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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-23
Mr.. Spearmsn',
Lantern
BY WALTER s%pEARv.x

IS so,, picture ,o book week with IN,
H5telary Lantern is cone % III
what could be more oia,'
esquely Southern thar ''''@'
lusfrated volumes about NV y,.. Il
ez on the Mississipg' '''a
cnsrleston where the Am a'
t and Cooper Cooper Rivers unite to 't ta',
could be more appronr io MO What
view late in November, a's 70 It
Gallery of Bible storias IMAM a
trated by famous mas Illus
published by the new , cs AM
publishing firm Of scb ear'ha,
Jervis? To top off the ' VET. 'M
there anything more s week i ]
than a volume Of pbotoa.aeA
of Robert E. Lee? '''V'OSEsPh
"N M on tn. Missi,,i,,,
by Harnett T. Kane I%SS1'nsN
Morrow and companyv"' 'l Tspn
York, 373 PIP. $4) IS W.. New
full of excellent nbot lot only
handsome houses but is s apas ..
of fascinating stories Of ii, s' n. sl
pie who lived in them '1 snp M
Kane has already provided ' ri@
pictures of Louisiana in 'TN
'Plantation Parade" and 90 @'
islana Hayride" and NV, IVa'
moves across the river 10 ar,,'
the neighboring Mississinn;u "a,
the area round Natchez, ",s s'
tai of the cotton empire ~
describes the elegance and INV r'
ury of the rich planters s ,%s'
llVeo on the bluff and also n.
FOSTERING and numbering NJ w.. 4'
tough characters who inbsb, !;
"Natchez under the hill' and ss
their love of liquor, gambIo,
and women made Natcbez c,T
ed the town with feet of claw
He tells the story of Ham,.
Chotard, who bought his Eor,..
marble troughs and maboc,,,
stalls with mirrors; Of pst,.
Little, who built an G xtra hmm,
to shelter his wife's mjni,,.,
friends and keep them out n,
his way; Of the fabulous M,
Swan, who F'insulted" Natcb.,
firemen when they tried 10 ,sr,
her home from burning; Of a,
golden Surgets', who drew
chalk line down the middle n
the hall when two feuding broth,
ers decided to divide tter
home; and of the gentle Mis-
Percy, whose ghost WANDERED
through the house and PLAYED
golden harp. The normal life d
these Mississippi plantation
owners, with their leisure and
their wealth and their foIie,
makes interesting enough read.
ing. When added to it are such
uncommon human accounts 81
how Margaret Ross Reed had 10
fight the whole state Of MiSis
sippi in order to follow her dead
fathers will and free the family
slaves or how the fantascintn,
habitants of Goat Castlebecam,
involved in a continent = wild,
murder mystery, this picture d
an earlier Southern civilization
is as amazing as it is colortul
Pictures of the plantation homes
taken by Earl M. Norman and
others add considerably TO tn
charm of the book. as do L.
small drawings by Tilden Lam
dry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-23
N TOO

