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Evening star., 1942-06-08

been "swamped," officials said, with
requests for administrative appoint
ments. Applications already filed will
be studied and men possessing the
necessary qualifications will be in
terviewed and called as needed.
The air forces stressed the suspen-
sion did not apply to those desiring
to become aviation cadets, who are
being trained at the rate of several
thousand a month.
Evening star., 1942-06-08

the Dancing Masters Of America,
has been named to the Executive
Committee for the Victory ball to
be staged in New York City June 20
for the benefit of the Navy Relief
Society.
Evening star., 1942-06-08
Air Force Has Sufficient
Administrative Officers
Bv TIE Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
The Army air forces gave notice
today that for the time being no
more men need apply for commits
sions as ground officers to fill ad-
ministrative posts.
Off1ceS in some key cities have
Evening star., 1942-06-08
Thoyer Named

Leroy H. Thayer, local dance
teacher and secretary-treasurer of
Evening star., 1942-06-08
EIks to Go on Cruise

The Washington Lodge of Elks
will hold its annual moonlight ex-
cursion, with 100 service men as
guests. The Elks Boys Band will
play for an hour before the Wilson
Line steamer leaves the Seventh
street wharf at 8 80 o'clock. Fred w.
Berger is chairman of arrangements.
Buy War bonds, and when the war
Is won cash in-on Freedom.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Propuqundo Ammunition

In attempting to tmpute bad faith,
not to say downright disloyalty. to
critics of his administration Of the
Office of Civilian Defense, Mayor La
Guardia inadvertently is playing into
the hands of the real Axis propagan-
dists in this country.
The purpose Of these propaganda
artists is to create diSsenSion and
disunity. They will gladly make use
of any instrument to that end, but
one of their favorite devices is to
incite one group against another by
arousing suspicion and distrust. To
do this they will invent almost any
accusation that comes to mind, and
it matters not how fantastic 1t may
be. Following the Hitler technique,
they operate on the theory that any
false charge can be made to assume
an appearance of truth If 1t appeals
to some prejudice and II it is re-
peated often enough and loudly
enough. It is in this endeavor that
the Mayor, whose patriotism is not
open to question, is Internationally
lending q helping hand.
II may well b that Mayor IA
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Treaty Of Alliance

For ninety years In California
there has been a nation within ma
ton, consisting of the Mission Indian
Federation with 5000 members from
thirty reservations. Officially they
had never smoked the pipe of peace
with Uncle Sam, and persistently
claimed ownership of lands taken
from them nearly a century ago.
Now they have at last formed an
alliance. AS has happened before,
and been made famous by a song OF
the last war, Chief Bugaboo was a
red man who heard the call OF war.
The Mission Indian Federation has
buried the hatchet-that is. the one
aimed at Uncle Sam-and is on the
warpath against the common enemy
in a war of tomahawks versus Axis.
It is true that by itself the long
bow cannot prevail against the thun-
der bird with rising sunspots on its
wings-but by pulling with the
United States these tribes, who have
been 100 per cent Americans for
thousands Of years, can do their bit
to Win.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Shortened College Course

Plans of a number of American
colleges to speed up their courses by
shortening or eliminating vaca-
tions are in keeping with the current
trend of extra effort in all phases OF
our national life. Hampden-Sydney
College in Virginia, whose first stu
dents marched away in a body to
fight in the American Revolution, is
one of the educational institutions
which has decided to begin year
round operations next June so that
students may take their degrees IN
three years.
At the University of Maryland a
committee is studying suggestions OF
President H. C. Byrd which would
step up the educational program to
meet conditions imposed by the war.
In addition to eliminating holidays
and vacations to enable students to
graduate In three years, President
Byrd's proposals would speed up the
work of the university's Reserve Of
ficers' Training Corps so that stu
dents taking the basic two-year
course might complete training in
one year.
The long summer vacation Gus
tomary in American schools is said
to be q tradition which originated
when the Nation was basically agri-
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Winter Interval
Three Lombardy poplars, straieh
and tall,

Three Lombardy poplars, straight
and TALL
Stand by my garden Wali.
"The third tree is dead"
The gardener said,
"IH haze it taken doUn and cleared
aUay"
But / said, "Not today
Through Dinter it can stand
As good as any tree in all the land"
Through ,Ointer all the trees are
gaunt and bare.
This third tree still may Uear
Its dazzling crystal beads on certain
days;
And none 1oho gaze
Upon it wreathed in blossoms OF the
sno1D
Will eUer knoD
There is no life beneath the pao-
euntry.
"No-let the third tree
Remain through ,Dtnter." None DtH
euer guess
No heart beats under that white
loneliness.
I kno,p this truth. That only In the
spring
Does leaping sap become a ritdl
thing.
B. Y. WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
THIS AND THAT
Bp Charles +. Tracetceu.

