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Evening star., 1950-10-21
Adults Cut Night School
To See N, Survey Says
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21.-A Ma
tion-wide survey conducted by
Woodbury. College of Los Angeles
shows that without exception cities
that have television are showing
a decrease in adult night class
attendance. ..-.
Hal Evry, who directed the sur
vey, said so selected cities were
chosen. Superintendent of adult
education schools were asked to
report on increase or decrease of
classes this fall, compared with
last fall. The overall report
shows a Is per cent decrease in
cities that have TV.
A notable exception is Albu-
querque, N. Mex, which is en-
ploying TV in its adult education
classes.
Cleveland reported that its adult
education night class enrolment a
year ago was $500. It is now
1900. q drop of 20 per cent.
Cities that do not have tele.
vision are showing normal in
crease in adult education. Ell Paso
Tex, is leading the way with 8
40.46 Jump among the cities
reached by the survey. Wichita
Kans., reported a 20 per cent
climb. 1t, too, is out of the TV
sphere. s
Other cities solicited included
Salt Lake City, Dallas, Detroit, Sar
Francisco and Cheyenne, Wyo.
Evening star., 1950-10-21
axe Nv Word for 1t
By Frank Colby

An alderman was literally IAN
old man." hence, the head Of a
family. The word Is formed from
the Anglo-Saxon aid, "old," plus
-man.
The word Viking has no connec-
ton with the word king. Viking
(pronounced: VY-king) is from the
Icelandic word vikingr, "a pirate;
freebooter" The Vikings were
Scandinavian pirates that infested
the seas of Europe during the 9th,
9th, and 10th centuries, making
raids upon the coastal towns and
cities.
The word berserk Ito 60 ber-
serk) is from Berserker, in Scan
dinavian legend a Morse warrior
who fought with fury in battle.
Berserk is pronounced: BER-serk,
or, popularly, ber-SERK.
To run amuck is to be possessed
with homicidal mania. Amuck is
from the Malay word amoq, which
means furious"
The name Assassin was originally
given to an order Of Mohammedan
fanatics, whose chief object was
Evening star., 1950-10-21
First Illegal V Station
Closed byFCC Order
By the Associated Press

The Federal Communications
Commission said yesterday it has
located and closed down an il
legal television station-its first
The station, atop a Pennsyl-
vania mountain, was being oper-
ated by the tube division of Syl-
vania Electric Products, Inc.
Emporium, Pa, the FEC said
Sylvania is one of the country's s
largest producers of television
tubes.
The explanation given by COM
pany officials for the unlicensed
operation, the commission said
was that they needed TV service
in their business, but knew the
2-year-old freeze on TV broad
casting permits ruled out new sta
ton permits.
At Emporium, M. F. Balcom
Sylvania board chairman, had nc
comment.
The FEC noted that unlicensed
TV operation involves possible
fine of $4,000 or two years i'm
prisonment or both. It sale
further proceedings will bt
taken" in the case.
Evening star., 1950-10-21

the murder of Crusaders (from
about 1890 to 1870. Assassin is from
the Arabic word hashshashin,
"hashish eaters" an allusion to the
fact that they aroused themselves
to frenzy by eating hashish, the
flower tops. leaves, etc., of Indian
hemp. incidentally, marijuana is
exactly the same as Indian hemp
or hashish (Cannabis sativa).
The origin of the word marijuana
is in doubt. Some authorities believe
that it is an American Spanish
native word formed by blending
the name Maria Juana (Mary
jane. The Spanish pronunciation
of marijuana is: MAHR-ee-
HWAH'nah. orleans says:
MEHR- R-uh-WAH'nuh.
Evening star., 1950-10-21

