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Evening star., 1951-09-16
An EurIy Autumn

recently suggested to a motor club
that Schoolboy Patrolmen be used to
patrol fire-alarm boxes on Halloween.
While my suggestion was cordially re-
ceived, it was argued that the false
alarm problem is too big for these
youngsters, mostly ranging in age from
10 to IL. and that it. would deprive
them of some innocent fun on this teS-
tive occasion.
Maybe the boys are not old enough
to cope with situations which might
arise, but believe the fact that box
was under surveillance would be suffi-
GENTLY deterrent.
If the Schoolboy Patrol would be
making too much of a sacrifice in hav-
ing few boys once year, assume an
additional duty, then perhaps members
of the Metropolitan Police Boys Club.
or other boys clubs. would volunteer
for duty.
/ think plenty of boys would consider
it an honor to be member of Hal
loween Patrol" Units of two boys could
watch the f1re-alarm boxes to lessen
danger of being gangedup on.
am sure the Fire Department would
be happy to confer some kind of honor
upon such patrols, and no doubt would
be quick to stage ice cream and soft
drink parties at the various fire houses.
Oscar G. Iden.
Evening star., 1951-09-16

even in Caesars household" His epiStles
have come down the years as the
chariots Of the Lord, not because he
tells Of the moral sewers, but because he
displays lives transfgured and trans
formed by the renewing of their minds.
1t is no STOP -the-press news that mod
ern cities reek with the same disgusting
abnormalities and 1icentiousnesS which
have plagued humanity since long before
Paul's time. But 1t is no wonder that,
discussing a certain book exuding its
phosphorescent rottenness on news
stands all over the country, group of
hard-headed, seasoned reporters in the
National Press Club were heard to ex-
claim about this much-talked-of tome;
Where in heavens name did they find
all this putrid stuff which we have never
seen in this city?" The answer is, of
course. that much Of it's carbon copy
Of police records and Of criminal blotters.
AS its authors confess, the pages were
deliberately freighted with malodorous
contamination in order to sell the book
AS an antidote to the almost total
depravity a respondent reader might
assume in the world city it depicts, let
US page the prophet Elijah. Long, long
ago he got a very wrong notion. Evil
IDENTIFY he had been reading some reports
of confidential" evil What he saw sent
him under juniper tree praying for
death. He had come to the conclusion
that he was the only one who had not
been def1led and debased, who had not
bowed down to the altar of false gods
But he was not so lonely in his goodness
as he imagined. What he needed to
bring him back to sanity was a sense
of proportion. His reason had been
almost unsettled by disgusting evidences
of decadence within the nation. To his
surprise, he was shown multitudes of
quiet homes where God-fearing folk
were keeping the faith. God assured
His prophet II have yet left me 1000
in Israel. knees which have not bowed
Evening star., 1951-09-16
A Girl and q Boy
BY Bruce Borton

1t was hot August day more than
10 years ago and my secretary was on
vacation. There were about 90 girls in
our Office stenographic pool" The head
of the Stenographic department an
nounced: "Mr Barton has phoned for
girl to take dictation. Who wants
to go?"
Only one hand went up. ''Let me CO."
its bright-eyed owner cried "Oh. please,
send me-"
She stayed around until my secretary
returned and then one day a letter
arrived from a friend of mine who
needed girl in Washington. The young
ster jumped at the chance.
Later we heard she had moved over
into the Army. After that postcards
came to us from Germany and Italy.
Then from Tokyo, Singapore. Finally.
Bangkok. Yesterday she popped in to
say "hello," and tomorrow she goes to
work for big oil company in another
far-away corner.
The boys story is different; it was
told by Lorin F. Deland in little book
called Imagination in Business"
The boy, Mills, was discouraged. After
three years in the Office of big clothing
company with only one small raise, he
asked Deland whether he ought to quit
and look for something better
Deland advised against it. He offered
his help, provided that for two months
the boy would do exactly as he was told.
I'm the next 80 days" Deland said,
II want you to concentrate on just one
thought-How can this house increase
its sales 100000 a year? Or $1,000?
Or $10o?"
At the end of the month Mills ad-
mitted sadly that he had nothing to
report. We'll try again." said Deland.
I'm the next 80 days think up some way
that your firm can save $4,000 year,
or $5000 or $50."
Again the answer was, Cant think
of anything"
Deland shook his head. Look Mills"
he said. what sad self-portrait you
have painted. Your company is selling
millions of dollars of goods year, yet
you, with three years knowledge of the
business, can't add even SO. There
must be thousands of dollars of leaks
and wastes. But you can't figure out
how to save even SIS. Lie low, Mills.
Don't let them even know you are on
the payroll. If they find out, they'll
certainly give you the air."
Twenty young men in business that
must have ideas if it is to keep going.
One of the 20 suddenly starts moving
ahead. Twenty girls in the same big
room. The boss calls for volunteer:
one raises her hand and disappears up
stairs.
What do the other boys and girls
think? Do they ever look inside them
selves for the answer? Or do they glunIly
conclude that this is just the crooked
way the world is run-a few lucky ones
being given all the raises. getting all the
breaks, having the fun Of seeing the
world? -
Copyright. 1851, King Features syndicste. Ine'
Evening star., 1951-09-16
Arthur Szyk

