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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
Bnffered LiUeypOOI's Spirit UnbeAfen Despil
Woman, Air BIitz
Victim, Smiles
.
Defiance
BY ]. REAGAN McCRARY
Lnta N,u. ssnt.. sr..el.l carr..renaen

LIVERPOOL. March 26.-We
stumbled across uIbhle thai had
been homes. We crawled through
q gaping hole IN a wall. pushed
ASIDE a mat that kept out the raw.
wet wind and stood inside a noon
that had been one of Hitlers
military ohlectives" in this an
chorage CT Brtain's Atlantic life
line
In the dim light from a tiny
coal fire we saw an old woman
lying on a iumbled bed. She was
swathed in shaWlS. One arm wore
the only clean things in the place
--handages. Her unhurt hand was
lingering her beads. The glow
frrrn- the Goals lii I'D weird con
tours IN her face.
L was a fine face. And more
important than anything I have
seen IN Britain, she was smiling.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
BUSES ALL LOADED

So you start walking; you wait
a while at a bus stop. but the few
buses rumble heedlessly past
Evening star., 1941-08-17
FORMING OUR JUDGMENTS
By the Right Rev James Freeman D. d. IL. d. D. C. L..
Bishop OF Washington.

what we have acquired through knowl-
edge and experience. This is peculiarly
true today Is this sustaining power
available? Can we invoke 1t when we
need 1t most? We discover it in faith
that finds its repose and assurance in
Him who, in the hour of supreme test
ing, was able to stand serene and con-
fident before all the conspiring forces
that sought His destruction.
In Jesus Christ and His matchless
teachings we have the unfailing example
and principles that have in them the
potency to hold men up against the
moods and temper of the times Nothing
has been found comparable to them.
Other methods and teachings have been
tried but they have failed in crisis.
Cold reason is a slender stem on which
to rest troubled mind Reason, how
ever refined and logical, cannot give
comfort or strength to man afflicted
with fear and shadowing doubts. Glad
stone wrote over 10 years ago: Il am
convinced that the welfare of mankind
does not depend on the state and the
WOrIQ OF politics., lne real UdlGic lS Utiils
fought in the world of thought, where a
deadly attack is made with great tenacity
of purpose and over a wide field upon the
greatest treasure of mankind, the belief
in God and the Gospel of Christ" These
were prophetic words and We are realiz-
ing their import more fully today.
The late Lord Tweedsmmr said in his
latest book, Pilgrims Way" that "the
challenge with which We are now faced
may bring us back to God. In that case
our victory is assured
When we have appraised all the judg-
ment making forces that play upon our
lives, the many influences that from the
outside affect the inside, the place where
we do our thinking and form our outlook,
we are compelled to return to Him, whose
conception and appraisal of life is the
loftiest and most enduring the world
has known. Here" said Gladstone, lis
the greatest treasure of mankind" 1t
may be forgotten or lost for the while,
but when the real battle of life is being
fought men turn to rediscover its price
less value and to save both their reason
and their souls by making it the source
of their strength.
Evening star., 1941-08-17

Life's appraisals are largely made as
the result of observation and experience.
What we are individually is in large
measure what we are collectively Il am
part of all that have met" says some
one. While each man thinks that he is
the architect of his own fortune there
are many factors that determine both
his outlook and his philosophy of life.
Few men are original in the formation
of their ideas and ideals, they are largely
borrowed from others. If genius is a
capacity for taking pains" few have the
wit or the patience to attain it.
AS we look at life, our own life, it is
interesting to discover what the princi-
pal factors were that have given us our
bent and largely determined our outlook.
Most of us are more concerned about the
lives and habits of others than we are
about our own life. There is an outside
and an inside to all of US. The outside is
the world contact side; the inside is the
contemplative or reflective side, where We
do our thinking and reasoning about
men and things. These two aspects of
life are closely related, hence the i'm
portance of giving them their consistent
and rightful place. The outside impacts
that play a large part in shaping the
inside Of life are early home environ
ment, education, books, friendships and
strong moral and religious counsels
From these we come at length to clarity
our view of life and our relation to the
world about us. AS we approach maturity
it requires much Of discrimination to ap-
praise the opinions and judgments that
come with increasing force and in
sistence. They come from the books and
newspapers we read, and in these latter
years they proceed from the voluble
radio with its many voices To survive
these many outside influences calls for
strong and wel-disciplined qualities Of
mind.
Today the cynic and the pessimist
seem more active and persistent than
formerly and their dire predictions, if
not resisted, give a somber tone to the
picture of the present and the immediate
future. If We are armed against them
we need an equipment and. a mental
poise that is sustained by something
other than our personal conceits or even
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Curtuins for 'Nucky'

