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Evening star., 1950-09-26

the cotton wool, the orange
sticks, the little envelope of white
powder the three standard
tools of invisible writing. Py-
ramidon powder to dissolve in
water for invisible ink, orange
sticks to write with, and cotton
wool to tip each sharpened stick
point so it would not leave be-
traying scratches upon the note
paper.
With this equipment, the spy
writes his secret message on pages
2 and 4 Of a folded piece Of note
paper. An ordinary family letter
is written in ink on pages / and 8.
Then the letter is sent to a pre-
arranged address in a neutral
country.
But Zimmerman would not now
write any secret messages.
Equipped in every detail, with
flawlessly prepared documents. a
story that rang true to the mi
nutest point-even memorized
addresses in Lisbon, town that
he knew -. 81 pounds, 10 shillings,
in English money, and ATS United
States dollars. All this the Ger
man agents in Lisbon had given
him-and the three ingredients
for writing invisible messages.
They had schooled him, too. made
him write sample messages until
he was perfect in the technique.
Spy Was Called in.
Grundlichkeit! Surely only
German could be so stupidity
thorough-so thoroughly stupid!
For these three little items. that
he could have purchased without
trouble at any English chemist
for cost of less than a shilling,
meant death for Zimmerman. The
cotton wool, sharpened match
stick, a simple, cheap, unrestricted
powder
Leave the case to me-" I said
to the young Belgian officer.
From now on it Is not going to
be pleasant for Mr.. Zimmerman"
I summoned him to my un-
carpeted little Office, offered him
cigarette, lit it for him.
Evening star., 1950-09-26

at benches before long, wide ta'
bles, sorting through brief cases
luggage, clothing, books, coins
razors, boot brushes belonging tt
the throng of men, babbling ir
every tongue. who waited to bt
passed into England as free mer
or put on the road that led tt
prison or the scaffold.
BY chance that morning
strolled into the examination room
and took a seat at a bench along.
side young Emile, the Belgian Of
fcer who had been given the tasl
of screening" Zimmerman.
Emile nodded. murmured "Goot
morning" went on carefully
seeking through each shabby com.
partment of a bulky black pocket
book. I noticed idly that the
label on the heap of belongings
he was searching read Thinner.
man."
Emile took a small envelope
from one pocket of the wallet
held it up, puzzled.
II say colonel-what might this
be?"
I peered into tire envelope. IN
side was a white powder. It didn't
smell, didn't taste. 1t might be a
drug-or insect powder. I was not
excited about it.. Send it to the
laboratory" I advised. ASK fol
a rush analysis" It was the usual
procedure.
Orange Sticks Discovered.
He nodded, put the envelope on
his note pad, went on delving into
the wallet. "Hhm!" I heard him
grunt. He had found a little
bunch of orange sticks, such as
women use for cleaning their nails,
and which men often sharpen into
toothpicks.
I stared at them, over his shoul-
der. Something was happening in
my mind. My breath had stopped
it was a long moment before I
found myself releasing a deep, ex-
cited sigh -.
''How stupid!" said. "How
utterly stupid"
The young Belgian Intelligence
Officer looked puzzled. Stupid?
What have I dOne2"
mot you." I said. "That wal
let. the powder and the orange
sticks" I snapped my fingers.
Come, now-give me the cotton
wool as well!"
Cotton wool what are you
driving at?" He tipped open the
small inside pocket of the greasy
wallet again =. then his mouth
dropped. For his fingers had found
a three-inch square piece of cot
ton wool. Bewildered, he fished
it out. "But-how did you know?"
I shook my head sadly.
Tools of Invisible Writing.
"They call it Grundlichkeit,"
said. "Thoroughness! They are
the Master Race. they believe
They plan everything down to
the most idiotically tiny detail.
When they send out spy they
make sure he is equipped with
everything he needs-even though
it sends him to the gallows.
"Grundlichkeit!" picked up
Evening star., 1950-09-26