The worlds foremost miniaturist and illu-
minator, Arthur Szyk has died too young yet
he has left tremendous quantity of important
work completed and finished with characteristic
skill. He certainly was a supreme master in the
art of pictorial representation. Many of his
ideas were notably abstract, but he knew how
to give them substance that even a little child
could understand He drew with meticulouS
care, used color with reverence, Strove constantly
for effects which should be durable and lasting.
His experience in the Julian atelier in Paris was
matched with that of his travels and observa-
tions in the Near East He brought the Orient
and the Occident together in his compositions
and he added the universal spirit of Gothic. The
result was an artistic method or manner def
nitelyA his own.
Flsr years of Mr.. szyk short life J ent into
Evening star., 1951-09-16
GAO Traffic Generator

The traffic experts have a name for the new
General Accounting Office Building traffic
generator" The term is technical one applied
to large Office buildings stores, Stadiums or other
centers of automobile congestion. The Pentagon
is a classic example of what they mean. 1t
generates so much traffic that an entirely new
network of roads was necessary to handle the
passenger cars buses and trucks which daily
serve its more than 81 900 occupants. Parking
space for more than 5000 cars is provided. The
GAO Building is second only to the Pentagon
in size. That it will be major traffic generator
In a section of the city hitherto relatively free
from traffic congestion is obvious. But there
are indications that the traffic problem will be
far less serious than some officials had feared.
Traffic Director Keneipp says he is keeping
his fingers crossed about the GAO traffic Situa-
ton. Much will depend on the transportation
habits of the Approximately 10000 persons who
will work there when the huge structure at
Fifth and G streets is fully occupied. It's impact
on the downtown section is bound to be felt,
not only in the traffic field but in the business
development of adjacent areas. And with the
growth of satellite business community around
the building there will be additional traffic
troubles
Right now the transitional nature of the
traffic problem in that vicinity makes planning
of relief measures difficult AS the building
HIS up, WIFI tAe transfer Oh dill OAO p6ISOIlIlCl
from nearly score of scattered buildings to the
new home and with other Federal agencies
moving in, a better estimate of the situation
will be possible. There is parking space for 800
in the basement of the building, but this is
manifestly not enough if all employees who own
cars decide to travel to and from their offices
in them. Car pools are expected to reduce the
number of private automobiles seeking parking
space near the building. One-hour parking
restrictions recently were placed in effect in the
GAO-Pension Office Court House area and this
will complicate the task of finding parking space
outside the GAO There are few off-street park
ing lots nearby, but demand for them may
increase the supply.
In any event, the easygoing traffic days of
the old Pension Office neighborhood are in the
past. GAO employees can tighten the traffic load
materially by organizing car pools and using
public transportation facilities as much as pos
sible BY doing so the employees will be bene-
fitting not only themselves but the city as we'll
Eventually major street and parking-lot projects
may become advisable to accommodate Wash
ington's newest traffic generator Meanwhile
traffic and highway engineers are justified in
giving the problem intensive study.
Evening star., 1951-09-16

