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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13

receiving aid under the
social security program.
Coy. Van Wagner protested
that Michigan ranks thirty-iourih
among all states in giving aid TO
the aged and dependent.
I'VE are asking our aged
persons. and our mothers with
dependent children, 90 live on n
scale below decent living re-
quiremcnts," he wrote.
The governor predicted tho IN
creased appropriation will not up
set his balanced budget.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
Here
Blast AguiindIdo

Filipinos here are on record to-
day with "A condemnation of Gen
eral Emilio Aguinaldo as a
traitor 10 The Philippines. follow
ing the recent report that he has
urged the complete surrender OF
all the islands 10 the Japanese.
In a resolution passed by the
Filipino Executive Council of
Michigan. Aguinaldo is labeled a
"Qu>ling' and called the most
hated man in the Philippines.
"Aguinaldo's treacherieS and
liquidations of great Filipino
leaders during the Philippine
Revolution are we'll known and
rcDembercd by all FilipinoS,"
the resolution said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
Leak Found
Why City Treasurer Got
Rain Water in Beer

City Treasurer Albert T.. Cobc
GOT rain water in his beer because
of the leaky condition, of the Belle
Isle canoe shelter roof. he told
Mayor Edward J. JeffrieS today.
AT first I couldn't understand
why my glass was always full"
he continued.
The DPW has asked funds 10
repair Belle Isle buildings as well
as the recorders court and city
service buildings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
n Bumper CrOp--1 Car
Auto S+eered Badly So Driver Gets Out TO Find
Sedan Hooked TO Rear Of His Machine

Mrs. Marcclla Morris Of 1921
Normandalc avenue. Dearborn,
drove away from a bowling alley
at Schaclcr highway and ColSon
avenue. Dearborn, with thrc @
and after several
blocks remarked that the car
wasn't handling right.
So she and a fnend got out to
look at the tires.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
To Train Handicapped

A committee 10 train and NJ
handicapped persons into defense
work has been set up in Detroit
and Richard II. Hungerford sup
ervISor OF special education in De-
troit public schools, has been
named national chairman of the
with which the one IN
Detroit is affiliated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
Convicted Of Drills Theft

Sam Schwartz, AZ, of 2731 Webb
avenue. today was found guilty by
a federal court jury, before Judge
Ernest A. O'Brlen, of possession
of $1,000 worth Of stolen drills
essential to war production.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
No Tires or Retreats
For Defense Workers

LANSING. Feb. Is (UP).-
Arthur II. SarviS. state tire ration
ing administrator. said today that
workers in defense factories, so
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
All seemed well.

All SeCIltu we'll
They proceeded TO the Ford
Rouge plant where they picked
up Mrs. Morris husband, Myron,
who took the wheel.
After driving about three miles
and making several turns, Morris
also decided all wasn't well.
He got out and looked.
He found a full-sized G d n
hooked 10 their rear bumper,
far, do not come under present
tire rstioning and, therefore, can
get neither new tires or retreads.
Sarvis said ne was prompted TO
make this S tie n because
there seems TO be an impression
that because men work in defense
industries they are entitled 10 new
passenger car tires.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Small Boot Patrol

The announcement that the Navy
hopes to enlist the services of 1000
additional small boats in it's anti
submarine patrol along the Atlantic
coast and in the Caribbean will be
welcomed as evidencing an official
willingness to depart from strictly
orthodox methods of dealing with
this growing menace.
In the past there have been
numerous complaints that the Navy,
by refusing to alter its requirements
to permit the use of this small-boat
feet in the anti-submarine war, was
neglecting to avail itself of a poten-
tally effective weapon. The Navy
was reported to feel that the small
boats could not be effective and that
the time and material spent in pre-
pairing them for service might better
be applied to other phases of the
struggle Advocates of the use Of
small boats have contended, how
ever, that the British, under less
favorable conditions, have achieved
considerable success against enemy
submarines by equipping a great
many pleasure boats with machine
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Housing Agreement

