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Evening star., 1943-07-12
A CommendubIe Report

The report which Chief Judge Will
liam E. Richardson has submitted to
the Attorney General, covering the
first year of operation of the Munic-
ipal Court of Appeals, tells the story
of Job that has been we'll done.
Actually, the report, although sub
mitted on the first anniversary of
the organization of the court, does
not cover a full year of work. The
details of organization. formulation
of rules, and the preparation of briefs
and records pursuant to the rules
occupied the first four months
Hence, the report covers only the
hearing and decision of cases during
a period of eight months.
In this time, however, there were
lot appeals filed with the appellate
court. Eighty three of these have
been disposed of, seventy-five OF
them by opinions. In addition, 146
motions of various kinds were de-
cided by the court.
OF particular interest is the
promptness with which appeals were
carried through to final disposition.
In the first twenty five cases, seven
days elapsed from the filing of final
briefs to argument. And the time
from argument to decision was only
twenty days. The time required to
handle the fifty other cases disposed
of by opinions was slightly greater,
but in no instance did more than
fifteen days pass between the f1ling
OF final briefs to argument, nor more
Evening star., 1943-07-12

@. Please quote the words Of Benja-
min Franklin regarding the rights OF
man in all the nations of the earth
E. l.. H.
A. God grant that not only the love
of liberty but thorough knowledge Of
the rights of man may pervade all
nations of the earth, so that philoso-
pher may set foot anywhere on its sur
face and say This is my country"
These lines may be found in Smyth's
Writings of Benjamin Franklin" Vol
ume 10, page 70.
O. What is meant by a scale Of :200,-
900 used on military maps?-E. M. B.
A. This means that one inch on the
map is equal to 100000 inches, or about
three miles, on the ground.
O. Why was the name Lebfraumilch
given to certain kind of wine?-S. M. L.
A. This famous wine derives its name
from the Liebfrauenkirche (Church of
Our Lady, in Worms, Germany. Some,
Of it Is grown in the small vineyard
that lies around the church. g,
@. How many persons were killed by
Billy the Kid, the notorious outlaw
S. E. B.
A. Billy the Kid (Wilham H. Bonney)
was II years of age at the time of his
death In 1881 and had killed 81 men,
not counting Indians, during his six
years of outlawry.
@. Did the practice Of dry cleaning
originate in Francea-L. L. H.
A. Yes. About the middle of the 10th
century, French cleaners first began to-
remove grease and dirt with solvents,
using benzene and camphene.
@. When we're jackets first used on
books?-P. L. S. N
A. In 1865 there appeared over the
Appleton imprint a book entitled, The
Bryant Festival at The Century" in what
is to date the earliest known American
dust jacket. The book was issued in
pale lavender glazed boards, with the
title lettered in red on the front cover,
and William Cullen Bryant's monogram
on the back cover. The jacket was of
thin brown paper on which the printing,
on the covers of the book was exactly
reproduced. 7o-
Evening star., 1943-07-12
NEW YORK AVENUE.

Dear SlI.
IT have followed your column with q
great deal OF pleasure and interest and
find that now maybe you can help me.
I'VE have a family Of wrens and I
have noticed that very often the parent
bird will 90 into the house after feeding
her young and bring out piece of some
thing that looks like bread.
what could this be?
"Could it be that they have been fed
bread and didn't like 1t and the parent
is removing it or is this one OF their
ways Of keeping the nest clean of waste
matter?
do they build in the same nest twice,
or do they build different nest for
each group Of babies?
II have been told they mate twice a
season. Do you know If there is a rest
period between or If they start raising
their new family right away?
Thank you for answers.
Sincerely. M. w."
Birds have curiosity as we'll as human
beings.
Since a pair OF wrens have started
building a nest in a house put up for
them in a lilac bush. all the other bird,
have come over to see what Is up.
As far as we can recall, no bird paid
any attention to that lilac before.
Now they are all in 1t, and no wonder
the wrens are such noisy advertisers
Of their own whereabouts.
Not motion Is made by them without
. cascade OF sound accompanying it
especially when the birds are flying In
and out the nest
Wrens seldom use the same nest twice
out new site.
The pair of wrens in the lilac previ.
ously had a nest across the street.
We could hear them, but never saw
them. Then, one day recently, the ia.
miliar wren music came close at hand
Could they be investigating the wren
house In the lilac bush?
Sure enough, that was what they were
doing. And they were telling the world
about 1t. too.
The male was making most of the
noise, OF course. He is q noisy little
critter. He would attract the attention
of every bird for several hundred feet
in all directions, he makes so much
noise.
Wrens like new nest for each oi
their two or three broods, because thai
Is their way of being sanitary.
Almost all nests contain lice. Tit
songsters have no way Of protectins
their young from lice except to Civ.
them fresh new house.
Matter is removed by the parents each
day.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles r. Tracetcell.

