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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29

The agreement which the United States and
Canada have signed for mutual defense revives
a partnership which contributed in no small
degree to Allied victory in World War H. The
teamwork between the two countries in that
war involved more than co-ordinated war pro-
duction and military operations. 1t called for
equality of sacrifice in many sectors of the home
front. The new understanding also calls for
simultaneous belt-tightening on both sides of
the border-in the common interest
At time when the United States is imposing
rigid controls on the civilian economy in numer-
Gus directions in support of its military opera
tons in Korea and of its general rearmament
program it would be illogical for our neighbor
to the north to maintain a business usual
attitude. Canada's economy is so tied up with
ours and her defense problem so related to ours
that close indignation of the productive re-
sources of the two nations is inevitable. The
agreement will insure that materials needed for
defense will not be wasted in either country that
there will be an exchange of resources as needed
and that production of war supplies will be COM
pletely co-ordnated.
The signatures on the agreement were still
wet when the Canadian Trade Minister, c. D.
Howe, announced that Canada would act at once
to bring Canadian industry under controls paral-
Icing those already imposed on United States
industry ban construction of places of
amusement recreation will be adopted i'm
mediately, he said, in noting that this Govern
ment has taken such action. He indicated that
any other steps needed to bring Canadian con-
trolls into line with those in the United States
will be taken, although the controls themselves
may be effected by measures differing from those
applicable here.
Back of this important agreement is a
joint determination by the United States and
Canada to function as unit not only In defend
ing each other from attack but in carrying out
their commitments under the United Nations
Charter and the North Atlantic Pact. Since
the North American continent, under these
heavy obligations is to be the arsenal of Western
democracy, it is essential that the two principal
partners in that enterprise should share their
responsibilities and pool their resources, as they
have done so successfully in the past This
time however, the teamwork will be for the
purpose of preventing another major war; rather
than winning one after it has started
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29

solved. Russia, Germany and France
alone attacked Pei Tang and Lutai, Civ.
ing no notice, but simply communicating
the result to the commanders OF the con-
gress of other powers" This meant that
the erstwhile allies of the march to Pc
king has ceased to be unit in their at
titude toward China. The United Nations
of 1850 was so years distant.
about noon today lower New York
was startled by booming sound which.
- it developed, was an
EXPLOSION explosion in the
In New York building occupied by
Tarrant & Co.,
wholesale druggists" With these words
The Star on October 20, 1900, opened an
account of disaster in which 200 per-
sons were estimated to have persisted.
The fire department almost instantly
responded to a call, but had not reached
the scene when three additional explo-
sions occurred. A column of debris and
smoke and flame shot up into the
sky. =. The Sixth avenue elevated
railroad structure, which passes the
building, is demolished at that point.
Windows in the vicinity and for blocks
around were blown out by the concus-
sion. It has been said that there
were fully $50 persons in the building at
the time of the first explosion, and few
if any of them had time to escape. :. {.
The first explosion :. took the roof
off. =. The crowds which gathered {.
were so great that the police were g. . .
powerless to keep them in order" In
vestigation subsequently indicated that
two tons of chlorate of potash and one
ton of sulphur had been stored on the
premises. The final casualty list included
only four persons.
A two-column advertisement of Wood
ward g. Lothrop in The Star of October
81, 1900. announced: eve will
Novelties exhibit Thursday, Friday and
GoIore Saturday, November l, 2 and
3, Paris, Berlin and Vienna
novelties, brica-a- bronzes, foreign
art pottery, Italian marble statuary and
choice examples of LArt Nouveau,
representing rare and beautiful speci-
mems of our personal selection and direct
importation, designed especially for we'd
ding, anniversary and holiday gifts;
superb Sevres figures and vases, bronzes
and mantel sets; Italian marble buStS,
statuettes, reclining figures and pedes-
tails; rich bronze electroliers: exquisite
French gilt and jeweled clocks; French
gilt and onyx ornaments; French gilt
photo and miniature frames; hand
painted candelabra, enamels, Venetian
vases, Italian and Austrian ornaments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29

