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Evening star., 1941-03-31
Animutinq Defense

Heretofore, Donald Duck and
Mickey Mouse have existed solely for
entertainment. Seemingly unaware
of the world crisis and the danger to
democracy, they have acted with
happy, carefree abandon. Now, per-
haps, they are due for a rude
awakening and may have to devote
at least some of their time to ma
tional defense.
At any rate, the o. P. NJ is nego-
tiating with their stepfather, Walt
Disney, to produce animateds show
ing how certain mechanical tasks are
performed. In an airplane factory,
for instance, there is only one best
way to fit some important gadget on
to a dingus without lost motion, but
often it is almost impossible to show
green workers just how. Either they
cannot understand it or do not
concentrate. Few, however, would
fail to watch Donald or Mickey take
a hand at even the most prosaic task.
Naturally it will be necessary for
the o. P. NJ to muzzle Mr.. Disney's
hitherto untrammeled genius and
restrain him from having his prote-
ges perform feats possible only on
the screen. Distasteful as it may be,
he must collaborate with stodgy
practical master mechanics and
make his apologies to Mickey and
Donald-especially to Donald, who
must, in the interests of clarity, have
a new voice, free of double talk, to
explain what 1t is ali about.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
In Pruise of Cleanliness

oh many song is often sung
OF great heroic deed,
And many poet giUen tongue
To deal out praises mead;
But I mould sing OF pinatores,
OF napery, olistenino, fine,
The fresh clean smell of oHt-of doors
In clothes upon the line.
Dresses, striped and checked and
barred,
Wind filled shirts and socks
Flapping in every sunny yard
Along the city blocks.
BillotUing, blotoing through and
through;
SodpiIy scrubbed and s1Deet;:
Huckabdck to,oels of rose and blue;
Pillo1u-case and sheet.
oh many a sight the net0 spring
Sho1Ds
OF Dhite clouds billo,Ded high,
But none more dazzling than the
clothes
! see hung out to dryi
MARION H. ADDTNGToN.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TracetUeH.

chimney swift, though we discovered him
the first night However, he had evil
IDENTIFY gotten some gas fumes-we were
living in Georgia then and burning a
gas circulator with vent into the CHM
ney-as when we caught him and re-
leased him ne was unable to fly and
kept dropping to the ground. l was
afraid some cat would get him, so we
picked him up again and hung him inside
the screen on our porch. He was in the
same place next morning and continued
sleeping all that day until evening, when
he commenced TO fly around the porch
looking for a way out. 1 opened the
screen, he got one look of the open sky
and was gone like a shot. 1t was the
first time We had seen swift at close
range, and he was certainly a curiosity
with his minute bill and long wings ex-
tending way beyond his body. That was
the last night the swifts used our CHM
ney and We missed their fluttering, which
we had grown accustomed to hearing
each evening as they flew out on their
quest for food.
Il hope you will try feeding raisins to
the robins and also in the coming season
if you have grapes that cannot be eaten
because of softness, and so forth put
them out where they can be found in
stead of throwing them into the garbage.
You will be amazed at the avid manner
in which the robins eat them.
Very truly yours, J. B. c."
We would like to tell Mrs. c. about our
experiment in feeding robins coconut
cake. This cake was sent in by an ad-
miring reader who didn't know that we
cannot eat coconut cake. The question
was what to do with it. Knowing that
the sender was great friend of birds,
we thought she would not mind if we
tried it on the robins.
Accordingly, we selected a very neat
china platter from the shelves in the
pantry, and served the cake to the birds
in style.
1t was a sunny afternoon.
Two robins had been hopping around
with some starlings in the center Of the
lawn. On both sides f1ocks of sparrows
and others ate greedily.
1t was a scene of peace and content
ment, in a world Of war and unhappi-
ness.
Even the birds of America are happier
than the kings of Europe.
*k
Not many birds. of course, get cake,
coconut or otherwise.
When the people of Paris clamored for
bread the queen said, Let them eat
cake" That is the wisecrack attributed
to her. anyway; heaven knows if she
really said it.
Let them eat cake" we said, when
the robins turned down apple and bread
and milk.
And. sure enough, they did
1t wasn't long before robins were
| there nibbling away.
! Would the starlings take it away from
/ them? For a wonder, they didn't but
contented themselves with crusts of
bread lying in the grass not far away.
The robins kept at the cake for long
time Going out later to find out just
/ how robins eat cake, we discovered that
| they had gone about it just as a human
| being would, they had started at the
small end and had eaten icing and all
as they went
! just at this juncture, Pat, the Irish
setter, loped up the driveway, seized the
/ remainder of the cake, and swallowed ii
/ at one gulp.
, So ended another noble experiment.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Naval Victory

