davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

agree on weapons Indeed the subject appar-
entity didn't come up at all. But with admir-
able foresight Miss Betty brought along an
eight-nch orange scing knife from the soda
fountain Also she brought along second
Miss Jeanne Jackson, 10, her best friend and
fellow employee.
Miss Doris and her second Miss Bertha
Cook, 16, also telephone operator were on
the bus when the challenged lady and her
second boarded IT, They sat on opposite sides
and ignored each other according TO the rules
Of duellists' decorum
At Cotner Street and Santa Monica Boule-
ward they got off.
at was very dark" Miss Betty says
Doris pulled oft her coat, and said Wen,
If we have to fight, okay'
But l remembered that she is bigger than
l. and 1 remembered that another girl had
told me Doris said if she ever fought me she
wasn't going TO use just her fists. so l pulled
out the knife and showed it to her l said
L don't want any trouble
But she came at me with her hand raised
1t looked like she had letter-opener or a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

A Street Corner Their Field
of Honor. Doris and Betty
Fought for the Gentlemen
Fair Who SPurned Them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28
ball Inyentions for Nolsy Sleeners.

out that more divorces than most people ever
suspect are caused by spouses who habitually
SAW wood m their sleep
And now Or jerome +. Strauss. Chicago
NJ y. is coming TO the rescue Of snoring men
and women who don't want 90 wind up i'm
Reno. With simple throat injection he
wipes out SHORES completely for some people
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

But she came at me with her hand raised
1t looked like she had letter-opener or a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

OF me, trying to grab my knife, and felt the
blade slice my fingers"
Here Second Bertha, not precisely follow
ing the code, is said to have stamped her
French heel into Miss Betty's knife hand,
move that brought Second Jeanne into the
fray. The action seems little confused at
this point but at last, in Miss Jackson's
words. THE girls got up and started crying,
so we all went home"
Honor satisfied, Miss Betty asked Miss
Doris to go home with her and wash up but
Miss Doris wouldn't
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Atvyksta po 5000 !
DARIUS Clevelande

Kaip gausiai j Clevelanda SUI
vaziuoja nauju zmoniu is kitu
valstijos ir Sales daliu. parodo
sekantis apskaiciavimas: dar-
bu jieskotoju cia atvyksta pa
staru laiku po apie 5000 kas
menesi. dvigubai tick kick at
vaziuodavo pernai. Taipgi ap-
skaiciuojama kad tam tikra .iu
dalis gryzta arba isvaziuoja
kitur: is kiekvieno 100 atva-
ziavusiu, isvaziuoja po apie Is
asmenu.
Apskaiciavimai daromi re-
miantis ziniomis u. S. Darbi-
ninku samdymo biuro Cleve-
lande. Tame biure pereita me.
nesi uzsiregistravo 1926 pri-
buveliu is kitur, tarp ju 1858
moterys, S88 prase tame blu
re leidimu dirbti kitur, mes lie
iSvaziuoja is Clevelando, cis
iiems pragyvenimas brangus
arba kaip kitaip nepatinka.
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Trafiko Nelaines

Liepos menesio trafiko ne
laimese Clevelande uzmuSa 9
asmenys. Ju galimybe priside-
ii prie karo pastangu dingo -
ju gyvastys paaukotos neat
sargumo dievaiciui. Ju TRACE
dijos padidino kitu nelaime ir
skurda. Ju priezastis buvo mo-
toristu neatsargumas.
Palyginimas su pernai Lie
pos menesiu: pernai visokiame
trafike zuvo 6 ir uzmusta 5
pekstieji; symet ta pat menesi
visokiame trafike zuvo 8 ir
zuvo 5 pekstieji.
Suzeista: symet visokiame
trafike Liepos men. 1877, pek-
sciuju 95; pernai visokiam ira
fike 153, peksciuju 80.
Arestuota symet:
W greita vaziavima 431
Bulvaru nesustojima 358
Sviesu pravaziavima 376
Girtu vaziavima SO
Neatsargu vaziavima al
Cleveland Police Dept.
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MIRIM Al

