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Evening star., 1948-01-12
Argentine Grain Crop


Hemisphere the fields lie locked in frost
or blanketed with snow. But south OF the
Equator in corresponding latitudes 1t is
high summer and the farmlands are ripe
for the harvest The miracles of modern
transportation have so close-knit the
planet that the products of the Southern
Hemisphere are available to the northern
half of our globe. Hence, crop reports
from the Antipodes are of vital concern
for European and Asiatic food stringency.
Fortunately, those reports are uniformly
good this year. Australia recently assured
us that its grain crop would be OF bumper
size and quality, while now Argentina, the
other major grain-grower south OF the
Equator, comes through with similar well
come tidings. Although the Argentine
Government has not yet published Its Off
cial figures, that enterprising Buenos Aires
newspaper, La Prensa, has just concluded
survey of the crop situation and the
findings make pleasant reading.
Everything indicates that most Argen-
tine crops will equal or exceed the average.
This Is welcome surprise, because SOW
ings were somewhat down from normal,
owing mainly to indisposition of farmers
to extend themselves. That reluctance
was, in turn, due to the Peron Govern
ment's policy Of paying a relatively low
price to growers and then itself selling
The difference was applied to financing
Peron's ambitious "Five-Year Plan" for
industrializing Argentina.
Yet, so favorable was the weather, that
this reduced acreage produced unusually
high yields, especially wheat, which should
give Argentina an exportable surplus
exceeding 100000 tons. Oats and barley
were similarly favored. The corn crop was
cut somewhat by mid-season drought,
the prospects, so the net loss will not be
serious.
The question now is on what terms these
cereal export surpluses will be made avail
able for stricken Europe. The indications
are that the Argentine Government will
be willing to dispose of them at world
prices, provided it., in turn, is assured of
obtaining the goods and materials needed
for carrying on it's Five-Year Plan. This
hodds pAHhdlAy 1ile ol1teu 0tdteo, Will
Britain second and Canada playing a
minor role. Already, British supply mis-
sion at Buenos Aires has worked out a
schedule by which about 40 per cent of
Argentine requirements can be supplied
from British sources, including 1000, 900
tons OF British coal, potentially available
this year owing to heightened output Of
British mines. Likewise, Argentine require
ments for petroleum and oil products are
being negotiated with the International
Fuels Board. When the Peron Government
has drafted its wants from the United
States, the picture should be virtually
complete, and the basis will be laid for
Argentine participation in the European
Recovery Program on rational basis.
Evening star., 1948-01-12

feeling Of wonderment over the colossal
presumption - the colossal optimism Of
anybody who believes that human beings
will survive long enough to evolve into
four-toed creatures endowed with more
brain power than we have now.
Alas it is easier to believe that man
will be mighty lucky If he is still around
a century hence. He Is SO smart already,
and so lacking in wisdom to match his
smartness, that he seems well on the way
to undoing himself with his own works OF
genius Rockets, guided missiles, super
sonic fight, A-weapons, the Tower of
Babel he has reared with press, camera,
radio and television-these things and
their kind are enough to give pause to
any one who merrily assumes that homo
sapiens has a lease on life for the next
500, 900 years The conceivable fact is, ac-
tually, that he may blast himself out OF
existence with relative suddenness-poof,
like that!-in terms Of geological time.
This, of course, is the gloomy view. Let
US not dwell upon 1t too much. Instead,
let us hope for the best. Let us hope that
our race will learn, somehow, to employ
It's horrendous knowledge wisely and well.
If it does, then man may indeed carry on
from millennium to millennium. He may
even succeed in fashioning such happy
society that by the time 100000 years have
passed and he has four-toed feet, no worry
whatever will line his small smiling face or
disturb for moment the peace of mind
he feels inside his big round head. AS for
us, our job is to survive.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

