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Evening star., 1950-06-09

evening, after dinner. every time
the phone rang, the bell seemed
to be inside me.
At the first ring I jumped in
voluntarily.
"Hodgkins disease" ! thought.
Two words, death. Mononucle-
osis, one word. life and happi-
ness"
Again the bell. 1t was only
a call about q Girl Scout meet
ing.
"Hodgkins." my thoughts con-
tinued. called gland cancer
though it really isn't cancer.
Cause unknown. A virus sus-
pected-what virus, why our old
friend Virus K.
mot painful, thank God for
that. But deaths, in a few weeks
to two or three years. seldom
longer. The lymph nodes swell.
They are little oval things under
the skin around neck and face.
under armpits, in front of elbows.
around groinS, and elsewhere.
They grow and grow, and you get
weaker and weaker.
'Brrr-' was that the phone. or
me? Me. ! am too jumpy. Some
times there are remissions. That
means temporary apparent re-
covery. Do I have to pray for a
remission? I will. because those
kids have worked hard to get
started and now for the first time
they thought they had a chance
for little trip. She's too sick
even for one last trip. unless we
can get a remission
The phone again. This time the
unmistakable touch of the long
distance operator. Can it be so
soon, I asked myself?
The call was from Boston, about
an auto.
Saved by the bell" my ran
dom thoughts say. 'Mononu-
Evening star., 1950-06-09

cleosis. That means glands in
fected. BY what? Oh. by Virus x.
Some low fever. long rest. and
you are well. Mononucleosis. lots
of us have it. but many without
recognizing the cause. because
this trouble initiates a score of
others, including Hodgkins dis
ease.
That disease hits young and
middle-aged. and men two or
three times oftener than women.
Just by way of counting the
straws. one in my favor. is that
this case is daughter instead Of
q SON."
Another ring. Wrong number!
I think of the prominent men
who have died of Hodgkins dis
ease. They cannot be identified
because families conceal this dis
ease the same as cancer. It's not
as rare as you might think.
Now the phone calls are over
for the evening. and I go to the
kitchen for a drink. Again the
bell. this time the long, insistent
call that signifies long-distance.
My wife whispers:
For you-from Vermont.
That is it. What word is COM
ing-one. for life-or two. for
death?
I walked IS feet to the phone.
I'll never. forget that walk, be-
cause it seemed to take so long
It was like looking at myself on
slow-motion film. Who would
call, I thought. my daughter. sis
ter Of the sick girl, or my SON.
in-law? How to guess which one
would be the bearer If it was two
words?
Then came my daughters voice
Hello, pop. how are you?"
"Oh, fine, and how are you?"
! Was ever phone call started
with any other words. I Won
dered.
Then my daughter spoke again
one word: "Mononucleosis.'
Evening star., 1950-06-09
By Howard w. BIokesIee
Associated Press Science Editor

NEW YORK, June 81 have
just had a narrowing experience.
It happens to thousands of peo-
pie, and is something that doctors
face nearly every day.
Over the week end I drove to
another State to see daughter
i'll in hospital. Doctors were
not sure what was wrong. Con-
sultants had disagreed.
About one thing they were GER
tain. The trouble was one OF
two diseases. One possibility was
mononucleosis or glandular fever
The other was Hodgkins disease
also a glandular trouble.
But between the two is all the
difference in this world. Mono
nucleosis is not dangerous. Hodg-
kins disease is 100 per cent fatal
The verdict would depend or
blood and other tests which wert
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Robins Hold Up Truck

CHICAGO P.-A pair of robins
built a nest on the unloading
valve Of a big oil truck parked on
the grounds Of the Lunoil COM
pany's bulk plant. Ben Kijek,
plant manager. noticed four eggs
in the nest. He decided to keep
the truck out of service until the
eggs hatch.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
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hampered by looking out for
the littler kids"
The puffs and snorts of trains
on the switching have a certain
fascination. it's true. Especially
in summer. And everyone knows
how a river looks when your skin
feels sticky. your clothes damp.
Followed Older Boys.
1.-THE other guys are down to
the branch" Jack told his mother
just the other day.
She remembers the dead little
boy. He had followed a gang Of
older boys down to the trains.
It's perfectly possible that
temptation could be fatal again.
You could be sure it won't in the
case of Abbie and Jack, if you'd
send them to Camp Pleasant in
Virginia this summer.
They'd play and swim. It would
be supervised. They'd learn crafts
that could fill the hours. they will
have to spend indoors at home.
For $35.76 you can send either
the brother or sister to camp for
two weeks.
For $17.88 you can send one of
the children to camp for one week.
Mail to The Star cash or a check
payable to The Evening Star Sum-
mer Camp Fund or bring it to The
Star cashier. If you want to de-
duct this gift from your income
tax, also note on the check that
it is for the Family Service Asso-
citation. The Star will be glad to
acknowledge gifts.
Contributions for The Evening
Star Summer Camp Fund also
are being collected at Sidney
Lust's Maryland theaters. The
theaterS include the Hyattsville
Cheverly. Haywood. Mount Rain
ier, Marlboro, Drive-In and Belts
vile in Prince Georges County
and the Bethesda, Milo and
Rockville in Montgomery County
Gifts Acknowledged.
The following gifts are acknoWl.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

