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Evening star., 1948-03-09
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. ** As
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yesterday in connection with the
fatal stabbing of her sister last
Thursday.
Ordered held after an inquest at
the District Morgue was Mary Goats,
colored, Of the 600 block Of L street
Evening star., 1948-03-09

secondly the number of cancella-
tions, follow:
IA and 4: 2-s and 0; 3-10 and
!; 412 and o; 5-10 and o.: 6-12
and 0; IA and 0; 8-8 and 0; 81
and 0; 100 and 8; 11-3 and l:
12-5 and O; 13-7 and l, and traffic
division, 20 and 5.
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Politics and the Court

II is a good thing that Justice Douglas,
Ia announcing that he would not become
the vice presidential candidate of the
Democrats, took occasion to assert his
belief that no person should seek political
preferment while a member OF the
Supreme Court
There had been considerable speculation
on this point while his name was being
banded about, first as the convention
presidential choice, and then for the
second place on the ticket. This sort of
thing does not do the Supreme Court any
good although it may be beyond the
control of the individual involved. 1t
would be far worse however, for any man,
while member of the court, to become
an active candidate for a political Office.
Nothing could be better calculated to
destroy the prestige of the court and
speedily bring it into disrepute.
For this reason, the statement by
Justice Douglas is to be welcomed, and 1t
should serve to fix the course of any
member of this bench who may, in the
future, be bitten by the political bug.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Jets Across the Atlantic

The simultaneous transatlantic flights
by British and American jet-hghter planes
provide an interesting opportunity to COM
pare the relative merits of latest jet air
craft developed here and abroad. II the
Committee on Aeronautics of the Research
and Development Board is correct in
recent appraisal the American planes will
prove to be equal, If not superior, to those
of the Royal Air Force. That means that
we have made remarkable progress in
recent months, for only little more than
a year ago it was generally recognized that
the British were far ahead of us in the
field of jet propulsion.
AS far as range is concerned, the current
flights will tell little, for both crossings are
being made over the Northumberland
route, with hops averaging around seven
hundred miles each. The Raj planes are
said to have longer ranges than our Air
Force jets, but what they gain in mileage
they lose in speed. Although the British
got the Jump on us in jet propulsion re-
search after the war, we have made up for
lost time in the past year or so. Our latest
let engines are reported to develop more
thrust than the best British types, and
fuel consumption-an important consider
alton In Jet hying-is being steadily re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Russia and Korea

Through its Communist-domin pup
pet regime in the Red occupation zone,
the Soviet Union is showing no letup IN
its effort to Illustrate the United Nations
in Korea
Some time ago, In keeping with a
decision of the General Assembly, special
U. N. commission went to Seoul to super
wise a countrywide election of National
Assembly. The project, however, was boy
cotted by the Russians, with the result
that the voting-free and unfettered IN
every respect-took place only IN the
American zone of occupation, which en-
braces about two-thirds of Korea's 29,000,-
900 inhabitants.
The purpose of this election, as originally
ordered by the overwhelming majority OF
the United Nations, was to enable the
Korean people to begin organizing them
selves as a self-ruling, independent nation
under a single democratic government
genuinely representative of all elements.
But the Soviet boycott, which barred the
U. NJ commission even from visiting the
Red zone, made that impossible, and the
voting thus had to be held on limited
scale-with the hope that eventually the
Russians would change their policy and
cooperate in making Korea united and
autonomous land.
But it is clear that the passage of time
| has not softened the Soviet attitude. On
the contrary, now that the freely elected
National Assembly has met in Seoul and
adopted the constitution drawn up under
| U. N. auspices, the Kremlin's puppet
regime to the north has announced plans
to hold general elections" on August Is
The election" which of course will take
place only in the Red zone-are meant to
| set no q council" to rule over oil Of Korea
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under a constitution" written by the
Communists. This constitution" estab
fishes Seoul as the national capital, but
since Seoul Is in the American zone,
Pyongyang will have to serve temporarily"
With typical butchery of the truth, the
Soviet-controlled radio at Pyongyang has
explained all this as necessary because
American imperialists carried out a
ruinous separate election and organized
so-called National Assembly with the sup
port of traitor minority and with the
savage oppression Of the majority OF the
South Korean people" What this colossal
falsehood actually means is that the
Kremlin is determined to continue fighting
the United Nations in Korea by doing
everything possible to keep that unhappy
country torn in two, with the aim in view
of ultimately making the whole OF 1t a
servile satellite.
The Soviet Unions Korean policy, OF
course, Is all part Of its worldwide pattern
Of chaos breeding obstruction. Essentially
the same thing is happening in partitioned
Germany. The Russians are trying to get
what they want by wearing us down. We
can counter them only by remaining firm
and refusing to be worn down.
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Blow to Auto 'Groy Market