Preliminary reports indicate that
the naval operations of some i'm
portance" which the British Ad
miralty announced we're taking place
In the Eastern Mediterranean during
the week end may go down in naval
annals as one of the most remark
able sea battles of modern times.
According to the terSe communique
at London, at least three 10,000-ton
Italian cruisers and two italian de-
stroyers were sunk in battle, without
loss of British tar or damage to
British vessel. Two British war
planes failed to return. Earlier re-
ports had told of possible damage
to an italian battleship of the $4,000
ton Littorio class during the continu-
Ing Operations"
Dispatches from Greece tell Of
Greek destroyer arriving at the port
Of Athens with survivors from six
Fascist Warships. Greek naval forces
assisted in the running battle, in
which Mussolini's fleet seems to have
done all of the running. What
prompted a major division of the
italian Navy to chance brush with
Admiral Sir Andrew B. CunninghamS
Mediterranean forces is not known as
yet The Italian admirals have been
kept at discreet distance, as rule,
much to Sir Andrews disgust. Per-
hapS the crisis in Albania, where
Fascist troops now are facing not
only formidable Greek adversarieS
but the threat of anti-axiS pressure
from Yugoslavia, may have called for
strong naval support. At any rate,
the Italians ventured out of harbor
in force, only to run afoul of Cum
ningham's alert patrol units.
There seems to be no doubt that
the Italian fleet has suffered another
major disaster. The first occurred
last November when British torpedo
carrying planes raided the big Italian
naval base at laramie and seriously
damaged battleship of the Littorio
class and two smaller capital ships
Of the Cavour class. If another Lit
torio-type battleship has been put
out of commission, Italy has only
two Of that class left-unless she has
completed two others which have
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Pleads for Help
For Struggling China.

To the Editor of The Star:
1t is a well-known fact that the Chi
nese need very little to support them
selves-or their country They are more
than grateful for any help they may re-
ceive, and yet, as Nation, America and
Americans have done and are doing
little to help China in her present crisis.
My plea is plea for equity. China is
fighting the same battle that Britain is
fighting, against an oppreSSor just as
strong. But she is fighting without the
materials which Britain is able to obtain.
China would be grateful, thankful, for
Just few-a small fraction-of the tons
of supplies and ammunition with which
we are so generously supplying Britain.
But we do not seem to realize that
hospitals are Interpretations are per-
formed without any blessed. pain-re-
lieving Observation-Disclosures are suffer-
ing in starvation and death-and we
stand by with apparently none of that
feeling which prompts Bundles for Brit
aim and aid to England"
Do YOU realize that we are aiding one
of the most dangerous members of the
axis, Japan, by not aiding China?
sincerely hope that this brief precis may
awaken some one with more influence
than my own to ask for medical supplies
for the Red Cross in China and some
few materials to help combat dictatorship
in the not-so-far East. L.. M. B.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
The Library Need

