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Hartford chronicle., 1947-04-26
EAST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER MARKS SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
 OF SETTLEMENT WORK

Open house this week (April 21 through 26) at the Union Settlement will mark the sew enty fifth anniversary of the community center. Since 1872 the Settlement has shared the lives of its 'neighbors in Hart lords East Side, serving the community through three quarters of century of growth and change.
 F. Minot Blake was elected chairman of the board of dir ectors and Graham Jones was elected president at the annual meeting Tuesday afternoon (April 22). In addition to the annual business meeting, Mrs. James P. Andrews, Miss Mabel Johnson and George R. H. Nicholson presented highlights on the history of the settlement. The present organization, a Red Feather service of the Greater Hartford Community Chest, resulted from the merger of the Union for Home Work, 23o Market Street, and the Hartford Social Settlement Association, IS North Street, in 1889. Both buildings are in use today.
 Friends and neighbors were entertained at tea Wednes- day afternoon from two to five and in the evening from seven to nine o'clock. Members of children's groups at the Settlement took part in a quiz program on Captain G1enn's WTIC radio progam Sunday (April 20), and WD RC will do a commemorative program to be broadcast at 6:15 PM, Saturday, April 26.
 Acknowledging the "far-see- ing planning of members of the Board and Ithe help and interest of volunteers and many friends - you," the an- niversary report describes the Settlement as a "place where
Hartford chronicle., 1947-04-26
NUTMEG ELK NEWS

The raffle being conducted by the Daughter Elks has been postponed until this Sunday, April 27 and will be held at the home of Daughter Minnie Jackson at 43 Elmer Street.
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The Detroit tribune., 1947-08-30
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Jack Ellison

Groceries ind Confectionery
Ice Cream. Cakes. Bread. School
supplies. Cigars and Cigarettes
Open Daily and Sundays
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Evening star., 1947-05-28
The Problem of Hunqer

Despite large scale relief shipments and
the passage of two harvest years since the
end of the war, scores of millions of
According to report by the Secretary
General of the International Emergency
Food Council, great numbers of them are
just barely managing to survive on near
starvation diet, and unless prompt action
is taken another crisis--as bad as any in
the past-is almost certain to arise a
year from now.
1t is with good reason, therefore, that
the council has adopted Secretary of Agri-
culture Andersons proposal for world
conference to be held not later than mid
July. A conference cannot of itself feed
people. The hungry cannot eat plans or
resolutions. Nevertheless, such meeting
Is essential, and the sooner it is held the
better. BY gathering together in one place
and working on the problem from all
angles, the food ministers of the thirty
four nations represented on the council
can do much to alleviate the situation
Otherwise, without any joint consultation
or planning, there could be only last
minute improvisation, and much more
than that obviously is needed
The fact that hunger or threatened
hunger continues widespread in the world
more than two years after We day is a
measure of the wars physical wreckage.
Transportation is still far from being
normal; the replacement of lost farm
equipment remains a major problem; the
uprooting of millions of human beings and
the forced transfer of minorities from one
country to another have taken heavy toll
of agricultural production Had the victors
been wiSer-had they followed a unified
policy in Germany, for instance-the sit
uation today would not be so bad as it is.
Now, to prevent the bad from growing
worse, it is imperative to take all possible
forehanded measures on an international
scale and without delay.
To this end, the projected conference
as suggested by Secretary Anderson-can
achieve two things. First, it can work out
a sound and orderly distribution system
to meet the minimum needs of countries
seriously short of food. Second, it can
draw up program to help those countries
to increase and husband their home grown
supplies. If at the same time the great
powers would agree on common action to
make the most of Germany's resources. the
hardest part of the problem could be over
come. 1t is clear, in any case, that as long
as there is extensive hunger in the world,
1t will encourage social unrest and political
instability. All peace-loving nations should
feel impelled, accordingly, to do whatever
they can to erase it.
Evening star., 1947-05-28