The Star for October 80, 1900, re-
ported: The largest flag ever made in
the United States. and
largest perhaps the largest flag of
Flag any kind in existence.
hangs in the court of the
Pension Office. This flag, which is made
of the best bunting. measures So feet
in length and Is feet in width. The
flag hangs from the roof Of the Pension
Office, and few people will believe that
it is as large as it is, owing to the height
at which it is displayed. A short time
before the Paris exposition opened the
Pension Office officials decided that it
would be good idea to send the flag to
Paris as an example of American flag
making. When the flag was received
in Paris the exposition authorities were
at loss to know how to =. display It,"
The problem was solved by hanging the
banner from the second gallery OF the
Eiffel Tower, where it was admired by
thousands of passersby in the streets
below. Brought home to Washington.
the flag was restored to its place in the
Pension Office. Three decades later an
other huge example of the Stars and
Stripes hung in the old Post Office De-
nue. and Eleventh street NV.
A card" on the classified page of The
Star for October 26, 1900 said: 1.-THE
Bliss Electrical School
Bliss School offers night course
Advertisement in applied electricity.
complete in one year.
Tuition, $60-payable in monthly in
stallments, if desired. Students are taught
the actual construction of electrical ap-
paratus and are fitted for practical posi-
tions as managers and superintendent
of electric lighting and railway plants.
The course has been enlarged and i'm
proved and now offers superior advan-
tages to those desiring thorough theo-
retical and practical knowledge of cleo
trical engineering. Catalog tells about
both day and night courses. L. D. Bliss,
principal, GA Twelfth street NV" Di-
plomas were distributed last Wednesday
to the schools final graduating class. See
story in The Star for October II, 1850,
for Prof. Bliss valedictory.
The Star on October Is. 1900, printed
telegram from Victoria, B. c., reading
in part: 1.-THE steamer
Alliance Kinshin Maru has ar
Dissolved rived mere with aoVlces
that late engagements
resulting in the occupation of Pei Tang
and Lutai fc. IS and other actions have
been made ine,e evidently and show that
the alliance Of nations has been dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29
Fifty Years Ago in The Star :.

jardinieres and pedestals; also imported
kangaroo chatelaine bags; walnut. ele-
plant and kangaroo pocket books and
card cases; cigarette and cigar cases.
Russian enamel and sterling silver desk
sets, inkstands seals, paper cutters.
memorandum and address books, leather
travelling clocks, pearl and enameled
opera glasses. elegant evening fans and
party bags" ETC., etc. "Woody's' buyers
obviously had had a picnic in Paris, Lon
don. Vienna and Berlin last summer in
anticipation of the Christmas rush for
gifts to exchange.
The Star society column for November
/, 1900, chronicled the marriage of
Maude Adella Easton
Eoston- Thatcher and Harry Morse
Wedding Thatcher at Eastern
Presbyterian Church
the previous evening. Rev. Thomas
Chalmers EaSton, father of the bride,
performed the ceremony, and one of the
guests present at the reception after
ward was the famous pulpit orator.
Rev T. De Witt Talmadge. Mr.. Thatcher
became Capt. Thatcher of the Quarter
master Corps of the Army and acciden-
tally was drowned in a tidal wave at
Hawaii in 1928. His. widow now resides
at 932 Longfellow street NV. She has
two sons-Tom B. Thatcher of the Per-
petual Building Association and Brig.
Gen. Herbert Bishop Thatcher of
the Air Force-and four grandchildren.
The Star of October ~, 1900 COM
mented editorially upon the large crowds
and prolonged and en-
Shouting and thusiastic cheering which
Voting had characterized pollti-
cent past, saying: GAS matter of fact
the majority of those in attendance on
any monster demonstration do not hear
the speeches and make no effort to
do so. The strongest voice carries only
so far, and people at little distance
from the stand go without a word.
And as for enthusiasm, once a large
crowd is gathered, that is matter not
of thought but mainly of infection Noise
begets noise. A shout well started gath
ers volume as SNOWFALL gathers bulk
Some people shout from approval. Others
shout from sympathy with other shout
ers and still others shout for the mere
exercise of lung power and the improve
ment of an opportunity. But mere shout
ing is no key to voting. Mr.. Bryan had
proof of this in 1885," The invention of
the public address system was to change
all this, but the change did not occur in
time to help the Democrats materially
until 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29
Falls Church Counsel

hope that your paper will do great
deal more to inform the people of all the
factors regarding Falls Church's coming
referendum on the method of selecting
their city attorney.
It is clear that the city attorney should
be hired and fired at the pleasure of the
council This is necessary if the new
charter is to be an effective instrument
fer good government, because an elected
attorney could become virtual dictator.
He could negate or veto almost any ac-
ton of council through the simple ex-
pedient of failing to prepare documents
for their action or failing to prepare
case for court action.
Progressive government would be i'm
possible and the council could do moth
ing more than cut off his salary. An
elected attorney would be subject to no
discipline except through direct vote of
the people-and the council would be
without power to do anything more than
follow his orders.
This is a matter of extreme impor-
lance; and. as councilman. hope the
voters will understand the consequences
of electing the councils attorney. But,
as councilman, I am aware OF con-
siderable public animosity toward the
present incumbent and the council itself,
because last August it did attempt to
install the city clerk as rubber stamp
manager to take orders from the city
attorney. Fortunately. this foul ball was
called by the court and we now have
a bona f1de city manager; but we still
have a Charlie Mccarthy council an
swering to a Bergen attorney.
AS result, the voters now can see
that the office of city attorney. being the
dictatorship that council has made it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29
Craftsmanship
Falls Church Voter.

