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Evening star., 1941-04-09
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. TrdceDell.

hand had become stingy, he gave 1t
sharp nip and left in disgust.
ITO this point the story approximates
truth. The rest you can believe or not.
Standing by the lumber pile I saw
small stone near the stump wiggle and
then wiggle again. I found the stone
was lodged in the chipmunk's hole,
picked it out, and laid it few inches
to one side. The next day 1t was over
the hole again.
Il removed the stone and placed a
small chip over the hole. Then next
day the chip was still over the hole so
I moved it to one side. And the next
day the cnip was over the hole. So
what? I don't know Maybe he would
like a door with hinges.
IA dog did some work on the hole
and spoiled it for further experiment.
But he didn't get the chipmunk. I
saw him a few times after that, but
he soon turned in for the winter
Il haven't seen him since November
and 1 think he is alternating under the
stump. If he is, he will soon come out.
"One thing more. I never succeeded
in calling out the chipmunk in the after
noon or evening but did cluck a beau
tiful little woodmouSe out of the same
lumber pile.
Several times I saw him peeping at
me from between the boards and
thought he was a small rat. Then one
evening he dashed out and back again
in a flash and l recognized him by
his long tail, big ears and brown coat.
He, too, was soon taking peanuts
from my hand. His technique was quite
different from the chipmunks. After
eyeing me a long time from his hiding
place he would dash out suddenly,
snatch one kernel from my hand, and
be out of sight in half wink.
Sincerely, w. S. H."
Although we never have seen chip
munks climb tree, we have no doubt
they can do it.
Personally, we once saw mouse
climb a bush for distance of some
four feet, in order to get away from
a cat, which it did most successfully.
There are few apimals more intelli-
gent than the chipmunk. Any yard
which has one or more is fortunate.
In feeding the birds, it is always well
to watch out for the other creatures.
Those of US who like animals will be
glad to help the wild rabbits, the squir-
rels. even the field mice
When a chipmunk's pouches are
filled, it nearly trebles the size of the
head 1t is said that as many as four
hickory nuts have been crowded into
them.
Nuts seeds and grains go into these
odd storage houses.
Insects in their various stages, and
even birds eggs and young are eaten
by chipmunks. Let us think that they
do not get many bird eggs and young.
Investigators have found as much as
half bushel of seeds and grains in a
chipmunk's underground storage hall
Some investigators think the animal
eats the food a little at time during
Information, which begins usually about
the first of October and ends around
the last of March.
Just how high a chipmunk can climb
is an interesting question. 1t is claimed
that low-built bird nests are an easy
prey for this animal This perhaps
means as much as or feet.
Evening star., 1941-04-09
Petuin's Call for UNITY

Marshal Petain's broadcast to the
French people was pitched in dig
nifled key. Coming as it did after a
series of radio talks by other men,
bers of his government attacking
the activities of General de Gaulle
and the latter's Free French" fol-
lowers, it had been predicted that
Petain would stress what Vichy re-
CARDS as their treason" Instead,
the marshals main theme was the
maintenance of national unity,
conceived in the larger sense of both
continental France and its empire
overseas. This, he asserted could be
accomplished only if Frenchmen
everywhere supported him and his
government with undivided loyalty
The keynote of his patriotic appeal
was best expressed in his closing
lines For Frenchman," he said,
there is no other cause to be de-
Tended than France. And there are
not several different ways of being
French. If every one claims the right
to devise his own particular method
of being patriotic, there can be
neither fatherland nor nation. You
cannot serve France and be against
French unity or against the unity of
France with the empire. There is
today only one France-that which
has conflded to me her hope of saliva
ton. Serve that France with me
with all your hearts"
Even among the bitterest critics
of Petain's policies, few have ques-
toned his sincerity. 1t is this moral
quality which has won the enthu-
siastic devotion of the mass of the
French people. In their frightful
ordeal, when all else seems in f1uX,
the stanch figure of this remarkable
old man, the hero of Verdun, has
stood out like a rock about which
they have despairingly clung. 1t is
not so much his ideas as his princi-
Piles which endear him to the nation
in it's dark hour. Frenchmen are
convinced that Petain is starkly hon.
est, devoutly religious, ardently pa
triotic and ready to die for what he
deems right and honorable. At such
a moment, those are precious quail
ties in the head of the state.
For the world at large, the most
interesting point in Petain's address
was a categorical refusal to turn
against Great Britain. This he
clearly did when he said: Honor
commands that we should undertake
nothing against our former ally"
When the old marshal makes any,
thing a point of honor, selfish ex-
pediency is ruled old. So long as he
heads the Vichy regime, we can be
practically certain that it will not
deliberately undertake" any hostile
action against Britain, no matter
what tempting concessions Germany
may offer or what pressure it may
bring to bear.
This does not mean that an Anglo
French clash is impossible. It does
mean, however, that, so far as Mar
shall Petain is concerned, such clash
Evening star., 1941-04-09
Norway Unconquered

