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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-04-24
Making the Most of Opportunity

of the touching stories of the Bible is that telling Of
drink the well at his birthplace
happened during when king hiding with his
life sought his The water aar off, Yet because their
leader wished the water his followers and brought it.
the offered David it dawned him that
his wish brave had ed their lives price too high
he poured the ground rebuke himself
all defense had
understand what cost they their opportunity to work they
did would expose
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-04-24
Mauer Does Not Deserve Your Vote

B. candidate for Councilman HIS tr1end say
Johnny Mauer guy" WE'LL John Mauer be good
white who believes in equality for all cluz
regardless would feel safe enrusng the c
hands who has admitted that his care
ages patronage of Negro fellow citizens
the floor of the LaboProgessve
this and ne has never sat
isfacoy explained position Naturally this advises
whites vote for Mauer
progressive who endorse candidates like Mauer
certainly must give conservatives big laugh
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-04-24

DR.. H. A. Calls of Washington,
D. c., here attending the national
conference of the American Col
lege of Surgeons, was honor guest
at a smoker given in his honor by
Mu chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha
at the home of DR.. Earl s. Weber,
Another guest was chapter mem
Der Walter Robinson, aviator, a
member Of the Chicago Civilian
Aeronautic Squadron.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-04-24
discipline for any short-coming.

discipline for shortcomng.
The thing do about should do with WILL We
pile good records Offset the harm done mistaken few
We lean in the collar doing good work. being working
day. making such of this opportunity that when the
will high regard employers
fe1lo k Call
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Scupeqout

"It Is easy enough to be pleasant
When life flows along like song
But the man worth while
Is the man who can smile
When everything goes dead wrong"
So goes an old ditty; but not every
one Is worth while" in that sense.
Many are so constituted that they
prefer a punch instead of a smile.
They call for an active offense in
stead Of a passive defense against
the sings and arrows Of outrageous
fortune. To help these pugnacious
souls, the Rustless Iron and Steel
Company of Baltimore has devised
a modern escape valve-Tojo the
Artificial Jap.
TOTO is a stuffed dummy. A sign
beside him reads: "Sore? Don't yap!
Take it out on a Jap! Then get back
in there and pitch" Restless Rust
less workers are cordially invited to
take a moment of, when peeved,
slap the Jap and avoid getting rusty
at their tasks. A regular mainte-
nance department is necessary to
keep TOTO in repair and tough enough
to take it. 1t is reported that base
ball magnates, highly impressed, are
thinking Of setting up stuffed UNI
pire somewhere along the foul lines
and declare an open season on him
for fans and players alike.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Night Shopping

Judging from the crowds which
thronged downtown shopping centers
last night. the plan to keep many Of
Washington's department and other
stores open on Thursday nights dur
ing the wartime emergency should be
highly successful While sales totals
for the evening shift were yet to be
compiled, there was no dearth of
customers in the establishments
which joined in the night program,
which is sponsored by the Washing
ton Board Of Trade and the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
tion and which has the approval of
the District Commissioners.
That there was a real demand for
this special shopping service had
been indicated in advance through a
survey Of Government war workers.
Relatively few of these employees are
on a work schedule that permits them
to spend much time at merchandise
counters during the daytime. More
over, the large increase IN pOpulatlOn
in the past year or so has taxed
retail facilities during afternoon rush
hours to the limit, so that many
shoppers who visited the stores after
leaving their Offices have had diff
Guilty in getting waited on. The
Thursday night openings will have
the effect of spreading the shopper
traffic in a way that should prove
helpful both to the buyers and SELL
ers. Complete success Of the plan,
however, will depend in part on CO.
operation by customers who can shop
just as well in the morning or early
afternoon. Workers on day shifts
are entitled to priority under the
nocturnal shopping program.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trace1peI.

