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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04

expansion Of the universe is taking place
with his observations it is not difficult
TO calculate now long ago all the stars must
have been squeezed and packed together SO
closely that they were ndistinguishahlc from
one another
Strangely enough this important epoch
was also about three iuion years ago.
All these Conclusions lad 10 this point:
The earth is just about as old as the sun,
and the sun IS Just about IS old as the uni-
verse
This means that t1c Garth must have been
east out from the sun IN the early days of
.~cat.on 3d. the universe as we know II now
-lu-, about as soon as the sun itself was
asst o. with the othcr stars from the cN-
pioo ms oumorGial go Of stellar matter
Mn1t happened was that with the original
eXros.on and the hurting away Of millions
OF. star masses that became SUNS. there was
a terrific period when The suns rushed and
bumped into one another n most chaotic
tas.uon All OF them, remember We're packed
into a very small part or space, and the
chances of collision were enormous, almost
certain 60 happen IN many instances
In that s. cndid. ncw book ON astronomy
entitled The Milky Way hy Professors Bart
j. Box and Priscilla Box of Harvard OBJ
scrvatory CBlakiston) it rs explained, as IS
well known that the stars are now SO far
apart mat ttlIlil tlfllIrIillS I'tFitu Sttin
the size OF the sun can occur only once in
200. 600 600 O03 100000 years.
This fact mas pcen the ono which has
always made astronomers extremely skcptica!
tnat any oartns besides our own We're very
plentiful in tho universe.
Blu; the now knowledge that all the stars
once-4vere packed together raises enormously
the chance Of direct collisions. It is very
rroba.le that many stars coilidod with one
another in those carry .ormative days, and
that out OF each collision came satellite planets
such as cluster about our own sun.
Many scientists beside myself are Will
ing 20 admit tnat the earth is probably only
one among many such places in the UNI
verse. whore life exists in a form
which we Dan recognize on our own planet
Your Imagination is as good as mnc in
figuring ont what kind of beings these other
worries might have ON this page are -e',
s9mplcs @: what imaginative artists coHslaer
such life 10 be- like.
From the purely scientific view the world
Of todpy was formed from shaptlcss, gaseous
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04

the ashes Of the solar fire Hydrogen, was
shown. served as the fuel for this proce~ dnd
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bon was the catalyst that made ll- "nolc
thing possible Vast sofia cncr5y was lib
Grated iu tho atomic cycle.
Further considerations of solar energy now
lead me TO suspect that the sun itself is hard
~ more than three billion years old. Roughly
the sun seems 10 have been born at about
Oh. same time as The earth itself
All the evidence about tho age Of the
earth and the age Of the sun add up TO one
thing
The world as we know il now has existed
rot ruch longer than two three billion
years and that PRIOR 10 that time. the state
of the universe was entirely different
But oven IL the sun and the Garth are
cosmIc twins in tine point Of time. could
got the r,el Of the universe be- iot older
than c,h.r2
This seems plausible. but the strange and
astounding. answer IS ". K9.
All the evidence Of astrohomy points to a
blowing al lft Of The universe from some cen
tral point just abort two or three billion
years ago pr EaHu Hubble of Mount VII
SON Observatory has discovered that distant
star galaNics are rushing rapidly outward from
aao auothot IIe h, measured how fast this
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04


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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04

Of University Museum
OF the University OF
Pennsylvania. T h a {
important article pre-
scented the old c s .
known attempt OF man
10 reason out from
whence he came.
This week The Am
erican Weekly is hap
~ 20 present the new
est and latest attempt
Of the mind Of man 10
answer this same. vital
and ever present qucs-
ron of creation Pro-
I ssor George Gamow
needs no introduction
20 the readers of The
American Weekly .
nor 20 The world OF
science It.e lf-Robert
y Porter. Science Ed
tor. The American
Weekly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04

lust this way from
the sun, but might
not the sun itself be
much older ?
To borrow a slang
expression, 1T could
be" But the chances
are all against IT,.
Last June, in The
American Weekly, l
explained how the
sun generated it's
vast and seemingly
eternal energy by
{ + a n S I o TtnlllS as
abundant hyClio,,1
gas into hcliUm gas
by "a process g.
atomic synthcs,-
I showed now .
cycle of atc. 9
building up q he
lium was posslrl,
through the
the element carbon
which arose, like
some Phoenix, from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04

