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Evening star., 1950-02-18

South African Dutch, burrows into
nests of termites and rips them
apart with strong claws, scooping
up the insects with a long, sticky
tongue He has small eyes, short
hair and a body about the size of
a fat collie.
Zoo Director William M. Mann
obtained the pair from Joseph
Morgan, member of the crew of
a freighter which docked at Bos-
ton recently after voyage to
South Africa. The animals were
shipped to Washington by air.
The aardvarks will be on dis
play in the antelope house.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Neighborhood Concert
Invitations Ready
For COOLIDGE Hioh

Invitations now are being
distributed for the next
Neighborhood Concert by the
National Symphony Orches-
ira under the sponsorship of
The Evening Star.
This concert will be held at
9 pm. Monday, February 81,
in Coolidge High School, Fifth
and Tuckerman streets NV.
Cards of admission, which
are issued without charge,
may be obtained at Coolidge
High School. Paul Junior
High School, Brightwood,
Shepherd Park, Takoma, Ru-
dolph, Keene, Whittier and
Barnard Elementary Schools;
Holy Name Academy, Nativ-
ity Parochial School, the Rec
reation Department at Six
teenth and Lamont streets
NV. and at the business
counter in the lobby of The
Star Building.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Rent Decontro|
Exemptions Fail
In Virginia Bill
House Acceptance
Of Senate Changes
Expected Monday
By Alex R. Preston
Stor Stoff Correspondeot

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 18.-
Senate amendments to a State
wide rent decontrol bill are vir-
tually assured of acceptance by
the House of Delegates on Mon
day.
Before going into weekend re-
cess yesterday, the Senate beat
off all attempts by Senator
Charles R. Fenwick of Arlington
to exempt his home area as we'll
as Warren County and Danville
from the control repeal measure.
After denying a similar attempt
in behalf of Richmond, the Senate
then tackled on language to make
the repeal effective June 10. The
vote for passage was 20 to S.
Delegate Frank P. Moncure of
Stafford, who added an amend
ment exempting Arlington, Fair
fax and Prince William Counties
and the City of Alexandria, before
the bill left the House, was asked
if he intended to pursue the fight
further.
mo. I'm through with that"
he replied.
In striking off the Moncure
amendment and changing the
effective date of the legislation
the Senate yesterday sent the
measure back to the House for
concurrence in it's version.
A poll of other Northern Vir-
glnla legislators indicated that
they felt there is no use in pur-
suing the matter further, because
OF demonstrated sentiment in
favor of the legislation.
Senator Fenwick's efforts were
opposed by Senator Andrew w.
Clarke. who represents Alexandria
and the counties of Fairfax and
Prince William. Senator Clarke
said he was opposed to rent con-
trolls in principle and that an
emergency no longer exists. He
said his remarks might constitute
his swan song" because of the
action he was about to take.
Senator Fenwick's first attempt
was to keep Arlington and War;
rem Counties and Danville under
provisions of the Federal rent law.
After this was defeated by voice
vote, he submitted an amendment
to keep these same areas under
controls of the State law by ex-
tending the latter act from its
expiration date in June until July
l, 1852.
Lit. Gov. L. Preston Collins, who
once opposed Senator Fenwick in
a Statewide contest, ruled that
the second amendment could not
be offered.
Evening star., 1950-02-18

day Traffic Director George E
keneipp was to make the opening
address at a ribbon cutting cere-
mony with Miss Langford WELD
ing the scissors.
Foreign vehicles and racing cars
are to be seen. along with new
conveniences. gimmicks and gad-
gets. according to Chairman j,
M. Sanders of the show COM
mittee.
-Four automobiles will be given
away during the show. one every
other night. Entertainers will in
clude Frances Langford, singer
and Connee Boswell, a leader in
radio popularity polls.
Tickets will be available at the
door, at 40 cents in the afternoon,
with prices rising to 80 cents after
6 pm. A free parking lot adjoins
the auditorium, it was announced
More than 100 models of 19
American cars will be shown, with
IL automobiles of eight foreign
makers,
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Aordvorks Are Here Again;
Zoo Gets Pair: rom Sailor