kVEDERAS Jonas (Queder),
40 M, mire New Yorke, Lie
pos %; kunas parveztas j Gle
velanda palaidojimui. Laido-
tuves atsibuvo Liepos 20, Kal-
varijos kapinese; pamaldos sv.
Jurgio baznycioje, $50 val.
Liko motina ir tevas, Elena
ir Jonas Kvederai, viena sesuo
ir du broliai, Juozas. ir Petras
GU. S. Armijoje).
MOCKEVICIENE (Mack) Ma
re, So M, nuo 1867 Clearaire
rd.. mire Liepos 20, buvo pa
sarvota Della Jabuks laidotu-
viu namuose; palaidota Kalva-
Rios kapinese; pamaldos atsi-
buvo 10 V. ryto, M. M. N. P.
baznycioje.
Liko vyras, Juozas, sunus
Albertas Gu. S. Armijoje), dvi
dukterys, Irene, ir Mrs. F. R.
Ryavec.
BLAzIS Juozas, 40 M, nuc
6528 Superior av., mire Lie,
pos %, buvo pasarvotas Della
Jakubs laidotuviu namuose, pa.
laidotas Rugp. 2, Kalvarijos
kapinese; pamaldos atsibuvC
$3.50 val. ryto, Sv. Jurgio baz.
nycioje.
Is Lietuvos paejo Vilkavis.
kio ap., Alvito par. 1911 me.
tais isvaziavo j Anglia, pas.
kiau Kanadon, ir Clevelande
iSgyveno apie "a metus.
Liko zmona, Margaret (Bu.
cinskaite), du broliai, Vincas
ir Matjosius, ir sesuo Ursule.
Visu triju laidojime pasitar.
navo laidotuviu direktore Del.
la Jakubs.
JUsKA Petras, 81 metu, nuc
729 E. 96 st. mire Liepos %
palaidotas 81 d., Lakeview ka
pinese.
Liko sunus, ir brolis JurgiS
Detroite.
Laidojime pasitarnavo laido.
tuviu direktorius N. A. Wilke.
lis.
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PIKNIKAS SU
BOLSEVIKAIS

GabaliauSkaS SuSirenge Sau
piknika pereita sekmadieni, bet
patriotingesni Lietuviai susilai-
ke nuo vaziavimo ir delto pix
ninkas buvo mizernas, daugel
dayvavusiu buvo bolSevikai,
kurie atvyko Gabaliauska pa
remit ir savo plakatus padalin-
ii. Gabaliauskas norejo pada-
ryti bizno pardavinedamas su-
gizusi alu ir kokia ten degtine,
imdamas labai brangiai, del ko
zmones pasipiktino.
Sustreikavo ir choras kuris
turejo piknike dainuoti, Gaba-
liauskas bande ten pat suorga-
nizuoti "chora", taciau is to
nieko neisejo.
Clevelandieciai pradeda vi
sur jau atsukti tam geseftma-
keriui pecius. Buves.
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FRATERNALIS
KONGRESAS

Ohio Fraternalinis Kongre-
sas laikys savo 26-ta metini
suvaziavima Hotel Cleveland,
Clevelande, Rugsejo 26 ir 27.
Shame kongrese bus atsto-
vaujama So fraternalines Sioje
valstijoje veikiancios organiza-
cijos, kurios bendrai reprezen-
tuoja S6,337, ,562,677 apdrauda,
iu turto stovis siekia 1,139,-
991.429.29.
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MARRIED

Married July Goth in St. George
Church was Bernice A. Grazulis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Grazulis, 1917 East 65th Street, to
Pvt. ]. Frank Reilly, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Reilly, 694 E. 96th st.
In the bridal party were Misses
Nellie Chiple, Albertine Daman, Ro-
semary Reilly and Eugene Reilly,
Joseph Grazulis, Jr., and Robert
Connolly. Betty Jean Hasto was
flower girl. A breakfast followed
in the brides home, after which the
couple left for Niagara Falls. Pvt.
Reilly is stationed with the Army
Air Forces at Seymour Johnson
Field. North Carolina.
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Renka Sena Gelezi

