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Evening star., 1942-03-10
BruziI RetuIiutes

Although she has not declared war
on the Axis, Brazil has severed dip
1omatic relations with Germany, ia
pan and Italy and in other ways has
demonstrated her determination to
resist Axis aggression in this hemi-
sphere. She has exercised a firm
hand in dealing with German, Ital-
ian and Japanese fifth-column oper-
ations within her borders-and these
subversive forces were notoriouSly
active prior to the recent Rio con-
ference.
In evident displeasure over Bra
zils fortnight stand, the Japanese
now have subjected the Brazilian
Ambassador and members of his
staff to indignities incompatible
with international uses and GUS
TOMS" according to an announce
ment by the Brazilian government
The Brazilian Embassy has been
occupied" by military police, the
Ambassador is being held incom-
municado and his aides are being
treated like prisoners of war, it was
declared. Even If Brazil were at war
with Japan, such treatment would
be grossly improper.
Under the circumstances, Brazil Is
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Quotes Northern Virginia Editor
On Trial of Pearl Harbor Commanders.
To the Editor OF The Sti


The most persuasive argument against
postponement of the ourt-martialing
Of Mai Gen. Short and Rear Admiral
Kimmel that I have heard or read is
that advanced by Arthur D. Davidson,
editor of one of our local papers, the
Northern Virginia Daily.
Here, in part, is what Editor Davidson
had to say: "It seems to us that the
question OF who is to be punished and
who is not is a matter of minor con-
sideration We can we'll afford to wait
for that until the end of the war, when
all the facts and circumstances can be
calmly and effectively weighed. But
there are other considerations. What If
an equal share of the responsibility
does rest in Washington and if the poll
cies that were at least partly responsible
for the tragedy Of December are still
being followed? Or If the incompetent
officials responsible for those policies
are still directing our war strategy? We
can scarcely afford to wait until after
the war for an answer to these ques-
tions." ~. SPERRY.
Woodstock. Va.
Evening star., 1942-03-10

G. Where is the lake that is known a.
the Dead Sea Of America?-C. s. A.
A. Mono Lake in Mono National Park,
Calf, Is SO called because Of It's alkaline
waters. 1t lies at an elevation Of 6,426
feet in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
@. When do persons born on Febru-
airy 20 celebrate their birthdays?-E.
NJ A.
A. Persons born on February 29 usually
observe their birthday anniversaries on
February %. Some years ago British
lawyer whose son was born on February
29 investigated the legal position re-
garding the boys birthdays. He found
that, under an act Of Henry VIII, it was
laid down that persons born on Febru-
ary % were entitled to regard February
% as their birthday anniversaries in all
years other than leap years.
@. Does an inflated tire weigh more
or less than when not iniated?-M. r.
A. The inflated tire weighs more than
the debated tire because the first con-
tains more air. The difference, how
ever, is extremely small.
@. How did the common pin come into
use?-R. D. A.
A. The first pin manufacturing ma
chine that was practical was invented
by John Ireland Howe of Derby. Conn.
A patent was obtained privately on June
%, 1882. Pins are doubtless a develop
ment from thorns, which in ancient
times were used to hold pieces of material
together.
G. How many battles were won by
Napoleon?-F. I. R.
A. Napoleon Is reputed to have said
after his downfall: My true glory is
not that I have gained 10 battles. Wa
terloo will efface the memory of these
victories. But that which nothing can
efface. which will live forever, is my
civil code"
@. How is the FIRE" Of diamond pro-
duced2-L. M.
A. The fire Of the diamond LIS pro-
duced by the breaking up Of light rays
within the stone into the colors of the
spectrum, much In the same way that
raindrops break up the rays OF the sun
TO form a rainbow.
Q. In which European city Is there .
monument to Sir Francis Drake as the
individual who introduced the potato
into Euope?-M M o.
A. The monument was erected in
Ofenburg. Baden, Germany. Drake is
shown holding a potato plant, and the
inscription reads: Sir Francis Drake,
Introducer Of the Potato Into Europe,
In the Year of Our Lord 1880"
Evening star., 1942-03-10

