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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

he drove the cleaning blade deep into his friends chest
In his savage rage, he struck again and again Mrekva
his hdeousy with bleeding gashes slid
from his chair His feess hand raked his pile OF chips
from the table they clatered to the floor to make an
incongruous pattern of color on his body.
The other players in the grapped with Garansak
and finally managed TO back him into corner and get the
dagger away from him The keeper of the inn called the
police and the gambler who couldn't take ii locked up
and, several days later formally charged with murder
Garansak had plenty of time to cool off in his cell and
offered defense except to that he didn't realize that
killed his best friend until he found himself the
with all but of the he had been playing with
holding him down.
Il killed Eyoub" he said land expect to pay for this
deed with my life. l a fool A with tenn
per like mine ought know better than to gamble But
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

A IANY has gone to untimely grave because
N ~ the mistake of playing cards not accord
W. ing Hoyle The story of the American Wild
West studded with true yarns about gamblers who died
with they kept spare two
their if they ghtfngered enough stacked
the deck" with intent deceive and profit thereby.
Tragic such episodes feels very sorry for
called upon make the supreme sacrifice
speak because they cheat at cards when the chips
down. pretty tough be stabbed to death just
because you hold better hand than hothead who can't
take a beating when the game is on the level
That's what happened the other night in little inn on
the outskirts of Sarajevo Yugoslaviathe town where the
born with the assassination of arch
duke. The victims name was Eyoub Mrekva who met
violent just he egtmatey dealt the Yugo
slavian equivalent good old American straight flush
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

FOR the forty-fourth year in a row
one Of the strangest trysts re-
Gently was kept at grave in
cemetery, high on lonely Neversink
Mountain in Reading Pennsylvania,
when 75-year-old Alva Schaeffer full
filled pact he made with a long dead
Irish saloon keeper.
On st. Patrick's Day in 1897, there
were big doings in the Stars and
Stripes Saloon TO celebrate the day
sacred 20 all Irishmen. Tom Hanna
hoe, proprietor and unofficial mayor of
Irishtown. with his old friend Alva
Schaeffer, a church musician, was
celebrating the occasion in true Irish
fashion. There was much dancing Of
Irish jigs and singing Of old Irish
songs, with everyone drinking to the
memory Of old Erin
AS the day wore on. the two men
waxed sentimental, each trying to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22
P|aued Ji9s To His Dead Pal
. For Fortu-four Years :===.

forever green over your grave and put
a shamrock on it every year as long
as ! live"
Neither dreamed this pact would last
for nearly half a century as they
sealed it with a drink to Eternal
Friendship"
Hannahoe died year later and true
to his word. Schaeffer has kept his
tryst at the graveside Alone at mid
night year after year, he has stood by
Hannahoe's grave and the strains of
Lass O. Galway" and Nearer, My
God. to Thee" have fioated from his
cornet into the heavens where Tom
must have looked down and smiled.
At first it was hard. going TO the
grave by himself and often Schaeffer
had TO shovel deep snow TO reach the
cemetery. As the years wore on. his
solitary tryst attracted wide attention
and officials tried TO stop the ritual
DIS would gather on st. Patricks night
rers now are too stiff 10 work the cornet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

II II
this antsocal crack did not make for pleasant evening
the other seated the table figured that the
Moslem in temporary temper and that he really
wouldn't far TO commit murder just because his
gambling luck running against him
They didn't know how seriously MIR Caransak took
such things neither did his best friend Eyoub Mrekva
who lies his grave badly buchered corpse because he
had the unfortunate combination of good and bad luck to
hold straight flush when his old pal Garansk was con-
fdently fondiing quartet of aces.
Unaware of his friends five years ago Mrekva
scooped pot offered smiling condolences to the
loser
Sorry to dsappont you Ahmed" he said but nobody
win em all
Garansaks eyes darkened and he fixed his friend with
a humorless stare
That's right" ne said, you cant-and nobody do
this and get away with it. l said that long time
ago and meant it."
He wiped his few remaining chips the table
ominously and whipped mean looking dagger from his
Before anyone could let alone stop him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