Charleston, S. c., long cons5'
cred one of the most roman't
cities of America, is ably pre-
sented in Robert Malloy's new
book, "Charleston-A Gracious
Heritage" with drawings by T.
H. Suydam ID. Appleton Cen.
fury Company, New York, N
PIP. $6). A native of CharlestM
himself. Malloy understands
and appreciates "the gracious
heritage of his city. Literary
editor of the New York Sun 10Y
several years, he has written
two novels, "Pride's Way" am
"Uneasy Spring
Both Mr.. Suydam's softly a.
cented aquatones IA Of them u
all) and Mr.. Malloy's deflv
chosen words convey to VI,
pleased reader an unhur1lsa
way of life in a Southern CITY
where living graciouSly is mol'
to be sought after than mahn ns
money, where change IS usual!
considered to be for the WoIs
and where the language on IN
streets is as rich and colGIa
as the flowers in the gaF0yn
behind those beautiful Wroug1
iron gates. Bits Of history "a
vorite recipes, famous sons '.,
daughters, handsome nou y,
and distinctive customs
skillfully woven into the tex.
Evening star., 1947-01-29
Z Facing Deportation
AS Spies Claim U. s.
|Reneged on Haven
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-An attor-
ney for DR.. Karl Won Kleczkowski,
former German espionage agent in
Turkey, and his wife Stella said
today Undersecretary of State Dean
Acheson had declared their intern
ment in the United States resulted
from their failure to convince au-
thorities of the value of their serv-
ices to the Allies.
Louis Waldman, the attorney,
said Mr. Acheson had written a
letter to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
giving that reason for the order to
deport the Won KleczkoWski's either
to Turkey or Austria.
The two are fighting the deporta-
ton order in Federal Court on the
ground that they were promised a
haven here in return for services to
the Allies after their desertion OF
the German cause in 1943 A trial
on all issues in the case has been
fixed for February 10.
Acheson Letter Quoted.
Mr.. Waldman said Mr.. Acheson
wrote to- Mrs. Roosevelt, in reply
to. her query:
''They (the Won Kleczkowskis)
were employed as German agents in
Turkey when they indicated that
they might be of value to the Allied
cause. They were subsequently af-
forded a somewhat unusual oppor-
tunity to prove the value of their
possible services, but failed to con-
vince the authorities concerned and
were consequently interned in this
country as dangerous enemy aliens. "
Mr.. Waldman said he had written
to Mr.. Acheson for information on
the "authorities" the aliens failed
to convince" The only American
officials mentioned so far have been
former Gov. George H. Earle of
Pennsylvania, former presidential
envoy to Istanbul, and George w. H.
Britt, former head of the Office of
War Information in Turkey.
May Subpoena Other Officials.
Mr.. Waldman said he wrote Mr..
Acheson that both have testified that
among DR.. Won Kleczkowski's serv-
ices to the Allied cause was one
which produced great and valuable
results beyond any questions. The
lawyer wrote that if other officials
were involved he intended to sub
poena them.
The couple arrived in Boston in
January, 1914. They were sent to
ar internment camp in Louisiana
and released on bail a year later
when the deportation proceedings
were begun. They have declared
they are certain to be killed if they
are deported.
Evening star., 1947-01-29
U. 5. Archivists Dedicate
PLAQUE 10 -Four War Dead

A plaque honoring four former
members of the National Archives
staff who died in World War II was
dedicated today by the National
Archives Association.
Solon J. Buck, archivist, accepted
the plaque from Miss Bess Glenn,
president of the association, at cere-
monies held in the Pennsylvania
avenue lobby Of the Archives Build
ing, where the plaque will remain.
1t was paid for by voluntary contri-
buttons from members of the staff.
In accepting the plaque, DR.. Buck
aid, Although the National Archives
Evening star., 1947-01-29
FALSE Teeth
Thot Loosens
Need Not Emborross

Many wearers of false teeth have suf-
Isaea
Just the wrong time Do not live In
fear of this happening to you. Just
sprinkle little FASTEETH, the aka
line (non-acid) powder, on your plates
Holds false teeth more firmly, so they
feel more comfortable. Does not sour
Checks plate odor'' (denture breath)
Get FASTEETH at any drug store.
Evening star., 1947-01-29

! is small, it had larger percentage
of its staff in the armed forces than
did any other Government agency =
He said today's ceremony was really
a tribute to all from the agency who
tserved the country during the war,
but we honor especially these four
who gave their lives"
The four men honored were Maj.
Ralph L. Dewsnup, Sergt. Charles
/ @. Lewis, 1t. Julius Mayors and 1t.
| Augustus j. Siko.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13

We've just finished housekeeping
1t our home, getting ready for the
holiday season i'll. i. and during the
process we did q bit of re-deco-
rating as well. The living and din
ing rooms we're re-papered in n
Of the new deep colored patterns
and we transformed . storage
closet to q tiny combination pow
der room and dsn.
l was skeptical about the dark
wall paper at first 49,. but an inte-
rior decorator friend suggested
using mirrors on the walls to re-
feet the white woodwork and win
dow light. Well, | tried it and
the effect is really beautiful!
When we discovered the visual
tricks that mirrors could perform,
my husband and I began expert
| menting and decided to remodel the
closet into a powder room and den-
The room was long but narrow -.
70 we prepared the long walls with
! gay plaid wall paper and paint
I'd the end walls. Then we found
. modern desk, chests and dressing
table Of the same height and
formed them into a single unit COW
ering one complete side wall.
Above this furniture we placed
four large mirrors, and that tiny
den seemed to widen as if by
magic! Those mirrors reflected the
entire room - and it actually look
ed twice as large! It's surprising
how mirrors do brighten a room,
isn't it.? My decorator friend said
they used them for decorating and
Frightening every room in the
house $50. / was interested, too, in
her remark that most mirror
manufacturers use Pittsburgh
Plate Glass because Of its beauty
and true reflections. She said that
for a true reflection a mirror must
\ be made Of plate glass and
told me that those I had selected
! were. Because Of that fact l am
doubly satisfied with my "Mirroi
Decorating" = in fact, / am plan.
ming to include mirrors among my
Christmas gift selections.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13
Mighty -Hippopotamus

