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Evening star., 1942-07-04

Trials and tribulations of persons
bringing up baby birds that have fallen
out of nests now reach their peak.
Even nests from which no youngsters
have fallen add their share of woes to
kind-hearted people who take an active
interest in bird life.
One family finds the complete nest of
Wrens deserted overnight
Where the day before there were
father, mother and four babies, today
there is not bird or a sound
Fortunately, there are no signs OF
feathers around the nest.
That good fact almost cancels the
possibility of maurauder getting the
whole tribe.
The probability in such case Is that
the parent wrens have taken the babies
away to the woods.
Wrens usually take off for new site,
preferably a nearby vacant lot or bit OF
woods, once the babies are out OF the
nest.
Sometimes they remain in the same
yard, but in most cases they seem to like
to give the youngsters really wild
upbringing.
This is for their own good.
Other species indulge in much the
same tactics. No doubt it is the great
common sense of the brute creation
which so impels them.
II \ +
1t is good, therefore, for the tender
hearted to realize that natures ways are
not always mans ways.
Our ways have undergone many
| changes.
The birds are still free creatures, ready
and willing to leave when 'the leaving is
good as the old saying has it.
There is no gainsaying that the sight OF
| a cat or chipmunk in the vicinity Of the
nest the evening before is bad sign.
Cats will kill birds, and chipmunks do
so upon OCCASION The latter are known
to kill and eat baby birds and to eat the
eggs of various species. 1t is difficult for
the parents to place the nests so that cats
and chipmunks will not get to them.
Most wren nests are put rather low
both by the parents, in nature, and by
humans when they put up bird houses
The old wrens do not seem afraid, ano
humans wish to be able to look into the
nest.
/ Naturalists tell us that chipmunks are
not great climbers, but do scent out all
low nests. They declare that chipmunks
should be kept restricted in numbers or
account OF their tendency to destroy baby
birds.
i
A householder who finds his wren nes'
deserted some morning should lool
around carefully, both for signs Of stra!
feathers and also for the parent birds.
It is possible for chipmunk or cat tt
Evening star., 1942-07-04

compared with the per cent of the
draftees of World War I who had
reached this educational level. On
the eve of our entry into the present
war, almost as many men were at
tending college as were enrolled in
high schools twenty-five years ago.
OF all the men in the eighteen to
forty-four year age group, according
to the 1910 Census returns, about 80
per cent had completed at least a
high school education, and only 5.3
per cent had had less than four years
formal schooling.
Though illiteracy remains a prob
lem and a challenge to our democ-
racy, it is gratifying to learn that the
educational level of selectees in the
present war is much higher than that
of draftees in the First World War.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Thumbs Down on Subwuys

IL is 10 De nOped Jnat the DlSJrlcJ
Highway Departments unqualified
rejection of the perennial proposal
for construction of rapid transit sub
ways in Washington will serve to put
an end to subway agitation for some
time to come. 1t was with view to
obtaining expert opinion on the dis
puted subject that Congress wisely
asked the Commissioners to make a
preliminary" study of the plan.
The task was assigned last March to
Captain H. c. Whitehurst, director of
highways, who had the benefit of
traffic studies already in hand in
connection with the Highway Plan
ming and Parking Surveys of 1941.
Findings in these surveys we're in
corporated in the so-called White
hurst highway report.
The subway proposal has had a
habit of cropping up in the midst of
congressional and other discussions
of the local traffic situation, often
diverting attention from immediate
problems and plans for their solution
and sometimes threatening to delay
action on urgent remedies known to
be practicable. 1t was but natural
that the subway advocates should
have persisted in reviving the sug-
gestion, for no factual evidence in
the way of official studies could be
produced to support generalized con-
tentions of District officials that sub
ways were not feasible under existing
conditions.
Now Captain Whitehurst, with the
approval of the Commissioners, ad-
vises Congress that his study prompts
the conclusion that rapid transit
subways between the downtown Sec
ton and outlying areas are not war
ranted by present or prospective
population demands and, moreover,
would entail "prohibitive" costs. The
survey did show a distinct need for
more traffic tunnels and underpasses
Of the type constructed at Thomas
and Scott Circles and planned for
other congested intersections. 1t
would be both feasible and desirable
to apply the tunnel and underpass
idea to the streetcar system, it was
pointed out. A particularly impor-
tant recommendation was that ade-
quate terminals be provided for mass
transportation lines in the congested
district, as a means of relieving bot
tleneck conditions resulting from
parking of large vehicles on the
street.
OF course, under existing circum-
stances, major construction projects
aside from those already granted
priority appear to be out OF the ques-
ton. There is no good reason, how
ever, why careful and comprehensive
studies of tunnels, grade separations,
terminals and other projects should
not be carried forward in the interim
Congress would do we'll, therefore, to
grant Captain Whitehurst's request
for $4,000 with which to make fur
ther surveys in the field of traffic and
parking.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Inquiries About Use of Rubber
On Trucks Delivering Beer.

