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Evening star., 1950-02-12
o Ny Best Friend
Prize Contribution
By Airline Hawthorne, II
Berwyn School

Berwyn School
I have not told you very much,
Of what I think or do,
And I am not too confident,
Of what I mean to you,
But this is just to let you know.
My heart and soul agree,
That you are sweet and charming,
And you mean the world to me,
I do not have the courage, dear,
To say it to your face,
But I can write it down all right,
And never once erase,
And I can seal it up
And send it on it's way,
The while hope and wonder,
What you will decide today.
But darling if you turn me down
1t will be quite blow,
And I shall be unhappier.
Than you will ever know.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
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yard can rig up a suitable eXer-
cising arrangement for his dog.
Here is an idea that will help you
overcome the exercise problem
with your pet. Fasten a wire be-
tween a building and a post or
tree feet off the ground. A
strong ring sliding back and forth
along the wire is attached to a
light chain, and a snap in the
loose end of the chain is fastened
to the dogs collar whenever one
wishes to put him out for exercise.
Not only will this afford your
dog exercise, but you will at all
times know his whereabouts. OF
course, the best exercise for a
dog is a romp in the fields or woods
but if you live in the city or a
crowded suburb maybe the
"clotheSline" exerciser will be
helpful.
When your dog is shedding his
coat Omost dogs do so twice year,
but many shed off -and-on all year
round), it's a good idea to brush
and comb him daily to assist him
in ridding himself of the unwant-
ed hair. The more assistance you
give him in this respect. the faster
and better his subsequent coat
will grow. Grooming the animal
also helps to remove dirt and other
foreign substances often imbedded
in the coat. Remember that a
good daily brushing is better for
your dog and keeps him cleaner
than daily or weekly bath. Per-
sonally, I don't believe in bathing
dogs except very rarely. Again, a
good daily brushing is much the
better method of keeping a dog
clean.
@. Can you tell me which breed
of dog is the best one-man dog?
Which is the best watchdog?
R. N. D.
| A. A Doberman pinScher, Ger
man shepherd, boxer or bull mas
tiff might suit your needs. A
great deal depends. however, on
the individual dog and the way he
is handled and trained.
@. How often should I take my
dog out of doors? I live in an
apartment in the city.-G. A. R.
A. At least three times a day
morning, noon and night. The
more often you can take your dog
out the better off he will be.
(Released by McNausht Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Safety Circus Talks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, diree-
tor of The Stars school safety
program and former chief of the
Metropolitan Police Department S
Detective Bureau, is giving a
series of chalk talks on safety to
pupils of District, Maryland and
Virginia schools.
The Safety Circus" cartoon
talks are sponsored by The Star,
in cooperation with the District
Board of Education and school
authorities in nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
Talks are scheduled this week
at the following District schools:
Monday, $50 am, S. J. Bowen at A.
Bowen School; II am, St. Vincent
DE Paul. Tuesday, $3.50 and 1915
In, Birney. Wednesday, 9:30 and 1O:i5
am Bell THURSDAY, $40 and I6:45
a m, GiddingS-IenoX School at CiddinpS
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Just Between
Ourselves
BY Philip H. Love-

