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Evening star., 1942-11-11
WESLEY HEIGHTS.

Dear Sir:
There is one thing Japanese which
we will all have to agree is still good.
and that is the Japanese barberry.
have hedge Of 1t which has been
my delight for many years.
"When all the privet was killed out
by the severe cold several years ago, the
barberry hedges remained alive and
glowing in all their glory.
This is the time when the barberry
turns red. So far there has not been
but within few weeks now the bright
color will appear.
This makes the barberry hedge and
specimen plants real feature of any
street. At one time there was a dis
position on the part of householders to
look down upon this hedge material as
too common for good use, but believe
that has passed entirely, and today
every one realizes just what a good ma
terial it u.s.
TN noting and appreciating the won
ders of autumn leaves, I hope nobody
will overlook the old barberry.
Sincerely yours, G. H. T."
X ~
Birds are very fond of the barberry.
Mockingbirds like the berries, and song
sparrows prefer 1t as nesting site.
Most of the berry-eating birds like it..
The berries are red, as every one
knows, and are very popular with chill
dren. Just what they do with them is
something of mystery. Probably they
them around, finally.
The thorns on the barberry make it
a good hedge where the desire is to
keep people and dogs out. The "stick-
ers" do not seem much, until you get
tangled up with them. Then they can
give the hands and wrists a good
scratching, even go through stockings
It will be found that few persons, large
or small, old or young, who have once
mixed up with a barberry hedge will be
willing to try 1t again except under
great stress of some sort.
The use of hedging material is. one
which has always intrigued garden and
home makers.
For many years the California privet
was the favorite.
It's great merit was and is that it
can be trimmed to real suburban neat
ness. Much has been said against the
desire of suburbia to have neat hedges
all along the block.
The tendency among the more So
phisticated of writer's on garden subjects
has been to frown upon the hedges as
something too neat and formal for en-
durance.
Yet it may be questioned whether this
attitude is not as wrong as the too-lavish
use Of hedges.
It may be admitted that an entire
block of California privet. every house
alike, gives a sameness which kills the
very purpose of decoration yet at the
same time it must be said that each
hedge is very good in itself.
Evening star., 1942-11-11
Correcting q Mistake

The decisive manner in which the
House has voted to uphold our mill
tary leaders on the teen-age draft
question, coupled with strong indica-
tions that the Senate will reverse its
stand on the mandatory one-year
training proposal, is gratifying evi-
dence of a willingness to correct a
serious mistake.
Although it was on the eve of an
election that the Senate adopted the
ODaniel amendment requiring one
year of training for draftees under
twenty before sending them into
combat, it would be unfair to suggest
that this was merely political ges-
ture. Those Senators who voted for
the amendment undoubtedly were
motivated by genuine desire to set
up maximum of protection for the
younger soldiers. At the same time,
they did not understand the destruc-
tive effect that the amendment would
have on the Army, nor did they real
ize that in practical operation it
would endanger rather than safe
guard the young men who would
come within its scope.
Since the Senate acted, however,
these aspects of the amendment have
been fully explored and convincingly
explained by high-ranking officials of
the Army and War Department.
There no longer can be the slightest
doubt that the ODaniel amendment,
in addition to defeating its own pur-
pose, would also strike a disastrous
blow at the Army just as the fortunes
of war seem to be turning in our
favor. Because of these considera-
tions, it is expected that the Senate
tomorrow will reverse itself and strike
this amendment from the legislation
lowering the draft age.
1t is to be hoped that this expecta-
ton proves to have been we'll founded,
for this is not time to relax pressure
on the enemy. He has been hit, and
hit hard, and II we keep hamrnering
away with our full strength, there is
good reason to hope that the war can
be materially shortened.
Evening star., 1942-11-11