Labor Day half a century ago was
characterized by street parades in which
thousands of people took
Labor Doy part The Star for Septem-
Purodes ber q 1901, reported such
professions in Philadelphia,
Cumberland, Md; Milwaukee, Buffalo,
Columbus, Ohio; st. Louis, Omaha,
Kansas City, st. Paul, Denver, Cincin-
natl and Cleveland. The orators of the
day included William Jennings Bryan,
Carrie Nation and Mother" Jones.
Washington workers flocked to a bar
becue at Glen Echo, which never looked
prettier." The assembled crowd heard
an address by James L. Feeny. president
of the Central Labor Union. followed by
the singing of a song entitled, Capital
Versus Labor" composed by the same
popular leader.
The Star for September IL, 1901. gave
ample space to story of the first meet
ing of court of inquiry
Schley Court applied for by Rear Ad-
Conyenes miral Winfield Scott
Schley ito determine
certain disputed questions regarding the
sea battle off Santiago" July 3, 1898.
Admiral George Dewey presided, with
Rear Admiral Benham and Rear Admiral
Ramsay as associates. The proceedings
continued until December IL, 1901. and
ended in judgment that Schley's con
duct :. prior to June /, 1898, was char
acterized by vacillation, dilatoriness and
lack of enterprise" Actually. the issue
was conflict between Schley and Rear
Admiral - William Thomas Sampson,
brought to head by narrative of Sam
tiago written by the naval historian,
E. S. Maclay. More than 80 reporters
attended the opening Of the court. Sew
enteen guns were fired as Dewey entered
the room in which sessions were to be
held-the second story of the gunners'
workshop of the Navy Yard. Everybody
was in fun uniform.
Evening star., 1951-09-16
There Should Be No Uncertainty

Unanimous passage by the Senate of the
postal pay-raise bill makes virtually certain
enactment of similar legislation for classified
employees generally. Not so certain, however is
the fate of proposed pay increases for Wash
mgton'S teachers, policemen and firemen. But
there should be no uncertainty about this i'm
portant matter. The best way to assure equal
treatment for these groups of public servants
Is to amend the pending classified pay bill to
take care of them. The Senate ought to insist
on this procedure, rather than follow the time
consuming method of considering separate
legislation for teachers policemen and f1remen.
That method might work satisfactorily if Con-
greSS had plenty of time to devote to local bills,
but it is risky business when both houses are
pressing for early adjournment
The general pay bill already covers classified
employees of the District government Chairman
Nicely of the Senate District Committee has
proposed an amendment to the bill which would
insure similar raises for the non-clasSified
teachers, policemen and firemen. A like provision
formerly was in the House BILL but it was elimi-
mated by the House Civil Service Commission
in difference to the desire of the House District
Committee to handle the matter as separate
legislation. A bill to this effect has been intro
duced and tentatively set for committee con-
Sderation this week
No juriSdictional dispute between committees
should be allowed to imperil pay raises for the
Districts teachers policemen and firemen The
Senate District Committee has shown that it is
more interested in seeing to it that these groups
are not overlooked in the adjournment rush
than in standing on its technical rights as
sponsor of local legislation. The House District
Committee can end the uncertainty by abandon
ing its plan for separate pay bi-in the
interest of inSuring action at this session in
behalf of teachers, policemen and firemen.
Evening star., 1951-09-16
Southeust's Plane Troubles

An editorial September IL hailed find
ings of a CAA committee as promising
relief from plane noises for Arlington
and Alexandria residents.
An earlier news story, naming those
on the investigating committee. indi-
Gated participation by Virginia COM
munities. with representation in Con-
gress, and by the various airlines and
air organizations both civil and military.
Not one name indicated representation
from District citizenry, although South
east Washington is plagued by noise
from planes from Naval Air Station.
Boiling Field, Andrews Field and Ma
tional Airport.
I called the omission of District
Evening star., 1951-09-16
Scrap Iron Solution

In. answer to Mobilizer Charles E.
Wilson'S amazement at our steel pro-
duction lag and the demand for con-
certed effort Of a Nationwide scrap
drive, may suggest how he can accom-
plish two things at one time: Make an
honest-to- goodness collection of all the
unsightly piles of wrecked autos along
scenery at the same time.
I may add that there are good
many piles of scrap iron still running
on the highways in an unsafe condi-
tion, endangering the lives of the public.
H.T.J.
Evening star., 1951-09-16
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

