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Evening star., 1943-09-14

that there will be no attempt to re-
vive the unpopular pleasure-driving
ban, that OPA is endeavoring to i'm
prove its relations with business and
agriculture by closer consultation
with representatives Of both groups,
and that real effort has been made
to comply with the spirit and the
letter of the congressional stipulation
that the agency's policy making on
cials in the pricing field must have
business experience.
This attempt to get away from the
arbitrary attitude which OPA has
adopted too often in its dealings with
Congress and the public is wise. The
question is whether it has come too
late.
Evening star., 1943-09-14
Editorial on Retirement
OF Ohacers Criticized.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial on leverage OfIicers" no
doubt was written by one of your staff
totally unfamiliar with the history of
the purge Of Army Officers
Will you permit me to disagree with
that individual? This so-called fourth
grand purge of officers is simply carrying
out the policies sf the dynasty Of PERISH
ing, Summerall, Craig, Moseley, Mar
shall, as against the Funston, Wood
Mitchell officers. hope the public and
Congress will prevent it.
1t does not take even an adult child,
much less a military man or editorial
writer, to see the stupidity or folly of
retiring hundreds of efficient officers at
IS per cent pay even though they are
80 or 81 years old. Could they not be
more useful than the female officers and
the young. inexperienced officers, espe-
cially In administrative positions7 You
can bet there will be uniquely exceptional
cases OF those who cannot be spared, II
they have pull or are in with the powers
that be. Are Marshall. Macarthur and
other leaders to be retired? If one goes,
why not all?
Have you forgotten the purge Of 194l
IN spite of Pearl Harbor. when many
ofdcers were purged, with IS per cent
retired pay, yet thousands immediately
grantd high commissions?
There is nothing needed In this coun-
try so badly as a real investigation of
the Army and It's system.
OLD SOLDIER,
Evening star., 1943-09-14
Patience Paid
From the Hutchinson News.

Prom the Hutchinson News.
The policy of patience finally has
born fruit and the French island of
Martinique has fallen into our hands.
Our intent may have appeared at times
muddled along the way but we have
won a much greater victory by letting
nature take its course than we could
have by direct attack.
In Martinique we will have both assets
and liabilities. The capitulation OF the
island will remove the one weak spot
In our Caribbean defenses and give us
an aircraft carrier, some minor warcraft
and few merchantmen to be rehabili-
tated and added to our fleet. On the
oher hand, 1t will require us to feed a
quarter of a million persons now close
to starvation and to decide the vexing
question OF the rightful ownership Of
the 100000. 900 In gold which was
brought to the island for safety as
France fell.
Evening star., 1943-09-14
Quotes Apostle on Peace
Not Of This Present World.

TO the EQ1t0r OF Int 6tAr. %, .
A Government official proposed that
an amendment be added to the Consti-
tutione in favor OF freedom from want
and fear. But there are some things
that are impossible to legislate into ex-
istence.
For example, 1t is impossible to legis-
late hate out Of this world or love into
It, Likewise, 1t is impossible to legislate
fear and want out of the hearts and lives
of men and peace and contentment into
them.
There has been no panacea devised as
yet, and none ever will be, to abolish
war and bring about permanent peace.
Such things cannot be accomplished by
legislation. AS long as human beings
are selfish, covetous and sinful by ma
ture, they will fight under provocation.
The best that human beings can accom-
plish by their own efforts is to minimize
the evils Of war and to avoid the causes
as far as possible.
God, however, has promised that the
time would come when there shall be
no more curse" John the Revelator,
who penned the promise, further says:
And God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain; for the
former things are passed away" The
apostle, however, hastens to inform US
that this state of things will not be on
this present sinful earth. but on the
new earth," "in the world to come"
c. s. LONGACRE.
Evening star., 1943-09-14
In Wild Places
Beauty al,Days QroUs In 1Dii

