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Evening star., 1941-06-25
Warns of Dangers
OF Being Unprepared.
To the Editor OF The Star:

1t is not right for the people of Amer
lea to be kept in the dark as to the un-
preparedness of our Army. the desperate
need for the tanks, planes and arms now
being shipped overseas.
AS this goes on, the country is asking
for trouble in big way-demanding it,
in fact.
Our President is so taken up with
affairs abroad as to have forgotten
American defense entirely-until the
time arrives when We may be obliged to
f1ght-with what? Then, like France, it
will be too late
JESSICA L. FORBES.
New York, N. Y.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
@. What are the oldest church bells
Sun-Wurm Meadow

One WhO has knOtUn corn nfotDers IN
meddotD -.
Breathed a soft, s,Oeet mind that
roughed the cloUer,
And lolled against a hay cock in cool
Shddo,U
OF slo,D- drifting cotton clouds that
hoper
Dredmily in hnzy skies:
Always, al,Days tpiH remember
Indolent, dear sleepy days
STEPPED in Sun-Darm amber
Air. Always ,oiH he yearn to kneel:
One Uith leaf and bloom and sod,
PEGGY LAWSEE
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Aqqressor's Nemesis

Before the RuSSo-German war was
day old, the three Baltic states,
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania,
brought under Soviet rule last year,
were Seething with rebellion. These
three little countries, like Finland
and Poland, declared their indie
pendence when the Czarist empire
collapsed toward the close of the last
war. For more than twenty years
they maintained their freedom and
built up progressive, self-respecting
national lives These were suddenly
Snuffed out when Joseph Stain, bent
on recovering the lost borderlands of
the Cars, compelled them to 'join"
Soviet Russia under the menace of
overwhelming force.
Stains excuse was the need of
establishing an advanced "baStion"
to protect Russia from possible at
tack. This same policy had led him
to seize Eastern Poland, wantonly at
tack Finland, and compel Rumania
to cede its provinces of BeSSarabia
and Northern Bukovina. Thereby
Soviet Russia seemed to improve it's
military situation. But those strate-
glc gains were offset by the fierce
hatred of the victims. Nothing was
done to reconcile the annexed popu-
latlonS. On the contrary, Russian
Communism, which most of them
loathed, was fully imposed So the
Baltic states were sullenly hostile
under the Soviet yoke, while Finland
and Rumania nurSed dreams of
eventual revenge.
Even from the most cynically real
lstlc point of view, Stains policy of
aggression could have been justified
only II Soviet Russia had been strong
enough to stand up to the Nazi Ger
many which it obviously feared.
Since this was not the case. the wise
alternative would have been to culti-
vate the friendship of these border
states. They feared Nazi aggression
only less than they did that of Rus
sia. So Stain might have made them
useful buffers, ready to aid against a
German thrust directed against all
alike. Instead, the Baltic states
stand ready to welcome the Germans
as deliverers, while 100000 Rumanian
soldiers march gladly beside the Ger
man armies invading Southern
Russia.
Stain and his minions boasted
loudly over these conquests, obtained
In every case save that of Finland
without firing a shot. The reason
was, of course, bargain with Hitler,
who gave his assent, feeling sure
that he could make Stain diSgorge at
the proper moment. That fateful
hour has seemingly come, and the
Red dlctators jackal imperialism ap-
pears to be as bankrupt as his other
foreign policies. The gains of cynical
aggression become Dead Sea fruit.
Yet, though Hitler has thus out
Smarted his erStWhile partner, the
willy Fuehrer might we'll take the les
son to heart. Nazi Germany today
lords it over even more peoples sub
Jected by brutal aggression, ruthless
Iy exploited, but filled with precisely
the same rancor and thirst for
vengeance. The Nazi dominance of
Europe rests solely upon force. The
instant that force weakens, Hitler's
strategic "bastions" will crumble as
suddenly as those of Stain.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Urges Total Defense
Of Total Freedom.

