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Evening star., 1941-07-07
Accident Lessons

Lie OCdT 1dctual analysis Ol
traffic deaths in Washington for the
first six months of this year serves
to emphasize anew the previously
established fact that careless use OF
the streets by pedestrians is major
cause OF fatal accidents in the Dis
trict OF Columbia. Careless driving
was contributory factor in num-
Der OF the cases, of course, but when
1t Is considered that of the forty
persons killed on local streets since
the first Of the year, thirty were
pedestrians, twenty-one of whom,
according to the records, were violat-
ing elementary rules of safety, it is
obvious that the pedestrian problem
should continue to receive special
attention of traffic authorities and
civic groups.
The accident tabulation shows
that seventeen of the tWenty-one
pedestrians who were killed while
ignoring safety precautions were
struck down while crossing the
street other than at a crOSSWalk and
when approaching traffic rendered
the move hazardous. Eight of
these middle of -the-block croSsers
emerged from between parked cars
into the path of oncoming auto
mobiles. One of them was playing
in the street. Two were crossing at
intersections against the red light.
Particularly depressing is the fact
that eight children have been killed
during the past six months-flve
more than during the first half of
1910 and one more than the total
for all of last year. The analysis in
dicated that most, If not all, of these
young lives might have been saved If
reasonable rules of safety had been
observed. Five of the children were
crossing the street at points other
than a crosSwalk and four of these
came from between parked auto
mobiles.
1t is because of such findings that
the Traffic Department has launched
poster drive to impress upon
pedestrians the grave perils of cross
ing the street elsewhere than at a
crosSwalk. PlacardS with the warn
ing Never cross the street from
between parked cars have been
placed about the city, especially in
the center of congested blocks, and
100 900 pamphlets embodying a SINH
lar warning have been distributed
through the schools and Federal
Offices. With special regard to chill
dren, the Traffic Advisory Council
and various civic groups have or
ganized skating committee" to
arrange for off-the-Street skating
zones during the critical vacation
season. Experience has shown that
safety campaigns of this nature can
be highly effective Constant edu-
cation of the walking and driving
public, plus unrelenting, vigorous
enforcement of traffic regulations by
the police, can save many human
lives during the remainder of 1941.
Washington cannot afford to relax
for one moment its efforts to reduce
the number of avoidable deaths on
the city's traffic -congested highways.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1Uell.

no tree problem in the neighborhood,
consequently deterioration from mildew
is an unknown quantity. All records are
stored in albums and the latter are
stacked compactly in vertical position,
assuring perfect record alignment at all
times. When temporarily out Of albums
or in cases of partially filled shelves,
records are always laid fiat.
. "In your articles you mentioned that
In Germany, due to inability TO obtain
materials, no records are sold unless the
customer brings in an equivalent num-
Der of old records William l.. Shlrer,
c. B. s. news correspondent, who was
stationed in Berlin up to the time he re-
turned to the United States in December,
1910, has written a rather interesting
volume, now on sale, about his expert
ences, entitled Berlin Diary Perhaps
you have read it. Concerning a Christ
mas shopping expedition in that city in
December, 1899, he says. Tried to buy
some gramophone records for four girl
secretaries at the Rundfunk broadcast
ing station but found that you could
only buy new records if you turned in
your old ones. Having none, I was out
Of luck
"Once again let me say that your
article was most interesting and enlght-
ening-decidely worthy of preservation.
In fact, I consider all of your contri-
buttons to The Evening Star-Wash-
ington's leading and most outstanding
newspaper-worth while and I take a
keen delight and pleasure in reading
| them.
"Very truly yours, F. o. A"
The best time of the day in summer,
and one of the best times at any
| period Of the year, in which to play
| the phonograph, is the early morning.
There is something about the early
morning. with its coolness-or at least
comparative coolness-which makes
music sound better
| One may believe that certain amount
! o. preparation is necessary for hearing
music properly.
II is impossible to plunge into it as
one does into a bath. This bath of
| sound is something different. Sometimes
it requires a spiritual preparation, and
always physical one.
| Cleanliness. akin to godliness, also
makes for better listening.
| Right after the morning bath, and
| preferably before breakfast although
afterwards Will do is the best time in
| summer in which to listen to good music
Let our definition of good music be
large; it will take you from Gene Au-
trey's You're the Only Star in My Blue
| Heaven" to Beethoven's third symphony
| and all in between. (By the way, the
! opening of Beethovens famous fifth "
with its drums Of fate motif, three
/ short raps, followed by a fourth longer
one, in the Morse code stands for ~ "
and the letter "V." in all the overrun
countries, stands for Victory They
say you hear 1t everywhere in Europe
| now.
In the cool Of the morning Iet us
listen to music before the bombs begin
to fall
Good music is heartening, ennobling.
healthfuL 1t makes the blood circulate
| just little better, and the capillaries
to relax. But to enjoy it We must be
comfortable. Don't sweat over your
music! Listen to it in the cool of the
morning, when the birds will sing with
you, and all nature rejoice that there
still is land where common sense and
decency reign. at least to some extent
Evening star., 1941-07-07
China Also Ponders

