davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-10-14
MOUNT RAINIER.

Dear Sir:
Recently I saw strange bird which
I wish you would identify for me. 1t
was about the size of a cardinal, but its
head and back were black, and it had
some white on the edges of its wings
and along the sides of the tail, and the
sides of its breast were reddish, deeper
than robin.
The stomach and middle portion of
the breast were white. This was con-
fident looking bird. I always pay atten-
ton to the matter of pose in the birds;
it does seem to me that every bird has
different sort of pose.
This bird interested me very much;
there was so much beauty and confidence
in it, I walked comparatively close to
it, and it did not fear me-
Very truly yours, J. o. H."
This is the towhee or chewink.
1t almost may be classed as a perma-
nent resident OF Washington and en-
virons
Some of them remain here the year
around. Thousands of toWhees come
CNCly JCdI Will oI)llllS lllSl dllOIl lHtN
arrive about April l and remain until
the last of October
Every fall some of them will STAY be-
hind, and fortunate is the garden chosen
as the home site, for this is one of our
best birds.
1t shares with the wood thrush Ger
tain distinction rare either in birds or
men.
The toWhee is a great scratcher. If
you see bird such as our correspondent
describes, and one which does a great
deal Of scratching in the leaves, you may
feel reasonably sure that it is a chewink.
+ 4
1t will scratch for its dinner even in a
feeding station. 1t does this, however.
with minimum of fuss, and does not
cause half the dislocation of seed the
squirrel makes. Its scratching is done
with reserve, as one might say
1t should be pointed out that this is
distinguished looking bird It is not
possible TO confuse it with any other
species. Even the newcomer to bird
watching knows he is looking at a new
one when he first sees it.
The manner of scratching is along the
lines Of hen, using the feet alternately.
This gives slightly comical effect,
but so suberb is the aplomb of this bird
/ that no one would think of laughing
at it,
The towhee is said to possess the pow
ers OF ventriloquist being able to
throw its voice TO some distance.
The common names of toWhee and
chewink come from the call note, not its
true song.
Just how such different sounding
names were thought to resemble the
one call no one seems to know
Al any rate, the call, often heard in
the fall, is cheerful, with slightly nasal
quality.
The song is short. only three notes, the
Evening star., 1943-10-14
Wants Prince Georges Police
To Correct Polluted Streams.

To the Editor of The Star:
Reports indicate that Prince Georges
County maintains an overstaffed police
department. while health facilities. and
personnel to administer them, are very
limited.
1t seems that the shoot at sight or
der has been given with regard to STRAY
dogs" while in some sections germs
which harbor diseases are allowed to
remain year after year.
There are two streams which Inter-
sect at the corner of my property. Peo-
Pile dump all kinds of garbage, tin cans,
etc, into the streams. I have seen rats
at least foot long feasting on this
garbage, which I consider more dam
gerous than few stray dogs. Their
germ-breeding, disease-spreading activi-
ties are not molested. They are allowed
to run free while the police hunt STRAY
dogs of which only small percentage
are rabid animals
l can wear my telephone out calling
about this but to no avail Instead of
sending officers to investigate this Sit
uation and periodically to check to see
that the health laws are inforced, which
would be worthwhile undertaking, they
are sent to shoot all dogs at sight.
Since funds must be appropriated by
the county to execute its laws, it would
seem that they should be used to the
best advantage
Furthermore, school children wade the
polluted waters of this branch (the
county cannot afford foot BRIDGE or
else detour four blocks to resume their
way to school,
would like to add that this branch
runs through new FILA development
a short distance away, and I am sure
if the people of that section were aware
of these unsanitary conditions they
would agree with me that the present
work of the overstaffed police force
should be converted to the bettering of
health conditions in the county.
! MRS. MARGARET M. LYTTON.
Evening star., 1943-10-14
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce1Uell.

