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Evening star., 1951-02-16
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Customs
authorities confiscated more than
800 pounds of gold allegedly SNUG
gled aboard the liner Queen Eliza
beth shortly before the ship sailed
early today.
They said they found a number
of gold cubes concealed in metaf
pockets attached to the underside
of rear mudguards of an auto
mobile put aboard the British
vessel.
Saul Chabot of New York, a
cabin-class passenger, who was
taken off the ship and questioned
overnight by Federal authorities,
was arrested today on a charge of
illegally attempting to export gold.
Customs officers said he is from
Zurich, Switzerland.
Evening star., 1951-02-16
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. ~ A-23
~, 16,

424,000 set aside for common
schools could be withheld.
The possibilities that the segre-
cation provisions might be put
to the test are not too remote.
There now is pending in Fed
eral Court here a suit to force
admittance of Negro children to
the public schools.
Further, Negro has applied
for admission to the University
OF Georgia Law School. His ap-
plication presumably is the first
step toward a court fight to open
the university to Negroes, at least
on the graduate level.
Evening star., 1951-02-16

partment typist. said she heard
one of the youths, both of whom
are colored, say as he passed her: j:
"It must be the other building
they live in," and the second
reply, "It must be-
Police bomb experts were called
in, as were postal authorities.
Evening star., 1951-02-16

were scared. One was a faculty
meeting notice and the other a
misdirected valentine meant for
another Edwards living nearby.
Mr.. Edwards. who was away at
the time, said he had no known
enemies and did not believe the
dynamite cap was meant for him.
Mrs. Mccain. a Treasury De-
Evening star., 1951-02-16

that admits a Negro under court
instructions automatically will stop
receiving State support.
Could Freeze Millions.
Should a court hold such action
unconstitutional, then none of the
schools in the whole college or
public school system would re-
ceive any money.
For example. should the Uni
versity Of Georgia be ordered to
admit a Negro. no funds would
be forthcoming.
II the courts held that the
State was being discriminatory
and the Withholding of funds IL
legal, then the $12,250,00O set
aside for operation of the entire
university system would be frozen.
BY the same procedure the $751;
Evening star., 1951-02-16
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Evening star., 1951-06-03
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News Broudcusts Today
Audience Shows

The following nroadcasts ano tele-
tickets phone the station or IN the
case of WTOP and WMAL write.
WMAL- National 640n Saturday
Night Camp Meeting" Saturday 9
pm. Capitol Memorial Church No
tickets needed
WWDC-steriins $500 District
Roundtable 10 ON Sunday ANA
teurs Of 1851" 1890 pm Sunday
No tickets necessary
pm Tuesday and Thursday
WRC-Republic 1000 Here's
Archer" 1890 pm. Monday-Friday;
News Of the World 7:30 pm.
1l:15 pm, Monday-Friday.
WCFM-Republie S6S8 Chamber
Music" Thursday $50 ON. Call
or write station
Evening star., 1951-06-03
HiqhIiqhts
Radio Today.