Guido the other in pledges friendship.
Hannahoe who in exuberan spirits suggested the pact
that has strangely cementcd their friendship long after
death parted them.
If die first" said Tom, you play my fayore tunes
over my grave al midnight every St Patricks Day
long as live but you die first I'll keep the grass
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

am a Moslem-and
when a Moslem
makes the kind of
vow l did, he keeps
it,"
Such goings on
are not peculiar to
Yugeslapia T h e
n e W s p apers of
every c o Il n tSr y
C o m e out with
stories from time
to time. making it
plain that short
tempered p e o pie
would do we'll To
seek their diver
sions away from
the card table
Not long ago
Harry Meacham. a
Sum m err student
at the University
of North Carolina,
p | a y e d bridge
through a long af-
ternoon. He held
one poor hand al
ter another. Final
ly his sense of hui
NOR left him and
he made II plain
that he thought
his bad run of luck
was not entirely a
matter of chance.
In short he was
accusing his table
mates Of sharp
practices. To en-
phasize his objec-
ton to the way the
game was going,
he took a pistol
from his pocket
and laid il on the
table beside him
He announced that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

because great crowds gather st Patricks night
to the ghostly ceremony
fingers too stiff to work the cornet
stops so four young musicians play the tunes for
Hannahoe while bare-headed by the grave,
derng Thoughtful person might be placing
shamrock on his grave next St Patrieks Day
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

Strangely enough
the story of this
mans brutal muir
der goes back more
than five years. II
was then that a
Moslem porter by
the name of Ahmed
Garansak lost his
last dinar because
four aces weren't
good enough.
On this occasion
Garansak, a quick
tempered devotee
of the gambling
I a b lie had lost
money all evening
long. Finally. he
held a hand Of
four aces and, as
the saying goes,
shot the works.
He was raised
half a dozen times.
And every time he
boosted. Finally he
was called, famed
out four aces on
the b o ar d and
reached for the
pot. A restraining
hand stopped him
and spread out a
pretty, fall pink"
straight flush.
Garansak file W
into a rage. He
rose from the table
and swore by his
gra n d f a { h er's
tombstone that the
mex t m an W h o
topped him when
he held four aces
would never play
cards again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

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Evening star., 1941-09-01
Heckknq Hitler

The ghost voice" which has been
disrupting Nazi propaganda broad
casts is getting to be something of a
problem for Herr Goebbels and his
associates. And to the German peo-
pie, who have long since learned to
speak only when spoken to, the whole
business must seem to be a new and
better order of lese majestic.
The ghost voice, sometimes iden-
titled as Ivan the Terrible, has been
identified by Goebbels as that of a
Russian. Presumably, some enter
prising Communist has found way
to synchroniZe Russian wave lengths
with those of German stations, and
has been making hash of the Nazi
propaganda efforts.
In a recent broadcast, for example,
the German announcer reported that
the streets of Tallinn were Uttered
with the bodies of Russian naval men
and civilians. At that point the
ghost voice cut in "And what about
the Germans? How many German
soldiers have fallen there?"
This sort Of thing obviously is very
bad tor morale, and the oeEnans
Evening star., 1941-09-01
Crime on Increase

For the second year in succession,
this country has experienced an in
crease in major crimes, figures
compiled by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation putting the total in
eight categories in 1910 at 1,5l7,026,
an advance of % per cent over 1889.
Outstanding was the fact that
murder and negligent manslaughter
continued the slight upward trend
in evidence-after slump in 1889,
but the rate for the past five years
still is about is per cent under
that for the preceding five. The in
crease was more marked in rape,
aggravated assault, burglary and
larceny, but robbery and auto theft,
which have been on the decline,
stayed down.
The F. B. l. survey is based on data
from urban and rural communities
with total population in excess of
62000,000 and consequently is repre-
sentative. Officials are loath, how
ever, to attempt to draw any con-
clusions from the figures because Of
the many and varied factors that
can bear on the crime rate. The
composition and economic status Of
the population, for example, may be
Evening star., 1941-09-01
A Nose for News

