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Evening star., 1943-04-17

ern California, southwark on the
western slopes of the mountains to
the divide between the Kern and
White Rivers.
Some red frs grow at elevations of
from 1900 to 5000 feet above sea
level. Here giant frs form extensive
forests in the Sierra Nevadas and on
Mount Shasta. Their cousin. the
Douglas fir. keeps pace with them.
as do the Western and Jeffery pine
Red frs make their best growth on
moist sandy or gravelly loan soils
where deep SHOWS blanket the ground
from November to June, but where
the temperature remains above zero.
Where the red fir must grow close
to neighbors. the trunk is clear of
branches for so to 30 feet But
given room for spreading. the frs
trunk is clothed almost to the
ground.
On the mature trees the dark red
bark is to inches thick. 1t is
hard, rough with deep burrows and
| narrow rounded ridges On the
younger trees the bark is fairly
smooth and conspicuously chalky
white And as is the habit of true flr
trees. there are balsam blisters un-
der the thin bark of branches and
young trees. These blisters are the
source of an Olea-resin commercially
known as Canada balsam. used for
mounting microscopic specimens, for
ali iat,1 ,1o1 nIr ~ ~, @f ho
varnishes. This resin makes the fir
very susceptible to fire.
The dark blue-green, four -angled
fat leaves have blunt ends They
reach length of slightly more than
an inch without a twist, then are
| densely incurving, so that they COM
pletely hide the upper surface of
the branch.
The flowers are greenish-red cat
kins about 3 inches long. They stand
erect and solitary on branches of the
uppermost part of the tree. The
deep purple 4-to-7-inch cones stand
straight and alone on the twigs.
They mature in August of the first
year and liberate their seed children
in September. These babies are pro-
vided with glossy rose or purple col
ored wings Godfather Wind often
takes them 200 feet or more from
their parent They grow rapidly in
their new homesite if there is mois-
ture and soil into which the wee
roots may be pushed.
Fir wood is used for bridge floors
mine timbers and packing boxes.
Altogether. the red fir is doing its
bit toward winning the war, as are
many of it's relatives and neighbors
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Uncle Rays Corner
SATURDAY TALK,

Last Saturday we had part OF 9
letter from Capt. James H. Mackin
an American Army officer some
where in New Guinea"
Much Of that huge island fell into
the hands of Japan early in the
Pacific war. Since then the forces
of the United Nations have been
working, with some success, to drive
out the japanese soldiers. Several
parts have been won back and the
rest: no doubt, will be freed in time
to come.
New Guinea is no small island
such as Guadalcanal. 1t is one of
the largest islands in the world,
ranking next to Greenland. Some
idea of its size can be gained from
this fact: If New Guinea could be
laid down on this continent with
one end at Montreal the other end
would reach a little past Jackson
vile, Fla!
Let us go on with Capt. Mackin's
letter:
"One thing we have a lot of in
New Guinea is scenery. We are To-
ceted on some hills, overlooking the
ocean. The sunrise and sunset are
very beautiful, with the sea all
shades of blue and green, and with
the white spray of the surf against
thA roofS II, tho ho ck Ground
The island has abundant plant
life. We are most interested in the
coconuts, bananas and pineapples.
The men go out into the jungle and
cut punches of bananas. then hang
them in their tents and est them
when they ripen. They are very
tasty.
The fish in the nearby sea are as
co!orful as everything else about
this place. The parrot fish is green
and light blue and it has green
teeth!
The natives live in thatched huts
set up on poles, usually close to the
water or over it. Each morning you
see them in their outrigger Canoes,
going out near the reefs to fish.
When not fishing or working for
the Army they spend most of their
time making grass skirts, strings of
beads, models of boats, armbands,
spears and so on to sell to the SOL
diers. I think most of them have
made more money than they ever
knew existed.
You see many funny sights For
example, you may come on native
holding flashlight in one hand
and using the other hand to give the
signal of a hitchhiker You also
may see group of natives jabber-
ing away like mad in their own Ian
Ruage when all of sudden one OF
them says o. X and ends the
"a lkipo" "
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Cots Are Used to Train
AustroIion Greyhounds