He flashed a quick understand
ing grin, took the list and slowly
read it, his lips moving:
l seaman's gunny- bag.
/ pair black boots.
l pair black boot laces.
It was a lengthy list, scrupulous-
ly itemized.
Two-thirds down the list. under
wallet. black leather, contents
were: ...
Envelope containing white crys-
talline powder.
One bunch of orange sticks.
One piece of cotton wool.
You see, I had experienced one
or two cases with spies who pro-
tested at their trials that incrimi-
mating evidence had been
planted" on them. I wished Tim
norman to sign that list. Then
there could be no argument.
After a few moments he looked
up. nodded.
"Eeverything OK. sir!"
Make sure" I said. 1T may be
your last chance. you know"
He went through the list again.
Evening star., 1950-09-26

My secretary had typed a list
of all the possessions Zimmerman
had brought with him.
I smiled: "Mr. Zimmerman,
you have escaped from Belgium,
and now understand you are
keen to join the Belgian Merchant
Navy?"
He smiled agreement.
Well" I said. "if I ask the
immigration officer to release you
straight away so that you can be
put on the train to Brinxham to-
night, will that be all right?"
Would Be "Delighted."
II shall be delighted" he said.
He certainly would have been.
Once Zimmerman was let loose
in the Free Belgian Navy a dozen
good merchant ships might never
have reached their destination.
Just a few formalities, then. I"
I said. "Your belongings, for in
stance"-they were spread out on
my desk.
"Just check this official list" II
gave him the typed inventory
"and see everything is here"
Evening star., 1950-09-26
| Fought SpiesW
By Col. Oreste Pinto


Only towards or traitors went tc
call. on old Aunt Seele, who lived
during the war among the scent
heat and mud of neutral Lisbon
In Portugal. Her door always lee
to observation-disclosures to death
Lisbon was the center of the
spy network of Europe, and Aunt
Seele was in the pay of German
secret agents.
Up the Tagus came shins OF
many nationalities, after running
the gantlet of torpedoeS and
mines. The seamen were glad OF
q rest and that was how some OF
them came to meet Aunt Seele.
German agents waiting at the
dockside, getting into casual con-
verSation over a drink, sized UP
the men who were not anxious to
get involved in the battle OF the
Atlantic again. They were on the
lookout particularly for French
Norwegian, Dutch and Belgian
seamen. To these men they Of
fered comfortable jobs in Belgium
They promised an easier time for
relatives of the seamen who might
be living under German rule.
No Questions Were Asked.
Now and then they met a man
who knew Britain, who was will
ing to take risks if he was well
paid.
Such a man was Alphons Louis
Eugene Zimmerman. He was 81,
q ship steward who had frequently
visited British ports before the
war.
He, like others, was taken to see
Aunt Seele, for she kept the
boarding house from which the
men who were willing to sell their
countries were sent on their way.
She asked no questions when
Zimmerman slipped in the door
She recognized the Nazi agent
who was with him. She was paid
to keep her mouth shut.
She was a big, motherly woman,
such as one used to see presiding
at certain Soho restaurant cash
desks before the war. She was
very businesslike indeed.
Germans Have Word for 1t.
The Germans have a word for
her mentality. 'Grundlichkeit"
they would have called it-mean-
ing, as near as one can translate:
'Painstaking, microscopic thor
oughness for detail"
So, in Lisbon the recruit spy
and traitor, Zimmerman, received
his training. Every detail, precise
and careful. Grundlichkeit i.
always grundlichkeit. . No trou-
BILE spared.
When he was ready the Nazis
arranged a passage to England for
him on a British merchant ship,
laden with refugees. His papers
were in order.
He landed here as a refugee
out of Nazi-occupied Europe.
There had been good grundlich-
keit at work-care and scrupulous
detail.
So Zimmerman was treated
kindly. The authorities brought
him to the Royal Victoria Pa
triotic School at Clapham. All
Evening star., 1950-09-26
Cuqot Pays First Wife S12,33e in Back AIimony

$3.50 a week or 171a per cent Of
his income under a 1946 divorce
agreement.
The rumba band man is paying
his second wife, Lorraine Allen,
$4,000 a month pending trial Of
her separate maintenance suit.
Evening star., 1950-09-26
By the Associofsd Press

