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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

O. Where is Grasshopper Glacier?-
E. j.
A. 1t is in Beartooth National Forest,
Montana Millions of grasshoppers are
Embedded in the ice of the glacier.
@. Is it a fact that in large city more
persons are carried on elevators than on
any other system Of transportation?-
F. C.
A. In large city like New York. ele-
vators carry more passengers than street.
cars buses or urban railway services
combined.
@. Who is said to be the most popu-
lar living American authorize. j.
A. The Dial Press recently sent out
10000 inquiries to writer's, literary critics,
librarians, book dealers and readers, ask
ing this question. The 10 writer's who
finished with the highest number Of
votes were, in order: Carl Sandberg John
Steinbeck, Eugene ONeill, Ernest Hem
ingway, Pearl Buck. Edna St. Vincent
Millay, Sinclair Lewis, Stephen Vicent
Benet, Christopher Morley and Carl Van
Doren.
O. Where did Christmas gifts orig
inate?-A. A.
A. Christmas gift giving originated in
Germany. 1t is thought, possibly to have
grown out of a desire to emulate the I'M
selfishness of Christ
c. What kind of an animal is yaff1e?
The word occurs in a story by John Gals
worthy.-B. C.
A. Yaffle is a popular. initiated name
for the green woodpecker. the common
est British woodpecker. 1t is about the
size of jay and the plumage is green,
with the crown red and the rump yellow.
The six white eggs are laid in cham
Der deep in tree trunk with an L.
shaped passage connecting it with the
exterior.
G. What is the size of the smallest
book in the WORLDS. P. o.
A. The worlds smallest book, a trans
lation of Omar Khayyam," measures "a
by 3-16 inch and weighs little over a
grain.
O. Who was the artist who accom-
panied the Byrd expedition?-B. F.
A. Leland Curtis, the Colorado paint
err, was the official artist of Admiral
Byrd's 1940-l942 Antarctic expedition.
Before going to the Far South he eX-
perimented with pigments at low tenn
peratures and obtained colors which
would not change chemically or physical
ly at so degrees below zero.
Q. How long did it take Ebert Hub
bard to write his Message to Garcia"?-
V. NJ E.
A. 1t was written in single hour and
now has been translated into almost all
the principal languages.
@. What is meant by a replacement
control?-E. B. S.
A. The War Department says that a
replacement center is the place to which
men are sent upon induction into the
Army to receive their basic training. A
replacement control is the center from
which the men are assigned to duty.
1t is similar to pool
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

The old-time habit of men giving
up seats to women in cars and buses
has died a natural death. 1t would
not be bad idea, however, to estab-
lish an organization to be called the
rs. T. L. B. S."-Society for Taking
Onto Laps Bundles of Standees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSkin.

A reader can get the ansUer to any
question of fact by ,Uriting The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. H1skin, director, Washington.
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. What was the occupation OF Donald
Nelson's father, Quincy Mari Nelson?-
M. C.
A. Mr. Nelson's father was locomo-
tive engineer.
@. What is the most valuable sub
stance in the world?-C. E. g.
A. Radium is the most precious sub
stance marketed in the world.
@. Are Christmas seals sold in other
countries?-D. G.
A. The custom Is worldwide and
Christmas seals have been sold In IS
countries. The originator Of the idea was
Einar Holboell, Danish postal employe,
who conceived the plan in 1908.
@. Do the Trapp Singers ever wear
city clothes?-R. L. A.
A. The members of the Trap Family
Choir always wear Austrian peasant
costumes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

and against the inequities and ineffi-
ciencies of the whole rationing setup
was glad to note that Representative
Ramspeck has been quoted as stating
that the OPA is stated with entirely
too many economists, professors and
almost beyond understanding This
statement hits the nail on the head
OBSERVER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

A, B and C are the first letters a
little child learns and it may be that
all through their lives there will in
the minds of such be an association
between those symbols and no, or at
best Scanty, gas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

The Nebraska cattle-brand Ii
censing bureau recently refused an
applicant registration of a mark
containing a swastika--no doubt on
the ground that it has now become
a brand of infamy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Expresses Approval Of
Editorial on Rickenbacker.