| 1880, WMAL--Coll Chotrs:
The Talladega College Choir, under
the direction Of Frank Harrison, Is
heard.
1885, WTOP-Invitation to
Learning: Racine's drama. "Atha-
Ilie," Is discussed by Eva LaGallienne
and Andre Michalopoulos.
100, WRC-University Of Chicago
Round Table: DR.. M. Ralph Kauf-
man, DR.. Roy Grinker and DR..
George Engel discuss Man and His
Illnesses"
1900, WTOP-Invitation to Music:
Rudolph Serkin is guest. Featured
selection is Beethoven's Concerto
No. 5 in E fiat major" with Serkin
as soloist with the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
1880, WRC-American Forum of
the Air: THE Cost of Mobilization"
lis discussed by Eric Johnston and
Senators Burnet r. Maybank, Ho-
mer E. Capehart, John w. Bricker
and Blair Moody.
2:3O, WCFM-The Boyd Noel
String Orchestra: The orchestra
performs music by Boyce, Ireland
and Lilburn.
2:30, WTOP-The Symphonette: !:
Michael Piastro plays the %Wedding
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die Walkuere."
$500, WCFM-Theater: Eric Port
man stars in q dramatization by
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Cities"
$3.50, WTOP-Phil Regan Show:
Premiere of new show which Of
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show their talents.
700, WMAL-Concert of Europe:
Ireland is honored. Dermot O'Hara
conducts the Radiofussion Fran
lcaise Orchestra; Joseph McNally is
guest soloist.
500, WTOP - Mccarthy Bergen
Show: Ava Gardner and Hoagy
Carmichael visit.
| $3.50, WRC-Theater Guild on the
Air: Rosalind Russell and Burgess
Meredith star In Biography"
| 500, WCFM-National Gallery of
Art Concert: The Gallery Orches-
ira conducted by Richard Bales and
the National Presbyterian Church
C hoir conducted by Theodore
Schaefer perform Handel's "Det-
ltingen TIE Deum."
$3.50, WASH-FM-Michaels Me-
Imorial Music Award: Henry Weber
directs the Chicago Philharmonic
Orchestra in a special program.
! 1890, WWDC-District Round
table: The Junior Bar Section OF
the D. C. Bar Association presents
a discussion on Public Apathy and
Civil Defense"
1880, WASH-FM-C Concert o:
Harpsichordist Greta Kraus and
Violinist John Dembeck play Bach's
"Brandenburg Concerto No. S."
1880, WWDC-Chicago Theater
Iof the Air: Ayne Dumas Lee and
Theodore Lettivin are guest soloists,
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What Does the British Crisis Mean
to American" is the question dis
, cussed by Norman Thomas and
Henry Hazlitt.
Evening star., 1951-06-03
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Evening star., 1951-11-15

These prices effective until close Of business
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Evening star., 1951-03-08

scripts and photographic recordings (some OF
which admittedly have no artistic merit) are
"junked" in quantity simply because their owners
or custodians lack skill to appreciate them ade-
quately or knowledge of the fact that the Library
of Congress is concerned with building up the
most comprehensive archive of the sort possible
Generally no retreval of the discarded relics is
feasible When the Librarian hears of them, it
is too late to acquire them A case in point
was the waste paper" sold by the janitor of
Philadelphia bank several years ago. Some few
letters by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and
other worthless finally were salvaged, almost by
accident, and eventually reached the Library for
permanent preservation.
Many an oldster must wonder what has hap
pened to the recordings of the Edison group OF
photograph artists. Is there chance that the
best of their work still can be rescued? Where
are the "rols" of the Pianola and Aeolian ma
chine pianos of half century ago? What about
the metal disks of the imported music boxes Of
our grandparents youth? AL these should be
saved in the Library of Congress in association
with the victor-RCA contribution If they are
obtainable
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Smelly Business in South Carolina

Governor Byrnes of South Carolina evidently
feels that there is something rotten in the land
deals which preceded announcement that the
Government would establish an atomic plant
in two counties of his State. Senator Maybank
must share this suspicion for he has already
requested the FBI to look into the matter.
The purpose of any such investigation, of
course, should be to discover whether there was
an advance leak in the Governments plans,
enabling some of the smart boys to clean up by
getting options on the land.
But it may develop that it was entirely
legal" for somebody in Government, who knew
about the plans, to tip off friend and let him
make little hay. And If it was legal then it
is doubtful that anybody will do anything
about it, For there has developed in Washington
a new concept of ethics honesty and morality
and almost anything goes, provided you have
the right friends in the right places.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Classic Recordings Presented

