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Nogales international., 1942-12-11
Four ElkS Died
Past IL Months

Annual memorial services were
held by the Elks Lodge Sunday af-
ternoon for departed Elks and par
ticularly those who died the past
year-Ed Holden, ice Sorrells, John
w. Larimore and Ed Bohlinger.
Father J. T. Weber was the
speaker at Sundays services and
music was furnished by a double
quartet from the Nogales High
School Glee Club.
Nogales international., 1942-12-11
U.A. COACH TO BE AMONG
GUESTS AT EVENT FETING
IS NOGALES HIS. ATHLETES.
Motion Pictures Of Arizona Hardin Simmons Game
To Be Shown Football, Basketball Track
Men To Be Among $50 Present

Bruce Powell, Lawrence Huerta,
Craig Pottinger, John Pearson.
TRACK: John Pearson, George
King, Ramon Baldenegro Edward
Mansfield, Eddie Johnson, Kendall
Cummings, Craig Pottinger, Louie
Aomeli, Edward Titcomb, Oscar
SctC.
Nogales international., 1942-12-11
MANY HAPPY
RETURNS

Mrs. H. w. Hamblin, Dec. 10.
Miss Alice Mary Edwards, Dec.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20

violence. then, that the term "fili-
buster" in its present meaning
energies. Yet the practice is not in
itself violent, "the most common
methods being to deliver long
speeches, to break a quorum, to offer
numerous amendments and motions,
and to force roll call at every
opportunity" The rules of the House
OF Representatives, since 1890, have
made successful filibustering prac-
tically impossible in that body, but
in the Senate even a very few men,
bers, exercising their right of I'M
trammeled expression, may halt the
progress of business at will. When
President Wilson in 1917 proposed
arming American merchant Ships
the House passed the desired bill
4O3 to IA. Nevertheless, the measure
failed because seven Senators re-
fused to allow it to be voted upon in
the Upper Chamber. In 1888 Senator
EllenGer of Louisiana made a record
by talking for six successive days
against the anti-lynching bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
Ships of the Line

The Nays announcement that
the japanese lost five .warships and
had three damaged in sea fight at
Guadalcanal on the night of Novem-
Der 14-15, in which battleships played
an important part, serves to vindi-
cate the judgment of those who have
refused to write off the dreadnaught
as liability in naval combat.
1t is possible that these latest an
nounced losses may duplicate to some
extent those already reported in the
battle that was fought on the night
of November 1914, but the sig
nificant and unquestioned fact is
that for the first time in this war
American and Japanese battleships
have been in action and that their
big guns have proved the decisive
factor in the fight.
In this instance the Japanese were
beaten. AS yet, the Navy has not
made public enough Of the details of
the faght to indicate the precise role
played by the battleships, but the
fact that the Japanese force. which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20

also included battleships, was badly
mauled leaves little room for doubt
That the big ships of the line were the
factor which swung the balance in
our favor.
Although the anti -aircraft de-
lenses OF battleships have been ire
mendously improved, no commander
would willingly risk them against
superior enemy air power. To this
extent, the arguments of those who
champion the dive bomber and the
torpedo plane remain valid. But we
seem to be approaching the point in
this war when the influence of air
craft carriers, because of losses and
other reasons, is temporarily on the
wane, and when naval battles will be
fought beyond the range of land
based planes. In engagements of this
kind the battleship is the only an
sWer to the battleship.
II our Navy had to face the Jap
anese dreadnaughts without battle
ships, of with markedly inferior
strength in this category, our posi-
ton would be desperate. But, for
tunately, this is not the case. Our
battleship strength has been main
tanned, and we may expect to hear
more from these heavyweights of the
fleet in the not-too- distant future,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
For-FIung Campaigns

