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Evening star., 1943-03-30

Harbor by the easy assumption that,
at most, 1t would be but few days
until the American Navy and Air
Force would arrive to finish of the
invaders. The Americans in the
Philippines did not understand then
that this was not to be; that the Jap
anese had come for a long stay. And
there is considerable evidence that
too many Of us still lean too heavily
on the comforting belief that the
enemy is on the downgrade, that
ultimate victory Is so certain that
we can let up little here and there
in our war effort. The least ominous
Of the consequences of this attitude
is a longer and harder war, and those
Americans who still fail to under
stand this can profit from reading
Mr.. Lees story.
Evening star., 1943-03-30
"OTIS STREET NE,


Dear Sir:
Il have just started reading your
column and find that it is very inter-
esting.
you have often mentioned hawks and
their habits of attacking songbirds.
"In fact, the first article that I read
in your column was about pigeon that
you had saved from a hawk. There are
several hawks around my neighborhood
and the section across the D. c. line in
Maryland.
II would appreciate it if you would
tell me some methods of trapping hawks
alive. I wish to trap the hawks to
protect our songbirds, but I want them
alive so that I can study them
THE hawks are mostly sparrow hawks
and sharp-shinned hawks, though we
occasionally have visit from a larger
hawk.
yours truly, B. S."
Falconry is most interesting sport
for young people.
Many Washington youths have spe-
cialized in it during recent years.
In this sport two kinds of hawks are
used-the long winged, or true falcons,
and the short-winged
The long winged are represented by
the gyrfalcons and the peregrine falcon
the short-winged by the goshawk and
sparrow hawk.
The female is the larger and more
powerful and is mostly used in sport.
They are best taken from the nest and
raised by hand.
In the old days, when hawking was at
it's height, the rank of an individual
could be told by the hawk he wore on
his wrist.
Royalty carried a seyrafalcon, an earl
a peregrine falcon, yeoman the
goshawk, priest s. tow hawk and
a servant keStrel.
Trapping any sort Of haN ~. not easy,
and we would advise our c>A,esl ondent
not to bother with it.
The better way is to learn how to IKE
all of nature as nature is. Many mea
have spent long years attaining to this
wisdom. The ma ajority of them never do
So perhaps it is asking too much Of a
boy. But the ideal is very plain.
AS the Audubon Guide to Attracting
Birds puts it:
mo species of wildlife can be regarded
as harmful per Sc, yet it is still a
common belief that plants and animals
can be arbitrarily rated as harmful
beneficial or neutral.
Actually all, in playing their allotted
role, are beneficial; each species is part
of the community in which we find it
and has become, through a long process
of evolution, uniquely adapted to filling
niche.
IF one wishes to regard an area as q
wildlife sanctuary there is no alternative
but to treat all wildlife species alike
Evening star., 1943-03-30

accidents, $4,000 of which left some
permanent disability" The figures
cited include 1880 deaths and CSC, 900
injuries to the Nations Workers.
serious drain on our manpower re-
sources at any time, but even more
serious when manpower is at such a
premium"
True, there has been some reduc-
tion from the traffic losses of 1941,
but Mr.. Kemper declares "they are
largely the results of reduced driving
and lower speeds That IS the easy
part. Nobody can take any particu-
lar credit for it. The percentage
of reduced casualties is beginning to
level off, From now on we've got to
fight for further reduction in these
casualties the hard way, by
constant unrelenting vigilance on the
part of every driver"
Pedestrians also, of course, have a
duty to perform in the circumstances.
More people are walking than in
previous years, and there is more
reason for caution on that account
Men, women and children are warned
not to make the mistake of supposing
that because there are fewer auto
mobiles on the streets, they no longer
need be careful.
The whole compelling problem is
Illustrated dramatically by the testi-
mony OF the widow of a skilled and
valued industrial worker recently
killed on a Washington thorough
fare: Il don't know how to tell nv
boy In the Army overseas"
Evening star., 1943-03-30
Our Pacific Enemy