The intelligence unit OF the Bureau
of Internal Revenue has made
another notable contribution to the
cause of municipal reform with the
income tax conviction Of Enoch l..
Johnson, former Republican boss OF
Atlantic City, who now will have ten
years to think things over.
Nominally the treasurer of Atlantic
County, "Nucky," as he was best
known, for some two decades devoted
himself to interests that ranged far
afield from the duties cuStomarily
associated with his Office, and with
no small profit, according to Federal
investigators who became curious
about his style of living, which was
slightly more affluent than the
county salary scale was calculated
to provide. Lottery racketeers testi-
fled at the trial that they paid the
defendant large sums for ''protec-
ton" But the Johnson income tax
returns for 1867 did not reflect
these extra -curricular activities. In
fact, the Government proved the
Treasury had been short-changed to
the extent of nearly $4,000, and as
the result, "Nucky" is starting on the
long Sabbatical leave from the scenes
of his glory, and must pay in addi-
ton $4,000 fine and the delinquent
taxes, plus penalties. Further, the
Treasury quiz experts are looking
into the matter of tax returns for
193S-39-4O.
It required four years for the
Treasury marksmen, headed by
Elmer Trey, to bring down the high
flying "Nucky," who was as supreme
in his domain as Thomas J. Pender-
CAST, the Democratic boss of Kansas
City, an earlier victim of Treasury
bookkeeping. In each instance, also,
there were collateral developments
growing from the investigation that
involved others. In congratulating
Mr. Trey and his associates, Secretary
Morgenthau recalled that the Allan
tic City prosecution had resulted in
thirty-seve convictions in addition
to that of the principal.
Withal, there Is q discouraging
Evening star., 1941-08-17

No change, however, is contemplated
in the regulations governing travel
to Canada, Mexico or Cuba.
Though entry visas long have been
mandatory for aliens, they have not
been required for citizens, nor is it
necessary for Americans and aliens
at present to obtain exit permits.
Since most countries do not permit
entry of foreigners without pass
ports, such documents have been a
virtual necessity for Americans de-
string to 60 abroad. They also are
valuable in establishing the identity
of the holders en- their re-entry into
the United States. Under the new
regulations, passports issued to
American citizens will contain the
necessary exit permits, and these
will be examined by customs officials
when their owners leave the country.
Aliens wishing to go abroad first
must secure the necessary authorize
tion, and their credentials will be
examined by immigration Service
officials at the ports of exit.
Forged passports have speeded
many a subversive agent to our
shores. No loyal American during
the present emergency can properly
object, therefore, to the rules requir-
ing exit and entry permits. Since
they will make it possible for Fed
eral authorities to keep a closer
check on the movements of aliens
suspected of Subversive activities,
the new regulations are an essential
part of the defense program.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
New Passport Rules

In view of the external dangers
that now confront the United States,
it is clearly in the public interest
that the Government take every pos
sible measure to protect the country
against fifth columnistS and foreign
agents sent here on Subversive mis-
sions. Recognizing the need for
curbing the movements of those
whose activities threaten our defense
effort. the Departments of State and
Justice, it was disclosed last week,
are planning new regulations under
which all American citizens and
aliens, after September l, on leaving
or entering the United States, will be
required to secure exit or entry per-
mits. For the first time since the
World War, therefore, the Govern
ment will control the movements of
persons into and out of the country.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Irrational Rutionino