Opening lead, four of diamonds.
Two-suited hands [provided a
fit has been established], possess
much more power than would be
apparent from the appraisal of
their high-card values. The holder
OF this type of hand should resolve
all doubts in favor of aggressive
action.
However, when the time comes
to play the dummy, deelarer may
be faced with a choice as to which
suit to develop and many an in
teresting problem will arise. A
slight attack of myopia proved
tragic to South, declarer in today's
hand.
The bidding was sound in all re-
spects. This is not the type of hand
which lends itself to treatment by
any of the artificial slam conven-
tionS. That is usually the case
where void suits are held. This is
a slam that depends, as. so many
do, not so much upon the possess
sion Of aces and kings as. upon
favorable distribution, or, in other
words, lack of losers.
West led the four of diamonds,
and East's ace was ruffed. The
egocentrlc Mr.. South could see
nothing but his own hand and i'm
mediately set about establishing
the spade suit. He would have ex-
perienced no difficulty with the
hand had spades broken four three
(which they did, and the trumps
two-to-one (which they didn't.
The ace of spades was cashed and
small spade ruffed in dummy. De-
clarer regained the lead by ruffing
a diamond and another spade was
ruffed in dummy. Then a trump
was led to the closed hand and
when East showed out, the jig was
up. The spades now became hope
less because declarer was out of
entries to get back to cash them.
Declarer therefore had to try the
heart flnesse, which lost, leaving
South in helpless position.
Despite the bad trump break.
declarer should have made the
hand without any trouble. The
proper suit to work on was hearts.
not spades. In the first place, they
were nearer to establishment, and
the second place, dummy has more
entries, now that declarer's trumps
have been weakened by having to
ruff the opening lead. At the end
of trick one, since dummy has more
trumps, it should be treated as the
boss" hand. On winning the
first trick, the ace of clubs will
show the bad trump break. The
heart flnesse should then be taken.
When East wins, a diamond will
probably be returned, though no
lead matters. Declarer ruffs and
discards dummy's last diamond or
the ace of spades. A small heart
Is led to the ace and a small
heart Is returned and ruffed with
the king of clubs to prevent a pos
sible over ruff. A low trump to
dummy permits the drawing of
trumpS and the dummy hand Is
now solid.
copyright: 1885, By Charles H. GorenI
Evening star., 1950-10-21
Jet Streams Measured

KEY WEST, Fla. - Thermal
winds moving at $50 to 200 miles
an hour, known as jet streams,
have been charted for five days
at time at attitudes between
$4,000 and 10000 feet. The
streams often are 1000 miles long
and 10000 miles wide.
Evening star., 1950-10-21
Word Game
Find SO or more words in
ADORATION.

meaning, intense regard, rever-
ence." Average is so; limit. IS
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 a
word is used. Proper names are not used
A list will be published Monday.
Evening star., 1950-10-21

Let's be sensible. There is NO
shortage OF food in the United
States. The President has stated
there is no immediate prospect of
ationing. So let's be sensible.
Don't hoard.
Evening star., 1950-10-21

Mother-ThereS' no harm done.
Hand me towel and I'll wipe up
the milk. We all have butter
fingers" sometimes.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-04

| Clark Griffith of the "Nats" to
| tell (UP) newsmen: Gosh Glib
son would bring $25O,O00 on the
baseball market were Negro play
| ers in the league" Later a price
tag of 100000 was hung on Don
Newcombe, and Sammy Jethroe
cost an lawful lot of coconuts"
($15O,O0O).
1t is my humble opinion that a
trade value of between so, and
$4,000 would be a fair estimate
for any of the Negro ballplayers
Of "Yesterday' whom I list pro-
viding all could have made the
grade:
Dick Lundy; = Dave Brown; : Joe
Williams; Dick Redding; John
Henry Lloyd, "Bingo" DeMoss.
ssThe Melting Pot"
James Evans, now n OF the
ranking Community Bridge
players teamed with a wizard
named "Checkers," still stands
head and shoulders above all Ne
gro pool players and for that
matter, one has to invade the
realm of the WORLD CHAM
PIONS of that sport, men like the
late; Ralph Greenleaf, Andrew
Ponzi and Frank Taberski; the
living, Willie Mosconi; James Car
as, Irving Crane, Johnny Irish,
etc, etc, to search for his equals
or superiors Yes, Jimmy Evans
gave up pocket-billiards sixteen
years ago and Observation-Disclosures
as we say in slang terms; still to-
day young contenders for his va
can't crown "World's" Colored
Pocket Billiard Champion" use
Evans as their pardstick Evans
san PIP balls without a miss on a
small table a and 1I2 x 81 and
onthe big table where the cham
pions play (5x10) with smaller
pockets than one finds today, ran
165 or therebouts
In winning the N. Y. State
Championships some Is seasons
seasons ago, Evans waded thru
10 opponents Gall of them Whitley
without losing a single match
game Ornifrio Lauri, a fine
player who was no match for
Evans in the colored wonders
best playing days, defeated Evans
forthe State title the year Jimmy
rtired because of failing eyesight.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-04
Beating The Gun

