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Evening star., 1950-04-23
Transit Economics

The story the other day by Francis p.
Douglas discussing the financial plight
OF the Capital Transit Co. touched my
heart. Since the Capital Transit Co.
does so much for me-cutting bus sched-
ules to give me more time in the health
full open air and providing music to
soothe me when the bus finally comes
along-1 am embracing the opportunity
to do something nice for it,
can earn the Capital Transit Co. an
additional So million year, without
moving out of this chair. 1t is so simple
that the company's board of directors
will 60 around kicking themselves for
not having thought of it first.
All that must be done to get this addi-
tional revenue is to cut the fare back
to 10 cents cash and abandon the week.
ly pass.
According to the figures Mr.. Douglas
quoted, the transit company got So, $780,
900 from the sale of passes and SIT ,261.-
600 from other fares last year, total OF
$26,220,000.
Each pass. according to those same
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Let the JCS Decide

If reports as to the attitude of the Joint
Chiefs OF Staff toward the pending economy
budget for military aviation are correct, Defense
Secretary Johnson will have torevise his estimate
of defense spending for 1851. There are indica-
tionS at the Pentagon that the Joint Chiefs have
submitted to Mr.. Johnson statement supporting
General Eisenhowers recent testimony that pres
ent budget figures for the Air Force and Navy
are too low for safety. The Defense Secretary
has announced that he will be guided by what
the jos has to say on the subject
It is becoming evident that the budget finally
presented to Congress by the Defense Depart
ment was Secretary Johnson's budget, not, as
had been supposed, JCS-approved program
Although the Secretary had described the esti-
mates as "Ikes Budget" General Eisenhower
made it plain to Congress that he was not "the
architect" The final product, he asserted, was
a stripped-d down version of a carefully reduced
budget on which he had worked for months in
his capacity as defense adviser. During this
time, in consultation with the Joint Chiefs and
other authorities, he had cut down to realistic
size $50 billion budget first submitted by the
three armed services BY order of the President,
he chopped the oversize estimates down to
SIS billion total and apparently had no objection
to being credited with being the axman. But
General Eisenhower has baked at being credited
by Mr.. Johnson.
In his testimony before Senate appropria-
tions subcommittee General Eisenhower ex-
pressed the view that approximately half billion
should be restored to the budget for new planes
for the Air Force and naval aviation and for
several other weak spots in the defense setup.
1t is now reported that the Joint Chiefs have
concurred in the generals opinion that the allot-
ment proposed for next year is insufficient to keep
military aviation at minimum safe strength.
Their fear is that the normal attrition OF planes
due to obSolescence, operationa losses and other
factors will be greater than the replacement pro-
gram can cope with That is a disquieting
prospect at a time when Russia is believed to
be working her aircraft factories at top speed.
General Eisenhower, General Bradley, General
Vandenberg and Admiral Sherman are not
tingoists They have evidenced a full apprecia-
ton of the necessity of keeping defense expendi-
lures to the lowest figure compatible with
security. Their advice regarding the minimum
forces required in this era of cold-War threats
and incidents should be given the great weight
it merits.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Letters to The Star .
A pseudonyn, is permissible only
1Ohen letter carries correct name
and address of yriter. Please be brief.

figures. is used for 34.72 rides and passes
go at the rate of 10000 a week. If you
multiply 10000 by 34.72 by 50 weeks by
10 cents you get $16,248. 800, almost
double what the company got last year
from sale of passes. The other fare
figure comes down some. of course. when
the fare is cut to 10 cents. If you divide
$17.261 900 by 13 cents (the most con-
servative figure. since a number of rides
were at the 1l2s cents token rate) you
arrive at 10 cent fare revenue of $l3.-
277,692.
Add these two figures and you get
$29,526,652 in revenue, or $3.306, 6,652
more than the $26, 100000 which fares
brought the company in 1949. It's all
clear profit, too, since it won't cost any
more to haul the same number of pas
sengers. Taxes will get some of it.
naturally, but there ought to be enough
gravy for Capital Transit to abandon its
attempt to stay solvent by selling its
customers as members of a captive audi
ence. trapped in perambulating juke
boxes.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Spires of the Spirit
Shoes and Sermons

