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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-02
Neurotie's Adjustment

women then had all their love-
illness accentuated, gowned, per-
fumed, educated in charm as they
never have been on this earth and
never will be again. Bristles in
my hair brushes from hogs that
grow only in China. Long eve
nings on the upper deck of great
liners looking on the summer sea.
The coronation of George vi.
Summers in the box back of first
watching Lou Gehrig hit at old
pill, and winters with ice hockey
at the Frontenac. Autumn morn
ings in the fields with the dogs.
Seeing the kids grow up and 20
off to college. The golden AFTER
noon Of civilization
at was perfectly true in his
case. He did all that. 1t takes a
strong head to come sober from
that cup. But the thing he most
regrets giving up to pay taxes is
his contribution to the research
department Of the university. And
h. 7 living in log cabin in a lum-
Der camp getting wood for bar
racks. Live and learn. Scratch a
neurotic and you find a patriot"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
B. A. WYNN you please say
word about mushrooms? What
food value have they, if any?"
Answer: Mushrooms have three
and one-half per cent protein, six
per cent carbohydrate and a trace
OF Fat. They contain forty-two
eaiories per one hundred grams
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-02

Today's Horoscope
II your birthday is today. you
are a person of culture and re-
fnement Your charming man.
ners attract folk to you. You
should beware Of a tendency to
talk and dream about things in
stead Of actually doing them.
During the next year you should
avoid impulsive actions and CIV
ing offense to those In authority,
and 10 lovers. Be careful also
with documents and correspond
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-02
BY II. J. SCOT r

TO the extent Of leaving other peo-
pie present out of the converse
ton That is rude. Reserve your
talks Of old times for another oc-
casion even II II is hard 10 do.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-02
one-NIlnute Test Answers

l. on the Colorado river, where
the stream forms the Arizona
Nevada boundary.
2. North America, which has
an area Of 100000 square miles
to South Americas 100000.
3. The Virgin islands.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-02

ence II these cautions are OBJ
served, much financial gain will
be achieved. A child born on this
date viii be very strong-willed,
determined obstinate. casual, and
even rude at times. These traits
should be curbed when the child
is very young. He or she will evil
dence artistic ability.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-02
Your Health
War Economics Have
Salutarv Effect on
Nervous Patients

MY OLD friend, DR.. Adrian
Gibbs, has always enjoyed a very
lucrative practice, and he is very
proud Of his practice just now.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

B. A. WYNN you please say
word about mushrooms What
food value have they, if anv7D
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Negligence Indicated

Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews,
commandant of the Third Naval Dis
trict, has said there was no evidence
of sabotage in connection with the
disastrous fire that swept through
the great liner Normandie while tied
to her pier in New York harbor. Even
If sabotage be ruled out, however,
there remains a strong suspicion
that negligence Of an inexcusable
character contributed directly to the
disaster.
The statements of onlookers estab-
lish the fact that sparks from an
acetylene torch ignited material
stored nearby. This material has
been variously described as excelsior,
mattresses and kapok life belts. A
New York fire marshal adds the sig
niflcant information, however, that
this stored material, whatever it may
have been, was wrapped in burlap,
which is highly inflammable when
dry.
It is evident that the flames spread
with astonishing rapidity once the
fire had started, and there has been
no indication that adequate facilities
for combating them were at hand. It
has also been intimated that there
was some delay in sounding a full
alarm, but these factors, while they
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Parking on the Mall

Representative Dirksen's proposal
for turning the central area of the
Mall into an enormous parking lot for
automobiles for the duration of the
war has met with determined and un-
derstandable opposition from Federal
park authorities. Opposition to this
drastic plan is justified on more than
esthetic grounds. There is serious
doubt that such a move is necessary
as an emergency means of relieving
parking and traffic conditions, in
view of the likelihood that two fac
tors will revolutionize the parking
situation before very long. One of
these factors is the diminishing use
of passenger automobiles, due to
rationing Of cars and tires. The
other is the legislation Just passed,
providing for motor vehicle park
ing agency empowered to establish
fringe parking areas and to adopt
other remedial measure.
If the process employed at the
polo field in Potomac Park were to
be duplicated on the Mall, vast
stretches of lawn would be torn up
and acres of asphalt laid down be-
tween Third and Fourteenth streets,
to accommodate some $4,000 auto
mobiles. Park officials resisted pre-
war efforts to commander the polo
grounds and other park areas for use
as automobile terminals, but war
time necessity has forced nu-
merous encroachments on park
property. If, to aid in winning the
war, it should become advisable to
sacrifice more and more of Washing
tons parks, those sacrifices, of course,
will be made as required. Until
the absolute necessity for further
destruction of the Capitals costly
park system has been shown, how
ever, park officials and the citizens of
Washington generally may be ex-
pected to oppose vigorously such
suggestions as that of Mr.. Dirksen.
Evening star., 1942-02-11