Pipe System so Miles Long
NEW YORK.-The Empire State
Building has a system Of almost
so miles of permanent pipe for
The Nome nugget., 1950-11-01
A. F. R. s. MARKS AIR FORGE BASE
 NOME, ALASKA
Wednesday. November I. 1850

Wednesday. November I. Iss0 5:0O-I. and E. Time 5:30-Vaughn Monroe 6:00-NeWS of The World 6:15-Beulah
 6:30-This Is The Story 7:00-Turntable Time 8:00-Henry Morgan 8:30-Hollywood Music Hall 9:00-Charlie Mccarthy 9:30-Name It For A Song 10:00-SuSpense 10:30-One Night Stand ll:00 p.m.-Sign Off
 Thursday. November 2. 1850 zoo a.m-Morning Melodies 7:15-Musical Clock 8:00-Eddie Albert
 8:30-Not So Quiet, Please 9:00-ThiS Is The Story 9:15-Melody Roundup 9:30-Mid-Morning Melodies l0:00-Jack Berch 10:15-Vocal Spotlight 10:30-Fred Waring 11:O0-Club Fifteen 11:15-Strike Up The Band 11:30-I. & E. Special Noon-Luncheon Turntable 12:30-Jimmy Carroll Sings 12:45-At Ease
 1:00-Art Bakers Notebook 1:15-Jack Smith
 1:30-Yesterday's Best 2:0O-Around World In History 2:15-WordS With Music 2:30-Meet The Band 3:00-Dinah Shore 3:30-A. F. R. s. Ranchhouse 4:00-News of The World 4:15-Curt Massey Show 4:30-Matinee Melodies 5:00-I. and E. Time 5:30-Gene Autry 6:00-News of The World 6:15-Beulah
 6:30-American Heritage 7:00-Turntable Time 8:00-Mr. and Mrs. North 8:30-You Bet Your Life 9:00-Red Skelton 9:30-Name It For A Song 10:00-Inner Sanctum 10:30-One Night Stand 11:00 p.m.-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1950-11-01
Friday. November 3. 1850

zoo a.m.-Morning Melodies 7:15-Musical Clock 8:00-Eddie Albert
 8:30-Not So Quiet, Please 9:00-This Is The Story 9:15-Melody Roundup id-Morning Melodies 10:00-Jack Berch 10:15-Vocal Spotlight 10:30-Fred Waring 11:0O-Club Fifteen 11:15-Remember 11:30-I. & E.. Special Noon-Luncheon Turntable 12:3O-Jimmy Carroll Sings 12:45-At Ease
 1:00-Art Bakers Notebook 1:15-Jack Smith
 1:30-Yesterday's Best 2:00-Around World In History 2:15-Words With Music 2:30-Meet The Band
 3:00-John Charles Thomas 3:30-A. F. R. s. RanchhouSe 4:00-News of The World 4:15-Curt Massey Show 4:30-Matinee Melodies 5:00-I. and E. Time
Evening star., 1950-04-23
HOLLYWOOD

f1OLL1WOOD
T1HE movies. which tend to
Il view this planet of ours
through a distorting prism, have
trained some reasonably sober and
scientific telescopes on the Moon.
The amazing thing about "Des-
tination Moon" a Technicolor
production dealing with a lunar
voyage. is not its fantasy, but its
adherence to known facts and rea-
sonable conjecture.
Compare, for example, the
Moon-voyagers on the cover of
THIS WEEK with the similarly
appareled figure of a man on this
page. The cover picture is scene
from the film, which is fantasy
fiction. The costumes are what
you might expect movie actors
to wear when they represent
the first Earthlings to reach
the Moon.
But the picture at right is no
Hollywood fantasy. 1t shows an
actual test suit designed by the
Air Force to cope with the haz-
ards of rocket flight, when and if
piloted rockets get into the outer
spaces.
Fact Overtales Fiction
r ANTASY is having hard time
these days keeping ahead of labo-
ratory experiment and scientific
speculation. The suit designed by
the Air Force contemplates con-
diti6ns such as man might face if
he planned to drop in on our near
est celestial neighbor, the Moon.
1t is similar in almost every de-
tail to the costume, air-condi-
toned and oxygen-fed, designed
by Hollywood for the mock voy-
age.
In brief. what seems to be un-
der serious consideration is a flight
beyond the sky, into the outer
darkness. And why not to the
Moon?
It's we'll within the realm of
scientific probability, say the peo-
pie who worked on the movie. The
Evening star., 1950-04-23

