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Evening star., 1941-02-03
Preparedness Lesson

In the release to the steel industry
Of the Navy's stock pile" of 226 short
tons Of tungsten there is an interest
ing lesson on the value of prepared
ness. Under policy adopted in 1898,
the Navy Department in 1896 sought
funds for the procurement of certain
strategic and critical" materials es-
sential to national defense. The
House approved a S5,O0O0OO appro-
priation for this purpose, but the
Senate, in an economy mood, elini-
mated the item. The appropriation
suffered a similar fate in 1887. In
1888, however, with world events
reaching crisis proportions, Congress
finally allotted $3,5O0,0O0 for a Navy
"Stock pile" of reserve materials,
such as manganese, mercury, qui-
nine, rubber, tin and tungsten. Ap-
preparations in 1889 and 1910 added
a total of $1,0O0,000 to the fund
Subsequently, the Government con-
centrated scattered procurement &C
tivities with view to building up
national reserve stock of strategic
and critical materials.
With its stock pile fund the Navy
acquired, among other materials, a
reserve of high-grade domestic tung-
stem ore known as scheelite, the total
value of which was about $428,000
Srheelite is SUDpriOr tO foreign
produced wolframite tungsten, in
that the domestic product requires
no further refining before being
mixed with steel. Tungsten has the
property of hardening steel almost to
diamond toughnesS, so that it is ideal
for tool-cutting and armor purposes.
Recently it became evident that,
due to increased steel production and
lag in imports that followed closing
of China'S Burma road, over which
much of our imported tungsten
moves, a serious, though temporary,
shortage of the alloy metal was i'm
minent. The steel industry notified
the Navy Department that armor
and other steel for WarShips would
be delayed unless additional tungsten
could be found Immediately. This
was just the sort of emergency for
which the Navy had been preparing
through its stock pile program, and
the response came promptly. The
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Typhoon Weather

aIFhSSh w SotuSI
In the Far East, when the ba-
rometer falls and atmospheric signs
look ugly, they call it "typhoon
weather" Just now, every scrap of
Far Eastern news indicates some
thing equally omlnous in the political
sphere. On the very same day, two
news items of major Importance re-
veal the rapid approach of mo-
mentous developments that bode no
good for the peace of the Orient.
The first item is that the Neither
lands government in exile of the
Dutch Indies has, through its Minis
ter in Toxic, informed the japanese
government that it rejects any sug-
geStion of having the Netherlands
Indies incorporated in a new order
in East Asia under the leadership of
any power whatsoever" And the
Minister amplified his formal rejec-
ton by going on to state that Neither
landerS can never be expected either
to let their actions be guided by such
a conception of a new order in the
Far East or to acquiesce in the con-
sequences Of its eventual applica-
ton"
This was tantamount to fiat def
ance of recent f1ambuoyant claims
by Foreign Minister MatSuoka that
Japan had established such a new
order in the Far East; that no one
would be allowed to challenge or in
terfere with it in any way; and that
the other axis powers, Germany and
Italy, respect the leadership of ia
pan in establishment of new order
in Greater Eastern Asia"
Yet on the very day when the
Netherlands Indies government thus
bravely spoke up against Japan's
arrogant assertions, the French gov
ernment of Indo-China gave way
completely before prolonged Japa-
nese pressure and signed an agree
ment which makes Frances Far
Eastern empire virtually a Japanese
protectorate. According to the cabled
summary of the text, japanese con-
troll is to be both economic and
strategic. Japan gets virtual mo-
nopoly over Indo-China's production
of rice, rubber and coal, together
with free hand in the exploitation
of the colony'S undeveloped natural
resources, especially minerals Even
more important for the present sit
uation, Japan gets the use of all pres
ent or potential air bases in the COL
ony, has the right to establish more
garrisons, and obtains the authority
to set up naval base at Cam Ranh
Bay, perhaps the finest and best
protected harbor in that part of the
world, and lying only about 900 miles
from Britains superbase at Singa-
pore.
The strategic significance of ia
pans Navy at Cam Ranh Bay is
enormous. 1t is within easy strik-
ing distance, not only of Singapore,
but also of the Dutch Indies and
Manila. Only last week, Mr.. Mat
suoka announced to the Japanese
Parliament that difficulties were be-
ing encountered in current negotia-
tionS with the Netherlands Indies,
but that Japan would show strong
determination" especially in view
of the possibility of armed American
intervention in Japans southwark
advance" The capitulation of Indo-
China and the naval base at Cam
Ranh Bay may presumably indicate
Mr.. Matsuoka'S strong determina-
ton" His next overt steps will per-
haps synchronize with those of Adolf
Hitler, his axis partner, in the West.
But Japan is moving southwark fast
and far. Of that, there can be no
doubt.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