When the District Commissioners,
faced with the necessity of securing
funds for an emergency school
building program, proposed as a
fourth and last resort" the defer
ment of construction work on the
new public library, they pointed out
that this procedure would have "the
disadvantage of postponing an i'm
provement already found necessary
and appropriated for by Congress"
This is a conservative statement
of the Self-evident need for the new
library facilities which have been
authorized by Congress. While fully
recognizing the necessity for pro-
viding new schools and new school
equipment, the Board of Library
Trustees, in expressing the earnest
hope" that these facilities could be
had without postponing work on the
new library, called attention at the
same time to some of the more note
worthy shortcomings of the existing
puDllC IDldIy 1dClllCltS.
The present central library was
built in 1902 to serve population
of less than 100000, but today it is
expected to meet the requirements
Of more than twice that many peo-
pie. The book ordering, cataloguing
and binding departments, for which
new quarters had to be found twelve
years ago, are now housed in two
buildings, each more than mile
from the central library. This in
wolves the annual transportation Of
many thousands of books and con-
siderable extra expense. The de-
partmentS that remain in the old
building, as pointed out by the Board
of Trustees, are wholly inadequate
to serve the more than 5000 persons
who use the halls and reading rooms
daily. More than 10000 circulating
volumes are housed in stacks, which
must be closed to the public and
which are expensive to administer.
Likewise, space for reading rooms,
offices and Workrooms is either non-
existent or deplorably inadequate.
The music division, for example,
occupies poorly lighted basement
room, which was originally a public
lavatory, and there are no reading
rooms in numerous important fields.
These are but a few of the con-
siderations which prompted Con-
gress in 1888 to appropriate funds
for the preparation of plans and
specifications for the new building.
The need which existed in 1888 is
greater now, and it will be further
Increased if the necessary new
schools for which the Commissioners
seek funds should be built, since the
schools make important demands on
the facilities of the library.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Ship Seizures

Law ana logic amply Justify Jne
seizure by Federal authorities of
tWenty-eight Italian, two German
and thirty-five Danish merchant
ships tied up in American harbors.
The law governing such seizures
stems from first World War days.
1t is worth while to review the in
cidents that led to its adoption. When
American entry into the war seemed
to be imminent, the German En-
bassy here, according to testimony
later in court, issued secret inStruc-
tions to masters of all German vessels
in our ports that sabotage be COM
mitted in such a way as to render
the ships unserviceable. With the
declaration of war on April 6, 1917,
nearly one hundred German vessels,
totaling about 100000 tons, and four
teen Austrian ships, totaling about
$4,000 tons, were seized Virtually all
of the German ships were found to
be damaged; one, the Libenfels, sank
Will OpCll SCdNOSho III
Harbor. Most of the sabotaging had
been done hastily or inexpertly, how
ever, and nearly all of the ships were
repaired and placed in service against
the enemy.
This experience led to the passage
by Congress on June II, 1917, of an
act declaring that it shall be unlaw-
full for the owner or master or any
other person in charge or command
of any private vessel, foreign or do
mestic, or for any member of the
crew or other person, within the
territorial waters of the United
States, willfully to cause or permit
the destruction or injury of such
vessel, or knowingly to permit said
vessel to be used as place of resort
for any person conspiring with an
other to commit any offense against
the United States :" and making
the vessel and it's equipment subject
to seizure and forfeiture" A violator
of the law is liable to a fine of not
more than $4,000 or two years i'm
prisonment, or both.
1t was under authority of this
statute, supported by an executive
order, that the Coast Guard, Marines
and Army detachments made their
concerted visits to Fascist, Nazi and
Danish ships early yesterday and
last night. The action was logi-
cal in view of the reports which
Naval Intelligence officers are said
to have submitted regarding a
plot to sabotage Italian vessels in our
ports. The subsequent findings of
the boarding parties fully confirm
the reports. The discoveries make it
plain that this Government acted
none too soon. Extensive damage Is
said to have been done to the ma
chinery of many of the ships. Incl
dentally, the wave of sabotage COIN
cides with what evidently is a general
dash to sea by axis ships in South
American and Far Eastern ports.
Meanwhile, Hitler and Mussolini
would not want any of their ships
which are held up in American ports
to fall into the hands of the British.
The axis may be expected to lodge
vigorous, though possibly informal,
protests against our seizure of these
vessels. No "act of war" is involved
in the proceedings, however. Our
laws are plain for all to read-and
those who violate them must expect
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Wants Sales Tax, II Necessary,
To Compel "Non- Residents to Pay.

