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Evening star., 1951-10-27
Roofing Firm Is Fined
On Regulation w Count

The United States District
Court at South Bend. Ind. re-
Gently imposed a fine of $500 and
costs on roofing and siding firm
for violation of consumer-credit
Regulation w.
The Government charged the
firm failed to obtain the down
payment required by Regulation
w in connection with installment
sales of home repairs and i'm
provements and to maintain rec
ords showing whether the trans
actions complied with the regu-
lation.
The defendant did not contest
the charges.
Evening star., 1951-10-27
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Evening star., 1951-07-27
Let the PUG Decide

Senator Bennett of Utah, member of the
Senate District Public Utilities Subcommittee,
has given proper emphasis to the real issue in
the pending legislation to lift the ceiling on
school fares in Washington. The question, he
pointed out at hearing, is whether Congress
or the Public Utilities Commission should regu-
late school fares The bill under consideration
would go far toward restoring this power to the
PUG, where it belongs
Congress took this power from the commits
sion nearly 20 years ago when it passed law fix
ing the rate for school children at three cents. In
those days the adult fare was only 7a cents
as compared with todays cash fare of Is cents
The Capital Transit Company reports loss OF
$4,000 in 1850 by reason of the absurdly low
chifdrens rate. The loss is made up, of course
by the adult passengers. If there is to be
subsidy to school children, it should fall on the
entire community, not just on the transit riders.
The Holland bill would not eliminate the sub
sidy, but would make it possible for the PUG
to reduce it substantially. The PUG would be
authorized to raise school fares to not more
than half of the adult cash fare, or 71a cents.
If this change were made, school fares here
would be in general line with those in other
large cities No other city in the country has
three-cent fare. Congress should abolish the
rigid ceiling established so many years ago and
grant the PUG at least the measure of authority
in the matter which tAs Holland bill contenl-
plates.
Evening star., 1951-07-27
BY Charles E. TroceweN
Grandpa.

miss wires and other things in the out
doors.
Certainly they can ny for hours after
insects, in long graceful swoops, without
once touching anything a bug.
Actually, they are clean enough, as the
wild creatures of this world CO. They do
not use soap, of course.
They are said to be very intelligent,
and have been made into house pets
with some success.
They are objects of horror, as cur
correspondent says, because they have
been victims of smear campaign.
The term is new, but the idea is old,
and many creatures have suffered from
it over the centuries. Some day some
one will write a book on the subject,
showing how much of what we think we
know is simply the result of some one
giving good dog bad name, as the
saying has it.
Today the fashion is to loudly brand
every one who does not agree with you
as a "neurotic," so that the fellow
has two strikes on him before he be-
gins the next time.
The bats have suffered from this sort
of thing for centuries. In resisting the
desire to scream at the sight Of one,
a modern woman not only would do
justice to the bats, but also would be fair
to herself, in refusing to permit herself
to be pushover for very old smear
campaign.
Bats don't carry bedbugs. bee martins
don't eat bees, and angels probably don't
f1y. Or do they9, We always thought
their wings were Edst for show.
Evening star., 1951-07-27

Reeds work in conquering yellow fever
still stands as one of the most graphic
illustrations in the minds of the public
of the work of Army doctors.
It is a fitting tribute to the Armys
most famous researcher that nearly all
of the medical investigation now car
ried on by the Army is at the Army
Medical Center. of which Walter Reed
Hospital is an important part.
It was at the Center's Army Medical
Department Research and Graduate
School--oldest school of preventative
medicine in the country-that methods
of purifying water were developed
Here, also, satisfactory typhoid vac
cine was developed and mass vaccina-
ton introduced for the first time.
An Army scientist worked with DR..
Ehrlich in the development of salvarsan,
for many years the only effective treat
ment Of venereal disease; another found
a way to prevent beri-beri An agent
which kills the amebae that causes
amebic dySentery was discovered here.
Peacetime research has been reflected
in battle statistics. In World War I,
16 men out of every 200 wounded who
reached medical attention died; in
World War II. all but out of every
200 survived. In Korea. so far, only S
out Of every 200 wounded are dying.
Still the work goes on, to help the
living as well as prevent future battle
deaths
Nearly so research projects are cur
rently under way at the medical center
Evening star., 1951-07-27
This and That