The mark of a good editor is sup
posed to be nose for news, or failing
that himself, the employment of
reporters with inquiring noses. With
this in mind, a certain South Caro-
lima editor added to his staff 4
couple Of super sensitive noses, be-
longing to bloodhounds. When he
gets word of a fugitive wanted, he
sends these four-footed reporters on
the trail and stops the presses until
they get their man. Naturally this
gives him scoop, but that is not ALL
Later he sends in a bill to the county
for $25 day for the dogs services.
Managing editors everywhere have
been stirred by this innovation, and
are feeling that they have been over
looking a good bet for years. What
is the use, they say, of paying out
hard cash once a week to human
crime reporters, when they can get
canine ones to do the same Job more
efficiently for a few bones a month,
and then collect dividends On the
iayogtunAnt2
Evening star., 1941-09-01

responsible for crime-or the lack OF
tin one place. while the character
and extent of police protection and
the attitude of the public toward
law-enforcement problems are the
determining elements elsewhere.
1t is because of these variations
that the F. B. l. continually urges
close study of crime trends in every
community. The forces that con-
tribute to the commission of crimes
are not static but on the contrary
are subject to constant change, and
It is the F. B. I. argument that unless
the import of these changes is rec
ognized it is not possible to map
an adequate prevention program.
Many localities have followed this
course with profit, and in view of the
crime record of the past two years,
it is evident that the subject calls
for even more study.
Evening star., 1941-09-01
Nocturne

The moon hung lou in the Western
sky,
A huge, ripe orange, a fabulous
peach,
A fruit of celestial gardening
For any t1ro hands to reach.
Any ttDo hands might haze plucked
1t free
From its t,cto on that mystic, .nvts-
ible tree.
But the uisible trees stirred neper q
leaf,
They, nor the parlanded Dtnes, lot1-
sDung.
Tree-brdnch and uine, in that Ueird,
pale light,
In absolute stiffness hung.
1t pas as If they Uere Ddttino, all.
TO see that astonishing moon-frutt
tau.
And the only sound IN that moment
of trance
Was the single, stlUery, tenuous
triH
OF an insect making his lonely
plant,
Ghostly, and scarcely real.
The hushed leaues poUen In tapestry
seemed,
The triu may haUe been but ths
trick of a dream.
JANET WOOD.
Evening star., 1941-09-01
Calls Attention to Laws
Concerning Seat of Government.


For your information If you are not
advised of it, wish to direct your at
tention to the provisions of the original
act of Congress, approved July /, 1870,
establishing a seat of Government for
the United States. This act provides
at its end: That all Offices attached to
the said seat of Government shall ac-
cordingly be removed thereto - and
shall, after the said day, cease to be
exercised elsewhere"
Also to the act Of July Is, 1870, ap-
proved March 3, 1890: That nothing
herein contained shall authorize the
erection of public buildings otherwise
than on the Maryland side of the River
Potomac" etc
The full text Of both of these acts may
be found on pages and 10 of Caem-
merer's Washington, the National
Capital"
I send you this information in con-
nection with the construction OF a new
War Department building in Arlington
County, Va, thinking, if you have over
looked it, 1t will be of interest and value
to you. Both acts are still in effect so
far as know and have manifest bearing
upon this proposed project.
F. S. KEY-SMITH.
Evening star., 1941-09-01
THIS AND THAT
mind the possibility that it may be q
Bu Charles T. TraceUeH.

