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Evening star., 1943-05-19
TAILS CHURCH, Va.

Dear Sir:
Il have been making observations of
bird life during the past week end, when
I spent two consecutive days entirely
outdoors about the wooded grounds sur
rounding my home, the first relief from
my job in many weeks. which gave me
an unusual opportunity to study the
habits OF the songsters just ut the peak
Of the nesting season. ,
"First the towhee (or chewink. as
she is sometimes called selected as the
site Of her building operations = sizeable
pile Of broken branches and brush which
has remained intact many weeks, due to
the hope on my part that lull in the
winds which prevailed for SO long would
permit burning. This, now. viii have to
be postponed indefinitely.
For two or three days q pair of cat
birds busted themselves with the struc-
ture OF beautiful and comfortable nest
at the corner Of the back porch where
the post meets the roof, where the large
Van Fleet rose supports 1t on the near
side, and we'll protected from the weather
by the overhang Of the roof.
"A pair of thrashers (some people
think they are large sized thrushes) de-
cided to concentrate on similar location
near the front porch. Meanwhile, on
the occasions when have to enter the
house go in and out Of each door very
cautiously, lest disturb the birds.
1T was thrilling to watch the proceed
ings Of each from q nearby window, also
to see the faithful little wren busying
herself with the task of pulling out the
previous years nesting material from the
-coconut shell and preparing it for new
furniture as she has done many times
before.
There seems to be more close -to-home
building this year than ever before, and
several friends have told me Of robins
who have built 50 close to their windows
and seemed so unafraid Of being dis
turbed, which proves their confidence in
their human friends.
'"The bluebird hedglings have flown
long ago, leaving but a few blue shells
and many happy memories.
Sincerely yours, O. E. c."
+
The observation Of this correspondent,
that birds are nesting closer to houses
than in other years, seems to be true
We like to believe that 1t is because
the birds are trying to tell US something
that they are doing this.
If this theory Is true (and We do not
say that it Isl We might be willing to
feel that the songsters are coming closer
to us, the more We tight. in deep
sympathy for our human plight.
"You know 50 much" the bluebird
might say, "and yet look at the mess you
human beings have made out Of things
my nest is plain and simple, and my
life is the same, from your vast intel
lectual standpoint, but somehow I and
my friends manage to go along, year
after year, and century after century,
Evening star., 1943-05-19

Q. What is the quotation about defeat
which is attributed to Queen victoria?-
R.VB.
A. According to "The Political Influ-
ence of Queen Victoria" by Frank Hardie,
Queen Victoria wrote letter during tho
"black week" of the Boer War wherein
she said: 1--WE are not interested In the
possibilities of defeat; they do not exist"
Q. Who was the sculptor who made
q model Of the -Four Freedoms2-E. L. H.
A. Walter Russell, New York artist.
1t depicts four angels with appraised pro-
tecting wings facing the four points Of
the compass.
@. What is the name OF the only town
In Pennsylvania?-R. e. w.
A. Bloomsbury is the only community
In the State that Is incorporated as a
town. All others are cities or boroughs.
@. What is the composition of General
Montgomerys army?-P. H.
A. Seventy-six per cent OF the troops
comprising Gen. Montgomery's British
9th Army are men from the United
Kingdom england, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Irelan6. Twenty per cent of
the troops are Dominion (New Zealand)
and India. Four per cent Of the troops
are French.
@. How large was President Woodrow
Wilson's vocabulary?-D DE.
A. He had vocabulary of $1,000
words.
@. At what rate Is the Bible being
translated into foreign languages?-
NJ M.
A. During the past decade some por-
ton Of the Bible has appeared In a new
language at the rate of one in five weeks.
@. What is hnnan haddie?-R. M. s.
A. Finnan haddie Is smoked haddock.
said to be named from the town Of Fin.
don or of Findhorn, both in Scotland.
Q. What Is the largest single tribe
OF Indians in the United States?-L,
A. The Navajos, of whom there are
some $4,000, constitute the largest tribe.
@. Where on the earth's surface Is
the place having zero latitude and zero
longitude?-M. F. E.
A. 1t is In the Gulf of Guinea on the
west coast Of Africa, where the EQUATOR
crosses the prime meridian.
q. What is the correct pronunciation
OF Taos, the town in New Mexico?-
VIC.
A. 1t rhymes with the noun 'house.
@. Where is the highest point In New
York State?-E. A. B.
A. The highest point in the State Of
New York is Mount Marcy in Essex
County, which has an altitude OF 5.344
feet.
O. How is it possible to determine
exactly how many enemy ariplanes are
lost in battle?-T. w.
A. The War Department saws that
there are only three circumstances in
which an enemy plane is definitely
counted as lost. These are: Cd If the
plane is seen descending completely en-
Veloped IN flames; CD if the plane is seen
to dlslntegrate in the air, or the complete
wing or tail assembly Is seen to be shot
away from the fuselage; 90 if the plane
Is slngle-seater and the pilot is seen to
oa1l out. After each combat mission
every fighter pilot and member of a
bombardment crew is interrogated by
intelligence officers. After the briefing is
completed the intelligence officers make
composite breakdown and their official
reports are on the conservative side.
Evening star., 1943-05-19

