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Evening star., 1949-10-13
This and That.
By Charles E. TraceveU


The Saturday cat and the Sunday rat
The phrase may puzzle the reader, briefly.
but not half as much as 1t does Templeton
jones' who has to contend with the real
things.
The real things in this instance are just
as stated
A cat that shows up only on Saturdays.
and rat or rats that appear in his garage
only on Sundays.
A two-fold mystery. then. not to be solved
very easily.
In fact, Temp Jones has about given up.
Maybe some one else can tell him why the
cat appears only on Saturday, and the rat
or rats only on. Sunday.
The cat is a downtown cat. with all that
means:
. Dirty fur, lanky body, begrimed tall
Yet it is friendly cat. and Jones likes it..
When he first saw 1t it was on Saturday,
the day that has, for SO many persons.
usurped Sunday.
city Of first and second class citizens
those who do not work on Saturday, and
those who, for some odd reason, must.
The latter suffer from guilt complexes.
Not for them the lordly turnover and
going back to sleep.
Theirs must be trek through deserted
streets down to the old grind.
No wonder Jones welcomes the cat.
It meets him every Saturday morning on
his favorite corner, eleventh and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, II you want to know and
meows a greeting.
Through all the CRIME comes welcome
straight from the heart of nature.
Nature is odd. that way, too.
**
7 Jones went to the drugstore, the first
Saturday. and bought package of catnip.
It had been on the shelf, evidently, for
at least 10 years.
People no longer drink catnip tea, or
force it down the squalling throats of or
spring.
Catnip nowadays is good only to rest on
drugstore shelves. and now and then tickle
the fancy Of a wandering feline.
All cats like catnip. That may be truism,
but it. is fact, cat fact, except with q
few, whose fancy turns to salmon.
The first Saturday. Jones ladled out q
handful or the herb.
The cat, never having seen or smelled
anything remotely like it. not even, grass,
was nonplussed, at first.
nonplussed puss, was 1t?
But not for long. When Templeton Jones
1SoCN SoAAAC OA It's UdCh, III quickly SOL The
idea, took sniff. and then began to roll.
This little drama of the downtown streets
is repeated every Saturday morning.
Templeton Jones is not giving away 500
bills, just catnip.
4
Now for the Sunday rat
Jones has 'em in his garage and swears
that they appear on Sundays only.
But that is absurd" his friends remon-
strate.
absurd or not" replies Jones, ut is
fact"
: He says that he has tried red squill
mixed in round steak, with great success,
but that these Sunday rats turn up their
noses at red sQuill in horse meat!
Il can't afford to give them round steak
every week." says Templeton JONES' ut
seems to me they ought to be willing to eat
good horse meat. But why do they just
come on Sundays?a.
II any one has any idea on this. we viii
be glad to pass it along to MIR. Jones, he
Of the Saturday cat and the-hs insists
Sunday rat.
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reassuring to the people Of the country.
And it is also counsel which might well
be pondered by those well-meaning but
misguided partisans In the armed services
who probably without realizing it, are
shaking the foundations of our national
Sccuritv
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Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
Drtter, although it Is permissible for
0rtter kno,Dn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
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Thinks Rent Law Is Unfair
To Operative Apartment Buyers

Is there any fairness or justice in rent
control law that keeps an aging couple from
securing possession of cooperative apart
ment? Ny husband, who is over 65 and
weighs over 200 pounds. is on his feet
hours at time, then has to climb 8 flights
Of stairs. whereas at the cooperative apart
ment the streetcar stops In front Of the
building and there Is elevator service, We
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Better Prosecution Urged
Al Aid to Judges.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Compliments on your editorial "Unsched-
uled Indictment" Let's not be too critical
OF the judges, though. They need the as
sistance Of capable and we'll informed
prosecutors. We. have too few. Some Of our
prosecutors are like putty in the hands of an
experienced criminal attorney
Ve1e prosecutors are the representatives of
the District and the United States, their
position should be on higher level, and
their salary limited only by what 1t takes to
get and keep the best talent :
A POLICEMAN.
Evening star., 1949-10-13