Navy's entire store of scheelite now
has been turned over to the steel
manufacturers. The money received
in reimbursement will be used by the
Navy to re-establish its tungsten
stocks as soon as additional supplies
become available. The whole trans
action demonstrates the soundness
of the strategic reserve policy which
the Navy Department., with COM
mendable foresight, adopted long
ago.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Lease-Lend Bill
Called Hypocritical.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The most dastardly, hypocritical bill
ever before introduced is now being de-
bated. This masterpiece of devilish in
genuity is rightly called the lease-lend
bill.
Its passage would mark the end Of
Congress insofar as their power to de-
clare war is concerned, and give it to
one man, the President.
The bill is timed for the crisis the
British say is coming in the spring. If
the blitzkrieg arrives on schedule, we can
already hear the cries of the highly
paid and highly organized British propa-
gandists here crying for help at once.
And the voices of many psuedo-Amer-
leans added to them.
GEORGE M. SHURTLEFF.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
White Ball

SnoD, tUithout q UhiSper,
Came today;
GdUe to tree and bush
Their bdll-drrdy.
Floors ,Uere 1Uared and tdlcuned;
White-gloUed, each tDig;
EUery pine reSplendent
In POWDERED 1Otg.
Bushes in 1Uhite crinoltneS
OF ShGdoD-ldce,
Hurried through the forest
To find their place.
Aligned IN endless UiStas,
Trembling and set,
Waiting, NTH their partners,
For the minuet.
K. B. CHASE.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

standard of General de Gaulle, 1t in
dicateS that the French Army in
Africa might refuse to acquiesce in
the overthrow of Petain by a Nazi-
inspired movement.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

The Home Doctor Book will be of
interest in its discussion of health
problems. Its 40 pages are filed
with authentic information on
more than so common ailments.
Included, also. are sections on Care
Of the Sick. Diet for the Sick: Per-
sonal Hygiene. Home Medicines
and Care of Infants. To secure
your copy inclose 10 cents in coin.
wrapped in this clipping, and mail
to The Star Information Bureau.
Name
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Address
Evening star., 1941-02-03

chosen citizen to assume the duties and
powers of the presidency of the United
States: but the present world situation
and our latent domestic problems made
the occasion of tremendously greater
significance than is the ordinary presi-
Dental Inauguration. No one could have
looked upon that scene without having
an inspiring renewal of faith in. hope
for and the will to maintain at its best
our American way of life. When you
read carefully the Presidents address,
don't fail to read the chaplain's prayer.
The spirit, thought and voice of the
President measured up to the stature of
a splendid democratic nobleman. 1t was
very evident that the people have chosen
for their national leadership man
whose knowledge, understanding, cour-
age, loyalty to the American way of life
at its best, and an invincible will to
maintain that way of life for all who
seek it would be wise strong and faith
full leader through the dangers that lie
ahead of us from without and from
within. M J. HOLMES.
Recalls How Gen. Eaton
Took Derna bv Land Attack.
To the Editor Of The Star:
In his article in The Star for January
90, Frederic William Vile allowed him
self to be misled by an undisclosed but
distinguished veteran of the United
States Marine Corps" who informed him
that Derna, on the Libyan coast, now so
much in the headlines, fell in 1905 to an
expedition led by 1t. Presley Neville
O'Bannon.
AS matter of historical fact the credit
for this expedition belongs to Gen. Will
liam Eaton, who hoisted the Stars and
Stripes over Derna, 130 miles west of
Tobruk, on April 26, 1905, after a desert
march which still ranks as one of the
outstanding feats of military history.
Gen. Eaton, soldier of the American
Revolution, was American Consul at
Tunis when he lost patience with the
demands for tribute by Barbary pirates.
He finally obtained permission from
Congress and President jefferson to
start a war against Tripol.
"i1l q AloCIey dlHly VI oOu HeH re-
cruited in Alexandria, Egypt, and only
8 Americans among them. Gen. Eaton
marched from Alexandria to Derna,
covering $50 miles of desert in so days,
fighting off tribesmen, quelling constant
mutiny and facing starvation.
While three American naval vessels
attacked from the sea, Gen. Eatons
forces captured the town with the loss
of only three men, all American Marines.
He erected fort which still stands in a
fair state of preservation.
ALEXANDER S. LANIER.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the uriter, although the use Of
pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the riqht to edit all letters 1Cith
Uie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
H. E. VAN GELDER.
Objects to Proposed Law
Affecting Insurance Brokers.