Clevelande per antra pusme-
ii Symet nustatyta surinkti sc
tukstanciai tonu senos gelezies,
j ia vaju apimama visas Cuya-
hoga apskritis. Rinkimas bus
daugiausia IS industriniu vietu
ir bizniu, kurie prasomi apziu-
reti savo istaigose katrie me-
taliniai dalykai nereikalingi-
atiduoti karo reikalams.
Ir privatiniai manu- savinin-
kai jei turi atliekamu geleziniu
dalyku kuriuos dar neatidave,
gall atiduoti skarmalu ir gele-
zu surinkejui (reksmonuD ir
per j tie dalykai pateks ! ka-
70 reikmenu dirbtuves.
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SEIMYNINE TRAGEDIJA

Lenku seimoje, ant Gertru-
de ave., Liepos 81 istiko ira
gedija: Leo Iwinski, Ga metu
amziaus, kirviu sudauze savo
zmona, 62 M, ir pats skustuvu
bande persipjauti gerkle ir
nusizudyti. Abi zudystes ne
pavyko, bet abu jie sunkiai su.
zeisti. Tragedija paaiskejo kai
Iwinski su perpjauta gerkle
ibeges igriuvo j kaimynu ma
ma, ir apziurejus jo mama uz-
tikta jo zmona be zado. sudau-
zyta galva.
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LVS | SKYRIAUS
SUSIRINKIMAS

Lietuvai Vaduoti Sajungos
limo skyriaus susirinkimas at
sibus penktadienio vakare, 6
d. Rugpjucio, Dirvos redakcijo-
je, nuo 8:15 val. Visi nariai
prasomi dalyvauti, yra svar-
blu dalyku aptarimui, nauju
pranesimu, ir metinio suvazia-
Vino raportai. Valid.
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ISEINA KARIUOMENEN

Frank Samuolis, Prano ir
Onos Samuoliu sunus (Raga-
zinsku zentas), Rugp. 9 iseina
Dedes Samo armijon. Jis gil
mes Clevelande, palieka zmona
ir 9 menesiu kudiki.
Rugp. l jam buvo surengta
seimyniskas atsisveikinimo po-
kills. Visi linkejo laimingai
sugryzti.
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PADEkA

Suomi Sirdingai dekojame
savo giminems ir draugams uz
dalyvavima musu 25 metu We
dybinio gyvenimo sukaktuviu
paminejime, Liepos II, Maciu-
tos saleje. Dekojame visiems
uz iteiktas dovanas,. ypac uz
stambias dovanas giminems,-
musu dukterei Aldonai, Mas
lauskams, Palubinskams is De-
troit, Alekui Baniui uz dovana
ir grazia kalba If linkejimus,
ir seimininkems Milkauskienei,
ir Seimininkems Milikauskienei,
uz iu pasidarbavima.
Jonas ir Jieva Zorskiai
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zUDYSTE LIGONINEJE

Valstijos Ligonineje Cleve-
lande, Rugp. 2 vienas james
mis- proto ligonis uzmuse kita,
senyvesni, uz tai kad tas Sc
nesnis vartojes "siurkscia kal-
ba", kas antram nepatike.
zudyste galejo ivykti, sake
ligonines virsininkas, del to
kad ligonineje stoka sargu il
patarnautoju, dauguma ju is
ejo kitus darbus.
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MANU- SAVININKAMS