Beauty al,Days oroUs In ,0tld, un-s
tended places, .eC
Fields that fire has rapaoed, foods
haze oDerrun, ors
Hill land thick NTH hard hack and
old timber slashings, 7't
Clearings Dhere the seedlings
reach out to the sun.
Wornout meadows, gay Nth red and
yellop paintbrush; a7~
d Pastures ,ohere the sheep bell has
long ceased its tune,
Full OF clumps of bee balm, tall and
blue and fragrant, 70
And blackberry blossoms, drifting
snoD in June. 7fA
Beauty gro,os, but there are other.
things to hdrpest- a.
Fiddleheads IN early sprtnsttms
DelDeteens, 81.
Strawberries and blueberrtes, choke
cherry clusters, ~
Wild leekS, crtnkleroOt and siteef.
Deed TOR green's.
Rabbits are at home here, and tho
ru6aed partridge,
The plump little poodcock and ths
shy broUn thrush.
In the summer dark the 1lo,pino
frefies hoUer !
And deer that feed at daybreak
fade into the brush. "a 4
But the nnaware may neper see the
tdlloto Z
Or the cutouer land phers xev
forests start.
Beauty alUays grotos IN wild, un.
tended places. Z
All you need for hdrrestine Is q
seeing heart. as
NEz GEORGE 0RfDLKY.
Evening star., 1943-09-14
SIXTEENTH STREET.

Dear Sir:
"The bluejays still remain among the
most interesting birds which come to my
feeding stations. The young ones, In
particular, intrigue me. They do not
have much of a crest, and their necks
are SO skinny. But they act just as cocky
as any bluejay They fly in, with q great
scream, and yell and shout when they
leave.
"All in all, I find the coming and going
of these birds one Of the high spots Of
the bird-watching day. Many persons,
know, fail to find them diverting, but
believe this is mistake on their part. It
is just the same old failure which brings
on wars, to look with sympathy. They
get red in the face at the mere sight Of
one of these birds. They have in their
minds eye Audubon's plate Of the jay
with dripping eggs in his talons But
Audubon was a scientist, and merely
portrayed what he saw. He said, in effect,
This is the way saw one jay, on such
and such a day, at such and such q
place He certainly did not say that all
jays continually and forever went around
with the dripping eggs Of other species
in their claws.
"Yet that Is exactly what the bluejay
haters say. They assert, and often heat
edly, that this bird is big nuisance,
that it harms other birds. and ought to
be driven away. Nothing could be further
from the truth, as any one can see who
actually watches the jay for time. He
is not nuisance, but fine and interest,"
ing American. He seldom harms other
birds. Certainly he should not be driven
away from any yard, because he is one
Of the greatest protectors of small birds
from marauding cats. The jay is the
first bird to see cat, and sets up an
immediate alarm, which centuries Of
experience have taught the tribes Of birds
to respect. He also saves many bird
from hawks. He detests hawks, and
squawks with a peculiar intonation when
he sees one. His sharp eyes, able to spot
q nut at great distance, easily sees =
hawk when it flies into group Of trees,
preparatory to making = bomb dive at
some unsuspecting birds.
II will never forget one bright winter
day last year, when hawk few into =
group Of trees to one side Of the yard.
I am not far from Rock Creek Park, and
occasionally have visits from these feath-
cred Hitlers Of the air and always the
jays discover them first I take 1t that
this Is a real service. This hawk made
a dive for sparrow, and got him, but
the remainder Of the birds flew up and
away, thanks to the jay.
4
There Is another good deed which I
must put down to the credit of the jay.
It hides many pieces of food, nuts and
seeds, and then goes away and leaves
them for smaller birds. I do not 60 80
far as to say that the jay is philan-
thropist, but do maintain that he puts
the seeds and nuts away, in crevices Of
bark and beneath leaves. and then for
gets all about them. have watched them
do it, time and time again, and have
seen other birds get the food, often Just
as soon as the jay new away.
Whether the jay means to be helpful
or not, I do not know, but that is the
result he achieves Often S66d deeds
are done In this world without intent, but
that does not mean that credit cannot
be given. The good is just the same
Evening star., 1943-09-14
Thanks Star for Aid
To Religious Work.
To the Editor OF The s

10 the Edltof OF Inc star:
We have just held our 22d annual
summer conference, and in spite of all
the difficulties in planning such an affair,
1t Is the feeling OF most OF us that 1t
was the best conference we have ever
held.
At the conference we had our annual
meeting, and once again want to express
our appreciation to The Star for the
News Of the Bible Glasses" column and
the great assistance The Star has been
to our association and our Bible classes
during the past fiscal year. The success
of our conference was due in no little
measure to the publicity given through
the above column. have been asked
to ohhcially express our gratitude.
GEORGE Z. HARRIS,
Executive Vice President.
Evening star., 1943-09-14
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdce,cell.

