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Evening star., 1950-05-08
Words to Watch.

Overheard on a newscast: "They
seized a hoard of gold and silver
boo-YAWN." OF course, the words
"bouillon" and bullion" do have a
slight resemblance, but they are not
even kissing cousins. Bouillon is a
French word designating a clear
soup. It is from the verb bouillir,
ito boil" The French nesalize the
second syllable, thus: boo-YAW (N)
In the customary American pro-
nunciation the n" is pronounced
as: boo-YAWN. Bullion is pro-
nounced: BULL-yun. The word
means gold and silver considered as
metals, usually in bars or ingots.
Overheard on a radio interview.
Filipino official speaking: And ]
shall take home some linger-ree for
my wife"
The word lingerie, usually pro-
nounced LAWN -juh-ray" in bar
gain basement French, is, in the
United States, as un-French word
as one could dream up in month
of Sundays. The French pronun-
citation, for example, is la (n) THREE
with the "a" fiat as in ''lad" and
followed by the nasal sound. This
pronunciation appears in all Ameri-
can dictionaries, but it has made
little progress in this country,
chiefly because of the American in
Evening star., 1950-05-08
Uncle Ruy's Corner BY so"o" cott"eD

How many legs has an insect?
The number for a full-grown insect
is six. Study a butterfly, moth or
an ant and you viii find that each
has six legs.
How about spiders?" You may
ask.
A spider has eight legs, but spi-.
ders are classed outside the insect
group. They. are "arachnids," along
with scorpions, mites and ticks.
We may also ask about caterpil-
lars. These crawling creatures be-
long to the insect world and have
many legs. but they are the young
of insects. When a close study is
made of a caterpillar which will
turn into a butterfly or moth, it is
found that some legs look different
than others. Scientists call six of
the legs true legs" and the rest
"prolegs."
The legs of a full-grown insect
differ q great deal in size and shape.
some are less than one sixteenth Of
an inch long. other insects have
legs more than two inches long.
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Citizenship Conference
To Honor Town and Schoo

A town and a school which
translated citizenship into action
will be honored here at the Fifth
Annual Conference on Citizenship
May % to May "a.
The conference will be held al
the Hotel Statler under the joint
sponsorship of the National Edu-
cation Association and the Justice
Department.
The town to be cited is Glade
water, Tex. The school is the Eu-
gene Field Elementary School of
Milwaukee.
Gladewater organized a De
mocracy Beats Communism Week"
and during the seven days of
the demonstration 5000 of the
towns 5000 residents took part
in the series of special events. The
Milwaukee school undertook vari-
Gus projects leading to the better
understanding of the operation of
the city.
The NEA said more than 1000
delegates representing 500 organi-
cations are expected.
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Certain insects have legs which
look very awkward. Such an insect
is the assassin bug of Guatemala.
When 1t walks, the bent parts Of
four of its legs are much higher
above the ground than the body
Assassin bugs of one kind or an
other live in many countries besides
Guatemala. They feed on other in
sects. East Africa has assassin bugs
which spend all their lives in dark
caves.
There are insects which spend
all, or almost all, of their time In
water. They use their legs for
swimming.
A full-grown insect always has
pair of "antennae" or "feelers.' =
Some insects have short, thick feel
ers which look like horns. Other
insects have slender feelers which
are longer than their bodies. Some
kinds of grasshoppers and crickets
have extra-long feelers. There are
crickets with feelers which are -four
times as long as their bodies!
The feelers help an insect to fee
Evening star., 1950-05-08

Gas South you hold:
AA1075 0Q104 o @ 1868 &A7
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South West
heart Pass spade Pass
2 clubs Pass
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Bridge Quiz
By ChorIes H. Goren

Gas South you hold:
ATS 1852 QJ10752 &64
The bidding has proceeded:
West North East South
1 spade clubs Dbl. =?
What do you bid?
A.-This is the proper type Of hand for
o rescue bid. Your hand will be worthless
as a dummy, but will produce four tricks
II diamonds are trump. Bid two diamonds.
Q-As South you hold:
"a 3J1054 1Q1084 %KJ73
The bidding has proceeded:
West North East South
heart 1spade Dbl. 3?
What do you bid?
A-This does not appear to be a propi-
tious place for the hand to play. rescue
bid of one no-trump is in order, in that it
suggests to partner to rescue himself in
either diamonds or clubs. whichever he
prefers, since obviously you are short in
spades and have length in the three
other suits.
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5 Fairgrounds PIon
May Pole Dancing