The agreement between the House
and Senate conferees on the local
war housing program, although it
comes almost seven months after
Pearl Harbor, will be welcomed
nevertheless as an important step in
providing living accommodations for
the new workers who have been
moving to Washington in steadily in
creasing numbers.
Under the compromise which has
been worked out, a total of s32,-
100000 will be made available for
housing and public works. OF this
total $l2,000,00O will be spent to pro-
vide dormitory accommodations for
$4,000 single workers; 100000 will
be used to build temporary family
dwelling units at cost not to exceed
$4,000 each, and $l7,500,o0O will 20
Tor public works such as schools.
water facilities, sewers, etc.
The conflict between the House and
Senate has revolved around the
family dwelling unit issue. The
senate had wanted to spend $13.-
100000 for 5000 family dwelling units
at an average cost of $4,5O0. This
was considerably under the total
which local housing authorities had
said was needed. The House. how
ever, was opposed to the building OF
any family units, insisting that in
coming workers should be housed in
dormitories. The compromise finally
worked out, while not providing for
tne number OF such units said to be
necessary, has the advantage of in
suring that they will be temporary
IN TACT as well as in name, since it
is hardly possible that permanent
structures can be put up at $4,000
each. II Is also worthy OF note that
the compromise. in putting the
emphasis on dormitory housing, is in
line with the stand recently taken
oy the War Production Board against
permanent emergency construction
because OF the shortage of materials.
1t is expected that there will be
no delay in securing House and
Senate ratification of the conference
agreement, and it is to be hoped that
this will be the case, because, in view
OF the time which already has been
lost, it will oe necessary to exert
every effort to expedite the actual
construction work on these projects
after the funds become available.
II the unhappy experience of the
demountable housing program under
the Alley Dwelling Authority, which
was supposed to have been COM
pleted by the first Of July, but which
has not yet been started, may be
taken as guide, the incoming war
workers will be fortunate If the Lam
ham Act accommodations are avail
able for occupancy before the arrival
Of cold weather.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Wilbur Carr

No one who knew Wilbur Carr will
forget him. He was such a person
as makes other men glad and proud
to belong to the human race. Cor
dell Hull summed up the common
conviction when he said: "The debt
which the State Department and the
foreign service owe to his years of
devoted and unstinted service never
can be repaid"
Mr.. Carr himself, of course, was
the explanation of the achievement
so acknowledged. With his fine ma
tive gifts of intelligence and eff
cheney, he could have made note
worthy success in any field in which
he chose to engage his talents. To
the infinite advantage of his country
and of the world at large, he pre-
ferred to labor in that branch Of the
Government which deals with other
nations.
Born in Ohio in 1870, educated at
Kentucky, Georgetown and George
Washington Universities, he became
a clerk in the Department Of State
in 1892. The remainder Of his life
was the natural development Of his
genius for the careful performance
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Poor Fish

To the really rabid angler the ap-
proach of nightfal is a curse-a
blackout to his hopes of getting more
fish, except catfish and eels which
can smell their way around and do
not need light. The more orthodox
fish call it day and 60 to sleep.
But is this from choice? Would
not they, too, enjoy spot of night
life, If 1t were possible? A Southern
dentist, an ardent fisherman,
thought they might, and set about
making it possible. He uses large
float, followed out to accommodate
small flashlight, whose beams shoot
downward to illuminate the bait. He
has phenomenal luck. Attracted by
Broadway Of light, swarms of suck
ers and other poor fish flock to it.
It never occurs to them to suspect
that it might be racket, and to
wonder If there is string tied to it
somewhere. Or, If some are a trifle
skeptical of the altruism of that light
and its proprietor, they are confident
Of their ability to take care of them
selves and handle it masterfully.
Not until the dentist extracts them
from the water, and they lose their
last fin, do they realize too late that
this will hurt a bit-and that the
sufferer will not be the dentist.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trdce1DeH.