Earth with unnameable disasters.
Actually, Pal argues, the Moon
has become too close to US for such
romantic nonsense. 1t was never
more than 25O,OOO miles away,
and what is that in these days of
supersonic speed?
Powerful telescopes have
brought it startlingly close. We
can see, figuratively speaking, the
wart on the nose of the Man in
the Moon. Or, actually, we could
photograph lunar cities, if there
we're any. Or. if there were exten-
sive intelligent life on the dead
planet, We could see evidences of it
from our observatories. We have
weighed the Moon, taken it's tenn
perature. charted its mountain
ranges and noted the absence of
air, water and vegetation.
How TO Get There
In Destination Moon" there
fore, the lunar explorers know in
advance pretty much what to ex-
pect. They also have sound scien-
tific knowledge of how to get
there.
Atomic energy gives them the
initial propulsion that sends them
beyond the pull of the Earth's
gravitational field. Thereafter they
hurtle through the vacuum of in
terplanetary space at speed of
seven miles a second, on their own
momentum III a region where
there is neither up nor down,
neither weight nor sound, wind nor
storm.
The major peril lies i'm the
fact that the space ship might
lack the impetus to reach the
Moons graVitatiOnal field.
Then it would be condemned to
hang in space or else to circle some
planet in an orbit of its own.
through all eternity.
One of the ships crew in the
movie does get lost in space.
Equipped with magnetic boots, he
climbs out of the ship to repair its
surface. The boots lose their power,
and he drifts away, into an un-
imaginable void. He is rescued
very scientifically by an oxygen
tank used as a lifebuoy - the es-
Gaping gas serving to propel 1t.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
RUDY ARNOLD

MOVIE costumes ore similar
to this Air Force test suit
The producer of the film is
George Pal. better known for his
animated puppets and fantastic
cartoons than for real-life produc-
tions. But he insists that his full
length feature will be semi-docu-
mentary. No Buck Rogers comic
strip stuff at all.
He has similarly rejected H. G.
Wells's wild theories of life on the
Moon - eerie, sinister "lunarites"
milking elephant-like Moon-cows,
and threatening the visitors from
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Hollywood's latest sounds like Buck
Rogers - but it s based on scientific facts
(See Front Cover)

script was written by Robert A.
Heinlein, physicist, author and
space-travel enthusiast.
The technical adviser is Chesley
Bonestell, artist, astronomer and
architect, whose paintings of
worlds in collision and rockets
hurtling through space are known
to the readers of THIS WEEK.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
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stantly you take them. Timed
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Bot fast relief isn't the only
reason why it pays to use Bayer
Aspirin. Also important is the
fact that you can take it with
complete confidence. For Bayer
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Evening star., 1950-10-16

BldIe = III e
seem to feel that to really enjoy
football the spectator must not
pay too much attention to the
ball carrier.
Since Pop Warner was a pup
they have been urging the fans in
the stands to pay equal attention
to the linesmen-those stalwart,
bull-necked lovelies who make the
holes through which the backs
skip and prance to first downs and
touchdowns.
Being as know just about as
much about the finer points OF
football as I do about the home
life of ptarmigans, know I
shouldn't question the experts.
But feel that I must.
I needed the advice of the ex-
perts at a game last Saturday, and
I haven't been as bored since read
my first copy of the Congressional
Record. For four full periods /
refused to allow my eyes to rest on
the backfield and kept them glued
on the guards, tackles and centers.
Take guard-watching, for ex-
ample. There are exceptions. of
course, but most guards are built
along the lines of fireplugs and
therefore offer little to entrance
the eye. And guards are not grace
full. Occasionally a guard comes
along who has grace afoot and
speed enough to swing out of the
line and lead the backs on their
way, but for the most part they
just spend the afternoon (or so it
appeared to mel butting heads
like Mississippi River roustabouts
of long ago.
After a while the spectacle of
two animate f1replugs cracking
noggins pals, and it was then that
I switched to center-watching.
This is a little more appealing,
Evening star., 1950-10-16

