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Evening star., 1948-10-03
An InexcusubIe DeIoy

Hospital officials have ample provoca-
tion for their criticism of the long delay
at the District Building in submitting con-
tracts for treatment of INDECENT patients
It has been three months since the
broadened disqualification program for in
digents went into effect, under an authori-
zation from Congress. Acting in good
faith, the affected hospitals have rendered
services totaling thousands of dollars to
persons unable to pay for their. treatment.
Yet the bills submitted for July and Au-
gust remain unpaid by the District. To
make matters worse, the District is short
of funds needed to pay three of the hos
pitals for last years services.
The checks have been held up pending
a final decision among District officials as
to the form of the contract which is to
govern the INDECENT program. 1t is not an
easy job, of course, to draw up a contract
that will protect equally the interests Of
the patients, the hospitals and the Dis
trict. Proper precautions must be taken
to insure that the program will be limited
to those whom Congress intended to be
the benefciaries of the $735, 5000 allotted
for hospital care of needy persons. The
contractual relations between the District,
which controls the fund, and the nine
hospitals which render the services should
be such as to insure that there will be
no misunderstanding as to the respon-
sibilities of the hospitals. 1t should spell
out what indigents should be taken in by
the private hospitals concerned and which
should be referred to Gallinger.
1t is hard to understand, however, why
1t should take three months to prepare a
a contract containing the necessary pro-
visions. Nor should it take this long to
resolve the differences Of opinion said to
have developed between Health Depart
ment and other District officials over
wording of the contract. The hospitals
are in bad enough financial condition as
it is without being required to stall of
creditors while they wait for money due
them from the District. Somebody at the
District building should see to it that they
do not have to wait any longer.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
Television's GROWING Pains

The Federal Communications Commits
sion's decision to freeze" all applications
Tor new television stations Is a logical
move to give the commissions technicians
time to diagnose the developing troubles
Of the infant industry. The plain fact is
that television is afflicted with growing
pains" 1t is growing so fast that already
1t is in danger of becoming too large for
its present channels which were allotted
before the commission realized that tele-
vision would spread so rapidly and so far.
One of the principal complaints of late
Is that there is too much interference
among broadcasting stations. Not only do
powerful transmitters in a given locality
occasionally spill over" into nearby bands,
thus distorting the image of the weaker
stations, but stations in other cities have
been found at times to encroach on local
programs. Interference of this sort creates
a wavy or blurred picture. Various filters
and other devices have been used to reduce
or eliminate such distortions.
Under existing rules, stations using the
same channels are required to be at least
$50 miles apart Those using channels in
neighboring wave lengths must be at least
rs miles apart. Ordinarily such distances
should suffice to prevent interference, but
experience has shown that, under some
conditions, television waves may upset the
best calculations of electronic experts.
The solution may be found in requiring
wider separation of stations operating on
the same or nearby bands. Or it may be
necessary to allot more channels to tele-
vision. There are twelve commercial chan
nels available now. They are rapidly be-
coming crowded with stations and the
congestion is bound to grow worse as new
stations take to the air. A total of 123
stations already have been authorized
The freezing order affects more than 800
applications pending before the FEC.
The outlook is so disturbing that COM
mission experts have been considering
proposals to take television upstairs to
higher frequencies, where there is room for
treater expansion. Any such move should
be taken only after careful weighing OF
the effects on owners of present televisior
receivers 1t is said that present sets may
be adapted to higher frequencies by special
converters, just as was the case when FIN
first appeared. Nevertheless, it would bt
too bad to make pioneer purchasers of videe
receivers pay so soon for the apparent
Evening star., 1948-10-03

