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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
Speaking of the pigeon nuisance is
not man responsible for it?
He has taken them from their wild
life, and now they depend on him for
food
May I tell you my experience with
one? Sixteen years ago a small white
pigeon came to my home. Thinking he
had stopped to rest, put out food and
water.
Instead of leaving, he spent the night
on window shutter After several days,
I fixed nice box placed where it could
not be reached by dogs or cats.
Not knowing the ways of pigeons, I
found he would not sleep inside, but on
top of the box.
He became very gentle, and would
play tug-of war hide and seek and
knew his name-Pinky-comi when
called.
After Is years the infirmities of age
appeared, but he was playful to the last.
Your delightful articles I do enjoy
and hope they may continue for many,
many years.
Very truly yours, H. p"
There can be little doubt that any one
interested in bird life could become very
much interested in pigeons.
Doves and pigeons belong to the same
family Every one likes the turtle dove,
and from this bird to the various pigeons
is just little jump.
On the other hand, there can be no
doubt, either that band of pigeons is
just too much, when one is more inter-
ested in feeding the chickadees, the tit
mice, the cardinals and the other species
of small birds which winter with us.
The unfortunate fact, from the stand
point of the feeder, is that one pigeon
attracts another pigeon, and soon a
dozen or more big pigeons calmly are
eating away with the songsters.
While it is easy enough to call the dove
a songster, it is impossible to call the
pigeon by that name
The sounds it makes are disagreeable
to many listeners
Here again it is mostly a matter of
quantity. One pigeon along with the
smaller birds could be tolerated very
easily. The odd sounds it makes, from
time to time, might even become pleas
ant.
But when a dozen or two dozen pig
cons descend in flock after roosting on
buildings for a time IN look OVer The Law
of the land, their presence is not an
unmixed blessing.
In the first place, they are just plain
dirty. Starlings are worse only because
there are great many more of them.
In the second place, pigeons eat a
great deal of seed and grain. This will
be Of no moment to persons who put out
just a handful of wild bird feed. But
to those who keep several feeding sta
tons supplied all day, month after
month, it runs into real money. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
Pie War

The day of universal peace is still
far off. but there are at least svnp-
toms of it in the American way Of
life. America seeks no war, but
does enjoy fierce truggles-bloodles
ones that stress competition without
littering the battle-ground with
casualties. The most typical of these,
the World Series, attracted more at
tention in the press than CORVALLIS
surrender at Yorktown.
Another striking, if less known, ex-
ample of how the American way Of
life has changed is the recent series
in Alberta between the Blackfeet and
the Assiniboine Indians. Formerly
they met and won or lost the title
with tomahawks, arrows, or flint
locks; last summer they settled it
with pie and wagons. The winner
was the first to eat a pie, hop into a
wagon and drive it across the finish
line. Winners and losers alike kept
their scalpS and suffered nothing
worse than indigestion. Even the
umpire escaped.
1t may seem strange to the I'M
initiated that an umpire was needed
at all. 1t would seem that a patrol
judge or two on the course, and a
photo-finish camera, would be all
that was necessary. The umpire,
however, also had an important role.
1t was his duty to call balk on any
one mzKing a motion toward the
wagon While still eating pie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
General Meios

Many senior residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia remember General
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs
with appreciation of his services to
the Federal City, but his name is
not familiar to the younger genera
ton Of citizens.
1t is safe to say that few indi-
vidualS of his own or any other
time contributed so much to the seat
Of the Government of the United
States as General Meigs did. The
American Dictionary of Biography
reports that he was born at Augusta,
Georgia, May 3, 1916, a son of DR..
Charles Delucena and Mary Mont
gomery Meigs Of Philadelphia, and
was educated at the University of
Pennsylvania and at West Point.
According to the same authority,
after temporary assignment to the
artillery, he was transferred to the
Engineer Corps of the Army, and
thereafter, for quarter of century,
his conspicuous ability was devoted
to many important engineering
projects. Of these, his favorite was
the Washington Aqueduct, carrying
a large part of the water supply from
the Great Falls of the Potomac to
the city of Washington. This work,
Of which he was in charge from
November, 1852, to September, 1860,
involved not only the devising of
ingenious methods of controlling the
flow and distribution of the water,
but also the design of the monu-
mental bridge across Cabin John
Branch which for some fifty years
remained unsurpassed as the longest
masonry arch in the world"
General Meigs coincidentally was
occupied with the construction of the
wings and the dome of the Capitol
and the erection of the north half
of the Old General Land Office
Building, originally intended to &C
commodate the Post Office Depart
ment and the City Post Office. In
both of those enterprises the designer
was Thomas U. Walter, architect of
the Capitol. Later, General MeigS
independently planned and erected
the Pension Office, huge red brick
structure, suggested by the FarneSe
Palace at Rome, finished in 1885,
long used for inaugural balls as well
as for less colorful but possibly more
practical purposes.
Meanwhile, after fortifying Tor
tugaS in the Gulf of Mexico and Key
West, Florida, in the autumn of 1860,
and relieving Fort Pickens, in April,
1861, Montgomery Meigs, appointed
colonel one day and brigadier gen.
eral the next, became quartermaster
of the Army, "in which capacity he
served throughout the war" James
G. Blaine, regarding that phase of
lis co~eer. wCte: Perhaps in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

