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Evening star., 1947-12-02
Room for Improvement

Albert Ralph Korn, president of the
American Literary Association, has come
forward with a pamphlet In which he
argues "the case for clarity in poetry"
Mr.. Korn feels that there Is room for i'm
provement in the work of some of our
modern poets, and it Is hard to disagree
with him.
He cites, as an example of that to which
he takes exception, this gem from the pen
of E. E. Cummings:
bright
bright - ? big
(sott
soft near calm
(Bright
calm, st holy
(Sott BRIGHT deep
yes near sta Calm star big YES
alone
(11Ho -
The following specimen is from lone Of
the most reputable" poetry magazines:
said ,Dith my 1Uitbal
eye, he ld-1Dise, halt hoodwinked, jeH
shuttered lou,
keep out keep out aDhat raintalls
of hindsights or toresights 1oould
ranklerroot
house, CUTS, goods, me
but my eye tUas a sot
in bo1Dl of acids, must lidlitt to kno,O:
and hailrips had entry, en,oorlded US,
inlet sea at our cellars, 1UrdckS,
the drag and to1U.
Mr.. Korn, having probed these and
similar outpourings for meaning, but still
being very much in the dark, declares:
"The average intelligent reader whose love
of poetry was stimulated by such genuine
poets as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Tenny-
son, Masefeld, Longfellow, Bryant, Poe and
Frost will ask the reasonable question:
What kind of individuals are these modern
poets who write with so keen an appetite
for the eccentric?"
The answer does not come readily to
mind. AS a starter, however, Mr.. Korn
might go back to Shelley's observation that
"a poet must to some extent be chameleon,
and feed on air." Perhaps these moderns
have simply been overeating.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Ernst Lubitsch

Although it is an axiom that the cinema
is directors medium" which is to say
that the director is the completely
dominant force in movie making, few of
the type manage to become bywords in
the vocabulary of fandom. Among the
executions to this rule was Ernst Lubitsch,
who died Sunday in Hollywood.
"The Lubitsch touch" which he de-
veloped was the work of an artistically
creative man. 1t was at once simple and
subtle thing, light, quick and revealing,
always brought of with irreproachable
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Improvement in the Schools

The annual survey OF the Nations
schools, conducted by the National Educa-
ton Association, shows them to be ION the
upgrade from a wartime low" Pupil en-
rollments are estimated at 25,734,O00 for
1918. The number of teachers principals
and supervisors in public elementary and
secondary classiflcations Is given as oil 900.
More young men and women are taking
normal training Conditions" it is ex-
planned, "have taken turn for the better"
But Fundamental difficulties have
been eased rather than permanently
solved"
Willard E. Givens, executive secretary
Of the association, sets forth some OF the
problems in these words:
There are still at least 100000 children
who are suffering major losses in instructional
opportunities as direct result of the teacher
shortage. Glasses are overcrowded Many
children go to school only on part-time basis.
School building programs retarded by the war
have not kept pace with expanding enrollments.
There is deplorable lack Of textbooks. School
equipment, laboratory apparatus, library facil-
tiles are inadequate In thousands OF schools.
Nearly 100000 children are transported to
school daily in buses that are unsafe.
Perhaps the most serious issue is that OF
the shortage of qualified instructors in
forty-two States. Low pay contributes to
this phase of the overall picture. With
the average teachers salary nominally
$2,55O year, his or her actual earnings
are only 1854 in prewar purchasing
power-less $248 Federal income tax. The
Improvement" here is appraised at 1854
ahead of 1s3s-40," but this is only 4
theoretical advantage.
pamphlet recently put out by the Citi-
zens Federal Committee on Education
supports these views and asks the indi-
vidual citizen to: Check up on educa-
tional conditions in your own community;
work with organizations seeking to i'm
prove educational conditions; get to know
your children's teachers and show them
they have your understanding, friendliness
and support; encourage able young people
to consider teaching as career"
Meanwhile, the demands of world condi-
tions upon the educational agencies OF the
United States obviously are increasing from
hour to hour. The influence of develop
ments in foreign lands created many OF
the most pressing problems OF American
schools in the past. A similar observation
applies to the present moment. The fate
of mankind eventually will be decided in
terms of what James Smithson called "the
increase and diffusion OF knowledge"
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Veterans Mother Evicted
TO the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The star:
What Is wrong with our law which permits
families to be evicted from living quarters to
provide space for commercial purposes, Is 1t
any wonder that veterans complain?
I know two who can't complain in behalf OF
their widowed mother who, with her two
sisters, must vacate the apartment which has
been their home for rs years in order to pro-
vide additional space for = furniture store On
November 5 these ladies were ordered to vacate
by December 3.
These veterans cannot complain because one
of them, young lieutenant, was shot down IN
the Mediterranean and the other. his sister,
WAC, was lost OF Liberia.
It ts . strange sense Of so-called justice
which 'rhonors the Nations dead" but thus
treats the living kin Of those deadl Dollars
versus lives seems to be the equation.
J.W.H.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Reserve Officers Viewpoint

