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Evening star., 1948-05-21
Financing Future Wars

Financing Future Wars
TO the Editor of The Star:
Each new global war is costing the Nation
some seven times more than the preceding
one. At the end of World War II the carry
over debt was 260-odd billions plus 81 billions
of yearly interest. At that ratio World War III
stands to engulf our economy with some
IA trillions Of debt plus about 40 billions Of
yearly interest.
The one hope see for our economy to
weather such punishment is to install single
unit dollar money system and make it oper-
ate this way:
Cd Fight future wars with interest-free dol
lar money issued by the United States Treas
ury for direct Government spending Then as
income taxes are collected from the people
the Government would cancel like amount
of dollar money out of existence as means of
keeping the war expenditures account in proper
money balance
90 Require banks to borrow their money
lending needs from the United States Treasury
and pay about per cent interest for its use.
This would yield millions, perhaps billions, Of
interest income yearly to the Government in
stead of the other way around, as it is now.
Fort Worth, Texas w. r. HOWARD.
Evening star., 1948-05-21
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

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O. Who began the custom Of punctuation?-
A. It is not possible to say who began the
custom Of punctuating literary composition,
or to single out year as the time when the
custom began. Punctuation originated In
Alexandria, Egypt, when that city was the
center of ancient learning. Aldus Manutius
d6th century, introduced regular system.
O. Have many patents been granted to
Negroes?-P. D. A.
A. Before the war the Patent Once, which
does not record the race of patentees had
by investigation verified over 800 patents
granted to Negroes. 1t is estimated that
many more than this number have been
granted. which are unverified, and that
Negroes hold patents on over 1000 inventions.
@. How many religious sects in the United
States are opposed to war?-W. c. B.
A. The members of over 80 individual re-
ligious bodies were listed as conscientious OBJ
jectors in World War II.
@. Did France pay any special tribute to
George Washington at the time Of his death2-
G. G.
A. Two months after Washington's death
elaborate memorial services in his honor were
held in the Champ de Mars, and for ten
days every flag and standard In France was
hung with black crepe.
Q. In numbering, why are the tops Of the
tall trees cut of first, before the trees are
felled?-P. r.
A The Forest Service says that In the West
Coast numbering region spar tree" Is used
to help facilitate operations in numbering.
The chosen tree is one in strategic position,
The top is Topped" or cut of. and to this
tree is attached the cable rigging, so that the
lore ha tn he p0Sifiop and loaded
by crane on to trucks, sleds or whatever method
is used in that location to be taken to the
shipping point. These are the only trees from
which the tops are cut first.
@. Does the fact that dog has q black
tongue prove that it is pure bred?-R p.
A. No one can prove that dog is pure bred
merely because 1t has a black tongue. I.
some breeds Of dogs, such as the Chow, black
or bluish-black tongue and roof Of the mouth
is one of its natural characteristics but at
no time can it be proof Of pure breed"
Evening star., 1948-05-21
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Evening star., 1948-05-21

they are holding airplanes and tanks in re-
serve for use at the strategic moment. How
these were smuggled into Palestine remains
secret
At the same time, the strength of the at
tacking Arab forces seems exaggerated in the
popular mind here. They are not armies in
the modern sense. Trans-Jordan's Arab Le-
gion, with 40 British officers and British
subsidy, is perhaps an exception. Nevertheless
for all the obstacles in their path, the Jews
probably can be said to have held their own
so far IN their ornaments race with the Arabs.
The words so far" are important, and they
lead directly to our second or time-factor
question. The answer here seems to be that
If the Jews were in imminent peril Of losing
their war with the Arabs any shipments from
this country might well arrive too late to do
any good But there is little belief here or
anywhere that the Arabs can score a quick
victory. What the Jews are concerned about
is their ability to maintain supply of arms
against the drain of battle. They cannot do
this unless they can continue to procure arms
and now, as state. they want to do this
in the legal and direct way.
As to whether the United States is Israel's
only potential source of supply, the answer is
no. The United States Is the obvious source,
and the Jews would like to buy here, but
there are many possible markets to which they
could and would turn II necessary. Czecho-
slovakia, for example. has just followed Rus
sia's lead in recognizing the Jewish govern
ment True, little is known Of the current
output Of the Skoda works. or whether Russia
would allow any Of It to be made available to
Evening star., 1948-05-21
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The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
Steel Company Fattens Wage Envelope

