OBJ
jective of the Emergency Rescue
Committee, a volunteer group which
is sponsoring, in the authentic Amer
lean tradition, the meeting on Sunday
evening, for the consideration of a
problem which friends of freedom
must agree is poignant in its implica-
tions and urgent in it's immediacy.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Suggests Straw Vote
On staggered" Pay Days.

Some people are never satisfied. Take,
for example, the local bigwigs of Wash
ington's business world who want to
"stagger" the Federal pay roll
Unfortunately we, the Federal en-
ployes, are unable to walk away. We
must take it on the nose. We have an
idea, however, that there are some cities
that would be glad to have half million
dollar pay roll coming into their Golfers
each month regardless of circumstance
We have our budgets all made for first
and fifteenth of the month pay days
Who would tide us through the lean days
that would be forced upon us? At any
rate, how about giving us just wee bit
Of consideration in the matter? How
about taking a straw vote?
r. H. JASPER.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

no more than a weakening of the
Axis position, it would be worth
while. Actually, 1t holds prom
ise of much more-the development
of increased transportation designed
to serve American needs, not those
Of foreign elements; the fostering Of
American business throughout the
hemisphere and the creation Of a
growing market for American air
craft in the days beyond the emer-
gency, when competition may be
fiercer than any yet known.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

1t appears from recent news
stories that we still have "technoc-
racy" lingering around here and
there. One comes across it occa-
sionally, just as one does a Willkie
campaign button.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Veteran of 1917 Declares
He Is Willing to Line Up" Again.
w. - MILL n mi. cI-

To the Editor OF The Star.
Twenty-four years ago on May 27, 26
men were lined up at Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania Avenue and were given
25 flags. They then were marched to
the Washington Monument grounds.
where Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels made a speech. That night
they sailed down the Potomac on the
Southland to Norfolk, where they were
trained for the Navy.
I am sure We would all be glad to line
up and do our part again.
Dahlgren, Va. j. F. SUTTLE.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

Humans are supposed to have more
intelligence than animals, but who
ever heard of a captured mouse will
ing to collaborate with cat in it's
own further destruction?
Evening star., 1941-05-23

Manufacturers must have sound
faith in the future of our country.
They are making more and more
gadgets for which a shiny dime is the
ideal screwdriver.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

EverybOdy's Song Book - Here
are 205 of the songs We all love TO
sing, expertly compiled for voice
and piano with both words and
music. The most complete collec-
ton of the old favorites obtain
able today in a popular edition.
Bound in durable paper-fully in
deXed. To secure your copy in
close 20 cents in coin. wrapped in
this clipping, and mail to The
Star Information Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1941-05-23

Pity the poor photographer.
Whether his work is good or other
wise, the answer is always in the
negative.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

There has never yet been a sincere
jurisdictional dispute in the union Of
matrimony for the privilege of wash
ing the dishes.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
EDWARD CONN.
Asks About Enthusiasm for Pioneers as
Handicaps for Government Employment.

To the Editor of The Star:
What would happen to our democratic
institutions if all of our organizations
throughout the country conducted buSi-
ness in the superficial way revealed by
pages 4162-3 of the Congressional Record
for May IA? The vote was "a to 49 for
action depriving an American citizen
and Government employe of a salary
designated for her as an Investigator in
Alaska. and apparently meant also to
deprive her of public respect. Although
her book on Russia was available and
evidence of her diSloyalty to America
was demanded, the only proof offered
was the last paragraph, which the reader
of 1t said was enough for him: But I
know that some day shall go back and
bathe again in the YeniSei at Molokov
Island, take midnight walks in Igarka,
work with the newspaper people and
pioneers. get up at dawn at polar
station, swim in the Arctic Ocean, and
rush back to q steaming breakfast
shouting Zdravstvuitye' until that full
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Expresses Pleasure
In Home Town Pictures.

To the Editor of The Star
I just want to tell you how much I
enjoyed the gravure section of The
Sunday Star for May 49, with the two
pages on Jefferson, Md. The reason
being that was born In that little town
48 years ago.
PAGE NICK. ETCHISON.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Letters to the Editor

Letters TO the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
q pSeudonyn1 for publication is
permissible The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
U1elO to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

Q. What Is the area OF occupied
France?-L. l.
A. The area of occupied France Is
il70O0 square miles, about So per cent
of the total area of the country. France
is smaller than the State of Texas.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

@. Are gibbons ever born in captiv-
ity?-F. r. E.
A. So far as we know, only four gibbon
babies have ever been born on United
States soil. Two of these died very
young. One was born in Puerto Rico
last January. The only other one known
to be alive is in the Philadelphia Zoo.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Argues for Repeal of Neutrality Act
And Urges "ForcefuI Measures" Instead