To the Editor Of The Star:
This is just to let you know that
Christian people appreciate your mag
nificent editorial giving the facts re-
garding Capt. Rickenbacker and his
companions, and your splendid comment
on their experience, and the faith they
and Mrs. Rickenbacker-had.
JOHN RUTHVEN,
Executive secretary. First Baptist
Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Sees Hope in Preaching
OF "A Noble and Humble Soul"

To the Editor Of The Star:
And it came to pass that 20 centuries
AID, greed and lust for power had
spread over the earth Nations and
individuals who had much, wanted more
Preparations for war followed fear and
confusion.
fering to teach man that his hope for
survival was through understanding and
brotherly love. i. And in the midst of
strife and chaos in the hearts of man.
kind dawned the realization that Peace
on Earth could not endure if some were
in dire need, and others had too much
And man, knowing the truth at last,
gazed hopefully towards the little village
of Bethlehem. where in the distant past,
noble and humble soul preached,
Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards
All Men" And the night followed the
day, and all was we'll.
ABRAHAM M. FISCH.
"1nept" Management of Rationing
Is Blamed for Hardships.
To the Editor of The Star:
The handling of the rationing program
has become national fiasco. To the
outsider it would appear that, when
some one in the OPA decides that it
would be fun to ration some commodity
which has become scarce but not so
scarce that rationing actually is re-
quired, this some one first sets price
ceiling on the production of the COM
modify which is so low that the pro-
ducers no longer can make any money
handling it. Many of the producers
thus are led to stop manufacturing it.
The second step is either to announce
that there soon will be shortage of the
commodity or to allow information to
leak out to the public that rationing of
the commodity is imminent. A run on
the commodity Is caused and then, of
course, shortage actually develops,
whereupon the proposed rationing is
justified.
Starry-eyed boys with law degrees
from prominent Eastern universities are
given the task of writing the rationing
specifications. When these boys wish to
say turn out the lights" for example,
in order to show how intellectual they
are, they write, produce a termination
of the Illumination" ian actual in
stance. Such starry-eyed youngsters
go into a huddle and by the time the
rationing specifications and question:
naires are completed no one can under
stand them, not even themselves.
But these specifications are passed out
and then the confusion begins. This
general pattern seems to be followed
consistently.
The public has been much criticized
recently for complaining about hard
ships under rationing. But the COM
plants are not directed against the
hardships which would be involved under
systematic rationing but against the
unnecessary hardships caused by the
inept handling Of the ratiouing program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

There is no truth to the rumor
that the lend-lease department of
Uncle Sam now uses checkwriters
with q billion dollar key.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter, although the use of
q pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q UieU to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Entered as second-class matter post ONCE.
Washington, D. c.
Member of the Associated Press.

=. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the for republica ton of all news dlspa ches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights of publication of special dispa tches
herein also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

@. Where is Grasshopper Glacier?-
E. j.
Montana. Millions of grasshoppers are
Embedded in the ice of the glacier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

@. Is it fact that in large city more
persons are carried on elevators than on
any other system of transportation?-
F. C.
A. In a large city like New York, ele-
vators carry more passengers than street.
cars, buses or urban railway services
combined
The union times., 1942-01-03

firm on whose premises they are patro1ling. No order to arrest your members was given by the New Ha- ven Police Department. If the order was given 1t must have been given by their employer.
 "Since that time, the officers in question, have been given instructions by the Chief of Police, which if car ried out, in my opinion can prevent a repetition of the acts of which you complain.
 Tn the future 1 trust that you will not assume that 1 have knowledge of these events, or that I approve of them, in fact 1 knew nothing about the matter until I received telephone call from the Secretary of the Fed eration of Labor.
 Assuring you of my willingness tc cooperate with you at all times, l am
 "Fraternally yours"
 "John w. Murphy"
 Mayor
The union times., 1942-01-03
Growers

