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Evening star., 1941-03-15


A widespread and rapidly deepening dis
turbance that extends from the Lake region
and Minnesota southwestward TO New Mex
leo and Western Texas has caused precipi-
tation over the greater part OF tnis ares
and in Arizona and Southern Caliiornla'
The lowest sea-leyel pressure at 7;SU am,
Duluth. MINI, and 1907; $ miilibsrs l2S;5e
ance that was of the South ATLANTIC Coast
Friday morning has increased greauy IN
ward with center about 900 miles east OF
about $50 miilibars. 1924 inchssl: The
Atlantic and East Gulf States, Tallahassee;
Fla, 1,024.7 millibars 1925 inchesl. ana
pressure is high also over the Plateau re-
sion, Humboldt, Nev., 1,,021.3 millibars
warmer in the Lake region, the great Cen.
trail valleys. the West Gulf states ana IN
portions Of the Plains states and the Rocky
Mountain region.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac cloudy at Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables.
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Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches IN tn,
Capital (current month to date):
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Foreign statiena
Temperature weather.
Noon. Greenwich time, today
Horta (rayaD, Azores so Cloudy
(Current obssrvltions1
ean Juan. Puerto Rico II CLOUDY
Havana. cuba 41 Cloudy
Evening star., 1941-03-15
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 6S, on March 8.
Lowest, 10, on February 10.

Report for Last "A Hours.
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Geodetic Survey
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
\ SERIAL STORY

THE STORY: No longer popular with teammates, classmates ls star state fOOtballer Pete Laird, pursued by movie actress steph- anle stevens, who is slyly using him for his publicity value. Ills head turned by her attentions, he estranges his college sweetheart, Anne Humphreys, his best friend and captain, George Landers' Couch Dinty Dugan is already worried about team morale when pete and George have a fight over Anne, who has turned to George ln her unhapplness, and Georges shoulder Is injured, forcing him out of play. George soothes the anger of teammates against Pete, now a lone wolf and interested only fin Stephanie, and State, through Pete's brilliant play, chugs along fairly well without George until the game with Min nesota. Landers, back with thc team, ls injured again. Lets see what you can do now, big shot," . player growls at Pete.
 DOUBLE UPSET!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!
BY BURTON BENJAMIN

his eyes and walked out of the room.
 Raging mad, State stormed out of the locker room for the second half, took the kickon and began to move. Forty-three yards they marched - tough, brutal yards against that Gopher line, They were on the Minnesota 90. Pete tried to run the ball twice and was smeared. on third down he faded back. Wonsocki was racing down the sidelines = wide open, waving frantically. Carefully he gripped the ball and threw, and instantly he knew the pass was poor.
 1t was. It wobhled high in the air toward the sidelines. A Gopher back intercepted 1t on the l5 and set sail. Minnesotas famed inter- ference formed beautifully. State men were dowped like bowling pins. Laird baek-peddalled furi- ously, trying to get Q position to force the runner out of bounds. A yellow jersey bore down on him at midheid and lifted him of his feet. He saw the Minnesota ball carrier streak past into the clear.
 Agoni2ingly, he pulled himself off the ground and loked Into the face of the Gopher who had cut him down. It was Heinie Doher.
 DO you smell something around herep" he asked innocently. T do. How can that doll of yours up there stand it2"
 Something snapped inside Pete. He threw off his helmet and tore ct Dober, fists flying, Players and oi1l- cials rushed to pry them apart and the crowd rose. Both men were elected from the game.
 As Pete slumped oH the field q new sound greeted his ears. "Bool" Throw 'em outl" "Whatsa mat ter, cutie, caneha take it2" Sore- headl" The great Laird was get- ting the bird, -.
 state was finished mentally and physically. Massive Minnesota erunched up and down the field leaving proStrate State jerseys in It's wake. The score was 36 to 0 at the finish --- the upsetting score of the season, the most humiliating,
 Laird dressed hurriedly after the game. A few writers drifted in. None of them bothered to see him,
 What happened" they asked Dugan.
 Too tough" That's all he would say.
 HOW about Notre Dame next week2" came the parting shot.
 They're tough too" Dugan shuddered involuntarily.
 Laird hailed a taxi and ordered the driver to take him to Stephan ie's hotel. A myriad of jumbled thoughts raced through his head.
 The hotel lobby was mobbed' Laird pushed his way to the desk. Miss Stevens room, he said to the clerk.
 Sorry, sir, she's checked out"
 "She's what?" Ills face was white. Are you sure9"
 "Yes, sir, quite sure. Just 10 minutes ago. Are you MT. Laird?" Pete nodded vacantly. "She left this note for you"
 Pete walked out of the lobby in a daze. He sat down on c park bench across from the hotel and tore open the note.
 Dear MT. Laird:
 Once I told you how I loved people who excel. I'm afraid I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
eoPvNleME. leal, NGA @9Rvle;Rs tNc.