votes out Of a total OF 9,756. The remain
ing bond issue proposals, aggregating more
than $4,000 600, were defeated by margins
ranging from / 1,308 against the kinder
garten project to only 337 against the
plan for secondary school construction
What the practical result of this splitting
of the vote will be is uncertain. But since
the advocates Of direct election of the
School Board, which received the highest
vote Of all, also supported all Of the bond
issue proposals, the fair inference is that
at some future test the necessary bond
issues will be approved. For otherwise
the people of the county will be in the
paradoxical position of voting for what
they believe to be better method OF run
ming their schools without, at the same
time, being willing to make the necessary
physical improvements.
There is one other point worth mention
ing. During the referendum campaign
there were repeated attempts to present
the issue as one between the people and
the political machine" in Arlington. In
fairness, however, it should be pointed out
that it was the machine which put
through the State Legislature the law
authorizing the referendum and thereby
giving the people an opportunity to express
their own free judgment on the issues at
stake
Evening star., 1947-05-28
ARLINGTON Results

The results of the Arlington referendum
add up to mandate for change in the
method of public school administration
accompanied by refusal to foot the bill
for three of four proposed school improve
ment programs.
In all but one instance, however, the
voting was relatively close The proposal
for popular election. of the School Board
carried overwhelmingly, its advocates piling
up 6,246 votes for direct election against
2,340 for appointment by the County Board
This does not give an exact picture OF
sentiment in the county since $500 people
voted against changing the present method
The presumption is, however, that, after
voting against any change, most of these
people then cast their ballots for appoint
ment by the County Board, as they were
permitted to do, while some ZOO did not
vote at all on the second question
The bond issue which was approved
s1,776ooo for elementary school construc-
~tion-went over by the slim margin of 1o4
Evening star., 1947-05-28
For Emergency Service

With reaSSurlng farSightedneSS the War
Department is planning an industrial
'minuteman" auxiliary which can swing
into action on short notice in event of
another war. This is a realistic recognition
of the fact that we no longer can count
on time as an ally when danger imminently
threatens us in an era of atomic warfare.
There will be no time then to recruit and
train the units needed for specialized
service in support of the actual combat
troops
Although the Armys auxiliary service
program is not complete, it apparently will
be modelled somewhat along the lines of
the Navy's highly effective Seabees of
World War H. Those construction bat
talions, hastily recruited from workers and
supervisors in the construction and steve
dore fields, rendered special services that
undoubtedly helped to hasten victory.
The Army hopes to organize similar spe-
cialized industrial units in peacetime
among construction, bakery, hospital, elec-
tronics and similar fields. They would be
volunteer groups, organized with the en-
couragement of factory owners and heads
of various public agencies. Affiliated with
the Organized Reserves, the units would
provide the Army with a trained nucleus
OF specialists ready to supply and other
wise serve the men who do the fighting.
One hitch to the tentative plan is that
the selection of men volunteering for the
service units would be left to their en-
ployers, some of whom might be inclined
to disapprove the applications of employees
whose skills might be vitally needed by the
Army in wartime. There is no assurance
In other words, that future selective service
boards would approve of the choices
and exemptions made by employers. Nor
would it be in the public interest, or the
interest OF national defense, to leave the
final selection of such specialists to those
who employ them. If the groups chosen
by employers are considered merely as
possible cadres, to serve until expanded as
may be necessary, the program would seem
to provide the basis for creating a reservoir
OF trained manpower that would contribute
immeasurably to the country's security
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Hoover on Recovery