Five District Fairgrounds have
scheduled May Festivals to in
clude May pole dancing and the
crowning of the queen.
The five are:
Rosedale Playground. Seven
teenth and Gales streets NE, 7:30
pm. Wednesday; Cooke Play
ground, P street near North Capt.
tol street. 5 pm. May %; Happy
Hollow Playground, Eighteenth
street and Kalorama road NV.
6 pm. May "a; Watts Branch
Playground, Sixty-f1rst and Clay
streets NE, pm, May IT, ano
Lincoln Playground, Sixth and 1
streets Sc, 6 pm, May 18.
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its way. Tests seem to have proved
that in many cases. at least, the
feelers give their owners q sense
of smell.
Some insects use their feelers 10
tap their friends. The taps may be
signals Of . sort, taking the place
| OF words.
Evening star., 1950-05-08
Take NY Word for 1t rF's"t Cobb,

ability or unwfllingneSs to voice the
French nasal sound.
Occasionally one hears the word
as Lam -juh-ree" or "LAN-zhuh-
ree," either of which is much closer
to the mark than LAWN -juh-ray."
OF the three, I should choose LAM
zhuh-ree as good compromise.
However, if lingerie were given
the correct French pronunciation,
the word would still be un-French in
America, for here it is used as a
euphemism for "women's silk under
clothes and nightgowns," whereas,
the literal meaning is "a linen
closet; linen clothes collectively"
1t is from lnge, the French word
for linen"
Pittsburgh: certainly don't take
your word for it. How, under the
sun, do you get a long Il" sound in
the first syllable of simulta-
neous"!-R. J.
Answer: The pronunciation SIGH
mull-TAY' nee-uSs is the first choice
of Merriam Webster's, Funk and
Wagnalls, Thorndike Century, Mac
millan's, Winston's, and Keyon and
Knots, and the second choice Of
the New Century.
Leaflet CO, written by Mr.. Colby,
contains several word-quiz games. This
in an excellent way to test your vocabu-
larry. For a copy. send B cents in
coin, and a stamped. self addressed
envelope to him. care of The Star. P. Q.
Poy Gtatiop New York 10. Y.
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Q-Opponent opens with one club
and you hold:
A6 VKOJ5 OAK KO1O43 AKA


and you hold:
as VKQJ5 AKQ1O43 @K2
What do you bid?
A.-This hand has distinct game possi-
bilitieS and the proper way to portray your
strength and also to provide for finding
the best possible contract is to double.
While it is true that partner will probably
bid spades. yet you are prepared to go on
in diamonds to a considerable extent il he
persists. jump overcall in diamonds
would not be good tactics, because you
might fail to reach a heart contract if
partner has four hearts.
Gas South you hold:
AXIS 2753 nQJ54 &K753
The bidding has proceeded:
West North East South
! diamond Dbl. Pass ?
What do you bid?
A.-Where you have the choice. with
sound values, of bidding a minor suit or
responding one no-trump, you should prefer
to conceal the minor suit and elect to bid
one no-trump. Had the clubs been spades
or hearts, the suit would be shown first
with the intention of trying no-trump later
Copyright, 1850, by Charles H. Goren)
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Word Come
Find 20 or more words in
FOR e N,

meaning, "a small opening or ori-
fee" Average is 81: limit. 20
minutes.
Rules-Words must be Of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition Of IS" such as bats. "
cats" are not used. Only one form Of Z
words is used Proper names are not used
A list will be published tomorrow;
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do you bid now?

A-Returning to partners irst-bid suit
Is not quite adequate with your holding.
Since you fit both of partners suits and
have the unbid suit well stopped, you ought
to make better try for game by bidding
two no-trump and If partner rebids either
suit, 1t would then be appropriate to show
your heart support.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Holiday