Are bartered for bent necks and seething
hearts.
Fruitless to resist! Can dead hands keep
The Dannebro still waving; dead heads
plot
Release? And can martyred Denmark
rise
From fields Of streaming blood to SOW
again
Its roses when the foe departs? Patience.
Holger Danski! Wait until the ogres,
Weak from over-greed, sink in your arms.
Then rise with thunder, rift your stony
beard,
Hurl your rocks, and crush the plunder-
ing horde!
Not till then may you return to your
long sleep,
Nor Dana to her roses.
KATHLEEN BARENTZEN CHASE.
Evening star., 1943-05-19
Electing Conservatives
Suggested to Check Imitation.

EloCSln$ COnSeFVotlVe8
Suggested to Check Imitation.
TO the Editor Of The star:
Imitation may be compared to a river
on a rampage, overfowing its banks and
carrying everything with it. Everybody
Is affected.
Imitation inevitably creates higher liv-
ing costs, ever increasing wages, with
taxes rising to dangerous levels and in
vestors imperiled. Unchecked. 1t leads to
chaos.
The best hedge against impending In
dation. would be to elect conservative
men to oflice, men who have respect for
money and who reject the wild notion
that debt is . blessing and that We
must spend In order to save"
EDAUND K. GOLDSBOROU0H.
Evening star., 1943-05-19

Common Household Pests Tells
how to enthusiastically and thor
oughly-moths, ants, flies, cock
reaches. termites, rats and mice. ANY
one OF these household pests can
make life miserable for the house.
wife If she doesn't know how to cope
with them. Specialists of the United
States Government have spent years
In directing warfare against these
household enemies, and the results of
their work are boiled down in this
practical publication. To secure your
copy inclose 10 cents in coin, wrapped
IN this clipping, and mail to The
Star Information Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1943-05-19
Words Of Spiritual Strength
Proposed rs Slogan for Week.

XIVpOSSV - OAVSdn 1OI " CCAs
To the Editor Of The Star:
Many years ago dong before Hitler
ran across these words: Might Is right
until right Is ready"
have never known who uttered them
but the words should be imperishable in
the consciousness Of all who see or hear
them.
This week having been set apart as a
period Of thanksgiving for us and for
our spiritual kindred throughout the
world for the victory granted to us in
North Africa, hope that The Star may
find it geographically practicable and
morally stimulating to print those words
In big letters across the top Of . prom
inent page, as the week begins, Test we
forget"
Such a reminder would emphasize the
admirable editorial, Gen. Anderson's
Reverence" in The Sunday Star Of May
Is. DUANE E. FOX.
Appreciation Of Denmark Expressed
BY Admirer Of Mr.. Henry's Story.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Thank you for the excellent and in
elusive article on Denmark by Thomas
r. Henry in the May issue Of The
Sunday Star.
It does q Danish heart good to read
It, and reflects the ever-wide interests
and sympathies Of your paper; ex-
planning, at the same time, to Denmark S
detractors, once and for all, why such
militarily powerless, paciflstic, intellec-
tual and idealistic people could not make
q bloody stand against the Nazis. The
Danes belief, rather to bend temporarily
in the storm, thus hoping to survive for
ultimate vengeance and renascence, than
to be broken for all time, really cannot
be criticized.
This little kingdom between the Baltic
and the North Sea, has ever been
friendly to all, since it forsook its Viking
bravado. It wishes no one any harm,
and expects no one tc harm it. The
modern Dane asks only to live and let
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brooding, herce-willed character OF the
Norwegian, caused and nurtured by
Norway's isolated, uu-obliterating VAL
leys; nor is he arrogantly nationalistic
like the Swedes; or hot-tempered as the
Finns-admirable peoples all. The Dane
Is quietly cultured and peaceful and may
aptly be called the Swiss Of the Scandi-
navian brotherhood.
Copenhagen, Denmark's capital city,
has been known for generations as
the Athens of the North; and the long,
beautiful seaside drive on Zealand s
eastern and northern shore, "the Dam
ish Riviera" From this it easily can be
seen that the Danish people are imbued
with both the civilization Of the ancient
Greeks and the culture, gayety and ele-
gance of the French.
This little kingdom In the north may
not stir the universe with sensational
heroics or spectacular natioualism; yet,
when the time comes to return to the
world its equilibrium, peace, beauty, COM
fort and usefulness, Denmark will be
among the chief contributors, leavening
the whole, as she always has done. with
her mshakable ethical values.
Perhaps this poem of mine may not
be out Of place here:
Roses blow no more In Dana's garden:
Efeedom's blooms, harvested hy thieves,
Evening star., 1943-05-19
Official Inquiry on Social Disease
Held to Show Need of Programs.