concluded from page ~
ing tothis fact with more than six
letter.
Dear Mr. Ferris:
Failing to make contact with
you via the telephone during the
past forty-eight hours, l resort to
this last. ditch means. The release
sent us reveals the fact that the
nationals returns to the East, af
ter a four year absence, under
the sponsorship of the Washing
ton Sesqui-C Centennial Sports Com
mittee and the District of Column
bia A. A. U.
Track and field fans the nation
v e. know about the epic perfor-
mances of numerous Negro track
and field stars.
Will entry blanks be issued to
Negro athletes -? /? Has the Am
ateur Athletic Association, which
has long been your employer, seen
to it that the rights and privileges
of all Americans regardless of
color will insure such participa-
patton in the Maryland Stadium
title meet? Will Kip Edwards, TO
the branch of the AAU who is
chairman of the Centennial Sports
committee, be so apprized or has
that already been takn care off?
Very Sincerely Yours, Alvin Mo-
ses, (ANP)
Big League Players Inspire
Jimmy Helm, rabid baseball fan,
has long contended that the major
league exploits Of such as: Larry
Dolby, Roy Campanella, Donald
Newcombe, Jackie Robinson, Luke
Easter, Henry Thompson, Sammy
Jethroe and the absent Leroy
(Satchel) Paige, serve to rmind
us all of colord stars of a not too
distant date who might have made
the big league high standards. In
addition, said friend Jimmy.
"The kids in the streets of Har-
lem wear with fierce pride the
caps, sweaters and other insignia
sporting goods oncrn have
flooded the area WITH. All of
which ties in with my diea of a
higher degree of respect and re-
gard for u own candidates who
until Branch Rickey's appearance,
were like Negro jockeys 1.-THE
Vanished Americans.
Gibson, Hit Like Ralph Kiner
The other day before a Pitts
burgh home crowd Ralph Kiner,
peerof modern home-run hitters,
smashed a 500 foot round-tripper
the longest hit ball of his BRILL
ant career. In a reflective mood,
we think back to a more than
500 foot smash the late Josh Glib
son whaled in Griffith stadium,
Washington, D. c., causing owner
Kodiak mirror., 1950-06-17
Cl1asnberlains Fefed At Farewell Party

Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Cham berlain. who plan to leave Ko diak shortly for an extended vacation in the states, were honored by more than 100 friends at a surprise farewell party and gift shower We'd nesday evening.
 The affair was held in the social hall of the Baptist Church at 8 o'clock.
 A scroll was presented to Chamberlain by Miss Estel'e Marlin. The girls choir of the church sang, and Miss Rose Graziano led the devotional period. Movies of Kodiak several years ago were shown
Kodiak mirror., 1950-06-17
Bids Asked For island Mail Run

The U. s. Postoffice Depart ment is again seeking bids for the contract to carry the mail around Kodiak Island.
 Earlier this year Paul Han- sen, Collins Air Service pilot, and Alfred Anderson, were a. warded the contract, but they did not sign it within the re- quired time limit, and bids are again being asked.
 Bids must be in by July 20, 1850. The contract is from October l, 1850 to June 30, 1854.
 The original contract was to have been from June 30, 1850,
Kodiak mirror., 1950-06-17
Plane Located

A two-engine Cessna with four people aboard, unreported for several hours, was located on the beach at Sitkalidak Is- land by the Navy Sunday morning.
 The plane, on wheels, had landed at NOE Saturday even- ing and left shortly after for the island leased by Jack Me- Cord.
 When it failed te close it's flight plan the search was started. The plane was under charter to McCord. It is not a locally based plane.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-06-17
KODIAK MIRROR

by Chamberlain, who took them at the time of the cou- struction of the church.
 Among those attending were members of the staff of the Baptist Mission, of which Chamberlain was at one time superintendent. He is now working at the base.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-06-17
Galley Leased

MT. and Mrs. John E. Lee have leased The Galley from Mrs. Freda Coles, and opened it for business Thursday.
 Prior to the war, Mrs. Leo was owner of the Waffle Shop but sold it in October, 1941.
 MT. and Mrs. Leo arrived here in April.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-06-17

Pete Koppang, George Tor gramsen, Ali Torgramsen. Art Jensen and Tom Mikelsen left Monday to fish at Bristol Bay.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-06-17
City Worth B Million