Young birds are never fed bread. The
young Of all species, even seed eaters,
are fed small insects and worms.
Insects are the baby food" Of birdland.
80
House wrens have two, and sometimes
three nests, q season.
They waste no time between nests.
No sooner has the first brood been fed,
50 that its members can take care of
themselves, than . new nest Is begun.
This applies to all birds.
There Is. of course, q sort Of resting
period while the young are being brought
up
The male house wren is not q very
chivalrous bird.
He often deserts his mate while she
is caring for the family.
Sometimes male wrens have been
known to have two wives at q time, and
help In the bringing up of two families
at one and the same time
-Four to nine eggs are laid in the
nest, mostly four or five.
The nest is usually low, sometimes
as low as two or three feet from the
ground.
The house in the lilac buch is not more
than three feet from the earth.
1t Is carefully camoufiaged by q branch
Of the bush being brought over and tied
In front of the door.
This also affords a perch, but 1t is,
alas, a perch also for English sparrows
and other birds.
And what will happen to the house,
when thunderstorm bends and sways
the bush, yet remains to be seen.
The wrens are oblivious to all this.
If anything is going to happen to their
second nest, they know nothing about it..
They 60 right ahead flying In and
out. and making a great deal of noise
about it.
Few songsters make quite as much
racket when nesting.
1t Is dead give-away. and does MOTH
Ing except attract the attention of other
birds. as well as animals.
Nothing, that is except add to their
own happiness and that Of human
listeners.
There is no bird music quite like that
Of the wrens. Some listeners do not
like 1t. branding it harsh and shrill.
Others go into ecstacies over it.
We hold middle view, believing that
Its vivacity makes up for the slight harsh
| edge which this music has.
Few birds seem to enjoy life more
than the pert little wrens, with their
tip-tilted tails, their pleasing brown
feathers. and their saucy ways.
They are so happy. and so full of
life and its enjoyment that their song
is reproach to humanity, which seems
to know nothing else to do with excess
! energy by and large except to kill with it
Evening star., 1943-07-12
HeIicopters
From the Topeka Capital.

The younger generation of flyers Gre
ated by this war contains many who
are as enthusiastic as Igor Sikorsky
about the postwar possibilities of the
helicopter as family car of the air,
which could do much to stop the con-
centration Of living in overcrowded
cities.
The beauty Of the helicopter for local
committing, short-distance vacationing
and similar purposes is that 1t would
not require complete rebuilding of
existing communities to provide scores
or hundreds Of big airports.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
than twenty-nine days from argu-

than twenty-nine days from argu-
ment to decision.
This Is q record Of which the MEM
bers Of the court may well be proud.
And it also should be a source Of
qualification to those who brought
about the establishment Of this new
municipal court setup, believing that
1t would serve the desirable purpose
OF providing the people of the Dis
trict with a tribunal in which all
but the more important cases could
be prosecuted to a prompt and mex
penSive conclusion.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Wars Laboratories

One of the dramatic stories of the
war developed a few days after the
japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Star carried it under Thomas r.
Henry's by-line early in January of
1912 in the form of a condensed re-
view of letters and reports reaching
the Navy's Surgeon General, Ross T.
Mcintyre, on the remarkable results
achieved with new drugs and new
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Financing the Zoo