Reserve Officers Viewpoint
To the Editor Of The Star:
My attention has been called to q letter in
The Star, November 27, from an individual who
signs himself as Norman Q. Brill, M. D., 1t.
COL, NC Res, formerly deputy Chief Neuro-
Psychiatry Division, once Of the Surgeon
General It appears that 1t. Col. Brill, NC
Res, has been thoroughly indoctrinated by the
Regular Army
Let us look at the facts:
At the beginning of the war; there were in
the Regular Army approximately $4,000 Regu-
lar Army officers of all grades. Since June 80,
1910, of this $4,000 approximately $500, or
1924 per cent, have been retired for physical
disability.
During this same period, there were some
800 900 civilian officers in the Army Of whom
approximately $4,000, or 33 per cent, are re-
ceiving retirement pay for physical disability.
When 1T. Col. Brill refers to the fact that
there are over 10 times as many non-Regular
officers receiving retirement pay for physical
disability as Regular officers, he overlooks the
fact that during the war 98 per cent Of the
officers and men were non-Regulars and only
two per cent were Regulars.
1t. COL Brill refers to the greater incidence
of high rank in the Regular officers" This
indicates that the Regular officers of high rank
were further removed from the actual combat
and therefore there should have been a much
lower percentage of them physically disabled
than there were of the civilian officers who
actually commanded platoons, companies and
battalionS in combat.
1t. Co.. Brill also has failed to indicate what
percentage OF the $4,000 "non-Regular" officers
we're composed of Regular Army enlisted men
who held temporary or Reserve commissions
during the war. His remark that many OF
these non-Regular officers were poorly mott
yated from the start" and Army service was
generally brief and was an unwelcome inter-
ruption of their civilian careers" Ill becomes
4 member of the medical profession and in
dicates lack of understanding Of the patriotic
motives that caused some $4,000 reserve ofdcers
to volunteer their services long before Pearl
Harbor.
There is no logical, legal or moral reason
why there should be one rule for physical
disability retirement for Regular on1cer and
another for a non Regular. The country club
existence Of the Regular Army between the
wars was far from "genteel poverty" particu-
larry during the depression years
The actual financial sacrifice Of the civilian
officers who were away from their businesses or
professions during the war years far outweighs
any similar sacrifice of the Regulars.
Civilian soldiers and officers fight the wars.
Therefore let them have equal treatment with
the Regulars.
JOHN P. OLIVER, JAD Res,
Legislative omceY. RoA.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Surplus Electronic Devices

