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Evening star., 1947-05-05


East. ] watched Henry AcLemore.
the horses get away and, as observ-
ant as I am, I didn't see q single
one of them slip a pack Of aspirin
under his name or hear any Of them
ask Il there was plenty Of Ice water
on the train.
The humans, the beings who had
come from all over the country to
see the horses perform, were not In
such good shape. Most of them
looked like something the cat had
dragged in, taken good look at,
and dragged out again. Eyes were
CLASSY, whiskers were uncut, pants
impressed, slips showed, silk and
rayon prints were droopy, and hats
sat cockeyed on heads. One could
almost hear all Derby spectators
saying, 'Lawdy, just let me get
home and collapse"
Arriving Spectators Were Bright.
To appreciate what Derby week
had done to humans, one must have
seen the humans when they arrived
four or five days before. They
were sharp then. They came with
tissue paper surrounding their
clothes, shoes were siined, eyes
sparkled, and they laughed with the
merry, light laughter of children.
They were eager for action. A mid
night call found them just getting
ready to start out.
] remember calling room at what
I have always thought was a wee
hour OF, the morning and having
"a wife president Of the garden
club In her home town and cores
ponding secretary Of the PTA) say:
Come on up, Bud It's Just the
shank Of the evening"
incidentally. I saw that pillar Of
civic interest leave Louisville for
home, and am giving even money
that she will go to sleep at the next
meeting Of the Browning Society of
which, incidentally again, she Is
program chairlady.
I'll be glad to give my seat to a
horse and take over his Derby duties.
All a horse has to do is run one mile
and one-quarter carrying 126
pounds. And he Is three years of
age. When I was three years OF age
a mile and a quarter was nothing.
I ran that far before breakfast.
Outlines His Plans.
As for 1875 pounds, what weight
do you think the average Derby
spectator carries. I would say about
155, soaking dry, before he takes
aboard q cargo Of juleps up to his
Plimsoll mark. My plans for the
Derby of 1948 are as follows:
l. Spend a nice winter in Florida
or California, running in only one
or two races.
Q. Ship east for the Wood Me-
mortal.
9. Put my money in Government
bonds.
4. Get on a plane or train and
come to Louisville.
5. Eat hay, drink water and get
rubbed down by kind attendants.
6. Sleep IA hours each day and
have hundreds Of sportswriters
send my name to the far reaches
Of the earth.
7. Win the Derby, eat the cup,
kick my owner, have a hay julep
and call 1t a great, great life.
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Evening star., 1947-05-05


Abstractly, we know that 1t Is botf
a sword and shield but, by and
large, I suspect that we frequently
are too impersonal about 1t and fai
to avail ourselves OF it as the ready
to-hand instrument that 1t was In.
tended to be for the defense of oul
| liberty.
To me, one of the most ringing
declarations that has ever been ut
tered in the English language was
these words of the late Justice Oil
yer Wendell Holmes, of the Supreme
Court, In his dissenting opinion ir
! the Rosika Schwimmer case:
If there is any principle Of the Con-
stitution that more imperatively
! calls for attention than any other
it is the principle of free thought
not free thought for those who
agree with us but freedom for the
thought that we hate"
Americans Should Study Rights.
Never more than today have
Americans had reason to re-examine
critically their relationship to the
Bill of Rights and what it means to
them, not only as to rights, but as
to obligations. For the witch hunt
ers are riding again.
would like to believe differently
but I doubt whether there has ever
been a time when intolerance and
Indifference to the rights of others
have had such wide sway, not only
in this land that we love to think
of as a land of liberty but in other
lands. Intolerance and indifference
to the rights of others frequently
take the form of brutal race dis
elimination In our own country
while in another they may express
themselves In an equally brutal sup
preston of freedom of speech OF
even of thought.
Our Bill of Rights to the contrary
notwithstanding, intolerance has al
ways been endemic in this country
Americans have hated other Amer
leans because they were not native
born or because of different color
or because of divergent religious be-
liefs and observances. Intolerance
has been persistently endemic de-
spite our great libertarian leaders
such as Jefferson and Jackson a1e
Lincoln and Holmes and Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
| Moreover. despite all of our efforts
to make the words of the Bill OF
Rights a living thing. part of oul
instinct, an indissoluble part of our.
selves, intolerance periodically has
been epidemic. It was epidemic fol.
lowing World War under the lead.
ership of, Of all men, the late A
Mitchell Palmer, Pennsylvania
Quaker of English descent who wa:
attorney general in the cabinet o1
Woodrow Wilson. 1t is epidemic to-
day, with every indication that the
contagion Is going to become more
virulent and widespread.
Few Care About Intolerance.
1 The tragedy Of 1t Is that SO few
/ people really care. We are Sc
tired of wars and rt1mors Of wars
that we do not care about anything
Except our own convenience ar1e
our own pleasure. New York City
can be thrown into a panic by the
loutbreak of a few cases OF small
pox-eight or ten in the, metro
politan area of about 8,000, 900 people
And yet we have learned how
| to protect ourselves against small
pox, and If we have been careless
taking for granted our immunity
to a dread disease, we can quickly
apply the remedy. We know thai
we can make ourselves immune
again In short order against this
physical disease.
But there Is no known vaccine
: e
Evening star., 1947-05-05
THE EVENING STAR, washington, b. q All
Death Toll Rises to 10
In SiciIi0n Massacre
By shs Assseiossd pssss

