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a month. KITS 1880 G st. NV.
PIANos-For bargains in better
have number of floor samples and
return from rent pianos that we
are closing out at very low prices.
Included in, this group are such
famous makes as Kimball, Gull
others. Prices begin at s3s9.5o
Come in and make your selection
now. No sales tax until August /.
Liberal allowance for your old piano.
Cony:. terms. CAMPBELL MUSIC
co; I1os g st. nv: DI; s4s4; ,:, 80
largest piano dealer. for better
xill find the largest display of
pianos in Washington and right now
we are Offering new; used and floor
Weaver, etc, at substantial savings.
It costs no more to. buy the best at
Kits, Washington's largest and
moss pss6 complete =. p { II music store KITS
PIANO, Howard. full key board. apt.
size -eo good condition; s276. Call
PiANo@see the new direct-blow ac-
ton ton Lester @ Betsy & Ross .yas studio p Up
Pay as little as S25 down. st.
9400. JORDAN PIANO CO., corner
18th and G SITS. NV.
PIANos-Haddorff. the console with
the tone Of a grand; also recon-
ditioned grands; small store, big saw
ings. RATNER'S MUSIC STCRE.
136 18th st. NV. -
PIANOS-We have the finest selec-
tion Of reconditioned grands in the
city. As Washington's exclusive
Steinway dealers We know pianos
and how to rebuild them as good
as new. All of these instruments
carry a full 5-yr. guarantee. In
cluded in this group are Steinway,
Kimball, Wurlitzer. Fischer and
others. Liberal allowance for your
old piano. Convenient terms.
CAMPBELL MUSIC CO., 110S G st.
NV, DI S464. p
PIANOS-The Campbell Music Co. is
featuring the Kingsbury spinet, a
truly enjoyable piano at an excep-
tionally low price of only S495.
Full So note, well designed to har-
monize with most furnishing plans.
Come in and see and try this won-
derful instrument. Conv. terms may
be arranged. CAMPBELL MUSIC
co. I10s g st. NV. DI. s4s4. "a
PIANOS-We can save you $40 on
q brand-new. Lester console piano
with direct blow action; full key
board, atwood case. ST. $500,
PIANO MART, 1016 7th st. NV.
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FOR LEASE

Nv. Ma. 1857.
OFF SALE LIQUOR STORE on Wash.
Bait. blvd; good lease, low rental
good business for steady worker;
$500; $4,000 down.
HUDSON co.
471o Annapolis rd.. Bladensburg,
Nd, UN. 1915 weekdays. HY. O51b
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AJCeNClOIl Oppol Iul1loIo
For sale. restaurant on, bus juno
Washington's busiest streets: nov
serving white clientele. but ideal fo,l
colored trade. For Information cal
JULES LAFFERMAN, TR. 4437 o.
CLr 6021
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laneous sizes, from 81 to S5 ca;
steel file cabinet legal, with lock,
So; steel hat and coat rack in ex-
ceilent condition, So; steel counters
with linoleum tops, $40 ca; printer S
and many other office items at give
away prices TO clean up warehouse
Weekdays only, s a.m.-5 pm,
EVENING STAR WAREHOUSE. s4I
2nd st. Sc. ST. 5000, Mr.. Fitzgerald.
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RADIO . FHUNUVKAPHI Emerson,
plays one record. cost S42,. good,
first $3.50; also intercommunicatio
set. telephones; reas. GE. 1898
RANGE, General Electric. and Hot
point washer. approximately mos
old, very good condition; desire to
sell at once. cash, S2l7.50; will
sell items separate Call RA. 36I5
for appointment to see merchandise
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ALLEN LEE HOTEL
2224 r st. NV, EX. 1924. Attrac-
tive summer rates on several desir-
able rooms. Some with pvt, bath.
24-hour switchboard service. Near
Govt Bldgs. Ill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Telling Juvenile Courts Story