This thing OF never knowing the girl
till you marry her begins with the brides
going away outfit-the first time the mod
ern boy ever sees her with hat.
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As feared, there is catch in the 80 per
cent effective pill compounded by Navy
doctors: It's for the common cold. not ours.
Evening star., 1949-10-13
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How many licensed women flyers are
there?-A. j. B.
A. The Civil Aeronautics Administration
says that it has kept no record for some time
concerning licensed women pilots, but as Of
July /, 1945, there were 5,122. Present
estimates put the number at approximately
five to seven thousand.
@. Has date been set for the termination
of the Is per cent travel taxi. B.
A. The Is per cent travel tax was origin
ally imposed as a war tax to terminate on
the first day Of the first month which began
six months or more after the date of the
termination of hostilities of the present war
Revenue Act of 1943). However, this Act
was amended by the Excise Tax Act of 1947
which took out the wording and in effect
rendered the Is per cent rate effective
indefinitely.
@. Who owns the Eiffel Tower in Paris?-,
d. s. P.
A. The Eiffel Tower is owned by the city
Of Paris but 1t is operated under concession
by private corporation.
Q. At what price are United States Saw
ings Bonds sold to servicemen?-C. p.
A. seryicemen pay the regular $18.7s
Q. Is it not fact that women ask mora
questions than men while on sightseeing
trip?-B. P. B.
A. According to an official of the American
Sightseeing Association, Inc, on sightsee-
ing trips men usually ask more question:.
than women. The Association has no ex-
PLANTATION to offer for this fact other than
that men in general do more travelling and
are more interested In numbers of things.
Q. Who was the Virginia patriot who rods
to Monticello and warned Thomas .Jefferson
of the approach of the British, thus SAVING
Jefferson from imminent capture?-S n.
A. Jack Jouitte. citizen of Charlottes-
vile, Va, was the Revolutionary patriot
who warned Thomas Jefferson of the ap-
proach Of the British.
Q. Since horned toad does not drink
how does 1t get water?-W. o. r.
A. horned toad absorbs moisture through
its skin. A drop Of water placed upon
the surface soaks in and the moisture can
be seen spreading through the skin and
darkening 1t as it Is absorbed.
Evening star., 1949-10-13
Questions and Answers

reader get the answer to any question
Of fact By writing The Evening star Information
Bureau. 3l6 Eye st. ne. Washington 3, D. c.
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To the Editor OF The Star:
Whittier are we drifting in our national
policies II our naval officers must resort to
desperate and unusual methods Of getting
fatr hearing for the Navy in this B-36 con-
troversy? The autocratic and high-h handed
rule OF Secretary johnson is something to
give one pause.
What has happened to the Nays leader
ship that officers OF lesser rank must take
the initiative id forcing the Mayfair Force
differences into an open hearing?
Three cheers for Capt Crommelin: he is
in the American tradition and thank God
there are others like him who really mean
the oath they took, Ito defend this country
against all enemies, both foreign and
domestic"
The situation now here at home is enough
to scare the daylights out Of our citizens,
did they but stop and consider how the
politicians are wrecking our national defense
and military morale, not to mention The
comfort all this sort OF thing must be giving
our potential enemies! FIELDING DAVIS.
Mitchellville, Md
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News From Hurley
Quartet From Texas Bible College
Presents Service AT Church Sunday

New Orleans, where she is to
spend the holidays with her
sister.
Mrs. T. Bankston, Misses Willie
Mae and Violet Bankston and
Walter Earl Bankston are spend
ing the holidays in Canton with
I. Bankston, who is working in
Canton, and with other members
of the family.
The WSCS met for a Christmas
party at the home of Mrs. B..
Jones Monday night. Gifts were
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tions. Gifts were presented each
child by Santa Claus, who also
presented its president, Mrs.
Owen Langley a token.
Games were enjoyed and punch,
cookies and fruits served.
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|VFW Auxiliary
Gives Christmas
Party Monday

Mesdames Crawford Dees and
Waters were h~ostesses
Monday to the Wcman's auxiliary
to the Elmer Joseph Grant Post
VFW at q Christmas party at the
post home on Frederic.
The lounge was gay with a
Christmas tree and other decora-
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BY Dolores Page