IN preparing leSlSldUlOn IOI a III
fifty plan of dividing maintenance
expenses of the National Geological
Park between the United States and
the District of Columbia, the Com
missioners are moving to rectify a
long-standing source of inequity.
The Zoo, of course, is a national
Institution, as it should be. AS
Budget Officer Fowler points out in
his analysis of the situation, 1t Is a
far more elaborate institution than
q community the size of Washington
would undertake on its own hook.
Appropriating for the Zoo through
the annual District bill-the practice
for many years-means that the
local taxpayer foots about 80 per
cent of the maintenance cost. That
is wrong in the sense that 1t is un-
fair, and tends to handicap the Zoos
development as a national institu-
ton.
The Commissioners study of new
divisions of cost, however, should in
clude some exploration of the posi-
bility of charging a fee for admit
tance to the Zoo. With visitors run
ming above the two million mark
annually, even nominal charge
would 60 far toward meeting main
tenance costs. The policy would be
In line not only with the practice in
many other ZOOS, but would follow
the custom adopted with success by
the National Park Service There
has been an admittance fee for auto
mobiles at the National Yellowstone
Park since about 1918. This is gen.
eral practice now in most of the
national parks. A few years ago
Congress inaugurated fees for use Of
the elevator at the Washington Mon
ument, for admittance to Arlington
House, the house where Lincoln died,
the Lincoln Museum in old Ford's
Theater, the Statue of Liberty, and
other such places. BY this system
the National Park Service in normal
times is able to meet about fifty per
cent of its maintenance costs, with
no visible lessening of public patron
age. In fact, park officials have
observed that payment of a fee adds,
rather than lessons, public appre-
citation.
Some years ago DR.. William M.
Mann, director of the National Zoo
logical Park, estimated that a fee
for admittance at the Zoo here would
require an initial investment of
about 5000 in fencing and would
cost about $4,000 year to collect.
The Washington Zoo is one of the
few free ZOOS in the world. There is
a regular charge at the Philadelphia,
Cincinnati and San Diego ZOOS;
charges on certain days of the week
at the ZOOS in Chicago and New York.
All Of the big ZOOS in Europe charge
for admittance. And while there
might be some protest that even a
nominal fee barred some visitors, the
fact is that such a direct tax for the
privilege of visiting the Zoo is a
healthy arrangement. The Com
missioners might find it advisable, at
least, to discuss the matter with the
Board of Regents of the Smith
sonian in an effort to work out an
equitable system of financing, fair
to the local taxpayers and beneficial
to the extraordinarily fine ZOO that
is being steadily improved under DR..
Mann'S direction
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Miners Advocate
Defended,


Defended.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The varied letters to the editor on
the subject Of John L. Lewis have been
read with special interest by this Star
fan.
That your reader contributors write
with strong and virile language Is un-
derstandable for 1t is difncult to deal
with an opinion on a strong and virile
personality without resorting to such
terms. Undoubtedly, Mr.. Lewis Is one of
the most interesting personalities on the
American scene today.
But one wonders whether it has ever
occurred to his critics that Mr.. Lewis
has a job to do for the men whom he
represents. He is to the UNIV member
ship what good lawyer Is to the average
individual.
Mr.. Lewis is keen strategist and q
sound thinker. Who has 50 effectively
resisted Government by executive direc-
tive? In this resistance Mr.. Lewis speaks
not only for the membership Of his union,
but for the whole American people -
well. J. G. VAN NESS.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskir,.

6y FTeQSTtc y. hQJktU.
A reader can get the anstcer to anv
question of fact By DritinH The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hasktn, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
Q. Did the revolution in Germany oc-
cur before or after the first World War
ended7-O. r. B.
A. The revolution in Germany broke
out on November 3, 1918; the Armistics
was not signed until November 18th.
@. Is it true that deer shed tears7--
L. B. @. =
A. The drops which fall from the eyes
OF deer are not tears but an oily secre-.
ton from the so-called tear-pits. g
@. Did Abraham Lincoln own the
home in which he lived in Springfield,
In.?-R. E. b. ~
A. The house, located at Eighth and
Jackson streets, was purchased by Lin
coin in 1874 and served as his residence
until February 6, 1861, when he left
for Washington, D. G. This Is the only
house Lincoln ever owned.
@. What Is the weight Of the Statue
Of Liberty?-T. r. z.
A. The statue weighs 225 tons.
@. In what State Is the Blessing Of the
Blossoms an annual festival?-G. E. NJ
A. Michigan. On the Old Mission
Peninsula in Grand Traverse Bay there
isssaid to be the greatest concentration,
of cherry trees in the country, with
about twenty thousand trees to the
square mile The Blessing of the Bios.
SONS is part of the annual cherry,
festival.
@. How much brighter Is the sun than
the moon?-T. OBJ.
A. Prof c. c. Wylie in his book
Astronomy, Maps and weather" says
that photoelectric work at the Harvard
Observatory indicated that the moon
is little brighter relatively than the
earlier visual work had indicated. The
Harvard result was that $50, 900 full
moons would equal the light of the sun.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Classmate Tells
OF Mr.. Forster's LII. b.


