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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
Use Oil Cans

The tin cans that have had
oil or such in them and there
fore can not be used for de-
Thinning. may have top and bot
tom removed and be used as
collars unless the can used IS
very small and thin. these may
he left round the plants all sea-
son.
A piece Of stiff paper which
will not easily diSintegrate may
be fashioned into a collar and
paper-clipped in place around
the plant.
But suppose the plants being
attacked by the worms are
those which are not being trans
planted but are simply growing
in rowS-what then? Then is
the time 10 spread a poison
bait.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
Poison Bait

Mix quart Of bran with a
tablespoon of molaSses, a tea
spoon of Paris green and a little
water. Then hunt for a stone
that has a bit OF a hollow under
il.
Bait put under the hollow will
be easy for the cutworms TO
reach and still will not be
placed so as to poison the dog
or cat.
Some folks simply spread the
bait on the ground and get up
early the next morning 10 re-
move IL and the dead cut worms.
But the under-the-rock method
is easier on the late riser and
just as effective with the
worms.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-04
Short Formals
For Summer
Festivities
BY JOAN DEAN

BORN THROUGH the de-
mandS of wartime 10 con-
serve fabrics and 10 provide YOU
with an uncnCumbering frock in
which 10 do the town the
short evening dress. which made
its debut last winter IS appear
ing in lowered pastel chiffons
for summer wear.
Not over-popular on first
showing, the short evening dress
earned its present high place IN
fashions limelight through its
unbeatable practically.
PERFECT ANSWER on what
ia wear when your escort is IN
business SUIT, the short dinner
dreS is almost must in these
days OF gasoline ratloning and
informal parties.
But don't think that any
street length dreS can pass for a
short evening gown. II cannot
short evening dresses are IN a
class by themselves.
The short summer evening
dress skctched today Will prove
this point. OF pale pink or
heaven blue chiffon, il blomS
with fun blown roses etched in
black against the pastel back
ground.
SHORT CAP SLEEVES q.
one OF Dame Fashions prettieSt
and most practical ideas 4.
give this lrock a dresSy, new
look. Slim fitted midrlff blends
into the flowing skirt, and for
grace. there's just an extra bit
Of fullncSs at the skirt front. A
self belt nips in your walStllne.
The low, wide neckline Is
squared 10 give your face a flat
tering frame and at one side Of
the necklne there is large
double bow Of black Chantilly
lace.
PEEkING ABOVE the square
neCkline is a wide band of
black Chantilly lace. This lace
is not on the dress but edges
the neCkfIne OF the slip which
accompanies the dress.
Beautifully fitted, the slip is
Of finest quality rayon crepe and
matches the pink or blue of the
chiffon.
The dress with matching slip
comes IN sizes 10 10 is and IS
the sort Of costume you Will
wear all summer long for the
most dreSsy occasions.
NEW VARIATION on an old
theme is the technlcolor type
cake makeup being placed upon
the market. Perfected by ply
sician and chemist associated
with Hollywood studios, this
new cake makeup is nondrying
10 the skin and gives a smooth,
lasting finish.
In six skin tones, il comes in
10. 25 and 39-cent sizes. The
six tones were arrived at after
a series of teChnicolor movie
tests and are designed 10 use
under daylight or evening Lights.
Evening star., 1943-03-12

this field Of instruction. Then fol-
lowed long period of private prac-
tice in New York that ended in 1922,
when he was appointed Assistant
Solicitor General of the United
States. In 1929 Justice Wheat was
chosen for the District bench. and
the following year he became chief
justice. He retired fourteen months
ago.
AS a member Of District Court, the
Jurlst quickly earned the regard Of
his associates at bench and bar. and
this feeling was strengthened as the
years passed. One of his notable de-
clsions held unconstitutional the
first Railroad Retirement Act, which
afterWard was rewritten when it was
invalidated by the Supreme Court.
Domestic relations cases always were
assured Of the deepest consideration
before Chief Justice Wheat, who
never neglected an opportunity to
settle marital differences and keep
homes unbroken. Childless himself,
he could be counted on to plead the
cause Of children when family rela-
tionships were threatened.
Evening star., 1943-03-12
Blue Water