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attack of Ho Chi Minis troops
long before it happened. 1t was
no mere suspicion or rumor. Wash
ington knew that the date for the
beginning of the campaign in
Indo- China was September Is,
and it began on that day. Natural
ly, Paris was equally aware of the
time of the aggression and the
composition of the spearhead of
the Communist forces trained in
Red China.
Now that the fat is in the fire
everyone is talking about what to
do to defeat Moscow's latest
"push-button' war. In the dis
cussions between American and
French top leaders we are told
that the United States must do
something quickly,
The French point out that while
the North Korean aggression was
only an implied, future threat to
the security of Japan, Com
munist victory in Indo-China
would threaten the security of
Asia from the South China Sea
to the Persian Gulf.
Only Military Aid Sent.
Mr.. Acheson hesitates to do
more than send military equip
ment, lest we give Asiatic peoples
the impression that we are back
ing colonial power. This should
have been considered before we
agreed to send military material
to Indo- China.
The fact that we are limiting
ourselves to sending war material
will not convince such leaders as
Prime Minister Nehru of India
that we are not supporting coloni-
alisrn in Indo- China. 1t is true that
the protocol providing for the
sending of arms and ammunition
to Indo- China said that American
equipment was intended for a
native Wet Nam force.
Evening star., 1950-10-16
Red Issue in Utah Race
Campaign to Show How Anti.Me-Too
Republicanism Fares Against Fair Deal

who has enjoyed satisfactory la
Dor relations in his own business,
does not expect a shutout there.
The Farm Bureau Federation is
against the Senator; newly
formed Farmers Union is for him.
The farmers themselves may
make the difference in the re-
turns. The doctors are vocally
anti Thomas. as he sponsored the
Truman health bill, but repeatedly
they are not too busy about it.
Both candidates are members
of the powerful Mormon Church.
Senator Thomas was a Mormon
missionary. Mr.. Bennett, one of
Senator Thomas former pupils,
married the youngest daughter of
the late President Heber Grant
of the Mormon Church.
The church is not taking sides
and the church-owned newspaper,
the Deseret News, is giving the
campaign what Attorney General
McGrath praises as the fairest
election coverage he has seen so
far. But Mr.. Bennett believes he
has the support of church leaders
in his fight against New Deal So
cialism.
Released by The Bell syndicate, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1950-10-16
This Changing World
France and Other Allies Had Advance
Warning on Indo. China Attack

Since the Wet Nam army exists
principally on paper, it was rea.
sonable for the French troops tx
take them over to meet the emer.
gency. This fact is recognized by
the American military, who are
urging the State Department no
to quibble over the letter of the
agreement.
But neither military men mol
diplomats in Washington favo1
sending American troops to Indo.
China. Their opposition is no.
theological but realistic. We dt
not have enough divisions at the
present time to cover the world
Our men are still fighting ir
Korea.
When the Korean campaign il
over we shall have to satisfy the
clamor from Western Europe fol
at least 10 divisions to be sent
to Germany to forestall any pos.
sible aggression from the East
Unless Gen. Macarthur can as
sure President Truman that there
is no further need for an Amer
ican military force in Japan, the
troops from Korea must return
to their base there, at least until
a peace treaty with Japan has
been signed.
May Bring Issue to U. N.
There is always the possibility
of course. that the French will
bring the Indo-China affair be-
fore the United Nations, accusing
Red China and Russia of directly
intervening in that war. We may
have to comply with whatever
decision that organization makes
There is something radically
wrong with the thinking of the
Western democracies. They man.
age their affairs with too little, toe
late. We had more than ample
warning about the Korean aggres-
sion. Timely measures. such as
preparedness for defense of the
South Korean forces with proper
training and military equipment
would have saved many American
lives and might have avoided alto
gether the present costly cam
paign.
We did not do so. The American
public was told only a week be-
fore the outbreak of hostilities
that peace was not in danger ano
that the peoples behind the Iron
Curtain did not want war-as il
their leaders consulted them
about what they wanted.
A similar situation existed in
Indo China. The Communist
threat became really serious the
day the Chinese Reds reached the
Indo-Chinese border and were
able to give effective help to He
Chi Mini.
Evening star., 1950-10-16
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.. Alb
is

| fights between 10 and is rounds
during a game. and I am inclined
to agree. Most of them have good
left hooks, fine uppercuts. and an
ability to take it.
From here on out, I am going
to switch back to watching the
backs. It may make a sucker Of
me N the eyes of the experts, but
I'll risk that to see a wivel-hipped
back cutting through a hole, side
stepping the secondary, and head
ing for home. The man with the
ball under his arm is the man for
me.
If I want to see head-butting
I'll buy two billy goats and save
myself the price of a season
ticket.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1950-10-16

