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Evening star., 1942-04-28
THIS AND THAT
By Charles II. Trdceiceu.

fall down. Watering is a nuisance. They
But you can't get good grass without il,
especially in springtime, when the ger
mination of seed is not as good as it is
in the fall
It is only within the past few years
that all seedSmen have taken to recon-
mending the fall planting of grass.
They are right.
But even in the autumn 1t is impossible
to get good termination and strong
growth without plenty of water
This watering is not the perfunetory
sprinkling, dear to the heart of garden
ers, but real shower, without washing
out the seed.
1t Is very discouraging to watch people
plant good grass seed. then fume because
it does not come up to suit them. when
all the time it is their own fault. be-
cause they will not go to the trouble of
watering consistently
Sod requires the same treatment. We
have seen many fine sodding jobs 60 to
pieces because they were not kept wet
for the first two weeks.
Among the true spring flowers are
Jacobs ladder, Virginia bluebells, spring
beauties and trilliums.
These have been brought into many
home gardens in recent years. Attempts
to bring them in from the woods COM
monty do not succeed. What is needed is
a which ha oft1II
planted and raised for a year or two in
soil more nearly approximating that
which will be found in an average gar
den.
There are always secluded hooks in
small gardens where such wildfowers
will do well. The gardener who has
specialized on more snowy flowers should
put in few of the lesser lights. just
to prove to himself that gardening is
not all show. At times, unfortunately.
even the best of gardeners tend to get
the idea that competition is the be-all
and end-all of home gardening. Per-
haps our American complex makes any
other approach impossible.
1t is good now and then to grow the
LiiiioI uoWclS anu 10 Turn new eyes on
such common things as violets, dande-
lions and buttercups. The great things
OF the world have let us down sadly in
recent years. Maybe we need to go back
more to the simple things which all per-
sons love deep in their hearts.
Sweet woodruff, sometimes called mas
ter of the woods, is another plant which
ought to be grown more. 1t is classed
as an herb, lending an aromatic taste to
herb beers and the like, but 1t may be
grown in any garden just for its clean
green foliage and small white flowers.
This column has always taken pleasure
In recommending this plant. potted speci-
mems Of which usually may be secured
at the Herb Cottage at Washington
Cathedral.
We especially like its common name.
master OF the woods. which refers to its
spreading habit. But one must not ex-
pect 1t to last forever. 1t has a way of
dying out after three or four years,
Maybe 1t just looks around, surveys the
scene OF man, and then gives up the
struggle. and who can blame 1t?
Evening star., 1942-04-28
The Married Lover Speaks

Not0 that the April of our lone is done
And years haze heightened out In
breeze and rain,
Are you not far, oh far from her I
Don
When petals drifted doiDn pale
green lane?
Then, toith the lyric OF awakening
spring,
Your broton young eyes kindled to
sorcery;;
But nolo, long after, close os breath
you cling,
More than bridel A second self
to me!
Companion OF my moods, NTH tohom
I dweu
As Nth utsible part OF my o,on
soul,
Merged by old hope and sorrotp. and
the spell
OF kinshtp deeper than this feshiy
i0hole.
Though seasons line the brow, and
hlacs fade,
Time ,1oTks more fgonders than the
trysttng glade.
STANTON A. CoBLENTz.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Expresses Opposition to Bill
Banning Foreign Physicians.


The House District Committee is con-
sidering bill which would prohibit the
practice of medicine in this city to nom
citizens. This bill admittedly is di-
rected against physicians who were
refugees from the Nazi terror.
At the hearing held by the District
Committee on the bill, no one was brash
enough to make any specific charges that
refugee doctors now practicing in Wash
tngton are not qualified. Nor can any
general charge of this kind be made in
national repute that doctors who were
compelled to flee from Germany are
among the most talented members of the
profession, especially in clinical and re-
search fields. Estimates OF the number
of such practitioners now in the city
ranged from 1 to 20.
This bill comes to Congress at an ex-
tremely unfortunate time. In a period
when we are fighting Nazi tyranny it
would deny the means OF livelihood to
the very people who have been victim
lied by Naziism. At period when we
are drawing of doctors from the civilian
community into the service of the armed
forces and leaving fewer and fewer over
worked doctors to care for civilian ills,
this bill would deny to us healing skills
which were years in acquiring
The House District Committee ought
not tn take favora hle actior, m, tl,is hiII
S. ROTTENBERG,
Evening star., 1942-04-28