wish to compliment the saleswomen
and filters have encountered in District
department stores for their courtesy, con-
sideration and personal efforts.
With limited time and crowded stores.
shopping is ordinarily quite chore. My
contacts with saleswomen and filters
have been very pleasant dut to their
special interest in satisfying me. These
people are hard working and conscien-
tious and turn their job into work .of
art
MANAGEMENT should be made aware of
the good will these women gain for the
store and give raises on the basis of this
rather than on mere volume of sales.
Anne r. Battley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29
UNIT Still Needed

1t is evident from President Truman's re-
marks to the National Guard Association that the
administration is making definite plans for re-
ming It's requests to Congress for universal
military training law. He told the association he
h91 asked Congress eight times for such legis-
II IN and he urged the National Guard members
to support him in his future efforts to secure
e. ctment of a UNIT law. This is good news for
these who have favored this type of youth
training in peacetime as a measure of national
security.
Congress- as matter of fact might have
approved UNIT the closing days of the recent
session if the President had supported the request
of his military advisers. The chance was lost,
however, when the administration blew hot and
cold the issue. letter from Defense Secre-
tary Johnson urging passage of a standby UNIT
program, to be carried out only when instructors
and facilities became available, was quickly null
lifted by presidential suggestion that the subject
be held over for consideration at the next session.
Mr.. Truman explained that he did not want
debate over UNIT to imperil passage of other
important defense bills. Some congressional
leaders were convinced that UNIT bill could be
rushed through a companionpiece to other
defense measures, but no further effort was made
to get action in that session.
Actually, UNIT should stand better chance
in the next session. for the election will be behind
the legislators-and UNIT always has been re-
garoed as politically explosive. Consideration of
universal military training will be linked with
selectve service. The present draft program goes
much farther that UNIT in preparing young men
for military service for it involves actual induc
ton in the armed forces-something which the
administrators UNIT proposal did not The
National Guard Association proposed in a rcsc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29
By Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain. United States Senate.


biographies constantly remind us that
what seemed like Wits End is by no
means the end.
When Oliver Goldsmith, to his great
chagrin, was rejected when he applied
for job at naval hospital, he turned
Wits End into a place to WELD his pen.
At that spot he wrote 1.-THE Vicar of
Wakefield" Speaking of what Gold
smith made of Wits End, literary
critic declared Genius transmitted
Goldsmith's disappointment into
golden service to English letters"
And there is Phillips Brooks: He was
at Wits End when. singing with defeat,
he came to Harvards president to talk
about his utter failure as teacher
in the Boston Boys Latin School. But
that disappointment gave the greatest
pulpit voice of that generation TO the
world.
We, ourselves, are to decide what we
are going to make out of what seems
to be Wits End. At the southern tip
of England, where that right little,
tight little island tumbles into the sea,
there is well-known spot called Lands
Emo. ana IIcTe, dIIloSI oIl Vic cuSC
of the cliffs is house which has sign
reading THE last house and the first
house in England" It is both. 1t all
depends on which way you are looking.
If you are facing the sea, it is the last
house. 1t is lands end; nothing ahead
but bleak and barren surroundings.
mammoth boulders and the precipice
leaping down to where the sullen sea
laps against the rocks below. 1t is
the last house. 1t is lands end! But.
If you turn about you are facing Eng
lands green and pleasant land. Before
you is bower of beauty-Devon and
Cornwall and those other lovely smil-
ing shires, with their stored cities and
glorious cathedrals. Then it is the first
house, not the last. Lands End can
be thought of as either. 1t depends
on the one standing there.
And Wits End, too. may be the end
or the beginning. Often it is the end
of mans contriving. And often it is
the beginning of Gods arriving. For.
as Robert Louis Stevenson assures us,
when you once enter God" at the top
of any page in the volume of the years.
the best is yet to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29
Letters to The Star .