Lietuviu manu- savininku su-
sirinkimas bus laikomas tre-
ciadienio vakare, Rugp. II d.,
nuo 8 val, Lietuviu saleje.
Manu- savininkai kurie dar
nesat sios organizacijos nariais
raskit laiko ateiti prisirasyti,
O nariai butinai dalyvaukite,
aptarimui savo reikalus liecian-
cius klausimus. Valdyba.
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tinct non-Slavic people with a def
mite Western outlook, whose lang
uage, religion and culture have no
thing in common with Russia. Dur
ing their short period of indepen-
dence the Lithuanians proved to
the world their capability for free
dom and self-government. The e
main hope of the Lithuanians to
have this freedom and self-govern-
ment restored lies in the victory of
the United States and in the sincere
application of the principles of the
Atlantic Charter to L t h a :.
Therefore, the Lithuanians in the
United States are doing more than
their share to further this victory.
EZI
THIS WAS SHOWN by the fact
that during these commemorative
meetings $236,000 worth of United
States War Bonds were sold. The
Baltimore Lithuanians started a
campaign to sell million dollars
worth of bonds. Ditto came the
Chicago Lithuanians, who have al
ready fulfilled their quota and were
permitted to christen one bomber
by the name "Lituanica", dear to
American Lithuanians on account of
it's association with the daring eff
fort of the Lithuanian fliers, Da-
rius and Girenas. The American
Red Cross received $2,552.27 from
these Lithuanian commemorative
meetings, while the Baltimore Lith-
uanians donated an ambulance.
WE THINK, this fine record of
what the Lithuanian Americans
done this February, during the COM
memoration of the 25th anniver-
sary of Lithuania's independence,
effectively disposes of both Miss
Neris and the Moscow Pravda con-
tentions that Lithuanians "wish"
to be under the thumb of Moscow.
This was an answer of Lithuanian
democracy, nurtured by the Ameri-
can spirit of freedom, so akin to
the spirit of freedom nurtured by
the Lithuanians themselves since
the Russian Tsaristic occupation of
1895. This spirit achieved it's age
long aim on February 16, 1918. The
achievement was brutally assaulted
in 1910. But the spirit of freedom
cannot be killed Lithuania is
Timeless: it will rise free again!
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1943-08-06

PAsTU prenumerata galima
siusti ir is Clevelando. Kas ne
turf laiko ateiti administered
jon gall pasiusti laisku So su
pilnu savo adresu.
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eRUDENOP. RugseiO. Spa

liu ir Lapkricio menesiais, sa-
ko Clevelande zymiai sumazes
pienas - bus gaunama apie
1,500 Xxi 1000 kenu maziau ]
diena negu dabar gaunama, ar
ba apie 20 nuoS. maziau.
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zUVO s DARBININKAI

Pirmadieni, istikus duju ir
chemikalu sprogimui Ferro
Enamel Corp. dirbtuveje, Also
East Sc ST., uzmusta 8 darbi-
ninkai. Tikima dar Mrs keli
is suzeistu, kurie labai apde-
ginti.
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PARSIDUODA NAMAS

2-ju seimu, side-by-side, po 6 kam-
barius ir g attike; garo siluma, mu-
ro garazius; 1 dalis namo tuscia f;
imsiu mainais kitokia nuosavybe.
Randasi 9601 Pierpont ave., tarpe
Superior ir st. Clair ave. Kreiptis:
M. SESKIN
Ii 1928 9609 Pierpont ave.
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JUOZAS RIPOKAS.

gyvenes ir darbavesis Cleve-
lande, atvyko po II metu atsi-
lankyti Clevelande Jis gyvena
Chicagoje. Clevelanda apleido
II metu atgal, bet veliau yra
lankesis. Sake cia rado zymiu
permainu Jis apsilanke Lietu-
viu Darzelyje, juomi gerejasi.
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JAUTI BLOGAI?
VISIsKAI PALENGVINSITE SAU
--SIUO MODERNISM SVELNIU
r.. pTInTT

. 0kuomet xanlsinates viduriu uzkietejimu-
zarnos neveiklios, skauda salva, nera ener-
-kramtykite FEEN-A-MINT. ST sko-
ninga kramtoma guma vdurus liuosuoja
svelnai ir tikrai. Miijonai zmoniu raudoja
FEEM-AMINT. Tx pakramtykite FEEN-A-
MINT einant guilt, naudokite tiktai pagal
nnrodymus ant pakelio. Sekanti ryta ma
lopus palengvinmas jums pagelbes vel jau-
sits puika.
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Cain Park Theatre
"THE LOST HORIZON"

Pasizymejes veikalas, "The Lost
Horizon, pritaikytas scenai, bus
statomas Cain Park Theatre prade-
dant treciadieniu, Rugp. Is ir bai-
giant sestadieniu, II.
Novele sudramatizuota ir pritai-
kyta scenai, bus suvaidinta zymiu
scenos artistu. Dalykas dedasi ne
zinomame pasvietyje, kur lakunai
uzklysta ir pakliuva ypatingu gy-
ventoju tarpa.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1943-08-06

A REPORT from Westville, ILL.,,
says that 43 Lithuanian have join
ed Uncle Sans armed forces,
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LANKESI DETROITE

Kazys ir Amilija Prospa-
liauskai lankesi Detroite, vie
sejo pas savo gimines Petrai-
cius.
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THE TENOR of the speeches was
that the Lithuaniaps were dis
Evening star., 1943-02-24
What's COOKING?