The gasoline rationing order, is
sued by the Office of Price Admins
tration and Civilian Supply at the
request of Secretary Ickes, has re-
suited in a state of utter confusion
which should have been foreseen and
which could have been avoided.
There is nothing new about this
gasoline shortage on the Eastern
Seaboard. Mr.. IckeS, in his capacity
as defense petroleum co-ordinator,
has been issuing warnings for weeks
and only recently proclaimed the
7-pm.-to-7-am. curfew. At the very
least, under these circumstances, it
would seem that a comprehensive
rationing system could have been
prepared and inaugurated coinci-
dentally with the rationing order.
AS matters stand, dealers simply
are ordered to sell 10 per cent less
gasoline than they sold in July.
That is bound to result in their fall
ing back, for the most part, on a
first come -first-served" basis, with
the result that automobile drivers
who want to cooperate with the
Government will make the sacrifices,
while those who are not interested
will have little if any trouble in get
ting all the gas they want.
Too much stress cannot be laid on
the Importance of placing all citizens
on an equal footing so far as defense
sacrifices are concerned. The ma
jority are willing to cooperate, but
they are not apt to remain so if they
see their non-co-operative neighbors
taking advantage of loopholes in
hastily drafted governmental edicts,
like the gasoline rationing order, and
getting away with it." Under the
circumstances, it would seem that
Mr.. Ickes cannot act too soon to
prepare and issue his further and
more comprehensive" recommended
tions, assuming that they are going
to let all citizens know what is ex-
pected of them, and that they will
require of unwilling gasoline users
the same sacrifices that will be made
cheerfully by those who are ready
and willing to carry their share of
the load.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
ltrol is getting the least attention at

control is getting the least attention at
this time Without it, the other in
flation controls are very likely to prove
in vain. Even with 1t, price control is
difficult enough when inflationary pres
sures are working because taxation then
needs to be heavier than the public may
accept. To sell the idea of taxation, it
can be offered to the country as de
ferred spending" or forced saving
to be stored up for use after the war.
A plan Of that kind may yet save the
day.
Evening star., 1941-08-17

aspect to both the Pendergast and
Johnson cases. The citizens in their
communities knew exactly what was
going on and what it was costing
them, but were either Indifferent to
the situation or powerless to correct
it. The house cleaning job that was
forced on the Federal Government
should have been taken care of at
homo
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

On August 1s, 1891, the great regatta
of the National Amateur Rowing Asso-
citation got under way. Said
National The Star Of that date: "A
Reootto very large part of Wash
ington is just now strung
out along the banks of the Potomac
River in the vicinity of Analostan Island.
=. = 1t is one of the greatest days on
the river for 10 years, and the town has
risen nobly to a grasp of its opportunity
to witness some of Americas finest row.
ing talent. - 1t is the first day of the
18th annual regatta of the, National AS
sociation of Amateur Oarsmen. and the
western edge-o the city proper is heavier
than any other part now
The account proceeds to tell some of
the results of the initial days sport and
to give the schedules of coming events.
On this same day The Star also gave
an account of some Of the doings of q
convention of chemists which
Chemists had been going on for several
Meet days: For three years the
chemists of America have been
trying to effect national organization
of that class of scientists, and at
O'Clock this afternoon there began in
one of the clasSrooms of the Columbian
University a conference that. unless
something should 60 amiss, will result
in the formation of such an association"
The trouble was not in organizing from
scratch. but to combine into one associa-
ton a number of different chemical So
cieties already functioning in various
States.
The Star'of August l8, 1891. likewise
recorded the departure of President Har-
rison from his summer home at Cape
May. N. j. on a special train for Ben
nineton, Vt, and other places in the
Granite State.
OF national interest was spectacular
rise in the price Of wheat on the Chicago
Grain Exchange. That ex-
Boom in change, always noted for its
Wheat speculative possibilities, was a
scene OF WILD excitement, as
wheat kept going up and up. In dis
patch from Chicago. dated August II,
1891, The Star said: The exciting
scenes which characterized the
trading the latter part Of last week were
renewed at the opening of the Board of
Trade this morning. Editors note: Au-
gust II was a Monday) The trading
was just as wildly nervous as it was on
Saturday, when December wheat jumped
within few minutes from 997s to $l08.
The bull fever was still on this morning
and traders were inflamed with the pros
pect of higher prices"
Before the day was over wheat had hit
a high, in Baltimore, of s1.18.
On August 18, 1891, The Star reported
q disastrous fire in Jacksonville, Fla.
Miami, the biggest city IN
Jacksonville Florida now, was then five
Fire years in the future, not
being founded until 1896,
and at the time of this fire. Jacksonville
was the biggest and most prosperous
community of the State. In The Stars
words: "A path of smoldering ruins two
blocks wide and six blocks long, extend
ing from Bay street up to Beaver street
and one block on each side, is the result
of a fire which started at midnight.
"The fire spread on all sides. being
famed by q stiff breeze that rose. The
f1remen worked heroically throughout.
but nothing could stay the flames until
exhausted for want of material.
Loss, about 81 100000 Insurance about
Evening star., 1941-08-17

