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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
BEACHAMS HAVE NEW BOY

A baby boy weighing 6 lbs. 1914
ozs., was born Oct. 81 to Mrs.
Ruby Jeane Beacham, wife of Gar
land T. Beacham, ST., airman ap-
prentice, USN, at the U. S. Naval
Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
Beacham, who is stationed at the
Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va,
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
A. Beacham of Kitty Hawk. Mrs.
Beacham is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter D. Perry of Kill
Devil Hills.
The baby, named Garland Thon-
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09

linghouse, and sister-in-law, Mrs
William Muir, Of Newport News
Va.
Mrs. Frank Bishop is in Tarborc
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Naugh-
err.
Mrs. Pat Crawford of William
ston is here to visit r. D. Mitchell
Miss Ethel Guthrie of New Bern
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Fred Guthrie, last week.
Mrs. Charles McHarney, ST.,
Mrs. Harry Eaton and Mrs. j. Har-
rison were in Washington, Thurs
day.
Sgt. Bill johnson, who is sta
toned at Camp Gordon, near Au-
gusta, Ca, was the weekend guest
of his mother, Mrs. Raleigh Ed
wards.
Mrs. Howell Midgette has re-
turned home after a months visit
with her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Mar
shall, in Portsmouth, Va.
Mrs. Phrocine Tunstall is in
Washington to visit her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Tunstall. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Cooper were
in Portsmouth, Va, Monday and
Tuesday to visit her brother-in-
law an dsister, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Barnhill.
Miss Mae Cahoon Of Norfolk,
Va, was the week end guest of
her grandmother, Mrs. John Nix
on.
Preston Gibbs of Middletown
was the week end guest of his
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walton O'Neal.
Miss Gwen Potter, who teaches
in Wilson, was the week end guest
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Potter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Potter and
sons have returned to Oak Ridge,
Tenn, after spending last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Thorne Paul.
Mrs. Elmira Bateman is in Bal
timore, Nd, to visit her stepmoth-
er.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Respess
were in Washington Sunday to Wis
it Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Doughty.
Mrs. C. w. Windley and grand
daughter, Marilyn Motley, of
Portsmouth, Va, were week end
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Capps.
+ Chief Mine Man and Mrs. C. M.
Creole and sons, Clifton and Sam
my of Indian Head, Nd, were
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. A. Jordan. Mrs. Jordan's sis
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Edens, is also
their guest and the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Keaton.
Jerry Cuthrell, who is stationed
at Portsmouth, Va, was the week
end guest of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Cuthrell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton Hudnell
and children of st. Paul are here
to visit Mrs. Lee Guthrie.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gibbs
were in Plymouth Thursday,
where he attended barbecue CIV
en- by the Manning Motor Co. Mrs.
Gibbs went on to Roper to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Jefferson
were in Durham Thursday.
Miss Marilyn Shavender of Ran
somville was the Wednesday. night
guest of Miss Marilyn Jefferson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Mann were
in Washington Sunday to visit his
aunt, Mrs. Ella Bonner.
Mrs. Claude C. Beasley of Four
Oaks was the week end guest of
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Chaplin.
Bernard Voliva, Zeno Ratcliff
and John Gibbs and the Misses
Barbara Sutton, Margie Toland
and Doris Weston, the latter of
Washington, were in Chapel Hill
Saturday to attend the North Ca
rolina-T Tennessee football game.
The condition of Mrs. Foster
Flowers, who became sick after
her arrival from Swan Quarter
to visit Mrs. Leslie Moore, is said
to be improving,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09

who sent reams Of newspaper copy
about early flights here on the
Dare coast and John Moore of
Colington, the only living witness
of the birth of aviation on that
blustery December II m 1903.
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FLIGHT
Continued from Page One)

close to the first flight events in
Guiding Capt. w. J. Tate, Coin
jock, with whom the Wrights liv-
ed on their various trips to Kitty
Hawk from 1900 until 1903, A.
w. Drinkweter, noted telegrapher
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
SALVO SOLDIER COMPLETES
16 WEEKS OF TRAINING