PITTSBURGH, - (H0 Beth lehem Steel Company Saturday joined the fatter pay envelope pat tern set by the US. Steel Go.
 The company granted an arev- age l3 cents an hour increases to its 8O,OOO workers throughout the the nation.
 The increase, announced by a Bethlehem spokesman in New York, constitutes an increase of approximately nine per cent. The spokesman said the raise was ef- fective Friday. Increases range from nine and one half to 25 cents an hour.
 U.S.Steel, long the bellwether of the industry, granted it's 170,- 900 members of the CIO United Steel Workers an average hourly boost of 13 cents Friday-and said it's 100000 salaried workers would receive similar increases. All are effective immediately. A spokesman for Big Steel' said the corporation had lost it's avowed fight to halt inflationary tendencies.
 The CIO United Steel Workers hailed the wage increase as "a great victory.
 Benjamin F. Hairless, president of US. Steel, said in a statement the decision to boost wages simply meant the corporation was forced to abandon it's plans to stabilize living costs by begging wages. Last April Big Steer' did just that-it refused demands for a substantial increase" and also lowered prices of it's products some $25,000,000 annually.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
If Russians Have Atom Bomb, We Wont Know Until-'

LOS ANGELES, - (P) - If Russia has an atomic bomb it's going to be difficult to detect radi- ation from any tests, says Com mander J. T. Hayward, Navy at omic expert.
 Commander Hayward, plans and operations director of the Armed Forces special weapons project at Sandia, NM, told intervieWers that a Russian atomic test might be reflected from radiation inn pact on the moon eff we trained a spectrometer on the moon; but the moon would have to be in the right phase"
 Radiation, he said, couldn't he detected here from Siberia.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
60 SUPERFORTS
 AREIN ENGLAND

SCAMPTON, - (P) The last two of 60 American B-29 Super fortresses sent to Britain for "man- euvers" swooped into this Royal Air Force Base today.
 The operation has been des- cribed officially as routine navi- gational training exercise. But the giant planes bulwark American power in Europe at a moment of rising tension with Russia over the month-long Berlin crisis.
 Crews of the 58 planes which arrived Saturday and Sunday had spent yesterday servicing their planes and unloading equipment
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
Air Secretary Say
 America Must Have Air Superiority

LOS ANGELES, - (P) You cannot win a war without air superiority and you cannot lose one with it," says Air Secretary J. Stuart Symington.
 "The American taxpayer has placed his money on air power" he declared last night at a ban quet of the Institute of Aeronaut- ical sciences. Ut is the best possible defense against possible attack by any power"
 Symington scoffed at any con- cept of American isolationism.
 "The protection of two oceans he said has been ended forever by the discovery and flight over over the so-called polar route.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
Marines To Guard U. s. Consulate
 In Jerusalem

WASHINGTON, - (P) The Navy has ordered a squad of 112 Marines under a Non-CommiS- stoned officer into Palestine to guard the Consulate General at Jerusalem, the State Department announced Saturday.
 The department reported that the action was taken at it's request and with the approval of the President.
 The Marines are being detached from the American Naval Forces in the Mediterranean. They are the first American servicemen to be sent into the Holy Land for guard duty since the trouble be- gan there. Civilian guards have been used for the Consulate Gen. eral up to now.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
Russians Attempt Smash European Recovery Plan

BERLIN ,- (P) Maj. Gen. Will liam Wild Bib Donovan, wartime Chief of the Office of Strategic Services, said Saturday the Rus sian blockade of Berlin is an at tempt to smash the European Re covery program and drive the U. s. out of Europe.
 Donovan, who is visiting Eur ope in a private capacity, said at a news conference:
 Ut is matter of the Soviets doing what they said they are going to do--that is, wreck the European Recovery Program; and what they have not said, but which they want to do: to drive Us out of Europe"
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
Sgt. Myers Retaken In Reno, Nev.