Herbert HooverS memorandum letter to
Representative John Taber is noteworthy
document. Written in response to a re-
quest from the chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee, it sets forth a
specific program of action which is bound
to elicit widespread attention and dis
cussion alike in official circles and with
the general public.
Representative Taber had asked Mr..
Hoover to set forth his views On the War
Departments recommendation for an
appropriation of $725 100000 for food and
collateral relief requirements for Germany,
Japan and Korea for the next fiscal year.
Mr.. Taber did this as part of his efforts
to effect reasonable economies in all
branches of Government for the relief of
the American taxpayer.
In his reply, Mr.. Hoover Endorsed the
War Departments. recommendation as in
dispensable If wholesale starvation is to
be averted during the coming year in those
occupied areas for which we are respon-
sible. But he goes on to discuss the
reasons for such emergencies and the
manner in which they may best be amel-
iorated and ultimately remedied.
Mr.. Hoover pulls no punches, both in
his diagnosis of what is amiSs and in his
program to set it right. He blames Rus
sian obstructionism as the root cause of
the delay in world recovery, and he further
charges that this obstructive policy is
deliberate attempt to bleed us white by
relief measures which can be only pallia-
11Y1ln !,
started by constructive measures. Mr.
Hoover then states that we should go
ahead without Soviet Russia unless Mos
cow has change of heart which he
obviously does not anticipate. He would
Immediately negotiate peace treaty with
Japan in concert with las many nations
as wish to adhere" In Germany, after
last warning to Moscow, he would have
us and the British conclude peace settle
ment with our merged zones, putting the
combined area on an economically sound
basis, entirely disregarding the Potsdam
Agreement, which Russia has SO syStemati-
cally ignored and violated that it can have
no further binding effect upon us. II
possible, France should be included in this
arrangement Only by such fortnight
action can we implement our announced
policy OF defending the frontiers of civili-
cation. The most vital of these frontiers
are Germany and Japan. If they are lost,
all Europe and the Far East are lost"
Herbert Hoover occupies, in several ways,
a unique position in our national life.
Decades of experience in economic prob
lens, combined with the grasp and vision
which such experience engenders, render
our only living ex-President an Elder
Statesman" in the true meaning of that
phrase. Mr.. Hoover has never been one
TO give snap judgments. When, therefore,
ne speaks so frankly and incisively on an
issue at once so vital and so controversial.
his words should be given the respectful
consideration they deserve.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Introducing New Music

Music must grow, II 1t Is to prosper. The
essential vitality of any art naturally will
have creative manifestation-or gradually
die. 1t Is a law of life that survival is
impossible in starkly static terms. The
minute any sentient reality ceases to be
capable Of replacement and expansion, it's
decline begins. Especially in the field of
folk culture, mere repetition is not enough
Each individual age must justify itself by
production.
How this principle works out is demon
strated in a little pamphlet recently issued
by the National Symphony Orchestra
Association, containing list OF one hun
dred and forty-nine premieres performed
by the orchestra under the leadership of
DR.. Hans Kinder in the years between
1941 and 1947. The works played in Wash
ington for the first time included fifteen
symphonies by George Antheil, Samuel
Barber, Anton Bruckner, Arnold Cornelis-
sen, Vincent d'Indy, Tikhon Khrennikov,
Gustav Mailer, Walter Piston, Dmitri
Shostakovich, Alexandra Tansman and
Robert Ward. Simply to call the roll
of these new composers is to prove that
the Capitals most important musical or
ganization has met an essential require
ment. 1t has given writers of the modern
period an opportunity to show what they
can do
And forty-eight of those authors were
Americans, who, as a group, were response
BILE for SO per cent of the new scores
presented. The fair inference is that COM
posing in the United States is not languish-
ing. Any country possessed of artists COM
petent to attempt the making of great
music de novo has reason to be encouraged.
The same observation applies to audiences
capable of appreciating such endeavor.
Not every effort will result in masterpiece.
Some trials obviously will be unworthy of
more than momentary consideration. The
fact to remember-and to rejoice about
is that which Walt Whitman had in mind
when he spoke of hearing all American
singing Living communities express their
elemental spirit in harmony Washington
should be proud of what has been done
here in that regard.
Evening star., 1947-05-28

to any other country, and remaining there in
definitely, but such British nationalized per-
son can transmit British nationality to his
children. and they in turn to theirs, without re-
turning to Britain.
Is it any wonder that British nationality is
highly regarded?
Why do we maintain a foreign service, if not
to protect American citizens? Perhaps its work
is less onerous and more pleasing under the
Nationality Act of 1910. Congress, however,
should amend that law so as to protect natural
lied Americans abroad in their citizenship as
Britain now protects its own. Until 1t does so,
naturalization is but conditional and not con-
elusive. Make it more difficult of attainment
If need be, but make it unassailable
HARRISON TILGHAAN.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Old Hundred