Continued from Page One)
 services, which were refused by the management.
 ssThe New Haven Central Labor Council, representing l5,- 900 organized workers in this city. is convinced that there is no good reason why this dispute cannot be settled to the satisfac- ton of all concerned. As Chief Executive of the City of New Haven, we formally request that you act as Mediator. We ask that you request the management of Growers Outlet to send rep- resentative to your office, and that you also invite a repre-enta- tive of the Central Labor Union.
 s'I am convinced that if both sides enter a conference in sim cerity and good will, we can arrive at an amicable solution"
The union times., 1942-01-03
Directory

Meetings at the New Haven Labor Temple, Friday, Jan. 2, to Thursday, Jan. 9. (All meet ing at 8 PM. unless otherwise stated.
 Friday-Local 79, Carpenters; Lathers Union, Local 6; Brick layers, Masons & Plasterers.
 Saturday-Local 19, Letter Carriers.
 Sunday State Teamsters Joint Council 64, at 4 PM.
 Monday-Division 28l, Trol- leymen at 10 AM. and 7:3O P.M.; Local 60, MoIders.
 Tuesday Local B-9O, Elec- trical Workers; Lodge 6l61, Freight Handlers; Elm Lodge APO, Machinists.
 Wednesday = Local l86, Painters.
 Thursday-New Haven Build ing Trades Council; Local 2O536 Warehouse Workers; Local 2l, Barbers.
The union times., 1942-01-03
Labor College  On January z
Noted Speakers To Address Classes Held Wednesday
 At 59 High Street

The New Haven Labor College opens again on January 7 with full program including nationally known authorities as speakers. On January 7, C. E. A. Winslow will speak on Housing Needs in Defense Areas" and Robert Smith, national education director of the Cooperative League, will give the History of Coopera- tives in the United States
 In addition, Dr. Liston Pope will continue his series of talks on the Relation to Democracy to the Isms,' D and Mrs. Virginia Hawkins will in struct a class in Elementary Parlia- mentary Procedure.
 SCHEDULE
 The schedule for the remaining periods follows:
 Workers Problems and National Defense-8:35-9 80 PM.
 January 7-Dr. C. E. A. Winslow. Januarye 14EHealth and Occupa- tional Diseases-Dr. William Metcalf. January 21-Discrimination in Elm ployment-Dr. Brainard Bridgeman. January 28-Post War Problems Dr. E. Wight Bakke.
 Consumer Problems = 7 :30-8 30 PM.
 January 7-Dr. Robert Smith.
 January 14EColored slides and talk on current Co-ops in the United States-L. V. Kofad of New York City.
 January 21-The Place of Coop in our National Economy-Tom Davis. January 28- Summary.
 ALL WELCOME
 Anyone interested in any of these courses is invited to come to Linsly- Chittenden Hall, 59 High Street, Wednesday nights at 7:30 PM.
The union times., 1942-01-03
Local 4O4 Plans
 Its Dinner Dance

Local 404, Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance, New Haven, have appointed com mittee to arrange for its annual dinner-dance given for the benefit of the Unemployment and Sick Fund.
 Joseph Jackson is chairman of the committee which is planning a gala affair.
 Local 404, under the leadership of Harold V. Feinmark, Business Agent, has made forward strides in wages and working conditions and the affair this year may well be in the nature of a celebration.
The union times., 1942-01-03
Voll And Hillman Make Joint Plea For Labor Peace

A good time is being insured by the following members of the committee: 1: J. Jackson, R. E. Crosky, J. Cease, D. Strauss, B. Epstein, I. Reibstein, and C. Conaitos.
The union times., 1942-01-03

CT construction job at Ypsilanti are now working overtime at time and half. For a long time most crafts had declined to work overtime unless paid doub1etime according to contract.
 Some crafts are working 10 hours a day, days a week. They are paid 40 hours at straight time and 30 hours at time and half.
The union times., 1942-01-03
VOTE FOR AFJ.

