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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
TOURED COUNTRY


zone year I made n tour Of
the country, playing al nearly
every tank town in America.
Most of them were one night
stands. where I would put on
an exhibition with he towns
leading billiardist. adj
standing offer Of 500 10 any
one who could beat me In
l25-point game and believe
me YOU would be surprised how
many good players there are In
this country.
One night I was playing In a
little town near Pittsburgh.
After putting on my regular
trick shot performance I called
for any one In the room to
play me. offering him 500 IL he
could win.
NO one seemed to be inter-
ested and for time IL looked
like I would have 10 pass up the
exhibition, until one old gent,
hItN~Fu Nv UNFFhnNs WIN
seed all over his hat, stepped up.
TAKES THE OFFER
"Tll take that offer. II you'll
show me what To do he said,
and or course I figured ] was
bein ribbed. Nevertheless, I
took him on. We Jagged TO see
who would shoot first and he
won.
You co ahead and break
EN- the farmer said 10 me. and
broke them wide open, but
didn't make ball.
The farmer then started 20
shoot and, believe II or not. ran
Is straight before he missed.
leaving me safety. About all
I could do was leave him a
safety. and in trying 10 do that
l left him n shot.
"He started again, and went
out in his next inning, with an
unfinished run of so straight,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
Greater Game
from First Sport Page

several crossings Of the sub
infested Atlantic on a merchant
ship .. He has charge Of gun
crew.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17

"Ap Joaos foshiopcd 25g-22I-
900 for PSI Ia the orient SENIOR
House.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17

Jack ChDdy's III tcas tops ia the
Plymouth $50.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Bloody But Unbowed!
From the New York Herald Tribune.

From the New York Herald Tribune.
Characteristic of Chang Kai-shek is
the message he has just delivered to q
convention of Kuomintang youths. He
has told them that this is Chinas darkest
hour. Never in all the six years OF
fighting against odds and of making
bricks without straw has she been worse
situated. Yet in this cool confession Of
what sounds like warning of impend-
ing calamity, delivered to the sons of
people unspeakably weary of working
miracles of endurance, there is really as
little suggestion of the possibility of de-
feat as there is Z suggestion that some-
thing might somehow happen to ease the
strain. That Chinas position is very bad
indeed is . fact stated to explain why
eventual victory calls for more coura-
seous effort. It does not occur 10. this
iron-willed man that such = revelation
might be discourasing or demoraltdng,
or anything but q good reason Why his
hearers must be ready. to fisht Of work
lot harder. SO his heArerss stake the
dark tidings as they are meant To take
them and square their sl1odiders.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
The Part of Music

Mankind conceivably might survive
without music, but Confucius, the
wisest OF men. did not think so. In
his Book of Rites" composed about
500 BIC, he declared that music
produces kind of pleasure which
human nature cannot do without"
The opinion thus set forth was en-
dorsed two centuries later by the
philosopher Mencius, who, in his
'Discourses," insisted: "If the king
loves music, there is little wrong in
the land" 1t also, differently yet to
the same effect, was argued by
Shakespeare that there is close re-
iation between music and the we'll
being of nations and peoples. He
puts into the mouth of Lorenzo in
1.-THE Merchant of Venice" the mean
ineful words:
"The man that hath no music in him.
.self,
Nor Is not moved with concord of
sweet sounds,
Is At for treasons, stratagems and
spoils."
Plain citizens have felt such ap-
probation of music as social en-
dowment yet been powerless to ex-
press 1t. E. w. Howe, the sage of Po-
tato Hill, paradoxically observed:
when people hear good music it
makes them homeSick for something
they never had and never will have;
but 1t was his habit to say provoca-
tive things, and he knew as well as
any Of his contemporaries that the
nnultitudes would be sick indeed if
they were denied the gift of meas
ured melody. The Music War Council
OF America, sponsoring the twentieth
annual observance of National Music
Week beginning yesterday and con-
tinuing until May 9, does not apollo
gize for its effort. Rather, it con-
sciously serves the cause to which
all Americans are dedicated when it
urges the use of music as force for
victory. President Roosevelt COM
mends the endeavor in letter read
Ing: Music builds morale. It in
spires our fighting men on battle
fields abroad and in training camps
ct home. It spurs soldiers on the pro-
duction front to new goals. It re-
freshes all of us. young and old alike,
as We move forward in our wartime
tasks. = It will contribute much
Evening star., 1943-05-03
EVENING WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, g. es

