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Evening star., 1941-10-10
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkin.

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@. When will Thanksgiving be OBJ
served in the various States?~-M B.
A. November 20, 1941: Alabama, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, District Of
Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, MaSsachu-
sets, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mex
leo, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia,
Washington, West Virginia. Wisconsin,
Wyoming November 27: Arizona, Ar
kansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa,
Kansas, Montana, Nebraska. New Hamp-
shire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Penn
sylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Vermont. Undecided: Idaho, Michigan,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, South Da-
kota, Texas.
@. How many miles year does the
average automobile owner travel9-W.
T.
A Studies indicate that passenger car
owners drive their vehicles an average of
8,196 miles year.
@. What Presbyterian church in the
United States has the largest member
ship?-A. T. r.
A. The First Presbyterian Church at
Seattle, Wash, has a membership Of
6,92O.
Evening star., 1941-10-10
inquiries About Another b. E. F.
To Fight Germans in Western Europe.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Many Of us who have approved the
tremendous outlays made for help in
the fight against Fascism are very dis
appointed at the inactivity and near
complacency of the British government.
This disappointment was given added
justification by the English Ambassador
a few days ago. Speaking to reporters,
he entertained the possibility Of an
American expeditionary force, though
quite diplomatically, of course, he said
the decision would be up to the United
States.
We wonder why the English govern
ment does not send its own millions of
soldiers across the Channel now that
the Russians are fighting great part
Of the German Army.
JAMES AUSTEN.
Evening star., 1941-10-10

movements which eventually may
destroy our own Bill Of Rights.
If millions on the continent of
Europe, hungry, poor and enSlaVed,
could for the asking have anything
they want, it is a safe guess that,
once their physical needs were met,
high on the list of their requests
would be the opportunity to celebrate
the signing of Bill of Rights such
as ours.
Evening star., 1941-10-10
Reminds Senator Mead
OF Persecution in Russia.

To the Editor of The Star:
This is to call to the attention of
Senator James NJ Mead of New York,
who few days ago, on the floor of the
Senate, deplored the Nazis' "plundering
and destroying" the Catholic Church in
Germany, that such unholy treatment
of the Catholic Church has been going
on for more than five years. So his
denunciation of religious persecution in
Germany is nothing new.
May Senator Mead and others be en-
hghtened to the existence of the same
sad conditions in goddess Russia, which
boasts: I'VE have dethroned the en-
perors of this world and now we must
dethrone the Emperor of Heaven"
JAW
Evening star., 1941-10-10

escape the war in 1807-1812 nor in 1914
1917 by surrendering rights under free
dom of the seas. 1t remains to be seen
If we shall have any better luck in the
similar attempt OF 1939-l94l.
tCoeyptxht 1911, udaSoFtsl AeessSeh Rspoetc)
Evening star., 1941-10-10

q. Why Is the rising moon red?-W.
EB.
A. The red appearance Of the moon
when rising or setting is due TO the
greater depth of atmosphere through
@. How many whistles are blown by
ships leaving port?-J. P. C.
A. The Navy Department says that
ships prior TO leaving port give three
short whistles followed by long blast
G. In referring to Russian soldiers
equipment, what is meant by a potato
masher"2-D. B.
A. 1t Is a hand grenade.
O. On what continent are the most
languages spoken7-H. P. A.
A. There are said to be more than 300
languages used in Asia, almost 800 IN
Europe, 275 in Africa and more than
1900 languages and dialects in the Amer
icaS.
@. Where were colored tratic signal
lights first used in this country?-A. ]. D.
A. The first system OF colored signal
lights was installed on Fifth avenue. New
York City, about 1920.
@. What is the source of the saying.
"The way of a man with a maid"?-W.
T.. H.
A 1t occurs in the Bible in Proverbs
Xxx 19. The passage is as follows: There
ha fhiroc uuhiph UnndarfllI
for me, yea, four, the way Of an eagle in
the air the way of a serpent upon
rock; the way of a ship in the midst OF
the sea, and the way Of man with
maid"
G. How many chevrons are required
for each private, first -claSs, in the Army?
w T A
A. According to the Quartermaster
Corps, 16 cheWonS are required to outfit
each man entitled to wear them. A
private, first class, gets four for his cot
ton shirts, three for his fatigue shirts,
one for his field jacket, two for his wool
shirts, one for his wool coat and one for
his overcoat. In addition two wool and
two cotton chevrons for maintenance per
year are required for each man rating
them.
@. How accurate are railroad watches?
T. j. D.
A. The standard rule is that railroad
watches must not vary more than 80
seconds per week from perfect time. On
most railroads, watches must be sub
mitted for inspection once a. month and
compared with designated standard
clocks before the start of each days
work.
@. What kind OF nest does cowbird
build?-H. T. A.
A. Cowbirds do not. build nests. but
lay eggs in nests of other birds, which
unknowingly raise the cowbird young.
Evening star., 1941-10-10