O. What are the four most heavily travelled
North-South highways in Eastern United
States?-E. M.
A. The National Highway Users Conference
reports that U. q. from Maine to Florida, IL
the most heavily travelled route There are no
conclusive data on the next three, but they
may include U. s. IS, Michigan to Georgia;
u. S. Al, Wisconsin to Florida, and U. 8. 81,
Wisconsin to New Orleans
@ How was the phrase manifest destiny"
used?-N. M. G.
A. This phrase was first used to refer specif-
cally to the annexation Of Texas, implying the
inevitability of the continued territorial ex.
pansion OF the United States. It became popu-
lar at once and was adopted by the expan-
sionists in the controversy over Oregon and
subsequently for territorial annexations through
the Spanish-American War period.
O. Who originated the name "drone" in ref
erence to an airplane flown by remote con-
trol?-B. M.
A. The term originated in England, where
the mother plane was named the queen" or
queen bee" In the United States the control
plane Is known as the mother" or control
ship and the "drone" is sometimes called the
babe"
@. In ballistics tests is 1t possible to find out
If q bullet was fired from one of two guns
of the same make and model7-J. H. s.
A. The Federal Bureau of Investigation says
that If the individual characteristics left by
the bore of the weapons are not obliterated
by the material into which the bullet Is fired
and those individual characteristics are not
changing too rapidly 1t is possible to identity
definitely the particular gun from which
bullet is fired, even though the two suspected
weapons are successfully made upon the same
tools or equipment. The fact that this Is
possible is the basis Of the science OF firearms
identification or, as it is sometimes called,
forensic ballistics.
@. Are there any women delegates to the
United Nations General Assembly?-L. A. D.
A. There are % women from IS countries
representing their governments as delegates,
alternates or advisers at the current session.
@. What is an atoll2-G. H. T.
A. The term denotes q ring shaped coral
island or islands, enclosing . lagoon. Christ
mas Island Is the largest atoll in the Pacific,
being more than 100 miles around.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
independence, Yes Indeed

independence, SS AHoCSd
To the Editor of The Star:
Re-reading the Principles of Political Econ
omy" by John Stuart Mill, find he mentions
bread and the various forms of labor necessary
for the production OF it.
After rejecting on this thought, I began to
list all forms and types of labor that are re-
quired to produce . biscuit but I soon became
overwhelmed by the innumerable elements OF
labor involved For instance the machinery
used in production carried me to the mines and
all elements in the mining industry, the paper
sack to the woods and all elements OF paper
making; the salt and soda to salt mining, the
lard to the farm and so on ad infinitum. 1t is
my opinion that the list would run into thou
sands of different forms Of labor necessary for
the production of the lonely biscuit.
Now, the practical result of this reflection
has made me more fully realize how interde-
pendent we are as individuals and as nations
In the big struggle that looms Immediately
ahead, as we try to bring about the recovery
Of wartorn world, think We should keep In
mind this thought Of interdependence for the
common good Of all.
KEGPER W, YANCEY.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Stars, Men and Atoms
Tests Open New Approach
To oTreutment Of Cancer
Report on Use of Pteroylslutamic Acid
Shows Inconclusive Results
Bv Thomas r. Henry

A new experimental treatment Of cancer
which Offers considerable promise although
no claims are yet made for it-has Just been
reported to the American Association for the
Advancement OF Science here.
About four years ago It was reported that
injections Of pteroylglutamic acid the latest
Of the series Of vitamins to hnd definite
place In medicine, caused marked regressions
Of various types Of malignant growths In
mice. Later It was demonstrated that the
pure acid had no such effect, and that the
regressions must have been due. they
actually took place. to soma impurity.
This led to tests with. several variations a
the substance, which Ii one OF . series 0
chemically very similar acids, on human pa
tients in several Boston hospitals BY workers
at the Harvard Medical School. The acids
were given only to patients for whom estab-
lished treatments offered no hope for cure and
In whom the cancers had reached an ad-
vanced stage The best that can be said, ac-
cording to the report by Drs Sidney Farber,
Elliott c. Cutler, James w. Hawkins j. II. Har-
rison and their collaborators, is that some
rather striking improvements have been noted
in the 80 advanced patients on whom the tests
were made.
The results are quite difficult to interpret.
In all the patients the disease had advanced to
the point where there were various complica-
tions In most instances the acid injections
were combined with other treatments, such
as x-radiation. One almost certain finding
was that the new acids are not In themselves
poisonous and that large doses can be given
over long period.
In some instances the improvements noted
.,,,,d ha connected drectlv with the treatment
In numerous other cases there appeared to be q
relationship. but it could not be proved. In q
few cases there have been massive degenera-
tions Of the cancer tissue itself. Most OF the
improvements reported were temporary de-
creases in the movement Of cancer cells to
other organs, such as from the prostate gland
to the lungs.
Such changes, the experimenters report, have
been by no means constant but they have been
striking and frequent enough to Justify much
further Investigations. A very large series OF
cases will be necessary before any conclusions
can be drawn, they report. They emphasize
that the tests to date have not given any indi-
cation that substances Of the peteroylglutamio
acid series should be used In treatment OF
cancers which can be treated by more orthodox
procedures.
The greatest significance Of the tests is that
they provide q striking new approach TO the
cancer problem. The substances used do not
exist in nature. They must be synthesized, and
a large series Of variations on them can bs
produced. 1t Is planned to test other synthetic
products of the series in the hope that some
one Of them may have more striking effects,
or that different ones may be effective with
different types Of cancers
Evening star., 1948-01-12
Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,oriter, although 1t is permissible for a
auriter knoDn to The Star to use a
non, de plume. Please be brief.