A year ago today the civilized por-
ton of the world was Mortified by
the German attack upon Norway.
The first anniversary of that criminal
event furnishes as good an oppor-
tunity as might be desired Tor re-
affirmation of the sympathy and the
appreciation of unenslaved human
ity for the continued resistance of
the Norwegian people. 1t may be
too early to tell the story in minute
detail, but it is already an established
fact of history that the Nazi effort
to conquer Norway has been failure
rather than success.
True, the land is occupied and its
resources in large part are being
employed by the German war ma
chine. But it ought not to be for
gotten that a prodigious price was
paid, still is being paid, for the ad-
vantages theoretically gained by the
onslaught of April 9, 1940 The Nor
wegian Navy and coastal forts de-
stroyed between seventy and eighty
thousand tons of ships which Hitler
could i'll afford to sacrifice. Military
operations under Gen. Otto Ruge
continued for two months, each day
of which represented contribution
to the cause of freedom among men.
Some writer's frankly have declared
1t to be their considered opinion that
Norway saved Britain from an in
vasion attempt in June.
Meanwhile, King Haakon and the
principal officers of his government
escaped to England, there to carry
on the struggle they had not desired
but from which they did not finch.
Eighty-two per cent of the merchant
marine of Norway and the national
gold reserve were saved from Ger
man seizure. Thousands of valiant
young Norwegian civilians, in little
groups or singly, have evaded the
,Nazi police, gotten away to friendly
countries, including the United
States, to continue their service to
Norway under foreign flags. The
Crown Prince and Princess and their
children, after many hardships, are
reunited in home in a suburb Of
Washington.
Prospects for the restoration OF
democracy and peace in Norway may
be dim at the moment, but there can
be no question about the ultimate
future. The fate of the Norwegians
Is Identical in every essential char
scteristic with that of Britain and
Evening star., 1941-04-09
Sop Gathering

Up and do1Dn the sugar bush trails,
PauSing by the maple trees bloom
ing tDith pals
And Spouts, the barrel filled or sled
goes
Along the 1Uest hills tapped-tree
rotDS,
The sled pulls heavier after long
stops
As the gathered sap neurS the barrel
tops,
For the u-Shod naples, tDarm
lDith sun,
Are giUing the seasons record run;
But the sled drags deep in the honey
conlbed sno1D,
While the oren moDe more dreamily
Slol1
As If remembering ancient sires
Who breathed hot sands, not sugar
house fires,
And left cain, toll as their legacy
To the or team pdustng by q maple
tree. JESSIE M. DOwLIN.
Evening star., 1941-04-09
Resident Commissioner of the
Philippines to the United States
Judge Proctor Commended
For Conduct of Trial.

