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Evening star., 1950-10-13
Modern
Marriage
Why Twin Births
Are Such Rare
Occurrences
By DR.. Paul Popenoe

What's the chance of having
twins?
Mrs. P. wants to know. "My
husband has an Identical twin
brother" she informs me. 'There
are no other twins in his family
and none in mine, but some people
tell me I'm likely to bear twins
to him. What is the probability"
OF course, the probability is that
you won't Mrs. P. There is only
one twin birth in about 80 births
in North America. But it's a
complicated picture, and interest
ing enough to justify little more
explanation, since one person in
every 40 or thereabouts is a
twin.
In the first place, the frequency
tof tWinning is associated with race.
Few are born among the Japanese
and other Mongolians; and they
are also rare in several South
American populations. In the
United States they are more COM
mon among Negroes Zone twin
birth in every 70) than among
whites Zone in 88).
Twinning goes with the age of
the mother and the number of
children she has borne previously
these two influences apparently
work separately. though in the
same direction. The older the
mother, the more likely she is to
bear twins.
There are, as you know, two
kinds Of twins. One is the "iden-
tical" kind, always of the same
sex. like your husband and his
brother. These are produced from
one fertilized egg cell. which
starts growing in two places, and
finally splits in two. The COM
moner type of ordinary" twins
comes from two egg-cells fertilized
about the same time. They are
just as likely to be of different
sexes. The older the mother the
more likely her twins are to be
ordinary, not identical. A young
white mother under 30 years of
age has about equal chances of
bearing identical or non-identical
twins. If she is over 35, 1t is 3
to that her twins will be the non
identical kind.
Tendency to bear identical twins
does not seem to be inherited,
either through the mother or
father. That lets you out, Mrs.
P. There is some tendency for
ordinary" twins to run in fam
lilies and some studies have indi-
Gated that the influence may be
due as much to the father as to
mother.
AS I said, it's somewhat compli-
Gated, Mrs. P, but the upshot is
that, married to an identical twin,
you are no more likely to bear
twins than is any other woman of
the same age and race.
ships may be sent to Dr. Paul Popenoe
in care of The Star accompanied by
self-addressed stamped envelope. (Al
letters confdential)
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Mrs. Booth to Give
Luncheon Address

Mrs. Kyle Booth, past Virginia
State president of the National
League of American Pen Women
and local lecturer, will address a
luncheon celebrating the SID an
njversary of the founding of Zeta
Tau Alpha Women's Fraternity at
1890 pm. tomorrow at the Little
Tea House in Alexandria. Her
topic will be Women Around the
World"
The Northern Virginia Chapter
of the fraternity will be hostess
for the luncheon. Mrs. Walter c.
Densmore is chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements.
AS in former years, members
will make personal contributions
to the fraternity's publishing of
an equipment brochure in Coop
Grafton with the Cerebral Palsied
Children Division of the National
Society for Crippled Children. The
fraternity's service project is the
treatment and training of cerebral
palSied children.
Evening star., 1950-10-13

Questions about marriage relation
ships may be sent to DR.. Paul Popenoe
in care of The Star accompanied by q
self-addressed stamped envelope. (All
letters confdential)
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Membership Tea
.Hostesses Named

Mrs. Kenneth D. Demaree, vice
president of the Junior Woman.
Club of Chevy Chase. and Mrs
Taylor Fussell will be hostesses al
the annual membership tea of the
club to be held from 5 to 7 pm
Sunday at the home of their par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene L
Hartman. Rollingwood, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Mrs. Benton w. Strickler, in
doctrination and membership
chairman. will be in charge Of
arrangements and will be assisted
by Miss Betty Bell and Mrs. j
David Leonard.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Annual Dance

The Richard Arnold Chapter of
the District Daughters of the
American Revolution will hold its
annual dance tonight from 10
O'Clock to l at the United Nations
Club. Miss Mary-Stuart Mon
tague Price is general chairman.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Mrs Marvin Host

Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife
of the president of the George
Washington University, is enter
tanning at a luncheon today at
the Washington Club for the Fac
ulty Women's Club of the uni
versity.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
BY The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, June 23.-Dr
Sidney Weinbaum. So. formerly
associated with the jet-propulsion
laboratory at California Institute
Of Technology, is under indict-
ment by Federal grand jury to-
day on eight counts Of perjury
and fraud.
FBI agents arrested him last
Friday and he is at liberty or
$4,000 bond. He was accused OF
denying to Army Review Board
questioners that he was a member
of the Communist party. when, in
reality "he held membership in
the Communist Professional Unit
No. 122, under the party name Of
Sydney Empson.
The indictment was returned
against Dr. Weinbaum late yester.
day shortly after DR.. Jacob w
Dubnoff, Al, senior researcher ir
biochemiStry at Caltech, had ap-
peared before the grand jury.
First Refused to Testify.
United States Attorney Ernes
Tolin told newsmen that DR.. Dub.
noff at first refused to answer
questions about DR.. Weinbaum
but after talking to Judge James
M. Carter and his attorney, A. L
Wirin, he agreed to go before the
jury again. Shortly afterward the
Evening star., 1950-06-23
By the Assoeioied Press

LANGTON, Ont, June 23.-
One of the greatest manhunts in
Ontario's history widened over
the Hamilton-London area today
as a bandit who killed two pur-
suers eluded capture for a third
day.
The fugitive cut down his two
victims with a Sten gun Wednes-
day while fleeing $4,000 bank
holdup.
Hundreds of police and vigi-
lantes, carrying rifles and tear gas.
using planes, walkie- -talkies and a
bloodhound to guide them, found
nothing in the husband just
Evening star., 1950-06-23
Lown Party Planned

The Rector's Aid Society of st
Luke's Episcopal Church. FIT.
teenth and Church streets NV.
will sponsor a lawn party from
to II o'clock tonight in the Amer
ican Legion Home. 1914 Vermont
avenue NV. Mrs William C. Jor-
don is chairman. The Rev. billiard
H. Brown is rector at st. Luke s
Church.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
Jet Expert Indicted on Eight Counts in Red Investigation

From 1925 to 1929 he was en-
ployed by a chemical company
here, then became research fell
low at Caltech and obtained a
doctors degree cum laude in 1888.
Shortly before Pearl Harbor he
Joined Bendix Aviation Corp. as
research engineer. later going to
the research laboratory of the
Curtiss- Wright Corp.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
MunviIie's Sister Sues

LAS VEGAS. New. June % tP.-
Tommy Manville's sister. Mrs.
Cornelius Dresselhuys. has filed
suit for divorce from the Neither
lands Consular official whom she
married in New York in 1887. She
charged mental cruelty and non
support in her suit yesterday.
Evening star., 1950-06-23

I'm not subversive: I'm con-
fused" DR.. Weinbaum said when
he was arrested at his Pasadena
home. T don't know what this
is all about"
Came Here in 1922.
He came to the United States,
records show, in 1922. entered CAL
tech and was graduated in 1924.
Evening star., 1950-06-23

indictment was returned. DR..
Weinbaum was born in Russia.
Caltech officials said there is
no record of DR.. Dubnof working
on any military projects at the
institute. DR.. Weinbaum was re-
lieved of his work In the
jet-propulsion laboratory several
months ago.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
Bank Bandit Who Killed Two
EIudes Canadian Munhunt

North of Lake Erie where the
killer was originally thought to
be hiding.
Early today authorities con-
ceded that the killer. who held up
the Imperial Bank in Lang
ton Wednesday. had probably
evaded the Gordon they had
thrown around the Guysboro area.
Residents were warned to stay
in their homes. Schools in the
sector were closed.
Hundreds of volunteers helped
police comb the bush for the killer
who pumped 27 bullets into a
pursuing automobile. killing Art
Herman and William Goddyn.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
BRITAIN:
Warninq Sounded

