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Evening star., 1941-05-01
Tells How America
Helps Japan.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
minded America was Mortified
at the unsportsmanlike "stab-in-the-
back" perpetrated by Italy, as Germany
was breaking through Frances shattered
front. But now the United States is
stabbing herself in the back.
Incredible, these words, yet true. We
are doing all in our power to aid China
by giving her war supplies; we are
giving her money with which to carry
on her war successfully; but at the
same time we are supplying Japan with
the fuel to destroy the help that we
are giving to the Chinese.
Japanese ships are welcomed at Amer
lean West Coast ports, and under the
guise of being under governmental con-
troll are free from the customary port
charges. These ships are loaded with
millions of gallons of oil weekly-oil
that propels Japanese airplanes laden
with deadly bombs.
In addition, American money, flow
ing into japanese hands in payment
for Japanese silk and other imports, en-
ables that country to purchase, in world
markets, other vital war supplies.
We fully realize the imminence of
open hostilities with Japan; yet we are
helping to build the Japanese war ma
chine just as Britain and France un-
Willingly helped to build the powerful
Maxi juggernaut. TOBY L. SLEY.
philadelphia Pa
Evening star., 1941-05-01
The Living Word

They cannot batter Shakespeare
do,Dn to earth
or bury Milton 1Dith the ton1bs Of
kings.
Flying an air phere planes can
neuer mount,
They are the lUing word, not brick
or stone
To crash or crun1ble from a bursting
bomb.
st. Paups may tollow Rheims and Hs
in dust,
Except for memory, forever gone.
The Thames may fotD unbridged.
The DoDer cliffs,
Watch-toperS against red ruin fam
ing high,
May splinter in the onset. EUen
then,
With earth a-tremble to the crash Of
doom,
They 1Di1 not silence Chaucer, Mar
lot0e, Keats;
They 1OiH not smother SpenSer, Dry
den, Burns.
They tUiH not throtD obhDion'S mid
night cloak
On Dickens and his human canal
cdde
Marching with banners to- prom.
tsed land;
on Thuckeruy Uith his hate OF
shotDs and shdn1s,
Cleansing the 1oorld OF feDer- bitten
sores.
They are made free OF accident and
time,
Free men forever, crying doDn the
dark,
Ltnkboys to light the ,Ddy before the
ddtDn.
Under the reign of Chatham, Black
stone, Coke,
They blaze the future Dhere the
rduenouS beasts
OF raptne, robbery, murder, gndsh
the teeth
In frantic madness, dragging on the
chains
That bind then, from the glutttng OF
their lusts-
When once again earth smiles the
smile of peace.
LEWIS woRTHINGTON SMITH.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Philadelphia.
Believes House of Lords
Still Powerful.

believes Mouse or LORDS
Still Pow erfuI.
To the Editor Of The Star:
am glad you gave Eric Underwood,
the British writer. an opportunity to
express himself at length regarding the
proposed union now" and the present
makeup of the British Empire.
However. I would like to suggest to
your readers that they consult Funk &
Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia
of 1881 and the World Almanac of
1910, before accepting Mr.. Underwoods
assurances about the House of Lords
having been "shorn of Its privileges"
and the people of Britain possessing "a
degree of liberty second to none in the
world"
Quite naturally, Mr.. Underwood is not
disturbed about the part taken by titles
of nobility in the executive, legislative
and judicial departments of Britain.
The founders of this republic, however,
were so disturbed that they not only
provided for the complete separation
of those departments in our republic, but
expressly prohibited, by our Constitu-
ton, the granting of any "title of no,
bility" or the acceptance by any public
official O. such q grant by foreign
power. GEO. e. SULLIVAN.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles z. Trdce1Dell.

