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Evening star., 1951-11-25
By Charles J. Yorbrouoh

Our troops in Korea still have their
wits about them.
From one of them, by mail, comes
a satire on official Periodic Intel
ligence Reports. stirred up from a
mixture Of chuckle -cloaked bitter
ness. straight humor and a blend Of
laughing beef normally heard where
troops gather.
The wits are still on the front line,
which should be considered as COM
forting to the home front as a divi-
sion in reserve would be to the
troops.
Labeled Periodic Unintelligence
Report No. 1913" and giving Korea
(UghD" as a map reference, it fol-
lows the official form. covering the
general situation, the enemy Situa-
ton at the end of the period. tactics,
captured documents and even con-
cludes with an uproarious but hypo-
thetical prisoner-o interroga-
tion of the North Korean leader,
Kim II Sung.
Listing the Prime Minister'S ma
tionality as unknown, probably
Greek" the preliminary interroga-
ton by an anonymous lieutenant
goes on:
Prisoner of war was cooperative,
but due to the fact that he is
civilian, he is not recommended for
further interrogation.
Under the heading mote" this
added intelligence was given: "Lt
Anonymous, knowing only a few
Korean phrases such as Good morn
ing How are you?' and Good
night could get very little informa-
ton out of the prisoner until about
half way through the Interrogation,
when it was discovered that the PW
spoke excellent English. When
queried as to why he had not re-
vealed this fact before, the prisoner
replied:
"'You didn't ask me-"
Appropriately enough, the tongue
in-cheek authors of the unintelli-
gence report concluded the Kim II
Sung incident with:
Although the name Kim II Sung
seemed familiar to 1t Anonymous,
he could not remember offhand ex-
actly where he had heard it. He
dismissed the thought as of little
Importance. not wishing to embarrass
PW by asking more personal ques-
tions than were considered absolutely
necessary.
Upon determining that the pris-
oner had no money on his person, he
was given 10000 from the Confiden-
tial Won Fund and told to go back
home and stay away from screening
points in the future, since, being a
civilian, he was considered of no fur
ther value to the United Nations
Police Force"
Food, being the tactical weapon
that it is, gets into the narrative dis
guised under Enemy Tactics and
Equipment"
''The enemy" the report continues,
''has shown tendency of late to
attack at mealtime, thereby enhanc-
ing his chances Of capturing Amer
ican G rations.
Several instances have been re-
ported in which Chinese Communist
forces have written to packing plants
in the United States offering sugges-
tions as to how the rations could be
improved"
Weather. a good ally or a. strong
enemy, as the case may be. gets in
thus:
g Army reports that We will
haveMeather today followed by more
tomorrow. This is, tentatively ac-
cepted until further confirmation can
be made If it should rain in the
near future. roads will undoubtedly
Evening star., 1951-11-25
Stockton, CoIif.:

Tillie Lewis, queen of the pear
shaped tomatoes. is a case history
OF woman who made good in big
business on her own.
Tillie. as handsome an executive as
you'll ever see. is a lady Gamer,
president of Flotill Products. Inc.
one of the big five of the cannery
world. She presides over the des-.
TIMES of three big plants with an
annual output of around $40 million
worth of canned goods.
This Brooklyn girl wouldn't take
no for an answer when the experts
Evening star., 1951-11-25
Woman and Eight Men With Ideas Marks Varied Walks of Life
People in the News:

Commerce, good works, aduen-
ture, the brotherhood OF man: In
such Uaried fields this toeek, men
and Domen ,Dere making neDS.
Here, in abbreviated form, are re-
ports from fue Associated Press
correspondents on personalities in
the neWs from Singapore to
Chicago.
Evening star., 1951-11-25
Athens, Ohio:

A pair of machinists, using their
own money. are going great guns with
a 500-pound. $500, two-passenger
auto.
Recent orders from Mexico City
and Hawaii are forcing Clud J. Dry
Evening star., 1951-11-25

kept by refusing to sell stock and
by financing the partnership them
selves.
Evening star., 1951-03-02

