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Evening star., 1949-11-23
MOSQUITOES, Flies and Humans

When DDT first came on the market,
mosquitoes and flies faced what seemed
to be a decidedly bleak future. Whit
of the new chemical-applied at far less
than full strength-had such lethal
effect on so many of their friends, relatives
and playmates that they all had good
reason to fear the coming of the day when
they would be absolutely extinct, with not
one of them left anywhere to infuriate
human being, cows, horses and other OF
their innumerable victims. Needless to
say, this prospect depressed and saddened
them very much; but STILL despite their
great unhappiness and the terrible dark
ness of their outlook, they apparently made
up their minds to cling to hope and put
up stiff fight for existence.
AS a result. we now hear from the Agri-
culture Department that down in Florida
where their forebears had been wiped out
by the chemical not many months ago.
there has come into being a new genera
ton of mosquitoes too tough to be ex-
terminated by It, This development
follows in the wake Of earlier reports in
dicating that much the same thing has
happened among flies. In other words,
it appears that these insects, through some
cunning evolutionary process, have made
a special point Of reproducing offspring
strong enough to take spray of full
strength DDT, shake 1t off contemptuously,
and carry on with their mischievous busi-
ness Thus, although they looked like
extremely poor insurance risks just a short
while back, they seem to have overcome
the menace of extinction in such way as
to guarantee that they will keep on living
for long, long time.
There is a moral here somewhere. Wholly
apart from what science may have to say
about evolving life forms protecting them
selves against new environmental threats,
these mosquitoes and flies-detestable
though they are-certainly have shown a
kind of grit, and they are therefore en-
titled to some measure of admiration.
When things looked darkest for them,
they refused to give up; they did not
surrender to the DDT wave of the future;
they declined to let fear of a chemical
paralyze them into accepting total an
Inhalation as their inevitable" lot; instead,
determined to live and enjoy themselves
In their own peculiar fashion, they took
steps, apparently with great success, to
insure their survival. In this DOOM
dreading atomic age, their example does
not seem to be altogether without meaning
for us humans.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Military Hospital Borgoin Rate

High-level civilian officials Of the Gov
ernment have no cause for complaint over
the Budget Bureaus action in raising by
q modest IL per cent the rates which they
pay for treatment in Army and Navy hos
pitals. Even with the higher bills for
service these privileged officials will be
getting bargain rate considerably below
the cost of such care.
Up to now Cabinet officers, Senators,
Representatives, foreign service officers
and certain other top officials have been
paying only $10.50 a day to Walter Reed
Army Hospital, Bethesda Naval Hospital
and other military hospitals. This covers
not only private rooms, meals and the
usual disqualification services, but surgery,
X-rays, medicines and everything else. The
Budget Bureau has ordered this fee boosted
to $1175 beginning January l. Yet Army
ard Navy medical authorities say it costs
about $13 a day Just to supply a room.
The Hoover Commission studied the
question of reducing the non-military
patient load at military hospitals, but did
not criticize the practice of hospitalizing
civilians at such institutions The COM
mission pointed out that this practice ap-
parently has the approval Of Congress,
otherwise appropriations needed to provide
the extra services would not have been
provided, year after year. But the COM
mission recommended that the whole sub
ject be given special study by Congress,
with a view to making certain that the
privileges are not abused. The suggestion
is wise one, not to be lost sight OF IN
the consideration of the many other phases
of the Hoover report.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
For a Modern Traffic Code