-5I o. eI eTuIoTIeO uIeqlnoS aesI
up smeQ sIloN peqoleM sIolelosds
5I6'7II usqM 1851 '9I Isqu7AoN
'oSeoIqO 'pIeE IeIpIoS le sem eoue
-pu9lle smeS UeqlooJ lssSIeI sqL
9ouypu913V issSIgT
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13

Give Plants Milk Bath
A milk bath will brighten up ivy,
philodendrum and snake plants il
the look a bit dull. Dip a soft
clotL in skinned milk and lightly
rub the surface of the leaves that
appear dull, is the advice Of Cor
nell specialists.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13
One-Ways Circle The Globe

Completing a novel race to
prove their durability, the
lightweight one-way beer bot
ties return after flying around
the world in opposite direc-
tons. They arrived at the
starting point in Los Angeles
only an hour and % minutes
apart. The winning bottle,
which was airmailed westward,
completed the 24,000-mile triT
in 1856 hours flying time.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13

Long Information
The hoary marmot of the north
ern Rockies spends the longest time
In Information. He is the first to 90
into Information in the fall and the
last to come out in the spring in a
region where the winters are long,
est.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13
.satuers Won't Tell

HuOAA A(A
Popular suppdsition has it that
the number Of rattles borne by a
snake indicates its age in years. A
new rattle is required each time
that a snake sheds its skin and sew
eral rattles may be added annually,
the California Fish and Game COM
mission reports. The studies indi-
cate that young snakes in their year
of growth gain, besides the original
button, two to four rattles. Medium
sized snakes, during their second or
third year, often gain two rattles
annually. Adults most frequently
add only one rattle a year, but
sometimes gain two.
Own Their Farms
OF AZ, 1874 farms in Maine, only
1887 are operated by tenants, only
oil by managers.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13

Kept Their Rights
Women Of Wyoming were granted
equal rights while the region was
still a territory. When the state was
admitted to the Union in 1890, the
women of Wyoming retained their
legal rights.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13
Farm in the South

Negro farmers operate 682. 900
farms. according to the last CEN
sus. These farms. of which 672. 600
are located in the southern states.
make UP II per cent Of the total
number Of farms in the United
States and occupy 80, 800. 900 acres.
Negro farmers are full owners OF
5000, 900 acres of farm land.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13
Home Building Facts

The retail cost Of building mate
rails is about double the cost OF
their production, says a Twentieth
Century fund report. Used houses
account roughly for three fourths OF
annual residential sales and 10 per
CEN Of the total new dwellings be-
fore the war were produced under
public auspices. About 40 per cent
Of the communities in the United
States do not have building codes.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13
Herb Medicine
For Weak Folks

If you suffer with weak back,
Kidney, Bladder Gas, Constipation,
Indigestion, B~illiousness, Rundown
Nerves, Cramps, Rheumatism, Less Of
Womanhood, and Manhood, try this
medicine. Send $500 for 8 ounce
bottle. We also ship C. o. D., postage
and money order fee extra.
The Spiritual Health
Centre >
III N. IL St. Phila., Pa.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13

CSctauAc OlfS
Vegetable oils, abundant in Bra
I'll, are being used to contribute to
the solution of the fuel problem in
that country. The idea of using
vegetable oil as a substitute for pc
troleum is not a recent one. Ever
since mineral oil began to get
scarce, experiments have been
made in different countries with oil
Of vegetable origin.
Mighty Hippopotamus
Second only to the elephant In
size, the hippopotamus often weighs
more than four tons. With a life
span of more than 40 years, the
hide becomes also two inches thick,
alone weighing as much as 500
pounds. 1t can walk for miles on
the bottom of a stream, coming up
for air every six or seven minutes.
The Omaha guide., 1947-12-13
Memorial to Washington

The original Washington monu-
ment is in the center Of Boonsboro,
Md. state park. 1t was completed
July 4, 1927. and erected In Fort
Frederick. which was built in pre-
revolutionary days. Historians say
1t is the first ever erected to George
Washington.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

Three Washington players par
ticipated in the recent senior mas
ters' individual championship games
held in New York. They. were
James G. Stone, score, $50; Mrs.
Frederic Eberson. 542, and Comdr.
J. j. Parish, 5171z. There were SO
IN the competition and Alexander
Weiss won, score, 63l. -
Evening star., 1947-03-02

