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Evening star., 1941-01-17
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. Trdce10eH.

ings Of small birds from feeding sta
ton are due to hawk of some sort.
Where before the birds were feeding
happily suddenly there is merely
feeding station, still stocked with food,
but quite deserted.
The difference in the two scenes is
extremely trying to the person who is
interested in the work.
He may not see any signs of hawk,
but the bird of prey may have been
there just the same.
Wintering song birds require longer
time to return after a hawk flies in
than they do from any other cause Of
alarm.
This column, after many years of OBJ
serving both cats and birds, does not
feel that the average house cat is in the
same class with hawks and air rifles,
when it comes to making song birds
leave thriving feeding station.
The cat is a creature with which
most birds can cope, and they all know
it-even the cat knows it.
IL 10 oCiNOHI Cildb a IslG OoAl AilohC a
successful raid on birds in winter, when
the shrubbery is bare.
The constant fiutter of wings at any
active feeding board is disconcerting to
cat tactics, in that the birds themselves
are constantly on the CO. and looking
in all directions. In this way some one
bird is sure to spot cat before it gets
within striking distance, and this song
ster Immediately gives the alarm.
The whirr of many score wings, leav-
ing the ground, is sure to cause any cat
to lose its desire for bird meal.
So thoroughly grounded in such tao
tics are all birds that commonly they
all whirl up from a feeding station at
fixed intervals just in case.
We have seen this happen hundreds
| of times, when there was absolutely no
reason for alarm.
The only explanation is that birds are
| not fools, and realize the value of some
expedient which will guard them against
a hidden enemy.
English sparrows, in particular, by
reason of their hard school Of expert
ence, are we'll trained in protecting
| themselves and other birds in this way
1t is for this reason that these little
| ragamuffins deserve to be welcomed to
all feeding stations where feeding il
carried on in an intensive form. While
one of their numbers may be sacrificed
now and then, to hawk, in the country
| or suburbs, as a general proposition
their somewhat jittery activities tend tt
protect all the feeding birds from
enemies of all kinds.
If birds suddenly and completely dis
appear from a feeding ground in home
/ garden, it is a good plan to look quietly
over the neighborhood.
| If nothing is found, it must be remem-
| bered that the songsters are not gluec
to any one feeding place. Maybe fol
reasons best known to themselves they
are trying out another feeding station
! in the vicinity.
Keep the feeders well stocked, and
tomorrow the birds probably will be
! back, as happy and hungry as ever.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

One of the most disconcerting features
of regular feeding of the wild birds in
winter is the sudden disappearance Of
all of ones feathered guests for no ap-
parent reason.
Scores of happy birds may have been
present for weeks, consuming daily many
pounds of fresh seed and grains, when
all of sudden, tout a coup, as the
French say, every single bird leaves, not
to return.
Maybe this strange absence continues
for as long as "a or SO hours, seldom
more than 48 hours, but while 1t lasts
it causes much perplexity in at least
one household
There usually is one of two main rea-
sons for this. either there is hawk in
the neighborhood, or an air rifle.
The former takes one bird, and fright
ems all the rest of them away.
The air rife, which no doubt has
done more damage to small boys eyes
than to birds, nevertheless scares the
birds, and most properly.
Even the sound of one will drive COM
pletely out of an entire neighborhood all
the wintering birds which have been
feeding in it.
The honest bird feeder, who feels that
he is doing good deed in naughty
world, as Shakespeare phrased it, will
naturally be disconnected.
He feels that his activities not only
help the birds in their direst need, but
also help every garden in community
Birds made to feel at home in a
neighborhood in winter naturally re-
main in larger numbers in the spring
and summer and help clean up many
pounds of weed seed and untold num-
bers of insect pests.
Everybody in a neighborhood benefits
from the activities of the person who
consistently feeds the birds all winter.
The danger of air rifles to small hu'
man eyes is so we'll known that it may
be felt that even the most careless elder
in time will minimize or even end the
use of these weapons whose deceptive
branding as toys, in the popular mind
tends to hide their true character.
In the meantime, there will be somt
incursions, with resulting fears among
the birds, and their quick disappearance
from thriving bird restaurant.
No doubt the songsters show divine
common sense in this fear of guns Of
any type. Long years, even centuries
now, have caused the sharp report Of
any sort of gun to cause them to fly
away from where they are.
The sport of shooting game birds, as
they are called, is based on this deslr'
of the birds to flee, and while it alsc
causes some of them to lose their lives
in the main it saves the flock.
A hawk in a neighborhood, even If il
does not strike, will make small bird!
disappear so rapidly that they almos
seem to melt.
Most of the extremely rapid vanish
Evening star., 1941-01-17
The Administrations Case