This is tale of small American town
near the Eastern Coast. The spotlight is
upon two people who lived and labored
there many years ago. The little river
upon whose banks the mill town is
perched, flows gently. pellucid in its
crystal depths full of murmuring music
as it moves toward the welcoming arms
of the wide sea fifty miles away. On
Main street, quite near the marts Of the
butcher, the baker. the candlestick maker
was the home and workshop of Hiram
Golf, the cobbler. Turning from larger,
'proffered fields. there came to the pas
torate of one of the village churches a
young man well equipped. full of zeal
and with a divine passion which comes
only from a genuine love of humanity
and which never is found when a So
called man Of God" attempts to mix
spires of the spirit with greed of fame
He had book knowledge but yearned, as
he put it, Ito learn how the great heart
of man beats. If preach by the side OF
the mill I shall find out what men and
women really need" And so the Rev.
John JeSSig went to this town of
lowly toilers as representative Of the
Carpenter of Nazareth and. like his Mas
ter, came to dwell with the men who
work.
Among the pillars of the church was
Golf, the rugged shoemaker. who was
also a philosopher without knowing it.
To him, the Holy Bible was no ornament
just to be kept on the center table. 1t
was volume dog-eared and thumb
marked. 1t was to him daily lamp unto
his path.
When Jessig made his first round of
parish calls he knocked at the shoemak-
ers door. Having heard kindly things of
him from the neighbors. the new min
lister was eager to make his acquaintance.
Right warmly was he welcomed, and
found himself in an easy chair with the
shoemaker asking that he be allowed to
go on with his work.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

Said The Star Of April 10, 1900: "Con-
siderable gossip has been occasioned by
Trouble Standing among the
Over Music members of the New
York Avenue Presby-
terian Church over the question OF
whether the church should return to
the old system Of congregational sing
ing or continue to have a paid choir,
such as was introduced several years ago.
AS result. it is understood that dea-
con and four elders, who held to the con-
gregational singing cause, resigned, and
their places have been filled by the elec-
ton of others favorable to choir music.
Those who resigned were: John w. Fos-
ter, ex-Secretary of State; A. J. Halford.
John Randolph and w. B. Robinson,
elders, and Charles E. Foster, deacon.
Those chosen to fill the places thus va
Gated were: Justice Harlan of the
United States Supreme Court. Gen. j.
c. Breckinridge, Charles II. Fishbaugh
and DR.. James A. Freer as elders and
Brice j. Moses as deacon" The change
in musical arrangements, it was indi-
Gated, had been insisted upon by the
Rev. Wallace J. Radcliffe, pastor.
The Star on April 81, 1900, reported
the marriage of Alice Maury and James
Parmelee. DR.. Alexander
Importont Mackay-Smith oficiated at
Weddinu the ceremony at the resi-
dence of the brides parents.
'The house was prettily decorated with
fruit blossoms and roses and a bower Of
palms filled the bay window of the front
parlor. Within this inclostre the couple
stood. The bride had four youthful
attendants In the persons OF Mary
Louise and Jack Logan, children Of the
late Maj. John A. Logan, jr., and Con-
stance and william Parmelee, niece and
nephew of the groom The cere-
mony was followed by breakfast. and
late this afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Par
melee left for their wedding trip. which
will include European journey" It
was expected that they would make
their home in Cleveland, where Mr.. Par
melee was a banking partner of Myron
T. Herrick; but instead they purchased
the property at Klingle road and Ma
comb street adjacent to the Charles J.
Ben estate. There they were happy
among their books and pictures UNI
Evening star., 1950-04-23

Hiram was soon telling the preacher
his ideas about number of things. One
of the tenets of his creed was, II be-
lieve in honest work" The young pastor
remarked that he was glad to be with the
laboring class. Commented the shoe
maker, I've no respect for any class that
amt laborin' class. Work is the law of
natur', and the secret Of human happi-
ness. The man who don't do nothin' with
his hands or his brain amt worth
nothin'.''
John let the shoemaker do most of
the talking. But when the parson did
make remark he started new torrent
of words about shoes and sermons The
preacher ventured to say to the cobbler.
Il am glad to see man who can use
the humblest vocation to the glory of
God, as you are doing That evidently
touched him on a tender spot. He re-
piled. with some feeling: There amt no
Sech thing in this wide world. pastor, as
a humble vocation" Excuse me-"
quickly replied his visitor, I'm sorry if
I have wounded you by my hasty express
Evening star., 1950-04-23

