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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-06
On Broadway

BROADWAY Epitaffy: When John Barrymore
- died some of the stuffer set began to suffer
over what they termed the waste OF his mai
years.
1t was too, too terrible they wept. that a
great performer, the best Of the Hamlets. should
wind up playing cinema clowns. Where was his
dignity? .,
To dignity Barrymore always said 'Phooey."
He knew actors who retired with lots OF dig
nifty and who would swap II all Tor coat OF
greasepaint.
Barrymore's career was brilliant success.
He enjoyed to the end. the best treasure any
actor can have-offers Of work.
MANHATTAN Murals: The eye-arresting USO
Il Avenue of Heroes-enarged photos of deco
rated Americans In the shop windows along 9th.
The draftee in the Pennsy Depot kissing his
girl ta-ta under sign reading: Hands on"
Old Charlie. the doorman at Conveys Steeple-
chase Park. He hasn't missed day in so years
The huge apple, hanging In the window of a
for an explanation he tells them:
"If It hadn't been for an apple where would
the clothing business. be today
DIGTOwN Smalltalk: Governor Lehman turns
- his salary over to the Catholic, Jewish and
Protestant charities.
Irv Caesars latest ditty Is called BE Good
Soldier" which the Tin Planners call a natural"
Because there are over $4,000 Italians in the
Army Washington looks with favor a move
ment to declare them nonenemy aliens.
to officers Ss ' for Vtties doesn't think soc for
ham sandwich is too steep for lads who make
SIS weekly, does IL
WHEN the piano Beethoven composed his music
w on was exhibited in European museum
visitors were given the thrill of sitting down
and playing it.
Everybody took advantage of that honor
except Paderewski
When the museum guard asked him why he
didn't sit down and play, he replied:
Il do not feel worthy enough to touch it,
T,HE original copy Of over There" is in Harvard
l. Museum in a collection OF rare and precious
Americanuscripts.
The reason Lew Ayers was put into the
Armys Medical Corps was that he deftly ad-
minstered first aid to another "Conchy" who was
hurt seriously UP at that Oregon camp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-06

Or Joan Sawyer and Rudolf Valentino? Or Mary
Hay and Clifton Webb?
CT SUPPOSE you admire your wife very
much" feminine reporter said TO Rudolf
Seiber husband of Marlene Dietrich.
Indeed I do" said Mr.. Seiber. "Shes the
greatest cook I saw"
Apple pie la mode is the favorite dessert
OF the United States Navy.
Mr. and Mrs Hollis Homewood OF Warren.
Ariz are the parents of four children all born
>pn Christmas Day Two were born on Christmas
Day two years apart and the others are twins.
Imagine all the blessed events in a family
happening on Christmas Day. II must be the
United States record.
A CCORDING to many residents OF Milwaukee,
"A Wis. their mayor who is Carl Zedler, is
the best mayor in the country.
II was Claudia Muzio who opened the San
Francisco Municipal Opera House in "Tosca' in
1882. And not Lily Pons Some people say
Claudia was the best Tosca Of all time. / liked
Jeritza better.
hog story from Portsmouth, ~. H.: A cocker
~ spaniel and Irish setter had ltters OF puppies
at the same time. The cocker spaniel was killed
by an automobile The motherless litter of pups
was only three days old.
Owner of the two dogs tried to get the Irish
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-06

Now he has TO say:
I'll be back In the dark
with q remark"
Shortly after that
sally-the Beverly Hills
afraid sirens walled
and wailed-and a total
black out lasted 40
minutes.
The traffic light
turner-offer in that
town sure needs q re-
hearsal. though.
Betty Stafford, a
pretty person, Is a
stewardess for United
Air Lines. On the take
of she drew the cur
tains-a npw Federal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-06

husband, Stephen Ames.
She liked the name
Ames better than her
own surna anne. How
about your m arrie d
name. lady? Do you
like Ii better than the
one your pappy wished
on you?
Maxine Barrat. OF
the dance team OF Bar
rat and Lopez, which
some people say is the
best in the country.
How many OF the
great dance teams OF
the yesteryear do you
recsll7 i mean like
Maurice and Walton ?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-06