Administration SpokeSmen are pre-
Senting logical and convincing argu-
ments in support of the far-reaching
lend-lease bill for aid to Britain and
American defense. Following closely
on Secretary of State Hull's grim
description of the world crisis which
makes necessary the extraordinary.
grant of presidential powers pro-
vided in the bill, Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau and Secretary
of War StimSon have added cogent
testimony to the administrations
case, now being weighed before the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
1t was very remarkable fiscal
statement which Mr.. Morgenthau
presented to the committee, with the
consent of the British government.
For the first time in the memory of
foreign affairs experts, perhaps for
the first time in history, foreign
government has laid bare to the Ma
tional Legislature of another power
it's innermoSt financial SecretS-and
at time when its economic status
is matter of considerable interest
to its mortal enemies. The British
balance sheet" which Mr.. Morgen-
thau disclosed to surprised commit
tee members was disturbing in the
extreme. 1t showed that while the
British have sufficient dollar assets
to pay for all arms orders now placed
in the United States, they have about
reached the limit of those assets.
when it comes to finding dollars for
anything like what they need" said
the Treasury Secretary, they just
haven't got them" But since it is
agreed by the majority of Americans
that our own security requires con-
tinuing flow of war materials to
Nazi-defying Britain, it is obvious
that lack of dollars must not be per-
mitted to interrupt or impede the
aid which she needs to hold the fort.
The lend-lease bill provides way to
insure continuance of the flow.
Secretary Sti1nson properly stress
ed a point that has been quite
generally overlooked with respect to
the bill. Replying to allegations that
the measure calls for a surrender of
American rights to foreign interests,
Mr.. StimSon asserted that, on the
contrary, the proposed grant of wide
defense powers to the President
would enable him to bring under
executive control all negotiations
from any source for the output Of
American arms factories. AS things
are now, foreign powers are free to
make their own deals with private
manufacturers. Since the outbreak
of the European war there have been
approximately a dozen different pur-
chasing commissions engaged in buy
ing materiel for foreign governments.
This has resulted at times in unde-
sirable competition among the COM
missions, in confusion among manu-
facturers and in wasteful distribu-
ton of orders. The time has come
to take stock of all our defense pro-
duction resources and to coordinate
them into a smoothly functioning
total defense" establishment. The
pending bill would pave the way for
the President to accomplish this with
minimum dislocation of our econ
omy and with a maximum improve
ment in productive efficiency.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

restless temperament of those people and
of their slightly weakened economy.
Furthermore, this is an internal ques-
ton which is of less interest to us than
the question of inter-American policy.
Therefore, I believe that, instead of eX-
hibiting an undeniable literary talent
in said descriptions, which while at
tempting to please the reader do not
entail any beneficial results, our duty
would appear to be: In the first place,
insofar as the economic situation is
concerned. to make every possible effort
to help Paraguay get back on its feet,
and, in the second place, to applaud the
inter-American good will policy of
Paraguay F. METER.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

