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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-26

THE LEON HUBBARDS OF Pom
tiac. send a rich card all black
with only the white etching OF snow
70 relieve the somberness .. MIL
DRED HOUGHTON sends Curriel
and Ives. print OF the Homestead
in Winter.
DIR. AND MRS MAURICE IVES
son and Maurice Phiiifhsx greet
US on white vellum, star ehcrHsteo
THE OSCAR BAKERS JR. oil
Bay City (she is the former Robbie
Brooks have a ver>>card =
SOW man with a real eye that roll:
about. inside in a note 10 us they
g init that our suspicion Of a pos
si5le blessed event in their home
T. true.
DORIS AND JOHN R, WILLIAMS
:. 90 maritime. send an old
fashioned galley. which rides The
waves of Time.
THE WOLRIDGE MITCHELLS. O..
white lambs with black faces gam
Dol on a red and gold background. .
MAY the Happiest Hours you ever
knew. Fill up this Xmas and New
Year for You. is the greeting OF
Buddy Bland all the way from
Baltimore, Nd. THE ENTIRE
NOUS CLUB. remembers us again
from behind : charming picket
fence. figures which might well
be taken for VALMA. JOE AND
GWENDOLYN BRANAM place
gifts on huge tree>,, THE JOHN
-JAcKSONS chose typical Amer!-
can Pastoral Scene. All special
delivery and everything a bulky
card from the. LEVI McDOWELI.S
=. contained in addition 10 lovely
card several colorful scarfs for
our neck many thanks we
needed them badly and all the way
from New York City too very
thoughtful, Our largest card so far
..... comes from GERTRUDE
JACKSON just three candles with
tnseled flame an varicolored
blue background
MR. AND MRS. in white letters
on royal blue vellum. proves 10 be
the greeting of THE ELMER JOHN
SONS. THE RICHARD CAMP
BILLS and Richie. send multi.
colored bells which peal out the
tdings Rich red and white n
Silhouette from DR. AND MRS
s. A WILLIAMS. The cutest snow
man and his wife from ATTY. AND
MRS. EDWARD SIMMONS a
honey hallway and inviting stair
way with misiletoe and all from
Kari Young Leather appliqued on
black parchment from MR.. AND
MRS JOSEPH LONEY...
GLADYS AND SIDNEY BARTH
WELL chose a quaint old fash
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AND VIVIAN COOPER 90, depici
themselves as old fashioned
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-26
HAD RIRTHpAY DEC. II

Don Frazier. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. + Frazier, 604O Stanford was
fourteen years old on December II.
Young Frazier attends the, Mich
michael school, is in the 9-B and also
plays clarinet in the all city band.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-26

...on the day after Christmas at
the home Of her parents, .5i8l
Roosevelt.
4; 4 !.
Invitations TO the. LOIS TABOR
GARRETT ICE nuptials. very
ultra to take place on Deccm-
Der %.
!; 4; 4
PHYGENAU BAILEY. took an
active and important part in the
annual Christmas dance program.
at Wayne university on Decem-
Der II All sorts OF folk dances
Were featured Ruth Murray
was director and Della Hussey
assistant.
x x x
Let US take time out for a wish
for a speedy recovery to Mrs. Title
Higgins. mother of Grayce, our
office secretary, who is quite ill
however, we hope that she will soon
be on her feet again.
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Fairy TuIe

Over the Rome radio, In a talk on
italian Contributions to the Devel-
opment of the United States" came
a story that in a dark moment of the
Civil War some Americans in des-
peration tried to borrow the services
of General Garibaldi to head the
Union Army. The Italian King was
willing, but Abraham Lincoln re-
fused, and thereby dragged the war
on for years, instead of letting Carl
baldi clean it up in month.
Taken at its face value, the refusal
to let an italian run the Civil War
Is a great tribute to the prophetic
genius of Honest Abe; taken with a
grain of salt, the story becomes
merely another fairy tale from Rome,
capital of the fairy tale world. There
are branch Offices in Berlin and
Toxic that do good work, too, but for
sheer artistry Rome takes the cake.
Berlin and Toxic have some real
accomplishments to serve as a basis
of truth and spoil the imagination.
Only in Italy do we find a nation so
utterly futile in the war that her
fairy tales must be accepted as
genuine 100 per cent fantasy.
Evening star., 1942-02-06
The Beavers Job

