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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-11
HNHAT attracts Us in a
Nomsu rarely binds u 10

woman rarely binds u 10
her" Said|Churton Collins. or
-eeafSe, Mr.. Collins WIS exactly
right. His observation is some
thing the 'oomph girls should
keep in mind Their beauty viii
attract a husband bur il viii
take something more than that
10 hold him We VIII dwell fur
Their on this point in an early
issue Note there is a PAM
phlet titled "the bathroom of to-
morrow. viii nave 10 send
Tor a copy and SOC what may be
expected in bathrooms of the
future.
] hope they will have a special
cabinet for medicine and SODA
rate cabinets for mama papa
and the children. Also nonSllp-
pable bathtubS. And easily
regulated showers. Also hope
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-11
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

GASOLINE
A Coupon N-Good through Mar 2i
81 and G-l Coupons gals each
M and ca Coupons gals each
b-S and C-S Coupons Eas eacn
law REQUIRES state name ane license
number be written on every coupon
vhee received.
FUEL OIL
Period SO gallons = unr throggh
March 10
Period and Period 5-Cood through
Sept. 30.
LIQUOR
No. Wand through March IL
SHOES
stamp Is Valid thrnuEh ArrI 20
AiTpisss stamp i-Valid in1ennuey.
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ON THE SIDE

itmClCs OF the southwest Pacific
or ON the heachheads Of Italy
In fact. l would never have
--tf--ff,,t.=tt-ti tr)T11r ir7rtr tfsrbaft
he discontinued if had not re-
ceived so many letters from
fighting men indicating anger AZ
physically fit professional base
ball and football players and
boxers avoiding service on being
placed in deferred claSsiications.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-11
Answer 20 Question No >

Leaders are. 10 a considerable
extent. born with this quality. II
everybody tried to be like them
and direct others. IL would make
cooperation impossible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-11
Samuel Roger.

lin the above Mr. Rogers was
referring 10 an Ideal VIE. i
hope those Of our subscribers
who still have their husbands
ar home are living up 20 thus
standard }
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-11

Shining '1ithiH, whcu M o. ihout
is night.
A.g.ardiqH angel DER his NO
Doubling has pleasures
And his cares du1dHC.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-11
Answer TO Question No. 8

Two psychologists gave an ex-
animation TO three groups Of coll
lege students. To one they gave
encouraging remarks; to the
second, discouraging remarks:
TO the third, they said nothing
at all. The ones who had encour-
aging remarks did the best, the
ones with discouraging remarks
next, and the ones that were
neither praised nor blamed did
-thcIVnrSl-IN Mad 49, l..4.-l.... ts-l---rrri
Than ignored
Copyright 1886 John P Dill, CO.
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TIRE INSfEGTIoN DEADLINES
C--May ~. AANsr 81 B-June 80.
PROC ESSED FOODS
Green r 4. M-Eahd through March
Blue rs. rs. C-s, rs and "a
Valid thteggh Nay 20.
MEATS. CHEESE. PATS
Brown \ and I-vslid through
March 20
Red Az, rs and C-s-vaIid Through
May 20
Lard Ration cree through March u
one IN. salVaEe fat, Eead for I cents
snd two meat ration points
rrIHIp 80, No- 4 Book--5 rs vsHd
indefinitely
Stump ~. No. Roak-i ms for
canning through heb. Is, 1885
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n m ! superiority OF the
female over the male" in resist
ing disease and breakdown.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24

Redaktor a Administrator
CIHLAR
1927 Grogan Avenue
Telefon: Broadway 1858
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
DOPIS RAKUSANA.

