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Evening star., 1948-08-31

listed authorized agencies, that they might
more effciently expand their respective hu-
name services to care for the pathetic increase
Of cast-out, suffering animals in the Nations
Capital
The Animal Protective Association, special
izing In stray and abandoned cat rescues,
particularly from slum m-clearance areas, has
been forced, temporarily, to suspend its regu-
lar heavy dog collection services to care for
. backlog OF rescues of stray and abandoned
cats and dogs at large It's main phone num-
ber has been suspended for several weeks
and persons needing help for abandoned ami
mails only are asked to cali Administer 1850
May our prayers for increased help for
the helpless, abused animals of District OF
Columbia and vicinity be answered by those
who can, II they will.
VIRGINIA w. SARGENT,
President, Animal Protective Association.
Evening star., 1948-08-31
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


G.. Where were corncob pipes first made
in this country?-S. T. S.
A. Corncob pipes are made largely In Mis-.
souri,, where the original maker was Henry
H. Tibbe who came over from Holland In 1869
and opened a woodworking shop in Washington.
Mo- The extra large cobs which are needed
to make the pipes grow along the bank of the
Missouri River.
O. What American plane recently few ut
speed faster than sound?-J. w.
A. It was the XII, test plane which new
at an altitude of IS, 900 feet, where the speed
Of sound is $50 miles an hour. This was the
first United States plane to break the trans
sonic barrier. In q test OF this kind the
plane is taken up by q B-29 before beginning
independent flight and carries 2h minutes
fuel.
O. Where is the highest capital in the worlds
". L.
A. La Paz, Bolivia may be regarded as the
highest capital In the world. although Sucrs
is in the legal sense the capital OF the country.
La Paz lies In natural basin. three miles wide
and 1900 feet deep. at an elevation OF $4,000
feet above sea level.
Q. What is the difference between probation
and parole?-M E. g.
A. Judge may put wrongdoer on proba-
ton for q certain period Of time, during which
he is free to 60 about his business although
his conduct Is carefully supervised A parole Is
given to q prisoner who is already serving .
term In prison for some o1ense
Evening star., 1948-08-31
On Restoring Port Tobacco

TO the Editor of The Star:
As president Of the Society for the Restora-
tion Of Port Tobacco, may thank The Star
for the interest shown in our project?
The original article that appeared, however
contained an error that We should appreciate
having corrected.
The article gave the impression that ths
society wants the famous old village recon-
structed by individuals who will live there
This is not correct.
1t would be completely charming idea, we
agree. If enough people with an interest in
early Americana and sufficient money to
crafty all their desires could be encouraged
not only to help restore Port Tobacco, but also
make their permanent homes there But If
such an eventuality could not promptly be
brought to pass. we would not want to bar any
one from participating in the restoration Just
because he happens to live somewhere else.
1t seems to us that Williamsburg was very wise
In not demanding that Mr.. Rockefeller move
his home and family there before permitting
him to embark on the great work he did in
that other early Colonial town.
AS matter of fact, our society already has
q number of members, and therefore con-
tributors to its work. who live far away from
Port Tobacco. H. HOLLAND HAWKINS,
President.
Evening star., 1948-08-31
Women Riders With Children

Women Riders With Children
TO the Editor Of The star
According to Emily Post, 1t no longer is
expected Of . man to get up and give 4
woman = seat in = public conveyance unless
the woman is carrying child in her arms.
From what have observed in Washington
streetcars and buses there is little disposition
on the part Of men passengers, or Of women
either, to surrender their seats to women riders
with children.
women with children for whom no fares are
paid occupy seats while adults stand.
Unless women with children on public con-
veyances show standees the courtesy of sur
rendering seats occupied by the children in
their care, they can hardly expect to be shown
the courtesy Of being offered seats when they
board public conveyances with children
STREETCAR RIDER.
Evening star., 1948-08-31
Letters to The Star
Challenges Progressive Education