violets in the grass are sure signs Of
spring.
Many adult beholders tend TO smile
at them, especially common sorts, as
II they are not quite worth notice. but
the children do not hold the same view.
They 90 for them, rs the saying Is.
This shows q sure sense OF apprecia-
ton and beauty.
Looked at properly. the common violet
Is one Of the best flowers we have.
There Is one sort. called Confederate
violet, which Is peculiarly pleasing to
many persons.
This one is white. with q small purple
marking in the center. giving the whole
a grayish look
Two other commonly unregarded
spring flowers are buttercups and dande-
lions.
Home owners have become 30 used to
thinking of dandelions as weeds, solely.
that they often fail to realize Just how
pretty they are.
1t was a dandelion, growing at Jerusa-
lens gate, which prompted q soldier of
World War to remember that he had
left just such q flower blooming in
England. He realized that Gods love
was quite as wide as the world, and
out Of this realization came a new sort
OF Bible for this age, the age Of tanks
and submarines ard airplanes.
-
If we did not find our lawns filled
with dandelions, no doubt we would
look upon them with new eyes.
Actually. their yellow discs are good
looking enough.
Their white puff ball arrangement Of
seeds is as interesting as one could find.
Even the adults scarce can resist the
temptation to blow them away.
Usually the wind takes care of this.
unmolested transports itself to all the
other lawns in neighborhood. That Is
why it is a good plan to weed out dan
delions before they get to this stage.
We believe that too much fuss. how
ever, is made over them by most home
owners. The plants are really not as
bad as they make outl
The best way to end the dandelion
nuisance is not to weed them out by
hand. as so many persons do, but rather
to get rid of them by planting so much
grass seed that the unwanted plants are
smothered.
This will not mean that some wedding
must not be done. 1t Is, however. mostly
unnecessary to get them up by the roots,
If the entire leaf structure is cut on even
with the ground and plenty Of grass seed
put in at once In the bare spot left.
Many persons have tried this method
with no success, but the trouble is that
they have not followed the prescription
carefully.
Prescriptions, both in the garden and
in the drugstore, must be followed cor
rectly to get results.
1t Is one thing to pull on all the tops
Of dandelions, and quite another to put
in plenty of grass seed at once and then
to see that 1t is kept growing.
Growth Of lawn seeds requires plenty
of water. This is where most persons
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Twenty-Five Years Later

Many of the men who registered
yesterday for national service in the
senior age group could recall without
difficulty their similar experience on
June S, 1917. The quarter century
which has passed since they re-
sponded to the summons of President
Woodrow Wilson may have put wrin-
kles in their faces and turned their
hair gray or white, but 1t has not
robbed them of memory which they
treasure.
The draft of the First World War
was, in certain sense, a compliment
to those citizens who then were young
and now approximately are old. BY
act of Congress their country offered
them the privilege of defending the
institutions and the traditions by
which they lived. 1t was a demo-
cratic procedure, it favored no single
class, it Disseminated against none.
The rich and the poor, the native and
the foreign born, the educated and
the underprivileged, the tested brave
and some who not yet had learned
the practice of an honorable courage
all were enlisted to a patriotic end
which all gladly Endorsed. Govern
ment of the people, by the people
and for the people" was their doc
trine of faith. 1t has remained so
during twenty-five years.
No individual objected yesterday.
If any critic regretted the census of
the Nations matured and seasoned
man power, he concealed his nom
conformity. Wherever the regiStra-
ton centered the atmosphere was
cheerful and friendly. Each school
house was meeting place for neigh
bors who quietly rejoiced in their
Americanism. Every registrant car
ried away his card as a document Of
distinction. Perhaps the average
oldster was not personally articulate,
but his feelings, had he expressed
them, would have echoed the senti-
ment of President Roosevelt that 1t
is no sacrifice to work and to fight
for the perpetuation Of the demo-
cratic ideal" but, rather, privilege
of a high order.
Evening star., 1942-04-28

