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Evening star., 1950-11-29
Error
Raises Draftee.
Rejection Rate
Fort HoIobird Group
Approved on 10
Despite Low Marks

The Army said today the draftes
rejection rate at Fort Holabird,
Nd, was abnormally high this
month because a pre-induction
officer approved 143 registrants
who failed intelligence tests and
then was reversed by higher au-
thority.
The induction officer sus-
pected that the men had made
no effort to pass the test, an an
nouncement from I'd Army head
quarters at Fort Meade said.
Eventually he was overruled.
The announcement pointed out
that regulations permit the inter-
viewing officer to approve regis
trants If he considers such action
justified, even though the regis
trants scored grades below that
required by the Army qualifica-
ton test.
Educational Backgrounds Cited.
At Holabird. the Second Army
said, the 143 had passed their ply
sical examinations but failed on
the mental test given in the first
two weeks of November. Never
theless, the pre- induction officer
ordered them inducted.
He said that. in his opinion, all
Of the men possessed educational
backgrounds indicating the Army
test results were not true index
Of their mentality.
By the time the group appeared
for induction, however, the officer
had been informed by higher au-
thority that there was no conclu-
sive evidence the registrants made
a conscious effort to fail the Army
test.
AS a result. the 143 were re.
jected. This forced the induction
rejection rate up to 30.8 per cent,
the End Army said. In October
the rate was 1921. per cent.
Situation Now Clarified.
Usually the pre-induction rejec-
tion rate is high. but in this in
stance the figure for October was
well below average. Induction
reflections occur generally when
the physical or mental status of
an 1nductee has changed between
his pre-induction examination and
the time Of his proposed induc-
tion into the service.
Headquarters pointed out the
induction rejection rate for the
balance Of November has dropped
to l2.04 per cent. 1t declared il
Us expected to fall well below that
figure for the whole month, m
dicating that the situation has
now been clarified.
The I'd Army's announcement
followed an investigation set off
by reports of high rejection rates.
Many Were Delinquents.
The Army's Arlington Farms
station made a similar study.
Officials said yesterday that be-
tween August "a and November 1.
the Arlington station finally re-
jected 244 of 1,013 men ordered to
report for induction. The per-
centage is 2409. The officials said.
however. that 1914 per cent were
delinquents who did not appear
for induction as instructed by
draft boards. For legal reasons
1t was necessary to order these
men for induction.
In the Arlington group, LOT per
cent failed the mental tests when
they showed I'D for induction.
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Heavy Screening
Being Installed
At Blair House

Heavy protective screening is
being placed on the windows OF
the Blair House, temporary presi-
Dental residence.
Workmen started throwing up
scaffolding and measuring the
windows yesterday. Both front
and rear are to be covered.
The screens will be stout enough
to repel ordinary missiles. but are
not considered bulletproof.
The new safety measure tight
ems the security invoked since the
attempt on President Truman's S
life.
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Board Member Fined
For Passing School. Bus
BY the Associated Press

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. Nov
29. - A red faced defendant
pleaded guilty in Spotsylvania
County trial justice court to a
charge of passing a school bus
while it was discharging children.
The defendant was James H.
Burrus of Partlow, a member of
the Spotsylvania County school
board. He was fined $25 on Mon
day.
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Alexandra Council
To Study Sewer Plan

Alexandria has Joined with Ar
lington County and Falls Church
to study possible creation of a
Northern Virginia regional water
and sewer authority.
Appointed by the Alexandria
City Council last night as its rep
resentatives on the study group
were Councilman Albert, A. Smoot
and City Engineer Luckett Wat
kins. who also is member Of the
city planning commission.
Alexandria agreed to go along
with the study on the motion of
Councilman Leroy Bendheim, who
specified that the city's represent
atives must be without authority
to bind Alexandria to any regional
plan without reporting back to
the council.
Fairfax County is the only re-
naming community to act on the
regional study. which was pro-
posed by Arlington County. The
plan is expected to come before
the Fairfax Board of Supervisors
a week from today.
A representative of the NORTH
Ridge Citizens Association urgee
that the study committee look
into the possibility of obtaining
any Federal funds that may be.
come available for sewer and wa.
ter facilities. Winters Haydoci
said the proposed dispersal >o1
Government Offices into nearby
Maryland and Virginia oLld i'm.
pose financial burdens on com.
munities, particularly in provid.
ing adequate water and sewer
facilities.
Robert Cox, Arlington County
board member, who sponsored the
resolution for the regional water
and sewer survey, said terms o1
his proposal would allow the COM
mittee to consider this possibility
Evening star., 1950-11-29

lecture, the Pan American
Union Building boasts a MeXi-
can-Aztec fountain in its court.)
District Building employees and
the Commissioners; who report to
work at Fourteenth and E streets
NV, are making a mistake. If the
tourist guide Is right. Along Con-
stitution avenue way, where the
new District Court Building is
being constructed. the guide
points out the city's Municipal
Center, directly behind" That
Evening star., 1950-11-29
By Mary Vaughan