I hare neuer sailed in ships. but. oh,
so proud and fine,
Ho,D their tall mdsts beckon from
the far horizon line!
Always / can hear q uoice come
singing doUn the gale,
"Oh, blue mater! Bright blue
oater! To the foam -s,pept trail!"
Some one fought the long gray bilious
rolling round the Horn,
Flung her Haunting royals to tho
Trades at break OF morn.
Steered by Bear and Southern Cross
yea, breathed all airs that be
Drank at last the bitter brine and
left his blood to me-
Seal me in the mountainside or root
me on the plains!
Still I'll feel the salt sea blood run
tingling through my petns.
Still the Dind iDiH call to me across
lifting sail,
"Oh, blue Udter! Bright blue
Uater! To the foam -s,ospt tratll"
EDITH DE BLoIs LASKEY.
Evening star., 1943-03-12

part even these present critics sought
only to explain and justify their
earlier adverse votes, all of them
conceding that the continuance of
lease-lend is essential to the success
full prosecution Of the war.
1t is worthy of note that the action
by Congress rounds out a rather
remarkable tribute to Edward r.
Stettinius, jr., lease-lend adminis-
traitor. Mr.. Stettinius came to Wash
ington from the United States Steel
Corporation and Wall Street-a back
ground that could hardly have
endeared him to the more ardent
New Dealers in the Capital. And in
his early days here he was none-too-
gently handled. But Mr.. Stettinius
has kept his own counsel and applied
himself diligently and Loyalty to
whatever JOB was before him, with
the result that he won the confidence
OF the President and the Presidents
advisers. And now, although he has
handled the distribution to other
countries OF American goods worth
almost ten billion dollars, he has been
given an emphatic vote of confidence
by the Congress.
This augurs we'll for the future,
since it offers assurance not only that
the policy Of lease-lend is sound, but
that its management is in competent
hands.
Evening star., 1943-03-12
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrdceDell.
A completely happy creature, in 1913

A completely happy creature, In l943-
Do you think 1t possible?
You would. If you could have seen the
young yellow cat, that fine afternoon.
He was about months old, equivalent
to II years, in childhood
He had wandered away from his home
beat. Cats, unlike dogs, do not wander
very far from the home base. except
upon occasion
That is, he may 60 west, in his ramblings,
but he never goes east.
There are many old toms which know
no more about the community to the
east than If they lived in different part
of town.
The happy yellow cat found many
things to interest him.
Particularly birds and squirrels
Being naturally swift. he almost
caught squirrel at his frst try in this
happy hunting ground
1t was amazing to see him cover the
ground almost as fast as a rabbit.
His rabbitlike appearance was further
enhanced by the lack Of tail.
A Manx cat sure enough, or a remark
ably clever imitation of one.
There was no sign Of the long wavy
tail which gave all cats their name. In
the first place.
Trying his best to wiggle that stump
OF tail, the cat made lunge at the
squirrel
The latter went up a big tree.
The cat went up it, too, but on the
other side of the trunk
1t was a large trunk, so that each
animal went up blissfully unware Of the
other.
The cat went the fastest.
That was how fast he was.
He arrived at a place where a limb
had been sawed off, and sat there looking
down.
BY this time the squirrel had come
around the trunk. and was looking fol
the cat, but, in typical squirrel fashion
was hanging by his hind feet and lookins
down the trunk.
The cat was not more than two feet
above him.
Had the yellow animal been older, nc
| doubt he would have made a lunee, bu,
this being perhaps his first venture into
the big world he hesitated.
This hesitation gave the squirrel time
to realize his mistake.
He righted himself, and glared up the
trunk instead OF down, daring the cat tc
come on. in the best rodent language.
If you have never heard a squirrel
swear. you have something choice to hear
They do it by grating, a noise which
Evening star., 1943-03-12
Leuse-Lend Goes On

A great deal of satisfaction may be
taken from the impressive vote-407
to in the House and 81 to in the
Senate-by which Congress has in
dorsed the principle of the lease-lend
and extended it for another year.
The decisiveness of this vote is
gratifying because it serves notice to
the world-to the Axis as well as to
the nations fighting with us-that
there will be no deviation, partisan
or otherwise, from the wise policy Of
pooling our resources with those Of
our Allies in the fight against the
aggresSorS. During the Senate de-
bate only half a dozen men took the
floor in criticism of lease-lend, al
though 81 votes were cast against it
when the legislation first was passed
two years ago. And for the most
Evening star., 1943-03-12
Alfred A. Wheat