A pair of aardvarks arrived in
Washington today to head the
Zoos list of curiosities.
Only a dog-headed Egyptian
ape called the "aani' tops the
aardvark in animal dictionaries,
but that's merely an alphabetical
advantage and the Zoo doesn' t
have an aani anyhow.
Nothing like the aardvarks, with
their long snouts, big ears, thick
tails and huge claws, has been
seen here for Is years or more,
since a single specimen died.
The earth pig or aardvark in
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Policeman Honoredf forUsinq
Coat to Save Trapped Woman

the award closed the second veal
of recognizing outstanding police
men. He said he was "honoreo
to be here this morning to see you
men, Inspector Floyd A. Trus-
colt, assistant police superintend-
ent, presided.
Four Years on Force.
Pvt. Lytle, who is married, has
been on the force since February
1916. After attending the police
training school he was assigned
to No. 3 precinct. In December
1947, he was transferred to No. 2
precinct.
He has been commended on two
other occasions by Mai. Barrett
for outstanding service. One
occasion was in July. 1948, for his
services during the funeral of
Gen. John j. Pershing. The other
was last October in connection
with the public appearance here
of Paul Robson, the singer.
The other policemen who won
awards during last year are:
Pvt. William C. Burkett, traf-
fic department, January: Pvt.
Theodore E. Marquis, No. l pre-
cinct, February: Pvts. James D.
Kennedy and Elwood G. Lomax,
No. 3 precinct, March; none in
April; Pvt. John G. Myers, No.
13 precinct, May; Pvts. Ledley
A. Wallace, traffic department.
and Leonard NJ Johnson and
Kenneth M. Trundel, No. l pre-
cinct, June; Pvts. John j. Gerald
and Ernest G. McClanahan, No.
10 precinct, July. ...
Sergt. Arthur OKeene, No. 8
precinct. August: Pvt. Norman S.
Jones, No. precinct, September;
Pvt. Lloyd A. White, No. 5 pre-
cinct, October; none in November.
Evening star., 1950-02-18

Police Pvt. Marshall H. Lytle
26, today received the policeman
of-the month award for quick
thinking in using his overcoat as
life net to catch two women
jumping from a burning building
The policeman, who is colored
and stationed at No. 2 precinct
received the award from Police
Supt. Robert j. Barrett in cere-
monies in the chiefs Office. Pres
ent at the ceremony were the 13
other policemen who received the
award last year.
I. William Hill, chairman of the
Award of Merit Committee that
selects the outstanding policeman
for the award. read the citation
which made Pvt. Lytle the police
man of the month for December.
Was on School Duty.
The citation explained that Pvt.
Lytle was guarding a school cross
ing at New Jersey avenue and P
street NV. last December 6 when
he saw smoke. He ran toward its
source, which was at 220 P street
NV.
There, two middle-aged women
were huddled on a balcony at the
second floor. Trapped by fire and
smoke, they were preparing to
jump.
Pvt. Lytle stripped off his uni
form coat and asked several pc
destrians to help him hold it.
Then he persuaded the frightened
women to jump into the substitute
net. They did and escaped serious
injury.
The women were Mrs. Lillian
Vaughan, 68, who lived at the ad-
dress, and her guest, Mrs. Odessa
Everett, As. Both are colored.
Maj. Barrett pointed out that
Evening star., 1950-02-18
| School Children
| Get Free Apples
From Surplus

Children in the public elemen-
taly schools here are getting an
apple from the Government.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
said that distribution of three
truckloads of surplus apples began
yesterday at grade schools and
will continue Monday.
The fruit was made available
under the school lunch program
in cooperation with the surplus
commodity division of the Agri-
culture Department. Ordinarily
pupils in cafeteria equipped
schools only would benefit from
such project-as was done with
potatoes. But so great was the
supply of apples that it was
decided to distribute them to al
grade schools.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Carpenter Injured
In Fall at Pentuuon

Robert Argyle, 26-year-old car
penter, was in Providence Hospital
today after he fell backward down
a ladder at the Pentagon yester-
day. Police said he suffered nu-
merous fractures of the spine. His
condition was reported as good
however.
Mr.. Argyle. of the 500 block OF
Sixth street Sc, was working on
the Pentagon basement ceiling
when he fell.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
FILA Official Sought
As New Witness as
'keIeher Trial Recesse,

