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Evening star., 1950-01-29

interested, and some of the
women visited the merchants
and asked them to take the
worst books off their shelves.
The merchants cheerfully
agreed.
About this time, City Coun-
Gilman Lee Rhoads demanded
that something be done about
crime comics and Mrs. Coan
presented to him the data she
had gathered. She was in
vited to talk to the City Coun-
cil-which, after hearing her.
took up the fight. 1t voted to
seek voluntary cooperation of
the merchants, and Mayor
Albert M. Orme appointed a
Committee on More and Bet
ter Reading"
An aggressive reading cam
paign was planned, on the
theory that the more time the
children spent on better
books, the less time they'd
have for bad comics. Fifteen
women from the PTA VOL
unteered to help in the public
library. aiding children In Sc
lecting books and talking
with them about those they
had read. A daily story hour
was inaugurated. A Junior
Board of Review of school
children read new books and
it's recommended lists were
posted In the library. and
some reviews were published
In local newspapers.
A certificate was offered to
each boy and girl who read
10 or more books in three
months. The first summer,
the Mayor presented 88 GER
tiflcateS.
The campaign continues.
School libraries, public and
parochial, elementary and
high, white and colored, join
In the better reading" pro-
gram.
Comic books are not forbid
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Now Many Wear
FALSE TEETH
With More Comfort

FAsTEETH. q pleasant alkaline (non-
acidJ powder holds false teeth more
firmly. To eat and talk In more COM
fort, Just sprinkle little FASTEETH
on your plates. No gummy. gooey, pasty
Taste or feeling; Checks plate r edor.
any drug store.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
IOLD-AGE SOCIAL
SECURITY PLAN
How to Secure Information
Relating to Federal Old-Age
and Survivors, Insurance
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Questions relating to Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
will be answered in this paper or
by mail. Address all queries to
Social Security Administration,
Customs House, 9th and King
Streets, Wilmington.
Q. 1 am 81 years old and receiv-
ing social security checks. My wife
is 81 years old. When will she start
getting checks?
A. When your wife attains age
65, she should file her application
for social security benefits. She
will need proof of her age, such as
a birth certificate, baptismal certi-
ficate, old family Bible, or old in
surance policy.
Q. am fully insured under social
security since I have worked in
employment covered by the Social
Security law for more than 10
years and have at least 40 calendar
quarters of coverage to my credit.
I have quit my job since getting
married last month. Upon reach
ing age 65, will I receive benefits
from my own Social Security as
well as benefits from my hus-
bands?
A. No. You will receive the bene-
fit which is larger of the two and
not both.
Q. How often should 1 check my
Social Security Account?
A. Preferably once a year. If you
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
New Diamond Safeguard

The name for palladium, dis
covered in 1908. stems from the
asteroid Pallas. which in turn was
named after the Greek goddess Pal
las Athena. Once, during a violent
thunder storm, according to Greek
mythology, a statue of Pallas was
cast by Zeus into the central square
OF Troy. 1t became known as ''The
Palladium" and a superstition grew
that as long as the statue remained
Troy would never be taken. Jew.
elry palladium settings provide a
special safeguard for diamonds or
other precious stones, because this
sister metal Of platinum is tough
but not springy." When the beads
OF palladium settings are down
they stay as they left the stone.
cutters hands. Hence, the diamond
is securely held against loss.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
4-H'ERS LEAD
IN RECREATION
Special Course Offered To Per.
sons Interested in Directing
RecreatiOnaI Activities
RURAL ARTS PROGRAM

The Importance of providing re-
creation for the leisure hours farm
folks have these days has become
. one of the major concerns of thou
sands of All Club leaders and
members. During the past three
years, plan has been worked out
whereby adults and youth interest
ed in directing recreational activi-
ties in their clubs and communities
can take a special course set up for
that purpose,
This training and club participa-
ton has been brought about
through the National All Recrea-
ton and Rural Arts program now
in full swing in Delaware. Sponsor
of the program, U. S. Rubber Com
pany, is providing about $4,000
for leader training clinics, club and
individual awards.
Last year more than 10000
young people and 6,400 adults at
tended these clinics. They receive
instruction in group singing, dane
ing, games, sports, dramatics, han
dicrafts and many other activities.
While they are having fun, the
Alters are also working to make
a good showing for themselves and
their club. To encourage these en-
deavors, u. S. Rubber presents
merit certificates to clubs and
members; $25 cash awards to
counties; and Chicago All Club
Congress trips to eight national
champions.
In 1949 cash awards were won
by the following counties: New
Castle, Sussex and Kent. The
money is used for recreational
equipment. Recognition cards were
gven to 264 members.
At present the program is being
conducted in AZ states under the
supervision of the Cooperative Ex-
tension Service.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
Club Members Compete
In Ten Ton Tomato Contest

