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This and That
BIZ Charles E. TrdceUell.

oy IItuF ECS e. 1fUCCUcI.
Templeton Jones, short and dapper, and his
tall Texan friend, "Shep" Nelson, went out to
the Zoo the other afternoon to see the tarsiers
1t was a hot day and the first thing the
friends ran into was the parking problem.
Every place was taken.
When that was settled they couldn't find the
Philippine creatures with the google eyes,
pictured In every newspaper and many maya
zines.
They went from house to house, and from
cage to cage but nobody had ever heard the
name even.
No guards or policemen of any sort were
found.
The animals apparently had no protectors
from the people, and the people none from
the animals.
You would think now" growled Jones.
"they would have at least one guard in all
this place"
Maybe the guards are at lunch" replied
Nelson.
THAT isn't helping us And the tarsiers y
retorted Jones.
They went past the reticulated giraffe, and
into the old lion house.
I'VE ought to find somebody here" said
Tempeton JONES' hopefully.
1t was nobody, all right.
Wandering out, past the old alligator cage
of yesteryear, they met man wheeling q
Wheelbarrow.
do you know" asked Jones, where the
tarsiers are?"
The man did He pointed down the main
road to the proper building.
Out in the road, "shep' pointed excitedly to
a wagon.
Look at those strange animals" he called.
Templeton Jones looked, quickly, then re-
Taxed
Those strange animals he grinned, "are
dogs
tarsiers?"
They don't like dogs in the ZOO" went on
Jones. They excite the animals"
And these glass walls in front Of many Of
the monkeys and others-do you know what
they are for?" he continued.
ITO protect the people" replied the big
Texan.
BY this time "shep" had spotted small
pink sticker on a glass-inclosed cage In
shaded corridor.
Here are the tarsiers!' he shouted, but
when he looked around for Jones, that worthy
was nowhere in sight.
81 thought you came here to see the tar
siers," Nelson called, spotting the other at the
cage Of the jungle cat.
Templeton Jones didn't move. He was
enthralled by the beautiful little creature from
India. The jungle cat sat placidly in branch,
his large yellow eyes as beautiful and calm as
any angels
Jones is a cat friend, by nature This one
seemed much like those he had at home. He
kept calling kitty, kitty, kitty" in his best
style, but the wild thing inside just looked
into space, probably seeing in visions his
distant home. Tempeton Jones suddenly felt
sick Maybe it was the heat, or the smell OF
the place. which wasn't to be wondered at on
such hot day-everything looked very clean
and neat-or maybe it was sudden convic-
ton that this caging of wild animals for
show is all wrong, at bottom.
"Shep" Nelson took Jones by the elbow, and
led him over to the tarsier cage.
st don't see anything"
"Up there by the top" replied "Shep' Nelson.
The creatures had their noses in the ceiling,
and all one could see was the long tails.
While the long-legged Nelson stepped over
the guard rail to get better view. Tempieton
Jones went back to the jungle cat He was
talking baby-talk to 1t when "Shep" found him.
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Bosic Documents

Millions everywhere are bound to recog-
nize the letters exchanged by President
Truman and Pope Plus XII as documents
of basic significance in these tumultuous
times. They represent an instinct which
flourishes in multitude of minds, an
impulse which transcends all boundaries
of class or creed. In them is set forth
the essential doctrine of historic civiliza-
ton. They are spiritual affrmations of
compelling value.
Mr.. Truman, in his proper role as "the
chosen leader of the people of the United
States" asserts the accepted American
with heartfelt conviction that those who
do not recognize their responsibility to
Almighty God cannot meet their full duty
toward their fellow men," In those words
he challenges the essential fallacy Of the
atheistic materialism inherent in the ex-
pansion of communism across the world.
The Presidents language is explicit. He
says: can enduring peace can be built only
upon Christian principles and ito such a
contamination we dedicate all our re-
sources, both spiritual and material, re-
Numbering always that except the LORD
build the house, they labor in vain who
build it," Further, Mr.. Truman testifies to
the desire of the United States, "as a
Christian Nation" to work with men of
good will everywhere to Danish war and
the causes of war from the world whose
Creator desired that men of every race and
in every cline should live together in
peace good will and mutual trust"
Replying in the name of the church,
Pope Plus asserts: "She cannot compro-
mise with an avowed enemy of God. She
must continue to teach the first and great
est commandment incumbent on every
man: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with thy whole heart with thy whole soul,
with all thy strength" and "thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself.' It is her
changeles message that mans first duty
Is to God, then to his fellow man, that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29
The Middle in Greece

