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Evening star., 1948-02-26
Natures S Children
Not This
By LiIIion Cox Athey

Toads and frogs resemble each
other closely. but the narrow
mouthed toad looks very different
from the typical toad or frog. 1t has
a tiny head with dark, bead like
eyes that seem all out of proportion
to its fairly large, squat body. When
you get your first glimpse of the
creature you think your sight is not
what it used to be, and If you take
the toad up in your hands you no
tice that the loose skin of the shoul-
ders and body back of the head
fold pushes forward over the head
so that the toad resembles a turtle,
but built along toad lines.
All members of Engystoma are
very alert and active, and although
their legs are short they carry their
owners quickly out of reach They
hop away with swift, short Jumps
that make you think of a mechani-
cal toy. @ #
These toads have nocturnal hab-
its. You know they are about when
they sing from under old logs and
leaves, or even along the bitches
bordering the streets of San Anto-
nio and Houston. In Raleigh, N. C,
the first counting song is broadcast
in May. About the time when our
American toad and spring pepper
are signing off, these toads take up
the refrain and they make the night
gay with their songs A single So
loist sounds like an electric buzzer.
A closeup is no problem. The
male is IA inches long, the female
slightly larger. Their general color
is either brown, black or gray. There
are usually two oblique bands ex-
tending from the eyes to the poste-
rior part of the body to match the
bright brown or red or orange-col-
ored head. The brown bands are
margined with black. The head,
neck and body are finely spotted
with black and the arms and legs
are bright brown. The males have
black throats.
You may hear them in South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida west
ward to Western Texas and north
ward into Missouri and Southern
Illinois. But finding them is an
other must" for you sometimes.
When you do capture a male he
sings almost continuously. His
throat-pouch, which extends back
ward to line between the points Of
the arm insertions. Is inflated to ca
pacity during the recital. Keep your
pet in the pathway of small insects
for fresh food he must have.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
AUTOMOBILES WANTED Cont. J

CHRYSLER OWNERS-H it's clean, your
price is our price. CENTRAL. MOTOR
SALES, 1926 Conn. ave. WO. 1896, EN-
oLDSMOBILE owNERs--n It's clean,
your price is our price. CENTRAL MOTOR
SALES. 1926 Conn. ave-. Wo. 923o. EN-
HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID for used
siFh saFS Ser daiye IN NoRTaAT 81 sa 81 MoToR co
fosp RSS cWNRss Il s s.sn seSs
is our price CENTRAL MOTOR SALES.
1925 Conn; aye. Wo: s%3s. s%3s. EN-. 9754. S
ali cash. Call Wo. 1881 any time.
prefer Ford; will pay up to s4oo. 81.
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Take Ny Word for 1t
BY Fronk Colby
Pet Speech Peeve.

Mrs. Dagmar Hurup OF Los An
geles, receives an autographed copy
of my handbook for submitting this
peeve: MY Pet Speech Peeve is the
pronunciation 'tre-mend-yuss' for
the word tremendous. I listened re-
Gently to a woman lecturer, former
school teacher, who pronounced 1t
thus time and again."
/ There are several other words that
are similarly r11ispronounced by add
ing what I call "spook sounds" i.e.,
sounds which seem to be, but which
are actually not in the words.
Search your memory and I feel
sure that you will recall hearing re-
Gently such spook- sound pronuncia-
tions as these: "Sim-yoo-ler" for
similar; "mo-men-choo-uss" for mo-
mentous; "skej- -yoo-ull" for sched-
ule; "per-kew-la-ter for percolator;
"ee-sen- -choo-ull" for essential; 'po-
ten-choo-ulP for potential; miss
chee-vee- e-uss" for mischievous; "dex-
tair-ee-uss" for dexterous; tray
or-ee-uss" for traitorous.
OF course, none of the foregoing
recommendations are correct. The
words should be pronounced thus:
Tremendous: tree-MEN -duss
Similar: SIM-i-ler
Momentous: -MEN-tuss
Schedule: SKEH-jool
Percolator: PER-kuh-lay-ter
Essential: eh-SEN-ShH
Potential: po-TEN-sh'n
Mischieyous: MISS-chi-vuss
Dexterous: DEX-ter-uss
Traitorous: TRAY-ter-uss
Thanks, readers, for sending me
your Pet Speech Peeves, and please
keep them coming. Many Of the
peeves have already been discussed
here recently; others are not Of suf-
ficient general interest for use in
this column. A few of the peeves
are errors themselves, as In the case
of reader who objects to 'cupfuls."
thinking (wrongly, of course) that
the correct plural is "cupsful' (there
is no such world.
If your peeve is selected for dis
cussion, you will be notified by letter
in advance of publication.
Do you know hte correct usage OF
Mr.. Colby, gives you the rule governing
these words Son TO sGns
envelope to him care of Washington stat
P, Q. Box 90. Station 9. New York 10.
~ ,n1o 49,. nj, cxuat.... y..N
Evening star., 1948-02-26

