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Evening star., 1950-11-03
To Safeguard ArIington's Health

It would be extremely unfortunate if the
hot prediction controversy over school costs IN
Arlington diverted public attention. from another
important bond-issue proposal to be voted on
in the county next Tuesday. This is the plan
for borrowing $2.617, 900 with which to construct
an additional sewage disposal plant in Arlington.
There is no dispute as to the urgent need of
this plant as a safeguard against the dangers
of bacteria-laden Four Mile Run and the
Potomac River
The voters in Arlington have heard rela-
lively little about the sewage bond issue during
recent weeks, yet they will have the respon-
sibility of deciding whether or not Arlington
is to continue dumping half of its sewage un-
treated into the river for an indefinite period.
The responsibility is not one to be regarded
lightly, for the future health and general well
fare of Arlington are at stake.
One of Arlington's citizens Harold A. Kemp,
is particularly well qualified to speak out
against the perils of using the Potomac as an
open sewer. Mr.. Kemp not only is director OF
sanitary engineering for the District of Columbia
but is past president of the Interstate Com
mission on the Potomac River Basin. He has
made special study of Potomac River pollution
and his findings are thoroughly alarming. In
an appeal to fellow ArlingtonianS to support
the sewage bond ISSUE Mr. Kemp warned that
the river is threatened with "a septic or cess
pool condition that could menace the safety
of every family in the area. Even though resi-
dents do not use the river for swimming or
fishing, he pointed out the danger to health still
exists, because of the swarms of insects which
"thrive on filth"
Arlington County Manager A. T. Lundberg
and Richard NJ Writ, the county's director OF
public service, have Joined with Mr.. Kemp in
trying to alert the county to the seriousness
OF the pollution problem and the urgency of
immediate corrective action. This urgency
would remain even if the State Water Control
Board had not ordered the county to do some
thing promptly to abate the pollution. Since
the county is not in financial position to
build the new plant now without borrowing
a bond issue is the only solution The Star
hopes the sewage bond proposal receives the
overwhelming vote in its favor which 1t merits
Evening star., 1950-11-03

Sc, ,584, ,705, only 47,976,263, or 53.4 per
cent went to the polls. In 1948, the
percentage stood at 51.5-the lowest
since 1924. Nearly one million fewer
votes were cast than in 1910. despite
the fact that some IL million more
citizens were eligible.
This is the trend which the politicians
are up against in calling for large vote.
While the population of the country in
creases at rapid rate, the lethargy Of
the voters gets constantly more disturb
ing. This year the Census Bureau
figures there Is a total population in the
country and in the armed forces over
seas of 1921 900 of which about 64.8
per cent, or more than 98.6 million are
over 81.
Census figures on off-year voting show
that that totals generally follow the
same trends as in presidential elections,
but are much smaller. The general pat
tern of State averages over 20-year
period shows loss OF 20 to 80 per cent
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Not Puerto Rico's Fault

The people of Puerto Rico ought not to be
stigmatized in any way for the attempt on the
life of President Truman. The incident has
shocked them quite as much as 1t has shocked
their fellow-citizens in this country. Indeed,
If anything it has shocked them even more,
since the two would-be aSsassins besides being
natives of the island, insanely presumed to do
the dark deed in the islands name.
Yet the killers were in no sense representa-
tive of anybody but themselves and small
group of co-conspirators If that were not the
case, if they had real public support, then all
Puerto Ricans, as Governor Luis Mdnoz Marin
has declared, would have reason today to feel
ashamed of being Puerto Ricans." But the fact
is in the Governors words, that the two men
involved were members of the Nationalist gang
of terrorists who number less than 500 in the
whole island"-an island whose population ex-
ceeds 1000 900.
Actually, considering the wild nature OF its
execution, the attempted assassination had all
the earmarks of an act Of sheer lunacy-fanati-
cism and terrorism gone completely mad. The
Puerto Rican people are not to be blamed for
that. Unbalanced and criminal minds are walk
ing the streets everywhere.
Certainly, despite their economic difficulties
and low living standards, the Puerto Ricans
have shown-in overwhelming majority votes
that they are strongly pro-American in the
sense of wanting either statehood in our Union
or independence in very close association with
U.S. The attempted assassination reflected the
feelings of only tiny lunatic fringe. whole
people cannot Justly be indicted for the crimes OF
the wild men among them.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
8 Patches of GroyMotter
In Brain Control Sight
Injury Of One Destroys
Memory Of What's Seen
By Thomas R. Henry