In a recent Just Between Our
selves" Marjorie Jean Smith
writes on the letterhead of the
Bloomington GndJ Daily Herald.
you wrote of what former writer's
for The Junior Star are doing
now. Which reminded me that
l should check in with you and
let you know what the years since
high school have done for me.
After graduation from Central
in 1914. I came out to Blooming
ton to attend Indiana University.
Here I put to good use my work
on the Central Bulletin and in
writing articles for the j. S., as
I worked my way up on the In
diana Daily Student to become
editor in chief. In 1948, I came
to the Daily Herald as assistant
managing editor.
Il have enjoyed my year and a
half here very much, especially
since the paper was only six
months old when I started and
was in competition with a paper
established for 78 years. Today.
two years after its first issue, the
Herald is on top with 10000 cir
culation, leading in local adver-
tising, and very definitely on top
editorially.
MY memories of writing arti-
cles for The Star back in high
school are still quite vivid. and
here's belated Thanks for your
advice and understanding. I
think you are doing great serv-
ice for Washington youth"
Another former j. S. corre-
spondent at Central heard from
recently is Charles Stebbins, now
Junior at Richmond (Va,) Pro-
fessional Institute.
"a couple of weeks ago" Charlie
writes, "I came across copy Of
The Sunday Star and turned i'm
mediately to The Junior Star.
How I miss it! I was pleased to
see in Just Between Ourselves
that you had included some info
on former Junior Starlings.
It's hard to believe that I've been
here for two years. I'm still
hard at work on the college weekly
and doing little free-lancins.
too. ="
Charlie went into the Navy from
Central, and after the war he
worked for two or three small
town newspapers as a conbina-
ton reporter and circulation man.
He finally decided. however, that
he needed more education if he
was to get ahead in journalism.
He quit his job and entered
R. P. I. Now he's city editor Of
the student newspaper, the Pro-
script.
Alberto Vasquez is a boy who
knows his atoms, as you can easily
tell from his article on this page.
For the same reason that other
boys collect stamps, Alberto reads
everything concerning the atom
that he can find. Science in gen.
eral, and the atom in particular,
is his hobby.
Alberto, who lives at 5721 North
Eleventh street, Arlington, had no
sooner outgrown fairy tales than
he began to read articles on ths
atom. By the time he was 8. he
knew enough about the subject to
write an essay on it for his school
magazine.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

moss and to add sand II the sol
is heavy. A light application OF
a complete fertilizer may be made
If the soil has not been enriched
for a year or more at the rate OF
one half pound per 100 square
feet. Ground limestone should
be added for cabbage and broccoli
plants which do not do well in a
highly acid soil.
1nasmuch as onion seed seldom
produce worthwhile bulbs in this
area, some gardeners make a
practice of sowing the seed in q
fiat and transplanting the
seedlings to the garden when
large enough. This practice
works WELL especially for the
production of bulbs for storing.
The ordinary commercial onion
plants are of the soft or "sweet"
type and do not store satisfac-
torily. Most gardeners plant
them for greens and for late
summer and full use.
In spite of the January bloom
of early spring. Towering shrubs ii
will be interesting to watch for
the spring bloom of such shrubs
as the Towering Ounce, Daphne
Heathen. Witch-haze Jasmine
and fragrant Honeysuckle. The
Christmas rose is the only peren-
nial to flower at this season.
Branches of ng-fowerine
shrubs are normally easily forced
at this season. To force branches
they should be placed in warm
water in cool cellar or store
room for about two weeks. Then
take into warmer lighted room
as the bloom is wanted. Syringe
the branches once day while
the horets are opening. This is
to prevent dry "husks." Unless
fSyringed daily while opening
there is some danger of the buds
failing to open properly. The
cut ends of the branches should
be cut back one-fourth inch or
so every few days to enable the
branches to absorb moisture.
Wy IT "
Evening star., 1950-02-12

