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Evening star., 1942-05-01
Tuxicob Cruising Bon

Inc Public Utilities Commission
has moved with commendable speed
in ending taxicab cruising in con-
formity with the mandate. of the
Office of Defense Transportation, but
action to provide great many more
taxicab stands at readily accessible
locations would seem to be called for
without delay if the restriction is to
achieve the desired purpose of saving
rubber and gasoline.
According to commission figures,
there are 230 cab stands in the down.
town district, and with cruising
banned it is to be expected that they
will be taxed to capacity most of the
time. This being the case, idle cabs
in many instances will be hard put to
find stopping place, and-unless the
cabs are to be driven from the streets
this simply means cruising as
usual" with consequent dissipation
Of vital tires and fuel Often, Of
course, the drivers will do just as
any other motoriSt, and head into
the first curb space encountered.
From such location, however, they
are not permitted to solicit business
although patrons are free to en-
gage them-and this entails loss of
revenue. In the outlying districts
the effect of the ban will be less seri-
Gus, as cabs generally operate from
telephone call boxes in those areas.
Commission officials already have
taken cognizance of the prospective
need for stands, and no doubt will
speed establishment of additional
facilities The fact that the ban is
not to be applied during rush hours
will be helpful.
At first glance, it would appear
that extensive policing would be
necessary to make the cruising re-
straint effective, but large measure
OF cooperation no doubt will be
forthcoming from the drivers and it
is worth noting in this connection
that the limited ban that has been in
effect for some time on a half-dozen
streets in the business area has not
created an enforcement problem.
1t will be something of a novelty
for Washingtonians no longer to have
taxicabs at their beck and call at
almost any point along the principal
thoroughfares, but it is necessary
that they adjust themselves to the
new condition.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

1t Is lamp-lighting time in the suburbs,
and We sit down to read the home town
paper, which just came In by mail
today
Good old home town paper!
1t will be good to get away, for a few
minutes, from the harsh tidings Of war
around the world
Here, no doubt. we will find surcease
from all that. in the idyllic happenings
Of our old friends and neiehbors.
1t is happy thought, to think of
the thousands of persons in the Nations
Capital and surrounding suburbs. sit
ting down every evening to read the
old home town paper
Let us see:
"A son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones
stepped on a rake in the yard of his home
yesterday, badly injuring his left foot.
He was taken to the ONCE OF DR..
L. T. Smith, where his injury was
dressed"
Yes, We recall the John Joneses very
we'll
There is a legend about old DR. Jones,
the grandfather, who lived before the
Civil War
Old Doc" Jones was very irascible.
There was a clock In his house which
had q mighty tick
DR.. Jones grew angry at that clock
over the years
He bitterly complained about its loud
tick, but he did nothing about it.,
until at last the other members of the
family thought he had forgotten it.
But do you know what happened one
summer morning?
He took the old clock out and sat it up
on the rail fence.
Then he got his shotgun and blew
1t all to pieces.
Truly, an irascible man was old Doc"
Jones.
Here's another one from the paper:
Miss Alice Lawrie, while here visiting
her mother. received painful injuries
yesterday about noon when she was
bit on the left leg by dog while making
business call at a residence In the
north part of town. She was taken to
the ONCE of Dr. Smith where her injury
was dressed and where she was given
rabies antitoxin. Oficials have ordered
the dog confined for two weeks"
They have their automobiles out
there. too. Listen to this:
Acting Postmistress Mrs. Jennie
Harris, is confined to her home on
South Main street with injuries re-
ceived Saturday afternoon when the
car she was driving accidentally hit a
telephone pole.
Mrs. Harris was en- route to the
cemetery with some flowers and was
going east on Harrison street when she
became dizzy as she was making the
turn.
The steering wheel was broken and
the fender of the car was damaged
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Haskin.

reader can get the ansDer to any
question OF fact BY tDritino The Wash
ington Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin. director. Wash
ington. d. c. Please tnclose stamp for
return postage.
@. When was the George Cross. that
was recently awarded to Malta. insti-
tuted?-F. N. B.
A. The George Gross was instituted in
September. 1910. and is named for the
present King of England, George VI.
@. Where is the highest golf course
in the world?-L. B. V.
A. The l8-hole course at Alto de La
Paz in Bolivia is believed to be the
highest. 1t is $4,000 feet above sea
level.
O. What is the derivation of the Jew
ish surname Cohen?-F. C. A.
A. Cohen is the Hebrew word for
priest, hence this family name implies
descent from Aaron and the Hebrew
priests. Other forms of the name in
clude Cohn, Cowen, Kahn and Hogan.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
For the Aces