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 90
Xavier Cugat paid his first wife,
Carmen Castillo, $12,336 to settle
alimony arrearages to June. 1850,
with court approval yesterday. He
must resume payments to her of
Evening star., 1950-09-26
: GRAPE HYAcINTHs

bright, sky.blue spikes Of
dainty flowers; bloom early,
make attractive house plants.
Evening star., 1950-09-26

produce gorgeous medley
of eolors. A garden show
favorite, excellent for cutting.
Evening star., 1950-09-26

flower profusely for weeks
in winter and spring; beloved
as house plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
ToxpoyerHe|ps PoyforO Officials
Treated at Service Hospitals

The taxpayer picks up a large
portion of the check when a
member of Congress or Govern
ment official goes to Bethesda
(Md) Naval Hospital or the
Army's Walter Reed General Hos
pital.
However, the Defense Depart
ment said yesterday, the average
number of such patients at the
two institutions is rather small
Bethesda S recent average is about
is civilians annually. Walter Reed
reported four congressional pa
tents in 1948 and nine in 1949
The rate charged the civilians
is SLOTS day while the average
per-patient cost at Bethesda runs
about $14 daily and at Walter
Reed, $22.38. The charge covers
disqualification costs, medical serv-
ices, laboratory fees, X-rays. etc
The department said that the
tremendous difference between
costs at the two hospitals was
partly due to the fact that Bethes-
da is lone of the most efficient
hospital layouts in the world
partly due to bookkeeping and
partly to the Army's use of more
personnel per 100 patients. Paral-
lei cost plans of the two services
now are under study.
Boosted 81 Above Year Ago.
The civilian charge, fixed by
the Federal Board of Hospitaliza-
ton with the approval of the
President, is 81 more than it was
year ago. The board is COM
posed of representatives OF the
medical departments of the three
services. the Veterans Admins
tration and Public Health Service
Virtually all civilians who enjoy
the advantages of the two service
hospitals are senators, representa-
tives, cabinet officers. State De-
partment foreign service officers
and veterans.
A 30-year old law gives the
privileges to congressman. A
more recent statute permits the
surgeons general of the two serv-
ices to extend the privilege to
other high-ranking officials.
In addition, blanket authority
"for humanitarian reasons" covers
cases of emergencies such as VIC
tins of accidents occurring near
by. Also some foreign nationals
are admitted through a courtesy
arrangement with their countries
There is only a subsistence charge
in the latter cases.
Civilians Pay $10.75 Rate.
All the civilians pay the $10.75
rate themselves unless they are
veterans, which many of them are.
The Veterans Administration
pays the veterans bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12

Men with military background
usually prefer the hospital of the
branch Of service in which they
served. Thus, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt. a former Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, used Be-
thesda.
A special presidential suite was
built at Walter Reed for President
Truman. who served in the Army
during World War I. It consists
Of a bedroom. sun porch, living
room. dining room and bath, but
has never been used. Mr.. Tru-
man inspected 1t once when visit
ing q friend at the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
Beverage Unit to Hear
Mrs. Helen SpruckIinq

Mrs. Helen G. Sprackling. au-
thor, will speak at the founders
day luncheon Tuesday of the
Women's Association of Allied
Beverage Industries. S.
1t will be held at 1890 pm. at
the Dupon Plaza. Mrs. Sprackling
founded the District Chapter of
the association three years ago.
The luncheon will mark the an
niversary Of the chapter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
Cooke PTA to Meet

Ronald Friedrich of the Public
Health Service will speak on So
dunn fluoride treatment of chill
dren's teeth at the monthly meet
ing OF the H. d. Cooke Parent
Teacher Association at 1880 We'd
neSday at the school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12

S p e a X at BIS
pm. Tuesday at
the c h a r l e S
Carroll Forum
in the M a v
flower Hotel.
His subject
W i'll be the
Heart of the
Spanish M a t =
ter" DR.. Wagner
h as observed
conditions in
Spain on visits
there d a t in g
back to 1929. He
hos 1Y,ritfon cnu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
Student Art Exhibit

An exhibit of art work of
students at Friendship House will
be held from 4 to 6 o'clock today
at the house. 619 D street Sc.
Tea will be served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
Carroll Forum 10 Hear
Dr.. Magner on Spain

The Rev. James A. Magner, pro-
curator of Catholic University, will |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12