Once again, as for many Years in the
past, the Juvenile Court authorities and
their advisory council of citizens are seek
ing funds in the pending budget for
statistical analysis of the courts records
The need has increased. We spend q
substantial amount of money on Juvenile
Court-although the court collects even
more than it spends. But the court has
suffered for years from lack of means to
translate the record of its experience into
Understandable terms; to show the success
or the failure of its efforts in dealing with
juvenile delinquency. Answers to many
questions about the work of the court are
buried in its records. They should be
assembled by statistical analysis and made
availableIto the public.
If funds for required research personnel
are made available, the public would be
in better position to weigh the value of
the courts work in the rehabilitation of
juvenile delinquents and the progress made
in establishing the chief causes of such
delinquency. The compilation of adequate
records and their. Interpretation to the
public ought to be an important part of
the courts functions-prevented up to
this time by lack Of funds to carry 1t out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Cleveland Park Play Area

Citizens Of Cleveland Park are to be
commended for continuing their agitation
In behalf of an adequate recreation area.
A hearing has been arranged for next
week at which they will have another
opportunity to present their case before
the Commissioners 1t is to be hoped that
the Commissioners will see the light this
time.
There is no suitable recreation area for
the hundreds of children in this section.
The logical site now would appear to be
five acres of the thirteen held by the
Chinese Embassy, purchased in 1947 from
owners of the old Twin Oaks estate, APP
proval by the Commissioners would enable
the Park and Planning Commission to 60
ahead with negotiations with the embassy
to obtain the property. The city would
have been better off If it had obtained
the land before the embassy acquired it..
But if deal can be made now, it should
be made.
There is no question about the need for
recreation area for Cleveland Park and
no undeveloped land remains in the
vicinity outside of the parcel of the Twin
Oaks estate under consideration. The
citizens have prepared good case. They
should have no great difficulty in persuad-
Ing the Commissioners Of its merits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Police Held Too Lenient
With Careless Drivers

10 the Editor OF The Star:
The public is puzzled by the all too fire.
quent seal of immunity set by the local
police on careless driving in the phrase, mo
charge was placed against the driver"
Certainly far more thought and money
are being expended for the accommodation
OF the motorist, and the encouragement of
fast driving, than for the safety and COM
fort OF pedestrians, although in the use Of
our streets the average person on foot has
to encounter far more uncertainty and
danger than the average motorist. He is
not encased in a high-powered armor,
and is therefore far more vulnerable.
He has not only to watch the usual two
way traf1c. which divides into four lanes
around loading zones and platforms under
the present very unwise system, but he has
also to have eyes all around his head for
right turns, left turns and u turns. Wider
streets which save time for the driver and
accelerate his speed only add to the worries
and the risks Of the pedestrian.
Now and then we see a driver who has
the courtesy and the common sense to slow
down perceptibly, or even to stop In emery
ency, when passing loading zone, and he
has the blessing Of many upon his head
But what happens to such a driver? He is
blasted with "21-gun' salute of horns
from the drivers behind him. whose primi-
tive instincts are limited to their own
immediate wants, and who champ at the
bit, so to speak at the least restraint.
VERA E. ADAMS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

do heretofore. However, the new bill
liberalizes the terms under which Federal
grants may be obtained. The Federal
Government will advance from one-third
to two-thirds of the cost, according to a
formula based on per capita income of
the State.
Another promising feature of the legis-
lation is It's provision of limited funds
for development of regional hospitals to
serve sparsely developed areas Some of
these areas are totally without hospital
facilities, and their citizens are without
resources to pay for them. The absence
OF hospitals in such rural districts has
been given as the main reason for refusal
OF young doctors to engage in rural prac-
tice. Public health officials believe that
once hospital facilities are available to
rural communities, more and more gradu-
ates OF medical colleges will become "coun-
try doctors AS things are now, the
country doctor is becoming rarer with
every passing year-posing a serious
threat to the health of rural residents.
Thus, the new legislation should 20 long
way toward helping local communities to
help themselves along the road to better
health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