cations Act. he continued. shields
communications only during the
actual course of transmission by the
instrumentality or agency OF trans
mission and does not apply to mes
sages overheard while being spoken
into q telephone transmitter.
In the other decision the court
upheld the mail fraud conviction of
four men that was due largely TO
testimony OF two alleged Cocoon
spirators who turned states evidence
when confronted with intercepted
incriminating telephone messages.
Here the court said that those con-
victed were not parties to the mes
sages and consequently could not
protest their divulgence.
In arguing the bankruptcy case
the Justice Department urged
against a finding on constitutional
grounds that would further ham,
string the Government in dealing
with spies and saboteurs. pointing
out the restrictions which already
exist in the Communications Act
and recalling coincidentally Justice
Roberts report on the fifth column"
activities at Pearl Harbor, where
there was inadequate policing Of
communications. The two cases pro-
duced an unusual lineup in the
court, with Justices Black, Reed
Douglas and Byrnes joining Justice
Roberts. Chief Justice Stone and
Justices Murphy and Frankfurter
diSsented, while Justice Jackson did
not participate.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
By Frederic }. Haskin

A reader can get the ansirer to any
question Of tact by tUriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. HGSktn. director. Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. When viii the new Kentucky
stamp be placed on sale9-B. c. A.
A. The Post once Department says
that the new stamp commemorating
the 150th anniversary of the admission
of Kentucky to statehood viii be placed
on flrst-day sale on June /, 1912. Gen.
eral sale at post offices throughout the
country will probably start on the fol-
lowing day.
@. What are the oldest comics that
are now being published7-W. H.
A. Martin Sheridan in Comics and
Their Creators" says that more than
30 comics still survive that have been
in continuous publication since before
1920. Among the oldest are the KatSen-
jammer Kids. 1897; Mutt and JEFF. 1907:
Toonerville Folks. 1908; Bringing Up
Father, 1912; Polly and Her Pals, 1912:
Krszy Kat. 1913; Metropolitan Movies.
1918. and Pas Son-in-Law, 1914.
Evening star., 1942-04-28

by him, and they realize that the Japa-
nese Interpretation of the slogan asia
for Asiatics" is Asia for the Japanese
war lords, as the Japanese people them
selves are bound to a modified feudalism.
India Is aware that Japan would thwart,
and not promote, the nations destiny.
EDWARD CONN,
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Proposes Volunteer
Pickup System.

To the Editor OF The star:
Knowing of the great interest taken
by you and your newspaper in national
and civic problems, am passing on
to you suggestion for what it is worth.
In view Of the present gasoline, tire
and transportation shortage I would
suggest that windshield stickers be given
to each driver of private automobile
designating the name OF the largest
Government or private Office building
nearest his final destination and the
section In which he lives. 1t would be
the patriotic duty of the driver of such
. car to slow down at each bus and car
stop and pick up any one desiring to
60 his way. I believe in short time a
great majority of such drivers would es-
tablish definite contacts. 1t also would
be the patriotic duty of such pickups not
to assume that the driver of such a car
Is legally responsible for their safe
arrival G. r. JOHNCOX.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Questions Statement of Fact
Concerning Squalus Casualties.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Star as of April 26 there was
an article, "Squalus. Risen From Atlantic,
Makes History in Pacific"
May I call your attention to an er-
roneous statement in this article? Your
account says Additional heroic work
salvaged the sunken Squalus and
brought it to the surface and to port
with the bodies of &c officers and men"
I challenge this statement When the
80 were rescued, there were said to be
26 men in the submarine But Is bodies
only were brought to the surface later on.
LAURA K. POLLOCK.
Evening star., 1942-04-28

that the administration Is fully alive
TO the economic danger inherent In
the infiationary factors at work in
the country. In q matter Of this
kind. recognition OF the danger is
the FIRST essential step. Once the
implications OF q sharp advance in
living costs are fully grasped, the
dificulty of dealing with the menace
should not prove insurmountable.
Evening star., 1942-04-28

