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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

@. Which is the correct form, Scooter,
or Scottsh?-R p. S.
A. The oxford English dictionary
says the Oldest form Of the adjective in
the English language II Scottish
Scotch" dates from about 1870. In
England and America Scotch" "a the
colloquial form and Scottish" the liter
airy.
@ What is the Longest lived bird7--
NJ e. J.
A. The parrot. Individuals have been
known TO live as long as 100 years.
@. Is there any scientific basis for the
saying that "a red sun has water IN its
eye"7-J. c. B.
A. A dusty atmosphere Of high hui
Nudity will scatter the blue rays Of ths
sun more effectively than clean, dry air
Hence there Is some truth In this old
saying.
Q. What medals have been awarded
A. Col. James Roosevelt has received
the Navy Gross. and Col Elliott Roose-
welt has received the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross.
Q. How long did it take TO White
Gone With the Wind"?-G. r. G..
A. Gone With the Wind" was. begun
in 1926. Most OF it was completed By
1879. The novel was finished In 1886 In
the years intervening between 1919 and
that year, Miss Mitchell filled IN missing
chapters, rewrote some Of the material
and checked her historical data.
G. For how many purposes IA am.
moria used at the present time?-e. r. n
A. Ammonia has at least 1000 indus.
trial uses.
q. Is 1t true that the Government y
buying 12-gauge shotguns?-A. n. M.
A. The War Department says that II
Is true. The top prices being paid are
$50 each for pump guns and .automaties
and s35 each for doubleb arreled than.
merless only guns
@. How far Is the Capitol from thu
White House?-A. Q.
A. The distance from the Capitol n
the White House Is - miles
@. Upon how many hills Is Richmond,
Va, built?-P. L. L.
A. Richmond, like Rome, vas built
on seven hills originally. In 1s42, when
Charles Dickens visited the city, it. had
extended its limits to another hill. and
he wrote of it as delightfully."- situated
on eight hills overhanging James River"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Mcclellan Bill Condemned as
"Pernicious' Device Of "Spoilsmen."

"Pernlcious' Device OF "Spoflsmen.'
To the Editor OF The Star:
The Mcclellan bill would defeat the
long step taken In civil service reform
by the Ramspeck Act which made 1t
possible for Government employees who
had been carried. some OF them for
years. in excepted positions, to obtain
classified civil service status.
Now the Mcclellan bill would only
exempt those employees with competitive
classified civil service status from the
necessity of being confirmed by the
Senate
Most of the employees who have
acquired classified civil service status
under the Ramspeck Act have never
taken competitive examinations. The
examinations were non-assembed and
given tor the excepted" POSITIONS to
individual candidates as the need arose.
Because of this technicality, which the
clever political spoilsmen who support
this bill thoroughly appreciate, thou
sands Of employees earning over $4,000
who thought they were secure. will be
thrown into the maelstrom OF politics, to
the detriment of their duties connected
with winning the war. in an effort to
pull strings so that they will be con-
firmed before September 80 1913, or lose
their jobs.
The Mcclellan bill is one OF the most
pernicious pieces Of legislation that has
ever been reported to the floor Of the
Senate. Every Congressman who votes
for It can Be labeled f',thwith b. his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Toio's Decisive Year