neglected to add I abhor medloc- rity. You were very dull thlS after. noon very dull. It made me
 think this little skit is about over. Too bad it had to end unhappily. MT. Winship, who is a great one for such brain- storms, cooked up our eozy meet- ing and fathered it along, AS my agent, he thought it was good pub- licity. AS my fiancee, he knew it was quite harmless.
 And so, MT. Laird, [ must soy adieu. You were sweet - awfully sweet. But after today I'm afraid you're just another second rater. And we had such hopesl
 stephanie Stevens, He buried his face in his hands Slowly, painfully the haze began to clear, There were trees now - not just jumbled forest. He sat there for about on hour, putting tho pieces together, unravelinR oil his vain studitieS.
 Start from the beginning, The California game. That was . ''nat- ural," He was slated for Stardom, Why not horn in on some of that publicity2
 Tho note. Of course he would be flatteredl
 The party. Certainly. Introduce him around.
 The newspaper boys. Keep them posted on the coast, in Unlver- sity Town, in Chicago.
 What had 1t cost hiln2 His dull ache became e soaring pain. It had cost him Anne - and Landers - and the respect of his team- mates. It had cost him on All- American berth. "A real All. American never has Q pad day" q sports writer once told him. And 1t hurt the team. Landers out - no teamwork - dlssersion.
 Suddenly e strange light flick cred in his eyes. He stool up and hailed c cab. "The hospital" he ordered. He had to see Landers. That would be first.
 (TO Be Concluded)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
cRANIlJM CRACKERS
HISTORIC BATTLEGRoUNDs

CrImea, Moscow, Kiev - these names are not strangers to war, for where Russians fight the German Invader today, they have fought at- tackers before. Lets take Q look back at some previous conflicts in this vast land.
 1. How long did 1t take Napoleon to reach Moscow
 2. Whose armies invaded the RuS- sian Crlmea in 1858?
 3. Kiev fell to an invader just 70I years ago. Who took 1t?
 {. Who won the first conflict be- tween Russia and Japan, and when did it occur?
 5. How many times has Russia fought major wars with Turkey in the last 800 yeaFsS
 Answers Gn Back Page
 DInosaur bones have been found throughout the world, but are spe- cIally numerous in the western United States.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Maryland Legislature

Faced by important issues affecting
the State and Nation. Maryland's
legislators convened for their 194l
session on New Year Day. Like many
other State Assemblies meeting this
winter, Maryland expects to be called
upon to enact measures essential to
the national defense program. OF
primary interest to the States citi-'
zens as the session opens are the
proposals to ease the State income
tax law, which has been almost uni
versally condemned as inequitable.
For their guidance in dealing with
the income tax problem, the legis-
lators will have before them the
report of a special commission and
the recommendations of Governor
O'Conor Both propose cut in the
amount of the levy, authorization of
installment payments and deferment
of the time the tax is due so as not
to coincide with the Federal pay
ments. Emergency legislation along
that line, applicable to 1910 income,
can be expected.
Other important matters awaiting
the Assemblymen include a proposal
to abolish county almshouses and to
create in their stead two State
operated chronic hospitals, and
measures concerning the administra-
ton of the State merit system and
conservation laws. Perennial issues,
such as fireworks control and
roadside regulations, are due to be
renewed, with chances of enactment
regarded as better than before.
Delegations from nearby Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties are ex-
pected to live up to their custom OF
presenting many bills dealing with
such important local issues as school
construction and bonded indebted
ness. AS usual, too, the legislative
program of the University of Mary
land, and its budget, will get much
attention.
The groundwork for the legislators
has been laid better than ever. The
State Legislative Council, created at
the last session in 1899, has held
hearings and prepared more than
100 bills on important matters. With
such running start, the 1941 ses-
sion may set record for speed and
efficiency Governor O'Conor has
even been so optimistic as to express
the hope that it can complete it's
work and adjourn before reaching
the end of the ninety days allowed
for a regular session under the
States constitution.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Boys Training School