Of private individuals or associations. That
theory has been thoroughly tested in the past
and found wanting. 1t was not until the turn of
the last century that an aroused public opinion
checked mediocrity in Capital building and
saved the White House from threatened de-
facement. Once before, in the present admin
istration, 1t has had to do the same job over
again. It Is unusual, to say the least, to start
such needless controversies in election years
The professions have right to raise voices of
protest by virtue Of the service they have given
in the past and the need of obtaining recogn-
ton for the recommendations of their Supreme
Court II that body is to have future value to
the Nation. HORACE w. PEASLEE.
Dissents From Mr.. Richberg's View
To the Editor Of The Star:
A recent issue Of The Sunday Star carried
an article by Donald r. Richberg. In it is
evidence Of the kind Of muddy thinking into
which many whose minds otherwise are clear
often descend. Mr.. Richberg assails racial and
religious minorities for attempting to use the
medium OF legislation to help them to obtain
civil rights.
The primary error lies in confusing private
affairs with public aspects Of community life.
Assuredly, q man has sole right to determine
with whom he Will dine In mis- own nome.
However, If he operates q public eating place,
for which he has been granted a license by
an agency representing the people of a COM
munity, then he is obliged to serve the people.
Such obligation is implicit in the peoples power
to delegate authority to the agency; moreover,
the obligation is ethical and humane.
A second fallacy is that minorities, especially
darker ones, seek to force themselves upon
those of paler hue. The substance OF their
contention Is simply that there be no prohi-
btions based upon Interchangeable elements OF
color. Slight value would arise from merely
being with people Of this color or that, but
rather in the open opportunity to enjoy every
physical, religious, economic and esthetic
phase Of the community complex.
Mr.. Richberg fails to see that this struggle
is more historical than hysterical, that though
laws do not effect social changes, they often
help greatly. Even the prospect OF an anti
lynching law has worked marvels.
The most compelling refutation of Mr.. Rich
berg is the agreeable aftermath, which follows
almost without exception, in the wake of every
social change.
J. W. HAYWOOD, Jr.
Evening star., 1948-01-12
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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-12-09

all violators.
Since the Division abandoned
a few years ago the practice of
confiscating the violator's fire
arm as part of the penalty of
breaking the game laws. law
breaking hunters in Ohio have
been getting off easy. Law En-
forcement Chef Lester Bailey.
said today; even with heavy
fines. hunters seem to be able
to paY-off readily and walk
among law-abiding sportsmen
with little apparent damage to
personal pride. The 40 to so
thousand dollars the Division
collects in fines each year is
merely 'chicken-feed' compared
with the damage to the states
game crop and the strain placed
on farmer-sportsman relation
shipsfrom these violations. Fines
are imposed simply as an at
tempt to cut down violations.
If heavy fines won't do it. then
we'll have to resort to more
personal methods" B a lie Y
added.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-12-09

mated at below normal.
Part of the trouble. accord
ing to Conservation Commis-
sioner II. "A. Rider. Might be
be attributed to the high price
of meat. causing many hunters
to become meat hogs in spite
of heavy fines imposed on those
apprehended."
Future public hunting pro,
spects to date have received
double -barreled blow since the
pheasant brood stock has beer
hard hit by hen shooting viola
tions and the privilege of hunt
ing on private lands has beer
threatened through carelesSnesE
and Wilful abuse.
IF public hunting is On the
way out" Rider stated. there's
one thing for sure. smai! seq
ment of the hunters are respon-
sible."
For many weeks, newspapers
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-12-09
Increases Seen
For Sheep in l949