To the Editor OF The Star:
If you will permit me to give express
sion to my pet prejudice, would like
to PROFOUND this query: "Why in the
world should we permit valuable tires
to be worn out on liquor and beer trucks
at such time as this?"
OF course, we need our beer; but do
We need 1t as much as the big bombers
which are rolling off the assembly lines
need tires? Do we need it as much as
our new motorized divisions need equip
ment?
The spectacle of milk trucks deliver
ing every other day in order to save
rubber and beer trucks delivering every
day to night clubs, saloons and similar
resorts does not seem to me to indicate
that We are taking this war with suf1-
cient seriousness.
DEETS PICKETT.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Haskin.

A reader can get the ni1swer 10 any
question OF tact BY Drittng The Epe-
rino Star Information Bureau, FRED
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
DC. Please incloSe stamp tor return
postage.
O. How much are japanese and Ger
man soldiers paid?-K. N.
A. The monthly rate OF pay OF the
japanese private soldier Is 80 cents; that
of the German, s2l
@. What Is the name OF the hotel III
New England that has a special feeding
service for birds?-R. J. K.
A. The Williams Inn at WilliamStoWn'
Mass A glass-inclosed bird-feedlng
station has been built into dining room
window.
@. What are the time belts in Alaska?
H. S. A.
A. Time belts in Alaska have no iden-
tifying names. Differences in time are
reckoned on the basis that every 10
degrees of longitude equal one hoH--
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Covenant of Freedom

When the Continental Congress
assembled at Philadelphia had
agreed upon the Declaration Of In
dependence, John Adams of Massa-
chusetts wrote to his wife: "Yester-
day the greatest question was decided
which was ever debated in America,
and greater perhaps never was, nor
will be, decided among men," The
representatives of the thirteen At
lantic seaboard Colonies, accepting
the proposal of Richard Henry Lee
of Virginia, were ready to inform the
world of their solemn determination
that the communities for which they
acted "are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent states" A
committee consisting of Adams,
Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman,
Robert R. Livingston and Thomas
Jefferson had been charged with the
duty OF preparing the text OF the
document by which the final break
with monarchy should be made
known. 1t was the responsibility OF
these men to explain "the causes
which impel them to the separation"
from the institutions of the mother
country. They set forth tc that end
a theory of government based upon
natural law to the effect that all
men are created equal" and that
"they are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable rights"
Now, of course, those aff1rmations
were not new. In one form or an
other they had been discussed among
intelligent people on both sides Of
the planet for generations. The
novel aspect of their formulation by
Jefferson and his colleagues was that
of the social dynamic expressed in
them. Adams was justified in his
enthusiasm. He appreciated the
spiritual background from which the
Declaration emerged. The language
of it is religious in character through
out. 1t appeals to God at its start
and testifies to "a firm reliance on
the protection of Divine Providence"
at it's close. The motivation of the
entire proclamation is a desire for
such liberty as would enable the
Colonies to develop a civilization
predicated upon "the consent of the
governed"-an essential principle Of
Christian democracy and fellowship.
Each of the signers of the Declara-
ton understood that its promulga-
ton meant continued war with the
British crown. Lexington and Con-
cord had prepared the way, yet up to
July 4, 1776, the Colonies might have
retreated from their position of
armed rebellion. After that date no
compromise was feasible. The die
was cast, and by the deliberate choice
of their delegates the citizens of the
"free and independent States" were
committed to active opposition to
tyranny forever.
On the 166th anniversary of the
Declaration it is imperative to stress
it's Importance as a covenant Those
who joined in sponsoring it pledged
to leach other our lives, our fortunes
and our sacred honor" Long after
wards, in 1925, when he was old and
soon to die, Jefferson called the re-
suit: This holy bond of our Union.
So it was, SO it is. The living heirs Of
the founders of the American Re-
public are fighting for the same
sacred concept of life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" With
honorable pride and unshakable
courage they stand together in the
prevailing battle for that measure Of
freedom without which death is tt
be preferred
Evening star., 1942-07-04