After nearly week of hectic pickering,
the Greek cabinet crisis ends almost where
1t began-that is to say, with the elderly
nonentity, Demetrios Maximos, once more
Premier over a heterogeneous cabinet OF
dubious efficiency or popular prestige. At
this writing, the precise composition OF
the new government is not fully known.
But it seems to be basically much the same
as the one which crumbled last Saturday,
with one or two fresh names added, per-
haps for windowdressing purposes.
The upshot of this interlude appears to
be in every way unfortunate. What was
needed above all else was broadening of
the political base which would have in
creased both the efficiency of the new
government and it's popular appeal. How
ever, such broadening could have come
about only through a genuine will to CO.
operate for patriotic ends. And 1t Is pre-
cisely such national will which has been
conspicuously absent among all the po-
litical figures involved. None of the several
parties rose above the level of the partisan
ship that has long been the curse of Greek
political life. Each thought in terms of
oPCCloI doFdAGo6C, &CJVSeAAAS SOAAAPA oAAAA5S
or Cancellation. All refused to subordinate
themselves to some outstanding essentially
nonpartisan personality who could have
dramatized and crystallized unifying
urge to cope with the terrible crisis that
besets Greece both at home and on the
frontier
One of the more discouraging aspects OF
this affair is the way the contestants
strove to put the blame for their respective
failures upon America and its representa-
tives. Our sound and well-meant advice
was deliberately distorted and misinter-
preted. There Is danger that this may
diminish our prestige and raise unfounded
suspicious OF our motives among the Greek
people. What has happened will certainly
make our task of saving Greece from it's
foreign foes and from itself just that
much harder. The only gamers by all this
will be the Communists, both inside Greece
and beyond It's borders. Red propaganda
is already joyfully sounding off on the re
frain: Eve told you sol" Communist
charges Of American imperialism, /" dollar
diplomacy" and interference in Greek
affairs are being revamped and intensified
The guerrillas grow more active, while
morale in the army declines. The outlook,
already dubious, becomes still darker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29

vert its historic stables into garages for
machines of war that have supplanted
horses as bearers OF men, guns and am
munition. All that remains to make the
Transformation complete is to compose a
suitable bugle call to replace boots and
saddles" That would be the GROWING
blow to a valiant branch of the Army of
a less enlightened but more picturesque
daV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29
Stars, Men and Atoms
New Exploding Atom Seen
Aid to Medical Research
Acc Announces Production OF Radio
Active Concentrate
Rv Thomas r. Henri