Mr.. Parmelee died in 1881. His widow
survived until l940 Together they
earned the gratitude of the whole COM
munity of Washington for their generous
contributions to museums, libraries,
schools, churches, hospitals and other
institutions of social and cultural value.
Mrs Parmelee's hanson may be viewed
in the Arts and Industries Building of
the Smithsonian. She left her engage
ment ring to Washington Cathedral to
be set in chalice.
Spring came to Washington half a
century ago. Proof of the season was
displayed in The Star for
Sireus April 20. 1900, as per the
In Town following advertisement:
Direct from Madison
Square Garden. New York City :. the
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers.
Transcendent Two Circuses, Menageries,
Hippodromes, Enormously United: The
Only Big Show; An Army of Thou
sand; All the Rarest Wild Beasts; The
Biggest, Brainiest Herds of Elephants;
The Only Trained Sea Lions and Seals;
300 Arenic Sovereigns; Is Famously
Funny Clowns: Greatest Aerial Gym
nasts: Astounding Acrobats; Hassan
Ali, the Egyptian Saul Of Giants, the
Tallest Man on Earth: The Paragon Of
Public Pageants" A lot on North Capt.
tol street between L and M streets NV.
was the scene of all these attractions.
Admission was so cents, half rate for
children.
Here was the way in which The Star
on April Is, 1900. chronicled patriotic
gathering in Washing
COLONEL Danes ton: American women
Meetino in whose veins flows the
blood of the hardy pio-
neers who laid the foundation in the
Western Hemisphere of what has become
the greatest, as well as the freest. Nation
of the earth assembled in the banquet
hall of the Arlington Hotel this morning.
The occasion !. was the biennial session
of the National Society of Colonial
Danes, which will continue until the
final session Friday afternoon. The So
ciety prides itself upon its exclusiveness.
The District branch is an important
one, and its members are Aking great
interest in the proceedingsAIts officers
Evening star., 1950-04-23
'Operotion Eradication

May should see the start of an experiment
which, if successful will mark major step in
the campaign for health on worldwide scale
For the first time medical science will attempt
to eradicate venereal disease from an entire
country-the island Republic of Haiti. The whole
native population of 350o,0O0 is to receive peni-
cillin injections over two-year period. Further
more in the process, another aiment even more
prevalent will be eliminated, since it likewise
yields to penicillin treatment. This is the tropi-
cal disease known as yawS, an infectious all
ment transmitted by touch or insects. More
than three-fourths of the Haitian people suffer
from yaws which is weakening and crippling in
advanced cases.
Few countries are more diSeaSe-ridden than
Haiti v. D. and yaws are the most serious and
widespread in a long list of ailments which sap
the peoples vitality and weaken their efficiency.
Haiti is so poor and backward that hitherto
almost nothing has been done to raise the level
of public health. Not long ago, the Haitian gov
ernment asked for the cooperation of the World
Health Organization, subsidiary of the United
Nations. The request was granted and the work
is being undertaken by WHO in conjunction with
the Haitian authorities. Health teams of WHO
experts and Haitian personnel are to cover the
whole country Systematically, reaching even the
remotest mountain hamlets. After the mass
incubation has been completed, local medical
centers will be maintained to continue preven-
tive treatment. Despite the ignorance and
illiteracy of the peasant masses, previous small
scale experiments by foreign experts in COM
batting malaria and dysentery have shown the
people to be eagerly cooperative.
1t is interesting to note that other backward
countries are anxious for WHO aid in their
health problems A full-scale anti-malaria prof.
ect is now under consideration by WHO for
Afghanistan, malaria being that country's worst
scourge. systematic cleanup of the worlds
worst disease spots would promote enormously
the happiness, stability and productivity of man
kind. At time when the human outlook is
darkened by threats of catastrophe war; it is
heartening to witness a co-ordinated effort to
fight disease-the commop enemy Of the entire
human species.
Evening star., 1950-04-23