Bishops Garden. Mount Saint AlbanJ
Peace 0alks Nth him who enters "nt
these gates:
A brooding calm the centuries hare
brought
TO still mans grief. This sanctuary
WaitS,
The quiet paths shall turn the pill
grim'S thought
To truths cdrDed in these sculptured
rocks, the earth,
Torn deep 10ith mans blind hate, is
fragrant noW,
The bitter cup shall fow again NTH
mirth
When springs Whtte petals open on
the bough.
Rare, Wayside Cross OF Faith from
foreign shores,
Worn, treasured stones from an
cient Old World shrines
SdU the stUift closing up of human
doors,
SaiD, drop by drop, men spill hte's
crimson DineS.
This Glastonbury Thorn ,phich
spreads dneW
Its miracle of bloom for reperent
eye,
Is like a phoenir sprung from dust
and deU
Preentng bright plumage as the
embers die.
These things are deathleSs. Stone
and fo,Der and tree
Fuse in mems hearts golden
alchemy.
Ivy LINDSLEY.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

@. Was Theodore Roosevelt the only
President who was blind in one eye?-
r. J. D.
A. The Better Vision Institute saws
that in addition to Theodore Roosevelt.
who lost the sight of one eye from an
injury received in a boxing contest,
President Woodrow Wilson became blind
in his right eye from a retinal hemor-
rhage.
@. How long have snails been used
for food?-E. L. C.
A. Snails have been used for food
from a very early period They were
considered luxury in ancient Rome
where they were fattened in bran which
had been soaked in wine to give them a
distinctive flavor.
@. What verse in the Bible, II read
aloud. was believed to have the power
to stop bleeding?-A. r.
A. Brands Popular Antiquities" saws
that the verses which were used as
charms to stop bleeding are zechariah
kill and Mark v29. In order that the
charm should work it was required that
the person officiating stand over the
patient pronouncing: "Zechariah came
to Canaan, the waters dried up and the
blood dried up. Thus may the blood
OF the son of B dry up. Amen, Amen"
@. Upon what occasion did Sir Will
liam Osler, Canadian physician, refer
to the comparative uselessness of a man
over 40?-D. NJ L.
A. In a famous valedictory address,
delivered at Johns Hopkins in 1905, Sir
William Osler said: Take the sum of
human achievement in action, in science.
In art, in literature-subtrac the work
OF the men above 40, and while we should
miss great treasures, even priceless
treasures. we would practically be where
we are today. The effective moving.
vitalizing work of the world Is done be-.
tween the ages OF Is and 40, those Is
golden years of plenty, the anabolic or
constructive period, in which there is
always balance in the mental bank and
the credit is still good"
Q. Why is radium regarded as a per-
feet timekeeper?-X B.
A. The radioactive disintegration of
radium goes on at a fixed rate which is
completely Independent of anything that
man or nature can do.
@. What is the real name of the
Laughing jackass"?-F. F..
A. The kookaburra is popularity known
as the laughing jackass" because, in
stead of singing, it emits raucous laugh.
The bird is a member of the king
fisher family and a native of Australia.
Because of its curious cry and strange
habits 1t is constant source of wonder.
Q. What Southern city mourned Lin
coins death by painting its lighthouse
black?-T H. S.
A. The lighthouse at Biloxi, Miss, wa,
painted black in memory of Abraham
Lincoln and remained that way for
some time before it was repainted white.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Visions Development Of
Distinct" American Nation,