It was the night before Christmas, &C.
cording to the poem, and not . creature
was stirring, not even . mouse.
Which was no wonder, since they all
had been caught the night before.
Mice indoors are invaders.
There is no appeasing them.
Our nation might take tip from the
American household.
You can't appease mouse with cheese,
for he always comes back for more.
These were super-clever mice.
They ate the cheese out Of two traps
on the same night, without springing
them.
Which was no wonder, either, because
we didn't have them set correctly.
Todays mousetraps are sophisticated,
too.
Instead of being open and shut as
they used to be, so that the way to set
them was plain to every eye, nowadays
the famous hve-cent trap two for =
nickel. really hai . neat wire device
with . slight curve in 1t, which you are
supposed to put exactly In . slight loop.
Instead Of that, we managed to get
the cheese board itself under the loop.
The thing stayed up, all right, but 1t
did look odd.
No wonder the mice had an easy time
Of it.
The next morning, when we looked
at the trap, We discovered that the food
had been eaten out OF the little round
we'll
The food boards still stuck up at their
odd angles.
1t was plain to be seen that there was
something wrong.
Catching mice is rather sorry trick,
| for any one who likes animals.
Mice, after all, are extremely cute" as
the ladies say.
Really, they look a great deal like cats.
| although no cats would be willing to
admit it.
They have bright little eyes, and SYM
metrical tails, and the most charming
| little ears.
A nice plump mouse is as fine a
small animal as you would want to see
1t is only when they come into the
house that they lose their charm.
4
The night has q million eyes, said an
other old poem.
Sometimes 1t seems TO have . thousand
mice.
The awaking sleeper can hear them
climbing up between the walls.
Every year, just before Christmas
they do this.
One would like to let them alone, but
Evening star., 1942-01-03

Guardia has reason to take exception
to some of the criticism OF his work.
Part of 1t no doubt has been unin-
formed and it is possible that some Of
the critics have been deliberately
unfair. A great deal has been ac-
complished in the way Of civilian
defense, and it would be absurd to
contend otherwise. But 1t Is no less
absurd for the Mayor to charge that
those who have expressed doubt that
his civilian defense establishment
was "magnificently organized" or
that it should continue to be di-
rected as part-time job by
the Mayor Of New York were
seeking ito create confusion, to con-
tinue fear and terror in the minds
OF our people" Mayor La Guardia's
organizational work has not been
perfect-far from it. He has every
right, of course, to point out its good
features and to refute inaccurate
criticisms, but he cannot do this by
broadcasting a stump speech in
which he denounces his critics
indiScriminately as swivel chair
scribes," liars" or "some Jap or a
friend of jap"
The Mayor has chosen a poor time
to resort to invective There is a
great deal which remains to be done
in perfecting the civilian defense
setup and it will be possible to get on
better with this job when both the
Mayor and those who may have been
indulging in unfair criticism decide
that the time has come to stop cir
culating preposterous charges which
serve no better purpose than to
provide ammunition for the real
enemies Of this country.
Evening star., 1942-01-03