SAN FRANCISCO, - (P) list. Sgt. Peter Myers, 29, who escaped from custody at the Presidio last Wednesday, was arrested in Reno, New, Friday by civilian author ities, Sixth Army headquarters announced.
 Myers was being held here pend- ing a court martial in Alaska, the Army said. He formerly was at tached to the 51st Ordnance Sup ply Company, Fort Richardson, Alaska. He is charged with em- bezzling $2,0OO and with theft of soldiers savings deposits.
 The Army said Myers has wife in Kansas City, Mo.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
GEN. PERSHINC BURIED TODAY IN ARLINGTON

WASHINGTON, - (P) - The nation and the world gave a last salute to General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing.
 For the second day, thousands trekked to the capitol to file si- lently past his bier.
 Other thousands deployed along adjacent streets waiting for a glimpse of the cortege taking him to a hero's grave across the Potomac River.
 Every walk of life was repres- ented among those who paid final tribute to the flower-banked TO- tunda of the capitol.
 There were simple flowers from the lowly. There was an immense red rose design from the French government and "the people of France" Among almost countless floral pieces was a great flower
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The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19

-AP SPECIAL WASHINGTON SERVICE
 WASHINGTON, - (P Two women newspaper executives from the north have advised the Army of Occupation in Germany to go slow on any plans to send dis placed persons to Alaska.
 Alaska would like and could use displaced persons-especially the Baltic types in the camps ar ound Frankfurt, they said.
 But, they added the Territory simply cannot aSsimilate them un- till new industries, such as pulp mills, are introduced on con- siderable scale.
 This was the advice to Ameri- can Brass in Frankfurt and Der lin of Miriam Dickey of Fairbanks vice president of the company which publishes the Daily News Miner, and Mrs. Helen Troy Mon sen, Juneau, publisher of the Al aska Daily Empire.
 They flew back to the States from Lisbon this week, conclud- ing a two and one half month tour of Europe.
 The two women plan to spend several days in Seattle before re- turning to Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
US. Smelling Co. Has First Cleanup On No. , Dredge

A US. Smelling Company of- ficial Saturday reported that the company had made the first gold cleanup in the Nome area since the freeze order of 1942."
 The cleanup, last week, on the only dredge in operation in the immediate vicinity of Nome, the No. 5 Dredge of the company, was in the approximate weight of 125 pounds, which was made into one bar.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
Communist Papers Banned In Yugo- Slavia, Reported

BUCHAREST, - (P) -Yugo- Slavia has banned the sale of the Cominform's bulletins, which have been blasting the regime of Pre- mier-M Marshal Tito.
 The latest bulletin of the Com munist information bureau, is- sued 48 hours late, protests the ban as another disgraceful act" and orders that the edition of the bulletin in the Serbian language be suspended.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
US. Tanks Shipped To Chinese Reds
 From Philippines

MANILA, - (P) The Even ing News said Saturday that at least five US. Army surplus tanks had been shipped to Chinese Com munists aboard a Russian vessel, presumably from Cebu City on the central Philippines coast.
 The report has not been con- firmed from any other source.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-19
Alaska Newspaper. Women Return
 From Europe Tour
By Vern Haugland

-AP SPECIAL WASHINGTON SERVICE
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Mentions and Other Works

Three honorable mentions were
given to Grace Turnbull of Balti-
more, Josef Pere Herzbrunn Of
Washington and Richard Brumfield
of Baltimore. Miss Turnbull's life
size Sleeping Calf" in sandstone
was the work signalized, but all OF
her sculptures, companion heads OF
an elephant and hippopotamus in
black Belgian marble, and Flemish
Giant" hare, are excellent and the
best executed in the show from the
traditional standpoint. Mr.. Herr
brunn's "War Motif No. 1" in vein
quartz conveys grief. Mr.. Brum-
fields pelvic Abstraction" suggests
bleached bones, but has a marked
feeling of balance.
Sculptors are practically limited
in subject matter to people whole
figures, portrait busts and torsos) +,
animals (and fish and birds) and
distractions, which are the subject
classifications of the current show.
Interest is heightened by the variety
of approaches. Among the larger
complete figures are Anthony
Lauck's "St. John Beside the Gross" T"
severe in silhouette, with upturned
face; Elsa Hutzler's Nemesis" a
teakwood nude of q South Seas
type: Jean Donner Groves lime
stone, Mother and Child" rounded
and compact, and Karl Metzlers
Quaker" simple and reserved.
Sarah Silberman's 'Watt,st Drum
Evening star., 1948-03-28
In Verse