The pledge of Anthony Eden,
British deputy Conservative lead
eF. who. with Winston Churchill
end other party big-wigs in today's
election, is hoping to overthrow
the Labor party, that the Conser-
yatives will work with all nations
for peace. might have meant more
than it indicated.
EDEN, being the astute world
diplomat that he is. must know
that there are elements in many
places. particularly the United
States, who feel that there must
be no further support of power for
he Labor party in England.
With the Laborites' position
often regarded as the fostering of
socialism, the more conservative
people everywhere fear it. 1t has
been an amazing thing to most STU
dents Of world history how the
British. additionally Jealous Of
their liberties. ever permitted the
imposition of this kind of govern
ment upon them. A reduction of
he answer to fundamentals might
explain that it came about only
through the economic distress Of
the once proud and mighty empire.
IT IS APPARENTLY assured
hat whatever the outcome, the
Labor party faces its severest test
N today's election.
Eden warned, in the first broad
cast of a Conservative speech in
fhe just-ended campaign, that the
United Nations is at its lowest
ebb, the democracies are forced
10 pay dearly for ornaments, and
the nightmare of communism
stalks through Asia" He made a
telling point in recalling that the
Labor party in 1945 declared that
II II were returned to power. it
could get along with the Russians
because of its Socialist ideology-
and how the world situation had
gone from bad to worse since then.
OPPOSITION SPEAKER Labor
lie Fuel Minister Hugh Gaitskill,
had told an audience at Leeds that
Che cost of socialism was high in
Britain, and would remain high,
but declared the cost worthwhile
because under the Labor govern
nent acute poverty has really been
abolished"
That was a debatable point about
which the argument continued
while Britain voted.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
Asso cidtion to Meet
February II und l8

The president and six district
vice presidents of the Montana
All Leaders association will
meet at Montana State college
February II and Is with mem
berS of the state All club
staff of the Montana Extension
service to review the All cal
endar for 1850 and lay plans
for leaders activities.
Attending the sessions here
will be Mrs. William r. Cole OF
Plains, association president,
and the following vice presi-
dents: Mrs. Jack Anderson OF
Wise River, Harvey Naslund OF
Chinook, Mathew Pomajevich
of Missoula, Mrs. Ray Kimball
of HySham, Bryan Lovely OIL
Wilsall, and Sterling SWigart Of
Sidney.
The group will meet with
Paul J. Moore, state club leader
Montana Extension service, anc
assistant state club leader!
Geraldine Fem and Margare'
Kohl.
While here the visitors viii
also have an opportunity to "e
acquainted with members of tn
state office staff of the Monta'
ma Extension service and tt
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
PITMEN
An Old Foe

An old and hated enemy was
again at grips with John L. Lewis
and his United Mine workers.
After a delay which brought him
sharp criticism, President Harry
Truman had turned to the device
he declares he hates in order to
bring order out of the coal strike
chaos.
THERE WE'RE MANY who had
begun to wonder if Mr.. Truman
known for the stubbornness he en-
ploys when balked-ever would re-
sort to the TIL law to resolve the
mine deadlock. Now that he has,
it would cause much delight in the
ranks of the political opposition.
The TIL law, however regarded,
has been used several times in ma
tional emergencies with an effect
that gives it a real cause for be-
ing. whether anyone likes it or not.
The miners, however, showed
defiance. They still chanted the old
traditional refrain: mo contract
no work" And l. looked like a
contract agreement was far off as
the President named a three-mem-
bei board Of inquiry who would at
tempt to restore peace in the
troubled situation.
TO THE BOARD, President Tru-
man named David L. Cole, Patter-
son, N. j., attorney who headed a
similar board in 1913 that settled
a bitter contract row between
Lewis and the operators; John
Dunlop, Harvard university bust
ness school, and a veteran in labor
management relations; and W.
Willard Writ, Northwestern uni
versity law professor and former
chairman Of the wage sterilization
board.
Theirs would be the difficult job,
because John L. Lewis was a diff
cult man to deal with. He might be
even more difficult since his three
day work week had reduced the
nations coal stockpile to a two
week supply at the time Of the
strike.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
TAXATION:
Get EN- All

The treasury of the United States
wants to put the tax bite on a lot
of organizations which are not now
paying any income tax on the OPP
Grafton of unrelated businesses.
The treasury msie a request to
congress that this be done. assert
ing that ONT labor unions. busi-
ness leagues. social clubs and char
table and educational organiza-
tons were getting away with nom
payment Of tax that the treasury
insists should be paid.
Vance N. Kirby, the treasurys
tax-leeislative counsel, made II
clear, however. that the admins
tration tax program did not con.
template such tax treatment Oh
religious bodies. except as they
might be affected in the operation
of educational institutions.
He said the proposals would APP
ply to labor unions, business
leagues and social clubs.
He also emphasized that tne TAX
recommendation was concerned
only with 'fbusiness income winch
is not incident or related to tne
exempt purpose"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
EGG PRICES:
No Humpty Dumpty