keeping open their larger stores until
o'clock one night each week so as to
give to the working girl an opportunity
to shop 1eisurely and advantageously at
least once in awhile.
In Boston, the experiment was received
enthusiastically and both the customer
and the merchant were highly pleased
with results.
Here in Washington, there are a great
many well-paid Government workers
whose working-hour schedule makes 1t
difficult for them to shop even for
necessary commodities, and they, I feel
sure, would welcome and appreciate an
opportunity to shop in a less hectic
manner.
Personally, I would be glad to have
few hours to go through the stores and
get the things I need and not be COM
PEELED to do it in a limited period of
time. M EDYTH WILLIAMS,
Calls Attention to Inconsistencies
In Last" Speech of Mr.. Lindbergh.
To the Editor of The Star;
Nobody is going to take Charles A.
Lindbergh's liberty of speech away from
him. If he stops making public ad-
dresses, it will be because he is afraid
that some honest-to-go goodness American
will lose patience while listening to his
nonsense
Mr.. Lindbergh is quoted as saying: 'I
have no motive in mind other than the
welfare of my country and of civiliza-
ton" He is naive. Has he forgotten
that he left his country and was con-
templating becoming citizen of Great
Britain before the Germans began bomb
ing England?
He also is quoted as saying: 81 have
told you the truth as I saw 1t and I
do not know of single statement I
have made that has been proven false"
How can he say that and keep a straight
face? He cannot have forgotten that he
stated fatty that Hitler had no intention
of invading Russia.
LAURA K. POLLOCK.
Evening star., 1941-10-10

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how values and prices are estab-
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Evening star., 1941-10-10

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use of
a pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters ,oith
q UieW to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-10-10

Daniel Tobin has just discovered
and announced that racketeer-ruled
unions are detrimental to the cause
of labor. This scoops every one else
by about minus ten years.
Evening star., 1941-10-10
Proposes Keeping Stores Open
One Evening Each Week.
To the Editor Of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
would like to call attention to the
custom recently inaugurated in Boston,
Mass, and in New York City-that of
Evening star., 1941-10-10

Add new Simile: AS useless as the
lower half of a Washington ther.
n1ometer in October.
Evening star., 1941-10-10

and il carrying ontraband-freedom of
the seas does mean the right of neutral
nation to trade with any other nation,
neutral or belligerent Thrice has the
United States failed to enforce this right
1t was not enforced in 1907 and the
following years, when both British and
French men-of-war were preying upon
American commerce. In the hope of
crippling Great Britain and France by
denying both of them supplies of any
kind from the United States, American
vessels were not allowed to trade with
either, but were kept in home ports.
More than a hundred years later, as
noted above, the United States again
tried to keep out of trouble by not en-
forcing some Of its rights under freedom
of the seas. That is we protested, but
did not go to war when Great Britain
barred all the North Sea to American
vessels We protested, but did not 60 to
war when German submarines sank Brit
ish vessels and in some cases American
vessels, as long as enough warning was
given for the passengers and crew to
take to lifeboats. We went to war with
Germany only when Germany insisted
on sinking merchant vessels without
warning.
And our present neutrality law valves
some of our rights under freedom of the
seas by forbidding American vessels to
trade with belligerent. BY barring them
from war zones, it even forbids them to
trade with neutrals such rs the Irish
Free State and Sweden. We did not
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29