Rosa PonselIe, herself a glorious soprano,
journeyed to washington the other day to give
to the Library Of Congress a gift of very great
artistic significance and value. 1t consisted OF
12O classic phonograph recordings by such fa-
NOUS musicians as Sergei Rachmaninof, Fritz
Kresler, Mischa Elman, Enrico Caruso, John
Mccormack, Ernestine Schumann-Heink and
Maria Jeritza. The roster of players and singers
represented runs to total of 81 immortal
names. But the artists would be remembered
only as names if the recordings they made were
not preserved and kept available for playing.
The Library of Congress obviously is proper
depository of the collection. -.
Credit for the gift goes to the Victor Com
pany now the Radio Corporation Of America.
Two of its officers-J. B. Elliott and George F..
Marek-accompanied Miss Ponselle to Washing
ton for the ceremony of presentation. With
them came Mrs. Caruso and Mrs Mccormack,
widows of the leading tenors of their time. DR..
Luther H. Evans welcoming them in his official
capacity as Librarian of Congress, expressed the
Nations gratitude for the contribution and
praised the genius of the artists whose record
ings are included in the albums.
But the occasion should not pass without
some public consideration of the larger impor-
tance OF all such gifts Hardly an hour goes
by without material of historic cultural worth
being lost to the Nation. Books, pictures manu-
Evening star., 1951-03-08
This and That

but resembling them. like damp locali-
ties.
"It is one of the costs Of neighbor-
hood with plenty Of trees" says Jones.
Jones says his memory of them goes
back to childhood, when he lived in ex-
actly the same sort of neighborhood in a
small town.
Great elms, they had in those days,
long before the Dutch elm disease had
ravaged these wonderful trees.
Jones was born, he says, just four
blocks from one of the most wonderful
elms that ever lived.
It was a historical tree, the one under
which the Constitution for his Home
State was signed. (Puzzle: Name the
State.)
Jones says we should all be glad we
do not live in the tropics.
They have centipedes there that are
centipedes.
Eighteen inches is no uncommon
length for tropical centipedes!
Not only are they almost as long as
small snakes, but they have vicious dis
positions. They are ready fighters, and
their bites are poisonous.
It is questionable whether the "thou-
Evening star., 1951-03-08
By Charles E. TroceweN

sand-leggers'' of the United States ever
bite any one.
They are confused with the earwigS
of Europe, but are not the same.
X
Use of DDT is helpful, Jones says, but
warns that it should not be used in any
form where there are cats present.
After all, he states, if a household is
overrun with centipedes, much can be
done with the home vacuum sweeper.
Use the long tube, he advises, first
turning on ceiling light.
This sudden light makes the centipede
very wary.
It stops. dead still, in the traditional
manner Of its tribe. Even the approach
of the vacuum tube does not cause it to
stir. And that is where it makes its big
mistake.
Households with centipedes may do
something about them by getting rid Of
trees too close to the house.
The custom Of keeping Ewindows and
doors closed in summer may help keep
the home cooler, but it also makes it
damper.
And centipedes love dampness.
Drying out the house every day with
plenty Of sunshine, and by wind, even If
stirred up by a fan, is a good centipede
exterminator, Templeton Jones says.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
BETHESDA.

BETHESDA.
Dear Sir:
"I have seen no news of the centipedes
in Templeton Jones life recently.
"Has he managed to get rid of them,
and if SO, how?
eff not, would like to hear his latest
adventures with these things.
eve have many of them in our house,
and would like to know the best way to
exterminate them.
Sincerely, J. T."
Jones was the originator of the vacuum
sweeper method of determination.
He says it is still the best method.
Questioned, Jones confessed that he
knows no other system as efficient.
Asked If he really had got rid Of them
all, he answered, with happy smile:
Certainly"
Perseverance did it, he swearS.
Night after night he arose, turned on
the light, and looked around.
There on the walls and ceiling he
would see from one to four OF the
creatures, each about three inches long,
with legs extending at least an inch.
These creatures, not exactly insects.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Fifth Centennial of Columbus