first two held, the second lower than the
first, with the third warbled on the same
note.
One famous nature student rendered
the towhee song as "pil-a-will- a villa
WILL while another, equally famous, said
that to him it sounded "hip-you, he-he-
he-he." The latter is the better of the
two. And the winner in this little con-
test is Thoreau over Seton
1t is strange thing that the cow
bird, parasite of the bird world, selects
the nest of the towhee for laying her
eggs.
The towhee nest is her favorite, al
though she uses other bird nests too.
This shows plenty of common sense
on the part of the cowbird, for the
mother towhee is one of the best. She
is scarcely beauty, as is her mate, but
is a very fine creature just the same.
She Is brown, where he Is black. The
young males of the first season some
what resemble her, with darker brown
on the head, very close to the fine black
head of the father bird.
The toWhee nest is on the ground
which has been scooped out, so that the
top OF the nest is flush with the surface
OF the earth. Four pale pink eggs or
white eggs, are laid. The eggs are COW
cred with light brown dots
In connection with nesting, the tow
hees have curious habit of seeming to
pay no attention whatever to their nest.
1t is believed that this is intended to
throw enemies off the trail. Together
with the birds ability to throw" its
voice, this habit seems to work fairly
we'll
Even with the inroads of the cowbirds,
the towhee tribes remain about the same
year by year. This means that every
suburban and country garden has a good
chance of seeing them.
If bird feeding did nothing more than
bring this rare beauty to yard it would
be well worth it.
There are few birds whose very pres
ence is more of treat.
We will never forget the winter male
towhee spent his days mainly in feed
ing box on stake by the dining room
window.
He loved the seed and was very fair
about it, sharing it with other birds, but
plainly showing that he did not care for
English sparrows very much
This bird eats seeds and insects, to-
gether with some fruit. 1t prefers, how
ever, wild uncultivated fruits. Over
grown lots are favorite haunts of the
toWhee. A certain amount of wildness
is preferred
1t is impossible to speak too much
good of this beautiful bird There are
four other kinds of towhees, notably in
the Far West. One of these, the green
tailed toWhee, has green upper parts,
where our bird has black 1t prefers to
run, when disturbed, rather than fly
Arizona has brown sparroWlike
towhee, often called the brown chippy,
which sings in the canons there.
Evening star., 1943-10-14

when victory finally has been
achieved. None, however, will forget.
A few minutes conversation with one
of the junior aides suffces to con-
vince any skeptic that the same
spirit, the same earnestness and de-
votion which motivated Florence
Nightingale in the Crimea in 1854
fourishes in Washington today.
Evening star., 1943-10-14
District Tax Case

In agreeing to review litigation in
which the District inheritance tax
is being challenged on domiciliary
grounds, the Supreme Court has
opened the way for the municipal
government to get a ruling on this
important question.
The levy was attacked on behalf
Evening star., 1943-10-14
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Oriter, although the use of
a pSeudonym for publication is
permissible The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
a uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-10-14

@. How much has the cost OF living
risen since the beginning of the war;
r. r.
A. According to the September, 1943,
Federal Reserve Bulletin, the cost Of
living in July of this year was 124 as
compared with 100 as an average be-
tween 1885 and 1899.
Evening star., 1943-10-14

c. How is China financing the war;
P. D.
A. China has depended largely on land
taxes in kind, domestic and foreign
loans, lease-lend aid and notes Barter
is superseding money for general pur-
poses and taxes, salaries, rents, ETC., are
being paid in such staples as wheat and
flour
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05

Dodgers. The latter are fighting
now merely to keep out Of the sea
son division with all hopes OF a
strong finish gone on their
swing through the Hinterlands that
has just ended the Dodgers won
only three out OF 10 and applied
their own death knell in large
measures when they dropped four
straight to the Cards to make it
seven losses in row.
That finished them n sent
them into third place, leaving the
Pittsburgh Pirates up in the sec
ond spot, but starting too late to
do anything about the Cards drive
As the clubs shift one sector TO
another only one game was on
yesterdays schedule a night con
test at Pittsburgh.
There. a fourIun rally in the
seventh inning climaxed by Vince
DiMasgios 18th home run of the
season, gave the Pirates 10 .
victory over the Philadelphia Phil
lies last night. Schoolboy Rowe
started for Freddy Fitzsimmons
club but had to retire in the
seventh. Lefty Al Gerhauser re
placed him and allowed two. ol
the four runs to be charged with
a loss.
Today's only activity will be al
Chicago. where the Cubs will take
on the Reds, after which all Ciub'
will swing back into action to
morrow.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05
Hollywood, Seattle Boys in
Fourth Round of Singles