To the Editor of The Star:
One of the most remarkable things
about this total war of the totalitarians
against us democracies is our totally
wishful way of waging war. Why try
to win a war without really trying to
win it? Why try to win total war by
halfway measures?
If we were as total in our determination
to destroy Nazi-ism at any cost (even
war; as Nazi-ism is total in its determi-
nation to destroy freedom at any cost,
then to hope for an early end to this
war would not be to hope for the totally
impossible.
In any case, it is never too late to fight
for freedom, and never too late to fight
in a total fashion. And, with Britain
still standing, we have a God-given day
of grace to unite our total war effort
with Britain's for strength and victory
to prove the right of freedom, instead OF
slavery, to inherit the earth-totally.
BOILING SOMERVHLE.
Evening star., 1941-06-25

A walk on Washingtons buster
thoroughfares these days is as inter-
esting, as far as eye appeal is con-
cerned, as was the average theatrical
musical comedy of the early years of
the century. Comic relief, too, is
provided to some extent by certain
male styles.
Evening star., 1941-06-25

District Assessor Dent is compli-
mented by Congress for office econ
omies which resulted in an approx
mately ten per cent reduction in
personnel and a $4,000 saving in
costs. 1t does seem as though, leav-
ing aside all defense costs, whole
national administration could do
what an assessor did.
Evening star., 1941-06-25

Poles pledge an end to anti
Semitism. There is nothing like
having been on the spot himself to
make fellow sympathetic, and GER
tainly since September, 1899, they
have been on an exceedingly hot one.
Evening star., 1941-06-25

Police IN Washington claim that
motorcycles are too noisy. Motor
lists, however, are even more an
noyed at the silent motorcycle that
creeps up on them from behind be-
fore they know it.
Evening star., 1941-06-25

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Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

reader can get the unSUer to any
question OF fact by Drittng The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Wushiroton,
D. C.. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
@. At what age are people the safest
automobile drivers?-W. R. E.
A. According to the American Auto
mobile Association, the safest age for
automobile drivers is approximately from
IS to 55.
O. Where is the cyclorsma of the Bat
tie of Gettysburg?-H. T. H.
A. This oil painting by Philippoteaux
is on the Baltimore road, Route No. l40
just north of the front entrance to the
Gettysburg National Cemetery.
@. What was the most elaborate we'd
ding celebration ever held?-J. T. H.
A. The wedding of the Infants Maria
Theresa to Louis XIV of France is said
to have been unsurpassed. The princess
travelled with a cavalcade 18 miles long
and the preparations lasted from March
to July. Velasquez, the famous artist,
VINO had charge OF planning the cere-
mony, became so fatigued with his labor
that he contracted a fever and died.
@. Why is the expression ultima
Thule" used to indicate something far
away?-C. r.
A. In ancient times the name was used
to denote the farthest or most northerly
known land, generally believed to have
been the Shetland Islands. The phrase
is now used for the unattainable.
Q. Did the body of the Unknown Sol
dier lie in state at the United States
Capitol?-J. T. C.
A. The Unknown Soldier was laid in
state in the rotunda of the Capitol from
November Gil, 1921.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
q pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUes
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Evening star., 1941-06-25