The Traffic Advisory Board has made a
sensible suggestion in proposing that Con-
gress delegate to the District Commls-
sioners the task of bringing the Districts
hodge-podge of traffic laws into line with
the National Uniform Traffic Code. The
best way of doing this is to substitute for
present patchwork laws complete new
statute authorizing the Commissioners to
draw up and enforce truly modern code
of the type recommended by the Presi-
dents Highway Safety Conference, the
National Safety Council and numerous
other traffic organizations and experts.
The present traffic law originally was
Intended to give the Commissioners wide
powers in controlling automobile traffic,
but this original purpose has been de-
feated to q considerable extent by amend
ments restricting local discretion. Thus,
because Congress has laid down the law
governing requirements for permits, the
Commissioners have no authority to issue
special requirements for chauffeurs' per-
mits, as is done in most other Jurisdictions.
Nor can District officials, without passage
of specific legislation, bring local regula-
tions in harmony with the standard def1ni-
tions OF reckless driving, speeding and
other traffic offenses set forth in the
standard code. Even the local definition
of vehicles by classes differs from that
recommended for adoption in all parts of
the Nation. And, under the Corporation
Counsel's Interpretation OF existing laws,
the traffic director may not put up or re-
move stop sign, or change signal light,
without obtaining formal approval OF the
District Commissioners time consuming
bit of red tape that the Commissioners
should be glad to get rid Of.
If the plan of the Traffic Advisory Board
were adopted, Congress could pave the way
for complete modernization of local traffic
laws by enacting a simple act repeating old
statutes in favor Of a new code prepared
bysthe Commissioners The Traftlc, Ad-
visory Boards Law and Legislation Com
mittee stands ready to assist in drafting
a nsE.set. Of avs With the uniform straftlc,
code as a model. This reform would put
Washington In stepawitla other Jurisdictions
which have adopted the standard code in
the interest of public safety. The District
can Ill afford to lag in this important field
of traffic administration.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Cosmic Roy Tests Made
By Carnegie Institution
Apparatus Set Up on Maryland Farm
Takes Continuous Record of Flares
By Thomas r. Henry

The worlds largest cosmic ray counter has
been set up by the Terrestrial Magnetism De-
partment of the Carnegie Institution OF
Washington.
It is a chamber filled with the inert gas
argon and shielded with Is tons of lead.
The purpose of this new apparatus just
coming into use on a Maryland farm near
Washington is to get continuous record OF
fluctuations in this most potent of all radia-
ton from outer space.
Just before the war Carnegie cosmic ray
recorders near Washington, and in Australia,
Peru and Greenland showed enormous in
creases lasting about an hour. Three OF
these were recorded in IL years The in
crease was in the "softest" of the cosmic rays
propelled by a force of about billion electron
volts. An intensive study showed that this
increase was coincident with enormous flares
from the surface Of the sum- reaching
million miles or more into space.
Mystery in Findings.
This essentially established the sun as the
source of some of the cosnnic radiation which
bombarded the earth. Most of 1t, including
all the most penetrating particles, unques-
tionably come from outer space, possibly
from exploding stars. The mystery in the
Carnegie findings was that many solar flares,
some very prominent as measured at astro-
nomicaI observatories, did not appear to
Smaller bursts of flame constantly are
arising from the suns surface
In the three instances noted the cosmic
ray increase was as much as 20 per cent.
With the new apparatus it is expected to
detect much smaller increases which can be
correlated with solar phenomena and per-
haps with other events observable by
astronomers.
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but which largely were displaced in medicine
by such antibiotics as penicillin and strepto-
mycin. are coming back in combinations
which seem to offset most of their bad effects.
This was reported to the Association Of
Military Surgeons by DR.. David Lehr of the
Flower Hospital, New York
Following the sensational advent Of sui
fonilamide in England in 1885, opening up
new age in medicine, about twenty similar
drugs. each supposedly good for specific
purpose, were developed in rapid succession.
1t soon was found, however, that the high
promise was somewhat illusory. There were
bad allergic reactions. Some of the best Of
the new preparations tended to cause irrep-
arabic damage to the kidneys.
Worked With Mixture.
The so-called "biotics" had none of these
disadvantages. Still some of the sulfas re-
NAMED more potent in such maladies as
pneumonia and meningitis. Most potent Of
the drugs against pneumonia, however, was
sulfathiozol which recently has been re-
moved from the list Of official remedies be-
cause of the kidney damage it did.
DR.. Lehr has worked with mixture of
sulfadyazine, also potent pneumonia rem
edy; sulfamerazine. which is very similar to
1t in composition, and sulfacetimide, an old
drug built up on somewhat different chem
ical formula.
Large doses Of this mixture can be given,
he said, without any kidney damage and
with an actual decrease In allergic reactions.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Mr.. Byrnes Sees the Lioht