A captured German bandsman
says he and his mates were ordered
to learn quickly victory march" to
play as they marched along into
Russia. They evidently will have
plenty of time to rehearse it now.
Evening star., 1941-08-17

Only one person in every 200
in the United States pays an
income tax of any sort. Britain has
found she could not possibly win
war on any such ridiculous basis, and
we will find eventually that, on the
same basis, we cannot properly help
her tn win il
Evening star., 1941-08-17

New Stithton, Kentucky, is puzzled
over what to do with an unexpected
treasury surplus. Why not send it
here and let the Smithsonian Institu-
ton show it as its rarest curiosity?
Evening star., 1941-08-17

Speaking of those many centuries
of kissing intake of the breath by
the Japanese to express pleasure or
polite regret: They seem to be unani-
mously letting it out now.
Evening star., 1941-08-17

The Associated Press is exclusively entitied 70
the use for republication OF all news d,spatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited IN THIS
paper and also the local news published hereln.
All rights OF publication OF special dispatches
herein al reserved.
Evening star., 1941-08-17
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post ONCE,
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1941-08-17

farmers and the workers of the country
show every sign of wanting to grab
everything they can while the grabbing
is good. The inevitable result is trouble
before many months have passed.
formula for preventing trouble,
through imitation, is known. The
difficulty with it is, from popular point
of view, that 1t is not painless.
Basic elements in any program of in
flation control or regulation are these:
First, taxation heavy enough to pre-
vent an undue addition to purchasing
power through an excess of dollar outgo
that is far greater than the dollar in
come. Briefly, this means an effort to
bring the budget of the Government
somewhere near balance, If that be pos
sible. To accomplish any such result,
however, the Government must be will
ing to tax lower-income groups who are
getting the bulk Of the increased in
come.
Second, rationing of available sup
plies where there is q greater demand
than supply so that there will not be
bidding up of prices by individuals with
a lot of dollars to spend. Rationing is
not yet seriously considered in any in
dustry except the gasoline distributing
industry in the East where supply is
going to be short.
Third, statutory control Of individual
prices so that raw material producers or
manufacturers or distributors will not
seek to create artificial price levels.
To be effective, price control must in
volve combination of these three ele-
ments of control with primary empha-
sis On controlling income. Yet income
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Manhattan Auto Ten
In Merchants Loop
Debut Tomorrow