To the Editor Of The Star:
desire to call your attention to legis-
lation proposed in Congress which reads
in part: Resident and nonresident
brokers Gnsurance) shall, as a pre-
requisite to the issuance of license,
file with the superintendent a corporate
surety bond in an amount not less than
$4,000 for the benefit of any person who
may suffer loss resulting from fraud or
dishonesty on the part of said resident
or nonresident broker"
The above requirement is based on
the following definition of a broker:
Broker means any person, who for a
consideration acts or aids in any manner
in the solicitation or negotiation on be-
half of the assured of contracts Of in
surance, surety, or indemnity
I claim that the definition ION behalf
of the assured" is clearly fictitious.
I have been resident general insur-
ance broker for nearly four years and
positively at no time has my status been
defined in this bill. I am an agent of
each company whose policies I place,
just as if had a separate license from
each company. Any one familiar with
the law of agency knows that. The pro-
visions to which I have made reference
are in my opinion clearly discriminatory
The bonding requirement is undisguised
state socialism. Any official agreeing
with the broker definition and In favor
of the bonding provision also would
favor a totalitarian government I have
every confidence that Congress will
amend the definition of broker and re-
peal the bonding provision, and that the
President will concur.
INSURANCE BROKER.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

doned was restored by the Robert E Lee
Memorial Foundation in 1889 and is
now being operated. 1t is located on the
property Of the Robert E. Lee Memorial
Foundation at Stratford, in Westmore-
land County, Va, near Fredericksburg.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Gives Impressions
OF Inauguration Day.
To the Editor Of The Star:

1t would be mild to say that inaugura-
ton day was "red-letter day." either in
my own life or in American history.
had never dreamed of such a day until
I felt the overwhelming power of it.
The deeply impressive meaning of the
day, of course, arises out of the fact that
Evening star., 1941-02-03

Q. On what occasion did Abraham
Lincoln say that the Lord prefers COM
mon people?-A. M. r.
A. James Morgan in his book, "Our
President" says: "One night he dreamed
he was in crowd when some one rec
ognized him as the President and ex-
claimed. He is a very communicating
man Whereupon he answered, Friend,
the Lord prefers common looking people
That is why he made so many of them 8"
Evening star., 1941-02-03

@. How many fish hatcheries does the
Government operate?-E B.
A There are 12o federally operated fish
hatcheries in the United States.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

@. Please give the acreage and num-
Der Of cattle belonging to the famous
King Ranch in Texas-F. H. S.
A. The King Ranch contains approx
mately 100000 acres There are $4,000
head Of cattle on the ranch.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited 70 it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
Al rights Of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the dnSUer to any
question OF fact By tDriting The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin. director, Washington,
D. C. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

O. What is the diameter of the sun and
moon?-J. L.
A. The moons diameter is about 1000
miles. The actual diameter of the sun
has been measured at 1000 miles.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Tells of Hearings
On Lease-Lend Bill.


To the Editor Of The Star:
I attended one of the hearings before
the House committee on the lease-lend
bill. 1t was an extremely interesting ex-
perience
In these days, when steps are being
taken which may affect our well-being as
a Nation to an enormous extent, it would
seem that all citizens should try to at
tend at least one of these hearings. No
reading of accounts in the newspapers
can take the place of the vivid impress
sions made by personal attendance.
What impressed me most was the
fair and patient spirit in which the
chairman and the members tried to get
at the truth. 1t contrasted markedly
all recently have joined, where snap
judgments based on emotion or prejudice
so often prevail There was a deliberate
effort to control emotions.
At times the hearings took unexpected
turns, as when Ambassador Bullitt, after
making an enthusiastic plea for all-out
aid to Britain, next told how at the
Versailles Peace Conference he had pro-
tested emphatically against the harsh
terms being imposed on Germany, but
found that as soon as the European
"vultures" realized that they no longer
needed the American Army and funds,
which had won the war for them. they
no longer paid any attention to Presi-
dent Wilson's plea for a just peace. He
made one of the members venture a
timid question: "Is this not likely to
happen agatn?"
Evening star., 1941-02-03

