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Evening star., 1952-08-03
What Are They?

When first the modern flying
saucers were seen, four schools OF
thought rushed in with explana-
tions:
l. They are secret American air
craft.
2. They are secret Russian air.
craft.
8. They are interplanetary ex-
ploration ships, possibly from Mars.
4. They are natural phenom-
ena, warped by the machine-age-
mind into the form Of something
the machine age understandable
craft.
On the Other Hand
Five years after Mr.. Arnold's en-
counter, there stin are plenty OF
adherents to each theory, despite
impressive evidence marshalled
against all Of them. Here are the
arguments against the theories a.
enumerated:
/. The highest official circles In
the United States have denied cat
egorically that this country has any
aircraft even remotely resembling
in shape and performance the n.y.
ing saucers. There has been no
hedging Of this denial; it has been,
consistently, flat no.
2. Two aircraft pilots have come
to grief pursuing saucers, but there
is no evidence that either was shot
down by his quarry. The saucers'
record so far has been a harmless
one. II the saucers are Russian
secret weapons on practice mis-
sions, why would they be sent over
here where they might crash and
their secrecy be compromised?
3. The interplanetary theory Il
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Poor Relations


Friendly European government
are willing to share in the defense
of the free world, but the back
breaking cost of modern weapons
makes them fear economic ruin.
French Problem
France, proud but poverty -strick-
en-, has been attempting to fight
a war in Indo- China similar to.the
one in Korea. She is committed
to a heavy contribution to the
European defense army. She wants
her arms industry to remain on a
par with Germany's.
Overcome by the difficulty Of
achieving all these ends at once,
France of late has been importun-
ing Uncle Sam for more and longer
range aid. Last week, the request
was firmly, though sympathetically,
refused.
The dispute had to do with Amer
ica's "offshore procurement" pro-
gram, under which we buy some
arms for our European allies in
Europe, instead of shipping them
from this side of the ocean. The
French wanted to be guaran-
teed the lions share of this busi-
ness. II they got it, their economy
would be bolstered, and the dollars
received would help balance their
budget.
The arithmetic of the impasse, as
revealed by the French Ambassador
to Washington, was as follows:
France asked the United States to
promise to spend $625 million on
arms In France over the next three
years. The United States would
commit itself to spend only $187
million in one year.
The American position was that
foreign spending had to be distrib-
uted fairly among all European
countries. Furthermore, it was
pointed out, we could not promise
aid for future years because Con-
gress appropriates money only one
year in advance.
France protested that without the
full sum asked, thousands of skilled
French workers would be thrown
out of work, the budget would be
left dangerously unbalanced and
the Pinay government - the most
stable in recent years would be
likely to fall. France thought she
might even have to withdraw from
Indo- China.
Secretary of State Acheson took
1t all with q diplomatic grain OF
salt. Stories OF impending French
calamity. he thought, were quite
exaggerated"
British Problem
Great Britain has been In a post
war financial jam similar to that Of
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Korea

AS had happened so many times
before, the military seemed last
week to be unable to get its ducks
in a row on the subject Of Korea.
Admiral william M. Fechteler. Chief
of Naval Operations, returned to
Washington from a trip to the
Orient with the word that prospects
for an armistice look good because
the Communists want 1t that way.
But Gen. James A. Van Fleet. the
man running the fighting In Korea,
said hopes for peace never had
Evening star., 1952-08-03
The Saucer Story

dates from 1947, when gentleman
pilot named Kenneth Arnold Of
Boise, Idaho, spotted a strange
formation over the Cascade Noun
tains of Washington. His report
set of a chain-reaction. In sue
ceeding months so many sightings
were reported that it seems only
sheer luck could have kept the sauc-
ers from colliding in mid-air.
Long before Mr.. Arnold, people
were seeing odd objects in the sky.
Many OF the things they saw were
reported in the writings Of the late
Charles Fort. MIR. Fort (1874-1932)
was a sort of chronicler Of the oc-
cult. His works are filled with
accounts of strange visitations,
some of them in the form Of what
we now would call flying saucers.
Up to a fortnight ago, Washing
tonians followed the saucer story
with a certain amount Of detach-
ment. Most Of the objects were
spotted in far-off places like New
Mexico and Texas; few had "in-
vaded" the Eastern Seaboard.
Lights Over HyottsviIle
But in the pre-dawn hours OF
July 20, radio technician observed
reddish lights near the transmitter
OF Station WRC on Ager road in
West Hyattsville, Md. A few others
reported the apparation that night.
Then, a week later, the objects
were seen again-thiS time not only
as lights In the sky, but also as
radar screen blipS where no blips
ought to be. One radarman held
the blips in view for several hours
and clocked their speed at less than
100 miles an hour. Ground and air
observers noted unidentified lights
in parts of Metropolitan Washing
ton as far separated as Mount ver-
non and Greenbelt.
Two F-94 Air Force Jet fighters
took off from the Air Defense
Command base at New Castle, Del,
about 10 minutes flying time from
here. Closing on the Capital, they
observed lights but could not over
take them.
Moybe Nothing, After All
After due opportunity for Sec
ond guessing, the Air Force quoted
the pilots as saying maybe it wasn't
anything after all. The pilots said
the lights could have been refiec-
tions of bridge lights, or lights on
some kind OF tower, or even a
bright star near the horizon.
But the Air Force, while not
confirming the existence OF flying
saucers hereabouts, has not denied
it, either. Later in the week, two
jet pilots out of Dayton, Ohio, re-
ported seeing objects that did not
look like reflections. From Massa-
chusetts came a Coast Guard photo
of four brilliant ellipses in forma-
ton.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Broke on Capri

