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Evening star., 1942-08-03
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Haskln.

reader can get the dnstDer to any
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ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin director, Washington,
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@. What are the age limits for enlist
ment in the Navy7-N K
A. The age limits for enlistment in
the United States Navy are still II to
so years and months. No person under
II years Of age is accepted even with
the consent of his parents.
@. Do the older birds guide the younger
ones on migration?--G Mel.
A. Older birds do not guide the
younger ones. for. in most cases, the
young migrate first. Apparently birds
are controlled by an instinct which is
very strong. and they possess a peculiar
sense of direction, as accurate A. .
compass.
G. Who originated the practice Of
using mud packs as a beauty treatment7
j. M
A. Mud packs evidently were used by
women in ancient times, for 1t Is said
that Cleopatra used clay from the River
Nile to beautify her complexion.
O. Which is the most inexpensive
sport?--F. N. D.
A. Sport for the Fun of It." by Tunis
says that deck tennis is the cheapest of
all playing games.
@. Which Is the shortest coastline Of
the United States, the Atlantic, Pacific or
the Gulf?-E. NJ
A. The Pacific coastline Is the shortest,
the Atlantic, the longest.
@. What Is the motto OF the Box
Singing Tower in Florida?-R. L. D.
A. 1t Is a quotation from John Bur-
roughs, Il come here to find myself; 1t
is so easy to get lost in the world"
@. Does 1t ever rain in Death Valley,
Calif.?-C. F..
A. The average annual precipitation
over period OF many years is only IA
inches.
Evening star., 1942-08-03

Q. Who made the fastest trip around
the world?-L. r. B.
A. In 1898 Howard Hughes with four
technical assistants hew around the
world from New York City via Paris.
Moscow, Omsk, Yakutsk. Fairbanks and
Minneapolis in days ID hours 3 minutes
and 10 seconds. The distance was 1854
miles. -
@. Who A the author Of the saying
Truth Is stranger than iction"?-N. v.
A. The phrase is from Lord Byron's
Don Juan: "'I1s strange. but true, for
truth is always strange, stranger than
fiction"
Q. Was Mary Baker Rddy, the religious
leader, ever married?-G. G.
A. She was married three times. Her
first husband. q. w. Glover, died year
after their marriage. Her second hus-
band was Daniel Patterson, whom she
divorced before marrying DR.. Asa Gil
bert Eddy In 1877.
Q. How did the month OF August get
its name?-A. S.
A. Originally known as Sextilis, sixth
month, it received its present name from
the Emperor Augustus. July had been
renamed for Julius Caesar and Augustus
chose the following month to b ~
named In his own honor becauss many
important events In his hfs had oc-
CURED during it.
@. Was Nathan Hale In disguise when
he was captured1-L. M.
A. He was disguised Is Dutch school
teacher.
Q. What is the origin Of the ham
mock?-S. McG.
A. 1t Is said to be derived from the
fact that the natives Of Brazil used the
bark OF the hamack tree to form nets
suspended from trees in which they
slept.
Q. How can precious stone be rec
ognized2-W. F.
A. The best way to tell . precious
stone is by the index of refraction. This
cannot be done without proper training
and instruments, nor can the ordinary
person tell precious stone without such
training.
Q. When and by whom was the dial
telephone invented?-C. MD.
A. The dial telephone was invented in
1889 by A. B. Stronger and was put into
general use In La Porte, Ind, In 1891.
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Sees Long Day and Sacrifices
To Win the War,

To the Editor Of The Star;
Our leaders and the American people
are going to learn by shortages Of civilian
diverted from production for civilian
needs into the armed forces and pro-
viding for the armed forces. thers is only
one answer. And that is not wage and
price control or suhsidization. but rather
sweat. at least IL hours daily. by every
able bodied man. high taxes. no whisky.
no movies. but only sleep for relaxation
until the war has been won. Please put
me GA record. w. p. HARQITT.
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Fireplaces and Chimneys - Plan

Fireplaces and Chimneys - Plan
your outings in your own back yard
but first Of all you'll want an outdoor
fireplace or barbecue pit over which
to prepare your food. Have all the
fun of picnic right at your back
door. ''Fireplaces and Chimneys,"
a 56-page profusely illustrated Gov
ernment publication, contains In
formation on how to build outdoor
f1replaces, Dutch ovens and barbecue
pits. Also includes detailed informa-
ton on indoor fireplaces and CHM
neys. To secure your copy OF this
publication inclose 10 cents, wrapped
In this clipping, and mail to The Star
Information Bureau.
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Address
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Denies Population Pressure
Was Cause Of War.
To the Editor of Tha Star.

