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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25

Fire burned out the interior Of
ia home at Fairhaven subdivision
south of Alexandria, yesterday al
firemen were sent to the wrong
address.
BY the time the mixup in adj
dresses was corrected 10 minute,
later, flames had spread through
the attic of the asbestos -shingl'
bungalow. Damage was estimated
lat $1,000 to $4,000.
The Alexandria Fire Board
which dispatched the companies
said telephone operator reported
the fire was on Belleyiew boule-
ward, which is in the Belle View
Apartment project adjacent to
Mount Vernon boulevard. The
operator told the fire board that
was the address given by an ex-
cited caller.
Penn. Daw and Mount Vernon
Fire Departments and Fairfax
County police went to the Belle
View Apartment, but coud find
no blaze. The Alexandria Fire
Board, meanwhile, correctly To-
Gated the blaze and dispatched
two of the city's companies-No.
4 and No. 5-to the burning home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25
Deadlock Continues
Between Engineers
And ShipoWners
BY the Associated Pres.

NEW YORK, June 25.-Ship
owners and CIO Marine Engineer
remained deadlocked today in tn,
last remaining phase of 10-da.
tieup of American flag shipping
on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Agreements over the week enc
readied majority of the idl.
ship crewmen for a return to work
The CLIO American Radio Asso.
citation reached a memorandum
agreement" with 40 shipping com.
panies early yesterday after a 81.
hour session with Federal media
tors.
Late Friday the 52,000-membel
CLIO National Maritime Union set
tied with the shipowners.
But company negotiations with
the CLIO Marine Engineers Bene-
fetal Association were adjourned
Saturday night subject to call by
Federal mediators.
A mediator said the deadlock
came from the engineers "in-
sistence on hiring-hall practices
with regard to engineers of lower
rank than chief"
Some ships, including the new
liner Constitution. were being pre-
pared for sailing today and to-
night despite the failure to settle
with the CLIO engineers.
Abe American Export Lines said
the Constitution could sail this
evening because its engineers are
represented by an independent
union.
The radio officers, according to
an ARA spokesman, won wage
equality with West Coast radio
men, who last week got a raise OF
about II per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25
New Hampshire Town
Doomed for JET Base
Cites Nearby Idle Land

NEWINGTON, N. H., June rs
This little town, which goes back
to 1921, today prepared to ask
Congress why its historic streets
have to be wiped out to make way
for a $46-million jet bomber base
when the town fathers say there's
plenty of idle lands only minute
away-as jet plane flies.
Town moderator Ralph Loomis.
chairman of a committee elected
by the 400 residents to oppose es-
Itablishment of 6,000-acre jet
base, charged in a statement yes
Iterday that it was not defense
needs but political opportunism"
which is threatening Newington
with oblivion"
He said the folk of Newington
don't want the base in their town
ship because they feel there are
e.. almost limitless acres of un-
developed land to the north !. &. !.
hardly minute from here If
measured by the speed of a jet
bomber"
The protest came after a recent
statement from Senator Bridges.
Republican, of New Hampshire.
who announced that congressional
approval of the base Is expected in
80 days.
Mr.. LOOMS declared that Sen
ator Bridges should take
full responsibility for what may
well be the perpetuation Of one of
the worst political crimes in the
history of New Hampshire"
Newington folk. he said, feel
that the big jet base would bring
with it disastrous and near in
soluble civic, social and economic
problems"
The statement added: This is
a matter which touches the very
fundamentals Of the democratic
processes that this Nation is seek
ing to preserve and defend. /.
We demand that the needs of
national defense be divorced from
political opportunism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25
Road Hog Menace
Reduced By Signs

4 va.
LOS ANGELES. - The battle
against the road hog" who
ignores persistent honkings from
behind on highways all over the
nation, has taken a turn for the
better thanks to the use Of educa-
|tional roadway signs.
Reports of an experiment con-
Quoted jointly by engineers OF
the University of California, the
Los Angeles Police Department
and the California Division Of
Highways indicate that a simple
sign reading "Slow Traffic Keep
Right" seems to do the trick. Lo-
cal police claim that such signs.
strategically placed. have sub
stantially reduced the number
of road hogs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25
1t Was a Great Day
If Confusing One
For the McIntyres
BY the kssoeiafsd Pres.