To the Editor of The Star
If two per cent sales tax is enacted,
my husband will have to pay about $14
a year in taxes, whereas We now are
exempt from income taxes because we
do not earn $4,000. The $l4 is based
on a low estimate of our annual pur-
chases.
I have heretofore objected to sales
tax because it fails to tax all unused
income and does tax the poor on the
amount spent for their subsistence,
however meager.
But if the poor and the slightly better
off have to pay it, at least so will the
local "non-residents," who heretofore
have been shielded from responsibility
by their Congressman. Those who
would have been exempt from income
taxes will pay and those who would
have paid will pay more this way.
I still hate the sales tax. I think 1t
throws ar unfair burden on business
firms to make them collect and submit
the tax and think that it causes fric-
ton between consumers and merchants,
which hampers business.
However, I do believe that if visitors
from other States come here and suffer
little sales tax inconvenience, they
and our local "non-residents" may be-
come a bit more sympathetic toward
appropriate fiscal legislation for the
District. So let us give it trial for
awhile.
Tf ealoc tov fc onoPtnH Hn hNna
the equitable mill" system Is installed
Evening star., 1941-03-31

Marshal Graziani went in for
wholesale designations recently.
Among posts he relinquished were
those of chief of staff, commander of
Italy's North African troops, and the
governorShip of Libya. Sensations
connected with the last-named job
must have been comparable to those
enjoyed by a man floating down.
stream on a rapidly melting ice cake.
Evening star., 1941-03-31

The seismograph of the California
Institute of Technology recorded a
mild earthquake last Wednesday. 1t
is much more sensitive than the
California Chamber Of Commerce,
which records earthquakes only
when entire cities are destroyed.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Tells of Free Registration
OF Dogs That May Stray.
To the Edito1

Washington dog owners perhaps may
not be aware that the Washington HUI
name Society for some time has been
offering to furnish Identification tags
without cost to any one who will apply
for them. These tags are numbered and
the name and address of the owner is
registered at the Humane Society Office.
If the dog strays or is lost, it is simple
matter to identify the owner by calling
the Humane Society. So many lost dogs
are never returned to their owners for
lack of such means of Identification.
This service is rendered by the Humane
Society free of charge.
MARION STEWART CAKE.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 10riter, although The use OF
q pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
UielU to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Reports Improvement" in France
When American Food Is Distributed.


To the Editor of The Star:
am in receipt of an interesting letter
from Berne, Switzerland The writer
is lady engaged in Red Cross work,
travelling twice a week from Geneva to
unoccupied France. She says: There
was considerable improvement in un-
occupied France after the distribution
of food sent from the United States"
This bit of news should delight the
friends of France. 1t is encouraging to
know that good old American traditions
have not altogether disappeared, even
though We are hearing many protests
from those who are against sending food
to the innocent defenseless women and
children of France.
LOUIS r. DILGER,
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. RdSkin.

reader can get the dnsWer to any
question OF fact by tDriting The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. HaSkin. director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp TOR reply.
@. What city in the United States has
the largest per capita expenditure for
fiowers?-H. G..
A. Latest available figures show that
San Francisco leads with an annual
per capita expenditure Of $3.50, and
Washington, D. c., is next with 1881 per
capita. The average for the entire
United States is $1.13 per capita.
@. Does Canada export maple sugar
to the United States?-T. L. A.
A. Practically all of Cansda's exports
of maple products go to the United
States, shipments Of maple sirup in 1910
amounting to 275,725 gallons.
@. Is Halle Selassie q Christian7-C.
H.. B.
A. Halle Selassie of Ethiopia is de-
vout Christian One of his activities was
the printing of the Scriptures on per-
sonal printing press In the native Ian
guage so that the common people could
read for themselves.
c. What yacht won the ice yachting
championship last year?-R. P. A.
A. The ice yacht Ferdinand the Bull
sailed by George Hendrie and Clare ia
cobs won the Stuart International Cup
for the world championship UNLIMITED
sail area) at Menominee, Mich, on Feb
ruary 27 1910.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
LOUIS r. DILGER,
Pays Tribute to England
Standing Alone.