General Hideki Toto. Japan's
Saber-rattling Premier, has lust
made another of his periodic ad-
dresses to the Japanese Diet. His
words were uttered with knowledge
of the smashing defeat In the Bis
marck Sea, though no intimation Of
that disaster had as yet been re-
vealed to the Japanese public
This SOLDERING inside information
probably accounts for the fact that
the generals speech was less fam
boyant than is his wont. Indeed,
precisely what he told his Legislative
audience is not quite clear, because
the two publicized versions of his
address differ considerably. A Toxic
Engllsh-language radio broadcast
beamed to the Americas had Toto
making the startlingly blunt as
sertion; 1913 is the year in which
the issue of the world war must be
decided" But the japanese version
directed to the home audience car
/
year is indeed very important one
in view Of the world war situation"
Another discrepancy is that between
the Engllsh-language boast that
"one billion diligent people Of Asia
are with US on the 'front.'" and the
Japanese version which seemed to
imply that TOTO was appealing to
these billion Asiatics for "enthusi-
aStic cooperation" which Is earn
estly desired" This is not the first
time that japanese propaganda for
domestic and foreign consumption
has taken markedly diverse forms.
Perhaps the most curious utter
ance Of the Premier is another ad-
dress of his on the subject Of
thought warfare" TOTO has re-
Gently been developing the idea OF
an about mental mobilization of
the japanese people, seemingly with
the idea OF developing aggressive
psychological force as we'll as per-
fecting morale. At the inaugural
ceremony OF the Japanese Press Pa
triotic Association. he urged large
gathering Of newspapermen and
professional propagandists to begin
a campaign to destroy" the United
States and Great Britain in Thought
warfare" His hearers were adiured
to begin attacks boldly with all
your might, using thoughts as bullets
and arguments as bayonets. At
present, the enemy's schemes in
thought are clever, and, moreover,
keen. In thought warfare we are in
the stage OF devouring or being de-
voured."
This concept Of Tojo's is intriguing.
1t opens up the prospect of warfare
on new plane, wherein the massed
thought-forces of Japan and the
Allies will meet in impalpable yet
"devouring" conflict. However, the
historical precedents are not en-
couraging for the success of Tojos
idea. The scheme has been tried
before. In the First World War, Ger
man popular thinking was similarly
modified. Lissauer wrote his
scorching Hymn of Hate" all good
Germans went around growing
Colt Straffe England" and Punch
published its famous cartoon OF
Teutonic family gathered for it's
after-breakfast intensive hate pc
riod-including the dachshund. Yet
the Britons of those days were UNI
affected by the mental poison gas
waited across the Channel. They
simply were not allergic to that sort
Of thing. And it is a safe bet that
we and our British cousins Of today
will be similarly immune to the best
brand OF thought warfare the Japa-
nese can cook up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

an outworn phase Of patriotism; that
the furtherance OF civilization =
must be the joint work Of many
peoples; and that the task for none
OF them is lightened by the tremen-
dous burden Of modern ornaments
or the perpetual preoccupation of
national self defense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Letters to the Editor
Tribute to Constitution
In Wartime

In Wartime
To the Editor Of The Star.
II but a single boon were offered any
Of the starving, homeless, hopeless mil
lions Of Europe, what would the choice
be? Is 1t not q safe prediction that it
would be the grant OF citizenship in the
United States Of America? fAnd yet
there are those who would sell us"-if
they could-some other theology; some
other INFESTED experiment in govern
ment.
America! That wonderful land of hope
and opportunity.
How did 1t get that way? 1t did not
just happen"
No, the history Of the United States
IS a history of toll OF endurance and
hardship, OF constant strife-not only
against the elements but against those
who would enslave a free people whose
love for liberty was greater than for life.
But It Is OF another phase OF the build
ing Of this great Nation I would speak:
The Constitution Of the United States
the framework upon which all else rests
and from which all governmental powers
are derived VI tnS great QOCuncHI,
William E. Gladstone, England's great
publicist, said: II have always regarded
the Constitution referring to the Con-
stituton OF the United States as the
most remarkable work known to me in
modern times to have been produced by
the human intellect, at a single stroke
$50 to speak, In its application to politi-
cel affairs"
What is the framework-this division
Of powers?
A legislature Congress- to enact the
laws. An executive lthe PresidenD to
enforce them. A judiciary (Supreme
Court to interpret them.
These powers, as was obviously in
tended by the founders, are Independent
within their own spheres OF action.
Was there ever 4 time when each
should perform, more effectively and
fearlessly, the patent duties which this
critical hour so loudly proclaims?
WILBUR H. CLOSE,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

News items tell of a Spartan
breakfast partaken of by imminent
blood donors. 1t consists OF fruit
juice, black coffee, dry toast and
marmaIade. A genuine old time
Spartan, confronted with such a
menu, would be convinced it had
been printed in Sybaris, A modern
European would calculate, "HaWl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
MARYLAND Motor License Tabs
Suggested for Back Of Cars