reports to the effect that Fighting
French forces again are moving north
from the neighborhood of Fort Lamy.
administrative center of Chad colony
in French Equatorial Africa, have
been received with satisfaction in
Washington. Raiding parties from
the lower Shari Valley, carrying the
banner with the cross of Lorraine,
reached kufra Oasis in Southeastern
Llbya, 500 miles from Bengasi in
March and presumably still hold that
place in the desert despite occasional
bombings from Axis planes during
the past summer. The Importance
OF such an additional front will be
appreciated when it is considered in
its relation to British and American
pressure from Egypt on the east and
Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia on the
west. Slowly, perhaps, but certainly
the German and Italian remnants
between Zuara and Derna are being
surrounded.
The Fighting French Army, moving
north, allegedly has some American
support. 1t may skirt the Tibesti
Mountains and aim at Gialo or follow
the line through Ell Gatrun, Murzuch
and Godames, using roads which are
believed to be reasonably good for
military purposes. The country ad-
mittedly is difficult for ordinary
travellers, but it offers no insuperable
obstacle to seasoned and hardened
troops accustomed to tropic condi-
tions. Supplies are available through
Douala in the Cameroons and from
Khartoum in the Sudan. The native
population of the entire area, having
long-standing grievance against
Italian colonial rule, is likely to be
friendly to the expedition.
Not often in the past has it hap
pened that soldiers of the United
States have had such an experience
OF far-f1ung warfare. Commonly
American forces have operated in
relatively limited areas. Possibly
Sherman's campaign against the
Confederacy in 1864 and 1865 fur
nishes the best historic example of
large-scale maneuvers over a vast
terrain. The Union leader fought
his way from Chattanooga to Atlanta
and then "cut the South in half"
with his march to the sea" and the
occupation of Savannah and the
principal cities of the Carolinas. His
theory in that enterprise was to break
the resistance of the secession States
by destroying property rather than
human lives. To such an end. he
ordered his men to live off the land"
through which they passed. Many
excuses inevitably occurred, but
those guilty of the worst of them
appear to have been "bummers" and
not regulars. War" the general said,
is cruelty, and you cannot refine it,"
He left an indelible mark on
theater of conflict 500 miles wide and
at least 300 miles long and is re-
membered as one of the most notably
thorough strategists of all time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
Old Dreams Made New

Long has it been since these dear
hearth-stones knew
Gay flaming laughter leaping up the
fue; ..
Since these kind ,uaHs Uere hunq
Nth tickeMng gold
OF tapestries, long fold on simmer
ing fold,
Made by the darling shuttle of the
fire
In smoldering flame, and tall blaze 2
Questing higher.
Seated in these quaint ladder-back
pulled near
This radiant Uarmth, it seems that
tOe notD hear, -
Above the crackle and the roar, a
song -,
OF Wheel and distaf dream tho
dreams Which long y
Ago made hearts that loped the
same as tDe
Brim Nth contentment and tran-
Quillity.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS. !
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Readers Discuss
Poll Tax Filibuster.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
To one who used to pay q poll tax in
Northern State Though payment was
not a prerequisite to voting) but has been
deprived of all right Of suffrage for
more than 20 years by reason Of resi-
dence in the Nations Capital, the pres
ent furore over the collection of poll
taxes by certain Southern States seems
rather futile. The writer would be glad
to pay poll tax in the District of Co
lumbia for the privilege of exercising
the basic American right of suffrage.
Not long ago some of us were worried
for fear that Senator Bilbo might be-
come chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on the District of Columbia should
our good friend Senator McCarran re-
fuse to accept the position. Perhaps
our fears were not justified. At least
Senator Bilbo has thrown challenge
at those members Of Congress Who loud
ly proclaim their advocacy of universal
suffrage but deny even local self gov
eminent to the half million inhabitants
OF the seat of the Federal Government.
In view Of the unfortunate expert
ences of the taxpayers Of Warrington
under exclusive Federal control there
may perhaps be some Justification for
the opposition by certain Southern Sen
ators to Federal interference with State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
TobIecIoth Strategy
About this time of the wear a ri