Based on New Colcu-
Lotions by Professor
Gomow. Famous Physi-
cis+, Astronomers Now
Have Reason TO Be-
Iieve Tho+ When the
Universe Was Made.
Planets Almost Idenfi-
cal With Ours Devel-
oped. and MaY Be
Supporting Living
Creofures-Bu+ Per-
hops We Might Not
Think Them Human
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04
BN DIR. GEORGE
GANOW,

Professor of/Thcorcti.
cal PhN SiCs. George
Washington I University
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04

Asst week The American Weekly told
Il the fascinating 1000 year old story
OF the worlds creation as dccphered
from ancient Sumerian clay tablets by
DR. Samuel n Kramer research associate
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Brothers Once More

Will there be fotoers for all the ne,o-
made graues
In alien fields ,Dhere noD our SOL
diers sleep,
Or tender requiem OF ,oind and iodues
For those ,oho lie In secret oceans
keep?
All earth Is filled Nth beauty. There
DH be
For them strange blossoms that ire
knop not Of:
Starlight DiH find their grapes by
land or sea
And bring the aching message OF
our lODe.
There, close at hand, tohl be the rest
ing place
OF those they tought-the futile
strife at end
Brothers once more, sons OF the hu-
man race
With nothing to distinguish tos
from friend.
By Dorld's madness dripen from
home to die,
Wrapped IN hou deep q peace these
brothers lie.
NEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Tomorrow's Parade

Patriotic residents of Washington
undoubtedly will make the most of
their opportunity to witness the Me-
mortal Day allmilitary parade to be
staged on Constitution avenue tomor-
row afternoon, beginning at four
o'clock. Not for long time has
there been such a display of the Ma
tons fighting forces and equipment
in the Capital. A large audience
therefore is assured for the spectacle.
Units from all arms of Americas
military organization are to march
infantry, field artillery, cavalry, coast
artillery, air force and armored
force included. Exhibits of bridge
and road building facilities, ord
nance, etc, will be shown. The Navy
is to be represented by company OF
bluejackets and a battalion of Coast
Guardsmen; and the Marine Corps
will have it's Quantico battalion of
marines in line.
Brigadier General John T. Lewis,
commanding general of the Military
District of Washington, has been
named grand marshal of the parade,
and he will have as his guests all
such survivors of the Union Army of
the Civil War as may be available
and able to participate, as well as
several groups Of Spanish War and
Evening star., 1942-05-29
THIS AND. THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TracetpeH.

with much truth, that they could smell
bears long before they saw them.
To the person who could not, this
claim, no doubt. seemed ridiculous, but
the facts spoke for themselves.
Today we do not wrinkle up our noses
for bears. but have to stand q variety Of
odors which the pioneers never even
heard Of, much less smelled.
Gasoline fumes have become 30 COM
mon that most persons never give them
. thought, even when they invade the
privacy Of living room by way Of the
front door.
Sensitive persons resent all types Of
smells except the ones they happen
TO like.
It is much the same with sounds.
One music enthusiast will like SYM
phonies, another will prefer "jazz" or
"hot" music.
The first wrinkles his forehead in
astonishment at the taste Of the second.
The latter has good ears, too, and his
musical enthusiasm may make place for
symphonies, too.
Sounds are to some degree what we
make them. When it comes to ordered
sounds, or music, to give it just one
name, we will find that experience and
an open mind play large parts.
There is no other subject in the world
In which many men show their narrow
ness so definitely. They do not realize
that good music may be simple, as well
as complex, that the genuineness thereof
depends upon the musical integrity of
the composer.
Thus he who originates simple folk
song may be, musically, on par with
the symphony composer, provided that
he knows what he is doing with equal
intensity.
Quietness Is a boon which most city
people prize, despite the plain fact that
often enough they show disregard for 1t.
One of the reasons why they so in
sist on their annual vacations, perhaps,
is the desire, often unrecognized to get
away from the noise.
Even two weeks on the farm, in the
mountains or at the seashore, give
them a chance to reacquaint themselves
with less crowded areas, where naturally
there is not so much noise.
1t is noticeable that natural noises
often are not as insistent and there
fore annoying to sensitive persons.
The blue Jay, for instance, although
he screams to high heaven, does not
annoy many people.
The coo-oo notes OF the dove sound
no louder close at hand than a block
away.
This is the good quality of strictly
natural sounds.
A dove at the window sounds soft and
low, just as it sounds in yonder grove.
This is the essential quality of real
music Thus we would find that COM
plete real symphony orchestra in an
ordinary living room would not sound
too loud, not in the same strident way
Of radio with poor speaker.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Tells Of Personal Experience
With First Poison Gas.