Like some old rajah on Peacock Throne
He sat behind his battered desk, his eyes
Bush-bro1oed, nn,Dtaktng-by their stare
alone
He oueratoed each scapegrace, whose
surprise,
When no sly prank elected a spark
OF anger or annoyance, n,ischiefs need,
RemoDed all thrill, all kndos, from the lark
And left the culprtt uery small indeed
Years copied years; form tolloDed needless
form
into the eddies OF larger tide;
But each school high-dny found tpistful
S1C1rDI
Returning. nellotOed by the storms
outside,
TO seek "Old Hundred" stiH serene -austere,
A changetess monument, eroDn somehow
dear.
HAROLD WILLARD GLEASON.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
SEVENTH PLACE


Dear Sir
"a few days ago your column carried letter
from q reader, stating that blue jays had
chased away pet squirrel. I had a similar
experience.
"I had a pet squirrel that gave me consid-
cradle enjoyment. He would eat from my
hand, and no matter what room of my house
I was in, this squirrel would be apt to appear
at the window looking at me and scratching
for attention. This lasted for quite a few
months.
THE following summer pair of jays had,
I think, six babies in our yard This made the
parent jays very ugly. One pecked a eigh-
borhood boy on the head while he was walking
up the alley so hard that it drew blood The
baby jays stayed around for several days.
"One evening as my husband was coming
home from work, he saw the jays chasing
squirrel around and around in our maple tree.
He said it looked as if they were packing the
squirrels eyes. The squirrel finally came to
the ground but seemed about done for. We
never saw the pet squirrel again.
Sincerely. A. x. S.
What the jays were doing probably was
protecting their babies against the squirrel.
Baby birds are fine food for certain squirrels
that seem to have taste for raw meat.
1t is not usually realized that squirrels will
eat meat but they will, as we have often
demonstrated by putting out saucer of ground
meat for parent birds.
Squirrels often come to this platter. as of
course, do wandering dogs and cats
That is why it is best to place such q hGlpful
treasure trove high out of their reach.
This may be done by securing shallow
berry box with wire to the branch of a tree
Squirrels still can get at it, but 1t is only
certain specimens which have this taste.
It is unfair to censure jays for attacking
those they think endanger their young.
This is common trait of all living things
Mockingbirds are much more bloodthrsty at
such times.
Blue jays are, indeed, model parents Few
species do as well by their little ones. Perhaps
none better.
They brood and hatch them perfectly and
the mother remains on the nest for days after
ward, In order that no sunshine will fall upon
them before they are completely feathered out
It is said that baby birds will die shortly II
exposed to sunlight before they have feathers
This should be kept in mind by all persons
who wish to look at bird nests with young in
them. In most cases 1t will be found that the
parent birds selected site where no sunshine
gets in, so that branches and leaves must be
parted and held back.
If young cannot be seen without exposing
them. even for few minutes, to sunlight. then
do rot look at them
We wonder about those Is Baltimore orioles
in flock.
This is bird which seldom goes In groups.
There is chance that our correspondent
mistook some other species.
Orioles seldom go to the ground
The birds seen, probably we're goldfnches.
These go to the ground, in groups
They are yellow birds with black on their
wings and perhaps might be mistaken for
orioles at hasty glance.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
No Fascist Threat

