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Sweden's Motor Traffic Up:
One Automobile Per II Swedes

Despite current import restric-
tions there are more motor cars
on Swedish roads than ever be-
fore. In 1923, Sweden had one car
per 119 inhabitants, in 1889 one
per 26, in 1850 one per 20, and
last year one per II, making the
country the seventh nation in
number of automobiles in proper
ton to population. The United
States, of course, leads the list
with one car for every third citi-
zen, and with two-third of the
worlds entire stock of 70 million
motor cars.
Somewhat more than 100000
motor cars are now in traffic in
Sweden. OF these, $4,000 are
passenger automobiles, about co.
900 trucks. and nearly 5000 buses.
Only 1881 cars were imported
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Scandinavian Travelled

flee. 1 shall remember that little
favor: Kind and honest Swedes
with a precious feeling for the
next fellow.
The Stadium. I came just in
time for the march OF athletes in
to the stadium I stood outside
the main gate. photographed them
as they marched by. If powerful
hip-swing ing gait. if hundreds OF
vigorously swinging arms. the
drumming sound of hundreds of
marching feet pounding the earth
simultaneously. and If the poised
and erect men exposing these
qualities are clad in beautiful
white suits and shoes L all that
counts then the Russians certain
II looked among the very best Il
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Continued from Page u
for glory and honor. there will
always be men like him to cash
in on it.
Helsini. We hurry out of the
plane. There's time, People. COM
mon people, are watching us,
pressing noses against wired fenc-
es alongside the airport building.
What do they see in US? The
noneyed responsibility. the mon
eyed good fortune Of lucky stiffs
from strange foreign lands? They
look so humble: some have the row
ing eyes OF hunger. OF seeing
some forbidden pleasure that is
not their lot.
In all my travels of the North
ern lands l had never seen such
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from the United States. due to
the dollar shortage. Before World
War II the great majority of i'm
ported cars came from the United
States.
The domestic automobile indus
try last year produced about
$4,000 cars, including American
models assembled in Sweden. Over
5000 Swedish automobiles were
exported, most of them to Brazil
Motor traffic in Sweden has
increased by 1873 per cent since
1896, while capital investments in
highways have been cut down by
about 40 per cent during the same
period. New, extensive plans for
expansion of the road building pro-
gram have, however, now been
completed.
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changed. AS be fore, Denmark
agreed to supply Britain with
IS percent of her egg-imports.
Under the new immigration
law, recently enacted by Con.
gress, a total of 1854 Norwegian
immigrants will be admitted to
the United States each year.
The Falconbridge Nickel Works
at Kristiansand. Norway. will
boost its annual production to
$4,000 tons. following completion
of a major plant expansion. Nor
way produced 1850 tons Of
nickel in 1851.
The Rev. L. B. Asbjornsen, who
hs.' been chaplain in Korea for
half a year, reports that 500 of
the cases at the 120-bed Norwe.
gian surgical field hospital in
Korea are casualties. mostly AM
orleans.
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man, running with nary a turn
of the face holding the torch up
high, had come to symbolic many
great things in man: an indomin-
able will, fearless courage, animal
strength, animal-like swiftness
and gracefulness of limb and
movement, the miraculous coord-
nation of muscle, limb and spirit
in one record-breaking feat after
another. The world had revealed
and rejoiced in his victories. sHe
was enveloped in a halo of glory.
He became a legend.
But that wasn't the only great
thing about him. The greatest of
all was that so many people in the
world had taken him, like a God,
to their hearts: that in him and
his glory they saw a fulfillment of
something they had wanted or
hoped to be - not a runner. per-
haps, but something better. a bet
ter person than they were at the
time. For every idol. every God, is
created in the image of mans
fonde>t dreams and hopes.
In his prime he cast. not a
shadow like 50 many great" men
in history. but a light upon his
day and age He became a part
OF memory. wiStful. nostalgia
memory in every living man.
Now as Paavo Nurrli ran on the
track below. amidst the tuulultous
swelling cheers and cries OF the
huge crowd I happened 70 catch
a glimpse OF this elderly man rex,
10 me.
1t was curious Instead 81 eapr-
ing TO his feet shouting ~ sie--r-
ing or just smiling ike ecAtr>, IL
sat quietly passiyeiy with = IT.
tie gasp. a gtAsey-%ye,t >1are. Is
though he were b&.s1zzg ms BREATH
little There S8> Aa-nE->s b lsIEa,-
etc expressSs.- Il aEs 1k,p.. Il.
though fz.D<Ast,d ~ b G11i,. Shit
nesS.
Perhaps - --a.,-s--ls ware VIII
6e--E tiztk - s-C+ Ys.:g4r-T s.ilr.
DEyh4 ~ SE@- II N---1 Eaw.
-ls 1'z3-E -a.-- --= -ore awk-
---s5vL-E r--z-- Tie rzr that
TEzs touched ard marked by age
adtei Z little sadness 20 MS mem
ories- Whatever i was one thin Z
was certain: The sight OF Nurnl
running again had turned N;
thoughts inward
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was d gallant exhibition. to put
across a potent thought. to show
off: here We come,
1t is raining: The skies of Hell
sinH are weeping in its proudest.
happie>t moment. But the stadium
is chock-full. There's a stir in the
air as if even a little breeze can
bring a flutter of excitement, an
ticipation. The nations of the
world are met on this day TO bring
together the glorious physical
Towering of their proud young
manhood and womanhood. Out of
the turmoil of a worlds agonizing
unrest. out of the deep chasms of
universal suspicion. jealousy. ha-
tired. that separate brothers from
brothers. the Young are met TO
perform the wonderful miracle of
craftsmanship and fair play.
Only here, as in no other field Of
human activity that presupposes
universal rules of conduct, is a
spade spade to all alike. Here.
with exactness and fairness, all
the worlds men are equals and
who ever eNcels will be accorded
the same honor by all It's a mir
acle of the times: that all nations
can meet in a contest and Yet
whether in victory or defeat,
shake hands afterwards.
You know the sequence on that
opening day You know OF those
speeches and trappings and that
little incident OF the Peace Angel.
And JOY know. as you read. OF a
lone man running into the stadium
bearing the Olympic torch Of fire
that was carried by hundreds
through many countries all the
way from Athens. This man. you
recall. vas Paavo Nurmi.
Nobody in the crowd knew who
that torchbearer would be until il
was announced and he appeared. I
saw the face OF one elderly man,
an AnglO-Saxon. believe. in that
moment II occurred to me then.
swiftly. briefly. that something Of
the measure Of mans greatness
and glory mad flared up. with
sudden emotion. like the spout OF
a flame and Illuminated the minds
Of the onIookers That lone stole
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AFTERTHOUGHTS:

Time marches on. l have seen
the Olympic Games and the city
of Helsinki in some OF the most
hectic moments Of its life. What do
l recall. what stands out, briefly
The greatest of all at the
Games: the friendly. cooperative
spirit, visibly among the athletes.
audibly in the rousing good cheers
Of the non-booing. non-hisSing
fairly impartial crowd.
The most touching: i The Am
erican steeplechase-winner Ashen-
felter. holding up the Olympic vic
tory ceremony for him. hushing a
crowd of 10000. as he gleefully
fright past me- ran up into the
American section to be embraced
and kissed by his wife: his unaf-
fected, honest-to-g goodness disre-
gard for what 10000 people were
thinking,
p Pastor Bob Richards victory
jump in the pole vault; how he
bounded up and down with wild
estate JOY TO be embraced by a
Russian. how he blew kisses to all
humanity; don't think I've ever
seen a happier looking man in my
life
81 All those losers. boards of
them. losing by a breath, an inch.
an ounce of strength. a flash OF a
second: the nameless losers. an
onymous on the record-books. Who
will remember them?
The mcst exciting: Zatopek win
ming the marathon. ix4no meter
relay. Ashenfelter beating the
Russian.
Sights of Helsinki: Unforgetable
are the continuous streaming flow
of crowds during most hours OF
the day on Mannerheims Street.
the main drag; the Overlooking
restaurants: sexual promiscuity: a
fight between two drunk Films
outside my bedroom window. beat
ing each other nearly TO death
and two women trying to break
them apart. in vain: shapely car
nival girls easily knocked off a
platform into cold water by base
ball' throwers. taking about one
spill a minute six hours a night.
seeing some of the great sports
writer's of the world in action in
the press room and restaurant: GO
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payrolls to our cities. He supported
the REA's, the farm cooperatives,
and stable prices for farm products.
jackson is honest, levelheaded,
aggressive. He stands for govern.
ment economy as proved by his
yes vote on every recommenda.
ton of the Hoover Commission to
eliminate waste. He consistently
fights for the farmer and small
businessman.
Let's vote for a man we can
all respect-Henry NJ. Jackson,
He's earned the job.
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Prime Minister Erik Eriksen
and a party of Danish parlia-
mentary leaders have returned
from their visit to the Farce Is
lands where they attended the
Iagting Jubilee. The Prime Min
ister had been happy to note the
initiative shown by the Faroese
people who at present are build
ing an imposing power station.
He had found that the Danish
rai19 got through imperfectly and
9gs1 oe stepped UP.
Danish egg producers have re-
newe,5 their contract until Sept
80, 1851 The price remained I'M
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has done a Great Job
for Our State