Could the silken- -couched cocoon
Know how soon
She would rise, floating moon7
Could the winter buried seed
Deeply feed
On the thought that, bloom or weed,
In a time
Round as rhyme
She would climb the mole-path stair
Out to sunshine,
Up to air2
VIRGINIA SCOTT MINER.
Evening star., 1941-01-17
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the Driter, although the use OF
pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
Uie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-01-17
Wants Scott Circle Tunnel
tn "FolIoW, Massachusetts, Avenue

10 r OllOW MdSSdcHuScttS AVENUE.
To the Editor of The Star:
AS Washington motorist who passes
Scott Circle several times daily, 1 wish
to voice my opinion of the terrible
blunder that is being made in construct
ing the proposed underpass in line with
Sixteenth street instead Of Massachusetts,
avenue.
I am fully aware that more trees would
have to be cut down, but something
should be done Immediately to correct
this mistake so that the underpass will
continue on Massachusetts, avenue.
I believe the original plan calls for an
underpass at Dupont Circle soon after
the completion of the Scott Circle under
pass. If the underpass at Dupont Circle
is constructed on Massachusetts, avenue
and under Connecticut avenue how
utterly ridiculous and wasteful of money
it would be to go ahead with present
plans. Eventually Scott Circle would
have to be changed to conform with the
other circles.
I think a new study should be made
in hope of saving the taxpayers of Wash
ington an added expense in the years to
come. If a few Congressman and
Senators were to voice their opinion as
Mr.. Rich of Pennsylvania did, the Dis
trict Commissioners might realize their
mistake.
Personally, I do not feel qualified to
give an opinion from an engineering
point of view, but as motoriSt who has
been using this circle almost every day
for the past IS years, to construct all
three circles in line with Massachusetts
avenue would solve the biggest traffic
problem in the Northwest section of
Washington. HERMAN J. LIGHTLY.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication of all news dispa tches
credited to 1t not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights Of publication OF special dispatches
herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1941-01-17
Practical NeedIework
Illustrated Instructions

A revival of interest in all the needle
crafts is under way. The war has started
women to knitting again. Our booklet
on NEEDLEWORK describes the funda-
mental operations of knitting, crocheting,
embroidery and decorative sewing. They
are simple, and the novice can learn
them easily. Many Illustrations are in
cluded to make the directions clear. Once
these fundamentals are mastered, the
whole field of needlecraft lies open to you.
Use your leisure time to advantage. To
secure your copy of this booklet, inclose
10 cents in coin, wrapped in this clipping.
and mail to The Star Information
Bureau.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

@. Does Florida still have gross
sales tax?-M. A.
A. The gross sales tax was repealed
in Florida in 1887.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

Suggests Removal
OF Corner Blind Spots"
To the Editor of The Star:
Women's garden clubs can aid the city
in reducing the number of traffic deaths
by following the Dallas (Tex) plan of
city and property owners cooperation
in relandscaping corner "blind spots"
and thus removing one cause of many
accidents. Every neighborhood has
dozens of such obstacles which could be
removed at small expense. q. K. e.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

@. How many fatal accidents were
caused by railroad grade crossings last
year?-L. j. A.
A. In the first 10 months of 1910
there were l,4l9 fatalities resulting from
highway-railroad grade crossing acci-
dents.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

A reader can get the dnst0er to any
question OF fact by tOrtting The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HaSkin, director, Washington,
DC. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Who are the youngest members Of
Congress?-L. F. H.
A. Representative Hale 9oggs Of Loui-
siana and william Stratton of Illinois,
both 26 years old, are the youngest
members.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

@. Does the President command the
Militia?-W. M K.
A. The President is commander in
chief Of the Militia only when it is called
into actual service of the United States.
Evening star., 1941-01-17
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post office,
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

@. What boundary between countries
is the most traversed?-L. K. D.
A. The international boundary be-
tween the United States and Canada is
the most travelled over in the world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Police Called
In Search for
Leader