heid 10 Show Need Of Programs,
To the Editor of The Star:
Probably the net results of the recent
congressional investigation of Washing
TONS venereal disease and prostitution
conditions will be beneficial. Although
an agreement for the 100-bed quarantine
hospital already had been reached prior
to the hearing, there promises to be
needed strengthening of legislation and
facilities for the more efficient handling
OF our communitys serious social hygiene
problems. In these efforts, an alert
fourth estate has played an important
part.
But 1t is well to remember constantly.
that all the medical and law-enforcement
programs in the world will not solve the
problems involved. Venereal disease
clinics and penal institutions are at best
only salvage depots. They can locate and
cure the infected; they can restrain and
treat the legal offender; they can protect
both the individual and society against
further wreckage, but they do not-and
cannot-prevent individuals from becom-
ing infected or from starting down the
road of sex delinquency. Only the mo-
rality, ,character-building, educational and
guidance programs of home, school and
church can get to the roots of the prob
lem. Judging by current conditions, we
urgently need more aggressive promotion
OF these ethical essentials by all three
agencies. RAY H. EVERETT,
Executive Secretary, Social Hygiene
Society.
Evening star., 1943-05-19
Letters to the Editor

Letters TO the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the ,oriter, although the use of
a pseudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters ,uith
a Die1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Marine Headquarters
Tons Bond Drive Goal

Civilian and military employees Of
Marine Corps headquarters went
"over the top" in their share OF
the Navy Departments 1ndepend-
ence Day War bond drive, 1t was
announced last night by Col. David
S. Barry, chairman Of the drive.
In recognition Of this accomplish
ment. Brig. Gen. L. w. T. Waller,
jr., director Of headquarters per-
sonnel. will address an employe
rally at 10 am. tomorrow in behalf
Of 1t. Gen. Thomas Holcomb. COM
mandant Of the Marine Corps. The
rally will be held in the Navy an
mex court between wings l and 2.
Gen. Waller will present certifi-
Gates to the headquarters divisions
and sections in which 30 per cent
or more Of the civilian personnel
subscribed for War bonds.
Col. Barry said the cash sale Of
War bonds-to civilians, officers and
enlisted men Of the Marine Corps
totaled more than $4,000, which
had been set as the headquarters
quota. In addition, he said. "fly-
Ing squad" Of women marines signed
more than so per cent of the en-
listed personnel for payroll bond
deductions amounting to more than
$4,000 a month.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Underpay for Women
In War Work Scored
By Miss Anderson
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
Some women in war Industries
are underpaid, simply because they
are women, Miss Mary Anderson,
director of the Women's Bureau Of
the Labor Department, declared yes
terday, but she predicts bright fu-
ture for the workingwoman.
At a press conference marking the
25th anniversary Of the establish
ment of the Women's Bureau, Miss
Anderson looked to the past and the
future with these observations:
Chief accomplishment In employ
ment standards Of women since 1918
Is the raising Of their wage level.
In the World War most women
didn't get more than Is cents an
hour, which was from Is to so per
cent less than men received for
identical work.
The work Of the bureau and
gradual legislation eliminating In
the wage and hour law has made
1t possible for the majority Of
women to receive equal pay for equal
work.
But we still have lots getting as
much as 20 per cent less pay just
because they're women" she as
serted.
The biggest present need for
workingwomen, Miss Anderson said,
is State legislation protecting
their wages, hours and working
conditions in service industries
which are not subject to Federal
labor legislation.
Dean among women in key ap-
pointive Government positions, Miss
Anderson has headed the Women's
Bureau under Presidents Wilson.
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and
Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
that the Allied invasion will take
place on the French national hol-