With a team composed of we'll
known basket ball stars, little john
ny Poston will send his Manhattan
Auto & Radio softballerS into their
first Merchants League game to-
morrow night at BallstOn Stadium,
PoStons team will meet Abe RoSen-
fields Senate Beer ten in the second
game of a double-header to be
opened at 7:45 O'Clock by a tilt be-
tween Plaza Wine and Standard
Linen.
Nine of Manhattan'S squad have
been members of local high school
and amateur basket ball teams and
although they're comparatively new
at softball. tbs said they're learn
ing rapidly. The team has three
pitchers, foremost of whom is the
coach's 18-year-old brother, Bobby.
Coach Poston also hurls, as does
Mike Leib, Eastern Highs regular
court center last year.
Jimmy George, Bobby Cannon
and Johnny Cnotti-all from the
Navy Softball League-and Marshall
Dellinger compose the infield and
Lowell Keagy of Tech High does the
catching. Outfelders are Bob and
Harry Loube, Dick Poston, Ralph
Lassise, Carl Hanneman, Walter
Smith and Louis Meyers.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Capital Odd Fellows
Gain 333-Pin Edge
On baItimoreans
Make Promising Stort
In Effort to Crack
Foes Win Streak

Washington Odd Fellows got of
to promising start last night in an
effort to halt a succession of bowl
ing victories scored over them by
their fellow fraternalists of Balti-
more when, at the Brookland Rec
reation, they piled up 333-pin lead
in the first half of the anual home
and-home series. Twelve teams
compete on side with grand total
of sticks deciding the issue.
In the first dozen years of the
rivalry, Washington won much as it
pleased but in the last three Balti-
more has prevailed.
The Capital shooters last night
totaled 1892 for three games, an
average of approximately 1,577 a
team. Jack Hodges of Columbia No
l fired the top set of BIT and his
team led the way with 1,703, which
included the high game of 609
Another Columbian, Junior Dom,
shot the best single of 1865.
Baltimore's total of 1889 in
cluded: High individual setback
Porkney, 1893; high individual game
Lefty Kronmaier, $50; high team
set-Team No. l, 1887; high team
game-Team No. 4, 600.
The series will be finished next
Saturday on the Baltimore Arcade
drives. Festivities that followed
last nights battling eased the Bal
timoreans' chagrin.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
ROD and STREAM x s{ss9saAu si55
Maryland Stocking With yellow Perch;
River Pollution Here Dangerous

The yellow perch found in fresh
and brackish waters is a delectable
pan fish and supplies considerable
sport for anglers. The average size
in Potomac and Chesapeake Bay
streams is less than a pound, but
there are many caught each year
double that size and larger. The
record yellow perch-and it has been
on the book for many, many years
weighed over four pounds.
Every fall, yellow perch school up
and drop down to the edge of salt
water. Once they start biting they
will continue until every last one
in the school is caught, which is
the reason for the large catches at
st. LeOnards in the PatuXent, in
the Severn, the Chester and Eastern
Bay.
For several years, Maryland has
been trying to increase the supply
to the point where the species would
become commercially valuable. To
do this, each spring more than 1900
quarts of eggs are stripped from
ripe fish in the Severn and Ches-
ter Rivers, hatchced in specially
constructed screening boxes an
chored in the river currents to effect
proper agitation and oxygenation
and released in nearby rivers.
The planting this spring, under
the direction of DR.. R. V. Truitt of
the Chesapeake. Biological Labra-
tory at Solomons, has just been
completed. The total number of
small fry released was approx
mately 250,000000. Anglers in two
years time may expect to catch
yellow perch from one end of the
bay to the other, for all waters
chemically fit were stocked.
Even such small creeks as Rock
hold, that empties into Herring Bay,
received an adequate planting. The
larger rivers of the Eastern Shore
received half a million and more
each.
Fishing Has Odd Angles.
Fishing is fantastic pastime, &C
cording to Don Mccarthy of the
Rod and Reel Club. He says: ut
is about the only competitive sport
where a second-best catch gets more
publicity and honors than the best
one" He has in mind the winner
of the Phil Wylie Tough Luck Tro-
ply, one Jim Scully, who caught
a 53-pound amberjack on 6-thread