Kalamazoo. Mich, Aug. 5--INS-
The National Junior aud Boys Ten,
mis- Tournament went into the quar-.
ter'final round today with the seed
eed players running true to form.
Bob FalKeuburg Of Hollywood,
Cal. and Jim Brink OF Seattle,
Wash, seeded No. I and No. . re
spectiNcly in the junior division,
moved into the fourth round Of the
singles competition with straight
set victories and then teamed to.
Scthcr to win two matches in the
doubles play.
In the singles competition Fal-
kenburg meets Morton Stern OF
Philadelphia in the quarter-.inals
today. Falkenburg beat Lee Wood
of Washington. ID. c.. O., 6.3, in
yesterdays third round play while
Stern defeated Gordon Naugle OF
Cincinnati. G-l, 6.3.
Brink advanced by disposing OF
John Shea Of Los Angeles. 6-3, 6-3,
and today was paired with Bob
kring Of Los Angeles. who elimin-
ated Billy smith OF Orlando, Fla,
60, 6-3.
In the other junior quarter-linal
matches Hove Atwater OF Chicago
meets Jack Tuero of New Orleans
and Ray Garrett OF San Diego, cal
was paired with Ed Ray of Taft,
Tex.
Atwater disposed OF Henri Salaun
OF Boston. 81, 6-3, 6-3, and Tuero
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05
Yankees to Bounce Westward
For Latest League Assaults

New York Aus. 5-INS-After
tarrying briefly at Philadelphia for
series beginning tomorrow. the
New York Yankees will bounce
into the west for their last swing
of the season against the Ameri-
can League clubs Of that sector.
And if they can at least hold
their own on this last long-dist-
ance march they viii count them
selves in as penuaut-w again
as they will conclude the cam.
paign in the East with a goodly
sprinkling of games right in their
own stadium.
While the eastern American
Leaguers thus are going west for
the last time. the western Ma
tionals are coming east under sim,
liar circumstances with the st.
Louis Cardinals favored by the
finish Of the campaign by a final
stand in their own park.
That both of the leading clubs
are virtually in" is accepted by
this time on all sides. The Wash
ington Senators continued in rea-
sonably strong pursuit of the Yam
KEGS. eight games in front, and
Chicago and Detroit alternate in
providing some contention. 1t the
Yanks continue to steam along on
an even keel and the rest do not
appear to have enough to catch up.
The Cardinals won their pen
nant whom they shook OF the
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05

eliminated Bob David Of Chicago.
4-G, 81, So. in third round matches
while Garrett beat Bernard Bart
zen OF san Angelo, Tex, 81, 6l,,
and Ray downed Jack Sunderlin Of
indianapolis, 6.3, 6-3
The boys singles play also ran
true to form with Herbert Flam OF
Beverly Hills. Calf. advancing to
the quarter-finals by defeating
Charles Schaaf OF Highland PARK,
H., SO, 6-l. Flam meets Buddy
Behrens OF Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
winner over John Bucknell OF Wa.
terford. Va, 6.4. 6-i.
Rodrigo de Llauo Of Laredo, Tex,
conqueror Of Sidney Schwartz o.
Brooklyn, y. Y. Sc, Ga. meets Gil
bert Shea OF Los Angeles in an
other Quarter-final match. Shea beat
Fred Scribner OF Forest Hills. y. y
10. SC.
Bob Galloway OF Due West, $. q,
meets William Turner OF Nara.
sansett. r. l., and William Rafferty,
of Chevy Chase, Md, meets Edwin
Davis OF Baton Rouge. La. in the
other boys quarter finals today.
Galloway beat Robert Redfern Of
Highland Park, H., 6.1, 81 and
Turner downed Diehl Mateer OF
l*rdmore. Pa. 6-3. 6-3, while Raffer-
ty disposed OF Oliver Rodney OF
Charlotte. y. c.. 6.4 0-6, 6-l. and
Davis eliminated Harold Upjohn OF
Kalamazoo, c.. 6-3.
First and second rounds Of the
junior and boys doubles play we're
completed. In the junior division
Falkenburg and Brink swept
through Dudley Blanchard Of Ham
den. Conn, and Phillip Smith o.
Cincinnati. 60. 6-3. and then elm
mated the team OF Billy Smith OF
Orlando. Fla, and Tom Molloy of
Memphis, Tenn. 6.4, rs.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05
Gunder Hagg
Ending Visit