Municipal Court Judge TnomaS ~. quinn
has given Washington's gray market in
new cars a severe jolt. If its effects are
lasting the whole automotive industry will
benefit, and so will the long-suftering
walters for new automobiles.
Judge Quinn upheld the conditional sale
contract recently adopted by many auto
mobile dealers in an effort to protect
themselves and the public against sharp
practices by some "used-car" dealers.
typical case came to Judge Quinns atten-
ton. The evidence showed that the buyer
OF a new car Immediately resold 1t to a
used-car dealer with whom he had made
previous ARRANGEMENTS. He received a
commission" of $195. The dealer sold the
car the same day to physician for an
undisclosed price. In becoming party
to this deal, the original purchaser ignored
a conditional-sale contract under which
he had agreed not to resell within six
months without giving the dealer chance
to repurchase the car at 10 per cent less
than the sale price. Violation of the agree
ment was to make the purchaser liable for
damages amounting to 10 per cent OF the
price. The court ordered the customer to
reimburse the original dealer to the
amount of the damages specified in the
contract.
Similar contracts are in widespread use
here, as an outgrowth of commendable
effort by old-line automobile dealers to
stamp out activities that have tended to
create chaos in the market and to bring
discredit on the industry in general. The
market" "a polite name for prohteerlng
within the law has made 1t more and
more difficult for bona f1de customers to
buy new cars at regular prices. Too many
waiting lists include would-be purchasers
interested only in quick and juicy profits
while the getting is good. That Is why
many used-car lots display virtually new
automobiles at prices hundreds OF dollars
above the factory approved prices. Mean
while many persons who badly need new
cars for business or pleasure and who
cannot afford to pay the gray market"
prices are still waiting for orders placed
months ago to be filled.
The fast-dollar activities will collapse, Of
course, when automobile production finally
catches up with demand. The industry
does not look for this return to normally
for long time. Meanwhile, 1t is encour-
aging to know that representative mem
bers of the industry here are making an
earnest effort to combat the abuses which
have grown up in the boom-price era
and that the Municipal Court Is willing
to assist. Just how effective the anti
black-market contract plan will be IN the
long run must await determination by
higher courts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14

duced. An American plane, the Nays
for Jets, 65o.s miles an hour.
According to the Research and Develop
ment Board experts, we are well advanced,
too, in rocket, pulse-jet and ram-jet pro-
pulsion. An Air Force rocket plane of
experimental type has attained supersonic
speeds, solving the mysteries of the sound
barrier" Guided missiles of the rocket
and ram-jet types are being tested. The
day undoubtedly will come when today's
pioneering transatlantic Jet flights will
seem as archaic as that of Lindbergh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Chairman McGruth