SuCl1 ueBIc6 @S A' S'"A''
that more sober consideration and
calm analysis now seem in order.
There are signs that this is be-
ginning to occur.
It is significant that President
Truman, in a luncheon talk at
st. Louis before he flew to the
Pacific, again took occasion, as he
has often in recent weeks, to plead
for tolerance among our people.
His review of intolerant eras in our
past history. ranging from the
Alien and Sedition Act in the late
18th century to the Ku Klux Klan
rash of the early 192Os, served to
emphasize the dangers inherent
in the emotionalism of today.
The issue is bobbing up all
around just now to provoke pub
lie discussion, which is healthy.
There are the arguments before
the Supreme Court on cases af-
fecting the Presidents loyalty
program for Government workers
and the Justice Departments list
ing of "Subversive" organizations;
the confusion and congestion at
Ellis Island incident to OBTAINING
of alien visitors under the new
national security act; the exploita-
ton of the Communist issue
politically in the congressional
election campaign.
Fear of Communist Issue.
1t was fear of the Communist
issue politically that was an in
f1uence in the overwhelming sup
port in Congress for the national
security act which was rushed
through both branches in advance
Of the November election and over
whelmingly repassed over Presi-
dent Truman's veto. 1t was sur
prising how hitherto stalwart de-
tenders of civil liberties jumped
on the bandwagon on that meas
ure which went beyond actual sub
versives, spies and saboteurs in
sweeping provisions which could
Evening star., 1950-10-16

but not much. Centers snap or
hand back the ball and then
charge forward like helmeted
bulls. They may be doing all
manner of clever things while
they are charging, but they are
so obscured by the other players
that they could be playing vio-
lin without the fan high in the
stands knowing it.
Tackle-watching is a little bet
ter than guard-watching and
center-watching. because tackles
have to be fairly fast, rangy, and
rough. In fact, the best part of
tackle-watching is that you see
some mighty cute mayhem among
them, good SO per cent of which
goes unnoticed by the officials. 1t
has been said that a good tackle
Evening star., 1950-10-16
Basic Civil Liberties
Red Threat Brings Question to Peak
OF Interest Seldom Equaled Before

be used, as Mr.. Truman pointed
out, to infringe our liberties.
How sloppily the measure wa.
thrown together is manifest in re.
cent scenes at Ellis Island where
hundreds of visitors have had tt
be questioned, singly and individ-
ually, under its provisions bar
ring anyone who has had, at any
time any sort of connection with
Communism, NaZism or Fascism
no matter how long ago, or under
what circumstances, or how sharp
ly they have turned away from
such PHILOSOPHERS.
To stop the milling mob scene
at Ellis Island, the State Depart
ment finally ordered a recheck Of
all persons with visas awaiting al
ports of embarkation abroad
which has transferred the con-
fusion to the other side of the At
lantic. Meanwhile, the department
is trying to draw up some general
rules interpreting the law to limit
the confusion and personal en-
barrassment and discontinue as
far as possible.
Some very absurd incidents have
occurred.
May Amend Measure.
It appears certain that when
members of Congress are over
what Mr.. Truman called-in rela-
ton to another issue-"the cleo
ton jitters," and have gotten all
the political capital they can de-
rive for the immediate election
from the issue and their drastic
law, they will be constrained to
correct it's defects on second, sober
thought when Congress comes
back into session after the elec-
ton. Republicans have made the
Communist issue paramount
spreading it all over both the
domestic and foreign f1eld-from
the Atlantic to the Pacific to
China.
1t will be interesting to see af-
terward just what effect it may
have had in the election result.
That may offer some index as to
the real state of mind of the peo-
Pile - as distinguished from the
legislators-which, it is suspected,
has been exaggerated.
The Supreme Court, too, will
hand down it's judgment on the
great issues involved in few
weeks after its study of the various
cases involving the Presidents
loyalty program affecting Govern
ment employees and statutes which
affect citizens in general. Ques-
tions from the bench during re-
cent argument of such cases in
dicate very keen and close in
terest in how well our civil liber-
ties are being protected.
Evening star., 1950-10-16

C h a m p o n S
b u S i ness and
n on e of this
me = too n on
sense can fare
a g a inst the
Fair De al. 1t
W i'll n OF be
quite a Gle a r
test b e C a u S e
Republicans are
using the Com
muniSt iSS Su e
against the in
cunbent Dem
ocra and it
will hardly be