Carlton and Frank HAZEL of near
Middletown and James Haas of st
Georges have entered the 1850 Ten
Ton Tomato Contest sponsored by
the Delaware Ten Ton Tomato
Committee in cooperation with the
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service. The contest is divided in
Ito two classes, farmers submitting
yields from 8 to s acre plots and
those having 8 acres and above Of
tomatoes.
Other All club members are
urged to join these boys in enter
ing their tomato projects and slim
ulate interest among All members
in better cultural practices.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03

check your Social Security Account
at least once a year, it is much
easier to pick up discrepancies.
There is a statute of limitations
which prevents correction of an ac-
count after 4 years.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03

The last ten years have seen the
development of safety glass, new
types of structural glass, heat alb
sorbing glass, glass block, fibrous
glass, textile glass and glass black
boards for schoolrooms.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03

The earliest American dictionary
was one published by Noah Web
ster in 1906.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Mossings Left u. S. for Moscow After Taking
Precautions to Escape Communist Purge

abouts. Other Americans knew
more definitely that Paul and I
were in grave danger.
Embassy Aide Warned.
At our request, these people
kept in constant touch with us,
by visit and telephone. They had
agreed to inform the American
Embassy if we did not show up for
"a hours. Indeed, 10y Hender-
son of the Embassy staff was
tipped off by Louis Fischer, The
Nation correspondent, that one
American tourist, namely myself,
was worth close watching.
Louis and his wife, Markoosha,
kept an eight months vigil over
us, as did their sons, whom I had
mothered long ago in Berlin and
who were now Strapping lads of
Is and IA. A series of parties was
staged at the Fischer home, de-
liberately intended to make the
colony aware of our presence. All
this the teeming agents observed
and understood perfectly.
Another American faithful in
guarding us was Albert Rhys Will
liams. There were few days when
-he did not contact us-he was
ready to enlist the Embassy if
necessary. He was a pathetic fig
ure. Ever since 1917 he had glori-
fed the Soviet cause for Amer
lean readers and lecture audi
Evening star., 1950-02-07

I had lost my mind. He was too
sold on Sovietism to take me Sc
riously.
7 begged him to notify Roger
Baldwin of the American Civil
Liberties Union, when he got back
home, so that Roger might alert
the State Department if we were
to disappear" All he told Bald
win, I learned later, was: 'My,
but Hede'S gone sour" There is
no limit to the pitiful naivete of
Stalin's American friends.
The Lamonts had just returned
from a trip down the Volga, to
see how the people Jared. Corliss
declaimed glowingly about how
happy those people were; how
they danced and sang and mixed
freely with the two foreigners.
That same night, at the Fischers',
I met a ballet dancer. She con-
flded that she had just been on
the Volga with the Lamonts-one.
Evening star., 1950-02-07

of a large group of singers and
dancers assigned to play the role
of happy Russians for the Ameri-
cans benefit.
Demanded Exit Visas.
After the first few months, Paul
and I began to demand our exit
visas. We were assured that we
were safer where we were, because
"the American police were look
ing for u.s." It was for our own
safety they held us in Russia. The
Zubilins urged that we go to a
Caucasion sanatorium for a rest,
to quiet our nerves.
In the end, practically under
duress. we went off to KislovodSk,
wondering if we would eyer re-
trun. We lived in a magnificent
resort for the higher NKVD per-
sonnel, overf1oWing with food,
liquor, entertainment, doctors,
Evening star., 1950-02-07

enceS. NOW. he actually Wept IN
telling us of the terror.
Corliss Lamont Was Cool.
Il don't dare see my old
friends" he moaned. They're
instantly arrested" Why he did
not tell the bitter truth when he
returned to America is another
story. But I shall be grateful to
him always for the zeal with
which he watched us.
Corliss Lamont and his wife
Margaret also arrived in Moscow
in this period. When I tried to
make Corliss understand our pre-
dicament, he looked aghast, as if
Evening star., 1950-02-07
masseurs. The one thing lacking
was a smiling face.