Continued From First PageO
Of all of us will be with the men
who are on the firing line Of free
dom in Korea" he said.
Remembering these men, and
all in the Armed Forces. the Gov
ernment did it's best to treat all
to fine turkey dinner-as close
to the firing line as possible. And
those eating out of ration tins to-
day will be brought to the mess
kitchens later for their turkey
Among the special church serv-
ices today was the annual PAN
American mass at st. Patrick's
Catholic Church. celebrated each
Thanksgiving Day since 1909, and
attended by many distinguished
persons. t.
Some congregations stressed
the Importance of interdenomi-
national unity, such as the service
of four Christian churches and
one Hebrew congregation at First
Congregational Church.
Congregations Join.
At the newly completed Mont
gomery County Jewish Com
munity Center, Chevy Chase. Md.
the congregations Of st. Paul's
Methodist Church and Montgom-
cry County Jewish Community
joined in a service.
The Red Cross, Salvation Army.
Gospel Mission and Community
Chest agencies sought to bring a
touch Of joy to everybody. pro-
viding dinners and entertainment.
More than $50 colored children
from needy families were guests
of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
at a turkey dinner.
Texas Goes One Better.
A few States, which refused to
agree with the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Con-
gress that Thanksgiving should
fall on the third Thursday in
November. will celebrate next
week.
One Of these Is Texas, where
Gov. Shivers, with typical Texan
modesty, said he didn't mind hav-
ing two Thanksgiving Days. since
Texas has twice as much TO be
thankful for as other States.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
VESTS ENJOYS to Droft
Answer to Red Proposal
By the Assoeia,ed Press

LONDON, Nov. 23.-American,
British and French ENJOYS will
meet here or in Paris next week
to draft the Vests answer to Rus
sia's call for a new Big Four par
ley.
Diplomatic officials said today
the Western notes almost certainly
will turn down the Soviets' pro-
posal for a discussion specifically
on German demilitarization.
Instead they likely will counter
propose that a new meeting Of
Big Four foreign ministers should
range over the whole field of East
West conflict. ,
Evening star., 1950-11-23
By Mary Lou Werner

1t was an unhappy day for
Alexandria when the old fire
engine that George Washington
gave the city fell into the hands
of some yankees" from Balti-
more.
That was a long time ago. You
can be sure it wouldn't have hap
pened if L. P. Sutton and Clar-
ence w. Dettor had been around.
Almost single handed, these
two men have restored the
Friendship Fire House at LOT
South Alfred street where George
Washington's fire engine was
kept. They have made it possible
for the historic old building to
take its place among tourist at
fractions of the city.
The firehouse will be rededicated
as public shrine at 8 pm. to-
morrow in ceremonies in the meet
ing room above the engine house.
C. Phillip Heishley, custodian of
the museum at the George Wash
ington Masonic National Memo
rial, will be principal speaker. A
reception will follow the formal
portion of the program.
1t all started last July Is when
Mr.. Sutton, who runs a private
ambulance service nearby, strolled
into the Friendship Fire House
while a committee of its trustees
was trying to decide what to do
about the dilapidated old building.
leave it to Me-"
Mr.. Sutton recalls muttering
something like leave it to me.
I'll get it fixed up."
The committee was only too
glad to oblige. and Mr.. Sutton
started work with the help of Mr..
Dettor, a retired Government
worker who also lived nearby.
They begged paint from Alex
andria merchandise gallons in
all. It took several coats for most
of the neglected woodwork. Mr..
Sutton got a friend to plaster the
ceiling at cost. He put in % new
window panes to replace those
that had been broken during the
18 years that the building had
been ignored.
When the Friendshin Veterans
Fire Engine Co. which owns the
building ran low on funds. Mr..
Sutton dug down in his own
,pocket-to the extent of about $50.
Old Lamp Post Put Up.
The city was persuaded to re-
place the concrete sidewalk in
front of the building with Colo
nial-style brick one. st. Mary's
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Century of 'Derbydom' Finds
Famed Bowler Still Popular

LONDON, Nov. % (NANA) -
Just over 100 years ago Will
liam Coke, a cousin of the
second Earl Of Leicester, walked
into a famous London hat shop
and ordered a hat. Thereby he
made history. For the hat he
asked to be made. to his own
specification, was the first bowler
or derby hat.
The British magazine Picture
Post reviews the strange origin
Of this headgear. Some say that
Mr.. Coke wanted low-crowned
hat which would not fall off in
the hunting field as his top hat
did; others that the hat was Or
dered for his cousin, the Earl. to
replace the tall hats worn by his
gamekeepers.
What is certain is that the
hatters commissioned a Mr..
Bowler to make the prototype.
But it was originally named after
the inventor, not the craftsman,
and this day the hatters who sup
piled it refer to the style as a
Coke" The william Coke" be-
came the "Billycock Of the
| 'nineties.
1t stormed the Europe, fire.
quenting the races in force. In
America, probably as a result, 1t
became known as the derby.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Big ; Again Protest
Soviet Interference
with Austrian Police
BY the Assoeioisd Press

