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Evening star., 1942-01-18

4 BEDROOMS NEW.
CHEVY CHASE. MD.
rms, bedrms, baths air-cond oil heat.
scr. por. gar. lge. yard; new-hse cond.
Your chance to buy at debated price; low
down payment terms much less than rent
DIXIE REALTY CO. MA. $3.50. Sunday.
Mrs Allen RA 1891
Evening star., 1942-01-18

30 MIN. D. c., NEAR CLINTON-MA-
sonry bungalow, rms: bath; OIL heater Nen
lot 2OO,x26O'. part wooded; S3,5OO-soOU'
S36 mo. DAN ABBOTT, Camp SPRINGS
Evening star., 1942-01-18

FINE HOME IN CLEVELAND PARKS
bedrooms, billiard room, living rm. 32 IT,
long: exceptional good house for enter
tanning; only Is minutes drive from ONCE
section. but high and quiet; S32 800
LOUIS p. SHOEMAKER 1719 K st. NV.
MA 1855
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nv 0WNFR-AIL-MoDERN CAPE COD
hrick on IOc bus line; mr. schools. stores.
( bedrms, 8 baths, sun porch, basement
completely finished CH. 0S30.
Evening star., 1942-01-18

WYOMING AVE. Mr.. Gath ST. N.W-A
neighborhood unsurpassed socially in Wash
ington;. detached house. very attractively
planned. intended for the smaller family
with social obligations: rms. 3 baths:
price S32 500. LOUIS P. SHOEMAKER
1919 K St NV Ma ll66
Evening star., 1942-01-18

Two-family house in Petworth consist
ing of 2 rooms. kitchen and bath on
each noor Two-car garage. gas hot-water
heat two complete kitchens. Beautiful
condition. only S9,25O. To see call Mr..
Gnnetti at BETTZELL'S, District 300 or
Trinidad 1892 In the evenings
Evening star., 1942-01-18

VERY HANDSOME BRICK HOUSE. NEARLY
new In exclusive area, mr.. the Country
Club, Va; club room and living room each
% It. long, 3 master bedrooms and =
baths, maids room and bath, air condi-
toned interior garage; price S1s5OO.
ASK for Mr.. Hurd. LOUIS P. SHOEMAKER.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
HOUSES FOR SALE.
I(OKl

AIS .4th st.. n.w-One Of the most
RssutifHhi h 2;famiiy hDmes s,. eyer offered IN
rlfice; 2 complete Kitchens, 2 complete
baths. beautiful yard. automatic heat. "a
rage See by appointment only. Call ..
I, OConner, RA. O067. with J. J. oCON-
Evening star., 1942-01-18

SILVER SPRING.
Now available new bungalow with 3
rms, partly furnished attic, built-in ga
rage, oil burner. h.-w,h.. large wooded lot.
Main business section 8 blocks from
this beautiful 6-rm., 2-bath brick home.
with large Handicapped lot, oil heat. ga
rage and screen porch. Owner has to
leave city.
Takoma Park-Large S-rm.. 1Ia-bath
house. with screen porch. garage, large
wooded lot Splendid location.
ROBERT E. LOKR,
31l Cedar St., Takoma Park. GE. O6S1.
Evening star., 1942-01-18

1897 2Sth ST NV.
Owner transferred. must sell; good buy,
Modern detached brick bungalow, only 2
years old, extra large living room with f1re-
place. attractive dining room. splendid bed
rooms. huge attic. air conditioned. fireplace
in basement. slate roof copper downspouts
Weather-strtpped and screened. storm win
dows Venetian blinds. picket fence Open
foy
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BETHESDA,
5505 Charlotte Drive,
crn cSn

S10,75O.
New detached brick, conveniently located
in exclusive Greenwich Forest. quality
built home with six large rooms, two
tiled baths bedrooms that will take twin
beds. storage attic, and attached gar
age
To reach: out Wisconsin ave. to Old
GEORGETOWN I'd. left, past Bank of
Bethesda to Huntington parkway, right,
on Moorland lane to Charlotte drive.
Evening star., 1942-01-18

OO9O 1V1110O. I'VE. IN. w.
2 BLOCKS FROM NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
Next to Iceland Lesation-Builder and
baths, maids room and bath. large recrea :
ton room. playroom. den on living room.
screened porch; esnter.hail plan; 2-sar a
27,5OO. Will consider smaller house in
trade. Call DI. 2724. Evenings. WO. 1913
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BEAUTIFUL WOODED LOT.