On September IL. 1901, The Star fea-
tured "the first genuine picture OF James
B. Parker, whose act
james B. Parker in saving the Presi-
A Hero dents life last week
has made him the hero
of the hour" Reference was to the in
tervention of Mr.. Parker preventing the
assassin, Leon CZolgosz, from firing
third shot The account continued:
"He was born of slave parents who were
highly respectable. Appointed a let
ter carrier in the city of Atlanta when
about 25 years old, chez served for
number of years" Later. "he lived
at Jacksonville, Fla; New Smyrna and
other towns in that State, and moved TO
Savannah some 10 years ago. He took
an active part in politics and public af-
fairs generally and was elected con-
stable-an Office which he filled with
great credit to himself. +. He is of ath-
letlc build, stands feet inches, and
has lived in New York for the past nine
or 10 years"
The Star of September II, 1901. was
devoted almost entirely to mourning for
PreSi mt Mckinley.
Funeral OF q Five columns of it's first
Martyr page carried symbolic
drawing by Felix Ma
hony, representing Abraham Lincoln
standing over the bier of his second sue
cessor to be assassinated. This work of
art was inscribed Hall of Martyrs" 1t
set the key for the whole paper. The
first paragraph of the issue read: "All
nature wept today. Under heavens
whose cloud dropped tears, through
walls Of men and women whose eyes
were moist with tears, to the strains of
mournful music that echoed the senti-
ments of the American people, to the
cadences Of muffled drums. to the sounds
of broken sobs. solemn cortege moved
from the White House to the Capitol"
Evening star., 1951-09-16
Pottery From Japan

The Smithsonian Institution has announced
the accession of a very important collection of
pottery fragments from Japan. Presented by
Major Howard MacCord after having been
assembled by him on the island of Honshu, the
clay relics of the remote past represent link
between Asia and America of great value. They
show a common possession of cultural patterns.
Designs impressed on the shards resemble those
found in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and parts of
Canada.
Of course, ideas can travel independently of
great movements of human beings. 1t is not
necessary for people to go long distances in order
to communicate with their contemporaries living
afar. The principle of the wheel spread to every
quarter of the globe through processes of imita-
ton and repetition. Many other cultural forms
have had wide currency without regard to folk
migration. The early white settlers of the West
ern Hemisphere saw the Indians using bowguns
similar to those used in the Orient and in the
isles of the Pacific, but that did not mean that
the Caribs for example, had come from Java
or Hawaii.
So it ought not be supposed that makers
of Major MacCord's pottery were close kin to
the Navajo or Iroquois. The early inhabitants
of Japan may not have been japanese in the
sense of what the word signifies now Remnants
of the Ainu still are extant in the Kuries and
Hokkaido, and they often are linked with the
Indians of America in theory. Perhaps all OF
these peoples are related and yet strangers to
each other. They may have come from the same
stock without ever having been aware Of their
connection.
What Major MacCords gift really has done
is to reaffirm an artistic unity. The manu-
facturerS of his pottery were civilized in some
degree They had reached the point in their
development where the luxury of creative art
was feasible tc them. The decorations they
placed upon their utensils symbolized wealth of
a sort-richness of instinct and of time and of
willingness to labor for ideal detectives. Their
efforts may have been crude, but they were aimed
in the right direction; they spelled progress to-
ward lofty heights of achievement. Hence it is
not an exaggeration to say of the unknown pot
terS of Honshu that so far as their product goes.
they are of the same family as the craftsmen and
artists of areas as far scattered as Indo-China
and Rhodesia in South Africa. Bali and Burma,
Greenland and Mexico, Alaska and Peru Cul-
turally all peoples arl one.
Evening star., 1951-09-16
Prods School Officials

am sure other citizens are wondering
why there is such delay in appointing
a successor to Dr. Garnet C. Wilkinson.
former assistant superintendent of
schools.
There are number of qualified can
didates and the school system has had
to suffer because of this unnecessary
delay. This is another glaring ineff-
cheney of the administration.
The appointment should be made at
once to prevent further handicapping
the education of thousand of youngsters.
William T. Grady, DDS,
Evening star., 1951-09-16

By Frederick Br0aDp Harris
Pastor, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain. United States Senate.
Evening star., 1951-03-09
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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-09-13

