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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
War of Many Words

This week end brought forth new
exhortations for both the German
and the Japanese people. In the
stricken Reich 1t was the tenth
anniversary of the Inauguration of
compulsory military service, and the
war-weary Germans heard from
Adolf Hitler. On the other side of
the world japanese Premier Koiso,
without benefit of any particular
anniversary, spoke gloomily of a
war which is moving closer and
closer to the heart of Japan.
The oratorical fare which Hitler
set before his people was exceed
ingly thin. Seeking to justify his
ruinous policies, he dwelt at length
upon what he describes as the
tnequities of the Versailles treaty
He spoke of the successes of unique
greatness" which the Reich, "be-
trayed by most of her allies" has
won in six long years of war. But
he promised no future victories;
boasted not at all of the secret
weapons which even a few months
ago were going to change the course
of the. war. All that he had to
offer was the feeble hope that the
coalition Of powers arrayed against
Germany will grow tired and will
yet be broken if some means can
be contrived for prolonging a lost
war indefinitely.
Premier Koiso painted the Pacific
conflict in colors that were only
slightly brighter. He admonished
the people of Japan to renew" their
faith in sure victory and in the
same breath told them that they
must be prepared to fight "in de-
Tense of the sacred motherland,
Whatever hardships may be in
store" If the enemy Should invade
waters near our mainland" Koiso
declared, I'VE will crush him on the
sea. If he should attempt to land,
we will intercept him at the waters
edge and drive him back into the
sea. If he should finally succeed in
landing, we will annihilate him with
sledge- hammer blows" And then,
as If to underscore the patent in
consistency of these assurances, the
people were informed that the heart
Of the japanese commander on Two
Jima is bursting" at the thought
that the enemy might secure an
air base so close to the home islands,
while the Navy Minister was quoted
as expressing his regret that no
serious losses could be inflicted on
the American task force which re-
Gently steamed into Japan's home
waters and launched its carrier
planes in a smashing attack on
Tokyo.
When the little people of Ger
many and Japan have had time to
digest these rhetorical efforts of
their leaders the thought may occur
to them that victory would be Ger
tain # wars could be won with
wrlds. But that, as they have dis
covered to their sorrow, is far from
being the case. Wars are won by
superior force, and as the ruins of
Berlin and Tokyo so eloquently
testify, force is on the side of the
Allies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
Doubts Risk.takinS
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Numerous advertisements up to a full
page in size paid for by business firms
who will deduct the major part of the
cost from their taxes take great pains
to claim that America was built I'D on
the principle" of risk taking" by
private enterprise.
But now comes bill before the House
Banking Committee authorizing the
Federal Reserve to guarantee financing
institutions against loss on loans made
to business
This proposal is said to come from
the Baruch- Hancock report on PLAN
ming for the postwar period
Evidently this "risk-taking' nonsense
is just propaganda aimed to reduce busi-
ness taxes, not to be taken seriously in
the postwar period. The question in
my mind is whether the cause Of bust
ness enterprise Is helped by this kind
Of double talk. LORETTA PEARSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
Can japanese Take It?
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

It is perfectly clear that when Maj.
Gen. Curtis Lemay, commanding the
21st Bomber Command,s said recently
that the B-29 had now passed out of
the experimental stage, he was not just
talking for effect.
Fridays giant bombing attack on
the Japanese capital has ever felt from
Sundays blow, probably of comparable
strength, against the great manufac-
turing center of Nagoya.
The Importance of these attacks is
suggested in Gen. Lemay's remarks to
correspondents just after the Tokyo at
tack. II believe" he said, that this
operation may have shortened the war,
though to what extent no one can
tell"
That is the real point to be kept in
mind.
From now on we shall discover, to
an increasing degree as the air attacks
are stepped up, whether the japanese
can take 1t" as well as they can dish
1t out"
That is something nobody knows. But
1t is the turning point of decision as 10
the conduct of the war against Japan.
How will the Japanese people react
: to these giant blows against the very
heart of their divine land"-as Pre-
mier Koiso calls it, as every japanese
thinks of it?
The facts cannot be concealed. 1t Is
impossible that such attacks should be
made against the great centers Of Japan
without every Japanese knowing OF It
without, indeed, the actual results
obtained being wildly exaggerated by
widespread rumor. The more the jap
anese government seeks to tone down
the truth In the press and in radio
broadcasts, the wilder the rumors will
grow.
Consider carefully what has hap
pened. A district of Is square miles in
the heart of the Japanese capital has
been laid virtually destroyed by
fire. The fire-break system did not
work under this saturating attack. The
fire. lighting organization seems to have
been virtually helpless. As q result,
enormous damage has been done to
industry and to communications. 1t Is
estimated that 1000, 900 or more people
are homeless, which means that they
must be cared for by the rest Of the
Japanese community. The loss Of life
must have been very great.
And now, only 48 hours later, another
attack of this character has hit another
. &
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
The Soul Hos Eyes and Ears
Bv Dapid Laurence