@ Who was the artist who painted tho
picture Of the Battle OF Friedlanof-
K. L. D.
A. Jean Louis Meissonier. Every inquire
in the painting was copied from model
and a troop Of cuirassiers was nired oy
the artist to charge through field OF
grain so that he could get the trampled
effect.
@. Is one end of an orange sweeter
than the other?-P. D.
A. The blossom end Of an orange II
sweeter than the stem end.
@. How many Presidents have been
elected from New York?-B. L. G.
A. Six Martin Van Buren, Millard
Fillmore, Chester A. Arthur, Grover
Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
@. How thick is the paint on the out
side of painted house?-A. N.
A. The paint on house is usually
1900 inch thick.
@. Is fluorescent lighting more efficient
| than incandescent electric hghting?-
C. I. G.
A. A fluorescent lamp produces two
and a half times as much light as an
incandescent lamp for the same amount
Of electric current consumed.
| @. What has become of Alexis Car
| rel?-D. D.
A. DR.. Carrel went to France in 1910
| and did not return. 1t is reported that
the Vichy government has appointed
| him head of the Foundation for the
Study of Human Problems.
| O. How far did the famous military
| roads of the Romans extend?-A. P. A.
A. The entire system of Roman mili-/
! tary roads comprised about $4,000 miles.
O. What color is mahogany when 1t Is
first cut?-B. L. E.
| A. The wood is pinkish in color when
first cut but becomes golden brown or
| sherry color when exposed to light.
@. Who was known as the Gadfly OF
Athens?-F. S.
A. Socrates. According to Plato, Soc
rates declared that in rousing the Athe
mans from their apathy by his system
of questioning he was like a gadfly sting
ing lazy horse into action.
G. What is the origin of the word
"trousseau" "?-D. D.
A. 1t is a French word meaning "a
little bundle; diminutive of "trousse,"
bundle or pack
@. Who first used the expression
smart Aleck"?-F. E. r.
A. 1t was first used in 1873 by John H.
Beadle in The Undeveloped West"
Q. In making L.. "a, should the tea
be poured over the ice or should the ice
be put into the tea?-G. B. G.
A. Better results are obtained by pour
ing the tea over the ice. Less ice is
required, as this method cools the tea
more rapidly.
@. Where was the first Christian
church?-C. H.
A. While undoubtedly the first Chris
tian church was founded at Jerusalem
(Acts, i.12-14, the mother church of
gentle Christianity was founded at
Antioch in Syria, probably about 40 AID.
This is the place where Christians first
received that title.
Evening star., 1942-07-04

Peter the Great, licked repeatedly
by the Swedes, remarked, 20, they
will yet teach me to beat them"
which came true Certainly the Nazis
have given a course of rather plain
lessons. Can it be that the pupils are
a bit dull?
Evening star., 1942-07-04

Nazi prisoners in Russia do not
believe that the enemy can set up a
second front. Back In 1918 their
fathers and uncles did not believe the
Yanks were coming, either.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Special independence Day Of

Special Independence Day Of
fer-Avail yourself of the oppor-
tunity to get these two patriotic
publications which should be In
every American home-the Con-
stitution booklet, containing the
Constitution, Declaration Of In
dependence and Articles of Con-
federation; and Flags OF the
United States, done in full color
and containing history of the flag
and general flag information for
every American. To secure these
two booklets inclose 25 cents IN
coin and mail to The Star 1nfor-
nation Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Give Impressions of War
As 1t Is Fought in Illinois.

To the Editor of The Star.
Is America going to win the war?
The answer to that question, every one
hopes. will be "Yes" But it is not
enough to hope. We, the citizens of
the United States, must take definite
steps to insure an Allied victory. Here
in the Middle West we are taking those
steps to make the answer "Yes."
We recognize that the war cannot
be won by adopting policy of passive
resistance. We do not underestimate
the Axis. Germany, Japan, and Italy
are powerful, as their victories thus far
have proved. But we are determined
that no one, no country, no idea, no
matter how powerful, is going to destroy
our way of life and our American
democracy. We are not content with
Just that determination either, we are
working to make an Allied victory
reality.
The Middle West far exceeded its
quota in the purchase of War bonds.
We know that, if we are to be victorious,
our forces must have the weapons of
modern warfare-the most and the best
of these weapons.
Men throughout Illinois are not wait
ing to be called to service. They are
volunteering. In the Chicago area alone
enlistments In the Navy average 281
day.
Those who cannot serve in the armed
forces are aiding the war effort in other
ways. Housewives are contributing to
the Government their scrap rubber and
old pots and pans Enough wool clips
to make reprocessed wool for 5000 uni
forms has been collected in the Chicago
area in the past three weeks. College
girls are knitting clothing for soldiers
and sailors and are enrolling in classes
in riflery, supervision of air raids, and
nursing aid. The programs of the uni
versities and colleges have been acceler-
ated so that men and women may be
trained more quickly to take their places
in either the armed forces or in the
business world. Rationing and the diff
ficulty of transportation are cheerfully
accepted.
We are going to take any and all
measures the Government thinks neces-
sary, no matter how much 1t may incon-
venience us, because we know we have
to if we are going to win.
We know you cannot sit back and let
events take their natural course. war
does not win itself. 1t must be won
And to win this war we all must get
together, every one of us, and buy War
bonds and give the Government any
thing it asks for We must sacrifice
our personal desires and submerge our
personal feelings. We must recognize
the fact that if the Axis emerges victo-
rious, it means the end of our way of
| life-our Government, our institutions,
everything the United States means to
US. E. D.
] Champaign, III.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUeS
the right to edit all letters 1Oith
uie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-07-04