New York. Aug. 5-lNS-Ne Will
SEQ the last Of Gunder the wonder
in this country next Wednesday
when he will make his farewell
run here at Randalls Island in
what the AAU chooses TO call the
Mile OF the Century, a race espe-
cially rigged to produce a record
breaking run by the longlegged
Swede. \ four minute mile? Yes
and no, mostly the latter.
In his last appearance before he
comes here for the grand finals
Hagg will run Saturday night at
Cincinnati-run and win as usual.
By this time everybody is conyinc-
ed that he is unbeatable, and they
have rigged up handicaps for his
race here next week to make II pos
sible for one of his opponents To
push him to the record. Other than
that the element OF competition is
equal 10 ludl 10 ne louuu III ~ l"'
fight between Joe Louis and Joe
Blow
Hagg. Bill Hulse, the surprising.
ly improved miller, and Gil Dodds
will run from scratch. Rudy Simms,
Jim Rafferty,, Don Burnham and
Frank Martin will he given hand
caps based on HagG's 4:046, which
was a world record until Arne An
derson was Questionably ciocked in
better time in Sweden a couple OF
weeks ago.
If the four invited handicap run
ners perform to standard they will
force the ultimate winner to get
inside Hagg's world mark, and a
new record will be set
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05
HOW THEY STAND

'UdTIlEo OtUIUW TUdUCT.
tuesdays Night Games
Washington :, St. Louis {
Washington ;, St. Louis 0.
Wednesdays Results
No games scheduled.
Today's Games
No games scheduled.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05
Moose, Ford
Teams Win

Moose "7S2" defeated Ypsilanti
High School IN lively softba,l
game Wednesday evening at Island
Park when they squeezed out six
runs TO their opponents four
The victory came despite six
walks and three strikeouts for. the
school team Garfield made two
runs and Burrcll. Kelly and Wolter
made one each for the losing team.
Scorers for the Moose were j.
Max Two and Tate. Zciglcr, Grady
and Carson, one each.
The same evening the Ford team
defeated "93G' four to two. Scor-
ing for the yictors were Waterbury,
and Linkc. one each. and Harden
two. For the defeated team Walters
and Horton eacn crossed the plate
once.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05

Congress. it was indicated. will
take a lively interest in owl when
IT, reconyenes. Having trimmed
Owls domestic propaganda activi-
ties, Congress IS expected to pry
into its foreign propaganda activi-
ties.
The broadcast by the fictitious
commentator assailing King Victor
Emmanuel OF Italy as the moronic
little king at a time when the
Allies we're giving Italy a chance to
get out of the war, has aroused
wide interest among members of
Congress now in Washington.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05
Sports Roundup

Pittsburgh Philadelphia Phes announced today the
chase Shortstop Nashville Southern As
shosop Chuck Brewster Hamrick right
hortstops i'm the leagues
will report tomorrow IN series with the Giants
New York-IPThc sanctmonious indus
gradually the shock OF Jockey Bobby Mer
ris refusal while they automatically refused to
give him riding Bobby tradition and appealed TO
the his suspension The
stunned giving 10 days Boby Ques
tion.
pored the records today to de
terine il the novel daily double Wash
Ington Park which beto had been
duplicated night in the first
which paid Mahgh the second which returned
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05
NEED PER MlTS

Detroit. Mich, Aug. 5-INS -
Twenty trucking concerns today
were prohibited from operating
trailers or semi-traailers between
Detroit and Cleveland without first
getting a permit from the office OF
Defense Transportation as a re-
suit of a temporary injunction
signed by Federal Judge Edward
Monet.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05

tuesdays Night Game
So. Louis :. Brooklyn (.
Wednesdays Results
philadelphia at Pittsburgh, night.
Only game scheduled.
Today's Games
Cincinnati at Chicago.
Only game scheduled.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05
Rural Events

TO-DAY
Sheldon
The W.S.C.S. will hold the regu.
lar meeting and cooperative lunch
con at the church at 1890.
Pittsfield
The Pittsfield Ladies' Md Socie-
ty will meet at the GAR. Hall for
a business meeting at > o'clock.
Belleville
\ picnic Of the Past Matrons'
Association. O.ES.. and families
at the home OF Mrs. Charles Jack.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-08-05

son. F.. Huron River Drive.
Salem
The local Rcd Cross meeting will
he at the home Of Mrs. Raymond
Lewis.
Salem
Regular meeting OF the Ladies'
Aid in the afternoon az Willow
Park. foot OF Six Mile Rd, supper
served at $50
Sheldon q.
Womens Society Of Christian
Service will meet with Mrs Sidney
sutton.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
Two More MINI.
Men Taking ''BOOt"
Training in Navy