In the first part of our lesson
we consider the kind of charac-
ter a man should bear in public
life. He must SO live that he will
influence others for good. Like
salt as a preservative, he must
have a sustaining influence over
his fellows. And, like a light, his
good deeds will illumine the way
of men about him.
A light is made to shine and to
be put on a candlestick so that
it will give light unto all that
are in the house. 1t will not shine
under certain conditions. And it
will not shine when it is cut off
from its sources of supply. Under
alien influences a Christians
light will go out. 1t will also fail
when he is cut off from God.
The saving presence of good
people is also illustrated in the
Parable of the Leaven, of the
leaven which a woman hid in
three measures of meal. The in
fluence of good people under any
circumstances will often grown
and grow until all in reach are
affected by it for good.
In all that a man does, in the
problems and the crises he may
meet, he must be true to his Lord
and Master, even as Peter and
his fellows were when threaten
ed with dire disaster and even
death. And we find Peter, in a
time of persecution, writing to
encourage his people to be patti
ent and true under great afflic-
ton, as knowing the reward
would be great by and by.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-09-13
II Your Stomach
Is Like a
GAS Factory!

When you eat a meal and IT
turns right into gas, it's a sign
your food is not digesting quick
ly enough. 1t just lays there
and ferments. So you are in
misery with gas for hours after
ward.
Many Caldwell people used to
feel that way before they got
CERTA-VIN. This new medi-
cine digests food faster and bet
ter. Taken before meals it
works with your food. Gas pains
go! Inches of bloat vanish'
Contains Vitamin B-l with Iron
to give pep and make nerves
stronger. Miserable people soon
feel different all over. So don't
go on suffering. Get CERTA-
VIN-Gillespie's Drug Store.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-09-13
South Olive

| SOUIH OLIVE - Mrs. How
ard DeVoll, Jr., and sons and
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Brown visited
Mrs. Nancy Rossiter, Sunday.
Mrs. Minnie Clark and son,
Byrel visited relatives in Wells
burg, w. Va, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Williams
and Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Williams
attended the meeting at Road
Fork, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Harper,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Bird and
daughter, Mrs. Patty Long, Don
aid and Junior Wharf, Ruth l..
Harper, Villa Harper and Lewis
Williams visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Hanson and daughter,
Saturday night.
Mrs. Pearl Rowlands and
daughter, Mrs James Tidd and
Wayne Love attended the funer-
al of Mrs. RoWlands' father, Mr.
Smith, at MaSsillon one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Milestone
and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Williams and daughter
visited Mr.. and Mrs. A V. Swain
and family, Sunday.
Mrs. Helen Lewis and son,
Freddie, of Middleport, Mrs. Will
liam Stewart and sons, Racione,
M. A. Kirkbride and Mrs. Vira
Holdren, GAINESVILLE, Mrs. Leona
Wheeler and Jaunita Tilton of
Pleasant City, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Cheatham.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wilken, of
GAINESVILLE and Mrs. Elsie Love,
Caldwell, visited S. J. Harper,
Sunday.
Mrs. Nora Williams and son
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Huberty
and daughters, Sunday.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-09-13
Keiihfown
YTHTOWN

IL. TTHTOWN - June and
Erma Waner have gone to Boy
ertown, Pa, wneIe the latter will
enter school. Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Waller expect to join them in
the near future.
Sunday visitors at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Stack were
Henry Stack, Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
dell Stack and Russell Jackson,
all of Elba.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Burkhart
and children, Janet, Pat, Margi
Ann have returned to their home
) in Miami, Fla, after spending the
past several weeks at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Burkhart and with her pasents,
at Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Craig of
Marietta and John T. Craig of
Belmont county were dinner
guests Wednesday evening of last
week at the home of her par
ents, Mr., and Mrs. Ard Chandler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Teeters and
daughters, Nancy and Judy of
Summerfield, were visitors the
same evening at the Chandler
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Teeters
, and daughters, Carolyn and San
dra spent Sunday at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sullivan of East Union.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ard Chandler,
Joe Chandler were Sunday call
ers at the home of John T. Craig
Mr.. and Mrs. William McMan-
mis-, Jr., and daughter, Bonnie
and Ruby McMannis of Cam
bridge, visited Sunday at the
home of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William McMannis.