DlStnct American Nation.
To the Editor of The Star:
Pardon me for venturing to suggest
that even this present war may not be
such IAN ill wind"
In the news reports we learn that the
japanese will inaugurate, as of May 1,
a new movement, the first objective of
which is to be "an outline of the racial
spirit of their nation"
And on the same day as that when
this news is printed in The Star the
editor writes: THE American race rises
to meet the vast fulfllment of its
noblest destiny"
1t Is time to recognize the fact that
America possesses its own distinct spirit.
The editor rightly speaks of "the Ameri-
can race"
When we mention an American" we
really have in mind (or should have)
the mental attitude of citizen Tor resi-
dent) and not his geographical nativity.
nor yet his possession of citizenship
papers.
They say: 1T is better late than never
and the editor of The Star has given
the needful hint to begin to do some
thing to justify the claim that America
is Nation as well as a country.
P. CALPAKIAN.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Looks Forward to End
OF Power Of Money Over Nations.
o the Editor of The Star

When Thurman Arnold spoke his piece
about cartels before the Senate Investi-
eating Committee he shocked many peo-
pie. Further he stirred us up by assert
ing that many OF these international
cartels bordered on treason.
The story in The Star. April 26. helped
clarity the issue but the revelations OF
dealings with the enemy before and dur
ing the war on the part of some of our
biggest corporations seals the doom of
these cartel combinations when this war
ends.
1t is easier now to see why Russia
has been blacklisted. When the common
people more thoroughly understand the
Vaccinations Of the cartel and what
Thurman Arnold is trying to point out,
there will be an end to the power Of
money over the destiny OF nations.
T. B. Fl.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

Deposit Insurance Corporation,
which is dividing its activities be-
tween Chicago and Washington
Certainly. if the program had been
properly planned and if there had
been proper discussion with officials
of the agencies concerned, the need
less hardships resulting from this
mix-up could have been avoided
1t is to be hoped that it is not yet
too late to relieve the employees in
question of the unnecessary prob
lens with which they are faced
through no fault of their own, and
that hereafter the decentralization
program will be handled with a view
to preventing occurrences of such
incidents as this.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Needless Hurdships

The case of the 200 employees of
the Credit Union Section of the Farm
Credit Administration, who had
made preparations to be transferred
to Kansas City under the decentral-
ization program but who now find
that they may be sent to Chicago
or even kept here, is striking
example of the needless hardships
that result from hasty and hap
hazard Government planning.
1t will be recalled that the deCen-
tralization program, under which
Federal employees already established
in Washington are being sent to
other cities to make room for incom-
ing war workers, was prepared IN
great secrecy, the President explain
ing at press conference that this
was designed to foreStall pressure
tactics on the part of affected
agencies preferring to stay here. So
quietly were the preparations made
by the Budget Bureau that in some
cases not even the chiefs of agencies
slated for transfer knew about it
until a few hours before the order
was published.
The plight of the Credit Union
workers seems TO be one of the fruits
of this policy. After the order for
transfer of the Farm Credit Admin
istration to Kansas City had been
made public, and after employees in
the Credit Union Section had made
the necessary personal arrangements
to move, the section was transferred
BY executive order to the Federal
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Advocates Compulsory Aquatics
For Army and Navy Personnel.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star
1t is said that japanese soldiers are not
considered trained until they can swim
100 yards using the breast stroke and
can carry a gun and a pack. At Hong
Kong several hundred soldiers effected
beachhead by swimming to the OBJ
jective. In advancing upon Singapore
and through Burma these soldiers left
the roads and infiltrated through the
lines by fording and swimming rivers
and tropical streams.
Swimming should be requirement OF
all soldier and sailor trainees. College
boys and senior high school boys should
be obliged to learn to swim. There
could be no better exercise. After in.
duction there is too little time to teach
freedom from fear Of water and ability
to swim. Most of our soldiers will be
transported via waterways Often the
ability to keep afloat . few minutes or
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Letters to the Editor
Adds to Complaints
About Bus and Car Service.

