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Evening star., 1948-05-12
Stars, Men and Atoms
Rise in u. S. Death Rute
Seen for Next 80 Years
It's All Matter of Growing Old,
u. S. Biostatistician Says
Bv Thomas r. Henry

Americas death rate will be on the increase
for the next 80 years.
The present annual rate Of about 10 per
thousand population is the lowest attainabls
unless there are remarkable Developments In
medicine which cannot be foreseen.
This Is the conclusion Of DR.. I. M. Moriyama,
chief biostatistician Of the United States Public
Health Service. The 1880 rate. he points out.
has been variously estimated ut from las to
II per thousand. making no allowances for
medical discovery.
Matter Of Growing Old.
It IS all . matter Of growing old. The
American population, IS . WHOLE has become
six years older In the past so years. The medisn
age now is 20, compared to about 23 In 1900
This happens to be . healthy age, when one
Is past the dangers Of childhood and early
manhood and not yet facing the perils Of
old age.
It so happened that during these years
very great medical advances were made in
the prevention and treatment of maladies Of
childhood and youth. As 50 often has been
pointed out before, the more persons who
live past the early forties the greater will be
the toll of maladies for which doctors can do
relatively little, such as the two chief causes
Of mortality at present. diseases Of the heart
and cancer.
Heart disease now is killing close to half
million a year. about threefold the rate OF
cancer. Doubtless there will be advances In
its prevention and treatment, but in the mean
time the advancing age of the population will
cancel these gains. There is little prospect
but that the heart disease rate will go up
slightly. Only since 1910 has 1t been the chief
cause Of death. The rise was very rapid since
it was only fourth in order in 1900. There Is
some indication that the rise has been even
greater than can be accounted for by aging
Of the population alone.
No Magic Remedy Likely.
No magic remedy is expected to reduce the
rate materially, as in the case of infectious
diseases through penicillin and the sulfa drugs.
Heart failure Is due to such a multitude OF
causes that only moderate gains can be antici-
pated The best advances to date have been
made In preventing the host OF maladies that
leave weak hearts In their wake. such as
syphilis and rheumatic fever. Much can be
done to postpone the onset of degenerative
heart diseases and to slow their progress.
Future advances, 1t Is expected, will be along
these same lines.
BY 1880, DR.. Moriyama predicts, the heart
death rate will be about 40 per cent higher
than now-or approximately 452 per 100000
population per year compared to the present
rate of 321. He calculates that cardiac
maladies will constitute 80 per cent Of all
death causes 80 years hence.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

which would merge the three western
zones and establish unified German
administration.
Unfortunately, satisfactory formula
has not been found and 1t is becoming
obvious that the present French govern
ment will not or dares not affront popular
sentiment by making the concessions
which America and Britain deem vital.
Meanwhile, time passes, the German stu
alton deteriorates, and Soviet counter
moves are. encouraged by the inability OF
the western powers to form common
front. 1t is a condition which could have
the graveSt consequences.
Evening star., 1948-05-12
RECOGNITION Lonq DeIuyed

The oscar" awarded to eighty-one-
year-old Thomas Armat local inventor, by
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences is a belated tribute by the motion
picture industry TO one who played part
in founding it more than half century
ago. As Mr.. Armat said in receiving the
inscribed statuette, many persons con-
tributed to the start of that industry. But
Mr.. Armat's role has received far less
publicity than that of Thomas A. Edison
and others.
Mr.. Armat's chief interest was real estate
when he became associated with the late
C. Francis jenkins, also of this city. IN
developing a machine to project intermit-
tent pictures on film rapidly enough to
create the illusion of motion. Edison
already had invented his kinetoscope, a
peephole movie device without projection
features. That led to a race to combine
the kinetoscope and the magic lantern"
so that enlarged moving pictures could be
thrown on a screen. Edison, jenkins and
Armat were among the pioneers in build
ing machines to achieve this revolutionary
feat Reference works differ as to which
of these men produced the prototype OF
the modern motion picture protector.
Edison has been popularity regarded as
having won this honor. The Franklin
Institute credited jenkins with the &C
complishment And now the Academy OF
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has
recognized Mr. Armat as the inventor OF
"the first motion picture protector to be
used in theater."
The fact seems to be that all of these
farsighted men made significant con-
tributions to the technology of motion
pictures in the early days of the industry.
The better late than-never award to Mr..
Armat is a well-earned one.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

lent condition, indicating that II was
treasured by each of its previous owners.
Such care is a natural tribute to such a
man as Father Coronelli was-a philoso-
pher belonging, as Shakespeare did, to all
ages because his talents and labors were
devoted to the expansion OF learning In
the service OF humanity
Evening star., 1948-05-12