The t1ding by subcommittee of the
House ColAmittee on Un-American Activ-
tiles that FaScistS are not now a threat
In this country has been-and will be
hotly disputed.
There can be little doubt that the germs
OF what might be called Fascism for want
of better term are floating around. They
have infected considerable number of
people-those people who, in the words of
subcommittee spokesmen, go around
hating Catholics, hating Jews, and hating
one thing or another. II some issue or
some individual capable of amalgamating
these elements should appear on the scene
the danger of Fascism would become very
real. But until such time as they may
join together there is ample basis for the
subcommittee conclusion that Fascism is
not the real threat In this country.
The committee members believe, of
course, that the serious threat comes from
the Communists, and to the extent that
communism actually Is threat to our
system there is also ample basis for this
conclusion.
The Importance of all these groups
wants to call thenl-is enhanced to the
degree that they represent or are able
to associate themselves with other powers.
Thus, the Columbians of Atlanta, Ca, were
as Fascist-minded as any group could be-
Had Hitler succeeded in his ambition to
conquer Europe they might have become
a national danger instead of remaining
at the level of local incident. But with
the dictators of the Right out of the
picture, groups like the Columbians, as
long as they remain isolated, cannot be-
come a serious threat. This is not true,
however, of the Communists. They remain
a part of formidable international con-
spiracy, and they are singleminded in
their devotion to the interests of the Soviet
Union at the expense of any other interest.
II there should ever be a real threat of war
with Russia, we would speedily discover
that the American Communists could be-
come a very large thorn in our side.
That is why the Communists are in the
forefront Of those who are doing every
Evening star., 1947-05-28
BY THE HAsKINs SERVICE

@. Has the American Legion issued service
ribbon?-S. z.
A. According to American Legion Headquar-
ters, the Legion never has authorized service
ribbon. Many members, however. purchase
from civilian dealers a small button or ribbon
which is made up in the colors of the Legion.
Any member in good standing would be eligible
to wear this, but it is merely a custom which
has grown recently.
O. How many prize fights have run to mil
ion-dollar gates?-G. NJ
A. Eight. as follows: Two Tlnney- Dempsey
fights; also those between Dempsey and Car
pentier. Dempsey and Firpo, Dempsey and
Sharkey the second Louis -Schmeling fight,
the Louis-Max Baer fight and the Louis-Conn
fight.
@. How far is Carlsbad N. Mex, from Carls-
bad Caverns? Is it not the city nearest
to the cayes?-J v. E.
A. Carlsbad. the county seat Of Eddy County.
Is only 27 miles distant from Carlsbad Caverns
National Park on highway U. s. 50, and is the
nearest city. With population of g. 900.
Carlsbad Is a popular resort and Is also known
as the potash capital of America.
G. What Is the term used to mean q group
Of nons?-E. A. q.
A. pride The term Is now used chiefly
in South Africa.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Citizenship Readily Yielded

To the Editor OF The STAR
I listened last week to Il Am an American"
day broadcast over your station WMAL by Ted
Malone. He told of the pride in attaining
American citizenship shown by many born in
other countries who have exercised their right
to renounce allegiance to the country Of their
birth and swear allegiance to ours.
Having attained American citizenship in ac-
cordance with the established requirements,
such persons thenceforward should be protected
In it unless they renounce it or are found
guilty of some misconduct SUFFICIENT to require
Its forfeiture
In 1910, however, Congress, under induce
ment, SO it appears. of the State Department
Tor persons in iD, enacted what Is known as
the Nationality Act Of 194o" That statute, in
Sec. 4o4 provides that If naturalized Ameri-
can citizen returns to the country of his birth
and resides there for at least two years he
shall lose his American citizenship, "if he ac-
Quires through such residence the nationality
OF such foreign state by operation of law there
Of" In other words, foreign law Is integrated
into the American statute-a practice which
II not unique Is certainly departure from the
principle that Congress and not some foreign
government should make American laws.
Regardless Of the terms Of the foreign law,
the section continues by providing that If the
naturalized American citizen resides for three
years in the territory of foreign state of which
he was formerly q national. or for five years
in any other foreign state lthere are some ex-
ceptions but these appear most inadequate) he
shall lose his American nationality.
In contradistinction to this sloughing off of
American citizens, consider the British statute.
Under that law. The British Nationality and
Status of Aliens Act 1914 to l943. fthe text of
which can be found in Halsbury's Laws of
England0 not only is the British nationality
Of naturalized person unaffected by his re-
turn 20 the country Of his origin. or his going
Evening star., 1947-05-28

thing in their power to initiate the Fascist
menace" That is why the Communist
Daily Worker says that the House COM
mittee members are. afraid to investigate
the hidden cesspools where American
fascism is breeding today" With public
sentiment turning against them, it is the
best hope that the Communists have of
throwing up a smoke screen to cover their
own activities