In his various assignments for the
Associated Press, both before and
since Pearl Harbor, Clark Lee has
had an exceptional opportunity to
gauge the quality and the purpose of
the japanese war machine. The
more significant then that he, in
common with most Of US, should have
fallen into the error of overestimat-
ing the capacity of the United States
to fight Japan, If not actually under
estimating Japan's capacity to fight
us.
Mr.. Lee tells his story in his book,
"They Call 1t Pacific" published
fifteen months after the beginning of
the war in the Pacific. Prior to De-
cember 7, 194l, he was in Japan, and
he observed at first hand the prepa-
rations the Japanese were making.
Unfortunately, he lacked oppor-
tunity to appraise the countereffort
in this country, and this accounts, no
doubt, for the period of wishful
thinking that he, in company with
other Americans, went through in
the Philippines from the beginning
of the var to the final defeat on
Bataan.
The manner in which Mr.. Lee de-
velops this theme is perhaps the
most important aspect of his book
He devotes considerable space, both
directly and by implication, to pres
entation of the view that mistake
was made in the extent to which
our military effort has been concen-
trated against the Germans at the
expense of the fight against the
Japanese. But this is matter upon
which fair judgment cannot be
passed by any one lacking access to
the facts necessary to an appraisal
of the war as a whole. Perhaps a
mistake has been made. but it will
be long time before the truth of
this can be established. The essen
tial thing is that, lacking the re-
sources to make q total effort in both
oceans, a decision at least was made
and acted upon.
1t is far from clear, however, that
the people of this country have
thrown of the mood of wishful
thinking which evidenced itself in
Manila during the weeks after Pearl
Evening star., 1943-03-30
Asks About discrimination"
Against Service Wives.

To the Editor of The Star:
Sunday week ago The Star magazine
carried an article entitled They Stay
Together" 1t stated that man and wife
as teams are making hit in Southern
war plants.
Yes, they make a hit wherever they
can work together. And that fact is
being realized all over the country ex-
cept by Secretary Knox and the admirals.
Red Cross representatives, WAACS,
WAVES, SPARS, nurses, clerks, stenog-
raphers are being sent all over the world
Why not give the Navy wife chance to
work with her husband in offices? Navy
wives without children would be happy to
go any place. Many Of them had busi-
ness careers before marriage.
Why the discrimination against serv-
ice wives when women are needed every
where?
A NAVY WIFE, A GOVERNMENT
WORKER.
Evening star., 1943-03-30
Appreciation of The Stars Club News
Expressed by Pen Women's Secretary.

To the Editor of The Star
1t has been a source of a great deal
of satisfaction to the members of the
of American Pen Women, to note the
expansion in your paper on news OF
the clubs.
Because club women were organized,
they were prepared to Immediately
swing into war work when war was
declared. At the same time, they are
trying to hold on to as many of their
normal activities as possible, which rep
resent to us the democratic way of life.
Most of our members are members of
other clubs and organizations. Some
are interested and working on youth
problems, others on labor problems that
concern women, while still others are
concerned with the postwar era and
peace problems. All, however, have one
paramount thought in mind and that
is to do everything possible to bring
victory to us and our Allies as quickly
as possible.
I have been asked by our organization
to t1l you that we appreciate this recog-
milton of our efforts. We especially
commend the excellent manner in which
the club news is handled by your able
club editors, Miss Frances Lide and Mrs.
Gretchen Smith
WILHELMINA CURTISS,
Secretary, Chevy Chase Branch, Ma
tional League of American Pen
Women.
Evening star., 1943-03-30
Newcomer Finds Fault
With City Of His Adoption.
To the Editor of The Star.


May newcomer to Washington, now
here permanently and interested in civic
affairs, express a few observations?
Four months here mean my thoughts
have "jelled," briefly, as follows: Cd
At least some of the police need to be
taught courtesy and tolerance, particu-
larly to newcomers and strangers, (2)
sidewalks should be kept cleaner, (3)
more stores should have better interiors,
(D the cycle of traffic signals should
be shortened a great~6eal, as IS to 40
cycle intervals for traight crossing
just does not make sense, (5) streetcars
and buses should eliminate some stops,
CD as to the weekly pass, it's swell-I
like 1t, use it-but it certainly adds to
traffic congestion In city already in
quite mess.
GERALD W. WESTON.
Evening star., 1943-03-30