there is no appeasing mice between
walls.
They are dangerous there.
4
Their objective is the attic.
Just what q mouse thinks 1t Is going
to find in the attic is mystery.
It is not after that old bust OF Ma
poleon, on which some wagsish hand
long ago painted . moustache.
Nor does 1t desire to read the books
stacked against the east wall.
Shelter and food, then, must be what
1t wants. It Is impossible to quarrel with
the creature. 1t does not know what 1t
Is doing, nor does it desire to take shelter
and food away from some one else.
One might think, o1hand, that the
scent of food in an attic might render
the creatures suspicious.
Food shouldn't be there, Of course. We
know that, but the mouse doesn't.
When it smells cheese, Of all things,
1t walks right over.
Probably no human being ever can
picture just what cheese means to
mouse.
And how this taste came about there
is no way Of telling, for in its natural
habitat, no mouse would ever get cheese.
1t is much the same as the cats fond
ness for beef.
In nature, a cat would seldom, If ever,
get raw beef.
The annual visitation was over.
The mice had been caught, but we
still think it was dirty trick.
There probably will be no more OF
them indoors.
Outdoors there is plenty for them to
eat. And they can get into the garage
for shelter. In fact, many Of them do.
| They drag sunfower seeds from the
bird feeders, outside, and pile them up
in neat heaps in the corners inside.
Some of these mice are of the field
variety, so-called.
They are shorter and fatter than ordi-
nary mice. and much darker.
Rats, mice and squirrels-but what
a difference The latter is the famous
garden acrobat keen at a tight-walk
speciality on the telephone wire.
Rats are terrible animals, responsible
for terrible disease.
Mice. being their close relatives, prob
ably are responsible for many diseases
too
We feel that squirrels are harmless
in this respect. especially since they sell
dom get into houses.
The subterranean people Of Bulwer-
Lytton's The Coming Race" never toll
Grated hurtful animals.
The real coming race will be equally
wise and not put up with aggressors Of
any sort.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Crowded Capital
From the New York Sun.


Early reports that the Patent Once
would be moved from the Capital to New
York have been followed by equally un-
official reports that this ONCE would be
moved no further than Virginia or that
at least a skeleton force Of employees
would be left in charge of the Patent
Office files in Washington.
Various objections have been raised in
Washington to the proposal to transfer
the Patent Once. 1t has been pointed
out by The Washington Star that the
transfer would call for the removal of
more than 1000 tons of patent records
along with several thousand tons of
storage cases and equipment. The trans
fer would presumably leave unaffected
those legal provisions requiring that all
printing for the Patent Office be done
by the Government Printing Office and
the appeals to the Court of Customs and
Patent Appeals and suits against the
patent commissioner be heard in Wash
ington.
priority system to apply to office space
In Washington, but If Federal agencies
must be moved, it would seem advisable
to move some of the newer agencies first.
not only because their activities are less
directly linked to the war effort but also
because the mere physical problem pre-
sented by the removal Of records, files
and ONCE furnishings II less serious in
their case than in the case Of the old
established agencies. The Patent Once
| in particular, has q seniority in public
service that entities it. to special con-
sideration when the orders 60 out foz
moving day.
Evening star., 1942-01-03

cultural and the children were
needed on the farm. No doubt 1t has
been put to good use by thousands
of students and teachers. For
thousands of others it has been a
loafing period. It is appropriate
that educational institutions should
reconsider it's value at this time.
Evening star., 1942-01-03

@. What are the total revenues re-
ceived from ships passing through the =
Panama Canal?-S. D. G.
A. The Office of the Panama Canal
says that the total revenue from the
Canal from all sources for the period
from 1914 to the fiscal year 1910 was
$497 900 900. The total revenue from
tolls for that period was s474 900 900.
O. How long has the Tom Mix pro-
gram been broadcast?-F. K.
A. The Adventures of Tom Mix" has
been on the air since September 1885.
@. What part Of the country has the
most Japanese?-L. D. C.
A. The Pacific Coast States of Wash
ington, Oregon and California have 885
per cent Of the total in the United States.
O. Did Germany and Russia ever sign
a friendship pact?-F. F.
A. Germany and the Soviet Union
signed a non-aggression pact August
%, 1899.
@. When will Negro History Week be
observed?-H. L. P.
A. Negro History Week will be held
from February 8 to IS. 1912. The cele-
bration is sponsored by the Association
of Negro Life and History to increase
interest in Negroes and their contribu-
ton to civilization.
c. Please give some information about
the Lippizaners appearing at the Radio
City Music Hale. B. H.
A. These famous horses were bred in
Lippiza. They are three fourths Arabian
and one-fourth Andalusian. The horses
are all stations, weighing from 1900 to
1900 pounds each. They are trained by
expert riders and the course takes nearly
three years They wear rubber horse
shoes in their act and are fed on
rolled oats.
@. What was Thomas Jeffersons COM
ment on Napoleons attempt to conquer
Russia?-R L..
A. 1t letter to Thomas Lieper in jan
uary, 1914 Thomas Jefferson wrote:
Surely none of us wish to see Bonaparte
conquer Russia and thus lay at his feet
the whole continent Of Europe. This
done, England would be but breakfast,
and although am free from the vision
ary fears which the votaries of England
| have affected to entertain, because be-
! lieve he cannot effect the conquest OF
Europe, yet put all Europe in his hands
and he might spare such a force. to be
sent in British ships, as I would as lief
not have to encounter. when 1 see how
much trouble a handful of soldiers in
Canada has given u.s.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
National Treasures