BALTIMORE, June 25.-Johr
Mcintyre was married here te
John McIntyre's daughter. John
Mcintyre was father of the bride
and John Mcintyre was father OF
the bridegroom and John McIn-
tyre was an usher.
The wedding Saturday climaxed
o five-year- old mixup over names,
In 1916, John Mcintyre of Bal
timore, stationed at Fort Bragg.
N. c., kept receiving letters signed
Dad" from Pawtucket, r. I.
He soon discovered there was
another John Mcintyre at the
camp and they became fast
friends.
During the months that fol-
lowed, the Pawtucket Mcintyre
became interested in the Balti-
more McIntyre's sister, Margaret.
The wedding resulted.
Attending were the bridegroom S
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John H.
Mcintyre of Pawtucket. They
we're guests of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Mcintyre
of Baltimore. Their son, John F.
Mcintyre, jr.,, was an usher and
his sister. Margaret, became Mrs.
John H. Mcintyre. jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25
3 Americans Beaten
AT Ontario Beach
By The Assoeiatsd Pres,

FORT ERIE, Ontario, June "a
Three American tourists, one q
veteran of the Korean war, were
beaten up at nearby Crystal Beach
yesterday by a gang of teen-agers.
Police said Leo ]. Mccarthy, %,
of Buffalo, N. Y, a soldier recent
ly returned from Korea, suffered
severe bruises and shock when
about Is youths attacked him
while he was on a picnic with two
friends.
Loran D. 10y of Detroit, and Jo-
seph Selapack. %, of Beaverdale,
N. Y. his companions. suffered
cuts. bruises and shock.
The attacking youths, reported
to be part Of a picnic party from
Brantford, escaped in the crowded
picnic grounds before police
] reached the scene. No reason was
given for the attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25
Boundary Of Israel
On North Is Still Dan

The Dan" in Jordan-river OF
Biblical fame - comes from the
same Dan as in the phrase. Dan
to Beersheba." Once these two
settlements marked the northern
and southern limits of Palestine,
notes the National Geographic So
|ciety.
Today, Dan is still on the north
ern boundary of Israel. but the
acquisition of the Negeb has made
Beersheba Israel's outpost at the
edge OF its southern desert rather
than marker Of lands end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25
1886 Packages Of Opium
Seized in Singapore
By the Asseeiated Pros,

I BY the AssocIafed Press
SINGAPORE.-A haul OF 38s
packages of opium was made
aboard ship here alongside the
|wharves by customs men who
acted three hours before the shir
was scheduled to leave port. II
was one Of the largest seizures
in recent years, weighing approx
mately $500 pounds.
The customs officials found the
opium on the freighter Tairea
when they looked into one OF
the ballast tanks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25
|Fremen Get Wrong Address;
Blaze Chars Foirhoyen Home

of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert P. Ste
vens at 20 Belleview avenue, Fair
haven. The Alexandria firemen
later were joined by the Penn Daw
and Mount Vernon firefighters.
Firemen said the blaze started
in the attic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25

Ordinary FREELY light has a usual
strength of one-400th candle
power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25

The Sahara stretches 5000
miles from the Atlantic to the
Red Sea.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Bishop Sheen Urges
Close Ties Between
Catholics, Mos|ems
BY the Associated Press

LISBON, Portugal, Oct. Ii
Bishop Fulton j. Sheen of New
York called last night for stronger
ties Of faith between Moslems
and Roman Catholics.
\ Representing Francis Cardinal
/ Spellman of New York. Bishop
Sheen spoke to thousands of
Catholics gathered at the Lisbon
sports hall for the closing session
oS a congress commemorating Our
Lady Of Fatima.
/ Fatima is a town in Portugal
bearing the same name as the
daughter of the prophet Moham-
med. founder of the Islamic re-
ligion. According to Catholic
tradition, the Virgin Mary ap-
peared there to three shepherds
to deliver a message of peace and
love on October 10, 1917.
Bishop Sheen. in an enthusi-
astically applauded speech,
claimed that the Virgin appeared
at Fatima because it's name linked
it with the Moslem faith.
He urged devotion to the task
of trying to convert to Catholi.
cism the $40 million Moslems of
the world, who believe in God
but not in Christ because the
peace Of the world depends also
on stronger ties of faith with the
Moslems.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Jehovah S Witnesses
To Assemble Here

