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Evening star., 1941-09-26

@. What was the name Of Gen. An
drew Jacksons favorite horse?-E. T. P.
A. Old Duke was the generals favor
ite mount.
@. Is there any city where the popula-
ton is all Jewish?-A. L. C.
A. Tel-Aviv, Palestine. is the only all
Jewish city in the world.
@. Where is Sir William Osler buried?
e. T. B.
A. The celebrated physician willed his
brain to science. His ashes repose in the
Osler Memorial Library on the third
floor of the library of the McGill Uni
versity, Montreal.
@. Who wrote the poem containing the
line, Into the woods my Master went?
It F. R.
A. 1t is from Sidney Laniers "A Ballad
of Trees and the Master"
@. What is bee bread?-B T. n.
A. 1t is a bitter brown substance con-
sisting of the pollen of flowers, which Is
collected and stored by bees as food for
their young.
@. Where did Ole Bull establish
colony in the United States?-E L. A.
A. The Norwegian violinist bought
125.000 acres in Potter County, Pa, for
a Norwegian colony which was to have
been called Oleana. His title proved to
be faulty and the troubles which resulted
seriously affected his health.
@. Who coined the word "sophisti-
cates?"-J. S. H.
A. 1t was first used by Gertrude Ath-
erton, the novelist, to describe the intel
lectual aristocracy of New York.
@. Was Wild Bill Hickok ever asso-
ciated with Buffalo Bill?-H. L.
A. Buffalo Bill civilian F. Cody first
entered the show business in 1872. Wild
Bill Hickok was member Of his troupe.
@. How old is the New York Tmes?-
J. B. C.
A. The first issue of this paper was
published on September 10, 1851.
@. Please give the origin Of the word
"southpaw."-H. M E.
A. Baseball diamonds are so con-
structed that the pitchers left side is in
a southerly direction; hence, the nick
name southpaw for a left-handed
pitcher.
@. How long has fire insurance been
in existence?-C. T. E.
A. 1t dates from the great fire OF
London in 1866. The widespread havoc
caused by this disaster created demand
for protection and in the remaining
years of the 18th century several COM
panies we're formed for this purpose.
@. Who is playing in this years The
ater Guild production of "Ah, Wilder
ness"?-J. M. B.
A. Harry Carey has the leading role.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Suggests New Mount
For Gen. Washington.
To the Editor o.

To the Editor of The Star:
So much having been said about
moving the George Washington statue to
Lafayette Square, just one more sug-
gestion may not be out of order.
There seems to be close connection
between this statue in its present loca-
ton and the little yellow house in the
5000 block of M street, Georgetown. just
a few blocks from Washington Circle.
This house, the headquarters of Gen.
Washington and Maj. LEnfant during
their planning and surveying of the Fed
eral City, is one of Washington's price
less landmarks.
Let's leave the City of Washington,
the Washington Monument and the
statue where they are. but If there must
be changes let's buy new horse for
the Father of Our Country"
r. G. BELL.
Evening star., 1941-09-26

tember 16) that Congress specifically had
authorized beforehand, in clear and ex-
plicit language, the executive actions
of both Presidents Adams and jefferson,
and cites subsequent suits in the Su-
preme Court involving legal questions
about the war, in which Chief Justice
Marshall said: The whole powers of
war being, by the Constitution of the
United States, vested in Congress, the
acts of that body can alone be resorted
to as our guide in this inquiry
have called attention to but sample
of the unscrupulous deception being
practiced on the people of the United
States for the sole purpose of ensnaring
them into another European war Many
native Americans who owe no allegiance
elsewhere have wondered how such de-
ceit has been possible, how this reversal
of history has been effected. I believe
the answer has been made by the late
John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir, Gov
ernor General of Canada In his His
tory of the Great War;" he says: She
(America) was|aS yet less a people than
a collection of peoples. Her national
consciousness, so far as political thinking
was concerned. was weak. The Nation
found itself frustrated at every turn by
the state: her racial integration, in spite
of the efforts of her reformers, was in
complete; the centrifugal forces, to use
the common metaphor, were still stronger
than the centripetal; she was less a
unified power than a loose federation.
1t had been different SO years before,
but the America of 1916 was not the
America of 1865. Her enormous increase
in population had given her masses of
men owing diverse allegiances, and,
though she had absorbed them so that
they soon approximated a common
human type, she had not yet given them
common code of political thought. She
was always in danger of becoming what
Mr.. (Theodore) Roosevelt described as a
mere polyglot boarding house."
w. F. WILMOTH.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the Uriter, although the use of
pSeudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
Uie,U to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. H1skin.

