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, 1950-12-27
Two Auto Accidents
Occur Holt Hour
Apdrt: One Killed

Al pickup truck, No. 494, with
ten persons and driven by Uraldo
Thomas of GATHERINGS Rest, Chris
tiansted, accidentally struck Pa
bio Cepeda on Christmas Eve
night at about / am, on. the Cen
ter Line Highway, just west of
Estate Diamond & Ruby, and
turned over after hitting a head
bank.
Thomas told Police that he was
in Frederiksted for about two
hours during which time he pick
ed up some friends and went to
Christiansted; after spending an
hour or two he was on his way
back when at the point mention
ed he noticed a man going up the
road from side to side. He headed
his truck toward the drain to
avoid hitting the man, but he had
staggered back into the path Of
the vehicle, which turned on its
side after hitting the headbank,
throwing out those who were in
the back.
Cepeda, who allegedly was
drunk, was placed in the truck
and rushed to the Frederiksted
Hospital but he evidently died on
the way.
, 1950-12-27

Motorists who had seen Cepeda
staggering from side to side of the
highway, had warned other driv-
ers to be on the lookout for him.
A half an hour before Charles
Mclean, a daughter, a ION and
grandson, were knocked off a
mule-drawn cart on the Center
line Highway, near Hannah's
Rest, by car No. 2O2, driven by
Joseph Williams of Christiansted.
Police Investigation revealed
both were going in the same di-
rection. Williams explained that
he was blinded by the headlights
of a bus which temporarily OBJ
secured his vision. No one was
hurt however, except slight dam
age to the car. Both parties set
tiled the matter to the satisfaction
of the Police.
Both incidents were investigat-
ed by Sergeant William Richards
and Patrolman Everhardt Love
gren Of the Frederiksted Police.
Arizona sun., 1950-11-16

! r. Z. Thornton
Engaged in the food busi-
ness in Arizona for 81
years, Mr.. Thornton, gen
eral manager of FOOD
TOWN is known through
out the state. He be-
lieves in Arizona's fu-
ture and his faith in
Phoenix is proved through
an investment totaling
$10O,OOO.OO. |
Evening star., 1950-04-09

recognition. Deep down in the
unconscious part of her mind
there began a plan to get atten-
ton If beauty would not bring
it, some other way must be found.
She became an invalid. She
could not leave her bed, and for
the next three years the attention
of the household, and particularly
of her husband, had to be Gen.
tered on her.
With the death of her husband,
this competition no longer existed.
She could afford to be we'll again
and she became well!
This is called hysteria. Mar
guerite. 1t is common enough.
Many mother works this
racket in order to prevent the
marriage of a daughter. or to
dominate the family in other
ways. I have Just seen a motion
picture entitled "A Modern Mar
riage,' which illustrates your
case almost exactly. The drama
describes a girl prevented from
marrying successfully. by her
mothers determination to control
her. She used a supposedly bad
heart" for the purpose. just as
your mother and thousand
other mothers are doing.
1t is not conscious deception.
Marguerite. The process is wholly
unconscious, but no less real. The
physician tells you there is moth
ing the matter with your moth
er's heart. Marguerite, so she
is not going to die from the shock
of your marriage. She is merely
going to threaten you. in the at
tempt to have her own way, and
to keep you as an old maid to wait
on her for the next 20 years.
The quicker you get out of. this
unpleasant situation, Marguerite
the better.
Evening star., 1950-04-09
AdO|escent
Daughter
By AnqeIo Potri