WYAND0TTE- ESTICC- W,.. s',s /, r
Jean Parker. "GIRL FROM ALAsKA."
ROLLING DOWN THE GkEAT DIVIDE
Bill Boyd. Midnight SHOW.
V0Ip-Forest st Mt. Elliott. PI. 1890 4
IUuh Open 1:1s. Free Crystsivarsf
Edmund Lowe and Lucille Fsirbsnks n
AioND ..sME.s ~ Ts rlui .t IL, as'eo' -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-06
Il. v. DsyrLing
A pomun dares oil things
When she iopes or hates.

st. Jerome.
A DRIENNE AMES. Once OF the cinema Now
n of the radio. Also very active in the
Bundles for Bluejackes" movement. The
Ames in Adrennes name is that of her first
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-06
Waller. WincheH

TALK about scoops! The other Sunday evening
L Fred Allen gagged:
"Winchell In suffering most from the dimout.
He cant say he'll be back I'm a flash with flash.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-06
On the Side

Distributed by King Fsstur. Syndicate. Inc
Evening star., 1942-01-08
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trnce1DeH.

not alone in appearance, but as we'll in
the sound of their calls.
Sadly enough, the fox sparrows are
few and far between. only six having been
observed in the better part of a month.
"Only one red-winged blackbird was
seen yesterday-yet red-wings, together
with bobolinks, had flooded the spot ear
her in the season.
Two bald eagles are generally perched
good city block of the marsh.
What price of admission to this ex-
travaganza? The answer is briar
scratches from head to foot. and wet feet
in the bargain, with clothing af1ording
little protection.
Sincerely, A. O."
Females and changing males Of the
blue grossbeak are not very blue, and you
will have to look closely to see it.
Lateral yellow breast patches of myrtle
warblers are less distinct than in sum-
mer usually tinged with brownish and
flecked with dusky, but they do not alto
gether disappear. The yellow crown
Of feathers in autumn and winter.
We are glad that white-throated SPAR
rows hereabouts sing all day long, from
early morning until late afternoon.
They do not wait until the warmest
part of the day. Maybe it is so cold in
swamps that these fine birds cannot
get warm enough to sing until midday.
Song sparrows and white -throated
sparrows are two of the best.
The former live with us the year
around. but the hite-throats just win
ter with us. That is, they leave toward
the last of May and go North, not re-
turning until fall
The song sparrow is the smaller of the
two. and its chest and head (as well as
its back are striped.
The white-throated sparrow is larger,
without so much stripping It's throat is,
as its name implies, white, or grayish
white.
Migrating birds arrive from the South
about the middle of April, and until the
second week in May, are very abundant.
Ou may ucdi tIICul IllClcdllCI, UuI tllcic
will not be many.
The white-throated sparrows have a
broad stripe of bright yellow over the
eyes, deeper yellow towards the bill, espe-
cially in the springtime Their breasts
are just plain gray below the white
throat, whereas the song sparrow's
breast is white.
In the cold the white-throated spar
rows swell up their feathers until they
almost look furry. They then are very
round and "cuddly" looking. These are
the sparrows which do SO much scratch
ing in leaves. They scratch almost as
vigorously as do the fox sparrows and
towhees. two of the greatest scratchers in
the business. The fox sparrow, we believe,
is the 'scratchingest" of all the song
birds. These fine sparrows may be looked
for almost any time in late January or
early February. They are very large, for
sparrows, with cinnamon brown backs.
Some people mistake them for wood
thrushes
Evening star., 1942-01-08

Neither is opportunity circumscribed
to any specific epoch in the history
Of the world. There always will be
noble work to do and, providentially,
brave men-and women-to do it.
And 1t Is we'll not to forget the
day-to-day heroism of plain and
unpublicized persons. Relatively few
are those to whom fame will come
in recognition of stalwart deeds. The
poet Horace knew whereof he spoke
when he referred to Agamemnon as
being remembered because he had a
bard to sing his praises. During the
next few months, the next few years,
the United States will require an
entire population dedicated to the
all-inclusive task of defending free
dom. Even little children will be
expected to display their fortitude
in the vast ordeal which, as Mr..
Roosevelt says, demands "our COM
bined efforts, our combined strength,
our combined determination.
The war can be and will be won,
and it is a glorious privilege to know
that every American can and will
contribute toward victory to be
achieved by heroic endeavor.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Plenty of Heroes