for property within the city
 limits has been set at $3, 648,- : 941.03 for the current year, a gain of over $2OO, GOO over last years figure.
 l The assessment roll, com- ipleted by John Marshall last
 week. was approved by the city council at it's regular i meeting Monday night. Assessment notices are be-
 ing sent this week to property
 owners.
 ] A Board of Equalization will
 meet each night from 7:30 to
 9 pm from June 23 to June 30
 to review and adjust appraise-
 ments of property made by
 the assessor.
 The council voted to advise
 the Ships Tavern and Sally's
 Coffee Shop to put in concrete
 walks in front of of their bus
 inesses.
 Patrick Lynch, who held
 the contract for the street
 paving last year, was given 30
 days by the council to repair
 the hole in the paving at the
 corner of Alaska Way and
 South Mill Bay rd., and to fill in the low spots in front of the B and B bar and the Town Club.
 H. E. Spencer, city wharf finger, asked the council to
 establish a 10 mile per hour
 speed limit on the city dock and on its approaches. 1 Other business of the coun-
 cil included the granting of a contractors license to James
 Healy; approving the transfer :! of a taxi license from Hans Reeman to Art Kizer, and a
 taxi license from Ross Gal
 breath to Fred Alexander who in turn transferred it to Earl Cessna, who later transferred , it to Art Kizer.
 Two taxi licenses held by
 Ray and Pauline Summon were transferred to Ross Gal breath. Hans Reeman's appli- cation for a for-hire license was tabled by the council.
 Thompson Transfer, Stand ard Oil and Union Oil submit
 ted bids for a contract to sell oil and fuel to the city. Coun- cilmen Ray Shannon and Ellen Dawson were named to study ! the bills and select one for the councils approval at the next meeting.
 Among current bills paid by the city was one for $393. IF submitted by Mayor Lee c. Bettinger for hotel bills ac- crued while he was in Wash ington, D. G.. Mayor Betting CT explained that the bill pre- sented the city did not include any bills for side trips. J. B. Perron of the Morris Knudsen construction com pany arrived here Tuesday. His company is building a new
Kodiak mirror., 1950-06-17

but Robert von Scheele's con- tract has been extended unsil October 1.
Evening star., 1950-03-02

named rie-Carmen, a Cuban
by way of Brooklyn, where she was
born. Marie -Carmen's speciality
is flamenco dancing, and since
she is ballet-trained and gets up
every morning to do her bar ex-
ercises, there is something special
about her flamenco dancing.
There also are some Latin songs
(and some American ones by
Marina Paige, who is volatile one,
and Mr.. Harpa's orchestra gets in
his Birth of the Rumba" number.
Altogether, things are real lively
around the Latin Quarter at show
time.
X X xx
The Showbill: Rosalind Court
right (m-m-m-m-m) and George
TappS arrive at the Statler EN-
bassy Room Tuesday night
Jay Jason is at the Club Kavakos.
Funny man, he is Andy Man
dale is the new pianist at the Cafe
Caprice at the Roger Smith Hotel
Marcia and Roberts, Peter
Carr and Eve and Johnny Lander
arrive at the Lotus tonight.
Evening star., 1950-03-02
After
Dark
AstoIre-Rogers SUCCESSORS
Are Here in the Champions
BY Harry Macarthur.

At the end of each floor show
in the Statler Embassy Room
this week Al Donahue, who makes
the music there, leans against the
piano. Awe is draped about him
like a toga. ...-
Now" he says, 1--WE invite you
all to dance"
1t is evidence of Mr.. Donahue's
awareness that he makes the line
one of the funniest you are likely
to hear in night club in 20
years, since it follows each ap-
pearance of Marge and Cover
Champion. Anyone, Mr.. Dona-
hue's reading of his line implies,
who still thinks he can dance
after watching the Champions is
Evening star., 1950-03-02
Denham Says NLRB Seeks
To Usurp His Authority
BY the Associated Press

Robert N. Denham, general
counsel of the National Labor Re-
lations Board, said yesterday the
board is trying to "usurp" some
of his authority. He also said he
isn't going to stand for it.
Mr.. Denham and the board have
been at odds for months over
interpretations of the Taft Hartley
law. basis for most actions by the
board and its general counsel.
The dispute came to a head last
week when the board said it was
taking over from Mr.. Denham the
hiring and firing of chiefs of NLRB
regional and subregional offices,
and decisions on the opening or
closing of such offices.
The Taft-Hartley law gives
Mr.. Denham certain independent
powers.
Paul M. Herzog, chairman of
the five-man board, had no i'm
Evening star., 1950-03-02

rheumatic fever five years ago.
Reba came to the hospital in
an ambulance January % from
her hometown, Lubbock, Tex.
DR.. Dwight E. Marken of Cam
bridge, who performed the opera
tion. said that when Reba came
to the hospital rheumatic scars
had affected a heart valve and
decreased the opening through
which the blood flows, requiring
the heart to triple the normal
blood pressure.
After the operation the pres
sure was back to normal, DR..
Marken said.
Evening star., 1950-03-02
Purse Thief Gets Keys,
Then Steals Victims Car