Ceskoslovensky generalnf kon-
sulat v New Yorku dostal ne
davno dopis rakouskeho prf-
slusnlka, a to jednoho z uprch-
llkG, kterym Spojene Staty po-
skytly docasny asyl We Fort
Ontario, Oswego. V dopise,
datovanem %. ffjna, Sc pravf:
"Dovolte mi, abych Yam u
prllezitosti 26. vyroci Vaseho
statn1ho svatku zaslal sve nei-
srdecnejs1 pozdravy zaroven S
upr1mnym pfanfm, ably Vase
krasna vlast byla brzy osvobo-
zena cd jha nacistickych tyra-
MI a znovu mohla lit sym
vlastnim, stastnym zivotem.
Jsem Rakusan, ale ceskoslo-
venskemu lidu a Ceskosloven-
ske republice jsem zavazan to-
lika d1ky, re tuto zem povazuji
"a svou druhou vlast. Snad
Vas Dude zajfmat, kdyz YAM
pOv1m nekolik historek re sve-
no zivota, a z toho uvidite, proc
mi Cechoslovaci tax prirostli k
srdci.
Osm dnf pc obsazenf Vfdne
nacistickymi barbary jsem sc
dostal S velikymi nesnazemi a
nebezpec1m do Bratislavy. Nj
kdy bych Sc tam nebyl dostal,
nebyt ceskeho cetnika, ktery
mne zavedl ma spravnou cestu.
4 Bratislavy jsem Sc pres Brno
dostal do Prahy a bez obtfzi do
stall povolen1 k pobytu. Byval
jsem uz drive v Praze velmi ca
sto, jezd1val jsem tam rad uz
cd sveho mlad1; dokonce jsem
V Praze roce 1906 skladal
soferskou zkousku u pana in
zenyra x. Mel jsem tam tudfz
velmi mnoho pratel, kterf mne
vzdy velmi srdecne pfijimali.
Ami tentokrat, kdyz jsem pfi-
sci jake emigrant, mne neod-
mltli a pomahali stejne jake
mnoha jinym stejne postize-
nym. To mi bylo snad jasnym
ddkazem, re Cechoslovaci ma
j srdce ma pravem miste a re
svou demokratickou vychovu
berou opravdove.
Kdyz byla v Praze vyhlase-
ma mobilisace, chtel jsem ces-
koslovenskemu lidu odplatiti
duh vdecnosti, Ia poskytnute
pohostinstvf a prihlasil jsem Sc
dobrovoln6, avsak nebyl jsem
pro sve pokrocile start prijat.
Kapitan, Sc kterym jsem tehdy
hovofil, mi sl1bil, re mne snad
moci p%otTebovat jake So
fera. Pamatuji Sc ma to, jak s
mann tehdy hovoril a jak Sc s
mani loucil Sc slzami v ocfch.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
Jak obesli zakon O trestu smrti
Belgii.

V Bruselu byli odsouzeni k
trestu smrti diva muzi, kterf
zradili gestapu vlastence. KITE
ry Nemcdm skodil. Ale s Wy
nesenlm rozsudku byla potfz,
poneVadz V Belgii Size odsuzu-
j. < smrti, ale nikdy nepopra-
vuJl a trest smrti znamena DO
Oyt V kaznici do smrti, kdezto
rozsudek ma dozivotnf zalar
znamena dvacet let. Datuje Sc
Cd te dolby, kdy v Belgii byli
popraveni tri muzi odsouzenf
pro vrazdu a "a diva mesfce 90
popraye vysla jich nevina ma
Jeyo. Byl z toho velky rozruch
V Belgli a kral Leopold rozho-
al, re ud6ll milost kazdemu k
smrtl odsouzen6mu a posle lei
naoosmrti do kaznice. Ale ny
III Sc Jednalo jak tento zvyk O.
oeJlt, nebot zatcenf NELL byt
popraveni pro vystrahu a celia
zem zadala jich popravu. A
Cu Sc do toho zam1chal valecny
soud, vynesl rozsudek ma smrt
a odsouzenl byli hned z~astrele-
nj. Tax Sc vlk nazral a koza
zustala celia, nebot ma vojen-
SKY soud nema kral a nikdo IL
ny zadne moci.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24

U sebe mel = dive ste korun.
Odpovedel mi vsak: "Jdes S
tim, ia jsem clovek a demokrat
a Ia zachraneni lidskeho 1.-Two
ia zadne pen1ze neberu." Sko-
70 Sc ma mne rozhneval, kdyz
Jsem mu chtel sve penize vnu-
tit. We SVEN rozcilenf jsem do
celia zapomnel zeptat sc no ma
jmeno a adresu, take dodnes
nevlm, komu vdecim "a zachra
neni zivota. Dostal jsem sc
stastne do Budapest a ma ko.
nee do Swear.
Jsem-li dnes dosud ma zivu
je to zasluhou Vasich lidi, a ia.
ko jejich zastupcGm We Spoje.
nych Statech Yam vyslovuj
svdj nejvfelejsf dix a svoje ne,
uprimnejsf pTanf vseho dobre.
no k Vasemu statnimu svatku
Vas odany -
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
Zpozdena vojenska posta z
Pacifiku dorucena.
. WASHINGTON (OWT\