Prime Minister Churchill has said
that he soon will explain the nature
of Lord Beaverbrook's job as Minister
of War Production and the scope Of
his authority. This is an explanation
which will be awaited with keen
interest.
It seems clear that the production
phase of Britain's war effort leaves
much to- be desired and that the
shortcomings in this respect are due
to internal rivalries and jealousies
which make our own production
problems seem. relatively insignif1-
cant.
Presumably Lord Beaverbrook, who
is known to Englishmen as the
Beaver" has been assigned a task
which is the British equivalent OF
the post this Government has in
trusted to Donald NJ Nelson. Yet it
is by no means clear that the former
will have authority or organizational
facilities in anywise comparable to
those possessed by Mr.. Nelson. In
Britain the demands of the army,
navy and air force often conflict.
These ministries have been in exist
ence for some time and have de-
veloped a pattern of competing for
supplies. To compose these differ
ences will require nice blending OF
authority and diplomacy and 1t re-
mains to be seen whether Lord
Beaverbrook will be given adequate
tools to work with.
1t is significant that Soviet dele
CATION which has been visiting Great
Britain for the past five weeks has
seen fit publicly to criticize British
war industries because there are
"Still very considerable unutilized
reserves" The Russians complain
that although British industry pos
sesses everything necessary to in
crease Its armament output, produc-
ton continues to lag because Of an
insufficient use OF equipment and
Evening star., 1942-02-06
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. Trace,ceu.

whole essence of good education lies In
realization combined with exact seeing.
Just plain seeing is not enough. Every
one has had the experience of seeing
something perfectly, yet never realizing
for a second its essential beauty. Years
later this realization comes, and then
one. looking back, wonders how he could
have missed 1t before.
The male cardinal, as stated, Is the
flash" or snowy member of the pair.
He Is not any more beautiful than his
mate properly looked at. There will be
observers, of whom this writer is one,
who feel that the female is by far the
prettier OF the two.
In order to realize this 1t is essential to
place feeding station Just outside a
window. 1t may be on the sill or
attached to q stake few feet away.
This close view is necessary If the fine
blending Of colors in the feathers of the
female are to be seen rightly. More than
that, however, the close view is essential
II the true character of the female of this
species is to be realized by the onlooker
She is not flashy, or gaudy, and neither
Is her character. She is a fine bird,
though, one with genuine individuality,
which, like so many genuine individuali-
ties in this strange world, is not to be
realized at single glance.
The observer will have to watch female
cardinals for some time before he Is
willing to admit to himself that this
quiet creature in her brocade feathers
as If attired In an old Paisley shawl, Is
really handsomer than her mate.
This realization may come as a result
of chance sight of her on some cold
morning seated in a shrub with diadem
Of ice on her head.
This cold crest does not harm her, but
suddenly sets her of for what she is, a
perfect beauty in world of fashy
colors.
Out in the garden at hundred feet
her mate is vivid for all the world to see
Here, close at hand, she suddenly
seems transformed into a fine beauty
just Tor one human being.
Thereafter and forever that person
has been converted.
When he hears others rave Of the
loveliness of the male cardinal he mods
his assent. but he smiles quietly to him
self, too, as if saying, Yes, he is mighty
fine, but know a finer"
Keep a close watch on the birds If you
want to see them at their best.
They are natural creatures which can
stand any amount of close inspection.
1t is one of their real charms. Human
beauties often do not appreciate the
CLOSE up," shying from bright lights,
but the beauties of the bird world fly
around for all to see both in winter and
summer.
Evening star., 1942-02-06

was for work at the bar. Perhaps
just because he had been a turist
and was familiar with the picture
Of judicial procedure as seen from
the bench, he desired to practice
law as actively as possible. His
genius was for counseling clients and
In that respect he was a creative
power in Washington. Yet his skill
as pleader also was worthy Of men,
ton.
Few of his contemporaries could
boast of so many friends as Judge
Covington possessed. He was i'm
mensely popular with all classes of
people. The great law office which
he developed was a tribute to his
position among men. He will be re-
membered not merely for his talents
and his gratifying employment OF
them but likewise for his kindliness.
his urbanity and his generous
patience,
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Judge Covington