ROME, May 5.The Interior Min-
istry reported today that the ton
of fatalities In the Sicily May Day
massacre had risen to 10 with the
death Of 20-year-oId peasant.
Police continued to search near
Palermo for the unknown machine
gi1nners who raked two marching
columns Of workers with crossfire
from z gulch Ia the village OF Por-
Etella Della Paglia last Thursday.
SIX persons were killed Immediately
and is wounded.
The gunmen fled through the
mountains.
Evening star., 1947-05-05
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Dy 1lfASNlXN oLR
@. How much honey may be ex-
pected in one year from hive Of
bees? T. M. T.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that under favorable condi-
tions, such as are to be found where
sweet clover abounds, 1t has not
been uncommon for single-queen
colonies to yield 200 to 300 pounds
of honey in one year. Colony yield
is influenced not only by good;
pasturage but by good bee man
agement.
@. Is there a town named UsA In
Japan? G. P. B.
A. The Universal Post ONCE Di-
rectory Of 1887 lists two places in
Japan by the name Usa. Only the
first letter of the name is capital
lied
@. When and where did Pierre
Auguste Renoir die? j. G. L.
A. The celebrated French painter
died at Cagnes in 1919. He had
spent his last years in Provence,
still painting, though his hand was
rendered useless by arthritis and
his brush had to be strapped to his
wrist.
@. What does Little Steel refer
to? j. T. S.
A. Little Steel refers to steel COM
paries other than the United States
Steel Corp. Also, 1t means wage
adjustment formula developed early
in World War II by the War Labor
Board to bring wages into line with
living costs.
@. What Is the scientific name
for color blindness? L. A. T.
A. The word is achromatopsia. It
Is estimated that about one In every
20 men cannot distinguish the finer
color shades and that about two
out of every 100 men cannot dis
tinguish certain of the primary
colors. Forty times as many men
as women are color blind.
@. How long do tattoo marks last?
G. D. v.
A. The shortest time In which
tattoo marks will disappear Is about
10 years.
@. What member Of the United
States Senate served in the Boer
War? r. r.
A. Senator Edward ". Robertson
OF wyoming.
@. What Is the full name of Ted
Husing, the sports announcer, and
what is his age? F. M.
A. His full name Is Edward Britt
Husing. He was born in New York
City. November 27. 1901.
O. Does the bleeding Of a tree
after a bough is cut cause serious
injury7 II so what can be done to
stop it'll. A.
A. Bleeding, or the exudation Of
sap from tree wound, Is not harm
|ful because whatever moisture Is
thus lost 10 only part Of what would
normally have been distributed TO
the removed branches.
Evening star., 1947-05-05

to muster the 80
votes necessary
to kill 1t out
right.
They even be-
heve that on a
motion to recon-
init the treaty
to the Foreign
Relations Com
mittee before a
final vote Is
taken they could
muster the need
ed majority. In
this case it Is
unlikely that the
matter will he
Evening star., 1947-05-05

1abor1ng m Q n
against abuses
by union bosses.
This corre-
sponde n t re-
ceived In the
mail from st.
Louis today .
letter from an
ernploye In q
hardware plant,
who says:
II think you
Will be interested
in the illclosed
clipping. These
boys (former
cnJrSfareA rof,..nl
Evening star., 1947-05-05

tAAsSb o~A
cal and journal
istic groups in
and out OF the
Senate, who ap-
pear to be rep
resenting th e
CIO bosses, are
n o t 6 ing t o
scare the Re-
publicans away
from their pro-
gram with phony
appeals IN the
name Of lib
eralisrn" and
unfounded allie
nofinns fhaf fha
Evening star., 1947-05-05