In the death of Alfred A. Wheat,
retired Chief Justice Of United States
District Court. at the age Of IS, the
law loses distinguished figure, and
the District a fine citizen.
AS student. educator, lawyer and
turist, the Capital knew the former
chief justice for more than fifty
years. Coming here as a youngster
Just out Of Dartmouth, he studied
for law degree at old Columbian
College while at the same time
teaching at Central High School,
where his success in promoting busi-
ness education was largely RESPONSE
bic for the ultimate Establishment of
Business High School to specialize in
Evening star., 1943-03-12

plainly carries with 1t all the connota-
tions and overtones achieved by man
through the use Of his finest Latin and
Greek derivatives.
Squirrels don't know Latin or Greek
but they know squirrel, and are well able
to tell any cat. yellow or other color,
just what they think OF him.
The yellow cat glared down, and the
squirrel glared up.
Then the squirrel retreated around
the trunk and went down as fast as he
could 60.
For a time 1t seemed as If the cat could
not follow. Many young cats do not
know how to come down out OF a tree.
Getting down at last, he went into
another yard. where he was Immediately
chased by black spaniel.
So the cat came back into the yard,
and went up tree as fast as he could
go, although the dog could not get
through the fence
Up and up the tree he went, about 30
feet. 1t was a tall, mastlike trunk, tall
and straight.
There the cat clung, apparently unable
to come down in approved cat fashion.
If cat insists on turning around, and
trying to come down head first, the
round OF the claws fails to catch. and he
slips.
II he comes down correctly, according
to his mothers teaching, he backs down,
whereupon the sharp end Of the claws
catches in the bark
Finally, the yellow cat remembered his
mothers instruction.
Down he came, to see another tree,
about 10 feet from a garage.
Up this tree he scampered. then made
a mighty leap to the garage roof.
1t was brave leap. He made it easily
No athlete could have done it better
Once on the garage roof, he was unable
to get back to the tree!
Around and around he went. peering
over with shining eyes, watching the
birds, but preferring to see the squirrels
~
How was he to get DOWN.
Probably he wouldn't have, unless a
ladder had been brought and placed
against the peak.
Outstretched arms appealed to him
but they were strange arms.
Would he come?
Cats, as is we'll known, usually do not
come in such situations.
This cat was a smart cat, however.
Over he came
Placidly he accepted the aid Of the
outstretched arms.
He yawned sleepily.
Chasing squirrels-is there any more
fun than that?
Evening star., 1943-03-12
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdsktn.

