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Evening star., 1938-04-01
CITIZEN IS TARGET
IN H0LD-UP ATTEMPT
Bullet Misses Mark and Two
Youths Flee-Church Loses
Charity Fund.

One Of two colored youths fired on
Carl Thyring. AIT Oglethorpe street
NV, and then fled last night after
he failed to respond promptly to their
command to put UP his hands.
The two stopped Mr.. Thyring in the
2200 block of Twelfth street NV.
police were told. One of the youths.
believed to be Is or II years old, was
armed with a nickel-plated revolver
and fired one bullet, but missed his
mark, Mr., Thyring said.
Rabbi Henry Segal reported to police
that Beth Israel Congregations syna-
gogue, at Fourteenth and Emerson
streets NV, was entered by thieves
VINO stole charity collection box. con-
tanning So, and a vacuum cleaner
valued at $50. This was the second
Time IN three months the synagogue
had been entered.
Clothing valued at Sis was stolen
yesterday from the apartment of
Goldie B. selken, 1927 Sixteenth street
NV. Entrance was gained by break
ing the lock on the front door.
Evening star., 1938-04-01
FOUR PERSONS HURT
IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS
Two Soldiers in Auto Injured
When It Hits Pole-Girl Suffers
Broken Ankle.

-Four persons, including two SOL
diers. were injured in traffic accidents
here and nearby in the last "a hours.
The soldiers. Pvts. Paul Wiles and
George Proavaznik attached to Boil
ing Field, were hurt when their auto
crashed into an electric light pole
near Indian Head, Md
At Walter Reed Hospital Pvt. Wiles
was found to have a fractured collar
bone and his companion a brchen leg.
Lillian Nelson, IS, of Clarendon,
Va, received a broken ankle when q
car in which she was a passenger COL
lided with another at the Virginia
end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
She was taken to Emergency Hospital.
Frederick Post. "a, Seat Pleasant,
Md. suffered a foot injury when he
lost control of his motor cycle and
struck a pole on Benning road NE.
At Casualty it was said he may have
fracture.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

His devotion to the forgotten man" and
the "underprivileged" masses will be
symbolized in the coin to be struck in
in his name.
But the result may not be exactly what
Mr.. Roosevelt anticipates. For example.
he probably does not recall that Jeffer-
son hated centralized government. The
forthcoming nickel may remind him that
the Sage Of Monticello wanted "a bill of
rights to guard liberty" against executive
interference, and argued for such man
agement Of the peoples affairs as shall
restrain men from injuring one another"
and "leave them otherwise free to regu-
late their own pursuits OF industry and
improvement"
Release of the coin, however, may serve
other purposes than those OF education
It might do worse than dramatize the
problem of paying the bill for recent ex-
periments in behalf of "the more abun-
dant life." Figuring twenty to the dol
lar, approximately four hundred and
eighty billion of Jefferson nickels would
be needed to meet the costs of the ad-
venture launched on March 4, 1888. In
other words, thirteen roads of them, laid
side by side, from the earth to the moon!
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Old.Age Security Plan
Not Insurance at All
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
We believe that the present old-age
security plan is not insurance at all but
just another form of savings policy.
Doc Townsend wanted to give everybody
so bucks week whether they needed 1t
or not while the present plan will deny
the benefits to half the population even
If they do need 1t while many who do
not need 1t will be getting the biggest
checks.
Were the old people of today born 40
years too soon? Isn't it fact that the
money being collected today is being
diverted to other uses while the coming
generation will be retaxed to liquidate
the securities now in the social security
fund to raise the cash to pay this gen.
Grafton its old-age pensions?
Motorists have willingly paid billions
In gasoline taxes, amounting to Is per
cent in some cases, because they wanted
good roads and were satisfied that the
money was going for that purpose There
Is such thing as "squawk proof" taxes.
Old-age security for old, people today
is possible without additional taxes if
the money being collected today was
being spent today for the purpose OF old
age pensions.
GEORGE w. SPAYTH,
Dunellen, N. J.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Our Ships at Sydney.