A quartet from Southwestern
Bible college, Waxahachie, Tex,
held the Sunday night service at
the Assembly of God church. The
quartet sang several beautiful
songs, after which the Rev. Clyde
Powell, one of the members of
the quartet, brought the message.
The others of the quartet are
Paul Savell, Bob King and Dick
Pruitt. The quartet was accompa-
MED by Pro. j. J. Melvin, for
merly a teacher at Hurley who
is now teaching at Southwestern.
The 9th grade of Hurley school
presented a Christmas play en-
titled Christmas in Happy Val
ley' Friday night. The play was
sponsored by the PTA.
Leaves For Carolina
Billy Pierce left Sunday to join
his wife and children in North
Carolina.
Mrs. Joseph Rubino, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. v. Slider and Miss Anna
Rubino, Forrest Coleman and
Thomas Rubino visited Mobile
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. J. Neville are
parents of a son born Dec. 14th
in Mobile infirmary. He has been
named Thomas Hugh. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. V. Roberts and Mr.. Neville
visited Mrs. Neville Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Hamilton,
E. J. Neville, Mrs. J. w. Valley
and Patricia Ann Valley visited
Mobile Saturday.
Aunt Sue" Back Home
Friends of "Aunt Sue" Jones
are glsd to know that she re-
turned home last week after a
serious operation at the county
hospital.
Mrs. Clara Jones was a visitor
in Moss Point and Pascagoula
Monday.
Mrs. w. j. Mailman, Miss Mil
dred Mizelle and Vernon Slider
were in Mobile Saturday -
Miss Iris Pierce is leaving for
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st. Johns Children
To Be Given P0rty

Sunday school children of st.
Johns will be given a Christmas
party at the rectory at 7 p. m.
The Woman's Guild will be
hostess.
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exchanged after which refresh
ments were served. There were
nine members present.
Mr., and Mrs. Norman Lyons Of
Pascagoula were weekend visi-
tors in Hurley.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Ferguson
and Dolores Page visited Mobile
Saturday.
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Tax Assessor Tolks
At O. S. RotorY Club

Norman T, Lyons, Jackson
county tax assessor, was speaker
at the Ocean Springs Rotary club
Wednesday, explaining how tax
rolls are made up.
Louis Cosper, club secretary,
suggested that each member
bring a toy for the needy chill
dren to the meeting this week.
The club recently sold it's gov
eminent bonds and invested the
money in the Athletic Association
bonds.
Visiting were MI. and Mrs. Her
man Schwartz, Santa Barbara,
Calf; Carl Winecoff, Biloxi: Rob
ert S. Klugman, Ottawa, ILL.,, and
Vertis Ramsay, Pascagoula.
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Austria is so mountainous that
some of its regions are almost
completely blocked off from each
other.
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SUSANNAH WESLEY

Instead of holding its usual
meeting Thursday of last week
the class was guest of Mrs. w.
w. Van Devender Monday eve
ming at her home at sos McKin-
ley. The house was in festive at
tire with particularly handsome
arrangement of silvered cedar
with crimson balls grazing the
center of the living room table.
A lighted Christmas tree from
which members later exchanged
gifts also added color.
After singing of Silent Night"
games e enjoyed with Mrs. c.
A. Carrier and Mrs. Stella Locke
winning prizes.
Mrs. Carrier, president of the
mother society and Mrs. j. S.
Fleming, chairman of the circle,
were presented gifts. Prizes were
awarded Mesdames Fleming, Van
Devender and Dustin for not miss
ing a meeting during the past
year.
A plate featuring sandwiches
in pink and green was served. Be-
sides Mesdames Carrier and Har-
Ian Hilbun who were guests, there
were II members present. s
MARY LINDSEY
The meeting took the form of
a Christmas party at the home
of Mrs. T. H. White, Tuesday at
7:30 p. m. with Mrs. Crawford
Dees as co-hostess. Holly and a
resplendent Christmas tire eadded
a holiday aspect to the living
room. Games wer played with
Mesdames j. D. Cole, George
Simpson, Jr., Dees and j. p.
Frazier as prize winners.
Gifts were exchanged among
members besides those presented
to the officers of the circle, Mes
danes Joe D.. Cole, ]. F. O'Neil
and Dees and to Mrs. Ellis Mas
kew for the most perfect attend
ance.
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sIcRID GoRING

The meeting was in the nature
of a Christmas celebration in
Guiding the packing of a box for
needy children. For a devotional.
Mrs. Robert Chain read a Christ
mas story. The house was in gala
attire with decorations of Christ
~ &c oraane ord oolorg
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MARY REED CIRCLE

Mrs. w. B. Golf was hostess to
the circle Monday at her home
on East Lincoln, with Mrs. Frank
Ellis sharing hostess honors. The
house was in holiday attire with
Christmas greenery and %colors.
Opening prayer was led by Mrs.
Harlan Hilbun who was a guest,
after which Mrs. w. r. Gulley
reviewed two chapters of tn
study book. The remainder of the
meeting was turned into q party
when gifts were exchanged and
games played until the serving
of refreshments. Other guests
were Mesdames c. A. Carrier and
I w Ahranc
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First Methodist Church Circles
WSCS Meetings Are Festive Occasions

