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Evening star., 1950-05-05
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Must goats milk be pasteurized be-
fore 1t is sold for human conSumption?--
A. w.
A. Most goats milk Is consumed in
the raw state at present. Goats are
rarely affected with tuberculosis and for
that reason the possibility of consumers
contracting tuberculosis by drinking the
raw milk has given little concern to
public health officials. Goats milk, how.
ever, like milk from any other source,
Is susceptible to contamination by yari.
Gus disease organisms that may be pres
ent during its production and handling.
The consumption of raw milk may ba
q means of contracting undulant or
Malta fever (brucellosis). and public
health officials therefore emphasize the
deSirability of pasteurizing milk that is
intended for direct human consumption.
@. When was q newspaper first pub
lished in California ?-G. @.
A. The first newspaper was the Call.
fornian. which began In 1846 at Mon.
terey. It was little more than circular.
and was printed in Spanish and English
from type found in Spanish mission.
Since the Spanish alphabet has no Nv"
the editors had considerable difficulty in
printing in English and explained that
for the present 1--WE must use two vs."
The early california newspapers had TO
rely chiefly on steamers to bring them
news from the Eastern States.
@. Does snow ever fall In Palestinei
Il. c.
A. Snow does occur In Palestine as
evidenced by a 10-year record which
shows that during that period snow fen
at Jerusalem during the months Of No
vember through March. The snowfall
was light. however. with the greatest
average amount GA inches) falling in
February. The climatic record for Beth
lehem shows that snow has fallen in
December. January and February. In
this location snow falls on an average
Of one day per year in the month Of
January and at less frequent intervals
in December and February.
Evening star., 1950-05-05

The Stars netDs editor had an uf-
usual opportunity to study our military
setup last month, as q participant in
the Sirth Joint Orientdtion Conference
on National Defense. Here are some
of his impressions.
Evening star., 1950-05-05

emphasize what should be q renewal Of
another 365 days Of determined effort
Of mankind to right the wrongs so many
Of his kind continue to perpetrate upon
the animals: to try to fulfill the trust the
Creator invested in man as the head of
His creation.
Virginia w. Sargent.
Animal Protective Association.
Evening star., 1950-05-05
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer 70 any ouestion
q faet by wrttinR The Evening star Information
bureau' zoo Eye street NV, Washington 6,
Evening star., 1950-05-05
A Monarch in the Groove

Somdet Phra Chao Hua Phumiphon Adulet,
King of Thailand, has been announced to be
the composer Of six songs to be heard on Broad
way beginning June %. The ninth monarch of
the Chakri dynasty of erstwhile Siam, it seems,
is an accomplished musician. According to an
authority quoted by the New York Herald
Tribune, he is positively "groovy"
The King uses the pseudonym of "Bhumibol,' -
but that is merely polite concession to protocol
Actually, he does not care who knows that he
is an artist at the piano and with trumpet,
saxophone and piccolo and that he has employed
his talent in the production Of "Blue Night" a
beguine; Failing Rain" and Dream of You,"
waltzes; "'Tis Sundown" ballad; "Song No. S."
with Siamese undertones and Bangkok Swing" !"
which obviously is "self-explanatory" The
English words of the last mentioned of these
achievements include:
Once you have begun,
You'll enjoy the fun;
Let everybody sing.
Bangkok swing is your very chance.
What're you waiting for?
Let's be on the floor;
Let everybody dance!
Sounds like the real thing, doesn't it? King
Phumiphon plainly is familiar with the idioms
and patterns, the moods and the modes and
the manners Of Tin Pan Alley. At twenty-five,
he has the world before him-as composer,
anyway. If the Thailanders ever should wish
to exchange him for non-musical sovereign,
he can come to New York and make fortune
making platters for the juke boxes. After all,
the inventors of popular melodies have place
and a function in the modern world. The
doctrine long ago expounded by Andrew Fletcher
Of Saltoun-"Give me the making of the songs
Of a nation, and care not who makes its laws
still is sound and sane Parentheticaly,
Horace Walpole, too, had something when he
wrote to Horace Mann in 1774: "a careless song,
with little nonsense in 1t now and then does not
misbecome q monarch"
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Lane Asked 70 Reopen
Murder Case in Arundel
BY the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 7.-Gov.
Lane and two States attorneys
were asked yesterday to reopen
the Mahlan-K Kline murder case, in
which an Anne Arundel Negro
faces a death sentence.
The request was made by the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People. The
association said further investiga-
ton should be undertaken in light
of recently published anonymous
letter in which the writer con-
fessed the double Staying.
The bodies of John Mahlan and
Mary Kline were found in a
lonely spot in Anne Arundel
County in August, 1948, and
Thomas A. Edwards was subse-
quently convicted of murder in
the case. He was sentenced to
hang, but his conviction is now
under appeal to the State Court
of Appeals.
On December %, a State-ap-
pointed attorney for the defense
said he received a letter signed
"Tennesseans" in which the writer
said he and companion, not
Edwards, killed the couple.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Piky|yania Delegates
To Fight Annexation
By the Assoeioisd Press