A thief who stole a woman's
purse, containing the keys to her
car. and then drove off in the
automobile is being sought by
police today.
Victim of the theft, Mrs. Fred
erick Schwertner, of 1910 Ran
dolph street NE. told police the
purse was taken Tuesday night
from an inside windowsill at her
home by a thief who broke out a
window pane. Cash in the purse,
totaling $19, also was taken.
Evening star., 1950-03-02
Film Studios Reported
Making Big Loyoffs
By the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 2.-Fou1
of the five big movie studios re-
portedly are operating with re-
duced stats. One of them-War-
ner Bros.-is laying off so per
cent of it's personnel, a trade
paper said. The studio declined
to comment.
Most of the studios have large
backlogs of unreleased films.
Other reasons advanced by indus
try sources for the dismissals in
clude declining theater crosses,
perhaps because of television; loss
of foreign markets; and the high
cost of movie production.
Evening star., 1950-03-02
Surgery Fixes Heart Valve;
Bedridden Patient Cured
By the Associated Press

BOSTON, Mar. 2-Frail, dark
haired Reba Wayne Williams, bed
ridden for five years, walked out
OF Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
today after what doctors de-
scribed as the first restoration of
a faulty heart valve through
surgery.
DR.. Norbert Wilhelm said, This
is the first time that an essential
ly normally functioning valve
has been successfully obtained
through surgery"
He said the faculty valve was
caused by second attack of
Evening star., 1950-03-02

mediate comment on Mr.. Den
hams blast.
Talking with reporters after
issuing his statement, Mr.. Denham
said there will be a showdown
soon on his power to appoint.
Evening star., 1950-12-31

by sale of preferred stock and by
bank loans.
while we ordinarily would be
most optimistic about 1851, we
foresee special problems which
may be imposed as the direct re-
suit of the international situa-
tion,' he added. "We are devoting
much study and thought to these
problems in order that the urgent
needs of our customers will be
met.
"A further problem is the pos
sibility of an increase in the price
of natural gas which we purchase.
Our suppliers have applied for a
new tariff and rates which if
granted would increase our costs
considerably. FPC hearings now
are in progress, but a decision
will not be reached until 1851"
Manpower Shortage Feared.
History is beginning to repeat
itself in some phases of transit
operations and some of the diff
culties which plagued us in the
Evening star., 1950-12-31

Boothby said, 1--WE began to see
definitely the results of our long
range planning. including the in
PRODUCTION of straight natural gas
in 1946-47, which in itself resulted
in savings to customers Of many
millions of dollars.
During 1850, around 10000 GUS
toners were added to our lines,
raising the total to more than
$4,000 families. Gas sales were
about 219o above 1949 and gross
revenues were up 21%. Operating
revenues in 1850 increased 81 mil
lion. Operating expenses were
boosted more than So million due
to higher labor and material costs.
Capital expenditures in 1851 are
expected to exceed the 1850 total,
Mr.. Boothby said. The last years
program was financed principally
Evening star., 1950-12-31

costs, he declared. Net income for
II months this year was $3,929,-
032, a drop of 1892 .233 or SO per
cent from year earlier.
Sales in the IL months rose to
2,028, 100000 kilowatt hours, a
gain of SO per. cent from a year
earlier. The increase was due to
the net addition of 1887 custom
ers since the start of 1850 and to
greater use of electricity by resi-
dental and commercial custom
ers, Mr.. Neal added.
Higher Rates Requested.
AS earnings have not been suf-
ficient to properly service capital
requirements. applications for a
rate increase amounting to around
$3.5 million were filed with the
Public Utilities Commissions of
the District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia on July %. The District
PUG held hearings and now has
the proposal under consideration.
A second 10000 kilowatt turbo-
generator unit-placed in opera
tion at the new Potomac River
power plant in June-increased
the company's generating capacity
to 665,000 kilowatts, Mr.. Neal said.
A new $4,000 kilowatt unit is be-
ing installed at the Benning plant.
The systems peak load for 1851
is estimated at $4,000 kilowatts,
or $4,000 above the 1850 peak of
$4,000 reached on August 2, he
declared.
The 1851 construction program
amounting to around SIG million
will include $4.4 million for plant
additions and $40 million for
distribution facilities, including
ten new substations, Mr.. Neal said.
The company sold $50 million
OF 24 per cent first mortgage
bonds, due 1885, and 710,7O0
common shares in May to finance
redemption of $40 million of 3A
per cent bonds, due in 1866, and
retirement of $11 million in bank
loans, and also to finance con-
struction.
Phone Calls Rise Sharply.
The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. of Washington
handled TAG million calls in 1850,
an increase of 81 million over
1949 and an average of 2 million
a day or $4,000 calls every so
minutes. OF the total, IL million
were out-of- town calls.
These were among the figures