whether 1t Was intended or not. After
many years Of Watching these fine birds,
which you may see are my favorites, I am
not sure that they do not intend to do
good In their way. The jay Is smart
enough to know good from evil, and
capable Of doing either, whichever strikes
him at the moment
"As you have pointed out, from time
to time In your interesting column, the
jay Is something Of . humorist, and Is
able to laugh At himself. Bird or man
which Is able to do this Is capable o.
doing almost anything, especially when
Tor some reason or other he manages to
get chuckle out Of It. have watched
these birds many times fly into feeding
station with = tremendous squawk, not
uttered until the point Of landing, and
am sure that the whole thing was done
for no other reason than to frighten the
smaller birds, just as human sticks his
head around door and shoutss"boo'' at
children.
The jay is not above being tease.
He likes to plague the other birds, but
have never seen any real harm In him.
There are 50 many worse birds, including
hawks and grackles, that / think It
strange that some observers would try
to create monster out Of the harmless
bluejay, but never say word against the
grackle and hawk, two real enemies Of
their kind, always on the lookout for
baby birds. Repeatedly have watched
grackles twist the heads Of baby birds,
before could put stop to it, they are
that quick and as vicious rs their yellow
eyes indicate.
Two things about the jays are COM
monty overlooked. One IS their real dis
tinctiveness, both of plumAge- and cry.
Certainly no other bird in al the world
has such veritable yell q this one.
Once heard, there Is no mistake about It
forever. Another thing about the Jay
has always interested me, and it Is the
fact that housecats fnd 1t q most In
triguing bird, one which they would Ike
to catch, but Of which they are somewhat
afraid. have seen this bird repeatedly
dive at the back Of . cat in tree, plainly
pestering the cat for the fun OF 1t, be-
cause the jay knows very well that the
cat is TOO big for him, in every way. In
the chorus Of birds trying to drive q cat
out OF yard, there is no voice raised
louder than that OF the jay. and no bird
which is braver on the attack, unless it
be the mockingbird.
II hope these lines will tend to remove
the distaste for the bluejay which vet
fingers In some minds.
Sincerely yours, T. J. NICK"
A&*
It Is long time since the jay has had
such an apolosist as this correspondent.
He knows his bluejays.
We say amen" to all. that he has said,
We believe that most persons who watcl,
the bird life Of America will be willing
to agree with him.
American bluejay fighters" that
should be the name Of some American
warplanes.
Naming things is always an exciting
mental venture. Names Of English and
American lighting planes already yield
treasure trove for the person interested
IN words, being proved in this war to be
as mighty as bombs, and In certain cases
even more 80. sjac,q.
To such fir1e names rs "Marauders"
and "Intruders" let us add American
bluejay fighters"
Evening star., 1943-09-14

carpet bag era" in the defeated coun-
tries.
Spread the above viewpoints to the
peoples OF the world, and we are likely
to have lasting peace and start to re-
build depleted, outraged and bloody
world, thereby saving millions OF lives.
Jamestown, Miss. JOHN B. HOOD.
Evening star., 1943-09-14
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the ,Driter, although the use OF
! a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters tDith
Die1U to condensation,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11
40 More Join
.WAAC in City

Forty more women joined the
WAAC for the duration in the
latest list from this district issued
at Detroit induction center. Four
teen are from Detroit, two from
Dearborn and one from River
Rouge. The list of auxiliaries:
r. r.. Amman, 25ie Hermansau saginaw.
A. l.. Askew, 1890 Hollywood Monroe
Mary F.. Bassett. 2i9 s. Magnolia, Lansing
Gaths Bremen. s44 Tabor street. Adrian
Margaret Campbell. 1888 Broadstreet
Marie r. Cleary, 305 Maple, Ypsilanti.
Beatrice u. Cody. ss25 Quincy street.
=; p. Cooper. 1867 Dodge Van Dyke.
Esther Danielski, 1O3ie Van Dyke
Gladys 7. Davis, 1925 Nelson. Port Huron
NJ. z. Downing, $40 Maple. Nj, Pleasant
ha=a.EH- p-H shetrff Hudruu
Evelyn L. Cooper 235 g. Madison. Perry
Jane T Ellis 400 Thompson Ann Arbor
Esther V. Flynn. 40 Seward
Margaret A. Frsbis. 3ts4 Harper
Dorothy NJ. Han. 34O5 Military. PIT Huron
Mildred NJ Halter, $3.50 Augusta, Flint.
VI. H. Heber. 737 tombstone, Port Huron,
Eleanor J. Hobner, 4O6 22nd. jackson.
Catherine II. Jablon. 1912 Fifty-seoond.
ottie r. lessee. s1e Harrison. Monroe.
Mary A. Kolevar, standish
Mary y. Lundy, 1920 Lumpkin.
Helen T. Litwin. 602l Orchard. Dearborn
Ann NJ Msrgoes, 1908 Pasadena.
Audrey l. MsFlawe, 1915 Hilton.
Violet /. Mccain, 612f Parker.
Vienna I. McHone, 1880 Second boulevard
Mary f. MOODS, $1,000 Garfield, Worthwhile
Hattie A. PLAT. 1924 Martin.
r c. Schmidt 4o5 s. Arnold. Mt Pleasant
Rose NJ stornant. 40 ~ Logan. Lansing
=. v. strietsr. l24 Charles. East Lansing
Jennie I. Zurowick, 1915 Chopin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11
Called
To Hearing on
New Draft Bill