General Motors Corp. its designers,
have admitted frankly that it is an
experimental venture, and railroad
operators and the public are to be
arbiters of its fate.
A recent Associated Press story
from Chicago told about it in part
as follows:
The four cars-a diner, chair car,
observation lounge car and sleeper
are being constructed by Pullman
Standard.
An outstanding feature of the new
train will be the "Astra Dome" q
glass-inclosed, upper-lever compart-
ment situated in the roof, seating
as many as "a passengers. All four
cars will include this dome, which
already is being used in one light
weight coach of the Burlington
Railroad as an experiment. General
Motors co-cperated in the design of
the Burlington coach.
Interiors Of the new cars will per-
init much more flexibility Of move
ment, General Motors said, due to
new planning of seating and sleep-
ing accommodations.
c. E. Wilson, General Motors
president, said in a statement that
"the suggestion for the general idea,
the dome with depressed car floor
beneath it, originated with General
Motors more than two years ago"
The dome and submerged floor be-
meath 1t give a "street-level" effect
to the cars.
Conception Of the new train was
the result of a trip in a General
Motors locomotive cab through the
scenic West made by G. r. Osborn,
vice president OF General Motors.
Mr.. Osborn said he decided the
public would pay a great deal for a
flreman's seat in a locomotive. be-
cause OF the view He then hit the
idea of glass-covered room in the
roof of coaches.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Iuiide for
eterans
By Moj. Thomos M. Mol

The first veterans bill TO pass both
houses Of the Eightieth Congress and
obtain the Presidents signature is
the new insurance amendment.
Any one who owns iapsed ma
tional service life insurance term"
policy now can put that policy In
good standing by doing two things:
~ Sign statement that he's IN as
good health as he was at the time
he let the insurance lapse and t2)
pay two months premiums.
One of the premiums takes care
Of, the month Of reinstatement and
the other is for the 31-day grace pc
riod.
The new law extends these rein
statement privileges to all veterans
until August !, 1947. After August
it will be much harder to reinstate
lapsed term" insurance. II you
want to reinstate after that date,
ana your insurance has been In a
state Of lapse for more than three
months, you'll have to take phys
ical examination.
Physical examinations are trouble
Sometimes they can't be passed, and
If ! were giving advice I'd say REIN
state your insurance now If you
think you'll ever want it.
The law also authorizes the Vet
erans' Administration automatically
to convert any term" policy Cat the
end of the five or eight year terln)
owned by veteran who Is totally
disabled and therefore on a waiver
Of premiums.
Jim K, veteran, took out his in
surance four years ago. Totally dis
abled, he has not had to pay any
premiums for the last two years,
owing to his total disability. In an
other four years the term" during
which Jim can keep his insurance
In good standing (w1thout convert
ing it) will run out. # Jim doesn't I
convert-n for some reason he's In
such bad physical condition that it's
impossible for him to convertible
VA will convert for him.
He'll still get waiver of premiums
and won't have to fork out monthly
payments. Under the old law if
Jim didn't actually apply for con-
version his policy would die. Under
the new, the VA automatically con-
verts to the ordinary life plan,
which still is carried with a pre-
MUM waiver Jim still doesn't have
to pay premiums.
This part of the new law extends
Evening star., 1947-03-02

fore the war and was tried out in
serviceman travel.
Unusual features built into the
Empire Builders include:
Double-panel windows, with vacu-
um space between, giving a fog
proof" view under all weather con-
ditions and insulating the car
against extreme outdoor tenpera-
lures.
| Electrically controlled brakes, part
of system which is designed 10
give smooth maximum breaking
power.
A multi-wheeled locomotive, with
driving power so spread over the
rails that the whole train can be
moved at once. This factor, COM
bined with tight couplings, permits
easier starts and stops.
Sleeping cars with different types
Of accommodations. Two cars on
each train, for instance, carry four
open sections, eight single-occu-
pancy duplex-roomettes and four
bedrooms.
Running ice water In each room.
A public address system for an
nouncing stations and outstanding
scenic and historical regions through
which the train runs.
A red Mars light on the back car,
which begins to oscillate in a figure
8 when speed drops to low mark.
X X X
New even beyond the Empire
Builders, however, will be the
Train of Tomorrow" scheduled for
public exhibition this spring. The
Evening star., 1947-03-02