To the Editor Of The Star:
A letter by NJ Stewart appeared In
The Star recently in which he stated
that the British were the first to suffer
from the use of poison gas in warfare.
Being a survivor of that first" gas
attack, I thought you might be inter-
ested in the following:
On April 81, 1915, we were holding a
trench near Ypres. The Sd Brigade,
C. E. F., were stationed on our left and
French Colonial troops (Moroccan. oc-
cupied the sector on their left. At 5
pm. chlorine was used against the Mo-
roccans. The gas was plainly visible to
us as their trenches were only one-half
mile from ours. The Germans occupied
their trenches and that night our left
was In the air. The next morning at
dawn chlorine gas was released against
us right in front of the trench in which
I was stationed. The Germans attacked
Immediately afterwards and were re-
pulsed.
Tear gas was used before chlorine. On
April 10, 20 and 21 occasional shells
containing tear gas exploded in our
midst.
EDWARD A. CLOSSAY.
Regiment No. SO, 9th Battalion (90th
Winnipeg Rifles. I'd Brigade. 1st
Division, Canadian Expeditionary
Force.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Federation War Work

NO other paradox In human eX-
perience is more difficult to compre-
hend than that of good arising out of
evil. Yet the truth of such relation
of cause and effect is evident. For
example, it has been shown beyond
any reasonable question that religion
Is prospering in wartime as never 1t
did in the days of approximate peace.
The impact of the present struggle
with the Axis aggreSsors has pro-
duced new enthusiasm for worship,
a new concern for the maintenance
of high ethical standards, new ap-
probation of spiritual idealism.
In the Nations Capital Specifl-
cally the Washington Federation of
Churches demonstrates the efficiency
of this revival of interest in religious
activity among the people. Repre-
senting ITO local congregations, it
constitutes a united front" for Prot
estantism in the prevailing crisis.
Through its central Office and its
several departments, men and wom-
en- who in the past have thought Of
themselves as being primarily Bap-
lists, Congregationalists, Presbyte-
rians, Methodists, Lutherans, Dis
ciples or Episcopalians are learning
that, for the moment at least, they
are not divided by any compelling
doctrinal difference. A cooperative
service, mutual cause, brings them
together for a common purpose.
Help for soldiers and sailors in the
armed forces of the United States
and for defense workers in the Gov
ernment and in private employment
is an obvious objective upon which
emphasis necessarily is put. But the
Federation also is busy aiding chill
dren in families affected by the war
and by other problems. It's social
welfare branch is affiliated with the
Community Chest, its Women's Coun-
ell assists at Gallinger Hospital and
the Juvenile Court, its chaplain at
Lorton carries the Word to the pris-
oners there, its latest effort is sur
vey of suburban areas in behalf Of
neighborhoods lacking adequate
church facilities. To meet the chal-
lenge of the era the whole city-wide
association has been brought up to
date and in line with the most sue
cessful enterprises of the same gen.
eral sort in other places.
Such endeavor, of course, benefits
the entire population of the District
of Columbia. 1t therefore merits
general support.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Relates How Colors Service
Started at st. Thomas Church.