Thus 1t happened that the "prin-
ciples" they set forth invariably were
displayed against monumental COM
pilations of statistics. Their indus
trial histories were difficult reading,
but they were immensely useful. In
the field of protective sociology, they
wrote the famous minority report"
of the Royal Commission on Unem-
ployment, proposing "the substitu-
ton Of measures to prevent rather
than merely to palliate destitution."
AS a thinker and stylist Mrs. Webb
was superior to her partner. He
gladly acknowledged her pre-emi-
nence in those regards, as she cheer
fully conceded his more notable
capacities as a political strategist
and counselor When he was ele-
waited to the peerage to strengthen
the Labor Party government in 1929,
he chose to be called Baron Passfield,
while she kept the name they had
made celebrated among intellectuals
throughout the world.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Mrs. Sidney Webb

One of the truly great English
women of her time passed to her rest
when Beatrice Potter, better known
since 1892 as Mrs. Sidney Webb died
at the age of IS. Hundreds of thou
sands of people who never read a
word of her writings were Influenced
by the power of her brilliant and
courageous mind. She was born to
wealth and assured position as the
daughter of railroad king, first be-
came interested in social problems
from seeing how factory workers
lived, studied industrial issues as an
apprentice seamstreSs in Sweat
shop" met her future husband while
investigating the "co-operative move
ment," became in association with
him an apostle of economic reform
whose opinions were sought by three
generations of British idealists. The
man she married was leader in the
Fabian Society, and she shared
wholeheartedly his endeavors for
SNO1acAO1AoAy ooSAoAASAA 1a1lOtl1CI VI
those with whom she collaborated
was her cousin, Charles Booth, whose
survey of the production systems of
England and of the toilers engaged
in them remains an admitted classic
half century after its publication.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb never claimed
credit for inventing the modern
philosophy of trade unioniSm, yet
they perhaps to an extent not ap-
proximated by any Of their contem-
poraries created the essential dogmas
Of industrial democracy. Their ap-
proach to their subject was at once
realistically scientific and frankly
humane. Conceding their bias, they
sought to justify 1t by the correlation
Of facts OF proven authenticity.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Coal Strike Truce

Except for the essential fact that
the miners are going back to work,
the coal dispute remains as badly
muddled as ever.
Although appealing directly to the
miners to do their duty to the coun-
try, President Roosevelt, in an
admirable speech, has indicated that
he intends to yield nothing to John
L. Lewis. He insisted, with en-
phasis. that the miners wage de-
mand would have to be handled
through the War Labor Board, and
unless the board is to do an about
face, this means that the wage in
crease which the miners want will
not be granted.
It was also interesting to note that
the President, throughout the course
Of his talk, never mentioned Mr..
Lewis by name Shortly before Mr..
Roosevelt went on the air, the mine
leader announced so-called truce"
but the President, although he must
have known about it, made no refer
ence to this move. And he probably
had good reason not to do so.
Mr.. Lewis decision to order his
miners back to work for two weeks
may be regarded as tactical maneu-
yer. Certainly, on its face, it repre-
sents no surrender, since he spoke
Of working out new wage contract
with Mr.. Ickes-not through the War
Labor Board, which has taken juris-
diction of the case. This does not
quite close the door, as Mr.. Lewis
and Mr.. Ickes might agree on terms
OF a new contract which would be
approved by the board without any
formal submission on Mr.. Lewis part
to It's jurisdiction. But it is difficult
to see how this can be done if both
the President and Mr.. Lewis adhere
to the positions they have taken.
Meanwhile, the important thing is
that the miners are going back to
their Jobs. What the future holds
Is uncertain, but there is at least
some reason to hope that Mr.. Lewis,
having lost the first round of this
encounter, is beginning to realize
that he is not going to be able to
defy his Government and get away
with 1t In the midst Of a total war.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Men Sow and Reop