are Mrs. Beverly Kennon, president:
Countess EsterhaZy, Mrs. Ernst, Mrs.
Nicholas and Mrs. James Blair vice pres
idents; Mrs. Rose Wright Smith, secre-
tary: Mrs. Perry Heath, treasurer: Mrs.
Fendal. registrar and Mrs. j. Y. Taylor,
historian"
story featured in The Star of April
%, 1900. began: while the good people
Of Washington were at
Goblin John tending church Sunday.
'CornivoP just across the District line
at Cabin John Bridge the
oepraved were rollicking in high carni-
val" Fully 1000 men and women, boys
and girls, visited the resort referred to
during the afternoon and evening. The
reporter for The Star found three bars
-. going at full speed dispensing drink"
and three gambling devices . being
operated" Under Montgomery County
local option. there allegedly was nothing
illegal about such proceedings. But The
Star editorially urged the District Com
missioners ito communicate with the
Maryland State authorities =. and seek
by mutual campaign to check the
vile abuses now rampant at this resort"
The Star Of April "a. 1900, quoted the
Philadelphia Record as saying: In
Western Europe, where the
Auto highways for hundreds Of
Rocino miles are like well-kept park
ways. the horseless carriage
has been developed to a degree un-
known and impossible in this country.
where roads like those of the European
continent are to be found only at rare
intervals and in exceedingly circum.
scribed localities. Almost coincident with
the introduction of the automobile in
the Old World has been the institution
of racing trials on the public roads
a dangerous practice which it has been
found necessary to suppress in France
by official edict. AS costly fad of FASH
ion the automobile will not lack pro-
moters and defenders; yet the folly Of
racing the machines at top speed on
thoroughfares open to the public should
be apparent to the most enthusiastic
chauffeur If there must be races be-
tween mere machines questionable
proposition-prjyate tracks should be
provided for the purpose"
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Be on Ambassador
By Bruce Borton
Ding to Europe this summer

Going to Europe this summer?
You can do America good. Or harm.
You can bring back memories Of his.
toric scenes and places that will make
every days newspapers more interesting
and significant.
Or you can bring back a champagne
hangover, a muddled recollection Of
money wasted and acts committed which
you never would have tolerated in your
own home.
There was a time when the boast Of
the returning American tourist was apt
to be bow he had taken snapshots in
forbidden areas, forced himself into pro-
hibited places. told the foreigners where
they got of and pilfered everything that
was not nailed down. We ought to be
too mature now for such childish mis-
behavior.
A German editor came in TO see me
recently. asked him: Who are the
most unpopular in German-we or the
British?"
THE British" he said. They are
dismantling our factories. claiming 1t is
to keep us from rearming. but actually
because they fear our competition. They
are stuffy and often rude.
"Of course, we don't like some Of your
bureaucrats, either. But" and his face
lighted up, your GIs are wonderful.
Friendly. cheerful. generous. always
laughing. Our children adore them.
They are your best ambassadors"
You can be that kind of ambassador.
Never forget that we Americans are
rich-even the poorest Of us-and the
Europeans are terribly poor. Our pen
nies and nickels look like dollars to
them. or course. you sometimes will be
overcharged and looked to for over
generous tips.
You're going for a good time. Pay
the price. keep smiling and have II.
tcopyrisht. 1850. King Features Syndicate, Ins9
Evening star., 1950-04-23
By Frederick Brown Harris
Pastor Foundry Methodist Church: chapiain.
United states Senate.

sion" Listen" said the shoemaker.
You are q minister Of the Gospel by
the grace Of God-ain't that SOP" Il
hope 1t is true. Hiram" answered the
spiritual shepherd of the flock. We'll.
I am D shoemaker by the grace Of God.
If make good shoes, I shall get just as
for bein' faithful pastor. All work is
noble and honorable. And it'll take
good bit Of argument to show me that
all work isn't equally important. You'll
carry up to the Judgment seat q fair
sample of the sermons you preach. And
I'll carry up fair sample Of the shoes
I've been maxim. Your sermons will
settle. your future and my shoes will
settle mine. We shall fall or rise ac-
cordin' as the sample represents good or
bad work If your sermon is your best
and my shoe is my best. He'll say John
and Hiram, you have used your talents
about equally WELL"
Then. after thoughtful pause. he
went on: The spirit of the Lord is Just
as much with me as sit here pegging
away on Widow Browns No. IS. that
are split at the sides. as it is with you
when you're tryin' to write somethin
that will convert the sinners and cheer
the godly next Sunday mornin'. Every
thin depends on the way we do our work.
And. as for that, it's just as necessary
for the people to have good shoes as good
preachins. They can't get along without
either. / propose to mend these shoes
as though my salvation depends upon it,
We are every one of us priests of the
temple"
Above the temple of his useful voca-
tion Hiram Golf reared the spires of the
spirit and saw every place of honest toll
as a shrine of the Master of all true
workmen toiling in the fields of time in
the sense of the eternal. Equally worthy
in heavens eyes and receiving the same
We'll done!" may be those who make
laws or lunches. sermons or shoes.
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LEGALS