To the Editor of The Star:
To my mind fhe outstanding memory
of the historic medical" trial will be the
fairness and patience and understanding
of its presiding judge, Justice Proctor.
Like the defendants, judging from Ian
guage he employed in sustaining a de-
murer to the indictment, he believed that
the thesis of the Government counsel
represented an extreme position which
did violence to the common understand
ing of trade and which rejected au-
thoritative decisions of our courts and
ignored cardinal rules of statutory con-
struction. Like the defendants, he OBJ
jected to that un-American theology
which justified judicial legislation and
which insisted upon stretching an old
statute to fit new uses for which it never
was intended To him, as with the de-
PENDANTS, this theology was all the more
repugnant because here in the voteless
District of Columbia, Congress exercises
exclusive and sole sovereignty and in the
fullness of its power could correct the
evil, If it deemed that it so existed.
Reversed by the Court of Appeals on
the question of the indictments validity,
he was called upon to preside at the trial
of defendants whose concept of law was
his concept of law. AS one of those de-
PENDANTS, now acquitted, want publicly
to testify to my gratitude and admiration
of Justice Proctor's conduct of the case.
No one could have been fairer or more
conscientious. In every instance where
he took matter under advisement after
argument by counsel on both sides, his
decision was identical with the one I
would have made under the circum-
stances His rulings were so just that I, a
layman with defendants knowledge
of the law, could easily anticipate what
fair ruling might be.
Thank God for judges like Justice
Proctor.
THOMAS E. MATTINGLY, M. D.,
Defendant No. 13.
Evening star., 1941-04-09
FALLS CHURCH, Va.

Dear Sir.
"Of course the birds and squirrels are
entitled to all the space they get in
your column, but let's have a little
more about that humorous little devil,
the chipmunk. I hardly expect belief
for all of my chipmunk adventures, but
this is fairly truthful account of the
doings of the chipmunk in my yard
last summer
II don't know how many individuals
or families there were, but they had
four widely separated homes or transient
stopping places. One was under stump
near a pile of old lumber one in
leaf compost heap, one close to the house
and one near the garage.
Il used wren houses as feeders to
exclude the squirrels. If the openings
weren't large enough the chipmunks
easily enlarged them to suit. There is
a box for feeding the squirrels in
tree near the house. 1t is inclosed on
all sides with a wide, low opening.
"One of the chipmunks took his
breakfast there regularly, and when I
made my hurried morning round of
feeding stations, if I approached too
quickly there would be wild scramble,
a furry of seeds and hulls, and a quick
take-off over my head to the bushes.
But If I came up quietly he would
come out on the platform and look
me over until I had come as close as
he thought proper, when he would move
into the lower branches and wait for
me to leave his breakfast.
The best performer was the little
rascal that lived under the stump and
used the lumber pile as his base of
operations.
Il always fed him at the same spot,
talking to him with clucks and other
noises that I thought he would under
stand. I never could be quite sure he
understood the noises as come and get
it but he didn't seem to mind them.
1t required only a little patience to
have him taking peanuts from my hand.
His approach technique was always the
same. In early morning he would be
waiting for me at his lookout on the
lumber pile, never moving hair until
I was close enough to touch him. Then
he would disappear among the boards.
Presently his head would pop out at an
other place and he would stand a minute
or more identifying me carefully.
Then he would come all-out and
spend another minute making up his
mind again.
Satisfied at last he would hesitate
no longer but would march right up
and take the peanuts from my hand.
He would eat one or two Spanish pea
nut kernels at the counter and stow
the rest to 60 When his cheeks seemed
about 10 burst he would start for home;
but if any peanuts were left he would
look back with longing and-actually
pat mis- cheeks with his paws to pack
them tighter, and then come back and
stuff in some more.
His capacity was q kernels. by count.
And that is quite a mouthful. When
he could hold no more he would make
straight for his stump.
He knew his rights. Once I offered
him only about half his capacity He
slowed what I offered but refused to
leave. Several times he started for
home, then came back to nose my
empty hand. Satisfied at last that the
Evening star., 1941-04-09

America. AS Gen. Ruge told his
troops when they were demobilized:
1T may take time before the day
arrives, but the day also may come
faster than any one believes" The
experience of the race during many
centuries has been to the effect that
justice never is altogether defeated.
Evil may flourish for a while. Let
that sorrowful concession be admit
ted. The end, however long delayed
or painfully achieved, is the triumph
of Righteousness.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

Commonwealth from the sugar excise
tax collections and from profits derived
from the devaluation of the American
dollar. be appropriated to be spent ex-
clusively for our national defense under
the direction of the United States
These are the funds to which you re-
ferred in your editorial. My insistence
in clearing up this point is because I
want to evidence the unequivocal atti-
tude of the Philippine government. We
are bound to America by common faith
and will fulfill the task allotted to us by
the United States in one common de-
fense of the democratic way of life to
the limit of our own fiscal resources.
J. M. ELIZALDE,
Resident Commissioner of the
Philippines to the United States.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