The discovery OF America is not alone the
accomplishment of three tiny ships and the
dauntless navigator whose name and fame
are immortal. That discovery has been the
unfinished task of many ships and many
men. A half a century ago Senator Albert
j. Beveridge had discovered America when
he declared: Gods great purposes for
America are revealed in a manner which
surpasses the intentions Of Congress and
cabinets. We cannot fly from our world
duties. 1t is ours to execute the purpose OF
faith that has driven us to be greater
than our small intentions"
In the cycle of the year October brings
the annual celebration Of the epic feat of
Christopher Columbus in sailing on and on,
across unknown billowy leagues, until he
discovered a new world. In one of the most
sublime recorded ventures that grave captain
removed mountains of obstacles, bore with
patience scorn, calumny and disbelief and,
intrepidly pushing his way westward across
the mysterious seas, found America. It has
come to pass, as the scroll of the years has
unfolded from the end Of the 18th century
to the middle of the Goth, that the trails of
discovery are in the air, as we'll as on the
sea. When but a few days ago Prime
Minister Nehru of India stepped upon the
soil of the Western Hemisphere on his first
voyage of discovery Of America, he was met
by the President of the United States After
the welcoming gun salute the Chief Execu-
tive, clasping the hand of this distinguished
representative of the East, whose mystic
land, with its deep spiritual insights, has so
much to give to the West, said appropriately:
Destiny willed that our country should be
discovered in the search for a new route to
yours. I hope that your visit, too, will be
in sense discovery Of America" And as
the eyes of America and the eyes of India
look with anxiety at this troubled planet,
which all mankind must share amicably or
perish. those who speak for the best in both
countries have in their hearts the ardent
hope that. even as Columbus found our land
when he was looking for a shorter, closer
way to India. so through this voyage of
discovery by distinguished son of Asia we
may discover India. and India may discover
America. Having found new way to closer
understanding, may our two great nations
be united in a growing partnership for the
preservation of liberty and for the triumph
OF freedom over the evil forces that threaten
the peace of the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

victorious Red armies. And, Just across
the estuary from Hong Kong, lies the tiny
Portuguese settlement of Macao, militarily
defenseless, yet legally Portuguese terri
tory. Communist seizure of Macao would
technically be as much an act of aggression
as overt action against Hong Kong, with
its better defenses and large British garri-
son. The Communist attitude toward
these two foreign enclaves may 90 far to
determine their Relationship the Western
Powers.
1t should be understood that, as yet,
the Communist regime has not specifically
expressed itself regarding its policy toward
Hong Kong and Macao But its bitter
propaganda attitude toward the Western
Powers and its espousal of nationalistic
claims for the return of all former Chinese
territory are not reassuring omens Of what
to expect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
The Fall of Canton

While fully expected, the fall of Canton
to the Chinese Communists marks another
major stage in the Red mastery OF China.
1t likewise emphasizes the disintegration
of the Nationalist opposition. Last but
emphatically not least, it renders imminent
showdown between the Communists and
the Western Powers over nearby British
Hong Kong and Portuguese Macao. In
deed, it brings perceptibly nearer another
potential issue between the Reds and the
West concerning French Indo-China.
Canton is the port-metropolis of South
China. Historically the regional capital,
1t was in Canton that the revolutionary
movement against the Manchu dynasty
took form, eliminating in the replacement
of the Chinese Empire by republic. And
it was from Canton, again, that the
Kuomintang movement, which then in
cluded both Nationalist and Communists,
swept northward in the mid-1920s to con-
troll all China, only to split into the warning
camps that have fought over China ever
since. The Red capture of Canton has
thus high prestige value, aside from it's
economic and strategic Importance.
Canton's abandonment without resist
61lC6 REVEALS Gllc ldCk VI Utility dulUlb Vic
Nationalist. Chang Kai-shek obviously
declined to expend his remaining reserves
of men and money in what he regarded
as hopeless fight, concentrating on his
island stronghold of Formosa. Acting
President Ii Tsung-jen, repeatedly bitter
at Chiang's nonco-operation, is headed
for the distant wartime capital of Chung
king, while most of the Nationalist troops
in the Canton area have gone with their
leader, General Pal Chung-hsi. to the
adjacent province of Kwang-si, where he
has been the local war lord His army
is the only remaining organized force be-
tween Canton and the border of French
1ndo China, where Communicated in
surrection is hoping for aid when the
Chinese Reds reach the frontier.
Meanwhile, the British colony of Hong
Kong, only sixty miles from Canton, is
being alerted for the approach of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
An Aid to RuruI Health

l. The Shortage of hospital facilities in
rural areas, long major public health
problem, will be relieved. materially If the
States and local communities take full
advantage of the liberalized hospital con-
struction bill just passed by Congress.
The legislation would double the amount
of Federal aid which has been available
for these projects in the past.
Under the new authorization, a yearly
total of $15O,OO0,OOO will be offered to
States and counties desiring to provide
more hospital beds, doctors and nurses
for communities having urgent need of
these facilities. But the local authorities
must put up their share of construction
costs, just as they have been required to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