HERE'S real fghter-a man who believes in
getting things done.
Elected to Congress in 1910 at the age of %,
Henry Jackson has won the admiration of the entire
state for II long years of hard work He led the battle
for the building of new dams, transmission lines and
reclamation projects. He brought industries and
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faces. had crossed a barrier oy-
er the Bothnic Sea In these COM
mon faces of Finland l had seen
the legible countenances of depri-
walton. some secret sorrow. and in
those eyes some inward thought.
Yet, l can not eNaggerate in these
meager words. Later l learned to
know come measure of the untold
suffering. What do we know about
war in America compared to these
hardy peoples
The bus Never have I had such
q bus ride, We looked at our
watches. I: vas raining outside
The bus plodded on and or and on.
through The city We were losing
our battle against time. Soon the
Games would start The droning
bus motor sounds like sleepy
s7Ore. No end to this ride Hey
driver take Us straight 70 the sta
dunn, Traffic, Why. you've rev
- seen the likes. Flooding. sner-
ing. winding. the bus weaves q
little tale Of Illustration in the
weolke pattern OF cars. people IT
those busting streets, bursting IN
the seams vlth the th-obbng.
oceanic swell OF traffic nourtiag
like uasurmoultable breakers al
every corner We've passed the
stadium long ago.
The Bus Depot: OF course. ey-
ery0ne wants cab. They say re
may have 20 wait ID hours. I'm
a reporter. with JOB TO do. I "a y
. myself. 50 I better get moving
4 cab IS assl gned 70 three lucky
people I lunge into i with the
energetic thrust Of a broadjumper
Hey, where did you come from =?
they say They can't kick ne out.
so I stay Luckily they're Swedes.
50 we can understand each other.
After an argument persuade
them 10 let the cab driver take me
10 my room first so I car get rid
Of my baggage. I did 7 told the
cab driver TO wait; five minutes.
I'm back. VIII those Swedes take
off. hurry on TO their appointed
places? They were there waiting
for me and so I was driven TO the
stadium first They made a sacri-
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Tn mast astonishing experience:
learning That twice my daily rent
OF 81 for one small room paid for
Gha monthly rent of my landlady's
entire apar-ment.-T. y.
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-eg Ia Finnish steam bath. sau-
III
Evening star., 1952-01-02

pertinent at Woblrn Park, q
1900 acre section Of his ances-
trail estate 40 miles north ofiLon-
don, which he has turned into a
wildlife sanctuary.
Roaming through the meadows
and woodlands OF the park are
1000 deer of a dozen species, plus
a smaller herd of American and
European bison and countless
rabbits, squirrels and partridge.
The deer and bison herds were
started by his father. 55 years
ago.
Separated from this rustic pri-
vate zoo by high wire fence
screened by hedges are the
aviaries for hundreds of bud
gerigars, parakeets and cockatoos.
There, the peer spends his days
teaching the gaily colored bud
gerigars in wide -inclosed aviary
"a feet long. eight feet wide and
eight feet high, with a wood frame
shelter at one end.
Experiments Successful.
At the top near the shelter end
is an entrance hole six inches in
diameter. Directly beneath the
entrance slot Is the feeding bin.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Nv the As,oeicted pye,.

WOBURN, England. Jan. g.
An English lord who collects
tropical birds like some people
save stamps is teaching his pets
how to enjoy life outside a cage
and still eat regularly at home.
That's something like putting a
fish in a stream and expecting it
to return at night to be put to
bed in an aquarium, but the 18th
Duke Of Bedford reports consid-
cradle success in his homing ex-
periments with budgerigars - a
small Australian parrot.
The long-tailed, rainbow-hued
birds fly all day and return to
their aviaries at night like we'll
trained pigeons.
The tall, 62-year-old peer is
one Of Britain's richest land
owners.
These birds are known In
America as "parakeets" or love
birds" Actually. the name love-
bird was originally given to a
short-tailed species of the para
keet common to South America
and Africa.
The duke is conducting his ex-.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Scientists Studying
Tears for Clues
To Eye Diseases