To tine Editor Of The Star:
read with great deal of pleasure
the editorial under the heading "Colors
Service" in the Sunday. May "a, Star,
and I wish to express the appreciation
of the Military Order of the World War,
of which I have the privilege of being
the head, and also my personal gratifl-
cation at your recognition of this service.
AS the founder of this service in WASH
ington I have been very happy to see
its appeal and telling effect
During the extreme pacifistic era, I
did not feel that those who expressed
contempt for American heroes spoke
for American Christianity. With this
thought in mind, and as (at that time)
a member of the vestry of st. Thomas
Church, arranged with the then rector,
the Rev. DR.. c. Ernest Smith, for
massing Of the colors service on Sunday,
February II, 1928.
We were extremely fortunate in having
the loyal support of the various veteran
groups, including the American Legion.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Daughters of
the American Revolution, Sons of the
American Revolution, Grand Army of
the Republic, Disabled American Veter-
ans of the World War, United Spanish
War Veterans, American Veterans Club,
Army and Navy Union and Military Or
der of Foreign Wars and Daughters of
1872, and were equally fortunate in
having as our speaker on that occasion
the Rev. Arlington A. McCallum, rector
of st. Paul's Church, a World War
front-line chaplain " who subsequently
was for many years the chaplain general
Of the Military Order of the World War.
This service received such hearty re-
sponse and approval that those of us
interested in this work set about to fnd
an appropriate and sufficiently large
place for another service.
We secured the cooperation and
support of the Right Rev. James E.
Freeman, bishop of Washington, and
with the single exception of the BIZ
centennial year when the service was
held at the Washington Monument
Grounds by special request in order to
accommodate congregation of Is 900,
the services have been held on the
Sunday next preceding Memorial Day
in the open-air amphitheater of the
Washington Cathedral.
With the very broad vision and mind
OF Bishop Freeman, these services have
been kept as non-sectarian as possible
and we have had In these services the
cooperation Of all faiths.
ENNALLS WAGGAMAN,
Commander In chief. Military Order
Of the World War.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Is Washington Ready?

In view OF secretary OF war Stlm-
sons assertion that japanese air
raid on the United States mainland
is 'inevitable" and that it is mot
wholly inconceivable" that Washing
ton will be bombed in reprisal for the
Toxic raid, the question naturally
arises as to whether the Nations
Capital is ready to deal with such an
emergency. 1t would be difficult to
give a yes answer to that ques-
ton, for the fact of the matter is that
while much progress has been made
In the nearly six months since Pearl
Harbor, much remains to be done
before Washington truthfully can be
said to be reasonably well prepared
to stand up to whatever the Axis may
have to offer.
How far Washington is today from
q state of complete preparedness may
best be illustrated by the fact that
the city is yet to experience its first
all-out surprise afraid rehearsal.
The initial daylight weekday test also
is still in the future. ct will be held
next tuesday, The two most recent
blackouts, for which the public re-
ceived ample advance notice, re-
vealed alarming inadequacies. The
communications system - the very
nerve center of rescue, fire control
and first-aid work-WaS hopelesSly
begged down with urgent" mes
sages on each occasion. Although
national and some local officials
ascribed the communications failure
to the existing centralized control
plan and recommended decentraliza-
ton of the hookup, the recommended
tionS have not been carried out, ap-
parently because of differences of
opinion over the proposal. There
have been other conflicts and contro-
versies within the local civilian de-
fenSe organization and the chief air
raid warden's resignation reflects
some of them, still to be adjusted.
The laws fixing authority for official
acts in blackouts still are inadequate
and much equipment still is lacking,
presumably because of difficulty in
obtaining priorities
At a recent conference in Balti-
more with civilian defense authori-
ties of Maryland, Colonel Lemuel
Bolles was quoted as expressing
thankfulness over the good fortune
OF the District in having been spared
from attack before civilian defense
preparations were completed. Wash
1ngton will be fortunate, indeed, II
Evening star., 1942-05-29
Calls Attention to Tin Signs
Along New Defense Highway.