The Library of Congress has published q
selected list of books and articles on Christopher
Columbus, thus calling attention to the fact
that half a millennium has passed since the
Discoverer was born His exact birthday, of
course, is unsettled. It is not certain that he
first saw light of day in Genoa. The origin of
the great admiral is as much a mystery now as
it was in his own time. Perhaps he himself did
not have the data which his biographers have
tried in vain to find In any case, 1t generally
is agreed that his career began in 1851 and he
was about AZ when he opened the Western
Hemisphere to European expansion.
vast literature concerning Columbus
seems to have been inevitable from the start.
He doubled the size of the globe in effect-and
enriched it beyond all estimation past or present
Even now after five busy centuries the wealth
and the power of the Americas is only imperfectly
understood even by Americans. To illustrate
the point, 73 per cent of Canada remains to be
surveyed. Merely a small fraction of Brazil
has been mapped. Even in the relatively tiny
island of Cuba there are large areas still unex-
plored. The immensity of what Columbus
achieved in this respect never was guessed by
Columbus or by any recorded contemporary.
Yet people instinctively realized that some
thing tremendous had happened and they dis
cussed it considerably. The admiral reported
his own impressions at some length. His son
Ferdinand turned out "life." Bartolome de las
Casas followed suit with his invaluable "Hstora
de las Indias" written between 1927 and 1851
Then in succession appeared the books of Andres
Fernandez Gonzalo Ovedo Valdes, Peter
Martyr dAnghiera, Francisco Lopez de Gomara,
Antonio de Herrera, Juan Bautista Munoz and
many other chroniclers and commentators
Washington Irving and Alexander Won Humboldt
were but two of the scholars who labored over
oil f1o fad mo upr
lowed by John Fiske, Clements r. Markham,
Paul Gaffarel, Charles 7. Elton, Sophus Ruge,
John Boyd Thatcher, Henry vignaud and host
of lesser researchers and Interpreters. The
Genoese Center of Columbian Studies in italy
brought out a comprehensive photography in
1891. Finally the Library of Congress has
brought the list up to date. Donald H. Mugridge,
fellow in American history, is credited with the
performance of the task.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Youth Needs the Truininq

May I add my feeble voice in favor
of universal military training? Here is
what I think it will do to our youths:
1t will teach them to keep their faces.
bodies and clothes clean. It will improve
them physically. It will teach them
respect for others. It will broaden their
minds and mature them mentally. And
last but most important, it will teach
them to obey. which very few know
anything about.
The question may be asked, what
do I know about such matters? I am
66 years old, an instructor in electrical
engineering. I get the youth at 1919,
after he has finished the so-called high
schools. I have noticed over period
of many years a steady decline in the
efficiency of the material that comes
to me, until at the present time it prac-
tically cannot read. write or think.
A period of military training (if not
too long, would in my opinion be one
of the greatest blessings that could be
bestowed on American youth. And this
I think is the honest opinion Of the
majority Of educators, If that opinion
could be known.
M. F. M.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
The Lonely Town

"Bewildered Bachelor" whose letter OF
complaint appears In the February 23d
edition of The Star, says he has been in
Washington eight months and, as yet.
hasn't had date. This is truly pathetic.
What's the matter with the girls in
his place of employment? No eligible
girls there? How about the men then?
Some of the married men could surely
prevail upon their wives to invite him to
their homes and introduce him to their
unmarried girl friends. The single men
could also plan a double date OCCASION
ally, and ask their girl friends to bring
another girl for the stranger.
Could it be that Bewildered Bachelor
isn't the type of person his associates
would care to introduce to their families
and friends? Eight months is a long
time. If, during that period, none OF his
acquaintances has offered to help him
find nice girl companion. it might in
dicate some fault in the man himself.
His assumption that q 10-suit ward
robe and new convertible coupe qualify
him for q date snackS of an inflated ego
Those things are nice to own. But, as
any girl will verify, they alone are not
enough to qualify man for date. A
man can wear only one suit at time.
An old car can take girl to places OF
amusement as easily as a new one. It's
the man himself who counts.
A man who Is kind, conSiderate and
thoughtful, unconceited enough to be-
lieve girl is doing him as much favor
by going out with him as he is doing her
by asking her, rarely has any difficulty
finding a date. If Bewildered Bachelor
will make an effort to cultivate these de-
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Our Best Air Security