Have you ever wondered what
sort of a picture tourists take
away with them Of the Nation S
Capital after a quickie sight-see-
ing tour?
After reading a published COM
plant from a disappointed visitor,
The Star sent a reporter on a
two-hour. So tour on a regularly
scheduled motor line.
"On your right. ladies and gen.
tlemen, is the Roosevelt Hotel,
named for Kermit Roosevelt,
famed son of Teddy Roosevelt, who
Evening star., 1950-11-29

DlStrlct Cancer
Society's 1851
fund drive, it
was announced
today.
Mr.. Addison,
a graduate of
t h e G eorg e
Wa S h n g t o n
University law
school, is treas
urer of TIL e
B o a / d o f
Trades Great
er N a t on a ]
Capital Com
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Ade|bert W. Lee
Charges Book.
Is S'ocia|istic'
Board Official Hits
Widely Used Text;
Asks Withdrawal

A text book used IN the Distric
public schools was under fire to.
day from Adelbert w. Lee, vic,
president of the Board of Educa.
tion. because it is "slanted towarc
socialism.
Mr.. Lee asked that the book bt
withdrawn Immediately from tht
approved text book list.
The book is American Govern.
ment," by the late Frank Abbott
Magruder, former professor of po-
litical science at Oregon State Col
lege. Mr.. Magruder died severa
months ago. His book is widely
used in schools over the Nation
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
said he was starting a study OF
the book to see if Mr.. Lees charges
were well founded. He said he
was not familiar with the text, but
that it had been in use in the
schools here for many years.
Cites Complaints.
Mr.. Lee explained he had re-
ceived complaints about the book
from q number of people, includ-
ing several school teachers. He
said he began investigating the
text and then discovered it had
been criticized by Fulton Lewis,
jr., radio commentator. as well as
by The Educational Reviewer" a
mimeographed paper published in
New York. Publisher of the paper
was not identified.
The Board of Education vice
president said ne called the mat
ter to the attention of school CT
f1cials three weeks ago. He said
he advised them to withdraw the
book without publicity, as an ad-
ministrative matter.
No action was forthcoming, Mr..
Lee said, and the story finally
leaked out that he was inter-
eSteu III Tie DOCK.
Mr.. Lee said he did not want
to be in the position of a crusader,
but he felt he would be remiss in
his duties if he did not take some
action after the matter had been
called to his attention.
He said the whole book was
permeated with the philosophy
of socialism. So much so, he
added, that it would be practically
impossible to have the book edited
into satisfactory text.
Mr.. Lee said the publishers
representative in Baltimore had
called him and sent over the 1850
edition but he found it similar IN
most respects to the 1949 edition,
the offending one, which is Used
IN the District schools.
Excerpts Quoted.
Among the excerpts Mr.. Lee
cited as Objectionable are the fol-
lowing from the book:
THE United States has in
creasingly curbed the selfish and
provided for the welfare of the
many"
Socialism means the use of
government to bring about equal
tty of opportunity among citizens. !"
Socialists are not revolutionary
but evolutionary and stand for
democracy with civil liberties"
"A poor man accused of a crime
cannot afford able lawyers to
plead his cause advantageously;
but he usually does have a SYM
pathetic jury. When a fine is
imposed, the rich man pays the
flne-perhaps with no inconven-
ience; the poor man serves his
time in jail"
Mr.. Lee led a fight on another
textbook used in the school sys-
tenn two years ago. His efforts
at that time resulted in the book
Building Citizenship" being re-
vised substantially by the author
and publishing company.
Evening star., 1950-11-29

natural S e X
practices. rob-
bing and at
tempt to rape a
AZ = year = old
Navy Depart
ment employe
in her apart
ment at Nc
Lean Gardens
yesterday after
noon.
The accused
man, D a v i d
Scrip, a Ii a S
Willie Jackson,
nnlnrad En uac
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Club to Hear Diplomat