During the past decade the can
opener has been displacing the cook
book. The former worked we'll as
long as there were cans for it to open,
but now that it has temporarily
joined the old oaken bucket in vir-
tual retirement from the American
scene, many an old cook book will be
brought down from the attic, busted
off and perused, Yet these books will
not be adequate: they are too far
behind the times. Scarcely a week
passes that scientists do not discover
food values in the most unlikely
commodities, and urge the public to
try them. Acorns, weeds, cat tails,
even thistleS and grass are edible,
they insist. The latest from the
laboratory is that feathers, hair and
glue can be made to taste, and digest,
like chicken, roastS, or vegetable
soup according to treatment. Ac-
cording to what treatment? Perhaps
some one will publish a new cook
book so that when we run out of
ration points we can have a pointless
meal of glue gumbo, hair hash and
fricaSSeed feathers.
Evening star., 1943-02-24
HOarders Accused Of Lacking
Personal Stake" in War.

To the Editor OF the Star
Early last week it was almost as
dangerous as the battlefiields of Russia
to venture into one of our modern de-
partment stores.
This near catastrophe was not caused
by some horrible prehistoric monster
that came out of Information to terrify
the world The cause of this turmoil
was an innocent announcement by the
Office of Price Administration to the
effect that no more shoes could be pur-
chased without ration stamps. Many of
our good citizens-most of those who had
money, or credit - Immediately stam-
peded the ready-to-wear stores and
bought more clothes than they ordinarily
buy in year. To avert panic OPA was
forced to announce that clothes would
not be rationed.
Those who anticipate the rationing
of a commodity Immediately begin to
stock up on the things that are becom-
ing scarce 1t never occurs to them that
their action creates the shortage that
makes rationing necessary, nor do they
care so long as their own supply is suffl-
cient.
Those who are we'll supplied with the
rationed commodities while their neigh
bors do without pat themselves on the
back and brag about how far-sighted
they are.
These good neighbors OF ours who are
boarding everything they can get their
hands on would be the last to admit they
are not patriotic.
The chances are that those who are
thoughtless or mean enough to hoard
have no real personal stake in this war
other than their liberty; this is nothing
to them because they know we will be
victorious anyway-perhaps we will, but
it will be in spite of them and not be-
cause of them. j. F. PATTON.
Congress Alleged to Have Given
President Power to Limit Salaries.
To the Editor of the Star
AS one of the all-too-few Americans
having a purely academic interest in the
matter of limiting salaries to s25,000, I
hope to point out fact which appears
to be missed. by Old Deal columnists
(without mentioning any names.
The executive order to limit salaries
followed passage by Congress OF it's
famous "Anti-Infiation" Act which au-
thorizes "stabilization' or control of
wages by the Executive. In view of this
fact, most of the comment on "unauthor-
tied" use of power by the administra-
tion amounts to political bunk
Truly, the Old Deal theology Is fear
full and wonderful thing.
r. FRANCHOT.
Evening star., 1943-02-24
Accidents end Illness

Colonel John StilWen, vice presi-
dent Of the Consolidated Edison
Company Of New York and president
of the National Safety Council. re-
Gently reported that approximately
three times as many Americans as
Germans die as the result of acci-
dents. Each casualty on the indus
trial front represents a loss which.
however indirectly, is felt by the
fighting forces overseas. The aver
ages for a year are given as 250.000
workers killed or permanently dis
ablcd, 4OO0.0O0 injured, 0.O00 900
days wasted.
OF course, it must be conceded-as,
indeed it was by Charles Dickens in
David CopperhcId" - that: Acct
dents will occur in the best regulated
families" MishapS are natural where
great enterprises are going forward
in haste. T. M. Cooley. in his Law Of
TOrtS," describes an accident as AN
event happening unexpectedly and
without fault If there be a fault.
the same distinguished authority
concludes: There is liability"
Some miSadventures admittedly re-
suit from faults on the part of the
persons injured More than a few of
the accidents chronicled in industry
have been traced to errors of judg-
nent and behavior committed by
the individuals hurt or by colleagues
Evening star., 1943-02-24
Sound Advice