E. G. H.
A. The term light plane is freely used
but generally refers to planes of less
than 80 horsepower and selling for less
than $4,000.
@. How many Negro publications are
there in the United States?-G. F. A.
A. A Department of Commerce publi-
cation entitled Negro Newspapers and
Periodicals" contains the names OF 339
newspapers magazines and bulletins
published in the United States by Neg
roes.
G. Who said I'VE shall be ready when
fueled"?-T. w.
A. This was the reply of Admiral Jo-
seph Taussig to the British vice admiral
in command at Queenstown, Ireland. on
May 4. 1917 in answer to the question,
When will you be ready to go to sea?"
@. Which of Ravel's compositions was
inspired by noise?-E. J. H.
A. His famous composition, "Bolero,"
was inspired by the noise of manufac-
turing
@. Has the Army increased its hos
pitsl fscilities?-E. R.
A. Bv the end of 1941, the United
hospitals, bringing the total to Is. In
addition, there are 1873 post hospitals.
@. Is In the midst of life we are in
death" found in the Bible?-F. D. j.
A. The phrase is from the Book of
Common Prayer. 1t is stated to have
been derived from Latin antiphon said
to have been composed by Notker, a
monk of st. Gall, in Gil, while watching
some workmen build bridge at Martins
brucke. in peril of their lives II forms
the groundwork of Luther's antiphon De
Morte.
@. What was the largest Of the early
mining towns in Nevada ?-H. M. R.
A. Virginia City established in 1859,
was the largest and most famous OF Ne
vadas early mining towns. BY 1861 it
had a population of more than 5000.
@. How long does a guinea pig live?-
E. M. S.
A. The average life of a guinea pig is
about four years.
@. Why is the building where Congress
meets spelled Capitol" while the Federal
District is the "CapitaT?-B. L.
A The two words are fundamentally
the same, both being derived from the
Latin. caput, meaning head. Capitol
however referred to a specific building
serving the Roman state as our Capitol
serves the United States.
@. What are the oldest church bells
in London?-S. L. F.
A. The five bells in the Church of
st. Bartholomew the Great are said to
be the oldest in London. They were
cast in the early 18th Century and
dedicated to five saints-Bartholomew
Catherine. Anne, John the Baptist and
Deter
Evening star., 1941-06-25

@. How long does guinea pig ive?-
E. M. S.
A. The average life of guinea pig is
about four years.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
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Evening star., 1941-06-25

@. Who said I'VE shall be ready when
fueled"?-T. w.
A. This was the reply of Admiral Jo-
seph Taussig to the British vice admiral
in command at Queenstown, Ireland. on
May T. 1917. in answer to the question,
When will you be ready to go to sea?"
Evening star., 1941-06-25

A reader can get the anSwer to any
question OF fact by writing The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Huskin, director, Washington,
D. c.. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-06-25

G. What was the largest of the early
mining towns in Nevada?-H. M. r.
A. Virginia City, established in 1859,
was the largest and most famous OF Ne
vadas early mining towns. BY 1861 it
had a population of more than 5000
Evening star., 1941-06-25

O.. Which of Ravel's compositions was
inspired by noise?-E. J. H.
A. His famous composition, "Bolero,"
was inspired by the noise of manufac-
turing.
Evening star., 1941-06-25

@. Who discovered vitamin E?-H.
R. NJ.
A. This vitamin was discovered in 1922
by the anatomist Herbert M Evans and
Katharine S. Bishop, pathologist.
@. What is meant by a light plane?-
E. G. H.
A. The term light plane is freely used
but generally refers to planes of less
than 80 horsepower and selling for less
than $1,000.
Evening star., 1941-04-24

Line-ups of two District teams
scheduled to run in the Penn Relays
tomorrow and Saturday at Philadel-
phia were announced today while
a third still remained in the in
decisive stage
At Georgetown Coach Hap"
Hardell nominated varsity squad
of Pete McAtee, Charley Williams,
Ken Lyden and Morty Alnwick for
the college mile championship
classic. The quartet round out a
squad that includes a freshman
relay and Jack Doolan, entered in
the 100-yard invitation sprint.
Gallaudet's coach, Blair Smith,
named Max Brown, Francis Hoff-
man and Arnold Dalton as certain
starters on a team that will seek
the Mason n-DiXon conference crown
with the fourth place to go to either
Calvin or Elliott. The Blues also
will send high-jumper Earl Stevens.
Dorsey Griffith of Catholic Uni
versity will not announce his team
Evening star., 1941-04-24
1erps' Lacrosse Team
Stopped by Rugged
Army Ten, 6 10 4
Rough Bottle Sees End
Of Maryland Streak
Of IS College Wins
Special Dispatch to The Star.