To the Editor OF The Star:
Instructions from the Maryland Motor
Vehicle Bureau state that only one tab
for Maryland license plates for automo-
biles shall be issued for 1913 registration,
this tab to be attached only to the front
plate; and no instructions are given as
to whether or not the yellow tab should
be left on the rear plate or removed
entirely
1t occurs to me that the police and
other officials would be better aole to
spot cars, especially during the night,
for proper registration If the new tab
We're placed on the rear only
The issue of only one tab was decided
upon to conserve metal, and this could
be more effective If 1t were made manda-
tory for each motorist to turn in one
plate and retain only one for the rear
A. A. F. AIM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

We are advised that, due to United
States exports, the amount of petro-
leum products in Spain is consider
ably higher than the present per
capita distribution to the people Of
our Atlantic seaboard. This seems
to mean that to your castle in
Spain" you may now add an oil fur
mace and a private gasoline pump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

The rumor flying around among
is that Falla, White House Scottie,
IS only a first name and that his sur
name is the simple Cy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

constituents as plain spokesman and
not worthy Of the support Of those hard
working Americans, including the en-
ployes Of the Government earning over
$4.5oo, who are trying to win this war.
READER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

The new German Mark VI tank is
said to be a formidable weapon
Those who have tackled it find 1t
anything but an easy mark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

Letters to the Editor must
bear the rGn1e and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the Use Of
q pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Nth
q rieU to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
ABC's Of Mendins-Besides being 4

ABC's Of Mending-Besides being 4
part OF wardrobe frst aid, mending
comes under the head Of patriotic
duty these days. It's part Of wartime
good citizenship to take care OF the
things We l1ave-to waste nothing.
With labor and looms turning out
goods for military use. production of
civilian clothing has been curtailed.
Some types Of clothing now IN your
wardrobe probably can't be replaced
for the duration. This new Govern
ment publication on mending con-
tairs detailed information for taxing
care OF wear and tear on your
clothes. To secure your copy inclose
5 cents In CON- wrapped in this clip
ping, and mail to The Star Informa-
ton Bureau.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Name
Address
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

With can rationing, it is more i'm
portant than ever these days not te
spill the beans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin

reader can get the anstrsr to any
question OF fact by writing The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please ,nclose stamp for return
postage.
O. Is the Army mall going overseas
more or less than the foreign mail Of
peacetimes?-J. B. w.
A. As Of January 7, le43, Army mail
going overseas had exceeded the peak
volume Of foreign mail dispatched by
the civil postal system tn peaeetime. Ths
total volume OF overseas mail handed
by the Army has been rs high As $4,000 00o
a week.
@. Who is the dean OF the House Of
Representatives?-CE MS
A. Adoph J. SABBATH Democrat, OF
Chicago. Mr.. SABBATH was born on April
4, 1865 and elected to Congress In 1905.
He has Just begun his 9th year of con-
tlnuous service.
@. Does baby breathe before II 10
born7-H G.
A. A baby or young animal usually II
said to draw Its frst breath Immediately
after birth. Recent experiments, how
ever. indicate that respiration begins
earlier.
@. When is 4 song classified as a hite
"A. j. B.
A. The commercial definition Of
hit song Is one that sells more than
IS 900 copies.
@. What Is carbona do?-D. G. D.
A. Carbonate Is a dark variety OF the
diamond. Opaque. generally yellow, dark
gray or black. 1t is extremely hard II
is used especially in certain types OF
drilling operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

The answer to the food problem, con-
trary to the political medicine makers OF
the farm bloc, is not higher prices for
farm products. 1t is either more labor,
or, in lieu OF 1t, labor saving machinery.
Washington papers please COPY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

Address
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-11
BOND REDEMPTION
 PAYMENT MONDAY
Final All=PurpOse Checks for Current Year to To-
 tai $S4l,5OO