masseurs. The one thing lacking
was a smiling face.
The purpose of the vacation. we
gathered, was to impress us with
the power of the NKVD and the
benefits of playing its game. No
doubt for the same reason, several
attempts were made to draw us
into the lush social life of the
upper police hierarchy.
Our rescuing angels at the end
were to be, OF all people, Noel and
Hertha Field. Unwittingly, their
timely appearance in Moscow
helped saved us from the oblivion
which, at this writing, seems to
have swallowed them behind
Stalin'S Iron Curtain.
tReleasad by the North American News,
paper Alliance. Inc.)
There is a mile of boiler tubing
in a railway locomotive.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Premoritoi Lecture
Series Opens Thursday

A course of six premarital
lectures will begin at 8 pm.
Thursday in the Knights of Co.
lumbus Hall, 918 Tenth street
NV.
The, instructions will be held
on subsequent Thursdays through
Evening star., 1950-02-07

March Is. They are sponsored by
the Catholic Youth Organiza-
tion in conjunction with tha
Young Christian Workers..
The Rev. Stephen Hartdegen,
director of the YCW, will conduct
the first lecture on "Courtship and
Engagement"
Owners of green-marble quar-
ry in Italy hope to interest Ameri-
cans in developing it.
Evening star., 1950-02-07

There is a mile of boiler tubing
in railway locomotive.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Youth Dies in Auto Crush

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Aug.
rs (SpeciaD Willie Stubbs, 16,
Route l, Fredericksburg, died en-
route to hospital today Of
injuries suffered in two-car
crash south of here on Alternate
No. l highway, State police re.
ported.
Evening star., 1950-08-27

In the parlance Of radio, an
amateur is one interested in ra-
dlo technique solely with a per-
sonal aim and without pecuniary
interest"
Evening star., 1950-08-27

level with their chins," Capt.
Tobin said.
Looked Like Subway Crush.
There were dozens of men
beyond the reach of life RATS,
clustered together and floating
around for what seemed a CEN
tury," said Medical Corpsman
Henry N. Voodren. THE fellows
Evening star., 1950-08-27
10 Nurses on Mercy Ship Saved
BY Capt. Riggs of Alexandra
Medical Officer
Won Navy Cross as
Pearl Horbor Hero

A hero of World War II, Navy
Capt. Cecil D. Riggs of Alexan-
dria, reacted fast in another
emergency to rescue 10 nurses in
the sinking Friday of the Navy
hospital ship Benevolence.
Capt. Riggs, 47, senior medical
officer Of the Benevolence, was
credited with tying II ship nurses
together and fastening the line to
floating debris. An Army rescue
tug later picked them all up, but
by that time one of the nurses
had died, the Associated Press
reported.
One of the rescued nurses, 1t.
Eleanor Harrington Of Lowell,
Mass. said:
Capt. Riggs was wonderful.
His calmness reassured us. If it
hadn't been for him we wouldn' t
be here now"
Some Of the nurses sang "Mer-
rily We Roll Along" and some
prayed as they f1oated in the cold
fog-bound waters off San Fran
cisco after the collision with the
freighter Mary Luckenbach.
Capt. Riggs is now in Oak Knoll
Navy Hospital at Oakland, where
most survivors were taken.
At Pearl Harbor in the 1941
Japanese attack, Capt. Riggs won
the Navy Cross for aiding the
wounded, his daughter, Mrs. R,
s. Rogers, 1923 South Meade
street, Arlington, recalled.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Lone Skipper on Fishing Craft
Saves Many From Mercy Ship

batch and put them on a Coast
Guard boat.
For almost six hours I keer
moving around picking them up
In all my life I don't work so hard
My arms are sore today, like I got
charley horses.
'All the time, I keep saying in
Italian, God, give me strength
to pull these people aboard One
was a priest chaplain ]. J
Reardon) and he understood ano
said: Don't bother with me
get the others and don't
worry God will give you
strength"
There was a woman (Navy
Nurse Helen Wallis) who was SC
cold she was purple but she
don't complain a bit; not even q
word. She sat in the bow and
I give her my coat.
The dead ones. they were toe
neavy. SO I don't pick any up
But the others. they are very
grateful and thank me. They
want to look me up and pay me
put I say, Keep your money, ]
want to help
Boy, If it was fish I was haul
ing in, I would be rich. My owr
nsh? 1 throw them all overheard
got to make room for the
people"
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Cuban Minister Protests
Seizure OF Red Paper
BY The Asscciufsd Press