Daughters have way of grow
ing up and away from their
mothers dream of them. Some
go right along with their mothers
ideal, cooperating perfectly, en-
joying what they have and look
ing forward to the career laid
ready for them. But some do not.
There is Adele. Up to her last
year in high school, Adele was an
ODE dient, yielding girl who
thought mother all-wise, an ever
present help in time of trouble, a
guide in times of difficulty. Now
, that is all changed. Mother wants
Adele to get to bed at ten o'clock
on school nights and save all the
dates for the week ends. Adele
thinks otherwise, and argues
and stamps her feet and cries
when her mother insists that she
stay home and prepare her work
for school next day instead of
going out with a boy.
I'm the only girl in school
who is treated like a baby" she
says, and her distressed mother
and angered father are about
ready to give up. Let's look
again at Adele.
She is as big as she will ever
be, tall. matured in body, fit and
able in every way. She is plainly
not interested in higher educa-
ton. She is interested in the
boys. Nature is calling to her to
get ready for wifehood and
motherhood and her father and
mother are battling. against Ma
ture, the most powerful force in
life. They have not accepted this
young woman who has appeared
In their household but have in
sisted upon treating her as the
child she used to be. They are
facing one of the most difficult
phases of parenthood, the tir:>
when their child is see saving
between childhood and woman
hood, too mature for childhood's S
ways, too childish to assume wo-
manly duties and responsibilities.
They will have to see-saw along
with her in order to carry her
over this crisis.
Accept her as a Woman-to- be
and talk to her accordingly. Dis
cuss the situation, explaining
clearly what is in your mind,
what you hope for her, what you
fear for her. Talk to her as to
mature personality. Of course, she
isn't but allowing her to feel her.
self appreciated will rob her of
rebellion and allow friendliness
to prevail 1t is friendliness that
must be established between par
ents and adolescents at this stage
Of growth. Childhood and it's
rules are past experiences which
we hope have left traces of
strength in character. Now re-
sponsibility must shift from par
ents to their halfgrown daughters,
or sons. Compromise, friendly
relations, prayers. are in order
from now on, while the child
must be protected and the
woman developed. 1t is never
easy.
Evening star., 1950-04-09
Modern MorriuQe
Mother Unconscjousy DeceWes Daughter
With Threats to Keep Her Single
By Dr.. Paul Popenoe

Mrs. H. has been bedridden for
three years. But when her hus-
band died suddenly in his sleep
she got out of bed and attended
the funeral. Her history should
be instructive to you, Marguerite
You are worried because you want
to marry, but fear that the shock
might kill your mother, who op-
poses your marriage.
Mrs. H. was a beauty. At least,
she had always considered her
self so. Her husband was an un-
usually handsome man. AS time
passed, he seemed to become more
handsome than before. But when
she looked in the mirror, she could
not help feeling that her own
beauty was fading. II was of a
baby doll type that could not be
expected to last.
If she lost her beauty, no one
would pay any attention to her,
she felt. 1t was her only claim to
Evening star., 1950-04-09

The engagement of Miss Joanne
Bobrink to Mr.. William Raymond
Bennett of Honolulu, son of Col.
Claire R. Bennett, is announced
by her parents, Col. and Mrs.
Henry w. Bobrink. The marriage
will take place in July and the
couple will make their home in
Honolulu.
Miss Bobrink is a graduate of
Mount Vernon Seminary and
Wheelock College in Boston. Mr..
Bennett, who served in the Armed
Forces for four years. also at
tended school in Washington.
Evening star., 1950-04-09
News of Interest

DR.. and Mrs. Bernard Baer, Mr.
and Mrs. Irwin Kahn, Mr.. Simon
Fleishman and Miss Rena Fleish-
man are spending the Easter
week end in Atlantic City.
Mr.. William B. Wolf, jr., who
attends the Law School of Yale
University, has been spending the
week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William B. Wolf and has had
as his guests, Miss Constance
Landau of New York, Miss Joanne
Mayo of West Gardner, Maine
and Mr.. Curtis Berger of Rochest-
er, N. Y
DR.. and Mrs. Jack Diener are
expected back today from a vaca-
tion in Coral Gables, Fla.
DR.. and Mrs. Maynard Cohen
have returned from a trip to Phil
adelphia and Wilkes-Barre.
Evening star., 1950-04-09
Miss Christensen
To Wed in AuQust

Mr.. and Mrs, Andrew w. Chris
tensen announce the engagement
of their daughter. Patricia June.
TO Mr.. Judson w. Clements, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Clements of
Ardmore. Pa. The wedding will
take place late in August.
Miss Christensen is attending
the University of Maryland. where
she is a member Of Alpha Xi Delta
Sorority. Her fiance also is a
student at MARYLAND,
Evening star., 1950-04-09

used. In fact, it is best manners
to use the knife for anything that
will not cut easily with the side
of the fork alone. This is why
we have the knife. The mis-
taken belief that salad should
not be cut with a knife, as I have
many times before explained, !,
came down from the days when
few people had silver -bladed
knives and there was as yet no
stainless steel. Since ordinary
knives turned black upon coming
in contact with the vinegar in
Evening star., 1950-04-09

koa sAAAc PGA PooS'
FomiIy Not at Wedding
Dear Mrs. Post; I suppose you
will think that. inaSmuch as my
family does not approve of my
marriage and won't be present.
should make no preparations. And
yet, I've always wanted a wedding
in church. bridal clothes and a
reception afterward. Would it be
wrong in view of my family's at
titude?
Answer: You evidently already
have faced the truth, which is
that any gathering would serve
to emphasize the absence of your
family. On the other hand. there
is no reason why you should not
have as much beauty as you can,
such as wearing bridal dress
and having simple decoration of
the chancel and having all of
your best friends present.
Not to Thonk Husband and Wife
Dear Mrs. Post: I sent a we'd
ding present with our Mr.. and
Mrs. card Enclosed. Later alone
received a thank-you note with
no mention of my husband.
think such note should be writ
ten to both. don't you?
Answer: Both certainly should
be thanked. This is done either
Evening star., 1950-04-09