@. Where was Nora Vain living when
she wrote Reaching for the Stars"?-
A. F. w.
A. She was living in Germany at the
time and mailed out three copies Of the
manuscript. Since none ever was de-
livered, the author had to rewrite every
word from notes.
G. How fast does the blood In the
human body travel?-L. E. M.
A. The blood moves in the principal
arteries at the rate of foot per second
and makes the circuit Of the vascular
system in about 20 seconds.
O. Did Japan give financial help to
the United States at the time of the
San Francisco earthquake?-W. R. A.
A. Japan contributed s150,000 to the
United States at that time.
O. When was Weinberger's opera,
"Schwanda the Bagpipe Player" first
performed?-B. B.
A. 1t was produced on April 27, 1927.
at the Czech National Theater in
Prague Shortly thereafter 1t met with
phenomenal success and between 1927
and 1881 1000 performances were given.
@. Where does the Arctic tern spend
the winter?-V. E. r.
A. It travels from the shores of New
England eastward across the Atlantic
Ocean an6 down the west coast of Africa
to it's winter home in the Antarctic. The
Arctic tern is famous as the species with
the longest migration route known and
lives in almost perpetual daylight.
O. Who was the first Millionaire in
the United States?-M. C.
A. The first American fortune to pass
the billion-doll mark was that Of
John D. Rockefeller.
@. Who invented clocks that striker
D. F.
A. The first clock to strike the hours
was constructed in 1854 by Benjamin
Banreker, Negro, who later became q
distinguished scientist.
O. What is the origin of "Tell it to
the Marines Nv. L. o.
A. According to Burton Stevenson,
the phrase was first used by Pepys in
his diary. A colonel of the marines
told King Charles II seemingly wild
tale of having seen flying fish. where
upon the ruler remarked, "Henceforth
whenever we cast doubt upon a tale
that lacketh likelihood, we will tell it to
the marines"
@. What countries have the largest
areas under irrigation?-B. B.
A. India and the United States,
Evening star., 1942-11-11
WLB Policy Test

In its handling OF the Montgomery
Ward case, the War Labor Board has
made it clear that it intends to en-
ploy drastic measures to compel
acceptance of its DEGREES by en-
ployers.
The principal issue in the Mont
gomery Ward dispute concerned the
granting of a union security clause,
and the board ordered such clause
after counsel for Montgomery Ward
had indicated that the corporation
would refuse to comply. In discus
sion of the matter, Dean Wayne L.
Morse, public member of the board,
warned that all necessary force at
the disposal of the Government
would be used to compel compliance.
1T would be better for the duration
of the war;" he added, that the
country 60 along without Montgom-
cry Ward than that it try to go along
with an economic situation under
which the no-strike agreement would
be destroyed" Dean Morse, in other
words, believes that to tolerate this
threatened defiance from Montgom-
cry Ward would leave workers free to
strike, and hence he is willing, If
necessary, to put the concern out of
business rather than permit it to
defy the boards order.
If this policy toward employers is
to be justified on any equitable
grounds, however, the board ought to
be willing to apply equally stern
measures to unions which fail to
abide by the no-strike agreement.
But as yet there has been no clear
indication Of any such intent.
In one instance, where a local
union engaged in three unauthorized
strikes after Pearl Harbor, the board,
while granting pay increases to the
workers, refused to order its Gus
tomary union maintenance clause.
This is believed to be the only case
in which the board has invoked even
a mild penalty against strikers. An
other case is awaiting decision, how
ever, which will throw further light
on the boards policy in this respect.
This is a dispute involving the
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation,
which wants to write into its contract
with its workers a clause providing
for cash penalties in event of any
strike, showdown or lockout. The
company contends its experience
with other unions demonstrates that
a clause OF this sort Is effective in
discouraging work stoppages, but one
Of the boards panels, dividing two
to one, refused to recommend its
adoption.
The whole question soon will come
before the full board and it will be
interesting to see what stand is
taken. Should it be the intention of
the board to apply even handedly
the drastic policy limited at in the
Montgomery Ward case, it may be
that some effective formula for pc
nalizing Illegal strikes also will meet
with its approval
Evening star., 1942-11-11
Servinu Notice

Those persons who have been ready
1t virtually any time to administer
the last rites to the British Empire
should read with care the outspoken
remarks Of Prime Minister Winston
Churchill on this question.
Speaking at a Lord Mayors dinner
IN London, Mr.. Churchill disclaimed
any territorial ambitions on the part
Of his government.
I'VE covet no French possession" !"
be said, "and we have no acquisitive
Evening star., 1942-11-11
Protests Personal Appearance
Before OPA Registration Clerks.