State police and the sheriffs Of
flee have been asked to help
search for Earl F.. Dennis. A6, COM
mander Of the Belleville Post No.
132. American Legion. who disap-
peared from his home at 4Sl00
Chase road on May l.
Dennis. who lost one eye in the
World War because of a head in
jury, has been worrying, his wife,
Ruth said, because a physician
informed him he would probably
lose the sight of his other eye.
Mrs. Dennis. a second wife of a
year, and four children. John, Is;
Bion. Ia; Richard. 8. and Bobbie.
6. children by a previous marriage,
are left.
The four children have been
given into the care of the Chill
dren'S Aid Society because Mrs.
Dennis is unable to support them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Hunt for Wife
Ends in Morgue

The three-day search of Loarn
King. 30, of 1905 Fourteenth
street, for his wife-the mother
of three children-ended today at
the County Morgue. There King
identified the body of a woman
who had leaped into the river as
that of his wife, Airline Marie, %.
~ can't understand why she
did It," King said 1.-THE only
thing 1 can think of Is that we
had an argument Monday when
she said she was going to look
for work. / didn't want her to
do II.
"She borrowed some car fare
from Mary Gossett who lives In
the same house and left. She
was angry, but 1 never thought
she'd do anything like that
King went to the morgue after
reading a newspaper description
of a body found in the Detroit
River. The three daughters left
motherless are aged 9, 6 and 2.
King has been working for a con-
struction company until laid off
because of the current truckers
strike.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Set Test 10 Ease
Isle BottIene(k

An experiment in easing the
chronic hardening of the traffic
arteries suffered each Sunday
evening at the Belle Isle Bridge
approach will be conducted this
Sunday. City Traffic Engineer
d. Grant Mickle tolo Common
Council today.
Grand boulevard bound traffic
off the island will be directed
into the underpass beneath East
jefferson avenue, while right and
left-turn traffic off the island will
take the east lane around the
underpass, he said.
Island bound traffic will APP
preach the bridge by the west
lane. Traffic light will be
turned off during the experimental
period of from 4 to 6 p. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
WILL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE

The audience WI pledge al
legiancc to he American flag.
This will be followed by a preSen-
tation Of the colors by ROTC
cadets from Cass Technical High
School and conclude with the IA
tional anthem.
Following this program the audi
ence Is invited 70 remain for. a
screening OF a March OF Time
film. Americans All.
Typical of The i Am an Ameri-
can Day obseIVances being staged
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Citizens toHonor
New Citizens
AT Celebration

New citizens of Detroit will be
honored in programs to be held
here Sunday and Monday in ac-
cordance with the Il Am an
American Day resolution of Con-
gress proclaimed by President
Roosevelt.
Sunday is the day officially set
aside by the President for nation
wide ceremonies 10 welcome new
citizens - both those who have
gained citizenship through nat
uralization and by becoming q
years Of age
The Detroit Department OF
Parks and Recreation will present
patriotic program at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday at the Belle Isle Shell
with Circuit Judge Vincent NJ.
Brennan as the speaker.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Christine u Bride
Dodge Heiress' Elopement With BroUn Freshman
Carries Out the Family Tradition

All Mayfair was sgog today over
the surprise elopement OF Chris
tine Cromwell, whose lavish debut
in Detroit last Fall overshadowed
anything seen here in years.
The elopement was consistent
with the habit of the Dodge family
for making surprise headlines. and
the Glamour Deb of l940' is a
Dodge. her mother being Delphine
Dodge before her marriage 10
Christine's father, James H. r
Cromwell. cosmopolitan m n
about town and former minister 10
Canada
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16

staging programs OF their own.
Dearborn opens its program
with a flag raising at 1:30 p. NJ,
Sunday, at the Fordson High
School.
HamtramCk will welcome its 500
newly naturalized citizens and
l ,S08 more persons who have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
WELCOME BY JEFFRIEs