SURPLUS ElSCtIOLlS DSNASSS
To the Editor Of The Star:
The tragic loss of the Army transport Clarks-
dale Victory, along with - members OF her
crew brings to mind many similar tragedies
which could have been avoided by the use
of radar. Several of these tragedies have oc-
Cured on the run between Seattle and Alaska.
Thousands of surplus Army and Navy radar
equipments have been offered for sale to the
public for less than one per cent Of their orig
inal cost and yet an Army transport hits rocks
which could have been seen with ease on the
very simplest type of radar.
1t is probable that program Is under way
which eventually will succeed in equipping all
ships with radar especially designed for their
use. During the intervening years while this
program Is shaping up it would seem expedient
to modify some of the surplus Army and Navy
radars for use on cargo and passenger ships as
q stop-gap measure.
A parallel situation is the use of absolute al
timeters by the airlines. An absolute altimeter
(often called q terrain indicator) Is an elec-
tronic device which shows the precise distance
of the plane above ground It was developed
prior to World War II but never found favor
with the airlines. No doubt the early models
were not 100 per cent perfect. However, the
armed forces used this device all during the
war and it was improved to the extent that 1t
became very reliable and trusted equipment
Nevertheless, the airlines gave it the cold
shoulder, although these equipments were Of
fered for sale to the public as surplus 1t frac-
ton of their original cost. Howard Hughes was
the exception and deserves considerable credit
for his introduction of q modified version of the
Army's tail warning radar which was big
step in the right direction.
After many repetitions Of plane hits noun
tain" the CAB finally settled the argument
in favor of the passengers who risk their lives.
An order was issued recently (see article in
The Star of October 1s) which requires all
scheduled passenger service to begin using an
absolute terrain indicator by February Is. At
long last person will soon be able to ride the
airways with the assurance that when the pilot
noses the plane down into the overcast the
presence of unsuspected high ground will be
indicated by his terrain indicator.
The taxpayers paid for the development Of
these electronic devices and they have been
tried and thoroughly proven by the armed
Evening star., 1947-12-02
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE. :
O. How many marriages previous to the we'd
ding of Princess Elizabeth and the new Duke
Of Edinburg were solemnized In Westminster
Abbey?-B. S. A.
"A. There were four earlier weddings In West
minister Abbey: Richard II and Anne Of Bo-
hemia, January %, 1882 Cor 1889; Princess
Mary (sister of King George VD and Visco,tnt
Lascelles, February 28, 1922; Prince Albert.
Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-
Lyon (present King and Queen), April as, 1879:
Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess
Marina, November 70, 1884.
@. How much grain is destroyed each year
by insects and rats?-F. r. A.
A. The Department Of Agriculture estimates
that insects cause the loss Of ut least per
cent Of stored grain and cereal products every
year. Rodents destroy another 4 per can't,
according to reliable estimates These losses
are even more challenging when translated
into grain and money. Insects are estimated
to destroy over $3.50 900 900 worth Of stored
grains annually at 1945 prices, and rats and
mice to account for another $500 900 900 worth.
was guide for the Lewis and Clark Expeditaonf
M g. E.
A. sacajawea, shoshone girl guide of ths
Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1866, lived
to be 100 years old She was buried in Lander.
Wyo.
q. How much do state taxes On sasoiins ,sv-
erage?-S. w. A. EM w
A. The average State tax on gasoline is over
~ cents . gallon. The FEDERAL tax u IL
cents q gallon.
Evening star., 1947-12-02

through just such activities as the General
Assembly's-is restraining force, and the
older 1t grows the more authoritative it
will become. It is far too early In the day,
certainly, to write OF either its actual or
potential power.
Evening star., 1947-12-02

forces. It seems pity that 1t should take
years to put into domestic use these devices
which are 10 essential to the safety of human
life. NAVY ELECTRONICS VET.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Questions and Answers

reader can get the ansWer to any ausssloa
Of fact BY writing The 4ysnins star sticp
Evening star., 1947-12-02

A surveyor in the Canadian Northwest
reports seeing blue moose, but hasn't the
bottles to prove 1t.
Evening star., 1947-12-02
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
,Driter, although it is permissible for
writer knoUn to The Star to use
nom. de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1947-12-02

Next to lighting pipe with nothing in
It, the hottest thing is the cost-of-living
issue in the coming campaign.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1947-04-15

A sensSe Axsersca, however. wousd
nsk be a progressive. inventive.
virile. America.
xuxeF MERE ARE freedoms
' r @ GAS dsss
uuTITrU CCUIT0my, ana n0o
the least of them is freedom of
opportunity. Almost within our
own generation the working man
has had his hours cut nearly one~
third. Real wages Of the un.
discovered" common man have
tripled in many industries. Sec
ondary school enrollments hcve
increased ten times, and college
education is available to every
one. The physical comforts and
the luxury goods consumed by
Americas common-man are the
envy of the whole world. All this
has taken place, despite depres-
sions.
This is not to say that Amer
lea should accept serious business
recessions without making any
effort to cushion their effect. \
wealth Of experience from TIE II.
certain Thirties should enabi0
Congress to meet future en- err
gencies with more success. We
shall be able to avoid the mis- ak1~
Of blaming overproduction, 70 We
now know that to admit over ar1-l
duction is to admit that we c;n.
offer q higher standard Of ~ ing
than our people can accept.
America can keep going ali. ID
~ The climb upward TOW q
row undreamed of,
cate ourselves TO hos
p understanding ard
Tst IN that lss
,ch. Reca1A..l.lq.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1947-04-15
ouestIon-Is nell fire real?

