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Evening star., 1943-08-10
Mr.. Davis Speaks Up

Since Elmer Davis, as head OF the
ONCE of War Information, is sort
of Official spokesman for the United
States, his comments on the second
front" issue deserve more than casual
attention.
Mr.. Davis was talking to news
papermen yesterday after returning
to Washington from a tour of Owl
Offices in North Africa and England.
The operations in the Mediterranean
theater, he said, are second front"
And, he added, there is no doubt that
there will be a third front" on the
European continent eventually. This
language would seem to dispose of
the second-front question so far as
Mr.. Davis is concerned. In his view,
the second front has been opened,
and it is third front which now
remains for future establishment.
In any circumstance this is highly
Interesting, and it is also matter of
first Importance If Mr.. Davis was
making considered statement as
this Governments official spokesman.
This is true because of its bearing
on the Russian attitude on the mat
ter of second front, which was
restated only last week in Pravda,
official Communist publication.
According to Pravda, Russia will
not regard as a second front any
Allied military enterprise which does
not compel Germany to divert at
least ne-fourth Of her land forces
to the west. Pravda then went on
to compare the relatively small num-
ber of German troops which have
been engaged by American and
British forces in the Mediterranean
theater with the enormous German
armies facing the Soviets. These
figures" the article said, "are evi-
dence that the troops of our Anglo
American allies SO far have not had
any real encounters with German
troops and that the second front has
not yet been organized"
If Mr.. Davis knew of this expression
from Pravda, which may be taken to
reflect Stalin's views, 1T is a fair
assumption that his comment was
in the nature of a direct and official
reply to Russian complaints-a reply
which suggests that this Government
is becoming little annoyed with the
Soviet criticism of its military effort.
Assuming this to be a correct inter-
probation of Mr.. Davis statement, it
implies that henceforth, in our deal
ings with Russia, we will be more
disposed to call a spade spade. Nor
should that give rise to any misun-
derstanding in Moscow, for Premier
Stain is an old hand in the use of
blunt language.
Evening star., 1943-08-10
"Expediency' Condemned
BY Critic of "Privy Council"
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
The editorial, why Military Secret?"
in The Star of August appears at first
glance logical. However, it is to be
feared that its only effect will be to bring
a sneer to the faces of those who are
dominating our lives. We must realize
that we have permitted the constitu-
tional form Of government to be replaced
by expediency, initiated first on the plea
Of emergencies" and now continued on
the plea of military necessity"
The press, some time past contained
references to a remark attributed to a
member of the 'privy council to the
effect that the American people are too
dumb to understand what it is all about"
Certainly our rapid progress toward
totalitarianism justifies the alleged re-
mark.
One can understand a people making
a mistake once; one cannot understand
the same people making the same mis-
take three times consecutively and then
prepare to do it again
GHOST OF PATRICK HENRY.
Evening star., 1943-08-10
Doc Goes to War
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
He's the fellow you probably call Doc"
In intimate conversation, and Doctor"
when you desire to be more formal-the
man who goes to your home when the
kids have any Of the numerous ailments
OF childhood. the person who sometimes
overcomes your own protests that you are
"as sound as a dollar" and insists on
safeguarding your health.
He's the guy who has been accustomed
to answering calls at all hours Of the
day or night, in the blistering heat of
Kansas summer and during the bitterly
cold winters.
Maybe your particular Doc" isn't
around any more. He has gone to war,
but he is still serving humanity with his
accustomed skill and cheerfulness, serv-
ing at times under emergency conditions
and doing the best Job In Uncle Sans
history OF war surgery and medicine.
Kansas owes special tribute to Doc"
Evening star., 1943-08-10
The Salvage Goes On