Ing Me humans
and the horses
leave Louisville.
The horses
were In much
better S b ape.
Their eyes were
bright, : h eir
coats shone In
the sun, there
wasn't q head
ache in q boxcar
OF them, and
they seemed to
look forward to
the trip to Pirn-
lico and points
Evening star., 1947-05-05

ana ! m p o S e s
duties. FIRE.
quently there Is
too much of a
disposition to be
possessive about
the Bill of
Rights, to take
it for granted
except when our
own rights are
in jeopardy.
w h e n this
happens we seek
its protection
but sometimes
we are too little
Evening star., 1947-05-05
BIZ Constantine Bro,pn

Strong opposition to ratification
OF the peace treaty with Ita1y has de-
veloped In the Senate and opponents
Of the treaty believe they will be able
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Nc emo 3
Will Run in IS Derby
And Give Horse Sent

LOUISVILLE. Next year I am
going to run IN the Derby and give
my seat to q horse
! decided on this today after see-
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Bv Frank r. Kent

During the past week two facts
emerged more clearly than before
from the struggle over labor legis-
lation now in Congress. One Is
Evening star., 1947-05-05
2 Who Refused
7ickets Fired,
Letter Says
Union Said to Force
Veterans Out Of Jobs
Over Ruffle Chunces
Bv David LatCrence

The rank and file Of the workers
are beginning TO see that a majority
In Congress Republicans and DEM
ocrats--really is seeking to protect
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Corn Cobs CIeun Enqines

A mixture Of ground corn cobs
and rice hulls has been used in
sand blasting machine to blast car
bon from gasoline engine cylinders.
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Man to Man
By Harold l.. Ickes

We speak with pride Of our Bill
of Rights. However, we also should
think of 1t as our Bill of Obliga-
tions. 1t both confers rights
Evening star., 1947-05-05
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact 81 writing The Evening
ne. ne WASHINGTON 5. 5. c. Please In
close 8 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1947-05-05


bill Is drastic" punitive" and de-
signed to deprive labor OF its In
hereat rights"
There is no basis for such claims
and all save the incurably fanatical
and obtuse know 1t. 1t is natural
of course, for the labor bosses to
resist any effort to curb their power,
but the vituperatiN violence OF
their propagandists and spokesmen
toward this bill marks new low
| in cheap and unrestrained dema-
lgoguery.
It, Is gratifying to note that the
vote in the Senate on Saturday, as
In the House some time ago, proves
that these TRADES have had little
or no effect. An emphatic ma
jority in both branches Tin which
are counted many Democrats)
strongly favors an effective bill, and
such one will be passed.
The other fact to emerge Is that
the accusation made by Senator
Morse, the Republican liberal
whose heart bleeds in print almost
daily for the rights of labor" that
Senator Taft, by refusing to split
the measure into four or five diff
ferent bills, is playing politics
that accusation could be made with
far greater force and reason against
the administration.
. f
Politics" Charge Discounted.
Actually, the charge that Mr.. Taft
lis playing politics" does not make
sense. In the first place, II his pri-
mary purpose was to promote him
self politically, he never would have
taken the Craftsmanship Of the La
Dor Committee and the RESPONSE
bility for the bill. To do what he
did was an example of political
courage, not political cunning, and
few informed and fairminded men
will dispute it.
To assert now, as Senator Morse
does, that Senator Taft is delib-
erately loading the bill down with
offensive amendment" in order to
compel the President to use his veto
and thus end all chance of getting
Evening star., 1947-05-05

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Evening star., 1947-05-05

@. Is there a town named USA In
Japan? G. P. B.
A. The Universal Post ONCE d.
rectory Of 1887 lists two places in
Japan by the name Usa. Only the
first letter Of the name is capital
lied
Evening star., 1947-09-19
MY. Central Aide Sees
Disaster in {. & @.
Trial Marriage
BY the Associated Press