Fl. Leonard Wood, Mo.-Private
Afford Pugh, son of Mrs. Nancy
Austin, Salvo, North Carolina, is
nearing completion of a 16-week
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09

as, III, is the third child for the
Beachams', who are residing at
1900 Blueridge ST., Norfolk.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-11-09
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Evening star., 1951-12-22

ity OF the U. N. presumably has been governed
by such considerations as the following: IL Our
Government would not be naive enough to place
itself in goldfish bowl and openly and loudly
appropriate money for direct subversive activities
behind the Iron Curtain; (2) if our Nation were
really intent on doing that kind of job-maybe
1t ought to be and maybe it is-it would be
secretive about it and it would spend much more
than $100 million on it; and 81 the Soviet
union-certainly the greatest subversive force in
the history of mankind-comes to court, in this
matter, with atrocously unclean hands
So, all things considered it is. obvious why
Mr.. Vishinsky has wasted his breath in the u. N.
the non-Soviet members are not FOOLS They
recognize that the men of the Kremlin, when
they raise shouts of holy horror against subver-
sion, are merely suspectng others of what they
themselves are always doing It is suspicion
roughly comparable to the suspicion of a cut
throat who suspects that his prospective victims
are ungraclously determined If necessary, to give
him dose OF his own medicine The Russian
Communists however, are thick-skinned AS in
dicated by the fact that their Budapest puppets
are planning to stage trial" of the four Amer
leans OF the plane downed in Hungary they can
be counted upon to fight along this line If it
takes dozen summers. Possibly, one of these
days, they will realize that such tactics are
winning them nothing but er-hardening
opposition in the free world.
Evening star., 1951-12-22
Sure We're Proud of Them

wonder If you folks down at head
quarters know how verify The Star is a
family newspaper? I live in one of the
far-out residential suburbs Last sum-
mer. early one sultry Sunday morning
two beautiful girls came, one on each
side Of the street, and with list, care
fully deposited The Star at homes. A
courteous inquiry elected the reply that
Brother is at camp for two weeks"
Last Sunday it was cold-only those
who had to get out early know just how
cold-and as was liberating my car
from ice and snow, another car drove
up and broad-shouldered father and
bundled-up boy stepped out, with Stars
under arm. Each took a side of the
street and faithfully made their way to
each porch and door, placing The Star.
When the boy came back for more pa
pers. said. Il understand, son, that
The Star is very proud of you news
paperboys." and I was rewarded with
smile that rivaled the rays Of the ris-
ing sun.
As I drove away I found it easy, too,
to see Mother at home preparing the
warmest and most nourishing breakfast
around the Capital, for that twain of
newspaperboys, Dad and Son. Again,
verify, The Star is a family newspaper.
Norman Sandridge.
Evening star., 1951-12-22
This Is M Day

Today is M Day. This is the day when the
millionth traffic death is expected to be added
to the grim list of victims of that dangerous
boon to mankind, the automobile That is, the
toll will reach the million mark If the daily
average of bloody highway crashes is maintained
during the "a hours which began last midnight.
A motorist who reads this editorial may be the
one whose name sends the casualty mark into
seven figures.
The National Safety Council long has been
trying to pound accident statistics into the con-
sciouSness of Americas automobile drivers. But
statistics make dry reading and too often the
traffic f1gures-the shocking totals of men, women
and children slaughtered or manned on the
Nations highways each year-make little i'm
preston And the killings and injuries and
property damage have continued to mount at
ever-lncreaSing rates.
The council is to be commended on its
idea of dramatizing the fatality list by calling
public attention to M Day-Mlion Day It is
hard to believe that automobiles have taken
almost as many American lives as all the wars
since Revolutionary times. Yet the compilation
made by the council since the first horseless-
carriage accident more than half a century ago
shows that the two casualty lists are comparable.
The councils researches have revealed that
the first victim of an automobile was New
Yorker, H. H. Bliss, who was fatally injured by
horseless carriage when he stepped from
trolley car in Manhattan on September 49, 1899.
That was the start of death roll that could
be counted on the fingers in the exciting early
days of the motor car, but which by 1920 was
approaching the 100000 mark, by the middle
thrties had reached the half-million level and
which has been soaring rapidly ever since. BY
1941 the annual death toll had attained an all
time peak of 5000. During World War II, when
automobile travel was restricted the total dropped
considerably, but the upward rise began again
after the war. An average of 100 persons have
been killed each day of 1851. If the same rate
continues the million mark will be passed some
time today. the council says.
Unfortunately, the council fears that the
death rate will be even higher than 100 day
during the next few days. 1t predicts that, on
the basis of past records, approximately 600 more
human beings will lose their lives during the
four-day Christmas holiday period Many hun
dreds more will be sent to hospitals with horrible
injuries. Hundreds of homes will be saddened
by sudden death or crippling accidents at a
time of seasonal cheer. It is a SOLDERING prospect
which the council brings to the attention Of
motorists this yuletide, but prospect which no
driver can afford to ignore. For there Is some
thing disturbingly personal about the thought
that the millonth traffic victim conceivably could
be ones self.
Evening star., 1951-12-22
HyottsviIIe Bus Service