Challenges Progressive Education
re the Editor Of The Star:
Attendance at the Montgomery County
Workshop meetings for planning the curriculum
OF the public schools further confirms my
opinion that the system of education which
we have in Montgomery County and in all too
many OF the country's public schools is planned
for the sole purpose of softening the mentality
OF the present generation of children to the
end that the ruinous logic of treacherous doc
trines more easily can corrupt the substance
Of free trade In IDEAS
Why else is emphasis placed on sroup con-
version to way of life" rather than on train
ing OF the individual mind and character?
wonder how many parents know that in send
Ing their children to progressive" schools,
they are not sending their children to school
for the purpose of educating them in the basic
skills and essentials of knowledge. In what
other modern educational system are multi
piication tables considered too hard for average
children to learn; is grammar considered un-
necessary: is history taught 50 vaguely that
children don't even know they are being taueht
history and know nothing of their heritage?
Why all the mystery about this way of life"
so that 1t cannot be defined; SO that individual
children may not have individual textbooks
that can be brought home? What is so mys-
terious about our children's education that
they do not~have homework? Every other
modern system of education considers a mini
mum of half an hour of homework essential
to good study habits.
What other modern educational system than
the progressive" hires a host of psychologists
to experiment on average American children
and discover them fraught with learning
blocs" so that they cannot learn what average
American children always have been able to
learn and still are learning in spite of the
"progressives"? How does it happen that these
psychologists find average American children
are unhappy If individual enterprise and a
spirit Of competition are introduced into the
classroom? I'M AGINIT
Evening star., 1948-08-31

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,0riter, although 1t Is permissible for
sDriter knotDn to The Star to use
q nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-08-31
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact By writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 316 Eye street NE, Washington 2, .. c.
Please inclose three 49, cents for return postaEs
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may regret this today, but however much
they may wish 1t were otherwise, there
seems virtually nothing they can do to
change It,
Evening star., 1948-08-31
Asylums Curing People

To the Editor OF The Star:
I think perhaps your correspondent, Mary
Shaw. is under a misapprehension about the
purpose of Federal and State insane asylunls.
First, they attempt to cure the patient
Second II the case is hopeless, the patient
is confined in the most humane manner
possible. Fully half of all mental cases
are cured and released. Some have relapses
and must be returned for further treat
ment.
Please dispel the idea that mental in
stitutions are full of sane people who are
held against their will by cruel doctors and
relatives. 1t just isn't so. As to whether
or not q person is insane. think that is
best left to the doctors to decide. G. r. C..
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

terian Church has worship serv-
ices each second and fourth Sun
day at $3.50 p. m. Sunday school
is held each Sunday at 2:30 p.
m.
ENFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH
Morning worship services are
held each Sunday at Enfield Bap-
tist Church at II o'clock. Even
ing services are conducted at
7:30.
Sunday School is held each Sun
day at 9:45 a. M, with Superin-
tendent A. P Coitrain in charge.
T. o. Hickman is the director of
the Baptist Training Union,
which meets at the church each
Sunday evening at 6:20.
Mid-week PRAYER services are
led by the pastor, the Rev. Felix
]. Arnold, each Wednesday even
ing at 7:30.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

real equally precious, into the
fold of which all men of all
races and of all ages might
come on equal footing.
The song Of the angels gives
us, in terse language, the real
mission Of Jesus. He came (1)
to reveal to men the glory of
God and through his life to bring
glory to God; (2) to make it
possible for men to live together
in peace because of their good
will (love) toward each other.
When men accept the teachings
of Jesus Christ and try to fol-
low his example they will en-
deavor through their daily lives
to glorify God and if they con-
scientiously do this, then peace
will reign in the world, for he
who is trying to glorify God
will surely not want to harm
one of Gods children.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

those in authority either in gov
ernment or in religious circles.
Would this be true today? We
wonder.
The message Of the angel was
"good news of great Joy, which
shall be to all people," While
for centuries the Jews had been
expecting a Messiah, this Mes
siah was to be "their" Saviour
and theirs alone. However,
the announcement of the angel
gave promise of a universal gos-
pei, a gospel which would be as
free to the poor and the under
privileged as to the rich and
learned. These shepherds heard
Of the birth of a king but this
king was to give the world a
kingdom which was to be its
first real democracy-a demo-
cracy in which was to be it's first
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17
Lesson Text: 2: l.l4