Cardinals, especially, seem to have real
memories, and to take friendly inter-
est in those who feed them.
Often when the feeding station in the
garden to the rear runs dry, the birds
will come around to the front of the
house, where sprinkling the lawn may
be going on, and there call and chirp IN
such a way as to make one feel that they
are simply calling attention to the lack
Of food.
1t is common observance that wrens
come back each spring to the same site.
No doubt many other species do the same
thing. 1t is difficult to say. Only band
ing would prove it.
Householders who may at some time or
other put out ground beef for the parent
birds, to help them with the feeding OF
their offspring, know that every year
thereafter there will be birds looking for
food at the old place.
It would seem evident that they are
the same birds, because newcomers would
not know to 60 to the same place.
This Is particularly true If an unusual
place has been selected. such as porch
railing beneath a lattice.
II birds are found perched on the lat
tice, and are seen hopping to the rail-
ing, quite evidently looking for some
thing, it is easy to assume, and no doubt
with certainty, that they are the same
old birds, and are looking for ground
beef again.
In our own experience we have found
that all the birds will come to the win
dow when the feeding station out by the
garage is empty.
This is not just an attempt to attract
attention.
The fact is that the location amid
shrubbery by the window was for sew
eral years the site of favorite feeder.
Now they come back to this site, as II
looking for food, when the supply runs
out at the more distant place.
No doubt they desire, also, to call at
tention to themselves.
Careful observation Of bird life will
show many amusing resemblances to
human beings. They often do concerted
as we'll as solo singing, and seem at times
to be talking things over among them
selves. Some observers have gone so
far as to claim that both blue jays and
crows, as we'll as the starlings. hold as
sembles, and in some cases even go to
the length Of condemning one Of their
mates to death.
In watching the birds, we may at
times see resemblances to our own ways
and minds, but let us resist the tempta-
ton to lord over them, mentally, and to
believe that they are extremely rudi-
mentary.
AS we look over the scene Of man, and
compare it today with the great gather
ings and fyways Of bird life, We must
come to a new pity, not for the birds,
but for ourselves.
Man can no longer look down upon the
creatures, but should begin to look up to
them as more true to the God who made
them, and a great deal more humane
sad word-than lordly man. But every
failure of man shows his possibilities
He must keep trying.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Quotes Woodrow Wilson
On Limitation of Power.

To the Editor of The Star:
The idea that freedom emanates from
any given political group and that those
opposing its theories or methods are
unpatriotic is at utter variance with true
democracy.
The people are not servants of the
politicians; the politicians are, or,
should be, the servants of the people,
under our system of Government.
Unfortunately, there seems to be q
growing tendency in modern political
circles to thwart or discourage any line
of thought which does not closely COIN
eide with its own ideas. This doctrine Is
un-American and dangerous.
Woodrow Wilson said: Liberty has
never come from the Government. Lib
erty has always come from the subjects
Of it. The history Of liberty is the his
tory Of resistance. The history Of liberty
is . history Of the limitations Of govern
mental power, not the increase Of It,"
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Asks About spirit"
OF Buyers of Scrap Rubber.

To the Editor Of The Star:
My 7-year-old son trudged for three
hours in the broiling sun pulling an
express wagon, collecting rubber. He got
mostly old rubbers, amounting to 6
pounds. We took it proudly to the gas
station And what does the good dealer
say to us?
do you want the money, or are you
donating them?"
"Oh, the money, please"
mot very patriotic, are you?"
I submit that the 7-year-old Is very
patriotic, indeed. Six cents is no reward
for three hours of hard labor.
Is this the spirit in which most Of the
dealers are receiving the scrap rubber?
c. AYLOR.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
"THIRTY-FOURTH STREET.

Lear SlT.
Here is an amusing incident which
happened in my yard this week. A year or
SO ago had a small swinging bird feed
ing station hanging from an arch over a
gate. To this came chickadees and
nuthatches, as well as titmice; on the
ground beneath 1t scores of English
sparrows gathered.
This spring I decided to put steps
beneath the arch, and took away the
feeder. Sedum was planted around the
rocks. The whole made . very pretty
effect, with the gate and the arch. The
birds came looking for the station, at
first. but soon forgot about it.
About this time the chickadees, the
titmice and the nuthatches disappeared.
There were other causes, believe, which
led them to take to the woods. 1t was
not just the disappearance Of their IA
vorite feeder because there was plenty
Of food at other points in the garden
II thought nothing Of all this, until
just the other day, when suddenly the
three smaller birds mentioned showed up
again. AS far as have been able to see,
they did not look for the old swinging
station.
THE interesting thing Is that the
sparrows did! As / was looking out, a
delegation of perhaps a dozen Of them,
with several leaders, and the remainder
hopping on behind, came across the yard
to the gate.
THE leaders hoped to the steps and
looked down. The rest of them craned
their necks After what seemed for all
the world to be a conference, the birds
suddenly flew away.
Whether the return of the smaller
birds put them in mind Of old times,
do not know. but it was extremely ANUS
how little came out Of 1t, q not unusual
result Of conferences.
Sincerely yours, v. B."
This Is a good instance of bird memory.
There can be no doubt that the song
sters have memory Of q sort. Whether
1t is the same sort Of thing human beings
udfe h dIlOIIlcI UldLJcT. 1ncTe Is Danger
in ascribing exactly the same mental
processes to birds and beasts and fishes
as We know in ourselves. We have the
ability to be self-conscious, and to under
stand, in some degree, what it is we
think. and how. but we cannot be sure
that what seems to be the same thing in
an animal or bird is really in the same
category.
Yet there is little doubt, certainly
among persons who feed the birds, that
these creatures remember those who
feed them. and especially the place.
They will return each fall, II feeding
has been discontinued for the summer.
They are recognized for the same birds
not by their appearance, although some
times that, but mostly by the fact that
they fly down to the same old stand.
If feeding was done in a certain clump
Of shrubbery. there are the birds, hop
ping around in the branches
There can be little doubt that they are
expecting hand out"
Evening star., 1942-06-29