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 90
Prime Minister Tony Varona in
dicated today that Ramon Vas
concelos, prominent Cuban jour-
nalist and government minister
without portfolio, might quit the
cabinet as a result of the govern
ment's seizure of the Communist
newspaper Hoy.
Mr.. Vasconcelos published a
signed editorial in his newspaper,
Alerta, calling the Hoy seizure a
dismal precedent. Mr.. Vascon-
celos is regarded as an anti-Com-
munist and fiery defender of
press freedom.
Mr.. Varona told newsmen
when there is such a fundamen-
tai discrepancy between the cabi-
net and one of it's members, that
member should resign"
The court releasd 81 prsons ar
rested in the Havana area for at
tempting to organize demonstra-
tions against the newspaper seiz-
ure. More than 100 reportedly
were arrested.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Associated Press Stotf Writer

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-
Fisherman John A. Napoli was
homeward bound from sea with q
450-pound salmon catch yesterday
when he came upon the area of
the Golden Gate where the hos
pital ship Benevolence had beer
sunk in a collision with the freigh-
ter Mary Luckenbach.
II met a Coast Guard and he
told me there was body in the
water" the 46-year- old skipper Of
the 34-foot fishing boat Flora re-
lated today. $50 I started looking
around with him. too, and pretty
soon I see lots. of them in fact; IL
looks like seagulls sitting around
on the water, so many heads al
around.
II started pulling them on the
Flora. I had to steer and run the
engine, so I had time"
Mr.. Napoli was alone. His son
who usually goes out with him
was sick.
when I see somebody I throw
him a line and pull him in. Ont
fellow wouldn't let go when 7 pull
him in, so I twist his arm to make
him turn loose. Picked up batch
of II and put them on the Lucken.
bach. then I picked up anothel
Evening star., 1950-08-27
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2s.-,
The Navy tonight announced the
names of Is persons who lost
their lives when the hospital ship
Benevolence sank last night.
The death list stood at Is. A
spokesman said the Nays count
of those aboard the Benevolence
is 524. of whom 487 survivors
have been identified. This leaves
19 unaccounted for, besides the 18
dead.
Six Of the dead were Navy per-
sonnel. The remainder of those
identified were members of the
Military Sea Transport Service or
Navy Yard workers, all civilians.
The Navy dead:
1t. Wilma Ledbetter, Nurses
Corps. Chillicothe, Tex.
Thomas Jennings Schroeder,
Dental Technician sc, Auburn,
Wash.
William Dallas Flock. Hospital
Corpsman NC, Chico, Calf.
Gilbert Oliver Young, Seaman,
st. Louis.
Christopher Columbus Cross,
Hospital CorpSman 1/C, Woodland
Pike. Knoxville, Tenn.
Cyrille Francis Schoentrup, Yeo-
man &c, address undetermined.
Civilian dead:
Capt. Lyle G. Havens, civilian
pilot for Mare Island Navy Yard.
San Francisco.
Robert A. Collins, electrician,
Mare Island Navy Yard.
Perry Perkins, MSTS employe,
Rio Vista, Calf.
James Bannon, MSTS deck en-
gineer, San Francisco, formerly of
Midvale, Utah.
Soren S. Svanun, MSTS third
officer, Fairfax, Calf.
Jose R. Costales, MSTS chief
pantryman, Gonzales, Calf.
Miguel B. Cuevas, MSTS waiter.
Oakland, Calf.
William Martin, MSTS third
cook, Nashville, Tenn. /
Evening star., 1950-08-27
u. 5. Must Hold Lead
In Science 10 Remain
Free, AT Chief Says
BY the Assoeiated Press