The United States, Britain and
France protested again today
against Soviet interference with
the Austrian governments control
over its own police in the Russian
zone.
The new protest charged that
the Russians have prevented Aus
trian authorities from maintain
ing law and order and demanded
that Moscow order its representa-
tives In Vienna ito conform strict
ly" to four-power agreements
which would prevent such inter-
ference.
The American note, released by
the State Department here sirnul-
taneously with French and Brit
ish announcements abroad, i'm
piled there is danger Of break
down in four power operations in
Austria. It urged the Russians to
take action to avoid "a serious
deterioration of functioning of the
quadripartite machinery in Aus
tria."
Earlier Protest Ignored.
An earlier protest. made on No
vember 10. evidently has been ig-
nored by Moscow. The latest
American action was taken with
the handing Of a note to Acting
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko by American Ambassa-
dor Alan Kirk yesterday.
This note said the United States
has information that district po-
lice chiefs suspended by Austrian
government action for their be-
havior during Communist-in-
spired demonstrations October 4
have defled legal and constitu-
tional authority" of the Federal
police-president and have forbid
den their subordinates to commu-
nicate with the central Austrian
government without their con-
sent.
Criminal Actions Hindered.
Further, the note asserted that
the Russian representative in the
|inter-allied command in Vienna
has widened the split between
these officers and the Austrian
government by ordering The police
president to keep hands off police
personnel in the Soviet zone ex-
cept when the Soviet approves
his action in advance.
The Russian commander also
ordered the Austrian government,
without consulting Western rep
resentatiyes. to drop criminal
proceedings against various Vienna
police officers and barred discip-
linary action of any kind.
The note warned Russia of
grave consequences to our COM
mon objective in Austria If inter-
national agreements continue to
be disregarded."
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Negro Troops Give 500
To Community Fund
Special Dispatch TO The Stor

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Nov.
ga $700 gift by Negro troops
training at the A. P. Hill Military
Reservation near here has pushed
Fredericksburg's Community Fund
over it's 1850 goal.
Fund Chairman Harry B. F.
Franklin said the donation has
brought proceeds to $23, sos, well
past the $22,710 quota.
The check was from the Third
Armored Cavalry Regiments
Third Battalion. 1t has been
training at A. P. Hill in Caroline
County.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Dr.. Byrd Tells Planners
OfMoryIund u. Requests

BALTIMORE. Nov. 23-The
University of Maryland's SIS mil
lion in requests for new construc-
ton and equipmshtashould& meet
the institutions needs 'for the
foreseeable future" DR.. H. c.
Byrd. university president. told
the State Planning Commission
yesterday.
About one-fourth Of the prof.
ects, in terms of dollars, are at
Princess Anne College, the uni
versity's branch for Negroes.
Also among the university's ex-
pansion plans are new phar-
macy building in Baltimore, a new
library and the purchase of some
400 acres as an addition to the
campus at College Park.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Old Alexandria Firehouse
Restored, Ready for Action

OnuTCn gave MI. sutton an OlQ
lamp post that stood in front of
the old church lyceum. It gave
the exterior of the fire house the
finishing touch it needed.
The two amateur restorers
found their real challenge in the
contents of the building. however.
Layers of dust covered almost
everything. The second floor re-
sembled a junk dealers night
mare.
But from the looking
debris, they uncovered fire-fignt-
ing treasures dating back to 1772
two years before the Friend
ship company was organized.
There were such things as old
leather buckets that each house.
holder was required to have for
bucket brigades; big wood axes
that firemen carried in parades;
an 18th century f1reman's parade
hat and cape; big 13-star flag
countless pictures Of early Friend
ship firemen and antique hose
nozzles.
Fire Association Marker.
There also is an old fire as
sociation marker. In Colonial
days. insurance companies put
such iron markers on every house
that was insured. If a house
was without a marker, firemen
were supposed to let it burn. After
all, the fire-insurance companies
were the biggest contributors to
the support Of fire companies in
those days. = = -. :. - !
Although the original fire en-
gine that George Washington
bought for the city in 1744 is
in a Baltimore museum. Alexan-
dria has a reproduction of it
that the city bought in 1849 when
the Friendship fire house was
moved from King street to its
present location. And there is a
hose carrier more than $50 years
old.
These relics and others have
been arranged by Mr.. Sutton and
Mr.. Dettor so they can be viewed
and appreciated. instead of rot
ting away in dusty heaps. The
greatful Friendship Veterans Fire
Engine Co. has made the two men
life members.
And the fire company. with r.
F. Downham as president, has re-
organized. The Alexandria Asso-
citation has appropriated $3.50 to
push the restoration one step fur
ther by re-doing the bell tower.
1t looks like the one big task
remaining is to get back George
Washington's fire engine from
Baltimore,
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Communists
Continued From First Page }