our lesson talS week IL III
Christmas lesson and use;
Luke's account of the annuncia.
ton by the angels to the shep'
herds of the birth Of Jesus. Thi:
story-the simplest and yet the
most sublime story in the New
/ Testament-is one that appeal:
both to the child not yet ole
enough to read and to the mar
or woman who is at home witt
the worlds best literature. II
is 4 story Of which we never
tire. It lives with ever increas'
ing interest, because it tells OF
the birth Of Jesus-God's gift to
man-and because Jesus was
and is the worlds Saviour ev-
en- as the angel declared.
In response TO a decree OF
Caesar Augustus, Emperor OF
Rome, that a census Of all of
the inhabitants Of the Roman
Empire be made, Joseph and
his espoused wife, Mary jour
neyed from their home in Naza-
reth a distance of about seven
ty miles to Bethlehem, the city
Of David, which was the ances-
tral home Of Joseph to enroll
themselves. Because m n y
others had done likewise, the
little town was overcrowded and
when Joseph and Mary arrived,
they found that all the accom-
modations at the inn had al
ready been taken. Realizing
Mary's need of a place OF rest
and privacy, it was suggested
that they could find a place Of
lodging in the nearby stable
which while humble, was kept
clean and contained an ample
supply of straw which could be
used as beds.
So it was that Jesus, the pro-
missed Messiah and Saviour Of
the world, was born. After
the baby in the usual
Of that time in swaddl-
ing clothes, he was laid in his
little bed-the manger fr o m
which the cattle were fed, being
filled with straw for the pur-
pose.
Meanwhile, out on the out
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

services are held every first Sum-
day at HOO a. m. every third
Sunday at 7:30 p. m. and every
fourth Sunday at HOO a. m.
Hawkins Chapel Methodist
services are held each second
Sunday at HOO a. m. and every
fourth Sunday at 800 p. m.
Vaughn Methodist has serv-
ices each second Sunday evening
at 1880.
Services are held at Weaver's
Chapel each second Sunday at
1000 a. m. and each fourth
Sunday at 1880 p. m.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

Shli - u oCtll1SliSlii, SAAS SAiSA w
were watching their flocks dur
ing the night and, we imagine
talking among themselves as US
ual. Suddenly, there appeared
unto them a vision-an angel OF
the Lord, shining with the glory
of the Lord. These humble men
were frightened at the occur
ence, not knowing what to do or
think. But the angel said, Fear
not: for, behold, I bring you
good tidings Of great joy, which
, shall be to all people. For unto
you is born this day in the city
of David, a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord. And this shall
be a sign unto you: Ye shall
find the babe wrapped in swad-
ding clothes, lying in a man.
ger" And, apparently in order
to add emphasis to the wonder
Of the announcement just made,
a host of angels joined the first
one, bursting into songs Of joy
and praise and saying, "Glory
to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward
men,"
Immediately following the re-
turn Of the angels into heaven,
the shepherds made ready to do
as bidden. They left their sheep
grazing on the hillside and
"came with haste, and found
Mary. and Joseph and the
babe lying in a manger." This
was just as the angel had said
and, delightedly, they began to
tell everyone about this wonder
full thing which had been made
known unto them, glorifying
and praising God for all the
things which they had heard
and seen. "But Mary kept all
these things, and pondered
them in her heart"
Does it not seem significant
that the first announcement of
the wondrous birth was to lowly
shepherds? If we had had tn
privilege of making this an
nouncement we would probably
have made it to the most i'm
portant person in the world at
that time-Augustus Ceasar,
who had been unwittingly used
to fulfill prophecy in that long
before it had been prophesied
that the Messiah, the Saviour,
would be born in Bethlehem.
Or, we might have thought it
best to give this wonderful news
to the religious leaders of the
day-surely they should be most
interested in such an announce
ment. God does not always do
his works in what we consider
the most conventional ways
These shepherds, though proba-
bly, poor in this worlds goods,
were more nearly prepared to
receive the good news than
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

Approximately 20 per cent OF
gainfully employed people in the
United States are engaged in ag-
riculture, forestry, and fishing
combined.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17
LITTLETON METHODIST
CIRCUIT