Guestlon--Is nell fire real?
Answer-It viii be real enough to
destroy a sinner, both soul and body.
Matthew 1928: "And fear not them
which kill the body, but are not able
to kill the soul: but rather fear him
which is able 70 destroy both soul and
body in hell"
Q.-ls the millennium still coming,
and what Is it?
A Yes, the millennium is coming.
and it means thousand years. The
word millennium" is not found in
the Bible. This period begins at the
second coming of Christ and ends
with the second resurrection, which is
that of the wicked. (See Revelation
20)
Q.-lsn't there a prophecy which
says that just before the end of time
the world will revert to ignorance and
barbarism?
A.-On the contrary, there is a pro
nhecy of a great increase of knowl.
edge and world travel in the last days.
Daniel 1874: "But thou, o Daniel, shut
up the words, and seal the book, even
20 the time of the end: many shall
run to and fro, and knowledge shall
be increased"
OIL listen to your broadcasts ana
believe the whole gospel. Please tell
me where the righteous will spend eter.
nifty.
~-We read Matthew 5:5: blessed
are the meek: for they shall inherit
the earth" This earth renewed will
become the home of the saved after
they have reigned with Christ in heav-
en- for thousand years. Revelation
20) 2 Peter 3:13: Nevertheless We,
according to His promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth, wherein
dwelleth righteousness"
Q.-Was the mama which the Is.
raeltes ate some natural plant which
grows in the desert?
Alt was not such product, but
miraculous food provided by God.
In Exodus 1926 we read: six days
ye shall gather it; but on the seventh
day. which is the Sabbath, in it there
shan be none" A natural product
would have been there every day.
Mamma was angels food Psalm 78:23-
20 Though He had commanded tie
clouds from above, and opened the
doors of heaven. and had rained down
mamma upon them to eat, and lad
given them of the corn of heaven. Man
did eat angels food; He sent them
meat to the full"
Ed. Note: address your questions 70 .ss
BIBLE QUESTION COLUMN, The Voice
Of Prophecy, Box SIS, Los angeles So.
Cali. Bible questions Of general iHteyeSi
UiA be ansveyed in this column as sgses
permits. !
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1947-04-15

PRACTICAL ecoAcszssses vi~s ne
Ausiness outlook IN terms II
peaks and valleys. They have
come to. accept the ups and downs
of the Charts as interpfetati0@ az
the myriad Ssessgs As
trends sfffeeffee rTT1y o5TKv rTsIrr m CUR
changing, dynamic economy. Bat
the query is put: How can we
avoid deRressions1 Must we take
essese periodic back sets for
graRted! Is there not danger for
America in depressions!
These questions are sometimes
honestly asked by critics of what
they call boom and bust" CAPT
talism. Yes, there is danger in
depressions. They're full of dy-
namite. SNe ht-wish to avoid
the effects Iof every kind of bust
ness recession, but to say that we
desire to give up freedom of in
dividual opportunity for a regi-
mentation so thorough that we
can avoid depressions. would be to
swap temporary setback for per-
manent disaster.
Level AMERICAS economy is
Road? a changing economy. It
is dynamic. And its di-
rection, always, has been up
wards toward the mountain peaks
% a higher and higher standard
of living for all her citizens. 1t
IS just possible that we could
stay in the valley, finding a level
road that weuld be smooth and
easy. Some folks mistate0 en-
this security" But IF
have the mountain
ct and higher stan
then we must te
Irief plateau
If Ica1i
thead
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1947-04-15
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sippi, Phone S377 OFFICIAL OhufAN VI LIZ - - -
Subscriptions payable in Advance)
Enter a secondclass matter No
vember 15 a the Post Office Of
Meridian, Mississippi under the act
Of March /, 1879
year $3.50; Six months S1Ct
months soc; Single SC
Matte L. Iarkn Editor
E. Larkn Manager
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1947-04-15
STEA0V JOBS J

ioT tx SorW5emsH and War F'crara
Pulp and Paper 49, nations
9Th largest industry oHerz
good pay to min workers,
pulpWO0d cutters. lOJdrrA
and haulers. hr5.s ara
T. s. rell1yues- Sss1... C.iss4
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1947-04-15