At the Of1icers' Service Club Of
the United Nations, Sixteenth and
r streets NV, there was 13-
table Mitchell game Wednesday
conducted by william Cheeks. The
winners North and South were Mrs.
Kay Sherman and Col. Patrick
Moses, first, and Miss Hattie Blake
man and Capt. Russell Spillman,
second; East and West, Capt. and
Mrs. Forrest st. Clair, first, and
Miss Mary Howell and Maj. Frank
Queen, second. Duplicate games
will be held each Wednesday eve
ming for the remainder of the sea-
son.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

NSII In good standing today. The
rest have let their policies lapse.
It's too late to reinstate--and grab
. $4,000, or less, Of the best kind
Of security.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

protection just to guys like Jim and
other totally disabled veterans rid
ing on a waiver Of premiums.
The insurance campaign started
by the VA February 3 Is successful,
I'd say. During 1916 an average Of
500 ex-service people reinstated
lapsed term" policies every day.
But since February 3 the daily total
has been 5000!
But still there are only about
5000 600 veterans, out Of 14,O0O, 900
World War II veterans who own
Evening star., 1947-03-02

Winners in the annual pair game
OF the Federal League played on
Washington's Birthday at Pierce
Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets
NV, We're Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Rossan, first; Mrs. J. B. q. Gusts
and DR.. j. v. Waits, second, and
Mrs. John Coffee and James Soure-
las, third.
The monthly master game of the
Federal League on Tuesday resulted
as follows: Section A-N-S,. j. D.
Boyd and David Murray, first; DR..
Emily Grimes and Miss Kathleen
McNutt, second; E-W, Dr.. N. Jassny
and j. Rackle, first; Rudolph Ash
ton and Capt. J. H. McGhee, Sec
ond. Section BINS, DR.. w. H.
Gorton and DR.. N. j. McHugh, first;
Mrs. Mildred Linderman and Mrs.
E. Fink, second; E-W, 1t. Col. and
Mrs. II. j. Willis, first; Mrs L. L.
Gibson and Mrs. H. r. Young, Sec
ond. Section C-N-S, Mr.. anc Mrs.
w. II. Mcintyre, first; Mrs. ]. q.
Fletcher and Mrs. J. Lindel,, second !;
E-W. Frank and, Harry Garner,
first; AIRS. Erederic 8b6 6lSon and
J. GsEtone, second.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

Clearly, Vests three aces, two
kings, queen and two jacks called
for two opening bid-spades in this
case. In each instance East re-
sponded with bid Of two no trump,
showing no aces, and South with a
two-suit hand one of which was
strong in Vests opening bid, called
three hearts. Without a heart
stopper West could not continue no
trump. He then went to his next
best suit, which was clubs, and bid
four. In most cases North doubled
whereupon South having no clubs
bid four hearts. At one table West
Doubled and the contract was made
because Of q mispiay by West who,
after taking the king Of diamonds,
played and won With the ace and
king of spades and then thinking to
set the Declarer an extra trick laid
down the ace of clubs. This was
trumped by South who then led out
the adversely held hearts and dis
carded his losing diamond on the
king Of clubs In dummy, making
four.
At another table where West
doubled three hearts the contract
was also made, the declarer losing
only the ace and king Of spades
and the ace and king Of diamonds.
On this deal neither side was en-
titled to make a game as the cards
lay. Notwithstanding Vests pow
erful hand the most East and West
could have made was two clubs
which, Of course, was not bid; four
would have been set two tricks dou-
bled. Had West opened with one
spade instead of two and been al
lowed to remain in it he would have
made the ace and king of spades,
the ace and king of diamonds and
probably nothing else. Big hands
often do not produce games, much
less slams. There must be support
and fit in the responding hand.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Bridge Players
BY Fronk B. Lord

Text books and experts say that a
dealer holding five and one-half
honor tricks (there are only eight
plus in the deck) must make an
opening call of two in his strongest
suit. The obligation is then upon
the responding hand to keep the
bidding open until game is reached.
Following this instruction brought
east and west pairs to grief in a
recent eight-table game at a local
duplicate unit on play of the fol-
lowing deal:
Evening star., 1947-03-02

completely postwar fore the
trains serving Washington servceman travel.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

The team headed by Harry Fish
bein Of New York won the Wander
bilt Cup tournament in New York
last week by margin Of 1,5l0
points. Others on the team were
Harry Feinberg, Cleveland; David
Clarion, st. Paul, and Joseph E.
Low and Larry Hirsch Of New York.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

MAJ. Mai and his stdf are
equipped to Gsss,Der any Qtlesttons
from q World War II rettrGn.
Send your QHssttons to hsns n
care Of this Sstrspdper egd n
close selt-addyesssd. stasaped
envelope.