Production of new exploding atoms which
promise to open new vistas in medical research
including a possible chronometer Of human
aging-has Just been announced by the Atomic
Energy Commission.
OF greatest significance is the transmutation
by atomic bombardment of the very rare
metallic element scandium into highly con-
centrated radioactive calcium. Although ex-
ploding calcium has been available before, it
has existed only in highly diluted form.
Thus far, the commission announces, only
very minute amounts of the new substance
have been produced in the great atomic oven
at Oak Ridge, Tenn, but extraction procedures
are being developed which should make con-
siderable quantities available for medical
schools.
Concentrated Solutions
In addition it has been possible to produce
much more concentrated preparations of ex-
ploding sulfur, potassium and iodine-all Of
which elements are important constituents Of
the human body-by new reactions. The sui
fur, available In chemical combinations, Is
produced by the bombardment of chlorine and
involves adding three electrons to the chlorine
atom. Potassium and iodine in turn, are being
produced from irrsdiation of ordinary sulfur
dliO rare clcHcAb
1t also has been possible, the commission has
just announced through the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science, to pro-
duce such exploding elements as radio-iron and
radio-chlorine in much more concentrated
and active forms. All these are used extern
sively In medical experiments with human
beings.
Among the most significant developments
is the production of several exploding car
bon compounds These include methanol
or wood alcohol, greatly enriched with the
highly radioactive Carbon IA, heavy form
of the element which Is the keystone of all
life This particular exploding element Is
most in demand by medical laboratories
and improved methods Of production during
the past few months have cut the cost to
about seventh Of that at the start of the
year. Other important carbon combinations
are expected to become available SOON Most
of them now are produced in such small guam
titles that they are being used by the Com
mission laboratories for their own research
programs.
Life and Growth Element
The new calcium is regarded as Of especial
Importance because this element, especially
essential to life and growth in youth, tends
to become a waste product In the body as one
grows old.
BY using the new material as q tracer in
animal feeding experiments 1t may be pos
sinle to determine the changing rates at which
1t Is deposited In various organs. especially in
the blood vessels. 1t has been said that every
body dies of old age If they live long enough"
largely because of this waste calcium deposit
ton.
The types Of radioactive calcium avail
able before the discovery of the scandium
transmutation have been poorly adapted to
biological experiments because of their quite
low specific reactivity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29

To the Editor of The Star:
In q recent edition OF The Star, Dorothy
Thompson discussed quite Intellectually the
merits of the life OF Gandhi. I agree with Miss
Thompson as to his wonderful spirit of nom
violence. In On the Record. she says, Others
in history have preached nonviolence. Jesus
preached it and died. But Gandhi alone
demonstrated its political power"
Is Miss Thompson in this statement at
tempting to relegate Jesus to second place
as leader in history?
The life of Jesus Christ cannot be COM
pared to that of any human being and any
one who attempts it brands himself incapa-
BILE of understanding such a life. 1t Is human
presumption to the nth degree and In this
age human presumption has nearly reached
it's peak which must come before the down.
fall. Jesus Christ preached nonvioence. Yes,
He practiced it, but in no political sense. 1t
was spiritual demonstration of divine power
beyond what the world then or now could
conceive, and 1t is blasphemy to try to COM
pare His demonstration with that OF any
human leader Miss Thompson actually de-
duces a conclusion in Gandhi's favor.
The teaching of Jesus Christ was not
political thing In it political power, all hui
man power, was simply swallowed up in the
power Ol kTOU dllu III dSuCC Va ~ 10 4SSoANSN
in Bible history for all time in the miracles
performed-raising of the dead that was not
then, and is not now, understood through
any human intellect Jesus did not waste
away under his teaching, as Gandhi is doing.
Under Jesus fasting-"asceticism," II you
please-there was no wasting away of physi-
cal body. But, like the Hebrew children who
asked that they be given pulse to eat instead
H.. r;o vic tho HipC crderod
was farer to look upon and more beautiful
in countenance at the end of His fast than
before.
He was crucified, yes. But three days later
He again took upon himself the body the
world thought 1t had killed. And the spiritual
animus in living today comes as direct
result of the life of Jesus Christ 1900 years
ago and 1900 years from now it will have
increased.
No, there is no comparison between the
Master Christian of the centuries and feeble
Gandhi, wonderful though he be. But there
is marvellous attempt to emulate the Master
Christian which Gandhi cannot explain, only
he has conceived of it as human asceticism.
Therein lies his failure. But the hope OF the
world lies in this-any one who has con-
tributed to spiritual sense of life has never
failed, and in this sense Gandhi has not
failed, no matter what toll 1t has exacted
of his physical existence.
EUNICE BURKS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,Driter, although 1t Is permissible for a
,Driter knotDn to The Star to use a
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29

on the Soviet Union, these articles are Of
prime Importance
While visiting the u s. S. R.. was heart
broken at the contempt for the masses, the
lies taught In schools. the slave labor build
ing roads and the constant dread of the con-
centration camp and death.
I. GABRIEL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29
Questions and Answers