A reader can get the dnstDer to any
question OF fact By ,critino The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Hnskir, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
Q. What was the length of the re-
Gently ended siege Of Stalingrad7-W.
G.. N.
A. The siege lasted ls2 days 1t ended
on February 2, l943
O. What are the dates Of the Begin
nings OF the seasons this year?-H. G.
A. Spring begins on March 81. sum-
mer on June %, autumn on September
%. winter on December %.
@. When did Chang Kai-shek adopt
Christanity?-E. F. z.
A, He was baptized into the Christian
Church on October %, 1880.
@. How large was the vocabulary OF
the late DR.. Frank H. Vizetelly?-E L. H.
A. DR.. Vizetelly. an internationally
known photographer, is said to have had
vocabulary of 1000 900 words probably
the largest of modern times
Evening star., 1943-03-12
Home Building Program
OF Future Discussed.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Home-building now Is being held down
to minimum because OF the scarcity of
materials for both me-building and
for making implements OF war.
One Of the two factors engaged in this
war Of production must suffer as a result
of the dearth OF critical materials. In
this case home building is a temporary
victim. But gradually the home-con-
version program is taking hold in various
sections of the country, and as more
people become acquainted with this
project they more readily will convert
their homes to provide shelter for the
hundreds of new workers who are being
called into the production centers
of the country.
Home-building on Nationwide scale
will come back after the war If builders,
contractors, real estate brokers and
lenders who profit from the building and
sale of homes can hold out that long.
Home-building is a $4,000, ,O0O, 900 year
business. After the war there will be an
oversupply of materials for building pur-
poses and the way will be open for the
building Of at least $4,000, 900 more hous-
ing units. Since America will be In q
prime position by that time. with an
overall production in many lines Of en-
deavor. there should be Jobs and income
security for those who want to own their
own homes. FREDERICK G. FROST.
Evening star., 1943-03-12
Pentagon Grounds and Roads
Protested as Wartime Waste.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The winding roads and gracefully
arched bridges, which will make of the
Pentagon grounds and approaches a
peactime tour par excellence, are un-
deniably a marvel Of engineering and
landscaping. without an intersection
at grade, they constitute solution of
a difficult engineering problem on which
much time was spent in planning and
into which have gone millions of dol
lars of taxpayers money.
In peacetime such a prodigious ex-
penditure of money with earth-fill re-
quiring countless thousands Of ton-miles
of haulage on heavy wheeled trucks
running on eavy-duty tires OF rubber
operating on non critical gasoline might
be justified.
Now, however. in these times, it seems
reasonable to inquire why halt is not
called to further construction. West Of
Arlington Ridge road and south of Co.
lumbia pike there are still myriads OF
roads and gigantic reinforced concrete
arch bridges under construction. The
curved concrete roads to connect and
interconnect others already existing are
still being graded and poured.
Where formerly there were prac-
tically no roads at all, the motorist has
the choice of a great many. Why each
small group must have its own right OF
way Is hard to understand In these
Evening star., 1943-03-12
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1uriter, although the use OF
a pseudonyrn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
q Uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-03-12

@. When did it become customary to
fast for 40 days in Lent?-E. U.N.
A. The fast Of 36 days was introduced
In the 4th century Felix III added four
days In 487 to make the period corre-
spond with our Lords fast In the wilder
ness.
O. How many books were there in,>she
Frank Merriwell series?-E M. s.
A. Begun in 1896, this series by Will
liam Gilbert Patten includes more than
200 novels.
O. What is the meaning Of the name
Yolanda ?-M. S. S
A. Yolanda is from the Latin. It
means violet"
@. Where is the most valuable piece
of land In the world?-L. L.
A. 1t is reputed to be the four-acre
site occupied by the Bank Of England In
London.
@. Please give the date OF the frst
performance Of Tobacco Road."-U.
D. P.
A. The play had its premiere on De-
cember 4, 1888.
@. Are aliens resident in the United
States required to pay income taxi
c. B. Y.
A. Aliens residing in the United
States make income tax returns and pay
income tax under the same conditions
as citizens nav 1t.
O. During what years did Wagner
live In exile?-G. N A.
A. The composer was ordered to be
placed under arrest as a politically
dangerous individual" He lived in exile
from l849 to 1861.
@. What kind of wood was used to
make the cross?-O H. D.
A. 1t is not known. According to one
legend the cross was made of four parts
OF wood palm. cedar olive and cypress,
to signify the four quarters Of the globe.
Other traditions name the pine, the
aspen and elder as possible materials.
while still another legend names the
dogwood.
@. Would the marriage of an Ameri-
can girl to foreigner affect her citizen
ship?-R. c. C.
A. The marriage of girl who is q
citizen Of the United States to an alien
will have no effect on her citizenship.
@. When was the first cuckoo clock
made?-D. j. E.
A. The first cuckoo clock was made
by Anton Ketterer in Schonwald in the
Black Forest, Germany, In 1880.
Q. How many grandchildren has the
President?-P. B.
A. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
have IL grandchildren.
O. What has been the most disastrous
earthquake from the standpoint of lives
lost?-T M.
A. The earthquake in Japan, Febru-
ary 2, 1903, when 200 900 lives were lost.
@. What was the area Of the -
original States?-E. G. l..
A. These States had q gross area Of
2,135 square miles.
Q. How many persons are employed
by the Government?-B. r. W.
A. The Civil Service Commission
reports that civilian employment In the
entire Federal service totaled 2,750,l01
at the end Of November, l942.
Evening star., 1943-03-12