douglas Sims. Duncan Bradley. Lewis Heiskell
and DR.. Robert Mason 1.-THE bride. who
was escorted by her brother in law, Mr..
Charles G. Warden, wore a gown of white
chiffon deliberately trimmed in handsome
old lace, an heirloom in her family. Her
tulle veil was fastened with pearl pins and
ner bridal bouquet was a shower of roses.
Miss Vandergrift of Norfolk was brides
maid. DR.. Urquhart of Baltimore was
best man." Among guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Philip T. Berry Judge Richard Goode
and Mrs. Goode, Mrs. Emily Page, the Misses
Dunlop and the Rev. Philip NJ Rhinelander,
subsequently Bishop of PENNSYLVANIA.
Inc struggle for control of South Africa
really was going on in earnest by October IA.
Boer War date told of the staocn W - la ia
In Progress Beers upon Mafeking A
bridge over the Maloppo
River had been blown up, destroying train
load OF dynamite and the track" Gen. Koch
announced that his commando had taken
the Botha Pass. Fighting was reported be-
tween Kimberly and Vryburg In London
Lord Rothschild was supposed to have re-
celved news OF great victory of the British
over the Boer battalions, but he denied the
tidings saying: Il am sorry that have not
received anything of the sort"
4 * 4
An advertisement in The Star for Oc.
tober IA, 1885, let it be known that l..
=. Koenigsberg and Charles
New WooIens Thompson, tailors, 1417
AvoiIoble Pennsylvania avenue, "have
just returned from a trip to
New York and Boston, where they were
inspecting and buying, in order to make
this the most complete, up-to-date, best
selected stock of suitings, trouserings and
overcoat materials ever shown in Washing
ton" Their grand exhibit of new woolens'
was offered rs proof that: 1--WE keep apace
of the times and the most careful, pains
taking attention is given to every garment
we turn out" Further, I'VE offer the con-
venience of paying a dollar or so q week."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Neorby School Emergency

The magnitude of the problems which
have beset the Washington Metropolitan
Area as a result of Federal expansion
during and since World War II was re-
vealed In testimony given House Labor
and Education Subcommittee by Virginia
school officials. The broad picture was a
dark one of overcrowded classrooms, with
many children forced into basement rooms
and placed on part-time schedules. And
the prospect of early relief does not appear
very promising.
There was virtual unanimity by school
superintendent of Arlington, Fairfax and
Alexandria on the fact that the rapid
growth of the Federal Government was
responsible for these emergency conditions,
but less agreement as to cure. Arlington,
for example, has experienced population
growth since 1910 from $1,000 to 10000,
and an increase in school enrolment from
1900 to $4,000. Most of these newcomers
are Government employees and their fam
lilies. They have added to Arlingtons school.
traffic and utility burdens, but the added
tax revenues from new residential projects
and their inhabitants have fallen far short
of the sum needed to build new classrooms,
new roads and new public works of other
kinds.
Meanwhile, Federal property holdings in
the nearby areas have expanded steadily,
seriously shrinking the x-producing land.
Federal low-cost housing projects In
Arlington and Alexandria make annual
grants in lieu OF local taxes but the fact
remains that low-cost housing does not
produce the revenue which more expen-
sive type of development in the same
locality would produce. Arlington School
Superintendent Early testified that it costs
the county $4,000 to educate 800 children
from eight loW-cost housing projects, yet
Federal and State subsidies from those
communities amount to only $54. 800 year.
1t is only natural that county officials
should feel that the Federal Government
should give greater assistance to the
counties although the form that this aid
should take brought differences of opinion
at the hearing. Arlington contended that
1t would be receiving more than 100000
year in additional taxes If the more than
three square miles of tax-free Federal
property in the county were privately
owned There Is a countrywide move
ment to induce the Federal Government
to compensate local communities for loss
of taxes resulting from Federal encroach-
ments on tax-producing land. There is
no immediate prospect of such relief,
however.
In the meantime, the burden will con-
tinue to rest on local authorities. They
have the responsibility of providing the
public services to which new residents.
whatever their source of income, are en-
titled The responsibility cannot be ignored
or evaded without peril to the whole COM
munity That meeting the challenge will
require not only bold planning but higher
taxes is evident to any one who studies
the statistics revealed at the hearing.
Waiting for the Federal Government to
take over the job would be wishful thinking
of the most futile sort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