WAsHINGToN-The possibility is seen here
that instead of moving dramatically from a
cold war" into q "hot war;" which 1t appar-
emily does not want, Russia may try to drag
the West into half war"
This is the view OF some officials who are
rated as experts on Russia. They also believe
that the Soviets probably would not be able
to get by with any such stratagem-that the
Western nations in such case would have to
resort to full-scale war on the ground that
the Russians had given them no alternative.
A half war. would be the sort of situation
on a grand scale in which the Russians have
several times been involved in limited manner
Only a decade ago Soviet and Japanese
troops fought heavy battles along the borders
of Manchuria. but never actually went to war
In the Spanish civil war, officials here say that
Stain, as q means of limiting Russias in
volvement, forbade Russian fighters to use any
artillery.
More recently, in the Greek troubles, Russia
and the Communist satellite countries have
been careful to limit their aid to the Greek
guerrillas in manner calculated to keep them
selves out Of serious trouble.
cold war, as oficials here see it, is .
conflict primarily political though possibly in
volving incidents of physical conf1ict-for
example, the Berlin kidnapings.
Beyond this. but short of full scale, openly
declared war, may be an area in which the
Russians will try to harass the West with all
sorts Of incidents but in a manner to make 1t
difficult for the West to go to war without
taking blame for aggression.
Russian experts here say that the soviets
themselves probably would not resort to open
war deliberately since they are convinced by
Communist doctrine that the Western World
is teetering on the edge OF collapse anyway.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
October

Stand on mountain top and watch
October glory unfold over hills and valleys,
creek bottoms and upland fields. Now
comes the climactic burst of color, natures
hail and farewell to another season. A few
months ago husbandmen went forth to
plow and harrow, seed and cultivate. The
warmth of the sun blessed the land and
showers of rain worked their magic The
miracle of life occurred; seeds broke their
shells: roots found sustenance in Earth's
breast; the chlorophyll in the leaves man.
ufactured food. The Great Spirit was
kind; man has harvested generous crops
The cycle Is ending. You will feel it in
the tingling morning air when silver hoar
frost powders the beached and faded
grasses The shaggy flocks of white clouds
in the October-blue sky are advance scouts
of a new season. Mellow midday when
purple haze rests on mountain shoulders
and warmth blesses the countryside is q
link with summer gone forever. Birds
gather in clans and practice military
formation maneuvers for southwark
flights.
Corn shocks stand like rows of tepees
SAA DAOVA AASASAo oAlO SOlOCll puluphAlS
scattered among them are colorful periods
to Summers trailing sentences. Apples are
heavy on dropping boughs and beechnuts
are opening their spiney shells There is
the distance-softened chant of tractor en-
gines as farmers do fall plowing and the
hollow echoes of axe blows from woodlots
as fuel for winter is felled. Dusk comes
early now and the shadows stalk swiftly
down the hills, pulling nights curtain be-
hind them. Men 60 about evening chores
by the light of lanterns which throw long
shadows on corn cribs and barns When
the countryman comes across the yard
with the milk pals on his arm he stops
a minute to look at the stars studded sky.
A fox barks hoarsely on the ridge; faint
night sounds scratch against the darkness.
A sudden sharp edge OF north breeze
goes by. This is October, glory time of
year and outrider of new season poised
on the horizon
Evening star., 1948-10-03
1t Is the Deed ~
Living Religion Gives Stability and Conference II
Nations as Well as individuals


they leap to the heavens in this secular day can
possibly be blind and deaf to the meaning OF
the bells Of faith which are pealing forth this
day in the belfries Of all the world.
Louder than the strains of any national an
them is heard today in world wide broadcast
Of devotion that reassuring hymn of the uni
versal church:
I'VE thank Thee that Thy church unsleeping
While earth rolls onward into light
Through all the world her watch is keeping
And rests not now, by day or night.
As DER each continent and island
The dawn leads on another day,
The voice Of prayer is never silent,
Nor die the strains Of praise away"
This sacrament is a cloistered shrine In the
desert of materialism. In time of blighting
doubt it is a salute to conquering belief in
the supremacy of spiritual forces. The credo
of the sacrament is that sacrifice is the very
bread and wine of existence, and that it Is
something which must be actually assimilated
by those who partake Of it-that to give is to
live, and that there Is no gain except by loss.
The truth of religion is set forth more plainly
in this symbolic act than in bulky books or
complicated creeds. But sacrament such as
that celebrated today by so many millions of
bowling FORMS at altars which stretch around
the planet, is as futile as painted ship upon a
painted ocean unless it Is the outward and
visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
IF nation has living religion it acquires
habit of mind, sense Of values, respect for
standards. which give It stability and conference.
If an individual has living religion he has 6
definite idea to guide, discipline, dominate and
elevate his life. He is like SALT light and leaven
In the world"
1t is a vital religion which is force, and not
simply form, which speaks in these ringing
words:
what care for caste or creed?
1t is the deed, it is the deed
What care for robe or stole?
1t is the soul, 1t is the soul.
What for crown, Or what for crest?
1t Is the heart within the breast
1t is the faith, it Is the hope,
1t Is the struggle up the slope,
1t is the brain and eye to see
One God and one humanity"
Evening star., 1948-10-03