Some few men come into the world
with a natural claim to distinction,
and of the number ]. Harry Coving-
ton certainly was one. His gifts were
such as to provide for his success
in any field of enterprise in which he
might engage, That he chose politics
and the law was the good fortune
of his country. Especially in the
Nations Capital he was an active and
most notably constructive influence
during more than three decades.
Born in Talbot County, Maryland,
In 1870, and educated at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Judge Coving-
ton "hung out his shingle" at EaSton
in 1894. From 1903 to 1909 he was
States attorney in his native COM
munity. Then from 1909 until he
was appointed Chief Justice of the
=. Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia in 1914 he served as
member of the House of Representa-
tives. His congressional duties in
cluded the management Of the Fed
eral Trade Commission Act to pas
sage. An energetic interest in labor
problems led to his appointment to
the United States Railroad Wage
Commission In 1918.
But Judge Covington's preference
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Bridgeport, Conn.
Girls Reply to Advocate
OF Ten O'clock Curfew.

To the Editor OF the star.
We are willing and have proven our
willingness to work just as hard and
long as is necessary during this present
emergency, but to have Representative
Wilson dictate to us when we should 60
to bed-well!
We don't mind working eight hours
day, six days week, not counting addi-
tional overtime and Sundays. That
there is ineficiency, we will admit, but
why blame 1t on the girls? We are just
the clerks, the typists, the stenographers.
We take orders and follow them.
Our working day begins at $50 am;
we are at our desks at 8:15 am; work
until 5 pm.-some days later; get on
crawling buses and arrive home at 6
pm; then we have to shop and prepare
dinner. After the dishes are done, which
usually is about 7:30 pm. the rest of the
evening until 10 pm, in line with Rep
resentative Wilson'S suggestion, is ours.
If. occasionally, we want to go out
during the week. that is our privilege.
If Representative Wilson would stop to
think, perhaps he would realize that
some of the wooziness, which he claims
is displayed by Government girl clerks,
might be attributed to present working
conditions.
THREE FEMALE GOVERNMENT
CLERKS.
Evening star., 1942-02-06
The District Suffers

The Senate's failure to take rea-
sonably prompt action on nomina-
tions to fill vacancies on the Public
Utilities Commission Is contributing
to a neglect of municipal problems
which is certain to increase the hard
ships with which the District, as a
wartime Capital, Is faced.
The two most recent vacancies on
the commission were created by the
death of Chairman Riley E. Elgen
last February % and the appoint
ment Of Richmond B. Keech as
Corporation Counsel on October 81,
1910. In each case the President was
extremely slow to act in filling the
vacancies. AS matter Of fact, no
successor to Mr.. Keech had been
chosen at the time of Mr.. Elgen's
death, a circumstance which left the
commission unable to function.
On March 8, however, four months
after Mr.. Keech had resigned, Greg
ory Hankin was nominated to sue
ceed him. But the Senate took no
action and on June 80 the nomina-
tion lapsed. Mr.. Eankin was re-
nominated on July IA, but did not
win Senate confirmation until No.
vember 4 Thus, during that entire
period, the commission was obliged
to function in the face of the pos
Sibility that, all of its work might be
nullified by refusal of the Senate
to confirm Mr.. Hankin's nomination.
The vacancy caused by Mr.. Elgen's
death remained open for almost ten
months, the President failing to pick
a successor until James H. Flanagan
was nominated on December 18. And
Mr.. Flanagan's nomination is still
hanging fire in the Senate District
Committee, with no definite assur-
ance as to when action will be taken
on it.
This is a record of neglect which
speaks for itself. Such an attitude
of Indifference would be bad enough
in normal times, but 1t is particularly
harmful to the District under conoi-
tions such as those that have pre-
vailed here during the fifteen months
since Mr.. Keech resigned. While 1t
is too late to undo the harm already
done, the Senate should not add to
the burdens its neglect imposes on
the District by indulging in further
delay in acting on Mr.. Flanagan's
nomination.
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Complains About Taxing
Humanitarian Institutions.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Former Chief Justice White, in con-
demning and reversing a decision of
lower court for too strict Interpretation
or application of the Sherman Anti
Trust Act, stated that all law should
be interpreted according to the rule Of
reason"
For some months . few persons con-
nected with the tax ONCE have been
searching for property belonging to reli-
gious or charitable organizations, orphan
asylums, homes for the aged or infirm.
ETC., that might be construed as taxable.
This group or committee now has turned
its attention to the hospitals Of our city
and apparently is pursuing the same
narrow and short-sighted interpreta-
ton Of the law.
1t has been pointed out by the man
agement of some of the hospitals that
they have annual deficits amounting to
thousands of dollars, and it would seem
that 1t is time to call a halt to a
most unreasonable assault upon the
charitable and humanitarian institu-
tions Of our city and to require the ap-
plication of reason and sound Judgment
to this work by the personnel Of the said
group or committee.
AN OLD RESIDENT.
Evening star., 1942-02-06