The soul has eyes and ears Search
deeply hdrk z
TO cadences that nsope across the calm
White silences OF thought that light theg
dark &
And teach the eyes OF beauty; hear:
the psalm (
Concealed in raucous discord and the.
ache :
OF harmony ,Dithin the tangled notes.
Strung on a SLIDER tpire through hearts
that break
Within thousand muted human
threats. z
The soul has eyes and ears. you are
its tongue 3
You are Its vessel, though you be but
clay,
Transmitting truths eternal and al
young Z
And locely as the dawning Of each
day.
Look back 81. consider history :.
you iriH ind
Beethoven heard no sound. Mutton tpds
LucuLx 3. JACKSON. i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
This and That
BIZ Charles E. Traceuel.

A correspondent feels that year.
around feeding of songbirds might lure
them away from catching insects.
Nothing could be farther from the
truth.
The lure of fresh food is too much
for them Even If feeding station is
kept stocked "a hours a day 1t will
merely give supplemental rations during
spring and summer.
The idea that by putting out food
all the time one is multiplying" their
usefulness to us is based on both mis-
understanding of nature and lack of
experience.
Not many persons have had the OPP
portunity to prove this, because very
few, after all, feed every day all the
year round.
Even in winter, sparrows and others
desert feeding stations at the slightest
break in the weather.
A mild day will take them all away
to the fields and woods, where they
can catch the fresh food which is
on the wing.
X v
No one who likes birds need worry
over belief that they may get out
There are too many centuries behind
them for that.
If birds were men, there might be
something to worry about.
Men, on the dole, tend to give up.
and to accept charity as their right
Birds, thank heaven, are not in dam
ger of such psychological quirks.
They take what they need, where they
RvaI 1,,4 4
the natural foods which God has put
on the earth for their use
Vegetation will not suffer for insect
pickers, no matter how much the birds
are fed by hand" All baby birds are
fed on insects.
AS matter of cold fact, the use of
a feeder in spring and summer simply
attracts many more birds than normally
would be around.
These, after a winter diet rather
meager and certainly dry are only too
eager to vary their diet with fresh Juicy
worms, and myriad other crawlers.
No insect shows but some bird
pounces on 1t.
This longing for fresh food in spring
and summer is also well known to hui
man beings.
Hence the urge for vegetable garden
ing.
1t is easy enough for any one to prove
that bird feeding in spring and sum-
rner not only is not detrimental to gar
dens but is good for them. Just try it..
The only drawback to it is that it
costs money.
BY constant bird feeding, more birds
are bought to a garden, because in the
normal course of things only a COM
paratively few species nest in any one
yard, and these tend to keep others
away. But when feeding station is
established and kept running, the birds
come in such numbers that the Nnesters
give up trying to run the others away,
and accept their increased numbers
philosophically
Let us make it perfectly clear that
feeding the birds in summer Is done
partly because the person who does it
enjoys having more birds around his
house.
No one need worry about it, one way
or another. There are plenty of things
to worry about in the modern world.
One of these is how to insure a peace
which will keep the world from the
periodic slaughter of its finest physical
specimens every IS years. Let us all
think about how to win the peace, and
then we will be worrying to q purpose.
Supplemental foods In spring and
summer are real help to busy parent
birds, and insure tho upbringing Of
more young, to catch more insects and
eat more weed seeds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12

Deplores Too Many Licenses
To the Editor Of The Star
Attention again is invited to the ex-
cessive and unnecessary number of grog-
shops which unhappily exist in the
vicinity of Fifteenth and H streets NE.
Economically, the neighborhood can
not afford to support so many without
serious detriment to customers depend
ents and creditors.
1t is patent that the ABC Board has
not a clear understanding of its re-
sponsibilities In granting so many
licenses in that area.
CHAS. H. MILLER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12