rations, bleedings, torsions and strangu-
lations. 1t also means that the present
practice Of allowing medical beds to be
occupied by those with trivial illnesses
could be treated at home or those who
have sufficiently recovered from serious
illnesses as to enable them to finish
their convalescence at home, must be
changed. With the present shortage
grim reality. we must provide hospital
facilities for those who need them rather
than continue the present plan Of giving
them to the highest or more opportune
bidder.
This writer comedies that all he advo-
Gates may be impractical, but as
family doctor and voteless native son he
maintains a weak plan is better than
none. 1t at least possesses the merit of
serving as a basis for constructive criti-
cism and public spirited discussion and is
30 presented.
THOMAS E. MATTINGLY, M. D.
Evening star., 1942-03-10

fully. justified in adopting stern re-
talitory measures. She has served
notice that equivalent" treatment
will be accorded Japan's Ambassador
and staff in Rio de Janeiro. Imple-
menting words with action, she has
posted uniformed guard about the
Japanese Embassy and about the
homes of other Japanese diplomats.
None Of these emissaries will be per-
mitted to leave except by special per-
mission and under police escort.
Thus, Brazil is showing those who
would intimidate her that pressure
can work both ways. 1t seems obvious
that Axis threats are serving only to
solidify Brazilian determination to
frustrate Axis plans for extending
IFS new order" to the Americas.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
"HUIDEKOPER PLACE.

Dear Sir:
II, too, am one Of your faithful readers,
and save your columns to rest and relax
me, just before 60 to sleep at night.
II live high on Mount Alto Hill over
looking the chimneys and towers OF
quaint Georgetown. My studio windows
face the east. And I want to tell you
how I am enjoying the early morning
hours-the war-saving hours.
Here I am at my desk and the sun
is just creeping over the cedars in Holy
Rood Cemetery on Wisconsin avenue. I
have just witnessed the most dramatic
scene the earth ever staged.
Clouds of purple and flame parted
and the glorious life-giving, heat-giving
sun appeared. Too beautiful, too CLAM
orous to even gaze upon for long.
This is a daily performance and yet
how seldom 1t is noted.
1--WE take so for granted his coming
and his going. Much is to be said of the
setting sun, the quiet, sacred hour, when
birds tuck their heads under their wings
and go to sleep, but that is another
chapter.
IT heard the first call Of the crow.
as if he were awakening his flock. Then
came their distant answers from the
woods. How silent the just before dawn
hour would be without the call Of the
crows.
Il saw the first birds that came to the
garden feeder for raisins, suet and seed.
Heard their first throat bursting songs.
This beautiful natural music with the
background of the rising sun over the
tall cedars of the eastern hill was .
stimulant for a war-shocked day.
Most cordially, M. L. B."
"One who loves all nature-the century
old earth, trees, wild flowers and birds
an open road, sunshine. wind, rain and
solitude"
It was Walt Whitman who said:
Maybe the things perceive. the AMI
mails, plants, men, hills, shining and
flowing waters,
THE skies OF day and night, colors.
densities, forms, maybe these are Gas
doubtless they are) only apparitions, and
the real something has yet to be known" >"
Poe, some years carrier, III one Oh HIS
unforgettable poems, had asked whether
life Is not Q dream within a dream.
The dawn, above any other time Of day,
puts observers into the mood wherein
they realize that life Is not all here
and now.
There is something more to 1t, OF this
even the least thinker Is sure.
1t is, however, matter in which much
thinking Is good only for the truly
gifted and exceptional person.
Most. Of us will do we'll to accept the
gifts of nature without trying to draw
too many morals Let us leave that for
certain persons put aside especially for
that purpose.
For most of us, the colors and the
forms, the pictures will be enough.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Hill Girl