S111A - = AZ y ~ w O0O31O 0O
To the discrimin ating purchaser looking
for q 4-bedroom house with 3 complete
baths. maids room with bath porch. built
spacious dining room with built-in china
cabinets. modern kitchen with de luxe
equipment. situated on this beautiful lot
With over 1900 square feet Of ground.
we urge your immediate inspection. The
price Is right. the house is new. finished
and ready to move in. Located in exclusive
Bradley blvd section. Phone
0RAHAM-HAIi. WI $3.50.
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large wooded lot; S6,250. Spruce O616-
ar, BATH. SHOWER; 8 MI. D. G.; OIL
heat. electric range, cabinets, nnoleum,
hardwood floors, hot-water hookup: spaoe
r. attic; 8 mi. D. c.: 1o0.tt. front; SS'eoo,
terms, S35 per mo. "IRY WENI' auto
route No <, Clinton, Nd. Phone 564.
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bsrh corner brick. fireplace; new in June.
lovely view of Potomac. 1E- $3.50.
NEW BRICK HOUSE, RMS, TILE BATH.
all improvements: . nj south Alexanoris.
Immediate occupancy Apply 430 S. Wash
ton Alexandria.
Evening star., 1942-01-18

382l BENTON ST. NV.
In beautiful Northwest section: rooms,
bath, built-in garage. hot-water oil heat,
fireplace. electricity. refrigerator. hardwood
6oors, front and rear porches, metal roof
you'll nnd this to be an exceptionally
weu-built 4-bedroom home in splendid con-
dition: priced low for quick sale SS.T5O.
CAPITAL VIEW REALTY CO.,
Realtors.
925 New York Ave. NV. Ma p197.
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EDGEMOOR LANE.

CHEVY CHASE. D. c;-s13,5oo:
large rooms. baths. breakfast room. den:
daylight recreation room: finished; heated
third floor; 16-ft. living porch. 25-ft. livin
room: oil burner: screened radiation: shade
trees: " blocks from bus.
TO INSPECT PHONE WOODLEY $500.
EIlW Il ZONES 4, CO INC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-17

WMAl, 8:3o-Town Meeting: III We Win
in Afriea-What Nsxf!" war straiegems are
pondered by Maj. Alexander Dc SeverskY. avis.
ton eonsuIfant; Admiral William v. Pratt.
U. S. n, retired; Henry }. Taylor, correspondent.
and Paul n. Pszsry former French vice consul
al Philadelphia.
WJSv, S:30-Desth Valley Days: Cranky
Charlie" story Of a modern Christmas on the
Western desert.
WRc, S30-AIdrith Family: Mrs. A. bItles
her boys in toy tank maneuven.
WDc, 8:45-World Statesmen: Dr.. Syngr'an
Rhee, President Of the Provisional Korean Re.
public, is speaker
WRC, 9:00-Musie Hall: The 90voite Choral
Society makes one Of its semi.annual appear.
antes. 1rudy Erwin returns as a guest, while
Kay Aldrdgs and Edgar Buchanan Of the
movies and It. G.g) Frances {. shoup Of the
WAVES also will be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-17
UNCLE RAYS CORNER BY Ramon Coffmon

the country. and at length it struck
Scotland.
All classes suffered from the Black
Death-lords and ladies. merchants
and doctors, laborers and farmers.
Christmas came, and what a sad
Christmas Too many homes were
sorrowing for the usual Christmas
cheer to exist.
Next year the disease kept on
with its deadly work. A woman in
the village of Heacham filed q law
case to make man live up to a
bargain about property. When the
case came up for trial. all the wit
nesses were dead-and so was the
man who was being sued.
Elsewhere there were no law cases
because the judges had passed away.
Policemen did not arrest any one be-
cause they feared that If they did
so they might catch the disease.
When spring came, there were
many farms with no farmers to guide
the pillow. Herds of cattle and fiocks
Of sheep wandered about the coun-
tryside with no one to take care of
them.
The harvest was small that year,
but In the following winter people
had reason to be. glad about some
thing. The Black Death was dying
out. As the weeks went by, there
were fewer and fewer cases.
We are told that 100000 persons
died In London. and $1,000 In Nor
witch. AL Of England at that time
had population Of no more than
5000, 900, and about one-third of
them fell victim to the Black Death.
1t Is believed that Europe as whole
lost at least one-fourth of its peo-
pie. In proportion to populate
the Black Death carried away more
people than any war in all history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-17