tolerant, considerate and thoughtful OF
one another, particularly the bus drivers.
conductors, motormen and all types OF
public utilities servicemen, it would not
only expedite the heavily congested
traffic, but aid in the morale Of our city
during this great emergency.
My hat is off to the Capital Transit
men for the excellent service they are
giving us as we carry on in our defense
work for our country.
MRS. HELEN G. PUNCH.
Evening star., 1942-07-04

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispa tches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
All rights of publication OF special dlspatcnes
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as secend-class matter post once.
washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Calls for Patience

Calls for Patience
And Praises Transit Men.
To the Editor OF The Star:
It Is with keen interest that I read
the open forum section of your editorial
page.
Ny personal belief is that If the people
Of Waahingtou would be more patient,
Evening star., 1942-07-04

@. Where was the first Christian
church?-C. H.
A. While undoubtedly the first Chris
tian church was founded at Jerusalem
(Acts, i.12-14, the mother church of
gentle Christianity was founded at
Antioch, in Syria, probably about 40 AID.
This is the place where Christians first
received that title.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-10-01
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2lmcrifancr

Staats5eitung llno Serolb, 26. Slug
1922
Ger poriteben0e Seitartifel erihien
in Ser iSeptember Summer Ser
rSolianritGt", nationales Organ Ser
varbciter &ral1fen- uno Sterbefaiie"
Gie Office Of @ar Snformation eab
lns ba5n Sen folgenoen 8eriht:
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-10-01

Senaroa mar fertig mt ieinem
2eben! Gie Sereinistan Staaten
iteben i'm &ries lno benotigen Min-
ner. ariegsfabrifen arbeiten "a
Stunoen Sen Sag unO braufen
Nanner INN oie Maid)inen 5u beoie-
men. Seine Samilie bralldt Nabrune
lulo &leioer. SD fann nid)ts Inn"
iagte er 81 iid) ielhit, oils es auf ser
Geranoa iaB. Sein gutter slrm hielt
cine 3eitling rno ser anbere, MIR elm
Stumpf mar i'm slernlel. Senaroa
mar elm gutter MaihiniIt Dor Ieinem
ltnfau. Seine Srau mar ltolS auf
feline 3abltage ieoe @ohe, ponlit iie
ibre &inoer periorgen fonnte. Sic
Sanilie mar gliiflib, bis ser llnfna
eintrat. Damn lieben Iieh nift einmaI
ibre alten 9efannten ieben, Inn mad,
ibrem gefinoen 5u leban. Sie Srau
begann @aibe ins Sails 5ll nebn1cn,
Inn elm 2eban sit MAIDEN. Der Mann
ipuroe INNER grober 81, ieiner sSralt,
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-10-01
DcrfehrsteHeSfGue
II bis 30 Yrosent niebriser in
lettcn Wpmatcu