mind the possibility that 1t may be .
jay.
Feel fairly sure of it, if you happen to
see one of these birds shortly thereafter.
There is nothing q jay likes to do
better than get into tree at some little
distance and there fool his listeners by
taking out one of his unusual cries from
his inexhaustible repertoire and busting
1t off, as the saying las it, for the ad-
miration of his hearers.
He is something of clown, this jay,
and fully recognizes, we feel sure, the
value Of the unusual and It's effect on
the unwary listener.
He gets real pleasure in making noise
resembling a wooden rattle whirred
around industriously.
He has some rather sweet notes. too
in addition to all his raucous ones. There
Is no telling what sound jay will utter,
If he wants to. 1t may be possible that
jays possess the ability of improvising
notes at will
We feel sure that the starlings can do
this. They have an astonishing range
OF notes, of which many listeners little
suspect them. In the springtime, espe-
cially, the starlings have a variety of
soft whistles which would fool any one.
The good points of this bird have been
cried down in the general avalanche Of
charges and countercharges against him.
He is not the black villain, some think,
which he has been painted The trouble
with him is the trouble with the modern
world, that there are just too many of
him. If only one or two starlings were
to be found, and 1t happened to be a
rare thing to have one in the garden,
persons interested in bird life and It's
vagaries would be quite set up over hav-
ing starting.
Bird songs are admittedly difficult TO
catch"
This is partly because they are high
pitched and partly because they are
made by vocal chords unlike our own.
There Is only one person out OF a mil
lion, one may feel, who satisfactorily can
initiate bird.
LII 4ON TIE ZONES 10 our voices or
whistling capacities, We take away all
birdlike qualities.
The best We can do is to do as our
correspondent advises. that is, try to
make mental picture of the song on a
staff.
If this can be achieved, even in rudi-
mentary form, we have something to
fall back on when We try to tell an
other what we heard.
Bird lovers owning musical instru-
ments ought by all means to try to play
the new song at once, before the drops
and rises and the curious changes OF
pitch are forgotten.
We have whistled a new song repeat
edly, until We thought We could never
forget it, only to have it completely gone
in 10 minutes. Probably a composer
could retain the song in his mind, as
upon mental staff, but most of us are
not composers, and will find an actual
playing Of the song. at least as well as
possible, a great aid in remembering
how that bird went"
Evening star., 1941-09-01

Il swear by God that will be loyal to
my people and fatherland always and I,
as brave and obedient soldier, will be
ready to serve them always by pledging
my life"
When Adolf Hitler became dictator
and introduced universal compulsory
military service, July 20, 1885, he again
changed the soldiers oath so as to read
as follows: Il swear by God that I will
render obedience without reservation to
the leader Fuehrer of the German
state and people, Adolf Hitler, the COM
mander in chief of the army, and I, as
brave soldier, am ready always to pledge
my life for fulfllment of this oath"
To the above oath is added in repeti-
ton: Il recognize Adolf Hitler as the
Fuehrer of the German state and people
and as the commander in chief of the
army. swear to render to Adolf Hitler
obedience without reservation. I am
ready to die for Adolf Hitler"
According to this oath German soldiers
are fighting for Adolf Hitler alone,
not for Germany. OBSERVER.
Evening star., 1941-09-01
Discusses Gas Shortage Problem
And Suggests Extra Tax as Solution
To the Editor of The Star:

am so years of age and this is only
the second letter have written to an
editor.
was interested in an article in The
Star on gasoline rationing. 1t looks to
me as though the buck" were being
passed to the businessman, as is usual
these days, in this case the service
station owner.
wonder If service station owner is
expected to remember all of the motor
lists who have bought gasoline from him
and cut each to 80 per cent. If some one
drives in who has not bought gasoline
from this station before, is he to be re-
fused? If he is served, then the amount
of his purchase must be deducted from
the regular customers.
No, the station owner cannot be ex-
pected to be an enforcement officer of
the Government. So the result will be
that the "chiselers" will buy gasoline any
place they can. Conservation will go
hang.
The next step perhaps will be ration
cards. Then those who use their cars
practically exclusively for pleasure will
not suffer any real hardship. I know
certain consideration is given to COM
mercial cars. But how about my case?
own farm IS miles from my residence
in Chevy Chase. 1t is absolutely neces-
sary for me to make round trip of 100
miles each week end to supervise the
tenants on my farm. Otherwise it would
produce nothing.
I think the administration is on the
wrong track in this matter. What 1t
should do is to slap Federal defense
tax of not less than 10 cents gallon on
gasoline in addition to the present Fed
eral tax.
Then those of us who must drive must
also pay. The tax would curtail pleasure
riding. Besides, it would yield some
much-needed revenue from people who
do not bear their share of the tax
burden.
I realize, of course, that such tax
would require an act of Congress and
further that it would hit a large block
of voters, so I dare not hope to see such
tax invoked. G. w. BRYAN.
Evening star., 1941-09-01
"TAKOMA PARK.