Was Cause OF War.
To the Editor of The STAR
have twice read through the recent
long and interesting letter of Guy Irving
Burch, Director, Population Reference
Bureau, in the hope of discovering any
evidence or valid argument for his ap-
parent contention that the war is a
consequence of population in Ger
many, Italy and Japan.
To me, these nations all have alleged
this to be the case, but that very fact
should suffice to prove that it is not so.
None of them was ever ready to discuss
other nations and seek to find peace
full solution and abide by the general
decision.
Perhaps Mr.. Burch can explain why
1t is that England Holland and Belgium
are three of the most pacific countries
in the world, and yet each Is much more
overcrowded than Germany or Italy?
1t will be no answer, I submit, to say
that these countries have colonies. Italy
has colonies. Germany used to have
vast colonies; but she never sent to them
more than an infinitesimal proportion of
her population; indeed far more used
to emigrate to the United States of
America; and the amount OF business
Germany did with her colonies was
negligible. Nor do the colonies of Eng
land, Holland and Belgium relieve those
countries of their overcrowding. Eng
land receives no taxes or tribute of any
kind from her colonies, nor can she be
said to own them; indeed in many cases
she supplies them with funds.
II Germany complains that it is de-
rogatory to her prestige not to possess
colonies, the answer may be made that
there are other countries more cultured
and dignifled than she is which have
no colonies. And what has she ever
done to deserve colonies? In the 10th
and 18th centuries the adventurous
races, French, British, Dutch, Spanish
and Portuguese, taking their lives and
fortunes in their hands, went out into
the unknown and explored and founded
empires overseas. What they gained
they deserved; and II they have since
held 1t. or If countries discovered by
them are still associated with them,
though no longer owned by them as, for
instance. Australia, New Zealand and
Canada With England, It u because they
Evening star., 1942-08-03

were successful and humane colonizers
During this time the Germans, as usual.
were employed in making wars among
themselves or on their neighbors and
did not have the initiative or spirit of
adventure and sacrifice to embark on
overseas explorations. Since then, with
their fantistic Idea of themselves as
heavenfolk and their unspeakable treat
ment Of their own minorities, they have
clearly demonstrated their unfitness to
rule even themselves, much less others.
Nor, I submit, is this war due to
economic causes as Mr.. Burch seems
also to suggest. Germany has been free
to buy raw materials of all kinds, and
at all times on Just the same terms as
other nations.
This war like her several other wars Of
the past hundred years, on Denmark,
on Austria on France In 1870, and tho
war Of 1914-18 have been wars Of Ger
man aggression and plunder forced upon
a world wSich wanted nothing but to
carry on its everyday peaceful avocations
In its own way. PETER SIMPLE.
Evening star., 1942-08-03

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Argues for Freedom
OF India Now,

Argues IOF freedom
OF India Now.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial of July 28. Plain Words
for India" is that of one who has not
yet awakened. The speakers OF England
are pretty much like their generals. All
have met with decisive defeat on the
field of battle.
The day for the old arrogant and i'm
perialistic attitude of England towards
India is past. For too long England
has used repressive measures, impris-
oned and insulted the men of India whom
she permitted to be educated in her col
leges, and who are now Indias leaders,
and with whom England has to deal.
1t doesn't take much to arouse one
race against another. And the Indian
people have the right to say how they
shall be governed and by whom.
I would like to see India cooperate
with our group, but to sanction repres-
sive measures against the leaders Of
India or its people is to court suicide.
Let England give the Indian people
their freedom now and win their CO.
operation. The world has scant respect
for a bankrupt man or a bankrupt en-
pire. 1t would be pity to become In
volved in bloody brawls and lose India
just as they have lost everything else.
MRS. M. E. HOLLEY.
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 10riter, although the use OF
a pseudonynu for publication is
permissible. The Star reserDes
the right to edit all letters 1oith
a UieU to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Gibes at Contractor
Advocating Increased Tax.