When Paul was on his way to Damascus
he saw at midday "a light from heaven,
above the brightness of the sun, shining
round about me and them which journeyed
with me-" And from that time on, he told
Agrippa, "I continue unto this day, wit
Messing both to small and great, saying
none other things than those which the
prophets and Moses did say should
come
James F. Byrnes, who is preaching an
eloquent and compelling gospel on the
trends as he sees them now, does not say
precisely when or how he saw the light.
But, as in the case of Paul, his audience
is larger, and listens with more respectful
attention, because of the speakers back
ground. 1t may be one of the significant
developments of the times that Mr.. Byrnes,
who served the New Deal with distinction
in all three branches of our Government,
has joined his voice with the lonely voice
of Senator Byrd of Virginia, crying in the
wilderness warning against things to
come
What is he saying?
Big government is growing bigger. Big
government is more dangerous than big busi-
ness. Little government can regulate big
business and the United States can punish
those who violate the laws against monopoly,
but it is difficult to regulate big government.
Our real trouble is debt and taxes We
cannot cure 1t by more debt and more taxes
We should devote to cutting expenditures
some of the thought we are devoting to taxes
and borrowing.
But cutting expenditures is not seriously
considered In the executive department., and
new taxes will not be seriously considered
in Congress. So deficit spending will con-
tinue.
Too many people are thinking of security
instead OF opportunity. They seem more
afraid Of life than of death.
We are threatened in Washington with the
concentration of local powers of government,
including police powers, and with the impo-
sltlon OF creeping, but ever advancing social
istic programs.
The excise taxes are so well hidden that
their burden Is not appreciated by the aver
age taxpayer. Not realizing that they are
paying the bill, they are easily misled into
clamoring for more Federal laws and more
Federal aids
Direct government payments are being
made to seventeen million persons-one out
OF every nine Of the total population
In every department and agency of gov
ernment there Isl a dangerous group of
selfish men who love the power to spend the
money Of other people. ,gs. -feay q.
-, ~ g.
'' At this point one almost expects to hear
an interruption, from the vicinity of the
White House, in words not unlike those
used by FestIs to break Into the. testimony
of PauI-H1Paul, Thou are beside thyself;
much learning doth make thee mad"
But Mr.. Byrnes could reply as Paul re-
plied-"I am not mad, most noble Festus;
but speak forth the words of truth and
soberness. For the king knoweth of these
things before whom also speak freely:
For I am persuaded that none of these
things are hidden from him; for this thing
was not done in corner"
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Letters to The Star
Would Remove Tax on Rail Travel
To Save Roads and Avoid Federal Subsidy

Would Remove Tax on Rail Travel
To Save Roads and Avoid Federal Subsidy
To the Editor Of The Star:
There seems to be serious doubt about the
wisdom of the Eastern railroads raising their
fares 122 per cent. It is contended the
added revenue they anxiously seek will be
more than offset by pricing people out Of
the railroad travel market" Yet there is a
way to reduce .he cost Of transportation
the railroad traveller pays. No magic is in
volved, no curtailed services. no wage reduc-
tions, no layoffs. Simply eliminate the Is
per cent Federal tax on train tickets.
That would have the effect of reducing
most fares Is per cent. The 1917 per cent
Eastern fare increase going into effect next
week would become, instead, IN per cent
decrease.
Another solution threatens: If railroad
fares scare passengers away. give the lines
subsidy to make up the loss Why this in
direct financial rigmarole? It is not fares
alone that would goad the public into a
railroad buyers strike" It is the combina-
ton, fares plus tax. The tax was imposed
originally to keep people off war-burdened
transportation including the railroads. Now
that the tax tips the scales against peace
time travel, there is amazement and dismay.
So far, the railroads have spurned pro-
posed subsidy grants from the tax-supported
Federal Treasury, even fought them of.
Not so, other types Of transportation. United
States airlines and ship lines can't live with
out subsidies. At least, that is what the
American people have been taught to believe.
Even interstate buses are accused OF not
paying their full share for use Of tax-built
public highways.
For the Government to insist on collecting
a tax from railroad passengers. keeping
travel costs high and then arrange to pay
railroads subsidy from tax funds is most
peculiar business.
If lower fares can "save the railroads.
and some experts say that is the most
promising prospect-it would seem the
proper approach would be to cut the over
all price to the consumer IS per cent by
removing the Federal tax The railroads
then would get the full benefit o. the travel
er's dollar and the Government would be
spared paying subsidy.
TAXED TRAVELLER.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE,