Here is something about bats, by
man with fair for history-and bats.
G. K. writes:
Last night while reclining at twi-
light in the garden chaise Tongue at
Parkfairfax I noticed two bats flying
above. They criss-crossed the moon
in its first quarter.
II pointed them out to my wife and
my neighbor. the wife Of commander
in The Navy.
''They fled indoors.
IT pondered on this. The bats do
not fly as well as swallows, but they
fly very well.
These bats are mammals. Like us
they have hair, give viviparous birth
and suckle their young.
Birds are known as mans feathered
friends. We admire their flight.
BATS fly better than many birds but
they are objects of horror.
why is this?
Flight is one of the aspirations Of
the race-I do not mean the Wright
brothers, I mean the winged creatures,
the angels. But bats!"
Bats are the victims of superstition.
All sorts of country stories have grown
up around them.
The idea that they carry bedbugs is
one of them.
Somebody discovered bugs" on bat
which he had knocked to the ground.
That these insects did, indeed, re-
semble bedbugs there could be no doubt.
bua the fact was that they were pot
bed5ugs. ks
Evening star., 1951-07-27
Letters to The Star

out Of certain movie houses and residen-
tial areas.
Two evils do not make a right and
until we mend our ways we shall be
cordially and eternally hated by all patri-
otto Koreans, Chinese, Hindus, Hawai-
lans. and the darker races in general
Whatever lies the Voice of America may
choose to broadcast in Europe about
race relations in the United States are
exposed by daily insults to racial minor
tiles in our nations capital and the
nearby areas of Maryland and Virginia
A country that can afford second-class
citizens will never merit firSt-class re-
spect and in time of war such policies
may prove disastrous to defense
J. Wilbur Potherby.
1t behooves one to hear certain hotel
arrangements profess to be Christians
when they refuse admittance to per-
sons Of the Jewish faith as mentioned
by Mrs. Unger in your letters column
Now. what would these same man
ayers do if Jesus the Son of Man, came
for shelter? According to the Scrip
lures, He was addressed as Rabbi"
Nor did the Son of Man ever at any
time indicate he came to bring any one
religion. He states: II come to bring
you Life"
Apparently man has not changed his
bigoted thinking since the time of the
Master.
]. l.. McEchern.
Il
Discrimination never will be elimi-
mated, If we are to keep our freedoms
that our Constitution guarantees us.
We discriminate against each other in
all walks of life. whether black. white.
gentle or Jew. No matter what religious
sect we belong to, there is discrimina-
ton. When we choose one article in
preference to another we are discrim-
mating. We are free to choose that
which we deem best suited to us: If laws
were passed against every form or any
form Of discrimination, person would
not be allowed to choose beach or hotel
Of his own liking.
Do you think that am joking? This
Is serious: Freedom of choice is not to
be meddled with by any law-passing
body.
Vance X. Springer.
Evening star., 1951-07-27
Their Business Is Making War Safer
By Wallace {. Clayton

THE Minute Men weren't the only
l. ones who answered Paul Reveres
famous alarm.
Soldiers wounded in those early skir-
mishes around Boston were treated by
a handful of patriotic physicians, who
volunteered their services in the cause
of liberty.
These doctors-unorganize and un-
equipped-Were the forerunners Of the
Army Medical Service. which celebrates
its 176th birthday today.
The Continental Army wasn't long
without an organized medical arm. how
ever. On July q, 1775-nearly year
before the Declaration Of Independence
was signed-Congress created can Hos
pital" on the urging Of Gen. Washing
ton. He wrote, "The lives and health OF
both officers and men so much depend
on due regulation of this department.
Named as director general and chief
physician of this new department was
Dr. Benjamin Church. who three
months later was tried and imprisoned
for "treasonable correspondence with
the enemy"
But the medical service weathered
this blow, and less than year later
made the first of a glowing list Of con-
tribueions to the cause of medical
knowledge and research. In that year,
Dr. John Jones, an Army surgeon, pub
lished a treatise on wounds and frac-
lures which served as guidebook for
civilian and military. doctors for many
years
Two years later, again under auspices
of Army surgeons, the first American
pharmacopeia was compiled.
From the end of the Revolutionary
War until 1918, however, the history Of
the medical department was one of dis
bandment and reorganization. From
1918 until the Civil War, the depart
ment'S administration was strengthened
appreciably, although few notable con-
tributions were made to the field of
medicine.
But when DR.. Jonathan Letterman
took over as medical director of the Army
of the Potomac in 1852. the Army Medi-
cal Service started to prove its neces-
organization, and its value to civilian
population. +a
A basic plan for evacuation Of
wounded, devised by DR.. Letterman still
serves as the model today. although air.
planes have replaced wagons as ambu-
lances, and the field hospitals now are
in striking contrast to the rude aid sta
tions set up on Civil War battleaelds.
Under the Letterman system, 10000
Union and 1000 Confederate wounded
were removed to field hospitals in "a
hours at Antietam. The first State side"
stop today for many men wounded in
Korea-some only hours from the battle
fields at the Arn1y's Letterman Hos
pital in San Francisco.
It was another administrative leader
in the tradition of Dr. Letternian who
sent Maj. Walter Reed to Cuba. Maj.
Evening star., 1951-07-27
Discrimination