If Roy Little. president Of the Atlantic
Rayon Corp. Of Providence, r. l., who
was given front-page publicity in The
Star for July 20 because he advocates a
greater increase in individual income tax
and wants to pay approximately twice
the $1,000 he figures on being required
to pay for the year Of 1912, is such 4
magnanimous and patriotic soul-why
doesn't he knock of that extra $1,000
(for which he has no use) from the
$4,000, 900 war contract he holds for the
manufacture OF parachutes, instead of
trying to inf1ict greater hardship on the
poor little fellow who struggles along
on meager $1,000 to 5000 per year,
out of which he will pay some $4O0 to
$500 in income tax for 1912?
Or, isn't Mr.. Little smart enough to
think of that himself? And hasn't he
heard OF Army and Navy Relief War
bonds and the countless other places
where his surplus money could do
some good? E. SCHWAB.
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Member of the Associated Pres

Entered as second class matter post ofice
Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
By the Associated Press.

BATAVIA, Netherlands Indies,
Feb. 20.-C. Yates Mcdaniel, Asso-
ciated Press correspondent who was
the last American newspaperman to
leave Singapore, arrived in Batavia
this morning after a hazardous
week-long trip in which his ship was
bombed and sunk shortly after it
sailed from the British base.
He reached Batavia on a British
warship after having travelled by
lifeboat and native junk, trekked the
interior of Northern Sumatra, and
finally established contact with
Dutch troops which in turn led the
party to British forces stationed in
North Sumatra. The rest OF the
journey was made aboard the war
ship.
The party was under the direction
of Capt. Henry Steel of the Singa-
pore public relations Office and in
cluded several other newspapermen.
Mr. Daniels last message was
received at 4:45 am. &c. w. IT,,
February II, and said he was on
a ship in Singapore Harbor, under
heavy attack by Japanese planes)
Mr.. McDaniel's party left Singa-
pore February IS and their ship was
bombed heavily just as it left.
The party managed to find their
Evening star., 1942-02-20

to be solved by either more or less
than the $50, 900 ,000."
Mr.. Reynolds presented public
works estimates to the committee
totaling $13,578, 900, or about $4,OO0,-
600 under those of Commissioner
Mason and Mr.. Brunot. A break
down Of his figures follows:
Utilities such as water and sewer
extensions, $11, ,169 900.
Five new schools or their ecui-
valent in school accommodations,
81 300, 900.
Two hundred additional hospital
beds, 5000 900.
Commissioner Mason estimated
that a minimum of 867 beds were
absolutely needed to relieve the
shortage in Washington's private
and charitable hospitals.
Chairman Thomas remarked the
200 bed estimate seemed low.
Realtor Opposes Bill.
You've got to consider Washing
ton not as definitely metropolitan, I"
he added. 1T is no longer q city of
homes"
NO" replied Mr. Reynolds. "It is
a city of congestion"
Mr.. Reynolds outlined in some
detail plans for using the Lanham
bill funds for providing housing
facilities for Government workers
Information he had previously given
House committee.
Cant the Government depart
ments agree on a program" re-
marked Senator Taft. "Or do we
have to sit down and do it?
Mr.. Reynolds explained that the
$4,000 900 figure was sent to Con-
gress by the Budget Bureau.
Herbert U. Nelson, vice president
of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, opposed the bill be-
cause he said it Disseminated against
Government workers in other de-
Tense areas, and complained that
there is no coordination between
the Federal agencies engaged In de-
fense housing activities.
He warned that unless such CO.
ordination is perfected 1.-The whole
program of defense housing will bog
down."
Evening star., 1942-02-20

BY the ASSoclated freBs.
LONDON, Feb. 20.-The Air Min
istry announced last night that Air
Marshal A. T. Harris, now head Of
the r. A. r. delegation in Wash
ington, had been appointed COM
mander in chief of the bomber COM
mand as successor to Air Marshal
Sir Richard E. C. Peirse, who has
been given "a special appointment" !"
Air Vice Marshal D. C. S. Evil
has been appointed to succeed
Marshal Harris in Washington, the
ministry said.
The 50-year-old Harris has been
an air officer commanding a bomber
group since the outbreak of the war.
He Joined the Royal Flying Corps
in 1915 and was granted a perma-
nent Royal Air Force commission
in 1919. He has served in Iraq,
Palestine and Trans-Jordan, as well
as in Britain.
In 1888 Marshal Harris visited
Canada and the United States as
a member of an Air Ministry mis-
sion.
Vice Marshal Evil, 40, was born
In Australia. He was appointed
senior air staff officer of the fighter
command in August, 1910, following
return from France, where he had
held a similar post with British air
forces.
Vice Marshal Evil was granted
acting rank Of air marshal as of
the date of his new appointment.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
u. S. Writer Is Safe in Butoviu
After Flight From Singapore