considerable number of hours, sometimes
days, all told. Yet your headlines read.
Hurricane Crosses Florida in 4 Hours"
and further on you say that the storm
passed Miami at 5:45 am. As usual, YOU
mistakenly referred to the storm center
as the hurricane"
But the center of the storm Is a cir
cular elliptic region of dead calm, in this
case, only few miles in diameter, around
which the winds circulate in an ever
widening orbit for hundreds of square
miles. 1t is absurd to say that this vast
mass passed over such-and such a place
at such-and-such time In this storm
the center moved about Is miles an hour
which is not to be confused with the
crculatory motion Of the winds around
the center, which were up to well over
100 miles an hour.
You say the hurricane passed into the
Gulf OF Mexico at exactly GAS am, while
few lines later one reads that the winds
were expected to continue in the Miami
area for II hours more. You report that
the storm squeezed into 28-mile stretch
between Miami and Homestead, yet fur
ther on you tell of winds as far as Vero
Beach Q50 miles north of Miam) and
Key West U70 miles to the south of
MiamD
Most people imagine hurricane to be
twisting funnel of wind like tornado.
In fact, I have heard Midwesterners,
speaking Of West India hurricane, say,
"Oh, we have them out home, too" Then
also, Hollywood has done its best to
create the same impression: Witness
"Typhoon' and Wizard of o." 1t hurts
to find the Associated Press in such
company. FRITZ STRAINING.
Upper Marlboro, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
C0rrects Mistaken Report
OF Committee Endorsement.

To the Editor of The Star:
Your issue for October 5 contained an
article in which Rosa F. Downing of
the Washington American-Irisn Defense
Committee quoted me as saying that the
Irish War Veterans of America are 100
per cent with him and his committee.
I am member of the Irish War Vet
Grams, U. S. A., Philadelphia Post, No.
%, Philadelphia, Pa. and was formerly
colorbearer for the national comman-
der, Irish War Veterans, u S. A.
I merely stated that at the national
convention of the Irish War Veterans at
Atlantic City, N. j., in September, our
organization went on record in favor of
the President of the United States on
his foreign policy.
The quotation in your paper pertaining
to me was misquoted and incorrect.
PATRICK H. McGUINN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

facts simply do not conform to the
political specifications.
For more than a year it has been
hoped that the majority in the labor
movement would grasp the fact that
laborS whole position is threatened
by the excuses of minority groups.
But this, it seems, is a vain hope,
for, even with the subsistence of
communist activity, the labor pic
ture today is hardly less troubled
than 1t was a year ago. Corrective
action must come, however, and if
it is not to be taken by labor itself,
1t will be eXacted from a reluctant
administration by an aroused public
opinion. This latter method will
take longer, and it will cost more in
lost time and wasted money, but. as
experience has shown, the pendulum,
once it starts to swing back, is apt
to go far.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

troops enter the Caucasus, he might de-
mand passage through. the Dardanelles
for Italian naval units. Or he might
work through Bulgaria. which has al
ready asked Turkey to permit her war
ships to pass into the Black Sea. Britain
claims that the ships belong to the
Axis or are manned by their crews.
At the moment Turkey appears safe in
holding to the position stated in an
editorial in the newspaper Tan:
1--WE live in extraordinary times. Eu-
rope is engaged in a life-and-death
struggle. With this struggle Turkey has
no concern. The purpose of the young
Turkish Republic is to remain as far
away as possible from this war of great
nations, to live in peace and comfort.
not to enter the melee until the danger
reaches its fronuers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
Quotes Voltaire and Explains
Own Views on Americas Part in Wal