The District Court divorce tria
OF John B. BLACK jack Kelehel
and his wife was in recess fol
the week end today, while a new
witness was being sought fol
Mondays session.
The witness, for whom a sub
poena was issued yesterday, was
named as Clyde Powell, an officia
of the Federal Housing Admins
tration. Mrs. Keleher's attorney
James ]. Laughlin, requested the
aid of the court in locating Mr.
Powell at the close of the session
His only apparent connection
with the case lies in long-dis-
tance telephone ticket, showing
that he once made collect cal!
to the Dorchester House apart
ment OF Mrs. Dorothy Blake-the
other woman" in the divorce
contest.
Acquainted with Powell.
Mrs. Blake told Attorney Laugh
lin, on cross-eXamination, that
she was acquainted with Mr.. Pow
ell and believed he was connected
with the Government.
Mrs. Anna T. Keleher is suing
her husband. former gambler, for
limited divorce, charging cruelty
He. in turn, has filed a cross
complaint on the ground of de-
sertion. An earlier trial, in which
Mrs. Keleher charged adultery
and named Mrs. Blake as core
spondent, was dismissed.
Throughout yesterdays session
Mr.. Laughlin hammered at Mrs
Blake's testimony that her rela-
tions with Mr.. Keleher were purely
platonic, that she received no
money from him at any time and
that she was not involved in any
gambling enterprises with him.
In response to Mr.. Laughlin's S
questions, the attractive 46-year-
old divorce said she and Mr..
Keleher had never spoken of
love or marriage" and that che
had never tried to steal a kiss
from her.
Checks on Phone Calls.
As he had done with Mr.. Kele-
her, Mr.. Laughlin went through
a stack of more than 200 long
distance telephone tickets made
over Mrs. Blake's phone in 1948
and 1949.
The witness said some of them
were made by Mr.. Keleher who
had permission to use my phone
at any time" and others were
made by herself. She denied, how
ever, that any of the calls-many
OF them to well-known horse-race
centers-had anything to do with
gambling, so far as she knew.
At one point, Mrs. Blake, who
said she "goes out with other men"
as well as with Mr.. Keleher, iden-
titled a telephone slip as a call
to Baltimore to make a dinner en-
gagement with a man named as
Vladimir johnson.
What do you call him-Valdi-
mir?" asked Mr.. Laughlin.
mo, I call him 'Pinky,'" the
witness testified.
On the question of names, Mr..
Laughlin drew out the informa-
ton that Mr.. Keleher calls Mrs.
Blake Dorothy" and she calls him
Jack"
And what do you call Mrs.
Keleher?" the witness was asked.
Mrs. Keleher?" the witness
said, Il wouldn't call her at ALL"
she replied
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Dr.. Douglass to Speak

DR.. Paul F. Douglass. president
OF American University. will ad-
dress the Rockville Layman's AS
sociation service at 8 pm. tomor-
row in the Rockville Christian
Church.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Phtrick Henry Stamp Urged

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 18 (P).-
The House of Delegates yesterday
adopted a resolution asking Con-
gress to issue a commemorative
stamp on Patrick Henry's famous
Liberty or Death" speech. .
Evening star., 1950-02-18

Miss Frost to the back seat in the
plane where he held her down and
sought to quiet her by telling her
that he loved her madIy. His face
was scratched in the struggle.
Miss Frost chartered the plane
inl New Jersey for a fight to
Florida.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
BY Doris Fieeson

NEW YORK, April 3.-The Rus
slams amt so tough.
Bernard M. Baruch is sum-
moning America from the slough
Evening star., 1950-04-03

teeth now are Henry MeLenere.
about as plentiful as in the
States, and the same goes for
fresh milk. In fact. sugar is just
about the only scarce item.
There has been little improve
ment In English cooking. how
ever. The English cook still is
about as imaginative as a back
ward hoot owl, and with an un-
canny skill manages to make
everything as tasteless as a de-
hydrated rubber heel. Beef tastes
like fish and fish tastes like
Brussels sprouts and Brussels
sprouts, well. they taste like
Brussels sprouts.
Prices Are High.
Prices in the British Isles are
as high as a cats back for the
citizens because they have to pay
a 66-2s per cent purchase tax on
almost everything they buy. But
for the Americans, whose dollars
the British crave with a mighty
craving, there are many bargains
to be had. The American can
miss the purchase tax by having
his purchases sent to his plane or
ship. For example, cashmere
sweaters which would cost in the
neighborhood Of $25 in the States
can be had in Scotland for around
$l2.
Shannon. in southern Ireland
remains just about the most
pleasant airport in the world.
That is. If pretty girls in sham
rock green uniforms and smiles
as bright as the sun on Killarney
make a pleasant airport. They
must comb Fire very carefully to
round up the colleens who greet
the traveller when his plane
touches at Shannon. IT'S q sight
to gladden. the heart and make
one wish that the weather will
Evening star., 1950-04-03
New Slant on Russia
Baruch Notes Soviet Weaknesses
In Urging L. S. to Change Outlook