To the Editor of The Star:
Extension by Germany of her oceanic
piratical war zone, in which enemy and
neutral craft illegally are to be an
initiated, is only partially and i'm
perfectly met by the employment OF our
feet to protect, to the degree that Con-
gress will permit, territories, immunity
and commerce of this hemisphere.
Americas neutrality law, the main
tenance of which contributed most ma
terially to the existing war situation,
comprised a surrender to Germany's
lawless pretensions, makes the position
of the United States ambiguous and is
q positive obstruction to our Govern
ment in confronting the German chal-
lenge. Our position in law, by reason
of that statute, is too nebulous to admit
of a comprehensive definition. The
repeal of the Neutrality Act would be the
logical requirement to unshackle the
Government and end the pretense that
the war conducted by Germany is legal.
Defeat of Germany and the restora-
ton to wronged nations Of their inde-
pendence can be assured only when
Germany's naval force is eXterminated
and her air arm demolished Americas
contribution to the suppression of Ger
many in the universal interest may be
unequal to these ends unless we engage
our feet now in defense of the law and
the society of nations, an action which
might obviate the employment of our
Army later.
The incompletely explored laws of the
land suggest possibilities for forceful
measures against Germany that the
Government may take by reasonable
Interpretation of them. Near the end OF
the 18th century, Congress enacted a
law which empowers the Government to
employ the Navy, the militia and the
Army against foreign vessels of war that
resist the process of an American court.
This law, construed in the light of the
constitutional provision against piracy
and offenses against the law of nations,
would justify the employment of our
public forces against the German
violaters of the law of nations, the pro-
lection of which by the Government our
fundamental law commands.
EDWARD CONN.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited in THIS
paper and also the local news published hersi1
All rights Of publication OF special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1941-05-23

@. What does the check-off system
mean2-B. I. P.
A. Under the check-off system the
employer agrees to deduct dues for the
union from the workers pay checks
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the ansUer to any
question OF fact by iOrtttrg The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HdSkin, director, Washington.
d. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

@. Has every war in which the United
States has been engaged begun in
April?-T. P.
A. The War of 1912 is the only war
in which the United States has been
engaged that did not begin in the month
of April.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-clasS matter post ONCE.
Washington. u. 9.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

PAGE NICK. ETCHISON.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

@. Did President Theodore Roosevelt
make speech in which he said that
there was no room in the United States
for man-Americans?-M D.
A. In speech in St. Louis In 1916
former President Roosevelt declared that
there was no room in the United States
for German-A Americans or Irish-Amer-
leans or any other hyphenated Amer
leans, but room only for those who were
Americans and nothing else. AS early
as 1890 he had given utterance to much
the same sentiment.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

@. What is the oldest organized COL
lege sport?-B. c. S.
A. Rowing is the oldest Of organizcd
college sports. oxford and Cambridge
have competed in annual contests since
l841.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-11-20
Francis A. Hutchinson

Francis Augustus Hutchinson, SO,
farmer and lifelong resident of
Montgomery County, died at his
home in Colesville, November Is,
after several months illness.
He is survived by four daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Bernard Heating, TAX
oma Park, and Mrs. George Hous-
ton, Miss Katherine Hutchinson and
Miss Louise Hutchinson, of Coles
vile; three sons, Culver, John N.
and Francis A. Hutchinson, Jr., all
of Colesville; two sisters, Mrs.
John Schrider and Mrs. Mary
Schrider, both of Silver Spring,
and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
1000 A. M. November 1S at St.
Johns Catholic Church, Forest
Glen, with burial in the church
cemetery.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-11-20
Using Up The Left Over
From Thanksgiving Dinner

, DRESSING: Make dressing into
cakes, dust with flour and fry until
brown. Serve with cranberry jelly
or with leftover giblet gravy.
CRANBERRY COCKTAIL: Add
water to leftover cranberry sauce.
Then add lemon juice and grated
orange rind to suit your taste.
Add more sugar if not sweet
enough. If you like a spicy flavor,
add few cloves and a piece of
cinnamon stick. Strain through a
fine sieve. Chill and serve with a
sprig of mint busted with powder
ed sugar,
CRANBERRY TAPIOCA
q cup graduated tapioca
cups water
u cup sugar
" teaspoon salt
cup cranberry sauce
Combine all the ingredients, ex-
cept the cranberry sauce, and cook
until the tapioca is clear. Then
add the sauce. Stir well and put
into mold to chill. Serve with
cream.
MASHED POTATOES WITH
CHEESE: To 2 cups potatoes, add
u cup grated cheese, beaten egg
salt, pepper, little chopped pars-
ley and 2 tablespoons melted but
ter. Mix we'll together and mold
into balls. Dip into the beaten egg
and bread crumbs and fry in
smoking hot fat or put the potato
mixture into buttered muffin tins
and brown in hot oven.
MASHED POTATO CORN
MUFFINS
l cup mashed potatoes put
through sieve
/ cup milk
/ egg, beaten
] cup corn meal
2 tablespoons melted butter or
other shortening
2 tablespoons sugar
l teaspoon salt
teaspoons baking powder
Beat the mashed potatoes, egg
and milk together. Add the dry in
gradients. Beat well, put in well
CREASED muffin tins, and bake 20
TO 80 minutes.