ABOUT this time of the year a phe-
nomenon sometimes may be observed
In restaurants, usually on Saturday
nights. Two men, seated at a table,
will grab all the paraphernalia in
sight and arrange it on the cloth in
cryptic formation. One will take an
olive, and zigzag it along through
the debris. The other will supply
gestures. These men are not un-
balanced nor have their table man.
ners been neglected as children; they
are old grads, rehashing the after
Moons football game. The olive, of
course, is the ball; by definition, that
piece of celery may be anything from
the tul1back to the left end. So may
the salt cellar, the pepper shaker,
and even the pat of butter. The
tablecloth, particularly when foun-
tain pens are called into play to
designate complicated maneuvers,
will be no good afterwards.
? More fortunate is the tablecloth
used in Egypt the other day by
General Montgomery and his guest
captive, General Ritter Won Thoma
OF the German Army. For future
gastronomic use it may be out, but
some day it should be framed and
put in a museum. On it was re-
enacted the Nazi debacle in Egypt,
with the two generals as directing
strategists. Just what was used to
represent Rommel was not reported;
an appropriate symbol would have
been streamlined puff of smoke
from cigarette, but there was no
disagreement in where he was placed,
1t was far, far back in the end zone,
where he was trying desperately to
score safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
The Dutch Had q Word

Most Americans know that a fill
buster in Congress is a talkfest de-
signed to delay legislative procedure,
but probably not many are familiar
with the origin of the term applied
to such tactics. The Dictionary of
American History is authority for
the theory that "the word is
an English corruption of the Dutch
vrijbuiter (freebooter and was first
applied to the English buccaneers of
the seventeenth century who gained
a livelihood by plundering Spanish
ships and settlements in the Carib-
beam" A designation of more recent
date is used in reference to American
adventures engaged in armed expe-
ditions against countries with which
the United States was at peace"
In this latter sense "filibustering
was type of private warfare
waged by enterprising individuals
against weak nation which offered
a tempting field for adventure and
exploitation. 1t had it's antecedents
In the Colonial period, when there
were occasional border forays by the
English, French and Spanish colon
lists into one another's territory.
Such episodes continued along the
Southwestern frontier of the United
States for some time after the
formation of the Union. The most
conspicuous instances were the abor-
tive Burr conspiracy 1905 1907 and
the seizure by American citizens of
West Florida from Spain N81O and
their proclamation of an independ-
ent republic With the revolt of
Texas against Mexico 1885, numer-
Gus private expeditions were fitted
out in the United States in aid of
the insurgents and, while these
operations did not constitute fill
clustering as here defined, they were
not sharply differentiated from it."
On at least four occasions Amer
lean territory was employed as a
base for campaigns devised by for
eigners. In 1850 and 1851 Narciso
Lopez, a former general in the army
Of Spain, supported by several
prominent Southern leaders," led
two expeditions against Cuba with
the purpose of Kidding the island Of
Spanish rule" He lost his life in the
failure Of his second effort. Coinci-
dentally, two Frenchmen, the Mar
quis de Pindray and Count CASTOR
Raoul de Reconsideration, organ
lied several hundred of their COM
patriots for two inyasions of Sonora.
They were welcomed at first "as a
buffer against possible American
aggression, but the Mexicans soon
became hostile, and the expeditions
ended disastrously."
It Is from a background of private
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TracetDeH.

ton. Even the installation has its ap-
peal
Birdfeeding stations may be placed
at window sills or on stakes at various
points in the yard. a..
Small stations may be hung out Of.
upper windows. The prime requisite
here is that they be so placed that the
filling will be easy and without danger.
\
One of the real autumn birds is the
blue jay.
He seems to scream even louder than
usual when the leaves begin to fall.
Certainly he is typical American.
He can never keep his mouth shut
about anything, but is Dragging and
showing OF at every opportunity But
he delivers punch, too, and that is what
counts.
For all his size and bravado he is not
vicious and often not even beligerent.
He can stand up for himself very we'll,
though.
The jay is one of the few birds, as the
squirrel is one of the few animals, which
seems to have genuine and well de-
veloped sense of humor.
While some few persons dislike to see
him come to a feeding station, most
observers look forward to his presence.
He. never remains long. Fifteen or 20
minutes is the usual stay.
Hawks, owls, cats and snakes it re-
CARDS as its prime enemies. 1t shrieks
its loudest for them. It is said that laws
delight to drive a sleeping owl out of
neighborhood. They will keep at it
until the larger bird flies away, pur-
sued for some distance by the flashing
band of jay birds
Jay bands are made up of two or three
families of oldsters and young.
Often they fly together all fall and
winter. not separating until nesting
time,
Persons who decry the activities of
lays and who brand them as nest rob-
bers seldom say anything about the home
life Of the jays themselves. Yet these
birds are exemplary parents. They de-
fend their nests with their lives. 1t Is
claimed that jays will remain in the
nests until actually touched.
A jay is quiet in spring only, when the
safety of the nest is in question.
This handsome, bold bird scatters 9TH
er songsters at winter feeding stations,
but does not pursue them. They remain
at some little distance, waiting for the
jays to 60 away, which they usually do
in short order
The restlessness of blue jays probably
is not so much due to vigor as to need
for wider range for the foods they like
best. They love to hide bits of food in
crevices of trees, and in this way give
ready help to many smaller species OF
birds and also to squirrels. Often when
the latter are prowling around over
trunks and boughs, they really are eat
ing small bits of food damned into bark
crevices by jays. In assessing the merits
OF this bird, it's food-hiding proclivtie.
never must be overlooked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
District War BUDGET