way In one Of the ships boats to a
small tropical island. There they
got a junk and sailed toward Su-
matra.
They found the mouth of a river
and went up it as far as they could
Then they trekked overland until
they established contact with Dutch
troops, who led them to some British
forces in North Sumatra.r
Finally the whole party was taken
on the warship. On arrival here
the party was intact.
The group included Flight 1t.
Downer of the Air Ministry news
service and Doris Linn, Chinese
girl from Shanghai, who was an as
sistant to a Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer
Movietone newsreel crew.
Others in the party paid high
tribute to Miss Linn. who never ut
tered a whimper. always was busy
and. bandaged the wounded and
made tea.
British troops and civilian evacu-
ees from Singapore are trickling
through to the Indies in such num-
bers that special office has been
established In Batavia to assist
them. They are arriving in yachts,
native sampans and other small
craft.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY FEBRUARY
More Bodies Sought
In Wreckage Of Two
Trains in Florida
Engineer and Fireman
Killed; AZ Passengers
Are Injured
ny the Associate Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb
20.-Train crews, working through
the night, searched for bodies today
in the charred and twisted wreck
age Of two tourist trains that crashed
and partly burned yesterday, killing
at least two trainmen and injuring
q passengers.
A head-on collision between the
Miami New York Sun Queen and
the New York-to-Miami Orange
Blossom Special - both fast Sea-
board Air Line trains-reduced the
engines and at least five cars to
fragments of battered steel.
j. w. Browning Of Plant City, Fla,
engineer on the Sun Queen, was cas-
ing his train to a slow speed to enter
a siding. He stayed in the cab, fran
tically attempting to avert the crash,
and died at his post. His fireman,
Everett j. Sullivan of Waldo, Fla,
who jumped with his clothing cov-
cred with burning oil, survived.
L. M. Hayes Of Tampa, engineer Of
the Orange Blossom, was taken from
the wreckage seriously injured, but
his fireman, T. A. Goode of Tampa,
died in the crash. Ofiicials offered
no explanation of the wrecks cause.
Mrs. Belle Levison Of Baltimore
was among the passengers taken to
a ohspital here. Her injuries were
reported slight.
Mario Berini of New York, oper-
attic and concert singer, said that
I'VE were thrown about and the
train seemed to grind along. The air
was filled with the screams of
women. I was trapped for a mo-
ment under furniture torn loose by
the impact, but worked myself free
and got the arm of a chair and
smashed window to get out.
THE club car was on fire and
screams still were coming from it.
I returned inside and dragged out
two women, then couldn't 90 back"
Evening star., 1942-02-20
D. {. Declared Facing
Most Serious Housinq
Problem in Nation
2l3.000 More People
Expected Here by '43
Than There Were in al

Howard Acton, special adviser to
Defense Housing Co-ordinator
Charles r. Palmer, told a luncheon
meeting Of the Junior Board Of
Commerce yesterday that Washing
tn faces housing problem which
is one of the most serious-if not
the most serious-in the country.
According to the estimates of the
Defense Housing Agency, Mr.. Acton
said, there will be 213,000 more peo-
pie in Greater Washington on Janu-
airy /, 1943, than there were on
January /, 1941. In spite of the
extensive housing program being
undertaken by private industry
and by the Government, a housing
shortage is anticipated for next
January Of about 1000 family dwell
mgs and rooms for approximately
$4,000 workers, Mr.. Acton added.
Three General Projects.
He explained that the public
housing program for the District
today falls into three general prof.
ects:
1. Seventy-five thousand apart
ment units to be constructed under
the direction of the Defense Homes
Corp.
2. Ten thousand houses to be
constructed with $50, 900 900 in funds
made available under the Lanham
housing bill.
3. Forty-five hundred demount-
able houses to be constructed un-
der the direction Of the Alley Dwell
ing Authority with $18,9O0,0O0 in
funds allotted the District from
$500, ,000, 900 provided for housing in
the temporary shelter bill.
Devoting considerable portion
Of his talk to the role of private in
dustry in the defense housing pro-
gram, Mr.. Acton said the attitude
OF the Government Is that every
home which can be built by private
industry means one less home which
the Government will have to pro-
vide.
Priorities Best System.
The private building industry
should not think of priorities, Mr..
Acton said, as a club which is swung
over its head. Actually, he declared,
the priority system today provides
the only means whereby the pri-
vate building trade can function at
all.
Mr.. Acton added that In his opin-
ion 1t is unlikely that Washington
will become in any sense a ghost
town" when the war is over In spite
Of the tremendous housing expan-
sion which Is now taking place.
The experience of the last war in
dicates, he said, that workers now
on the Government payroll here
will be effectively absorbed into the
civilian payroll after the war.
The meeting was held at the An
napolis Hotel.
Evening star., 1942-02-20