which are negatively charged re-
volve around the nucleus like
planets around the sun. The
nucleus contains both protons ano
neutrons, the protons being posi-
lively charged. and the neutrons
possessing no charge at all.
The mysterious phenomenon OF
radioactivity is the natural split
ting apart of extremely dense
atoms. AS density implies weight
fashionable material is heavy. An
example of this fact is that a piece
of uranium the size of a softball
(the amount said to have been
used in the A bomb would weigh
35 pounds in comparison to that
of lead, which would weigh II
pounds. Along with weight, den
sity also implies that there are g
great number of individual atoms
Actual density is found by add
| ing up the number of protons anc
neutrons. Ordinary uranium ha.
146 neutrons and 80 protons. max.
| ing 238 its molecular weight
Types of the same element hav-
ing different molecular weight
are called isotopes. Radioactivity
Is the decay of dense atoms, lie.
the getting rid of excess atomic
particles. This may also be called
natural nuclear fission.
For practical purposes. however,
natural fission does not have
enough power to be used alone.
Its power must be supplemented.
This may be accomplished, but
only partially. by increasing the
amount of fashionable material,
but because particles, mainly neu-
irons, when shot from atoms are
given off too rapidly, graphite is
used as moderator in order that
a chain reaction may take place.
In ordinary uranium only a slow
reaction will be the result. For
explosive purposes, therefore, iso-
topes and trans-uranium ele-
ments, are used. TranS-uranium
elements, of which plutonium and
uranium 235 are most frequently
available. are those elements
which are formed from ordinary
uranium in its process of degen-
Grating into lead. Both of these
elements are so dense that when
they decay. they throw off slow
neutrons. Thus. by merely put
ting enough of these together, one
achieves an explosive reaction. To
what purpose this explosive re-
action is put eventually will be
determined only by human char
acter.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Quiet, P|eose!
Prize Contribution
BY Helen Van Doren, II


Roosevelt High School
A long sigh
And the closing of a book,
Then the opening again
For one last look.
Certainly I should know it;
I've tried I've racked my
brain,
But with all the noise about me,
I'm sure it was in vain.
When the test is hard
And the hour is late,
Why do noises gang up
To addle my poor pate?
Why does Phil Harris
And his noisy show
Come drifting up through the floor
From the living room below?
And why does the grooming pussy
cat.
Tell me, o saints above,
Pick this night to serenade
His feline lady love?
Tell me, please. why neighbors
Pick this night to spat?
And why that tired jalopy
Had to have a fiat?
Why do light bulbs burn out
At the crucial part.
When I'm gaining knowledge
: And feeling pretty smart?
Teachers always ask me why,
When I funk tests fiat ..
Well. ladies of the faculty,
It's because of that!
Evening star., 1950-02-12
A AVoIentine
Prize Contribution
By Borbora Potter, Is
Anocost;o 1ioh School

Anacostia High School
It's nice to know that some one
Exactly like you
Will always stand by me,
To see my hardships through.
It's hard to say, precisely.
just how much you mean to me,
And truly, I'd like to have you,
A branch on my family tree.
When everything seems gone,
And hope is dark and dreary,
There's little bright light
Shining through,
And that little light, my best
friend,
Is shining there for YOU,
Evening star., 1950-02-12
This Week in the Garden

Mld-February, spring planting
season normally begins in five
weeks. There is not much time ir
which to finish pruning and. te
apply a dormant spray. not tt
mention ordering the necessary
supplies. The gardener who will
be ready is the one who has or
dered seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs
rose bushes, fertilizer. lime, peat
moss and who has his tools in
shape. Spring comes with a rush
to the Washington area and for
me there is never time enough to
do all of the jobs planned unless
advance preparations are carefully
made. One of these important
steps is a Planting Plan" that
shows where, when and how much
of each flower and vegetable are
to be put into the garden.
Now is good time to go after
chickweed and garlic. Both of
these pests may be killed by spray
Ing at the proper season. which is
while they are young and tender.
Follow the manufacturers direc-
ton for satisfactory results.
Golden Acre and Yellow resist
ant Jersey Wakefield are two OF
the more desirable varieties OF
cabbage for the home garden.
Keeping house plants free from
disease and insect pests is easier
II they are given a good syring-
ing every week or two. A strong
blast of water will knock such
pests as the red spider and aphids
off of the plants. Clean foliage
Is essential to health and healthy
plants are not so subject to
diseases.
Cold-frame gardeners will need
to close the sash and let the soil
begin to warm up. Sowing seeds
in the cold frame is still a week
or more away, although seeds OF
cabbage, broccoli, beets and leaf
lettuce are not injured by light
freezing. If the soil has not been
prepared the gardener will need
to enrich it with compost or peat
Evening star., 1950-02-12

oVerWnelmlng NUMBER or all OF It's member organ
izations have recorded strong protests against the
proposed change. These groups convinced that
It would be grave error and work permanent
injury to the Districts public school system to make
such change.
Most of these groups which are opposing such
transfer are well acquainted with the conditions
and the problems involved. Armed with such
knowledge, many are convinced that the adoption
of the to which they object would in the long
run result in an injury to the pupils and people of
both races. Central High School. with long and
honorable record, is serving very useful purpose
now, with the prospect in the not distant future of
assuming much broadened scope.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Feed Values