Inc neart-Searchlng so l1berally
INDUCED in at Toxic since the un-
heralded start of the Russo-German
war a fortnight ago Is undoubtedly
paralleled by a similar process at
Chungking. Free China's inland
capital. The titanic struggle now
raging in Eastern Europe has upset
all political calculations in the Far
East. For both China and japan,
the outlook is highly uncertain, with
various possibilities complex and
largely unpredictable in character.
incidentally, today marks the be-
ginning of the fifth year in the
interminable Chino-JapaneSe con-
flict which Toxic euphemistically
calls the China incident" 1t was
in the late evening of July 7, 1887,
that the clash between Chinese and
japanese soldiers at the Marco Polo
Bridge in the outskirts of Peiping
lighted the conflagration which has
spread throughout China, with in
calculable destruction of property
and the loss of millions of human
lives.
This conflict SpraWling obscurely
over an area almost as large as the
United States, has reached condi-
ton of relative Stalemate. A million
Japanese troops hold the coasts and
river valleys, and have set up a
puppet Chinese government at
Nanking headed by Wang Ching wei.
But the mountainous interior re-
mains in the hands of the Free China
government of Chang Kaishek,
who has the allegiance of nearly all
Chinese under japanese military
rule. Chiang's armies greatly out
number the Japanese, but cannot
match them in equipment, much Of
which must reach them from abroad
over devious routes.
A large part of these vital military
supplies has come from Asiatic Rus
sia, which has consistently supported
China in its struggle against Japan.
Chungking fears that Russia can no
longer spare this aid to China. In
deed, the collapse of the present
Soviet regime and its replacement
by Russian government sub
servient to Germany might trans
form Russo-Chinese relations into
hostility, if Germany were disposed
to aid Japan, its Axis partner, to the
fullest extent
However, this by no means ex-
hausts the list of possibilities Japan
may seize the opportunity of Russian
preoccupation in Europe by invading
Siberia. That would indirectly aid
China, because the conquest of Rus
sia's maritime provinces and perhaps
the whole of Eastern Siberia to Lake
Baikal would so strain Japan's mill
tary resources that she would pre-
sumably have to stand on the
defensive in China. In that case the
Stoppage OF Russian supplies to
CnungKlng would not be so grayely
felt.
An even more intriguing posi-
bility would be if Japan did not
attack Siberia and the Soviet gov
ernment, though driven from Eu-
rope, established itself solidly east
of the Urals. Such a regime, still
Communist but become wholly
Asiatic, might seek to dominate large
parts Of China by backing the Chi
nese Communists and overthrowing
the nationalist government of
Chang Kai-shek. This may sound
far-fetched, yet it is not impossible
in situation so fluid that almost
anything may happen.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