may involve negligence, are second
ary in character. The direct cause
OF the fire clearly seems to have been
the exposure Of the burlap wrap
pings to the welder's torch. Until
the contrary is definitely established,
that can only be regarded as mex
cusable negligence on some ones
part. It is almost incredible that
such serious fire hazards were per-
mitted to exist.
The Normandie, which was to be
turned over to the Navy as an auxil-
iary vessel, presents a salvage prob
lem Of unprecedented magnitude,
both as to engineering and cost. The
most distressing aspect, however, is
not the cost, but the fact that several
months must be lost before the ship
can be made ready for naval use. As
one naval officer expressed it, "it's
not the cost that counss at this time,
but how many days are lost" In
this sense, q very heavy price indeed
must be paid for somebody's care
lessness. One Pearl Harbor should
be enough,
Evening star., 1942-02-11
A Fine Opportunity

The President said yesterday what
great many people have been hop
ing he would say. Mayor La Guardia,
carrying out a previously expressed
decision, is resigning srom part-time
direction Of the Office Of Civilian
Defense and Dean James NJ Lands Is
in full charge.
Dean Lands is thus given the
opportunity to make of o. c. D. the
valuable agency that it should be,
but which 1t never has been up to
this time. He will have the loyal
support Of American citizens who
are anxious to do what is expected
Of them in an emergency and who
are greatly in need of intelligent
leadership and instruction.
The Office of Civilian Defense
should be the fountainhead of this
leadership and instruction. 1t should
in itself represent the ideal toward
which our volunteer organizations Of
citizens have been working without
much encouragement and in the face
of demoralizing confusion. 1t should
be stripped of its foolish and waste
full functions, which, under the for
mer Setup have branched out into a
variety Of fields having no remote
connection with civilian defense, and
get down to the serious business that
lies ahead. In economy of operation,
careful utilization of available mate
rial and definiteness of purpose, it
should set an example for the hun
dreds OF thousands of citizens all over
the country who have volunteered
their services for whatever tasks they
are called on to fill, without asking
for place on the public payroll.
These tasks involve the grim busi-
ness Of preparing for air raids. with
their blackouts, bombings, fire, death
and injuries among the civilian pop
ulation. They do not include the
mobilization of actors, singers,
dancers and other artists. They do
not include superimposing social
service bureaus and recreation coun-
cils and debating societies and glee
clubs on existing community agen-
cies.
The people are earnest about this
civilian defense. Dean Lands will
have great opportunity to work for
and with them in perfecting it.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Timely Rebuke
President RooSevelt's asSe

President Roosevelt's assertion at
his press conference yesterday that
he disapproved the practice of lend
ing Farm Security funds to pay poll
taxes of needy farmers constitutes a
timely rebuke to the administrator
of that agency.
The disclosure that Federal funds
were being applied to this purpose
was made at a recent meeting of the
Joint congressional economy COM
mittee. At that time the Farm Sc
curity administrator, c. B. Baldwin,
defended the practice as being "a
perfectly proper thing to do," and
indicated he would continue to make
Evening star., 1942-02-11
War Time Liqhtinu

With the Inauguration Of daylight
saving or war time, the problem OF
when street lights should be turned
on and off has become a matter of
serious public concern.
Under the present arrangement
the lights are on from fifteen min
utes after sunset until thirty minutes
before sunrise. This means that they
were turned OF this morning at
1885, which left the streets in total
darkness. Ordinarily this might be
a satisfactory schedule, but with the
change in time thousands of persons
are on their way to work at 7:35 am,
and with the streets in darkness the
pedestrians are exposed to greater
danger from automobiles and pos
sibly from criminals.
This is a problem which could be
met by keeping the lights burning
few minutes longer in the mornings.
Some time ago, following a fatal
traffic accident resulting in part
from inadequate lighting, the Com
missioners rearranged the schedule,
and a similar adjustment should be
made at this time. It will cost q
little more to keep the lights burning
longer, but this consideration should
not be permitted to interfere with
providing proper protection for the
public, and 1t is to be hoped that this
protection will be provided before
some pedestrian has been run down
in the early morning darkness.
Evening star., 1942-02-11