To the Editor OF The Star:
In The Star I note that a personal
appearance must be made tomorrow or
Friday to register record tires and secure
new basic rationing. This seems great
waste of time and manpower, as well as
possibly some rubber. as the entire pro-
cedure of rationing is one of simple re-
cording and clerical registering, which,
with registration card and its several
notations already made, plus ration
books to date would seem to identify
any car for which gas is asked.
The entire country is convinced of the
fairness of rationing to conserve rubber,
but I greatly doubt that such persons
as may be compelled personally to take
the time to stand in line to register can
be convinced that this is necessary or
logical.
I tried to secure five blanks to fill in
and turn in. taking care of four as
sociates and myself. Had these been
available the lost time would be reduced
four-f1fths to secure the same results.
Very busy men such as doctors and
other professional men, who could send
Office boys with the required informa-
ton, must feel that their time is but
little appreciated, to say nothing of
thousands of workers who will jam the
schools after their work hours
A logical reason for this demand upon
our time would be of great help. If
there is none, an immense amount of
wasted time can be saved by broad dis
tribution of the forms or an agents ap-
plication for the owner.
j. K. WATERMAN.
Evening star., 1942-11-11

designs or ambitions in North Africa
or any part Of the world" But then
he added: Let me make this clear
in case there should be any mistake
about it: We mean to hold our own.
I have not become the Kings first
minister in order to preside over the
liquidation of the British Empire"
What the future will bring remains
to be seen. But If one may Judge
from Mr.. Churchill's comment, there
is lot of life in the old empire yet.
Evening star., 1942-11-11
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the Uriter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Uith
Die1D TO condensation.
Evening star., 1942-11-11
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the anstDer to any
question OF fact by tDrtttng The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Wdshtngton'
DC Please inclose stamp TOR return
postage.
@. Who preceded Myron G. Taylor a
United States envoy to the Vatican3-
]. J.
A. Mr.. Taylor is the first otncial envoy
to the Vatican since Rufus King, who
left Rome In 1868.
Q. Has Stain any physical deformi-
ties?-B. N.
A. Eugene Lyons in "Stalin: Car OF
All the Russians" says that he was
born with one arm partially paralyzed
and two toes grown together unnaturaIy.
@. How old must a dog be to be ELL
gible for dog show?-A. F. L.
A. Dogs are regarded as eligible Tor
show purposes between the ages OF
months and year. Show dogs usually
begin their training when only q lew
months old.
O. Can roasted coffee be stored Tor
any length of time without deteriorat.
ing?-E. L. H.
A. Roasted coffee deteriorates rapidly,
loss of aroma taking place In short
time.
@. Who was the artist who painted
numerous pictures of Alaska?-G. R. P.
A. Sydney Lawrence was the great
painter of Alaska. His favorite subject
was Mount Mckinley, which he depicted
more than $50 times.
Evening star., 1942-11-11
Offers Instructions
For Getting Best Heat.
NJ ~ rl;&ar - ~, . Gk>,.

To the Editor OF The star:
Much has appeared recently in the
papers concerning ways and means Of
conserving heat, after its generation in
house furnaces. So far as the UNDER
said as to what must be done to insure
that a practical maximum amount of
heat, derivable from a ton of coal or
a barrel OF fuel oil, really is developed
when such fuels are used In a house
furnace.
To generate this practical maximum
amount Of heat from each ton of coal
or each barrel of fuel oil, do these few
simple things:
/. Excepting for forced draft" heat
ing equipment, use q high quality Of
fuel.
2. Excepting forced draft" heating
equipment, use no piece of coal larger
than a baseball (mixed with smaller
sizes) If sized" coal is used, use
"stove" coal.
g. Brush well and often the walls Of
the fire box. II soft" (bituminous) coal
is used, brush each day. A discarded
broom is fine for this.
4. After the fire burns briskly, fill
the fire box as full as practicable. This
invariably saves fuel and time.
S. Shake down ashes only often
enough to insure a good draft. Stop
shaking when q distinct but not brilliant
glow" is seen below the crate. This Is
best done when the hre Is built up
preferably in the morning.
8. Remove ashes from ash pit at that
time daily.
7. When adding soft" coal. open the
sliding or hinged portion Of the feed
door for s to 10 minutes to burn the
Evening star., 1942-11-11
Rei0ices in Promise
OF Mr.. Dewey's Service.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Many Jeffersonian Democrats are re-
joicing over Thomas E. Dewey's decisive
victory. He Is an honest, hustling go
getter."
An old Chinese proverb reminds US
that rotten wood cannot be carved"
The New Deal platform is far from sound
and is in sore need Of repair. It should
be replaced with q structure Of better
timber.
One thing seems clear: Mr.. Dewey will
not spare those corrupt trees which for
so long have sheltered the Tammany
type Of politician. In future we should
bask In better, healthier shade.
EDMUND x. ooLDsBoRoUdH.
Evening star., 1942-11-11