We are regaled daily with pictures
of Miss This, That and the Other"
titles ranging all the way from great
States to governmental subdepart-
ments, and covering almost every
conceivable activity. So far, however,
there has been no Miss Initiation"
and most of us hope no such candi-
date ever is nominated.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

@, Why was William Jennings Bryans
famous cross of gold" speech so called?
"A. T I.
A. This famous speech was so called
from the line You shall not press down
upon the brow of IaSbr this crown o.
thorns; you shall not cruelty mankind
upon a cross of gold.'
@. What are the constituents Of our
atmospheric L. L.
A The principal constituents Of drv
air are oxygen and nitrogen in about
the proportionate volumes of 81 per cent
of the former to 78 per cent Of the
latter. The remainder Approximate
l per cent, consists of several gases, Cs
which the most abundant is argon.
@. Does the banana grow on a tree2
p. N. A
A The banana plant IS not tree
but a large, perennial tropical herb tha
grows TO a height of II TO 20 feet The
number of leaves on the plant deter
mines the quality of the fruit.
Q. How many newspaper bows are
there in the United States?-L W.
A. There are approximately 100000
newspaper boys.
O. Which is the greatest drinking
country?-T. F. T.
A. Great Britain and Northern Ire
land consume more tea than all other
countries combined.
@. VINO was the woman who dropped
pamphlets from an sirplane over Wash
ington, D. c., in the fall of 1939?-B T.R.
A. Laura ingalls,, the famous flyer. in
peace flight over Washington dropped
literature opposing the repeal OF the
embargo provisions of the Neutrality Act.
@. Is there an animal called ounce?-
NJ H. l..
A, This name is given to the beau
tiful snow leopard, Its rough, heavy
hair is nearly white and marked with
leopardlike spots. With this protective
coloration, it can steal unnoticed over
the snow and suddenly seize its prey.
G. How large are the Andes Noun
tainS?-F. L. G.
A. The Andes Mountain chain is ap-
proximately 4,40O miles long. with an
average height of $1,000 feet and a width
at some points of 100 miles.
@. What is the Oldest stringed instru-
ment?-T G.. A.
A. The harp, according to the Bible,
was invented by Jubal and is the most
ancient of stringed instruments.
@. OF what is isinglass made?-L. n. P.
A. Isinglass is very pure form of
gelatin, obtained from the swimming
bladders of sturgeon and other fish.
@. Please give the names OF some
authors who are better known by their
nom de plunes than their real names
E. J.
A. Such a list would include Lewis
Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), George
Eliot marian Evans. David Grayson
Ray Stannard Baker,, o. Henry WILL
lam Sidney Porter, Mark Twain (Sam-
uel L. Clements) and S. S. Van Dine
(Willard Huntington Wright.
O. What was the military record of
the late Tom Mix?-B. P. M.
A. Tom Mix served with the United
States Army in the Philippines in the
Spanish American War and during the
Boxer rebellion in China. Later he
served with the British Army during
the Boer War in South Africa.
O. How long have geese been domes-
ticated?-E. B. S.
A. The domestication of geese began
as soon as men began to live in fixed
settlements. They are among the ami
mails featured on the Oldest Egyptian
and Asiatic monuments.
@. Do many people secure motion pic
ture roles through the Central Casting
Corp in Hollywood?-R. r. H.
A. Last year the total number Of placs-
ments was 22S,342, with an average daily
wage of $1108.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

papers that tolerate Mr.. Lawrence: This
gentleman has printed column after
column praising the Aluminium Company
of America and condemning those who
have not approved of its notoriously
monopolistic practices. Isn't this waste
of advertising space? I wonder why The
Star. instead of freely giving news space
to press-agent stuff, does not have Mr..
Lawrence suggest that representative
of the Aluminium Company of America
call at the business Office of The Star
and arrange for its advertising in the
customary manner and at the usual rates.
HAROLD l.. ICKES,
Secretary Of the Interior.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Baltimore, Md.
Wants Sources" of Crime
Investigated BY Congress.