A reader can Get the dnsiDer to any
question OF fact by tUrittno The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
O. Does the Soviet Union have mill
tary schools2-G. N. v.
A. There are IA advanced military
academies in Russia and IN addition
there are six military faculties at civilian
universities for officer training. There
are SO schools similar to West Point and
80 schools for air training.
@. What was the first theater in New
York City to be air conditioned?-R.
P. H.
A. The Rivoli, which installed air con-
ditioning in 1925.
@. Where was the first schooner built7
p. T. e.
A. The first schooner Is said to have
been built in Gloucester, Mass, about
l7l3, by Capt. Andrew Robinson.
@. Why is the Airedale so called7-B.
T. H.
A. The dog received its name from the
Aire Valley in England.
@. What music was played at Pader-
eWski's funeral?-C. D. E.
A. Pietro Yon, organist at st. Patrick's
Cathedral. played the famous composers
"Nocturne" as a prelude. His favorite
hymn, by Kurpinski, God, Who for
Years Hast Given Thy Protection" and
Chopin's Funeral March" followed the
mass by Don Lorenzo Perosi.
O. Who originated peach Melba?-L.
TIE.
A. The dessert was first prepared for
Nine. Melba, the famous soprano, by M.
Escofler, chef of the Hotel Savoy in
London.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Describes Celestial Spectacle
and Asks Information About 1t.

To the Editor Of The Star:
On the evening of September II at
7:15 O'Clock, or about that, I went up to
the roof of the Fairfax Hotel and sat
down facing west. Suddenly, from the
east, travelling west at a tremendous
speed, a brilliant object passed across
the sky. 1t was shaped like a shield.
red glow shone across the front and
the whole body was of clear, brilliant
green gold. 1t passed over my head,
high in the heavens. It's edges were as
sharp cut as a tin toy. No trail of
light followed it.
Would you kindly inquire through
your columns if any one else saw the
phenomenon or II any one can offer
any explanation Of IT. N. B. 8.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Believes Officials Are Happy"
Over Increase In Prices of Food.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The letter of Mrs Anita c. White in
The Star brings up a question about the
recent increase In the price of milk in
the District. For several weeks preced-
ing that increase there we're numerous
articles in local papers about why milk
would go up ! cent quart. Always
when the increase was mentioned the
amount was l cent. But Monday morn
ing in buying milk at the grocery store
we were surprised to discover that it
had gone UP not l cent but 2 cents
quart. The milk which was 9.5 cents a
quart is now lis cents. We previously
were told that the producers were to be
paid a cent more quart and that the
distributors would collect that cent from
the consumers. Now it seems that they
have added another cent to that ! cent
as additional profit.
Everybody seems to be happy with
the result. The farmer gets an extra
cent per quart the distributor gets cent
more, the Secretary of Agriculture draws
his salary for his labor in rising the
price, the Price Administrator draws his
pay without taking the trouble to keep
the price down, and the thousands of
consumers have the pleasure of paying
the taxes to pay the salaries of the
men who raise the price.
Why worry about whether imitation
will come? 1t is here now. The price
of milk went up over 81 per cent. Eggs
which cost Is cents dozen year ago
are now over so cents dozen-an in
crease of over 100 per cent. Pork which
was Is cents pound year ago is now
about 30 What good has the Price
Administrator done us? Perhaps he
is employed to keep down the pay
of civil service employees. If so, he is to
be congratulated on his success!
GEORGE FREDERICK MILLER.
Quotes Late Lord Tweedsmuir
On Lack of National Consciousness.
To the Editor of The Star:
Dorothy Thompson in The Star for
September 10 sets out to malign and dis
credit ex-President Hoover, whose place
in history as a great American long has
been established and who was the victim
of the catastrophe World War depres-
sion, which she comedies for she says:
1T was that panic that gave Germany
Adolf Hitler, and gave America MIR.
Roosevelt"
Any American, however honorable his
life, however devoted to this country,
who rises to speak for America and
American interests, or who recalls Amer
ican traditional policies from the time of
Washington till the advent of Col. House
as 'the power behind the throne" in
1913, is ruthlessly smeared, whatever
distortion of truth it may involve. For
instance, Miss Thompson says: adams
and Jefferson simply ordered their navies
to clear the seas of raiders on shipping
without any consultation with Congress"
referring to the French piracy in Amer
ican waters and the Barbary pirates on
the coast of Tripoli as a precedent for
President Roosevelt's declaration Of
naval war anywhere in the world he
chooses to fight without the authority
of Congress.
Representative John NJ. vorys has
shown (see Congressional Record, Sep
Evening star., 1941-09-26

