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Evening star., 1946-12-24
This and That
BIZ Charles Z. TrdceDell
BETHESDA. Md.

Dear Sir:
II have new feeding station, bought
1t for good price and put it out in
the yard with. high hopes, but so far
not bird has touched it.
This has gone on for two weeks, so
I believe the station Is failure.
= do you think the color has any
thing to do with it2
"It has been stained q sort Of honey
maple and makes q good appearance,
at least to human eye. but have
begun to wonder if the birds have the
same tastes in colors.
Evidently they resent this color, or
the wood, Or something. It is not the
food, because / have used this brand
before and know it attracts them.
II am wondering If you have any
explanation of why birds will not come,
and any advice.
Yours truly, T. D."
The best advice is to keep on trying.
Sometimes birds will not come to a
certain feeding station for an unknown
reason.
1t may be impossible to locate the
odense.
may be that maple shade would, es-
pecially OF an unusual tint
Sometimes certain whites will do It,
at least for time.
Bright reds may cause birds to stay
away, but on the other hand we have
known the color to be used successfully.
Many persons are inclined to regard
birds as automatons, giving them no
credit for individuality. While their
instincts are furnished them free, as
one might say, they have their own
rights to tastes, individual preferences
and so on.
Location sometimes keeps birds away
from well-stocked feeding place. The
box or platform or tray may be too
close to heavy shrubbery. On the con-
trary, feeding boxes right in the middle
of paintings Of rhododendrons have
been well patronized.
So it may be realized that the best
course of action is to keep the feeder
where it is for at least month.
If at that time no bird has come, it
is best moved to some other location.
Let us emphasize that the observer
cannot enter the minds of these strange
creatures and understand exactly what
they think and why.
. We are not sure that odor of certain
paints may not adversely affect them.
The closer feeding devices emulate
nature in color, the better they are
liked by the birds, as usual thing.
Such colors as dark green, dark gray
and dark brown will make the birds
feel more at nome than the light maple
tints used SO much on indoor furniture
nowadays.
We know Of one case ips which an
enthusiast put out q long block OF
wood with holes bored In 1t, and in
these holes various assortments OF seeds
and suet In small cakes.
This stick Of wood was stained .
maple color, and It, too, as our corre-
spondent's, had no takers.
This Is one thing one interested IN
bros has to learn, that the wild birds
do not necessarily share mans ideas
of beauty.
What appeals to a human being as
a good color, no matter how nice 1t
seems to him as the article lies in a
white box, may for some reason or other
repel the wild birds, even when they
are hungry. The sort of food used.
OF course, is paramount We believe
birds would come In winter to any color
or to any sort Of device we'll stocked
with sunfower seed.
Evening star., 1946-12-24

John L. Lewis has not only given
the American people the meanest
Acknowledgements on record from a
fellow citizen but, as sideline, has
handed Santa Claus the worst blow
since Hitler.
Evening star., 1946-12-24
Cheaper Bombs

From the Davenport uowa) Democrat
Atomic bombs can now be made at
cost OF $i.0ooo 900. The world still can't
afford them. ID
Evening star., 1946-12-24
Letters to The Star
Says America Discriminates
Against War Directors

To the Editor OF The Star:
The Nations press, almost without ex-
ception, plus hundreds OF well-known
individuals and organizations (ncluding
at least two veterans organizations) /,
have urged that the President grant
amnesty to several hundred religious and
political prisoners and consequently to
remove the "ex-con" stigma from thou
sands more. The average citizen does
not know that America, the bulwark Of
tolerance and religious freedom, remains
one OF the very few nations continuing
to imprison and brand as criminals its
war objectors. 1t is fact, however.
In the enemy countries thousands OF
such prisoners were released from Fas-
cist concentration camps when the Allies
began occupation and since then Eng
land, Brazil, Greece, Canada and New
Zealand consistently have put into prac-
tice one Of the ideals for which the war
ostensibly was waged. 1t is not subject
to contradiction that many men, for
religious and political reasons, endured
the torture Of Fascist prison camps long
before any nation entered the war
against them. This truth, it seems, de-
serves much more sober objective con-
sideration than It gets.
The adyisability Of t-circuiting
justice, even under the emotional strain
Of actual conflict, is debatable; contin-
uing to do so in peacetime is not con-
ducive to democracy and engenders the
feeling that we pay our constitutional
rights much better lip service than prac-
tice. How much one may disagree with
the minority involved is beside the point.
Hitler once boasted that, though he
lost the war militarily. he still could win
by seeing the enemy adopt his prac-
tices. Religious and political dissenters
were among the first to feel his wrath
To prevent his becoming prophet is
perhaps the reason why so many are
urging the President to free the Ma
tion's war objectors
JAMES H. WATSON.
Editors Note: It was not because of
their religious or political ideals that
conscientious objectors were imprisoned.
The Selective Service Act recognized
bona fide objectors to war and exempted
them from combat service. Men who
were sent TO prison generally were men
who failed to return their questionnaires,
failed to register or failed to report for
induction. Objectors who thus refused
to recognize the authority of the Gov
ernment or were unwilling to engage
in any activity that conceivably could
contribute to the war effort were con-
fined in some cases for two years or
more.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-05