Three small patches Of gray matter
at the back of the brain are essential for
seeing.
If one is injured, the victim becomes
at least partly blind.
If the second is injured, one sees as
well as ever but cannot tell what he
sees.
If the third is injured. vision also is
unaffected. but the patient never can
recall what he has seen.
Mixed injuries result in such weird
symptoms as inability to recognize ones
own body or tell the number of a cats
legs, although intellectually person
may remain entirely normal.
These are conclusions from q new
mapping of the brain now being carried
out by the Brain Institute Of Georgetown
University Medical School under the di-
rection of Dr. Othmar Solnitzky. The
map" is based on brain dissections and
case reports from all over the world.
Uses Other Senses
The weirdest symptoms come from
LESSONS of the recently recognized para
striate and peristriate areas which are
not the brain centers Of vision itself but
The former, DR.. Solnitzky says. is in
volved entirely in recognition Of what
one Sees Says the report: 1.-THE patient
does not bump into objects when walking
through room. He sees and avoids
them but does not recognize them when
he sees them. He can, however, recog-
nize such an object when he feels. hears.
tastes or smells it.
GAS rule LESSONS of the lower half Of
this area produce visual agnosia (the
failure Of recognition) for inanimate OBJ
jects while LESSONS of its upper half pro-
duce agnosia for animate objects and
ones own body. This inability Is called
autopagnosia. The patient may de-
clare he has no head. or that he does not
know where it is or how 1t feels, that the
left side of his body does not feel like
his own, or that his left arm feels like
some one elses when he touches it with
his right hand" t
Others Less Disabling.
The functions of the peristriate area
are more vague, but no less disabling. It
is concerned with the ability to recall
visual images of objects seen. The VIC
tim sees an animal which he knows, 80
long as it remains in his visual field, II
a cat. So long as he looks at it, he can
give a minute description Of what he
sees.
But as soon as the animal has disap-
peared he has not the slightest idea o1
what cats, which he has seen and recog
nized thousands of times, look like. Say
DR.. Solnitzky:' "He cannot describe tn
difference in appearance Of an apple ant
an orange or recall the color Of hi
wifes eyes. 1t is impossible to revisual
ize an object even if an attempt Is mad
to stimulate such recall by letting hir
touch, hear, smell or taste the object.
An injury to this area often results 4
almost complete loss Of ability to reac
This. fortunately. is not always the cas-
because sometimes the peristriate are
also is divided in two halves. One deal
entirely with the recognition Of object!
the other with the recognition and re
Installation Of the symbols of writtel
language.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
George Bernard Shaw

Everybody, more or less, has his own George
Bernard Shaw Some see him as great
reformer, others as an opinionated crank who
need not be taken seriously. The Shaw OF the
plays bearing his name was man who techni-
cally was not dramatist at all but rather a
moralistic puppeteer, moving dolls around on
toy stage the while he expressed ideas which had
little to do with life as life really is Each OF his
efforts for the theater is deliberate tract. The
net effect of them is that of sermons which
generally have been outdated by events. What
seemed startling in them when they first were
published now is ordinary and accepted and
commonplace. They have ceased to be shocking
which means that most of them have become
museum pieces
But the prefaces which Shaw wrote for his
plays still are worth reading. He was Keen
critic, and even his inaccuracies are amusing.
OF course, his paradoxes have grown stale, and
the radcalism which he represented now must
be regarded as form of conservatism as COM
pared with what it was in the NinetieS. Their
author was an indivdualist. He owed much more
to Nietzsche and Max Stirner than he did to Kari
Marx The notion that he studied "Das Kapltal
and then deliberately attempted to adapt What
he found in that dull book to the purposes OF
modern comedy is Just another Shavian myth
which Shaw himself undoubtedly encouraged as
a routine of showmanship He employed the
term socialism" very much as Oscar Wilde
understood it, and he was no more Communist
than Winston Churchill Is.
However it cannot be denied that Shaw was
revolutionary in purpose and to some extent
in accomplishment. He debunked things that
needed debating and his influence finally
reached the masses through other propagandists
like H G. Wells for instance. But the erstwhile
Fabian agitator personally was not converted.
He manipulated the intellectual jargon of eco
non1ic reform and coincidentally piled up the
largest fortune achieved by British literary
worker There was moment in World War I
when he was the heaviest single investor in Crown
securities. He was practising capitalist exactly
as he was a practising -conformist He made
1t a business to dissent, to disagree, to detract
and on occasion to insult. His tongue and his
pen alikeewere sharp and bitter. ...
But he did not mean to be mean. At heart
Shaw was a gentleman in the best definition o1
the phrase. The spirit which repeatedly broke
through his sarcasm and irony was akin to thai
of Galahad-plus Don Quixote. He refused to b'
knighted and yet he was a knight in character
Visitors to his home in Adelphi Terrace two o.
three decades ago, when he was in his prime
came away from him with the same feeling tina
the disciples of Gandhi entertained for tn
Mahatlna. Shaw was a saint OF SORT ant
it is as such that he should be most durabl
remembered.
What is left of him now that he himself
rome? BY way Of answer, let us add up thes
unquestioned values: "Heartbreak House." be
cause 1t shows us the curious, pathetic Englan
that may get hurt but ought never to die
"Pygmalion,' because it demonstrates what edu
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Puerto Rico and Sugar

