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Evening star., 1950-10-30
King Gustav V

All the Bernadotte kings of Sweden have
been good kings. Perhaps their middle class
origin and the fact that they rule by popular
choice and not by divine right have accounted
for the benefcence of their reigns. But such q
theory would rob them of their personal quail
ties, and that would be defiance of history.
They have been honorable men as we'll as honest
sovereigns. Gustav was exception. He
leaves name which will be remembered with
appreciation throughout the world.
Let it be stated specifically that "Mr. G."
was no hgurehead His powers under the consti-
tuition were limited, but his influence was un-
trammeled by law. AS far back as 1873 he was
setting his people an example. His addiction to
tennis was a case in point. He brought 1t home
from England and sold" it to the Swedes as q
form of ballet as well as a congenial sport. Up
to the moment of his Anal illness King Gustav
maintained his interest in the game-and in its
connotations of statecraft.
Similarly the late monarch contributed to
national defense The shadow of Russia cease
lessly fell across his country, and King Gustav
believed wholeheartedly that the threat should
be resisted. His reception of the partisans of
stronger military measures in February, 1914,
and his announcement that he would not COM
promise with his conscience in connection with
safeguarding national independence during the
same crisis were sensational incidents which
well might have cost him his crown, but the
Liberals and Social Democrats gave way.
King Gustav was equally successful in his en-
deavors to maintain neutrality for Sweden.
Twice in a quarter century it seemed infeasible
for his government to avoid involvement in
global struggles, yet on both occasions the
miracle was accomplished. How much of the
credit was due to the sovereign personally may
be matter of debate What matters is that
his people believed that he had large share in
Tending off the persistent danger. Especially in
1912 he stood up to Hitler triumphantly.
Meanwhile, King Gustav was leader in a
long list of cultural activities Of value and sgni-
fcance. He contributed from his own purse to
enterprises in art science, education every sort
of charity. The money presented to him on his
10th birthday was turned over to laboratory
for cancer research. Similar gifts subsequently
were devoted to similar purposes. The Swedish
monarch lived quiet midde-class life. Ameri-
cans who met him remarked that he reminded
them of important men of their own nationality
He drove his own car, enjoyed bridge, was an
amateur photographer. His sorrows hurt him
deeply, but he faced them bravely. The Swedish
people called him Papa" and he himself de-
clared that his greatest ambition was to be good
grandfather.
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Lindsay Law

Your columns report that Fred Lee
announces he will vote for Republican
candidates for the Montgomery County
Council on election day even though he
has been a lifelong Democrat.
Mr.. Lee is a distinguished lawyer who
knows the score. He has long neglected
an important law practice to join the
thus far successful fight to oust the NAL
odorous Brooke Lee Democratic machine.
He was elected to serve on the outgoing
reform County Council which has given
us fine local government for the past
two years, and then was dragooned into
the presidency Of the council by its
members.
The dilemma is that the Brooke Lee
machine, in order to kill the Montgom-
cry Council drive for good government.
put over the Infamous Lindsay law at
Annapolis. Under that law. party labels
and candidates must be used in local
county elections, even though there can
be no Republican or Democratic way Of
running school, fire, police or other ac-
tivities. The test ought to be that OF
good men versus poor men.
This Lindsay law may seem academic
to many voters. Yet it raises great diff
ficulties in our local efforts. For one
thing, many less-well-informed party
voters will hesitate to follow the lead of
q Fred Lee in breaking their party ties.
The other very important considera-
ton is that under the Hatch Act, Fed
eral employees who reside and vote in
Montgomery County cannot participate
in other than the non-partisan local cam
paigns which are forbidden under the
Lindsay law.
Volunteer.
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Canadian Pictures