DR.. William G.. Hardy, director Of
hearing and speech rehabilitation
at Johns Hopkins Hospital, will dis
cuss the work Of the hospitals hear
ing clinic at 8 pm. tomorrow at a
meeting of the parent-study group
of the Washington Society for the
Hard of Hearing in the .society's
headquarters, 2431 Fourteenth street
INV
Evening star., 1948-02-26
|Goren on Bridge
Both sides vulnerable. West
deals, ~

| opening lead: King OF spades.
Certain leads to the average
bridge player, are anathema. When
the opponents are scoring up q
game that could easily have been
defeated. partner is frequently
heard to inquire: why didn't you
lead a spade? That would have set
them" "I couldn't" Is the quick
reply. II had the king" Cor the ace
Of something else equally tainted. {.
1t seems to me, that when 1t ap-
pears certain the contract can be
defeated only with one particular
suit, that's the suit to lead regard
less of tenaces or established
superstitions.
1t is true that with certain hold
ings you should wait for partner
to "come through" This applies
where you have an ace-queen cem-
bination and you are convinced that
declarer has the king which can be
captured. But on many hands
there is no time to wait for partner
to come through, because in the
meantime, declarer can obtain dis
cards. At such times you must has
ten to gather rosebuds while you
may.
Today's hand provides a splen-
did Illustration of this principle.
Against the contract of four hearts
doubled, West led the king Of
spades. Dummy played low, East
followed with the three and South
played the two. In an effort to get
partner in, to "come through" the
diamonds, West led low club.
South won with the ace, laid down
the ace of trumps and then took
the finesse of the jack of spades
which was marked winner, dis
[carding a losing diamond on the
ace of spades. Vests plant that
it was impossible to lead from the
ace-queen of diamonds, was un-
warranted.
When declarer refused the first
spade trick, 1t became evident that
he had just two spades. If he had
three there would be no point In
Ie1uSltlS tiiC GllCh. I1C liluSL tAlClC-
fore be planning to obtain a dis
card. What can he discard that will
do him any good? Surely not
club, since dummy has singleton.
1t must therefore be a diamond. If
East has the ace of clubs, the
declarer cannot possibly make the
hand since he must lose one trick
in each suit. But if South has the
ace of clubs, which is a moral cer-
tainty, since he went to game vol
unfairly, East must have the king
of diamonds for his raise. The
proper play, therefore, is the ace
of diamonds. East's discard to this
trick will make the next play OBJ
vious. If East should play a dis
couraging diamond, West would still
have time to cash the club trick
|if 1t we're to be had.
(Copyright 194s, by Charles H. doren.l
Evening star., 1948-02-26

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Word Come
Find 40 or more common English
words in
WRENC CHING,
meaning, turning or twisting sud-
denly" Average mark is 36 words
Time limit. 30 minutes.

Rules OF the game. Words must be OF
four letters by the addition Of s." such as
bats" ,'cats," are not used 3. Only one
form of word Is used. 4. Proper names
are not used.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

Al AUTO WoRKs. e7ss Ga. ave, si
Spr., Md, SH. -1131. Used car values.
Buick aand 1888 2 dr. black good $500
Plymouth 1941 dr.. new paint.
new motor, r. and h. $50
heater $50
heater, good conc. ' ~ 1850
Terraplane 1887 2 dr., heater 300
h., like new - 1905
Evening star., 1948-02-26

Do you know hts correct usage Of
Mr. Colby gives you the rule governing
these words. To obtain copy. send 8
envelope to him, care of Washington Star.
P, Q. Box 90. Station 9. New York 10.
icopyrisht, 194s, the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1948-02-26
HORIZONTAL.