DANVILLE. Va, Jan. Two
Pittsylvania County members Of
the House of Delegates say their
number l objective at this ses-
sion Of the General Assembly is
to stop Danville's plans of annex.
ing IA square miles of county area.
Delegates Samuel w. Swanson
and Melvin Giles plan to intro
duce bill which will halt pend.
ling and new annexation suits un.
less the residents of the area ap-
prove such annexation by refer.
endum.
A hearing in the Danville suit,
originally set for Tuesday. has
been postponed until May when
the annexation court granted a
Legislative continuance requested
by Delegate Giles, who is repre-
senting a group of petitioners.
i Delegate Ernest Robertson Of
Roanoke County also announced
plans for legislation to make an
nexation more difficult.
His bills would incorporate the
referendum proposal of the Pitt
sylvania delegates and would pro-
hibit city, from annexing any
area whose assessed land value.
alone or in addition to that any
area annexed within the preceding
IS years, amounted to II per cent
or more of the county's assessed
property values.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Hillside Mans Bigamy Case
Referred 10 Grand Jury

John Henry Thomas, a 27-year-
old Hillside (Md.) tile setter
charged with bigamy. was held
for grand jury action yesterday
after he waived preliminary
hearing in Upper Marlboro Police
Court.
Police said Thomas was mar
ried July Is, 1945, to Washing
ton girl, Patricia Sturgess, who
is now 20 and lives in the 1900
block of Eleventh street Sc. Last
November 8, police said he was
married to Virginia Lee Brown, 18
of Camp Springs.
Both ceremonies were per-
formed in Forestville by different
clergymen of the same church.
He was arrested after his first
wife told authorities that he hac
married another woman.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Jan,
IA copy Of the book from which
Thomas jefferson learned to play
the violin has been acquired from
England by the University OF Vir-
ginia Library.
Acquisition of the book, through
Alexander Mackay Smith OF
White Post. Va. was announced
yesterday. It Is the London 1851
edition of Italian Francesca Geml.
niani's art OF Playing the Vio-
lin."
The book. containing exercise!
and compositions. was the first o.
It's kind ever published Ia an,
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Virginia Polio Total for '4o
lis 337, Far Below 1o48
=. = = - J , :
Nv the Axxor;atsd prsss

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 7.-vir-
ginia had 337 cases of polio last
year-the second highest total
since 1914, but far below 1948's
count of 567.t
DR.. A. S. McCown. head of the
Bureau of Communicable Disease
Control, said today the State
should consider itself very for
tunate" in being one Of II States
which had totals below those Of
l948.
Considering the Il, 500 cases re-
corded in the United States as a
whole last year. the Common
wealth got OF very lightly. DR..
McCown said.
UNFORTUNATELY, the relatively
light year did not result from any
thing we did or could do at the
department, he added. You can
Just thank God"
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Lane and Sasscer 10 Horor
Mrs. La coppidan al Dinner

Maryland Democratic leaders,
including Gov. Lane and Repre-
sentative Sasscer, will honor Mrs.
Daisy La Coppidan Of Mount
Rainier, recently named Demo-
cratic committeewoman for the
5th Congressional District at a
testimonial dinner at 2 pm.
Thursday.
About 200 guests are slated to
attend the dinner at the Cross
roads Restaurant, Bladensburg.
State Senator L. Harold Sotho-
ron will be POSTMASTER.
Five party organizations Of Chill
lum district-the election area
which includes Mount Rainier
will sponsor the party. Elmer E
Purnell. president Of the Brent
wood Democratic Club, is in charge
Iof arrangements. Mrs. Ruth Mar
[ tin Is assisting.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Car Thief Chased by Police
In MARYLAND Gets ; Years
By the Associated Press


BALTIMORE, Jan. IA man
caught on Maryland's Eastern
Shore last month after a high
speed chase was sentenced to
three years in Federal prison yes
terday.
Court record identified him as
Clarence c. Cropper, 20, but he
also used the name of Chance
Watson.
State police caught him De-
cember l by raising a drawbridge
over the Pocomoke River. He
had crashed through one road
block in a 25-mile chase al
speed up to ITO miles an hour.
Federal Judge w. Calvin Ches-
nut sentenced him to prison yes.
terday when he pleaded guilty te
two charges of taking stolen auto.
mobiles across State lines. One
was a car he stole in Washington
late In November and drove tt
Salisbury, Md.
Evening star., 1950-01-07