To the Editor of The Star:
Washington recently has experienced
a wave of violent crime that justly has
aroused public Indignation. In an effort
to get at the basic cause of it all, the
Police Department is being made the
chief target of attack. AS president of
the North Randle Citizens Association
and chairman of the Federal Employees
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Chairman, Federal Employees Count
Recalls Cigarette Campaigns
OF First World War.

To the Editor OF The Star:
1t occurs to me that no single item can
make such dent in s21 a month as
the purchase of cigarettes.
During the first World War news
papers all over the country organized
and conducted the collection of small
contributions for the purchase of
cigarettes which then were distributed
free of cost to troops from the area
covered by those newspapers
In addition, Canadian tobacco COM
pies today are offering cartons and
special packages of their cigarettes at
reduced prices, mailing them to indivi-
dual soldiers on receipt of the cash. Some
newspaper persuasion might convince
United States tobacco companies that
they could afford similar sacrifice.
r. M. c.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

Editors Note:
The Stars editorial was not based
on Mr.. Lawrence's column, as Secre-
tary Ickes suggests. The editorial was
based on the House committees re-
port that the Aluminium Company had
given 100 per cent cooperation to the
defense program, and was designed to
contrast this statement with Mr.. Ickes'
assertion before the Truman commit
tee that when the story Of this war
comes to be written, it may have to
be written that 1t was lost because OF
he recalcitrance Of the Aluminium
Company Of America"
Evening star., 1941-07-07

fore, to complete, as soon as possible,
an inventory of Alaska's mineral re-
sources and prepare plans to utilize
them to meet the expanding needs
of the defense program.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Says There Is No Reason
For Food Shortage.
r. M. C..

To the Editor of The Star:
There are about $4,000, 900 men, women
and children in these United States that
do not have foods that are essential to
health.
Every day prices of meat. milk and
other necessities of life are increasing
and there is no reason for it. There is
plenty of food surplus.
Even if the United States sends 80
per cent of her food supply to England
we should still have plenty for our own
use. CMRS.) IDA K. SPRAGUE.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Oriter, although the use OF
a pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters lrith
q UielD to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSkin.

reader can get the unSUer TO any
question OF fact By iDrittng The Eue-
nina Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hnskin, director, Washington.
DC. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
@. When was the first adhesive stamp
used?-J. F. L.
A. On May 6, 184O Great Britain's
Penny Black adhesive stamp was is
sued. 1t bore q steel-engraved repro
duction of a profile likeness Of Queen
Victoria.
@. How many unknown American SOL
diers were buried abroad?-W. E. E.
A. The War Department says that
1.647 unknown American soldiers Of the
World War were buried in Europe.
O. When are the Philippines due 70
receive their freedom?-O. o. NJ.
A. According to the present plan the
Philippines will become independent in
l946.
@. Please give the amount Of peanut
production in the United States.
S. G.. T.
A. Domestic peanut production
amounted to 1911 634 900 pounds in 1910.
and is expected 10 be appreciably
greater this year.
O. What disease is the greatest caUse
of death in the United States?-L. T. G.
A Heart disease is the greatest single
cause of death, over 221,0OO persons
succumbing to it annually. From 1000
600 to 2,5OOOOO persons suffer from some
form of it, and IS out of every 1000
school children are affected by it.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