Julian Ortiz, secretary of the
Argentine Embassy here. will
speak at a meeting of the Club
de las Americas at 8 pm. tomor-
row in Room 1881 of the Com
merce Department building. Mr..
Ortiz will speak on social and eco
nomic progress in Argentine.
Evening star., 1950-11-29

STOuHU Oh SL.
Johns aro-
chial S c h o !,
Silver Spring.
8 h e W q s
Nancy Jean Al
l e n, daughter
Of DR.. and Mrs.
Samuel Allen,
18 F a W c e t t
street. a first
g "a d e student
at the school,
| o c a t e d at
Woodland road
and Ge eorgia
avenue.
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Harvest Festival Slated

A harvest festival and dinner
dance will be held by the Parent
Teacher Association of the Fair
lington Elementary School at 7
pm. tomorrow at Emmanuel on
the Hill Parish House,
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Operu to Be Given

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Nov.
20 (SpeciaD .-Puccini's opera La
Boheme" will be presented by
q Charles L. Wagner at Mary Wash
ington College of the University
Of Virginia at 8:15 pm. tomorrow
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Addison Named Chairman
Of D. {. Cancer Fund Drive

Francis G. Addison, Jr., presi-
dent OF the Security Savings and
Commercial Bank, has been ap-
pointed general chairman of the
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Georgia Fugitive
Held in Assault
On Navy Worker
Picked Up at Home
Hour After Attack in
Mclean Gardens

A fugitive from a Georgia chain
gang was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Cyril Law
renee today on charges of un-
Evening star., 1950-11-29
Kensingfon Girl, 6,
Killed bySchoo| Bus as
She Waves 10 Friends

A 6-year-old Kensington (Md.)
girl was crushed to death yester-
day under the rear wheels Of a
bus at the entrance to the play
Evening star., 1950-11-29

q ecmed a n
W. o.
of
ompa Ind = mi of the Kiwank committee
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-06-15
A COW giving 200 pounds of butter

A COW giving 200 pounds of butter
fat annually needs 1872 pounds of
TDN (total digestible nutrients) a
day. A cow giving 400 pounds of
butterfat annually needs ITO
pounds or only A pounds more of
TDN daily-leaving no question
about the economy in favor of the
high-producing cow.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-06-15
New Farm
Program

49,
at about $25, ZOO, 100000, compared
with $27, 500, 100000 in 1949.
On the other hand, the total cost
of farm production is expected TO be
almost as high as last year.
The entire decline in total cash
receipts is expected to result pri-
marily from lower prices, since the
increase in sales volume of livestock
and livestock products is expected
to offset partly any drop in crop
narketings.
The agricultural research program,
which all farm leaders agree can be
a potent factor in the future of the
nations agriculture, is to be in
vestigated.
Representative Harold D. Cooley
of North Carolina, chairman of the
house agriculture committee, says he
does not believe the program has
developed as planned and his COM
mittee wants to know why.
Cooley has appointed a subcom-
mittee, manned by special staff of
experts, to study the operation and
administration of the 1916 agricul-
tural research and marketing law.
The programs purpose is to offer
agriculture and its consumers re-
search comparable to that of private
industry.
The act provides for appropriation
increases each year until the pro-
gram reaches that level
Cooley, however, contends that
appropriations have not followed
this schedule and the subject is of
great concern to his committee.
A STRONG VOICE
Agriculture is going TO have
a strong voice on the house la
Dor committee.
Successor to the late Representa-
tive John Lesinski of Michigan, as
chairman is Representative Graham
A. Barden of North Carolina, who
represents a strongly rural district
which raises peanuts, potatoes and
tobacco.
Lesinslxi's district, Dear b Or n
Mich, was primarily industrial.
Barden considers himself mid
die of the reader"
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-06-15
DETOUR-Poison Ivy