Not all the paintings In the Canadian show
az the National Gallery will please everybody.
some are so-called "introspective" works which
are bound to irritate people who are not "edu-
cateo TO appreciate experimentation as an
esthetic dogma. Others are frankly even starklv
academic pictures and as such will be anathema
to those who diStrust the past and the realistic
traditions thereof But even when these extremes
are conceded the exhibition is well worth seeing.
IL proves once more what frequently has been
demonstrated as far back as the Victorian period:
The richness, the variety, the power of Canadian
culture.
This multiple phenomenon has it's source
In the natural wealth of the Domonion
Ine forests, the fields, the mighty rivers, the
vast inland waters of Canada are inspiring even
to persons who dc not claim to be artists For
those observers who do desire to preserve their
impressions there Is no more attractive terrain
anywhere IN North America Tom Thomson for
instance, was painter almost In spite of him
se1-slmpy because he could not be blind to
the beauty OF his country. His popularity has
no other explanation than that of his success
in the representation of graphic values which
thousands of his contemporaries appreciated
without possessing his skill OF reproduction.
The "seven" also were "nationalists" in the
sense that they painted Canada as they found
Canada. 1t never occurred to them to attempt
to poeticize what already had been made poetic
by nature-or by natures God. Visitors to the
National Gallery, standing ten or fifteen feet
away from work of the type OF J. E. H. Mac
Donald's Autumn in Algoma" will feel not
merely the compulsion of the creator of the
composition but even more definitely the dynamic
force of the Creator of autumn in myriad of
Agomas. Possibly Canada and Canadian art
are trfie closer to the elemental realities than
we are on the south side OF the undefended
border. In any event, this show goes deep.
People will like 1t. One of the canvases they
will remember with pleasure is Jack Humphrey s
portrait of pensive little girl. It is neither a
conservative picture nor radical picture
Rather, it is just natural picture, and it Is
that fact that endears 1t to the average spectator
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is the luckless comrade in charge OF that parti-
cular campaign, is going to turn this one around
We can see him glumly toying with the mountain
OF mashed potatoes on his plate while awaiting
the blast from Moscow. Possibly he will weakly
point out to the home office that this just goes
to prove that even the parasites from the democ-
races are decadent and inefficient, that American
potato-bugs are inferior blighters Or maybe,
remembering that the rebels of Ireland were
nourished solely on potatoes he will just turn in
his card and go out and get a job picking
potatoes
Evening star., 1950-10-30
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

O. How much does industry spend for
research in the United States?-M. o. T.
A. In 1947, industry budgeted $450 mil
lion for research. Expectations are that
the growth Of scientific research will
continue. In recent year $4,000 Scien-
tific personnel and $4,000 additional
technical personnel were employed In
industrial research laboratories.
@. At what age did Michelangelo exc
cute his last piece of sculpture?-TMcB.
A. The artist was over 80 years Of age
when he stopped work on his last sculp-
ture, Descent from the Cross" because
he found a flaw in the marble. It is in
the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiors
in Florence and although intended for
the artists tomb it was not used.
@. Are men or women more likely tt
have accidents?-M. o. v.
A. The accident rate for males alone
Is considerably higher than for females.
Only two causeS-heart disease and can
cer-had higher death rates among men
during the first nine months Of 1949 for
which figures are available.
@. What is the best way to store
ledGIl6T SIlOGS LIldt dIC 11Ot W OC uOc0
for some time?-V. A. L.
A. Home economics authorities rec
ommend that they should be cleaned
first, and then stored in boxes or in a
shoe cabinet where they will be protected
from dust. Avoid too warm place.
@. On what is the Miserere based?-
H. M. d.
A. This is the opening word Of the 51st
Psalm (according to Roman Catholic
usage, the 50th)-Miserere mel Deus.
Many composers have written beautiful
settings for it.
@. How extensive is the timberland Of
Finland? How was it affected by Soviet
control?-P. G.
A. In Finland, there are 51,00o.ooo
acres of timberland. Under Soviet con-
troll, the country lost Is per cent OF her
richest woodlands.
O. Members of physicians families
and nurses are apt to use the abbrevia-
tion, "GP." To what does 1t refer?-
j. M. M.
A. The abbreviation represents the
phrase grateful patient" It has many
implications.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
New Theory on Origin
Of Earth Fits Facts
Planet Started as Cold Cloud,
Academy Session Agrees
By fhomos R. Henry