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Evening star., 1941-09-26
Agrees With Mrs. Clark's Opinion
OF Miss ThompsOn's Column.

To the Editor of The Star:
I wish to express my appreciation and
thanks to Mrs. Bennett Champ Clark
for her perfect evaluation of Dorothy
Thompson's column in Fridays Star.
1t has been apparent for some time
that Dorothy is sadly slipping.
I think Miss Thompson's attitude to-
ward our entry into war would be quite
different if her son were 10 years older
my sons age Her war zeal is mainly
personal, just rancor against Hitler be-
cause he dared to try to ''muzzle" her
tongue. Her ego was affronted.
MRS. G. B. w.
Commends Mr.. Dirksen's Proposals for
American Policy in Face of War.
To the Editor Of The Star:
More applause to Representative Dirk
sen of Illinois for his strong, terse six
point creed reproduced in your editorial
page for September 20.
His first point, "to declare a mora
torium on hate" in itself would be suf-
ficient as 100 per cent, complete cure
all.
Surely, it doesn't take a modern Soc
rates to make one realize that victory
is not the reward of hatred.
MURIEL BACHE.
Evening star., 1941-09-26

Editors Note: On the date of
publication of the article referred to,
The Star endeavored to obtain from
the Health Department the informa-
ton contained in DR.. Ruhlands let
ter, which obviously required some
time to prepare)
Evening star., 1941-09-26

@. Who is playing in this years The
ater Guild production of "Ah, Wilder
ness"?-J. M. B.
A. Harry Carey has the leading role.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
Stimson Called
In Spy Trial

NEW YORK. Oct. 29.-In a
surprise move. a subpoena summon
ing Secretary of War Stimson 10
court Monday obtained today by
attorneys for Herman Lang, one
Of so defendants being tried on
fcharges Of espionage.
Attorneys for Lang. who IS ac-
cused of having supplied the Nazis
with information regarding the
famous Norden bombSight, said
they intended to have Stimson re-
peat published statement by him
to the effect that the war depart
Iment has no evidence to show that
Germany is in possession Of such
information.
Edmund c. Heine of Detroit con-
tinued testimony contcnding the
information he sent 10 Germany
was obtained from sources open TO
the public.
Heine, former manager Of the
Ford Motef Companys Berlin
office, said one report sent to Ger
many consisted of data on air.
plane engines on display at the
Worlds Fair. He also identified
bundles of magazines from which
he said he CLEANED other informa-
tion relayed TO the Nazis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
Tube Strikers
Offer Peace Plan

A thousand strikers at the
Wolverine Tube Company today
offered To- eHA- their eigfTt weeks
strike il the dispute is certified II
the National Defense Mediation
Board
The employees rejected an offer
of raises ranging from 2i2 TO )
cents per hour.
A company spokesman said:
THE company and the union
both submitted the controversy
TO the federal Cancellation de-
partment the state mediation
board and To special committee :
appointed by Governor Van
Wagner. who made joint find
-iu-y and recommendations IN
the union. We rest our case on
the fairness of those findings"
All three agencies recommended
acceptance OF the companyS offer
as the best likely TO be obtained
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
FURNACES TO SHUT

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 20. GNS)
Between five and seven blast
furnaces in the Pittsburgh Young
StoWn and Chicago areas will be
shut down by the Carnegic-lllinoiS
Steel Corporation before tonight
as result of the captive" coal
mine strike of the Go United
Mine Workers Union, a company
spokesman announced.
He estimated the loss of pig iron
production resulting from the inn
mediate banking of blast furnace
fires at 10 per cent of normal out.
put or between 5000 and 1000
Ions daily.
Meanwhile. steel production in
the Pittsburgh area Slumped y
points on the industry'S produc-
ton barometer 10 81 per cent OF
capacity, the lowest figure since
1910.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29