Through the centuries. men have
had to fight against one disease after
another. Sometimes there have been
plaques of a fearful sort.
The worst plague which ever
struck Europe was the Black Death.
Almost 600 years ago, 1t spread from
Asia to the west. Vessels of
the Crusaders took rats from the
Near East to Spain. France and
Italy, and 1t is believed that these
rats carried fieas which spread the
illness.
What an illness it was! Black
blotches and ugly boils appeared on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-17

WINK, 9:05-Symphony Hour: Recording Of
Bizets Carmen SUITE"
WhAl, 9:30-SroiIiehi Band: Jack Tea.
gardens, from Tho Navy Prs-FIiehi School al
Athens, Ga.
WHV. 9:30-Stdge Door canteen: Originating
from tho Washington canieen al one point for
a talk by Mrs. Roosevelt and Milton Berls and
Helen henken. From New York: Grace Moore,
Peter LORE and Jane CowI.
WRc. t0;00-Rudy VaIIee Show: Alan Now.
bray Of the movies comes in.
WMAl. 10:t5-Wnes 10 Victory: Dramatic
sketches based on the Army Air Corps and its
men who have been decorated for vaIor.
WRC. 10:30-Marth Of lime: Official re.
ports on Africa, South Pacific, Near East and
India.
WHV. t0;30-Joseph B. Eastman, director Of
the 0DI: Concerning Americas Trucks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-17

the skin, and in two or three days
the victim almost always breathed
his last.
For 4 time Great Britain was
spared, but the Black Death reached
there before the end of 1913. Cases
were reported in Dorsetshire, then
In Bristol and Gloucester. In No.
vember 1t came to London.
Having heard about the horror Of
this illness, many persons ned from
London, but some carried the illness
with them. Thus 1t Travelled al over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-17
the EVENINGS HIGH lIeHTs.

The EVENING" Hl6H LI6RN.
WkAL, 3:00-Audiiion Previsw: First Of q
series Of dramatic tryouts for actors aspiring 10
Broadway careers, Eddie Bowling conducts and
masters the ceremonies.
WhAL, 4;30-FriendIy Relations Tea: Mrs.
F. D. Roosevelt Is hostess 10 group Of foreign
students.
WRc, 7:30-Abbott and Costello: Lucille
Ball lets fly with an aura Of glamour.
VOL, 800-paM In Review: Tonighfs all.
soldier show originates from Fort Lewis, Calf.
WRC, 8:00-Briee and Morgan: la Verne
Brown, aetor.piIoi, is guest with SnooE and
Frank.
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Ldst-nsinute changes In radio pro-
grams sometimes reach The Star
too late for correction that day.
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Points for Parents
BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

Christmas time With our Nn-
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EYEklN6 SIkR FEATURES.

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Evening star., 1942-06-12
Stute Tax Problem

That the States are likely to face
q serious fiscal problem in the de-
cline in revenues from levieS on
motor vehicles and fuels resulting
from the restrictions on the sale of
automobiles and tires and the ra-
tioning of gasoline seems plainly
indicated by the latest Census Bu-
reau figures on State tax collections.
Excluding unemployment compensa-
ton taxes, these collections, during
, the fiscal year 1941, amounted to
$3,597 100000. Motor fuel taxation
produced se15 100000. and motor
,vehicle licenses $417,000,000. The
States thus derived from these two
sources approximately 81 per cent
of their tax revenues.
Domestic Commerce, in recent
article, pointed out that the re-
strictions on motor vehicle operations
will tend also to reduce the yield
from State taxes that apply to the
automotive and many related trades
as we'll as curtailing the income OF
those engaged in servicing the
motoring public. The war restric-
Evening star., 1942-06-12
tions, therefore, may be expected to

tions, therefore, may be expected to
cause other losses in State revenues.
The States are in better position,
however, to deal with the situation
than they were in the depression,
when tax receipts fell off sharply as
national income spiraled downward.
Today the earnings of the American
people have reached the highest
level in our history. BY adjusting
their tax systems to tap this income,
the States should have little diff
Guilty in securing the additional
revenue needed to offset the losses
resulting from the war measures.
Two factors should help to ease
the strain on State finances. Pri-
critics have already reduced the
amount Of road-building materials
available, and with the curtailment
in motor vehicle operation, the
States will need less revenue from
motor fuel and license taxes for
highway maintenance and con-
struction. Steadily expanding en-
ployment and industrial production
should make 1T possible for many
States to cut social and relief appro-
priations.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles z. Trdce7UeH.