The short poems comprising the
first tfour sections of The Lost Son
and Other Poems Doubleday:
$2.5O, by Theodore Roethke, state
the physical world as a child might
experience 1t in the country; the
sensations are simple, often delicate,
small and unusual things assuming
great Importance in the imagination.
The longer poems symbolic the
development of the individual
through confused darkness and into
the brilliancy Of light.
II 4 X X
In May Sarton's The Lion and the
Rose Rinehart: So, she has encom-
passed a variety of thoughts, all
tending to direct the reader down
from the visionary armament to
the warm, throbbing earth. If the
Might Storm" is brilliant in dis
criptive power and overflowing in a
joyous humility, ITO the Living" is
a calm statement of the need for
and the faith in a free, open mind
asking peaceful revolution of
thought.
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Were An Anthology Of Irish Verse
Giveright; $2.4s). edited by Padriac
Colum, divided into two sections
only, the Celtic tradition and the
Anglo-Irish tradition, it might be a
better volume. As 1t Is, the layman
will find it difficult to follow the
strands of tradition from folklore
through the English influence and
written verse.
Evening star., 1948-03-28

ON August 2, 1928. He was sworn
in by his father, John @. Coolidge
The oath was administered at 2:47
am. in the Plymouth Notch farm
house In which he spent his boy
hood days.
The day is still fresh in our
minds when word was broadcast to
the world Of the death Of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt at Warm
Springs, Ga, on April IL, 1945, ane
when Harry Truman, the Missouri
farm boy, was suddenly made Pres
dent Of the United States. He was
then residing at the modest five
room apartment at 4701 Connecti-
cut avenue NV. From there he
went to the White House with Mrs.
Truman and their daughter Mar
garet, where the oath of Office as
President was administered to him
at 7:09 pm, after which he with
Mrs. Truman and their daughter
returned to their Connecticut ave-
nue. home.
Only Mr.. Coolidge and Mr..
Roosevelt were able subsequently to
run for the Office of President and
be elected. ALI the others failed.
President johnson even went so
far, when he found he could not be
nominated by the Republicans, as
to desert the party even before he
left the White House and sought,
but failed to receive, the Democratic
nomination.
OF the six former Vice Presidents,
Tyler, johnson and Arthur were
not renominated for the presi-
dency. Fillmore was the unsuccess-
full Wing candidate to succeed him.
self In 1852, and the National Amer
lean candidate in 1856. Theodore
Roosevelt was reelected, but in
1912, as candidate for President of
the Progressive or Bull Moose Party,
he was defeated. President Cool
idge, Mr.. Harding's Vice President
and successor, was reelected in
1924, and, subsequently, didn't
choose to run" In 1928.
Evening star., 1948-03-28
News About Stamps
By jones Waldo Fuwcett

When the Mississippi territorial
stamp goes on sale at Natchez, April
Z, the Postmaster General will be
represented by his executive assist
ant, Samuel r. Young, a native of
that State.
Collectors who want the projected
Gold Star Mothers stamp to be en-
larged in conception to include IA
theirs of sons who have died in
Americas wars-and thus be q Gold
Star Parents stamp-are advised to
communicate their wishes to Third
Assistant Postmaster General Jo-
seph J. Lawler as promptly as pos
sihle.
Representative J. Caleb Boggs Of
Delaware has introduced q joint
resolution in the House to provide
for stamp honoring the volunteer
firemen Of America.
It was announced on Wednesday
that President Truman has directed
the Post ONCE Department to issue
. special stamp commemorating 100
years Of progress by the Women Of
America. The flrst-day sale is to be
held at Senaca Falls, N. Y, where
the first Woman's Rights conven-
ton met in 1848. Further details
will be disclosed shortly.
Stamp and poster label collectors
always have been generous in their
purchases of the Easter Seals issued
each year since 1884 in support Of
the work Of the National Society for
Evening star., 1948-03-28
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Crippled Children and Adults, with
headquarters in Chicago, and its
local Independent branch, the Dis
trict of Columbia Society for
Crippled Children.
The seals themselves are attrac-
tive. It happens, too, that they are
worth collecting from strictly
financial angle. The first of them
now sells for ST a sheet. A full
showing of one sheet of hundred
for each of the IS years listed would
cost $21. Progressive color proofs
for each year likewise are available
at different prices, depending upon
their relative scarcity. A catalogue
Evening star., 1948-03-28
JWV Auxiliary