Four cruisers of the United States
Navy, anchored in the friendly harbor
of Sydney, metropolis of Australia. yes
terday thundered salute in honor Of
the sesquicentennial Of the great New
South Wales ports foundation. The guns
of Admiral Townsends flagship, Louis
vile. and Of the rest Of his squadron,
Memphis, Trenton and Milwaukee,
barked stentorian evidence Of the ancient
ties Of friendship and good will which
unite the Australian and American
peoples.
For year and half trade relations
with the Commonwealth have been
strained, following President Roosevelt's
order Of June 26, 1896. placing Australia
on the black list for discrimination
against American commerce in pursu-
ance Of her so-called trade diversion
program. In consequence, most-favored-
nation treatment was withdrawn from
her imports into this country. AS the
Canberra government recently modified
the disadvantageous restrictions in ques-
ton, it is reasonable to expect that
reciprocal reconsideration of our attitude
will not be withheld. It would be q
peculiarly appropriate gesture II WASH
ington were to una It feasibls to mend
Evening star., 1938-01-27
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field.
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

mas even been conjectured that in both
cases the germs themselves, or some of
their by-products, have stimulating
action on brain centers This can
neither be proved nor disproved in the
light OF present knowledge. It is not a
necessary assumption to explain the
facts. The human organism tends to
keep In equilibrium, to compensate for
ln1er1or1ties IN one respect by building
up super1orities in others. II its energy
Is bottled up on the physical level it
seeks an outlet on the mental or emo
tional level.
The f1rst actual description of polio as
disease entity was by an English chill
drens doctor named Underwood in a book
on pediatrics in 1889. This has only come
to light recently. It was lost sight of
and the discovery officially is credited to
German physician, Heine. who pub
llshed a monograph on 1t In 1840 In
German-speaking countries 1t Is still
known as Heines disease.
To the United States probably belongs
the unenviable distinction Of having had
the first recorded epidemic. A Phila-
delphia doctor named Colmer, travelling
IN Louisiana in 1841, wrote:
my attention has been called to a
child about year old, slowly recovering
from an attack Of hemiplegia. The par
ents, who were people of intelligence and
unquestioned veracity, told me that
eight or ten other cases had occurred
during the preceding three or four
months within few miles of their resi-
dence, all Of which had either completely
recovered or were decidedly improving.
The little sufferers were invariably under
two years of age and the cause seemed
to be the same In all-namely, teething."
Whatever the cause, it wasn't teething.
The doctor evidently was passing over
q chance for a discovery which would
have made his name immortal in medical
literature. Such q condition as he de-
scribes would almost certainly today be
aScribed to polio.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
COrrects Statement on
Vacant Hospital Beds

To the Editor OF The Star:
would like to correct the statement
made by Col. P. M. Ashburn, medical
superintendent Of Columbia Hospital, in
the Friday, January 81, issue OF your
paper, The Evening Star; on page Bio,
column 3.
Mrs. Moose, public welfare chairman
of the Lincoln Park Citizens Association,
asked for the merging of these two hos
pitfalls (Gallinger and Columbia) instead
of another health center. If the tax
payers cannot take care of Gallinger
Hospital. why another health center
which means larger appropriations
Your reporter quoted me incorrectly.
The article in your paper stated that
there were 100 vacant beds in Columbia
Hospital. This statement was made in
regard to Glenn Dale r. B. Sanitarium,
not Columbia Hospital. The adult build
ing Of Glenn Dale is full, but the chill
dren building has one wing empty which
. might care for 100 patients. This could
be used for adults, using q partition and
another entrance. did not state any
definite amount Of money. I merely said q
small sum would be sufficient to make
the necessary alterations.
HARRIET g. MOOSE,
Public Welfare Chairman.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