To obtain q copy OF Mrs. Posts
leahet, E-19, Mistakes Made in
the Name OF Etiquette" send S
cents in coin and q stamped,
selt-addressed envelope to her,
care OF The Evening Star, P. O.
Bor 80. Station G.. Neu York
19, N. Y. Mrs. Post is sorry she
cannot dnsiper personal mail.
Evening star., 1950-04-09

correct to eat
the lettuce and
if it is, may it
be cut with the
knife and fork
both, as I say,
or with the
fork alone, as
my wife says?
Please prin t
your answer.
OF course the
lettuce may be
eaten! If a
salad knife is
furnished GER
Evening star., 1950-04-09

Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Logan
announce the engagement of their
daughter Margaret Mary to Mr..
Thomas McKenna, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas M. McKenna.
Miss Logan is a member of the
senior class at Trinity College and
Mr.. McKenna is in the senior class
at Georgetown University.
No date is set for the wedding,
which is planned for the fall.
Evening star., 1950-04-09
Emily Post

An often-encountered mistake
In etiquette is this one: When
salad of fruits or vegetables is
served on a leaf of lettuce. is it
Evening star., 1950-04-09

by sending q note to Mr.. and Mrs.
or by including the husband in
the message to Mrs. alone.
Evening star., 1950-04-09

Good for lunch is oyster stew
with crackers. Finish of with a
fruit salad and cottage cheese.
Evening star., 1950-04-09
Fomily Not at Wedding

dressings, they could not be used
for this purpose.
Evening star., 1950-03-26

Office or headquarters staff. Move
the heavy bomber groups up into
the Arctic and the total number
of people needed on the ground
will have to be increased TO
around 1900. The overall job of
maintaining such an element of
air power in that region increases
and more manpoWer is required.
The 10 medium bomber groups
now assigned to SAC in this coun-
try are modernized but war-built
B-29s and their postwar improved
designs, B-50s. These now run
80 planes to the group and each
group has 4 B-29s converted into
aerial tankerS to stretch the
bombers' range a thousand miles
by refueling- in flight. Three thou
sand combat airmen are needed
to fly the 800 medium bombers
in the 10 groups and about Is 900
on the ground. For the Arctic,
about $1,000 would be required.
(Actually there are IL medium
bomber groups assigned to SAC.
but two of these are serving over
seas on a rotational schedule at
present to familiarize the air and
ground crews with operating con-
ditions outside the United States.>
In the strategic reconnaissance
group category. there are but five
such groups in the Air Force and
these naturally are a part of
SAC's mission. They run SO planes
to a group-modified B-29s and
B-50s and a few early models of
B-36s-in all a total of 180 for
aerial photo-mapping of targets
bombed and latest targets to be
bombed. They also engage in
electronic countermeasures to
fOul-up the eremy'S radar detec-
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if the President again impounds
the added funds?)
A significant Interpretation o1
this unsettled state of mind anc
facts and figures in the U. S. A. F
was given by Air Secretary Sym
ington in closing his current an
nual report: 1T (the Nation)
cannot afford the waste of its
time and resources that are in.
herent in vacillation and stop
and-start planning" This wa.
echoed by Gen. Vandenberg, All
Force chief of staff, as he brought
his annual report to close
Within the, newly established
limits of its budgetary support,
he wrote, "the greatest need of the
Air Force is the opportunity tc
stabilize and consolidate with a
minimum of interference and di-
version"
The 70-group Air Force program
was conceived in good faith in
mid-1944 while the Air Force was
still a part of the Army. It was
included in the War Departments
planning for peacetime and en-
visioned about Is groups and $685.
900 men. This, with plans for
other elements of the Army, went
through several washings and at
one time it got as high as rs
groups. but finally in November
1945. the War Department ap-
proved a plan which would permit
a 70-group Air Force and 100000
men.
First public knowledge of these
plans came from a speech on No
vember 21,. 1945. by 1t. Gen. Jim
my Doolittle before the American
(See NEELY. Page C-2.)
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ward trend is justified and it is
the opinion of the committee that
restudy and revaluation of mill
tary strength projected into fu-
ture years should be made"
Seventy groups-59-48-44-34
-15-243-what should the num-
ber be? The President has deter
mined not to expand the Air Force
above the 48-group level. The Air
Force says 70-which now is esti-
mated to include between 6,700
and $500 first-line combat planes
and 100000 officers and men-"is
essential to the minimum peace
time security of the United States
and Air Secretary Symington, tes-
tifying on the new Air Force ap-
preparation bill, amplified this
policy by declaring: Under mod
ern conditions, even this number
should be looked at. 1t may be
low"
iSymington Takes Blame
But the Air Secretary, in mag
nificent gesture of loyalty to his
boss, took the heat off Mr.. Tru-
man by explaining to the House
Appropriations Subcommittee that
the Air Force was given an oppor-
tunity to present "our side" to the
President and then he added:
After listening to our story, the
decision was that we should not
have more than 48 groups, so il
anybody is to be criticized. I think
I should be criticized first for
being a poor salesman"
There was a time in the Goth
century when a nations ability
to threaten or maintain the peace
was quickly and thoroughly evalu-
ated by the number of divisions
in its army and the number of
battleships in its navy. Whatever
the number, the military and
naval might was readily visualized
by the most military citizen
Not so now, for air power has
made defensive planning very COM
plex. However, the U. S. A. F.,
through its group" organization
comes close to providing a quick
and understandable picture of our
air defense, insofar as it is respon-
sible (for the Navy still operates
aircraft) provided the footnotes
are ignored.
So, without the footnotes. o1
which there are more than an al
Evening star., 1950-03-26
70-Group Argument
Is Now Going Into
Its Fifth Year
By Frederick R. Nicely