The American egg situation had
No chance to rival the nursery
Humpty Dumpty story. inasmuch
as federal price supports were fixed
SO that no such fall as occurred to
the nursery-rhyme egg could hap
pen to his modern counterpart.
THE GOVERNMENT. which al
ready owns some 100 million dol
lars worth of eggs intended to keep
On buying them through March Of
this year. The idea was to support
the price at an average of IS cents
a dozen on the farm.
The governments policy was
quantity stated by n federal Of
fetal who summed it up with:
'sThe hens are laying their fool
heads off,"
The farm price Of Is cents a
dozen was about IS per cent Of
parity, a level calculated to be
equally fair to producers and con-
sumers. Producers Of dried eggs,
the statement said. would continue
10 get about IS cents a pound.
Most of the eggs the government
buys are dried. In the past two
years it has accumulated about 70
million pounds Of these eggs, most
at a price of $1.26 a pound. Some
are stored in a cool cave near
Atkinson, Kansas. The rest are in
warehouses in other sections Of
the country.
THE QUESTION Of what to do
with them has become the major
problem. The law permits the de-
partment of agriculture to give
them away if they are kept out OF
commercial, competitive channels.
This restricts them to welfare pur-
poses and similar uses.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
Short-Term Pastures
Con Fill Need

Short-term pastures made up
of grass and legume mixtures
can fill an important need in
the regular crop rotation on an
irrigated fam says County
Agent N. A. Jacobson.
About three to five years is
the most productive time for a
short-term pasture. This offers
a means of adding organic mat
ter to the Soil-matter that can
be used most efficiently by
grain or cultivated crops.
The reason for using a mix
ture of grasses and legumes is
that it porduces a higher yield
furnishes more uniform paStur-
age throughout the GROWING
season, gives variety to the
feed and makes for more eff
cient use of the soil. Bloat is
sometimes a problem with the
legumes, but is generally safe il
there is less than so per cent
of the legume in the vegetation
On drained soil any OF
the following mixtures may be
used, according to their adapt
ability:
Orchard grass, 1915 pounds
per acre; Ladino clover,2 pounds
per acre; Red clover, l pound
per acre.
Smooth bronze, 1915 pounds
per acre; Ladino clover,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
RED H-BOMB:
Terrific Echo

There was a sudden and dramatic
interruption in all the talk about
the hydrogen-or H-bomb. Just as
everyone was bordering the fate of
a world on which the monstrous
weapon might be loosed, along
came a report that the Russians
already had it.
The reporter was an Englishman,
a Mr.. de Courcy, who claimed that
he had secret sources inside the
iron curtain which told him what
ever was going on.
THE CLAIM was a bit rugged
for the average American to &C.
cept, inasmuch as there was still
no actual proof the Reds ever had
the atomic bomb. Still. it was a
nice, frightening topic Of talk. and
discussion was rather widespread.
Naturally, the first impulse was
a great rushing to revamp all At
lantic defense plans and, perhaps
more naturally, to talk of greater
us. outlay of arms for herself and
the pact nations.
Amid all the excitement ran an
updercurrent of spy thrills and ma
tional menace with the disclosure
that a German physicist, who had
worked with the British in de-
veloping the A-bomb, had given
secret information concerning that
weapon to the Russians.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
WILL YOURS BE A
HEALTH GARDEN?