q. Since gasoline trucks no longer are
required to carry drag chains in order to
eliminate static. what other methods are
used?-W. Huh QnIv1ess1" 7nt ~ s31tta
A. The Interstate Commerce Commission
requires that all parts Of the vehicle be
joined by metallic connection and that
before loading and unloading ground be
made between the vehicle and the container
and that this ground be maintained during
the process.
Q. What was the estimated daily cost Of
the coal strike, both to the mine owners and
miners?-L. w. c.
A. The National Coal Association stated
on September 81, 1949, that the strike would
cost mine owners about $11a million day
in income and strikers about Sc million
day in wages.
@. What was the highest speed attained
by aircraft in each of the following years:
1920. 1882, 1889 and 1896. w. L.
A. The speed records for the given years
were as follows: 1920, Sadi Lecointe, France.
17l.04 miles per hour; 1882, j. H. Doolfttle.
U. S. A.. 29438 miles per hour; 1889, Fritz
Wendell Germany, 469.220 miles per hour:
1948. Maj. r. L. johnson, U. S. Air Force,
670.981 miles per hour.
~ now much warmer Is the water OF the
Gulf OF Mexico than the water of the At
lantic Ocean?-L. L. u.
A. Because of the presence of the Gulf
Stream, the temperature of the water of the
Gulf OF Mexico is about eight or nine degrees
higher than that of the Atlantic Ocean.
@. Is information available on the number
OF casualties suffered by women members of
the armed forces in World War u?-J. F.
A. The Department Of Defense says that
there were no killed or wounded among
WAVES or Navy Nurses but that ii of the
latter were prisoners of war. A WAVE died
in an air crash but this was not due to
enemy action. Among the WAC, l3 enlisted
women were wounded. Figures for the Army
Nurses are: Killed in action, Is; died Of
wounds 4; declared dead, 2; wounded, 90:
prisoners OF war or interned, IS; missing in
action, IA.
@. What river besides the Nile rises at the
EQUATOR and flows into the Temperate Zone?
e. M.
A.. The Nile River of Egypt is the only
one IN the world that flows northwards from
source near the Equator. II this great
river were placed upon map Of the New
World 1t would reach from Central America.
across the United States to Canada.
Evening star., 1949-11-23

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
writer, although 1t Is permissible tor
Driter knoaDn to The Star to use
nom de pzun1e. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-11-23

One who has long mingled with them
says apes do not care for what they
wanted, after they have it awhile. Could
it be that the species is reverting to man?
Evening star., 1949-11-23

tent to report the news, publish the stun.
There can be no justice as long as the
Supreme Court lodges the issue, thus per-
mitting the continuance of a public
nuisance
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Questions and Answers

A. reader can get the answer to any question
O. fact BY WrIting The Evening Star Information
Burean 316 Eye st. ne. Washington Q, D. C.
Evening star., 1949-11-23

care for their dependents Now that the
suckers have signed on the dotted line, our
boys in the service are told they didn't read
the fine print. Budget Director Frank Pace,
after looking the economy field over. con-
cludes that Mr.. Truman's share-the-wealth
was not intended for soldiers. They already
are in the welfare state and can't get out.
There is nothing they can do If their rations
are short or they are short-changed. MIR.
Truman Is their Commander-in-C Chief and
squawks can be INSTRUMENTATION.
So little unifcation might be in order.
It is sheer waste Of ingenuity for part Of
the Truman administration to insist upon
employer contributions to subsidize employe
social insurance in private industry and not
apply the same equitable principle to our
armed services.
II share-the- wealth through compulsory
health can solve the health security needs
of the whole Nation, why not sell the idea
to the Secretary Of Defense?
THOMAS E. MATTINGLY, M. D.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Boy, Five Others Huri
In Two Auto Crashes
In Northeast Area

Six persons were injured in two
automobile collisions In Northeast
Washington yesterday. Three OF
the victims, including a 7-year-
old boy, were admitted to Casualty
Hospital.
In both accidents, one Of the
drivers was driving without a per-
nit, police said.
The first occurred at the in
tersection Of Seventh and F
streets NE. Police reported a car
driven by Mrs. Fay S. Bergman,
81, of 1919 Meigs place NE. col
lided with one driven by Edwin
S. Newman, 43, Of 1909 Addison
road NE.
Injured were: Thomas New
man, 7, Mr.. Newman's son. ad-
mitted to Casualty with head in
juries: Isadore Sindler. 66. Of New
York, passenger in Mrs. Berg
mans car, admitted with possible
rib injuries. and Mr.. Newman,
treated for head injuries and re-
leased.
Mrs. Bergman was charged with
driving without. a permit. Her
husband. Max Bergman. was
charged with permitting an un-
licensed driver to use his car. A
hearing was scheduled for Decem-
ber 7 before the corporation coun-
sci.
In the other accident, at Second
and K streets NE. a car operated
by Dennis Mc0ee. 43, colored. of
els Second street Me-, struck one
driven by Frank Suggs. 36, colored,
of Burnt Mill Hills. Silver Spring,
police reported.
Injured were: Mrs. Edith Dot
son, 26. colored. of 1709 You street
NE, admitted for possible con-
cussion: James H. Dotson, /.
treated for head injuries and re-
leased, and Mr.. Suggs. treated for
head cuts and released. q. r.
MCGEE was charged with driv-
ing without . permit and license
tags. as well as colliding.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Greater Self f-Governmenf
Uroed for Mandate Islands
Nv NE A.sar;ns>d prs.e