Own Views on Americas Part in War.
To the Editor of The Star:
The quotation from Voltaire which has
been causing considerable comment in
your columns has been employed for
years by your contemporary, the New
York Herald Tribune in its Sunday edi-
ton, at the top of page entitled "Opin-
ions of the Week" and composed of letters
to the editor and cartoons from other
sources.
There it appears as: Il wholly disap-
prove of what you say and will defend
to the death your right to say it-Vol-
taire on Helvetius"
1t may be assumed that the transla-
ton is accurate. The text indicates
Helvetius as possibly the addressee. But
whoever the addressee, Voltaire was in
siStent upon eXactnesS of expression
He who argues with me must first define
his terms'-and, therefore, his express
sions can be taken as exact and unequiv-
ocal. They need no such qualification as
one, at least, OF your readers undertakes
to append to them.
L suggest tnat certain OF your cOrre-
spondents, who treat war in conjunc-
ton with the quotation, might do we'll
to read Voltaire's ironic poem The
Henricade"
Whatever the views of your other cor
espondents-and they are widely diver
gent-may 1 add a few words as to my
own, derived in part from military serv-
ice?
I regard the debacle in the world
today as due primarily to the Short
sightedness and incapacity of British
craftsmanship from the day that Ger
many was defeated by American might,
which turned the scales, until Winston
Spencer (alias) Churchill came to
power.
That is no reason why we should not
repeat the performance. We must But
it is clear that next time, unless we are
incorrigibly stupid, we will take matters
into our own hands
Soft thinking in Britain, France and
America produced Germany's opportu-
nifty 1t still is INDUCED here If the
resumed war produces leaders here who
will reinvigorate America and sweep out
the local mess it will not have been in
vain. HARRISON T1LGHMAN.
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the a0riter, although the use of
q pSeudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
q Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
PATRICK II. McGUINN
Praises Miss Thompson
For "War Views" of "Vision."

To the Editor of The Star:
I agree entirely with Dorothy Thomp-
sons war views. Her summary of the
reasons for the Hitler successes comedies
with my own.
To Dorothy Thompson doff my hat.
Would that there were men at the helm
Of state with like keenness Of vision!
MARY STRONG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

@. Was the Douglas Bio bomber In
sured for its test fiight?-L. r.
A. The Douglas Aircraft Co. paid a
premium of $4,000 to insure the first
minute of flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

Duchesse de Noailles, mistress OF cere-
monies at the French court in the time
of Marie Antoinette, because Of her rigid
adherence to ceremony.
@. Where does the Government main
tain terrapin culture farms?-C. D. H.
A. The largest is at Beaufort. N. c.,
where 1871 young diamond-back ter
rapin were produced this past season.
Others are maintained in protected Wild
life refugees at Pea Island and Swan
quarter, N c.; Cape Roman, S. c., ard
Blackboard Island Ga.
Q. What is the origin of the word
"Starboard"?-E. F.
A The nautical term "starboard." the
right-hand side of a ship when looking
from aft forward, is derived from the
Anglo-Saxon "steorbord," meaning the
right side of ship.
@. In what famous short story Is there
a character named James Noble?-E.
NJ T.
A. James Noble is the master of Rab
in DR.. John Browns "Rab and His
Friends"
@. Please give the location and cost
of Wheeler Dam.-H. M
A. Wheeler Dam is located in Ala
bama on the Tennessee River, 2749 miles
above the mouth and 155 miles up
stream from Wilson Dam and Florence.
Ala. 1t was constructed at a cost Of
approximately s33,80OOOO.
O. What English admiral lost an eye
in one battle, an arm in another. and
his life in third?-A. H. K.
A. Admiral Horatio Nelson lost his
right eye during the storming of Calvi,
in Corsica; his right arm at Santa Cruz,
and was mortally wounded at Trafalgar
in 1905
@. Please give the population OF Len
ingrad and Kharkov-C. T. H.
A. The population of Leningrad is
5000 900, and that of Kharkov, 800 900.
@. How many States have State birds?
r. L. E.
n SO1AlCIllCuI ID lIlC OIlly 0ldle Nlll-
out State bird.
@. What was the first American.var-
ship to fly a flag?-H. N. E.
A. In ITS, the first flag ever unfurled
aboard an American warship was hoisted
by First 1t. John Paul Jones on board
the flagship Alfred at Philadelphia. 1t
was the Grand Union Flag, having l3
American stripes with the English union
jack in the field
@. What is the oldest State Capitol
building in the United States?-C. S. L.
"a The oldest State Capitol is In An
napolis, Md, built in 1772.
@. Where is the Great American
Desert?-A. J. G.
A. 1t lies in the northwestern corner
of Utah, reaching over into Nevada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
Discusses Inaccuracies"
In Hurricane Report.
70 the Editor of The Star

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your account of the Florida hurricane
was full of the same inaccuracies that
characterize practically all newspaper re-
ports on these storms.
The passage of hurricane takes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

O. What is the origin of the term
packing industry"?-D. j. E.
A. From the beginning pork was sailed
down and packed in barrels, hence arose
the name now given the meat industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the dnsUer to any
question OF fact By 1Driting The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin. director, Washington,
D. C. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
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Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the Tor republication of all news dispatches
credited il or not otherwise credited in this
paper and else the local published herein.
All rights of publication OF special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