Those officers charged with the
duty of guarding public property in
the Nations Capital have set an ex-
ample for the community at large.
Well in advance of the japanese
raid upon Hawaii, steps had been
planned by the principal adminis-
traitors and custodians Of the Library
OF Congress, the National Archives,
the Smithsonian Institution, the
Corcoran Gallery, the Folger Shake
speare Library and other deposi-
tories to protect the treasures in
their care in the event of attack
upon Washington. Yesterday it was
announced that some of the most
notably valuable pictures of the Ma
tional Gallery have been removed to
convenient place of greater safety.
Similar precautions already had
been initiated with respect to the
copies Of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, the Constitution and the
Magma Carta, previously exhibited in
the Congressional Library Building.
OF course, it is obvious that not
everything can be transferred to
bombproof storage. The task would
be impossible of performance under
prevailing conditions. 1t also hap
pens to be in harmony with Gov
eminent policy not to interfere with
the helpful operation of public
foundations of a cultural character.
DR.. Charles G. Abbot represented
the enlightened official attitude
when he let it be known that the
museums and galleries of the Smith
sonian group will remain open and
continue to function" Specifically,
he added: "The major part of the
collections will remain in place, and
the usual activities, including lee
| lures and loan exhibitions, will be
continued and even increased so far
as is practicable"
For such decision, the experience
Of cultural establishments in Britain
| furnishes constructive guidance.
When the galleries, museums, libra
ries, geological and botanical gardens
Of England were closed at the
start of hostilities, it soon was no.
ticed that the morale of the people
suffered a definite impairment. The
significance of art and science para
doxically is enhanced in wartime.
Men and women whose lives have
been disturbed by assault upon the
civilization to which they belong
find themselves stimulated to new
appreciation of the fruits of human
genius to which they are mutual
heirs.
The peril to public property also
has the effect Of warning citizens to
provide for the protection OF their
own personal possessions. Hundreds
of millions of dollars worth OF
household goods, pictures, books
heirlooms of every sort are shell
tered in the homes Of the District
of Columbia. Perhaps no other
community in the world is more
distinctively rich in precious articles
privately owned. The moment fol
seeing to it that such valuables are
as carefully guarded as possible Il
now. If Washington is bombed, the
enemy will not wait for a modern
Dolly Madison to gather up the
silverware, the imported china anc
stray Gilbert Stuarts. The raiders
must be anticipated and thus al
least in part checkmated,
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Uriter, although the use of
a pseudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Tith
q pie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-01-03

vote against him on one occasion will
be remembered: Seven noes - one
aye . = the aye has it,. Each member
of the cabinet appears regularly in the
House of Commons to hear day-to-day
criticism and answer for the doings of
his department Till the last war no
record was kept of cabinet proceedings
and there was no secretary to the
cabinet
On the retirement of the Prime Min
lister the man first to be considered as
his most likely successor is the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer FINANCE minister.
New York. ERIC UNDERWOOD.
Tells of japanese Who Did Not Wish
His Country to Defeat America.
TO the Editor Of The Star.
In respect to the Japanese proposal
that they would consider Manila an
open city If the Filipinos would help the
Japanese, I am reminded of what I
heard 18 years ago.
While on a transport going to the
Philippines an incident" was recorded
in the daily news bulletin. The Japs
on some little island somewhere had
pulled down the American flag. My
husband asked the room steward if he
would like Japan to defeat the United
States in case of war.
"You see my color!" he exclaimed,
and 1 inferred that he had Japanese
blood, though did not know japanese
from a Filipino at that time.
NO" he continued. cat Kobe they
have the women coal the boats" de
scribing the endless chain Of baskets
that are passed from hand to hand up
| the side of the boat. land if there is
q baby it Is tied on the mothers back.
If it cries, she can't stop. They do in
one day in Kobe what it takes a week
| to do in San Francisco. No. wouldn't
want Japan to win. No ladies, no Sum-
day, no nothing!"
There was considerable agitation for
Philippine independence at that time.
| I thought that lot Of the gentlemen
had lost their mothers -in-law because
| OF the number of black bands on the
white coat sleeves, until learned they
were mourning for the "subjection" Of
their country by America.
| asked q Filipino girl If she would
like to see the Americans leave. She
replied, mo. Japan would come in then,
and We would fight to the death before
We would submit to Japan" Referring
to the two leaders who were agitating
for independence. one of whom was half
Spanish, and the other part Chinese,
she said, Neither Of them represent us. )"
| UNA C. RANDS.-
Evening star., 1942-01-03