Under all skies, a
vast throng OF wor-
shippers Of every kin
dred and tongue,
representing cry
branch of the holy
Catholic church, ac-
cording to their own
custom and ritual
will stretch forth
lame hands Of pray
er" for the sacra-
mental bread and
wine. These are en-
blems of a faith that
life Is not final trag-
Evening star., 1948-10-03
- Are Noted Here and Ahrond

Vic ASSUCIHCCU FIGSS.I
Labor Statistics on its ear for a while, but the
Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA)
came to the rescue
Cripps, here for the International Bank and
Fund meetings, liked an article on British labor
in BIS Monthly Labor Review. He asked for
10000 copies.
BIS has no funds for that sort Of gift It
was in swivet until ECA offered to finance it.
Evening star., 1948-10-03

An improved lifesaving jacket may be
inflated in a matter of seconds, after the
manner of the spellbinder coming unex-
pectedly on sea of intelligent faces
Evening star., 1948-10-03

Strangely haunting-the speeches of this
years candidates. If they remind you Of
something, it probably is every politica
speech you ever heard
Evening star., 1948-10-03
More Credit Bars?

WASHINGTON.-The Federal Reserve Board
is thinking about broadening installment credit
restrictions to cover loans for home repair and
modernization.
Terms will be about the same as for autos
If it does.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
Spires Of the Spirit

Today is World Communion Sunday in the
Christian churches Of this fear haunted planet.
This rite is an animation that in spite of walls
and temporary denials this is one world.
Evening star., 1948-10-03

Sellers are again wooing the buyer with
cut prices and giveaways, and any month
now one may expect renaissance of that
medieval merchandising come-on, the
cheerful refund.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
Churchill

LONDON-Winston Churchill is expected TO
renew demand for a strong Western European
union at the Conservative Partys annual con-
ference opening Wednesday at Landudno'
Wa,-s It will be his first opportunity since
the Berlin crisis deepened to air his views
publicly.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
Clothes Prices

NEW YORK.-Prices Of woolen, worsted and
rayon fabrics are expected to follow the down
ward trend of cottons within the next several
months. Mems clothing sales have been tagging.
Retail sales of women's dresses have been salts
factory so far but may become more COM
petitive later in the season.
Evening star., 1948-10-03

crowd of younger and much faster
stars pushes to the fore in amateur tennis
To follow these the faithful fan in the
stands may need new swivel in the neck
Evening star., 1948-10-03

A chicken, sold for $1.40 in Arkansas,
had $1.15 in its gizzard, and any slot
machine operator will tell you you can't
clean up fast with the payoff gimmick
set that high
Evening star., 1948-10-03

failure OF the FEC to estimate more accu-
rately the future growth of this popular
new source of information and entertain
ment
Evening star., 1948-10-03
Air.MaiI Rates

Afr.W an R0fPS
WASHINGTON.-The Civil Aeronautics Board
is considering substantial air mail rate In
creases for the big five" airlines.
The present sliding scale method will be
retained, but may 60 well above the present
temporary top of rs cents.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
BIS sos

WAsH1NGTON.-Sir Stafford Cripps, British
chancellor Of the exchequer. Get the Bureau OF
Evening star., 1948-10-03

about moss. 1t may have been gathering
votes.
Evening star., 1948-10-03
By Gerard D. Reilly