cpctld4 b4spulIl W Hc StdA'
WEST POINT, N. Y, April "a
Army's lacrosse squad today cast
covetous eyes at the national COL
legiate crown after turning back
Maryland, defending champion,
Ga, in a rough match 1t was the
Terps' first setback of the season
and the first loss after Is successive
collegiate triumphs.
Stories of Maryland's weakened
defense were not unfounded, al
though the visitors made fight of
it all the way. Army ran its foe
ragged in the third period. control
ling the action, although it had
mere 2-1 edge in scoring. Maryland
couldn't cope with the rugged Cadets
and had TO rely almost wholly on its
own offense.
The game was one of the toughest
witnessed at the Point in recent
years, Army being charged with six
penalties and Maryland with four.
Jordan Sexton, Terp defense man,
led his mates in scoring with two
goals. Ray Rrelecki and John Gar
rett, sub, accounted for the others
For West Point roommates Billy
Mitchell and Capt. Joe Thigpen
were high men. They scored the
winning points early in the third
DerioT
Evening star., 1941-04-24
Maryland Will Race
In -Four Events in
Penn Carnival
Hos Sprint Medley, Mile,
2-MiIe Fours Slated
Tomorrow, Saturday

Maryland definitely will have
three relay teams in competition on
the Penn Carnival in Philadelphia
tomorrow and Saturday, Coach Cole
man Headley announced today.
The Terps will run in the sprint
medley race tomorrow and in the
Class B mile and the championship
2 miles on Saturday.
Their chances are none too bright
in consideration of the powerful out
fits they will be opposing. Maryland
has been hit by the loss through a
leg injury of Lou Chacos, sprinter
and 440 runner, who would have been
on two of the teams.
Gene Ochsenreiter, Joe Murphy,
Tom Devlin and Tommy Fields will
figure in two of the races, the line
ups being as follows:
Sprint medley-OchSenreiter, Dev-
lin, Murphy and Fields.
Glass B mile-Bob Montgomery,
Vernon Miller, Murphy and Devlin.
Two miles-Randau Cronin, Bob
Condor, OchSenreiter and Fields.
Devlin is the most improved run
ner on the squad and almost beat
Murphy last Saturday in the 22o
OchSenreiter, Condor and Fields
figured in Maryland's three triumphs
in Philadelphia last year
Evening star., 1941-04-24
e. Club Track Honors
Eyed by W.-L., State
District Champion
Little Generals Defect
Jefferson for Virginia
Central luureIs
Special Dispatch to The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, April 24-Wash-
ington-Lee High Schools hard run
ming youngsters wear the Virginia
Central District class A track crown
today as a result of their stunning
victory in yesterdays championship
meet here and now are looking for
ward to the Central &C" Club meet
at Washington and other affairs in
which to add to their laurels.
The Little Generals dethroned
Thomas jefferson High by totaling
47% points to 39a4 for the defending
champs. John Marshall High was
third with 80 points. while HopeWell
was fourth with 1872 and George
Washington of Alexandria last with
7.
Sterling Cudger paced the victo-
riouS squad with victories in the
quarter and half mile, scoring 10
points.
High hurdles-Won by McLear IT Jl;
second Rouse tHopeweln; third, Valentine
Je NJ; fourth, McAllister q. M. Time
:, loO-yard dash-won by Dominick o..
M: second, McLear IT. j.: third Rem
shaw shaw g oW)i fourth. Grantham tW.-L).
Mile run-won by White tw.-LD: sec
ono, Marks IT -; third. Anstine CW.-LJ:
foqTth 44tvsGd s9lli9 \. sW-L2 III Time E. 447
zW;-LJ; fourth. 1ttner ~. M. Time,
220-ysrd low hurdes-Won by Mclean
" J.G SECOND. Marks IT. j.: third,
WWTitchaTd VI Tins sHopeTelD; Pc fourth Crump &c.
ss0-yard run&Won by Gudger Cw.-Ll:
secono. Shumway tW.-LJ; third. Dominick
81 MJi fourth Cousins ct. j.. Time,
220-yard dash-Won BY Reiner IT. J):
second. Grantham (W-LD: third Bogese
Hop T1HIopewell1: fourth. Woolschlager W.-LJ.
shotput-won by Ittner q. M: second.
Morgan IT, j.: third Grlnnen CW-L }:
fourth, Reid tW.-Ll. Distance. A. feet 4
Pole vaqlt-won by Valentine u. NJ:
second, Bell &C. W.; third. Mcintyre w :
T.: fourth. Grimes &c. W.. Height. II
Jayslin-won by George CHopewelD: sec
WelD; fourth. Morgan IT j.. Distance,