In this wartime Capital there are
probably $4,000 drivers of cars who.
if they were football players, would
cost their teams an average OF fifty
yards q game in penalties.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
Bu Frederic J. HdSkin.

0y FTCuCftC I. uShH.
reader can get the ansuer to any
question OF fact by tDritino The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. When did Hawaii become a United
States possession?-H. M. J.
A. Hawaii became part Of the United
States pursuant to request of the peo-
pie of Hawaii, expressed through the
Legislature of the republic and a joint
resolution Of the United States Congress,
approved by President Mckinley July
Z, 1898.
O. What is the name of the Marine
poem recited by Tyrone Power on a radio
program?-S. W. T.
A. 1t is The Ballad Of the Leather
neck Corps and is now available as
a record
@. How many of the drafteeS are high
school and college graduates?-E. P. j.
A. OF the 693948 trainees inducted in
the Army by July /, 1941, 220377 had
completed grammar school, l59809 were
high school graduates, 23970 college
graduates and 4717 had done grad
uate work.
@. What countries produce the most
| platinum?-C. E.
A. The chief world producers Of plat
| mum are Canada 'about one-halD, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics South
| Africa, the United States and Colombia
in the order named. In recent years
| Alaskan platinum production has shown
a phenomenal increase.
O. When did the use" tax on automo-
| biles start?-D. ON.
A. The use" tax on automobiles took
effect October !, 194l.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
II Critical Of "Deniap
OF Service In Certain Branches"


To the Editor Of The Star:
We hear it repeated every day that
the United States along with the other
democracies opposing the Axis govern
ments, is fighting war for the free
dom and peace of the world. 1t is a
noble aim, worthy Of great nations. No
one will deny that the preservation OF
the ideals Of democracy Is the highest
duty and privilege Of all the citizens
Of democratic countries. To fight this
war il the right and the responsibility
Of every American.
am ready, - . young man OF Il,
70 assume my small share Of the ter
rible burden Of war, but Is citizen, .
Negro citizen, I resent the denial OF
my right to join certain branches OF
the armed forces Of the United States
MAURICE G. CLIFFORD, JR.
Evening star., 1942-01-03
Household Budget Booklet, 1912

Start the New Year right. With
our completely changed economic
situation it is necessary to revamp
our financial plans The 1912
Budget Book has many timely
features to meet our new problems.
Includes sample budgets for indi-
viduals and families earning va
rious incomes. Easy systems of s.
account keeping and saving. To
secure your copy of this practical
booklet inclose 10 cents in coin.
wrapped in this clipping. and mail
to The Star Information Bureau.
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Evening star., 1942-05-01

As Mr.. Howard has arranged his
film, comes up against the fact
and a serious one 1t is, too-that
this Is no time for q picture to come
along Understanding the Naxis
The other peoples Of the world know
better than We do, but We are be-
ginning to realize that a madman
waving club is only funny when he
is waving wildly at some one else
or when he trips as he swings at us.
He hasn't been tripped yet.
The Capitors stage revue has va
riety, at least. ranging from the
canine antics Of Carlton Emmy and
his Mad Wags to Puerto Rican
antics by the Rhythm Rockets. In
varying other moods are those do
ings of A. Robins. a clever Euro
pean comic; Talia. a dancer as ac-
complished as she is attractive,
which is considerable; Lewis and
Van, who tap dance, and Nan Rae
and Mrs. Waterfall, who may be
considered by some as very funny
people.