Other news, pitched in the same
key, shared the first pages with the
Normandie when she caught fire and
capsized on Monday and Tuesday
February 9 and 10, 1912
Tokio's radio said japanese troops
were in possession of the Tengah
Airport, ten miles north of Singapore
Japanese planes had Just made their
first raid on Batavia. From Bataan,
General MacArthur's communique
spoke of new japanese attacks being
repulsed. On the inside pages there
was an interesting dispatch from
wellington, New Zealand reporting
the arrival of the first United States
naval forces from Pearl Harbor
blazing trail for supply line which,
it was hoped might be kept open.
On the home front the House was
smarting under a deluge Of tele
grams and letters from angry con-
stituents, and its own members were
proposing repeal Of pensions for
congressman" Conscious of other
public dissatisfaction, the House had
just voted to deny salary payments to
moving picture actors, dancers or
other public entertainers employed
by the Office of Civilian Defense. Mrs.
Roosevelt told her press conference
she did not think the members un-
derstood the situation and she would
welcome an opportunity to talk with
them about 1t. But speaking of other
matters, the President told his own
press conference that the American
people were becoming more realistic
about the war and that our job was
to hold the lines everywhere to pre-
vent major break -throughs. Having
Evening star., 1943-08-10
TUESDAY
Time to Clamp Down

From the record revealed in Satur-
days Star, it seems plain that a
number of restaurant owners-far
too many-have looked on fines for
violation of health regulations as a
part of their operating overhead.
They have paid the fines and gone on
violating the regulations. That may
be a satisfactory arrangement as far
as the restaurant proprietorS are
concerned, but it is a poor policy
from the standpoint of the public,
The health authorities are more than
justified in the announced decision
to take some of the "repeaters" be-
fore the Districts License Revocation
Board for hearings. One or two re-
voked licenses, even temporarily
suspending a restaurants operation,
would do more to enforce the regula-
tions than any number of inspectors
and threats.
The health authorities explain
their failure in the past to take cases
before the License Revocation Board
by the statement that operators
were to be given an opportunity to
correct conditions; that it has been
difficult to obtain adequate help and
that wartime conditions have made
compliance with regulations more
difficult. That may all be true, and
the Health Department policy may
have been justified as an experiment.
But the policy is all wrong. From
this time on, some of the teeth in the
relatively new license laws should be
used to demonstrate their effective
ness.
1t is only recently that the District
government has shown any DISPOSE
ton to jack up its inspection services
in keeping with the demands of a
rapidly growing population. There
have been number of false starts
in enforcing health and other regu-
lations in rooming and boarding
houses. The whole inspection policy
in this field, as a matter Of fact, has
been so lax for years that many OF
those subject to the regulations have
not taken them seriously. 1t may be
necessary to make an example OF
strict enforcement to convince Ii
censees that the regulations are at
least being taken seriously by the
District Building.
Evening star., 1943-08-10
THIS AND THAT
NJ charles r. TrdcemeH,

Thk IL the one way 70 tell them apart,
since they 70 mucr resemble each other
that even persons Who think they know
often are fooled by them.
Poison Ivy. whether growing as vine
or as trailing plant, or even a bush
form 1t sometimes assumes-should be
rooted out and destroyed
Burning poison Ivy vine Is hazardous
since the smoke contains the oil, and can
give the poison to persons susceptible
to It,
One bad feature of most vines Is that
they grow up again, even when extir-
pated
This is done by bits of root left in the
ground. If vine of any sort Is to be
taken of tree, some digging is best
| done all around the base of the trunk, in
| order to find left-overs of the vine root
system. Care should be taken not to in
| jure the trees roots
Especial care should be taken to pre-
vent vines from growing from one tree
| to another
Mostly this meeting is achieved high in
the air, where the wind can catch them
This additional handicap of weight is at
exactly the wrong place, and also allows
the wind to put more strength than
usual against the tree.
44*
Attention should be given to the way in
which the vines twine around the tree
trunk and branches.
If the climbers seem to be too stout
and take too firm grip, they should be
removed as soon as these facts are no.
ticed.
Sometimes vine will cut deeply into
the bark.
If the vine has this pernicious habit, it
should be taken down.
Trees have enough to cope with, with
out having to fight vines when the latter
are not we'll behaved,
Mistletoe and other parasitic vines
come in another category. They live off
the tree, instead of just using it as sup
| port, and should not be tolerated at any
time.
One old-fashioned name for nistletoe
tree thief" which explains itself.
| 4 4
curious thing about vines on trees is
the way the squirrels accept them.
They regard vines about the same way
human beings do grass on the lawn. 1t
is just something to be walked through,
without thought.
! Squirrels never seem impeded in the
least, even by the most luxurious vines.
We have watched them sail up a tree
through big vine as if it were not there.
Bittersweet is another vine which likes
trees. This is particularly bad one to
come up from the roots, often working
its way up long after it had been thought
killed out.
| Wistaria also is determined vine.
Evening star., 1943-08-10
Greek Ambassador
Commends Editorial.
To the Editor OF The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
I have read with great interest your
editorial of August 5, Balkan Complex
tiles" I think it contains a most accu-
rate appraisal of conditions in South
eastern Europe, and it is very comfort
ing for my country to hear an authorita-
tive American voice assert that further
penalties should be imposed on Bulgaria
for the oppression perpetrated by Bull
garian forces in Greece and for having
again taken the German side in Euro
pean war.
1t is unthinkable that it should be
otherwise for country which, having
wrought so much misery in the Greek
and Yugoslav Provinces invaded by her,
now seeks to escape unscathed from this
war
You are also correct in your estimate
Of the unanimous feelings of my country
men in the event of invasion by Allied
forces. The Greeks, in fact, have never
laid down their arms and it is, indeed,
with enthusiasm as you well observe,
that they would support an Allied land
ing when the hour strikes.
C. DIAMANTOPOULOS
Ambassador of Greece.
Evening star., 1943-08-10