DALLAS, Tex.-By 4 to 1 vote, Western Union employees here se- lected the Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union (A.F.L.) as their bar gaining agent.
The union times., 1942-01-03
Police
Continued from Page One)

to defeat organization of its em- plOyes, a regular patrOlman on a number of occasions has left his beat to threaten pickets with arrest if they spoke to truck drivers en- tering the plant. This practice has continued, despite the fact that the patrolman has no legal basis for his threats.
 On other occasions, policemen have threatened pickets with arrest, despite the fact that city, state and federal laws provide that unions may picqet.
 SUFFERS
 The Council feels that either certain members of the police force are unaware of the laws of the United States, or they have not been informed by their superior officers as to the rights of organized labor. In addition to this problem, the Council seeks to have the Police Department adopt as formal policy the rule that supernumer- aries shall not make arrests merely because an employer gives them in- structions.
 It is expected that the conference with Chief Smith will be held this weekend or early next week.
 MAYORS LETTER
 Further light is thrown on the ar rests of union organizers made re- gently in front of the Mettler Brothers plant in New Haven by the release of the letters exchanged by Elm Lodge APO, Machinists, and Mayor John w. Murphy. The Mayors reply proves exclusively that the supernumerary officers who ar rested the organizers while they were distributing copies of the UNION TIMES, carried out the orders of President George Mettler.
 The letter to Mayor Murphy fol- lows:
 Dear Sir and Brother:
 At a regular meeting of Local Lodge 42O, International Association of Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, our members unanimously went on record that our secretary be instructed to send you a letter protesting the un- fair arrest of our President, Brother William Scully and Brother Alfred Crandell.
 "The tactics of Supernumerary. officers Raccio and Esposito were severely criticized.
 Are we as Brother Trade Union ists to believe that these unprovoked arrests meet with your sanction and approval? We would appreciate your investigation of this matter.
 "Fraternally yours,
 Gilbert Davis"
 Recording Secretary
 MAYORS ANSWER
 Mayor Murphy answered as fol- lows:
 Dear Sir:
 q received your letter written in behalf of your Labor Union concern ing the arrest of Brother Scully and Crandell.
 Tn reply would say l expected Brother Scully to come in and see me on this matter and waited for him one whole morning, as he promised to come in. However, I am not of- tended because of that, but had he come in I would have been able to tell him that I investigated the matter and learned that Supernumeraries Raccio and Esposito, are not on the Civ Dayroll thev being paid by the
The union times., 1942-01-03
Heal Breach, Leaders Of AFL, CIO Say
.Jurisdictional Rivalry Will Give To Antagonistic
 Opinions

NEW YORK.-Matthew Woll, vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, joined with officers of Sidney Hillman's Amalgamated Clothing. Workers in calling for immediate steps to reunite the A. F. of L. and the CLIO.
 The occasion was the presentation by the New York Joint Board of the Amalgamated of a check for $l,O0O representing the final installment in a contribution by the Union of $l0,OOO to the American Labor Committee to Aid British Labor, of which Woll IS chairman. William Green, president of the A. F. of L., is honorary chair man of the committee, and most of its principal officers are leaders of A. F. of L. unions.
 A.F.L. SEEKS PEACE
 Special interest attached to the calls for peace in labor's ranks because the C.IO. convention in Detroit adjourn ed without any direct response to President Roosevelt's plea for the re- establishment of labor unity as "a pa triotic step forward of 1ncalculable value in the creation of true national unity" The A. F. of L. convention meeting in Seattle had informed the President that 1t was prepared to re- sume peace talks with the C.I.O. at any time.
 Representatives of 10000 CI.O. clothing workers in the metropolitan area applauded Wolls declaration that he hoped it would not be long be- fore the A. F. of L. and CLIO. went forward under a single banner. He expressed confidence that the agree ment of both wings o1 organized la bor. on the necessity for supporting President Rooseve1t's program of all- out aid to the nations fighting Hitler would prove a powerful lever for unity.
 HILLMAN PRAISED
 The A. F. of L. vice-president praised the record of Hillman, who took leave of absence from his post as president of the Amalgamated to become associ- ate director of the Office of Pro- duction Management.
 WoM said that Hillman as 8 CLIO. leader had always tried to end the breach with the A. F. of L. and that, as a government official he had continued to pro- mote labor harmony by "refus- ing to enter into a campaign of aggression and destruction against the A. F. of L. building crafts."
 Continuation of jurisdictional ri- valry between A. F. of L. and CLIO. unions would inevitably give rise to "a public sentiment prejudicial to all labor," Woll warned, adding that such a sentiment was already manifest in Congress.
 Three vice-president of the Amal- pamated echoed the A. F. of L. lead CTS hope for labor peace. They were Louis Hollander and Joseph Catala- notti, co-managers of the New York Joint Board, and Abraham Miller, the unions secretary-treasurer.
The union times., 1942-01-03
No-Strike Policy
 ForLongshorenen