Gov. Platef Of Maryland, and his
wife was a sister of Gov. Ogle OF
Maryland. He was related by
marriage to the first families OF
Virginia-the Corbins, Lees, Wash
|ingtons, Carriers and Pages. ..
With that background, his
home rapidly became the gather
ing place for early Washington
society. Among those who knew
at first hand the elegance of its
fittings and the grandeur of its
entertainments were Jefferson
Madison. Monroe, John Quincy
Adams, Decatur. Webster. Clay
Calhoun, Lafayette, Won Steuben
and John Randolph of Roanoke.
Temporary White House.
In 1914 when the British burned
the White House, the Octagon
House became President Madi-
sons temporary White House,
and 1t was here that the Treaty
of Ghent, ending the war with
Britain, was signed.
About 1855 the Tayloe family
left the house, and it was used
successfully as Civil War hos
pital. the Governments Hydro
graphic Office and Catholic
girls school. It was for a time
a tenement for colored families.
Now it is resuming the grandeur
OF the days of 1900. Purchased
as the home of the American In
stitute Of Architects, it is being
renovated and restored.
George Washington could still
be proud of this living landmark
in the city he fathered.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Virginia Legislation Asked
To Help Fight on Cancer
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. THE
State health department will ask
the General Assembly to provide
it with basic tool" to help fight
cancer.
DR.. L. j. Roper, State health
commissioner. said yesterday the
State division of statutory re-
search and drafting is preparing
for the department a bill that
would make deaths from cancer
reportable as such to the State
health department. The bill also
would give State health officials
access to cancer case records at
hospitals.
DR.. Roper said some hospitals
are hesitant about giving infor-
nation on cancer patients tt
State officials. They fear they
would be liable to damage suit.
for disclosing the confidential in
formation.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Father MikIas Will Conducl
Family Hour Tomorrow

The Rev. Sebastian Miklas. o.
F.. M. Cap, member of the
faculty of Catholic University of
America. and director Of the
Catholic Institute of Washington,
will conduct a Family Holy Hour
at pm. tomorrow at ST.
MichaeIs Church, Georgia ave-
nue., Silver Spring.
Sponsored by Father Rosensteel
Council, Knights Of Columbus
Forest Glen. the Family Holy
Hour will include meditations in
honor of the Holy Family. recita-
ton of the rosary and a sermon
by Father Miklas. All married
couples present will renew their
marriage VOWS.
The Rev. Joseph j.. Deppe, pas
tor of st. Michael's Church, will
be the celebrant Of Solemn Bene-
diction which will conclude the
service. Members Of Washington
General Assembly. Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus, will act az
guard of honor.
Gilbert A. Cuneo is chairman
of the committee in charge oi
arrangements.
Evening star., 1950-01-07

the Grange master said this can be
done only by lowering costs.
He said the middle and lowe,
income groups must be depended
on to consume the country's in
creased production.
Mr.. Goss said the grange
wanted a national farm advisory
board empowered to make a flex-
ible. farm program. Such a pro-
gram, he added. should provide a
two price system for agriculture,
flexible supports, perhaps acreage
control and payments to farmers
in extreme cases.
In addition to grange leaders
the dinner was attended by Chair
man Doughton of the House Ways
and Means Committee, Represent
ative Beall, Republican, of Mary
land: Representative Gore. Demo-
crat, of Tennessee; Representa-
tive Howe, Democrat, of New Jer-
sey, and Representative LIE Fevre
Republican, of New York.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Polio Unit in County
Still Faces Deficit

Prince Georges County'ss chap
tersof the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis faces deficit
Of more than $1,000 despite an
advance" of $15.185 from the ma
tional organization.
Mrs. Dorothy Zundel, executive
secretary of the chapter. an
nounced yesterday that the money
will help pay off a 1949 deficit to-
falling $20,206.73.
The county chapter hopes to
erase the deficit as well as to raise
sufficient funds for 1850 through
the annual March of Dimes drive
starting January Is. Mrs. Zundel
reported.
A check for advance" was pre-
sented to the chapter Wednesday
night at pre-campaign rally.
Mrs. Zundel said no definite
goal is fixed for March of Dimes
drive, but pointed out that only
$14,023 was collected last year,
while total expenses amounted to
$36.281. The county unit pro-
vided care for 81 polio patients
last year. Five of the 50 victims
died. she said.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Capitol Heights Church
Cornerstone 10 Be Laid