One Of the best of the winter birds is
the cardinal.
The yard which has pair is fortunate.
So what may be said of the local
garden which harbors 20 Of these fine
birds?
No one who likes the feathered folk
would say that 1t was ten times as well
of, because two cardinals are mighty
fine.
Still there is something about numbers
which is appealing.
After twenty cardinals flashing around
the garden make sight well worth while.
The fine part about birds In the home
garden, drawn to 1t by feeding operations.
is that the observer doesn't have to 60
tramping to see them.
They become so much a part Of his
little piece of landscape that at times he
forgets how fortunate he is.
Going on hikes" is all very we'll for
those in whom the blood of youth courses.
Some older persons, too, enjoy it Cor say
they do).
Many do not. however. even though
they say nothing about it.
All such persons will enjoy having
their own birds in their own yard.
The way to do this in fall and winter,
as most persons know nowadays, is to
put out little food for them regularly.
1t is the regularity, rather than the
amount, which pays dividends here.
Some persons feed in quantity, others
Just little. Where feeding stations are
kept stocked at all hours there will be
more birds, of course, but that is not
exactly the point. AS stated, two car
dinals are quite as good as twenty from
one viewpoint and SO few birds for
few hours are just as good as hundreds of
birds all day long in very real sense.
The male cardinal is the flash member
of his team.
With his crest and his gorgeous color
he makes a real splash" in any garden.
1t Is said that In the old days he made
a fine target for the long rifles Of the
Colonists.
Fortunately we no longer shoot at
cardinals. We have foes which deserve
death.
The cardinals are harmless birds, in
deed they do us good, as most Of the
song birds do, by consuming quantities
of harmful insects.
But it is their beauty which appeals
most to the CITY and suburban dVeller.
Here is a bird which is colorful-and
more. The perfect blending of his traits
with his coat. and his crest with his
color, is something wonderful TO see. To
see it properly the observer must realize
all this as he looks. 1t will not do just
to see. One of the curses of mere seeing
is non-realization at the very time. The
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reader can get the dnsUer to ufy
question of fact by tDrtting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hnskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for repr.
@. What is the density of popula don
OF South America as compared with that
of the United States?--D. s.
A. On the average there are about Is
inhabitants for each square mile In
South and Central America and Al In
the United States.
@. During what period were The
stave churches, said to be the most re-
markable timber buildings in Eurype,
built?-B. s.
A. They were erected In Norway Dur
ing the 18th and 18th centuries. These
churches are built entirely of wood knd
resemble Chinese pagodas. The old
church Of Borgund Is notable example.
@. Who was the author Of the wdds,
II think, therefore I amp. H. E.
A. II think, therefore I am" Is The
familiar translation of "Je pense, bnc
je suis" This is taken from "Princpes
de la Philosophie" by Descartes.
@. Was the wrestler known as the
Angel ever college professor?-P. s
A. Maurice Tillet, known as the Argel,
has been a professor OF languages i a
girls college at Rheims, France.
Evening star., 1942-02-06