Two New York Central ofhcialc
hold the Interstate Commerce Com
mission yesterday they do not share
the view of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway Co. that Chesapeake
Central trial marriage" would i'm
prove Centraps revenues or credit
standing.
One commented that that type of
association Invites disaster"
Their appearance, under sub
poena, startled Chesapeake attor-
neys, who said their testimony came
"as surprise, to say the least"
An ICC hearing examiner granted
. Chesapeake motion for time until
today to prepare cross-examina-
$ion.
Called by Virginian Co.
The witnesses, Jess P. Patterson,
Central's general freight traffic
manager, and w. F. Place, Central's
vice president for finance, were SUBJ
poenaed by the Virginian Railway
Co., which is opposing any Chesa-
peake-Central combine.
The hearing concerns the appli-
cations of Robert r. Young and
Robert J. Bowman, board chair
man and president, respectively, of
c. g. O., who are asking the ICC
to permit them to sit on the Gen.
trail board and vote 100000 shares
of Central stock bought by c. & o.
The Young-Bowman case was
closed without any expression from
Central's management.
One Question Asked Of Each.
However, Virginian Attorney Will
bur Laroe subpoenaed Mr.. Patter-
son and Mr.. Place and asked each
OF them one question.
To the freight manager he said:
will the granting of these ap-
plications increase the revenues of
the New York Central?"
Mr.. Patterson replied: Before
answering I want to point out that
I'm under subpoena to testify, and
to say that no influence has been
brought to bear on me by any OFF,
cial as to what my answer will be.
The answer to the question is no."
Sees Possible Disaster.
He then added: Il did not like
the reference yesterday (made by
Mr.. Young) to trial marriage. The
result of that kind of marriage is
that it ends in disaster. We would
invite the combined opposition of
all our connecting lines south of the
Ohio River and lose traffic in the
net"
Mr.. Laroe asked Mr. Place: will
you give an expression on this pro-
posed trial marriage?"
II do not see how the granting
of the application can improve the
credit standing of Central" the vice
president replied.
Evening star., 1947-09-19

tional women's chairman in the
polio campaign this year, she served
as a leader of the March of Dimes
drive in New York. She also took
part in the radio broadcast from
the White House which launched
the first national conference of
Women's State Advisers of the ma
tional foundation.
Accepting her nomination for
further service, Miss Skinner de-
clared, while we share the Nation S
belief that this has been relatively
light year for polio, we can neither
forget nor forsake the thousands
of last years 25,OOO polio patients
who still require our help and as
sistance.
THE need this year is, on the
surface, less dramatic, but it is
deeper and more challenging. It
demands of all of us the true spirit
of friendship, the helping hand that
continues assistance until the need
is over"
Evening star., 1947-09-19
Lightning Is Farm Huzurd

Lightning causes more farm fires
in the United States than any other
hazard; 81 per cent, compared with
IL per cent for chimney fires, the
next highest item.
About 50,000,000 acres in the West
ern part of the United States are
highly fertile, but cannot produce
crops because of lack of water.
Evening star., 1947-09-19


1t was announc-
ed today.
Tn e veteran
stage performer,
currently star
ring in Lady
w ind e m e res
Fan" at the Ma
tional Theater +,
has been active
in the National
Foundation for
1nfantile Paraly-
sis for many
years.
Prior to her
first term as ma
Evening star., 1947-09-19
CorneIia OTIS Skinner
To Head Dimes Drive

Actress Cornelia Otis Skinner has
been reappointed chairman of
womens activities for the March
of Dimes drive against infantile
The Republican., 1947-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. John Capel and fam
lily were visiting in Cumberland and
Frostburg, on Saturday.
Mrs. Walter Coddington and Mrs.
Fred Lowdermilk were Friday after
noon guests Of Mrs. Henrietta Lin
niger.
Miss Patsy Wade, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs w. f. Wade, who had been
quite i'll at her home here, is slowly
improving.
Miss Mary T. Murphy returned to
her home here Friday evening from
Memorial Hospital, Cumberland
James Lininger accompanied his
wife, Fern, to Memorial Hospital,
Cumberland, Sunday for an eXamin-
alton.
William Robert Liston. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Byard Liston, Confluence,
Pa, who is a student at Spartan
School Of Aeronautics of Tulsa, Okla
homa, visited his grandfather, W. W
Savage, and other relatives here Fr-
Gay and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Liston. Pitts
burgh, Pa, and Mrs A. J. Thomas
and son, Charles, Of McHenry, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fike on Satur-
The Republican., 1947-12-25
DIED
MRS. STELLA DELL WELLS