By LOIS MILLER

AxxEs Uu& ~ Is Tie LlIffC also when You
are likely to meet that old enemy
poison ivy"
You may believe you are immune
jus$ because for most OF your life
you have had no brush up with It.
then one day when your skin is moist
with perspiration you meet the plant
and there you are.
Knowing exactly what it looks
like is the best way for even the
younger members of the family TO
read the detour sign.
While it is always called a three
leaved plant, in reality it is three
part leaved plant. Leaves are so
glossy they look as if they had just
been freshly coated with best var
nish.
They are round-toothed, crinkled
bit here and there and the plant
goes to height of IA inches.
In late autumn the leaves go TO a
reddish color, as if in shame over
their record of poisoning through the
warm months.
The startling thing about the plant
is that just slight brush against
it is all you need to contact the poi
SON. Itching is the first onslaught
and it grows worse by minutes be-
fore you realize what it is.
It spreads over the body and IN
many cases fever even results, sc
it is much more serious than is otter
thought.
BY all means should you be uFA
lucky and meet up with the plant
call on a doctor quickly. In 81
many cases one is likely to be ia
from medical aid perhaps for hour
after the itching appears.
It is not a bad idea to arm your
self with a bottle of percent so1u
ton of permanganate mixed by you
druggist before you go camping o
wading, or even for a stroll in TIN
woods where you have chances b
meet poison ivy. Swab it on whes
you first have the urge to star
scratching.
Best way of all is to be SO def
nitely unsociable with the plant tina
you know what it looks like an.
give it lots of space.
Not Immune
Once I thought I was entirely i'm
mune because had mixed with tn
plant couple of decades and SUI
fered no contamination. One da
when both me and the weather wer
just right and my sticky skin invite
it, met some poison ivy. I sue
cumbed to its poisonous attack I
the extent that scratching was m
chief amusement for days. It too
a couple of doctors before / final
routed the thing.
Afterwards when quit scratchin
/ had a little talk with the famil
doctor. 'It is best to detour it a
ways of course" said the docto
"but since you're such harun
scarum outdoors gal, that may seel
large order. Next time you pa
within speaking distance of the stu1
just yank bar of good old yello
laundry soap out and lather yourse
with it-don't be stingy either"
/ must have looked surprised ar
L.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-24
Methodist Church

Saturday 10 to IL rummage at
the parish house.
Sunday, 9:45, Sunday school.
DR.. Theodore Crabbe, Superin-
tendent. Contest between blues
and reds. Glasses for all ages.
Morning worship at II; SER
mon by the pastor; theme: "Our
Faith in Prayer.
Family Night at 6 p. m. Pot
luck supper. Bring h o t dogs,
salad or dessert.
Junior Methodist Youth Fellow
ship Wednesday at 4 D. m.
Senior Methodist Youth Fellow
ship at z p. M, with Miss Nye as
Counsellor.
Edgar Smith. Pastor.
Miss Alta Nye, assistant.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-24
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our deep
thanks to Browning friends for
their many acts of kindness and
tokens of sympathy, in the death
of our husband, brot h err and
friend, the late Julius Lindhardt.
Mrs. Anna Lindhardt.
Gustav Lindhardt.
Ira Cooper.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-24
Production Miracle

The 100 tons Of steel which the
industry is able to produce per
minute is equivalent to the amount
required to manufacture 1852 typi-
cal 3,130-pound automobiles which
are about II per cent steel.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-24
Events, In Brief.

| LNC11lS, Ill 0IlCl.s..
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Oliver left |
Wednesday for kalispell, where
they will make their future home.
Recently they purchased a home
there. i
Frontier pants in sizes 2 to 16,
two-tones, green and tan. Econ
omy Shop.
Jimmie Coulter. son of Mr.. |
and Mrs. Charles Coulter, Uni
versity of Washington student,
is home this week on his spring
vacation. Next year he will enter
the new medical school of b e
university.
Your Fuller brush dealer, E. C.
Vale, will call on you this and
next week, or drop me a card.
Mrs. Dick Taught returned
Monday from Rugby, N. D.,
where she spent a week visiting
relatives, including her daughter,
Patti. who is attending school
there.
Pastel rayon jersey dresses, l
to 3, hand embroidered and lace
trimmed. Economy Shop.
Leo Harris, W no has been
spending the winter in Phoenix.
returned last Sunday. He said
his health is of the best, t h e
reasonableness of a southern
winter contributing to his we'll
being.
Tailored all-wool suits in sizes
9 to 24t. Economy Shop.
PIANO BARGAINING have
a beautiful spinet piano in Brown
ing which h a S been /on rental.
Rather than pick up we will sell
at substantial saving. For
particulars, write Barber Music
Standard Furniture, Inc, Great
Falls, Montana.
Jack Wagner, aged Browning
resident. was taken to the local
hospital Wednesday, his ailment
being due to the infirmities of
age.
Miss Eileen Nichels of Iron
wood, Michigan and Peter and
Park Densnione of Montrovia,
Calf. were weekend guests of
Margery Marion during the mid
quarter vacation. They are all
students of the Montana Univer.
sity.
During the recent spell of cold
weather, influenza and annoying
related infections were suffered by |
a considerable number of Brown
ing people. Most Of the victims
have recovered during the last |
week.
Mrs. Anna Cobell left Wednes-
day for Tacoma to be near her
son, Irwin, who is to undergo al
serious major operation at the
Cushman Hospital.
During the vacation of Mrs.
James Wright, manager of the
local Western Union Telegraph
Office. Walter D. May of Dillon
is acting as temporary manager.
Mrs. Wright will be off duty un-
til March 81.
Judge Lukin announces that
qualified voters, who are un-
registered for the statewide pri-
mary election to be held in July,
may register at his home, two
doors west of Brandt's Second
hand Furniture Store.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-24