tended by a number of nom
members interested in the thea
tire. Of especial assistance to the
play. group will be John Upton
of Wayland, Mass. who took
the part of the attorney in 1.-THE
Night of january the 10th" in
a Wayland production. Upton
will assist the group in staging,
dress, rehearsals and other de-
tails.
Guy Carleton was elected vice
president; Lee Goddard, treasur-
er and Mrs. Frank Bowser, secre-
tary. The new board of directors
will consist of Janice White,
Mazda Lazarovici, Emily God
dard, Helen Griswold, and Cap
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-05
White House Correspondent, Recently
Here, Writes Highly Interesting Book

In Thank You, Mr.. President"
Merriman Smith, White House
correspondent for the United
Press, has written a highly en-
tertaining and Informative book.
He not only gives a detailed
picture of the trials and tribula-
tons of White House reporter
but describes that little-known
side of Presidential life which
concerns the exhaustive precau-
tons taken by the Secret Serv-
ice to protect the Chief. Execu-
tive.
Those who like a flavor of mys-
terry in their reading will no
doubt enjoy Smiths description
of the specially trained young
men who are always within a
few feet of the President, armed
with .38 revolverS with which
they can shoot out your eye at
so yards. (Revolvers are favored
because they shoot a split second
faster than automatics.)
The book is especially timely
for Key West readers in view of
the recent visit here of both
President Truman and Merriman
Smith. He tends to become
the life of the party whether he
Is entering the pressroom holding
a five-pound barracuda by the
tail or conversing with President
Truman at a reception while
holding a bourbon and soda.
The wit and humor which char
acterizes much of THANK You,
MIR. President, is no literary
pose. Smith, a solidly built indi-
vidual of medium height, wearing
a small black mouStache and
aged somewhere between 80 and
IS, is not only a crack reporter,
an observer of keen detail, but
an inveterate iokester equalled
by few of the correspondents
corps.
A non-partisan reporter, he
cannot and does not delve into
political pros and cons. He is
about as objective as any man
can be who has his own profess
sion primarily at heart. Smith
says outright that he believes
Franklin ID. Roosevelt was "a
great man" yet he does not hes
itate to become sharply critical
Of some of the late presidents
tactics. Smith looks at Mr.. Tru-
man with equal candor and
leaves little doubt that he has
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-05

considerable respect for the Man
from Missouri.
The average reader should
find Thank You, Mr.. President"
of great. interest. The average
historian, especially those writ
ing of our war presidents. should
find much of value in it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-05
Play Group Names
Garnet. President:
New Drama Chosen

Burt Garnett, prominent mem
Der of the Key West Players,
was elected president of the pop
ular stage group at a well-attend-
ed meSting Tuesday night in the
Barn theatre.
Cher officers were also elect
ed and a new production, 'The
Night of January 18TH, we'll
known Broadway success, was
selected for the next play to be
presented. A suspense laden
dramatization of a courtroom
trial, the play calls for cast of
% persons, 8 of whom are wo-
men.
The opening performance is
scheduled for the first week in
February. Casting will commence
at a meeting to be held Friday
night at 8 o'clock in the Barn
Theatre.
The Tuesday meeting was at
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-05

tain Carl Johnson, executive Of
ficer of the submarine base.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-15
MOST POWERFUL ATOM BOMB FOR
 TRIAL AT BlkINl
Naeasaki Type Will Be Used in Test Against
 Warships-I Ifs Best