Sheep and lamb numbers have
reached low ebb on Ohio farms
this year, reflecting the national
picture, but there's cause for OPP
timism in spite of it, say Larry
Bear, extension sheep specialist
and C. w. Hammans, extension
marketing specialist, Ohio State
University.
Hammans reveals the bright
side of the supply picture is
painted by the situation in nine
Western states and two Plains
states which are carrying over
more eve lambs this year for
breeding than they did in l947,
a total of 250,000 head more. AL
though competition for pasture
utilization between sheep and
beef cattle will be keen, and win
ter wheat grazing for sheep stocks
may be scarce in the Plains states,
HammanS sees this development
as one sure sign that Ohio flock
owners will find better supply
of Western breeders in the future.
Hamman's observation is good
news to Bear who points out
there is no better corner scratch
er" for the Ohio farmer than
sheep. Bear says:
The farm flock is a ma
chine for converting pasture
and hay and a little grain
into meat and wool. Ohio farm
ers who have productive pas
ture available throughout the
grazing season. and the kind
of roughage that results from
good soil building farming prac-
tices. usually have the very
best raw materials this rough
age and forage converting ma
chine can use"
Bear warns, however, that any
Ohio farmer without the raw ma
terials, and who lacks interest ir
trying to develop a productive
flock is due for poor results
regardless of present prices OF
present prospects.
The sheep specialist caution:
Ohio flockowners that profit:
still are going to be dependen
on sound production practice
followed by owners of flocks tina
have big lamb crops, dropped b.
ewes that have plenty of milk
he urges these owners to carr.
lambs on hand to full finish
and strive for good quality lamb
that produce good flesh and mar
ketable wool.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-12-09
Daniel E. Shirk

Daniel E. Shirk, aged 81, retired
farmer, died at his home at Peoria
at 7 am, Monday. He was born
near Peoria on Aug. 10, 1870, the
son of Daniel and Sarah (Brake),
Shirk, both deceased. He was new
er married.
Surviving are: one sister, Mrs.
Will Barnett, of Taylor township
and one brother, Charles Shirk,
of near Raymond. Six sisters and
one brother are deceased.
Funeral services were held at 2
pm. Wednesday in the E.U.B
church, Peoria condicted by Rev.
c. J. Forsythe. Interment was in
Oakdale cemetry in charge OF
Willard Winter, funeral director
of Raymond
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-12-09
Increased Hunting ViolaiioMay Force End Of Sport TO
ms. Destruction Of PropertYr Public, Officials Fear

the radio, outdoor columnists and
feature writers have devoted time
and space IN what might have
seemed Ike excessive amounts
to safeguard the privileges of
hunting, but apparently it had
little effect on some hunters.
Reports from many counties in
dicate that most of the violations
were chalked up against visit
ing hunters, especially those from
metropolitan areas. In Fayette
County, for instance, Game Pro-
tector Irwin J Patrick at the
close of the first week of pheasant
season, said that out of some 80
to 35 violations, only three were
committed by local hunters.
Serious thought is being given
by Ohio conservation law enforce
ment officials of adopting the sys-
tenn of many other states of pub
fishing weekly on statewide
basis the names and actresses OF
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-12-09
PAGE EIGHT

The big question among law
abiding sportsmen ana Ohio Di-
vision of Conservation officials at
the close of the 1948 pheasant
shooting season on Thanksgiving
Day was How long can public
hunting in Ohio continue?"
Faced with statewide reports
of record breaking hunting viola
tions and abuse of property and
hunting privileges, w-abiding
sportsmen, landowners and con-
servation officials agree that pub
lie hunting cannot continue under
such circumstances for many
more years.
Game protectors in counties
which normally have the heaviest
hunting pressure admit that they
cannot account for the iaWlesS-
ness and i'll manners of some
hunters of the 1948 season, es-
pecially since the number of hunt
,ers in the fields has been esti-
Evening star., 1948-11-30
DrathB
WHITE EV.IzAE