President Roosevelt was abun-
dainty justified when in his message
to Congress on the state of the
Union, he called attention to the
fact that living generations of citi-
zens OF the United States are not
lacking in the stamina which distin-
guished their fathers. It is true, as
he declared, that "our men on the
fighting fronts have already proved
that Americans today are just as
rugged and just as tough as any of
the heroes whose exploits we cele-
brate on the Fourth of July" Indeed,
it has been shown again and again
since December 7 that courage and
hardihood are as conspicuous ma
tional traits in the prevailing crisis
as ever they were in the great emer-
gencies Of the past.
Those critics who supposed that
the American people had gone soft"
were mistaken. So, too, the pesSi-
mists who complained that the last
frontiers had been crossed were in
error The time for spiritual and
intellectual strength is as ripe in this
vital present hour as it was in any
similar period in the history of the
Republic. No fundamental difference
appears between what was demon
strated at the Alamo in 1886 and what
was manifested at Wake Island in
194l. The power that prompts an
ordinarily peaceable human being to
fight like an inspired demon for an
ideal is not limited to any single
epoch in the experience of the race.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Huskin's Answers
/ To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskfn.

A reader can get the ansuer to any
question OF fact by tcrtttno The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Can a draftee who is deferred for
six months go to another State and visit
a relative during the time that he can
spare from urgent farm work?-A. E. B.
A. A registrant is at liberty to leave
the jurisdiction Of his local draft board.
He should keep in touch with the board
and provide it with his forwarding ad-
dress.
@. Can you tell me if sunken battle
ship ever was refoated and later put
into service?-M. j. M.
A. The task Of raising crippled war
ship weighted down with tons Of water in
her compartments has been accomplished
any number of times. One such reclaim
ing operation was the feat of retrieving
many units of the German feet which
were scuttled in Scapa Flow In 1919.
@. What is the maximum weight for
parachute troops?-W. F.
A. A paratrooper must not weigh more
than 185 pounds. As a rule he carries
total weight in uniform and equipment
of 40 to so pounds down to earth with
him and very heavy man might drop
too quickly.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

dent properly said: IT cannot pre-
dict ultimate costs because I can
not predict the changing fortunes Of
war. can only say that we are de-
termined to pay whatever price we
must to preserve our way Of life"
Those words reflect the temper of
the American people. who are pre-
pared to foot the bill for this war,
and who ask only that their Gov
ernment make every effort to avoid
the inclusion of unnecessary charges.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

Dear Sir:
Yesterday in dense marshland some
80 miles to the south Of Washington, I
ran across q bird that must not have
gone to school. He Just probably
couldn't read that he is south of the
United States at this season Of the year
He was blue grosbeak. was impressed
with the light color of the beak. and the
size Of the bill was such as to dwarf the
rest Of the head. Ny first glance in his
direction had suggested a cowbird-but
what a reward the second look gave!
In the same marshy stretch there are
towhees by the dozens. Towhees seem to
be anything but shy when they are COL
lected in such numbers. couldn't help
feeling that birds in general grow less
timid when they occur in large numbers.
A case in point is probably our winter
junco, said to be timid in the extreme at
nesting time. The towhees would work
bare bushes to get look good and long.
Let 1t be said that female towhees are
there in about equal numbers with the
males 1t was quite show to see dozen
towhees, males and females mixed, all at
once peering at us intruders from bush
so small that 1t was bending under their
weight. Truly the baroness seemed to
have taken bloom. When a dozen or so
towhees do take of, they give whir not
much less in volume than that made by
a covey Of quail. The comparison was
brought home to us when at times We
would flush the latter at spots about the
marsh.
Hermit thrushes are there also, and
they, too, work their way to the bush tops
for look at the intruders. About dozen
hermit thrushes in all were counted.
For the past two months hundreds
and hundreds OF myrtle warblers have
at all times been about this stretch They
seem to be the least timid of any of the
birds when they take over possession,
often coming within inches of the OBJ
server. I was particularly impressed with
the prominent yellow side-patches. The
books had given q contrary impression
that both the yellow crown and the
yellow de-patches fade away in winter,
but q third Of the number still retain
their prominent yellow sides. Daisies on
wings are these myrtle warblers when
they spread their tails-the white tail
feathers radiating from the yellow rumps
THE purple finches Of this marsh seem
to occur only in pairs-and at the very
tops of what trees there are. There might
well be, however, hocks Of these purple
finches hidden among the brush.
The cedar warnings are seen only on
occasion. AS a general thing. a group of
dozen will appear Of a sudden headed
in quick fight for a tree top-for q
pause-and then they're gone as quickly
as they came.
THE marsh's white-throats are given
to singing about midday, which 1 take
to be, all in all. the warmest part OF the
day
THE swamp sparrows there resemble
the more family marked white -throats,
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Scene in Silver