had to be pretty much Of repetition Of
what had been said the year before.
Today every paper Is interested in rob-
ins, and 1t Is pretty well agreed, we be-
lieve that the old Star was in advance Of
the times.
Interest in birds Is q thousandfold
ahead Of interest in the old days. and
this Is all to the good, especially in war
time. because 1t means that there will
be just that many more persons to help
take care Of them.
Birds are . part Of our natural re-
sources. At the moment they may not
seem as important as steel, but as time
wears or, they will be found to be in che
forefront Of the About battle for de-
mocracy.
Agriculture will play an increasing part
IN the war from now on.
The birds, Is real friends to agricul-
ture. have their part to play. They not
only consume millions of cutworms and
worms Of all types. beetles. grubs Of
many kinds, and weevils, and many
other types Of insects, but they do
something toward keeping the soil fertile
and keeping down too great an increase
Of earthworms. It is coming to be be-
lieved that too much stress has been
placed on the role earthworms play in
making the soil friable. Too many
worms may make soil sour, or acid.
Testing soil with kits to find out its rela-
tive acidity or alkalinity is something
which even owners Of small plots might
do with real benefit. There can be no
doubt that too many persons are trying
to grow plants which need acid soil in
dirt which Is alkaline, and plants which
need alkaline soil In earth which Is acid.
Probably not one person out Of ten knows
which type soil . plant needs, and If he
does he does not know how the earth Is
In which he Is trying to grow the plant.
tAHt
The robin is the prime consumer Of
earthworms. hence his appearance in
the spring, when the earth is moist, and
the worms have come to the surface.
Maybe his migration is due to no more
romantic q reason than the need for food
What beef is to q Briton, 80 q worm Is
to robin.
His glistening eye roams far and wide
over lawn, waiting for the first tremor
Of the earth caused by the slithertng Of
. worm below.
How quickly he hops to the site, how
he takes his stand, how he plunges in
that large capable bill. how his strong
neck hauls the wriggling morsel from the
earth. despite its frantic clinging to the
universal mother!
Robins do not often come to feeding
stations. We have had from one to four
stations going the year around, for many
years now. and have yet to see our FIRST
obin at one Of them
Raisins. suet, bread soaked in fat,
bread and milk. bread softened with
water, apple and even cake are good
foods to offer the early robins.
Our first one, on March 8, ate q few
berries from the barberry bushes.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
lody's Tombstone
In on Old Churchyurd

Does no one remember, In oil this
country Of people,
The shade OF your hair, or the
color OF your eyes,
And If you loved the spring? Under
this lies
Not even dust rou. From the slender
steeple
Noon is announced uith tull,
sueet-throated chimes.
My dear, you cannot feel the hours
pass,
Sleek footed, golden cats, across the
grass
Waiting 50 tail, nor hear the totnd's
lo,0 rhymes.
No one remembers anything OF you
Except that you died young. Once
some one kneto
All OF these secrets long, long
buried there.
But all ,Dho see such tombs Of ladies
dead
Think, "She uas lopely." Oh, be
comtorted
II you Dere plain, their dreams
haze made you fatr.
BEATRICE RAW.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Ioyering' Is Out

The ban on "layering," sometimes
known as red tape, which has been
announced by Donald Nelson, War
Production Board chairman, and
Undersecretary of War Patterson is
q belated but nonetheless welcome
indication that the Government,
while demanding that industry step
up its war production, is also en-
deavoring to cleanse its own house
OF time-wasting procedures.
It seems little odd that the prac-
tice Of "layering" should have sur
vived more than three months of
total war. AS described by Mr. Nell
son, this is time-honored procedure
which seems to have been designed
to make it as difficult as possible for
q subordinate official in one depart
ment to contact similarly placed
ofncial in another department. Thus,
If Mr.. Jones in the War Department
wanted to talk over a matter with
Mr.. Smith in the War Production
Board he would not think of pick
ing up the telephone and getting Mr..
Smith on the wire. Instead he would
write a letter which, under the "lay-
ering" technique, would be chan
nelized up through various higher
officials in the War Department until,
upon reaching the top, 1t would be
sent over to the War Production
Board. Then, after following the
same procedure in reverse at that
agency, 1t eventually would reach Mr..
Smith. And presumably. if Mr..
Smith wanted to reply to Mr.. Jones,
his letter would have to follow the
same ime-consuming course back to
the War Department.
Happily, Mr. Nelson and Mr.. Pat
terson have decreed an end to that
sort Of dilly- -dallying. Henceforth,
Mr.. Jones is authorized and di-
rected" to contact Mr.. Smith in
whatever manner is most feasible,
without regard to what has been the
custom for the past generation or so.
This is the way it would be done in
any industrial establishment, and it
Is gratifying that the Government is
beginning to practice that which it
has been so enthusiastically preach
ing.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Historic Precedent