Great Lakes, ILL.,, November g.
The Navy's "boot training" period
is rapidly Transforming two Mime
sofa Negro men into fighting Blue
jackets since their recent entry at
the U. S. Naval Training School
here.
Military drill, seamanship and
general naval procedure make up
the major portion of their indoc-
trination course. An intensive
physical hardening program is fol-
lowed to put the Negro men in tip
top fighting condition.
Assignment to further specialized
training school or to immediate &C
tive duty at sea or naval shore
stations awaits the Negro men
after tabulation of their aptitude
test scores given during the con-
clusion of the ''boot" period. Past
civilian experience in one of the
trades used by the Navy will win
immediate petty officer ratings up
on the completion of this recruit
training period.
The Minnesota recruits are:
Louis Walls, 20, Minneapolis;
Thomas Ellsworth Turner, 80, Min
eapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
WHEATLEY TIES HALLIEIN
LAST SECONDS FOR SCORE &C

Halle @. Brown House rated as
the under dog in the annual foot
ball game between the Halle and
Wheatley House, but they battled
Wheatley to a standstill. Wheatley
came through in the last 10 seconds
of play. Bill McMoore uncorked
a pass to Harold Brown and raced
20 yards for a touchdown to tie the
game. They failed to convert the
extra point.
The first half went scoreless and
in the third period a pass from Big
Bill Schultz, hard driving fullback
for Halle, shot a pass to Sid Peck,
quarter back, who ran Is yards for
a touchdown.
McMoore was unable to get away
as the lineman of Halle bottled him
three quarters before he was able
to get away for the pass which paid
off, he was expected to run rough
shod over the Halle team but he
was met with strong opposition in
Ernie Ballas, huge tackle, Jim Root,
center, Vic Harris, guard, and Bob
Poser, guard.
Bill Edgar, all-city end, played a
brilliant game throughout and Mitzi
Littlejohn, who was at left half for
Halle, did some of the best tackling
ever seen on the Parade Grounds.
For Wheatley it was Dick Howell,
Bill McMoore, Roumaine johnson,
and Harold Brown who played best.
The game was witnessed by a
large crowd who paid admissions
and an equally large crowd on the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26

M. M: am a girl of 20 and have
been in love with boy for 5 years.
He has been in service over a year.
When he left he said he was going
to send for me to come to see him
and ever since he has been gone he
has been writing for me to come to
him but I have refused because I
felt that my family might not agree.
I received a letter from him with
$50 in it telling me he is looking
for me. Please give me some ad-
vice right away. Should I accept
the trip or return the money?
Ans: Absence makes the heart
grow fOnder and your lover loves
you more than ever. Sending you
this money is his way of proving it.
You have no idea how much pleas
ure a visit from you would afford
him. But, you are young and innO-
cent and you should be chaperOned
on this visit either by your
mother or some other respectable
person. If you have relatives near
where your service hoy friend is
stationed, you could visit with them.
Buff you can't make the trip or
don't intend tO-then you must re-
turn the boys money.
Maid: I wonder if I will stay
with the family work for as long
as I want to? Mr.. ]. missed some
face cream. Mrs. ]. had thrown
away and asked me did have it.
told him no. He said that he didn't
think I would take nothing unless
Mrs. ]. gave it to me. Does he
think I'm stealing?
Ans: He's one of those husbands
who finds fault with the least bit of
wastefulness on the part of his wife
and to save herself a dressing
down you had to be the goat
They know by this time that you
are trustworthy and honest but Mr.,
]. has to exert his authority Occa-
sionally. Some men are like that.
A. B. S.: Hello, will you help me
today? I had a boy friend to go to
the city and he said he was going to
write me but never has. I have an
other boy friend here and he said
he wants to marry me and carry me
to the city, will we be successful
together? Which one of them
means good?
Ans: It's the love of the big city
that appeals to you not either
one of the young men in question.
Marriage for you at this time would
be a mistake as you are not in love.
Write to your Uncle and Aunt in
the city and ask their permission for
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-11-26
ROdeO Champs
At Mill City
Auditorium

The rip-snorting west of buck
ing broncs, and bulls, and hard
riding cowboys and cowgirls came
to Minneapolis this week in the
Western Champion Rodeo which
will continue at the Municipal
Auditorium through Sunday night
with matinees Thursday, Saturday
and Sunday.
The vast interior of the building,
with more than an acre of space
for an arena, was transformer in
to true ranch setting for the event
with replicas of all of the structures
utilized for the handling of horses,
cattle and calves. And top-notch
rodeo performers from throughout
the west and the southwest are on
hand to put the horses, the wild
eyed Brahma bulls, the Texas
steers and the willy calves through
their PAGES.