@. Is the earth gaining or losing
weight?-H. G.
A. The earth gains about 100000 tons
in weight in year from meteoric ma
| uerial, mostly dust, from the sky.
G. What is the derivation of the word
"Easter"?-D. B. G.
A. The Venerable Bede, who was the
great scholar of the early English
| church, derived the word from Eostre
or Ostara, the Anglo-Saxon or Morse
goddess of spring.
| @. What makes it possible for upper
floors of a skyscraper to be completed
and occupied before the lower walls are
in place?-E. E. w.
A. At each floor the girders extend
beyond the wall columns to form a short
shelf on which the wall for that floor is
carried. Thus, upper floors can be fin
ished before lower ones.
@. How many times did Lucy Monroe
sing "The Star Spangled Banner" at the
New York Worlds Fair?-L. B. z.
A. The American soprano sang the
national anthem TOO times during the
fair.
@. Where was Oracle Fields born?-
W. W.
| A. Oracle Fields was born at Roch-
dale, Lancashire, England, January 9,
1898.
c. How many states are there In
Brazil?-W. E. B.
A. The United States of Brazil COM
prises 20 states, one national territory
acquired in 1902 and one federal district.
Each state is self-governing.
@. What is Charles Dickens famous
line about man chasing his hat?-
c. H. F.
A. 1t occurs in Pickwick Papers and
reads: There are few moments in
mans existence when he experiences SO
much ludcrouS distress or meets with so
little charitable commseration as when
he is in pursuit of his own hat"
@. What is the Prophecy of Orval?--
H. D.
A. The Prophecy of Orval is so called
because it vas written by monk in
monastery OF that name in the first half
of the 18th century. 1t predicts the his
tory Of France in many points.
@. Into how many sections is tor
pedo divided?-E. l.. H.
A. The modern torpedo is divided into
four main sections-the warhead con-
tanning the explosive compartment
holding compressed air, the main driving
force; tanks carrying fuel, water and
lubricating oil, and the mechanical brain
which guides the torpedo and the engines
which drive it.
@. When did John Philip Sousa die,
and where is he buried?-B. L. V.
A. John Philip Sousa died March 6,
1882. He is buried in the Congressional
Cemetery.
@. What is the origin of the custom
15?-M. C. @.
A. The definite date for discarding
felt hats in summer and straw hats in
the fall is believed to have originated
in the New York Stock Exchange, where
straw hat day and felt hat day were
made sort of holiday in which the
members INDUCED themselves in the
horseplay of destroying hats that didn't
come up to seasonal standards
Evening star., 1943-03-30
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Haskin.

A reader can get the ans,Der to any
question OF fact by 1Uriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. How many men took part in the
landing at Dieppe?-M. E. Y.
A. Ten thousand men landed or took
part in the attack by sea or from the
air.
@. Where in the United States Is
rainfall heaviest?-M. NJ
A. The heaviest average precipita-
ton is at Tillamook, on the coast of
Oregon, 120 inches year.
@. What is the highest price paid for
q race horse?-M. J. r.
A. A thoroughbred racer has sold for
more than 100000.
O. What is the birthstone for the
month OF April?-E. E.
A. According to ancient custom, the
sapphire; modern, the diamond.
Evening star., 1943-03-30

There was an old vaudeville gag
which ran: And how did you find
your meat, sir?" "Oh, Just looked
under the baked potato, and there it
was Whoever thought this one up
little imagined that some day in this
broad and fertile land it would be-
come the literal truth-at least on
days when there is any meat.
Evening star., 1943-03-30

There Is story current about a
British Army officer who, when his
troops pass him. calculates Hide
hi" to which they are expected to
answer resounding "Ho-de-ho." In
the interests of the entente cordiale
one OF our colonels stationed in
Britain might embark on "Pip-pip"
and "Toodle-oo" antiphony.
Evening star., 1943-03-30
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerUeS
the right to edit all letters NTH
a Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-03-30

Remember when you used to
scrutinize passing taxicabs and If
the car looked dirty or the driver
unprepossessing. you let it 60 by?
Ho, hum.
Evening star., 1943-03-30

Favorite Hymns-A collection of
ISL HYMNS which have long been
known and loved bv the American
people You will probably find your
favorite among them. Complete with
words and music. The book is 6 by 9
inches in size, has an attractive, dur
able, colored cover, and is indexed. To
secure your copy of this publication
inclose Is cents in coin, wrapped in
this clipping. and mail to The Star
Information Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1943-03-30
Formula Based on Business Principle
Suggested for New Income Tax Law.