signed quick appropriation OF
twenty-six billion dollars for the
Navy, the President was asking
twenty-five billion dollars for the
Army.
Rising from the mud and slime
which has bound her for a year and
half, the Normandie shares the
first page again with news that still
seems in tune. From every front the
tidings are good. II her resurrec-
ton, as the engineers believe, is the
greatest single salvage Job ever done,
it is only part of the greater salvage
operation in progress all over the
world. A naval officer who saw the
Normandie 60 down must have felt
something Of this as he watched her
rise again. He told a reporter:
When she went over had a feeling
that nothing humans could do could
stop her or set her right again. Now
l feel that there's nothing humans
cannot do if they set their minds
to it,"
Evening star., 1943-08-10
CHEVY CHASE, Nd.


Dear Sir:
will you tell me what is happening
to my trees?
Il looked out the other day, and was
Mortified to see the leaves all yellow.
What is the trouble. and is there any,
thing can do about it?
There is another question I would
like to ask
DO you think vines are injurious to
trees? Almost all my trees have vines
on them, and some friends tell me that
I should cut them off
What do you say about this?
Thanking you am,
Yours truly, G. D. S."
The leafminer is at work on the
trees, and there Is not much that can
be done about it.
BY the time the yellow leaves begin
to fall down, the damage has been done.
AS pointed out here some time ago, no
permanent harm will be done the trees
in the long run.
The sight of yellow trees in August is
not a pleasant one, however. Fortu-
nately, the leaf-miner, small beetle, is
not prevalent every year.
The present visitation is the first bad
one in more than decade.
As for vines on trees, we do not believe
that as a general proposition they are
harmful
If you were to'ask the birds, they would
say they are very fine.
Heavy vines offer them refuge in
storms and sleeping places at night, both
in winter and summer.
trees. They never choke" them, as
some people believe.
They do, however, add considerable
weight and act as a sort of sail in wind
storms.
If they are permitted to grow, thew
should be kept under control. Since this
necessitates some climbing, many owners
let their vines run rampant.
Then they may grow too much.
One way of stopping them, when 1t is
decided that they are too large, is to
sever the main stalks at the ground.
In this way the entire vine growth is
killed. 1t will remain on the tree, of
course, for several years, but in time
will wither and fall off, except for the
larger stalks, which may have to be
taken off by hand.
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Wistaria, trumpet vine and Virginia
creeper are three common vines which
like to grow on trees.
Poison ivy, unfortunately, also likes to
take on vine habits when it can get a
good tree.
Sometimes 1t is mixed up with other
vines.
The creeper has It's leaves grow In
groups of five, whereas the poison ivy
leaves grow in threes.
Evening star., 1943-08-10
The Soldier Vote