I agree with Mrs EStelle Unger that
discrimination in public places should
be prohibited by law. but unfortunately
only the so-called Iron Curtain countries
and certain Latin American republics
have constitutional guarantees against
discrimination of citizens because of race
and religion. It is singular irony of
government that all of the democratic
nations are such by name only and per-
NIT official and private discrimination
against citizens within their borders,
while such governments as the Soviet
Union, CzechoSlovakia and Poland pro-
hibit denying full rights of citizenship
to nationals because of race or religion.
Discrimination and segregation could
be wiped out in the United States within
six months, not six years, If our busi-
ness, political and religious leaders were
to render something more than lip
service to the principles of democracy.
All races. and all religious faiths in
America have been guilty of race dis
elimination of some degree or kind For
Gentiles to keep Jews out of certain
hotels and residential areas is no worse
than for Jewish theater owners and real
estate operators to keep colored citizens
Evening star., 1951-07-27
Housewife on Controls

have been one of the irate-but
silent-housewiyes. but can no longer
remain silent. This country needs
price controls, and much more stringent
ones than we have at present. Not only
do we now pay inflated prices, but we
pay them for inferior merchandise
During the past nine or ten months
everything We have purchased has had
something wrong with it-poor mate
rial, poor workmanship, or both. The
situation has become so bad that-price
controls or no price controls-we have
decided that we shall get along with
what we have until everything is in
shreds and shambles before we will &C
cept single item that isn't perfect.
The National Association of Manu-
facturers would do well to use some OF
the money expended on lobbying against
price controls on program to en-
courage the production of quality mer-
chandise by its members.
Mrs. Robert L. Kelleher.
Evening star., 1951-07-27

Immediately the man announced to
the world, Bats carry bedbugs."
The thing was done,
Y No idea is better fixed in the human
mind, especially the feminine mind,
than that bats carry bedbugs and that
both the bats and the insects will get
in your hair"
The thing to do, if a bat gets indoors.
is to turn off all lights, open the win
dows and doors
And turn on the porch light.
It is not the light, in itself, that at
tracts the bat, causing it to go outdoors.
1t is the insects that soon cluster
around the light.
Every one knows how porch light
globes get filled with insects. Sometimes
they collect in solid masses at the bot
tom Of the globe.
Flying around the light, these summer
insects are perfect setup for a bat.
He senses his dinner, and soon flies
out and at EN-.
This is the best way to get rid of a
bat. No matter how much one admires
these creatures, they are not very de-
sirable indoors, on account of the wide
swoops they make.
The antics of the man of the house
with the broom-the old standard
alarms the bat, and no wonder.
It the lights are out indoors, and the
light on outdoors, the bat soon accustoms
itself to the chance to get out.
Bats are supposed to havefsome sort
0f aixth sense. which enahld Ak1em tn
Evening star., 1951-07-27
A Scot on Spain

A Scot on Spain
Intimation that the British govern
ment intends to oppose Americas plan
for defense pact with Spain will cause
widespread anxiety. AS our own coun-
try's safety is involved, it is essential to
probe this peculiar decision.
The significance of the Spanish con-
flict was placed beyond all doubt by the
telegram sent on the outbreak of hos
tilities by the president of the Soviet
League of the Goddess to Senior Largo
Caballero, Communist chief of the
Spanish state, assuring him of its
recognition of the struggle he was fight
ing against religion and its confidence
that he would know how to accomplish
the mission entrusted to him to fight by
every means and with the greatest
energy the church and the Catholic
Faith"
The British Socialist Party-possibly
unaware of the real iSsue-threw itself
passionately into the Kremlin's desper-
ate gamble to capture Spain. Typical
OF this fanaticism was the present Prime
Minister. whose activities were fittingly
recognized by the birth of the "Attlee
Brigade"
1t Is in this background that the situa-
ton at home must be examined The
secret bargaining conducted by our
statesmen with Stain in the black
markets of Teheran and Yalta yielded a
poor harvest. Many Christian nations
were then sold down the river and. in
consequence, we are now compelled to
harbor within our shores highly trained
Communist emissaries posing as their
ambassadors and consuls and engaged
feverishly in highly developed espionage
and revolutionary planning.
Where will all this madness end?
John ]. Campbell.
Glasgow, Scotland.
Evening star., 1951-07-27