Mrs. Ethyl Novak OF Washington,
national president of the Ladies
Auxiliary Jewish War Veterans, will
report on national affairs at the
meeting of the auxiliary department
at $3.50 pm. Tuesday at the home,
bat Sixteenth street NV. Mrs.
Theresa Goldberg, department pres
ident, will preside.
Evening star., 1948-03-28

Exhibitions are opening In Wash
ington almost as rapidly as the
cherry blossoms. In addition to
the masterpieces from German
museums at the National Gallery,
the Corcoran Gallery inaugurated
last evening an exhibition by sculp-
tors of Washington, Maryland and
Virginia; the Arts Club opens this
afternoon the Machen collection of
early Washington prints; the Pan
American Union will present, be-
ginning next Thursday, the first
one-man show in this country by
Cundo Bermudez, outstanding Gu
ban modernist. The same day, the
Central Public Library will open q
display Of cartoons relating to the
District Of Columbia by Clifford K.
Bergman.
Next Sunday. the Society Of
Washington Artists Annual will
open at the National Museum. Be-
sides these, there are several ex-
hibitions (reviewed below which
will extend into April. ....
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Washington Open Show

A group exhibition OF paintings
by Washington artists is on view at
the Artists Cooperative, to remain
through April 10. Although sculp-
ture was invited, only one piece is
on view, a nude figure, Naomi" by
Sarah Silberman, carved from q
beautiful golden wood.
About 20 oil paintings range from
traditional through abstract. Most
conservative Is Gustav Trois' "Still
Life With Antique Vase" the soft
glowing pink porcelain, making an
attractive color scheme on a-green
textile. Among the few paintings
near the other pole is John CrozieI
Galloway's Shore Birds" whose
long sharp beaks and reedy legs
compose black linear pattern on
the abstract background.
The most entertaining painting
in the show is Jean Lanigan's
tongue in cheek primitive, "The
Hunter" picking flowers while
Misunderstanding jungle beasts gaze
at him curiously. Catherine Mer-
shon and Josephine Thoms show
flower paintings, quite different ir
character, but each decorative ir
its own way. Donna Hills Rock
ing Chairs" Joe Summerford's
linear Nude" and George Cress
Cemetery" give the exhibition ad-
ditional variety.
Herman Maril, Bernice Cross and
Samuel Bookatz composed the jury
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Trio at Phillips
Recent paintings by Karl Knaths
Bernice Cross and John Piper can
be seen at the Phillips Memorial
Gallery through April 6. Oils by
the first two are hung in second
floor galleries, while Mr.. Piper's
gouaches occupy the printrooms.
Half of Mr.. Knaths' group was
something of a surprise to me. Six
paintings in one room are notable
for their color. which is still subtle
but fresher, with wider range and
a higher key. Jewel-like emerald
green, dusty pink, light peach, IL
illuminate the dark mauves, browns
and other somber colors in paint
ings which have moved a few steps
closer to resembling their subjects
from the layman's point Of view. The
outstanding work in this group, I
think, is "Kith and Kin" large
painting OF fisherfolk on a sunny
beach, cubistic but comprehensive.
This has been acquired by the Phil
lips Memorial Gallery.
The other room Of Mr. Knaths
recent works contains paintings Of
abstract patterns, in a close har-
mony Of dark colors, more akin to
the work seen at intervals at the
gallery during the past Is years.
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Still Life and Whimsy
Bernice Cross, who has been ex-
in Washington for nearly