WHITE, ELIZABETH v. On Saturday
Noyember q, 194s. at Gallinger Hospital
ELIZABETH v. WHITE, beloved wife oi
A; White, cousin Of Mrs. Josephine ant
Ida Rollins, Mrs. Efie Griffth, Mrs Fran.
els White, Mrs. Rose Young and Edward
Barns. She also is survived by host Of
other relatives and friends. Funera
Liberty Baptist Church. 23rd st. between
H and SITS. NV. the Rev H. T. Gaskins
officiating. Remains resting at Boyd's Fu-
neral Chapel, 1898 Goth st. NV. 80
WHITE. ELIZABETH. All present and
~1 past grand officers of the A.
@ o. OF Moses are notified to at
EIHzAsErH tsna shs fVRfTn WHITE of wssnss sisss.
%2Sl day. DECEMBER i, 1a4s. at i
pm. from the Liberty Baptist
Church @3rd st. between and Eye SITS
BRO GEORGE J. GAsK1Ns. q. M.
IRENE B. MILLER, G. Recorder.
WHITE. ELIZABETH. ofncers and mem.
bers of Auxiliary No. 40. G. U. o. of o. F.
ELIZABETH WHITE, wednesday, December
!, 194S, at l pm, from the Liberty Bap-
tist Church, 23rd st. between H and Eye
CAPT. ELSIE L1TTLEPAGE. President.
LIT. ANNA BROWN, Rec Sec.
WOLFE, MISS ELIZABETH. On Tues
day; November 20. 194s, Miss ELIZABETH
Mrs, Henry F. Fisher. Services and inter-
ment Shoemakersville. Pa.
WRIGHT, HARRIET. On Sunday, No
yember 2S. 194S, HARRIET WRIGHT OF
93S st. NV, sister of Mrs. Ollie Jack
@n;. son; Mrs; Mary Hilman and Wesley
survive. Notice Of funeral later. Ar
rangements by Malvan g. Schey.
Evening star., 1948-11-30
| Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For Mrs. SaIIie ". Mudd

High requiem mass will be suns
at 10 am. tomorrow for Mrs. Sallie
Wilson Mudd, SO, member OF an
old Maryland family who died Sun
day in the Sacred Heart Home
Hyattsville, Md.
The mass will be in st. Gabriers
Church, Grant Circle. Burial will
be in Rosaryville, Md.
Mrs. Mudd was born on her fam
ily's homestead, Laurel Grove, neal
Cheltenham.
Widow of Thomas N. Mudd, re-
tired farmer who died in 1910, Mrs
Mudd lived in Washington for more
than so years. She lived at 617
Varnum street until four years ago
when she moved to the Silver Spring
home of her grandson, Thomas N
Mudd, jr. She went to the Sacred
Heart Home two years ago.
Surviving besides her grandson is
great-grandson, Thomas N. Mudd
III, who lives in Falls Church, Va
Her son, Thomas N. Mudd, died
two years ago.
Evening star., 1948-11-30
Funeral 10 Be Today
|For Si|as F. Redman

Funeral rites were to be held to-
day for Silas E. Redman, II, retired
manager of the Cameo Furniture
Co. here and a former schooner
captain on the Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay. He died at his home in
Vienna, Va, Saturday after long
illness.
The rites were to be in the Hines
funeral home, 29O1 Fourteenth street
NV, with burial In Congressional
Cemetery.
A former resident of King George
County, where he was born, Mr..
Redman sailed cargoes of wood and
grain between Colonial Beach. Alex
andria, Washington and Baltimore.
After 20 years he gave up his
schooner and moved to Washington
in 1926 to join the furniture firm
He retired two years ago. Until last
summer he lived at 735 Hamilton
street NV.
Mr.. Redman was a member of
Round Hill Baptist Church, King
George County.
He is survived by three daughters
and three sons: Mrs. Margaret
Lumpkin and Miss Ethel Redman
of Newport News, Va: Mrs. Jessie
r. Smith, Vienna; j. Estes Redman,
l540 Twenty-fifth street Sc, and
Gordon L. and William E. Redman,
2480 Sixteenth street NV. Also sur
viving is brother, James N. Red
man of King George County, and II
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1948-11-30
Eastman A. Burrows Dies;
Minera|ogist and Enqineer

Eastman A. Burrows, St, mineral
ogist and consulting engineer. who
lived at 1917 Nineteenth street NV,
died yesterday of a heart ailment
at his home. He had been i'll for
year.
A Washington resident since 1885,
Mr. Burrows was a native of Penn
sylvania but was reared in Grand
Forks, N. Oak, where his family
moved when he was child. He
received civil engineering degrees
from Cornell University and spent
25 years in Chicago and several in
New York before coming here.
His Washington Offices were in
the Southern Building. Mr.. Bur-
rows was a 32d degree Mason and
a member of the American Asso-
citation of Engineers.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Dorothy Aubrey Burrows.
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. tomorrow in the Hines flu
neral home, 29Ol Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be private.