At Saugus. Mass, foundations Of
the furnace where the first iron
was made in the U. S. A. 800 years
ago have been uncovered.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-24

Phone Call
The first trans-U.S. phone call
was made in 1915. e.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-24

Railroads moved in 1913 about
81 per cent Of the bituminous coal
mined In the United States.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

ana successful businessman and
has been very active in state Jaw
Gee work.
Mr.. Gwin is a prosperous and
successful farmer and planter and
Is county committeeman for
Holmes county FSA. His ability
to lead is evidenced by the fact
that Tchula now has the most
outstanding Scout program since
the beginning of Scouting in
Tchula. He recently received the
Award of Merit from the Andrew
Jackson Council for his outstand-
ing contributions to Scouting in
town, county, and council. He is
one of the two members of the
National Scouting committee from
this state, and was one of those
who supported the change of the
Scout age from IL to IL. He re-
Gently received the certificate of
service given by civic clubs of
Tchula for service to the COM
munity, He is an active member
of the Tchula Methodist church
and is member of the Board of
Stewards.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Library Notes

a. choice in entertainment is Of
fered in the wide variety of read
ing at the Holmes County Lib
rary, at Durant. This week we
call attention to the following
two books of non-fiction, "The
Autobiography Of Will Rogers.
gives US a very real and person
al view of the beloved man; Am
erican Heartwood" by Donald c.
Peattie is very worthwhile, en-
tertaining book based on the
"heartwood," both forestry and
humane, of America. Fiction Of
fered includes The Parasites
by Daphne du Maurier, a contem-
porary novel by the author of
"Rebecca"; This, Too, Is Love"
by Georgia Craig, Ever To Love-
by Norma Newcomb, "A Shelf
Full OF Dreams" by Florence
Stuart, the last three are light ro-
mances. Western stories include
Valley OF Gold" by Earle Perre-
not and THE Border Raider" by
William Hopson; and real thrill
Ter, THE Case OF The Negligent
Nymph" by the incompatible
Erie Stanley Gardner.
The younger readers have a
wide selection of entertaining ma
terial.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
First Volume Of House
Monopoly Hearings
Now Available

Part 1 Of the official text OF
the hearings on monopoly power
is now available at SITS a copy
from the Superintendent of Do
cnments, Government Printing
Office, it was announced today.
The subcommittee on Study of
Monopoly Power of the House
Judiciary Committee was an
pointed to look into the present
health of American business and
industry,and to propose any
needed amendments 70 the laws
against monopoly.
This 756-page volume contains
the testimonies of Charles F.
Brannon, Secretary of Agricul-
ture; Tom c. Clark, ATTORNEY
General Of the United States;
Thurman Arnold; and many other
witnesses, given at hearings held
from July IL through August 5,
l949, II also includes summary,
digest, and an index that will
make it easy to find the testi-
mony on any particular aspect of
this vital study Of monopoly
power
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

Emmett Reese. left, of Lexing
ton, and Frank W. Gwin, Jr.,
right. of Tchula, have been nomi-
mated as candidates for the title
OF "Mississippi's Outstanding
Young Citizen" ina contest held
each year by the Mississippi Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, the
winner of which will be announc-
ed in Jackson on January 81, at
a banquet in honor of the recip-
lent of this award.
MIR. Reese is president of the
Lexington Jaycees and has been
instrumental in TRIPPING the mem
oership of the Lexington Jaycees
in l949. He is a member of the
Baptist church and is very act
i've lay leader. He is the origin
ator of the Holmes County Fair
association, was elected. first
president of that association,
and did the organizational work
for the l949 fair which was held
a. Lexington october 81 to No
vember 5. Mr.. Reese is executive
officer of the Lexington National
Guard unit. He is an efficient