Presidents and Their Wives-A 48-
page publication, is an outline OF
American history. Here are all of the
great political battles, the decisive
issues which shaped our national
destiny, all the momentous events
abroad which gave direction to Amer
lean politics and policies. The an
swers to many interesting facts about
our Presidents and their wives-from
Washington to Roosevelt-are in
cluded in this little booklet. To secure
your copy inclose IS cents in coin,
wrapped in this clipping, and mail to
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Evening star., 1942-11-11

coal gas (of high-heating value in low
moisture coaD.
8. Use feed door only to add fuel to
break up coke o. to brush walls of fire
box. Gn exceptionally mild weather,
or in case of an overheated furnace,
it might be necessary to open the feed
door at special times.)
g. The draft is best checked, though,
by opening the CHECK draft in the
smoke pipe or possibly in rear wall OF
furnace above the crate level. (Air
admitted below CRATE increases, draft,
admitted above upper fuel level reduces
draft.)
10. Air is best admitted below fuel
bed by an opening in the rear wall OF
furnace and below CRATE level If there
is no such opening. Open ash pit door
parity or for time wholly with a
sluggish fire or poor draft.
WILLIAM N. BERKELEY.
Charlottesville, Va.
Gives suggestios for Columnists
And Political Leaders.
To the Editor Of The Star:
This letter really embodies four in one:
l. Anent Westbrook Pegler, I suggest
that he take up the cudgel for the
appointment to the Supreme Court of
an able lawyer with courage. Otherwise
the best political weathercock in Con-
gress may be appointed
2. Propose to Columnist Samuel Graf
ton that he go about in New York and
in the Middle West and find out why
they voted for the Republican candi-
dates in the recent election. I respect
fully submit that most of those voters
do not know Congressman Byrd, Tydfngs.
and Cox from Adams off-ox!
3. Suggest that Edward O'Neal spend
week end with some one-gallus farmer
who must have help to harvest his crops.
He will learn something about the
farmers labor difficulties that he def
nitely does not know.
T. Urge that the Republican Governors
elected at the recent election adopt the
policy of square deal, and mean it,
with respect to individuals regardless of
race, religion, politics, social standing,
wealth, employer or employed. Groups
are made up of individuals. Go after
the individuals and you will not have
to worry about the group leaders If the
Republicans ape the politics Of the New
Deal. prefer to string along with the
President on account Of his foreign
policies and his social welfare ideals
and submit that a large number Of
individuals who owe no allegiance to
any group of politicians will do likewise.
ROOSEVELT ENTHUSIAST OF 1882.
Comments on Lack
OF "True Democracy"
To the Editor Of The Star:
When I read the managers report Of
the refusal of the OAR to accept Marian
Anderson's conditions, thought, "a
poor excuse Is better than none," as
they side-stepped the real issue which
Miss Anderson rightly brought up in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
Court Orders Producers
To Supply Milk 10 Dairy

District Justice Matthew F. Nc
CURE this afternoon issued an order
requiring the Maryland and Virginia
Milk Producers Association to de-
liver 5000 gallons of milk daily to
the Embassy Fairfax Dairy, Inc,
which had complained in an in
junction suit that the association
was failing to live up to contract
requiring it to deliver this amount.
The plaintiff firm told the court
that the defendant stated recently
it has been unable to secure all the
milk desired by its customers and
that it was approximately 1000 to
5000 gallons short per day.
The dairy said in it's complaint
that it was obligated under contracts
to supply milk for the armed forces
of the United States and that it was
about to default on these contracts
on account of the non-delivery.
Justice MCGUIRE set Wednesday
as the date to hear arguments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
New Bureau Of Ships
Chief Is Sworn In