A reader can obtain the answer to any question
OF fact by writing The Evening Star Informa ton
Bureau, 316 I street NE. WASHINGTON 2. D. c.
Please include cents for return postage.
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A. racing swimmer gets more power from
his hands than he does from his feet.
@ II q cut Is made in the trunk of tree
at certain height above ground, does this spot
remain at the level as the tree grows or does 1t
move higher up?-W. P.
A. The Forest Service says that given spot
on the trunk of tree does not rise higher
from the ground as the tree grows.
O. Who were the parents Of Brigham
Young?-M. j. H.
A. Brigham Young was born at Nottingham,
VT, of a well-known Colonial family. He was
the son of John and Nabby Howe) Young.
His great-grandfather, William Young, was
worshiper at the Old South Church. Boston;
his grandfather Joseph served as physician
and surgeon in the French and Indian Wars,
and his father fought with Washington In the
Revolution.
@. What proportion of a normal persons
weight is stored fat?-S. B. E.
A. In the normal individual approximately
one-sixth of the body weight represents stored
fat.
O. How many musicians compose the Boston
Symphony Orchestra?-R. H.
A. In the season of 1946 there were l03
musicians in the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
O. Does the FBI guard the President Of the
United States?-E. s. B.
A. The Federal Bureau Of Investigation says
that the protection Of the President is the re-
sponsibility of the United States Secret Serv-
ice and Is not under the jurisdiction OF the
FBI.
@. Who were the midnight judges"3-
K. A. r.
A. just before President John Adams term
expired, Congress passed an act creating % new
judicial judgeships and President Adams filled
these Offices having life tenure with members
Of his own party. The name alludes to their
last-minute appointments.
@. Are there serpents in the seaP-P. B. L.
A. Fishermen along the coasts OF Southern
Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands often
pull up real sea serpents' in their nets. These
snakes are all poisonous.
@. How many persons were killed IN the
fall Of Jerusalem in AID. 70?-H. H. P.
A. Josephus reports that 100000 Jews were
killed and 81 900 made captiyes by the Romans
Whether this is an exaggeration or not cannot
be definitely proved, but history records that
the city was left in utter desolation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29
Not a McIemore Fan

To the Editor of The Star:
The articles by n. McLemore are very
childish Why not remove them from q fine
editorial page? NJ LIEBERSOHN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29

Commends Mr.. Browns Articles
To the Editor of The STAR:
NY friends and wish to commend you and
Constantine Brown for his truthful, fearless
and scholarly columns.
Amidst ali the dishonestly rosy propaganda
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

O. Does a racing swimmer get the most
power from his hands or from his feet?-R. B.
A. racing swimmer gets more power from
his hands than he does from his feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29
Gandhi and Master Christian

West New York, N. J.
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O. II cut is made in the trunk Of tree
at certain height above ground, does this spot
remain at the level as the tree grows or does it
move higher up?-W. P.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-11-13
No Hunting

No hunting or trespassing on my
farm, day or night. Ami Pifer. 81
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-11-13

If you're going to jump at con-
clusions you can't always expect
happy landing.-The Gilcrafter
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-11-13
Car Damaged In
Collision SUNDAY

A car driven by Janet Steiner,
owned by her father, N. P. Steiner
was damaged Sunday night at $50
o'clock on South Main street near
the junction of High street when
sideswiped by a car driven by Tim
othy Hays, 10, colored, Lima.
Police said that the accident oc-
Cured when Hays attempted to go
around the Steiner car on the right
side. A fender on the Steiner car
was damaged. The Lima car was
ownd by Governor Hays, father of
Timothy, who was riding in the car
at the time of the accident, police
said.
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+. +. 4. Council
Is Re0rgGf;;zed