Owners of racing greyhounds us
ing cats to train their dogs will be
prosecuted by the S. P. C. A. of Sgd
ney, Australia.
Residents of Phillip Island COM
planned that visitors were stealing
cats to supply barbarous owners of
greyhounds as lures for dogs in
training The cats are run down
by the dogs which are then allowed
to savage" them.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Spain Offers Premiums
To Increase ShipbuiIdinq

Spain has authorized premiums
to encourage shipbuilding. The sec
retary of state for merchant marine
in Madrid reports that Spain has a
merchant feet of 100000 tons, but
needs 100000 tons more.
He estimates that with tonnage
under construction it will be possible
to build about 100000 deadweight
tons in the next II years. Present
capacity of the country's shipyards
Is about 10000 year.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
MOI This

cent for two hearts. 30 per cent for
two spades.
Question No. 1851.
Today YOU hold the same hand
and the bidding continues
Schenken You. Liehtner. JaCoby.
Pass Ia Dbl Redbl.
"a "a Pass -
Pass 90
What DO you bid7 Answer Mon
day.
released By the Bell Syndicate InoD
The -Four Aces will be pleased 10 an
sUer letters from readers If a stamped
i3-cent. self-addressed envelope is in
closed with each communication ad-
dressed 10 the Four Aces. care OF The
Evening Star II you desire the pocket
outline OF the Four Aces system Of
contract bridge, send with your request
to the Four Aces, care of The Evening
Star stamped '3-cent. sen-addressed
iaree-size envelope and you will receive
an outline without any charge.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Natal Airport Regarded
As LARGEST and Busiest

Whether it be day or night
planes are soaring throughout the
"a hours from the great Atlantic
airport of Natal, Brazil, now de-
clared to be the largest and busiest
Of all the world
Huge air transports shuttle con-
tinuously back and forth across the
Atlantic from Natal.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Natures Children
RED FIR.
(Abies nagnifca.)
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY,

Now the frs are flying for their
country From the deep forests of
Oregon, Washington and California
giant frs are transported to the air.
craft factories. The dependable
wood is made into plywood for
planes. Once, as you know, only
metal-alumipum-was considered
suitable material for propellers and
some other parts. But British and
Canadian engineers later found that
wood is actually superior. Planes
built of alternate layers of plywood
and strong, newly discovered glue
are known as Sandwiches" and
what grand work they are doing!
Red fir, also known as Shasta fir,
red-barked fir and golden Ar, is
found on the high mountain slopes
and meadows Of Oregon and North
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
A Sensational Pass

Jules TILES and A. Goldstein OF
New York City won the Julian
Goldman Trophy emblematic of the
Eastern States pair championship
last month. But their margin of
victory over Mrs. A. M. Sobel and
Charles Goren was a slim Q
2 match points-and one reason
why it was 80 narrow was because
of a brilliant bid made by Harry
Fishbein. 1912 individual masters
champion.
That brilliant bid was, incl
dentally, a pass!
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
A9s
"a Ks53
o 972'
y M,os 1oss7 VIZ 1J!2
: lo2 = S AAkJs
y @
o A Q8
975
The bidding:
South. West. North. East
IA Pass Pass Pass
No bridge system recommends a
pass with two honor tricks in the
hand Of player whose partner
has opened the bid.ng. Yet Fish
bein had good reason to pass his
partners one-spade bid Despite
his two honor tricks he felt his
hand was too weak to make the
forcing response of two hearts. and
with all his strength in one suit he
did not want to respond one no.
trump. True, he expected that
East would reopen the bidding and
that he would then have a chance
to show his hearts without making
a forcing bid. But even though
East did not keep the bidding open
Fishbein's judgment proved correct
His partner, Lee Hazen. managed
to make exactly one spade.
West opened the club 10. East
took Two high clubs and gave his
partner 3 ruff. West led the heart
10 and declarer took dummy's ace
and king, discarding a diamond
Then he lost a diamond fnesse to
Vests king, ruffed Vests heart re-
turn and led his fourth club. West
discarded q diamond and dummy
ruffed to win the trick After that
West got two spade tricks. South
scored measly 80 points, including
the 50-point bonus for a part t-score
contract, but every other North
South pair showed a minus on the
board some going down as many as
four tricks at three no-trump. The
result was that FiShbein and Hazer
scored all the match points and
through no fault of theirs, the
eventual winners got an absolute
zero.
IeStcl CdN yOu were oswald Jd
cobys partner and. with your sidt
vulnerable, you held:
K J 1868
= A @ 10 4
| o 5 1
The bidding:
SchenKen. You. Lightner. Jacoby
Pa Pass IA Dbl. Redbl.
Answer - Three spades. Ordi.
narily your partners redouble ask
you 20 pass the bid to him fol
action, but you would not pass il
| he doubled the two-club bid. sc
you might better continue to show
| your bands values.
Score 100 per cent for thre.
spades, so per cent for pass, 40 PEI
Evening star., 1943-04-17
1~eA ha4