The story Of the perilous journey
Of General Douglas Macarthur, his
wife and son and members of his
staf from Luzon to Australia has
not been told in detail. Enough,
however, is known to make the
adventure memorable among the
hazardous undertakings of modern
times. The japanese besieging the
Bataan Peninsula were pledged to
capture, II not to kill, the Amer
ican commander. 1t represents
considerable "loSs of face" for them
to have failed. The man whom they
have most cause to fear has run
the gauntlet of their fire-to assume
leadership of stronger resistance to
their attempt to subjugate the entire
Southwest Pacific area.
Something more than II years
ago another incident OF similar
kind was written into the chronicle
Of the nineteenth century. The Star
for october and 10, 1870, told how
Leon Gambetta, Minister of the
Interior in the national defense
government Of France. escaped
from beleaguered Paris to rally his
countrymen against the invading
Prussians.
A balloon, inflated within the
walls Of the starving capital, carried
the great Gallo patriot to Tours,
where he issued an appeal to the
people, calling upon them to cease
to be diverted by any preoccupation
from war. a Ioutrance." His words
burned with contagious fire when
he declared: "By fact and by ma
ture it is not possible that the genius
of France will be clouded forever.
Let US then rise up en- masse and
let us die rather than submit dis
gracefully to dismemberment."
Never before had the navigation
Of the skies been employed to such
a high strategic purpose. Gambetta
risked hfS life in his endeavor to
help the repupIlc. Inc GernlallS
would have given much for the
privilege Of shooting him down. It
was a matter Of chagrin to them
that they were denied the chance.
Victor Duruy speaks Of his friend
as "the real force" of the age. "de-
termined not to be confined by the
power of the enemy while there was
work to be done for France"
Gen. Macarthur, obeying the order
Of President Roosevelt and accept
ing the larger duty Of the direction
Of the war in the Antipodes. was
obliged to make a like choice. 1t
might have been his preference to
remain In the Philippines. His su-
peeme Chief directed him to more
Important assignment. In common
With Gambetta, he gambled his ex-
astence-and that Of t'@cs, most dear
Evening star., 1942-03-20
"KENsIN0TON, Nd.

Dear Sir:
I'VE read your article daily and think
1t most interesting. We have many Of
the local birds coming to the feeder on
the window sill at the kitchen window,
but our robin Is the pet Of all.
Last year he arrived with the snow
storm on March Z. He was cold and very
hungry and finally he ventured up on
the tray where there was suet and bread
From then on he was . steady boarder
up to early summer.
THE mother robin built her nest in
q large pine tree near the kitchen. She
learned 20 come to the feeding tray and
found the food much to her liking.
When the baby birds arrived she fed
them bits Of suet.
Last Saturday, Just . year later, the
nrst robin arrived ut $50 O'Clock on the
feeder. and surely enjoyed his suet.
He was there yesterday about every
hour. and seems 20 very tame and as
sured.
DO you think he can bs the same
rooln We hAd last ye1r2
Sincerely yours. M. T. g."
Our guess Is that it is the same robin.
There can be no particular reason why
1t should not be the same bird and the
fact that 1t came so assuredly to the old
stand makes it appear certain.
Birds Of any species which come look
ing for feeding station which may have
been removed show pretty plainly that
they were acquainted with the location.
Sometimes . station may be taken up
and not put back In the fall.
Then, II birds arrive and perch in
nearby shrubs, IS II waiting for some
thing, 1t u natural to assume that they
remember what was there before.
Just how much intelligence birds have
is . hard question. but there can be no
doubt that they have much more than
many persons credit them with possess
ing. This Is even more true Of fishes. To
most humans fish is a pretty dumb an
imal. Poor fish," the universal phrase,
probably arose on account Of the seeming
lack Of intelligence Of the creatures. As
a matter Of fact, they have Is much
brains as they need, in most cases. Their
failures are surely no more than those
Of most human beings. As q group they
have not yet made the mass mistake Of
Staying each other for political reasons.
With them, as with all the other crea.
lures except man. killing is done for the
sole purpose Of getting something to eat.
The robin Is the one bird known to
every one.
That is why its arrival in the spring
excites general attention.
In the old days in Washington it was
a matter Of sport for other newspaper
men to Joke Star men about The Stars
annual robin editorial"
Every spring there was something said
about the first robin. and. Of course, it
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Women's AuxiIiory