The final all-purpose bond re- demption payment by the city for 1943, in the amount of $l63,000 will be completed on schedule Monday, Nov. 18th. This Is the first bond redemption payment since July and no more are scheduled for the cur rent year.
 Interest payments, however. due on the first and 18th of November and again on the first of December will total to $39,130. These latter payments are made almost monthly, the exceptions being April and Oc- tober when the city withholds all such payments.
 The total bond redemption pay ment for the year with the above expenditure included will equal $841, 500 with total interest pay ment of $567 ,628 giving a grand total paid out on this indebtedness of $1,409,128.
 These payments cover all such bond indebtedness pertinent to those covering school, water and general bond issues.
 It was also reported that the city has issued a check in the amount of $4,298 to cover the costs of the retainment fee due one month af- ter the completion of that part of the second pipe line project being handled by the Turbine Equipmer . Go. of New York city. This com- pany recently completed mechan- ical and maintenance phases of the entire project.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-11
Lecture Series On
 Code Of Canon Law
Faculty. Members of C. U. A Assigned Subjects in
 Connection With 18th Anniversary Program

of the UniverSitys faculty, opened the series with lecture on Sources and Agencies of Canon Law--The Code of Canon Law" The remain ing lectures with subjects and. dates to be given follow:
 Nov. 12-"Natural Law in the Code of Canon Law, Dr. Willbald M. Plochl, J. U. D.. visiting profes- sor of Oriental CanLn Law
 Nov. 19-"History of the Codifica- tion of Canon Law, Dr. Kuttner.
 Nov. 26-"The Interpretation of Canon Law, Rev. John R. Schmidt, J. c. D. research assistant in canon law.
 Dec. 3-"Great Canonists: Histor- ical Jurisprudence", Dr. Kuttner.
 Dec. 10-"The Code of Canon Law and Oriental Rites, Dr. Plochl.
 Dec. 17-"Municipal Law of Can on Law, Rev. Jerome D. Ramon, IL B., J. c. D., Associate professor of Canon Law.
 Jan. Illegal Capacity in Tte Code of Canon Law" Rev. Clement V. Bastnagal, J. U. D., associate pro- lessor of Canon Law.
 Jan. 14-"Corporate Personality in the Code of Canon Law, Dr. Bren- den F. Brown, J. U. D., acting dean, The School of Law.
 Jan. 21-"Penology in The Code of Canon Law, Very Rev. Hubert L. Motry, J. c. D., dean of the School of Canon Law.
 Jan. 28-"The Law of Property and Obligations in The Code of Canon Law. Or. Hannah.
 Feb. E"The Law of Marriage in The Code of Canon Law" Dr. Bast- nagal.
 Feb. 11-'The Rules of Procedure in The Code of Canon Law. Dr. MCtry.
 Feb. 25-"The Rules of Evidence in The Code of Canon Law, Dr. Motry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-11
TAX COLLECTIONS
 PLACED AT 95.5%
Only $374,644 Remains UncOllected; Servicemen
 Entitled to Exemptions

It Is estimated that the city through the office of the tax collec- tor has collected about 95.5 per cent of its taxes on the now over- due 1942 indebtedness.
 Approximately $5,380,45 had been collected as of November 1st the deadline for payment of taxes with out penalty. The total grand list charged against the city for 1922 taxes, collectible in 1943, is $5,- 99,898.
 The final month of tax payments without penalty, the month of Oc- tober revealed a total collection amounting to about $577,283 with collections for September approxi- mating $213,005. AS of September 1st, $4,590,164 had been collected.
 AS of November 1st 1t was esti- mated as based on the above col lections that about $374, ,644 remained uncol.ected. However, 1t is to be taken into consideration that due to the large amount of men in the service much of this remaining in debtedness will have to be consid- cred uncollectivle as service men are entitled to an exemption of $1 ,0O0 on their cvaluated taxable holdings.
 For sometime now, the local tax collectors office has been working on a list submitted by the local draft boards, of all the names ot those men gone into the service; a list of which is kept up to date as each monthly draft quota leaves By checking against this list the To- cal office is able to determine just who is entitled to the servicemen's exemption.
 To take advantage of this ex- emption servicemen are being urged to file with the tax collectors of- flee, affidavits of their service show ing their eligibility for exemption If it is not convenient for the in. dividual to do this 1t may be per formed by 8 relative. The state law
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-11
Waterbury ,Thomaston
 Like Hospital Plan
Both Among Select Few in United States Enrolling More Than Half the Total Population in Membership