Dairy sexperts agree that
pound of good dairy feed contains
approximately one and three
fourths time the feed nutrients
in hay. However, pasture is worth
about twice the value of all other
dairy feeds as far as cost is con-
cerned.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

through It's &C
celeration OF
electrical power
production.
In order to
u n de r S t a n d
atomic energy
one must know
S o m e t h i n 6
about radioac-
tive atoms. All
atoms are COM
posed of two
main par t S
The electrons
and the nucleus
The alactrnnc
Evening star., 1950-02-12

Electronics is fast becoming G
part of our everyday life and now
has entered our doghouses. Ac.
cording to w. J. McGoldrick oi
Minneapolis, he has invented 6
gadget to stop dog from bark
ing. His dog was getting or
every ones nerves by starting tt
howl at 4:30 every morning to be
let out. .~.-..
He rigged up a microphone at
tached to an amplifier from ar
automatic heating control system
that in turn was attached to q
heating system valve and a nozzle
from an old oil burner. Then he
hooked all this up with a hose
running from his house.
When the McGoldrick dog barks
the microphone sends a sigma,
TO the amplifier. the amplifier sig-
nails the valve, the valve opens
= and a squirt of water comes out
of the nozzle into the face of the
dog. The squirt lasts only as lone
as the bark. Mr.. McGoldrick s
dog is a smart dog. He doesn't
bark any more.
Psychologists tell us that ex-
periences in childhood account fol
most of our likes and dislikes.
know this to be true with dogs
A certain characteristic your dog
has many times can be traced di-
rectly back, to an early incident
which has left its impression or
his brain.
A neighbor of mine has a dog
which ordinarily is brave and even
tempered but when he sees a
nurse or any other woman dressed
in white he runs snarling and
growing to the nearest hiding
place. When he was a pup, he
had been cruelty beaten many
times by nurse who was his first
owner.
I have seen a dog which woulo
not come within several yards o1
a man and yet he was perfectly
friendly with most women and al
children. And yet, this same dos
would go to men who never
smoked. His actions I traced tt
the fact that in puppyhood he hac
been teased by a former owner
who blew clouds Of tobacco smok,
into his poor nostrils, thinking i
q joke.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Civic Calendar
Brentwood to Note
Brotherhood Week