BOSTON, Aug. 26.-Gen. Hoyt
s. Vandenberg, Air Force Chief
of Staff, said today the Nation
must hold it's leadership in sci
ence because I'VE are challenged
today by ruthless forces ready to
sacrifice great masses of slaves
and puppets in their efforts to
destroy U.s."
The general told the National
Air Fair at Logan Airport: Either
we maintain our scientific and
technical leadership, whatever
the cost. or we submit to the
domination of others.
THE people of the United
States are but a small minority
among the peoples of the earth.
Although we do not stand alone,
we must recognize that our most
dependable allies have no masses
of manpower to send to our aid.
Will Never Enslave Others.
I'VE will never coerce or en-
slave other peoples to fill our
needs" Gen. Vandenberg said and
added:
Our survival depends upon our
superior ability to understand,
control and employ the laws and
forces of nature"
The Air Force chief spoke as he
presented to the National Air
Museum the Bell XII supersonic
research plane, the first aircraft
to fly faster than the speed of
sound.
He said he considered the XII
"the most convincing evidence of
our ability to discover and control
the forces of nature since the
original Wright airplane."
Arnold Award Goes to Fighters.
The general added: "Other
Kills will carry on the research
which is so vital to us today"
The H. H. Arnold award-to
aviation's Men of the Year" for
distinguished service-was award
ed by the Air Force Association,
sponsor of the fair, to United Ma
tions airmen in Korea.
These include the 5th and 18th |
Air Forces and planes and pilots
of the, United States marines,
Australia and Canada.
Robert S. johnson Of Long
Island City. N. Y, was reelected
president Of the Air Force Asso-
citation.
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz was elected
chairman of the board.
Regional vice presidents elected
included George Harty Of Wash
ington.
Julian B. Rosenthal Of New
York was reelected secretary and
Benjamin Brinton of Kent, Va,
treasurer.
Directors elected included
Thomas G. Lanphier, jr., Falls
Church, Va.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Another Mercy Ship
Will Be Taken Out of
MothboIis at Once

The Navy today ordered an
other hospital ship out of the
mothball fleet to take the
place Of the Benevolence.
The ship to be put into
operation Immediately is the
Haven, now tied up at San
Diego. The Haven was de-
commissioned soon after she
came back from Bikini atom
bomb tests, where she served
as a hospital ship.
Evening star., 1950-08-27

with the lifejackets grabbed those
without, and hung onto them. so
that they couldn't drift away in
the fog"
Quartermaster Donald Poalson
said he was on about six life
RATS lashed together, with men
Jumped on top of them and all
around, hanging onto ropes. 1t
looked like a New York subway
rush hour crowd"
Some were half stripped and
blue from the cold, some were
sobbing and hysterical. But the
water was full of heroes. And few
dead.
Evening star., 1950-08-27

In 1949, the population of Aus
tralia was estimated at 100000.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Series Of Beef Calf Sales
Begins Sept. II in Virginia
By The Associated Pres.


BLACKSBURG. Va, Aug. 26.-
The 18th annual series of beef
calf sales will get underway Sep
tember % at Ewing.
Nineteen sales held in almost
every section of the State will
follow within a period of a little
over a month.
Last year, at Is sales, S,009
calves were sold representing a
total of $946, 900.
Dates of the sales, announced
by M. L. Dalton, Virginia Tech
animal husbandman, include:
September %. Ewing; 26, Or
ange; 27, Charlottesville; %, Gull
peper.
october IL. Staunton: 13, Win
chester; II, Front Royal; 18,
Fredericksburg; 19. Harrisonburg;
"a, Front Royal.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Hospital Ship Death Toll

Archie ]. Crittendon, MSTS
utility man, address undetermined.
Fred j. Regan, MSTS Junior
third assistant engineer, Oakland
The Navy classed the identffica-
ton of Mr.. Martin and Mr.. Crit
tendon as nearly positive" the
rest positive" s.
Evening star., 1950-08-27

Later in the war he served
aboard the aircraft carriers Lang
ley and Bonhomme Richard in
the Pacific, Before becoming chief
medical officer on the Benevolence
five weeks ago, Capt. Riggs headed
the eye, ear. nose and throat clinic
at the Naval Dispensary here.
Born in Santa Rosa. N. Mex,
Capt. Riggs joined the Navy Med
ical Corps 20 years ago after grad
uating from medical school. He
lives at 521 Hilltop Terrace, Alex
andria.