Strange are the fields on phich they
Craze
The deer, these siluer ,ointer days.
Their tauorite strips OF n1arshland
grass
Are changed to glittering, brittle
glass.
The limbs OF shrubbery In the dells
Are thickly hung ,oith tinkling bells.
Alabaster Hchens grotD
Beneath a tinSeled crust of snotr.
Pools, Dhere they ,Dere ,Dont to drink,
Are chromium, plated, brink to brink.
Siluer pdstures-prazing here
On n1oonHt nights are siluer deeri
SUDIE STUART HAGER.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

then weeks afterwards'-after the new
quarters are selected-the housing situa-
ton is looked into? I am referring to
the new temporary home of the Patent
Once in Richmond
Your Sunday article mentioning 7S1
living units in acknowledges sub
mitted by Richmonds Chamber of Com
merce-includes IA new homes for sale.
Isn't it rather a tall order" expecting
any one assigned to Richmond tempo
rarily to even consider buying a home? ?
Perhaps some Of the executives may
surely not the average patent examiner.
That leaves 637 houses, apartments
and flats. OF these, no reports thus far
have been turned in as to their desir-
ability. rent. number of rooms, method
of heating, etc. A later report will be
turned in. How much later? Later
may be too late.
Meanwhile, the new quarters in Rich
mond are undergoing repairs and
changes to house the Patent Office.
BY the time the Patent ONCE will be
on its way or even out-will it then be
realized there may not be adequate
housing?
II SO, then many persons may have to
leave their families here-room and
board in Richmond and come home
week ends. That would involve an addi-
tional expense of about SIS per week
figuring modestly. That money ordi-
narily might be used to purchase De-
fense stamps and bonds.
A READER.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the tDriter, although the use of
a pSeudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
q Die,U to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Letters to the Editor
Tells Of Survey Of Employees
OF Patent Office,


OF Patent ONCE.
To the Editor OF The Star:
I have made a partial survey of the
staff of the Patent once in order to de-
termine approximately the average
length of service Of the employees
One of the Patent once officials gave
me an estimate that the average length
of service Of the members of the examin-
ing corps is about IS years, and this
figure appears to be approximately cor
rect as indicated by my survey. With
respect to the clerical sections the aver
age time Of service appears to be even
longer. For example, in one Of these
sections, out of a personnel of eight. six
have been in the Patent once for over
Is years, one having a record Of Al years
and another SO years. In a second
clerical section, out Of personnel OF
go, IS have been in the Patent once
over Is years In third clerical section,
out of personnel of II, nine have been
in the Patent once over Is years and
Of this number, three have q record Of
over IS years and one over 43 years. In
a fourth clerical section, out Of per-
sonnel of l6 eight have been in the
Patent once over % years. In a fifth
clerical section out of a personnel of 68,
one-half have been in the Patent Once
over % years estimated. One employe
In this division has a record Of 48 years
with the Patent Once.
i~ haEayod fou, oyay, ~ tho old-
line Government bureaus, have employees
with comparable lengths of service.
Every one to whom I talked was
deeply concerned about the removal OF
the Patent ONCE to Richmond. Several
spoke of retiring or resigning sal account
the dif1culties Of finding ~.ccost.odations
in Richmond. No less mar r.lne Of the
woman employees to whom I spike we're
married, their husbands being employed
in Washington. If the Patent Once is
removed, these employees have the choice
of leaving their husbands to 60 to Rich
mond or of committing with waste Of
about six hours a day. Most of the men,
who are married and who own their
homes in Washington. are intending
either to commute or to occupy rooms in
Richmond. spending the week ends with
their families in Washington. I did not
find any having families who intend to
move their families to Richmond.
The above survey indicates clearly the
tremendous hardships which will be i'm
posed upon the personnel Of the Patent
Office In the contemplated removal to
Richmond. 1t appears to me that, If
Leon Henderson's Price Control Bureau
can build large temporary structure
on the Mall, 1t also would be possible to
build temporary structures to house all
Of the Government bureaus whose re-
moval from Washington has been Or
dered There is plenty of space for the
required buildings on the Mall, extend
ing from Eleventh street to the Capitol,
and the space between buildings could
be used for parking. This might not be
beautiful but war is not beautiful either.
A PATENT ATTORNEYS WIFE.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
Objects to Publication
OF Mr.. McLemore's Criticism.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Our country has asked for unity. there
fore Henry McLemore's column concern
ing Charles A. Lindbergh should not have
been accepted by your paper.
Mr.. Lindbergh wishes to give to his
country his aeronautical knowledge, not
to write provocative columns concerning
those who have sincerely offered their
service. MRS. BARBARA FOSSETT.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