@. What was the fastest voyage made
before 1900 by a transatlantic steam-
ship?-J. H.
A. In 1891 the Majestic crossed the At
lantic in 5 days 1S hours 8 minutes. The
Lucania. in 1894 made the crossing in
days hours % minutes.
@. Please describe the climate of Ber-
muda.-J. P.
A. The climate of Bermuda is gen.
orally healthful and delightful the air
being mild and moist at all seasons. The
thermometer seldom falls below 40 de-
gress F., and rarely rises above IS de-
grees.
@. In what year did the race horse
Alexander Pantages win the Aqua CAL
iente Cup?-C. A. T.
A. The Aqua Caliente Cup, which was
worth $3.50, was won by Alexander
Pantages in 1890
@. Where is the million-dollar Tiffany
glass curtain?-M. D.
A. 1t is in the Palace of Fine Arts
at Mexico City and is the only one of
its kind in the world. Composed of
thousands of pieces of vari-colored glass,
the novel lighting arrangement reveals
the snow-crowned volcanoes of ,Popo-
catepetl and Ixacihuatl at sunrise,
midday and sunset.
@. What is meant by the flag of a
newspaper?-T. L. S.
A. 1t refers to the title plate of the
paper on the first page.
@. Please compare the railroad mileage
in the United States today with that 100
years ago.-E. T. J.
A. One hundred years ago there were
less than 5000 miles of railroad in the
United States. Today there are 410,118
miles, enough to make 1873 parallel
tracks between New York and San Fran
cisco.
@. What is the extent of damage by
bombing to the churches in England?-
M. G. H.
A. Up to the beginning of February.
in England and Wales, 287 Anglican
churches were destroyed or seriously
damaged, 369 Free churches and So Ro-
man Catholic. Including others hit but
less seriously shattered the total comes
to 1,945, not including numerous vicar
ages and parish halls.
Evening star., 1941-04-09
Supports Proposed Ban
OF Smoking in Restaurants.
tn the Editor nf The Star.

I also agree that smoking in public
eating places should be banned. People
who smoke in public eating places are
nuisance.
Claiming personal liberty for them
selves to smoke when and where they
want to, they deny the personal liberty
of other people, who prefer air untainted
by smoke.
ANOTHER NON SMOKER.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

Assuming that university courses
on international law still exist, will
they please tell us the difference be-
tween a non-combatant belligerent
and belligerent neutral?
Evening star., 1941-04-09
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the dnsUer to ury
question OF fact by 1Drtting The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. H1sktn, director, Washington,
u. G. Please tncloSe stamp for reply.
Q. What person of modern times has
had the largest vocabulary?-E. M.
A. The late DR.. Frank H. Vizetelly, in
ternationally known photographer. is
said to have been master of a Million
word vocabulary
@. How many Germans were killed in
the battle of Holland?-C. R.
A. The number has been estimated at
from 10000 to 10000.
@. What NEUROLOGICAL character was
turned into Spider?-R L. T.
A. Arachne. a maiden skilled in weav-
ing, was changed into a spider by Mi
nerva as punishment for mocking the
gods.
q. Is 1t true that there is a place at
the United States Capitol where it was
intended to bury George and Martha
Washington?-C. F.
A. Originally plans were approved by
Congress for the entombment of the
bodies of George and Martha Washing
ton. The space at the Capitol intended
as the tomb is still vacant except for a
catafalque-a simple bier of boards COW
cred with black cloth This was first
used to support the remains of Lincoln.
Q. How many radio receiving sets are
there in the United States?-T. L. E.
A. There are more than As 900 900 radio
receiving sets in use.
@. What is the psychological term for
an exaggerated fear of dogs?-E. BR.
A. Cynophobia is the term which de-
Scribes fear of dogs.
@. What is meant by the tenth muse?
S. B. R.
A. This sobriquet is often applied to
women poets. The earliest use of the
term was made by Plato, who so desig-
mated Sappho.
O. Why is it important for high
school student to take Latin?-E. j. H.
A. There are many reasons. but briefly,
the Latin language is one of the most
perfect vehicles of literary expression
that man has ever perfected Latin is
not only the predominant element in
French, Spanish and Italian, but also a
powerful factor in the knowledge of the
English language. Familiarity with
Latin is essential in many of the pro-
feSSionS.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