II you want to join Uncle Rays Scrap
book Club send him a stamped t3-cent).
self-addressed envelope. He will send
You a membership certifcate. a leafiet
telling how TO make Corner Scrap
book of your own and a printed design
to paste on its cover. Address him in
csre of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1943-04-17
Points for Parents
Nv EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

A child just emerging from SOL
itary babyhood can learn ho,o TO
be social individual only by
hapinq opportunities for practice.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
D. {. Rent-ControI Act
Held Not Fully Effective

The shortage of housing for low
income families here is preventing
the District Rent Control Act from
being fully effective" Mrs. Helen
Duey Hoffman, executive secretary
of the Washington Housing Associa-
ton, said yesterday.
Mrs. Hoffman emphasized that the
act is workable law" and that the
Rent Control Administration is do
ing a very good job" She said,
however, that because of the hous-
ing shortage the rent regulations
do net give sufficient aid to the low
income group of tenants.
Rent control operates on the as
sumption that tenats know or should
know their rights" she explained
I'm many cases, the low-income
tenant does not know his rights,
or fails to insist upon them because
he is afraid his landlord will put
him out of the house, leaving him
with no place to live"
Mrs Hoffman added that, aside
from the construction of additional
loW-rent housing, she did not know
the answer to the problem. She
suggested that compulsory registra-
ton of all rents might help the Rent
Act to become more effective, but
said 1t was up to the District Rent
Administration to decide If this
would be feasible.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Marietta (0hio) Times
Fights Wage-Hour Act
, the Associated Press

E! the Associated Press
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 5.-The
Times Co.. publisher of the Marietta
ohio Times, deeDied yesterday in a
Federal Court !TIef it is engaged
in interstate commerce under terms
Of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The newspaper submitted the brief
in support of a motion to stay
proceedings instituted by the Labor
Departments Wage-Hour Division
ito obtain court order requiring
the company to produce records for
inspection by wage-hour representa-
tives.
The publishing firm further stated
It's defense against possible wage
hour findings would include con-
Itention that the act is unconstitu-
tional in application to newspapers
and that it violates constitutional
rights by abridgement of freedom
of the press, by discrimination and
unreasonable search and seizure.
In reply brief counsel for the
Federal agency said the division's s
administrator, L. Metcalfe Walling
stated in his application for court
order that Upon information and
belief" the Times Co. violated the
act.
The division said if the company
now is in violation a stay would
allow the company a further period
!of violation at the expense of its
| emDlOVeS"
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Search Starts for Site
For Southeast Housino Uni1

A new site was being sought today
for the 140 Negro low-rent housing
units which the National Capita,
Housing Authority had planned tc
build on the south side of Alabama
avenue Sc. between Thirteenth and
Fifteenth streets.
John 1hlder, executive officer OF
the Housing Authority, said the site
would be changed because of pro-
tests from both white and coloreC
residents in the vicinity. The South
east Council of Citizens Associations
passed a resolution Tuesday oppos.
ing the proposed location of the
project, after protests previously hao
been filed by the Congress Heights
and Hillcrest Citizens Associations
Also, a petition objecting to con.
demnation of the site by the NCHA
had been sent to Chairman Ran.
dolph of the House District Com.
mittee by IS colored residents of the
area, who emphasized their ances.
tors had held the tract since 1925.
Mr.. Ihlder said no new location
has been selected for the 14O units
which are urgently needed to helr
relieve the critical shortage of hous-
ing for colored war workers anc
their families.
He said, however, that the au.
thority will 60 ahead with plans fol
construction of two other low w-rent
housing developments for Negroes
approximately 300 units will bt
erected on Fiftieth street Sc, be.
tween Benning road and Division
avenue, and another 300 units or
acreage near Stanton road anc
Alabama avenue Sc, across The
street from the abandoned site.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Adyentists Plan 10 Open
Chungking Medical Schoo