the robin still Is hunted at the time OF
the great yoosts in the spring, when mil
lions of them gather before flying North.
Game wardens are kept busy trying to
round up hunters, who go out in the
night with guns and flashlights to the
robin roosts.
Probably both robin and dove make
good pot pies, but the one is now under
the protection of the laws, and the other
ought to be, according to many bird
lovers.
The doves fly into the Southern fields
at dawn, to feed on a sort of peanut,
which they like, and as they fly down the
hunters rise up all around the field,
banging away.
1t is said on good authority that some
times hunter gets his coattail peppered
with shot, as he goes out to retrieve his
bag.
Persons, who find particular intrigue
in ali forms of bird life, will be glad that
they can enjoy the songsters in their own
gardens without harming them.
Surely in world in which the prirni-
tive laws of survival seem to be coming
to the fore more and more, Is it hopeful
that many persons refuse to kill need
lessly.
Especially the wild things, which do
them no harm, they might let alone:
they reserve their powder, let us hope, for
the wild things, which intend them harm.
Some of these wild things" it scarcely
need be mentioned, are two-legged, and
they don't wear feathers.
The turtle or mourning dove is well
come addition to the garden.
1t is properly classed as songbird,
since it possesses the number of muscles
in its throat to entitle it to this scienti-
fic designation.
While its song is limited, it is re-
markably pleasing, forming real part
of the rural or suburban atmosphere.
Almost every such neighborhood has at
least one pair Of doves. They like to
sing on the nest, and do so at all hours,
but particularly in the morning and to-
ward evening.
Then the pleasantly melancholy notes
can be heard floating over an entire
neighborhood, giving to it a sense of rest
and home happiness.
Surely modern life. lived in the chasm
or at least on the brink, of modern war,
needs all these notes of peace and hap
pineSs, which it can hold onto.
1t is for this reason, as we'll as for
others, that many friends of birds are
interested in putting the dove on the
restricted list
AS it is, there are seasons on doves,
with limited bags, but the time will come
when it will be an offense to shoot this
bird at all.
Unless this is done, and quickly, the
| mourning dove will become as extinct as
the passenger pigeon, which once black
ened the skies Of America a migratory
| periods.
Evening star., 1941-05-01

France. This time there was no
short channel crossing to be navi-
gated, but a stretch of the Mediter-
ranean Sea itself-assuming that
most of the evacuees returned to
Egypt rather than to Crete, where
Greece's government-in-exile has
established itself. That the men are
back in Africa is the inference
to be drawn from Prime Minister
Churchill's statement that the troops
have arrived safely at their bases.
The British say they suffered about
5000 casualties in Greece, including
dead and wounded, with 5000 men
unaccounted for. The German high
command has claimed capture of
5000 Britishers. The British losses
are extraordinarily small, considering
the one-sidedness of the struggle and
the effectiveness of the delaying
action fought by the retiring divi-
sions. No estimate of German cas-
ualties has been obtained from Berlin,
but London asserts that the Nazi
losses were much greater than those
of the British.
Mr.. Churchill gave only sketchy
details in his preliminary report on
the escape from Greece, but he
promised full account next week.
Until then it would be risky to at
tempt an accurate appraisal of the
Allied disaster in the Balkans or to
estimate the possible effects of the
return to other fronts of so large
a proportion of Wavell's battlewise
warriors.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Escape From Greece

The successful evacuation from
Greece of approximately eighty per
cent of the British expeditionary
force of $4,000 men is a noteworthy
achievement that may have an i'm
portant bearing on the outcome of
the North African campaign. Most
of these Anzac fighters were rushed
to Greece from their triumphant
conquests in Libya, opening the way
for an unexpectedly powerful Ger
manhattan counter drive that has
carried an Axis motorized column
across the Egyptian border, danger
ously close to Alexandria and the
suez Canal. The collapse of the
Greek campaign and the subsequent
escape under narrowing enemy fire
of some $4,000 British troops may
enable General Sir Archibald Wavell
to reinforce his beleaguered garrisons
on the Egyptian-Libyan border at
very critical moment. Defense
against an Axis thrust toward
Syria and Palestine also may be
strengthened.
From the standpoint of the num-
ber of men rescued, the evacuation
operations in Greece cannot compare
with the epic of Dunkerque. More
than 100000 British soldiers were
snatched from almost certain ami
hilation and ferried across the
English Channel in that historic
undertaking. But in another respect
the escape from Greece was fraught
with more difficulties than that from
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Considers Alternatives"
If Britain Falls.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Over and over in print 1t is said:
1.-THE war will be lost or won in Britain"
Not so! True, what we boldly call "our
side" might score a win there. But If
loss comes there, If we let it come there,
the war will still be on--still to be lost
or won in the last surviving British
dominion. That means it will come
to Newfoundland and to Canada. OF
what worth then Is speculation about
how long it will take Hitler after victory
In Britain, to start trouble via Dakar
and South America?
If Britain fell this summer, it is
hardly possible that peace in North
America could last till winter, unless our
northern neighbors should make peace
without being attacked. Monroe couldn't
anticipate in his doctrine the case of an
American power attacking the Old World
We have a recent precedent-Canada
attacked In 1914. We followed, later
practically all Latin America.
Precedents don't bind. but We have
10 consider the disagreeable alternatives:
Evening star., 1941-05-01
ASHTON, Md.