@. Where are the famous salt mines
of Europe located?-T r. B.
A. They are at Wieliczka near Cracow
in Poland. In the mines are two re-
markable underground chapels whose
affairs, candelabra and other fittings
are carved In salt.
@. What is the origin and meaning
of the word "whiffenpoof." in the Yale
Song?-H. G. M.
A. The name "whiffenpoof" was chosen
out of the patter of currently popular
musical comedy. The word itself was
invented by Joseph Cawthorn. who. with
a friend Gilbert, amused himself COM
posing crazy rhymes using jargon OF
absurd unheard-of words.
@. When did Lord Grey. British
Foreign Secretary. say that the lights OF
Europe were going OUTFIT. M. j.
A. George Trevelyan in his "Grey Of
Fallodon" says: That night, as the
lamps were being Lit In the simmer
dusk, Grey, standing in the windows OF
his room in the foreign office overlook
ing ST. James Square, said TO q friend:
The lamps are going out all over
Europe: we shall not see them lit again
in our lifetime"
@. What town has the shortest namef
F. j.
A. The record belongs to the villages
of o in the Orne department OF France
and Y in the Somme. About 40 COM
munes in France have only two letters.
among them being Sy. Fa, o., Az, Ry
and Us. The State of Maryland has .
town called T. B.
@. How large is the average farm to-
day?-C. L. D.
A. In 1910 the average size Of farms
was 174 acres This was II acres larger
than the average farm in the preceding
census.
@. How long have teachers agencies
been in existence?-A. B. B.
A. AS early as 1885 an agency was
established in Philadelphia for the
placement of teachers. In 1846 similar
agency was founded at Boston with the
support of Horace Mann, Edward Everett
and Daniel Webster.
@. How long did it take to build tbs
Mont Gents tunnel in Switzerland?--
p. r, D.
A. 1t took 13 years, from 1857 to 1871.
The tunnel was driven from both ends.
and the work was so accurate that when
the borings met there was a difference
in alignment of only one inch.
@. How many steps are there In the
famous staircase of Odessa?-J. N. d.
A. The famous stone stairway has 10
flights Of steps numbering 1873 In all
1t descends from the boulevard to the
harbor.
@. In New York, is there a memorial
tablet in honor of viii Rogers?-W. D.
A. A bronze tablet which honors Will
Rogers is on the wall of the Little Church
Around the Corner. Nearby is one to
Minnie Madden Fiske.
O. Were the vessels known as Dayids
in the Civil War submarines?-I. r.
A. They are described as semi-sub-
marines, or torpedo carrying boats
which ran nearly submerged. The orig
inal David was a cigar shaped vessel
propelled by steam. On October S. 1859.
with a crew of four 1t successfully at
tackled the Federal ironclad New Iron-
sides off Charleston.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Recalls How Japan'x Attack
On China Antagonized India.

On Cn1na AntagOnlze0 ln0la.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Japan's complete disillusioning of India
is resulting in an improved def1pition of
the situation in Eastern Asia, and the
perplexing chaos in the political sphere
is diminishing visibly as the piratical
forces approach nearer to the portals of
Hindustan.
The most jealous OF Hindu extremists,
who can be content only with unmingled
independence. If they ever meditated
revolution, abandoned any suggestion to
such a final resort when the Japanese
occupied Singapore. Probably the re-
cent British negotiations in India
failed" for the reason that the Indians
want the Japanese to be elected from the
continent of Asia.
Prior to the Emperor's invasion Of
China, the native land Of the Buddha
and the Buddhist church" Of Japan
we're forming spiritual and cultural
community, at the base of which was the
Japanese thesis Of Asia for the Asiatics
Japans uncivilized descent against
China aroused India To protest with
anger. The Indian Congress denounced
Japans war and public men condemned
the japanese nation. The celebrated
psalmist of India, proclaiming his "love"
for the Japanese people. desired for the
r...~n~or,r .rroad fnrca~ AafAot and for
the nation direct retribution..
Indian public men assumed this hos
tile attitude when the British raj was,
If not disinterested, endeavoring to ap-
pease Japan. This policy was the rea-
son that some East Indians turned from
the British to the Russian government
for light in the conduct OF foreign rela-
tions. The Soviet government predicted
that the end of appeasing would be .
universal war.
Seemingly the Indian politicians would
avoid compromising the independence
project by engaging while unprepared,
in the control of a military crisis, and
are agreeable to cooperating fully with
the British in defending India. not
any empire territory besides. However,
with a view to a potential Sino-Indian
entente, they probably would agree to
the organizing of an expedition to fight
by the side of the Chinese for the lib
Grafton of China, provided no menace is
in the west.
The Japanese advent in the region OF
the Indian Ocean is not in consonance
with any doctrine of Buddha or any
creed of enlightened India. The aggres-
sion does stress a Biblical truism that
the wisdom of governments Is foolish
ness with God, for a tenet Of the British
government, maintained for years, was
that India could be invaded only from
the northwest frontier Cancellation OF
Japan by denying to the Chinese ma
terial with which to protect themselves,
and by acquiescing In the Emperor's ad-
venture in China, created the condition
that induced the japanese to expand by
force as widely as possible. and includ-
ing the temporary loss of British and
Netherland possessions to the immense
injury Of America and to the prejudice
of each of the United Nations.
Indias admiration for Japan is gone;
the peoples belief In the Emperor van
ished when the Chinese were victimized
Evening star., 1942-04-28