Natural Scenes in the United
States-This booklet gives you a
handsomely reproduced photo
graph and a condensed descrip-
ton of famous natural scenes
throughout the United States
one for each State and the Dis
trict of Columbia. Every American
should know more about the
natural beauty OF his own country.
Printed in soft green and brown
tones. To secure your copy of this
publication inclose 10 cents in
coin wrapped in this clipping and
mail to The Star Information
Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1941-07-07
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Address
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entirely different one. You say that
neither the House Committees state
ment nor Secretary Ickes' charge can
be accepted as a conclusive settle
ment Of the pros and cons of the
aluminium dispute" However, in your
final sentence you seem inclined to ac-
cept at its face value the report of the
Military Affairs Committee and to inti-
mate that perhaps I had been hasty
and ill-advised in the charge that I
have made with respect to IAN industrial
concern whose activities have been of
a nature to command such extraordinary
commendation as that given by the
Military Affairs Committee = ="
I am willing to wager that the writer
of this editorial did not know of the
nature of the hearing upon which the
finding of the House Military Affairs
Committee was based. Probably he was
not aware that members of the COM
mlttee did not know that this report
was to be presented for consideration
and that, although taken by surprise,
it was so vigorously opposed that it
carried by only single vote. The Star
is too fair and just paper to give the
faith and credit that it does in this
editorial to an ex parte hearing at
which the person accused was not given
an opportunity to present his evidence.
1t also should be noted that, in finding
so conclusively for the House Military
Affairs Committee, you passed over as
worthy of slight consideration the finding
OF the Truman Committee which did
give both sides an opportunity fully to
present their cases. 1t may very we'll be
that the basis for this editorial was Mr..
Lawrence's biased and inaccurate column.
One final observation which applies
not only to The Star but to other news
Evening star., 1941-07-07

@. How many newspaper bows are
there in the United States?-L. B. ".
A. There are approximately a5OO00
newspaper boys.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

@. Does the banana grow on a tree2
p. n. A.
A. The banana plant IS not q tree
but large, perennial, tropical herb tha
grows 10 height of IL to 20 feet. The
number of leaves on the plant deter
mines the quality Of the fruit.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

@, Which is the greatest tea-drinklng
country?-T. F. T
A Great Britain and Northern Ire
land consume more tea than all other
countries combined.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-04-04
OHNE.

V Ellicott City znicen byl v
nedeli ohnem dun Elmera G..
Due. Soudi Sc, re povstal jis-
krami z kOmlna.
- Vice nezli sto akru pIdy
bylo v nedeli ohnem ma
uzemf znamo Soldiers Delight,
nekolik mil cd Randallstown.
Domy v okolf ohrozeny byly O.
hnem, kdyz sedm hasicskych
sbor1 2 Baltimore okresu bojo-
valo proti horlcl trave a lesnl-
mu drfvi.
- Trinactilety hoch snat by
z okna druheho poschod1 dc
naruci kolem jdouc1ho. Hocha
spustila jeho sestra, 20 rokt
stara. Tato re svetnice vysvo'
bozena byla pc zebrlku hasi
Gem.
Matkou hocha byla Virgie
Trush. V dome ma pocatku o
hne spaly ctyri osoby. Svetni
&c prvnlho poschod1 byly znac
ne poskozeny.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-04-04
KU SNATKOM
v

Pocet manzelskych licensl
stale Sc mnoz1.
V srpnu vsechny rekordy
pred tim zaznamenane poraze-
ny byly vydanim 1870 licensi
v jedinem mes1ci tom. To bylo
pricltano tehdy ku odvod1m.
Co mnozeni povolenf ku snat-
kun v poslednfch trech mesi-
c1ch p1sob1, kterkove 1radu RI
ci nemohou. V posledn1m ro-
ce vydano 1923 licensi pro
vsech dvanact mesfcI. Ale n.y.
nj v poslednfch trech mesfc1ch
vydano bylo povolen1 vice neil
" teze dobe predesleho roku.
Tehdy v lednu vydano jich by
10 SGT, v 1noru 524 a v breznu
584. V letosnim lednu vydant
licensi 926,. v unoru 936 a v
bTeznu 897. Klerkove doufaji,
re duben pochlub1 Sc licensemi
pres $1,000.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-04-04
GA MAMINKOU."

