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Evening star., 1947-11-09
The Truth About Women
INTERNATIONAL.

turnover. Women are also better
readers.
A smart woman allows her man
to imagine he has superior BRAIN
power, but by every known survey,
the two sexes are evenly matched
intelligence. The average woman
has slightly more school education
than the average man. Still, women
find it much more difficult to get
jobs. Only about 20 per cent of
paid positions in the nation are
held by women, and where they
do the same work as men, they get
paid only 60 per cent as much.
But - they own two thirds of
the property in the country.
Good Drivers
STATIsTICs of long standing have
demolished the myth that women
are poor drivers - men get into
nine times as many auto accidents.
But if women are better drivers,
they are very poor walkers. They
fall down all over. This, of course.
is because they wear high heels.
Speaking of women's clothing,
the reason they can get by with
wearing so little is something of a
puzzle. Most authorities think it's
just because they've gotten used
to going around half-uncovered.
Women also have relatively
larger stomachs than men and eat
more for their size (as many man
has suspected while taking a girl
to dinner):
Whatever a mans personal feel
ings about women, he may as well
make up his mind that they are
here to stay. In fact they are
gaining on him in population,
slowly but surely. In 1920, there
were two million more men
than women in the country.
In 1910. the men led by only
half a million. BY 1850, there will
probably be more women than
men. Statisticians do not expect
this trend to keep'up indefinitely.
but if it should, and men become a
minority group, at least they will
have two advantages:
Men can run faster than women,
and very few women can whistle.
CHARLES DUANE
Evening star., 1947-11-09

The Truth A
Will they take over the
country? They talk more,
live longer, and will
soon outnumber the men
TwENTY years ago there was a
Il vaudeville joke that went:
AFTER all. there's very little diff
ference between a man and a
woman, but thank heaven for that
little difference" Nowadays, as
equal rights and the single stand
ard loom ever more threateningly,
it might be a good idea for men to
take inventory of the weaker sex.
In the first place, women as a
group live to be 68 while men as
group die at 63. On the other hand,
women suffer twice as many minor
illnesses.
Contrary to all belief, women do
not change their minds as much as
men. They take longer to make
up their minds but once they
do, heaven and earth can't
shake them. It is the man whose
decisions may wobble.
But women are more ticklish
than men, if that's any consola-
ton. This fact has been established
by scientific tests, which must have
, been interesting to conduct.
Had Pitchers
l HERE is nothing that annoys a
man more than to watch woman
throw a ball. She persists in ex-
tending the wrong foot, which
makes her look as if she'll fall on
her face. But chances are she'll
never be able to throw decently
anyway. because her elbows and
shoulders are jointed wrong. She's
better constructed to button up
the back of her dress.
Women are seldom color-blind
and almost never stutter. Ulcers
are also a peculiarly male afflic-
ton. The insanity rates are about
equal, but only a third as many
women as men commit suicide.
1t is a fact that women talk
more than men. Records show that
they not only have a larger vocab-
ulary but they give it a greater
The Arizona post., 1947-07-04
LET THERE BE LIGHT!

We think the Tucson gas and
light company are quite right
when they urge that restrictions
be, at least, temporarily removed
in order to bring to this growing
city the needed improvements
that are mandatory if excellent
service is to be maintained.
AS things now stand, many
homeowners in this area are lit
orally without electricity due to
the fact that the local utility is
powerless to go ahead with their
expansion plans. Legal restric-
tions stop them. At the point
that the welfare of our citizens is
at stake, we think it an entire
lack of good sense to deny cleo
tricity to many because of legal
point. Let's look beyond the ends
of our noses!
The Arizona post., 1947-07-04

whole male population has had
affairs with her" The young man
ran to the Shadchan and cried:
"Gazlan, what have you done to
mel" and then he reported what
he was told. ooh nonsense! How
many men are there all told in
that one-horse town."
Hassidim
A company of Hassidim were
telling stories of miracles per-
formed by their respective Rabbis.
One Hassid spoke up: "All of
your stories are nothing but hear
say, will tell you something that
I actually saw with my own eyes.
1t happened last summer in the
middle of the day, a man appar-
emily in good health walked out
of the house, suddenly stumbled
and fell down unconscious. Some
one ran for the Rabbi who ap-
preached the stricken man, put
his hand on the mans head and
whispered: What is the matter
with you? Get up!'
"And the man got up at once?"
all present called out.
mo i. he did not. He was
stone dead"
What sort of miracle was
that?"
Miracle? I don't know, but
this I saw with my own eyes,"
The Arizona post., 1947-07-04
DAY CAMP POPULAR