. That wide difference of opinion
and deep feeling held among peo-
pie at the Capitol, the White
House and the Pentagon on a
matter very broadly defined as
the 70-group air force situation.
is here again with the coincidental
arrival of spring and appropria-
tion time.
This year the very controversial
issue embodies an additional fea-
ture in the nature of charges Of
"usurpation of the prerogatives
and responsibilities Of Congress"
by the administration for i'm
pounding funds voted last year
for the expansion of the Air Force
toward the long-sought 70-group
goal, and which funds were be-
yond the recommendation of the
President. The House Appropria-
tions Subcommittee has threat
ened action against the admins
tration defense planners to insure
that hereafter the will of the COM
mittee shall be carried out "in its
completeness.
With this unsettled 70-group
Air Force issue now in its fifth
year as such and international con-
ditions showing no improvement.
candidates for the 435 House and
36 Senate seats in the spring pri-
maries need not run short of cam
paign fodder. They can hold 1t
up in two perspectives. depending
upon their convictions:
Our first line Of defense-the
airs being dreadfully neglected
in favor of Government spending
for more abundant life, or
The 70-group Air Force build
ing program would cost too much,
so we just can't afford it.
This 70-group issue can de-
velop, if it hasn't already, into
interminable arguments and de-
bates about numbers, anywhere
from "a to 10, with few debaters
on either side knowing what those
numbers mean or what an Air
Force group is. Only one number
has any positive. known value
243. That was the peak group
strength of the Army Air Forces
in the summer of 1914, and nearly
everybody will agree it had some
thing to do with winning that war.
This number dropped to Is in
the summer of 1947 as demobiliza-
ton hit bottom and as the AAF
obtained it's long-sought inde-
pendence and became the United
States Air Force. Then the num-
ber began to climb. reaching
high of SO in the spring of 1948.
After Congress in that same spring
voted the first payment on what
was intended to be a 70-group
Air Force by September. 1949, the
administration cut back defense
spending and the group number
went into a dive. finally pulling
out at 48, where it cruises rather
uncertainty today. But by 1856,
under current defense economy
planning, the Air Forces combat
groups will have deteriorated
to "a.
In reporting out the Air Force
bill for the coming fiscal year,
the House Appropriations Com
mittee declared, "World conditions
do not indicate that such a down.
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Hou Big An Air Force For Minimum Secu,
Issue Has Become
Sort Of Military
Numbers Game