1t is my understanding that the
Capital Transit Co. intends to ask the
Public Utilities Commission of Baltimore
for permission to withdraw and curtail
certain bus services in sections of Prince
Georges County and Montgomery
County.
Inasmuch as am citizen. taxpayer
and former chairman of the Transporta-
tion Committee of the Hyattsville Pro-
fessional and Businessmen's Association,
I am vitally interested in the welfare
OF the county as whole and more par
ticularly in events that affect the citizens
of Hyattsville, on whom we are de-
pendent as businessmen and whose good
fellowship have enjoyed for more than
40 years. strenuously oppose any with
drawal of bus service in this area.
Students of the newly erected North
western High School and Hyattsville
Junior High have welcomed the bus serv-
ice, as it is their only means of trans
portation. Unless they are fortunate
enough to have a car at their disposal
the citizens of Hyattsville would be
forced to walk to the local churches,
schools and business establishments if
the services were curtailed in any way.
Sylvan v. Deitz.
Evening star., 1951-12-22

ters are set up for stocking sales. One
store which has been pioneer in
Men Only" and Children Only" shop
ping hours says that men spend an
average of one and quarter hours on
shopping. Few husbands have any idea
of the measurements Of their wives.
well. just average, I'd say" is the
best that most Of them can manage
when pressed for the little woman's
dimensions. When they find that some
measurements are essential for buying
lingeries, shoes or hose, they turn with
relief to the perfume counter. Perfume
is still mans favorite offering.
Gift departments selling the many at
tractive oddments that usually make
up Christmas parcels complain that
their sales are down. Shoppers are
looking for practical presents. But stores
which incorporate household depart
Evening star., 1951-12-22

Ornithosis or psittacosis as It used
to be called, Is something to be afraid
Of, all friends Of birds should under
stand.
This bird fever may be communicated
to man, not only by house birds, such
as the favorite parakeet, but also by
outdoor birds. such as the beautiful
purple f1nches. the friendly robin, and
the catbird, and many others.
The malady has been soft-pedaled,
perhaps in all except medical journals
There is no need for the home bird
Z lover to become alarmed, but at least
he should keep the possibility in mind
It seems that one does not have to
have direct contact with birds, but may
acquire the disease through the dried
droppings while cleaning up q bird
feeding station.
The ground around such stations in
few months becomes covered with
husks of seeds and dried excreta.
During long dry spells this material
becomes dryer and dryer, and much care
should be taken in cleaning up such
stations and locations.
It would be good idea to wear a
mask of some sort, and to wash the
hands most carefully.
Diagnosis of this disease is very hard
to establish, since the symptoms are
gradual, beginning with excessive uri-
nation. followed by severe headaches,
fever and aching muscles.
The disease may be mistaken even
by the best doctors for virus pneumonia,
infectious hapatitis, rickettsial disease.
and others.
Fever may be ended, and still the
Evening star., 1951-12-22
By Charles E. Troeewen