huus u complains
About Bus and Car Service.
To the Editor Of The Star:
I can heartily and emphatically say
Three cheers for Dom Layne," who
wrote you recently regarding how bad
the car service is here in Washington.
For myself, have written several let
ters to the Capital Transit Co. reporting
discourtesies that I personally have en-
countered. and on couple of occasions
I have praised motormen for being con-
siderate of their passengers. The latter,
however, is something rarely seen,
whereas there is hardly a day that
something doesn't happen that Is thor
oughly disgusting. but stopped writing
to Capital Transit before being called an
old crank.
II 1t were not absolutely necessary to
do so I never would ride in either
streetcar or q bus, because usually the
people are herded on or of like cattle:
Step lively back in the car, plenty of
room in the back" Lets see that trans
fer" or Let's see that pass" which
would be perfectly all right except for
the tone of voice used in such commands
Then often when you dash across the
street within just few feet of the car
you want you have the motorman
simply look right through you and leave
you cussing on the street, and not an
other car in sight. 1t has seemed many
times to me that a motorman's chief or
only aim Is to make a green light with
absolute disregard for everything else.
And his chief pleasure, I believe, is in
starting or stopping a car in such
manner as nearly to throw you of your
feet. And they are no respecters of per-
sons, be they aged or young using canes
or crutches.
saw man on crutches almost thrown
to the floor, and he would have been if
gentleman on one side of the car and
myself on the other hadn't grabbed him.
The same thing has happened also to
people using canes.
I could 60 on and on, stating different
incidents that I have seen, some hap
pening to me, many to others.
Surely We who have to ride streetcars
and buses and pay more for that priv
ilege than they do in most large cities
are entitled to courtesy if nothing else.
Possibly if a few more people would
write in about such things something
could be done about the unsatisfactory
handling of our streetcars.
E. G. LIBBY
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Approves Presidents Appeal
For Support in Behalf OF victory.

To the Editor of The Star:
President Roosevelts radio address
was so specific that every American
should know what his duties and obIi-
cations are and what is expected OF
him.
Ali true liberty-loving Americans
should cooperate in whatever capacity
they can, according to their knowledge,
training and experience.
Our way of life is worth any sacri-
nee we may be called upon to undergo.
1t is not for ourselves alone, but for
posterity We are called to make these
sacrifices. GEORGE p. RATE.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Discouroging Outlook

The outlook for an adequate war
time housing program for Washing
ton and vicinity-never very bright
has become even more diScourag
ing as a result of the action taken
on the proposal to appropriate $50
100000 under the Lanham Act for
housing and community facilities.
Of this sum, S30,000000 was to
provide housing in and near Wash
ington for workers essential to the
war program and $20O0O,0OO was to
be used for facilities such as sewers,
water, hospitals, etc. In the APP
propriations Committee, however,
the housing item was reduced to
$12,0O0,0O0 and, as result of this
reduction, the appropriation for
community facilities was cut to SIT
100000. The House promptly passed
the bill in this form and it has gone
to the Senate If the Senate ap-
proves this action, it will be pos
sible to provide dormitory accom-
modations for some $4,000 workers,
but the proposal to build 1000 fam
lily dwelling units-described by
housing authorities as an urgently
needed beginning to meet a total
estimated need of about 10000 such
units-will fail for lack of funds.
The refusal of the Appropriations
Committee to grant the full $50
900 900 which had been authorized
is traceable to several causes. Among
them we're doubt that real need for
such a program would exist if the
decentralization program were to be
carried out and If proper use were
made of workers already here; un-
certainty as to whether the National
Housing Authority could get the
necessary materials to build the
houses, and the opinion on the part
of some members of the committee
that men coming to Washington to
do war work should be expected to
separate from their families just as
In the case of men going into the
military service. The principal
cause, however, was the feeling on
the part of the committee that the
responsible housing officials had
neither prepared nor planned their
program adequately, and, from read
ing the transcript of questions and
answers at the committee hearing,
there seems to be justification for
this attitude on the committee part.
In part, at least, this inadequacy
may be attributed to the chaotic
condition which prevailed in the
public housing field here prior to
the recent reorganization which re-
suited in the creation of the Ma
tional Housing Authority. But
neither this explanation nor any
other can soften the fact that the
District now finds itself in a Situa-
tion where it is faced with a hous-
ing shortage that is both immedi-
ate and critical. Having refused to
appropriate the requested funds be-
cause of sfaction-howeve
well founded-with the manner in
which the housing authorities have
performed their end of the job, it
would seem that the House, instead
OF letting the matter drop there,
should see TO it that the deficiencies
in the housing program are corrected
so that the appropriat which
certainly will be needed in the fu-
ture properly can be made.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Proposes Granting Franking Rights
To Red Cross in Wartime.