The most significant thing that is happen
ing In America in this violent and dangerous
day is that an increasing number of Ameri-
cans are discovering America as q moral
and spiritual world force. 1t Is a strange
paradox that in new and in an inspiring
way one discovers America by crossing to
Europe. One cannot visit the Old World
these days without returning with feeling
OF awe at the place Of America in the world
OF today and in the emerging world Of
tomorrow.
Americas friends. those who share her
ideals, have discovered her anew To them
she is the land of hope and glory. Weak
peoples are leaning on her strength. faded
peoples are drinking at her fountains. Fear
full people are trusting in her light America
is the most magic word in the worlds vo-
cabulary. She is being discovered as the
one bulwark in this mad world against the
threatening flood of the cruelest tyranny the
ages have known.
Yes. and thank God, her enemies have
discovered America. One can glimpse the
real America even in the hysterical billings
gate OF those who hate her and fear her
Every sinister force on earth has discovered
America-how could they help it? There she
stands with colossal power, moral and ma
terial, blocking the way to world domination
OF the sort OF peoples democracy" which
has turned Czechoslovakia from little
island Of freedom in the midst Of Europe
to concentration camp of terror and
horror.
America was being discovered by the whole
world when recently from under the white
dome OF our Capitol rang words, accom-
panied by action, which assured those who
needed to be assured and warned those who
needed to be warned that America can be
counted on with all her might to defend
freedom and to block the designs of tyranny
anywhere in the world
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was singing
the sonnet OF America in words now beauti-
FULLY appropriate for any one who discovers
the America to today:
Happy are all free peoples
Too strong to be dispossessed:
But blessed are those among nations
Who dare to be strong for the rest"
An, there is the beattude of America:
Blessed Is the nation which dares to be
strong for the rest" That Is the sublime
destiny OF America. To measure the impli
cations OF that supreme role is to discover
America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Letters to The Star

step without consulting previously the Inter-
national Monetary Fund.
trust that the above information will
De brought to the attention Of your reading
pubic. FELIX NIETO DEL RIO.
Ambassador Of Chile.
'Aoltors note: The article in question
was an Associated Press dispatch from San
tiaso Chile. quoting an undesignated gov.
eminent spokesman as SAYING that deva1,,-
alton OF the peso ION foreign exchange used
Tor essential imports" would be announced
shortly)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Another Reader Complains
OF City's Uttered Streets
To the Editor Of The Star:

I was greatly interested to read g. r.
Vests letter in The Star Of October 10 on
the untidy condition Of washingtor,'s
streets.
My father was a regular Army officer and
with him we travelled extensively. Since his
death my mother and I have also travelled
frequently, once to Europe and the British
Isles and in 1948 we made a trip to the
West Coast.
do not recall seeing any city that had
as dirty streets as our Washington; in fact
none that were nearly as Uttered with trash
as they are here.
I maintain that if people had to pick up
what they throw down our streets would be
Clean But the sad part Is, who would be on
hand at all times to enforce such rule?
I, for one, would try, at least
+. FRANCES M. WEBSTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
A Pleasant Day
At Fort Belvoir
To the Editor Of Thu AtaY

On perfect day in. this beautiful month
OF October, the writer with some friends,
was privileged to enjoy most interesting
visit to Fort Belvoir. Through the kindness
of Gen. Writ, Chief of Engineers, a mill
tary aide met our car at the first entrance
and escorted us over the entire area.
It Is inspiring to stand on the cliff and
look across the beautiful blue Potomac to
the Maryland hills. The view is indeed
marvellous, and one can understand why
Lord Fairfax in 1884 built his mansion or,
this elevated plain which he named BEL
voir" beautiful to- See) in honor Of his
manor in England. Now, only a part Of
the stone foundation Of the mansion re-
mains The Government has perpetuated the
name by selecting this spot to train young
men for career Of the highest standard.
MRS. M. L. WAI4DE.