Earth started as q cold cloud. It con.
densed into an airless, waterless, conti-
nentless ball. It's temperature at the be-
ginning was somewhat below zero, cent?
grade.
This is the general picture of the
planets origin agreed upon at a National
Academy Of Sciences Conference o few
months ago, as summarized by DR.. Wen
dell M. Latimer of the University Of
California. It disagrees radically with
previous theories of the earth's beginning
which pictured an intensely hot mass Of
gases torn loose from the sun. But the
experts mostly agreed, DR.. Latimer says.
that such a picture cannot be made to at
the facts. The new hypothesis does.
How this cold cloud of gases and solid
particles, about 40 million miles in dame
ter. got here in the first place cannot be
determined. Presumably at some time or
other it was part of the nebulous ma
terial in space from which the sun and
other planets were formed. Once It's
existence Is assumed, however, the present
structure OF the earth can be explained
fairly well, the experts believe.
Escaped Gravity Attraction.
The gases were so light that they could
AAOo VIC 41CA0 Wy tIAC S4dNAIdtlOAld4 dLtI dC-
tion Of the rest of the cloud, especially
when one side was heated by the sun.
AS the gases escaped, the heavier par
ticles tended to fall toward the center.
They were mostly of such elements as
iron and nickel and today constitute the
iron-nickel core of the earth. The next
shell around them while the lighter ones
fN otn fI,o off f6m
new planet.
Then the cold mass began to get hot.
Among the original particles was lot OF
the radioactive form Of the element potas-
SUM. It then was quite abundant. but 1t
now Is among the scarcest materials on
earth. It has half life of about billion
years and DR.. Latimer's calculations show
that in about Is billion years the nat
ural fssion of its atoms would have in
creased the temperature Of the solid
centigrade. Added to this was the heat
generated by spontaneously exploding
uranium and thorium atoms.
Much Of this heat, of course, was ra-
dated into space, but it was sufficient to
cause major chemical changes In the
surface rocks. It released oxygen and
hydrogen to form water. 1t created the
complexes Of light granite which formed
the continents.
Cloud Parts Form Planets.
This earth cloud, DR.. Latimer believes,
resulted from the breakup Of a larger
cloud, other parts Of which went to form
the other planets. In the beginning there
may have been a single cloud, which
split in two. One half became the sun.
The other, and smaller. cloud broke UP
into the clouds which formed the planets
1t is quite likely, according to this
theory. that the moon was torn loose
from the cloud during the period Of con.
densation into solid mass. Tidal wave,
in the loose material may have beer
sufficient to cause rupture.
Since the heavier iron and minera
particles already had concentrated TO-
wards the cenyer of The cloud. the COM
position and density of the moon formed
at this stage would correspond to those
OF the outer layers Of the earth.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Bugs in Their Spuds?

One little Russian propaganda move has
definitely come cropper with the news that the
Czechoslovakians are harvesting bumper crop
of potatoes. These are the very same spuds which
the Soviets thundered last spring were being
'bombed" by American pilots sowing Colorado
potato bugs They even went so far as to lodge
o formal snarl with the State Department, which
threw 1t right back in their stainless steel teeth.
It is little hard to see how Ivan, or whoever
Evening star., 1950-10-30

not high school material. and for q
teacher to act in such formidable
manner shows that she is not a fit per-
son to teach the leaders Of tomorrow.
II she was aiming for publicity, she got
it, but not the right kind; and I'm sure
that the status of Anacostia High School
in the minds of great many Washing
tonians has decreased.
I ask again, is this the way for an
educational system, which is looked up
to by the entire United States and parts
Of the outer world, to act over such a
small matter? They would be far bet
ter of to leave the ridiculous alone and
concentrate on the United Nations sub
lime efforts to bring peace to a world
which Is in dire need of it.
BJT
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any question of fact by either yIiting The
NV, Washington 5. D. c.. and inclosing 8 cents
return postage, or by telephontnz ST. b0o0
Extension 35S
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Volunteer.
Slow Pokes

believe that Washington has the
slowest traffic lights and the slowest
vehicular traffic of any city in the Nation.
I think that many Star readers will
agree with me about this, and I think
that they like it no more than I do.
George III. Medlin.
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Letters to The Star

Pennanes may be used If letters carry 0rers correct
and addresses. All letters subject to condensation
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Ed Senay is Yale Star
AS Connecticut Bows