The annual report of the Federal
Prisons Bureau contains proposal
for abandonment of the present
home of the National Training
School for Boys and suggestion for
use of the property as a District
receiving home or training school,
but the recommendation will re-
quire amplification and clarification
before the advisability of legislative
or administrative action can be de-
termined. The National Training
School for many years has occupied
several old buildings on hill over
looking the District line on Bladens-
burg road Control of the institution
passed to the Department of Justice
on July !, 1899, and since then the
Federal authorities have reorganized
the staff, improved facilities and
modernized the whole juvenile train
ing program.
But, in spite of these reforms, the
Prisons Bureau has come to the
conclusion that the institution is too
old for the purposes for which it
was intended, too far from the CEN
ter of population of the country for
Federal uses and too close to urban
development for satisfactory opera
ton. in its present location and
condition. the, report explains, "it
offers no opportunity for the devel-
opment of modern receiving and
training center such as is contem-
plated by the Federal Juvenile De-
linquency Act" This undoubtedly
is true, for, like a number of anti
quated District welfare institutions,
the buildings for the school were
erected to meet the requirements of
yesterday, not of today. Such being
the case, and pending disclosure of
further details of the bureaus plan,
it will be difficult for many persons
to understand why an institution
which is too old for Federal wards
would not be too old for the Districts
juvenile delinquents The Federal
officials may have an answer for
this, and if so, they undoubtedly will
give it to Congress when their pro-
posal comes before the proper COM
mittees. Meanwhile, District well
fare authorities should familiarize
themselves with all phases of the
Department of Justice plan, with a
view to determining whether the
Federal property can be adapted to
the admittedly urgent needs of the
local welfare institutions.
Evening star., 1941-01-06

There has been no solid body Of
facts other than social statistics
which were rather difficult to inter-
pret. Was alcohol the cause or the
agent Of crime, poverty and misery?
Was it habit-forming per Sc or only
with a given emotional substratum?
Was it durable by medical or psy-
chiatric procedures? 1t is the pur-
pose of the American Association to
answer these questions.
There is no question in the minds
of the leaders in this project, who
are reporting their findings at Phila-
delphia during the next few days,
that alcohol takes an enormous
physical and economic toll from the
American people. So, for that mat
ter, do hailstorms and tornadoes.
They are proposing to meet the
problem in the orthodox way Of
science-to discover and reinforce
the laws which nature herself has
passed against the use of the most
popular of all drugs. They are deal
ing with alcohol just as they would
deal with pneumonia or typhoid
fever germs.
A single experiment may we'll be
of more value than a century of
condemnation, for alcoholism Is
disease which cannot be cured by
Shaman- like denunciations.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Hiqhwuy Funds

Improvement of some of Wash
ington's main thoroughfares is pro-
vided for in a Federal Works Admin
istration contribution of $670,313 to
the Districts highway funds for the
next fiscal year. This money is
divided into three categories, $487 500
for work on streets which are part
OF the Federal aid system, $05,313 for
secondary thoroughfares which run
into them and $97, 500 for the elimi-
nation of grade crossings.
In recent years many of the city's
most dangerous grade crossings have
been removed, notably by construc-
tion Of the West Virginia avenue
underpass and viaducts at Michigan
avenue and at Taylor street. Sec
ondary streets still need some atten-
ton, most important at the moment
being a modern road into Boiling
Field to meet requirements of the
defense program.
But it is the main routes which
connect with the principal inter-
state highways that demand i'm
provement. Under way for more than
a year, and still far from completion,
has been a survey to determine not
only the actual use to which each
thoroughfare in the city is now put,
but the preferences of drivers If
changes should be made. Upon the
results of this stu6y will depend the
future of the Capitals highway pro-
gram. However, certain existing
faults are obvious. Under the allot-
ment just announced clover leaf
will be constructed at Fourteenth
street and Maine avenue. This point,
the most serious bottleneck OF inter-
state motor transportation, is sched-
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Bon on Strikes