workers within our boundary would go
far toward eliminating the need for
bringing In thousands Of new employees.
The frantic and largely futile efforts
being made to absorb into the city's life
the endless stream of new workers is
sufdcient indication that the time has
come to do something about it.
The desire of all to help in the defense
effort is unquestioned. 1t does not seem
logical. however. to force from our homes
and life interests which constitute "our
way of life" those of us who are rooted
here in order to accommodate a SEEM
ingly planless plan which contributes so
little to the real endeavor.
Disruptions here doubtless are ac-
companied by proportionate disruptions
in the localities vacated, where it is
highly probable that the retention there
of experienced workers would contribute
materially to the job in hand.
VERA G. WOLGAMOT.
Evening star., 1942-02-06

machine tools, inadequate introduc-
ton of women into industry and the
imposition Of arbitrary limits on
output in some factories.
This complaint comes on the heels
Of the disclosure that promised
American aid to Russia is falling be-
hind schedule, actual deliveries dur
ing the past three months being
something less than half that agreed
on. This condition is not attributed
to any failure of American produc-
ton, but to shortage of transport,
yet the result will be the same next
spring If a renewed German offensive
should find the Russian armies short
on equipment.
Somehow, these deficiencies must
be made up. Our job will be to trans
port to Russia the supplies that
American factories are turning out
In increasing volume, while also
stepping up shipments to the Far
East. Britain's main problem, on the
other hand, seems to be that of get
ting down to the realities Of all-out
production for total war. If the
stark necessity Of subordinating
everything else to a maximum war
effort is not yet understood in
Britain, Lord Beaverbrook's task is
not an enviable one. He will need
all of the authority that Mr.. Churchill
can confer upon him If, in addition to
the inherent problems of increased
production, he must wrestle also
with rivalries and jealousies strong
enough to have maintained them
selves to this time despite the
desperate character of Britain's
plight.
Evening star., 1942-02-06
Retreat in Libyu


news from the Far East are the
reports of continued German ad-
vances in Libya, whose sandy wastes
and rocky escarpments have become
virtual Switchboard for the oppos-
ing forces in this grim desert war
fare. Marshal Rommels hard hitting
mechanized divisions, waging a sud-
den and furious counteroffensive
against the British columns which
had driven westward to the Gulf of
Sidra, now are back on the road to
Tobruk-and still advancing toward
that scene of a remarkable British
defensive stand. The prospects of
another siege of this battered Libyan
fortress are increasing daily.
The reasons for the surprising
successes of the Nazi tank forces in
the past two weeks are not definitely
known as yet, but dispatches from
London indicate that several factors
have combined to favor the Ger
mans. In the first place, while
Rommel was not only keeping the
bulk of his panzer power intact but
reinforcing it over greatly shortened
lines of supply, the British necessarily
were extending their tenuous supply
lines to dangerous degree. In order
to hold their gains the British had
to drive Rommel's men from their
stronghold at Ell Agheila, where sup
plies from Tripoli were being rushed
by the Axis transport service. Before
the British could achieve this objec-
tive, however, the strengthened
German-Italian forces struck back
savagely on January %. Continuing
the initiative against the extended
British lines, the Axis drive has
forced the British back, successfully,
from Agedabia, Bengasi, BARGE and
Derna. At latest reports the enemy
was within fifty miles of Tobruk.
1t seems, moreover, that the Ger
mans have developed a tank-repair
system which has proved to be ex-
tremely valuable in the desert.
Whereas the British have been forced
to abandon much equipment in the
field for lack of adequate repair
facilities, London advices tell of spe-
cial Nazi salvage forces that have
done wonders in servicing and re-
pairing mechanized equipment, even
during the heat of battle.
How far Rommels drive will go
before the British succeed in halting
1t Is a matter OF immediate concern
to the United Nations. AS yet there
has been no major clash of the main
forces of the opposing armies. Most
of the action to date has been be-
tween far-ranging patrols, supple
mented by air attacks. Presumably
Rommel soon or late will suffer the
same disadvantage of extended sup
ply lines that the British felt in
their westernmost advance. And
British supply lines, correspondingly,
are growing shorter. Unless the latest
Axis push is prelude to general
offensive in the Mediterranean thea
ter-as many observers suSpect-the
British should be able to repeat their
earlier stands at Totruk and near
the Egyptian border. II an all-out
Axis offensive on Malta, Libya and
the Suez Canal is in the offing, Allied
forces will have desperate fight on
their hands in the Middle as well as
the Far East.