Along New Defense Highway.
To the Editor OF The Star:
Big tin beer and ginger ale signs are
beginning to show their hideous faces
along the new defense highway from
Morgantown Bridge to La Plata.
How can advertisers get miles OF
painted tin for this purpose at time
when the Governments need for tin
is reported to be great and householders
cannot get enough paint to use on their
homes?
Homemakers who are raising victory
gardens and preparing to conserve fruit
and vegetables In glass, at the urgent
request Of the Department Of Agricul-
ture, so the armed forces may have
more canned foods, are naturally much
puzzled by these gaudy new signs which
mar the beauty of the Charles County
highway.
The Federal Government and the
State of Maryland are building this
new highway jointly. Surely Federal
and State officials should take steps to
protect the public against q second
Baltimore Boulevard.
Widespread use of tin, cloth and paper
in roadside signs doesn't make sense
at time when Uncle Sam is urging
conservation and deplores efforts at
business as usual"
CHARLES STEPHENSON SMITH,
President, La Plata Garden Club.
Evening star., 1942-05-29
QUINCY PLACE NE.

Dear Sir:
'The quietest Sunday In Washington
in 80 years.
Everybody asleep.
"The neighborhood Is Q brooding calm
ness. The dogs, the birds. the cats, even
the rascal blue Jay. al, 1t appears. have
felt the gasoline squeeze.
"The old clock ticks louder than I
ever heard 1t, the children are still and
life is as it should be.
Mice to think, concentrate and the
nerves are Just doing splendidly.
Keep up the good work.
"The phone rang once today, other
wise 1t rings insistently.
Beautiful stiffness. heavenly stiffness.
"Very truly yours, A. D."
No doubt many will be able to SYM
pathize with this correspondent.
That first Sunday after gasoline ration
ing went into effect was quiet. indeed.
Already, however, people are beginning
to recover.
The cars are back on the streets,
rationing or no rationing.
For few days there were noticeably
fewer cars. Soon they were back again,
at times 1t seemed as If all Of them
were back.
People walked to church, who hadn't
done 1t for many years.
Now they discover, perhaps, that there
is gas left in the old buggy yet.
Quietness, it seems at times, Is for
eign to the human animal.
Despite all the noise abatement cam
paigns in large cities in recent years,
there is plenty Of noise.
Noise, Of course, Is the other fellows
noise.
Quiet is a state of mind, in part
Philosophers are able to find peace amid
turmoil Most of us are not so fortunate
but are the perpetual victims Of our
own little ears.
What many persons do not understand
is how sensitive some peoples senses are.
They do not realize-and are quite honest
about it-that another person may have
hearing 10 times as acute as their own.
There is a general feeling that all men
are endowed with practically the same
set Of hearing organs. Nothing could be
farther from the truth.
For every man who is plainly deaf,
there are evidently hundreds or thou
sands who are partly deaf.
Noises do not strike on their ear drums
with the same intensity with which they
beat and roar at the ears Of really SEN
sitive persons.
We are not inclined to believe that this
Is solely a matter Of nerves. Nerves are
important, truly! They make or unmake
life. But when it comes to ears or eyes.
the hearing and seeing must have some
thing to do with it, in themselves.
It is the same way with the nose.
In the old days, many pioneers claimed,
Evening star., 1942-05-29

Lewis. The latter is not sitting men,
ber, but he acts as If he were. Let the
President be pleased to reinstate these
lieges into their former privileges as
providers Of pap and pork" and "pie"
He may do so in the cause of national
unity.
But then such amnesty cannot be
taken for granted. These debonair indi-
viduals, on occasion, are pretty hard
boiled eggs. There was Taft. To most Of
us he was "the jolly fat man" But, so
I noted once. when properly riled. he
could be as vindictive as an old maid of
homely aspect who has been Tilted in
love. Hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned." Or than Caesar or Augustus
who is being baked
FRED. VETTER.