1t is supposed to be good policy to
strike while the iron is hot-but
certainly not when the temper Is hot.
Evening star., 1941-04-09
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the ,Driter, although the use OF
a pseudonynt for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerDeS
the right to edit all letters tDtth
q U1eU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

Fayorite Hymns-A collection of
Isl of the best-loved hymns of
all denominations, complete with
words and music. The book is
6 by 9 inches in size and has an
attractive, durable, colored cover.
Completely indexed for quick ref
erence. To secure your copy in
close 20 cents in coin, wrapped in
this clipping, and mail to The Star
Information Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1941-04-09
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
On the front page of your night final
edition of Thursday, April 8, is featured
a series of three pictures. These show
how a man who tried to enter the Ford
River Rouge plant was beaten to the
ground by pickets.
Now I believe in labor's right to strike
in order to obtain its just rights. But
I also believe in a mans right to work
at his regular job unmolested.
In the second picture at least four
men are actually in the act of beating
this one worker while five others are
trying to get close enough to hit him
also. OF the gang of nine, at least six
could be easily identified from the pic
ture Have these men been arrested for
assault-one of them with q deadly
weapon? If not, why not?
Arlington, Va. e. F. E.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

@. How many Germans were killed in
the battle of Holland?-C. r.
A. The number has been estimated at
from 10000 to 10000.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

@. What NEUROLOGICAL character was
turned into Spder?-R. L. T.
A. Arachne. a maiden skilled in weav-
ing, was changed into spider by Mi
nerva as punishment for mocking the
gods.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

A reader can get the unsUer to any
question OF fact by 10rtting The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. Hdsktn, director. Washington,
u. c. Please tncloSe stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

@. What person of modern times has
had the largest vocabulary?-E. M.
A. The late DR.. Frank H Vizetelly, in
ternationally known photographer. is
said to have been master of a Million
word vocabulary.
Evening star., 1941-04-09

ANOTHER NON SMOKER.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16

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brated newcomer at Camp Custer,
was unable TO participate in the
radio festivities due to camp
routine. but the men who had
come to know the former Tiger
during his stay at camp had con-
siderable 10 say.
Fort Custer officials are lending
aid.
Maybe yotY don't know Just what
sort of an oath your boy had TO
take when ne was indicted into
the army. You'll find out if you
tune to this first program. One
OF the draftees will take this oath
at the opening. If he has scruples
against taking an oath he may
substitute the word affirm
Larry Payne will handle the pro-
ductlon of all the programs but
the Times will send various men,
bers of the editorial staff. II YOU
have a question about army life,
Just send II to "Draftees All
in care of The Detroit Times or
WJR and it will be worked into
one of the programs if possible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16
Jungle Jim Due
In New Thriller

"Off to the Wars" is the eXcit-
ing title of the latest episode IN
The Adventures of jungle I'm. -
to be heard over Station WJBk at
4 p. m. tomorrow.
Colonel Barrett has been in
Structed by Washington to ask
Jungle Jim To take a new assign
ment for the military intelligence.
There are strong rumorS that a
foreign power is plotting to fortity
an lSlead in the Caribbean Sea,
where the foreign power will serv-
ice its submarines and surface
raiders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16

by me for senate confirmation
TO the labor mediation board,
was never member of the
Communist party.
This report came Ia me some
time ago aud had II inNesti-
gated. am satisfied that the
membership card issued 10 a
J. Ruben December 10. 1888, of
which the senate had photo
static copy. had no connection
whatsoever with Joseph \.
Rubin.
Il could not under any cir
cumStance have recommended
him for any appointment had l
possessed even the slightest
suspicion that he was ever
Communist or ever sympathetic
To the Communist cause