be grasped and outwitted. The
problem vis-a-vis Russia reminds
the elder statesman of this expert.
ence.
Because Mr.. Baruch also
pressed urgently again for indus.
trial mobilization plans, his con-
clusions that Russia can be pre-.
dicted got less attention. Yet, II
is precisely the kind of energizins
idea that Administration circles
have been demanding to catapult
them from present confusions and
wholly defensive positions.
For months the attackers have
had the headlines while the EN-.
battled State Department and
White House have stood pat. Per.
haps they have Senator Nc.
Carthy's excesses to thank for the
fact that Republicans like SEN
ator Vandenberg and Henry l.
Stimson have volunteered. Gen
Eisenhower also has spurned q
tempting opportunity to make po-
litical hay and helped on the Hill
Now Mr.. Baruch has raised an
other standard to which the wise
and honest can repair.
Other quarters are only waiting
for the proper signals to join the
rescue party. They hope that
President Truman. perhaps on his
Western tour next month, will call
them loud and clear.
released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1950-04-03
IMcLemore
English Get More Food
But Cook No Better
By Henry MeLem ore

LONDON, England.-A Few
Travel Notes Written on a Piece
lof Yorkshire Pudding:
The traveller to England need
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Technique of Fright
Mccarthy Charges Put End to Move
For New Approach to World Peace

lproof OF purity has now become
how many names one can call
Russia and how righteous one can
get on that subject. .-s.
Some of the statements of re-
nunciatlon 60 to silly extremes
But this is, indeed, a silly season
It creates a strange and un-
reasoning basis on which to con-
duct foreign policy in times like
these s.
From this center here, the. Ma.
tional Capital, the "hate" waves
radiate outward among the people
and the suspicious generated by
the Wisconsin Senator multiply
whisper by whisper. The result
is paralysis of sound and sober
and constructive thinking about
the big overall problem today
of peace in the world, which is
rather important. and which is
being showed further and further
into the background.
Poisonous Atmosphere.
Less and less do people dare
raise their voices lest they be
called Communist or pro-Com-
munist.
1t is a poisonous sort OF at
mosphere.
It is not until you back away
and recall events of the last few
weeks, the announcement that We
would make the H-bomb, the real
movement that Immediately de-
veloped for some new approach
toward an adjustment of our diff.
ferences with Russia, and ther
its sudden willing away under tht
Mccarthy attack, that you see II
perspective what has happened.
1t makes you wonder. Perhap.
it is significant.
The fear and suspicious aroused
by the Mccarthy campaign hav.
had an effect. too. in other di'
rections-on our domestic front
So-called.
They have given an impetus il
Congress to pending bills designed
in various ways to tighten secur'
ity and get at Communists ane
spies, but which are so broad ane
vague that they could threater
our basic liberties. The McCarth!
fright technique has made it NOR,
difficult to fight such measures
We already have plenty of law!
that give the F. B. I. and othel
security agencies sufficient scope
within which to work to catch
actual spies.
Evening star., 1950-04-03

which wants to break away from
England and have Scotland an
independent country. At the
moment the nationalists are much
wrought up over the fact that one
Of their country's most historic
relics "a stone OF some sort. be-
lievel rests in the British Museum
in London. So some Of the more
fiery members of the nationalist
party are threatening to make .
swiping raid on England and lift
some precious English relic.
For the sake of American visi-
tors to England I hope the relic
swiped will be the English custom
of serving toast stone cold. An
EngliShman would Just as soon
throw rock at the King as bite
into piece of hot toast.
Distributed by MeNausht Syndicate. Ins1
Evening star., 1950-04-03