tnaC Lne Alueo INVASION Will take
place on the French national hol-
iday, the 14th OF July)
On the Rome radio an italian
military commentator said Italy
would defend her soil to the last, but
that the European invasion seems
to have become a nightmare more
for our opponents than for our
selves. They seem not to have
made up their minds where and
when to start" He added that the
initial blow probably would be
struck at Italy.
Paris Radio Turns to Rumors.
A German commentator asserted
that lin spite Of many strategic pos
sibilities In the Mediterranean zone,
the enemy cannot exploit them
This conquest already has cost the
Allies many more men and, above
all, much more time than they ex-
pected."
In the afternoon the Paris radio,
firing Of its invasion" skit, turned
to spreading rumors of revolts
among the French in North Africa,
one broadcast recorded by the Asso-
ciated Press declaring that a revolt
against Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
and Gen. Henri Giraud was brew
ing In Algiers. It also told Of q
new rebellion" in Northern Syria.
From Moscow came a radio re-
port that the crew Of an Italian
cruiser at Brindisi had refused to
sail on a special mission and that
rail communication between Brin-
disi and the naval base at laramie
had been suspended because Of the
growing tension.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
New D. T.. Police Band
Supporters Give $500

Donations totaling $500 have been
received by Commissioner John
Russell Young for the purchase Of
instruments, music stands and or
chestrations for the recently or
ganized band Of the Metropolitan
Police.
The Police Band, which is under
the direction Of 1t. Charles Benter,
U. s. NJ, retired. now has 81 men,
bers. They hold rehearsals twice
weekly during of time. 1t. Benter,
former leader Of the Navy Band,
has said he was surprised at the
array Of talent"
Donations amounting to $500
came from individual members of
the Board of Directors of the Metro
politan Police Boys Club. Twenty
directors and officers each contrib
uted $25 and the sum was presented
to Commissioner Young by H. Clif-
ford Bangs, president Of the Boys
Club, and James E. Collinower. q
director.
The investment, Mr.. Young pre-
dicted, would bring good results.
The Commissioner earlier had re-
ceived q 500 donation from Safe
way Stores. Inc.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 3.-Ponderous at
tempts at levity by Paul Joseph
Goebbels' propaganda machine to-
day could not quite conceal the
misgivings within Nazi Europe as
the second date set by the Ger
mans for an Allied invasion passed
with scarcely more than the usual
flow Of reports from belligerent and
neutral capitals.
Stories of spreading uneasiness
within Hitler's fortress kept COM
ing. Stockholm newspaper reports
asserted that Reichsmarshal Her
man Goering was very ILL.," having
suffered a nervous breakdown with
serious heart trouble after taking
a cure"
The reports said two specialists
and Goering's wife were at his side
almost uninterruptedly and that
only intimates were permitted to
see the air chief.
Obviously inspired by Goebbels,
the Paris radio put on during the
day heavy footed humorous" pro-
gram ridiculing Allied plans for an
attack on Europe. The date OF July
3 for the Allied push was set arbi-
trarily by Goebbels after his previ-
Evening star., 1943-07-04
D. {. Parents Teachers Hi
Proposed Curfew Law

Unanimous opposition to the "cur-
few" law as undemocratic and
''psychologically" bad was voiced
yesterday by the board Of managers
Of the District Congress Of Parents
and Teachers.
In q country priding itself upon
its democratic form of government,
the board declared, the enactment
Of such a law would be in direct
contradiction Of such principles"
A "curfew" Of 10 or II pm. has
been suggested to curb juvenile de-
linquency. The proposed law would
forbid appearance of persons under
l8 on the streets or in public places
after those hours.
Those who have proposed and
who favor such stringent control
methods" declared the board, "are
apparently unaware Of the basic
principles Of child psychology, or
they would know that a prohibition
would act merely as a challenge and
not q control"
Evening star., 1943-07-04
Attempted Humor Fails to Hide
Anxiety of Axis Over Invasion