The congregation OF st. An
drew's Evangelical Luthera n
Church, Capitol Heights, will lay
the cornerstone of their new
church building during services
starting at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Construction of the brick struc-
ture was begun last October and
is expected to be completed In
March.
The Rev. Manfred Manrodt,
pastor Of Friedens Lutheran
Church, Baltimore, will deliver
the sermon at tomorroW's exer-
cises. He is the father of the st,
Andrews pastor. the Rev. Paul
Monrodt. Present for the service
will be the Rev. j. Frank Fife,
president OF the Evangelical
Lutheran Synod Of Maryland.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Rent Raises Approved
For Arlington Village

Rent increases of SIPS on each
Of the SIS units in Arlington VIII
lage apartments have been ap-
proved. I. Chance Buchanan. di-
rector Of the Alexandria arlington
Defense Rental area, said today.
The increases will be retroactive
to January !, Mr.. Buchanan said
and were granted in return for
$64.0 Of improvements tc the
apartments on Columbia, pike
Rents now range from $45.73 tx
$93.15.
A similar increase has been
given tentative approval for the
,060 units In the Colonial Village
apartments on Wilson boulevard
the rent director said. Rents at
Colonial Village now run from
$48.87 to $82.51. improvements at
the latter development total $780,
900.
Some tenants at Colonial Village
reported they already are paying
the higher rentals.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Three Men Held in Arlington
In ATTEMPTED Store Robbery

Three men were charged with
housebreaking last night after
Arlington police said they arrest
ed them in a grocery shortly after
10 o'clock.
Charged were Charles Matthews,
20, of the first block of Fifth
street NE. and James Williams,
81 of the 1900 block Of Simms
drive S.W. and Charles Williams,
%, of the 400 block of South
Columbus street, Alexandria. All
are colored.
| Arlington police reported that
Pvts. Bernard Keyes and Creigh-
ton Marshall found the rear door
open while making routine check
of the grocery at 1746 Lee high
way. The two policemen caught
the men with the help of Pvts
Truman M. Adams, Joseph T.
Kane and r. T. Frederick. who
had arrived to assist them.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Bids on so,74O,o0O Bonds
Sought by Maryland
BY the A..eeiafsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. T.
Maryland will float $9.740.000 in
bonds next week, mainly to push
forward its counties school build
ing programs.
Deputy Controller Joseph O'C.
McC Cusker said today the board
|of. public works will receive bids
lon three separate loans Monday
lin the State treasurer's office,
Bonds probably will be awarded
ediately.
They will bring in 1880, 900 to
lend counties for school construc-
tion, 81 100000 to distribute out
right for new schools and $780,
600 for buildings at the Maryland
School for the Blind.
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Neighborhood Concert
Tickets Now Ready for
Central High School

Invitations for the next Neigh
borhood Concert by the National
Symphony Orchestra under the
sponsorship Of The Evening Star,
which will be held January 3 at
Central High School are now
ready for distribution.
They may be had at Central
High School. Adams, Bancroft.
H. D. Cooke, Petworth, Raymond
and Thomson Elementary Schools.
Wilson Teachers College. the Rec
reation Department at Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV. and the
Business Counter In the lobby of
The Star Building. The invita-
tions are issued without charge
by The Star.
Evening star., 1950-01-07

take b look at Mr.. Tayloe's
| house, 1Dhich begins to make a
handsome appearance. Mrs.
William Thornton's diary, jan
udry z, 1900. ..
The Octagon House at Eight
eenth street and New York avenue
NV. stands today as a symbol
of George Washington's dream OF
| a city of fine homes.
Col. John Tayloe. one of the
richest men in the new Republic
had planned to build a home for
himself in Philadelphia but his
friend Washington told him if
men like him did not build worthy
homes here, the Nations Capital
would never be the real city it
should be.
DIR. Thornton Architect.
So, in 1900, Col. Tayloe's fine
home was completed. It's architect
was DR.. William: Thornton. who
had won the assignment of de-
signing the Capitol.
The three-story building con-
forms to the present triangular
street lines. showing how accu-
|rately the city's thoroughfares had
been laid off so early in its history.
Col. Tayloe was a well-connected
as well as wealthy man. At the
age of 20 he had come into an
income Of nearly $50, 1000 annually,
which. by 1900, had mounted to
$500
His mother was a daughter of
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Alexandra Council
Votes 10 HaIye 1917
Public Utilities Tax