Immediately adjacent forces
of kublai Khan.
And we hardly think that
the mighty Khan would ever
have dared to make the at
tack II he had had to operate
from q distance of 5000 miles.
What then would a Japa-
nese war do but be enOr-
mOusly expensive, immensely
difficult In bringing to a con-
|clusion, and furthermore pc
culiarly unhappy i'm its diver
sion of force and supply from
the European situation to a
newly developed and still
more complicated A static
situation.
Colonel Knox would better
think twice before he allows
his belligerent utterances t.
involve America In an AsiatiC
war.
Or perhaps it would bt
sufficient IL the distinguished
secretary thought ONCE
practice which we do moi
believe our war minded pOliti
clans habitually indulge in.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
ROOSEVELT MAY ACT


President Roosevelt. ready 10
send a special message TO Congress
on labor legislation If todayS con-
ference fails, had a long session at
the White House last night with
Taylor and William H. Davis, me-
diation board chairman,
Just what action the President
and congressional leaders, aroused
over defense strikes, will take, is
Expected TO hinge on the results of
the LewiS-Taylor deliberations.
The steel company's offer. made
Through Irving S. Olds, its board
chairman, came in response 10
Recommendations the mediation
board had made FOR a settlement
of the dispute in the mines owned
by steel companies. The board
had promised 10 decide the union
shop issue if both sides beforehand
agreed TO abide by its decisions,
and the union meanwhile called off
the strike.
Republic and Weirton Steel
(which also own some Of the struck
mines. offered TO accept another
mediation board plan for settle
lment providing for a joint indie
pendent board TO arbitrate the
issue. This complicated the Situa-
ton, since it would force the union
to 60 through two separate series
of negotiations.
Congressional clamor for enact
lment of anti-Strike laws increased.
/ In the House. Representative
Hoffman tR) of Michigan, drafted
a bill TO amend the Selectivc
Service Act under which all men
between u and 45 would be forced
TO register and be compelled to
work in defense plants. If needed.
/ Ono member of the Senate
labor committee. Senator Ellender
tD) OF Louisiana. demanded that
Mr.. Roosevelt order immediate
seizure OF the Strike-bound coal
pits. Ellender. denouncing Lewis
as an "agitator, asserted that the
President has power TO order
troops 10 take over the mines. now
closed for the third day by the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29

TT Is fortunately true that
the Japanese war would
be fought 5000 :. miles
from our shores and that we
would be almost entirely free
from attack at home.
Still an occasional fleet of
fast cruisers and plane car
riers might swoop down on
our coasts at night and drop
a few bombs on Seattle or
Portland or San Francisco or
Los Angeles.
And the houses of these
great and rich cities are NOT
paper houses, and their de-
Struction cannot be regarded
with airy Indifference -neF
their reconstruction be accom-
p!ished with ease and speed
during war time.
- Moreover, the war would
not be a short war.
II would take years to con-
quer the continental posses
sions of Japan and years
more TO conquer Japan itself
"A land which has never yet
been conquered even by the
apparently overwhelming and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29

it unlawful TO interfere with
workers who desire TO return to
work IN strike closed defense
plants.
Senator Bailey CD OF North
Carolina, introduced an amend
ment to the same bill making it an
act of sabotage to order a strike
in defense plant.
President Roosevelt said nc had
not made up his mind on the type
of legislation, but favored the
broad principle that some measure
should be enacted TO keep down
strikes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
Hitler Susp,ends
AppeasesVioh
Acts TO Give France
Another Chance; Report
Vatican Intervention


PARIS, Oct. 29.-To give the
French a last opportunity TO CO.
operate" Chancellor Hitler today
ordered suspension of further mass
executions of French hostages.
"a British radio broadcast
heard by NBC quoted the Vichy
radio as saying direct interven-
tion by the Vatican was among
the deciding factors behind sus-
pension Of the hostage execu-
tons.
Already 100 hoStages-50 at
Nantes and so at Bordeaux-have
been shot in reprisal for the as
sassinations of two German Off
GERS. one of them the military
commander Of the Nantes region.
One hundred more had been sched-
uled for execution.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
NEW AssAssINATIoNs