Allen county council of Future
Farmers Of America, which has been
inactive the past several years was
reorganized by representatives of
the county chapters at Shawnee high
school last Thursday.
Officers to serve for the remainder
of the school year will be: President,
Jack Hall, Harrod; vice president,
Ramon Marshall, Shawnee; secre-
tary, Junior Mulholland, Spencer
vile; treasurer, Richard Burget,
Shawnee; reporter, Eliot Foulkes,
Beaverdam; sentinel, Marven Higbie,
Harrod
Activities planned for the winter
include a pest hunt, county livestock
judging circle, radio program and
county basketball tournament.
Meetings will be held the second
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-11-13
Pandora High School
Junior Play Friday

THAT Crazy Smith Family" is
the title of a play to be presented
by the Pandora high school junior
class, Friday night in the Pandora
high school auditorium at 8 o'clock.
Appearing in the cast are: Bar
bara Schumacher, Owen Etter, Betty
Basinger, Richard Boehr, Eloise
Steiner, Gene Suter, Cassie Diller,
Joann Hatfield, Eugene Steiner,
James Zuercher, James Kiene and
Margaret Hart.
Production staff includes Carmene
Radabaugh, Ted Basinger, julius
BixeI, Gary Welty and John Windau.
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Mt. Cory Man Weds
Columbus Woman

Wendell P. Wagner, Mt. Cory,
was married in the First Congrega-
tional church, Columbus, to Miss
Marjorie Roth, of Clumbus, in a
single ring ceremony on October 18,
according to an announcement made
this week.
The couple are living on a farm
near Mt. Cory, following a short
wedding trip.
The groom was graduated from
Mt. Cory High school and served
four years in the u. s. Marine
corps. Mrs. Wagner is a graduate
of Alexandria High school, and
worked in Columbus prior to her
marriage.
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Richland Center

Rev. and Mrs. Howard Landes
called at the Francis and Amos
Basinger home, Thursday afternoon.
Francis Gratz and Al Bushman Of
Sidney and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Core and family were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Gratz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Matter and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Mat
ter and Mr.. and Mrs. David Ander-
son and daughter were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ander-
son and son Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Basinger and
daughter of Lima were Sunday eve
supper guests of Mrs. Martha
Basinger and Mr.. and Mrs. Don
Dillman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolly Moser and
sons spent Thursday eve at the War
rem Moser home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hershel Moser and children were
guests, Friday eve,
Misses Kaye Matter and Shirley
Derringer spent Friday night with
Miss Elise Chamberlain.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Amstutz spent
Thursday eve with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Gratz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Gratz and
daughter Joan and grandchildren
David and Tommy Detwiler spent
Sunday eve with Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Amstutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Grant and
sons were Sunday dinner guests of
Mrs. J. /. Luginbuhl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin
were Friday eve supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Matter, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Helmlinger, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Matter and family
spent Sunday eve with Mr.. and Mrs.
Orville Matter of Bluffton in honor
of Mrs. Matters birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Biberstein and
family of Berne, Ind, were Sunday
dinner guests at the Francis Basinger
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Bell and son
Tommy and daughter Marian, Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Gratz and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilford Gratz and daughter
spent Thursday eve with Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Matter and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Schaublin
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford
Gratz and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Schaublin We're Sunday din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel
Boutwell, and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Moser enter
tanned the Friendly Couples S. S.
class, Sunday eve. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Creeger
and son Larry, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Matter, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Reichen-
bach and daughter Barbara, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilford Gratz and daughter and
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolly Moser and sons
Tavern and Larry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Wilson spent
Sunday eve with Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Eikenbary.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nonnamaker
and son Jimmy of Lima spent Sun
day eve with Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Chidester and family.
Mrs. Albert Kohler is patient in
Bluffton hospital.
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Family Reunion

The following attended a family
reunion at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. r. Bogart, Sunday:
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Baumgartner
and daughter Sarah of Champaign,
H.; Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Baumgart-
ner of Mishawaka, Ind; Mr.. and
Mrs. nj. w. Baumgartner of North
Wales, Pa; Miss Betty Baumgart-
ner and Dick Freeman of Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. I. Habegger and
family, Misses Sarah and Cora
Baumgartner, Berne, Ind; Mr.. and
Mrs. George swank, Jr., Columbus.
Afternoon callers were Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. L. Short.