Dear Sir:
II wrote you last fall about the shoot
ing of doves and I have just found the
enclosed letter on the subject in Nature
Magazine, which I think you'd be in
terested inf you have not already
seen it. Sincerely yours, G. s."
The article from Nature for April is
headed I'm Behalf of Doves" and Pub
lie Sentiment for Closed Season in 194l
Is Asked" The article follows:
Under this heading the Chattanooga
Times, in a late November issue, pub
lished letter from Mr.. Conner.
Jacob T. Cremer, sports and wildlife
editor Of the Times has concluded that
the slaughter of the mourning dove has
progressed beyond the point of reason
and safety.
For years we have had the same con-
viction, and we are glad to call to the
attention of our readers the fact that the
gentle and beautiful dove is gaining
friends. 1t is our hope that those in
terested will help Mr.. Cremer and other
friends OF the prosecuted in the cam
paign for better treatment"
Mr.. Conner'S letter follows:
For the past IL years have been writ
ing to the Times protesting the killing
Of the mourning dove. A decade ago,
doves were killed in the East Brainerd
and Tyner sections by the thousands by
thoughtleSs hunters.
Needless to say the doves are so scarce
in this section that very few remain to
be killed. Just what sport there is in
killing a bird as valuable and harmless
as the dove is more than can compre-
hend Yet the Federal Migratory Game
Commission allows hunting of the bird to
accommodate less than one-half of per
cent of the public. under conditions that
amount to butchery.
Very often Is or 80 men will sur
round one field, where not more than
four or five should be allowed to hunt.
THE largest number of doves of which
I have had any knowledge this season
was flock of probably 500 on a field
near New Harrison. There were so many
hunters on this field that one man told
me it looked like used-car dealers lot.
"One dove hunter told me that of all
the numerous times he had hunted, he
had never seen Federal or State officer
on the grounds to check law violations.
Where open seasons are allowed on
game there should be sufficient num-
Der of officers to enforce, and of laws to
conserve. The present dove regulation
is wholly inadequate to preserve the
dove. If public sentiment would assert
itself there would be closed season for
1e41."
Perhaps not many persons realize that
the robin was classed as game bird un-
til 1918, when it came under the protec-
ton of the Migratory Bird Act.
Even with the protection of the law
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Praises Warning
Against Defeatism.

40 tHc EoiIoE Oh Inc Stdrs
May congratulate you on the articles
which appear on the back of the front
cover to The Sunday Star magazine This
Week? I refer especially to one by
Arthur Compton, not so long ago, and
this Sundays contribution by Charming
Pollock.
Every citizen of every democracy in
the world, in fact every person, whether
a citizen of a democracy or a citizen OF
one of the autocratic countries, who
believes in or longs for democratic way
of life, should read Mr.. Pollocks expose
Of defeatism.
A great many people seem to be scared
nearly to death. AS Mr.. Pollock points
out, about every third century somebody
comes along with blare of trumpet to
conquer the world. Alexander, Caesar,
Attila, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan,
Tamerlane and Napoleon and William
Hohenzollern. Except for the Kaiser
these eight would-be dominators are
dust" says Mr.. Pollock.
Let us stop helping our enemies by
being afraid of them.
LAURA K. POLLOCK.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Describes Mani Methods
And Urges Resistance.