Services are held at Corinth
Methodist Church every first
Sunday at 7:30 p. m. and every
third Sunday at 11:00 4. m.
At Tabor Methodist Church
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

services are conducted each
Wednesday evening a. 7:S0.
At Calvary Methodist Church
services are held each second
Sunday in the month at 7:30 p.
m, and every fourth Sundayn
at IL noon. Sunday school Is
held each Sunday at II a. m.
Bethel Methodist Church has
services at 1915 p. m. each first
Sunday in the month, and at IL
noon each third Sunday. Sun.
day school is held at II Z. m.
each Sunday.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17
LITTLEToN.WARRENToN
Rev. w. F. F. Little. pastor

Littleon Presbyterian Churcn
has services every second and
fourth Sundays at HOO a. m.
and Sunday school each Sunday
at 1000 a. m.
Warrenton Presbyteri n
Church has services at HOO a.
m. each first and third Sundays
and at 7:30 p. m. each second
and fourth Sunday. Sunday
school is held at 1000 a. m. each
Sunday.
Gruver Memorial Presby-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17
.l .W0rship At Some Church On Sunday.
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GOOD NEWS IN THE BIBLE

GOOD NEWS IN THE BIBLE
International Sunday School December ls. ls4s
MEMORY SELECTIONS afraid; for behold l bring
you good of great JOY
which will all the peo-
ple."-Luke 2: 10.
Tsx%. Ia
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17
WOODLAND METHODIST
CHURCH

Prea hing services are COM,
Quoted at Woodland Methodist
Church each second and fourth
Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock
and at 7:30 pm. each first and
third Sunday.
Sunday school, with H. X.
Burgwyn as superintendent. is
held each Sunday morning at
1000 o'clock.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17
LITTLEToN METHODIST
CHARGE

Rev. H. L. Davis. Minister
Services are held at the Little
ton Methodist Church each Sun.
day at II a. M, except on fifth
Sundays, at which time the
services are conducted a 7:30 p
m. Sunday school is held each
Sunday at 9:45 a. m, and prayer
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
Seek Support For Popular Vote For President

WASHINGTON, (P)-Southern Democratic support appeared Sat urday for a move by Senator Lodge R.-MassD to put Presi- dential elections on popular vote basis.
 Senators Sparkman O.-Ala.) and Olin D. Johnston D.-S. e. told a reporter in separate inter views they will back in the next session of Congress a proposal to change the present system by which a states entire electoral college vote is cast for the candi- date who tops the popular ballot test.
 Lodge offered in the last ses- sion and intends to revive a pro- posed constitutional amendment under which each candidate would share in the electoral vote on the percentage of his election day total.
 Thus an aspirant who lost out by only a few popular votes to his Presidential opponent, would get nearly half of the states support in the electoral college, instead of none at all.
 Sparkman said he thinks south ern Democrats generally will SUD-
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
Longshoremen On Another 24-HOur Work Stoppage
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Continued from Page One) intended "to demoralize the wa terfront," and that its timing with two large passenger ships due to be handled-was mo coin cidence"
 There was a similar layoff last Wednesday, work was interrupted for IA hours while the union had meeting.
 This weeks work stoppage is scheduled for only four hours Wednesday. But the union says that crews which normally would work Tuesday night are laying off to 'get their sleep"
 James Kearney, spokesman for the longshore union, said emer- gency gangs would service two large passenger ships which are docking or sailing during the%24- hour layoff period.
 Frank P. FOiSe, of the water front employers association, said the union layoff for contract dis cussions was completely unneces- sary. He argued that other unions hold separate meetings for differ ent shifts, and keep on working.
 Foise, also criticized the decision of the longshoremen, revealed Saturday, to boycott an election on the employers lates wage of fer. The national labor relations board has ordered the election as required by the Taft-Hartley act, but union spokesmen said the men had voted not to ballot on the wage offer. In announcing the boycott, union spokesman said a September 2 maritime strike is certain.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
Kids Benefit By
 Babe Ruth's Will

NEW YORK, (P)-Babe Ruth set aside part of his estate to be used for "the interests of the kids of America" his will showed to- day.
 The will provided for the home run kings widow and daughters and left ten per cent of the re- mainder for "the kids"
 The will was filed in surro- gates court for probate today.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
Wartime Jap Threat Denied