hospital at a luncheon, where
various department heads sketched
the years activity in cancer
control.
DR.. Robert j. Coffey, director of
the Department of Surgery, told
the trustees about 80 per cent of
patients operated on have cancer
or some allied condition. He said
the hospital had handled 6,119
operative procedures during the
past year.
Result of Cancer Tests.
DR.. Murray M. Copeland, direc-
tor Of the hospitals Tumor Clinic
and Cancer Detection Center, said
examinations of cancer patients
during the last year showed that
10, per cent had cancer in the
ro-intestinal tract, and an
other 20 per cent had cancer of
the breast.
Other speakers were Drs. John
Curry. A. A. Marchetti, Theo-
dore Koppanyi and Charles F..
Geschickter. The Rev. Paul Nc
Nally, dean of the university and
the medical school. welcomed the
group.
After the luncheon, the trustees
Evening star., 1951-03-02

outstanding in helping to fight
the dragon" of cancer.
Mr.. Wadsworth, one of the
founders of the District division
in 1945, took leading part in
promoting the first Embarrassing
campaign. He is member of
the National Loyalty Review
Board and former Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
Sword Pen Awarded.
A rhinestone sword pen, in rec
ognition of outstanding volunteer
activities, was presented to Mrs
James H. Gilman. Mr.. Pratt said
Mrs. Gilman's leadership has re-
suited in increasing the number OF
cancer society volunteers here
from 100 to more than 500. She
also was credited with establishing
six cancer dressing units in Wash
tngton.
Francis G.. Addison, jr., chair
man of the 1851 fund drive, which
starts April l. pointed out the
division is seeking to raise $4,000
more than last year. He said it
is hoped the new goal Of $3.50 900
would be reached before the end
of April. The trustees were told
about $4,000 already has been
collected by the advance gifts
section.
The trustees were guests of the
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Press Union Hiring
Plan Facing Court
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. "A news
paper delivery union, accused of
forcing an allegedly unlawful
system of hiring on certain New
York daily newspapers, has been
ordered to show cause in Federal
Court why the system should not
be permanently restrained.
The National Labor Relations
Board has obtained the order
against the Newspaper and Mail
Deliverers' Union, unafflliated.
The case will come up before
Judge Samuel H. kaufman next
Tuesday. He signed the order
Yesterday
The NLRB charged that to en-
force discrimination against non
union deliverers the union exerted
pressure on publishers by threats,
strikes and other work stoppages,
orders, instructions and the like
or related acts"
Since July II, 1948. the NLRB
complaint said, the union has de-
manded unlawful" preference
for its members at the New York
Times, Herald Tribune, Journal
Evening star., 1951-03-02

After the luncheon, the trustees
Evening star., 1951-03-02

At a short business meeting
Walter S. Pratt. jr., president Of
both the board and the division,
presented the st. George Medal
for distinguished service in can
Ger control to Eliot Wadsworth,
vice president of the division. The
St. George Medal, named after a
Legendary figure who slew a
dragon, Is authorized by the
American Cancer Society's ma
tional headquarters for presenta-
ton to members whose work is
Evening star., 1951-03-02

with a field
trip" to see the
latest measures
in cancer con-
troll and re-
search in Wash
ington.
The rou p
met at the
Ge org e t o W n
University Hos
pital, W h e r e
$4,000 of the
divisions funds
were spent last
year for cancer
troofp, ont
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Czeehs Count CuIories

PRAGUE (P.-Inhabitants of
Czechoslovakia c consume an aver
age of 1928 calories of food a day,
says the newspaper Svobodne
Slovo. In Britain, the paper
says, the average is 5000 calories,
in France 2.740 and in Italy 2,640.
1t cites no sources.
Evening star., 1951-03-02

The Board of Trustees Of the
District division of the American
Cancer Society yesterday COM
bined their semi annual meeting
Evening star., 1951-03-02

NEW MARYLAND TAGS-Mrs.
Josephine Evans, a Prince
Georges County employe at
Hyattsville, displays her new
Maryland auto tags, the first
new tags issued by the State in
several years. COl0rs are white
and black. Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
league Favors Delaying
Action on GI Education

Representative Teague, Demo.
crat, of Texas said yesterday he
advocates holding up any new
Legislation on veterans education
until after the military manpowel
question is settled in Congress.
Then, Mr.. league declared, he
would recommend that new law
be written to tighten controls on
CT education.
The Texan heads a special
House committee investigating
education under the CT Bill oi
Rights.
"I certainly believe any new
legislation on benefits should be
more restrictive than the present
law that expires in July" Mr.
league said. 1.-THE veteran and
the State accrediting agencies
have to be more responsible for
their acts and the law has to be
simpler to administer.
There is now no law granting
CT education benefits to Korean
war veterans except those who are
disabled in line of duty.
Evening star., 1951-03-02

were taken on a guided tour of
the hospital facilities, the cancer
detection clinic and the expert
mental surgical laboratory.
Evening star., 1951-03-02