sons. doing dusty jobs. simply will not
wear masks or folded cloths of some
sort.
Those who love birds might have sus-
pected all along that some sort of avian
infection was killing them.
Who that feeds them has not found,
some time or other, q dead bird In the
yard without sign of disease or mark
upon it?
Such birds, dead without sign of
injury. may be suspected of having died
of this malady.
Yet many of us have picked up such
birds. and have suffered no harm, so
we need not be too alarmed.
Do not. therefore, see ornithosis in
every bush.
just keep the possibility in mind, and
realize that such. things have existed
for years. and yet we still have birds
and people, despite disease and bombs
and germs.
Foxes and other wild animals at times
have rabies. but this is no excuse for
general massacre. It is the same with
the birds. Because they might possibly
infect us is no reason for fearing them
unduly. It is better just to consider
the problem, and take steps to counter
it. and perhaps in time our scientists
may find way Of curing the birds and
making this possibility disappear.
Bird cages should be kept scrupu-
lousy clean. excreta should be cleaned
up before 1t dries, and birds permitted
to fly around the house should be fol-
lowed carefully with cleaning steps.
Evening star., 1951-12-22
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. What was the ancestry of Catherine
the Great, Russia's celebrated ruler?-
G. L.
A. She was the daughter of Christian
Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, born
at Stettin. Germany. Her baptismal
name was Sophia. At the age of Is
she was taken to Russia to be bethrothed
to Grand Duke Peter. After being re-
ceived into the Orthodox Church she
was renamed Catherine.
@. What is the status of the Anglo
Egyptian Sudan?-W. H.
A. 1t was made condominium by
agreement between Great Britain and
Egypt in 1899 and the Anglo-Egyptian
treaty of 1886. Egypt notified other
countries, November Is, 1851. that Fa-
rouk had taken the title of King Of
Egypt and Sudan.
@. In ancient times, why was the
newly baptized Christian given milk
and honey?-R. L. S.
A. This was probably given the newly
baptized person to symbolic the bless
edness of his new estate.
Evening star., 1951-12-22
Letters to The Star

cation by an unbiased board would help
to rebuild the morale of all persons
interested in civic welfare. According to
reports, some members of this Board
of Education have discussed their bias
openly. This would seem to disqualify
them for further service
An unprejudiced investigation of the
work of the school system seems to be
called for at this time. Several school
associations have come to the defense OF
DR.. Corning. The silence Of others is deaf
ening. Why is this true? Has DR.. Corn
ing done better work with certain Sec
tions or do those who have not spoken
think that it is their professional duty
to keep quiet? How do they feel and
why? Until these questions are answered
fairly, no definite steps should be under
taken by any board.
A new Board of Education will be in
a much better position to secure as our
superintendent of schools a man of
recognized ability-if the findings indi-
cate that new one should be appointed.
After all of the undesirable publicity
caused by the activities of some mem
berS Of this Board, no good man who is
happy in his work will leave that job
to come here-even for a much larger
salary. Only a mediocre person who
knows that he has some skill at apple
polishing will be interested. Such a
person is not good enough to have the
direction of the educational opportuni-
ties of our children The time of the
superintendent should be spent in con-
structiye work-not in humoring or ca
tering to small people who are in au-
thority.
The designations should be made i'm
mediately. This is necessary to give
time to select new board, for it to
organize, to make study, and to act
on the results before the beginning of
new school year.
All of us are intensely interested in
the schools of our city. We want the
very best for our children and for our
city's reputation. What can be done to
overcome the harm which has been
accomplished already? How can we be-
gin to build better environment for
the teachers and pupils? It seems that
the very first step to take is to have
new Board Of Education. This is true
even though some of those on this board
have been professional in their attitudes
and have kept the general public from
losing confidence in all public board
members. We owe them debt Of graft
tude but we have responsibility to our
children. These members by their ac-
tions have shown that they will surely
understand and sympathize with our
point OF view.
Teacher.
Evening star., 1951-12-22
New Yordstick for Officers