ing an elective oifise. Mrs. Osborn
has life record OF public service.
For a number OF years she has
particularly concerned herself with
the housing problems OF Detroit's
schools. In 1887 she campdigned
strenuously for the elimination OF
portable buildings and tho rcduc-
ton OF the number OF children on
halliday sessions in both grades
and high school.
Familiarity with yoca,;p Ia needs
OF this mechanical cits led Mrs.
Osborn to advocate the expansion
II vocational education md partic-
u'srly of the Wilbur w-ieht nieb
school, a number OF years ago. She
has consistently urged the expar-
s.cn OF the trade schools, and has
wdged many battle during bsdget
tine for appropriations that would
permit this advancement in our edu-
c1tonal system. With the expand
ite OF the school prDgram to in
clbde Bocational Traiuing for Ma
t'tnal Defense, the knowledge and
experience OF this long time mem
Der OF the Baord OF Education Is
particularly noteworthy al this crit
zeal time.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29
Judge John Scallen Is
Endorsed BY Friends
F or r e-E | e cti o n

Judge John p. Scallen is unques-
tionably citizen whose everpre-
sent sense OF duty Is clearly out
lined. even though he is confronted
with many details in connection
with his successful election cam
paign. This week saw two Of Judge
Scallen's sons answer the nations
call and become volunteers in the
Army Of the United States.
When interviewed, Judge Seal
len said The duty of every
American citizen in things poltl-
cal is to get out an vote and to
always answer the call OF Uncle
Sam.
His friends heartily endorse
Judge Scallen, both for his patrio-
tic action in giving consent for
the enlistment OF his 10. year-old
son, william. and for his fine rec
ord as Judge Of Recorders court.
Get A Birth Certificate
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29
Committee


ten point program 10 secure full
participation for Negro citizens in
the federal governments National
Defense program OF army. navy,
air corps and private industry has
the endorsement OF the Bishops
Council OF the African Methodist
Episcopal church. National Baptist
Convention. U.s.A.. Inc. Episcopal
church. the National Negro Bust
ness league and the United Govern
ment Employees. Inc.
Sunday, March 30 has been de-
signated by the National Negro
Council as National Race and
Church Defense Rally and every
Negro minister has been urged to
preach sermon on that day and
make an appeal for a public coll
lection TO be forwarded TO the Cit
liens and Southern Bank and
Trust company, 18th and South
streets. Philadelphia. Pa. Ministers.
civic leaders. women clubs and
other philosophical leaders Of coll
ored communities in all sections OF
the country are urged TO organize
and aid In the presentation OF these
programs in the Negro churches on
March 80 Correspondence should
be addressed to Edgar G. Brown.
I'LL Euclid street NV, director
OF the National Negro Council.
Washington, d. c.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29
Witness
CONTINUED from page u

rived. Bethel said. thus leading
him to believe the threats which
had been relayed to him.
Offered A Job
He told how he had been offered
a Job which never materislized. and
then of fleeing TO Atlantic City
where he was visited by schoon-
over and Mrs. schoonover. Before
leaving he was given an old pair
OF white shoes. watch and chain,
handbak bearing the initials OF
"DMS." and a travelling kit.
The witness said he was TO get
$3.50 each from IL other OF the Of
ficers who had been indicted. This
did not materialize either. and paw
ed the way for Bethel 10 write sew
eral letters Of protest TO schoon-
over.
Get A Birth Certificate
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29
,,.,,Ioasd from page 81

". h.cause Of his national
i.,' v highway program.
t'l.ns. .,a.nt Roosevelt has COM
=. r' confidence in Commissioner
sl's 10 do the big job OF keep
A'', ,,,chlsan's highways ready to
rs n ,s.Ir part in preventing a
'Ss.,.Dortation breakdown sucn as $
r' y pI,e. in the past World War"
'' wv. president asked Mr.. Ken
~ !, sraft a program for strens-
~. tho whole natios's defense
s'. . Mr. Kennedy did THIS
~ n plan now is before Cong
90 -. :, r.d.ral military highway
' ~, have urged Congress to
w. ' Mr.. Kennedy's PROS a m
q, and without making any
s,.,ss in the plan
en- svIebiran highways will benefit
....,lv from this pending Federal
IAN Blount said Commission
v,rnedv has complete projects
Wv IA 20 on main state high
~, throughout the state, and on
|-,Iu DetroIt routines.'
Mount pointed out that Negroes
n. Metropolitan Detroit area
N r,,p great benefits from the
|rrs,dy express highway plans.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29
Donald Kennedy