NEW YORK; no-strike policy for the duration of the war has been adopted by the International Long shoremen's Association (AFL), which has contracts covering dock workers in eastern and gulf ports.
The union times., 1942-01-03
"NO STRIKES"

ONTIAC, Mich.-One of the de fense contributions made by the Oak land County Building Trades Council (AFL) was a notice to the Michigan labor mediation board that "there shall be no strikes in defense projects dur ing this emergency"
 The Detroit council had previously taken similar action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
The Hero of Pearl HarbOr'
looms to Unhappy Landing

A pint-sized 27-year-old De-
troiter descended from the realms
of romance in which he pictured
as The Hero of Pearl
Harbor" and landed with a thump
Saturday in the hands of the F'BI.
To Robert A. Peterson of 1887
Whitney avenue, the war has been
one long pageant of the bravery
of Robert A. Peterson. He visited
Northwestern High School, his
alma mater, and although in
civilian clothes awed the students
and faculty with his tales of
bravery above and beyond the call
OF duty which earned him the Con-
greSsional Medal OF Honor.
So impressed was the school
that II devoted space to Peter
sons exploits in the school paper.
booked him for speeches to school
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
0Brien No-Vote
Record Untrue

Congressman George D. O'Brien
of Detroit pointed out Saturday
that a table listing the voting
record of Michigan congressman
on major war measures did him
an injustice in that il showed he
had not voted on three bills.
This table was published in The
Detroit Times May "a. Under the
congressmans name the symbol
NV" was used in reference to the
vote on the selective service act,
the neutrality act revision and the
bill 10 fortify Guam.
The table explained that NV
meant mo vote" Congressman
O'Brien was not a member OF the
House Of Representatives when
these measures were debated.
He pointed out that the table
might have been construed that
he had lodged these issues, mas
much as NV is used in congress
sional records 10 mean that a
member is absent when the roll is
called
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07

Throughout Saturday wave after
wave of fighter-escorted bombers
and fighter-bombers smashed at a
275-mile stretch of the Nazi-held
French coast from Brittany to
Dunkirk, and the big scale attack
continued early today.
Shortly after midnight strong
force attacked the invasion spear
head" of the French coast between
Boulogne and Calais and deep in
land, according TO advices from
the southeast English coast.
An air ministry communique
shortly before midnight announced
many squadrons of fighter planes
swept upon lie Havre, Abbeville
and Berck during the morning. fol-
lowed by a noontime attack by
hurricane bombers escorted by a
strong force of spitfire fighters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
Continues
To Rip Coast
Around Clock Attack
Blasts Nazi Bases

LONDON, Sunday June z
(UP).-The French invasion coast
was set ablaze and ripped by
mighty explosions early today
when a fleet of British raiders
roared across the hannel to
launch the second week of the
RATS devastation offensive that
has seen between 5000 and 1000
planes in action.
Without pause in daylight and
in darkness the waves of bombers
and fighters added fresh destruc-
ton to what air ministry Off
Gals called seven days of hell in
which 10000 tons of explosives
are estimated to have been heaped
upon the centers of German war
production and targets in the &C.
cupied countries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07

groups, and one faculty member,
Cliffor E. Carr. loaned him $40.
According to Peterson, the Japs
surprised everybody but him when
they blitzed Pearl Harbor. TAX
ing to the air in his trusty flying
machine, Peterson with some as
sistance. he admits) shot down q
Jap planes. He said he was
promoted to lieutenant COM
msnder. En- route home via bat
tleship he ran smack into the Jap
main feet and the warship he was
on, presumably guided by his
advice, sank two Nipponese war
ships.
Peterson stands but 5 feet 4
inches tall and weighs only ITO
pounds, complete with medals.
The prosaic FBI charged him
with impersonating a naval Off
cer-and doing a darn good job
of IL.