Jehovah's Witnesses will open
a three-day meeting at $50 am.
tomorrow in Griffith Stadium.
According to convention Of
f1cials, more than $4,000 persons
from every State and Canada are
expected at the assembly.
Climax of the stadium meetings
will be a talk on will Religion
Meet the World Crisis?" by N. H.
knorr. president of the Watch
tower Society. at 3 pm. Sunday.
Baptisms, at different sites
throughout the city, will be held
about 10 am. Saturday.
j. o. Groh, convention manager
said "Jehovah's Witnesses will
carry on an active preaching cam
paign to the homes of the people
and on the streets, advertising the
public lecture on Sunday"
There are more than 1000 Je-
hovah's Witnesses in Washington
in five units or companies, officials
said. The national body has $780,
900 members.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Modern Romeo Freed
From Crete Jail
BY the Assoeioted Pres,

NAFPLION. Greece, Oct. IL
Crete's modern Romeo, Costa
kephaloyannis. 81. walked out of
Jail free man last night. He and
his dark-eyed Tassoula left i'm
mediately for Athens and their
postponed honeymoon.
Costa was convicted a year ago
OF illegal possession Of weapons in
his tempestous wooing of his bride,
a member of a rival Cretan clan.
His sentence was shortened by
payment of fine and confrma-
ton that previous litigation costs
in Crete had been paid.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Panel to Devise Zoninq
For Dorchester Numed
1y the Assecioted Press

CAMBRIDGE, Md, Oct. IL
The Dorchester County COM
missioners have set up a panel
of "a business, civic. and women's
club leaders to help devise a zon-
ing and planning system for the
country.
Eastern Shore residents have
expressed concern about the in
Ifiux of tourists and weekend va
cationers when Maryland's big
bridge across Chesapeake Bay is
completed next summer.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Gen. summeroII to Speak At Citadel Alumni Fete

Gen. Charles p. Summerall,
former Army Chief of Staff, and
now president of The Citadel,
military college in South Caro-
lima, will address a dinner meet
ing of the schools alumni tonight
Evening star., 1951-10-11
EpiscopoI Bishop Of Atlanta

COLUMBUS, Ga. Oct. II R.-
The new Bishop Of the Episcopal
diocese Of Atlanta is Dean John
B. Walthour of the Cathedral Of
st. Philip in Atlanta. He sue
ceeds the Right Rev. John Moore
Walker, who died July l6.
Evening star., 1951-10-11

in the Army-Navy Country Club.
This year marks the goth an
niversary of the 84-year-old gen.
erals becoming president of The
Citadel. 1t is his first official
visit to Washington as head OF
the school.
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Americans Creed
Reader,

Realizing that every person should
have a firm hand. strong heart, and
strong faith. am repeating here for
the benefit of your many readers those
splendid words penned by William Tyler
Page. Clerk of the United States House
OF representatives, in 1917. and known
as The Americans Creed:
i believe in the United States of
America as Government of the people.
by the people, for the people; whose Just
powers are derived from the consent of
the governed; a democracy in a re-
public; a sovereign Nation of many
sovereign States: a perfect union. one
and inseparable; established upon those
principles of freedom, equality, justice
and humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives and
fortunes.
i therefore believe 1t is nv duty to
my country to love it; to support it's
Constitution: to obey its laws; to respect
its flag. and to defend it against all
enemies"
Leo T. Farrell.
Evening star., 1951-12-16

but as we look forward in faith: for.
after all, Christmastide is not really in
It's inner meaning look back except
IN our own little personal album where
there are faded photographs, which,
with their tender appeal, affect our
spirits like the scent of lavender on old
lace. Christmas, at its heart, is not
something we have had and lost: it is
something which never yet has come.
1t is radiant prophecy. 1t is flaming
light which no darkness ever can put
out.
AS again the bells answer each other
through the mist, under vast cathedral
arches and in holly-decked, white, VIII
lage churches multitudes will turn from
the blackness of this hour to dream of
white Christmas when, in the words
OF the loved hymn,
1Utth the e0er- -circling years
comes round the age OF gold"
Gazing at SO much that is dark in
the international landscape, it takes no
cynlc to remind us that that "age of
gold" is not yet here. There are sinister
forces which dream not of a coming
whiteneSs. but whose stock in trade is to
attribute to others who plan good will
the black motives which the accusers
themselves harbor. They see even the
Good Samaritan as a scheming gang
Ster. They are like vultures of misery.
hoping to feed on the decay they cause.
But such day as this is no time for
panic and despair. There are irresistible
tlces OF good will in the world which are
sure TO win The time to cherish the
dream of dawn is when the night is at
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Why Streets Are Conqested