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2
| (NANA). Tears are as old as the
human race but scientists at
Wills Eye Hospital here are find
ing out new things about them.
The recently established re-
search department at the hospital
is studying human tears with
the latest techniques and equip
ment as one of it's basic projects.
The tears are gathered from
the ducts of patients at the hos
lpital. They are mixed together
to produce a uniform fluid and
the pooled tears are used in ex-
Iperiments.
One of the things the scientists
think may come out of the in
Ivestigation. according to Melvin
K. Sutley. superintendent, is q
new procedure for determining
the RH factor in the blood.
Effective Against Germs.
Another advance may be a new
understanding of the role of lyso-
lyme, a substance found in tears
that has the ability to kill GER
tain germs. The scientists want
to find out, if they can, just why
nature selected lysozyme as an
automatic eye wash when it is
not effective against some of the
more virulent types of germs.
Lysozyme also is found in egg
white and various other animal
material. The researchers at
Wills have shown that there is
"a difference between lysozyme in
tears and in egg white.
There may be no useful appli-
cation in the difference but they
want to know what causes it.
Another project they are work.
ing on is why chloromycetin
seems to penetrate the tissues of
the eye more thoroughly than
many of the other antibiotics.
Work also is being carried on
to find out more about the causes
of glaucoma, which is responsible
for about IL per cent of all blind
ness. and of uveitis, an inflam-
nation of an important part of
the eye.
In addition, the researchers are
trying to devise a method of seal
ing off a cancer of the eye to
prevent its spread. The present
treatment is removal of the eye
even if the sight is not impaired.
DR.. Sutley said that research in
eye disease throughout the coun-
try is trailing research in almost
every other major type of disease.
There are fewer than dozen
scientists engaged in full-time re-
search into eye disorders in the
country" he said.
Evening star., 1952-01-02

Towards evening the entrance
hole is partially closed with q
funnel shaped piece of wire that
permits the birds to enter the
ayiary but bars their exist.
The funnel is removed early
every morning.
Our experiments have shown
it's possible to keep Is per cent
of the flock after the first breed
ing, /" the duke said. I'm the sec
ond breeding, about SO per cent
develop the shoming' trait. and
in the third breeding. rs per cent.
That's as far as we've gone here Z
Since he started his experiment
the duke has had more than 100
letters OF inquiry from amateur
naturalists Interested in building
liberty" aviaries. Some is Of
these came from America.
Unfortunately" he said, "a
strange belief exists among some
people there Tin the United States
that budgerigar-k keeping is some
what eliminate and unworthy OF
the American herman"
Bird Is 100 Years Old.
The dukes other parrots are
rare varieties, including i've blue
Evening star., 1952-01-02

the duke turns q neat profit from
his hobby.
Our deer are especially profit
able in these days Of meat Short
age here in England" he confided.
Last year we sold 1900 pounds
of venison and a somewhat lesser
amount Of bison meat
The duke also farms. with local
help. 1000 acres around Woburn.
He has two other estates one in
Scotland and one near Tavistock,
England. besides vast real estate
holdings in the Bloomsbury dis
trict of London. A few years ago
he sold a bit Of this property for
81 400. 900.
The 18th duke inherited ST.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
English Duke Trains Wild Birds to Return Home at Days End

Indian ringneck parakeets OF
which there are only q dozen In
captivity in the, world. He has
one roseate cockatoo .'about 100
years old" which he has had at
Woburn for 80 years. Most Of
them have been obtained from
ZOOS I'M return for gifts of deer
from the WOburn herds.
The Bedford deer herd includes
800 Pere David Chinese deer. the
only private herd Of its kind In
the world. There are three or
four Of these deer in the New
York Bronx Zoo. he said.
Although his interest in birds
and deer is that of a naturalist,
Evening star., 1952-01-02
id-Throwine Victim

SINGAPORE up. former
headmistress Of the Nanyang
girls school who was burned In
an acid-throwing attack last year.
left recently for Australia where
she will undergo plastic surgery.
1t was presumed officially that
the attack resulted from her
spontaneous outspokenness against
communism.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY e 1859

| zoe, 900 when his father died In
l1940. He paid slightly more than
three e-quarters Of this In governe
Iment inheritance taxes.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
They're Still on the Worpoth
Iron Eyes Cody Says Indiuns Don't Get Fair
Treatment on TeIevision and in Films
BY Bob Thomas
Associated Pres. s,off Writer