IN THE CIRCUIT cOURT or THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL, CTncTrTsT,
OF TUE STATE or FT,ORTTaA
II AND FOR MONROE COUNTY
IN CHANCERY.
Case No. 12-15s
GEORGE &c HOUSTON.
Plaintiff.
!, o.s,n. u .s., DIVORCE
Defendant.
NOTICE
TO: Rose Houston,
1902 Cherokee Line,
Lodi. California
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFfEr,
that you are required to serve s
copy Of your ansWer to the RfIl ~
Complaint on the PLAINTIFFS affor-
ney ard file the original answer. IL
the office az the Clerk Of the CIR
cult Court on Or before the ffifh
day OF March. 1850, otherwise f6e
allegations IN said Bili will ~
taken ~ confessed and Il decrae
pro eotifeesu entered against YOU
DONE this sth day of Februa ~.
1850.
tsEALl carr. ri ADAMS
Clerk u the Circuit Court.
Monroe County. Florida.
by. Florence ~ SAWYER
PAEL Il. SAWYER.
solicitor for the Plaintiff.
coz whitehead street
Key West. Florida
fe0,g lg-egs mar. > f95o
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LEGALS

~ rHE cIRcUIT cOURT or THE
- AND ron MONROE OUNTY,
Ellen E.NTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
FLORIDA. IN CHANCERY.
Case No. l3-1S5
SUIT FORE ANNILNJsNT
LYNN FONTAlNF. by her next
friend. RICHARD +. GERSTEIN.
Plaintiff.
RICHARD FONTAINIs. sometimes
known as RICHARD 4. F'ON-
TAME Defendant.
To: Richard F'ontaine. sometimes
known as Richard +. Fontsfine
sos Plant street
Utica New York.
Yuti ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
stIiat Z 1911 81 Complaint eor Annul-
ment has been filed against you.
and you are hereby required to
serve q copy 81 your Answer e. the
pnf of Cs0nkpIaint on plaintiff at-
fnrneys and file the original ans
,ssr IN the office Of the Clerk of
the circuit Court on Or before the
afth day 81 March, 1880, IL default
81 which the Bill of Complaint VIII
be taken as confessed by you
Dated. FEBRUARY 70. 1850.
fSEAf.) EARL r. ADAMS.
Clerk OF the Circuit Court.
BY fadt Kathleen NottaGe.
Deputy clerk
feb.23 mar. . . ia. 1850.
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STATE SAYS DIR. SANDER
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Continued From aae 0nel
man said that DR.. Sander will
show that his cancer patient was
dead before he injected air into
| her veins. Wyman's statement
brought Attorney General Phin-
ney leaping to his feet with an
objection
Phinney quoted Sander as say
ing that he knew he might have
broken a law but that the law
was not right and should be
changed
Fifteen minutes before the
scheduled start Of the session to-
day, 38 persons had braved a
snowstorm to appear at the court
where the trial IS being held.
Altogether, so spectators were
admitted to the courtroom before
the doors were closed. About rs
persons were turned away. The
remaining space in the courtroom
was reserved for newsmen COW
ering the trial
The preliminaries of the case
were concluded yesterday-the
| jury was chosen and taken on an
inspection tour of the hospital
room where DR.. Sanders cancer
patient, Mrs. Abbie Borroto, died.
/ It was there, the state alleges,
! that DR.. Sander injected air1into
Mrs. Borroto's veins TO end her
suffering.
The jurors were taken to the
/ death scene so they might be able
to visualize it when the room
and its surroundings are mem
toned later at the trial
/ They We're asked to look al
/ everything the prosecutors show.
ed themand try to remember
every detail. Among the things
they were asked TO remember
was keyhold IN the door Of {
medicine closet.
States Attorney General Phin.
ney told them: There viii be
some testimony as to whether
this door is kept open or locked.
u Otherwise, he gave no hint q
the legal strategy he intends t
! follow.
It showed all day yesterday ii
Manchester, and the storm con
tinued during the night.
The weather may have some
: thing to do with the number O
! spectators at the trial in the day.
: ahead but only fifty seats ar,
5 available in that section at an,
i one time.
ii An odd twist to the case de
veloped last night, when it wa
1 learned that the jury foreman,
B wife had died of cancer TIL,
foreman is Louis Cutter, 4 weav
er in textile mill and a Metho
1 dist.