LONDON. Oct. 29.-QNSl-
The assassinations OF two addi--
tional German army officers in
the Nazi-occupied part of France
was reported by the Daily Mail
today in a Madrid dispatch which
said the NaZi authorities have re-
framed from announcing the new
slayings presumably out of de-
sire to prevent further aggravation
of French feelings.
fhE-tIRn- officers The dispatch
related, were shot and killed in
the Lille area Monday by assail-
ants who escaped
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
Lawyers TO Make Debut

Attorneys who are TO be per-
mitted TO practice before the
United States District Court are
TO be presented TO the Court at
II a. m. next Monday, in The Fed
eral building. il was announced
today by the Detroit Bar Associa-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
IS BosNLANs DIE

LONDON. Oct. 2e.-uNS)-A
Reuters dispatch from Berne to-
day quoted a Belgrade report as
stating that 10 men were shot by
firing squads at Travnik, northern
Bosnia (Yugoslavia). j..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
$4,000 in Camps
As Nation Defiies
It's CocInnquerors
Despite Brutal Rule
They Fight Back
at Every Opportunity

international Ners SOricc
presents the scrcuth IN n sCries
of articles about underground,
anti-Ndzi oetiUitH an the occit-
pied countries Of Europe. This
series, compiled from information
supplied By neutral and 'frce
government" sources. rs the FIRST
complete, comprehensive study II
The situation. Today, PoloHd)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
SPANISH EXECUTION

MADRID, Oct 29.--GNSl-A
railroad worker. Edmundo Seoane.
has been executed by firing
squad, II was announced today, for
committing sabotage on a rail line
AZ La Aranga IN SPANS north
western province of Corunna.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
Slim Majority
Seen for Rep )53iI
OF Neutrality
Non-lntervenfion
Bloc Hopes TO Sway
IL Needed Votes
BY WILLIAM $. NEAL

Ahi tFfNN NtfNlff ~NdU thIffrfhNutht
WASHINGTON. Oct. 29.-De-
claring that President Roosevelrs
Navy Day speech has made Con-
gross war conscious leaders in
the Senate battle against revising
the Neutrality Act today clajFntd
3S sure votes against tho adj
ministration bill.
While this claim fell II votes
short of a Senate majority. OBJ
position leaders countered eptfHlis-
tic administration claims with a
hope that growing fear of war
may sway dozen doubtful votes.
The administration apparently
picked up a vote when Senator
PrentisS NJ. Brown CD OF Michi-
gan.. said:
II probably will vote for the
bill. although / am keeping my
mind open"
BITTERNESS IN DEBATE
AS the battle entered its third
day in the Senate. increasing
bitterness crept into both debate
and off-noor discussions of the
measure 10 permit arming of ships
and to permit American cargo
-vesSefS 10 30 directly to British
ports.
Dispatch of an AEF 10 battle
Germany, if necessary to explode
Hitler's dream of world conquest,
was advocated for the first time
in the Senate by Senator Pepper
tbt OF Florida, ardent adminiStra-
ton follower.
Ii followed an assertion by
Senator Taft IRA of 9hiu. nom
intefventionist. that Neutrality Act
revision would open tho way 10
sending another AEF to Europe.
Senator Wheeler Cd of Mon
tana. interposed that a member of
the British Parliament had called
him few days ago and said
Britain expects 5000 600 men
from the United States and Britain
viii provide 100000 FOR an eX-
peditionary force against Hitler. "
PEOPLE TRICKED
The debate opened with Taft's
charge that President Roosevelt
has now admitted publicly that
ne has tricked the American
people" by announcing in his
speech that he has already plunged
the nation INTO a Shooting war
even while the Senate was con-
amending the neutrality
law as "a measure Of defense.
THE President has given un-
qualified cOrrOboratiOn 30 those
who have sought 60 convince the
American people for months that
he was leading them down the
road 10 blOOdShed while con-
stantIy repeating pledges of
peace Taft told the Senate.
"NOw Mr.. Roosevelt informs
us, the shooting has started"
he asserted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-29
STRIKE SABOTAGE

Senator O'Daniel CD) OF Texas.
drafted an amendment 10 the
neutrality bill which would make