open" and concealed" members;
the party's policy Of refusing to
disclose information about its
operations: the practice of de-
stroying or secreting records; the
use of protective language" to
mask the organizations real OBJ
jectives; the practice of Identify
ing party members by party
names and symbols; the use OF
words which have one meaning
to the uninitiated and a totally
different meaning to party men,
bers;; the practice of secret meet
ings and confidential mailing ad-
dresses and the division of the
membership into small groups to
protect the identity of other
members.
Mr.. McGrath's petition put the
next move squarely up to the
Communist Party. 1t must now
appear before the board to explain
its reason for not registering VOL
unfairly. The board has subpoena
power to back this up.
Battle May Take Years.
After hearings. the board must
decide whether to order registra-
ton. Failure to comply with the
order calls for fines and imprison-
ment. The Communist Party has
said it g will fight registration
through the courts on the ground
that it is a violation of the civil
liberties clause Of the Constitu-
ton. 's ? 49, 8 '5'
Such a legal battle might take
years.
The Attorney Generals Office
has about 100 organizations de-
scribed as Communist on it's
"subversive list" None has ap-
peared to register voluntarily.
However. action against other
groups may be postponed pending
a ruling in the present case.
Explaining this one Justice De-
partment official said:
you can't classify splinter
until you have labeled the tree.
Hearings Expected Soon.
Control Board members have
indicated that hearings will be
called soon. But 1t is generally
estimated that the proceeding may
run to two years or more. before
any final Judgment is reached.
In the event the Control Board
issues a registration order against
the Communist Party as an "ac-
ton" organization. the law calls
for a fine Of $4,000 a day until
the registration is made. For in
dividual members inheriting the
registration responsibility 60 days
after a parent group has failed
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Flames Sweep Foctory
Making British Rudur

TREORKY, Wales, Nov. 3d.
Fire early today swept through
part of a factory making secret
radar apparatus for the British
government. The plant employed
600 persons.
officials Of the company, Elec-
trical & Musical Industries, Ltd.
said the damage was serious and
that they would ask for a thorough
| Investigation.
Evening star., 1950-11-23

as American prisoners of war and
the outpost of the 1st Cavalry Di-
visions 7th Regiment gave the
men warm welcome.
They were taken back quickly
to the regimental command post
and then to division headquarters
and put aboard evacuation planes.
The men were landed at the
Pyongyang airfield where 1t. Col.
I. j. Tender, commanding officer
of the 8055th Hospital, say they
were given immediate care.
The men were quickly moved to
the hospital, taken to warm show
ers, then given whatever medical
attention they needed.
Their strange journey was
ended.
Evening star., 1950-11-23

Gradually, with its growing
popularity. Mr.. Bowler's name
achieved wider currency than
MIR. Coke's. The Bowler family
was descended from Huguenot
named Beaulieu.
Today, hatters say. the bowler"
is staging a limited comeback. In
the United Kingdom, upward of
$4,000 are being produced an
nually. But members of the
Bowler family, still hatters, have
no part in their production. Now
they make hats for women.
Evening star., 1950-11-23

to comply, the maximum penalty
is $4,000 fine and five years i'm
prisonment for each day of failure
to comply. The FBI recently esti-
mated that there were about
1900 dues-paying Communists in
the country.
The new law defines a "Com-
munist action" group as one con-
trolled by the foreign government
or foreign organization controlling
the world Communist movement" "
and operating primarily to ad-
vance world Communism.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Belgium Makes Own Film

BRUSSELS (P.-B Belgian film
production, dormant following the
war, is now showing signs of re-
|neWed activity. which may put it
back on its prewar feet. Inde-
pendent production by unknowns
working with little capital and
determined to use nothing but
local talent and local stories
seems to be the trend.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Pilots Re-eIect DeIuno

Capt. John S. Delano, of 6312
Meadow lane, Chevy Chase, Md,
has been unanimously reelected
president of the American Pilots
Association for his 10th two-year
term.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
5 Killed in BruziI Wreck

RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil, Nov.
% P.-At least five persons were
killed and so injured today when
the fast Sac Paulo to Rio de ia
|neiro express was wrecked near
Morro Agudo, 80 miles from here.
Railway officials said four cars
jumped the tracks because Of
Snreadino rails.