Choosing the right variety is
one very important garden
practice that is sometimes over
looked. Varieties of vegetables
differ in many respects: earli-
ness, size of plant, quality. The
adaptability of vegetable variet-
les also varies considerably.
Some varieties seem to do we'll
over a large area, others seem
to be best adaptd in limited
areas. Choose varieties suited to
your garden needs.
In some instances it is advi-
sable to grow more than one
variety of a vegetable to extend
the season of it. By growing
several sweet corn varieties that
mature at different times, we
can extend the season of fresh
use of that crop. The same
principle can be applied to
peas.
If we garden in an area
where the growing season is
very short we must select vari-
cites that are early maturing.
This is especially important for
crops that require a long sea-
son to grow like sweet corn,
tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and
others.
Vegetables supply much need
ed vitaminS to u diet. Fresh
vegetables are one of the very
important sources of these vita
minis. Leafy vegetables are es-
pecially important sources of
these vitaminS and minerals.
Plan on increased use Of these
crops in the garden and grow
such crops as chard, kale, let
tuce, celery and endive to in
crease the variety of greens for
salads. AS a substitute for
spinach, tops of young beetS are
excellent and very nutritious.
Succession planting is another
means of extending the fresh
use of certain vegetables in the
garden. Beans, for example,
planted at two week intervals
will give a long season of this
crop. This is an especially i'm
portant practice in growing
carrots. Sowing carrot seeds at
intervals assure us of an ade-
quate supply of young carrot
roots all summer. Delaying our
main sowing of carrots for
storage until June will give us
more tender, young roots to
store in the fall for winter use.
Head lettuce varieties require
cool temperatures in order to
head properly. In areas where
the cool spring season is short,
it is more desirable to grow leaf
lettuce sorts like Slobolt which
do not bolt to seed stalks very
readily and give desirable green's
in spite of hot weather.
In selecting varieties for your
garden, it is always desirable to
keep to the more tried and
tested ones for your area. Do
not plant too many novelties or
new varieties, as many of these
are likely to he disappointing.
Buy seeds from reliable sources
and stay with them If results
prove satisfactory.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16

pounds per acre; Red clover, /
pound per acre.
Smooth bronze, 6-8 pounds per
acre; Crested Wheatgrass, 4-6
pounds per acre; Alfalfa, 2-3
pounds per acre.
Timothy, $40 pounds per
acre; Red clover, 3 pounds per
acre.
OF course none of these mix
lures will give maximum re-
turns unless irrigated frequent
ly and managed properly, ia
cobSon warns. The pasture
should definitely be ploWed up
when the legume disappears or
the pasture isn't producing it's
best yields.
For further information on
restrictions and types best adap-
ted to this area, farmers are
urged to contact the county
agent.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
Kulispell Flock Is
Tops In December

The poultry flock belonging
to R. ]. STREET. of KaliSpell rat
ed tops among state demonstra-
ton farm flocks during the
month of December, according
to Harriette Cushman, extern
sion poultr" specialist at Mon
tana State college.
Streit's group of $50 White
Leghorns averaged 24.4 eggs per
hen durin" the month to rank
first among Class A flocks of
over 100 birds.
Mrs. Howard Gordon of Ste
vensville had the top flock
among those of less than 100
birds when her 80 Washington
White hybrid hens produced an
average of 22.9 eggs during the
month.
In the breeder class, the high
flock belonged to James Sinde-
lar, Billings, whose I'll Rhode
Island Reds averaged 23.3 eggs
per hen during December.
%-- ~ -.E
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
Sportsmen Respond
To "Creel Census"

Figures just released by the
Montana Fish and Game de-
partment in regard to the 1949
'creel census" indicate an in
creasing cooperation spirit on
the part of Montana anglers.
The data turned in by fisher
men in their clogs" are very
essential to the department in
keeping track of fish growth
and streams which may have
depleted stocks of fish.
In the past 12-month period,
a total of 1886 logs were distri-
buted to Montana Izaak Wal
tons. When calls went out from
the Fish and Game depart
ment requesting the return of
the logs, 189 were remitted. In
1948, 422 logs were distributed,
and only IA were returned.
These figures show a jump of
from 34.1% in 1948 to $500 in
1949. In 1948, 252 log holders
failed. to respond, but in 1949,
only 113 did not reply.
The issuance of these logs to
Treasure State sportsmen is a
comparatively new experiment
but the results so far have fur
nished valuable data, state de-
partment officials said. The
census data gathered by the use
of fishermen's logs is used in
connection with that supplied
the department by game war
dens, boathouse owners, dude
ranchers, guides, and outfitters
1t is anticipated that many
more logs than have been prev
iouSly issued will be distributed
in 1850, and that, eventually
the return will be 1907, they
said.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1950-02-16
Good Omen?

As filters mounted over reported
leaks and reasonable acts con-
corning the secrets of the hydrogen
bomb, apprehensive officials and
citizens were further disturbed by
reports that a former clerk in the
French consulate at Stettin, Poland.
had confessed he had led an espion-
age network that obtained informa-
tion on British military move
ments. He was identified as Andre
Simon Robineau.