Mrs. Stella Dell Wells, wife Of
Bruce H. Wells, died at her home in
Cloverdale. Calf, on Thursday morn
ing December Is.
Mrs. Wells died in her sleep. no
apparent illness. She was daughter
of the late William Benjamin and
Catherine Yutzy Iutson and was
born at Sunnyside, this county. March
27, 1888.
Surviving are her husband Bruce
Holiday Wells, two sisters, Mrs. Lille
Mae MacCubbin, of Frederick; Mrs.
Ethyl \. Bittmger, of Stcubenville,
Ohio; one brother, Howard P. Hu,-
son, Detl DIT, Mich; one son, her only
child, Lieut.. Richard Hutson Wells,
was killed in action in France, Janu-
ary 9th. 1945.
She was a member Of the Metho-
dist church and Civic club in Clover
dale, and active member in both. Mrs.
Wells taught public school many
years in West Virginia, and Stevens
vile. Montana.
Funeral services were conducted
in Cloverdale, Calf" ON Saturday
afternoon. Interment was in Glover
dale cemetery.
The Republican., 1947-12-25
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The Republican., 1947-12-25
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BY HELYN CONNELLY

PETTY IANE threw her purse at
IL chair and sat down heavily on
the bed.
She wore her fathers shirt and
her brothers blue jeans, costume
she adopted a year before with
Woody Anderson's permission.
What's the matter, dear?" She
jumped as the words cut the 81
lence, but she didn't turn. She didn't
want her mother to know anything
was amiss-not yet, anyway. And
then suddenly the tears came, like
angry food waters bursting through
barrier, unable TO be restrained
any longer.
Mrs. Miller was careful to keep
straight face as she wiped her
le-year-old daughters face with her
handkerchief. 'Why, dear? Did
Lance upset you?"
Betty Jane shook her head vehe-
mently. Why did mother always
think her brother was to blame for
The Republican., 1947-12-25
FRIENDSVILLE
Christmas Program

{ Christmas Program
/ A very appropriate Christmas pro-
gram will be presented at the school
auditorium, Thursday evening, De
cember 1S at 7:30. Plays, recitations
and songs will be presented by the
elementary, junior and senior high
schools. Several special candlelight
numbers will be presented by the
. Glee club.
4-H Party
The Friendsvillc All club held its
Christmas party in the school audi
torium. Tuesday evening, December
16, with % members and guests
{ present. The club leader, Miss Jessie
Guard had charge of the games. A
luncheon was served after which they
all went Christmas caroIing on the
streets of the town.
Holidays
I School closed on Friday, December
10Th. at l2 o'clock with the follow
ing teachers at their homes for the
holidays: Vernon Robeson, Avilton;
Mrs. Mary Jackson, Crellin; Mrs.
Freda Hone, Route 40; Evelyn W.
Wass, Mill Run; and James Cross,
Barton.
Ball Games
! The Bruceton High school boys and
girls basketball teams were guests Of
the Friendsville boys and girls teams.
The visiting boys team defeated the
local boys by score of IS to Is,
while the local girls team won over
the Bruceton girls team by a score of
32 to s.
/ Birth
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Thomas at their home here on
Tuesday
Personals
Mrs. Orval Jenkins and daughter,
Mrs. Harold Fisher accompanied the
formers daughter Mrs Margaret
Jenkins Garlick and two sons to their
home at Locust Grove near Cumber-
land, on Wednesday. Mrs. Garlick
and sons had been visiting here for
several weeks with her parents and
sister.
L. j. Lytle has been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Vauhorn and fam
lily at Smicksburg, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Schlossnagle
and daughter Shirley, Eleanor and
Colt Wicklow spent Friday afternoon
in Uniontown, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrettson Bucking-
ham and sons Ronald and Richard Of
Baltimore, are guests of the latter's
mother, Mrs Elma Friend.
Mrs. Robert Fawcett and daughter
Mary Ruth, Of Selbysport, were Mon
day evening guests of their uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs George Dun
ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Fike and chill
dren were Cumberland callers on
Thursday.
Johnny Guard, son Of Dorsey
Guard of near Friendsville, was ad-
mitted to Memorial hospital, Cum
berland, Thursday evening after a
tractor he was operating upset on
him. He was treated for dislocated
right wrist. He is in good condition.
Paul Matthews, of Hazelton. w.
Va, who suffered chest injuries near
Friendsville, Wednesday, when he
was caught between a caterpillar
tractor and a truck, is in fairly good
condition at Memorial hospital.
Watch Night Service
a atch Night Service viii be held
New Years Eve at midnight in the
Methodist church.
A brotherhood organization will be
fOlmed with all men Of church urged
to attend. A program will be given
and refreshments served.
Christmas Programs
A Christmas program was given
Sunday morning at the Sunday school
session at the Methodist church