The Brentwood Terrace Citi-
zens' Association will observe Ma
tional Brotherhood Week at its
seventh anniversary meeting at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow at the Social
Oyster Club.
The following will be guest
speakers:
DR.. M. Virginia O'Neil, first vice
president of the Federation of
Citizens Associat tions; the Rev.
K. c. Buker, chaplain of the Fed
Grafton and of the Department of
Maryland American Legion; Rabbi
Hymen E.. Cohen of the Northeast
Hebrew Congregation and College
of Hebrew Studies and the Rev.
Father Walter L. Read, pastor of
st. Francis De Sales Catholic
Church.
Harry Stull, head of the Home
Rule Committee of the Fedora
tion. and Edward F. Colladay
general counsel, Washington
Board of Trade. will be chief
speakers at a home rule discus
sion at the Mount Pleasant citi-
zens' meeting at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Also, Charles R. johnson,
Scoutmaster of Troop No. 16, will
conduct brief opening program
at this meeting.
E. Cleveland Giddings, Capital
Transit Co. vice president, will
speak on do You Want a Tran
sit Fare Increase?" at the gather
ing of the Glover Park group to-
morrow in the Stoddert School.
The American University Park
Association members will witness
a garden program by Arthur C.
Barrett and Niels j. Hansen, both
horticulturists and rose experts.
Advice on the approaching plant
ing season will be presented.
This group also will discuss a
proposed golf range and school
east of the area.
Gordon r. Young, District En-
gineer Commissioner, will talk on
civic improvements in the La
mond Heights area to that group
at 8 pm. Tuesday in the Eastern
Star Home.
The weeks schedule follows:
Tomorrow.
American University Park
Hurst Hall. American University
Massachusetts, and Nebraska ave-
nues NV. 8 pm.
Brentwood Terrace -Social
Oyster Club, 1851 Saragota ave-
nue. NE, $50 pm.
Brookland-Brookland School
Tenth and Monroe streets NE.
8 pm.
Burleith-Gordon Junior High
School, Thirty y-ninth and Calvert
streets NV, 8 pm.
Glover Park-Stoddert School
Thirty ninth and Calvert streets
NV, s pm.
HillcreS East WASHINGTON
Heights Baptist Church, Branch
and Alabama avenues Sc, 8 pm
Kalorama Adams School
Nineteenth and California streets
NV. 8 pm.
Mount Pleasant-Mount Pleas
ant Branch Library. Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV, 8 pm
West End-No. police pre-
cinct, K near Twentieth street
NV, s pm.
Tuesday
Fort Dupont - Beers School
Thirty-sixth place and Alabama
avenue Sc, s pm.
Lamond Heights-Eastern Star
Home. Peabody street and New
Hampshire avenue NE, 8 pm.
Summit Park - Beers School,
Thirty-sixth place and Alabama
avenue Sc. 8 pm.
Thomas Circle-Home of Mrs.
Ella Thompson, president. 1886
Sixteenth street NV. 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Dahlgren Terrac e-Noyes
School, Franklin and Tenth streets
NE, SPIN.
Trinidad - Wheatley School,
Montello avenue and Neal street
NE, 8 pm.
Bradbury Heights-Davis School,
Fourty-fourth place and H street
NE, 8 pm.
Saturday.
Federation of Citizens Associa-
t1ons-Board Room of District
Building, Fourteenth and E streets
NV. 8 pm.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

The Chevy Chase ID. c. Gar
den Club will meet at / pm
tomorrow at the home of Mrs
Charles Wohlgemuth, jr., 630e
Florida street, Chevy Chase, Md
There will be white elephant
sale and floral valentine exhibit,
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Candy Land
Prize Contribution
By Linda Ann Zorin

By Linda Ann Zorin
Rudolph Elementary School
II I should go to candy land,
I'd like to eat a candy man.
I'd like to eat candy girl.
Who has little candy curl.
I'd reach into the candy tree,
And pull down candy just for me
I'd like to climb the sugar noun.
tain,
And drink out of the chocolate
fountain.
But I'm sure when I got through
I'd have an awful "tummy- ache
wouldn't YOU?
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Central High School Required
For Present and Future Needs
By Jesse c. Suter

Fact and Sentiment Show Need of Central High Retention
There lively topic being discussed and considered in
citizen organizations transfer of Central
overcrowdng
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Student Sees Dark
Threat and Bright
Promise in Atom
Prize Contribution
By Alberto Vosquez, II
Honeywell Foundotior

Atomic energy is a fascinating
subject. 1t holds dark threat in
war through the atomic bomb,
and a bright promise in peace
Evening star., 1950-02-12

Almost any one with a back
Evening star., 1950-02-12

Golden Acre and Yellow resist
ant Jersey Wakefield are two OF
the more desirable varieties OF
cabbage for the home garden.
Evening star., 1950-09-17