To the Editor of The Star:
1t is high duty and privilege that
fall to the British people this year. No
one can help them very much. They will
get few planes from America, perhaps
some ships; but the flood of American
material will not begin to be ready until
the battle of 1941 has been won and
lost Civilization has only one champion
this year. QUIDAM.
Evening star., 1941-03-31

to prevent the possibility of collecting
as much as ten per cent on sales, instead
of the two per cent intended to be COL
lected. N. l.. FISHER.
Evening star., 1941-03-31

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Meet the 80 Chief Executives of the
United States and the women who
have presided at the White House
throughout our history. Their pic
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Evening star., 1941-03-31
Bewildered by Contradiction,
Asks About Logic Of Food Shipment

To the Editor OF The Star:
Vichy sends foodstuffs to Germany.
We send foodstuffs to Vichy. We de-
mand that England break her blockade
for the shipments to go through safely,
and the foodstuffs we send to England
go to the bottom of the ocean. Doesn't
make sense, does it?
New York City. GLADYS BOLTON.
Evening star., 1941-03-31

@. How many people work for the radio
industry?-H. T. z.
A. The radio industry employs 100000
persons.
O. Why is a certain style of four poster
bed with a canopy called a field bed?-
KIP.
A. The Encyclopedia of Furniture, by
Aronson, says that the field bed was
planned in the 18th century as one to
be carried about. The name came to
signify the less monumental types with
curved canopy and low turned posts.
@. What is the origin of the saying
that charity covers a multitude of sins?
M. L. S.
A Charity shall cover the multitude
of sins" is from the New Testament,
I Peter Chapter ", verse 8.
O. Who drew the famous cartoon OF
Mark Hanna posing as a statue of George
Washington?-L. L. J.
A. During the silver coinage disputes
in the 1905, the famous cartoonist
Homer Davenport depicted Mark Hanna,
champion of the gold standard. as re-
placing the statue of Washington in front
of the United States Subtreasury in Wall
Street.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited IN this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also reserved
Evening star., 1941-03-31

street.
O. What post Offices have the largest
receipts?-E. P. r.
A Based on current records the fol-
lowing post offices are the 10 largest in
receipts: New York. Chicago, Philadel-
phia, Boston. Washington Los Angeles,
Detroit, st. Louis, San Francisco and
Cleveland.
O. Please give the toast to England
that was used in the motion picture pro-
duction of Noel Cowards "Cavalcade"-
J. H w.
A. The toast to England is as follows:
Let's drink to the hope that one day
this country of ours, which We love so
much, will find dignity and greatness
and peace again"
O. Who is head of the committee for
the observance of Mothers Day?-J. K.
A. George j. Hecht, publisher of Par
ents' Magazine. is chairman of the Ma
tional Committee on the Observance Of
Mothers Day.
@. Please give some information about
a painting called The Strawberry Girl"
E. w. s.
A. The original portrait by Sir Joshua
Reynolds, under normal conditions is in
the Wallace collection in London.
beautiful copy is owned by Mrs. F. F.
Prentiss of the United States. The
model for the painting was the favorite
niece of Joshua Reynolds, little Miss
Theophila Palmer.
@. How did the word salary originate?
e. T.
A. In Roman times when salt was
much priced and difficult to obtain, SOL
diers were given a special allowance
called salarium or salt money.
O. Did Jeffries and Sharkey fight In
the year 1882. L.
A. On May 6, 1898, Jeffries won 90
round decision over Sharkey In San
Francisco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-11-20

summoned to. appear within sixty
DAYS after the date OF the first pub
LEGATION OF this summons, to-wit,
within sixty days after the 23rd day
of October, 1871, and defend the
above entitled action in the above
entitled court and answer the COM
plant of the plaintiffs and serve
q copy of your answer upon the I'M
designed attorneys at their office
below stated and in case of your
failure so to do judgment will be
rendered against you according to
the demand Of the complaint which
has been filed with the Clerk Of
said court.
The object of the above entitled
action is to exclude the defendants
and each and all Of them from any
interest or lien claimed by them in
the real property which is the sub
sect Of this action, which real prop
erty is described as follows, to-wit:
All Of Section ], Township z
North, Range %, E.W.M., Benton
County, Washington.
and to quiet title to said real prop
erty as fee simple title in plain
tiffs.
MOULTON & POWELL,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs, office
and Post Office Address, Kenne-
wick, Wash. 10:23-11:27