The Harper McGraw crosstown
expressway. the Hastings Oakland
Woodward expressway. the YER
nor Highway and River front Drive
plans all pass through Negro slum
areas.
This program will rehabilitate
slum areas and restore the value
and beauty Of the neighborhoods, I"
he said. "Mr. Kennedy alone can
get the Federal aid necessary TO
carrying out these projects. be-
cause he alone has the full confi-
dence md respect OF President
Roosevelt and the Federal high
way and military experts.
"He has done all the preliminary
work for these new programs He
has made financial arrangements
in Washington. he has completed
his engineering studies. and he has
well-planned projects ready to 60
the moment Congress adopts the
program he drafted.
"A change In the fine state high
way administration at this time OF
emergency would ruin all hope for
Federal aid for years TO come. A
new highway commissioner would
have to learn the job all over, and
start at the beginning to try to win
Federal confidence.
"Blount urged Negroes OF Michi-
gan to resist last-minute efforts to
divide their allegiance, and said
that ANY Negro who fails to vote
for Mr.. Kennedy and other Demo-
cratic candidates on Monday, April
Z. need not complain later II his
proven enemies destroy all the pro-
gress that the Kennedy-Van WACO
ner alliance has made N recent
years In improving the lot OF tn
Negro in Michigan"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29
Maurice Sugar Is The
Champion of Minority
Races, Record Shows

Many candidates are now pro-
Tossing that they have been such
fine friends to the colored people
But the masses Of the Negroes are
saving that that might be true.
bat many Of those candidates. prior
TO this. have had very poor way
Of showing H. and they are going
10 the polls and vote for one man.
That man has stood out head
and shoulders above them all He
has fought the Negroes battles in
the face Of long and loud opposl-
fion and criticism from many who
did not think as he did That man
Is that great Champion OF human
rights Maurice Sugar.
He has acted as attorney 70
labor In practically all OF their
major Negro cases involving dis
eliminating segregation not only
in Detroit but cases OF national in
terest involving the civil and poll
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29
PAGE SEVEN
al rights Of the Negro.

tica rights OF the Negro.
Everybody is familiar with the
great part played by sugar In the
Scotisboro case; the Jesse Craw-
ford case the James Victory case.
The Charles Lee and Monroe Brown
cases.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29
Voters Urged To
Support Judge Stein

Judge Christopher +. Stein
needs no introduction to the yot-
ers OF Detroit. His long years OF
sincere service has established him
as Exemption for human rights
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29
Mrs. Osborn's Candidacy

Troubled times in this nation
cal for clear thinking and ta-eful
planning, such as years OF expert.
ence can best give declares Mrs
nshCrn, who is candidate to sue.
tCtd herself AS a member OF the De-
trcit Boail of Edu alton.
A major part OF the current
emergency Is contingent fo. solv-
Ing on the work ard program OF
the public schools, believes Mrs
Osborn. In order TO best meet this
emergency and to more adequately
plan the education OF the citys 256
900 children OF school age. the city
should continue expert represents.
ticn on its Board Of Education
- Osborn is completing her
twenty-fourth consecutive year a;
a member, having served four
terms as president She ran frs
in a field OF ten in the February
primaries.
The only woman in the city hold.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-29

and friend throughout the years.
Judge Stems broad sympathies
have not been deferred by con-
sideration OF race but rather has
he dispensed justice.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-05-01
PRESIDENT THROWS THE BALL