WASHINGTON. May l5. - An tonic bomb similar to the ore dropped on Nagasaki will be used in the forthcoming tests of the weapon against warships because it is the most powerful type available today.
 This was disclosed by Vice Ad miral w. H. P Blandy, head of the test task force, at final news con- ference yesterday just before leav- ing by air for Pearl Harbor to join
 his flagship, the Mt. Mckinley.
 From there he win go to Bikini
 Atoll, scene of the experiments.
 The bomb which will be used
 in both of the tests is the type which was used at Nagasaki, !"
 Blandy said. Tt is the best type which we have available and that
 is the reason it is being used. There is no desire to hold back a ,, more powerful bomb. If more powerful bomb were not available, lit would be employed
 The Nagasaki bomb. second drop ed on Japan. has been described as
 far more potent than the first one which smashed Hiroshima.
 Blandy said that press reprssen-
 tative will be permitted to see the
 condition of the ships before and after the atom bombing, both from the surface and from the air.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-15
EXCL, ENGLISH
 BRIDE VICTIMS OF
 FAULTY GAS ST0vE:

NEOSHO, a1o., May l5. = Lloyd Bruce Ennis. a discharged c. I. and his English bride, who came to this country to join him only four weeks ago, were found dead from asphyxiation in their home here this morning.
 Sheriff H. c. Cline said they ap- parently were victims of the same flame gas stove which asphy- xiated a soldier, his wife and their baby in the same house last Octo- Der.
 Ennis body was found on the liv- ing room floor and that of Mrs. Ennis on the kitchen floor. They were fully clad. The gas flame was still burning in the living room stove of the small four-room house.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-28
Arena

Mrs. c. N. Williams has her two
sisters as her guests this week.
Mrs. Nose Williams two
daughters and their husbands,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Shows, Mr..
and Mrs. Shelton Weaver and
daughter visited in her home Sun
day.
DIR. p. d. Summers visited Mr.
and Mrs. E. w. Strickler last
week.
Mrs. Jessie Roberts of Tanner
williams is sick at her home.
A new cannery is under con-
struction at the Tanner Williams
school.
Last Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
there was a sewing circle at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Williams. Refreshments were
served. The next meeting of the
circle will be held at the home
of Mrs. Elmer Strickler on the
third Tuesday in July.
A shower was given Saturday
night in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Stricken in honor of
Mr.. aud Mrs. Leonard Striekles.
A crowd of young people gath
| cred for the occasion and e
freshmonis Of g%r1pciuice and lem
onade and cake were served af-
ter which the many gifts were
opened.
Mrs. f.. w. Stricken and Mrs.
Elmer Strickler visited Mrs. Jes-
sic Roberts Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Mizelle. Mrs. Gregg
ry Evans, Mrs. Percy Mcdonald
and children visited Mr.. and Mrs.
H. c. Strickler Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Striekler
and children visited Mrs. Annie
Mizelle Sunday.
H. c. Strickler and Mrs. E W..
Stricken shopped in Mobile Wed
nesdat.
Mrs. Johnnie Stricken and Ken
meth visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
Stricken and Mrs. Nose Williams
last week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-28
IT'S RUM-BUT NO SMELL.

London, AP.-Take away ia
maica's runs rich, elinging odor,
sweet syrupy flavor and dark
color and what have you got?
Jamaica rum distillers are getting
ready to market the new "de-
odorized' beverage and claim it's
the answer TO the world whisky
and gin shortage.
Major Ralph M. Milbanke, ia
maica sugar manufacturers rep
resentative, saws it's going to be
a boon to the businessman.
after all you can't slip out
during the day for a drink of
ordinary rum without seeming
up the whole office" he pointed
out. There's going TO be a whis-
ky shortage for a dozen years or
more and a polite rum is the
answer"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-28
Sail Race To Bermuda Beginning On
June 29 Will Be First In Eight Years

in the long and dangerous ride
across the tricky Gulf Stream.
Entries carry crews of as many
as Is. Rules specify only the min
imum-four men.
The races to Bermuda were
started in 1906 by Thomas Flem-
ing Day, editor of a New York
boating magazine. They have
been sponsored since 1924 by the
Cruising Club, aided BY the Royal
Bermuda Yacht Club.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-28
By earle HODGES
AP Newsfeatures Writer

New York-A Manhattan tex
tile merchants trim 72-foot yawl
will defend its crown in the first
ocean race to Bermuda in eight
years.
With 4O-odd other competing
gachts, Henry c. Taylor's Ba-
runa will skim out of the broad
blue harbor at Newport, r. l.,
June ~, It's PROV aimed south
eastward.
At the finish line of this No.
| test in U. S. sailing, at ST.
oavid's Head lighthouse 635
nautical miles away, Hoatiug's
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-28
THANKS FOR

St. Louis-AP-Vietor Fienup
would like to thank the person
who stole his automobile. Three
days after the machine disap-
peared Fienup received a post
card telling him where he could
find his car with a new genera
tor and battery" Fienup retriev-
ed his car and looked under the
hood. There was the new equip
ment.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-28