American, Daily News and Daily
Mirror.
The board said that because of
the union demands, discrim-
inatory hiring practices were
forced on certain newspaper
publishers in New York City"
, 1951-05-21

BY the Governor:
Daniel w. Ambrose
Governme Secretary
, 1951-05-21

Il AM AN AMERICAN DAY"
YESTERDAY another I Am An American Day" was OBJ
served on the United States mainland and in territories, For
the first time since these celebrations began there was no pro-
gram in St. Croix, despite the fact that there were no other
activities and the weather was excellent and would have been
ideal for a program on. the wharf areas in both towns.
THESE DAYS began during World War II, when the
world was drawn into two sharply divided camps. On one
side dictatorship was the order, on the other the struggle for
human freedom. Those who sought American citizenship
were reminded of the privileges of entering democracy where
the Sanctity OF the individual was the most important single
factor, and that this must be preserved. New citizens, espec-
tally, must never be allowed to forget that their role is to help
keep alive the flame of freedom.
IN THESE STANDS I Am An American Day" is US
usally observed with appropriate public ceremonies. Such
programs are conducted in the public areas in the towns, with
prominent citizens taking part. Committees made up of citi-
zens whose activities have justified their place on such groups,
are usually appointed to work out details for suitable pro-
grams. These citizens, by their work, show excellent examples
for newcomers. In addition to participation from the clergy
and outstanding men and women, the practice has been to al
low one new citizen to express himself. This had a two-fold
purpose. The new citizen. evidently has something to say, and
gets his chance. And in SO doing he undoubtedly speaks for
those who were admitted with him. Secondly, it gives an add
ed sense of responsibility, or consciousness of it, as the new
citizen is called upon to make his appearance in public, and
express himself. This responsibility goes through life with
him.
O THESE occasions it is well for us to remember that
it IS our duty to help keep democracy alive and going. With
the world situation what it is today our task is becoming
heavier daily, bat the effort is fully ~justifcable in light Of the
returns.
H C Of the individual is a concept which
is to be cherished and preserved SO long as life shall last. And
further, it is our duty to strive until men everywhere know
, 1951-05-21
BY THE GOVERNOR
OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
"A PROCLAMATION


WHEREAS Chapter VIII Of the Electoral Law for the
Virgin Islands of the United States, of June S, : 1913, reads as
follows:
Section ! ((. In the case of vacancy in the membership
|ot either Municipal Council occurring by reason of death, re-
signation, or otherwise, said vacancy for the unexpired term
shall be filled by a special election called by the Governor.
"O) Special elections shall be conducted the same as the
regular elections provided for herein with the one exception
that registration lists shall be opened for two consecutive
days for new registrations. Provided, however, that such re-
gstration must be held at least ten days prior to said election.
"G) In case of vacancy in the membership in either Mu-
nicipal Council occurring within 12o days prior to the date
OF the next general election, there shall be no special cleo
ton to fill such vacancy.
In all other cases Of vacancy, the Governor shall not
later than Is days after such vacancy occurs call a special
election to fill same; provided, that the date of the special
election shall be at least 80 days prior to the date of the next
general election"
AND WHEREAS, the seat of the Member at Large Of the
Municipal Council of st. Croix is vacant;
AND WHEREAS, in a Proclamation issued on April 10,
1851, a special election was called in the Municipality of st.
Crolx Tor June Is, 1851, for the purpose Of electing a member
Tor the Country District of ChriStiansted for the unexpired
term Of the Second Member for Christiansted Country Dis
trict;
NOW, THEREFORE,, /, Morris F. de Castro, Governor
Eof the Virgin Islands, by virtue of the power in me vested, do
hereby call a special election in the Municipality of ST. Croix
for Saturday, the twentythird day of June, ninteen hundred
and ~ffty-one, for the purpose of electing a Member at Large
to the Municipal Council of St. Croix, TO rthe unexpired term
of the Member at Large
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, / have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of the Government Of the Virgin Islands
to be affixed, at Charlotte Amalie, st. Thomas, Virgin Islands
of the United States, this sixteenth day of May AID, 1851.
GEAD
NORRIS F. DE CASTRO
Governor.
By the Governor:
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Practical English.