Summer Day Camp which is
being conducted by the Tucson
Jewish Community Council every
Tuesday and Thursday, from 100
to 400 p. M, at Congregation An
shei Israel, for children from 8
to IA has gained immense popu-
larity judging from the increased
attendance and enthusiasm.
The program includes leather
craft, art, dramatics, storytelling,
radio, boxing, tap dancing, games
and sewing, and is followed by
ice cream and punch. All children
between the specified age group
are invited to attend. They may
register on meeting days or with
Mrs. Cherry, 1920. There are no
fees for registration or attendance.
The senior group meets We'd
nesday nights, between 7:30 and
1920 p. m. when ping pong and
dancing to the latest records are
enjoyed.
The Arizona post., 1947-07-04
COMMITTEE BAR
ATTACK ON NAZI

WASHINGTON, D. C. (JPS)-
The House Administration Com
mittee has postponed for two
weeks its decision whether to ap-
prove publication of the document
"Fascism in Action" in order that
the Library of Congress, which
compiled it, can make certain re-
visions particularly in parts criti-
cizing Franco-Spain and stressing
the role of German industrialists
in building up Nazism. Represen-
tative Wright Patman 3D., Tex.),
who has been trying since Febru-
ary to win approval for the
The Arizona post., 1947-07-04
SCIENTISTS EXPERIMENT
SALT WATER IRRIGATION

NEW YORK (JPS) - Jewish
scientists in Palestine are current
ly working on research involv-
ing the use of salt water for irri-
cation of arid land, pointing to-
ward the opening of vast new
areas for settlement, according to
report received last week by the
United Palestine Appeal.
Sponsored by the J ew is h
Agency's Agricultural Research
Institute at Rehovoth, the expert
ments made in special plant labo-
ratories as we'll as under field con-
ditions have indicated that good
yields can be obtained with some
crops
The Arizona post., 1947-07-04

admission into their Homeland,
399 visaless Jewish refugees from
Tunisia a nd Morocco, French
North Africa, arrived here Satur-
day morning aboard the tiny Hag-
anah ship Yehuda Halevi, the
first vessel of the Jewish under
ground rescue fleet to bring i'm
migrants to Palestine from Arab
lands.
The Arizona post., 1947-07-04
YIDDISH HUMOR
BY DIR. Nj. A. Lipskind
Holiday

On Simchas Torah, from the
synagogue emerges long-beard-
ed Jew, tails still over his shoul-
ders, hat pushed back, a bottle
of schnapps in his hands, mean
dering in the middle of the street.
A cow became frightened at the
unfamiliar sight of the Jew, low
cred her head and picked up the
Jew with her horns and began
running wildly. The Jew sobered
up at once and cried: "Gevald,
Yidden, help! I am taking a ride
on a holiday.
A Rabbi
A Rabbi summoned tailor one
Sunday and ordered a Capote.
He asked the tailor to be sure
and have it ready before next
Saturday. The Capote, as usual,
was not ready in time. When the
tailor delivered the garment, the
Rabbi admonished him: "See the
difference between you and God.
He, blessed be his name, created
a whole world in six days, and
you couldn't make even one gar
ment in this time"
"That is just what l say" re-.
piled the tailor, God created the
world in a hurry, in six days, and
look at it, it is all wrong; I on
the other hand, took my time and
look at Capote, it's perfect"
ZiOniStS Meet
Chain Weizmann and Prof. AL
bert Einstein were fellow trav-
elers on boat sailing for Amer
lea. On arriving at New York,
Weizmann was asked by a re-
porter: "How did you two pro-
fessors spend your time togeth-
err"
"Einstein," replied Weizmann,
explained to me the Theory of
Relatively"
"Has he made it clear to you?"
asked the reporter.
ooh yes, he has made it clear
to me that he understands the
theory thoroughly" answered
Prof. Weizmann.
Shadchan
A young man became engaged
to a girl from a neighborhood
town. A friend congratulated him
and inquired who was the lucky
girl. On being told, the friend
exclaimed: "My friend, that girl
has a very shady reputation; the
The Arizona post., 1947-07-04
crops

pamphlet, has been asked by the
house committee to change his
foreword to the pamphlet which
draws a parallel between native
fascism and the rise of fascism in
Italy and Germany.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-24
MONTGOMERY SIDELIGHTS
By ELSIE WHITE HAINES :