Under a genuine unifcation program,
projects are screened so Army Scien-
lists do not duplicate the investigation
of the Navy. Air Force, Public Health
Service or private agencies.
The Prosthetics Research Laboratory
has developed glove for artificial
hands which recreates a hand down to
the hair and veins. A mechanical hand
which will pick up heavy objects and
things as small as a match has been
produced.
The Audiology and Speech Correction
Center has announced soft plastic ear
insert for the hard-of- hearing which
provides greater comfort for the Wearer
and can be replaced easily if lost.
Studies are underway on nearly all
communicable diseases, with particular
emphasis on tropical diseases. An in
vestigation Of possible treatments of
radiation injury-of special interest to
civilian populations in the atomic age
is being made. 1t has already been dis
covered at the medical center that
aureamycin can radically cut the death
rate from radiation injury
Much has been accomplished in the
last 176 years, but more remains to be
done. Medical miracles on the battle
field are the result of arduous investiga-
ton in the laboratory and in the clinic.
The Army Medical Service, with proud
history behind it, is ready to carry on,
as the motto Of the medical center pro-
claims, 'in the spirit of science and
arms"
Evening star., 1951-07-27

@~@S%SSS
By THE HASKINS SERVICE
Q. What signatures besides those OF
the United States and Japan are on the
Japanese surrender document?-C, D.
A. Twelve individuals signed the jap.
aneSe surrender terms. Two of the IL
were japanese. Gen. Macarthur signed
for the Allied countries In addition
there were nine signatories for the
United States, the United Kingdom.
China, the Soviet Union, Canada. AUS
tralia, New Zealand, France and the
Netherlands, respectively.
Q. Did any men serve as President Of
the United States without ever having
been elected to this particular ofice?-
j. S. v.
A. -Four men were never elected Presi-
dent Of the United States but succeeded
as Vice Presidents. They were John
Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew johnson
and Chester A. Arthur.
@. Was coat of arms ever actually
coat?-V. Mem.
A. A coat Of arms originally was a
light garment worn by knights over
their armor. On it were pictured
armorial bearings or devices that iden-
titled the wearer.
Q. What poems are noted examples
OF onomatopoeia?-L. M. T.
A. Dryden's "ode on st. Cecilias DAY."
and Poe's "The Bells"
O. What is the height in stories Of
the Louisiana State Capitol?-G. p.
A. The height is "a stories or 45O #.
This is the highest State capitol.
Evening star., 1951-07-27
Look Summer in the Ewes

Look Summer in the eyes and see
HON. coIorful your thoughts tiu be.
And their transition into suords
viii make them look and sound like birds.
Look Summer in the eyes and Enoip
Hotp gracefully your thoughts tDin Croto:
Like stDans upon the park lagoon
or sails against the rising moon.
Look Summer in the eyes and hear
Your -.ot0n heart bell-sDunc, calm and
clear,
And you Wiu find yourself serene
Through phat your eyes alone haze seen.
cosette Middleton.
Evening star., 1951-07-27
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

A reader can get the answer to any question
oi fact by writing The Evening Star mformation
Bureau; 1900 I St, NV. Washington 5, b. e.
Please inclose cents for return postaEs.
Evening star., 1951-07-27
Shape of Things

Your editorial on Dollie Dimple, July
20, was very appropriate. However,
you might have added that 1--WE, the
people, employ her to teach Uncle Sam
how to reduce his (the largest in the
world waste line"
Grandpa.
Evening star., 1951-07-27

Bats are supposed to haVexsome sort
Of sixth sense. which enable &hem to
Evening star., 1951-07-27

Pen names may be used if letters carry
writers' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-05-12
= 9. a., N.=M. =

