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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
BUSY BEE

ATLANTIC - Storage 81 hundred cubic :
trucking, light load. 50. 1880 MeNichois.
Twinbrook l-6405.
BUSY BEE
Anything. anywhere direct. insured; reas.
Emergency Storage Free
odds and Trunks Ran. o146 e24 Watson
CoULTER's Moving. storage-Used furni-
ture bought. Cadillac 21l6. Townsend
s-427O. evenings, Sundays.
DEXTER MOVING - City-wide service.
day-night. 1880 Wyoming. University
3-9l23.
EHALT-Locai, long distance insured ,
free estimates. 1922 Livernos. LAfa-
yette 1894.
HAMILTON MOVING, STORAGE, ship
ping. Grating. packing; rs years expert
ence; low rates. 47le Hamilton. Temple
2-7i70.
MOVING? Trunk. furniture, appliances.
local. REDS CARRIAGE, 1880 Warren.
Tyler 4-s622.
ROBERT PALMER-movIng. carriage: fur.
niture. pianos. refrigerator. 33+7 Harper.
Plaza 1910.
vlcToR's MOVING. sToRAGE-strictly
hired men; established since 1924: lowest
fat rates. 17i26 Syracuse. TW i-o0s0
CONSULT the enlarged Real Esrte list
ings In the big Sunday Times Want Ad
Section
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27

DEXTER MOVING - City-wide service.
daylight. 1880 Wyoming. University
40
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
War Work Wanted
Plants Equipped 10
Accept SHb-COntracfs

BOXES, CRATES. tables, mill work.
Contracts, large or small. POWERS
LUMBER, 1918 Harper Tuxedo 2-4S20.
EXPERT. quick service. Lathe. screw ma
chine, drill press work. Murray 4l9e.
HIGHSPEED steel tools welded. Weld
Tool, 7711 West Warren. Tyler 7-90l0.
JAY MACHINE TOOL COMPANY
Lathes, shapers and mills available.
Hogarth 1895
LAWRENCE Tool-Die Company, manufac-
turers OF tools, dies-hxtures. Hogarth
0e54
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Furnished Rooms for Rent

NEWLY decorated room; twin beds. for
Two gentlemen. % East AleNandrine.
NORWELI s055. near Van Dyke Forest
NOVARA - Room . ladies' near Grsiiot-
Seven Mile reasonable. Arlington 1918.
PACIFIC. 4SO5 Grand River Boulevard 49,
Bedroom gentleman. private home.
Tyler 6-o5is.
PENNSYLVANIA. i243-Nice double front
room. third foori girls preferred. DReNel
2S3s
PRIVATE bath. accommodate two ct
three EOod transportation Northlawn
iTiS3
ROOM -Coloret s.ngle man only. working
days; good transportation. Trinity i-7o62
SEWARD HAmutonl Large. clean room,
two gentlemen. excellent transportation.
Trinity 2-0l66.
sFRINGWELLS tVernor district Large
front room Tor L. Tcnned. sober gentle
men garage optional Nlnewood l-s272.
ST JEAN 500 HARPER Two girls.
twin beds. excellent transportation.
Iyarhoe 66l1
ST AHFLIN. IC565 tSN- Nile Southheldl -
Employed couple. near Niehers. Ever.
green 1928.
1882 TUXEDO Comfortable room for
gentlemen or couple near Fourteenth
street car. Townsend 6-f052
COLORFD girl share Christian girls
beautiful studio room. Townsend s-Si6J
.COlOREp-T or three working girls
who sf- friends Trinity LIEN
COIOREp-N Neatly furnished room for
single man. Townsend o-oo01
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Vacant Lots for Sale
ATTENTION COLORED

RuY NOW BEFORE PRICES co JP
inkster offers unusual LOT values All city
improvements schools
ACT QUICKLY UNIVERSITY 2 sogt
Buy STATE owned properties. see your
real eftste broker
sOx2T5-Scwcr. water Eas walks. school.
$3.50 near l3-MiIe ana Woodward juG
son Bradway Co. RI $500
CONSULT the ENLARGED Real ~ afs Us'
mas ia the bis sunday Tines ant "a
Section.
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Mortgages
Business Opportunities