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. %.
Husky 175-pounder Ed Senay
unleashed two long touchdown
runs today and led Yale to Is
to triumph over the University
of Connecticut.
Senay's IS and 36-yard sprints
featured the 1850 football in
augural in the huge Bowl before
$4,000 fans.
Yale surprised by tallying a
touchdown in each period against
a Connecticut squad that had been
rated higher. Except for Senay's
scoring plays, the contest lacked
any sustained thrills.
Except for Sophomore Joe Bet
tencourt, Connecticut lacked lus-
ter. Yale, however. not only had
Senay, but showed an able passer
and receiver in Stu Tisdale and
Brad Quackenbush and a talented
ballhawk in Alan Peters.
While Yale was moving along
and scoring, Connecticut was able
to threaten only three times. Two
of the Connecticut assaults fiz-
zled out on the 10 and the other
on the three.
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BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Sept. 22.-The
d-haired, thin man with the big
No. 10 on his back slumped in a
chair all alone in a corner Of the
Tigers clubhouse.
All Red Rolfe had taken off was
his cap, even though the game
with the Indians that rocked his
Tigers had been over nearly a
half hour.
I'm terribly sorry" the Detroit
manager told a visitor politely
looking up from the floor with a
forced smile. What is there to
say? We took a terrific shellack-
ing and that's it."
Just what Rolfe plans to do
about his light-hitting Tigers
after dropping two straight to the
out-of -the-race Indians he won't
say.
1--WE been giving some thought
to changing the lineup. but I
still haven't made up my mind, !"
he said.
A lot, Of people here. though,
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MALACHI Wins Feature Race
|At West Lanham Track

Sam MALACHI of Trenton, NJ j.,
won the 25-lap feature event of
the stock car racing program last
night before $500 fans at West
Lanham Speedway.
Lou johnson of Wilmington,
Del. came in second and Ken
Marriott, Baltimore, was third.
Frank Schneider, Lambertville,
N. j., was leading when he blew
a tire and crashed into the fence
on the oath lap. Bob Welsh of
Washington turned over in the
fifth lap causing a re-start.
The special 10-lap. winner-take-
all feature among Wally Campbell.
johnson, MALACHI and Schneider,
was won by Johnson.
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Braves Drop 10 Third
AS Giants Beat sam,
|4-3, in 10 Innings
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, Sept. 23.-The Giants
shaded the Braves. 4-3. In 10 inn
ings today with Hank Thompson
singing home Dom Mueller from
third base with the payoff run.
Mueller had tripled. The loss
dropped the Braves into third
place.
Larry Jansen went the distance
for his 18th victory and scattered
eight hits, including home runs
by Sam Jethroe and Johnny Sain,
the losing pitcher who failed In
quest of his goth victory.
The Giants scored three runs in
the third inning on two walks, an
error and two singles. The Braves
scored in the sixth and Sain sent
the game into overtime with his
homer in the eighth.
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Howard Drops Opener
To BIuefieId, 1912
SpeeiaI Dispoteh 10 The stor

BLUEFIELD, w. Va, Sept. %
-Bluef1eld State outscored How
ard University of Washington,
D. c., 1912, in the opening foot
ball game for both here tonight.
Howard scored the first touch
down in the second period, adj
vancing to the Bluefield 20 on a
passing attack. Ernie Davis pushed
over the remaining 20 yards.
Bluef1eld scored twice in the
second period with Jimmy Holmes
pushing over from the Howard 8
and Ergie Smith bucking through
from the Howard 2.
Ed Hannah lateraled to Holmes,
who raced 46 yards for Bluef1eld's
final touchdown in the third quar-
ter. Howard added it's last score
in the final period with Davis
bucking over from one yard out
Howard - O 6 O els
Blueheld o 13 6 0-1g
Howard scoring: Touchdowns - Davi,
(2l. Bluefeld State scoring: Touchdowns
Holmes t2), Smith. Point after touch.
down-Smith. placekick.
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Win, Lose or Draw
Continued From Page BID

OF spurgeon spud Chandler pitcher the Yankees
who was brilliant Bulldog halfback in the early 1905
Oneminute warmedover interview with Hank Greenberg
general manager of the Indians Early Wynn the best money
pitcher in baseball bar When he with Washington,
he just hrower Now he knows how pitch and he rates
himself: Getting him the best deal made. AS for
Mickey Vernon he did all right for but not until he played
for Cleveland did realize he not good fielding first
baseman When played against him, had Mickey pegged
real good one"
The Case of the Morninesde Gloves
When jockey snatched the whip another rider in the
stretch at Marlboro the other day and went win with the
borrowed" bat, it recalled story more fantastic
Seems that when Knute Rockne coaching
he booked in 1919 with Morningsde College
favor to friend connected with the little Sioux City school
On the day Of the bitterly cold the field
encrusted with ice and The hands of the Noe Dame
players numbed but the Moningde squad heavy
gloves, which the Irish eyed generously.
The word from Nore Damer to another that
certain play the goal not to block but to grab
the MorningSde gloves Everybody alerted except
Quarterback Joe Brandy who nnoceny called his signal
Lacking the sembance of practical assistance Brandy
upbu the 10 other Notre Dame players
possession Of gloves.
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Fordhum Is 20-19 Victor
On Erickson's Kicking
BY the Associated Press