1t was evident from the record of
hearings on the legislation and from
the debate on the floor of the House
that the bill to create a Women's
Army Auxiliary Corps was adopted
by the House not merely with a view
to giving women an opportunity to
serve with the armed forces but in
fulflllment of a real need In the
Army organization. With man power
requirements steadily increasing, the
War Department has recognized the
desirability of letting women take
over many Of the noncombatant
tasks which men now are doing.
Thus, the w. A. A. c. members would
be assigned to do the work of clerks,
machine operators, telephone and
teletype operators, telegraphers,
pharmacists, dieticians, librarians.
welfare supervisors, post exchange
employees, launderers, messengers
and afraid warning observers.
Some 5000 women already are
doing good work at AFRAID warning
filter centerS, but they are not sub
ject to military regulations and dis
cipline. AS a result, serious inter-
ruptions to the flow OF information
to vital interceptor command posts
have been experienced in some in
stances, due to failure of women to
report for duty on schedule or, occa-
sionally, to their failure to stay on
duty as long as they should. Under
the proposed setup, all women volun-
teers at aircraft warning stations
would be put into uniform and re-
quired to conform to military rules
and regulations. The w. A. A. c.
would not actually be a part of the
Army, but an adjunct to it. It would
be built up on a purely voluntary
basis, but once sworn into active
service the auxiliaries would have to
obey orders the same as soldiers
under penalty of dishonorable dis
charge. They would receive the pay
OF enlisted men, with their officers
receiving higher salaries. The di-
rector Of the corps (there would be
no Army titles in w. A. A. c. would
get pay equivalent to that Of a major
in the Army.
The w. A. A. c. Is patterned after
Britain'S women's auxiliary force,
which has rendered invaluable serv-
ice, especially in the AFRAID warm
ing system. There is no apparent
reason why the British plan should
not prove to be just as successful in
this country. There are thousands
Of women qualified and ready to
serve their Nation in important
military and naval work, under
proper supervision. They should be
permitted to make this contribution
to the winning Of the war.
Evening star., 1942-03-20

tion, arranged for his lumber and other
supplies, also for carpenters and a WELL
driller. However, when two weeks ago
he applied to have his property con-
nected with the nearby line Of the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co., q representative
made . survey and said it could be done
at q cost Of $50. this sum to be reduced
as other users connected with the line.
The prospective home builder agreed.
Then, few days later. he was told that
it was impossible to go ahead because of
. new Government ruling.
Meanwhile current weekly magazine
prints an article charging that materials
still are being furnished r. E. A. to carry
on its New Deal enterprise in remote
regions while overcrowded Washington
Is not permitted few hundred feet Of
wire to enable the construction of badly
needed new homes within sight of the
Capitol dome. Is this consistent?
PROSPECTIVE HOME BUILDER.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Utility Rates

In holding that regulatory bodies
are not bound by rigid formulas in
fixing bases for utility making
purposes, the Supreme Court has got
ten away from the theory that fair
value of the property involved must
be controlling factor, while at the
same time supporting that school
of which the late Justice Brandeis
was leading advocate-which con-
tends that prudent investment"
should be the guide in determining
reasonable return.
For nearly half century, utility
rate orders have been tested largely
on the principles laid down by the
Supreme Court in Smyth VS.. Ames.
In this case it was held that an
order, to be constitutional, must pro-
vide for a fair return on the fair
value of the property concerned, and
that cost of reproduction must be
considered in reaching the valuation
fgure-an element which critics con-
tended was productive of inflated
values. Under the decision now, how
ever, regulatory commissions are free
to fix rates on the amount properly
invested in plant, instead of using
a valuation basis arbitrarily reached,
so long as the limits of due process
are not overstepped.
The Supreme Court decision, read
by Chief Justice Stone, upheld rate
order issued by the Federal Power
Commission covering gas transported
by pipeline into Illinois and sold
there to wholesalers by the Natural
Gas Pipeline Co. Of America and
Texoma Natural Gas Co. In appeal
ing from the Seventh Circuit Fed
eral Court, which set aside the order
on the ground that the Power Com
mission had not made an allowance
for going concern" value in fixing
the rate base, the Government urged
the Supreme Court to overrule Smyth
VS.. Ames, arguing that effective rate
regulation under the long standing
value test was a practical impossi-
bility because reproduction costs vary
with shifting business trends. The
court, however, refused to wipe out
the earlier decision in its entirety,
Evening star., 1942-03-20