Of important tasks. Each separate
assignment was filled with the
meticulous sense Of duty which char
acterized his mind from first to last.
He was essentially a perfectionist,
unwilling to be content with any
thing short Of the best.
Yet, despite the rigorous demands
which he made upon himself, Mr..
Carr was tenderly sympathetic in his
relations with those who lacked his
capacity for exactitude. Young peo-
pie working under his direction loved
him for his patience and kindliness.
Particularly when he was Assistant
Secretary Of State, from 1924 to 1887,
he was in constant touch with num-
bers OF youthful diplomatists. Hence
the phrase "the father of the Ameri-
can foreign service" had double ap-
plication to him. He established the
present system of professional State
Department employment, and he was
the mentor, the guide and the friend
OF scores Of his junior contem-
poraries.
Among people of his own genera
ton, however, Mr.. Carr was equally
appreciated. The days that were left
to him after the German absorption
OF Czechoslovakia had terminated
his ministry at Prague were devoted
to many good causes, not least of
which was the Community Chest, in
which he was active until lust
few days ago. Washington bids him
farewell with gratitude for his con-
tribution to the city's progress as a
fellow citizen and a neighbor. His
place in the universal chronicles of
his time is secure because of the
same qualities Of spiritual distinc-
tiOn
Evening star., 1942-06-29

@. How often does lobster change his
skin?-T. S. D.
A. The skeleton Of a lobster is rigid
and growth would be impossible unless
the skin Is shed. Young Holsters shed
their skins eight times the first year.
five times the second year and three
times the third year. After that growth
is slower. Males change twice and fe-
males once a year.
@. What does the English abbreviation
O. H NJ s. stand for?-T. NJ.
A. 1t stands for "On His Matesty's
Service"
@. What inland city Of the Neither
lands was relieved from siege by cutting
the dykes?-D. D. L.
A. The siege of Leyden by the Span
iards in 1874 was lifted in this manner.
The land was flooded and ships were
able to carry provisions to the inhab-
itants.
@. What is the inscription on the dag
ger with which Nine. Butterfly kills her.
self in the opera of that name?-D. w
A. The inscription is, ITO Gle with
honor when one can no longer live with
honor"
@. How many women have been rep
resented on our postage stamps?-G. ]. F.
A. Portraits of the following women
have appeared on issues of postage
stamps: Queen Isabella, Martha WASH
ington. Pocahontas Mrs. Anna Mathilda
McNeill Whistler (mother of the artist,
Susan B. Anthony, Louisa May Alcott.
Frances E. Willard, Jane Addams. Marie
Bard as "the greatest mother" represent
ing the Red Cross, and Ruth Hall (on
the Arbor Day stamp of 1892.
@. What plants are attacked by Japa-
nese beetles?-H. T. L.
A. The adult beetles are known to
feed on about 200 species of plants. They
prefer apple, peach, sweet cherry, plum.
ounce, grape blackberry, clover and
corn. The foliage of shade trees and
shrubs is also attacked.
@. How long is the River Jordan In
Palestine?-W. N. D.
A. The length of the river, in straight
line from its source to the Dead Sea, is
not more than 100 miles; its course how
ever. is so remarkable that between the
Lake of Galilee and the Dead Sea, so
miles of actual length is increased to
nearly 200 by its corkscrew windings.
@. May sailors dark blue uniform be
washed?-G. P.
A. The Navy Department says that
blue woolen garments issued to enlisted
men of the Navy may be laundered sue
cessfully with the minimum amount Of
shrinkage. In laundering wooden gar
ments, only neutral soap should be
used, with fresh water, and the temp
erature of the water should not be over
IS degrees F.
@. Why Is Quincy, Ill, known as the
Gem City?-H. l.. B.
A. The name Gem City is applied to
Quincy. Ill, in allusion to its picturesque
location upon high bluff overlooking the
Mississippi River. the care given to its
homes and lawns and numerous we'll
laid-out parks.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Expresses Doubt
About Manufacturing Tanks.