EASTON. Pa, Sept. 23.-Ford-
hams heavily favored Rams hao
to rely on the toe of Jim Erickson
to exc out a 20-19 victory over ar
inexperienced Lafayette College
eleven today.
Each team scored three touch
downs in their seasons opener
but Erickson made good on two OF
his three attempts for the extra
point while Lafayette counted
only once.
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Dodgers Edge Pills. 3D. Keep Dim Pennan Hopes Fkern
Cardinals and Cubs
Split DoubIe-Header;;
Both Pitchers Battles

CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-The Cubs
defeated st. Louis 2 to 0 in the
first game of a doubleheader here
today, but HOWE Pollet stopped
the Chicagoans 2 to ! in the
second game before 22.030 fans.
In the first game, Red Munger
and Ted Wilks limited the Cubs
to only four hits but safeties by
Hal Jeffcoat and Andy Pafko pro-
duced the victory for Chicago.
Paul Minner held the Cards to
seven hits.
Each team got six hits in the
second game.
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College Head Now Coach

NEW YORK. Sept. % (P2Dr.
John j. Theobald. president of
Queens College. found himself
coach of the schools cross-coun-
try squad today. Theobald, a track
star and captain of several CO.
lumbia University teams during
the mid-'20s, took over when
Coach Charles Man resigned.
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Pirates Win, 8 10 7,
AS Reds Rally Fails
BY the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23.-1t
took three Pittsburgh pitchers to
stop rally by Cincinnati in the
ninth inning today, but the Pirates
edged the Reds. 81.
Jim Walsh finally put the last
Cincinnati man out after three
runs had scored. but Rookie Ver-
non Law got credit for his sixth
victory. He had been lifted for a
pinch hitter in the fifth when the
score was A.
A meager crowd of 4,009 watched
Ralph Kiner belt two long doubles.
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White Sox Take u.s.
Win From Browns
BY the Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, Sept. %. - The
White Sox made easy marks Of
four Brown pitchers today and
coaSted to a 1875 victory behind
Billy Pierce.
Pierce had a two-hitter until
the seventh inning but then he
let I'D.
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Harness Race Pilot Dies
After Fall from SuIky
BY the Associoted Press
PENNINGTON, Me-, Sept. 2:

PENNINGTON, Me-, Sept. 23.-
Robert o. Gill, a 74-year old Dix
field harness race driver, was
thrown from his sulky today and
died few minutes later of a heart
attack.
Medical Examiner DR.. George
L. Pratt said Gill was driving
Roselie McKlyo in the eighth race
Of 10-dash card at the Farming
ton Fairgrounds. Gill arose after
his fall, walked to the stable and
collapsed.
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chicago -- O04 81 30o-1c
st. Louis -------- 900 600 BOZ
Runs-Fox, Baker. Philley (2). Robin
son go. Zernial Mccormick f2b, Appling
Mast. Coleman. Kokos, sommers. Art
Pillette. Runs batted in-Fox. Baker
Philley Robinson. Zernial t2), McCor-
man 90. Upton. Art Two-base hits
Fox. Zernial Carrasquel. Coleman, Friend
sommers ART. sacrihces-Baker, APP
ping. Pierce. Double play-zColeman to
Sommers. Left on bases-Chicago. ID;
St Louis, 2. Bases on balls-Of Pierce
10; OF Widmar. !; of Pillette. 3; of Mar
shall 8 Struck out-By Pierce. 4; by
Widmar 2; by Pillette, /. Hits-Of
Widmar. in 22s innings; OF Pillette,
in 21s innings. of Marshall; in in
nings; of Dorish, l in 2 innings. Hit by
pitcher-By Pillette (Robinson), by Dor
lish (ZerniaD. Winning pitcher-Pierce
Q1-6) Losing pitcher-Widemar G-14
Ttme-2:31. Attendance-1,7 $50.
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think Charley Keller may go back
in for the slumping Vic Wertz.
It was Keller who got off the
bench last week and spanked the
Tigers to two victories over Phila-
delphia.
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TubIe Tennis Tourney

Opening event of the table ten
mis- season will be tournament
at 2 pm. today at Chevy Chase
Ice Palace. Trophies and medals
will be awarded.