CLASS c Esiablishment-West Side; build
tng, living quarters: refrigeration neigh
horhood Sell trade Lafayette 1891.
CLEANERS. taiIors. u YEARS same locs-
tion tnear thcater); must sell. Tuxedo
2-22l1.
FLOWER shob. owner drafted; established
business, must sacrihce5 6762 West
Warren. Tyler 1894
LUNCHROOM beer. wine complete fix
lures es Tecumseh. Ecorse. Michigan.
Ninewood 2-q305
SMALL restaurant. beer garden class 4 Z.
wonderful business restricted area bar
gain, sickness. 1880 Hamilton tGenevaj.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
WETHERBY, 5000
ONLY 81 S0n-Tnrnns
Income Bungalows for Sale

CENTRAL DIX rooms down. up. oak
throughout. steam heat, lot 4Ox20O
s. 500. 81 600 down
ELSA REALTY a INVESTMENT co.
62t7 WEST FORT VI 1-i40o
CRUISE Beautiful So brick gar. Live IN
upper free Sacrifice. We. T-Ss70.
LINCOLN PARK. recondliioued, near
Business section. owner, Atlantic 1850
PENNsYLV Mack. upper vacant SIS.
gar $3.50 down. AR Oeis
RUTLAND WARREN. near transportau0h.
Brick. 3 apis rents 1913; $4,000 terms
V p. GUsTA FsON, REALTOR-HO. $3.50
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PENNSYLVANIA. i24S-Nice double front
room. third floor; girls preferred. DReNel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Bungalows for Sale

Dyke; 5 rms. mod, 50 100,
Si95 dn. TW. 1899, ewes OF. 55ol.
AVE, $3.50. between Joy road
and fireman Ave, 5.rm. bungalows
So 1875. terms on r. H. 4 or land contract
Elder 4 Gadd Bldrs.. RE. $3.50 RE. 1892
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Carpet Cleaners and Dyers
Carpet, Rug Cleaning

a BEAUTIFUL rug and upholstered fur
nitufe cleaning, renovatipg; guaranteed,
insured ex12, SO so; cash and carry. 81. 80.
Garfield Rug a Furniture Cleaners, 5435
fireman. Tyler 5-15O0
CONSULT the enlarged Real Estate list
ings in the big sunday Times Want Ad
Section
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Little Farms for Sale

ACRE with broom warmly insulated house
Relleville school bus, miles 20 bomber
plant. Only 81 995. $500 cash handles
under our finance plan. GROSSMAN. cor.
Warn Born and Wayne roads. Phone
Wayne 900
ELEVEN 40-n lots for 1928. with only
S25 down taxes paid good location
Dearborn 1850
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Houses for Rent
Furnished Houses for Rent

FIVE rooms modern 80 minutes from
Detroit IS weekly. Phone Walled Lake
T2F23
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Houses for Sale

FERNDALE-5-room. garage hot air fur.
mace; So 200, terms; 81, 500 cash: take
car Lincoln 2-059s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Business Opportunities Wanted

WANTED to purchase or lease furniture
ttors. Teiephons Randolph $500.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-27
Apartment Property for Sale

CANFIELD EAST, 7i16-Two-apartment
one-story brick building: sto<er heat
with thermostat 81 400. Niagara 1855,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
People Blamed for Eiecting
officials Lacking in Ability.
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Many and varied are the complaints
to the effect that Congress and the
administration are not functioning to
the best interest of the country in the
present war emergency. The consensus
throughout the Nation seems to be that
the complaints are justified yet the
compliments seem to forget that while
the occupants of seats in Congress and
those holding administrative positions
mostly are politicians whose chief quail
fications include little ability to do
worthwhile work as public officials, We,
the people, put them into office and until
we get sense enough to install some
thing better we shall have to put up
with them.
I believe, however, that II we are to
make a lasting success of democracy.
We must find some way of bringing into
our governing bodies men of ability
whose interests are for the people instead
OF being essentially political.
Originally a politician was thought
OF as sort of statesman; today he Is
thought of with considerable lack of
respect as one whose primary interest
Is selfish, not too conscientious, han
ding Of the duties intrusted to him.
WARREN ALLEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16

If Mr., Murray is supported by other
labor leaders. But they cannot do it
all, for needless absenteeism is by
no means exclusively attributable to
caprlciouSneSs or indifference on the
part of workers
In many instances, especially in
the congestcd areas, workers take
time off to attend to necessary per-
sonal businesS-shopping, banking,
etc. The labor organizations cannot
remedy these conditions, but the
communities involved can meet the
problem if appropriate steps, such as
inaugurating night shopping hours,
are taken. In other instances. ab-
senteeism is encouraged by manage
ment failures, and these, too, can
and should be rectified.
In word, the Government and Mr..
Murray cannot deal adequately with
this problem alone. They should and
must have the cooperation of every
individual and every group in the
picture If the Nation is to be relieved
of substantial and wholly unneces-
Sary loss in war production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
The RicheIieu