read with much interest your re-
cent editorial entitled New Yardstick
For Officers" and certainly agree with
your basic discussion and analysis. The
one point that I would like to call to
your attention is that the Department
of the Army instituted this rating in
supply economy more than year ago
in the regulation that is quoted below:
when rating an officer, considera-
ton will be given to his manner of per-
formance in the economical utilization
of supplies. equipment and materiel.
and comment on that regard will be
entered on the report. The rater and
indorser will be guided by the principle
that maximum utilization of supplies,
equipment and materiel is expected;
that unnecessary items are not requisi-
toned; and that maximum benefit is
derived from salvage and rehabilitation
of worn and damaged items"
We always appreciate your concern
and your emphasis on policies that will
strengthen the armed forces.
FL. Parks,
Major General, GS. Chief of
Information, Department Of the Army.
Editors Note-The editorial COM
mented favorably on the institution
by the Navy of a "cost-conscious-
ness" rating for officers, to be in
cluded in their fitness reports. The
editorial said this was good plan for
all the services to follow. The Star
is glad to know that the Army beat
the Navy to the gun in adopting this
wise reform.)
Evening star., 1951-12-22
This and That

general feeling of exhaustion go right
on. Sometimes 1t takes months for
all symptoms to go away.
Here we have something to keep In
mind evidently.
It is too bad that our beautiful friends
OF the yard, the forest and field are
able to harm us, since we must expect
harm at any minute from mankind.
We ought to have enough to do, ward
ing off hurt from mankind, without be-
ing made to feel that we may be hurt,
all unknowingly, by our small friends
in feathers.
But so it is, and all we can do is to
help and enjoy them without endanger-
ing ourselves.
Even to discuss this proposition may
put too much stress on it, for certain
types Of minds, because some persons
are not in the least realistic. and cannot
consider anything calmly, as the scien-
tist and investigator must do.
II we realize birds may harm us, this
does not mean that they surely may
harm us, or that we should not pro-
tect them and feed them.
But If we realize such a danger ex-
lists, we may take precautionary meas
ureS.
The main one, it seems, is to take care
about the disintegrated bird droppings.
Do not clean out bird feeding sta
tion by using q broom vigorously, sweep
ing the dust toward you.
Sweep away. and preferably wet the
whole thing down beforehand.
Wear mask over mouth and nose, II
possible. It is strange that many per-
Evening star., 1951-12-22
Mr.. Service Tries Aqoin

John S. Service, dismissed State Depart
ment career man, has taken a seemingly con-
Trajectory approach in his attempt to nulify
the Judgment that there is reasonable ground
to doubt his loyalty to the United States
He contends, first that the Loyalty Review
Board had no authority to issue the ruling
against him since its jurisdiction is limited to
cases in which employees have been dismissed
by departmental loyalty boards (Mr. Service
was cleared by the State Department boardD
At the same time, however, Mr. Service says that
the full review board, despite its alleged lack
of jurisdiction, should review his case and re-
verse the unfavorable judgment (by panel of
the board) as matter of fairness and justice
This, of course, is merely legal device to
preserve such rights as he may have with respect
to both points The real heart of the matter
lies in the second contention.
The question as to Mr.. Services loyalty arises
from his relations in 1945 with Philip Jaffe, then
the editor of Amerasia, a magazine specializing
in Far Eastern affairs. And this in turn narrows
down to single, but critical question: Did Mr.
Service, in turning over documents to Mr.. Jaffe
and in conversations with him. think he was
dealing with reputable magazine editor? II
this question can be answered in the aff1rma-
tive, there Is no basis for reasonable doubt
as to MIR. Services loyalty. The review board
found, however, that Mr.. Service, shortly after
turning over the documents, had reason to doubt
that he was dealing with reputable writer, and
that nevertheless he continued to meet with
MIR. Jaffe and to discuss secret" information with
him. This was the basis for the adverse judg-
ment, and this is what Mr.. Service wants the full
board to reconsider and reverse.
The dividing line here is thin one 1t is
difficult if not impossible for a stranger to the
proceedings to form judgment, because the
published evidence is conflicting and much Of
the evidence has not been made public. In the
light Of Mr.. Services long and creditable record
with the State Department, however, and in
view of the narrow base on which the adverse
judgment rests it seems that the full board
should give serious consideration to his request
for reconsideration. 1t may be that a review
by all of the board members would not alter
the conclusion originally reached by the panel
and adopted by the full board. But this is
case in which one questionable incident in
mans life is serving to ruin a career and a
reputation. If review can shed any fresh
light on the critical facts, there should be no
hesitation in granting it.