pessimists are yelling: TT is not enough!
You must do more or we will lose the war;
You must not think that We can wini'
Do more Of whati If there Is still more
that we can do besides working longer
days, buying Defense stamps and bonds.
contributing to the Red Gross, enlistins
in the Civilian Defense Corps for those
of us who are not already in the armed
forces, and trying to cheer up the
despondent, then our Government should
assign us additional tasks and ] am sure
that most Of us gladly would carry them
out.
The cry arose recently that w must
grow more food. the next day an article
appeared warning us that nobody but
professional farmers should attempt to
plant gardens. We are told to bs alert
at all times for enemy planes, but no
precise rules are issued - to what to do
II We should spot enemy planes or II We
should discover saboteurs ct work.
Presuming to speak for all patriotic
Americans, We want to know what add.
tional activities are expected Of us.
Nothing that our country asks OF us could
be more dif1,cult than the job that Gen.
MacArthur's boys are doing. Let their
efforts, sacrifices and accomplishments
be . gauge Of what you AK Of u and I
know the response VIII b gratifying.
But please do not lot u Be exposed to
the yspping Of pessimists.
JAMES g. ALLEN.
Berwyn, Nd.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles r. Tyocesceu.

This prd may be the evening gros-
beak
If it is, it IL . md, since it is seldom
seen here.
May Thatcher Cooke, In her mono
graph on birds Of the local region, classes
it as an accidental visitant from the
Northwest, and says:
This bird was added to the Washing
ton list In 1917, when flock Of fve or six
was seen April ; to & 1t Laurel, Nd. On
April II Of the same year flock of about
q dozen birds was found in the Loo
logical Park, and on April Is . speci-
men was taken, which IL now In the
National Museum. Birds were seen un-
til May II. and Individuals were reported
from Takoma Park and Cabin John
Bridge, Md"
The female evening grosbeak has q
gray head, shading down into greenish-
yellow, and the white on the wings make
q sort Of crescent down farther on the
back.
The male has . great deal OF yellow
about him, and even little mask OF 1t
across his eyes.
Sometimes he is mistaken for . gold
finch in winter dress, but he is 20 much
larger and chunkier that this mistake
ought not to occur
His size and his light bill serve to dis
tinsuish him.
We wish to point out that connecting
up descriptions sent In with the right
bird is not an easy Job.
What appears to one observer as
crescent may not seem like . crescent to
another.
Hence the fitting OF descriptions to
characteristics often suffers.
The bird is certainly . grosbeak Of
some sort.
There is enough in the description as
given by our correspondent to make one
think she might possibly have . towhee
In mind.
Towhees are beautiful birds, the male
having q black head and vivid red eye,
while the female is more srayish-brown.
The evening grosbeak is slightly over
inches long. The towhee Is inches
long. It's bill is black in summer, light
ish at other times.
Birds Of America" says that when
certain seeds are scarce, the evening
grosbeak will drift on into the Eastern
States in the middle of winter. But
these years are not often" 1t goes on to
explain.
First records of the bird in New York
City were in 1911, and later in 1916.
This Western bird likes both the buds
and seeds Of trees, including the maple.
elder, ash and box-elder. He also likes
the fruit Of the sumacs
What he likes best of all, however, Is
apple seeds taken from frozen apples.
This should give . tip to any person
who is 50 fortunate As to flnd q pair OF
evening grosbeaks in the yard this
winter.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
The Teacher ViqiI

The decision to abandon the "a
hour watch which school teachers
had been maintaining in eighteen
school buildings apparently marks
the end of this somewhat mysterious
and wholly unfortunate undertaking.
1t is to be hoped that this is the case.
In its original form, the order re-
quired teachers to keep watch on a
24-hour basis in all schools, but there
was never any satisfactory explana
tion as to why the order was issued,
at whose direction it was issued. or
as to just what the teachers were
supposed to do.
Gradually, however, it became evi-
dent that the undertaking was a
foolish one and that the teachers
could be used to better advantage in
other ways. The scope of the project
was gradually tapered down until
finally the watch was being main
tanned in but eighteen buildings, and
it is to those that the final order for
discontinuance is directed.
The lesson to be learned from this
experiment is two-fold. It Is, first,
that local civilian defense authori-
ties should look into all ramifications
before taking any such drastic step
as that involved in the school order,
and, second, that once an order has
been shown to be unwise 1t should
be corrected promptly and willingly,
not by slow and reluctant steps
which bespeak an unwillingness to
acknowledge an error.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Departmental Deferments