In his article on Puerto Rico which
appeared In The Star on October 81,
Jerry OIeary, jr. made the amazing and
completely untrue statement that "sug-
ar, Puerto Rico's one major crop, has
been the islands curse"
He said the territory became inundated
in sugar when merchant shipping was
diverted during the war. that vast guam
titles of sugar were diverted into rum,
and that workers were reduced to near
starvation, presumably because the sugar
could not be marketed.
The truth is that Puerto Rico's sugar
production was about normal in each OF
the war years, except 1914 when pro-
longed drought cut production. Market
ing was disrupted. but the cane was
harvested, sugar employment was nor
NAL and workers earned their full wages.
The shipping shortage hurt only the
growers and professors who were forced
to wait for the income from part OF their
crop.
Rum is made, not from sugar, but
from blackstrap molasses, a by-product
of sugar cane, which also was in over
supply owing to the shipping shortage.
Millions of gallons Of molasses had to
be stored temporarily in bitches until
the excess not needed by rum distillers
could be shipped out.
It is absurd to charge that any crop
is a Course" when 1t provides employment
for 100000 workers, accounts for more
than go per cent of Puerto Rico's sales
outside the island, and brings in an
average annual income of $125 million to
$3.50 million.
Everett b. Wilson,
Director, Puerto Rican Trade Council
Editors note: Mr.. OLeary says he
did not mean to imply that Puerto
Rico is worse off with sugar than it
would be without 1t, but merely that
any one-crop economy tends to be
curse to those dependent on IT'D
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Miss Courtney's Poem

Probably most everyone has an oc-
casional mood Of black depression that
springs from the consciousness Of being
q prisoner In the world Of sense with its
wars and woe, its inadequate friends and
foolish foes. And its base actions and
MISUNDERSTANDING ones own.
Yesterday I was experiencing this in
tensity Of sadness when I came upon
this beautiful expression by Julia May
Courtney, printed in fine type in q re-
mote corner of the Stars editorial page:
TimeIess
Cut deep, but let the scalpel OF your mind
Be keenly edged that cutting may be
kind.
Then make the simple pattern you haze
Wrought
Express the fawless meaning OF your
thought.
And phen a million centuries haze fed
And all the noisy, tuitless words are
dead,
Your thought shall flame as an
emblnzoned star
In some far ornament phere great
minds are.
To me, these lines were thrill Of JOY
and cup of cheer, echoing, as 1t were,
the laughing dance Of the stars, the
heart -throb Of the universe. They seemed
to whisper: "You are not alone-a mil
lion centuries are standing by your
side!"
So my sadness took the turn of wishing
that "Timeless" had been printed in
larger type and more conspicuously, as
q heartening footprint to other tired
travellers on the long, long trail.
Beauty of words surpasses beauty Of
form, for 1t is timeless, immortal.
Newspaper Reader.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
| letters to The Star