This comment from E. L. S., oi
Denver, is typical OF scores received
from time to time. How can the
word right be compared? You gave
lit as: Right, Fighter, rightest. All
my authorities say if a thing is
right it can be no Fighter"
The truth is. the whole matter OF
comparisons is confused and IL
logical. The word right (see Mer-
RAM -Webster's for right, Fighter,
rightest'0 is no more an absolute
term than are true, false, straight,
pure, white, black, still, dry, solid.
Can anything be truer than true,
falser than false, straighter than
straight, purer than pure, etc? Yet
all the foregoing words are COM
pared thus: True, truer, truest;
straight. straighter, straightests -
But many other such words are
not compared by -er and lest. The
word honest, for example, is COM
pared by more, most, less, least, as:
He is. more honest than she is.
However, as a matter of cold logic.
liz more honest" doesn't mean
'honester" Can incorrect form)
what in the world does 1t mean?
| To say that word like perfect
lis absolute and cannot be COM
pared for the reason that If a
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Uncle Ruy's Corner

We have had conquerors during
the present century. Kaiser Will
helm did a certain amount of con-
quering before he became an exile
| in Holland.
Mussolini, a conqueror. with big
voice and small success, wor
Ethiopia. Near the end of Worlo
War II, he lost his empire anc
his life as well.
Hitler, an Austrian with crooked
soul, got Germany under his thumb
then started to spread out. For 9
time he was able to dance in glee
but he met his downfall.
/ Going farther back in history
I've find other conquerors, ane
among them was William of Nor.
mandy. He led an army into Eng
land, and made himself master o.
that country. For 81 years he hele
the title of king, but war was II
his blood and he fought one battl,
Evening star., 1951-05-21

too many. After capturing and
burning a town in France, he met
with an accident and died in fear
full agony.
Three of Williams sons were
alive at the time of his death. To
one of these, Robert, he left control
of Normandy. Another, Rufus,
gained the throne of England. His
youngest son, Henry, received 5000
pounds of silver.
Robert and Rufus were quarrel
some fellows. Robert wanted the
English throne, but a rebellion of
English mobiles, made in his name,
failed. Rufus-the "red king" kept
his power, and Robert went away
on a crusade.
| While Robert was gone, Rufus
was killed by an arrow in the New
Forest. No one knows who shot the
arrow. 1t may have come from the
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Take Nv Word for 1t. ., Frank Cobb,

thing, 1t IS perfect, and that ends
| the matter, is nonsense. for the
word is compared, thus: More
nearly perfect, which actually
means that it is not perfect at all.
Such inconsistencies and contra
dictions are found all through our
Language to the despair of the. Eng
Ilish student. and the utter bewilder-
ment of the foreigner.
There are In English few words
that denote qualities that are alb
solute, that can be neither more nor
less. Such words are: Absolute, COM
plete, circular, divine, eternal, hori-
zontal, infinite, level. perfect. per-
Ipehdicular, round, square, unlimited,
etc. These words are compared
thus: Absolute. more nearly alb
solute, most nearly absolute.
The word unique cannot be COM
pared by any of these methods.
Unique means: The only one OF its
kind In existence. A unique house,
then, being without like or equal
anywhere, cannot be uniquer, more
unique, most unique, more nearly
unique, very unique, or worst of alb
awfully unique. If thing is unique,
lit is simply unique, and that is all
there is to the matter, at least so
far as the grammarians are con-
Icerred.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. 1nc)
Evening star., 1951-05-21

bow of an Ang1o-SaXon who was
angry because of the deeds of Nor
man rulers.
Quickly the younget son, Henry
took his place on the throne. He
remained king for IS years.
King Henry I could hardly be
called a good man, but he was the
best of the sons left behind by
William the Conquerror. Six years
after being crowned, he went over
to Normandy and captured his elder
brother, Robert. This brother was
placed in the Tower of London
and remained a prisoner for many
years.
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Points for Parents By ts,'' r''"e' ~o'''e'