To the Editor of The Star:
There are five prerequisites for new
income tax law that will satisfy every
body: Cd no "forgiving," CD no doubling
up payments, 60 no loss to the Treas
ury, Cd no increased payments for the
taxpayer, (5) the chance to get on the
pay-as-you-go basis.
And there is formula for drafting a
law that will do every one of these
things. The exact formula may be en-
tirely new because the objectives of the
law will be new, but the principles of
the formula are as old as the hills, and
we'll known to every businessman who
ever has taken true inventory of stock
profits which belong to the year just
passed through from profits belonging
to the year he is just beginning
Cost, not above value" is his formula.
If an item is worth twice what it cost,
he inventories it at cost because the
extra value cannot be realized until the
item is sold and the profit will belong to
the year in which the profit is realized,
and, If it should be worth only half what
1t cost, it is taken at value because it
would make an untrue inventory to take
anything at more than its true worth
Those who may not be familiar with
this businessman's formula can think
it through for themselves and after di-
gesting its merits, see if they can find
fault with this formula for the new law:
"l943, not less than 1912"
OF course, the actual wording of the
law probably would be different, to take
care of succeeding years, and might be
something like this: Current year, not
less than any past year remaining un-
paid"
When judgment day comes everybody
will still owe one years taxes just as if
things had gone on as they are now, but
it will be the smallest year.
The formula suggested would be the
means of collecting greater amount
than any other formula yet suggested
because it always would get the larger
of the amounts payable by any individual
taxpayer considering two years at a
time, one against the other; no taxes
would be forgiven anybody, anywhere;
there would be no double payments to be
made anywhere; no increased tax rate;
and pay-as-you-go already would be
started. w. STANLEY FREEMAN.
innocent Violators" of OPA Rules
Held Subject to Discipline Regardless.
To the Editor Of The Star:
In the March % issue of The Star
there IS an editorial on the Office of
Price Administration enforcement policy.
The editorial criticizes OPA attorneys
for bringing to court violators of price
ceilings when the amounts involved are
small in terms of dollars and cents The
Star coins a curious phrase, innocent
violators." It is question whether
there can be such q thing.
The editorial gives enthusiastic sup
port to the idea that if an OPA price
ceiling has been exceeded in good faith"
1t constitutes no violation of the law.
Would The Star advocate that the police
officer and the trafic courts treat the
motorists who passed the red light in
advertently the same way in spite of the
fact that the safety Of others was placed
in jeopardy? The seller who exceeds
the price ceiling is potentially more
dangerous than the motorist. Igno-
rance Of the applicable regulation Is no
Evening star., 1943-03-30
Another Suggestion

Another Suggestion
For North Road Name.
notice there IS still some dissatisfac-
ton over the name "Alcan" for the great
northern highway just completed May
suggest the name "Alascana Highway
which would honor both Alaska and Can
ada. MARGARET M. HERBERT
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20
Base Hoop Team Starts Workouts

Basketball practice for the Base team was held last Wednesday night. The turnout was rather dis appointing but the hoopsters that were present will undoubtedly help to build up a strong, winning five. More players are needed and no positions are cinched as yet.
 The Special Service Office has booked an arduous schedule with some of the strongest service and college teams in the vicinity.
 Captain Gilbert Fitch, the Base Special Officer, will coach the Bradley Basketeers. Captain Fitch was formerly the captain of the Temple University five and was an All-American in 1881. He also played with the Philadelphia SPHAS, World Professional Cham pions.
 Games will be arranged so as not to conflict with the Inter- Squadron Basketball League. All men on the Base are eligible to play for the Bradley Field team whether or not they are members of a Squadron team.
 The next practice will be held this Tuesday evening in the Gym at 1880 hours. Captain Fitch would like to have a large turnout on hand for a good, strenuous work out.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20
Interfraternity Conference in New York This Week

Service men, officers, and enlisted personnel, who are members ot national college fraternities, ex- pecting to be in New York City for the Thanksgiving weekend, are invited to attend sessions of the annual meeting of the National Interfraternity Conference, No. vember 26 and 27, at the Hotel Commodore there, and are espe- cially urged to attend a luncheon, Friday noon, in the East ballroom of that hotel.
 Men in uniform will be guests of honor at the luncheon where tables will be grouped according to fraternity organizations so the members of the same societies can get together conveniently.
 Wendell Willkie, heads a list of distinguished fraternity men who will attend. Governor R. E. Bald win of Connecticut will make a short talk to be broadcast over the NEG network, at 1880, via. WEAF in New York City. Lady guests of men attending will be welcome.
 Advance reservations for the luncheon are desired to assure ac- commodiations They should be ad- dressed to MT. L. c. Balfour, chairman of the luncheon, and should state thew riter's fratern- ity for proper table assignment.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20
WARMLN
 THE BENCH
By SGT. FRANK DE BLOIS GINS Sports Correspondent