Among the many who read with in
terest the account of Rudolph Forster's
death and the sketch of his life in The
Star, none will be more appreciative
than the members of the class of 1897
OF the school of law of Columbian, now
George Washington University.
We who survive remember him as a
studious, friendly, spirited young man.
sufnciently popular and outstanding to
be chosen as member Of the Executive
Committee of the class, we'll entitled to
his IL. B. at the end of his course of
study. So We wonder why the entirely
gratuitous and equally erroneous words
at the end of the paragraph telling of
his receipt of the honorary degree
where 1t was said that 1t was his first,
Why the writer added these superfuous
words I do not know; but I do know
that they are in error. L. D. CLARK.
Evening star., 1943-07-12

Bus is a contraction of the Latin
omnibus, meaning literally "for ALL"
Practically speaking, however, in
these days it is only for the strongest
sixty or more who can fight their
way into 1t.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the ,criter, although the use of
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Americas Favorite Poems-You are

Americas Favorite Poems-You are
certain to find many of your per-
sonal favorites among the SO clas-
sizes printed in this 4s-page publica-
ton. The poems included in this
selection have stood the test of years
in popularity and literary value.
There is great enjoyment for every
one in this collection of popular
poems To secure your copy OF this
publication inclose Is cents in coin
wrapped in this clipping and mail
to The Star Information Bureau.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
Slaughter Gar
g..
Awaiting Orders

County Agricultural Agent Els
worth Besemer, who becomes car
of all livestock slaughter in the
area by order of Food Admins
traitor Wickard, was still unaware
Saturday how the order won
operate.
81 have read of the order" he
said. 81 can not do thing until
II arrives from Washington. 1
do not know what procedure
they want me TO follow and 1
know nothing about the forms or
licenses necessary or how they
may he obtained"
The order was issued, Wickard
said. in an attempt to stop black
markets in meat and seeks to force
all persons handling meats
butchers. retailers and farmers. "a
obtain licenses TO operate and per-
mitS 10 kill
Although Besemer is the county
agent working in tri-capacity as
agent for the county. s tate and
federal government. he could not
say whether his jurisdiction would
j n c ude Detroit because Of the
Home Rule Act.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
Detroit Fagin Splits 1864
With 2 Boys (He Gets Hall

The Fagin story received a new
twist, Satud day. when Stephen
Mott, al, of 2040 Putnam, admit
ted, police said, to maste"-minding
a burglary in his neighborhood.
Mott is said TO have confessed
using his son, William, 1S, and a
friend. Donald Woodbeck. 18. OF
1925 West Alexandrine, as tools
for the crime.
Unlike the Dickens character
he was generous with the spoils
The three split S364 three ways
Mott grabbing only half for his
brain work, leaving dhch of tho
boys one-fourth.
II was badly in debt following
the birth OF my seventh child"
Mott said Saturday in his cell at
the county Jail. "DOering's boy
told Bill of the money his father
had and Bill told me.
~ merely said II would be nice
II we had that money. Bill knew
how badly we needed IL and ar
ranged with Donald TO have him
get il. He didn't say a thing
until he turned the money over"
Police records show that neither
the father nor his son have beer
i'm any previous trouble. Botf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

Motifs work in war industries ana
admit earning respectable wages.
Its just bad debts and huge
doctor bills that brought tias
on" he said.
The trio was taken into CUSTODY
on the complaint of Erin Doerlng,
80, of 204S Putnam, who lost a
strong box of silver coin March l.
In some private sleuthing, Doer-
ing discovered the sudden riches,
of his neighbor. He turned the.
matter over 10 police.
According TO detectives, Mott
said he learned of the silver com
cache and suggested 10 William
and Donald a means of quick
wealth. The boys then broke a
basement window and lifted the
box during Doering's absence from
home.
A part of the loot has been re-
covered.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
.UnempIoyedHits
'AN-Tinne Low