The palley holds the dark earth's
fertile yield
Against its breast. Sheltered by
Uooded hills,
The ripenino grain weaues tapestries
OF green 49,.
And gold along the sunny slopes
and spills
Pale amber sheaves across rolling
field.
Here, in this quiet place. men so.o
and reap
And find contentment In the rich
brotDn soil.
They knoD deep biting cold and
s,oelterinq heat,
The fear of drought and bitterness
OF toll: .-
And they knotc, too, the ,oild, sscsst
trumpeting
OF spring, and naruel at q ,corld's
rebfrth
When first they lean against the
plough and feel
The measured beating Of the fruit.
fnl earth.
BLANCHE MARCHANT STEVENSON
Evening star., 1943-05-03
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. TracetpeH,

DO you think the remaining two are
the parent birds?
1T seems probable that they are, for
the nest is not the jerry-built affair
OF last year, but is being built with
pfacticed skill and much care.
very truly yours, N. H."
X
There can be little question that the
two birds are the parent birds.
1t Is unusual for an entire blue jay
family to remain at one place all winter.
Surely there are few species more
interesting than the jays.
They have beauty, health and inde-
pendence, and many fine traits, but AL
OF these have been over balanced, to
some degree, by the incessant counter
propaganda against the species.
This came about, in the frst place,
because the early biro lovers, and es-
pecially the articulate ones, were forth
right men, who hated well wherever
they hated, and loved as vigorously
where they loved. They decided, the
first time they saw jay carry away
the egg Of another species, that this
was robber bird, and thoroughly bad.
Today We have learned larger toler-
ance. Whether this Is a good thing, 1t
is too early in the history of the world
to know. Now we see that it takes all
sorts of birds-and men-to make a
world. There can be little doubt that
the oldtimers would shoot quicker, and
at the drop Of hat, whereas the bal
anced civilized mind Of today hesitates
to shoot because its pcssessor thinks 1t
and he might be wrong.
The blue jay then, has labored under
a propaganda which ha. claimed that 1t
is bad bird, and that its beauty and
interest really ought to be disregarded
This column has repeatedly stated
that the jay is, to our way of thinking,
one of the most American of all birds,
and surely a beauty, rightly viewed.
1t invariably attracts attention from
the newcomer to bird observation.
1t is sometimes confused by them with
the bluebird.
The Jay is a fond parent.
No other species devotes more care to
its young.
Wherever the baby bird may happen
to be. the solicitous mother and father
help it.
The most striking instance Of this
we have seen was last summer, when
young one fell out of nest in a large
locust tree.
Young jays, by the way, are more
likely to fall out Of nests than the young
OF any other species Just why this Is,
we do not know. Probably it is due to
the health and vigor of the nestlings.
These jays fed the baby for days on
the ground, and when 1t finally fell down
a window well, they fed it there, as
constantly as if it had been in the nest.
When it was considered that they also
had to care for the rest of the family
in the tree, this was seen to be a real
undertaking. but not beyond the natural
love and energy of these birds.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
SILVER SPRING, Nd.

Dear sir:
your kind advice about our goldfish
last fall was great help and they are all
alive and hourishing this spring. Per-
haps with all your intimate knowledge
about bird life you could solve the
problem Of our romantic blue jays.
Last year a pair Of jays built their
nest in 4 tree just outside my study
window. Our garden and woods adjoin
extensive and beautiful Maryland wood
lands, 80 we were astonished at the
young pairs selection of this nearby site.
THE nest was 4 jerry-built concern
and the site was = battle ground Of
furry trays for many days between gray
squirrels, 4 white cat and the owners Of
and chased their foes down the tree
trunk leaving the lawn below strewn
with the spoils OF battle.
Finally healthy family Of four was
Matched and the battle cries grew in
increasing intensity One morning at
$50 o'clock things seemed to have
reached a climax, and looking down from
my window I saw below the nest tiny
round object, and not four feet away
crouched the white cat, ready to spring.
Through the house and across the
lawn I sped, beating the white cat to
it by a split second.
'"The tiny ball seemed all beak and
bristles and. as its nest was far out OF
reach, I hung a garden basket by wires
between the branches below the nest
and put the baby bird into it.
by the time reached my room again,
the parent bird was investigating the
basket, and a moment afterwards she
and her mate were feeding their truant
offspring.
This they continued to do until it
was big enough to 1y.
The whole family OF six stayed around
our property the entire summer, bath
ing and drinking constantly in our bird
bath. All this winter they ate bread
crumbs on my window sill, two or three
at time, while the rest OF the band
shouted hurry up commands from the
nearby branches.
They drank at the lily pond clinging
to the dried stems OF nasturtiums to
reach the water or sitting on the ice
around the hole made for them in the
frozen water.
Now that spring has come again, a
pair OF the jays is investigating the old
homestead. and yesterday morning, after
much talking and looking this way and
that. they decided to pull the old house
down
This morning with feverish energy
they are building their new nest only two
feet away from the I'D one. One bird
sits in it and elbows round and round
with half open wings to make the form
and the other flies constantly to and
fro, sometimes with twigs, sometimes
with bits Of dried moss or grass.
"The other four members of the clan
now seem to have disappeared.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