Gus guess Of June % had not borne
fruit.
Intended to Be Funny.
Starting at Z am. and breaking
into the program at intervals until
early afternoon, voices from some
where in France" kept listeners ad-
vised Of the invasion situation. 1t
was designed to be extremely funny.
Examples:
8 am.-"The British and Amer
leans are still at breakfast"
am.-"We have just learned that
the British and Americans have left
the breakfast table"
p.m.-"Still nothing. Perhaps
the British will make up their minds
later in the day."
Toward evening the Paris radio
announced: July 3 draws to q close
and no landing has taken place
anywhere on the European coast
'''. However, already new date
is being mentioned, that of July IA.
We hope lovers OF dancing in the
streets will not be disappointed
again.
Aim to Arouse False Hopes.
The apparent reason for the Ger
man buildup of the alleged invasion
date was to arouse the hopes of the
populace of the occupied countries
and then to crush them with ridi-
cule. At one time today the Paris
announcer told them with heavy
satire that "the hour Of liberation
is striking"
(The London radio was heard
by CHS to explain the Axis be-
havior as a part of Goebbels'
technique Of building up the
hopes of Nazi victims in order to
have the satisfaction Of disap-
pointing them"
CAlready he has started to re-
peat the technique" it added.
The German-controlled Paris
radio Is now spreading rumors
Evening star., 1943-07-04
First Floor Best Shelter
In Air Raids, 0CD Finds
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The Once of Civilian Defense rec.
commended yesterday refuge on the
first floor Of q home in event OF an
air raid because you can detect q
fire started by an incendiary bomb
more quickly than If you are in q
basement shelter.
The proportion Of incendiary
bombs to demolition bombs In enemy
planes attempting a raid on the.
continental United States probably
would be high, OCD said, adding
that therefore the chief danger to
home owners will be from incendi-
aries" High explosive bombs are
likely to fall In residential areas
"only as misses or mistakes" OCD
said.
The typical American two-story
frame house has demonstrated In
tests remarkable resistance to near
misses Of 500-pound demolition
bombs decorating as close as IS feet"
OCD said. In no cases have the
buildings collapsed.
Evening star., 1943-07-04
HOW THE NEW LAW WILL AF.
Feet VARIOUS PERSONS

N~OAASASA~Ss~ls
G) Married man with no depend
ents with an estimated business in
come of $4,000 for 1943 who owed
$4,000 tax for 1912.
This mans procedure will be sub
stantially the same as under ex-
ample (e), since he is not subject to
withholding, but with this differ
ence: His declaration Of estimated
tax, to be filed September IS, will
show 1943 liability Of approx
mately $647 dncome tax plus net
Victory taxi, which is less than his
1912 tax. Accordingly, in making his
declaration Of estimated tax for 1943,
he will increase the amount Of ten
tative tax by the excess of the 1912
tax over the 1943 tax, or by 1883,
making a total liability for 1943 OF
$4,000 ($647 plus $1,353).
In determining the amount Of his
installment payments to be made
September IS and December IS, he
will first take credit for the amounts
paid on his 1912 tax. If he paid his
$4,000 1912 tax in full, he will have
no installment payments to make.
If he paid only the first two in
stallments Cor q total Of 81, 1,O00), he
will pay the balance 81 ,00O in two
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is and De-
cember IS.
Higer Year Prevails.
His final return for the year, fled
March IS. 1914 wollld show no
change in his liability since, In
effect, the tax for the year was
based on the known higher 1942 in
come. Any minor increase or de-
crease in the 1943 income over that
previously estimated would not
change the result.
On March is, 1914, however, he
would owe Is per cent Of the basic
1943 tax (the unabated portion of
the lower years taxi. This would
be rs per cent of $647 (assuming
that there was no change in the
amount based on the final return),
or $161.75. One-half of this amount
could be paid on that date and one
half the following March is.
One March Is, 1914, he would file
his declaration of estimated tax for
1914, and pay the estimated amount
in four quarterly installments. max
ing any necessary adjustment on
March IS, 1945. .....
(g) Single man In armed forces
whose service compensation for l943