MANILA, Nov. 26.-Peoples Of
former japanese inundated is
lands now administered by the
United States under q United Ma
tions trusteeship are entitled to
10 larger share in local self-gov-
eminent.
That was the concensus today
of . congressional Subcommittee
on Insular and Territorial Affairs
after q tirst-hand inspection. For
three weeks the group has toured
Guam, American Samoa and is
lands Of the trust territory.
Representative Crawford, Re-
publican. Of Michigan. spokesman
for the group, said proposed Or
ganic law for governing the island
peoples will be revised to grant
local freedom.
Representative Lemke. Republi-
can, Of North Dakota said they
found no trace Of subversive ac-
tivity in the entire area. He de-
clared-and the others concurred
that islanders formerly under
Japanese control are most anxious
to be under American Jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Throat S|ashed, Girl
Pens Note Accusing
Next Door Neighbor
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Nov. 26
Pretty 18-year-old Millie H
SumE,s, given only slim
chance to survive last nights ear
to-ear throat slashIng. scribbled a
nore today accusing a next-dool
neighbor.
BILL Worley did it," wrote the
girl, who is 1s today. She is un-
able to speak because of a severed
windpipe.
Police Chief Leroy Woody Of
Warwick County said Bill" Wor-
ley is Jesse Wilmer Worley, 20,
who was discharged from the
Army several months ago as "un-
desirable" because Of a juvenile
police record. Chief Woody said
the young man had been convict
ed in North Carolina for larceny.
Held on Manning Charge.
Worley is being held at the
Warwick County Jail on a maim-
ing charge. He was quoted by the
police chief as saying that he had
visited the girl In her home early
last night but denied knowledge
Of the slashing.
Miss Summs. a Warwick High
School senior, said in another
note that Worley tried to kiss her
Asked If he attempted to attack
her, she shook her head to in
dicate that he did not.
Chief Woody said either a safety
razor or a straight razor was
used to cut the girls throat but
the weapon had not been found.
The police chief pieced together
this account of events last night:
Miss Summs was alone at her
home about one mile north Of here
in Warwick County last night.
Worley dropped in about 10
O'Clock. Worley said he left about
1890 pm.
Chance Of Survival Slim.
At midnight, . neighbor living
on the other side Of Miss Summ's s
home was aroused by someone at
the door. AS he opened the door,
the girl fell in, bleeding. She was
taken to Memorial Hospital by
ambulance.
Memorial Hospital attendants
said Miss Summs has a severed
windpipe but her jugular veinres-
capped being cut by q quarter Of
an inch. They said she is breath
ing through q tube. Doctors said
her condition was critical and her
chances Of survival are slim.
Miss Summ's step-father and
mother. Mr.. and Mrs. william B.
Stocks, are visiting in New York.
Evening star., 1949-11-27

There still was not q single clue
as to his fate.
Undersheriff Harry Knoll called
off the hunt for the blue-eyed boy
shortly after noon. He expressed
the opinion the child had fallen
into cold and murky stream and
that further probing Of its bottom
would be futile.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Dean Dunnigan was last
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Hunt for Missing Baby
Abandoned in California
BY the Associated Press

by fHe NsSoe'o1su TfssS
SACRAMENTO, Calf, Nov. 26.
Little Thomas David Dunnigan,
wandered away
from his farm home yesterday af-
ternoon and q concentrated search
was abandoned today.
Evening star., 1949-11-27

seen by his mother toddling along
the river levee at pm. yesterday.
The Dunnigan home Is just 100
yards from the river, which was