The manner in which National Chair
man McGrath has handled himself In
the Democratic convention stands In re-
freshing contrast to the Incredible antics
OF most of the other top-fiight Democratic
leaders.
While the stop-Truman crowd has been
cutting the party's throat in public, sena-
tor McGrath has been doing as much as
any man could to hold the fragments OF
the organization together so that the
Democrats can go before the people this
fall with something at least approx
mating a united front.
As national chairman, he Is responsible
for the campaign which will have to be
waged in the fall. When he took over the
assignment last September there were
some misgivings. For he was not known
throughout the country and he had not
had any extensive experience in national
politics. With the Democrats admittedly
facing a tough uphill fight, 1t was feared
that the new chairman might make some
slip which would be disastrous to the
partys chances.
But the slips have not been made by
Senator McGrath. He handled his pre-
convention tasks smoothly and he has
shown admirable judgment and restraint
during the Philadelphia meeting. AS one
of those who stands to suffer most from
the spectacle which the leaders Of the
various party factions have made OF them
selves, it would not have been surprising
If he had blown his top But whatever
his privately expressed sentiments may
have been, he has applied himself in public
to saving as much as possible from the
wreckage, and whatever degree of har-
mony finally is achieved will be due in
large part to his efforts. When it becomes
possible to view this astonishing conven-
ton in proper perspective, he will stand
head and shoulders above those who were
supposed to have been the strong men of
the party.
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Stars, Men and Atoms
Rings Of Planet Saturn
Called Super Ice-Cokes
Mcdonald Observatory Head Bases
Findings on Light Reflection
By Thomas r. Henry

FnQlnSS on Light NeHeCuOH
By Thomas r. Henry
MCDONALD OBSERVATORY, Fort Davis.
Textile celebrated rings Of Saturn and the
planets i've inner moons are solid ice.
Each Of the satellites is from nth to
third the size OF the earths moon. making
them the super ice-cakes of creation.
This is the finding Of Dr.. Gerald r Kuiper.
director Of the Mcdonald Observatory and
astronomy professor Of the University Of
Chicago.
The sixth of saturn's satellites. Titan, Is
slightly larger than our moon, is apparently
q chunk Of cold stone, and has thin atrnos.
phere of methane gas, essentially the same
gas which Is used for cooking and lighting.
The composition Of the planets other i've
moons remains unknown.
Little Else in Composition.
The Mcdonald Observatory observations
show, DR.. Kuiper explained, the light refec.
ton from the five inner moons Is precisely
the same az that obtained from ice and that
the weight Of each is that Of an equal-sized
mass of frozen water. There hardly can be
any question. the astronomer said. that they
are giant iceballs with little. If anything, else
in their composition.
The finding is of much more significance
than merely a curious fact because it may shed
the first light on the way in which the planets
Of the solar system came into being.
1t can be assumed, Dr. Kuiper explained,
that in the beginning Saturn had an atnos-
phere thousands of miles deep. extending
beyond the present orbit of Titan. This
atmosphere was composed of q mixture Of
gases referred to by astronomers as the sun
mixture"-about the same as the composition
of the sun. It can be calculated that in such
q mixture under such conditions by far the
largest element would be hydrogen with the
sun gas, helium, second. But the third and
fourth most abundant constituents would be
water vapor and methane. This atmosphere
must have shrlnk very rapidly with cooling,
shortly after the birth of the planet.
Hint to Mechanism.
Now, Dr. Kuiper explains, the planet itself
was in extremely rapid rotation All OF its
atmosphere could not have been rotating at
the same rate or a great deal Of 1t would have
been thrown out into space. The outer parts
of the atmosphere must have had free orbits.
essentially different from that of the planet
itself.
The result was that when the water vapor
condensed into ice, which would continue at
the same rate of rotation as the gas from
which 1t was formed, there would be no tend.
ency to fall back into the planet. Hence the
ice moons.
This at least gives hint to the mechanism
by which the planets of the solar system were
formed, 1t was explained, although how the
condensation came about is unknown
The finding Of an atmosphere on Titan Ii
significant in that this is the first time there
has been any such indication for any Of the
moons Of the solar system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