Ten years ago local motorists were calling
for traffic relief as plaintivey and persstentlv
as they are today. They pleaded for more
bridges, more grade separations, wider streets
and other Improvements designed to speed the
now OF automobiles in and out of the CITY, Ten
years later there are more bridges, more grade
separatlonS wider streets in many key spots and
other traffic facilities, yet the exasperated cry
Tor additional relief is as loud as ever
Why this is so is evident from the figures
on traffic volume just compiled by the District
highway Department. Washingtons streets to-
day are carrying nearly Sc per cent more vehicles
than they did in 1941 Although lot of major
projects to eliminate bottleneckS and facilitate
the movement of cars through the city and be-
tween washington and the suburbs have been
completed during the past 10 years, the plain
TACT Is that relief has been unable to keep pace
With traffic needs. Among the important prof.
ects completed since 1941 are the new Fourteenth
street bridge over the Potomac River the South
Capitol street bridge over the Anacostia River.
the Dupont Circle underpaSs the Whitehl1rst
Freeway in Georgetown and the widening of
Canal road as an approach to the freeway. Many
main streets have been widened-Thirteenth
street being good example of this type of
traffic-speeding undertaking.
But the daily rush-hour traffic Jams con-
tinue to harass motorists in nearly every part
Of the city. And the amount of traffic rises
month by month. During the past year the
city-wide increase in vehicles was 7 per cent
traffic check spot at Thirteenth and Fairmont
streets recorded % per cent increase in traffic
for the year-attributable largely to the WIDEN
ing OF Thirteenth street. Yet no noticeable relief
was seen on Sixteenth street, which remains
congested. Despite the opening two years ago
OF the South Capitol street bridge, traffic over
the nearby Eleventh street bridge to Anacostia
has risen 10 per cent during the past IL months.
The South Capitol street bridge meanwhile is
carrying 10 per cent more vehicles today than
1t was year ago. The load on Chain Bridge
has increased % per cent in one year. The
twin Fourteenth street bridges are being used
by II per cent more vehicles now than year ago.
All of these figures indicate why, despite
notable engineering Improvements in recent
years, traffic problems of the Washington
Metropolitan Area remain acute They show
why highway officials are planning new free
ways, new grade separations and new bridges
over the Potomac How many of these can be
undertaken in the period of defense priorities
ahead is a question that cannot be answered
now. The planning must go on, however and
the efforts to carry out the plans must be pressed
as far as practicable. Motorists will have to
reconcile themselves to the fact that tie-ups
and slowdowns are likely to be familiar sight
around these parts for long time to come
or as long as the number of vehicles continues
to keep ahead of trafdc-relief measures.
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Spires of the Spirit
A White Christmas

That trinity of words, "a White
Christmas" in some mystical way tugs
at the heartstrings of the Nation. It is
picture window of nostalgia retrospect.
1t sets us dreaming of "the days we used
to know" And, as one peers wistfully
through the magic glass which brings
back remembered yesterdays, there is a
medley of softly falling fakes, of hem
lock branches piled with glistening snow
and of the haunting music of sleigh bells
1t all conjures up vistas of winter white
ness as seen from the inside of cozy
hearth warmed home with the Pickering
light OF blazing logs. That is the picture
framed by the memory y-freighted words,
I'm dreaming OF white Christmas"
Any etching of a white Christmas
strikes responsive chord because some
how childhood recollections insist that
the typical Yuletide must be white
mantled. In case the falling snowfakes
are absent, all the ingenuity of art is
Communicated to see to 1t that entranc-
ing sketches set us dreaming of white
Christmas that once we knew. Already
there has come an advent greeting from
the President of great Eastern univer-
sity. He does not live in the yesterdays
Indeed, he is keenly alert to the pressing
problems of this troubled day. He lives
with youth whose windows of retrospect
are comparatively tiny. This educator.
in his message to friends all over the
world. frankly faces today and tomorrow
But in the first verse of his original
CHRISTMAS poem he is looking through
the enticing window of the past, as
he says:
II dt'0ayS haze rendezvous
Wath memory on Christmas Day
The fragrance of the pine and ue1p.
Like magic rug. aUhiSkS me a,Oay
TO enchanted days of childhood
Where all the World is ,0hite and GOOD.
Where simple things are great and
grand,
Where Bethlehem is near at hand
And angels, in the clouds above,
Sing JubtleeS OF peace and loue."
With this thinker and prophet. who
has many academic degrees after his
name, but WHO is a child again at
christmas. we crowd around that WIN
dow facing the past as he dreams of
the days that come not back.
But a true Christmas is not simply
time of retrospect. 1t is also prospect.
we are dreaming of a white Christmas
not only as we look back in memory,
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Too High Price
BY Bruce Borton