Rear Admiral Edward L. Coch-
rane, nominated November l to be
chief of the Bureau of Ships in the
Navy Department, was sworn in to-
day in the Office of Secretary Knox.
Read Admiral Walter B. Woodson,
Judge advocate general, admins
tered the oath.
Admiral Cochrane, who had been
on duty in the design division of
the bureau, is native of California,
but makes his home at BIO Thirty
third place NV. He is the son of
tn elate Brig. Gen Henry Clay
Cochrane of the Marine Corps and
attended the University of Pennsyl-
vania before entering the Naval
Academy in 1910 During the World
War he served on the U. S. S. Rhode
Island and in the Philadelphia Navy
Yard.
Under supervision of the post
graduate school of the Naval Acad-
envy he received a degree of master
of science In naval architecture
from the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology and was appointed to
the Construction Corps of the Navy.
He has held duty at sea, at various
shore stations and in the Navy De-
partment in Washington and came
here for engineering duty in the
Bureau of Ships in 194l. He holds
the Mexican Service Medal. the Vic
tory Medal and the American De-
tense Service Medal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
U. 5. Flyer Killed Trying
To Avoid Hitting Homes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Nov. 23.-A United
States Army Air Force pilot was
killed yesterday when he crash -dived
his faltering plane into a football
field in a crowded London district
in order to avoid hitting a row of
small homes.
The pilot was officially identified
as Second 1t. Harvey Dalton john
son. Westville, N. j. He formerly
was in the Royal Canadian Air
Force. but transferred to the Amer
lean forces October Is.
Suburban thousands saw flames
from the engine and noticed the
irregularity of the motor as the low
flying craft headed for a row of
closely packed houses.
The pilot then banked steeply and
nose-dived in football field SO
yards from the nearest house..
Thomas Curd ran from his garden
to the field and dragged the pilots
body from the burning wreckage.
This pilot saved dozens of our
lives he said. "All of us in this
neighborhood want to do something
to show our gratitude. If we can
get the name and address we want
to write to his parents and tell
them how he sacrificed, his life for
u.s."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
Town Puts Ban on Burkinq
Of Dogs That liked Composer

parked to encourage his dogs so
hard that he choked"
Mr.. Hodgson at the hearing MAIN
tanned that the primary purpose of
dogs is to bark" and denied that
they were nuisances.
Mr.. Maganini. Pulitzer prize
winning composer, is the author of
The Argonauts, which was award
ed prize for American opera last
year, and wrote ''Tennessee's Part
ner," an opera played on q Treas
ury Department program.
The case Is the first dog decision
for the Greenwich Selectmen since
the Connecticut Supreme Court of
Errors rebuffed them in their at
tempt to restrain the cocker spaniels
owned by retired New York State
Supreme Court Justice Townsend
Scudder several years ago. At that
time the court decided that the Of
tending dog or dogs must be iden.
tined, q requirement which Mr..
Maganini met.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-23
Eyewitness Describes
Capture Of Won Thoma
By the Associated Press.

DF me ASsoclAted Press.
LONDON, Nov. 23.-Gen. Ritter
Won Thoma, former commander of
the German Africa Corps who is
now a prisoner of war in Britain
leaped out of his damaged tank. hid
in slit trench and gave himself up
when British soldiers approached
War Of11ce statement said TODAY,
Gen. Won Thoma was taken early
this month when the British 9th
Army broke Marshal Erwin ROM
mels Ell Alamein line in Egypt. The
official statement gave this eye
witness account, quoting a 24-year-
old troop leader of the 10th Hussars,
whose name was not given:
"One of our officers was on recon-
Nuisance in scout car when it
was pierced by 50-millimeter shell
from German tank. He came over
to my tank, which was nearby,
climbed on the back and said, Get
that chap who hit me-
Il opened up with my gun and
succeeded in hitting the German
tank, which was a Marks. The
crew bailed out and one hid in a
slit trench. When we went for
ward he emerged and gave himself
up.
1T turned out he was Gen. Won
Thoma. He was taken away by the
other officer in his scout car, which
was still in action despite being
holed.
Gen. Won Thoma apparently was
on reconnaissance. There were no
German or Italian tanks close, the
only other enemy vehicle near
being a half-tracked troop carrier"