1t is reaSSuring to hear from Air Force Sec
retary Thomas K Finletter that the radar screen
being built around the continental United States
will be completed this year and that an effective
Alaskan network will be operating in 1852 This
means that the Nation will be in much better
position than it has been to cope with possible
atomic bombing. But there is no reason for
complacency. The simple but grim fact is that
our country, If war comes, will almost certainly
suffer from such attacks regardless of the ella
boratenesS of our defenses.
Thus, although of vital Importance, our
radar screen can do no more than give an ad-
vance warning-a matter of minutes, not
hours of the approach of enemy bombers.
After that, interceptor planes anti-aircraft ar
tillery and supersonic ground-to-air guided mis-
siles (still in the process of development) would
have to be depended upon to head off and destroy
the attackers Given enough such planes, artil-
lery and missiles, heavy toll could be exacted
of the enemy, but the chances are that many of
the attacking craft would still reach their targets.
Indeed. in the judgment of General vandenberg
our Air Force Chief of Staff-we must base
our calculations on the assumption that as much
as IS per cent would be able to get through to
our cities despite the best kind of radar screen
and overall defensive system that we can set
up in the years Immediately ahead.
But the same holds true for the Soviet
Union. If its bombers struck at us. it would
be at least equally vulnerable. In the last
analysis, therefore, our best security against
atomic attack from the sky is the development
of retaliatory power formidable enough to make
the Kremlin realize that 1t cannot hit at us
without instantaneously exposing Russia to far
more terrible counter-action. We are capable
of that right now. In fact, as DR.. Vannevar
Bush has just asserted, there is no question, as
matters stand today, that we could literally
destroy that country with our strategic Air
Force. That is one of the key reasons why we
can still hope to prevent another world war-a
hope that will grow steadily stronger, as DR..
Bush has said, if our aerial might is supple
mented with good defensive ground forces in
Western Europe.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
By Edword Boykin

ULYSSES s. GRANT got his first look
~ at the city Of Washington on
March 8, 1864. The circumstances OF
that encounter, just four score and seven
years ago, have certain quaint interest
in this day when generals stars once
again are flashing across the political
skies.
President Lincoln had signed bill on
February 90 nominating Grant Lieu
tenant General, under the direction Of
the President, to command the armies of
the United States" Thus selected from
horde of major generals as the man to
forge final Union victory in the Civil
War. Grant became the third American
lieutenant. general in history. It took
a special act of Congress to revive the
rank, which previously had been held
only by George Washington and Winfield
Scotland the latter by brevet, which
means on an honorary basis.
So Grant was something of hero
when he came to Washington. A great
string of victories in the West had
boosted him into the very center Of the
limelight. True he was accused Of hav-,
ing political ambitions and Of drinking
too much. But he said his only polit-
ical ambition was to be Mayor of Galena,
Ill. And Lincoln made 1t plain that
Grants drinking habits meant nothing
to him, so long as this soldier could win
battles.
1t was about pm. when Grants train
pulled into Washington. No delegations,
no bands, welcomed him. Few recognized
him as he walked through the station.
Accompanied by his 14-year-old son Fred
and his chief of staff, Col. John Rawlins,
he hired hack and drove unostenta-
tiously to the old Willard Hotel.
The lobby was crowded with politi-
clans, Army contractors. job seekers and
war nondescripts. No one recognized the
travel-worn man in the weather-beaten
uniform as he approached the desk and
quietly asked for a room. The clerk
sized up the new arrival as just another
major general.
Said the clerk: "I have nothing but
room on the top floor"
THAT will do" said Grant, making
his historic entry on the hotel register,
~. S. Grant and son, Galena. Ills"
At that moment Richard Henry Dana.
War Department assistant. recognized
this dingy-looking visitor.
"Why, Gen. Grant," he exclaimed, 1--WE
hadn't expected you so soon" The hotel
clerk, with profuse apology. outdid him.