should be elective in order to restore the
principle of checks and balances. II the
voters can control the attorney and the
council. they will have better control OF
their government. But this is not the
best answer. in my opinion. I still favor
an appointed attorney, and pray for
council that will think for itself and
insist upon it's attorney keeping free OF
personal political involvement.
The action needed now is for the coun-
Gil to demonstrate it's integrity and show
that it holds charter principle above
it's loyalty to an individual. If the
council cannot show that 1t has the
political fortitude to purge itself of it's
present self-chosen dictator, the voters
have no other choice but to purge him
themselves.
I earnestly pray that the council will
wake up and act before it is too late.
Samuel E. McCrary,
Councilman, Falls Church.
Reference Is made to your editorial,
Falls Church Counsel"
The writer agrees with your editorial
in principle, that city attorney should
be appointed" and believes that fully 80
per cent of the people of Falls Church
agree with it in principle; just as all
freedom loving people agree that war
is wrong in principle. But, nevertheless,
we have wars and they are sometimes
necessary. In the case of Falls Church
the Office of city attorney has become
the number one policy-forming job in
the city During the term of the incum-
bent city attorney, the policy-forming
nature of the job has been sanctioned
and upheld by the council, although re-
Gently one councilman has indicated his
dissatisfaction with the system and ad-
mitted that he had in the past been
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names may be used if letters carry
zuriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters subject to Condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-10-29

what seemed like Wits End is by no
means the end.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-05-05
Additional SociaIs
& Personals
Annual May Tea

The Pride of the West Chapter
8 OES is having its annual May
Tea Sunday, May 7, to Z p. m,
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
NJ. Walker, 1916 4th Ave So. The
public is cordially invited. A
program for the occasion has been
arranged. Mrs. Fern Helm is
worthy matron of the organiza-
ton. Mrs. Lucy Harris is chair
man of arrangements.
The Social Link club met Tues
day night, May 2, at the home of
Mrs. Oscar Gates, 3947 End Ave
So, for their regular business and
social meeting. Mrs. Lena Stewart
is president and Mrs. Fern Helm
IS the secretary of the club.
A group of friends gathered at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Danforth, 1896 Clinton Ave. So.
Saturday night, April 20, to
celebrate the birthday of Mrs.
Johnamae Thompson. Among
those present were Messrs. and
Mines. Howard Williams, Ken
meth Wallace, Mrs. Louise
Hughes, Misses Joyce Clayton,
Patricia Mallory Messrs. Freddie
and Grover Ingram.
The st. Agnes Guild of st.
Thomas church had a social meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Alice Nc
Clure, 1O17 So. Fifth ST., Tuesday,
May 2. Games were played and
refreshments were served the
club members.
Expected In the city Saturday,
May is Thurman McFathing, of
Dallas Texas. He will visit his sis
ter, Mrs. K. Barber, $50 N. Dale
st. and her family. He will be here
indefinitely. Mrs. BARRIERS daugh-
ter, Mrs. Darnita Morris, return
ed from Dallas Tuesday, April 25,
after a three weeks visit.
A few friends were entertained
at an informal gathering Saturday
night, April 20, by Miss Mildred
Vernado, 724 Fremont Ave. No.
Those who attended were Messrs.
and Mines. Roy Bowles, Eddie
Vernado, Mrs. Lucille Owens;
Misses Gloria Williams, Rayma
Estes and Messrs Harold Miller,
Oscar Newman, and Willie Brewer.
The guests were served a buffet
luncheon during the course of the
evening.
Mrs. Gordon Granger, 1924
Fourth Ave. So. is still confined TO
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-05-05
Minnesota Bowling
League Banquet &
Dance Friday Mite

The Minnesota Bowling League
which has just finished its most
successful season will hold its
second annual banquet and dance
Friday night. May 8, at Glenwood
Chalet, Minneapolis.
Team members and their guests
numbering 100 persons will dine
and see team trophies and awards
presented. Following the dinner
the league will enjoy the annual
dance.
A committee which has been
planning the affair is composed of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Underwood,
secretary and president of the
league respectively, and Wayne
Glanton.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-05-05
MEMBERS PLAN BIG
RECEPTION FOR MINISTER

Members of st. Philips EpisCo-
pal church are planning a recep-
ton to be given for the Rev. L. E.
Williams, pastor, who win leave
the city May II for Los Angeles.
About 300 people are expected
to attend the reception which will
be held Monday, May 8, at st.
Philips church. Mrs. William
Godette is chairman of arrange
ments for the reception.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-05-05

bed but her condition is greatly
improved.
A turkey dinner was held Satur-
day, April 20 at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. e. Gray in honor of
Mrs. Herbert Whiting and her
sister an niece, Mrs. Belle Smith
of Kansas City Mo. and Mrs.
Esther Blackwell of Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. Josephine Jenkins was also
present.
Mr.. Donald Riley, former Min
neapolitan, now a student of the
University of Iowa, arrived Fri
day, April %, to attend a reunion
dance of North High school alum
nae, class of 1913. While here, he
was the guest of his sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Stan
ley Grgsby, 725 Bradford Ave.
No. Riley returned to school Mon
day.
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