It Is a truism that men who fight
for their country should take part in
the election of its government. OBJ
~iously the great mass Of these
voters in the armed forces must use
absentee ballots, for millions of them
will be far from home in November
of next year. The present prospect
Is that by the time the 1914 national
elections roll around there will be
ten million men and many women In
the services.
The two principal difficulties. SO
far as the soldier and sailor vote is
concerned, lie in getting the ballots
to the men so they may vote on time,
and in seeing that they are SUI
ficiently informed about the policies
and qualifications of the candidates
for whom they vote.
Congress passed a law last year,
not long before the congressional
elections Of 1912, to facilitate voting
among the armed forces. Not many
men availed themselves of the op-
portunity With the presidential con-
test holding greater interest, the po-
uticos already are demanding that
steps be taken without delay TO
place a ballot in the hands Of every
potential voter in the armed forces.
The Democrats-eXcept for the
bitter-end anti-New Dealers-are
hopeful of renominating President
Roosevelt. They are convinced that
If he is renominated, the great mass
of the soldier and sailor vote will go
TO him. The President Is Com
mander in Chief of the armed forces.
They believe that if the war is going
well next year the men in the armed
forces will decide to stick to their
present leader In the second place,
the name of President Roosevelt Is
known to every man and woman in
the armed forces. Should the Re
publicans nominate a comparative
newcomer to national politics, like
Governor Bricker of Ohio or Gov
ernor Warren of California, many of
the men in the armed forces would
have little opportunity to pass in
telligently upon the qualifications of
the Republican nominee.
These are the things which worry
the Republican leaders when they
think of the soldier and sailor vote.
They are not opposed to giving the
men in the armed forces every OPP
portunity to take part in the elec-
tions next year. But they do not
wish the cards to be stacked against
them before the balloting begins.
The soldier vote is cast according
to State and district. The men must
be on the registration rolls of their
home districts II their votes are to
Evening star., 1943-08-10

do not see much progress being made
in Americanization while the Mexicans
talk and think Mexican.
1t is also a known fact that a number
OF families who are naturalized Ameri-
cans are sending their children to rela-
tlVes in Mexico to be educated. One
businessman here makes a weekly visit
to Mexico with his family and his chill
dren are more in love with Mexico than
the United States. His 16-year-old bow.
born in America, speaks better Mexican
than English.
Why can't we have law in this
country providing that foreign languages
be forbidden except in cases of elderly
people who are unable to acquire Eng
nsh?
We cannot become real Americans
unless we talk and think in the Amer
lean language. JAMES H. EXCEL.
Laredo, Tex.
Evening star., 1943-08-10
Bull Thistle

Scorn the thistle, II you ptlI-
AUoid its prtckly loneliness
1t 1UtH hurt, but hardly kill,
Those Vho treat it nth duress.
Like rose it tUtI defend
The uirgin s10eetness of its fouer;
1t ,DiH fight you to the end,
1t 1OiH neuer ta,on or coper.
Scorn the thistle, if you will
/ shall treasure it the more
1oill bring it from the hill
To gro,0 beside our kitchen door:
To 0ro1D and bloom and eiue me joy.
For its Lavender is s,Ueet-
And because barefoot boy
Learned from it to be discreet.
HARRY ELMORE HURD.
Evening star., 1943-08-10

in this war, for he has helped bring new
glory to a grand State. With Ats Kansas
doctors now in Army service, the State
is l9 per cent over its quota and would
have still more in uniform If authorities
had not requested some to stay home
and look after civilians
To those ministering to the needs OF
the Army and to those who remain in
their home communities doing bigger
job than ever before, Kansas has very
special gratitude.
The same is true Of nurses-many Of
them accompanying fighting men into
combat areas, and others serving in hos
pitfalls and on the home front. In a sense,
each Of them is the DOC"
Evening star., 1943-08-10
King of Italy Regarded
As a Scholar, Not a Moron.


To the Editor of The Star:
whether or not King Victor Emmanuel
III deserves the epithet "moronic" ap-
piled TO him by Samuel Grafton in an
Owl short-wave broadcast may be
matter of opinion.
But l find by consulting several
impartial reference works that he gen.
orally has been credited with being in
telligent The Encyclopedia Britannica.
for example, says: "A keen scholar, and
especially interested in numismatics; in
1910 and 1913 he published six volumes
of his monumental work on the coins
Of Italy, the Corpus Nummorum Itali-
corum,' of which four more volumes
appeared later
moron could not write one book,
let alone 10.
Neither would a moron deserve to be
praised, as Victor Emmanuel has been,
for his intellectual and artistic ac-
comphshments" and his works for the
good Of the people" He speaks English,
French, German and Latin as well as
his native tongue. His knowledge of
mathematics, chemistry, military science
and history has been remarked on a
number Of occasions. A story still told
indicates that his father, King Humbert
I, considered him too "bookish" as a boy.
Lemuel F. Parton. writing in The Star
for March 25, 1899, explains that his
small stature is the result of ricketts,
with which he was afflicted as an infant
and says he spent his childhood years
in a steel-braced Jacket" F.
Evening star., 1943-08-10
Raises Question About
Men Not Accepted.