Stop me if you've heard this song before
 Frankie F'risch never shaved a man in his life and he doesn't know an olive oil massage from a Lucky Tiger rubdown, but he's a barber just the same. In baseball parlance, a barber is a bench joc- key, talk-talk boy, guy who's forever getting a grip on some body's cork-usually an umpire's.
 The old Fordham Flash is one of the better umpire baiters in the game. He's not quite as loud as Leo Durocher, nor as apoplectic as Jimmy Dykes, but he's pretty good at the game and he's kind of fun ny, too.
 Arthur Daley, in the New York Times, tells one about how Frisch once innocently walked up to an umpire in St. Louis and asked him if he had a cigar in his pocket.
 "Why should I have cigar ?" said the umpire, who had just made a sad decision and was expecting something a little more warming from Frisch. >
 "I just thought you might" the Flash explained. Because you cer- tainly looked like a cigar store In dian on that play"
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20

Once in a while the customers write. A recent correspondent is G. F. Kane, a guard at the AAF Intransit Depot, Natick, Mass, who wrote complaining of this de- partment's neglect of one of his idols. Correspondent Kane is dis appointed because the name of Ed die Mahan wasn't included in this columns list of all-tine football greats.
 Mahan, fullback on three of the late, great Percy Haughton's pow erhouse Harvard elevens, was named to Walter Camps All-Amer- ican team three years in a row. Correspondent Kane says he was the all-around superior to Charley Brickley, or any other back who ever wore the Crimson. "He could kick, run, and throw" says Kane, land he was a wildcat at par cheSi."
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20
MESSAGE CENTER RUM0RS
By CPL. PRESTON J. ALBERT

It. Arnold M. Cook, Special Ser vice Officer of the Battalion, has returned from Fit. BelToir, Va, where he attended Engineer School, during which time he was greatly missed by the enlisted per sonnel on those Thursday and Sun day night conveys into Hartford.
 Officer personnel assigned to the Battalion in recent weeks, are End It. William R. Sutton, End It. Daniel w. Lake, IT,, and 1st Ut. Sims H. Walker.
 Captain Frank D. Novy, Battal- ion Surgeon, is at present enjoy ing a ten-day leave.
 Sgt. Camille Leger, (Drillmaster Deluxe) recently established a worlds recordon how to Reverse a Platoon" time-21 minutes and 35 seconds.
 1st Sgt. Henry A Q'H break your legs) Reifke, has at last fall en to Dan Cupid. The young lady, Miss Ann Coyle, is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Coyle of Philadelphia, Pa. The nuptials are to be held on the 20th.
 Mystery: How was that sleep walking story of Pvt. Charles Tatham, ST., suppressed so we'll. Could it be he has the right con nections.
 Can anyone answer why that Boston crowd likes to sleep in pa jamas? We refer to none other than M/Sgt. Richard L. Hapgood and Pfc. Williams O. James, of Headquarters Company.
 The Battalion "Dead End Kids" have been pretty quiet lately. Could it be because they have lost their leader Pfc. Victor Freitas? What about it Pvts. Daniel Gallo and Derrell Talley?
 Pvt. Max Gottfried would like to break-in on the civilians fun and enjoy a dance and music. He did outside in the rain.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-20

"Arny physical training can be a lot fun," says .S/Sgt. Murray Heilweil, a PIT instructor stationed at the AAF Basic Training Center at Greensboro, N. c. All you have to do, according to Heilweil, is kid the boys along a little.
 Cpl. Joe Quinn, who covers sports for the BTC-10 Shun, post paper at Greensboro, reports that Heilweil is more fun than a blind date with Jane Russell. "He man. ages to keep up the interest in cal isthenics," observes Joe, "by kid ding the men throughout the ses- sion, without letting up on the workout" Sounds like barrel of laughs.