My father paS hill man, born to
Windy ueather;
I'm my fathers daughter, born to
rain and sun.
On the tUindy hilltop ue mould pdlk
together
When the crops were planted and
the choring done.
"NeUer leave the hills, lass, neuer 90
a-rodming,'
My father used to tell me when my
years 11ere teU,
When we 1Ualked the hillcreSt in the
summer cleaning,
And my father taught me all the
truths he kneD.
Hill lands In your blood, child; see
you never marry
Any but hill lad uho comes
a-rtding by."
But the years passed s,rittly, time
tDiu neDer tarry;
Nop / ,palk the htllcrest alone
beneath the sky.
MY father DGS hill man; IN hts
grave he's sleeping,
High upon the hilltop phere the
soft tDinds stray
Through the trees abope him, NTH
their branches tDeeping,
Whispering and mourning for him
night and day.
must ledue the hill land behind me
on the r,orroD,
For my heart Is lonely, and my
heart Is young;
Never came the hill lad to share mn
joy and sorroD;;
LoDe Is cold toithin me, NTH mn
songs unSung.
I must leaue the hill land, but / shau
be returning
With the larks and sUallops some
far distant spring;
Everywhere 90, my heart UtH be
a-yearning
For the lDiniy heather ri b
remembering!
BILLY 3. COOPER.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Women in Service

Endorsed by the War Department
and unanimously approved by the
House Military Affairs Committee, a
bill proposed by Representative Edith
NourSe Rogers of Massachusetts,
would permit women between the
ages Of 81 and As to volunteer for
noncombatant service with the
Army at the discretion of the Sec
retary Of War The step suggested
in the legislation so described Is in
line with that which has been taken
by the government of Great Britain,
largely If not entirely in response to
the expressed wishes Of mothers,
wives, sisters and daughters Of men
already engaged in the defense of
their common country. Five million
English women have been registered,
and five thousand of them are being
placed in jobs OF military Importance
daily.
Meanwhile, an Associated Press
dispatch from Moscow tells how Rus
sian women ARE seen everywhere
doing mans work. They drive street.
cars, they wheel buses about
the cities, they chip ice from the
WindSWept streets, they cook meals
at the front, they 60 onto the battle
fields, loading wounded onto sleds
and personally dragging them to
safety. They treat the wounded in
hospitals. Some of them drive the
locomotives and tractors. Others are
engineers on ships and pilots of
planes. They make tanks and
armored trains and they tend blast
furnaces as we'll as tend babies"
A similar development coinciden-
tally is reported from Chungking in
China, where Nine. Chang Kai-shek
is leading campaign for the en-
rollment OF nearly 200 900 900 women
ito help win the war by redoubling
their efforts to increase production"
A vast number Of patriotic Chinese
girls are giving their energies to the
speeding up of industry and agri-
culture. The new drive contemplates
the employment Of thousands of
older women in the fields of COM
munications, government admins
tration and necessary social and cul-
tural activities.
Only theoretically is there any
thing novel about such enlistment
Of women for service in association
with the armed forces of nations at
war. The women Of the Axis coun-
tries have been doing their part since
long before the actual outbreak of
hostilities in the autumn of 1899.
Especially in farming and dairying,
the women of Germany have dis
tinguished themselves. But their
endeavor also has included such
relatively alien effort as road build
Ing, mining and smelling.
During the First World War Amer
lean women served in the Nurse
Corps Of the Army and as yeoman-
cites Of the Navy. In the months
Immediately preceding the armiStice
Of November II, 1918, the National
Industrial Conference Board has de-
clared that 2,25OOOO out of 100000
war workers we're women-"fully
four times as many as are now
working in those industries" The
potential labor strength" believed
necessary for the successful perform
ance of the vital industrial tasks
required for victory has been stated
officially at 1s,O0O,000. For the re-
cruiting of such force, 100000
women may be needed. The demand
is growing minute by minute as the
danger to civilization becomes more
and more definitely apparent.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Warns Of LRgiSla ton
To Correct wildcat Labor.
To the Editor Of The

10 Iht EdIIOI OF INT SIdI
Some elements of labor by periodic
strikes seem determined to turn the
public against organized labor, thereby
losing all gains made during the past
decade. If labor unions fail to deal
firmly with these wildcat labor groups
which interrupt arms production. thus
leaving soldiers without arms facing a
ruthless and resourceful enemy. Con-
gress must take privileges from those
disloyal units that sabotage war efforts.
FRED P. PATTON.
Randolph, Utah.
Evening star., 1942-03-10

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the writer, although the use OF
q pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q pie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Explains Proposed Pension
For Early Canal Zone Employees.