WASHINGTON. Feb. IL INS).
The House military affairs COM
Imittee called Draft Director Lewis
B. Hershey 10 testify today on the
bill by Rep. Paul Kilday' Cd OF
Texas to overhaul draft machinery.
Kilday's measure would scrap
present draft classifications and
create a new order for calling up
men. The order would be: Sin
gle men; 2-Singie men with per-
sons financially dependent on
them; 3-Married men without
hiidFeH;;-4-Married men with
children.
The bill would create statewide
pools of all available men in the
first three classes before Class 4
is called.
Kilday introduced the bill after
he attacked the edict of War Man.
power Commissioner Paul McNutt,
which said, in effect. that men
with children must get war jobs
or shoulder a rife.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11
800 Students Called
To Air Force Duty

approximately 500 students at
University Of Michigan. Michigan
State College. University of De-
'troit and Wayne University are
affected by the call TO active duty
February IS. of army air force
enlisted reServists, il was an
Inounced today by university
authorities.
Besides the college men TO be
called, all men who enlisted for
Immediate service will be sum-
lrloned 10 active duty before
February %, except the group
who enlisted between last August
ID and SeRteHlheA 2artfie= af-fffy
announced. This group will be
called in March.
las IN DETROIT
Air reservists total $50 at
Michigan, IT'S at Michigan State.
IS at u. of d. and 20 at Wayne.
Don S. Palmer, chairman of the
armed forces committee at Wayne,
said that, until more information
comes from the army, he inter
prets the announcement as a
switch of students from deferred
10 active status but not necessarily
into uniform Immediately.
TOO FEW FACILITIES
"Army sources advise me
that there still are too few
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

training facilities for air cadets"
he said.
However, DR.. Burton Thurma
chairman of the war board al
L. of NJ, said he interprets the
announcement as call of stu
dents into pre-flight training.
Local army Officials had nc
comment
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11
African War Films
To Be Shown in U.S..

WASHINGTON, Feb. II (INS).
Il DWELL Mellett director Of
Owls motion picture bureau. said
today that a film on the actual
fighting in North Africa would be
distributed Soon TO American
theaters.
ut Is the best war picture
you've ever seen, because every
inch Of IL is honest" Mellett
said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

During 1912, Santa Re moved 70 per cent
more passenger miles and i22 per cent
more freight ton-miles :. than in 1918,
during World War I.
And all this was done with 20 per &c
Jetrer locomotives than we had in 1919.
These figures indicate the Creates. yo.
ume of business we have ever handled.
They also indicate why you may have
experienced some difficulties and incon-
venienees in travelling or shipping By
train during the past year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

tlves. won converts today to the
administrations armed force goal
of 100000 men.
Behind closed doors. General
Marshall gave members of the
Senate and House military and
appropriations com m ittee a
Observation-Disclosures descrip-
ton of all theaters of war. When
he had finished. a salvo of applause
came from the legislators.
Order War Stamps delivered
to your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

u yoa bad difficulty obtaining rsJerpAfionI
or bad TO sfan6 for q portion Of yoEr trip
Ts Wers jSsf as concerned as yoN Were oper
any Inconvenience H may bare eaHsed yoN.
Ind ne mean ~
Our passenger traffic volume was up
1o2 per cent last year as compared with
194l. Gasoline rationing, in our terri
tory, will increase that volume even more
this year.
The Santa Fe must handle this addi-
tionSl load with its present passenger
cars, as no new cars will be built during
the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