Robert the Bruce tIiberator of
Scotland and King Of that coun-
try from 1875 until his death)
was a victim Of leprosy.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-28

silver grail, the priced Bermuda
trophy, awaits the winner.
In 1888, Baruna grabbed the
cup by navigating the treacher-
Gus trip-731 miles by land meas
urements-in 81 hours, 5 minutes
or three and three-quartcr days.
Stalled BY War
Then war made a dead calm
for the bi-annual Cruising Club
Of America classic
The trophy goes 10 the fleet
craft which finishes in the fast
est CONNECTED" time, with handi-
caps allotted BY the size Of the
boat. No yacht has won it
twice.
There. Ore awards, too, for the
winning navigator, the most rapid
large and small boats, the fastest
yawl md schooner-and for the
cook aboard the slow-poke yacht
which blows in last.
Alden In Again
To enter. boats must measure
overall at least IS feet, and both
the master and navigator must be
amateurs.
John Alden, Boston boat de
signer who won the Bermuda
Trophy in 1926 and 1882 and class
prizes three other years-with
three different schooners named
Malabar will try for another
trophy.
He will sail his Malabar 18th,
q 54-foot ketch, this summer in
the 18th Bermuda race.
The sailing Stevens brothers,
, Olin and Rod. will race the Mus
tang, a 45-foot sloop. New York
boat designers, they were mem
bers Of the after-guard of tho
Ranger, last Americas Cup de-
fender.
Rod Stevens topped Class B.
for smaller boats--in the 1882
Barmuda race with his yawl
Dorado.
Middies Enter
Naval Academy midshipmen
from Annapolis will ace the Va
marie, 72-foot ketch which twice,
in 1884 and 1886, set flat time
marks for the course. 1t never,
however, won either the trophy or
a class prize.
Flying the eolors of England's
ROYAL Ocean Racing Club will be
the 68-foot yawl Lafita, the only
foreign entry. Lafita started in
the 1888 contest, but rigging trou-
BILE forced her TO drop out.
Bafuna and Vamarie-near the
72-foot maximum limit-proba-
bly, will be the biggest racers.
The smallest, perhaps, will be
Tom Gloss 36-foot sloop Fun
whose home port is Port Wash
ington. N. Y.
Generally speaking, Glass B
for smaller boots takes in all
those under As or so feet, but the
classification varies from race to
race.
II may cost q yachtsman as
much as $1,000 to send his boat
Evening star., 1946-09-15
Public Library
TENNESSEE.
By Morion Holt
Central Reference Room. washington Publ

Central Reference Room, Washington Public
Library
1t is hardly necessary to say that
the best all-around source of in
formation on Tennessee is the
Writers Program Guide, whether
you want to settle a point of Ten
nessee history, plan a tour in the
Smokes, or learn something about
the folklore of the monutaineers,
this book is almost always helpful.
Tennessee has received much at
tention in recent years, partly as a
result of the iva, which has itself
been the subject of a number of
books. OF these, David Lilienthals S
"TVA: Democracy on the March"
is the most outstanding: Called by
the NEA Journal "the most i'm
portant book of 1914" it is of majo
interest to any one concerned with
the problems and possibilities of
democratic living. Also worth a
special mention is "The Valley and
It's People, by r. l.. Duffus, a
much briefer volume, filled with
extraordinarily good photographs.
Among other titles of general in
terest are Lena Murray's School
house in the Foothills" a popular
book of 1885 and a good one still,
and Gerald Capers' Biography of a
River Town" an extremely readable
history of Memphis
Evening star., 1946-09-15
Chicuqo Livestock