reader cdn get the dnstDer to any
question OF tact BY writin1 The Eve-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin. director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. When doAx . dive bomber release
his bombs?-E. r.
A. The Army Air Corps says that q
dive bomber releases his bombs while
he Is in the dive.
@. How many working days q year
are lost by the average employee through
illness?-N. w. S.
A. In a recent survey the average
number Of days lost through illness vas
found to be 5la.
@. Which Of the Presidents of the
United States were singers?-E. L. H.
A. Etude says that President McKin-
ley had an excellent voice and that
Woodrow Wilson sang tenor parts In his
college glee club. Calvin Coolidge also
liked to sing.
Evening star., 1943-05-03

On September / of each year at a
given moment all Japanese stand
uncovered and bow toward Toxic in
remembrance OF the $4,000 persons
killed in the great earthquake of
1923. Then they proceed to think of
new brutalities to inf1ict on the citi-
zens Of that Nation-the United
States-which gave them the great
est help during and following that
catastrophe.
Evening star., 1943-05-03

to strengthening the bonds Of friend
ship and corporation among the
Americas and the other free peoples
in the peaceful world of tomorrow.
The ideal of the future, in sub
stance, is the earth exempt from dis
sonance-a planet emancipated from
the din of battle. To that end armies
and navieS sing.
Evening star., 1943-05-03

The merits OF the WAVES head
gear are debatable, But certainly
nothing more unbecoming than the
new blue bonnet" for male naval
officers has come to light since Al
bert, consort of Victoria, invented for
the British Army a hat that almost
precisely initiated a coal scuttle.
Evening star., 1943-05-03

First the area Of Tunis occupied
by the Nazis was the size Of Con-
necticut; then it became the size Of
Delaware and soon will be COM
parable to Rhode Island. We all
hope soon to see 1t reduced to the
dimensions Of Monaco or Andorya
and then, pffft, gone with the wind!
Evening star., 1943-05-03
A Prayer in Verse
For 4 Nation In Need,

For Nation in Need.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Perhaps you may like to reprint the
following poem by j. G. Holland which
lately came across. It seems q fitting
appeal for today:
GOD GIVE US MEN.
God give us men, The time demands
Strong minds. great hearts, true faith
and willing hands:
Men whom the lust OF ONCE does not
kill:
Men whom the spoils of once cannot
buy;
Men who possess opinions and will:
Men who have honor; men who will not
lie:
Men who can stand before
demagogue
And damn his treacherous batteries
without winking;
Tall men, sun crowned, who live above
the fog
In public duty and in private thinking!
For while the rabble with their thumb
worn creeds.
Their large professions and their little
deeds
Mingle in selfish strife, 10 Freedom
weeps!
Wrong rules the land, and waiting
Justice sleeps!
T. WARREN ALLEN.
Evening star., 1943-05-03
Criticizes Rent Control Board
For Alleged Inequities.