Protection Needed
The United States has about 460
million acres of cropland. of which
all but about 10 million acres is
subject to erosion if not protected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12

eral articles and books on Spain
and Latin America.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
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Evening star., 1950-12-12

Sam Rayburn make the major ad-
dresses at the annual dinner Of the
Democratic National Committee.
1O:30, WTOP - Capitol Cloak
room; Senator William F. Know
land of California Is quizzed by
newsmen.
1918, WASH FM Heisman
Trophy Award: A special broadcast
of the 18th annual presentation Of
the Heisman Trophy to the out
standing college grid star of 1850.
TELEvIsIoN TODAY
100, WTOP-Community Chest
Show; General Lewis B. Hershey
heads roster Of special guests.
500, WTTA-Court of Current
Issues Europe Or Asia-Where
should we concentrated" Is de-
bated.
500, WMAL-All-American game
of the week: Films of the Louisiana
State University University of Texas
football game.
800, WTTG-Cavalcade of Bands
Xavier Cugat and his orchestra are
featured.
$3.50, WNBW-Circle Theater
Judith Evelyn stars in Green
Eyes"
$50, WTOP-Suspense: Pamela
Gordon, Cora Williams and Victor
Beccroft are featured in James
Hilton's THE Mallet."
1000, WMAL-Story Theater
Charles de Coster's THE Mysterious
Picture" Is dramatized.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
On the Air
| On the Air
You'd Never
|Guess Who
|Mude 1t
By Harry Macarthur

James j. Reeves is man who
has produced great cheer around
this Office and it should be passed
on to you. 1t Is a sidelight on the
color television situation which
gives the RCA-CBS battle a truly
clowning touch.
Mr.. Reeves is the CHS engineer
In charge of color studio equip
ment in New York. His message
is one of pride in the converted
black-and-w white camera which is
being used for color demonstra-
tions in Manhattan. 1t is turned
on every morning at 10 and never
turned off until $50 at night, get
ting very little rest and only
sketchy maintenance attention. 1t
has worked without failure.
But don't you go around think
ing the CHS engineers have built
themselves a paragon among tele-
vision cameras. This sturdy, tire
less machine is a regular RCA
unit. adapted for color by RCA on
the basis of CHS design.
And Wayne Coy says RCA is
unco-operative.
Programs and People: Barbara
Bel Geddes will be this week S
guest star on Pulitzer Prize
Playhouse" (WMAL-TV - Friday,
Q p.m), and the teleplay will be
Bethel Merriday." Betty Garde
and Philip Reed will play impor-
tant roles in the adaptation of the
1926 novel by Pulitzer winner
Sinclair Lewis. With football
out of the way, CBS-TV has lined
up a series of Saturday afternoon
collegiate sports programs, which
will be carried on WTOP-TV.
With the exception of two football
films on December % and 80 and
boxing on January 13. the weekly
telecasts will cover Army or Navy
basketball, winding up with the
Army-Navy tilt on March 8. .
Edmund O'Brien and Olga San
Juan (Mrs. O'Brien) will be
guests of Peter Lind Hayes and
Mary Healy Thursday night at
$3.50 (WNBW). NBC, incidentally,
has switched from The Peter
and Mary Show" back to "The
Peter Lind Hayes Show" but
maybe that's just a slip of the
typewriter. Washington's tall
ented Bibi Osterwald, who is the
understudy for not one but both
feminine leads in Gentlemen Pre-
fer Blonds," is adding an appear
ance on the Paul Whiteman
Revue" to her schedule, next Sun
day at 7 (WMAL-TV. =. There's
talk that the Frank Sinatra show
CWTOP-TV-Saturday. 9 pmD,
which seems to have had one false
start after another this season,
will be cut to half hour.
The possibilities of television as
an educational medium to be used
by schools will be demonstrated
tomorrow in Baltimore at the
second Educators Television
Clinic. Among the devices to be
shown at the session in the WBAL
studios will be those used in tele-
casting lessons from a central
instruction point. A new cleo
tronic "horizontal wipe" permits
classes in 81 TV-equipped Balti-
more schools to view simultane-
ously both the teacher at the
conference and pupils answering
questions in remote classrooms.
X i. y X
It is Ed Wynn, who suffered with
1t last season, who has come along
with the best definition vet of
kinescope. According to Variety,
the trade journal, Mr.. Wynn went
up to Columbia University to do
his research. "E-scope," he re-
ported back, comes from the
Greek and means not to recog-
nize.'" On his own he decided that
kin means cousin.
Kinescope, therefore, means:
"You wouldn't know your own
cousin F."
Evening star., 1950-12-12
HiqhIiqhts
RADIO TODAY