stead of building new ones else
where.
Both Mr.. Whiteford and Rufus S.
Lusk Of the Washington Taxpayers
Association told the committee that
in this war emergency the Govern
ment should utilize the acres of park
area it already owns, centrally To-
Gated, because the housing will and
should be temporary.
This Is no time to consider long
range housing programs, tied in
with rehabilitation programs, Mr..
Whiteford declared.
When your house is on fire that's
not the way to approach the prob
lem" he added.
Mr.. Whiteford told the committee
resort hotels will be Of little use
during the war, and inquired, why
not take some Of these Government
bureaus you are moving out of
Washington and put them in hotels
In Atlantic City, at Pinehurst, N. C.,
on in the Florida resort hotels?"
Favors Thr-e or Four Capitals.
Chairman Thomas broke in to
observe:
You may be sure I am one Sen
ator who is in favor of having three
or four capitals right now, because
the people who come here are not
made very welcome by the Real Es-
tate Association. If you can show
me another city in the United States
where apartment rents are as high,
I would like to know it."
Senator Thomas said he thought
it was time the Real Estate Board
did something about rents and au-
tomobile parking difficulties Of Gov
ernment workers who come here.
Mr.. Whiteford said he would be
glad to debate those issues at some
other time, since they are not in the
pending bill, but pointed out real
estate board members do not fix
rents. He said its members act only
as agents. and that Congress has set
up a rent-control law.
He questioned the wisdom of try
ing to build houses for 5000 or
$4,000 each that would be usable
after the war, urging instead that
the Government put temporary
housing on the open land 1t already
owns.
Senator Ball, Republican, of Min
nesota, thought it would be better to
build houses that would continue to
be useful after the war and asked
Mr.. Whiteford how the average Gov
ernment employe could afford houses
that cost above 5000. Mr.. White
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Wooden Age Return,
As Critical Metals
Move 10 Battle Line
Corver's Art Revives
In Objects Practical
And Decorative
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-The wood age
is with us again, ushering in new
businesses and reviving old arts.
A survey of consumer goods items
displayed in Chicago's Merchandise
Mart showed today manufacturers
and distributors of new wood prod
ucts increased their sales by more
than 100 per cent in the last year.
Chiefly responsible for the broad
ened use of wood is the war short
ages of metals, plastics and rubber.
The making of new wood items,
many of them by-products of the
search for critical materials sub
stitutes, was cited as a contribut-
ing factor.
Percy Wilson, managing director
of the mart, said providing substi-
tutes for priority materials brought
about the formation of a separate
research division by one wood
working firm which, he said, was
responsible for scores of items.
These range from wooden fer
rules for pencils, formerly made of
brass, wood screws and pegs, re-
placing steel, to wooden bicycle
pedals, substituting for rubber. But
that isn't all. Other wooden articles
include bottle shoppers, small wash
ers, wheels, drawer pulls, handles
and necklaces. Many Of these for
merly were made of metal or plas-
tics.
On the artistic side are scores
of new woodenware products, de-
scribed by Mr.. Wilson as In the
gift classification. Both utilitarian
and decorative, many of these point
to revival of the wood-carver's
art. Wood fast. is replacing metal
in toys, particularly in the so-called
educational variety.
Lamp manufacturers are finding
wood and wood in combination
with other non-critical materials,
adaptable for posts or bases. One
designer, inspired by the conserva-
ton spirit, created a combination
lamp-teawagon-ch chair, all wood ex-
ceut for the lighting unit.