MobiGzfng cars neeessary for troop more-
menfs has caused a shortage of cars at
some points on the line.
Special troop trains are becoming al
most routine on the Santa Fe. In just one
case, we moved an entire division from
one camp-and il took s. complete
trains to handle the men and equipment.
We must also keep our passs 1ger cars
in constant service to handle the in
creased traffic all over the line. For this
reason, we cannot always concentrate
extra cars at any one point.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11
Marshall Pleads
Big Army Cause

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL (INS).
Gen. George c. Marshall, army
chief OF staff, in two-hour pres
entation of the war picture TO
about so senators and representa-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

the right-of-vay over. everything else,
they often cause our regular passenger
trains to be delayed.
At many stations along the line. mail
nd express are heavier than in normal
;imes-1nd take longer to load. This is
mother reason why trains are delayed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

We regret u yoS bad 10 stand IN line for
seat IN tbe diner and we honestly wish
we could correct this situation.
Five and more settings per meal are
Frequently required in our dining cars in
these days of limited equipment and
Crowded trains, whereas two settings
used TO be enough.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

Ne bate late trains, tool :. and we are
sorry il they have caused you TO miss a
connection or an important meeting.
In these days Of unprecedented passen-
ger volume il is not always possible to
maintain schedules with on-time regu-
larity and since military trains have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

The record traffic we handled last year
was made possible not only by the whole
hearted cooperation of our patrons and
employees, but also by the harmonious
attitude of the Army and Navy, the wise
direction of the ODT, and the help from
the Interstate Commerce Commission's
Bureau OF Service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11
MISSES SWEATERS

Special lot OF irregulars and samples.
Long and short sleeves. Boxy and regu.
lation style slip-on. Sizes "a Ct IT
to 20 in the group. Basement. VIII
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11
Freight Cars

Due to the submarine menace and the d.
version of freighters TO other services,
almost all of the intercoaStal freight ton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11
PRINTED SPUN RAYON:
GIFT. FLOOR COVERING

Felt base floor covering. Several pat
terms Limited quantity. Bring 1on
room measurements. Base. So. Yd. iSC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

mage formerly handled by ships through
the Panams Canal was hauled by the
railrosds in 1912.
Export freight moving TO Pacific ports
from eastern United States over the Santa
Fe in 1912 increased 574% over 1941i
All this brought about an unusually
heavy demand for Santa Fe freight cars
increased considerably the average
length of haul and occasionally
caused delays in delivering empty cars at
some loading points. IL also indicates
Santa Fe has many busy months ahead.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11

Keep 'Em Rollins
Please remember there's only one thing
we want TO do more than keep trains oa
time and supply cars as promised-an
that's keep troops and war freight on
their wartime schedule. And we know
that's the way you want il!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-11
POCKET FLASnLIeHT

Pocket Hashlight complete with battery.
Limit TO customer. IT,
Crowley's-Basement Each IL
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-30
NY STOCKS

NEW YORK. March 30 0uP)-Stoek adj
Vanced to new highs since November,
1910, today In active turnover after
overcoming n wave of proiit-taking that
hit the market shortly after the opening.
Steel issues rose TO new highs 10 lead
sagging spell and the utility average
moved up steadily on active turnover in
that group Gains spread 10 all grouns
and broad market developed w
nearly / 900 of the .23S listed issues ap-
pearing on the tape.
Steel stocks made new lnghs in the
carly trading, fell more than a point from
their best levels and came back TO new
highs before closing time. United States
Steel sold al 81 near the end of the seS-
sion. a new high for the year. Bethlehem
approached IS against an early low Of
66k and a previous close of 66ls.
Copper shares held near their highs
tops for the year. Gold mining stocks
socony-Vacuum, Standard Oil IN. j.,
and Barnsdall made new highs.
Utilities were active. Commonwealth
d Southern preferred gained a point and
Consolidated Edison was up nearly a
American, United Corporation preferred.
ano United Gas Improvement also made
new highs.
Douglas gained more than a point in
The arcrafts. Lockheed came back after
a decline of more than a point. Airline
stocks made new highs.
Stock sales were l .a3S, ,040 shares against
against 1899. 260 yesterday. while curb
stock turnover rose TO BIC, 905 shares from
375, 555 in the previous session.
Dow Jones preliminary closing stock
averages: Industrial 1862 up 0.72; rail
33 SS, up 0.09. utility. 1875, up OBS; 65
stocks 1857. up 0.2S.