RADTO TO-DAY
SEQ, WRC-Cavalcade of Amer
lea: Ronald Reagan plays Sam
Grant in ulysses in Love"
800, WMAL-Town Meeting o1
the Air: The Korean Crisis" IL
discussed.
1000, WMAL-Democratic an
nual dinner: Vice President Alber
Barkley and Speaker of the House
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Television Tomorrow Wednesday, December 10, 1880

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Clues;
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Evening star., 1950-12-12

Evening news broadcast, d.
rect from The Stars news
room, Monday through Friday
over Stations WMAL and
WNTAL-FM; 6 pm.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-07-06

100 degrees Fahrenheit, count off
Is seconds and then pour off the
hot water in the lower part of
the boiler. Replace it with cold
water until the milk has cool
ed.
Ice in the water hastens the
cooling. When cool, pour milk
into clean bottles which have
been sterilized in boiling water,
cover with metal caps or alumni
mum foil and place in the refri-
gerator.
Another process is to heat the
milk at 143 degrees Fahrenheit
for 80 minutes, then cool and
pour in bottles. The important
point to remember for safety is
that all the milk must be heated
at not less than the specified
temperature for the recommend
ed time.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-07-06

On your Fourth of July picnic
or fishing trip--or on any other
eutingbe on the look out for
poison ivy and stay clear OF 1t.
One or more kinds Of poison
ivy grow in every part OF the
United States. So, wherever you
10, it might spoil your vacation,
& you aren't careful and on the
watch.
Children are some Of the chief
sufferers of ivy poisoning. 1t at
lecfx them and other victims
with severe skin inflammation
and water blisters.
Leaves three, let it be-" is an
cid saying that holds true. All
eorrns of the poison ivy have
three leaflets attached to one
stern
The leaves are shiny deep
green in summer and turn red
dish in the fall. Some are smooth
edged, tapering to a point; some
have indented edges, other re-
Vemble oakleaves.
The plant thrives in deep woods
er In dry soil on sunny hillsides.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-07-06

Try the Classified Ads-It Pays!
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-07-06
From where ! sit .. by Joe Marsh
Here's a
"Shining Example


Community Volunteering. you
might call it-for the common
good. Like the way the beer
retailers voIutarily co-0porAte
with the Brewers Ssif-negu1A-
tioa Program Whereby tn err
places are carefully kept eieaa
and bright and law-abad1ne-for
the pubiie's benefit.
From whe~e sAt. Il rA1s 90
follow the tfme-tested r~6e ~
"Sa&ety First"
@s& &-''<
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-07-06
VACATION MILK

On your summer vacation, and
other time you find it necessary
to buy "raw" milk from local
farms. This milk can be easily
pasteurized in dobule boiler in
any home kitchen. If properly
done, the milk will not have a
cooked or scorched flavor and
the milk will not lose any of its
nutritive value.
For home pasteurization a
thermometer is essential. Hard
ware stores, dairy supply COM
panies or local dairy plants sell
the floating dairy Thermometers.
These are most convenient for
the pasteurizing job, but any
thermometer which can be put
into the milk may be used.
For quick pasteurization, pour
milk in the upper part OF the
double boiler. Put in the clean
thermometer. When it registers
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-07-06
Pastures

Pastures
Pastures can still be good dur
ing hot, dry July days by taking
a little more care and manage
ment of existing pastures. Now
ing weeds is the main practice to
carry out in July and August,
Weeds do not grow better than
grass during the summer. The
livestock eat the grass and leave
the weeds. Remember tn t
weeds, bushes and briars take up
moisture that the grass needs.
Moving also cuts off fought grass
that the cattle will not eat and al
low young, tender grass to come
in its place. Lots of pastures suf-