the rift in the lutte while Our ships are
at Sydney.
There are vital reasons for close friend
ship between the United States and
Australia. The Commonwealth is one of
our largest markets, ranking seventh or
eighth in total exports, with vast poten-
tialities for future development. The
peak year. in pre-depression times, re-
corded sales Of nearly 5000, ,000,0 900 to
Australia. She sells us wool, gold con-
centrates. hides and skins. and farm
products which do not compete with our
own agricultural industry.
Outstripping trade considerations, i'm
portan. as these are, is the bond of COM
mon interest which springs from
Japanese ambitions in the South Pacific.
It is situation which has become more
acute than ever since the invasion Of
China and the fears which that aggres-
sion generates that the Japanese will not
permanently be content with a sphere
of influence confined to the tip Of con-
tinental Asia. The British at Hong Kong
and in India, the French in Indo- China
and the Dutch in the East Indies and
New Guinea share Australians fear that
their own rich territory may some day
come within the scope of Nippon's i'm
perialistic longings. Possession of the
Philippines, to say nothing Of our fixed
purpose to preserve traditional American
rights in the Far East, gives the United
States coincident concern in what
happens in the China Sea, the Indian
Ocean and the South Seas.
All these things will fill the minds OF
Australians and Americans alike, as they
fraternze in festive Sydney this week.
Our friends down under may be as
sured that the United States Graves the
most Cordial entente with them and ap-
preciates, in that spirit, the welcome they
are extending to our flag and sailormen.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

front glass she cannot see any one stand
ing in front of her.
Tapping on the glass seldom makes
any impression on her.
Let us say, at this point, that this tap
ping habit, usually frowned on by aqua
rum experts, Is really not as bad as 1t
has been painted.
It is only harmful to the fishes when
done by some human roughneck who
fairly hammers upon the tanA or makes
quick motions, often preluded by sud-
den descent upon the tank.
A human cannot image what sudden
rush Of darkness has upon fishes in a
tank. There Is nothing like it in tho
human world.
In the fish world darkness seldom
comes in rush, with one exception, any
more than colder water arrives in
stantly.
Many Of Natures processes are grad
ual and. in that respect, more kindly.
Sudden darkness or darkening, to q
fish means an enemy. It Is the excep-
ton mentioned.
The gull from the sky; the fisherman.
-
fiddle has never manifested the
slightest alarm at q moderate tapping
on the glass.
Nor did any Of the 10 tanks of trop-
ical fishes which preceded her Their
inmates found no particular alarm in
nor suffered any hurt from careful tap
ping.
The one exception, OF course, is the
so-called angel fish, which does not enjoy
rappings on the glass walls of its en-
forced home. It Is said that sometimes
this will cause the fish to make such a
rapid dart that it will bang its brains
out. In keeping these interesting fishes
for four years we fortunately had this
experience but once, and that was with
very sick fish which was thrown into
q sudden panic fear for no reason which
was apparent. Absolute quiet reigned in
the room and there was no noise nor
motion either inside or outside.
Suddenly the sick fish gave a wild
leap-there was no other term for it
through the water and smote itself, head
first, into the tank wall.
1t fell to the sand and lay there, gasp
ing few times then stopped breathing.
No doubt the fear was caused by the dis
ease and an inner compulsion known
only to the fish world.
+ 4
fiddle is bit too sluggish to make
such leaps.
She swims placidly, except at feeding
time. This is the high spot OF her day.
A goldfish, with the proper sort Of food,
which contains some protein and not just
carbohydrates, can eat great deal of
food.
The common idea that these bright
swimmers can be overfed is based mostly
on the use of very poor quality OF pre-
pared food which is in no sense a COM
plete food and which really starves the
poor creature given it, despite the fat
which 1t may build up.
We wish to explode another goldfish
fallacy-that it is harmful to keep
fish alone.
fiddle is a standing, or. rather, SWIM
ming, refutation of that idea. She loves
70 live. and especially to eat, and enjoys
her lonely life to the full. We like to
think that she really Is not lonely, but
sees a great deal with her one eye and
enjoys her friendship with those beings
who tap on her wall and dish her out
food at appropriate times The latter
is gesture which joins all living things
In bond Of brotherhood all can under
stand
Evening star., 1938-01-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRACEWELL.