By THE HASKIN SERVICE
@. What Is the procedure for becoming
United States Senator?-W. w. H.
A. A Senator is nominated In accordance
with the State law either by primary or by
convention. State laws generally also provide
that an independent candidate may have his
name on the ticket If he files for . petition
signed by q certain number Of voters. There
also is stipulated fee for filing required under
the State laws. A vacancy is usually filled by
temporary appointment by the Governor.
@. Who suggested numbers to identify the
streets of Philadelphia?-A Mob.
A. When william Penn arrived with his
followers late in 1882, he found that Thomas
Holme had laid out streets and named them
for famous persons. Penn, who objected to
such man worship" promptly gave numbers
to streets running north and south and re-
named the intersecting streets for trees and
flowers in the vicinity. From this originated
the Jingle: High, Mulberry. sassafras, Vine;
Chestnut, Walnut, Spruce and Pine"
G. How tall is Gov. Earl Warren Of Cali.
A. Gov. Warren is feet tall and weighs
about 200 pounds.
O. When applying for first day covers. how
should the money for stamps be sent9-
Z. W. r.
A. The Post Once Department suggests that
the remittance be sent by money order or
postal note. Postage stamps and personal
checks will not be accepted in payment OF the
new stamps required for af1ixing to the covers.
O. What was the price Of the earliest Ford
cars? What was the lowest price Of the model
TIC McG.
A. The earliest line Of Fords sold for $4,000.
and it was not until 1907 that models selling
for 5000 and $500 were produced Model rs
were produced from 1909 to 1927. Their price
was reduced from year to year until In 1915
they were selling for 1865.
Q. How many pilots were there In the Army
Air Force at the beginning OF World War II
"A. G. r. ,sx
Germany In 1917, the Aviation Section Of the
Signal Corps had IS pilots. Lt.-Col. william
Billy Mitchell was appointed - Aviation
officer Of the American Expeditionary Force.
q. Is Rim Tin Tin III German shepherd or
. German police dog?-D. T. q.
A. Rim Tin Tin III Is q German shepherd
dog. This breed Is often incorrectly referred
to as German police dog because many Of
these dogs have been trained for police work
Q. How old was Joseph Conrad when he
learned to speak English?-N. z. 8.
A. The celebrated novelist, Pole by birth,
learned EnglNn aIter ne was ~ years OF age,
largely by studying newspapers while serving
as a seaman, and subsequently became master
Of English prose.
@. Was . balloon used to fly persons to
California during the early days Of the gold
rush?-d. r. q. -
A. A 7-ton balloon which was to ny the
goldseeksrs from New York to Sacramento In
three days was planned BY Rufus Porter, editor
Of the Scientific American. Two hundred per-
sons bought tickets for the trip ct $500 each,
but the balloon was never built
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Breed, | Forgot

Bread, ! forgot,
And I dreued not
While desu sDas Gdorninp
A pigeons feather
The color of heather
This soft blue morning.
But ] am fed
with better bread
OF immortal leduertrg:
And / am filled
with drink, distilled
From the pale gold scsstAg.
YYTzA onI2oPu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
iortter, although 1t Is permissible for
apr1ter kno1pn to The Star to use
a nom de plume. Please be brtet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Pure Thousht' Law Urged

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Isn't 1t time we passed pure thousnt
law? We long ago realized the necessity OF
"pure foods" to protect the bodies OF innocent
people. But what about their minds? 6ooles
NAV have antidotes and beneficial remed1es
administered to them, but . poisoned mlno
NAV never be relieved. It may develop any
thing from criminal to maniac performances
Investigations probably would prove that
most Of our mental cases are caused directly
or indirectly from false ideas gained from
untruthful literature. A great many cases OF
bad health are due to incorrect information.
Certainly discomfort and unlappiness are
fostered, II nothing else. Yet We allow thou-
sands of persons to put out evil connections
to distort the mind.
To curtail the publication OF false state
ments would certainly be definite blow to
communism. Their movement grows on lies
and falsehoods AS long as We countenance
the publication of these misrepresentation,
thew will continue to prosper. The freedom
Of the press has been 50 badly abused that
We now must provide protection from anti
social sources Failure to do 20 could cost us
our Nation. Our enemies are printing 30 much
untruth that people are confused Is to what
they should believe. At least, articles could
BE- labeled Verified" and mot Verified" Any
press publishing rank untruth should be closed
FRANCIS RAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-14
Answers to Questions