Ed. Note: address 7pur questions 70 .hs
BIBLE QUESTION COLUMN, The Voice
Of Prophecy, Box SIS, Los angeles So.
Cali. Bible questions OF general inteyeSi
Di4 be anSweyed in this column as ssses
permits. )
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. July Is LP tUSDAl .-Sslable
hogs 5000: total 5000: market opened
slow; steady to mostly q cent: lower Or
weights under $40 pounds. but later trade
and seneral market moderately active
steady on all weights and sows: top. 27.c
bulk, good and choice 110-250 pounds.
20 2S-27. 90: o6O-osO pounds. IS -26 IS
oeo-33o pounds, 22.15-24 80: around $50
sows under 400 pounds. 19.0o-?1 so, few
above: sows. 4OO.45O pounds, 1859 90;
45O-55O pounds, 15.5O-11.h0.
salable cattle. 800: total. 1000; salable
calves, 500: total, 800: fed steers and
heifers 80 cents lower: trade very narrow:
few loads. strictly good to choice yearlings
and weighty steers held at 81 90 and
=, 2? 90. respectively: few loads FOOD to
choice yearlinss sold at o5.252'.50; re.
ceiptr mainly cows and run increased by
sizable holdover steers and cows from
Thursday: most beef cows, 1880 9 90;
strictly good kinds to 1900: cutters so
1850 Gamers: a.o0,;l 90; liberal supply
beef cows unsold: bulls 25-50 cents lower;
practical top sausage oherineS. 1850:
beef bulls. $3.50; vealers steady at @5 0o
down.
lambs generally IS cents lower than Thurs
day: nothing done early IN shorn old-crop
lambs or yesrlinrs: mature slaughter ewe-
about steady: short deck good end choice
ss-pound native spring lambs. "4.75 COM
mon to choice shorn slaughter ewes. 100
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Father Of 4 Fire Victims
Admits He Shot Landlord
ey the Associot,d fC q

CHICAGO, July lS-James Hick-
man, 43, colored. was in Jail today
without formal charge after, ac-
cording to st. Michael 1ydings. police
officer. he signed statement admit
ting be shot David Colem9n. his
former landlord and owner OF a
building in which Hickman's four
children perished in fire last
January.
Mr.. Coleman, "a. also colored, was
is serious condition at the Bride
we'll Hospital. with bullet wounds in
the neck and left arm.
1t. Tydings said Hickman related
that Mr.. Coleman had failed to
make agreed repairs on the build
ing. The officer also said Hickman
told him Mr.. Coleman had promised
to rent him four-room fat but
later refused and Hickman had to
live with his wife and four children
in a single room.
1--WE lived like rats in hole.
Hickman told a corcners jury at an
inquest into the deaths of the chill
dren.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Stock Market Turns
Downward, but Few
Strong Spots Persist
By Victor Eubonk
Assoeieted Pres. Fineneicl Writer

NEW YORK, July ia few
strong spots remained In today;
stock MARKET, although general di.
rection still wes downward.
The expected veto OF the tax re-
lief bill. while pretty well discounted
marketwise, was hardly bullish. Be-
lief that more of a technical cor
rection of the lengthy upsYing was
due caused the further trimming OF
accounts. Doubts regarding business
and international affairs were a
restraint. Dividends and earnings
propped some issues but were ignored
by others.
Pressure was lacking from the
start. There was brief rally be-
fore midday which soon evaporated
Losses of fractions to a point or
so predominated near the fourth
hour.
Armour preferred and Prior pre-
ferred jumped on plans to redeem
the former and pay off arrears on
the latter. An initial extra dividend
lifted Lowenstein. Ahead at inter-
walls were Douglas Aircraft, Texas
| Co., Sante Fe, American Water
Works and Union Carbide.
Backward most of the time wert
United States Steel, Bethlehem
Chrysler, General Motors, Goodrich
Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck
Deere, Anaconda. Phelps Dodge
American Smelling, Dow Chemical
American Can, Boeing. Owens Illi.
nois. Chesapeake e. Ohio, Southern
Pacific and Pennsylvania Railroad.
Bonds were mixed.