The statement of policy adopted
by the officers of the Metal Trades
Department of the American Fedora
ton of Labor represents an i'm
portant contribution toward banning
all strikes on national defense
projects.
Comprising the Metal Trades De-
partment are thirteen international
unions, said to represent between
850,OO0 and 100000 workers, and
these men, once an agreement with
an employer has been made, have
declared their willingness to submit
to arbitration all disputes which cam
not be ironed out by the customary
methods of negotiation.
Implementation of this strike"
policy is contingent, of course, upon
acceptance of an arbitration clause
by the employers, but, unless the con-
tracts to be sought by the labor
unions should contain unreasonable
demands, there could be no reason
for, nor any justification of a re-
fusal by employers in the metal
trades to reject the proposal to arbi-
trate disputes.
AS the unions statement of policy
points out, the totalitarian menace
is greater today than at any time in
the past. If its threat to our demo-
cratic way of life is to be Withstood,
successful resistance must come
through a demonstration of de-
mocracy's ability to meet the extraor-
dinary demands imposed in times of
great crisis. In the light Of the eX-
perience of labor unions in other
lands, where democracy has given
way to totalitarianism, it is difficult
to understand why any union in this
country should hesitate to subscribe
to the enlightened statement of policy
adopted by the metal trades workers.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Defends Britain As Friend"
OF America and "Other Nations"
East Orange, N. j.

Defends Britain As Friend"
OF America and "Other Nations"
To the Editor of The Star:
There are too many hort-sighted
Anglophobes who stigmatize as propa-
ganda any truths which happen to be
favorable to England.
People who sincerely desire progress
for the human race and wish to see be-
tween nations respect for treaties and
civilized conduct must first be ready to
forget petty animosities and especially
Germany's curse of extreme nationalism.
sufficiently to be willing to work with
other like-minded people for the desired
results.
The facts are plain to those willing
to face them. With the British supreme
on the seven seas, we have hardly had
cause for a moments anxiety during
our history as separate Nation. Also,
the world is dotted with other nations
possessions which not only have not
been swallowed up by England as they
would have been if she had been one
tenth as unprincipIed, selfish and arro-
CANT as some people like to proclaim,
but have actually been protected by
England If we are going to wait until
we can find better friend than Eng
land we are going to have long wait.
ERNEST e. OSWALD.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Henri Berqson

Henrl BergSon was a famous per-
Sonality of the times before the cata-
clysm of 1914 Though he survived
from the first World War, he still
might be regarded as one of the
casualties of that frightful struggle.
His society, his atmosphere, his
period died long before he came to
the end of his career at eighty-one.
1t was part of his tragedy that he
was destined to witness a more
comprehensive disaster. During his
later years he was a living re-
proach to the greed, the intolerance
and the violence which currently
dominate the human scene
The explanation of M. Bergson is
to be found in the fact that he was
the exponent OF an attitude. His
philosophy was not so much doctrine
as it was manner. In contradiction
Of Plato, he stressed the importance
of time. Change was to him nothing
to fear. Rather, he approved the
principle of energy which stimulates
constant mutation. Duration and
motion were the keystones of his
mystical faith. He devised the phrase
creative evolution" to describe his
theory of existence as an expanding
power, consistently defying the
tendency of any force to become
static. 1t followed logically that he
should be an apostle of adjustment,
optimism and hope.
M. Bergson was French by adop-
tion. Born in 1859 of Anglo-Jewish
parentage, he did not become nat
uralized citizen of France until after
he had been graduated at Lycee
Condorcet. His earliest experience
as teacher was at Anglers, later he
went to Clermont, his celebrity began
when he joined the faculty of the
Lycee Henri w. Subsequently, at
the College de France he was SEN
sation. His lecture hall was crowded
with admirers. More than half
thousand authors wrote books and
pamphlets about his ideas, his in
fuence, his effect upon the intellec-
tual growth of Europe. Elected to
the French Academy in 1918, he
received the Nobel Prize for literature
in 1928.
The Vichy government few weeks
ago exempted him from the law
which prohibits Jews from holding
educational offices in France, but M.
Bergson declined to be included in
a static morality" A month before
his death he renounced all his honors
in final protest against a political
effort to fix" his country like a
butterfly on a pin.
People of gentle instinct will re-
member M. Bergson. His frail little
figure, his thin little face, his quick
and appealing eyes are not gone from
the recollection of his public. Those
who appreciated him in his prime
will treasure the picture of his hands,
molding thought like clay, as he
lectured to q spellbound audience.
Evening star., 1941-01-06
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trnce1De1.
Birds are easily frightened away from