Lear kolT.
Recently heard two new bird songs,
but when try to remember them I can
not do 1t to save my life. I wanted to
ask you what they were, but how can
ask you if I can't remember them my
self? Maybe you could give us some
plans for being able to remember bird
songs after we have heard them! I am
sure this is a somewhat universal COM
plant, because other persons have asked
my help in identifying song, and when
I have asked them how they go, they
have not been able either to sing or
whistle note.
''This may sound absurd to you, but
believe 1t is very common, because most
persons, no matter how interested they
are in bird life, are unable to whistle
bird song. have known only one person
who could even make an attempt at it,
She could do the wood thrush very we'll
and catbird, but those two comprised
her repertoire. 1 asked her once to tell
me how the wren went, and her imita-
ton of that bird was absurd-it might
have been anything.
II think this is due to the fact that
most of us try to hear words in bird
songs, when all the time we should be
listening to notes. If We could see the
notes on a scale, as we listen, we might
be able to sing or whistle them when the
time came. AS it is, we 60 right ahead
trying to make talk out of the bird
frtyIr1 m RnI hi,
funny in what they say I think this
is exactly the way not to listen to bird
songs.
"Very truly yours, r. x OBJ"
We believe our correspondent is ex-
actly right.
Everybody In the least interested In
birds knows a few whistles and songs.
He is able to tell the difference be-
tween cardinal and blue jay.
He recognizes the fussy song of the
house wren as distinguished from the
sweet, small warble of the song sparrow.
1t is quite another thing, however, to
spot the song of the towhee, or know
surely the various cries of the nuthatch-
es. The other afternoon we listened to
nuthatch with an unusual voice. The
''n'ya" was more complaining than
unusual. 1t might easily be mistaken
for a new bird
Since our correspondent gives no at
tempt at putting words to his two bird
songs, he does not expect an answer,
properly enough, but We hazard a guess
in the dark, just for the fun of the thing.
Maybe what he was listening to was
one OF the songs of the towhee and one
of the very extra special cries of the Jay.
The blue jay, in particular, is a well
of sound.
He is responsible for most of the odd
and unusual bird notes heard around
the average suburban garden in the vi
cinity Of Washington.
II you ever heard bird song which
you cannot identify. at least keep in
Evening star., 1941-09-01

@. Please give some information about
Banff Hot Springs in Canada. M. T.
A. The hot springs in Banff Ma
tional Park rank among the most radio
active waters on the North American
continent. There are four main springs
which issue from the rocks with tenn
peratures from IS to ll5 degrees r. Their
average flow has been estimated to be
almost a million gallons a day.
O. When was the first automobile
made in the United States?-W. R.
A. On April l9, 1892. the first gasoline
ventor, C. A. Duryea.
@. Where is Beauvoir. the home of
Jefferson Davis?-H. NJ. C.
A. The estate is at Biloxi Miss. 1t is
now the Mississippi State Confederate
Soldiers Home and is the property Of
the Sons of Veterans. 1t was while liv-
ing at Beauvoir that Jefferson Davis
wrote THE Rise and Fall Of the South
ern Confederacy"
Q. How many persons have been
killed in grade crossings this year,
J. M. r.
A. In the first six months of this year
$50 persons lost their lives in accidents
at highway-railroad grade crossings.
@. Please describe the Roger williams
Monument in Providence, R. 1T. L. j.
A. The monument depicts Roger Will
lams stepping from the bow of his boat
to the Seekonk River bank, with hand
extended in gesture of friendship to
the Indians. The l4-foot statue was
hewn from blue white granite from
Westerly. r. I. 1t is set between two
huge granite pylons. forming the side
of rectangular arch
@. What is the date Of the Kentucky
State Fair and Horse Show2-J. H. r.
A. 1t will be held at Louisville from
September 6-13.
@. In what role did Martini make
his debut at the Metropolitan?-S T r.
A. Nino Martini made his Metropoli-
tan Opera debut as the Duke in "Rigo-
letto," December %. 1888.