The presence OF the mighty battle
ship Richelieu, riding at anchor in
New York Harbor, brings directly
home to the American people the
welcome fact that France is still in
the war. The French have never
been entirely out Of the fight. Some
Frenchmen and some French ships,
even after the stunning collapse of
the homeland in 1910, joined forces
with Britain and carried on with the
struggle But, to the average Amer
lean, their activity has been obscured
by the factors Of distance and mill
tary censorship.
The RIChelicu, battered but still
able to make the hazardous Atlantic
crossing. has changed that. Before
the eyes Of thousands Of Americans,
she lies at anchor in the upper bay,
between the Statue Of Liberty and
Robbins Reef Light. These onlookers
know that the great ship, completed
Just before the fall of France and
regarded as one of the most powerful
warships af1oat, will be fully restored
within few months, and that then.
accompanied by her complement of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Chess VS.. War

II has always been customary to
compare war with chess, and now AL
HoroWitz, international champion
Wlelder OF the slow-motion worries,
insists that the relation is even closer
than supposed. The Russians are
winning, he says, because most OF
them are good chess players with
well-developed logic, sound reason
ing, imagination and daring. On the
checkered field of battle they strike
far-reaching, deadly blows with the
air force, like queens in motion: SUP
port with lesser mechanical help,
and plod along with humble expend-
able infantry pawns until the oppos-
ing force has no escape and is
cheCkmated
That is, if there is time. The old
gentleman with the long whiskers
waits calmly in chess; in war he does
not. Equipment that accumulates
cobwebs and dust from inaction may
still be good on a field of sixty four
squares; in the field of battle it de-
teriorates. Fortunately the Russian
chess players, along with their logic
sound reasoning, imagination and
daring have included the vital ele-
ment of speed. A rolling army gath
ers no moss, but 1t surely does collect
momentum, Nazis and victories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16

The effort TO reduce unnecessary
absenteeism In war plants which has
been initiated by the Government
and Philip Murray. president Of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tons, is deserving of the fullest sup
port.
On the basis Of the best statistical
evidence available, it appears that
the practice Of taking day Off has
at least doubled since the start Of
the war, and this means, OF course,
that a tremendous volume Of war
production is being irretrievably lost.
The ONCE of War Information, re-
porting on studies conducted by sew
eral Federal agencies, has stated that
the normal" absentee rate Of about
8 per cent doubled during the past
year, when, in view of our military
needs, it should have declined. The
time loss, with 6 per cent Of the
workers staying away from their jobs
each day, is equivalent to total
stoppage Of war work for one day in
each seventeen days OF the year,
Small wonder that Government Off
Gals are reported to be deeply dis
turbed.
Because Of the great importance
of this matter. it is gratifying that
Mr.. Murray has written to all afflli-
ates OF the CIO. requesting that
means be worked out for cutting
preventable absenteeiSm to a min
!mum. The Nation" Mr.. Murray
said, cannot afford the loss of man
hours resulting from workers absent
ing themselves needlessly or for
trivial reasons from their Jobs Hours
lost cannot be regained and hours
lost means production lost"
Undoubtedly the national labor
organizations can do a great deal to
overcome this condition. especially
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16

The soil pas his. He recognised no
north,
Beyond neat turro,os and straight
roUs OF grain.
To see the ,Dheat break through in
pale green shards,
And ,Datch 1t ripen on the lands long
slope,
Was poetry to him and spirits fire,
Earth-kindled to heart -,corr,
steady flame.
The day he brought the small and
birdlike blond,
TO be farm ,oife and to share his
toll,
We thought the sun had sottened his
keen brain.
Daily TOE ,caited, then for months and
years,
TO see her turn again totrard her o,cn
torn,
And Join the sparro,os IN some city
park.
Their hpe ions prsW to sturdy farm.
ermen-
We couldn't quite believe II, eyen
thsnl ANoBEL ARMOUR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16