Birds are easily frightened away from
feeding stations by the oldest causes.
A chunk Of suet, put in the back of q
small station stocked with mixed seed,
scared the songsters so that not one
would alight.
This feeder is built in the form of a
small house with roof and open sides
and front. with the back solid to pro-
tect the feeders from the prevailing
winds.
This Is good thing to remember, II
you contemplate feeding the birds this
winter. Be sure that the station is so
placed that at least one closed side is to
the west and one to the north.
Not only are the birds protected, but
what is more important, the seeds are
kept from being blown away. 1t is prob
lematical whether the birds need any
protection. Their best protection comes
in the form of sturdy feathers and plenty
of inner heat, both factors depending
upon the amount of food they manage
to find.
The terrifying piece of beef suet had
been put in the rear of the feeder, in
small depression made there for that
purpose.
1t was standing bolt upright when a
male cardinal alighted on the edge.
One glance at the suet, and this nom
suet eating bird made dive overheard.
Male cardinals are great towards.
Usually they require many small trial
flights before they will get into feeder
with which they are thoroughly fa-
miliar.
Soon its mate appeared. We felt sure
that she would fly in, because she is the
brave one of the family, as well as the
beauty, but no, she flew away at once,
although not so preciptately.
Surely the English sparrows would not
be afraid of an innocent piece of suet.
We waited hopefully. In time the
sparrows appeared, as they always do,
ready for seed and grain, their favorites.
No rare birds appreciate sunfower seed,
for instance, any more than the common
sparrows.
No sooner had the half dozen spar
rows seen the suet than they, too, left
at once.
The feeding station simply did not look
right to them.
This went on until next day, when a
squirrel leaped up into the small house.
He, of course, was not afraid.
Greedily he raked his snout through
the heap of seed, looking for sunf1ower
seed. They are his favorites, too.
In rummaging around he managed to
knock over the piece of suet. which now
lay half buried in seed.
Surely the birds would not be afraid
of it now. But they were so the next
day we removed the offending substance
from the seed tray.
AS soon as this was done. the birds
began to appear by the dozen.
They were no longer afraid.
This small experience may give tip to
persons who do not have such good
turn-outs at their feeding stations as
they think they should.
Look around for something which
Evening star., 1941-01-06
Insists People Want Peace
And BlameS Leaders for War.

To the Editor of The Star:
There must be something fundamen-
tally wrong with a so-called Christian
civilization when its leaders virtually ad-
NIT that the only way of settling the
present most terrible world dispute Is by
fighting to a grim, bloody finish. Need
less to say, if this is done, the conquered
people, crushed and embittered, eventu-
ally will seek revenge-when SUFFICIENT
ly strong again-and still another hid
eous conflict will ensue. 1t has always
been so; the "eye for an eye" policy, far
from settling strife, promotes it.
Nietzsche's statement that "the only
argument which appeals to certain minds
is the clinched fist" certainly can be
applied to Hitler, Mussolini and Stain.
On the other hand, it cannot be applied
to the people at large. Hasn't it ever
occurred to political war mongers that
the women of Germany, Italy and Japan
would welcome peace just as fervently
as those of France and Britain? Alas,
the peace-loving populace will continue
to be led to slaughter, like so many
sheep, at the behest of cruel dictators.
Would it not be possible to arouse the
mass mind from an age-long lethargy?
Certainly there is nothing Christian in
the spectacle of Germany bombing Lon
don or Britain bombing Berlin while