"Chudero, kdyby te tax two
je mama vid6la! Opustila t6,
taky isl byl jest6 ma kolfbce.
To byla dobracka, DEF il Pan
Bib vecnou slavu" atd.
Takovym a jinymi prostymi
proslovy jest hra ga Mamin-
kou" protkana, kterou jiz tuto
nedeli, t. j. 6. dubna cd 3. hod.
odpol. sehraje mladez Ceske
Svobe Skoly "Augustfn Her
man" v Sokolovne.
Bude Sc Yam l1biti. Hru ma
psala Zlata Husakova.
GA Maminkou" jest pohad-
kova hra o 3 jednan1ch.
Toto zactvo hraje:
Ludmila Pokorna, Jan Rys,
81. R1zenka Francova, Karel
Franc, Wilma Rfhova, R1zenka
Pickova, Donald Otcenasek,
Jirf Mauric, Miladka Pickova,
Albert Matousek, Blanka Ma
touskova, Miladka Severova,
Marenka Pickova, Ruth Hulo-
va, Jarka Kaspar, Helenka
Koutnfkova, Willy Praus, Fer
dinand Franc, Karel Mauric,
Mafenka Mauricova, Jean Ma
chodska, Frantiska Hradska,
MaTenka Velenovska, Shirley
Hochnova a Bozenka Pickova.
Rezii: p. ucitel Karel Pro-
chazka. Liceni: p. j. R. Cihlaf.
Napoveda p. Koran. Vyprava:
clenove dramat. odboru Sokol.
Jedn. Blesk. Hudba p. j. Svi-
TAXA.
PTijdte vsichni Sc podfvati
ma umenf nasich malych drama
tickych um6lcI. Budete jiste
spokojeni. Pc divadle volna
zabava.
Llstky jsou jiz v predprodeji
Detske divadlo je hrano jen
jednou do roka. Proto vSichni
" ned6li odpoledne o 3 iodine
do Sokolovny ma detske pred
stavenl GA Maminkou".
Kazdeho uctive I'VE:
Zabavnf vybor Ces. Svob. skoly
"Augustfn Herman"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-04-04
POMALY POKROK v
PRACI.

Baltimorsky program cvice-
nj narodnl obrany, ktery pocal
minulem lete S pnlym spe-
chem opomenul rozs1riti sc ry-
chile, ably zadost ucinil rostou-
elm potrebam mlstnf industrie.
Nebude-li mono program
zrychliti a zlepsiti B~altimorsky
slaby nedostatek vycvicene pra
&c, nyni jiz dosti vazny, mohl
by Sc stati kritickym jak mno-
ri tovarnici ma o%brannych pra-
czech pocituj1 jiz nyni.
Ably ~odpomozeno bylo, move
tT1dy must byti ~otevreny v bu-
dove, kterou skolni vybor roz-
hodl opatriti stroll a otevflti
tfidy pro obranu ma Baltimore
a Aisquith ulic1ch.
V listopadu 1Tednfci skolni-
no vyboru hotovili Sc otevflti
budovu tn nekdy v prosinci. Y
prosinci ustanoveno bylo tax u
ciniti. V lednu planovano to
pro 1nor. V druhe polovici u
mora byla jenom cast.
V budove ma vyucovano byti
We vzduchoplaveckem opravo-
|vanf, elektrickem spojovan1.
V pTitomne dobe vse tax da-
lece bylo by v poradku krone
lcastecneho nedostatku zadate-
|lG pro cviceni. Asi 1875 zapsa-
no jest nynf, kdezto uciteld a
nastroj1 bylo by dosti pro l.
900 hochd, kdyby cvik mohl
pokracovati denne We tfech cas-
tech dine.
Zvyseni cinnosti v Maryland.
skych obrannych pracech jah
komise udava, rozmnozilo pc
Get zraneni deln1kG. Behem pc
1sledniho roku hlaSeno bylo 81.
GOT industrialn1ch nehod Gill {
4,493 vice neil rok pred tim Y
teze dobe.
z poctu toho hlasl Sc o ma
brady delnfci v 11,9O4 tovar
mich zraneni. V pr1padecl
smrti konciclch podano jednt
lstO Sest narOkH ma nahradu