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bat oerldieOenc 8eoeutl,ngen. 8eion=
Oer5 in 9lmerifu leben Sic 2eute ent
peoer in Ser StaOt poer ouf Dem
2unoe. Sic orbeiten auf Dem 2onoe
lnO lpobnen in ser Stoot ooer unl-
gcfebrt. Cine nnOerc Sonoerurt bon
Seutcn, Die man I'M Geutlhen lpoll
Eenoler nennen miiroe, 10 1pie mar
elnen gabnoerfebr, bei oen oie 3itge
5pll6en 5lpei Stotionen bin= llno her-
fabrelL SenOeluerfebr nennt. Ser
~Gonlnltter" lebt in gepillem Sinnc
Elm Goppeueben; er lebt in 5lpei
Spb1ren - in Ser @roBItaot, 100 er
tagsiiber leinem 8eruf nocbgebt, lmo
ouf Oem 2on0e, no er iid) nit leinHr
,Samilie bdu5lidb eingerid)tet bot.
Megen Ser gegenlpGrtig porberrlhen=
Sen fleinen 9ln5abl BON @obn1ngen
in Staot un0 2ono iino 5ablrei6e
9lrbelter ge5mungen, balo bier, bolo
BORT 5u lpobnen, ooer iogor in ioge.
nannten vSroilerS
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-05-12
. 81. g., Sa.

0ioleft beiBt Wl1noort. Wton b.
5ci6net oomit Sic llnterarten elmer
Sprohe. 4Seno6oem man bos @oct
Gioleft 5ur 9e5eihn1ng BON Sproh,
ltGmmen oNer sur 9e5ei6nl1ng oor
pcrIdieoenartigen 9lu5oriiden in Ser
ielben Spra6e ninrn1t, lit oie 8eoell=
tllng perihieoen. Sm erIteren Sale
fam man Geuti6, gnglil6, 9Gniid
germanii6e Iiolefte nennen. SSm let
teren 6alle, 5. +. in Ser beitimnten
9eoelttllng iino Giolefte olle lprocb=
li6en Goriet6ten innerbolb elmer
Golfsgemeinid)ait, 3. 9. Hlattoeltid1.
8aDriif uin. Ios @ort Gioleftif b.
Oeutet etlpaS gon5 onoeres. 3aruntes
perItebt man oie ltnterreOungsfl1nlt
oOer 3i5putierfllnIt, ooer ol16 Sos
logiife Serfobren 8egriffSent1pif-
lung, ul16 tGll6enOes Spiel NIT 8e-
grtffen, I'm onbere 5lt niNerlegen.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-05-12
OHIO WAIsENFREUND

5leibenl slG sic erbGrmliden 2aunen,
oenen bu bisber tagtdglib allsgeiest
parlt nno Die Sir oein 2e6en 10
oft perbittert baben, 1niiBten oeinem
Itrengen @illen ipei6en, llno oie pie
len 3uiammenltoBe uno 9feibereien
nit oeinen Wfitmeniben oie oeine
iiblen Sttmmungen perltrlahten,
1piiroen aufboren. 3ein gan5er Ser
febr 1tno l1mgang nit oen Weni i6en
piiroe li6 freunoliher uno fir oi6
erquifenoer geitalten. @ie Iei6t 1lno
freuoig fonnteit Ou oeinem 8ei6dit
uno 8erl1f na6geben, tpenn ou oiU
nidt mebr bon BEN miBpergniigten
slnpanolungen beines unbeberribten
@eniites Qltalen liBt. l1no lpie erfolg=
reid lpiiroe Damn oein Gum uno 9lr=
beiten iein! @ie iGon tpiirOe ii6 euer
Samilienle6en geitalten, lpenn ieoes
bon el6 es allmdblib iiber iib brGG-
te, aQer I'M nfreunoli6en 2aunenbaftig=
felt 5lt entiagen!
@Gre bas ni6t Sic tieflte uno
legensrei6ite grfiilrng Oes gottliben
8ebotes, bob mir einanoer lieben iols
len? Senn mas niitt olle iuBerlihe
2tebe, lpenn mir ltns ni6t bemiiben,
einanoer oas 2eben frob uno i6on
5u maden einanoer geeenieitig oue
Sriiblal uno iS6mermut aus. oem
Ser5en 5u nebmen! Sit bas nt6t Ser
eoellte 2ie6esoienlt auf Hieler Groe,
mo Ol1rd oie S6ulo Der Weni den 10
piel 2etO uno Summer auf Sen Seelen
liegt?