To the Editor OF The Star:
l have seen so many articles on post
war planning and the job placing of
our discharged soldiers. but I have vet
to see what has been planned for us, the
war service appointees.
1 was turned down when called for nv
Army physical examination because of a
Slight physical defect. Since then I have
tried to enlist through my draft board
and through a recruiting station, all to
the same effect
Are We, the Government war service
appointees, going to be without jobs after
this war because this is the best we can
do to help win this war?
WILLIAM LOWELL.
Evening star., 1943-08-10
English Language Advocated
As Requirement of Americanism.

To the Editor of The Star:
am wondering if something could
not be done to increase the use of the
English language in this section of
Texas.
While the children learn the English
language in the schools here, they speak
Mexican all the time they are out of
school. believe we ought to adopt the
slogan: BE patriotic and speak English"
Evening star., 1943-08-10
It has been found that Calf

1t has been found that CALIFORNIA;
sunshine is really too bright, caus-
ing off -coloring" in tomatoes. Is it
possible that it may cause the same
condition among the Hollywood
celebrities?
Evening star., 1943-08-10
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 10riter, although the use of
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserues
the right to edit all letters with
a Uie1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-08-10

@. What does cappella signify?-
M. L. F.
A. cappella refers to unaccompanied
choral music or It's performance by q
choir.
Q. Did Napoleon ride on horseback to
the top of the bell tower of st. Marks
in Venlce?-A. S. E.
A. The Campanile of st. Marks In
Venice is detached from the cathedral.
1t is 332 feet in height and AZ feet square
at the base. The ascent is by winding
inclined plane. Napoleon rode to the
top to signal the surrender of the city
to his fleet on May 16, 1897.
@. Are bananas produced in Palestine7
S. T. S.
A. In 1912, 10000 tons Of bananas were
produced in Palestine on 2,250 acres.
The acreage was three times what 1t
was in 1899.
@. What woman's likeness appeared
on Confederate currency2-E. L. H.
A. Lucy Petway Holcombe, the daugh-
ter Of Virginian who had emigrated
to Texas, married Francis Wilkinson
Pickens, Congressman, Governor and
diplomat. She was beautiful, accom-
plished and popular. Her picture was
engraved on the Confederate currency
and regiment of South Carolina troops
was named in her honor.
@. How many coal mines are there In
the United States?-T A. R.
A. There are approximately 1000 coal
mines in the United States.
@, Where is a street called Fourth Of
July avenue located?-C. U.
A. A street called Fourth of July ave-
nue. separates Ancon in the Canal Zone
and Panama City in Panama
@. How many Indians are there in
/ the United States and how many Ian
guages do they speak?-P. o. w.
A. There are more than $4,000 In
dians in the United States, speaking SIS
distinct languages and over 200 dialects.
@. Who was Maria Mitchell and when
did she live?-B. A.
A. Maria Mitchell was one OF Amer
icas great woman scientists. She was
an astronomer and discovered several
comets. She was professor of astronomy
at Vassar College. She was born on
| August l, 1918.
Q. What Government department Is
| known as the Mother of Departments"
| "A. o. D.
A. The Department of the Interior Is
known as the Mother Of Departments"
because through the years 1t has served
as the proving ground for governmental
activities which later led to the estab-
lishment of the Department of Agricul-
ture, Commerce, Labor and other Fed
eral agencies.
Q. Are cereal beverages classed as
beer?-F. N. E.
A Cereal beverages are not legally
classed as beer, which, by Treasury De-.
partment ruling, must contain more than
one-half of l per cent of alcohol by
weight.
@ Had the United States 7th Army
any actual hghtlng experience before the
invasion of Sicily?-M. I. o.
A. OF the five divisional units Of the
7th Army, the 1st Infantry Division was
the only one that had fought against the
Germans and Italians in Tunisia before
going into action against them in Sicily.
@. What are the largest concrete dams
in the World?-C P A.
A. The three largest concrete dams in
order of size are: Grand Coulee on the
Columbia River, Shasta on the Sacra-
mento River and Boulder on the Colo
RADIO River