2. The constitutional provision set
ting aside this area as "the seat of the
Government of the United States" Gin
dependent Gas Mr.. Plumley correctly
says Of any and all States" was not in
tended to deprive the residents Of the
right to have their own local government.
nor was it so construed during the first
IA years of the existence of the District
of Columbia. Mr.. Plumley has merely to
consult his Congressional Directory to
find that during this period the District
had locally-elected municipal govern
ments.
3. The Negro population of the District
of Columbia. far from being a pre-
ponderant majority" has never exceeded
80 per cent since home rule was abol-
ished in 1874.
4. Far from being illiterate and un-
educated, the Negro population of the
District of Columbia has a percentage
of illiteracy below the overall percent
age, Negro and white, Of some Of the
Southern States.
S. Home rule for the District Of Co
lumbia would not deprive Government
workers Of the right to retain voting
privileges and political connections in
GIelT flOIl6 OIdIcS. tOtulS III All1lACiPd4
elections in the District would not con-
fiict with voting in State elections else
where. This is specific provision OF
the home rule bill. and has been ex-
tensively argued. incorporated munich
palities in nearby Maryland have the
same provision in their charters.
If Mr. Plumleys ignorance Of facts
concerning the District Of Columbia is
at all typical it is an additional argu-
ment for placing the municipal govern
ment of the District Of Columbia In the
hands of the people Of the District in
accordance with the cardinal principle
of our system of Government that local
affairs shall be managed by local au-
thorities.
Kenneth p. Armstrong.
am surprised that any elected repre-
sentative of our Government should have
such evil in his heart. If we are seeking
peace in this world, we must love our
neighbor. All races and men should be
allowed a deep conviction that their
highest good is bound UP in the good
of all.
What can the Negro American citizen
expect for the future? For many years
he has supported the Republican Party
Surely the Republican Party must be
glad that Representative Plumley is re-
firing from Office.
BENJAMIN III. Miller.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Another AL Smith

A letter to The Star. headed Mixed
School Issue and printed october Is.
took exception to racial integration in
public school education and was signed
"Al Smith," There was no further identi-
fication Of the writer.
But there are 66 of us AL Smiths listed
in the telephone directory and doubtless
number of others in the Washington
area. One Al Smith. the writer, has
been deluged with calls and letters from
friends, acquaintances and would be wits
to the general effect Of: Have you lost
Evening star., 1950-11-03

in the number of votes cast in off-year
elections.
The total national vote for House
members in 1916 was "a 1896. .369, of which
1921, $3.50 were Democratic votes and
1S,399,90 were Republican. In 1948,
out of total of 46,142,4 ,485 votes, the
Democrats had 23,820.043 and the Re-
publicans 20.920,315. In other words,
the difference between the off-year and
presidential election meant more than
million votes to the Democrats and less
than 3 million to the Republicans.
In any case. both Republicans and
Democrats claim they will be satisfied
with nothing less than record vote
next Tuesday. The theory seems to be
that whoever comes out on top in this
particular election, the political health
of the country for long time may be
at stake. Voting the wrong way is the
privilege of any citizen. but not voting
at all is luxury nobody except District
residents can afford.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Where are some Of the largest out
door swimming pools?-K. D.
A. The swimming pool in Fleishhaker
Playfleld in San Francisco Is said TO bs
the worlds largest outdoor pool and is
1000 feet long and $50 feet wide. Sew
eral Thousand people can swim at one
time in its 6,500.000 gallons Of warmed
salt water One Of the largest cement
swimming pools Is the Ivyside Park
Swimming Pool located near Altoona,
Pa It is 1876 feet wide by 625 feet lond
and accommodates 5000 people.
@. Is the number Of seeds in . straw
berry or raspberry the same whether the
individual fruit Is large, medium or small
in size?-A. w.
A. The number of seeds is not uniform
but varies according to the size Of the
fruit. Fruits of different varieties have
different numbers Of seeds.
@. When taking a mid-row seat IN .
theater, In which direction is it correct
to face as one passes the occupants OF
seats near the aisle?-L. M. o.
A. It is always correct to face the
screen Of stage. In passing say, I'm
sorry to disturb you," or THANK you."
@. Please state the exact weight OF
gallon of water at room temperature
r. M O.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that at temperature of 20 degrees
c. (68 degrees FL, one gallon Of water
weighs 8.33049 pounds, in vacuo; or
8.32162 pounds, In air.
@. What was the statement made BY
Lloyd George In reference to Winston
Churchill's being shelter?-D. Y.
A. "I hope" said David Lloyd George
In speaking Of Winston Churchill, that
he won't allow himself to be converted
into an AFRAID shelter to keep splintery
from hitting his colleagues"
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can set the answer 70
ETsninS stsr IDformstoD surssu 100 street
NV, Washington s. D. G., and inclosing 9 cents
return postage. or BY telephoning ST. 5000,
Extension 36S.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-07
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Lillian Stearns, Mrs. Betty Stevenson, Margaret Williams, Mrs. David Davis, Mrs. Evan Wruck, and Mrs. Robert Mckay were ad- mitted to St. Anns Hospital yes- terday. Sam Franz and Mrs. Bar bara Davis and her infant daugh- ter were dismissed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-07