pensive shoes. If dollar value be
per year, one could buy seven pairs
of shoes at SO or three pairs Of 81
shoes. This would enable the poorer
man to buy within his means and
indirectly would assist in the conser-
walton of higher grades Of leather for
the armed forces.
The rationing system, as announced,
will create great demand for higher
quality footwear and rapidly will deplete
the stocks Of high-grade leather on
hand. Millions of dollars worth Of high
grade leather are now being saved for
tutes in the manufacture of cheaper
shoes for civilian wear. These do not
wear as we'll as shoes of high-grade
leather. but they serve the purpose No
intelligent person of moderate means
will dare buy these now even when he
cannot afford the higher priced shoe.
To further aggravate the situation:
What is the average shoe merchant to do
with his accumulated stock of low priced
shoes, the millions of pairs of medium
and low-priced shoes on the shelves
and in the country's warehouses now?
1t Is certainly not in the interest of
good government or conservation to
create this colossal waste Of the work.
manship and materials already pro-
duced nor to cause undue hardship
on those of low income. to say nothing
of the bankruptcy of many manufac-
turers, wholesalers and distributors Of
shoes throughout the country.
Rationing shoes on dollar value, not
pairs, is the nearest solution to our
present predicament.
Corbin, KY. AARON Topper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. Trdce1peN.

points. as far as human beings are con-
cerned It carries and spreads disease,
and is nasty customer on all points
especially when cornered.
The squirrel has many hkeable traits,
one of which is his ability to amuse Few
animals have such a spirit of genuine
fun and the ability to communicate 1t
to humans
Yet persons who take up bird feeding
often spend hours of time, and much
labor and thought. and even grow red
in the face, over the squirrel problem"
as they call it.
After exhausting every device, they
finally solve the problem" by letting the
squirrels have their own way.
AS for starlings and English sparrows,
we have pointed out here many times
that they are by no means as black as
painted. Both species have many good
points, each devouring many inimical
insects, and each being artistic in APP
pearance. Each species has a pleasant
vocal ability, provided the human lis
tener will use little sympathy divine
quality as well as his ears. Listeners
often make the mistake of thinking that
wide open ears are all that is necessary
in listening. Unless an understanding
heart is used, too, the listener is likely
to make big mistake in hearing
We are forced, then, to admit, intellec-
tually, that the pigeon is bird, as well
as any, and that when it is hungry it is
probably hungrier than a smaller bird,
and that 1t would be plain fool not to
come where food Is to be had.
In these days, when food becomes in
creasingly difficult to get, 1t is impossible
to criticize a hungry bird when it comes
to join the crowd at a feeding station.
Frightening pigeons away does not
work, because the birds are more per-
sistent than you are.
Something may be done by placing
chicken wire Of medium mesh over the
feeding station. This may keep the
pigeons out, while permitting the song
birds to fly in and out.
All sorts of lodges have been tried In
Washington to keep the starlings off the
lodges OF Government buildings, with
very little success.
The pigeon is equally hard to dis
courage.
We know man who got rid of them by
putting new roof on his house and by
following it up by having his house
painted.
This is very expensive process, how
ever, and scarcely to be recommended
just for the purpose of getting rid Of
unlimited guests.
We are afraid that once person has
pigeons" there is not much to be done
except put up with them, and try to see
them in their better lights.
Is not that, indeed, the problem Of
life?
There are so many things one does not
like, and about which one can do little
or nothing, that sometimes Gandhi's
plan of non-resistance seems the best
way, after all
My head is bloody but unbowed,' ~
boasted the poet. My friend, maybe you
would do better to bow it, now and then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Raising False Hopes