One assurance to come from the
Yalta Conference is that Nazi claims
to inherit the earth will be partly
fulfilled. The big shots will inherit
six feet Of it apiece, DIS quickly as
they can be tried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
"Uncertainty" Emphasized

hSSA toihty LllPlldSlACu
To the Editor of The Star:
Believing, as I do, that the outward
acts of nation come from an inward
urge, ask: How can the United States
Of America tie up forever with United
Nations league when we have no way
Of controlling the internal affairs of
any nation of the world except our own?
If the United States could control the
internal affairs of each and every nation
AFFILIATED, then 1t might be advisable for
us to consider an international hookup.
1t long has been conceded-and rightly
so-that each separate nation is sover-
eign and takes for veal or woe the re-
sponsibilities for its acts within and
without.
There is no nation in existence today
that definitely can know what would be
best for itself beyond the present gen.
Grafton.
Why then should the United States
bind its citizens and future posterity to
an uncertainty?
FRED E. THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1945-11-18

They order beer and before they drink
Dan says hollowly. Who knows if our paths
will ever cross again? But if this is the parting
of the ways. let US pledge undying oomrade-
ship to the end.''
Big jim squeezes Dams hand and darned if
kis eyes don't fill up. You're a white guy"
he says. and pal will never forget. And
guess you're right about the parting of the
ways. I'm getting my discharge
I'm getting mine. too. says DAN Where
will you go from here?''
Nowhere" says Big jim. I'm taking
job right here in town.
Why" Dan rubs his hands happily
this is wonderful! I'm staying here too, 20
ing back to my old job Well see each other
regular. Maybe you'll find yourself a girl and
60 around everywhere with me and Kittyw
Big Jim chuckles and pounds Dams shoul-
der. And we'll get together over a glass of
Evening star., 1945-11-18

war. Before Dan can get it stopped. dozen
more marines and soldiers join in. and the
discussion goes on with Dan lying on the side
walk and getting stepped on, when along
comes Big Jim. waving his billy and followed
by two other MP's, waving theirs.
30 NOW Dan throws his arm around Big
jun. Big Jim" - Dams eyes fill up - this
is happy day for me and also a sad one.
I'll buy you beer or maybe two. Never will I
forget how you rescue me when l am in a
very bad way on the sidewalk"
Evening star., 1945-11-18
A Short Story

A Short Story
LSoR the first time since he is in the Army,
Il Dan McGMry, the MP, does not visit
his mouse Kitty when he has leave; not be-
cause he has a mad on Kitty, but because it is
his final leave. He has his orders to report to
a separation center for his discharge, and the
time is not far off when he can see Kitty
whenever he wants. which will be frequent
especially around dinner time.
There'e Thousands of guys getting dis
charged from the Army every day. and it's
even money that not one has such lump IN
his throat about it. Dams sentimental guy,
and he goes around like high school kid at
graduation, shaking hands with everybody,
collecting autographs and promising to write.
He even takes last fond look at his bunk;
then ne walks up and down IN front of the
Evening star., 1945-11-18

barracks as though it is some ivy-clad alma
mater. He is such pushover for the soft
stuff, he wants to take on the whole battalion
and have glass of beer with each one indi-
vidlEally. Indeed. he has worked his way half
through the first platoon when he runs into
Big Jim Nicooh at the Cafe Blue
Big Jim is one of Dams MP buddies, but
why Dan feels especially soft about him is
that once Big Jim saves his life. This happens
during the VI Day celebration when Dan
tries to stop little discussion between a
marine and CT as to which one won the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Red Cross Nutrition Class
Open for New Registrations

A NEW CLASS in Red Cross
Nutrition is being organized, it
is announced today by Mrs.
Million Grinnell, county nutrition
chairman.
Open TO any adults, the class
will begin as soon as sufficient
registrations are received by
Mrs. Grinnell, dial zoos.
The never-ending battle
against malnutrition. shocking
evidences of which were turned
up in selective service examina-
tons, requires the training OF
home-makers, for the protection
Of today's children, and the
training of school children for
tomorrow's good health.
For the latter purpose, two
classes have been given to
Mount Clemens High school stu
dents, and an adult class is
meeting currently at Fitzger-
aid USO in Van Dyke.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
PTA Nominates
Officers