x h Worth Considering.
We, get cars from the well-to-do Chevy
Chase Bethesda area in much higher than
nishs and ii fsithfuily Service serviced. Hs They are
worthy OF your inspection.
BETHESDA MOTORS, INC, De Soto
thesda. Md. on. 1000, ask for Mr.. Lamar.
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Dr.. Hardy to Speak

Copyright, 194s, the Bell synt
Evening star., 1948-09-08

and loss of wages to the men.
Under this new law, as every men,
ber of the AFL and CIO, including
the United Auto Workers and the
Teamsters Union knows, labor today
has negotiated the best wage con-
tracts in history. Furthermore
these contracts were negotiated un-
der the new law with the minimum
loss of wages through strikes. The
official Government statistics show
that there has been less than one
third the strike loss under the new
law than there was in 1916. No fair
minded, thoughtful union member
in America would exchange the year
1948 under the law for the year
1946 without the law. The curbs
which have been placed on arbi-
trary, quick-tempered action by
some labor leaders have resulted in
a great benefit to the ranks of labor
and to the consuming public of the
Nation.
To be specific, in June, 1947, just
before the Taft-Hartley law took
effect, automobile workers, including
Ford and General Motors, earned
an average hourly wage of $3.50
under their contract. Today in the
new contracts negotiated under the
new labor law, they have Increased
from $3.50 to $1.63 average per hour
Labor as whole increased from an
average of $118 to an average of
over $1.30 per hour in a year
under the new law.
The plain facts are that under
the short-sighted policy for labor
advocated by the President between
VI Day and August, 1947, labor lost
Evening star., 1948-09-08
to help the peoples Of other nations
to regain their feet.
Should Be Proud In Paw.

to help the peoples Of other nations
to regain their feet.
Should Be Proud to Pay.
Every time an American family
Eor an American housewife pays q
high price for food, she is paying a
part of the price for Americas as
sistance to millions of people abroad.
This is a price that we should be
proud to pay. Only a great, free,
productive nation. humanitarian in
its impulses, could possibly provide
more than $4,000, 100000 worth
of food, clothing and materials
for others since VI day and
yet continue to enjoy the highest
standard of living of the entire
world. 1t is a tragedy that this
essential rebuilding of other nations
and their peoples has been made so
difficult by the unsound nature of
our own international agreements
after the war and by the destructive
and aggressive tactics of the Soviet
Union of Russia.
But this should be clearly under
stood. We would not solve our prob
lens if we gave to government the
extreme powers Of centralized con-
troll requested by the President. No
economy in all history has shown
steady progress under this kind of
economic control. Centralized con-
troll destroys initiative. High pro-
duction and individual economic
freedom are inescapable. The choice
is obvious.
But this does not mean that we
should then ignore the inflationary
problems that do come with indi-
vidual economic freedom, problems
basically caused by the world wide
shortage of goods.
The credit and financial regula-
tions which are now on the statutes
should be used wisely and care
fully. Purchasing for European
countries should be administered in
a sound manner. Hoarding should
be combatted. Prof1teering should
be penalized. Gov. Dewey, as I see
it, will exercise the essential eco
nomic management in the presi-
dency to prevent a bubble boom and
also to avoid the sickening bust of
sudden deflation.
Too Many Red Herring.
The third major campaign COM
plant of your visitor Of yesterday
is that the Republicans are pulling
red herring across his trail. Let
me assure him that the Repub-
licans are not pulling red herring
across his trail-they are driving
the red herring out Of the official
waters of the Potomac. This is long
overdue. Too many red herring have
been in Washington for too long a
time. The President should help
man the red herring nets instead of
complaining against the fishermen.
He spoke yesterday as though
Evening star., 1948-09-08

would decrease by $4,000, 900, 900.
On August 18, 1945, he abruptly re-
leased major wartime controls and
On his own initiative he set off the
inflationary spiral from which this
country is still suffering. This is
the imitation which he now laments.
This is the imitation which he row
tries to blame on the Republican
Party.
One result of his action and his
speeches was an all-time high rec
ord of strikes and work stoppages
This caused the loss of 116,G00,000
man days of labor through strikes
in 1916; the loss of over $1,000000,-
600 in wages to the workers; the loss
Of crucial production in steel, in
food, in machinery and in coal, and
the loss of substantial income to
investors. Uncertainty was spawned
in the minds of Europe and of the
Kremlin as to the economic future
of this great, free country. After
these initial fateful follies had be-
gun to reap their harvest, he per-
sisted in following this erroneous
economic advice His speeches of
yesterday show that he is still fol-
lowing such advice. His miscalcu-
lations have been consistently based
on a pessimistic view of the future
of America. With a record of little
judgment and less faith he once
again sets himself up as prophet
ard attempts to arouse in America
an unreasoning, nameless fear of
future depression, unemployment
and chaos if he is not retained in
Office. !
One of your visitors principal
complaints in his address yesterday
was the Tart Hartley labor law
This law was passed with the sup
port, not only of Republicans, but
also of a majority OF the members
Of his own party in Congress.
1t is law which he himself has
used on seven different occasions to
bring about settlements of threat
ened strikes in crucial industries,
thus preventing damage to public
Evening star., 1948-09-08