To the Editor of The Star:
1t has occurred to me that it would be
quite lift for the American Red Cross
If the franking privilege could be ex-
tended to that organization. I do not
know whether or not this ever has been
agitated, but it seems to me that, for the
duration at least, with the Red Gross so
closely identified with the war effort in
both military and civilian activities as
to be almost an arm of the Government,
Its enormously increased financial bur-
den would be lightened somewhat by
such gesture. ANGE BOALO.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the t0riter, although the use OF
q pSeudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserUes
the right to edit oil letters NTH
UietD to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

Dreams - This little booklet
will afford endless interest and
amusement to the owner. Briefly
it relates something of the dream
lore of the past, and gives the
meanings of many dream SYM
bols according to ancient prac-
tice. 1t includes chapters on
dreams, rules for Interpretation,
and dream dictionary. To Sc
cure your copy of this 32-page
publication inclose 10 cents In
coin, wrapped in this clipping.
and mail to The Star Informa-
ton Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1942-05-01

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it not otherwise credited in this
PAPER and Also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also arc reserved
Evening star., 1942-05-01

half an hour is the margin of life
or death.
We would be healthier Nation If
more people could SWIM A boy on a
transport feels lot securer If he knows
he can swim and has no fear of water
1t Is more needful to teach swimming
than baseball, tennis or lot of other
sports to our young men,
E. B. HENDERSON.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post ofhce,
Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1942-04-09

TIVE ESEkiN6S h'0h ltohS.
WWDt, 7:30-Homs Of Brave: Forbes Wat
son and Charles coiner, Of he Office Of emer'
eeny Management on Selling the War to
fhe People"
WRc, 7:3O-N psars's Gang; A family
skeleton Is located.
WEV, 8:0O-Death Valley Days: Saga Of
'Iwo-Gun Man." stunt rider with Buffalo Bills
Wild West show.
WRc, 8:00-Brits and Morgan: Tennis Star
Bill Tiden is iormenied by Frank and Snooks.
WEV, 8:30|peopIe's Platform: "canada's
War Effort" discussed by representative OF
Canadian advertising agency, daiYman, and
. newspaper editor.
VOL, -Waensiens Sinfonietta Beet
hoven's "Promeiheus' Overture, lbet's Diver,
iinsmenf," eIa1ounow's Concert Waltz No. T."
WRt, o:00-Bing Crosby Hour: Movie Star
Walter Pidueon, Movie Star June Havoc and
Mai. John |. De viii, H.. Of the 5fh Amored
Division.
WMAL, e:o0-Town Meeting Of Air: What
Sacrifices Must Labor and Business Make TO Win
tho War;" discussed by Senator 0'Danlel Of
Tsxas, Representative Eliot Of Massachusetts,
|. Meitalfe WalIing. Wages and Hours Admin
istrator, Charles {. Sheppard, president Of a
lumber company.
Wet, 9:30-Spotlighf Band: Les Browns.
WRc, tO:O0-Rudy VaIIee Show: Nj. Y.
uneoveH new talent, Songstress Gloria Warren,
and old talent, Movie Star Hattie NoDaniels.
WhAL, i0:00-Bais In BelfY: Variety mu.
dtais with N. {. Durward Kirby Songstress
Marion Mann, the Escorts and Rex Maupns
band.
Evening star., 1942-04-09

Father: You're so generous, that's
why money slips through your fin
gers so easily. I'm glad you're not
stingy."
Evening star., 1942-04-09

"My love must be q hero bold,
With heart both stout and true,
And by his might must prove his right
For my regard to sue"
Evening star., 1942-04-09

VOL. i0:00-Auihor correspondent John
Gunthsr helps pinth-ht while Nj. Swing vasa.
lions.
WDc. f030-cus and cuian Club: The
F. B. |. Theater Group in Away From II All"
W0l. iO3O-produtiion for Victory: A new
title for Fulton Lewis roundups, this one from
an sutomotive plant in Detroit
WRC, ti:t5-Y. N. {. A. Council: Five
authorities speak on the war work Of the ~"
Evening star., 1942-04-09
POINTS FOR PARENTS
By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE

Some of the terms ,De use in
talking about our attitudes to-
Uard money need clarifying and
redefning for children's Under
Stdndin0.
Evening star., 1942-04-09
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