ton of SAC bombers. With a
fight crew of IA per plane. the
five groups require $500 airmen
and $500 supporting people on the
ground.
The 18 Air Force groups in
SAC add up to 544 long
range bombers and reconnaissance
planes; 6,384 officers and men to
operate the planes and 10000 peo-
pie on the ground to keep them
flying.
The remaining 30 Air Force
groups are equitably distributed to
meet the needs of the Air De-
fense and Air Tactical Commands.
For the entire 48 combat air
groups of the Air Force there are
1900 combat planes; 9,70O combat
airmen and 10000 people trained
to take care of everything in
volving immediate support of
the planes and airmen. That
leaves $4,000 other Air Force
people in such important tasks
as training airmen; testing,
developing and procuring Mill
tary aircraft; operating the
worldwide Military Air Transport
Service and running the admin
istration of the U. S. A. F.
Planners Grow Dizzy
The necessary planes for the
nine kinds of groups that make
up the present 48-group Air Force,
the specialized training of the
flight crews and the people and
things needed on the ground to
keep them flying. cannot be
bought off the shelf or shipped out
overnight from schools or unem-
ployment agencies. The Air Force
planners are dizzy with figures and
footnotes involved in determining
the group number of the day
(eg., of the 48 now, Al are mod
ern'; as more B-36s are produced,
the group strength of the heavies
will be raised from 18 to 80, and
the mediums will be increased
from 80 bombers per group to As
more airmen, more ground Or
CARNATIONS; figure out planes and
airmen if appropriations are cut
or raised by Congress, but what
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of military planes" no longer is
a satisfactory barometer of a ma
tion's air strength. (Of those IT,
200 Air Force planes, only $500
are operational and of that num-
ber only $500 are combat types.)
The number could be heavily wa
tered with trainers, or surplus war
stock or through Indifferent or in
efficient planning. overbalanced
with types for only one kind of
mission. AS it learned the hard
way in the recent war, the U. S. A.
F. must think in terms of a global
air war; it's planes must be ca
pable of operating with equal pro-
flciency in the tropics and the
Arctic and they must be organized
to operate in highly efficient units
or groups.
Though the group is a unit of
measurement of Air Force strik-
ing power and defensive ability
the complete story does not un-
fold until it is understood there
are nine different kinds of groups
each equipped and trained to spe-
cialize in nine different subdivi-
sions of air warfare. independ-
emily or in combination with those
of another speciality.
The designations of the u. S
A. F. groups are descriptive OF
their missions and they are, to-
gether with the number of groups
in each class. as follows: Heavy
bomber, 3; medium bomber. IL;
light bomber. /; day fighters, II;
all-weather night fighters, 8; tao
tical reconnaissance Fighter
bombers), /: heavy troop carriers
4; medium troop carriers, 2, and
strategic reconnaissance, 5. Total
48 groups as of now.
These nine varieties of groups
vary in numbers of planes per
group, from 18 in the heavy bomb
er class to rs in the day fighter
They are determined, in the main
by the degree of f1exibility with
which they can be handled. If
for example, IS heavy bombers
could be based, housed. operated
and maintained, and all the peo-
pie needed to 60 with them taken
care of with no more difficulty
than is now encountered with q
group Of IS small fighter planes
then there probably would be Is
heavies per group.
The nine different types Of all
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(See NEELY, Page CO
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ready confused citizen probably
could absorb at this time, here Ii
look at a regular Air Force COM
bat group; then at all 48 now in
being and how and when and why
the figure 40" came into prom
inence:
Accidentally, a regular COM
bat group is the smallest self-sup-
porting and elf-contained unit ir
the U. S. A. F. and is equipped
with first-line combat planes
From the total number of actua.
groups in operation. does the
American public and all the world
gain general knowledge of the
irst-line strength or weakness oi
the U. S. A. F.
Nine Kinds of Groups
ct might appear more comfort
ing, or deceptive, to say that the
U. S. A. F.. now has 17,200 air.
planes and 414,000 men in uniform
and let it go at that. Conceivably
that could be accepted as eminent
ly satisfactory and probably suf-
ficient, for, it will be dimly re-
called, should more planes be
needed in a hurry, didn't Amer
ica's great aircraft industry. builc
nearly 100000 combat aircraft ir
one year during the recent war?
But it already has been forgotten
that five years of preparatory
work were required to establish
factories, acquire materials ano
train workers to achieve that peal
production figure of 96.300 in 1914
and train 600, 900 airmen to operate
them and at a cost in both time
and money far in excess of the
cost of well-represented but
token-type air force in being, with
the aircraft industry geared to II
and primed to expand on short
notice)
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