Did you think the-whole
world was hardhearted?
Here are news stories that
will change your mind
DIsAsTER and tragedy make
~ most of the news these days,
but it is comforting, now and then,
to run across assurance that the
human species is still distinguished
for its big, soft heart.
Supper-serrice. In Oklahoma
City one day last spring. a laundry
man entered the kitchen of an old
customer to collect a bundle. He
found a note intended for the Gus
toner's husband. 1--WE gone to the
movies" it read. Here's cheese
sandwich for your supper" The
laundryman felt sorry for the neg
lected spouse. He put on an apron
and baked him chocolate cake.
Bids From, Kids. Some lucky
Detroit youngsters are riding
around on new bicycles today be-
cause of kindhearted Alex Ander-
son, a police auctioneer. At the
police departments annual sale,
Anderson saw in his audience a
sprinkling of children clutching
fistfuls of grimy coins.
This is for kids only" said
Anderson. Bidding starts at a
quarter" " The sale proceeded mer-.
rily. Toward the end, one little
Evening star., 1950-09-17
by Jhan and June Robbins

girl. weeping. told him she had
only saved % cents. you can
have a bike" he said. and handed
her shiny chromium model.
On the Other Foot. In Chicago,
a one-legged bootblack, who had
done business at the same old
stand for nearly 20 years, was hus-
tied off to the hospital for an emer-
gency operation. A group of his
patrons took over his stand, shined
shoes with enough enthusiasm to
make up for want of skill, and
sent him the money.
Southern Gentlemen. On a busy
downtown street dignihed. mid
dle-aged Richmond, Va, matron
was seen bending over trying to re-
pair a dangling bit of lingerie.
Noting her embarrassed struggles,
four quick-thinking gentlemen
turned their backs to her. formed
a shield until the damage was
mended.
Time Stood Still. One recent {.
Saturday afternoon, a group of
youngsters rushed up to the box
Office of a St. Louis movie house
only to find that the evening prices
had just been posted. In tears,
they turned away. The sympa-
thetic cashier yawned, reached
out and pushed the clock back
three minutes. This things al
ways a little FAST" she told the
boys. How many, please?"
Evening star., 1950-09-17

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Arizona sun., 1950-10-19
LET GEORGE DO 1T

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28th, PHOENIX WILL ELECT
TWO "QUALIFIED" CANDIDATES AS MEMBERS OF
THEIR BOARDS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND
HIGH SCHOOLS. HOW MANY OF US ARE AWARE OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ELECTION mot MANY
HOW MANY OF US WILL THIS ELECTION EFFECT?
ALL OF US! HOW MANY OF US WILL VOTE?-NOT
MANY! WHY-BECAUSE WE ARE THE MAJORITY
BEING RULED BY THE MINORITY -. IN THE PAST
WHY HAS THE MAJORITY BEEN RULED BY THE
MINORITY LET GEORGE DO 1T!
Phoenicians had this same opportunity to vote this
time last The records will show, that with
100000 qualified to vote-less than 5000 voted. How
you account for such lehargy LET GEORGE Do IT!
Phoenix has grown-the records will show that quail
fled have increased by than 20 since
last year. How many will LET GEORGE Do IT?
EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF DEMOC-
RACY-EDUCATION is THE REMEDY FOR PREJUD
ICE. EDUCATION is NECESSARY MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIRECT THE POLICY OF OUR
SCHOOL+DON'T LET GEORGE ELECT THESE MEM
BERS-ELECT THEM YOURSELVES.
To date there at least five candidates who have
qualified to fill the vacancies Boards of Educa
ton At least candidate, to knowledge has dis
qualified himself to receive the support of the Negro
voters GENE DOYLE. This candidate has also dsqua
flied the Negro voters by saying - II DON'T NEED
THEIR PATRONAGE.
We too, we'll remember that when the Arizona State
Teachers Association here closed your doors
in their faces rather than Negro teachers who
also members of the association famous steaks DID
YOU QUESTION THE COLOR OF THE STEERS FROM
WHICH YOU CHOSE YOUR FAMOUS STEAKS?