AT THE LINCOLN SCHOOL
Parent Teacher meeting which
was held Wednesday evening,
Mrs. Jessie King, school nurse
was the guest speaker. Mrs. King
outlined the school health pro-
gram.
During the business meeting
the school was presented with
sum Of money by the P.T.A.
for the purchase of playground
equipment and library books.
The nominating committee
presented their slate of nominees
of mex. years officers. They are:
Mrs. George Folkman, president;
Harry Miller, father vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Stuart DeMott, moth
er vice-president: Betty French,
teacher vice-president; Mrs. Ell
len Cummins, secretary: and
Mrs. Frank Weller, treasurer.
A social hour closed the even
ing's activities. Refreshments
were in barge of the ga
mothers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16

request to the members, an
nouncing that the material will
be supplied by the U. S. govern
ment; the Cutters Union will
cut out the garments; and the
Bundles for America will have
char of distribution to
churches.
The meeting opened with a
dessert served by a committee
under the direction of Mrs. ia
cob Hoffman, with Mrs. George
McGinnis pouring at the flower
decorated table.
Euge Grobschmidt, Red
Cross Field director at Selfridge
Field, gave interesting details of
the work done by himself and
his four assistants. Mrs. Paul
Hirt discussed the city manager
form of government, and Mrs.
James Jackson in charge Of de-
votions used for her topic, "Liv-
ing Together in a World Fellow
ship"
Announcement was made by
Mrs. Robert Shepherd, president
of the Society, that if govern
ment restrictions permit, the De-
troit conference will be invited
to this city for the November
annual convention, with its
headquarters at the church.
Each member will be allow
ed to bring a guest to the March
meeting, at which Mrs. Orville
Bond, Of Detroit, will speak on
"Dumbarton Oaks"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Service Men Home
on Furlough, Leave

WILLIE REETZ, Utica, to
March 4.
CHARLES G. MARSACK,
New Baltimore, to March /.
LESTER A. MCDONNELL,
Mount Clemens, to March 5.
ROY L. NIT T E L STADT,
Route /, to March !.
PETER GREEN, Route 6. to
March II.
STUART BLACKMON, Rich
mond, to March 4.
JACK G. MORRIS, "a Roose-
welt drive. to March /.
WILLIAM L. VonOHLEN,
Roseville. to March 2.
VERNON GROIN. 1856 South
avenue. to March /.
WILLIAM A. MANAHAN,
Romeo, to February %.
FRED THOMAS, Romeo, 70
March 1.
ROBERT L. DENEAU, Utica,
to March 5.
OSCAR A. BAADE, Ne W
Haven, to March IL.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Piano Recital
Saturday

MRS. PHILIP DENEWETH
is presenting her pupils in a
piano recital tomorrow after
noon at two o'c lock in the
Grace Parish house. The stu
dents will be presented in two
groups. The first group consists
Of Jean Kendrick, Inez Snod-
gross, Ann Ruby, Marjorie
Ruby, Joan Noellert, John Will
lard, Rosemary VanMeer,- Judy
Walker, Ardath Mckee, Paul
Mckee, Marilyn Hunt, Janet
Levine, Anita Hickman. Mary
Krause and Betty Blades.
The pupils in the Sc c n d
group are: Nancy Davies, Donna
Mae Ellis, Mary Katherine
Haven, June Porter, Wilmary
Romick, Barbara Blake, Ileane
Levine, Ruthann Zebley, Isabel
j hnston, Earl Briley, Sylvia
Whiteley, Alice Stagner, Arlene
Moran, Phyllis Kraatz, Patricia
Kendrick, June Phillips, Barba-
"a Touck, Betty Bennett and
Anotinette Messana.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
4 Mh The Color, ,

S/SERGT. WILLIAM A. MEL
DRUM, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William A. Meldrum, 81 Ma
comb street, is currently as
signed to the AAF Redistribution
station at Santa Ana Army Air
Base in Calf. Sergt. Meldrum
has completed SO combat mis-
sions as a gunner on the AGO
Havoc. He has been awarded
the Air Medal with eleven Oak
Leaf Clusters and two battle
stars for participation in major
operations with the 9th Air
Force in England and France.
PVT. HAZEL BOWER, WAC,
is attending the school for Medi-
cal Technlcians, William Bea-
mont General hospital, Ell Paso,
Texas. Pvt. Bower enlisted in
the WAC corps, in October, 1914
and received her basic training
at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
TO Hold
Salad Bridge

THE NITED WORKERS
CIRCLE of Kings Daughters
met yesterday at the home of
Mrs. Harry Diehl on North ave.
nue.. Mrs. Leo Leithauser was a
guest. 1t was voted to send $40
to the Convalescent fund.
Final plans were made for a
salad bridge to be held Febru-
airy Fl, at the Kings Daughters
Home at 100 o'clock The pub
lie is invited For reservations
call Mrs. Joseph Matthews, dial
59l4.
The Circle will meet again
March l, at 10 o'clock at the
Kings Daughters Home. A pot
luck luncheon will be served at
noon with Mrs. Otto Engelbrecht
as hostess.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Child Study Group
at Williams Home