Circle meetings of the WSCS of
First Methodist church took on
the festivity of Christmas Mon
day when the homes of the vari-
Gus hostesses were gay with yule-
tide decorations including Christ
mas trees. In some circles the &C.
casion was purely social, others
gave a period of study to the
book, Women of the Scriptures"
which the society is now studying-
Evening star., 1949-12-16

tionalization of agriculture and the
distribution system" the cost
would be staggering" and 1t
would place a ceiling on oppor-
tunity in agriculture"
The convention reelected as
president Allan B. Kline of Vinton,
Iowa, who has led the opposition
to the Brannan program.
The expressions on price sup
ports were part of 68-page sheaf
of resolutions which included:
Support of ECA and the recon-
mendation that emphasis be placed
on self-help among European
nations, leveling of tariff walls
and solution OF currency Difficult
ties.
Support of President Truman's
point four programme make
American chronological skills
available to the world; support of
the United Nations and its Food
and Agriculture Organization
urging of continued efforts for
international atom bomb control
More u. S. Imports Urged.
The federation urged more
United States imports to help bal
ance international trade, contin-
ued reciprocal trade pacts and
Evening star., 1949-12-16
Recording Of 1ryst
Gets Second Run for
Extortion Case Jury
Nv the Asxoeioted Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16.-A re-
peat performance Of a recording
of a businessman bedroom love
tryst with a comely, red-haired
party girl was arranged today for
a jury trying two young women
on extortion charges.
The jury yesterday heard voices
and sounds from a tape recording
device which the district attorney
says Helen Keller and Toni
Hughes planted in Miss Keller's
bedroom one day last spring when
Ben Klekner, television school op-
orator, paid her visit.
Klekner has testified that the
voices are his and Miss Keller's.
but he denied he had sexual rela-
tions with Miss Keller the day
the recording was made.
Divorce Plans Discussed.
In the tape recording Klekner
was heard discussing at length
with Miss Keller his professed plan
to divorce Mrs. Klekner.
The defense contends Klekner
was in love with Miss Keller. but
Klekner denying this, told the
jury: "A man does not marry a
prostitute he hires for price"
The tape recording, the prose-
cution claims, was used as a lever
by the two young women to col
lect more than $4,000 from Kick
ner after he had broken of rela-
tions with Miss Keller after three
years Of association. Klekner
testified he paid total OF $4,000
to the women as the price OF keep
ing knowledge of his extra marital
conduct from his wife.
There were honeyed words ex-
changed between Miss Keller, II,
and the silver -thatched Klekner,
who is 40. He called her Angel
and Baby" and she told him
she lived to make him happy.
Klekner's discussion of business
and family affairs were inter-
spersed with quite intimate ex-
changes.
Pile Driver Interference.
A pile driver, hammering away
on the Santa Ana freeway. not
far from the Hall Of Records,
made it difficult for some OF the
Jurors to hear some of the tapped
conversation and Judge Clement
D. Nye said they would have an
other chance today.
Klekner's attorney, Eugene VOL
yer, told the jury of receiving a
written demand from Miss Hughes,
with Miss Keller present. He said
the demand called for 5000 back
rent on Miss Keller's apartment,
$7o0 on regular 500 month
expenses for Miss Keller, $500 to
allow Miss Keller to visit her
mother in Sunbury. Pa, 1000 for
the auto the women claimed Kick
ner authorized them to purchase,
and numerous other items.
Mr.. Wolver said he informed
the women that Klekner was re-
iecting the demand, warned them
about using blackmail and extor-
ton, and said: "You may consider
yourselves innocent but Te-
hachapi (women's PRISON. is full
sof Y,enr,le like you"
Evening star., 1949-12-16
|Brannan Plan Rejected
By Farm Federation as
Step 10 Naturalization
By the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-The Amer
ican Farm Bureau Federation has
rejected fatty the Brannan plan
for direct subsidies to farmers.
The action was taken yesterday
at the close of the powerful groups
31st annual meeting.
The federation's 5000 agricul-
tural leaders from 48 States voted
in favor of continuing and max
ing more flexible the compromise
farm support program enacted by
Congress this year.
After refusing to permit admin
istration sponsors of the Secretary
of Agriculture's plan to address
them. the delegates adopted a
stern indictment of the Brannan
proposal.
They said "the ultimate effect
of such a program would be ma
Evening star., 1949-12-16