@. Please tell me the origin Of the
word "strafe"?-C. FL.
A. 1t is German and means "to pun
ish." In military sense, to strafe is to
punish severely with gunf1re The word
was adopted by the British fighting forces
during the first World War.
O. How many radios are there in the
United States?-V. P.
A. The number of receiving sets is esti-
mated to be in excess Of $4,000 900.
@. When did America" cease to be
our national anthem?-F. til
A. America" has never been the ma
tional anthem of the United States, but
1t is one of the best loved of our patri-
otto songs.
@. How long does COW give milk
o. NJ B.
A. Cows have been known to give milk,
with the usual freshening. from the age
OF to Is. The average time for a COW
to be in a dairy hei d, however, is from
4 to 6 years.
@. Has an estimate ever been made OF
the amount of salt in the ocean?-R.
c. Q.
A. About 5000 900 cubic miles of salt
are dissolved in the oceans.
O. Who said that God fights on the
side Of the heaviest battalions?-N. NJ
A. Napoleon said: God is always on
the side of the big battalions," but the
saying is much older than his day.
O. How far is Manila from Singapore7
M NJ
A. 1t is about 1,5OO miles northeast Of
Singapore.
@. What was the first well-organized
political machine in the United States?-
H. M
A. The Albany Regency organized in
1920 under Martin Van Buren. 1t was
composed Of Democrats who, from 1920
to 1854 exercised great influence in New
York politics and, therefore, in national
politics.
O. How does a satellite differ from q
planet? Is it matter Of size?-R. T. L.
A. A satellite is distinguished from q
planet by its motion rather than by its
size. A planet goes directly around the
sun, a satellite goes around the planet.
@. Has Mayor La Guardia any chill.
dren?-H w. S.
A. He has adopted two children, boy
and girl.
@. For whom was the destroyer Shaw,
lost at Pearl Harbor, named?-J. F. OG.
A. The United States destroyer Shaw
was named in memory of Capt. John
Shaw, United States Navy, who was
born in Ireland in 1773 and died in
Philadelphia, Pa, September IT, 1923.
@. When did the Philippine Insurrec.
ton begin and end?-E. M.
A. The conflict started February 4.
1899. Aguinaldo was captured in March.
1901, breaking the back of the insurrec-
tion but the formal surrender of Gen.
Miguel Malvar did not occur until April
Is, 1902.
@. What are epiphytes?-H. L. NJ
A. They are plants which grow on the
surface of other plants for support but
which do not obtain nutriment from
their sap or tissues as do parasitic plants.
The so-called Spanish moss which hangs
in festoons from live oaks in the South
Is a good example of an epiphyte.
@. Was Sarah Bernhardt q JeweH?-
o. v. r.
A. She was Of mixed French and Dutch
parentage and Of Jewish descent.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

Sold for fraction of its appraised
value, the old New York World Build
ing, once Manhattan's first sky
scraper, is to be wrecked by the
speculative purchaser. It will be a
long time, however, before anybody
can read q parking lot.
Evening star., 1942-01-08

More than twelve million tons OF
naval and merchant vessels are un-
der contract in shipyards of the
United States. When the Axis can
do as well in the matter of marine
construction, Americans may begin
to worry about the ultimate result
of the present conflict.
Evening star., 1942-01-08
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