M. Donaldson had previously been employed
In the postal service?-C. r. D.
A. The only other member Of the postal
service to become Postmaster General was
Benjamin Franklin. who had previously served
as postmaster Of Philadelphia.
@. Are Indians entitled to vote In the United
StateS?-C. M G.
A. Indians are entitled to vote in all the
States except Arizona and New Mexico.
@. How many cars Of food did the Friend
ship Train acquire on its trip across the coun-
try?-P. P.
A. The train started from Los Angeles on
November T. 1947. with 81 carloads of food. BY
the time it reached New York City there was
a total of 27o cars. The cargo eventually
reached Italy and France, where 1t was dis
tributed
@. Is the number of divorces obtained in
Reno, New. increasing or decreasing?-F. G. B.
A. The number decreased last year. In 1947
only 1922 divorces were reported as compared
to II, ,060 in 1916.
@. What Is the distance across the Soviet
Union from east to west?-B. v. A,
A. The greatest extent. east to west, Is about
$500 miles. The immensity of the country may
be judged from the fact that 1t takes 911 days
to travel by train from Moscow to Yladivostok,
on the Pacific coast OF the country.
@. Who said Whatever is worth doing at
all, Is worth doing well"?-E. L. r.
A. This maxim is from the Letters to His
Son." of the Earl of Chesterfield, a noted Brit
ish statesman. They were first published In
1774.
@. Do flower perfumes require large quanti-
ties OF flowers for their manfacture?-A. Med.
A. Very large quantities are needed. For In
stance it takes nearly six tons of roses to make
one pint Of essence, and about two pounds OF
orange blossoms to make one ounce Of basic
oil that can be extracted
@. In what American city was an umbrella
first used?-H G. K.
A. The first umbrella was shipped from India
to Baltimore in 1772, where 1t was regarded as
an item of feminine apparel. Originally used
as a protection from the suns rays 1t later
came into general use as . protection against
rain.
O. How many States have separate State
universitieS?-G. K. d.
A. Currently 20 States maintain separate
State universities and "a States operate State
universities combined with land grant colleges.
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island operate sepa-
rate land grant colleges but have not provided
for regular State university. New Jersey has
no State university but helps to support
Rutgers.
O. What States are referred to as the Solid
South?-N c. s.
A. Eleven States have traditionally been
considered the Solid South: Florida. Louisiana
Mississippi Alabama Georgia. South Carolina,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Texas
Arkansas.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

Letters for publication must, bear
the signature and address OF the
priter, although 1t is permissible TOR
writer knotDn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

Before warming to Ely Culbertson's
peace plan, the democracies, If smart, will
insist on better cards than west is GUS
tomarily dealt in the published problems.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

Though hard looks are exchanged, and
tempers frayed, rival COP candidates
nobly refrain from mudslinging in the
campaign, as Mr.. Dewey, for one, isn't
dressed for it.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

Readers of the first instalments of the
Churchill memoirs are baff1ed to find them
written in an archaic language, which
turns out to be good English.
Evening star., 1948-05-12
Questions and Answers

reader get the answer to any question
of fact by writing The Evening star Information
Bureau, ala street NE. Washington 2, d. c.
Please nclose cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1948-05-12
Thoreau's Philosophy . Guide


To the Editor Of The Star:
Life can become . song. Stay at the piano
or organ. as I do practically all day, and see
what happens to your nervous system.
come very close to making my life song
basing large part Of my philosophy on that
of Henry David Thoreau, who lived at Walden
Yes, in spite Of = materialistic, atheistic'
mechanical age, true happiness still can be had.
HOMO IGNOBIS.
Evening star., 1948-05-12
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. What Postmaster General besides Jesse
M. Donaldson had previously been employed
In the postal service?-C. r. D.
A. The only other member Of the postal
service to become Postmaster General was
Benjamin Franklin. who had previously served
as postmaster OF Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1948-05-12

@. Are Indians entitled to vote In the United
States?-C. M. G..
A. Indians are entitled to vote in all the
States except Arizona and New Mexico.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20
jacksonville "Y"
Sponsors Blood Bank