WASHINGTON, (P)-The state department said today it never heard of any wartime threat by the Japanese government to kill American war prisoners if Japan was invaded.
 A British clergyman yesterday asked whether such a threat was the cause of the American gov ernment dropping the atom bomb.
 State department officials said the main purpose of using the atom bomb was to hasten the end of the war, as President Truman stated in announcing the action.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
Greek Army Cuts .Cuerrillas In Two

ATHENS (P)-The Greek army turning north and east from the Grammos mountains, today rout- ed guerrillas who were moving toward the Visit area with the ap- parent air of finding new home for Communist Free Greece"
 A communique said the rebels entered Greece from Albania di- rectly west of Kastoria. Govern ment troops blunted their advance and sent them scurrying toward the southeast. A spokesman said this stopped their march toward Vitsi. The Vitsi area consists of some 20 to 25 square miles. It is directly north of Lake KaStoria in the triangle formed by the juno ture of the Greek, Albanian and Yugoslavia border at Lake Pres ba. Kastoria is about 13 miles northeast of Nesoririon, northeast ern anchor of the old Grammos front.
 Gen. Stelios Kitrilakis, deputy chief of staff, said earlier that guerrilla chieftain Markos Vafi- ades is whipped, and communist Free Greece" is no more. Amer ican sources said that up to late last week the Greek army had killed about 2,000 rebels and cap tured another 1000 in the Gram mos fighting. Guerrilla wounded were estimated at 5000 to 5000 most of them were evacuated from Greece and the figures are uncertain.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
U. s. Marshals And Warrant Await
 Axis Sally" Plane

WASHINGTON, (P) - U. S. marshals waited for Mildred Eliz- abeth Gillars to land from trans Atlantic plane Saturday to greet her first return home in l9 years with a treason warrant.
 Miss Gillars-better known to CTS as Axis Sally"-is being brought back from Frankfort, Germany to face a federal grand jury here on charges she betrayed her native land by wartime broadcasts over radio Berlin.
 The 48-year-old native of Port land, Me, was located two years ago by American authorities in Berlin, living a precarious exist ence in the bombed-out German capital.
 She was arrested, but subse- quently released to the American occupation zone on condition that she report every two weeks to U. S. army authorities.
 The justice department, point ing out that a prosecution for treason requires exact evidence and at least two witnesses "to the same overt act" said that the in quiry into Miss Gillar's radio ac- tivities had presented "a prodigi- ous task"
 Miss Gillars left the U. s. in 1929 to study music in France. She went to Germany in 1884. The justice department said she took a job in 194O with the official German government radio, then primarily engaged in broadcasting propaganda to England.
 After American entry into the war, the department said Miss Gillars directed Berlin programs beamed to American forces in North Africa and Italy, where the troops gave her the names Axis Sally" and "Midge."
 Her program, called Home, Sweet Home," allegedly was in tended to persuade American soldiers to lay down their arms.
 Justice officials say they also believe Miss Gillars appeared on a series of radio programs after the Normandy invasion entitled Survivors of the Invasion front" These programs included record ed interviews with wounded American soldiers in Nazi prison er-of-war camps with strong em- phasis on German kindness"
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
Princess Margaret, Of Age; Steps
 Into Limelight

LONDON, R-Princess Mar garet, officially of age, abandons her role of little sister now.
 Saturday was her eighteenth birthday and a solemn occasion for the merry princess whose wit and naturalness have endeared her to the entire commonwealth.
 All her life, Princess Margaret has been overshadowed by her older sister Elizabeth. the heiresS presumptive to the throne of Britain. But now Elizabeth, ex- pecting her first child in the fall, has virtually discontinued public appearances, and it falls to Mar garet to shoulder some of the du- ties of state.
 Actually, Margaret's coming of age in this case means only that in the event of her succession to the throne she could rule without a regent and that her social re- responsibilities henceforth will be greater. Otherwise, however, she remains a minor until she is 21.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23

SPOKANE, (P) - A group of B-29 superfortresses winged tow ard Okinawa for an extended pe- riod of over-water training mis- sions. More followed during the weekend.
 The base said the 344th squad ron of the 98th bomb group took off Friday night. The 345th squad ron left Saturday night and the 343rd Sunday night.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23

port the proposal because it "would go a long way toward do- ing away with minority rule in this country"
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23

In North America there are 600 kinds of birds, belonging to 75 families.