HldH. NueIeupOH ne answered, FrlenC,
the Lord prefers common looking people.
That is why he made so many of them"
O. Why is Lalique glass so called?-
H. H
A. This glass is named for It's maker,
Rene Lalique.
G. How many persons are interested in
composing popular songs?-H. E. w.
A. 1t is estimated by authorities that
there are approximately 10000 900 men
and women in the United States who
have tried or are attempting to write
song hits.
@. Should asbestos shingles be paint
ed?-A. E. w
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that cement asbestos shingles will
not require painting for durability. After
long exposure, particularly in industrial
locations, it may be desirable to paint
them to improve their appearance.
@. How many chinchillas are used In
fur coat?-D. K. B.
A. 1t takes from l2O to 14O Of 8 by 10
inch pelts to make a coat.
Of what nationality were Marconis
parents?-S. P.
A. The inventors father was italian
and his mother was Irish.
@. In what newspaper was Edwin
Markham's THE Man With the Hoe"
first published?-W. HP
A. The poem was first printed in the
San Francisco Examiner on January IS,
1899.
@. Where is the Widows Tears Falls?
p. N. S.
A. This waterfall is in the Yosemite
National Park
Q. What makes the Red Sea red7-
A. L.
A. The red color is impaired to the
surface water of certain portions of the
sea by millions Of tiny one-celled plants.
@. How many eggs does 1t take to equal
the energy value in a quart bottle Of
mike. W.
A. Eight eggs are equivalent in food
value to a quart OF milk
Evening star., 1941-02-03

@. Why is Lalique glass 50 called?-
H. H.
A. This glass is named for its maker,
Rene Lalique.
Evening star., 1941-02-03

@. What is meant by London buskers7
L. G. M.
A. Buskers are the city's street enter
tainers.
Evening star., 1941-02-03
Member of the Associated Press

Entered as second-class matter post Office
Washington. D. c.
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NATIONAL INCOME
SHOWS HUGE GAIN
ROSE IN MAY TO RATE OF SO
BILLION DOLLARS
PER YEAR
nv JACK sTrNNEIT

WASHINGTON, July l2.-The
commerce department said the
national income rose in May to
a rate of $50, 900, 100000 year
which would be the highest on
record.
The department said its index
of income payments to individ-
uals-wages, dividends, royal
ties, etc.-rose from April to May
by the largest margin ever
shown in a similar period.
1T reflects, department
statement said, mot only con-
tinued increase in business ac-
tivity generated by the rearma-
ment program, but to some ex-
tent a recovery from the tenn
porary slackening of industrial
production occasioned by the
shutdown in the bituminous coal
fields in April
One of the sharpest advances
was shown for wages and sal
aries. The index of this type of
income has advanced from 1911
in November 1910, to 1869 in
May, 1941. The index represents
percentages of the 1935-39 aver
age. 8t y
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FINED
FOR VIOLATION
,. H. VALDEZ SENTENCED
TO PAY $3.50 IN GRIM.
INAL COURT CASE
tspec,ai 10 The CltlnenS

TAMPA July 12.-P. H. Val
dez, Tampa dentist charged with
violation OF State dental laws,
was sentenced to pay fine of
$3.50 or serve 80 days in Jail by
Judge Hines.
Valdez was convicted by a
Criminal Court jury on charges
of practicing dentistry without a
certificate from the State Board,
and without a local license.
He appealed for a new trial,
but the appeal was denied by
Judge Hines. In addition to the
fine, Valdez was given a sus-
pended Jail sentence of six
months and was placed on pro-
baton for a year, during which
time he was ordered to report all
his cases to the local Dental
Board.
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BROWN RITES
HERE SUNDAY

The funeral Of Franklin C.
Brown, age rs. who died yester-
day morning at 2 o'clock in the
residence, 801 Waddell Avenue,
viii be held on Sunday after
noon at s o'clock from the Chapel
OF the Lopez Funeral Home,
Chaplain Blake Craft of the
Y. S. Navy, officiating.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Jennie Anna Brown; two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Marguerite Spa1ding
and Mrs. Eleanor Chamberlin, Of
California.
Anchor Lodge, F. & A. M, will
attend the funeral in a body,
with pallbearers to be selected
from the membership.
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COMPLAINS OF NOISES