correspondent means on the ground-as
on tree or stake.
In fact, there is no better feeding
place than the good earth.
Most of the songsters like it that way.
Certainly the squirrels will.
1t must be kept in mind that many
small feet in time wear away the grass.
so that If the birds are fed on the
ground they may be expected to cause
bare spot.
Squirrels cannot be kept away from
any place where food is put out for
birds.
Many householders work hard at de-
vising "squirrel-proof" feeders, only to
have to give it up in the end since the
animals are more persistent than they
are.
There is no food squirrels like better
than sunf1ower seeds.
They like them even better than they
do peanuts
Blue jays like peanuts, and often carry
them away.
Jays spend a great deal of time bury
ing food either in the ground, or in
crevices of tree trunks
Ornithologists tell us that the jays do
great work in planting acorns, and
that they do this at the tops Of hills
and mountains. Oaks it seems, grow
down mountain, rather than up the
slope.
In this way, it is asserted, jays help
men and mountains.
A bird feeding station does not neces-
sarlly have to be put amid shrubs
Often location on the ground is pre-
ferable, especially if it may be seen
easily from a window
A good type OF feeding station is a
simple shelf which may be built at a
window
1t is easily stocked in the cold, and
gives the observer an excellent opportu-
nifty to get very close view of bird life
Raisins peanuts and sunfoWer seed.
as mentioned by this correspondent, are
excellent for summer feeding
These will attract most of the birds
which come here, or those which re-
main in winter The peanuts. Of course,
appeal only to the jays and squirrels, if
in the shell.
Peanut hearts, which may be secured,
are liked by many species.
Placement of bird bath is mostly a
matter of choice
The corner of a yard is a good sit
uation.
1t need not be near the feeding
station
In winter, if small pans of water are
used, these are best placed within ten
feet Of the station
There is. after all, nothing very diff
cult about the combined indoor outdoor
sport of feeding the birds.
One does as one pleases more or less.
and the birds and squirrels will like it.
you may feel sure.
Evening star., 1942-06-12

In stark and bitter terms, but for
what they are and have and hope,
they care enough to be willing to
fight.
It is from Japan, Of course, that
the immediate threat to Alaska ac-
crueS, and the Eskimos probably are
affiliated with the Japanese in a
racial sense. More direct, however,
Is their relation with the Indians
Of Canada and of the United States.
In the prevailing crisis. they in
stinctively are turning toward those
who, generally speaking, have de-
served their friendship and CO.
operation.
Evening star., 1942-06-12

even if it is good weather" How come?
We'll" says he, look at my schedule" :"
Here il is:
l. June 25. put the car in the garage
with the tank full. l3 gallons, for 1876
miles Tin the sweet by-and-by). q June
$3.50. July 1-3l. August lis. leave car
in garage unused. 8. August Is, Is and
II if necessary for slow driving to save
tires, make the trip 49O miles. which
consumes the 13 gallons in the tank
plus l9 gallons from the No. page of
the book. 4 August 18-Sepiember 4.
l3 gallons of gas to use as needed 5.
September 5, and Gf necessary. for
slow driving, drive home, 480 miles. on
the 80 gallons in your No. page of the
book. s. September 7-30 October l-3l
leave car in garage and go a-foot until
you can use the No. page.
What Tom still is scratching his ear
about is, how he can do the same thing
August l. when he wants to. instead of
September l. ROBERT F. WOOD.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Eskimos in the War

To what extent the Second World
War is in fact as we'll as theory a
global struggle may be judged from
the announcement that Eskimos are
being recruited for the defense of
Alaska. Never before, so far as exist
ing records show, have any consid-
cradle number of the people of the
Arctic zone been engaged in mass
conflict. The very idea of organized
strife between vast multitudes, it re-
peatedly has been said by writer's
familiar with the pattern of their
minds, was unknown to them until
recently.
But innocence of war no longer is
possible in the experience of any COM
munity on earth. A single dictator,
taking possession of the machinery
of modern state, endoWS himself
with the power to challenge the most
distant and the least provocative of
his neighbors. 1t may seem incredible
that an argument over Danzig in
1889 should result in the village of
Point Barrow becoming a fortified
camp in 1912, yet something of that
sort has occurred-by choice of an
erStwhile Austrian paperhanger. If
any proof be needed of the mischief
making influence of ruthless ambi-
ton among men, surely here it is!
The Eskimos, before measles and
smallpox destroyed thousands Of
them in the nineteenth century, were
"the healthiest and the happiest
people in the world" Even now,
they laugh as much in month as
ordinarily civilized people do in
year, and they have all the other
signs of contentment and well-be-
ing" They are poor, they dwell in
a climate which is cruel. they are
intimately acquainted with suffering
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Old QuiIter