There is a great deal Of merit in
the proposal by Senator Taft of
Ohio that the Senate Republicans
organize a policy committee to- for
mulate the minority stand with re-
Spect to the mounting revolt in the
House against the administration.
In the view Of the Ohio Senator,
Congress ought not to be "for"
proposal just because the President
is for it. That obviously is correct,
but he also is right in saying that
we ought to exercise discrimination
and not be against something just
because the President is for it."
1t seems clear enough that rela-
tions between the House and the
administration are going to get worse
before they get better. In several
important instances during the past
few days the members Of the lower
branch Of the National Legislature
have voted down important admin
istratiOn projects, and there is con-
siderable reason TO believe that this
was done more in a spirit Of defiance
Of the President than because of anv
real consideration Of the projects on
their merits. Furthermore, there is
little evidence that the leadership on
either side will be capable of closing
the breach.
In these circumstances. there is an
exceptional opportunity for the Sen
ate Republicans to render an impor-
tant service. What is needed is
some party organization through
which these various House actions
can be examined dispassionately and
without regard TO personal or parti-
san considerations. 1t will be found
undoubtedly, that the House action
in some instances is correct. In
others, the national welfare may
be served best by taking stand in
opposition TO the House, or through
Evening star., 1943-02-24

or groups of companions "on the job"
In such instances employers are not
to blame.
But be the contributing factors
what they may, the economic and
social penalty is very real. No man
or woman or little. child nowadays is
killed or injured or made i'll without
by SO much delaying the hour of final
victory over the Axis. Workers at
bench, counter and desk alike share
in the obligation to be careful not to
harm others and not to be harmed
themselves. The same principle ap-
plies to illness. Americans must dis
cipline themselves as rigidly as may
be required Of them. Their obliga-
ton to their country and to civiliza-
ton at large is to keep Well-sound Of
mind and body, cautious of needless
injury and suffering.
Evening star., 1943-02-24
SILVER SPRING, Md.

Dear Sir:
Being constant reader of your COL
umn, I felt you would be interested to
know about a very fine bird we saw last
week coming up Mount Vernon boule
ward about mile north of Mount
Vernon.
Sitting high up in a tall tree was an
American eagle.
I'VE saw him some distance away and
thought probably it was fish hawk, so
slowed down and were barely moving
when We passed the tree.
He old not move. We could plainly
see the white feathers on his so-called
bald head and a short tail of white
feathers.
IT was sorry afterwards that he did
not fly away so we could see the spread
of his wings. but there was a small flock
OF wild ducks in the water near the bank
so We thought he probably had a duck
feast on his mind, as I've been told they
eat both ducks and fish.
But with the war uppermost in our
American birds was doing his part In
guarding the shrine that means. so much
to us all.
VERY truly, E. B. j."
The bald, or American eagle, is per-
manent resident near Mount Vernon.
Great Falls was at one time favorite
nesting place.
The only other eagle We have here
abouts is the golden eagle, which is
always an accidental visitor from the
North
Sometimes the bald eagle is called the
white headed eagle, the ite-headed
sea eagle, and, of course, the American
eagle
1t has been called the gray eagle, black
eagle and Washington eagle, names
given from seeing the immature forms,
which are larger, even. than the old
birds, and differently colored.
Audubon, himself, gave the name of
washington eagle" thinking that he
had discovered different bird.
The female American eagle Is larger
than the male, state of affairs which
exists among eagles and hawks.
The female Is from "a to 43 inches
long, with wing spread of six and one
half to seven and three-fourths feet.
The male bird has about the same
wing spread, but is usually no longer
than 30 to 35 inches, which makes him
about the same size as the golden eagle.
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John Burroughs, whose writings have
fallen in disrepute In recent years. and
who yet wrote many fine things about
birds and animals, had this to say Of
the bald eagle:
HE draws great lines across the sky;
he sees the forests like a carpet beneath
him; he sees the hills and valleys as folds
and wrinkles in many colored tapestry;
he sees the river as a silver belt connect
ing remote horizons.