To the Editor OF The star:
I read with interest a news item in
your paper relative to Panama Canal
employees pensions. 1t was important
to me because I was employed in the
Canal Zone from March, 1907, to August,
1912, as well as later on during and after
the First World War
The article was misleading where 1t
conveyed the idea that all employees are
eligible for the proposed pension, whereas
the bill before Congress specifies only
employees prior to 1918" with three or
more years service during the unhealthy
and lonely period of the Canal construc-
ton when the yellow fever, malaria, ETC.,
were part Of the problem.
The idea OF the bill is to recompense
the employees during those dangerous
construction days when it was so diff
cult for the chief engineer of the Pan
ANA Canal to retain workers on account
OF the high death rate.
WILLIAM S. BROOKE.
Proposes Sale Of Sugar
without Use. Of Paper Bags.
To the Editor Of The Star:
We are told that scarcity of material
for bags is one reason for reducing the
sugar ration. 1t would be proper war
time regulation to require sugar to be
sold only from the barrel to people who
brought their own containers.
II democracies hope to survive in the
struggle for existence, 1t is essential that
they should show their ability to find
administrators who have common sense.
HERBERT CARTER.
Evening star., 1942-03-10

Permanent Garden Flowers
This 24-page, illustrated booklet
tells how and when to start these
permanent plants of the flower
garden, what varieties to select
and how to raise them with maxi
mum success. Scores of varieties
described and facts about each.
To secure your copy of this pub
lication inclose 10 cents in coin,
wrapped in this clipping, and mail
to The Star Information Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1942-03-10
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader cdn get the anstDey to any
question OF fact by Driting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin. director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How many people in the United
States are employed?-L. A. T.
A. The total number OF persons en-
ployed is 52,840,712.
@. What is the origin of the express
sion Roaring Forties"?-C. T. S.
A. Roaring Forties is the name popu-
larly given to that region Of the North
Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 40 de-
grees and so degrees, noted for its rough
and stormy weather.
@. How many persons have served as
Archbishop Of Canterbury?-M. L. T.
A. The Most Rev. and Right Hon. Will
liam Temple, recently nominated, is the
ninety-eighth Archbishop of Canterbury.
The first was St. Augustine, SGT to 6O5.
Evening star., 1942-03-10

Randolph, Utah.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09

Keep your housefrocks up-to-date keep them young and attrac- tive looking by using Claire Tilder PatternsI Pattern 4c3 has that original touch you expect from this noted designer. See the scallops or the bodice, the convenient side but toning that makes this mode quick to slip on in the mornings. A set in belt contrives to give you wasp-waist that is most becoming -edge the belt with ric-rac or ruff fling, if you like, to match the scallops and sweetheart neckline The skirt is pertly flared for a young effect and is cut straight at the side, and bias at the center seam, back and front. A busy housewife needs an everfresh SUD- ply of just such gay frocks as this stock up now and make several with this easy pattern! Plan one in novelty plaid fabric like the one shown in the pictlre-plan another in a splashy printed cot ton. You'll be surprised what an attractive street frock this makes too for example a long-sleeved version in dark crepe with dainty lingerie touches.
 Pattern 4O8 is cut in misses and women's sizes i2, IA, Is, 18, 20 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 size. Size 16 requires 3 3-8 yards 35 inch fabric and 3 5-8 yards ric-rac edging.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, AD- DRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
 Send orders to Waterbury Demo. crat Pattern Department. 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
WOMAN'S REALM
GloTDing Yourself
A Anels NazA
NEA Service Staff Write,