There has been urgent need for
some time for instructions of the
nature made public yesterday by the
White House regarding draft defer
ments among Federal employees. The
lack of a uniform policy with respect
to handling of deferment applica-
tions from Government workers has
resulted in considerable amount OF
confusion in the departments. Some
Offices have been sorely hit by de-
parture of key workers called into
the armed services by draft boards,
which, in the absence Of a general
policy to guide them, have exercised
independent Judgment in granting
or denying deferment requests.
These decisions often were based on
unsupported statements of the en-
ployes as to the Importance Of their
work and it's relation to the war
effort, inevitably opening the way for
abuses of the deferment privilege.
Under the policy laid down in the
memorandum now being distributed
among department heads, all future
requests for deferment must come
not from the employe but from the
head Of the department or agency
which employs him. In submitting
such a request, the responsible off,
cial must certify not only that the
employe in question is holding Job
clearly related to the war effort or
to essential supporting activities"
but that it is difficult to replace him.
Deferment in such instances will be
for not more than six months-and
arrangements must be made at once
to train an employe as a future re-
placement Further deferment will
be granted only under exceptional
circumstances.
This plan seems to have the ad-
vantage of being fair to the depart
ment, to the employe and to selective
service authorities. The latter are
faced with the task of raising mil
lions of additional recruits with the
least possible dislocation of public
and private industry. Because Of the
reluctance of some employees to ask
for deferment, the draft has taken a
number of Federal employees who
might better serve the Nation out of
uniform. For example, a number of
agents of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, which is charged with
counterespionage duties, have been
called into the Army or Navy as Sc
lectees, in which capacity their
highly specialized training as in
vestigators is wasted. The need for
eliminating such defects in the
operation of the selective service law
has long been recognized, and the
new regulations should 60 far toward
correcting the situation.
Evening star., 1942-02-11
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hasktn.

A reader can get the Gns,psr to sNr
question Of fact By iDrittns The Ers-
ming star Information Burssx, Fred
eric J. H6sktn, director, Warrington,
D. c. Please tscloss stamp Jor reply.
@. How many people in the world
speak the English languagei-F. M. N.
A. 1t is estimated that the English
language is spoken by more than no.
900 900 people. OF these, more than half
are Americans.
@. What Is the story Of the -appropria-
tions birdf"-M. c. o.
A. It seems. that Capt Keller Of the
Navy. once presented Myna bird to the
National Zoo. The keepers were 10 sue
cessful In teaching this pet to talk that
during 4 show in the smi.hsoniay. Build
ing, Gen. Lord Of the Bureau Of tbs
Budget. had his breath taken away when
the feathered wonder perkily greeted
him with the question How about our
appropriation"
Evening star., 1942-02-11
"LEBAUM STREET Sc.

0VaT OH.
FIRST Of all may tell you how much
my husband and I enjoy your column.
1t is one Of our 'musts every day.
I'VE have new visitor at our feeding
station and wonder If you will tell US
what it is. He Cor she) has appeared
only within the last two days but does
not seem at AL timid, though not quite -
much at home as the titmice, nuthatches.
blue jays and sparrows. which are daily
visitors and come at our whistle.
"The new bird Is larger than the SPAR
row but smaller than the jays, has = dark
hehd Il should say 1t Il eiraost 4 slate
gray), shading down into . lovely green
ish-yellow neck. Farther down on the
back there Is crescent Of white, not
solid but rather shaded into the back.
"The lower wings and tail are black
and white and the breast Is q solid color
rather q grayish tan. The bill is heavy,
something like cardinals, and is yellow.
My husband does not 80 to work until
afternoon and he saw the bird first, but
says that the first time he saw it the
colors seemed much brighter and be-
Neves that may have been the male
and the one saw today-and which
he saw yesterday-may be the female.
I'VE have . small feeding station by
the kitchen window and also throw the
smaller seeds on the ground for the
sparrows. trying to discourage them from
coming to the windowsill where we place
sunfower seeds and peanuts for the
other birds.
They do come there. Of course. but
not in such numbers as to crowd the
others out. The new bird has come to
the windowsill and to the feeding station
beside the window, and we're hoping It
will stay with US.
I'VE have occasional visits from q pair
OF cardinals. though they are not regular
customers.
The downy and hairy woodpeckers
and also the red-bellied ones are regular
guests at the suet on the oak tree In the
yard. Last spring and in the fall we
had the red-headed woodpecker with us
for some time. also some doves
Thanks for your defense of Sammy
Jay. He is so much fun and never
bothers the other birds, except when he
startles them on his sudden and noisy
arrival-but that never worries them
much.
Both Sammy and the titmice seem to
like being noticed. In fact. was Sc
verely taken to task one morning when
I was busy and didn't notice the tit
mouse when he landed on the window
sill. He sat and fused at me until I
turned and spoke to him, after which
he carefully selected = sunfiower seed
and went over to the tree to eat It,
Thanks again for your interesting
articles.
Sincerely yours, M. c. H."
Evening star., 1942-02-11

such loans until receiving clear In
structions to the contrary.
Mr.. Roosevelt's press conference
remarks doubtless will serve to put
stop to this use Of public funds. The
committee should continue its in
vestigation, however, not only with
view to determining the extent to
which poll tax loans have been made,
but also to bring about a thorough
airing of other serious charges which
have been made against the Farm
Security Administration.