The Jacksonville Y. M. H. A. is
sponsoring a blood bank for the
fighters Of the Haganah in Pales-
tine. A committee led by 1. ].
Edelstein, Morris Chonin and Jack
Proctor announced that complete
plans will be made in the fall at
which time details will be explain
ed enlisting the aid of Jewish
organizations throughout the city.
This committee recently return
ed from Gainesville where it's in
itial stock of blood was raised
from 2 number of students.
Jerry Karpf OF the B'nai Birth
Hillel Foundation in Gainesville,
expressed his tharks in a letter
to the committee in which he
said: 1--WE would like to thank
you and the Jacksonville Y. M. H.
A. for making the project of a
Blood for Haganah here a success.
Please be assured that we in
Gainesville are grateful for the
opportunity of doing our share to
assist our fighters for Iccraei"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20

fairs, and it's positive relationship
to the American Jewish cOmmun-
ity provided a major interest in
the study program. The excellent
physical facilities of the Brandeis
Camp enabled Tel Yehudah to
carry on an extensive recreatiOnal
program during the entire season.
The creative energies and inter-
ests of the campers were given
expression in the arts program of
Tel Yehudah, which featured
music, dance, dramatics, an d
crafts. Original material was pro-
duced at camp in each of these
artistic fields. The outstanding
accomplishment of Tel Yehudah
was it's seIf-gOvernment. A camp
council, representing each cottage
or bunk, the cOunselOrs, and the
administration, met periodically
to discuss camp problems and
procedures. Tel Yehudah wa $
truly an experiment in democratic
Jewish living.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20

The history of the fighting in
Palestine, Baldwin says, clearly
shows in retrospect that the
Arabs led from weakness and not
from strength, and they sent a
boy to do mans job and that
stalemate and Illustration are
now, therefore, their resultant
lot" He expressed the opinion
that the Arab war plan was
Somewhat faulty and uncoordin-
ated in concept and poorly exc
cuted."
Declaring that the Arab leaders
who had done so much to whip
up the wild mare of passion and
prejudice" against the Jews have
row become to some extent pris-
oners of their own people, the
military analyse emphasizes that
the Arab populations, stimulated
by exaggerated accounts of the
Palestine victories" wanted'more
victories" and resented the pre-
sent truce.
"There is not much doubt, in
retrospect, that the Zionists ben
Gifted most from the truce"
Baldwin says. cover a good part
of several continents their pur-
chasing agents were busy and
supplies started to flow toward
Palestine at an accelerated rate.
Zionist factories in Palestine took
time to match supply to demand
and to build up reserves. The
Zionists have been manufacturing
in Palestine "Piats," British
designed anti-tank weapon; Stem
guns or sub-machine guns, NOR
tars, and small arms ammunition,
and the truce gave them an oppor-
tunity to intensity production of
these weapons. More trucks were
converted with armor plate into
improvised armored cars and the
Zionists added at least two light
tanks to their weapons
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20

Tel Yehudah was an experiment
in creative camping and Jewish
living. The program offered the
young people an opportunity to
direct their energies, abilities, and
interests along creative Jewish
lines. The camp experience util-
lied the best products and tech
nioues of the American Jewish
community, Of Israel, and Amer
lean democracy. Work, supervis-
ed study, organized and free play,
creative arts, and self-government
were the areas explored by the
Tel Yehudah camp experiment.
The camp functiOned in a CO.
lucrative and democratic spirit.
The campers and staff shared the
responsibility of operating and
maintaining the camp through
seIf-IabOr. The supervised study
program presented contemporary
Jewish life and its problems. An
understanding of Israel, its inn
pOrtance in modern Jewish af-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20
500 Universities Invited
To Attend Brandeis
University Inaugural