CHICAGO. Sept Il lF9 CUsDAl Sal
able hogs 800 testimated); total not given;
all classes and grades steady compared with
Salable cattle 800 (estimated) total net
approximately 90 per cent above last week S
record low but runs still sharply under
year ago; consist beef cows grading COM
mon to good and steers grading medium
to good; cows predominiated very liberal
contingent from Western range States ar
riving late IN week; stock cattle very
80 higher; good beef cows and good to low
choice cow-type grass heifers so up but
Gamers, cutters, and common and medium
lost the advance; bulls unevenly steady to
zoo higher vealers steady to strong;
sad hes eS5en 0ads he mos
slaughter steers 16.75-19.75; strictly me-
dium grade l4.5o-16.50; most heifers com
mostly 1650-l7 so; common and medium
beef cows closed at 9.50-1350; practical
outside strictly good range cows 1850, sew
ters, selling mainly on local account, in
moderate supply but slow at 7.25;9.25;
Bulls. is6o the Ceiling; vef Very ii little below below
I250; vealers 1880, mostly 100 down;
bulk medium to choice stockers IA 90
1890. with common kinds at 12.50-13.00
and AZ Il strictly choice Western yearlings to
:, salabls sheep 500 testimated, total not
ceeipts heavier than last week and about
like q year ago; shipping demand broad on
most sessions, with big bulk of lambs go
ing to order buyers; slaughter spring lambs
50-75 lower; good and choice shorn slaugh-
ter ewes 30 higher, lower grades up more;
top 1000 early, closing top and popular
price 1925, most good and choice durinf
week week }a99.9e9-ls15 a9 % ineluding go head
close, most medium to good spring lambs
clearing to butchers at 15.00-1S.00, Gull
discounted 90; few good to choice new
crop, shorn lambs l6.50-17. 90, load good
yearlings with fall shoEn peits 1900;
go. few choice $50 to shippers. cuiis
7.25 down; few good and choice three and
four year old breeding ewes 1000; Western
choice quality around S0-lb. WashinEtons.
Evening star., 1946-09-15
Only Scattered Lots Sold
In Cotton Textile Market
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-Only scat
tered lots Of print cloths, sheetings
and Osnaburgs were sold in the cot
ton textile market this week.
Mills we're waiting for a new OPA
pricing order expected to increase
ceilings about 2 per cent by allowing
for wage increases approved by the
Wage Sterilization Board.
Textiles have been accumulating
III warehouses since August pending
clarihcation of prices, so trade
sources expect release of a large
volume Of goods when the new order
is announced. probably this week
end.
Bag goods were reported released
well into the fourth quarter by some
selling houses, subject to later price
determination.
The New York trucking strike was
an unsettling factor in both cotton
and rayon goods because it tied up
deliveries from mills to finishing and
dyeing plants.
Rayon goods were dull. No agree
ment has been reached on a general
increase in gray goods prices. Gov
eminent officials were said to want
only incentive advances on certain
items in shortest supply.
The wool goods market was quiet
with offerings of spring lines due
shortly. The status of prices was
still under study in the trade.
Evening star., 1946-09-15
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"

BOAT TRIP.
Sightseeing trip on the Potomac River
sponsored by Government Services, Inc,
Tidal Basin inlet gate, near 14th Street
Bridge, every other hour from 2 to
JCc dance. 18th and @ streets NV,
$50 O'Clock tonight.
EXHIBITS.
display OF japanese and German sur
render documents. among them II never
displayed before; United States declara-
nese declaration against. the United States
ana England, at the National Archives,
s;45 am. TO 5;l5 pm. weekdays and 1:3O
September. N '''" 'i'' ''SN
Books and personalia of shalom Alei-
Derod sn Exhibit the Wo4f
for an Indefinite period, ali in the Library
water color rendering of early Ameri-
can designs in native arts and crafts, at
me National Gallery of Art. 10 am, to
through September Is.
=, OIL and water color paintings by Miss
Norma SoFms Bose at the Petworth Branch,
days through September.
~ Exhibition Of work by members, Arts
pm Sundays through september' eru 70 0
Captured German and Japanese cleo
partment Of Commerce Building, today
Display of fresh water game and food
nshes from Federal hatcheries and local
Department Of Commerce Buiidine. daily daiiy'
Addie Burr Clark collection OF American
etehinss, woodcuts and ,lithographs, ma
period.
LUNCHEoNs.
Overseas writer's. Hotel statler. pm
Newcomers Club. Hotel statler. 1890
Memorial concert for Fanny Amstutz
tesrese asndssson pBi3ns pgBiifn3:t siys shpbeTts Win
O'Clock today
NATURE WALK.
Moses Of the trailside nature walk bus
leaVins l4l6 street NV. 2:30 pm. to-
TALK.
Renoir's "Bsther Arransing Her Hair"
O'Clock today.
FOR sERvICEMEN.
Wiener roast. JwB,Uso, Sixteenth and
sast sTss' super mw 2so SslGst 9sil 'Gdas Street
. Swimming. Uso. 1911 H street NV.
2:20 o'clock today.
Buffet supper, sA-Uso; sth and Penn
syiyania avenue NE, $50 o'clock tonight
Buffet supper, USO Club, Seventeenth
ana x streets NV, $50 O'Clock tonight
Seventeenth and X streets NV. $40
O'Clock tonight.
Dance. NcCS-Uso, e1s Tenth street
NV. $50 o'clock tonight.
Servicemen may obtain additional infor-
nation by calling the United Nations Sery-
ice Center, National 1900