Connec lieut., Thomas L. Stokes.
chairman of the Joint Atomic
Energy Committee. and Tydings.
Democrat, of Maryland. chairman
Of the Armed Services Committee,
and Harold Stassen. now president
of the University of Pennsylvania
1t brought widespread public re-
sponse.
That was so because it repre-
sented the best aspirations of the
American people as well as their
earnest hopes.
Movement Willis Away.
The public pressure got so pow
erful that it appeared that Presi-
dent Truman and Secretary OF
State Dean Acheson, who had
been unreceptive, were on the
point of beginning new explora-
tions in this direction.
Have you heard anything of all
of this lately?
WnaI happened!
Whether it had anything to dc
with it or not. this hopeful public
movement wilted away with Sena-
tor Joe McCarthy's tom tom call
ing OF various and sundry people
in the State Department Com
munistS and pro-Communists anc
such. He turned the Senate into
veritable whispering gallery.
So now what do we see ano
hear?
/ Not only those wrongfully and
recklessly accused, but everybody
connected with the State Depart.
ment and our foreign policy, now
vie with each other in denouncine
Russia and all her works. The
Evening star., 1950-04-03

respect and confidence of the Ma
ton. 1t might be headed by a man
like former President Herbert
Hoover, who has emerged in recent
years as our most constructive
elder statesman, having done or
various occasions genuine non
partisan work. In spite Of his age
he Travelled over 10000 miles in
1916 and 1947 on fact-f1nding
missions at the request Of Presi-
dent Truman.
Such non-partisan group
should contain four Democrats
from the Senate and House and a
similar number of Republicans
They need not be chosen from the
foreign relations committees and
should be designated by party
caucus. Men like Democratic
Senators George and Fulbright
and Republican Senators Bridges
and Morse might team up well
with men of equal stature from
Cne HOUSE.
Military Men Urged.
In addition to these there
should be two military men, like
Gen. Spaatz or Gen. Eichelberger.
In any event they should be re-
tired officers who have no political
ambitions or Affiliations. A scien-
tist of the caliber of DR.. Karl
Compton should complete the
membership of that consultative
board.
The patriotic record Of the men
who comprise the board should
be a sufficient guarantee that
party politics would play no role
when they discussed the best ad-
vice to give the Executive branch
for steering the ship of state
through these stormy internation-
al waters.
It is likely that Secretary of
State Acheson, who certainly does
not relish the situation in which
he and the State Department find
themselves at present. would well
come a consultative body of this
type.
He would have to present to
this board all available informa-
Evening star., 1950-04-03

DR.. Facts assured the Army and
Navy war colleges that IAN effec-
tive, efficient. intelligence agency
could put together IAN adequate
basis for judging Russia's inten-
tions as to war or peace" Taking
some issue with his great friend,
Winston Churchill. Mr.. Baruch.
who has dealt with the Russians
on the thorniest problem of all,
atomic energy, declared that:
IT am not prepared to accept
the all too common viewpoint of
Russia as an unfathomable mys-
terry behind an impenetrable iron
curtain. There are certain fac
tors about the Soviet government
which might make it quite pre-
dictable."
Five-Year Plan Economy.
Conceding that. as q dictator
ship, Russia can unloose surprises
as we cannot, Mr.. Baruch pointed
out that the Russian economy is
being tailored to a f1ve-year plan
which must reflect the judg-
ments, dectsions-and motives-ot
the Soviet leaders"
He mentioned some of the "bits
and pieces" which afford clues to
the Kremlin's calculations as to
when war Is likely-20. 10, five or
two years from now. They in
cluded "the division of critically
short materials between imme-
diate military needs and the ex-
pansion Of Soviet industry, the
rate of purchases abroad Of ma
terials the Soviets lack at home.
None Of these things can hap
pen accidentally. In the Russian
dictatorship, he emphasized, each
action reflects a decision-a cal
culated risk. All of it should be
assimilated. and judgments based
on it formed. he declared. Finally
these judgments should be tested
Systematically against events as
they unfold. In that way our
techniques for interpreting Soviet
action can be tested and retested
and steadily improved"
Russia Can Be Outwitted.
AS a young man Mr.. Baruch
used to play chess against an au-
tomaton, Chinese Mandarin, in
the old Eden Musee. It's moves
apparently were mechanical, yet
they were directed by a human
brain behind the scenes which
could, with study and application
Evening star., 1950-04-03
THE EVENING STAR Washington D. c. Ala


close in and ground the plane for
a day or SO.
Why Scotsmen adopted the kilt
as their national dress is some
thing that is far beyond me.
Scotland is a lovely country but
it is q mighty chilly one. too,
Would Wear Long Drawers.
Had I been born in Scotland
and had anything to say about
the selection of the national cos
tune, I would have proposed lons
woolen drawers. a bearskin coat,
fleece lined bagpipe. and a
Daniel Boone type Of fur hat. But
the Scotch dash about in their
colorful skirts and seem Just as
happy about getting their legs
blue as Americans do about get
ting their legs tan.
Incidentally. there is a strong
nationalist party in Scotland