WALTHAM, Mass. (JTA)-Five
hundred universities, colleges and
societies throughout the world
have been invited to attend the
Inauguration ceremonies of Bran
deis University and the installa-
ton of it's president, DR.. Abram
L. Cachar, on October and 8, it
was announced this week by
George Alpert, president of the
Board of Trustees.
In addition, representatives of
the federal government, the New
England States, the US. Supreme
Court and the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts, and the mayors of
several Massachusetts, cities were
invited to attend. Brandeis Uni
versity, the first Jewish-sponsored
non-sectarian university in the
world, will open for it's first term
on October IL, with a freshmen
pilot class of approximately 135
students.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20

lier'S magazine.
The suggestion, made by Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull, is dis
closed in the twelfth installment
of Robert E. Sherwood's series,
1.-THE Secret Papers OF Harry L.
Hopkins. Also present at the
conference were Under Secretary
of State Sumner Welles, British
Ambassador Lord Halifax, and
William Strang, Under Secretary
of State in the Foreign Office.
Hopkins description of the parley
follows:
"Hull raised the question of the
sixty or seventy thousand Jews -
i'm Bulgaria threatened with
determination unless we could get
them out and pressed Eden
for an answer to the problem.
Eden replied that the whole prob
lem of the Jews in Europe is' very
difficult and that we should move
very cautiously about offering 10
take all Jews out of a country
like Bulgaria. If we do that, then
the Jews of the world will DC
wanting us to make similar offers
in Poland and Germany. Hitler
might well take us up on such an
offer and there simply are not
enough ships and means of trans
pOrtatiOn in the world to handle
them. =. .. ....''.-'
eden said that the British
were ready to take about 6O,OOO
more Jews to Palestine but the
problem of transportation is ex-
tremely difficult. Furthermore the
Germans would be sure to attempt
to put a number of their agents
in the group. They have been
pretty successful with this tech
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20
BRITISH TURNED DOWN u. S. SUGGESTION
TO RESCUE EUROPEAN JEWS DURING WAR

NEW YORK JTAA suggestion to save $4,000 or 7OOCO Bull
gaan during hands made at joint meet
leaders, at which president
Roosevelt then British Foreign
the current issue OF Col
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20
OST WIDELY CIRCULATED JEWISH PUBLICATTl
Arab Armies Have No Chance For
Victory Over Israel For Many Years

NEW YORK (JTA)The failure of the Arab armies to win
quickly phase fighting May and June
victory not permanently at least
years military the
New n staemate
Palestine fighting.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20
FIRST NATIONAL YOUNG JUDAEAN CAMP
IN SOUTH COMPLETES SEASON

national Young Judaea has sue
cessuy completed first of operation FunctOnng
model and governmental basis Great
people between the ages
IA and H. camp the Blue Ridge
Henderson
ve North group with staff of
direction Schann the Executive
Judaea formed the Tel Yehudah COM
parts of the country
represented a American Jewish youth.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20
Capital Spotlight
nv CHARLOTTE WEBER
downright, 1913, JTA, Inc.)
WASHINGTON

There is a drive afOOt in Wash
,opton to secure the pledges of
the prO-Israel planks of both
democratic and Republican ma
tional platforms before election
comes in November.
The Israel planks of both par
ties are similar in almdet every
detail, it is pointed out. There
fore, it is reasoned, Israel policy
is a bipartisan issue. Why wait
until after the election to put
those pledges into effect?
Congressional pressure to put
through three points of those
planks-ecOnOmic aid to Israel, de
jure recognition, and U. S. support
Of Israels membership application
has been brought to bear on
President Truman.
Congressman Sol Bloom called
on the President last week of the
special session. In a memorandum
he outlined the three steps and
why it was possible to carry them
out. He left another copy of the
memorandum for the President to
give to Secretary of State Mar
shall.
Later that week two Senators
and three Congressman urged in
speeches on the floor that the
President take the three steps.
Senator Claude Pepper, Florida
Democrat, told the Senate that he
felt it was "only a matter of time,
and l hope a short time, until
Israel will be granted the eco
nOmic aid it so sorely needs in it's
extremity" He later told the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency that
ne believed all three steps would
come about "as we get closer to
the election"
When the story "brOke" early
tne next week, Administration
spokesman said the matter of the
'Oan and of de jure recognition
were under study" and that the
question of supporting IsraePs UN
AppEcatiOn would be sympathetic
any considered at the proper time.
Inc loan referred to in the
stories is a possible $1OO,OOO,OOO
eieult from the Export-Import
oanK The Export-Import Bank
!" the only possible American
source of funds to which the Is
faeii Government can turn at the
, A special appropriation
W Congress was the only other
pOsslble source of an American
wall and it won't be in session
"sain until next January.
secretary of State Marshall was
A'Aed at his news conference that
week to describe the State De-
paltment's attitude toward a pos
'lOle ExpOrt-Import Bank loan to
''"el' The Department, he said,
{ considering the point of view
:. Ousnt forward by the Board of
nec'ors of the Export-Import
'""k' The question was much
"Ore appropriate and much deep
: than it appeared on the sur
! iOr the Secretary of State
member of the powerful, s.
!. n National Advisory Council on
-. einational Monetary Problems
cn must approve every Export
pOrt Bank loan before it can be
granted.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20