Washington (OWD Ne
Iii doslo k invasi Filipin anne
rlcke vojenske a namornf IRA
dy We Stredn1m Pacifiku a ma
Hawai- zadrzely ma 100000 O.
sobnlch dopisG a velke mnoz-
stv1 ballckG vojfnd a namornf-
XII posilanych jejich rodinam
We, SpoJenych Statech. Stale Sc
tax z bezpecnostnfch d1vodG
aby predcasnym prozrazenfm
prlprav K invasi Filipin nebyly
ohrozeny zivoty desltek tisfc6
VoJlnu. Nyn1 tyto zadrzene do
plsy byly Poole ornament de.
partmentu valky propusteny a
budou pfiblizne We dvou t1.
dnech dodany adresatIm. V
cetnych pf1padech rodiny do
stanou nekolik dopisd najed-
nou.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
Stare plakaty zpGsobiIy
rozruch.

Sotva Sc volebni rozruch v
Selma, Ala, ponekud utisil, do
slo k mnohem vets1mu rozcile-
nj, kdyz hospodyne nasty pre-
de dvermi plakaty zdejsfho vel
koobchodu a v plakatech ozna-
movana takova lace vseho, re
to zpusobilo rozruch. Zvlaste
byly oznamovany vanocnf ko-
vove hracky, nylonove punco-
chy a jine zboz1 "a velke lace
a kazda h%ospodyne pc precte-
nj nechala vseho, sebrala tas-
ku a bezela nakoupiti lace.
Pred obchodem byla jiz dlou-
ha fada nakupnic a nekolik DO
licistG a konstebl1 branilo ze-
nam do obchodu, ktery byl pre-
cpan a policiste NELL CO delat,
ably zenam v~ysvetlili, re Sc Jed
ma o omyl. Zjistilo Sc, re kdyz
roznasec pred lety roznaSel
plakaty a dalo sc do deste, tax
plakaty ukryl We SVEN base
mentu a zapomnel ma ne. Kdyz
chlapci zacali sb1rati starry pa
p1r a pfisli ma plakaty, tax ne
kolik jich re zertu je rozneslo
pc domech a nikdo 81 nevsiml,
re plakaty jsou sest let stare a
domnlvali Sc, re tato lace jest
nynl a tim bylo cele mesto
vzbouTeno.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
Degradovany voienskv nes

Champ, pes Doberman
Plnscer race byl ma Guadalca-
nalu pravym hrdinou, nebot
vycenichal kazdeho Japonce a
pomohl jich zneskodniti mno-
no set. By take vyznamenan
nekolika medaly a vzhledem k
Jeho zasluham byl poslan ma
dovolenou do Los Angeles. Ale
Champ" byl zvykly zajmouti
kazdeho, KIDD nenosil uniformu
amerlckeho vojaka a kdyz jej
geho mattel vedl ma prochaz-
ku, vytrhl Sc, vrhl Sc ma prvnf-
no civilistu, kter6ho povazoval
"a neamerikana a pokousal ne
kolik osob. Policie jei honila
a vypsala odm6nu "a polapenf,
nez zpGsob1 v6tsf Skodu. Pes
ma pry cenu $4,000 a nynf
byl prohlaSen "a vztekleho.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24