Mr. Johnson's lawyers thereupon sought
stay of the injunction. This was denied by
the district court and an appeal was docketed
in the Circuit Court of Appeals. The Judiciary
Act permits an appellate court to grant stay
pending an appeal, but Senior Circuit Judge
Joseph C. Hutcheson, jr., declined to grant 1t
on the ground that in the absence of his col.
leagues a single Judge had no authority to act.
Judge Hutcheson, however, did set the case
down for hearing for october 4. Since even
this date would not have afforded Mr.. johnson
an opportunity to get on the ballot, his counsel
then carried the matter up to the Supreme
Court After filing a notice Of intention to
apply for a writ of certiorari motion to grant
stay was presented to Mr.. Justice Black not
in his capacity as chief Judge of the fifth cir
cult but as q member of the Supreme Court.
In order to dispel any impression of passing
upon this crucial motion in ex parte fashion,
the Justice held four-hour hearing, with
newspapermen present, at which the Jurlsolc-
tional question was argued by counsel for both
sides. At the conclusion of the hearing he
remarked:
"Its the universal rule in the United
States that before court interferes with an
election there must be a statute clearly au.
thorizing it.
"There is no statutory justification Of
Federal court enjoining the steps OF an elec'
ton. I'm going to grant q stay until the
full Supreme Court has an opportunity to
consider the matter-N it wants to con.
Gder It."
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-22
Fire Destroys Two Anchorage Business Buildings

ANCHORAGE, (P) - Fire early yesterday destroyed two Fourth Avenue buildings containing four businesses. The fine work of An Chorage volunteer firemen in ten degree cold prevented the fire spreading to adjacent buildings. Damage is estimated roughly at S75,OOO to S1OO,OOO. Businesses de- strOyed included the Panhandle Cafe, Army Navy Surplus Store, Larry's Liquor Store, Weatair Transport office. The latter two are small and occupied space in the Cafe.
 Glenn Phillips, sleeping in the rear of the cafe, escaped with small cuts, and bruises, through the window. The alarm was sounded at 5:37 a.m., and the fire was controlled by am. Fire Chief George Neil said the probable cause of the fire was from an oil stove. Passersby helped themselves 70 the liquor store stocks.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-22
FEDERATED CHRISTMAS PRO. GRAM LAST SUNDAY NIGHT

The Federated Church Sunday School held their Christmas pro- gram Sunday evening for parents and friends.
 Preceding the children's pageant Mrs. Ken Rank, superintendent of the Sunday School and Juanita Fagers.rom presented a fifteen minute organ and piano recital.
 The church will filled to capa- city to hear the young people, ap- prOpriately costumed; present the Christmas story, after which the choir of girls under the direction of Mrs. w. Cameron, sang several a cappella Christmas songs with Jennie Savers as soloist.
 Teachers who made the program possible were Mrs. w. B. McCar- thy, Mrs. Jacobson, Miss Eckhart, Mrs. Robert Long and Olaf Hal vorSen, who was in charge of dec oratiOns.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-22
Western Allies Set Up Three Power Govt. In Berlin

Continued from Page One) which the four powers are com mitted, the quadrnpartite admin istration of Berlin can be re- stunned.
 During their abstention the three western Allies will exercise the powers of the Allied Roman datura although realizing that owing to the Soviet obstruction it will only be possible for them to carry out their administration in the western sectors for the pres ent."
 The western cOmmdndantS re- called that the Russians disrupted four-poWer government by with drawing from the KOmmandatura last June 1. They said the Rom mandatura "can only be altered or abdicated by agreement of all the governments which set it up"
 Some kinds of fish can be frozen
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-22

The home of MT. and Mrs. Da- vid Mazen in the east end of town has been purchased by Andrew Peterson, well known Salmon Lake miner and trapper.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-22

Some kinds of fish can be frozen in ice and still survive.
Evening star., 1948-11-18
Shortage Of Prison Industries
In Maryland Hit by Probers

Mr.. Lacey suggested that s149,-
500 be spent to expand existing
prison industries which would en-
ploy 100 more men, These would
be utilitized in the various manual
industries.
A minority report was filed by
one member of the committee, j. J
Tahaney, editor of the Labor
Herald. Mr.. Tahaney said he felt
the recommendations of the COM
mittee were based upon inadequate
and inexact information obtained
through incomplete and superficial
investigation and upon conclusions
reached without concert in thought
or discussion"
Fisheries Unit Abolition Urged.
The council also heard proposal
by the chairman of seafood in
dustry committee that Maryland S
present Tidewater Fisheries Com
mission be abolished.
Nelson r. Coulbourne, Mayor of
Crisfield and chairman of the Pro-
gram Committee of the Seafood In
dustry, added, however, that he
wanted to discuss the matter with
Gov. Lane before offering a substi-
tute program.
At the same time, Richard w.
Emory, a member of a commission
authorized by the General Assem-
bly, to make a study of conservation
practices, told the council 1t would
take Is years to get Chesapeake
Bay oyster conservation program
started"
Evening star., 1948-11-18
New Health Educator
AT Work in Fairfax