The Jewish War Of the United Of America
made by Brder General Julius Klein Chicago National
mand establishment the Ida S. Late Foundation which will
rehabilitation aid supplementary Federal
and other disabled of Jewish Faith.
Mrs. resident Of Los Angeles California shown above during
the Of Of her visits disabled the Veterans Admin
tratiOn's Birmingham Hospital, Van Mugs. California
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20

nique in getting their agents into
North and South America"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-08-20

Published Every Friday
Evening star., 1948-08-15
Dewey Headquarters
Here 10 Open Thursday
With Public Invited

The Districts Dewey Warren
headquarters at 143O K street NV,
will open formally at 4:3o pm.
Thursday with the public invited.
The Dewey-Warren campaign
manager, Herbert Brownell, jr., will
speak briefly at the opening cere-
monies, according to an announce
ment last night by James c. Wilkes,
chairman of the Republican State
Committee in and for the District.
General chairman of the local
campaign for the Republican ticket
is Joseph c. McGarraghy with Lewis
T. Breuninger serving as president
of the Districts Dewey-Warren
Club.
The headquarters will. serve as
the absentee voters bureau for Dis
trict Republicans who are able to
vote in one of the States this No
vember. The headquarters will be
open evenings and Sundays until
the November election to serve the
thousands expected to cast absentee
ballots.
Mr.. Brownen and other leaders
of the party, both local and ma
tional, will be on hand to greet
visitors.
Evening star., 1948-08-15
Pharmacy Examinations
Passed by 80 at GNU.

Harold C. Kinner, secretary of
the District Board of Pharmacy, yes
terday announced that 80 candidates
successfully passed the District
pharmacy examinations given July
and 9 at George Washington Uni
versity School of Pharmacy.
The names follow:
Lester E. Amick. Elsa M. Jeffer-
son and Charles ~ Hendricks, of
Washington; Irving Wahl, from New
Jersey; Jacob S. Meyers, from Mary
land; Irving Tabachnick, Oscar
Shaw, Raymond j. Renart, Norman
Friedman, Morton j. Jablin, Herbert
Halpern, Seymour Greenberg, Stew
art Kaplan, Carl L. Sussman, Percy
James Feldman, Irving Lebow, Ray
mond H. Federman, Murray Polon-
sky, Abraham l. Willig, Jerome
Rosenblum, Philip Banner, David
Budoff, Stanley Gottheim, Harold
Hoffman, Alfred Fremont, Morris
Schwartz. Frederick Frankel, Ray
mond Glantz, Harry Keseler and
Harry w. Hill, from New York.
Evening star., 1948-08-15
BY the Associated Press

LONDON. Aug. 14.-John Grimek,
81, Of PERI. An.4. N. j.. and Yoss,
Pa, last night won the title of "Mr.
Universe" the most perfectly de-
veloped man in the world, in a
le-flexing contest with the
finest psysiques from several con-
tinents.
Another American, 22-year-old
Steve Reeves of Oakland, Calf, was
judged second, while a Frenchman,
Andre Drapp, was third.
An enthusiastic audience-at least
half of them women-cheered the
verdict wildly after a day of posing
in London's Scala Theater. The
contest, not connected with the
Olympics. was sponsored by a Brit
ish health magazine.
Both American entries were for
Evening star., 1948-08-15

he uses the right methods aid takes
care Of himself" he said.
He built his muscles by weight
lifting, in which he was an Olympic
contender as long ago as 1896. He
not only praetices physical culture
but teaches it as associate editor of
a magazine published in York. Pa.
M. reeves was bitterly disap-
pointed at not winning the event
which, he said, he saved his money
for years to enter. The winner gets
no money.
Since serving in the Army in the
Pacific, Mr.. Reeves has modelled.
made tests and written articles on
health building.
Mr.. Grimek has wife and four
children. Mr.. Reeves is unmarried.
Italy has agreed to sell Poland
$4,000 worth of cigarette papers.