About every three years we
write this same story-there are
always a few new readers and
most of the others have forgotten.
Why is the weekly newspaper
that country cousin of the city
daily-so beloved? You know the
old Observation-Disclosures she got that
l amt got?"- the hometown
paper has it! We are always
amazed at the love and pride
shown by rural people for their
little gossip sheet" as they like
to call it. The hometown paper has
those little intimate accounts of
everyday life-of people we know
best-for which no daily has space.
The editor is usually a part of
the daily life of the community
lie knows when the Garden Club
or the "Aid' Society meets-if no
account is sent in he calls the
president-for of course he knows
her too. If the Woman's Club omits
an entertaining item, he can sup
ply it for his wife attended the
meeting and has told him about it.
One rarely finds masterpieces of
literature in the little hometown
paper, but honestly, are not mas
terpieces often deadly dull?
Ever so often a weekly gets a
new editor who starts out to raise
the "tone" of the paper. He care
fully blue pencils the details of
Mrs. Browns lovely luncheon =
cuts out neighborhood visitin g
lone has to come from a distance
t. get a writeup) leaves out de-
scriptive matter, goes long on edi-
torials, and it is not long before
everyone is complaining "there is
not a thing in the paper!"
Yes, we all like to read of the
delicious food served at Mrs.
Browns luncheon, and perhaps to
add, where did she get the
sugar." Mothers read about their
little Johnny winning the prize at
school and send the clipping to
grandma = man who has been
told the paper ran a story of his
son away at college comes in and
takes out two subscriptions-one
for himself and one for the boy.
During the war the hometown pa
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-24

around the world. Now that he is
back he continues to read the
sets up a business and advertises
in it.
We have heard it said that all
newspapers, great and small, are
written in idiom-and indeed each
does have style all its own. The
mainstay of the small town week.
ly is the 'letters" of its CORE
spondents in surrounding towns
and villages. 1t is important that
these not be edited too much, that
they not lose the individuality of
the writer.
Some years ago rival paper
ran this item, eff you want to
know where Mrs. So-and-So visit
ed last Friday and whose COW has
had calf-read The Sentinel, but
for the real news of the county
read the Press ,not the real
name). Needless to say the real
news of the county had already
been told by the daily papers
rarely does the weekly have a
Scoop" 1t is the homely little
items that give the weeklies popu-
larity.
This paper, as most of you
know, is so years old-many per-
sons living here may read in early
issues news of their great grand
parents for whom they were
named. The history of The War
Between the where broth
Ell fought against brothers. writ
ten on its pages. Births, school
days, weddings, deaths, even the
classified ads, help tell the story
of how the other half lives. All,
those classified ads-if you do not
have the habit, start reading them
today. They have information, hu-
NOR, pathos, and many a bargain.
The Eau Claire, Wis, Leader
tells this story. A man who runs
a paper was telling of man in
his town whom he approached on
the subject of advertising. The
business man refused saying, mo
body reads your paper. l have
signed up for some billboard adj
vertising."
The newspaperman said nothing
and meekly went his way. A few
weeks later the same business man
came cheerily into the newspaper
Office with long and detailed ac-
count of his daughters wedding.
The meek editor again said moth
ing and placed the article on his
desk. When the paper came out
that week the account of the we'd
ding was not in it. The business
man came tearing into the office
with flashing eyes and fit to tp
tied. what do you mean," he de-
manded, "by leaving out my
daughters wedding?"
"Well," replied the editor, "you
yourself said nobody reads my pa
per, so ] just took the writeup
cut to the country and nailed it up
to a telephone pole"
Just now the thing that bedevils
TIE small town editor is the short
age of newsprint - the paper on
which the paper is printed. We
are rationed according to the
amount used during a war year
when little advertising was being
done, so each week we have to
omit many features and often ad-
vertising copy also has to be held
out. But be patient with us-in
few months we hope to be putting
out a twelve page paper every
week. Then again you shall have
"all the details"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-24
DR.. Dalton Addresses
Rockville Homemakers

Mrs. George Ray was hostess to
twenty-seven members of the
Rockville Homemakers Club last
Thursday evening. Mrs. Howard
Schafer became member of the
club. DR.. A. J. Dalton spoke to
the women on "Cancer Research"
and Mrs. William Wilder gave a
book review of Pearl Bucks "Pa-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-24

DR.. Aranha calls for extension
CT Good Neighbor policy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-24