 Maybe you don't think they're born that way. Maybe you know very well that you, with enough sav- " and will power, could create an enchantress and a success too-just like the beauties that decorate ma ga1ne covers and the scintillant ad- vertisements.
 The will power is yours to find. Here's some potent advice from a man who shows the ropes to some of the very best models. Impresario Harry Conover hands 1t out in black and white-a printed booklet of Dos and Don'ts" for his profession al beauties. Try them yourself.
 CD Do appear fully and charm- ingly dressed. The Bohemian touch went out with Elinor Glyn. Your mother must have told you that no nice little girl woes about the streets of the city without hat and gloves.
 CD Do be on time. It doesn't do much for appearance to be late.
 (3) Don't fling your personality all over the lot.
 (4) "Do arrive with makeup com- plete. After all, little numbers like Carole Lombard, Margaret Sullavan, Bette Davis and their ilk, arrive on the set at the ungodly hour of 6:45 A. M., fully made up.
 (5) DO have your hair and nails nice for any and every job. This seems too obvious to mention.
 f6 Do treat the clothes you wear with loving care. Watch your lipstick when robing or disrobing. Take precautionary measures for personal daintiness.
 CD Don't borrow things from the dressing room. Borrow is a nice word. Snitch is what we call it.. Nasty word, nasty practice. (8) Don't be busybody. A few questions about the situation are in order, but this feverish, grasping in- teTogation department is embar- rassing as well as distinctly annoy ing.
 (V 'The night before you have an eight-thirty appointment for the next morning, you say to your man, Look, you're terribly fascinating and I'm having a marvellous time, and don't know where I get the will power, but I must tear myself away and be home by ten o'clock
 When he glares at you, you laugh one of those rippling laughs and say, The price of beauty. yo:, know
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
SPEAKING OF PRIMITIVE
 SAVAGES

I said the other day that vite means, among other things, an ade- quate fund of reserve power to tide over emergencies and strains, the resiliency of the untamed animal or the primitive savage.
 What do I know about primitive savages? Only what read in books
 newspapers scientific journals and the like. One thing know is that the primitive savage or the human beings who has never been taught by an expert" how to breathe. breathes more efficiently than the individual who has been instructed or trained in such matters. The untutored individual breathes as 8 race horse of a draft horse Or greyhound or deer breathes, mainly with the belly. The Indivi- dual who has received instruction in breathing, from music master, say, or from an uneducated physical trainer, breathes mainly with the chest and generally handicaps his or her breathing efficiency by volun- tarily opposing or restraining the natural function of the breathing muscle, the diaphragm.
 Moreover savages or members of races less cultured than our own, races or peoples to whom our, "re- finements' have not been introduce ed, generally have better posture and better carriage than we have. They certainly have better teeth, jaws and facial development than we have, and less disease and suf- fering with dental carries, pyor- rhea, nose and throat disorders, si- nus troubles. If this seems at all incredible to you, read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" (Hoe- ber) by Weston A. Price, D. D. s.
 A kind of hackneyed reply to the teaching that we should restore na- tural food to it's proper place in our everyday diet is the shifting obser- vation that of course we are too ladylike to eat the crude, coarse foods our early ancestors had to eat. This is the bunk. Whatever our early ancestors had to eat scarcely matters. What all good nutrition authorities say is that the whole wheat flour and the crude llnre- fined brown or raw sugar and mo- lasses which together yielded more than half of the calories of the diet of Americans a hundred years ago and incidentally about 600 international units of thiamin (B) and proportionate amounts of the other entities of vitamin B com- plex, should replace, at least part of the refined white flour and re- fined white sugar and syrups which together yield more than half of the calories of the modern American diet but only about 50 international units of thiamin (B1) and pro- portionate deficiencies of the other entities of the B complex.
 The nutrition authorities of the day are all in accord in urging further that the diet of men, wom- en and children today is nearly al- ways deficient in calcium (and phosphorus, which occurs with cal- ciurn in most foods containing much calcium) and sunshine vitamin D which is essential for the assimila- ton, retention and utilization of calcium and phosphorus in the body. In later talk we'll suggest how to correct these fundamental faults of modern diet without re- verting to any monkey business.