The paradox which finds the Com
nlissioners sending to the Budget
Bureau the largest local budget in
history at time when war restric-
lions prevent practically all spending
except for maintenance is explained
by the plan to sink every available
dollar in repayment of Indebtedness
to the Federal Government.
Under the estimates made public
by the Commissioners, debt repay
ment is being increased from $780,
600 to $6,500000, an increase only
partially attributable to increased
loans in the past fiscal year. This
is a sound plan, for it avoids the
accumulation of an unnecessarily
large surplus of local revenues-on
which the District would draw no
Interest and which would serve only
to distort the Districts real financial
condition-and it places the District
In better position to take advantage
OF whatever credit the National Gov
eminent may make available for new
construction after the war. The
surplus now estimated, to be used for
debt repayment, is a fictitious sur
plus. The District is not receiving
more revenue than it needs. 1t is
merely anticipating the receipt of
more revenue than can be spent UNI
der the restrictions of war condi-
tions.
In the last fiscal year, the Com
miSsioners obtained authorization
from Congress to borrow $2,OOO,OOO
for extraordinary expenses in con-
nection with protection of the
Capital. A million dollars of this
sum is being repaid, under the esti-
mates, and the Commissioners hope
to take care of additional expenses of
this nature without new borrowing.
Certainly there should be no more
loans with interest from the National
Government to finance protective
measures for the National CAPITAL.
These measures are as necessary for
the National Government as they are
Tor the local community, and it is
inequitable to require local taxpayers
to borrow money with interest from
the Treasury in order to meet ex-
penses which obviously should be
shared equally by the Federal Gov
eminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
Wants British Empire Wrecked
And World State Substituted.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
This is to comment on the letter of
Eric Underwood in The Star for No.
vember is in which he defended the
British Empire as being run for the
benefit of the subjects, thereby differ
ing from any other empire in history.
True enough; all honor to the British
for their altruism-but still hope the
war breaks up the empire. For regard
less of the benevolence of British rule
In India, say and regardless Of the ex
pressed intention of giving the Indians
nationhood within the British Common
wealth, the old, old sin of all imperial
ism is not washed out: the sin one COM
mits in playing God by administering
the destinies of others without their ex-
pressed consent.
AS an improvement on the British
Commonwealth I should like to see
world state with full central policing
power and with voting done by nose
counting rather than in uneven political
units, as in the League of Nations or
ganization. The so-called backward areas
would be governed by the central po-
litical authority rather than by . par
ticular self-appointed coterie of burden
bearers; the same qualifications for vot-
ing would hold in these areas as
anywhere else.
Imperialism will be q matter Of his
tory after the war, If all goes well. In
spite of Churchill, the British will no
more be able to hold Hong Kong in the
face Of q strong and democratic China
than China will be able to hold the Isle
Of Wight. STERLING AMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
UTAH AVENUE.