Among the billions Of living things In
the world at this hour, fiddle, the one
eyed goldfish, assufedly IL ono Of the
least.
Her swimmings in her 20-inch tank
are Of importance only to herself and
her few human friends.
The power of the press. however, has
brought her to the attention OF q great
multitude Of people.
Have YOU heard about fiddle, the
one-eyed goldhsh7" they ask one an
other.
Some have: some have not. 1t is al
ways so.
Some people have read Kipling: many
profess to have read him: some do not
even know what the word means.
Tiddle-Kipling.
The first might be q game and the
latter form of herring, for all some
persons know, and it always has been 50
and always will be.
Universal knowledge is only blufi.
For every person who has read all the
plays of Shakespeare there are still thou
sands who know him only as name in
gold on the cover Of q very fat book.
Who is fiddle, then, that all the
aquatic fans" commend her?
Now in her fifth year-or is it her
sixth; time goes SO quickly!-she is bright
gold with apricot leanings.
She is chunky, some inches in length,
followed by flowing tail Of the so-called
veil type.
There is absolutely nothing fancy
about fiddle. She was one of q thou
sand crammed into a dealers tank.
Did you ever stop to wonder why the
dealer puts so many goldf1shes in one
tank?
He does not do it because he is limited
in space.
Not at all!
He does it for showmanship.
A tank filled with milling fishes, 80
closely packed that they scarce can
breathe" will attract scores Of spec
tators just for the show.
They may not even be interested in
goldflsh-that is where the showmanship
comes in.
The mass Of moving color attracts at
tention, whereas just few fishes, calmly
and happily swimming around, call no
particular attention to themselves
And do you know why q few fishes in
plenty Of water attract no attention?
Alas!
Because they are the correct thing.
The right thing seldom asks for or gets
attention. That is the silly way of this
world The horrible, the freakish, the
terrible, the utterly wrong
These are the things and people which
and who clamor for our attention, and
usually get 1t. whereas the beautiful, the
normal, the gentle, the wholly right
These are the things and people which
and whom we all too frequently over
look, God forgive us all.
fiddle, the one-eyed goldfish, lives
properly, in tank which gives her
plenty Of swimming room and plenty of
oxygen.
She is happy fish, as far as a human
can tell.
She does not mind being alone, nor
does she lament the absence of an eve.
The lack OF an eye is entirely natural
with her. There is no sign whatever of
where an orb was supposed to be on the
left side. The gill cover comes smoothly
over. When that side of her Is to the
Evening star., 1938-01-27
All.Night Lights First
Step to Reduce Accidents

TO the Editor Of The Star:
1t is interesting to note the efforts of
the powers that be" to stop trafic acci-
dents. Why not do the first thing first?
Instead of cutting of red and green
tranic lights from midnight on, keep
them working. At just the hours of the
day when drunken drivers are most
active the means Of curbing them is
stopped. Car for car when the lights
are merely blinking white will show
greater percentage Of traflic trouble.
JAMES AUSTIN.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
jefferson Nickel.

A five-cent piece in homage to the
memory of Thomas Jefferson soon will
be minted. The coin is intended to pub
ucize the celebration of the bicentennial
Of his birth and, inferentially, to adver-
tise his democratic philosophy. In the
ory, II not in sober fact, he was the
founder Of the party to which President
Roosevelt belongs. Also, 1t is to him that
the New Deal is supposed to trace back.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
All Hands.

All Hands.
We need the Great. We need the Small
AS Time goes on his way.
All men must labor, after all,
To make a holiday.
We need the man who has the voice
To lead the hearty cheer;
The man whose shout bids US rejoice
Whenever he draws near.
We need the man who clearly thinks.
We need the man Of song.
We need the man who brings cold drinks
And sausages along.
We need in all this vast acclaim,
When hearts are all aglow,
The man who lights the Torch of Fame
The man who shovels snow!
Evening star., 1938-01-27
A Correction.