Editor, The Citizen:
AS ! have been visitor 10 this
city for eleven years and have its
interests very much at hee-t, /
venture to raise my small voice
In protest at the increasing UNI
necessary noises in the streets of
the town.
live on what has, I believe,
always been considered a digni-
fled residential street A short
distance from where / live, one of
the old beautiful homes of Key
West, recently purchased by a
winter visitor from the North
and resuscitated in all its original
charm and taste. will serve to
prove the foregoing statement, "a
dignified residential district.
Now, from early morning till
late evening. succession of mo-
torcycles q have counted as
many as six or eight following
one another), buses, huge vans,
trucks and private cars shrek
through this street without
mufflers.
The children of our neighbors
began two weeks ago to 'cele-
brate' the Fourth of July, with
firecrackers. and are still cele-
brating thus the ninth of the
month. AT one time, my native
city, New York, was spoken of
as the noisest city in the world,
and was so until Mayor La Guar
dia took the matter in hand and
has succeeded in doing away
with the elevated railroads and
there is fine of $l.00 for every
time a motorist unnecessarily
blows his horn.
Across the street from me here
a filling station tests horns at ali
hours, and man having a 'mu.
steal horn (slc) on his cal
rushes through the streets on
Sunday afternoons, especially
shrieking snatches Of some once
popular song.
While ! fully realize that the
increased and increasing activi.
ties due to war conditions dc
cause greater traffic, maintain
that attention of your city au.
thorities to these annoyances t
the visitor. if not the native, car
and should be given.
Even the beaches where ons
seeks rest and recreation are mo-
immune as ! have several times
recently found boys shooting Of
their 'firecrackers, etc, there.
] belong to the Society fol
Suppression of Unnecessary
Noise, and feel sure that many
here feel as do-that it shoulc
be stopped. II can be.
HEBE v. MENNER.
Key West, Fla,
724 Eaton Street,
July 3. 1871.
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Fottsvilie hospital. All were dis
charged.
The detectives were bruised and
battered by the surging crowd of
miners as they left the scene
where the shots were fired.
Deputy Sheriff L. NJ. Brobst
said it had been estimated that
about 1000 bootleg" miners gath
cred at Donaldson, is miles west
of Pottsvllle, where the Correale
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IN MEMoRIAM

In loving memory of husband
and dad, Henry d. Archer, who
passed away from us July ii,
1910:
One long year has passed, dear
Dad,
Since we saw your dear face
last;
But in our hearts we love you
still,
And love you, we always will.
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
jlyl2-1tx
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IN MEMORIAM

In LOVING memory of our dear
son and brother, Charles II.
Pierce who passed away from us
on July IL, 1910:
A happy home we once enjoyed,
How. sweet the memory still;
But death has left a loneliness,
The world can never fill.
No one knows how much we miss
you,
No one knows the bitter pain
We have suffered since we lost
you, -
Life can never be the same.
In our heart your memory fingers,
Sweetly tender, fond and true;
There is not day, dear Charles,
That we do not think of you.
In the graveyard sleeping sweetly,
Where the flowers gently wave;
Lies the one we love so dearly,
But whom we could not save.
No one knows the silent heart
aches,
Only those who have lost can
tell;
OF the grief that is borne in
silence,
For the one we love so well.
jlyl2-1tx THE FAMILY.
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FOR RENT
MISCELLANEOUS

LADIES, WHEN YOU PUR-
~HASE your Groceries at The
Little Cash Store, the PRICE
of Meats, Sausages and Cold
Cuts will bring Your Grocery
BILL down less than 1870.
Just pay us a visit and convince
yourself. This is not a propo-
sition of Sugar or couple of
Items; this is Economy in Facts
and not a weekend special.
This is every day, We handle
only first-class MEATS, Lit
tie Cash Store Meats and Gro
ceries), sol Simonton Street.
jly10-2t
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PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes express
sions Of the views of ffs read
ers. but the editor reserves sha
riNht 10 delete nny items
which are considered fibeiOun
or mmwnFranted. The writers
should he fair and confine the
letters 60 500 words. and write
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signature OF the writer's must
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