Moving to provide needed physi.
clans and other medical workers fol
their hospitals in the Orient, Sew.
enth-Day Adventist leaders, at theil
annual council yesterday in Takoma
Park, Md, inaugurated plans fol
establishment of "a medical evangel-
ist training school to be opened ir
Chungking, China.
According to the resolution pre-
sented to the council by the China
Division Committee, the proposed
school should train Seventh DAY
Adventist youth representing not
only China, but India and other
countries of the Far East and South
ern Asia.
The council recommended that
DR.. S. H. Phang, Los Angeles, be
invited to serve as director. DR.
Philip Chen, South Lancaster, Mass.
and DR.. Charles Dale were proposed
as members of the faculty. DR.. Dale
who served as professor of pathology
at st. Johns University in Shanghai
is now en- route to this country as ar
exchange prisoner.
1t was proposed that the name oil
the new school be "the College o1
Medical Evangelists of the Orient. ;
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Funeral Rites Planned
For {. F. Hum Tomorrow

Clark Fox Hum. S. editor of the
research publications of the Forest
Service for the Agriculture Depart
ment, who died suddenly Wednesday
at his home 5o34 Forty-hrst street
NV, will be buried following funer-
al services at 3 pm. tomorrow at
GaWlers funeral home. 1850 Penn
sylvania avenue NV. Burial will be
private
Mr.. Hunn who had been with the
Forest Service for more than q
years, had been a resident of the
District since 1916. A native OF
Rochester, N. Y, and a graduate of
Yale University, he had been a staff
writer for the Review OF Reviews
and the Christian Science Publish
ing Co. before entering the Gov
ernment service. He worked for va
rlous other publications and for a
while was an assistant editor of the
Literary Digest an dalso worked for
the American Peace, Society.
His widow, Mrs Marguerite De
Girardin Hum. and a son, Robert
j. HUM of Philadelphia, survive.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
James P. Hogan, 81, Dies;
Screen Writer, Director

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 5.-James P
Hogan, who entered the film indus
try as propman for Mary Pickford
in 1916 and rose to become a screen
writer and director, died last night
of a heart attack.
Mr.. Hogan, who was So, is sur
vived by his widow, Ina, and a
daughter, Kathleen, 3.
Born in Lowell, Mass, Mr. Hogan
was professional baseball player
before he entered film work.
He served with the Army in the
Philippines and in Siberia during
the World War. He returned to
picture work in 1919, becoming as
sistant director to the late Douglas
Fairbanks, sr.
Mr.. Hogan later took up story
writing and stage and film acting
and later returned to directorial
work.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Claude Simons,. Father
OF Football Coach
At Tulane, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5.-Claude
Monk Simons, Sc. Tulane Univer-
sity athletic official and beloved by
a generation of Tulane football fol-
lowers, died unexpectedly last night
|of heart attack.
Father of Claude Little Monk
Simons, Tulane's head football
coach, Big Monk" had not been &C
tive as trainer during the past two
years because of his health. He COL
lapsed and died at the home of a
friend.
He served as president of the
Southern Amateur Athletic Union
for several years and was a men,
ber of the Intercollegiate Athletic
Associations Boxing Committee.
He joined Tulane in 1920 and
served at various times as coach OF
the track, boxing, basket ball and
tennis teams.
Mr.. Simons' first love, however
was the Tulane football team. He
served as trainer under such illustri-
GUS coaches as Bernie Bierman and
Clarke Shaughnessy He was a IA
miliar figure at all Tulane football
games, at home or on the road. His
knee-length. green pants made him
known from California to New York
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Genoo King, 68, Dies;
Was Maryland Farmer
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DAMASCUS, Md. Nov. 5.-Genoa
King, SO. retired miller and farmer
died Wednesday night at his home
here after a long illness.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Winnie Lawson King; a daughter
Mrs. Edna Killing, Hyattstown; a
brother, Fillmore C. King, Etchison
two sisters, Mrs. Ethel L. Burdette
Browningsville, and Mrs. Amy M
Jones, Damascus, and two grand.
children.
Mr.. King was leader of the Brown
ingsville Band for As years. He
Joined it when he was 13 years old
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at the home. The
Rev. j. H. Snyder, pastor of the
Damascus Methodist Church, ano
the Rev. William D. Eye, pastor OF
the Methodist Church at Brown
ingsville, will conduct the services
Burial will be In the cemetery here
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Mrs. Anna Edmonston,
Former Resident, Dies