Lo, the poor Indian on the TV
and theater screens.
He is pictured as q bowling,
warpaint-smeared savage. His
vocabulary is limited to ugh
and he is shown going mad on
fire water. He submits cowboys
and pioneers to all kinds of tor
lture, and murders for the heck
of it. In fact. he is accused of
Just about everything short Of
being an enemy alien or q Com
|muniSt.
Some Indians don't like the way
their race is portrayed in the
movies and on televiSion. One
|of these is Iron Eyes Cody, a
Cherokee who is in a position to
do something about it. An ex-
pert on Indian lore, he has been
in the movies as actor and tech
nical adviser since "The Covered
Wagon" in 1924. Only recently
has he been able to induce pro-
ducers to lessen their libels OF
the Redskins.
"There have lately been some
excellent pictures that show the
Indians SIDE" he remarked, "but
still there are too many pictures
which are either inaccurate OF
lput Indians in q bad light. Fol
instance, the studios nearly always
paint up the Indians like African
savages.
"The truth is that the indians
did not put on paint to look
ferocious. They only put on lines
Of color to represent dreams they
had before going into battle. Ger
tain lines meant they dreamed
they were going to die. and Sc
forth"
AS for Indians burning their
victims at the stake, Iron Eyes
said there is no such instance in
Western history. Feather war
bonnets were used by only a few
tribes, he added, and each feather
Symbolized an act Of valor.
Another thing-not all Indians
lived in tepees.
"The Indians lived in every
thing from mud huts to cliff
dwellings" he remarked. "I've
even seen movies which repre-
sented plains Indians as living in
wigwams. Only the Eastern In
dians lived in wigwams, which
are conelike, but covered with the
bark of trees. Tepees are covered
with skins"
Iron Eyes added that the In
dians are no more maddened by
liquor than any other race.
Evening star., 1952-03-30

"It's all q matter of whether q
person has built up q resistance
to alcohol" he explained. Some
Indians had their own native
alcoholic drinks. so the white
mans liquor didn't faze them"
Besides advising the film stu.
dios, Iron Eyes has other means
|of clearing up notions about In
Idians. He has his own television
show on a local station. KTLA.
He has formed Iron Eyes Enter
prises. with which he plans to
make TV films about the true
Indian life. He also plans to mar
ket play garb for children, fol-
lowing the path of such palefaces
as Roy Rogers and Gene Autry.
my main purpose" said Iron
Eyes, "is to present the American
Indian as what he really was
and is-a human being with high
cultural standards. When he had
to use force, 1t was to protect
what he felt was rightfully his"
Evening star., 1952-03-30
TELEVIsION HIGHLIGHTs FOR THE WEEK

Studio One tWTOP, 10), Thomas
Mitchell in The Story of Meg NAL
Ilory."
Tuesday-Frank Sinatra Show
tWTOP, 81, Frank Fontaine: Keep
Posted (WTTG, $500, Would Els
enhower Be q Good President?":: /:
Fireside Theater tWNBW, %,
Sound in the Night; New York
Auto Show tWTOP, $500, Ken
Murray displays new cars; Circle
Theater tWNBW, $500, Martha
Scott and Douglass Montgomery in
'"Way Of Courage"
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Today's Hixhlirhts.

1850, WTOP-Man Of the Week
Senator Leverett Saltonstall.
1900, WNBW- Your Junior
Revue: Gordon Junior High chora
group.
loo, WMAL-Horizons: "The Fu.
ture Of Thinking Machines
200, WNBW-Battle Report: w
Averell Hartman.
2:30, WNBW-American Forum
|of the Air: Should Congress B'
TeleviSed?"
$3.50, NATURALIZATION Recita
Hall: Violinist Carroll Glenn ant
Evening star., 1952-03-30

CroSsfire (WMAL, $50, Elmer
Davis, Bert Andrews and Martin
Agronsky: Boxing tWTOP, l0),
Gene Smith VS.. Glen Flanagan.
Thursday Author Meets the
Critics (WTTG, 1880. The Ellen
Knauss Story"
Friday Twenty Question:
fWTTG, 81, Freddie Martin; Play
house Of Stars (WTOP. 81. Sylvia
Sidney in Experiment: Cayalcade
lof Stars (WTTG. l0D, Dorothy
lDandridge.
lsion of akin diseases: Claudia
Evening star., 1952-03-30

Monday Hollywood Screen TEST
.tWMAL. 1880, Vanessa Brown in
Facts About Murder; Pentagon-
Washington tWTTG, 81, The Atom
Bomb and You: Video Theatel
.(WTOP, 81, Peter Lore in Taste"
Voice of Firestone tWNBW, $500
jerome Hines: Johns Hopkins Sci.
|ence Review tWTTG, $500. Car
We Predict Elections?; Claudis
tWTOP. 9:30). Joan McCracken ane
Hugh Reilly; Robert Montgomery
Presents tWNBW, $500, Tom Ewel
|and Betty Field In See. No Evil"