She lends an eager hand this
shabby neiqhbor,
And though they talk, uheu she is
not around,
OF her peculiar rays, they praise
her labor;
Lett-handed Quilters are not easily
found.
She dons her faded hat and chatters
brightly:
81 hare three other hats this good,
and halt
A dozen nicer ones" They smile
politely
And she keeps wondering Uhy they
fail to laugh.
my doctor recommends eggs in my
diet,
But third floor rooms are no place
for a hen,"
She tries again. Her audience IS
quiet
For one her age, such hun1or is q SIN.
Because her mind is neither slop
nor sad
The ladies think she Is d little
mad. FERN L. BELL.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
Because of the popularity Of your
very interesting column in The Star
you are probably kept very busy with
correspondence, but do hope you will
have time to give me an answer just
the same.
Until last week we lived in an apart
ment in Chevy Chase. The woman who
leased the apartment before us had
trained two or three squirrels to come
to the window sill for peanuts. and,
much to our enjoyment, they came to
see us every day also
Eventually some blue jays were at
tracted by the nuts, and we welcomed
them, too. Then during that heavy
snow we put raisins and cake out for a
robin and he came every day after
that, plus couple of other birds that I
don't know the names Of.
Now we have a house with a large
rear lawn out here in Arlington, and
we'd like very much to know how to set
up feeding station somewhere on this
lawn.
"The lawn is bordered on all sides by
shrubs and flowers, and there's one
small tree in the center.
'First, since my husband and I are
both poor carpenters, is there a store
where We can purchase whatever you
recommend for us to set up?
Second, would the feeding station be
just as successful on the lawn as it
would be in the shrubbery?
I'D like 1t rather close to the kitchen
window where l could watch it. The
small tree. which is about ten feet high,
is there. but there are no shrubs near
the kitchen.
we saw a squirrel on the lawn the
other morning, and we'd like to feed
him, too.
Would he come TO the birds station.
and could he gain access to 1t easily?
bird bath, too. Should this be placed
close to the feeding station?
Another thing, if we put raisins. pea
nuts and sunflower seed on the feeding
station. will that be enough to attract
practically all the varieties of birds in
this section?
Il should greatly appreciate your au-
thoritative answers and suggestions. and
hope you will not think me piggish' in
asking so many
u am. sincerely, T. w F."
Bird feeding stations may be pur-
chased at most pet stores and at many
florists shops.
Our correspondent might find hang
ing station good for the lone tree
Such stations are hung on a limb.
1t Is necessary to put them at such a
height that they may be serviced con-
veniently. Nothing is more bothersome
than a bird feeding station which must
be taken down and put back every time.
A feeding station is just as successful
on the lawn-by this We believe our
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Voluntary Censorship

The well-kept secret OF Mr.. Molo-
tov's visit to Washington was a
product of the Semi-voluntary CEN
sorship under which radio and news
papers now are operating. 1t is not
entirely voluntary censorship. as
the Government has the means with
which to enforce its bans on the
publication Of certain types Of news
But 1t Is voluntary in the sense that
the machinery OF censorship is
largely self-operating, depending for
its effectiveness on the voluntary
cooperation OF news-dispensing
agencies.
In the case OF Mr.. Molotov's visit,
the newspapers were informed In
advance that the White House would
be the sole authority for any news
regarding the movements Of Rus
sian diplomat" Putting two and two
together, neWspapermen concluded
that the diplomat probably was Mr..
Molotov, and when he reached WASH
ington his presence here was gener-
ally known In newspaper Offices. But
nothing was printed about it until
the news was officially released by
the White House.
This type of censorship Is the most
effective method Of preventing pub
lication of news which, for obvious
reasons, should be temporarily sup
pressed. 1t places the newspapers on
their honor; enlists them as volun-
teers in enforcing policies which
work to the best interests Of the
country. BY and large the news
papers have little to complain about
in the orders or requests Of the chief
censors, or in the suppression of
news which, carelessly printed might
endanger the safety Of individuals or
a cause. In the hands OF wise men.
the administration Of this voluntary
censorship is safe.
The danger comes when censorship
is placed in the hands of every half
pint press agent who happens to
have got himself a Job or a commits
sion and, swelled up with his own
small Importance, proceeds to lay
down rules on what Is printable and
what is not. The Government service
today is full of these individuals.
They pontificate on what can be
printed and when. And while the
newspapers usually are safe in ignor-
ing their silly rules, their meddling
is apt to break down respect for the
whole system Of voluntary censor
ship. Government information could
be better handled were it placed in
fewer and more skilled hands.