Criticizes Rent Control Board
For Alleged Inequities.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The Rent Control Board can we'll be
field Of investigation for some Con-
gresham who wants to make a repu-
tation for cleaning up cities. Supposedly,
Washingtonians and all the newcomers
to Washington are protected against ex-
cessive rents by the Rent Control Board,
but this protection" is very thinly
spread
Recently, the board published the re-
port that Of the $4,000 cases presented
to them last year they had settled some
5000 When one considers the number
Of people now in Washington, the set
tling OF 5000 rents seems rather paltry.
know the Rent Control Board took
four months to set the rent on one
small apartment. II they had not been
constantly hounded, it perhaps never
would have been set.
Some two or three men and several
women-how well qualified to judge of
household values one cannot tell-are
trying to stem the rising tide of rents.
The same men who receive the COM
plants must make the actual investi-
cations Of houses. Obviously, they have
only human energy and a. hours . day.
Why Is it that every room with certain
facilities and every apartment which
has the number Of rooms for which a
ceiling is set all charge the ceiling
price? Is the quality, size and location
even the decency--to play no role in
making values relative7 Why must one
person pay $40 or $50 Or more q month
for tiny hole of 4 room?
Why Is 1t that beautifully finished un-
furnished one-bedroom apartments rent
for so in one group. finished last Sep
tember. whereas In another group,
miles farther out, apartments in which
the kitchen Is merely . division Of the
living room separated from 1t only by
partial wan, rent for 3eof The spacious
halls and closets In the first make them
twice ~ MvAble. !.
Why is IT that the rent for such
apartments has been ~ at 80 In the
hrst buildinss IA one viliase, whereas for
Evening star., 1943-05-03

O. Which OF the American republics
has the highest percentage Of vhits
population?-J. C. K.
A. Argentina.
@. Are physically handicapped per-
sons being used in any capacity by the
Army?-M. r. w.
A. The Signal Corps Inspection
Agency is using such men and women
to inspect precision instruments that 70
into tanks planes heavy artillery, air
plane beacons and many other tools Of
war.
Q. How many B vitamins are there,
H G.
A. To date II are known.
Q. What was the religious decree that
forbade church congregations to Join In
the singing?-T. r.
A. The Decree of Laodicea, AID. H3
Q. Please explain the terms "Bancor"
and "Unitas. r. r.
A. These words have been coined to
designate q proposed international cur
rency according to two plans Of world
recovery, one formulated in England and
the other in the United States.
@. Who is the author Of % Canada
the Canadian national song7-R. T. S.
A. The tune was composed bv
French Canadian, Calixa IAvallee. Sir
Adolphe Basil Routhier wrote the words,
Q. What k the value Of double
pinochle In = four-handed game, play
ing partners.-W. g.
A. Double pinochle in the standard
game, four-handed, counts only 20, ac-
cording to the official rules. In many
local games, players prefer to give a
count of 800 to this meld, but this Is not
official.
@. What European city has extensive
mushroom cultivation underground -
D. H.
A. In Paris mushrooms are cultivated
In dark underground cellars 90 to 1oo
feet below the surface Beds are kept
artincially moist by water brought from
the surface and the different galleries
bear crops in succession. Passages extend
over several miles, the beds sometimes
occupying over 20 miles,
@. Do elephants ever carry their
young upon their tusks?-C. E.v.
A. This curious practice was de-
scribed by David Livingstone, the great
African explorer and missionary.
@. Where did Paternoster Row In
London get its name?-F. j. r.
A. Formerly sellers Of prayerbooks
and rosaries congregated there.
q. In what church was Gen. Douglas
Macarthur baptized?-N G. L.
A. Gen. Macarthur was baptized In
the Church Of Christ, Episcopal in Little
Rock. Ark, May Is, 1880.
@. How is it possible for rain to form
inside the Goodyear Zepplin dock at
Akron, Ohio?-M. p.
A. Although the dock is covered with
watertight roof and all doors and WIN
dows are closed, it is so large $4,000 900
cubic feeD that sudden changes Of tenn
perature cause clouds to form inside the
hangar and rain falls.
@. How fast does sound travel3--
G. N. c.
A. The velocity Of sound varies with
the different media through which II
passes. In air, sound has . speed Of
1000 feet per second; in water, At 1
degrees c., 4,s74 feet per sound. The
velocity of sound through 4 metal. such
As steel, Is 16,500 feet per second.
Evening star., 1943-05-03

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prospective bride will want q CODY Of
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