Dear Sir:
"One of your correspondents recently
praised the Japanese barberry. have
found it excellent as a sort of bird feed
ing station. There is one big specimen
just outside window. and I have found
that many birds come to it, especially
the mockingbird. The mocker likes to
eat the berries, but do not know wheth-
er other birds do or not All know is
that many species fly in and out.
THE other day I saw at least three
dozen English sparrows in and beneath
this shrub. They seemed to be eating
grass seed off the ground.
II believe it would be a good thing to
tie small pieces of suet to the branches,
and think will do that for the birds
Thanksgiving dinner.
1T is good thing to imbed sunflower
seed in the pieces of suet.
I'm the section of the country from
which come it is custom among some
people to use an evergreen for the birds
Christmas tree.
%,
and then let it all cool. and cut it up
and tie pieces to the tree.
In this way the chickadees and tit
mice and other smaller birds have a
chance to get something to eat.
Il scarcely need say that no lights
should be used upon such a tree. but
then there will be no Christmas outdoor
lighting this year, anyway, guess.
Sincerely yours, L. NJ"
X ~
No one who desires to take up autumn
and winter bird feeding need lament the
lack of a manufactured feeding station.
Shrubs, as our correspondent points
out, make excellent natural feeding
places The songsters feel perfectly at
home in them.
Doughnuts and the like may be tied
to the branches. When they are eaten
out and fall to the ground the birds
will eat the remainder from the earth
AS matter of fact, there is no table
which they prefer more. The ground
beneath shrub is a good place to put
a mixture of seed and grains or just
bread crumbs. At any time of the year
this will attract birds
Many Of the migrating species prefer
this to the man-made feeding station
They are not afraid of cats-they have
been meeting them for centuries-but
they shy from some boxlike affair on q
stake or platform.
|
| There is no gainsaying that there is
a certain appeal to the platform on a
stake.
It permits a good view of the bird.
and gives those creatures a chance tt
fly in and out, something which they
never get enough of, at any time OF year
There also is the eye appeal. Thi.
means a great deal to an minded
race.
The building or construction OF bird
feeding station is an interesting opera
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
Sees Inefficiency in Dealing
With Rubber Shortage Problem.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Baruch Committee performed an
invaluable public service in giving the
public the truth in regard to the rubber
situation and the public readily re-
sponded to the sacrifices which the COM
mittee stated we're necessary. Amerl-
cans can be counted upon patiently to
adjust their lives to any sacrifice when
they know it is necessary to the support
of our armed forces.
There is today, however, more than
a suspicion that the unusually severe
rationing of gasoline in the East is due
not so much to lack of transportation
facilities land no one claims there is
any shortage of the supply, but to a
lack Of men in the ONCE of Price Ad-
ministration who have the ability and
experience to handle the task.
A rationing of gasoline that precludes
any out-of-town use of cars and keeps
civilian cars of the highways, conserving
rubber, is entirely justiflable and de-
sirable and no one objects on that score.
But basic rationing of gallons a week
OF cars impossible seems only to indi-
cate that the OPA is evading its job and
disposing of its responsibility by the
expediency of passing the burden on to
the public unnecessarily. Public resent
ment is natural and will increase and
continue unless some complete and re-
liable statement of facts is presented
to justify this severe rationing. Arbi-
trary statements by OPA officials echoed
by Mr.. Ickes, are inadequate.
If group of experienced men, similar
to the Baruch Committee, gives the pub
lie the facts and states that such ration
ing is necessary no loyal citizen will
complain. But every citizen has right
to protest the severity of a rationing
which very possibly may be more due
to official incompetence than to national
necessity
Perhaps the new Congress could spot
light the entire question of the admins
tration handling of gas rationing.
JOHN EDWARDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-20
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin.

reader can get the ansUer to any
question OF fact by t0riting The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington.
d. C. Please irclose stamp for return
postage.
O. Are men in the armed forces Of the
United States required to pay the VIC
tory tax?-M. T.
A. The victory tax will not be deducted
from the salaries of those in the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard.
@. What is Wendell WILKES middle
name?-C. H. w.
A. Lewis. As a boy Mr.. Willkie called
himself Lewis Wendell Willkie, but when
he entered the Army in 1917 his two
first names became transposed in the
records.
@. What plants have the largest
leaves?-B. N.
A. The giant water lily, Victoria regia,
has leaves that measure as much as
feet across. The leaves of the banana
plant are 10 feet long.