In an editorial commenting on the
proposed investigation of various prac-
tees within the civil service system of
the Federal Government, inadvertent
reference was made by The Star to
the Civil Service Commission. The
Civil Service Commission, of course, Is
not under investigation. The Star
regrets an incorrect reference to the
Civil Service Commission.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
My Mending Basket

Ny mending basket Is a cloud
Which keeps away the light;
From its depths deep murmurings stir
When begin to write.
And SO put my pencil down
To weave with silken thread
And when I look the cloud has gona,
There Is q poem instead.
MONICA WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

One radio talker speaks Ill Of the book
that another praises and experiences no
serious resentment. That is the kind OF
talk which may build up sale for the
book.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

DR.. Cary Grayson has launched a
million-dollar drive to aid Chinese civil
ians who have suffered in Asia. The
doctor does not profess to understand
many ancient languages, but he has
learned the art of giving universal mean
ing to the words Red Cross"
Evening star., 1938-01-27

Greenbelt is already rated as one of
the most prosperous suburban cities. 1t
may be doubted whether Mr.. Tugwell
could not be happier as one of its resi-
dents than in conducting a molasses
tariff in foreign lands.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

about the employment of explosives to
cause cloudy weather. The Western
Pacific Coast is too much engaged with
other things to study this important
climatic question.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

Builders will take pride in erecting a
suitable edif1ce for Andrew Melons gift
Of art. He will always be gratefully re-
membered for an effort at great benefi-
cence without personal conversation.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Armament Paws.

From the Grand Rapids Press.
Even If we never have war, arma-
ment is worth every cent it costs us. It
Is so pleasant to watch other nations re-
membering their manners.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
The Missing Song.

Prom the Burlington Hawkeye Gazette.
Strange, that with all the radio singing
We don't seem to have any broadcasting
from bathtubs.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Salvation.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Before the world can be saved the
majority of men and women in 1t will
have to become disguised with it as Is.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

Jud Tlnkins says one idea of happi-
ness is to live in perpetual irritation
because the golf game goes wrong.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Variable CandOr.

did you ever say exactly what you
thought on this important subject2"
"Oh, yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
"But am open to argument and did not
always think the same thing"
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Soothing Influence.

A statesman makes a speech quite long
With reasoning so deep.
I tune in, when he comes along
He always makes me sleep.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

"Contentment," said HI Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, rs usually experienced by
those who are too indolent Of mind to
face their troubles"
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Spiendid Edihce.

"What was the most beautiful and
inspiring ediflce you saw as you ap-
preached the great city?"
"A filling station" answered Mr..
Chuggins, ''just as we were nearly out
of gas"
Evening star., 1938-01-27
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Comics for the Congressional Record.
That good old Congressional Record so
prim
Should have comic pictures, they say;
But dignity still must be steadfast and
grim
As craftsmanship goes on its way.
OF course, the great public can't fully
ignore.
The themes for hilarious chaff.
We hear more that's funny than ever
before
But politeness forbids us to laugh.
"A politician" said Uncle Eben, lis
lucky when he can do his best work by
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12

Mrs. Joseph Guilfoile, chairman of the ways and means commit tee, outlined plans for an Italian food sale to be held at Rowland Hughes, April g. She named the following committee to assist her: Mrs. Thomas Barrett, Mrs. A. J. Masone, Miss Fannie Lauro, Mrs. Roland Ruggiero, Mrs. P. J. Di- Lauro and Miss Mary Mazzarella.
 A committee, appointed to ar range the annual Mothers day program includes Mrs. Michael Ciano, Mrs. Joseph Ruccio, Mrs. Carl Gemino and Mrs. Gus De- Cicco.
 Miss Antoinette Ciminera was appointed chairman of 8 commit tee to arrange the annual June dinner of the club. Others on the committee are Mrs. Louis Scig- liano, Mrs. Joan Ruggiero and Miss Rose Morelli.
 Hostesses at the social after the meeting were Mrs. Pat Sylvestro, Miss Angie DiNicola, Mrs. Ernest Carosella and Miss Josephine Pettinichi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-12

This is the second of series of articles portraying the play of the ten leading bridge players of 1887, those named on my two All America teams of-four. Mrs. Ralph c. (Sally) Young of Philadelphia was the outstanding woman bridge player of 1887. Not only did she gain more master points than any other member of her sex, but at the national tournament in Washington in December, she won two national championships-the women's team of-four and the board-a-match team-of-four. In the latter event, she was the partner of Charles H. Goren of Philadelphia, who de- scribes one of the hands she played in this article.
 By CHARLES H. GOREN
 Sally Young has proved her skill to the bridge playing public. She earned her place by skill in bidding