@. What great storm Is believed to
have prevented war?-W. w.
A. The Samoa hurricane Of March 1e,
1889, occurred at time of strained rela-
tions between the United States and
Germany and is credited with having
prevented war. This storm caused the
loss Of the American naval vessels Tren-
ton and Vandalia with 50 lives, and
the German vessels Adler and Eber, with
1874 lives.
O. What part of a church is the Galiles
porch?-L. r. D.
A. The Galilee porch is porch or
chapel found in some English churches
and used as an accessory. 1t Is some
times lower than the rest Of the church
and considered less sacred The allusion
is, perhaps, to Galilee as an outlying
portion Of the Holy Land as in
Matthew, ivl5.
Q. How far can the jumping mouse
leap2-D. P. r.
A. The little jumping mouse can leap
as much as 10 feet In one bound.
q. Is Lloyd's correctly spoken Of -
an insurance compeny?-M. q.
A. Lloyds Is not an insurance COM
pany. 1t Is corporation with about
1000 members grouped In syndicates,
each doing its own business Until re-
Gently Lloyds was interested only IN
marine insurance, but today 1t handles
almost all forms Of insurance.
Q. Are there any fish which can swim
upside down?-U. D. II.
A. The catfish found in the swamps
Of Africa Is the only one known to swim
upside down. Ordinarily only dead or
dying fish are found In this position.
O. Can rubber jar rings be used more
than once?-M. B. W.
A. Rubber rings are important to suc-
cessful canning. They should be bought
new each year and should be Of good
quality II they are to Withstand the tenn
perature Of processing. The simplest test
is to double the ring together and press
the fold with the fingers. The rubber
should not crack under this treatment.
A good rubber ring also should stretch to
twice its length and return without
change Of shape.
@. What is meant by the royal edition
Of the London Times?-D. L.
A. The first copy Of the latest edition
of the Times always is sent by special
messenger direct to the King, wherever
he may be- 1t Is printed on extra fine,
durable paper and called the royal edi-
ton.
@. Is 1t possible to flreproof fabrics at
home by some simple process9-L. T. D.
A. Cloth can be made resistant to
flames by dissolving ammonium sulfa-
mate in the last rinse water, in the pro-
portion of one pound to a gallon Of wa
ter. This treatment should not be ap.
piled to acetate rayon fabrics.
O. How did the knights Of the Golden
Horseshoe acquire that name?-F.
A. Gov. Alexander Spotswood OF vir.
ginia had some miniature gold horse
shoes made upon his return from his
journey through the Western wilderness
in 1716. One of the horseshoes was pre-
sented to each Of the gentlemen who ac-
companied him. Hence the participants
were designated Knights Of the Golden
Horseshoe.
Evening star., 1942-03-20
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskir.

A reader can get the dnsUev to any
question OF fact by Drittno The Epe-
aing Star Information Bureau, Fred
essa j. Hdskin, director, Washington,
=. 6. Please inclose stamp for reply.
g. How much boarded gold Is there
q lndia?-H. K.
a. It was estimated some years ago
that India's boarded gold amounted to
$4,000, ,0O0, 900. All classes Of people in
India hoard gold as . reserve against
famine.
O. What is meant by dwarf starr
NJ L.
A. A dwarf star is one that gives little
light. These stars are Of high density
and relatively small mass, and their
average luminosity is only about one
hundredth that of the sun.
Q. Who was 1t who said that italy
was only q geographic expression"?-
D. P. M.
A. It was Count Metternich, who, IN
1914, said, ITALY Is only . geographic
expression"