8erfebrsunfGQe iin6 INN II Bis 80
Hro5ent ernieorigt tporhen in Sen Ieb=
ten Monaten. @enn oieie State beibe-
balten miro, 10 iperben nod immer
10000 gertebrstooesf6ae geadbIt
per6en. Sn ser Snouitrie aber erboben
lid Die 1tnfdqe bimn,elboh BEL ser
0eifapinoigteit NIT Ser gear6eitet
miro, ourcb neue Sdnoe an llngetpobn-
len Irbeiten. ,,ngeiibte &dnoe, oie aber
piaig iinS 81, arbaiten. 1rouen itro-
men in Die 5abrifen = i'm 5lpeiten
Gang, i'm oritten Sang = unerborte
blinSenSe, eridiittarnoe 8eidpinSis-
feit in ieoer Jabrif fiibrt su mebr
ltnfdaen. Sod tpenSen mebr 2eute
auferbalb ibrer slrbeit umaebraht,
tauienbe tperoen nad ibren Mrbeits-
itunoen ermoroet = Mdnner, sic
slmerifa nibt erfor6ern fann au per-
lieren.
Ser 8roB. .Glenelanb Si6erbeits.
Council iuht bie Cooperation zines
ie6en 8iirgers INN l1nf1ae in Glepe.
lanS nod Moglihfeit 3u petbiten.
Mdnner Ole i'm Sample fallen, iterben
fir cine eetpiiie Sade, tpabrenb iolhe
Sic iiberfabren uno eet0tet tperoen fiji
ni6ts iterben.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-10-01

neil CT mir - - 1sipIt iln5urrieo1n
luar pegen ieiner Silfloitgfeit.
Gincs Cages fam &icep, iein dlte-
tier Sunge BON ser Stule mad,
Sauie nit einem Yantplet mo ser
Ioreiie oes Gereins fir &riippel unb
&erlestc. sd peroe mid Bitten, in
Elm Snititut iibarfiibren SIT laiien",
ihrie Senaron. rSbr oeriildJt immer,
mid los 5l iperoea SD tam nihts
oaiiir, oob itb elm Griippal bin.
.Mein Sehrsr iagt bu fannit", Iag=
te 9icep leiie. vGs lit fem Snititllt.
IS lit cine Organization, INN Seuten
5u balfan oie iino pie ou". GnNlid,
entIhlob lih 2enaroa einmal bin5lt-
gcben. gtah iir5tliher lluterillhung
lpuroe ihnt crflGrt, er fonne 5lpei
Stunoen tdglih arbeiten. Sic ntiiiien
5lterlt ibre linfe Sano einiiben lagte
ibnt elm slrbeiter. Iies lit unier slr-
beitsplas no mir oie Seute einiiben,
Damn gehen lie in oie sSabrifen, iuo
&rieasmaterial beraeiteQt miro.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-10-01

Sed,s a.onate ip.ter arbeitete er an
&riegsheitellungen. Seine @elunobeit
beiicrte iid ltno er arbeitete 40 Stun-
Oen sic @ohe uno fann ieiner Jrau
ipieSer ieoe ISOLDE einen ld0nen
Shed eeban. Gines Cages fam elm
anoerer Wfann 5u linn unb teilte ibm
nit, Dob er mbere Mrbeit fir i'm ba.
be. gr nabm lie an uno 2enaroa po=
liert beute Metaa in elmer &riees-
fabrif rrno miro pieoer ais elm gutter
Otefanifer betrahtet. Sein 2obnihed
lit nm groBer uno er fam icine
iSrau uno ainoer ernGbren, pie er
es ipiinidt, oanf oieier Srganii alton.
0sben Sic Der &riegstrue 10 piel
pie Sic MIR fonnen in oieiem Sabre,
oanlit mir Sen pielen Menifen beIfen
fonnan, bie ll1terltiieung 10 n0tig
brauden. Die sliiociotion for tbe
Crippled ano disabled lit nur cine ser
100 Seimfrantaaenturen, oie pom
Community Juno unterbalten iperoen
8ebt 10 piel ibr fonnt.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-10-01
lpon &nus au &nlis. Die Bob Scouts
uno anoere shulfinoerorguniiat
tperben mitbelfen.
AippeNreii,c Gteater
eagle Gquabrun" beginnt am
Samstag, 26. September.

@alter @angers nelie llniperiul
Hrobuftion eagle Sanacron", Die
erlte 8eid)id)te iiber ameritanilhe
&anpfpiloten in Ser &slI miro oas
nabita 8ilS iein i'm 6ippoorome hno
beginnt oieIen Samstag nit Mobert
iSHad uno 9ianna Barrymore, oie
ibren Debut in bieIem Slim maht IN
sen Iitelrollen. l(nteritiist iueroen
hieie slpei bon Sobn SAL, G1ote
Mlbert, Nigle Bruce, Guelpn Nnfers.
9eif gridion, Sobn Sober, 8laoDs
Copper lno nnoeren mebr.
Giele &anolungen in oieiem Bib
1puroen oireft an ser 6ront NIT Gr-
Iaubnis oes 8ritiidben Snformations
Miniiteriums gefilmt. gerpaiien Sic
Oieien Slim nidt, er lit es spert gu
ieben.