Notice is hereby given that the Collector of Customs for this district has issued an order dated March 3, 1850, authorizing the name of the oil screw MARY-ADDA, official num- Der 229382, owned by William J. Wagner, TRlas Alaska Broadcast ing Co.,, of which Juneau, Alaska, is the home port, to be changed to PRINCESS IRENE.
 JAMES J. CONNORS,
 Collector
 Juneau, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-07
MINISTER'S OF } POWERS MAY GET
 TOGETHER SOON
lBy Associated Pressl

Washington informants said U. s. Secretary of State Dean Acheson is willing to meet the Foreign Min isters of France and Britain in three-power conference but the meeting is not expected to take place before two months time.
 The meeting is expected to map common Big-Three policy on the Far East, and Germany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-07

RADIO LOG
 KIN
 Alaska Broadcasting Co.
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 TUESDAY EVENING 6:00-News. 6:15-Music. 6:20-Sports Scene. 6:30-Billboard of the Air. 6.45-Local News. 7:o0-YOUNG LOvE-CBS. 7;30-ARTHUR GODFREY-CBS. 8:00-Forecasts. 8:05-Music for Listening. 8.30-STRIKE IT RICH-CBS. 9.00-Alaskan News. 9:l5-Cote Glee Club. 9:30-ESCAPE-CBS. 10:00-News. 10:l5-Drifting on Cloud. 10:30-Forecasts. 10:35-Sign Off.
 WEDNESDAY, MORNING
 AND AFTERNOON
 Sign on. 7.0C- -Dunking with Druxman.
 7.05-Local weather.
 7,30-News Summary.
 8.00-Morning Thought.
 8:15-News Headlines.
 8:25-Weather Report. 8:30-Songs from Shows. 8.45-Joe Sodja Trio. 9:00-Music for the Missus. 9:30-Weather report. 9:35-Favorite Hymns. 9.45-YOU AND TEEN-AGERS- 10:00-News. 10:05-Milady's Memo. 10.30-Morning Musicale. :O0-STEVE ALLEN SHOW
 CBS. 1:30-Listeners' Digest ABS. 11:45-Harmony Time. 1:55-Weather report. 12:0O-Salon Serenade. l2:15-News. 2:30-Meet the Band. 1:o0-GARRY MOORE SHOW
 CBS. 1:45-Four Knights. 2:0O-Parade of Hits. 3:00-Organ Music. 3:15-Bing Sings. :30-Invitatio to Music. 4:30-BARNYARD FOLLIES-
 CBS. 4:45-Pipes of Melody. 5:00-Income Tax 5:15-Red Cross. 5.30-Viking Varieties. 5:45-Snake Pit Podium. All programs subject to change tue to conditions beyond our con- rol.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-07
WHAT TO DO TO WIN

Here's how you take part In this big opportunity! Every issue this newspaper will publish Alaskagrams in consecutive order, six each week tor l2 weeks-a total of 72 Alaska grams.
 Each Alaskagram is a group of scrambled letters which form mean inglesS words or nOnSensical 1. phrase. After an Alaskagram is unscrambled the letters form the name of a place in Alaska; how ever, there is one superflu0us letter --an extra, additional letter which is not needed to form the word. q
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-07

All you do is re-arrange the let ters to form a single word which is the name of a place in Alaska, and you also show which is the extra letter. For example, the phrase FOR A CHANGE" when 1t is un- scrambled equals ANCHORAGE" plus the extra letter F.
 Just remember that all place. names consist of only one word and remember to show the extra letter. There is only one correct answer to each Alaskagram.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-07
CAyANAUGH HERE

Charles J. (PaD Cavanaugh of Whitehorse, Y. T., is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-02-10

erts and Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ.
Roberts. Sunday afternoon they
visited Bellingrath Gardens.
Miss Carrie Lula Roberts,
Prescott, Ariz., who has been vi5-
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
l.. c. Roberts, and brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Ray Roberts, for several weeks
left Tuesday evening to return
home. She was accompanied by
her mother as far as Lake Char
les. La, where they will visit
their son and brother, Roy Rob-
erts, and Mrs. Roberts brother,
r. r. Sumrall.
Mr., and Mrs. r. l. Van Horn
were Sunday dinner guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Neel in Mo
bile and in the afternoon they
visited Bellingrath Gardens.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Cruthirds,
Latimer, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. II
Ware were Jackson visitors
Thursday.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-02-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Taylor
and children spent Sunday in
Fantainebleau with Mrs. Tay-
lor's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
A. Tootle.