Ucastnil jsem Sc protestnfho
pochodu deln1kG z Libne do
stredu mesta, kdyz doslo k Cd
trzen1 Sudet, a nikdy nezapo-
menu, jak i start Tide plakali
bolesti a zarmutkem.
A pax pfiSli tt vrahove i do
Prahy. Odpoledne byly uverej-
neny vyhlasky, re vsichni OBJ
cane i cizinci, kterf chtejf Cd
cestovat, must zadat Gestapo O
povolen1. Ma Gestapo jsem O.
vsem nesel, ponevadz bych 81
odtamtud byl odnesl povolen1
pobytu v Dachau. Asi II no
din vecer jsem Sci ma Masary-
kovo nadraz1 a chtel jsem Cd
jet do Budapest. Videl isem
tam jeste asi pet set jinych e.
migrantG a fekl jsem 81 hned,
re to nemGze dobre dopadnout.
Sveril jsem sc tud1z prGvodcf-
mu We spac1m voze, ktery mi O.
patril mfsto v 2. tTide. Ma dol
MIN lGzku lezel stoprocentnf
nacista S velkym odznakem,
aspon diva metry byl ten CHA
pix dlouhy. Ptal Sc mne, kan
|jedu. Odpovedel jsem, re. ma
pohreb pr1buznemu do Buda-
pesti. PAX Sc mne vyptaval,
odkud jsem, a rekl jsem, re u
Ustf. Dovedete 81 predstavit,
re to nebyl pT1jemny rozhovor.
Sci jsem tedy znovu k pr1-
vodcfmu a prosil no, ably mi re-
XII, bude-li We vlaku Gestapo
kontrolovat. Ptal sc mne, jsem-
Ii "politicky" a kdyz jsem Cd
povedel kladne, Tekl, abych Sc
nerozciloval, abych 81 klidn6
lehl a az budeme "a Brnem,
kde vetsina pasazerG vystoupf,
re 81 pro mne Pride a re mne
skryje. To take ucinil, schoval
mne v male mfstnosti, kde jsem
81 ma jeho radu lehl ma zen We
die dstfednlho topen1. Pr6vod-
cf mne pfikryl horou upotrebe-
neho loznfho prada. Pochopi-
telne jsem Sc straslive zpotil-
a nejen z toho prada a blfzko-
sti 1stfednfho topenf. Pc civil
&c jsem slysel, re vlak brzdi, a
pax neustale bouchan1 dveTmi
a rozkazy: pasova kontrola, pc
licejn1 kontrola, Gestapo. Ia
tn dobu = trvalo to asi tfi ctvr-
hodiny = jsem 81 odpykal
vsechny hf1chy spachane "a &c
~ zivot. Konecne Sc Wax zno-
WI dial do pohybu, prd6vodcf
pfisel a vyprostil mne z me ne
pohodlne posice a Tekl, re uz
jsem zachranen. Skoro vsich-
nj ostatnf pasazefi byli Gesta-
vyvleceni z vlaku. Byl
jsem potem zcela promoter, a.
lie padl jsem mt kolem krku a
mu dat vsechno, CO isem
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
Spolecne zavodni vybory We
valecnem prGGmysIu.

Washington (OWI)- War
PRODUCTION Board oznamuje,
re pocet spolecnych zavodnfch
vyborG slozenycyh re zastupcd
delnictva a zamestnavatelG lie
nynl pet tisfc. V poslednfm
ctvrtletl pet set dalsich valec-
nych podnikG 81 zrfdilo podob-
ny zavodn1 vybor, ktery pro-
Jednava vyrobn1 problemy jak
zrychlit a zlepsit vyrabene W.
robky.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
LaclneJsi doutniky budou Ease
k dostanf.

:. Washington (OWD = Of
lice OF Price Administration O.
znamll zmeny v urcovanf cen a
neJvyssl dovolen6 ceny donna
c1ch doutn1kG. Temito zmena-
mi Dude umozneno spotfebite-
lum usetrit ma so miiionn roc
ne protoze ceny doutnfk1 bu-
dou snizeny. Poole odhad1 snf-
zenl ceny Dude pr1merne OBJ
sahovati 1899 dolaru ma tisfc
kus1 doutnikuG.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
Setfeni uhlim nezbytns nutne.

Washington (OWD - Sc
kretaf vnitra Harold Ickes, kite
ry soucasne je poveren spra-
YOU dfadu pro topivo prohla-
sll, re setren1 uhlfm je letos
zvlaste nezbytne nutne. V Sc
vernlch statech zimnf pocasf 81
vyzadalo zahajenf vytapenf a
mad to name letos mnohem me
ne zasoby uhlf neil kdykoliv
pred tim.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
Prodejci uhli musi vystavovati
uctY.