@. What is the largest egg laid by
hen?-C. S. r.
A. The largest eggs on record are those
Of Rhode Island Red weighing ounces
each, laid in Kentucky. In France an
11-ounce egg was laid by white Leg
horn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

@. What is the religious afiliation OF
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge?-M. j. K.
A. Mrs. Coolidge is a Congregation
alist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

@ How many trips does the average
city bus make in a year?-R. L. T.
A. City buses average 100000 pas
senger trips a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

O. Did Charles Dickens visit Rich
mond, Va.?-E. B.
A. Dickens visited the city in 1841 and
wrote of it as delightfully."- situated on
eight hills overhanging James River"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

@. Who was Nine. Etiquette?-H NJ. S.
A. This nickname was applied to the
Duchesse de NoaiIIes, mistress Of cere-
monies at the French court in the time
of Marie Antoinette, because Of her rigid
adherence to ceremony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

Q. What is the origin of the word
"starboard" Pc. F.
A The nautical term "starboard," the
right-hand side of a ship when looking
from aft forward, is derived from the
Anglo-Saxon "steorbord," meaning the
right side of a ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-13

pioke up the first meeting of the
Lausanne Conference, which was to re-
suit IN Turkeys regaining almost all she
had lost in the war, but in the latter
part OF the 1920s came to a secret agree
ment with England.
Ataturk composed the differences that
had led to the Greek-Turkish war. He
was on good terms with the Soviet, al
though he ruthlessly put down Commu-
nlstlc uprlslngs within his own borders.
He was strong supporter of the League
OF Nations and of the European powers
defending the territorial status quo, but
ne did not ALLEVIATE Germany.
Since 1nonu succeeded to the presi-
dency, he has carefully followed suit.
He has watched Turkeys exports to Ger.
many grow until in 1898 the Nazis took
81 per cent of her tobacco, cotton, orange
ana hg crops. A clever statesman, he
expected that Hitler's need of these ae-
r1cultural commodities would lead him to
deal gently with Turkey.
In the present war Turkey has been
allowed to play dual role. because
neither England nor Germany has had
sufficient reason to force her to abandon
her neutral stand. Since Russias entry
into the war, Great Britain has a direct
route to the Near East, insured by con-
troll OF Iran. Both Russia and Britain
would like to control the Dardaneues,
but they learned the folly of an attempt
TO take control OF that fortified zone in
the last war.
Hitler. too, has no immediate reason
to exert pressure ON Ankara. II British
Evening star., 1941-10-01

Here's the Easy, J9y. Quick Recipe
Tender, juicy chicken, big chunks of
II, makes this College Inn economy
recipe Il treat for guests "a favorlte
of the whole family.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Chicago Mayor Visits
D. T.. on Tour Of Airports

Chicagos municipal officials, while
admitting modestly but firmly that
the Windy City has the biggest and
best commercial landing field in the
world. still were a bit envious yes
terday of the buildings and equip
ment at Washington's new National
Airport.
Mayor Edward j. Kelly admitted
as much during the course Of an
aerial tour of Eastern airports with
40 aldermen and other city officers
to collect ideas for the terminal
building and new hangers he hopes
to erect at the Chicago Municipal
Airport.
The Mayor and his party were
entertained at luncheon in the all
port restaurant and taken on an
inspection trip of the buildings and
field before they left in the late
afternoon for Chicago. The off,
cials had visited airports in New
York and Philadelphia before flying
here.
Mayor Kelly said Chicago recently
doubled the area of her landing field
and now hopes to erect a modern
terminal building and hangers if the
materials can be obtained despite
defense priorities. Tentative plans
call for a $4,000 900 outlay.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Bankers Believe j. ).
Can Avert Severe
Postwar Depression
Must Restrain Non-Defense
Spending Now, Declares
A.B. A. Commission

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-The Economic
Policy Commission Of the American
Bankers Association reported last
night that severe postwar depres-
sion was not inevitable in the United
States, and that the best way to
avoid one was to restrain nom
defense spending at once.
The commission is composed Of IL
bankers headed by W. Randolph
Burgess of New York They made
their conclusions public at the as
sociation's 67th annual convention.
while all recognize the economic
shock of shifting from war to peace"
the report said. "a severe depres-
sion should not be Realistically &C.
cepted as inevitable.
The best way to avoid post
war depression is to restrain con-
sumer and non-defense spending
now. and so save up buying power
for the postwar period.
Analyzing the effect of the de-
leliSe plOSi diH ol hiiic4iCau cCo-
nomic life, the commission said that
defense machinery must be speeded
up, with the Nations energy trans
ferred from producing luxuries and
even some necessities" to producing
weapons, and that 1t must be done
in such a way as to lessen the eco
nomic disruption that customartly
goes along with and follows every
wartime boom with its highly in
flationary tendencies"
Evening star., 1941-10-01

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