Alexandria Mayor Franklin p
Backus and three Of the six Coun-
Gil members have voted to halve
the proposed 10 per cent tax on
public utility bills in the city.
Although this would put the city
nearly $120,000 in the red in 1850,
Mayor Backus said City Manager
w. Guy Ancsll has pFusnised to
try to. meet the deficit BY curtaii-
ing costs and collecting more rev.
enue from present tax sources.
Authority to impose 10 per
cent public utility tax, estimated
to bring in about $375 900 a year,
is expected to be given the Coun-
Gil by the General Assembly which
convenes Wednesday.
Revenue Estimated.
AS per cent tax on public utility
bills would raise $187 500, Mayor
Backus said. He added that the
Council also expects to cut $27 7.S21
from the city's $4.312.000 budget
Tor the coming year and to ge1
$40. 900 more than was anticipated
from the real estate tax.
The total of these three item
is $255,32l or about $4,000 les
than the $375, 900 which the 10 pc
cent public utility tax would pro
duce.
Decision to cut the tax in hal
was reached at q recent unoficia
council meeting because Of stron.
opposition to q 10 per cent lev.
from civic groups and individuals
according to Mr.. Backus.
Three Oppose Measure.
Supporting the proposed Gu,
were Mayor Backus and Council.
men Albert "A. Smoot, r. Samue
Luckett and James M. Duncan, jr
Councilmen voting against Il
were Leroy S. Bendheim, Marshall
J. Beverley and Roy G. Bragg.
Mayor Backus said the council
will hold a public hearing Tuesday
on the proposal to cut $27, 1921 from
the budget.
Evening star., 1950-01-07

Oranges opposition to the Bran
nan farm plan, said the farmers
of America do not want to live on
Government handouts.
Wants to Pay Own Way.
He said that 1000 Oranges
throughout the country. consisting
of more than 100000 members
have indicated the type of pro-
gram they want.
These people. he asserted, want
to feel that agriculture, the basic
industry, can pay its own way.
Mr.. Goss claimed that added
taxes increase the cost of produc.
ton, since all taxes are added te
the cost of consumer goods. He
said the Grange stands for pro.
gram that will require the leasi
money from the Federal Treasury
Asserting that this country must
learn to produce efficiently and to
consume its increased production
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Cooley Defends Supports in Grange Talk

Chairman Cooley of the House
Agriculture Committee told rep
resentatives of the Grange from
II States last night that the Gov
ernment must continue its policy
OF price supports for agriculture
to assure continued prosperity for
the Nation.
Addressing a dinner meeting of
Grange leaders prepared by
women of the Forestville (Va.)
Grange, Mr.. Cooley said farmers
and the Government must CO.
operate in solving the problems
OF production and consumption.
Another speaker, Albert S. Goss,
national Grange master, said
farmers in America want to pay
their own way"
He added that farmers want
an agriculture program that will
mean minimum supports from
Government.
Help Seen Needed.
Comparing the farm support
program with the minimum wage
law, Mr.. Cooley said Government
help for the farmer is essential
in complex society.
IF you wipe off the law books
every act that has been passed in
favor of any group in our coun-
try" Mr.. Cooley said, then you
might strike out the Governments
farm program.
UNLESS you do this, however,
agriculture would fall in ruins if
it were not for Government help
He pointed out that the rural
identification, soil conservation,
marketing and research and the
and credit programs
all are forms of Government as
sistance to agriculture.
While these, in effect, are sub
sides, agriculture could not exist
without them. he contended.
Cotton Farmers Aided.
Discussing farm support prices,
MIR. Cooley said they have meant
to many types of farmers.
He said the cotton farmers of
the South and the tobacco growers
would have been bankrupt II it
had not been for support prices.
He also called for greater Coop
Grafton between Government and
agriculture in order to solve the
problems confronting the Nation.
Asserting that the first half of
the goth century has been a blot"
IN history, Mr.. Cooley said that if
cannot solve their own
problems. they cannot expect to
,uild a peaceful world.
Mr.. Goss, explaining the
Evening star., 1950-01-07
Y. Of Va. Gets Copy Of Book
jefferson Used to Study Violin

country. JefferSon's own copy OF
the work was sold to Congress
after the sack Of Washington by
British troops during the War Of
1912.
Borne out in part by Geminiani'S
instructions for placing the instru-
ment is the oft-repeated story
that Jefferson was unusual in his
day for playing the violin in the
chin position rather than the
knee position.
Geminiani's book has been
added to the Mackay-Smith mu-
sic collection at the University OF
Virginia and is exhibited In the
Alderman Library.