Mrs. Anna V. Edmonston, 81. a
eormcr resident of Washington, dice
yesterday at the nome of her daugh.
er. Mrs. Wheatley P. Daniel, in
Norfolk, Va.
A native of Leesburg, Va, Mrs
Edmonston came to Washington a.
4 girl and married the late Elijah
Edmonston. At his death 81 years
ago, she moved to Norfolk.
Surviving, in addition to he1
daughter, is brother, Thomas A
Hole; four grandsons and a grand
daughter.
Funeral services will be held ir
Norfolk tomorrow. Burial will be il,
Forest Lawn Cemetery there.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Private Rites Arranged
For Mrs. Harold Phillips

Private funeral services are to be
held for Mrs. Harold w. Phillips
48, wife of the Washington Daily
News copy editor who died yester-
day at her home after a long illness
She lived at 5615 Roosevelt street
Bethesda. Md.
A resident of Washington since
the World War, Mrs. Phillips was
the former Hazel Cook, born in Vine
Grove. KY. She attended the Vicks-
burg (Miss.) Academy and was mar
rled to Mr.. Phillips IL years ago.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Princeton President Sees
Danger in 4-Power Pact

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE. Nov 5.-Dr. Harold
w. Dodds. president of Princeton
University, said last night that an
alliance of powers such as planned at
the recent Moscow conference would
be "a prelude to world situation in
which one group of nations would be
continually arrayed against an
other"
"A military alliance is not an in
stitution of peace, but assumes that
war is inevitable he asserted in an
address before the Council of
Churches and Christian Education of
Maryland and Delaware.
An alliance of four world powers
could doubtless hold its own against
any other nations which might come
into power in the future" he said
But how long could such an alliance
hold together internally? Would II
be able to police itself?'
DR.. Dodds said that there would
have to be created 'an international
aura of consent which will be able
to be translated into international
law after the war
Nations. if they want it and will
it, can have peace"
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Harry FifieId, Father
IOf 6 Sets of Twins, Dies

By the Associated Press.
PUTNAM. Conn, Nov. 5.-Harry
Fifleld, SO, father of six sets Of twins,
died suddenly at Day Kimball Hos
pital last night.
His twins were judged at the
1899 New York Worlds Fair to be
the largest family Of twins in the
country. Eleven of the twins and
four of his other five children sur
vive him.
Evening star., 1943-11-05

be in Cedar Hill.
Cemetery.
Mr.. Graham
who lived at 141T
Ames place NE.
W a S born In
Asheville, N. c.
and came here
in 1905. He was
an employe of
the Chesapeake
& P o t m a {
Telephone Co
for 38 years. He
would have been
81 this month
A c h a r t e I
member of the
Co-..:, ,
Evening star., 1943-11-05

Ingram Memorial Congregational
Church, which was founded in 1907
Mr.. Graham was treasurer of the
church Sunday school for many
years and served on the church
Board of Trustees. He was member
of the Lincoln Park Citizens Associ-
alton and Woodmen of the World.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Olive G. Graham; daughter, Mrs
Alice G. Marshall of Washington
and son, Capt. Ralph NJ. Graham,
who is stationed at Fort Bennirg
Ga.
Evening star., 1943-11-05
Cardinal La Puma Dies

LONDON, Nov. S (P).-Vincenzo
Cardinal la Puma, SO, titular Arch
bishop OF San Cosmas and Damian,
died in Rome yesterday, the Vatican
radio announced in broadcast re-
corded here by the British Ministry
of Information.