When went to Congress in the win.
ter OF 1887. business inventories were
piling UP, unemployment was increas-
ing, and there were many indications
that the country might be heading into
a severe slump.
My New York City district included
the headquarters of many of the coun-
trys biggest businesses, and most of
thelr top executives were my friends.
l thought I knew them well enough to
oe sure they would respond to any
sincere move that might come from the
White House looking toward co-opera-
ton between Government and business
for the common good. I wondered if
the President might feel like making
such a move and if I, perhaps. could
be an off-the-record messenger boy be-
tween business and him.
1t was naive. childlike idea-a little
Republican Congressman offering his
services to the great Democratic Presi-
dent. But was younger and verv
earnest, and so I telephoned the White
House and got an appointment.
The minute I stepped through the
door OF his office, F. D. r., who had
never seen me before, called me by nv
first name, turned on his million dollar
smile, and began to tell stories and
make jokes. This went on for about
10 minutes. said nothing, but I did
not like it. had come to make a sug-
gestion which, If not important, was at
least sincere. And all I was getting
was an oil shampoo
That wondrous charm Of F.. D. RS
was one OF the most expensive luxuries
this country ever has had to support.
He was so proud Of 1t, so sure of its
conquerlng potency. that he even
thought 1t was sweet and strong enough
to bewitch the toughest guy in the
world, j. Stain. Stain listened, smiled.
pretended to be captivated And. when
the last dinner dish was eaten, and
the last vodka drunk, F. D. r. still had
his loving smile, but Joe had his-and
our-shirt
Everybody says that Bob Taft is
strong and wise and honest. but he
can't be elected. The women won't vote
for him; the young folks won't 90 for
him; he has no charm.
II I were Taft, I'd meet that issue
head-on. would say: II don't take a
good picture. My voice has no umph.
But II you will elect me I will lower
your taxes; will drive out Of Govern
ment not only the crooks but the fools.
failures and fanatics, who often are
more dangerous than crooks. MY for
eign policy will be the United States
first. And there will not be any more
Koreas.
If this is what you want from your
next President. then I'm your man.
But can't be charming, and I'm not
going to try. Charm can be q danger
GUS and very costly thing"
Evening star., 1951-12-16
The Venturous Bark

For some time past the atomic-powered
submarine has been freely and officially described
as certainty in the making, with only the date
of its advent open to question. And now, accord
ing to Navy announcement even the date is
pretty well fixed: The wondrous thing will be
ready for operation in 1854 and possibly it will
make its first revolutionary dive before the end
Of 1858 Indeed, so sure Is all this that the
christening name has already been decided upon.
The name will be the Nautilus, which goes back
to the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Nothing could be more apt. The Navy is to
be congratulated for its literary savviness In
terms of both fact and fancy-such as the fact
of what was done in the last war by one of our
submersbles identically named or the fancy of
Jules Verne in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea"-no word could better sum up the
fabulous and fantastic nature of the coming
atomic submarine. Somehow, although referring
to the living watery creature rather than to the
military machine bearing its name, these lines
from "The Chambered Nautilus" of Oliver
Wendell Holmes seem very much to the point:
This is the ship OF pearl, 1UI,ic1t, poets teign,
Sails the unshddotoed main
The Uenturous bark that filings
On the S1Deet summer mind Its purpled aDinos.
In a way, of course, rich poetic words are
a bit too rich to be used in connection with
give it unlimited range and speed, submerged.
that will be much greater than that of the best
snorkel submarine now in operation Yet there
is certain majesty, kind of poetry in the
idea of developments Child of the wandering
sea" which in time will almost inevitably be
matched in the air-that promises to have a
revolutionary impact on the life of the world
Everything considered, perhaps the chief
meaning implicit in the forthcoming Nautilus
is this: That all mankind is now travelling in a
bark far more venturous than any in past
history, and what the poets and philosophers
and statesmen learn to say and do about 1t may
well spell the difference between the life and
death of civilization In the years ahead.
A strike Of insurance agents for more money
is one we never expected AS we read the policy,
you can't take 1t with you