A reader can get the answer TO any question OF
ns Fyipne sshs T.
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Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
The Independent Peasants of Mountains and Plains
Have Never Been Suppressed
Bv Fl. D. WaIsfon,


~ farming
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nile delinquency and ill-health among the
colored people of Washington should prod these
leaders to do something constructive. Teaching
the rudiments Of sanitation, health and nutri-
ton among their own kind is far more neces-
sary than that few should be able to attend
a legitimate high-priced theater.
Sturdy self-help within the group. working
to better the race in the manner of Booker
T. Washington and G. w. Carver will accom-
plish Of more lasting benefit for the advance
ment Of colored people than propaganda that
only serves to stiffen prejudice. L. X. c.
Cartoon Reactions
TO the Dditor OF The Star:
am only one of many readers who are sur
prised and resretful over the cartoons Of July
and ., apparently below your long time
standard. A TH1RTY-YEAR READER
70 the EDITOR Of The Star:
Your timely cartoon of President Truman
and Senator McGrath appearing July 10 In
spires me to write, defending a truly great and
good man, the President. Certainly, as many
Of your editorials have indicated In the past,
President Truman does not deserve the out
rageous insults heaped on him by those GER
tain individuals, who are interested, not IN
rood government, but in feathering their own
nests
Just what has the President done to William
Green and Philip Murray which prompts them
to refuse to address the Democratic Conven-
tion7 These gentlemen, plus Walter Reuther,
ct A. rot their veto Of the tax bill and the
Tsft-Hartley law at tho expense Of MI. Tru-
man, did they not7 Now all Of sudden we
find that these same men have had change
Of heart.
Yet In spite Of these reverses, II they be re-
verses. Mr.. Truman and the American people,
and not die-l1ard politicians will decide the I'LL
innate result in November.
DONALD J. WOLFE.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-12-09
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREAT

Sponsored by the Noble County Chamber of Commerce,
Santa Claus will make his annual visit Caldwell and Noble
county, Saturday afternoon December H. promptly
at 200 o'clock
Plans being worked for Santa to go modern and
arrive here by plane from the North Pole Since it will be
necessary for him to land his plane CALDWELL host of
dgnitares will meet the honored guest and escort him to
Caldwell by motor.
The annual Christmas treat for every child in this
ty is the individual business mans way of inviting the
shoppers to the county seat.
It is earlier than usual this year The business feel
that shoppers and heads of families will have plenty
cupy their mind the final weeks of the yuete
and this responsibility to their children will head the
list for change.
There will be the usual treat of candy followed by free
movies at both theatres.
1t is expected, that in the past, approximately 1900
children will converge Caldwell Saturday afternoon
Plan to to the county seat and participate in the
leading community event of the Christmas season.
The time Saturday, December II and the hour 200
o'clock The Noble County Chamber of Commerce extends
cordial welcome to each and every child AS in the past
Old Nick-a harbnger of the Christmas weekend, which
all to soon will be upon
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-12-09
NEWS FOR
VETERANS

Veterans Administration today
reminded World War II veterans
taking on-the-job training under
the CT Bill and their employers
that the individual monthly re-
ports of progress must be SUBJ
mitted to the VA or the veteran
will lose his subsistence allow
ance.
VA said on-job training re-
ports for the month of November
were due Dec. /. Subsistence
payments will be suspended in
all cases where these reports are
not received by Dec. 10.
Veterans who have been drop
ped from subsistence rolls when
their monthly reports of progress
failed to reach VA in time, will
be restored to the rolls as rapid
ly as the reports are received
within the required time, VA an
nounced
The progress reports must be
received by VA within 60 days