TO the EdltOr OF Inc STAR
Nazi methods employed in this war
should teach profound lesson
Always the Germans maintain the
greatest secrecy concerning their own
military movements
While they profess friendship" to-
ward their next victims, they already
have perfected secret plans of attack
worked out by the bntzkrieg experts, to
annihilate these victims in the speediest
manner possible.
Their propaganda machine is always
highly geared and is used to weaken
morale and create distrust and disunion
among armed forces and civilians.
These deadly methods should not dim
the faith, courage and resourcefulness
of those who do not believe in Nazi world
domination.
Their methods should open our eyes,
sharpen our wits and spur on all free
peoples to rid the world of these bullies.
Why should a group of pagan fanatics
be allowed to keep the greater part of
the world in misery, sorrow and sub
lection? M. T. ROGERS.
Evening star., 1941-05-01

Q. How tall is 1bn saud of Arabia7
H. T. C.
A. He is feet inches tall.
@. Has any band cor individual the
right to play God Bless America" in
public?-N. S. L.
A. Persons wishing to play God Bless
America" must obtain permission to do
so from the American Society of Com
posers, Authors and Publishers, New
York City. >'es
Q. What are young pheasants calledi
M. A. J.
A. The young of pheasants are called
chicks.
@. Who wrote a poem about Mrs.
Roosevelt called The Lady Eleanor"
r. K. D.
A. Former Representative John S. Nc
Groarty of California is the author Of
the poem.
@. Has Cuba a national fover?-
S. C. P.
A. The mariposa is the islands ma
tional flower.
O. What did the United States pay
for the Canal Zone?-E. H.
A. The strip of land known as the
Canal Zone was granted to the United
States by Panama by treaty February
26, 1904, the compensation being sl0,-
900 900 with annual payments of $780,
900 in addition.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Simplifies Issues
Confronting America Today.

SAfhptAiCS LoSuCS
Confronting America Today.
To the Editor of The Star:
Here in the United States we talk and
act in terms of years. The truth is that
the fate, not of Britain alone, but of
America and our whole civilization will
be decided in the next few months.
Hitler has declared that this war is "a
decisive battle between two enemy
worlds" The question for America is no
longer Must we fight?" Our only choice
is whether we shall fight now, with a
powerful ally and her indispensable fleet
on our side, or wait until Britain is de-
feated and we have to fight alone against
the whole totalitarian world.
GEORGE c. WOLLMAN.
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkir.

o9 EFCUCItC - HuohE5.
A reader can get the dnStoer to onv
question OF tact by tDrtttng The Eue.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
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O. What is the Nations gold SUPPLY
L. v. w.
A. AS of April 81, 1941, the gold stock
of bullion in the United States amounted
to s22,457 ,264,1 ,12773.
@. In what play was Gertrude
Lawrence appearing when she gave a.
performance in New York City church,
S. T. j.
A. Miss Lawrence presented the final
scene of Susan and God" at the Broad
way Temple at the invitation of DR..
Christian Reisner, the pastor.
@. How many aliens registered in
California?-W. L.
A. Under the provisions of the alien
registration, 526,s37 aliens registered
from California.
@. What is the origin of the word
Mexico?-J. D.
A. The word Mexico is derived from
Mexitli, one of the names of the Aztec
God of War
@. Did any baseball player ever make
an unasSisted triple play in a World
Series?-N. L. S.
A. On october 10, 1920, William
Wambsganss, playing second base for
Cleveland against the Brooklyn Dodgers,
made the only unassisted triple play
ever made in World Series.
@. What percentage of motion pic
lures have as their subjects crime and
horror?-S. L. B.
A. OF the total number of pictures
produced in 1910, only 20.65 per cent
were classified as crime and horror
films.
@. Who are the British Fannies?-
S. T. E.
A. This is the nickname of the First
Aid Nursing Yeomanry-derived from
the initials of the organization.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the tDrtter, although the use OF
q pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUeS
the right to edit all letters iUith
q UieU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Shipping Crisis