exchange Of farm leaders between
nations.
A national credit board and a
separate farm credit board were
proposed to help stabilize prices
and keep credit freely available.
Another suggestion would permit
farmers to average their income
over a period Of years for taxa
ton purposes.
Co-operatives were defended as
"in the best interest OF our entire
economy" Hoover Commission
recommendations were approved.
Also suggested was decentraliza-
ton of Federal administration
through grants in aid. Establish
ment of additional valley authori-
ties was opposed. Strict en-
forcement" of anti-monopoly laws
was approved with special guards
against mistaking bigness for
monopoly
Evening star., 1949-12-16
13 Wives Fight for Home

Thirteen of the IS wives OF a
dead Nigerian chief, and his 30
daughters, have been disputing
the ownership of his official resi-.
dence. The wives now have been
fined for refusing to obey court
order to quit the action.
Evening star., 1949-12-29
Furs Reduced

2 Squirrel Locke Capes Were 1925. Now--------$12O
Gray Kidskin Coat in size H. Was $2s5. Now--$174
Dved Northern Rack Muskrat Coat in size is. Was
1884 Observation-Disclosures -------------------------$18O
Silver Fox Jackets. Were 1884 Now-----------$144
Four skin Mink Dyed Korean Koinsky scarfs. Were
2 Three-sk Mink Dyed Korean Koinsky Scarfs Were
5000. Observation-Disclosures -----------------------$37.80
/ Four skin Ranch Mink Scarf. Was $84. Now----S63
Six skin Sable Dyed Squirrel Scarf Was $780, Now SIS
Prices include 70% tax
WsL-North Baildisf !. !. j.. Fsrs, Sscesd Floor
Evening star., 1949-12-29
By ALICE EVERSMAN

The National Symphony Or
chestra, it's conductor, Howard
Mitchell, and soloist, Earl Wild.
achieved a triumph last night
with a concert played to ca
pacity audience in Constitution
Hall. It was a Russian program
that brought such fine results
from all concerned. with the high
point of the evening centered in
Rachmaninoff's works, his isle OF
the Dead" for orchestra and his
piano Concerto No. g" Two living
Russian composers, Prokofietf and
Stravinsky, were also represented.
Mr.. Wild, who recently returned
from a successful European tour,
has played Rachmaninoff's con-
.certo here several times. His per-
formance last night held still
surer grasp and feeling for its
grand lines more freely expressed
than formerly. The virtuoso
quality of his technical skill gave
it the required brilliancy while
the power and sorority of his tone
coped successfully with the heavy
orchestration for most OF the
time, suffering an overshadowing
only in the finale. There are places
in the concerto where more ex-I
pansion could be used and which
gives a stateliness to these por-
tions but if Mr.. Wild did not
adopt this style, it in no way
marred the fineness of his per-
formance..
He established a poetic mood
in the "Adagio." increasing the
effectiveness of the returning
theme by the quality of his pia-
nissinlo playing. The lyrical
phrases of the first movement
were made to stand out with the
same melting tone after an excit-
ing statement of the progressively
powerful opening chords and a
flowing account of the arpeggio
passages. The finale was set forth
with scintillating clarity that
stirred the audience to one of the
most enthusiastic demonstrations
of the season.
Rachmaninoff's isle of the
Dead" has been a long time COM
ing up for a local performance.
The composers. fondness for this
work-he said it was dearest to
his heart''-can well be under
stood, for it embodies all the deep
sentiment, the sensitive apprecia-
ton of beauty and the individual
kind of fantasy that Rachmanin-
off concealed under his melan-
choly exterior and which found
such telling expression in his
music. For those who know
Boechlin's picture which inspired
the symphonic poem, the musical
painting is a faithful reproduction.
The Orchestra played it Splen-
didly, especially the more dra-
matte moments. If the strange
stiffness depicted in the opening
measures was not quite realized,
it is something that can be worked
out. Greater subtletry in applica-
ton of nuances and smoother,
more unrufned flow in phrasing
would establish the atmosphere
more securely and offset the
tragic. almost violent emotion
that burst forth from the music
later. There was present in Mr..
Mitchell's directing the sense of
a leading idea, so communicative
that its unfolding was followed
with breathless intensity.
While the reading of the isle
of the Dead" was the most emo
tion-flled period of the program,
the Orchestra's presentation of
Prokofeff's Classical Symphony"
and Stravinsky's clever Petite
Suite No. o. brought artistic