To the Editor Of The Star:
Is it not about time that we stopped
wasting time and money building tanks
OF any sort?
No tank can stand up against an eight
inch gun, and Tobruk did not fall until
Marshal Rommel brought up eight-inch
guns to knock out British and American
tanks.
Just why did the British allow such
supplies to get across the Mediterranean
TO Rommel?
Edward Kennedy of the Associated
Press writes: The powerful suns
knocked British tanks, including Ameri-
can-made General Grants, right and left
when they were caught at close range
in an ambush. Tonight there were some
experts here wondering whether the
present battle was not demonstrating the
beginning Of the end of the tank and
the superiority of the antitank gun. The
probably will see it out. some tank off,
GERS said. 1t is excellent for smashing
infantry, but its chances are minimized
If the infantry has good and powerful
antitank protection"
Tanks are great cumbersome, un-
wieldy things, presenting a fine target
for artillery at long ranges.
A warship with six-inch guns does not
care to get very close to one with 15-inch
guns, and mobile eight-inch guns can
stop any tank that has yet been turned
out. H. B. BRADFORD.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
On Such q Duy

GiDe him sea music for his repose,
Wave and mind in a threnody,
The call of 11ild birds overhead
You kno1D he loved the sea.
He loUed the sea, salt mind and ships
And above him the starry skies,
So let the stars and the moon be
bright,
But ueil the sun Uhers he lies. 8
He loued this garden and he loued
me,
And silper mist OF sUeet spring
rain
Dear God. on such day a. this
Let him come back aoatri
EDITH TATUM. -
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hnsktn.

A reader can get the ansUer to any
question OF fact by Uriting The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. When and where was the first shot
Of the present war flred?-T. r. D.
A. The first shot was fired at the Polish
fortress of Westerplatte In Danzig Har-
Dor, September /, 1899.
O. How long has Finland been an in
dependent country?-F. F.
A. Finland has been independent only
since 1917. 1t was conquered by the
Swedes in 1l57 and became a part of
Russia by cession in 1909.
O. What are the five largest racial
groups in New York City?-J. E.
A. They are as follows Jews, 2o35 200:
Irish, 535 ,034; Negroes, 458, IA; Italians,
400 489; Germans, 224,749.
O. Is the money paid for a War bond
exempt from income taxi. N.
A. The money paid for war bonds is
not exempt from the Federal income tax.
@. What is meant by Congressman
"pairing"?-R. F.
A. 1t means that two members of oppo-
site party or opinion agree not to vote on
a certain question during specified time.
The practice first appeared in the House
of Representatives in 1924.
@. BY whom was the Morris chair in
vented?-V. Mel.
A. 1t was invented by William Morris,
English poet and artist.
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Believes way to Save French People"
Is by Direct Support of De Gaulle.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Courage is more to be desired than
cleverness, and simple honesty is far bet
ter, even in diplomacy, than any strained
attempt at compromise and expediency.
Applied to our dealings with France,
this means we would get much more de-
sirable results by abandoning forever all
attempts at petting and appeasing the
Petain group, including admittedly pro-
Hitler Laval
The way to save the French people
from the Nazis is first to save the French
people from such Nazi puppets and tools
as the Vichy government. Obviously, the
more definitely we back De Gaulle and
his Free French movement, the more
clearly we show the French people every
where that only through the Free French
can France recover that glory which
alone can satisfy Frenchman's soul,
BOILING SOMERVILLE