Connecticut has supported its non-profit hospital service plan a. bout three times as strongly as the country as whole has backed non- profit plans in general, 1t wa re- ported today by Charles H. Holt, acting general manage of the Con- necticut Plan for Hospital Care.
 "The White Cross has enrolled more than 27 percent of the total population of seven Connecticut counties" Holt declared. while a report on all 77 Plans in the United States shows an enrolment of 10 percent of the people.
 'The figure of 12,750,OO0 members in the United States is very impress sive, however, when we remember that most of these F -rsons have en-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-11

Washington, D. c. Nov. 11-Spec- ial-In commemoration of the twen- ty-fifth anniversary of the Code of Canon Law. special series of lec- lures, open to the public was re- gently naugurated 1n St. Thomas More Library of the School of Law of Catholic University of America, with faculty memDers Of the Uni versity's School of Canon Law as the speakers. The series is part of the nationwide observance of the jubilee by members of the Canon Law Society of America, and will continue, once each week, through the month of February 1924. The lectures are given at 8 o'clock each Friday evening.
 Dr. Stephen Kuttner, J. U. [. pro- lessor of the history of Canon Law,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-11
GORDON POTEAT
 BAPTIST GUEST
World Parish Day to Be Observed Sunday; Fel-
 lOwship Supper at 5:3O

Rev. Professor Gordon Poeat, D D., of Crozier Theological Semin- ary, Chaster, Pa, will preach and there will be arecorded address by president of the Northrdluetaoi Rev. Joseph c. Robbins, D. D.. president of the Northern Baptist Convention, at the First Baptist church Sunday morning at 10:3C o'clock.
 11:45 a. m.
 The adult classes of the church school will meet to study under the direction fo the pastor, Rev. David P. Gaines, the questions of "poll of opinion" which are being asked in a national survey of church members.
 5:30 D. m.
 A fellowship supper. Rev. William Sale Terrell, D. D., executive secre- tary of the Connecticut Baptist Convention, Hartford, will be the speaker.
 zoo p. m.
 Inspection of exhibits.
 ssoV Ps AAs
 Address by Rev. Professor Cor don Poteat, D. D. Recorded ad- dress by Rev. Frederick E. Adams, D. D., executive director of the Council on Finance and Promotion of the Northern Baptist Con- vention, New York.
 All these services will be in ob- servance of World Parish Day in the First Baptist church. In 1943 the Northern Baptist convention could not, because of war time travel restrictions, be held as scheduled in Denver, and each Church Is directed to hold a World Parish day on which the national and inter- national interests of the Denomin- ation shall be presented to the peo- pie, as they would have been set forth in the national meeting, had it been held. The program will consist of recorded addresses by Rev. Joseph c. Robbins, D. D., pres ident of the Northern Baptist Con- vention, and Rev. Earl Frederick Adams, executive director, both of New York and addresses in person by the Rev. Professor Gordon Po- teat, D. D. of Crozier Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa., and the Rev. William s. Terrell, D. D., ex- ecutive secretary of the Connecticut Baptist Convention, Hartford. Dr. Poteat is taught
 Poteat Is a Connecticut man who, after graduating from Yale Uni versity, travelled and taught in Shanghai University, until the out break of the war compelled hlm and his family to return to this coun- try. He was a delegate to the World Council of Churches in Oxford and Edinburgh in 1887. He is son of Dr. E. M. Poteat, for many years pastor of Calvary Baptist church, New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-11

rolled within the last five years. White Cross membership is now more than 340,000," Holt said.
 Three Connecticut communities are among the select few in the country to have enrolled more than hali the total population. These gre Bristol, Waterbury and Thomaston, listed among cities like Cleveland, Ohio, Rochester, New York, and Du- luth, Minnesota.
 New enrolment during the third quarter of 1943 exceeded half 8 million in all 77 Plans, and was greater than for an" preceding quarter c. Rufus Rorem, Director of the Commission on Hospital Ser vice of the American Hospital As- sociation, declared recently.