Washington (OWD = Po-
die ornament OPA prodejci u
hi must sym zakaznik1m Wy
stavovati 1cty obsahujfcf vsech
ny nezbytn6 informace O pro-
danem uhl1, jake mnozstvf, ce-
nu, a druh. Toto opatreni pla-
tt Cd II. listopadu a ma podpo-
riti uplatnovani nejvyss1ch do
volenych cen.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-11-24
Navsteva strednich skol stoups

Washington (OWD-V po-
sledn1ch tfech mes1c1ch byla
provad6na celonarodn1 KAN
pan o navrat mladeze do sired
Mich skol. Tato kampan je jiz
provazena dobrymi vysledky
nebot navsteva stTednfch skol
poprve Cd 1889 stoupla.
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Rusove slaviIi IL. vyroci diplo-
matickeho styku Sc Spoj. Staty.

SOv6tsky fisk oslavil 16. listo-
padu IL. vyrocf diplomatickych
stykd mezi Ruskem a Spojeny-
mi Staty. Tento den byl ma
Evan "nejddlezit6jsim datem V
historic vztahG mezi dvema mel
vetsimi demokraciemi ma sve-
to-"
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A weekly paper printed in
Czech language, devoted to
material, educational and poll
teal interests of Czech and
Slovaks in the United States.
Evening star., 1944-12-17

Shakespeare by the members, and Nuts
to Crack" by the company at large. At
the close of the program refreshments
were served 81" Impromptu speeches
were made. Souvenir autograph cards
then were passed, and at late hour
the members and guests departed"
Within the memory of living men, 1t
has been a fashion to be charitable to
the memory of the third Vice
Pretty President of the United
SmoII States, but there was time
when it was the custom to
treat him pretty rough. For example,
The Star for December II, 1894, reported
that: "A famous divine once said: IF
could take the little end of nothing
whitfield down to a fine point and with
1t punch the core out of quarter Of
an inch of human hair, it would be pos
sible to put in that orifice 10000 900 such
souls as that of Aaron Burr-and they
would rattle"
Evening star., 1944-12-17
Dutch Liberation Plans

Pieter Gerbrandy, Prime Minister
of the Netherlands government in
exile, has issued a statement which
augurs well for the future recon-
struction of his harassed country.
Returning to London from a visit to
the liberated districts, he gave out
detailed statement of his govern
ment's views and intentions. His
general thesis was that all pos
Sible measures must be taken to
avert the political crises which are
now affecting neighboring Belgium,
Greece and other liberated countries.
The root cause of all those cur
rent disturbances seems to be an
acute clash between those who seek
to restore as far as possible the
preWar order and those who en-
vision reconstruction along radical
ly new lines. In Belgium and Greece
the governments in exile which re-
turned with the liberating Allied
armies are conservationist in tenn
per. This reused strong suspicious
among the radical wing of the for
mer underground movement against
the Germans that their aims for
deep-going changes, socialistic and
even communistic in character,
would be thwarted. Accordingly
they refused to dissolve their mil
liant organizations and turn in their
arms as required by their govern
ments. This, in turn, led to a basic
crisis of authority which could be
settled only by force When it ap-
peared that the Belgian and Greek
governments lacked the physical
strength to impose their authority,
the recalcitrant left-wingers resort
ed to revolutionary coups that were
foiled only by Allied military inter-
yention which, in Greece, has pro-
voked an embittered civil war with
incalculable consequences.
Taught by these unfortunate ex-
amples, the Dutch government in
exile has announced its intention to
tender its resignation as soon as the
Netherlands have been wholly iber-
ated from the Germans. the. idea
being that it should be replaced by
an interim regime composed Of all
sections of public opinion which
should function until the close of
the general war in Europe permits
the establishment Of a permanent
government based on = full popular
vote, including at least 100000
Netherlanders deported to Germany
and numerous citizens either in ex-
Evening star., 1944-12-17