CHILD STUDY CLUB, Group
Three, met at the home of Mrs.
Ernest Williams, Wednesday
evening. The second In series Ut
lectures was given by Belle
Farley Murray. She stressed the
importance of parents to face
problems of the adolescent as a
friend, rather than a parent and
child.
Refreshments. were served by
the hostess, who was assisted by
Mrs. Bernard Greenfield and
Mrs. Thomas Boreham.
The next meeting takes place
February 2 at Mrs. Boreham's
home. Mrs. Wallace Gerlach and
Mrs. Whitney Rosso will assist.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Macomb School
PTA Meeting

MACOMB 81 hool Parents
Club will meet Tuesday eve
ming, Feb. 20, at 8 o'clock in the
school auditorium, when Wini-
fredd Everill, elementary school
supervisor, will speak on prob
lens especially pertinent to
children in the sixth grade.
Robert Beal of Mount Glenn
ems High school faculty, will
give a pro and con discussion of
the proposed city manager plan
of government. Mixers are
planned to help the group be-
come acquainted, and Aefresh-
ments will be served. AN par
ents and friends are cordially
invited to attend.
MRS. ALICE HOOKER, who
is a patient at st. Joseph hospi-
tai, where she underwent an
OPERATION last Saturday, is re-
covering very nicely and is now
able TO receive visitors.
THE BAPTIST YOUNG PEG
PIES association is sponsoring
a Youth Banquet in the base
ment of the church TUESDAY,,
February 20, at $50 o'clock.
Rev. Owen Miller of Detroit
will be the speaker. Mrs. Jack
Coplin is in charge Of decora-
tons, Mrs. Laurel Shook, re-
freshments and Blair West will
be POSTMASTER.
MRS. WILLIAM G. MIKE
LAIT has returned to Michigan
State Normal College at Ypsi-
lanti to get her degree, while
her husband Lieut.. Mikelait is
serving with the U. S. Marines
in the South Pacific.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
By EPSIE KINARD
NEA Staff Writer

NEW YORK - More women
want the little spring suit or
dress they're buying now to
have enduring young charms
that will last for the duration.
Seeing with these customers eye
to eye are many designers who
are convinced that styles limit
ed to one season or year are
wanton waste of scarce materials
and high-priced labor.
Firmest to insist that simple.
well-bred clothes, backed up by
good fabrics and fine workman
ship, ought to be more beloved
the longer they're worn is Paul
inc Trigere, newcomer to the
rank@ of topflight designers.
Proof that U. S. women agree
is this young Paris-trained de-
signer's rapid climb. Three
years ago, while Pauline Tri-
gere was designing clothes an
Onymously for a big-name New
York house, her brother peddled
her homemade collection of IL
dresses-two at a time in a big
box-to Fifth Avenue depart
ment stores. Today, the firm
of Trigere, Inc, numbers as its
accounts $50 stores throughout
the country which clamor for its
exclusive label.
What this label backs up are
clothes of styled simplicity,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-02-16
Past Commissioners
Will Preside at Table

West Ossippe, N. H. Just recent
ly she took the professional ORR
entation course given by the
Girl Scouts at Bear Mountain
Inn, Bear Mountain, N. Y. Sew
enty-five women from almost
every state attended these class
es. There were four instructors
from National Regional offices
who carried out the program
which consisted of classes, inter-
views and discussion groups.
Assisting Mrs. Mckee will be
members of the local council:
Mrs. Emory Nunneley, Mrs. Cur
tbs w. Tyson, Mrs. George
Campbell, Mrs. Jacob Ullrich,
Mrs. Walter Fenton, Mrs. Robert
Shepherd, Mrs. Sidney Tinker,
Mrs. A. S. Levine, Mrs. Richard
Sullivan, Mrs. p. X. McWethy,
Mrs. Elmer Luth, Mrs. Douglas
Ball, Mrs. Perry Irish, and Mrs.
James Kenney.
Pouring during the afternoon
will be Mrs. Leslie Rutter, Miss
Alice Tucker, Mrs. Daniel Sour
wine and Mrs. Perry Irish, past
commissioners of the council.
On March IL, Girl Scouting in
America will be 3: years old.
The Scouts of Mount Clemens,
of which there are IA troops, or
approximately 800 scouts, are
planning a city-wide get-togeth-
err.
Miss Merritt makes her home
at 81 Kendrick avenue, in
Mount Clemens.