Mayor Edward J. Jcffries Jr.
will welcome those present.
Or. Jay J. Sherman, professor
OF government at Wayne Univer-
Sity. will talk on registration for
voting as the first step in eftec-
tive citizenship
John l.. Zurbrick director Of
immigration and naturalization,
will read The Presidents Il Am
An American Day proclamation.
A newly naturaliZed citizen and
two university students who Just
attained their majority will take
the platform 10 tell what their
new citizenship means 10 them.
Mrs Agatha Jozefowicz is the
naturalized citizen who VIII speak
Miss Sophie AGanoWlC2, OF Wayne
University. and J Donald Nc
MILAN. Of the University Of De-
troit. are the 2l-year-olds on the
program.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Killed by Sleeping Pills

An unidentified man died today
in Receiving Hospital from an
overdose of sleeping tablets in his
rooming house at 446 West Forest
avenue. The proprietor Of the
rooming house, Anthony Nino, said
he a e in two days ago and
rented the room, without giving
his name clearly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16

Beach and maintain a home at
Cohasset. Mass.
The brides paternal grand
mother Is Mrs. Edward r States
bury. whose home al Palm Beach
Is one of the show places of the
South.
Christine is one of the heirs 10
the $4,000. 200 Horace Dodge es-
tate. Her mother is now Mrs. Tim
othy Godde and her father now Is
married TO the former Doris Duke,
richest girl in the world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Fire Sweeps Food Ship

BUENOS A r f. S. May 10
GNSl--A mysterious fire ragged in
the holds OF the 6,500-ton British
merchant steamer ButherShiTc
today shortly before her scheduled
departure for England with a
cargo of food.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
When America Speaks,
The Hills Will Echo
BY BILL CUNNINGHAM

Vermont-after ranging the world
and sizing up the whole show.
That was Dams history.
A dozen other equally happy
looking local burghers seemed 10
have their own. If there are only
just enough of those, we're all
right no matter what makes up.
Maybe that means, If there are
just enough Newport. Vermonts.
This is a great country. after all.
Copyrighted by United Features synd.. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
BRIDE OF 1 DAYS

Eightcen-year-old Christine Is
now Mrs. Frederick Putnam
White. bride of four days of the
2l-year-old son of a retired shoe
manufacturer. The young husband
is freshman at Brown University.
They were married In Elkton.
Md, early Tuesday, after making
a quick decision TO elope while the
pretty. flaShing-eyed post-deb was
a weekend guest at the house Of
the bridegroom's parents. She had
gone 70 Massachusetts from her
homo in Rye, n. Y, for a house
party.
They had been engaged for sew
eral months and a large, fashion
able wedding was in the offing.
probably the chief item on the
Fall social calendar for Palm
Beach where her grandmother
Mrs. Hugh Dillman. maintains a
SumDtuOuS home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16

reached citizenship age with a
parade and program starting at
2:30 p. m. in the Keyworth
Stadium, Sunday.
Highland Parks celebration will
be a program at $50 p. m. Sat
urday. June 7. in the Highland
Park Young Women's Christian
Association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
FERGUSON CHIEF SPEAKER

responsibilities and privileges of
American citizenship will be told
by Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson
as the principal speaker at Mon
day evenings civic celebration in
the Institute Of Arts.
Invitations have been sent 10
some 10000 newly naturalized
citizens 10 participate IN the pro-
gram which will be presided over
by Frank Cody, school superin-
tendcnt.
Music by American composers
Will be PLAYED in a half hour con-
cert by the WPA concert band
which opens the program at 80
p. m. Murdoch Macdonald VIII
conduct.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
MEMBERS OF SMART SET

II was Mrs. Dillman who pre-
Sented the tall, lovely Christine
10 Detroit society last September
at her Swank lake shore mansion
Rose Terrace"
The brldegroom's parents are
members of the select set at Palm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Clio Buys Defense Bonds

Local TIA Of the UAW-CIO has
purchased S37 900 worth of United
States defense bonds, il was an
nounced today by Michael j.
Manning, president. The bonds
will be redeemable in 1851 for
$50 600 Manning said