High jumpmsmith IT. j. and sbum.
way tW.-L). tied for first; Rukert wi.
Rouse tHopewelD. Pritchard tHopewelll
and Stamps IT. u, tied for second Height
ieet - inches. New record. Old rec
DiscusSWon by timer q. NJ: second
Newsom .W.-Lo; third. Grinnen tW.-L }.
fourth, Morgan IT. -. Distance. 119
Broad iump-won bv McLear IT. ~:
SECOND. Pritchard tHopewelD; third, Wool.
Zehlager tW -; fourth. Duling o. M
One-mile relay-Won by John Marshal
tCowardin. Jones. Valentine, Dominick)
second WI; third T. J.
Evening star., 1941-04-24
Penn Relays TO Test
Stamina OF Kane
And MacMitcheII
Indiana and N. Y. U. Mile
Sturs Will Take Port
In Four Contests
Rv tbG Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA. April 24.-Two
OF the busiest trackmen in the Ma
ton tomorrow and Saturday will be
Leslie MacMitchell, New York Uni
versitys l. c. "A. mile champion,
and Campbell Kane, the Big Ten
mile and national half mile title.
holder from Indiana.
None Of the 5000 schoolbov and
collegiate athletes competing in the
47th annual Penn relay carnival
will be called upon TO do as much
important running as the two milers.
They are listed to carry the
baton in four raceS--the sprint and
distance medleyS and the two and
four mile relays. They'll anchor
their teams in all four races. which
means that each will cover a mile
and half per day.
The two champions efforts. OF
course. will be tied in with those Of
their three teamates. What they do
on the final lap depends consider
ably on the speed Of three runners
in front of them.
Both rank with the best milers in
the game today. MacMitchell is CO.
holder Of the world indoor mile rec
ord of 4:06.7 and tuned up for the
relays last Saturday with an ef-
ortless 4:23.6 performance in a dual
meet against Temple. Kane ran a
blazing 1:51.1 half-mile anchor to
enable Indiana to set new sprint
medley record in last weeks Kansas
relays.
The caliber of running MacMit-
chell and Kane produce largely will
determine the success or failure of
thte N. Y. U. and Indiana bids for
grand slam in the carnival.
Evening star., 1941-04-24
ROD and STREAM scsE1uAu s& s'55
Game Fish Status Urged for Stripers
California Law Is Highly Effective

It generally has been an accepted
theory that minimum size limit
which would permit every bass to
spawn at least once before being
caught would perpetuate the spe-
cies in countless numbers.
But this is not so, according to
Elmer Higgins, chief of the division
of scientific inquiry of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service.
He in collaboration with Robert A.
Nesbit and William c. Neville in
report en- the future of striped
bass in the Chesapeake Bay, say
this is not a sound principle.
With salmon theoretically it is i'm
possible, and experience has shown
that good runs of shad can be main
tanned indefinitely by allowing half
of the run to spawn. The 1888
studies of Vladykov and Merriman
demonstrated the same also is true
of the striped bass, that only a por-
ton of the run is needed. The
number of young produced, within
very wide limits, are independent
of the numbers of spawning adults.
Small Brood Productive.
For example, there is the 1884
brood. which for five or six years
restored the abundance of the spe-
cies in the Chesapeake and along
the coast north of Delaware Bay.
1t was spawned in year in which
the numbers of fish old enough to
spawn was below average.
Other years, when large bass were
more numerous, produced less young
than in 1884, which means there is
no need for maintenance OF large
numbers of spaWners.
From these observations the Fish
and Wildlife Service recommended
a minimum limit of 16 inches. But
has anything been done about it in
Maryland? Not so far as we can
see, beyond the offer of commercial
interests to raise the minimum
limit to II inches. There is bill
on Gov. O'Conor's desk that would
remove the maximum limit OF Is
pounds for sportsmen.
Will anglers forever be content
to allow the commercial men our
natural resources?
Evening star., 1941-04-24
Terp Nine SorrowfuI
As West Virginia
Visits Today
Gorners l6 Hits, losses
$40 Come to Rutgers
On Errors and Walks