Removal of rent ceiling on new
jet plane for trans-sonic tests.
housing held unfair to veteran.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-24

vilion of Women" The Club also
made contribution to the current
Cancer Drive. Mrs. Velma Paxson
gave a demonstration on tailored
finishes and pattern alteration.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-24

Monopoly, whether state or in
dividual, does not tend to provide
for the real needs of the buyers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-04-24

Hannegan says Truman will be
asked to run in 1948.
Evening star., 1947-02-08
CopitoI Transit
Returns 3,7D
Lost Umbrellas

Umbrellas are still the most
popular" item In the Capital Tran
sit Co.'S lost and found department,
During 1916, officials estimate
4.042 umbrellas were turned in to
their offices. OF these, 3.179 even
tually were returned to their owners
A sinister note was injected in
the company's report, issued yester-
day, with the disclosure that among
lost items during the year were a
blackjack, a sledge hammer and q
bag Of cement.
The company did not state wheth-
er the three items ever were claimed
By the owners.
It also told of q much-traveled
notice sent out in an effort to
trace the owner of a lost suitcase.
First 1t was sent to Florida, then
New York City, next to Germany
and finally back to the United
States.
You guessed 1t: the owner was
found right here in Washington.
Evening star., 1947-02-08
Prince Georges Police
Beqin Course Monday

A one-week course in police train
ing will begin Monday for members
of the Prince Georges County Po-
lice Department in the first of three
such classes.
Most of the instructors will be
members OF the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, although lectures also
will be given by various county law
officials.
AL county policemen will be re-
quired to attend, while invitations to
participate also have been sent to
members of the county's municipal
police forces, according to County
Detective Sergt. Charles Thomson,
directing the courses.
The first weeks classes will be
held from 7 to 10 pm. daily, alter
mating between the Hyattsville and
Upper Marlboro stations. Similar
courses will be conducted the fol-
lowing week, one from / to 4 pm.
and the other, from to 10 pm.
Among subjects to be taught will
be public relations, restraining de-
vices, searching of prisoners, traffic
accident investigation, courtroom
behavior, collection, Identification
and preservation of evidence, finger
printing, report writing, and Federal
laws investigated by the FBI.
States Attorney A. Gwynn Bowie
also will discuss laws concerning
arrests.
Evening star., 1947-02-08
Rural Sermon Contest
Winners Are Announced
BY the Associated Press

LYNCHBURG, Va, Feb. 8.-High-
lighting yesterdays session Of the
Virginia Convocation of Churches
at st. Paul's Episcopal Church were
announcement Of winners in the
rural sermon contest which closed
September Is and an address by DR..
Edward H. Pruden, pastor of First
Baptist Church, Washington.
First prize Of $25 was awarded to
the Rev. Murray L. Wagner, pastor
of the Church of the Brethren of
Weyers Cave for his essay on
Watchers Of the Springs" The
Rev. Randolph L. Gregory, Round
Hill Baptist minister, was presented
with second place award Of SIS for
his manuscript, Good Earth"
The prizes were presented by B.
L. Hunnmel, Of the v. p. I. ex-
tension service, chairman of the
Virginia convocation department of
rural churches.
Evening star., 1947-02-08
Montgomery Press Group
ADOPTS Constitution

A constitution was adopted and
officers nominated at a luncheon
meeting Of the recently reorganized
Montgomery County Press Associa-
ton yesterday at the Dinner Bell
Restaurant, Bethesda.
The following were nominated:
For president, Byron Sedgwick, John
Coffman, jr., and Phillip j. Austen
sen; for vice president, Mrs. j.
Reed Bradley; for secretary, Mrs
Betty Ruth McDevitt, and for
treasurer, Garrett Waters.
Those nominated for election to
three posts as directors are Blair
Lee III, Mrs. Mary Kanagy, Cy
Campbell, Charles Kopsland, Bob
Denny, Craddock Goinss, Mrs. Elsie
White Haines and David Lee.
The election will be held next
month.
Evening star., 1947-02-08
Hough Surrenders
lon Fraud Charges
Over GI Housing
(From Yesterdays Last Edition.)