Mother-1Tl help you put the
leftover food into the small icebox
dishes so you can wash the larger
ones and put them In the cup
board.
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Contract Bridge
ByCuIbertson

tcopyrigft. 1851, by Ely Culbertson.l.
A close point of play was involved
In today's deal, but the declarer's
decision proved to be the winning
one.
South dealer. Neither side vulner-
able.
NORTH.
A762
28543
AJ62
&42
WEST. EAST.
A93f A1085
0J1o6 0AK972
o1o874 6953
%J865 @l09
SOUTH.
- AAKQJ4
90
KQ
@AKQ73
The bidding:
South. West. North. East
2spades Pass diamonds Pass
clubs Pass 4spades Pass
Ant Pass diamonds Pass
6spades Pass Pass Pass
Some experts would probably re-
fuse to open South's hand with a
two-bid, but analysis substantiates
South's choice. The solidity of the
spade suit and the near-solidity OF
thxclubs, backed up by the K-Q OF
diamonds, meant that South could
make game even if North lacked
the values for a hold-open response
toaa one-bid. Therefore, although
three first-round controls are the
usual prerequisites of a two-bid
there was less risk in this call than
in the conservative" approach.
West opened the heart jack-the
unbid suit-and East, having won
with the king, continued with the
ace of hearts. South ruffed, drew
twp rounds of trumps, and then
laid down two top clubs, testing
that suit.
When the trumps were known tc
break 80 and the clubs no worse
than Az, South faced the critical
decision. Should he go ahead ano
draw the last trump, depending or
a 3-3 break in clubs; or should he
assume a 4-2 club break and try
to ruff low club in dummy, hop
ing that the defender out of clubs
did not have the third spade?
After due reflection South de-
cibed to draw the last trump be-
caiise this would cover a third pos
sibility-that if the club suit broke
4-2. the defender who had the foul
clubs would also have four or more
diamonds In that event he would
be squeezed. So South cashed both
his remaining trumps-and West
was squeezed.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate. 1951)
Evening star., 1951-05-21

France is contributing to Aus
tralia's Jubilee celebrations this
year by sending a Rugby team to
play a series of games.
Evening star., 1951-05-21

If you want free copy of the IL
Illustrated leafiet, "Your Body at Work"
send f-addressed. stamped envelope
to Uncle Ray in care of The Star.
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Answer IN PREPOTENT

pekr. pent, pert, peter, peter, peep. uone
pdfe, poet. pope. potent, portent, potter
pdtt, prop, prone preen, rent. repent
reopen, rote, rotten. rope. enter; open
other teen, tern. tent. tenor. tenet, tone
tom, topper. topper, tort, tree, trope tret
tr&t.. meter. note.
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Word Game
Find 20 or more words in
YARDAGE.

, meaning. "the aggregate number
of yards" Average is 10; limit. 20
minutes.
Rules-Words must be of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
BY the addition of, s. such as bats. .
cats" are not used. Only one form of Q
word is used Proper names are not used
A List will be published tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-04-20

Dynamite Laden Lines in Speech
If General Can Make Joint Chief of stof Charges Stick
1t Will Be Extremely Serious for Administration
f of Stoff Charges Stick
is for Administration

risks Of all-out war In Korea
were too great.
But the political leaders on
whom the President must de-
pend came away from the his
toric joint session saying:
What we say. what others
point out. isn't good enough
now. Gen. Macarthur has
carried the situation to the
point where the American pub
lie must know in the plainest
terms what advice the President
gets-and takes"
It will be the prime effort of
Senator Russell's Armed Serv-
ices-Foreign Relations hearings
to establish exactly that. To give
the emotions Of the present time
to expend themselves, he will
not start them until April 80.
Connoisseurs Of speech-mak-
ing and the historic occasions
in which the Capital abounds-
abounds too much in the opin-
ion Of many who could do with
some doldrums-are' agreed that
Gen. Macarthur takes rank
with Roosevelt and Churchill.
Some were critical of his "old
soldiers fade away" ending. A
deposed military commander
who gets the ear Of Congress in
public for his defiance of his
Commander-in- Chief is hardly
fading away.
Evening star., 1951-04-20

with the general In the interest
of a MacArthur-f for President
movement.
What the Senator thought of
the present controversy invo1v-
ing the general is not known.
But sober-minded Republican
leaders who shared the Vanden-
berg view on overall foreign
policy are hesitant and dubious.
They do not want to see the
party swept off its feet; for. in
the Macarthur speech, some de-
tected the alarums of general
war and the Republican Party
resents very much the tag war
party" which Democrats are
busily trying to attach to it..
Our people clearly do not want
that.
In a mass diversion to China
what happens to our allies who
also plainly do not want that,
and what happens to the United
Nations? The whole base of the
Vandenberg policy was building
up a common front among our
allies and supporting and
strengthening the United Ma
-tions.