Children's Favorite Songs-A COL
lection of 1l8 nursery songs and
singing games that will appeal to all
children and will be welcomed by
kindergarten and primary grade
teachers. Complete with words and
music, and the arrangements are in
keys within the range Of children's
voices. Directions for playing the
singing games are included The book
Is bound in durable, gay-colored
cover, and is illustrated To secure
your copy Of this attractive publica-
ton inclose Is cents in coin. wra pped
in this clipping. and mail to The
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Evening star., 1943-03-12

days when road use is relatively small
The degree in which separate. roads
have been and are being built is no less
remarkable and no more justinable
than in the proyerbial story about the
cat owner who cut six holes in his door,
a large one for the mother cat and
five smaller ones-a separate one for
each kitten.
But those aren't the only reasons why
the situation needs looking into. The
many sweeping curves, which each bus
taking passengers from Arlington to
the Pentagon and then to Washington
or in the reverse direction traverses,
might be justified in peacetimes But
now. when gas and rubber are rationed,
and when passengers time in transit
should be conserved, how is it possible
to justify routing which carries the
passenger within 200 feet Of the bus
exit of the Pentagon and then carries
him entirely around one wing of the
Pentagon and then entirely through it
after which he finally emerges prac-
tically on the same spot he started from
five minutes or more before? In this
looping circuit of we'll over one-half
mile, no passengers are taken on or
discharged except at the Columbia pike
front Of the building-at point only
200 feet from where the bus first began
its swing from end to end of one of
the gigantic wings of the Pentagon.
So let us for the duration have a few
short cuts across these curves, at grade,
with traf1c lights at important inter-
sections where necessary and each day
save thousands of passenger miles, gaso-
line. rubber and, most of all, precious
working time, and before we 60 ahead
with more paving and bridges see if we
can't get along with what we already
have and save critical manpower and
put the bulldozers. graders and cranes
to more useful purpose. After the war
we can again luxuriate in these beauti-
full. graceful curves with nary a light
nor crossing at grade.
ARLINGTON CIVIL ENGINEER.
Evening star., 1943-03-12

There is something worse than
ones being "on the spot" and that
is to have the spot on one, as measles,
chicken pox, etc., sufferers can testify
Evening star., 1943-03-12

Many a pampered housewife, she'll
ing peas for the first time in her life,
will suffer from shell shock.
Evening star., 1943-03-12
Praise for Mrs. Luce'S Letter
From Sponsor Of Federal Union.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your cartoon poke at Glare Boothe
Luce on March 9 was in the good d-na-
tured amusing vein that distinguishes all
the work of C. K. Bergman I imagine
he based it on the press reports OF her
letter to the President and Mr. Early's
reply. I would have got from them the
impression he gives, had not happened
to read the full text of Mrs Luce's letter
In the Congressional Record. The re-
ports OF 1t, 1 must say as an old news
paperman, have done it serious injustice
and perverted its whole sense.
Here was a letter that was clearly a
very praiseworthy attempt to allay par
tisan feeling and sectional pettiness.
Incompetent reporting, by singing few
details out of their context and spirit.
have made it have the opposite effect
for the general public-set fire to oil
poured on stormy waters.
1t will be a pity If the whole of Mrs
Luce's letter is not published in the press.
I say that not simply in the interest of
justice, but far more because of the let
ter's great intrinsic value. 1t Is really q
remarkably fine letter, written through
out on high plane and in spirit that
was never needed more than in these
times.
May I quote in proof few Of the
unreported sentences in 1t?
whenever you the PresidenD. with
your many years of accumulated political
experience, have the chance (Which may
OF necessity be rare) to turn your face
from the fires that rage on the global
war front to our smoldering domestic
problems, We shall be very grateful for
your advice and leadership. And I hope
that we will receive. 1t in the same nom
partisan spirit in which We expect it will
be given '"'.
Lastly, think you should know that
we, Republicans. like all the patriotic
Democrats who have crossed party lines
to vote with us, are fully aware that
power has a tendency to corrupt. We
are alert to the danger that this ten
dency may yet infect the Congress and
make it arrogant and stiff-necked and
reckless Power in all but the truly vir-
tuous-who tend to renounce it anyway
is st once a subtle opiate and a violent
and heady wine"
CLARENCE K. STREET.