Marylands baseball team, which
was scheduled to play West Virginia
at College Park today, still was la
menting the game it tossed to Rut-
gers yesterday, $40.
Six hits, four of them doubles,
coupled with three outfield errors,
gave the TerpS a 6-1 lead in the
third inning and put them in a
position to coast to victory, but they
were entirely too generous to &C
cept such a situation.
With the score 6-2 in its favor
in the sixth inning, Maryland helped
the Scarlet tie it up on one hit by
tossing four errors and two walks
and aided the invaders to add four
more runs later
In fact, practically all Rutgers
runs during the game were the re-
suit of miScues and passes, most of
them after the side should have
been retired.
Maryland made 16 hits to II for
Rutgers.
If the weather man permits a
clash today. Art Woodward likely
Evening star., 1941-04-24
Hoyas Give Navy Good
Net Battle Though
Bowing, 3 10 0
By the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Md, April "a
Georgetown's tennis squad extended
the Navy's to the limit of three sets
in three of nine matches here yes
terday, but not a Hoya could win,
and the Middies romped off with a
60 victory.
Joe Hunt. the academy's former
national ranking star, didn't drop a
game to Don Martin in the No.
singles match, but Mike Nunez gave
Williams battle before succumbing
in the No singles, 3-6, IS, 60.
All the doubles matches were close,
the first two going to three sets and
the third being decided by IS
scores.
singles-Hunt Navy, defeated Martin,
Nunez 5E6, IS: s.. Kioter; Navy,
Navy, defeated Bower. Ga. 60: Spreen
Navy, defeated Watts, Sc, 6-1, and
Putnam, Navy, defeated Granger, 60,
DoubIes-Hunt and Williams. Navy. de-
feated Martin and Ritser,. 6-S. 6-3,
Sc; Scherer and Spreen. Navy, defeated
Green and Boyer 81, 10--!2, a.. and
and Watts. 7-5. -.
Evening star., 1941-04-24
College Sports

Baseball.
Rutgers. 10: Maryland. 8.
Boston o., / B: Harvard, Z.
Yale, 4: Brown, 3.
Navy, 10; West Virginia, 5.
Temple. B: Villanova. 4.
Johns Hopkins. Q: Haverford. 2.
Washington, Z; Western MARYLAND 2.
Western Michigan. II; Notre Dame. 2.
Maury High. z: William and Mary
Tennis.
Navy, Q: GEORGETOWN. 0.
Maryland. T. Catholic u, 2.
Maine, g. New Hampshire. 4.
Western Maryland, s. Washington, l.
V. NJ. l.. 8; Wake Forest, o.
Hampden-Sydney. 3; Richmond. 1.
Kalamazoo, :: Loyola (Chicago), 0.
Golf.
GEORGETOWN, Q: George Washington. o.
Maryland. Sl7: Western Maryland, "a.
Syracuse, 9; Cornell, O.
v. NJ. l., 13; Catawba, 5.
Lacrosse.
Army, 8; Maryland, 4.
Track.
Bloomsbury Teachers, 81: East Strouds-
burgh Teachers. AZ.
Catholic u, S1l2: Gallaudet 29lzi
Bridgewater, 25la; American u. 21h.