'FIIE war between the Washington and the New
York ball teams began in the Capital City on
Easter Monday, day when the kddies were roll
ing their eggs on the White House lawn, when
the cherry blossoms were at their best and when
the Daughters Of the American Revolution in
vaded the Capital for their annual row. and were
assigned to the few remaining rooms that had
been reserved for them in leading hotels
Even President Roosevelt was happy on that
day and the spirit in which he threw out the ball
for the opening of the season shows that he was
taking little time off from another Wal-one
which might have crushed a less vigorous man.
The spirit he put into the ball game seemed to
produce magnetic effect upon the $4,000 base
ball fans who joined the players in paying unusual
and almost unprecedented respect to the head OF
the Nation during the afternoon.
Capitol Hill was deserted by Members of the
Senate and House whose loyal support for base
ball has never WaVercd on all opening days, run
ming back to the time when Judge Lands stepped
down from the Federal bench to become the Czal
of bio league baSeball-a time that ante-dated
Walter Johnsons arrival in the Washington ball
park.
The next very important event outside national
defense will be the coming of RinGling Brothers
the greatest show on earth. Washington drops
everything and turns out en- maSSe when their big
circus comes to town. 1t has always been that
way-even in days Of the previous great war when
dignfcd Woodrow Wilson ate peanuts and pop
corn and had glorious time as he watched the
show under the great circus tent
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-05-01
Vegetable Packers Union
Signs Up Florida Firms

Princeton, Fla. - Charles BehrenS,
financial secretary, A. +. of l.. Nege-
table Packing House Employees Union
of Florida, 10. 2l494, announced the
negotiation of an agreement with five
firms in this area carrying minimum
wage rates of five cents for each
standard tomato lug for packing, 45
cents per hour for grading, S5 cents
per hundred for box making where
the employer delivers the crate mate
rial to the workers bench and the
complete crate to be removed there
from, 81 per hundred whore the en-
ployc delivers crate material to his
bench and removes the completed
crate and delivers to the chute, and
60 cents per hour for box making by
machinery.
Wage rates in excess of these scales
may be paid, but there can be no re-
duction below the minmumS. The
agreement also carries provision
that preference shall be given to Nom
bers of the union in employing new
workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-05-01
RETURN TO SANITY

THERE are signs that the manufactured furore
over strikes in defense industries is dying
down, for which the nation should be thankful.
The shouting and the tumult has shown lack OF
national poise and it is good that hystera is going
and sanity returning.
Denunciaton of strikes was carried to such
an absurdity that it was bound to bring reaction
toward sensible thinking. Labor helped greatly
in bringing this about, by pointing out the rel
ative unimportance of strikes in the defense pic
ture and was aided by high Government officials,
who presented the true facts of the situation and
counseed calmness. When man such as Sec
retary Of the Navy Knox, surely never suspected
of being labor agitator," defends labor's right
to strike and emphasizes the dangers Of restrictive
labor legislation it is time for even the most rabid
union-hater to curb his tongue and stick at least
approximately to the truth.
Strikes are not wanted in defense industries
and responsible labor leadership and membership
know this as well as anyone. But because there
have been some strikes, is no reason for abandon
ing American principles in panic and calling loudly
for legislation that would delight Hitler or a
Stain.
The nation is seeing this, after some weeks of
being unduly influenced by alarmist talk, which
undoubtedly was enthusiastically backed by every
enemy of labor in the country.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-05-01
A CHILLY SUBJECT

4 FTER the United States signed an agreement
with the Danish Minister to place the island
of Greenland under the protection of the United
States the Government of Denmark declined to
recognize the validity of the treaty. Apparently
the objections actually came from Berlin, and
were based on the theory that while everything
remains in the name of the King of Denmark, that
Germany, nevertheless, holds the title. The Ad-
ministration at Washington has ignored the OBJ
jections and will insist on protecting Greenland in
the same way that the Western Hemisphere is
protected by the Monroe Doctrine.
Now, it seems fair to remind the King of Den
mark that he decorated Doctor Frederick A. Cook
as discoverer of the North Pole and that the
United States did not protest against this infer
ence with our national honors; but we went ahead
and recognized Admiral Peary as the real dis
coverer of the North Pole. We suggest that the
King of Denmark recognize the above facts AND
call the affairs a trade in grievances-and let il
90 at that.