pool of 100000 tons of cargo vessels
drawn from the American merchant
marine and from other sources is
fully justified by the extreme crisis
which confrontS our aid-to-Britain
program as a result of the battle of
the Atlantic. British ships now are
being lost at the rate of about 100000
tons per month, due to intensified
ton of the German submarine cam
paign. Approximately 5,S00,000 tons
of Allied vessels have gone to the
bottom of the ocean since the start
of the war. The losses are continuing
at rate beyond the combined pro-
duction capacities of British and
American shipyards.
The effect of these enormous ship
ping losses already is being felt on
this side of the Atlantic. Planes
and guns and other supplies vitally
needed by Britain in her island
fortress and in her empire outposts
have begun to pile up on our docks
and at our factories. This Interrupt
ton to the flow of manufactured
products can have serious repercus-
sions inside the defense plants, where
it is essential that the output of
assembly lines be removed promptly
to make way for increasing pro-
duction. Faced with this grave situa-
tion, President Roosevelt has in
Structed Rear Admiral Emory S.
Land, chairman of the Maritime
Commission, to secure the service"
of a minimum of 100000 tons of
existing ships "at the earliest pos
sible moment" and, "as part of the
national defense effort" to start
them operating Immediately in con-
nection with the aid Britain program.
The diversion of any considerable
number of American cargo vessels
into emergency channels is bound to
cause some dislocation in domestic
and foreign trade, but such disloca-
tionS must be regarded as inevitable
in all lines of business if our deter
n1ination to render "all-out" aid to
the democracies is to be carried out.
Meanwhile, in voting down two
anti-convoy resolutions yesterday,
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee has evidenced a proper appre-
citation of the need for full freedom
of action in dealing with a world
crisis that changes almost hourly.
The committee rejected Senator
Tobey's proposal for an outright ban
on conveys and Senator Nye's plan to
require congressional approval in
advance of any convoy move.
There were growing indications,
incidentally, that extensive patrols
instead of conveys will be the ex-
pedient resorted to by the Govern
ment in its attempt to see that our
aid to Britain reaches it's destina-
ton. On the heels of Winston
Churchills reference to American
naval support within limits" of
patrol service participated in by
naval craft and planes, Admiral
Harold R. Stark, chief of naval op-
erations, has disclosed that patrol
activities already reach approx
mately 1000 miles from our shores,
and President Roosevelt has made it
plain that our fleet is not barred
from combat zones proclaimed un-
der our Neutrality Act Thus, our
ships and planes, 1t seems, will con-
fine themselves to far-ranging re-
connaissance operations, leaving to
the British fleet the job of giving
armed escort protection to merchant
shipping. The effectiveness of this
complementary program can be de-
termined only by actual test.
Evening star., 1941-05-01

British patrols at Tobruk are re-
ported to have captured one German
and 847 Italians. They have not
decided yet which capture should
be considered the more important.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
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Evening star., 1941-05-01

When two conflicting powers claim
control of the sea, one way to de-
eide who is right is to notice which
one scuttles It's ships In neutral ports.
Evening star., 1941-05-01

To the Editor of The Star:
I should like to give my hearty COM
mendation to Kathleen Norris for her
article in The Star of April 26 in de-
fense of Col. Lindbergh. Her reproval
of Dorothy Thompson for her article of
the preceding day was clear-cut and
straight from the shoulder, yet very con-
vincing. Mrs. Norris rebuke is as
persuasive to the public as it is challeng-
ing to Miss Thompson.
WILBUR ALBERTSON.
Evening star., 1941-05-01

@. How tall is Ibn Saud of Arabia7
H. T. C.
A. He is 6 feet inches tall.
Evening star., 1941-05-01

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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-15
CONTROL OF CAR
ENDS ACCIDENTS

THE number Of highway accidents
would be reduced to q minimum If
every driver would bear In mind that
slow speed is safe" Charles L. Sher-
idan. highway patrol chief, said
Safety in driving means complete
control Of the car at all times
The great majority OF the accidents
on the highways are due TO the fact
that the driver is going too fast for
the distance he can see ahead Of him.
When a driver Is going at an excessive
speed and something happens he Is
unable to stop When the people be-
come educated to observe all the traf-
fic rules and learn to drive safely at
all times, then there will be a pro-
nounced reduction in traffic accidents. :"
Sheridan urged that all drivers get
acquainted with the rules and regu-
lations governing driving on the high
ways He mentioned some Of the duties
Of the 70 patrolmen now employed by
the department in the enforcement of
traffic laws. He said that the duties
of the patrolmen include assisting and
directing people when called upon as
well as enforcing the rules Of the
road.