fortnight action In the new Renub.
lican administration to close ths
gap Of this housing shortage. New
York States $435, ,000, 900 low-renk.
housing and slum clearance pro.
gram to provide decent homes for
160,00 members Of low-income fame
lilies is tribute and q testimony 10
Gov. Dewey's desire and ability to
move forward on this vital problem.
The years Immediately ahead will
determine whether America can ad>
vance in the well being of all its
people, avoiding booms and depres-
sions. These next years will be
decisive in the grave question Of
whether we find the way to
strengthen and develop the United
Nations without the tragedy of q
third world war. ~
The Presidents address here In
Detroit silhouetted the reasons why
this administration has failed In
these critical postwar years. He
failed when he had a Democratic
Congress to work with. He failed
when he had Republican Congress
to work with. 1t is high time to
elect President who can work
successfully with others as an
American team. His complaints
remind one Of the out-of-step
marcher who protests that he is not
out Of step; all the rest Of the
marchers are out of step with him.
A Republican administration un-
der the leadership Of Gov. Dewey
and Gov. Warren, carried on IN
keeping with the sound principleS
of truly liberal philosophy, carried
on with humanitarian emphasis In
the highest of American traditions,
will best serve all the people of our
land Of the free and home of the
brave.
Evening star., 1948-09-08
Text of Stossens Reply to Truons Labor Day Address

| ground as compared to the cost o1
living. Their average hourly wage
in manufacturing employment, in.
cluding overtime, increased 20 pei
cent, but prices increased "a pei
cent, spurred up by heavy produc-
ton losses due to strikes and other
infationary pressures. Since the new
labor law took effect in August, 1947
labor has Jared better than it die
before. 1t has at least kept abreast
Both wages and prices have in
creased approximately Z per cent
under the law.
Labor Has Fared Better.
In short, labor has Jared better
under the broad public interest ap-
proach of this legislation than it did
under the Presidents postwar mar
row labor policy.
In the face of these plain facts
why does the President make these
extreme complaints about the law
a law which was passed over his
veto by two-third majority of the
members of Congress and by a ma
jority vote among the members of
his own party in Congress? Why
does he complain about law which
provides for 80 days to settle dis
pute affecting the whole country
without a strike? Why does he COM
plain about a law which requires
financial reports of union officials,
which opposes secondary boycotts,
which reduces clashes between
unions, but which does not take
away the authority to strike, nor
prevent successful bargaining for
fair contracts? Clearly, it is because
he hopes to secure a big political
dividend by a cheap political COM
plant.
But every day additional thou
sands of members of organized labor
are realizing that what the law has
done is to require a few labor Off
cials to be less arbitrary with their
own members and with manage
ment. 1t has required labor's
leadership to be more thorough,
more fair, more conscientious in
their bargaining and negotiations
without strikes.
The law should be constantly
studied. All legislation in the field
of labor is dealing with a rapidly
changing, shifting, dynamic prob
lem in our economy. Laws concern
ing labor and management require
constant attention, change and
study. I have made it clear from
the first day of its passage, that
taken as a whole I favored this
law; that I would oppose its repeal;
but that I believed it required some
amendments.
To Seek Fair Balance.
pledge to you that in the months
and years ahead. I will continue to
oppose unfair and anti-labor provi-
sions, to seek fair balance between
capital and labor, and to insist on
maintaining a dynamic peoples
capitalism in America. I am conf
dent that the majority of the men,
berS in Congress will take this
course.
AS this campaign proceeds, an
ticipate that Gov. Dewey will
make it clear in his addresses, as he
has in his record in New York, that
he will be fair to labor and will seek
the best interests of the people as
a whole. Under Gov. Dewey.