An all-time low in unemploy-
ment compensation claims in
Wayne County was reached dur
ing the week ending February II
with a total of 1886 compared
with $3.50 for the corresponding
1912 week, the Detroit Board Of
Commerce said Saturday.
Likewise, the number of WPA
workers on March 2 decreased SO
per cent from a year ago, with a
current total of 1,436 workers, the
board said.
The combined welfare and WPA
lists recorded 81 consecutive
weekly decreases. Welfare families
on March numbered 5,093, COM
pared with 5,178 a week earlier
and 10,280 a year ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
Returning Sailor Finds
Santa Waiting in March

CHICAGO. March 6 CUP). 49,
Navy 1t Wilbur p. Collins. %,
who has been dreaming of white
Christmas since he left his wife
in September had that dream come
true today.
He arrived home on a 2l-day
leave 10 find his wife and a s.
month-old son he never had seen
in front of a 7-foot brightly
lighted Christmas tree. And II was
a white March 6.
There really il a Santa
Claus" said Collins az ne
bounced Tobie. his son. on his
knee.
When Collins landed I'm New
York Thursday he learned that he
had been awarded the Silver Star
Medal for gallantry al Murmansk
Russia, last May. He didn't wait
in New York. however. 10 re.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
Woman Landlord Accused
In ROOn,ing House Blaze

Mrs. Alice Kennedy. a care
takcr. was accused Saturday of
violating the building codes in OPP
Grating roomlng house swept by
fire that brought serious injury
TO two tenants and drove 10
Others into streets in their night
clothes.
The blaze. origin unknown,
broke out at 4:30 a. m. Saturday
IN a thrce-Story brick duplex at
299 East Grand boulevard. opcr-
ated by Mrs Kennedy
John Mckee, 81. lcaped from a
third floor bedroom 10 a porch
roof, fracturing his spine. Miss
Neva Brewer. Is. suffered frac-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

lures of theright leg and foot, and
spine injuries when she jumped
from a second story window.
Arson squad Investigators said
only one exit was provided for the
three third floor rooms, building
code violation. Mrs. Kennedy
faces possible loss of her license
TO operate a rooming house.
The fire was discovered by
Henry Schmidt. 81. custodian, who
reused roOmers from their sleep.
Police said Mckee and Miss
Brewer were not endangered but
apparently became panicky when
dense smoke beloved into their
rooms.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
BY VERA BROWN

81 took four men and we
picked up survivors i'm whale
boat and put them aboard our
ship. IL was pretty bad-but
we had spray for burns.
81 lost my buddy there. He
Is buried on the New Hebrides.
While I'm home on leave 1 want
TO visit his people.
WENT DOWN FIGHTING
Those things are bad but he
went down fighting with his
hand on the trigger of his gun
the way he would have wanted
ID 10 be.
at was when the Wasp went
that we got that lone Jap
bomber.
'He was after bigger game
than our tin-can. When the ship
went down we put overheard to
get maps and papers.
THAT Is how l came by this
Jap invasion money. And we
got among other things a pack
of American cigarets-and the
pilots shorthand note book. APP
parently he had been studying
shorthand.
1--WE got hit, we had wounded
on our ship-but we kept on
punching.
"Our pharmacists mates were
terrific. Every time 1 think of
that show 1 want to stand up
and talk about blood plasma.
eff you only could have seen
what IL did.
I've lost only three OF the
men we picked up-it was the
plasma which saved their lives.
CHAPLAIN HOLY JOE
$50 1 say-go TO that blood
bank just as often as they'll
take you. Ask any of the boys.
They know what il does for
their pals. And this is not just
talk"
OF Honolulu. Dick says:
"YOu should hear the lads out
there talk about Father Mcguire
of Pass the ammunition fame.
They all call him Holy joe and
they love him..
The Brodhead home is at 12l(
Harvard.
Mrs. Brodhead is securing the
town for steaks, every delicacS
she can find for her returned
sailor lad. He lost p pounds.
you get tired of dehydrated
food after you've been at sea 60
or 90 days. But we eat well. II
is just mOnotOnOus, ii all tastes
alike" he said.
Dick is never SeaSick He uSeC
10 cruise as a teen age boy witt
his dad on summer naval reserve
cruises. He concluded:
There il no sight on land or
sea like a big naval battle with
all guns pOpping-and we win
ming the good fight"