1
Stanley p. Hough, 40, whose real
estate operations with Washington
area veterans have been under in
vestigation since his arrest here De-
cember 80, surrendered today in the
United States marshal's office in
Alexandria, Va, to answer fraud
charges.
The builders appearance to ac-
cept service of a bench warrant
for his arrest on a Federal grand
jury indictment coincided with the
opening session of Alexandria Dis
trict Court today.
Hough appeared at the office OF
United States Marshal G. Stuart
Hamm at 1870 p.m.-half an hour
before he had promised to show up
The builder was fingerprinted In
the marshal's Office and left after
providing a $4,000 bond.
Marshal Hamm said he telephoned
Hough yesterday and that the in
dicted real estate operator then
promised to appear.
His arrest was ordered in bench
warrant issued by Judge Robert N.
Pollard following the Newport News
(Va.) Federal grand jury's indict-
ment of Hough, accusing him of de-
vising a scheme to defraud veterans
and using the mails to defraud.
The indictments charge Hough
accepted payment for homes and
failed to complete them.
Mr.. Hamm said, however, that
Hough asserted he had been in
Washington for the past week.
Evening star., 1947-02-08
Million Allotted for Repair
Of Virqinia State Buildings
By the Associofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 8.-Allo-
cations amounting to 81 ,000, 600 have
been approved by Gov. Tuck to be
used to pay for major repairs to
State-owned buildings and equip
ment, j. H. Bradford, State director
of the budget, announced yester-
day
Mr.. Bradford said this is be-
lieved to be the first time such q
special appropriation for compre-
hensive repair work at all State
owned institutions has been pro-
vided since the Budget Division was
set up.
The largest sum was designated
for Western State Hospital at
Staunton for which $98,661 will go
toward painting and other repair
work. Southwestern State Hospital
at Marion will receive s91, 500.
The University of Virginia re-
ceived the top amount among edu-
cational institutions, $74,580. Vir-
ginia Tech will get $73,227.
Money allotted also included Mary
Washington College, Fredericksburg,
| So, ,290, and Virginia School for the
Deaf and Blind, Staunton, $24,847.
Evening star., 1947-02-08
School Head Promises
Better Drinking Wafer

An improperly functioning chic
rine valve which has caused COM
plants about the drinking water In
the Poolesville (Md0 High School
will be repaired by Monday, DR.. Ed
win w. Broome, superintendent OF
Montgomery County Schools, an
nounced today.
The schools parent-teacher as
sociation charged that the drinking
water had been polluted since last
September, according to Paul E.
Paxton, a member of the associa-
ton.
Mr.. Paxton said some students
and teachers have been carrying wa
ter to school in bottles and jugs.
DR.. Broome said the County Board
of Education did not know Of the
situation until yesterday. He stated
a private engineering firm which
maintains the chlorine apparatus
for the county schools inspected the
Poolesville system in December ant
recommended several repairs which
have been made.
Evening star., 1947-02-08
virginia's Honor Camps
Reform Young Offenders
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 8.-Vir-
ginia's youthful offenders are being
given every opportunity at self
rehabilitation by the State penal
system, which has undertaken a
broad program to prevent the young
felon and 'f1rst-offender from de-
generating into hardened criminal
This was disclosed here yesterday
with the announcement by Maj. W.
Frank Smyth, jr., superintendent
of the State Penitentiary, Of the
establishment of "first-offender" and
"honor" camps which, he said, "are
working out just fine"
The "honor camp" was set up near
Newport News for first-ofenders
and other prisoners with good rec
ords.
But of chief interest to the penal
system, Maj. Smyth said, are the
States first two camps for the first
offenders which were established
about six months ago. One is fol
white prisoners and is located neal
Woodbridge. The other, near Ster-
ling, on the Loudoun County line
is for colored prisoners.
A chaplain has been assigned tc
each camp, the superintendent said
and students from the Episcopal
Seminary in Alexandra teach Sum
day school,
Evening star., 1947-02-08
New Plan for Preparing
Poll Tax Books Urged
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 8-A new
method of preparing poll tax books
as an aid to election officials ano
voters was recommended at re-
organization meeting of the State
Board of Elections here yesterday
Voters frequently are delayed al
the polls over disputes arising under
the familiar method of preparing
poll tax books, board members
pointed out. County and city treas
urers prepare lists showing persons
who have paid poll taxes at any time
during the three years next preced-
ing the election. A person may come
of age during this period, or move
into the State, however, and hence
not be assessable for the poll tax.
Under the new recommendation
treasurers would enter the notation
ina" (for non-assessable) under the
appropriate year dates after th'
taxpayers name.
Marvin Gray, board secretary, sale
several counties have agreed to ex
pertinent with this system for th'
primary and general elections thi'
year. If the plan proves successful
the next General Assembly may b.
asked for new law on the subject
1t was said.