Americas recent bombing exploits
make exceedingly interesting reading
to many millions of people, and to
none more SO, perhaps, than the
members of that well-known firm,
Petain, Laval and Darlan.
Evening star., 1942-04-28

High Nazi officials feted Hitler at
lunch recently on the occasion of
his fifty-third birthday. Could the
final course have been bicarbonate
of soda?
Evening star., 1942-04-28

1t may be pointed out to the Japa-
neSe that 1t is almost impossible to
discover the difference between
picture of a rising and a setting sun.
Evening star., 1942-04-28

Men have some very curious am
bitions. There is rumor Of one who
hopes to discover a run in a show
window stocking.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Tells Of Appreciation
OF Letter in Behalf of "Inarticulate.

To the Editor of The Star:
Eleanor H. Finch presents with pierc-
ing clarity and logic the danger in the
effort to sabotage the franchise of the
American people. should like to see
other letters from her, preferably in the
space now occupied by David Lawrence
or Dorothy Thompson or both. She has
the gratitude of the inarticulate ones.
I stopped reading the columns of Mr.
Lawrence and Miss Thompson q long
time ago. ALMA I. ROHRER.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the ioriter, although the use of
q pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUeS
the right to edit all letters Nth
a DieD to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
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The Nome nugget., 1942-06-01
Foreign Language Newspapers

What action, if any, should be taken in regard to curbng the foregnanguage press in the United States poses interesting and not unmportant problem for the Federal government.
 There is question that ample authority for con- trolling foreign-language publications exists Such authority is provided by the old Trading With the En- emy Act and also by recent war power legislation.
 Nor is the question one involving freedom of the press To place restrictions upon foreignanguage pub icaons is not to interfere with the right to publish but merely to regulate a mechanical feature of pub fishing.
 The War and Justice Departments are reported to be in disagreement the type of control to impose The War Department is believed to favor the suSpen- sion of all publications in German, Italian and Japan ese and the licensing of all others The Justice Depart ment appears to endorse licensing system designed to suppress only the undesirable oreignanguage pub hcaton.
 The problem is no small one There are 1,6000 for eign-anguage publications in the United States. These include 220 in German 150 Italian and 25 Japanese In addition there 213 Yddish, 159 Spanish, and 9l Polish. Some form of control is imperative. Which system would be valuable is extremely difficult to determine.
The Nome nugget., 1942-06-01
INCREASE AIR MAIL TO 500 POUNDS DAILY

To keep pace with the growing demand for air mail to and from Anchor age. the mail contract on the Faifb3nks-Anchorage- Kodiak route has been in- creased to a total of eight tons moving each week with daily service, it was announced by Earl March, supervisor of railway mail service.
 Planes carry the mail be tween Anchorage and Fair banks daily except Sun day. Four trips are made each week between Achor- age and Kodiak.
 NIT. March predicted fur ther increases in the air mail service as the de- mands continue to grow.
 When the air mail was inaugurated, Star Air Lin es was awarded a contract for 800 pounds to be nov ed twice weekly between Fairbanks and Kodiak. This totalled one ton of mail moved each week.
 The original contract proved insufficient as it was impossible to get the air mail into that allot- ment. The contract was in creased to 750 pounds each trip and later extra trips were scheduled.
 Under the present setup Star planes carry 500 pounds of mail to and from Fairbanks daily except Sunday.