Up until Saturday evening. when
Mr.. McNutt and General Hershey
made their frank statements on
manpower needs. the pending bill by
Representative Kilday of Texas. fix
ing the order and categories in which
men would be called into military
service, seemed reasonable and Ger
tainly desirable. But in the light of
these statements, congressional ap-
proval of such a measure would seem
to hold out promise that the Gov
eminent cannot fulfill. And this
raises new questions as to its de-
STABILITY.
The bill sets up four categories of
Eelectives-those without depend
ents: those with collateral depend
ents: married men without children,
and married men with children, and
provides for their induction in that
order. 1t also attempts to fill quotas
on State wide instead Of draft
area basis, which the selective service
authorities now contend is infeasible
because of the administrative prob
lens involved.
The trouble now with such pro-
posals, however, is that the pool Of
single men. physically able to bear
arms, Is almost exhausted. Speak
Ing nationally" General Hershey
said, I'VE are scraping the bottom Of
the barrel" and the only unmarried
men left for service are those physi-
cally UNFIT for the field or those en-
ployed in essential Jobs. To put the
latter in the service would certainly
retard the war effort; at least until
they are replaced by those Of COM
parable skill. Thus the choice for
military needs is narrowed to the
married men and those In essential
industry. There seems no point in
blinking the fact that the married
men must come first.
A bill setting up the categories
mentioned above would carry with
its passage the implication that
married men with children will be
deferred for some time yet to come.
Mr.. McNutt and General Hershey
argue that this will not be the case,
for procurement of the 100000
able bodied men who must be in uni
form by the end Of the year will re-
uuire induction Of physically fit men
with children as soon as their names
come up And If there Is no hope Of
deferment for any substantial pc
Rod, then there is no use holding out
such a hope to the people.
Manpower needs present a grim
picture. But this is grim war. Mr..
Kilday and his colleagues on the
House Military Affairs Committee
are actuated by high motives in their
desire to preserve the family unit.
But we are gradually coming to the
realization that our main hope for
preserving the family is to win the
war. And to win the war will require
every effort of which we are capable
AN effort that cannot be retarded
by legislation which injuriously con-
fuses the administration of Selective
service, delays the training Of fight
ing men or offers to our people a fond
hope impossible Of realization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa.


Dear Sir:
Il am writing you from away UP in
Iowa.
Il do enjoy your column so very much.
I have a beautiful scrapbook containing
nothing but This and That. MY footnotes
show the subject Of the article and
something of its contents. I use it for
reference.
I've fed the birds all winter but have
not had the variety of other years. The
cardinals are in the neighborhood but
do not come to feed, though I put out
sunflower seed
The starlings came for awhile but at
your suggestion quit putting out bread
crumbs and they left Occasionally they
come back, probably to see if there are
more crumbs.
Nov I've problem. The pigeons have
found the time and place for their break
fast.
Unlike the jays they stay until they
are full and the feed is all gone. They
do not stop one minute until they cannot
hold any more.
Frightening them away time and
again does no good.
Either they are terribly hungry or
they just want to be around and take all
the food in sight.
rs there a way, without rearranging
the feeding tray, of getting rid OF these
large birds?
Sincerely yours, w. E. M"
Since the pigeon problem Is one we
have never been able to solve ourselves,
we are afraid we will not be of very much
help to this correspondent.
Evidently the pigeons OF Iowa are
blood brothers to those Of Maryland,
when 1t comes to eating
The pigeon is large, capable and
energetic bird
1t knows what it wants and how to
get it.
Job himself had no more patience. We
have always thought Jobs patience over
rated, anyway; he was a sick man, and
ting around on an ash heap.
A pigeon is more patient, while waiting
for food, than a cat at mousehole.
1t will remain perched on roof all day
long, waiting for seed and grain to be
put out.
Then it will fly down and partake OF
dinner until all is gone.
We have never found one that ever
finds enough.
They always manage to find more
room.
They are like Japs, the only way to
handle them Is to kill them.
But this is something no true bird
lover wants to do, because there is no
particular harm in pigeon. 1t is merely
trying to get something to eat.
AS a real bird lover once said. when
you put out free lunch, you cannot get
angry because some hungry creature
comes"
1t Is true Of pigeons, starlings, English
sparroWs, squirrels, even rats.
The latter is rodent without good
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lighter French craft, she will put TO
sea in search Of the enemy
1t has been but a short time, rela-
lively speaking, since many feared
that the Richelieu and other sur
viving units Of the French Navy
would be fighting against us instead
Of with us. But the fortunes of war,
plus skillful diplomacy, have fore
stalled the realization of that fear,
and that this should be so is ample
cause for the heartiest of reciprocal
congratulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Inspection Of Automobiles
Declared Wasteful Of Rubber.
To the Editor or me Star

To the Editor i Star:
The suggestion in a recent editorial
that automobile inspection be suspended
for the duration should be welcomed by
every car owner in the District Of
Columbia.
Aside from the waste of gasoline which
sucn inspection entails, any one who has
witnessed the inspector apply the brakes
to his fast-moving automobile can read
lily appreciate what this test means to
old and ailing tires at this time
While I have fully favored automobile
inspection in the past, the present acute
shortage IN both gasoline and rubber
demands the shelving of inspection
during this crisis. J. De G.