Mrs. Madge Hahn Longley has
begun her duties as health educator
for Fairfax County-a position new
to the county and believed the first
of its kind in the State.
Mrs. Longley was employed by the
Fairfax County Lay Health Associa-
ton and the County tuberculosis
Association to work with the health
department.
Chief function of the new Office
will be to organize and direct COM
munity programs for health educa-
ton, Mrs. Longley explained yes
terday. She said one of the first
steps would be to start a radio pro-
gram over Station WAX Decem-
Der on health facts. Mrs. Longley
will plan and produce the program.
Mrs. Longley is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin and did
graduate work at Columbia Univer-
sity in New York. She was en-
ployed in Montgomery County, Nd,
as director of the Montgomery
County Health Fund prior to l947
when she went to California to be
director of the San Diego Health
Council.
Evening star., 1948-11-18
Prince Georges Approves
Coop Kinderqartens AGAIN

Cooperative kindergartens at 420l
Gallatin street and 5204 Forty-sec-
ond place. Hyattsville. have been
approved for the secon dtime in a
month by the Prince Georges County
Commissioners.
The commissioners heard COM
plants against the schools yester-
day, although the Hyattsville City
Council withdrew a protest it had
filed on request of some citizens.
j. Frank Lillard, attorney acting
as spokesman for nine residents at
the hearing. presented a petition of
objection which had been signed by
II property holders.
Assistant States Attorney Hervey
G. Machen, who lives near the
schools, was spokesman for a dele
cation of 26 persons favoring them.
He presented a petition of indorse-
ment signed by rs residents.
Mrs. E. M. Short, president of the
Hyattsville Kindergarten Associa-
ton, which operates both schools,
introduced certificates from the
Maryland Board of Education stat
ing they are on the approved list
She said the association is q non-
profit organization.
Evening star., 1948-11-18
BY the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. ia charge
that prisoners in Maryland's penal
institutions are "in virtual isolation
because of a shortage of prison
industries" was made yesterday be-
fore the Legislative Council by a
special commission authorized by
the General Assembly.
In it's report, the commission rec
commended that the State consider
utilizing more prisoners to turn out
brooms. mattresses and sheet metal
work and to repair shoes and bind
books, among other things.
To do this, however, Chairman
Paul I. Leary said, the State first
must create a full-time, adequately
paid Office to direct the States en-
tire prison program.
He said the program now is han
died by part time director, a non-
paid board and the superintendent
of prisons and wardens and superin-
tendents of the institutions.
Asks Spending of S149,500.
Mr.. Learys report asserted that
in the past, funds which had been
earned by the prisoners were di-
verted to uses for which they were
not intended.
The report added that the Mary
land House Of Correction was the
most idle prison in the State.
"It is here that more than 700
prisoners are, in effect, kept in
solitary confinement due to short
age of work and Of guards" the re-
port stated,
Evening star., 1948-11-18
Hearings Continued for Two
Held in 0ptimist Party Raid

Preliminary hearings for two men
charged after a police raid on an
Arlington Optimist Club party IN
Fairfax County last week, were con-
tinued in Fairfax Trial Magistrate
Court Yesterday
A hearing for C. K. Vance, 506
North Highland street, Arlington,
who owns Hunters Lodge on Route
2ll, where the party was held, Is
scheduled for December l. He is
charged with permitting gaming
permitting liquor on the premises
and selling beer after hours. He
pleaded not guilty to all charges.
A hearing for William r. Schreck
of 2704 Central avenue, Alexandria
chairman of the Optimists' Ways
and Means Committee, will be held
December II. Mr.. Schreck is
charged with gambling in connec-
tion with a horse race game that
police say was operated during the
party. He did not enter a plea yes
terday. Optimists said tney held
the party to raise funds for their
organization activities.