The Star commented a few days
ago on the desirability of appointing
to the Court of Appeals for the Dis
trict men who, quoting the language
of recent Supreme Court opinion,
"are familiar with the intricacies
and trends of local law and custom. ="
The committee from the Bar Asso-
citation which visited Attorney Gen
eral Biddle on Thursday gave addi-
tlonal reasons in their plea for
recognition of the local bar in filling
three vacancies now existing in the
District courts. No local man"-and
this means practitioner before the
local courts i has been selected for
the Court of Appeals since the death
OF Associate Justice william Hitz in
1885. AS for the chief justiceship of
the District Court, left vacant by the
recent death of Chief Justice Eicher,
the committee pointed out that mo
local practitioner has ever occupied
the Office of chief justice of our Dis
trict Court, or of its predecessor, the
Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia" In urging that either
Justice James M Proctor or Justice
Bolitha J. Laws be made chief JUS
tice, the committee presented the
Attorney General with an opportun-
ity to remove an old grievance and
pick an extraordinarily we'll qualified
man at the same time.
1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Biddle
will recommend and that the Presi-
dent will acquiesce in the commit
tees suggestion. There have been
and there are now excellent judges
in the District courts who never have
been associated with local practice.
But as a practical matter and in
deserved recognition of the Wash
ington community of able lawyers,
outstanding members of the local
bar should receive first consideration
for vacancies in the local courts.
Evening star., 1944-12-17

ness. The mind beclouded by error
is perverted thing. Through the
distorted perspective of error men
love that which is abominable and
hate that which is good. A man op-
pressed by the tyranny OF error has
i lost the good which comes from the
use of the highest human faculty.
The finest expression about the use
OF mans mind that ever have found
is In st. Thomas Aquinas Disputed
Questions. The great doctor of the
church taught that the intelligence
OF man Is so constituted that all the
order of the universe may be possessed
within it. The man who knows the
truth, who recognizes things as they
are, actually has in himself the good
and the perfection OF the world order
that points to God The poor fellow
who is blinded by error has, as sub
stitute for this knowledge, some per-
verted figment of his or another's
imagination.
1t so happens that we today par
ticularly are liable to carelessness
about truth. Vast organizations for
propaganda struggle for our atten-
ton. We find these agencies, or at
least too many of them, trying to
make us think what some one wishes
us to think; to say what some one
wants us to say. They want us to
take the mind in which all the order
OF the universe can be discerned and
make of it kind of phonograph
record to play tyrant's tune.
We see today the pathetically dis
reputable condition of men who have
made this surrender to the oppression
of error. There is something sad
about those who avidly follow a
party line" and effectively shift their
judgments and their announcements
at the whim of some party boss. They
have lost their freedom. Only the
vision Of truth can restore it.
Thank God, we Americans are well
on the way toward conquering those
forces which would bring physical
oppression to us. We can have the
ultimate freedom from the tyranny
OF error. God offers us the power to
possess the freedom of truth. No
one can take it away from us. but we
can throw it away Of our own accord.
1t is our business, our paramount
duty, to see that it is not lost.
Evening star., 1944-12-17
Water Finders

The dlvlnlng rod, or water witch,
is one of those things half border
ing on the supernatural. There are
those who believe implicitly in the
power OF the water finder" or
doWser; some are halfway con-
vinced; some openly scoff at the
whole proceeding.
But those who have seen a man
with the magic power in operation.
who have seen the forked stick of
willow or witch hazel turn toward q
spot In the ground with apparently
lnexorable power, do not profess their
skepticism so dogmatically. Count
less farmers have called upon the
water finder to locate a suitable spot
for digging we'll. And, to give a
complete picture, it is only fair to
say that many farmers have found
water beneath the spot indicated by
the divining rod.
The art, or magic, of the rod is
OF immemorial antiquity. The Ro-
man Virgula Divina is described bv
Cicero and TacituS In the early
sixteenth century Sebastian Mum
ster's Cosmography discusses the
"dowsing" or divining rod and its
use in locating water and minerals.
Scientists have investigated the
phenomenon, and at least one emf
nent scholar satisfied himself that
the dowser's power lies beneath the
level OF conscious perception. A
standard encyclopedia asserts that
the best wielders of the divining
rods have been more or less illiterate
men engaged in humble vocations.
However that may be, late fall or
early winter is a popular time to
dig a well. Work is not rushing on
the farm, and it is always good to
have a reserve water supply. Here
and there men with magic in them
will be called upon to locate the
spot to dig. Back and forth, up and
down they will tramp. And then,
suddenly, the rod of willow, witch
hazel, beech or holly will turn down.
ward to the earth. dig here" says
the dowser. And in this scientific
era OF robots, bazookas and tele-
vision the farmers will dig. One
does not have to believe in it. It is
just one of those things that con-
tinue to happen in the twentieth
century.