Well, not exactly broke, perhaps,
but worse of than he had been as
the successor to Egypt's pharaohs.
That was the gist of ex-King
Farouk's talk with newsmen as he
took up exile on Capri in the Bay
of Naples.
Behind him, in Egypt, Farouk
left military junta that appeared
to be doing its best to wipe out the.
unbelievable corruption that pre-
vailed in the palace guard. Titles
of nobility like hey and pasha had
been wiped out. Military censor
ship Of the press had been lifted.
The leader of the coup, Gen. Mo-
hammed Naguib, had relinquished
his civil power. Nothing, as yet,
had been done for the wretched
fellahin-Egypt's hewers of wood
and drawers of water-but perhaps
even their unenviable lot might
eventually improve.
The newest (and youngest) King
in the world-Farouk's baby son
Fuad II-reacted to events about
him with aplomb equaling that Of
his father. Young Fuad enjoyed
a horsy-ride on his royal prede-
cessor's knee as Farouk attempted
without much succeSs-to con-
vince newsmen that he had not
decamped with a large part of
Egypt:s wealth when he abdicated.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Political Scene
THE POLITICIANS, last W.

THE POLITICIANS, last week,
l. were of to an early start in
the presidential election campaign.
Normally, in an election year, not
much happens between the conven-
tions and Labor Day. But this year
there was a more than normal
amount of intraparty fence mend
ing to be done.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Review Of the Week. 'Saucers' Over the Pentagon

EOR YEARS, a standard tech
Il nique for explaining our po-
litical institutions has been to re-
late them to the feelings they might
evoke in a Man from Mars. The
happenings Of the past fortnight
could hardly have failed to make
the thoughtful Washingtonian spec
ulate that, perhaps, the Man from
Mars had at last come down to see
for himself.
These happenings, Of course.
had to do with sightings here
abouts of strange objects in the
sky and on radar scopes. Were they
flying saucers, or merely illusory
things like reflections, mirages, st.
Elmo'S Fire and electronic inter-
ference? Were they weather bal
loons-such as the one shown on
this page-as some scientists have
suggested? Or were they real air
craft, and If so, were they Ours or
Theirs-or something from outer
space?
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Bereuved Descumisudos

Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, the
self-appointed heroine Of Argen-
tina's "shirtless ones" was even
more cynosure in death last week
than she had been in life. The
33-year-old former actress body
lay in state in Buenos Aires as
hundreds Of thousands crowded
into line for a last look. Several
Argentinns were killed and thou
sands crushed when they crowded
around the bier.
The death Of President Peron's
wife q week ago after a long illness
-reportedly cancer--set OF specu-
lation about the future Of the Ar
gentine regime. Labor union lead
ers straight-facedly asked the
Vatican to make Evita a Catholic
saint.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

the most interesting, but also the
least likely, of all the explanations.
A fuller discussion of the possible
extraterrestrial origin of saucers
is given on another page Of this
section.
4. Not all saucer reports can be
explained as the result of illusions,
or Of common and natural objects
incorrectly identified. Some sight
ings were made by trained observ-
ers who would be most unlikely to
fall for the tricks that so often are
played on the untutored human
eye. Some of the recorded observa-
tions simply are not explainable
under the laws Of optics.
Hot Performers
If all that is said about saucers
is true, they are by far the hottest
performers ever seen in earthly
skies. A synthesis Of reports indi-
Gates that the strange craft can
travel at speeds up to several miles
a second or down to IS miles an
hour. They can hover motionless at
any altitude. They can ascend to
heights Of so miles or more. They
can climb vertically at speeds
equal to their horizontal velocities.
They can turn on literally no
more than q dime and streak away
instantly in another direction. They
can come instantly to q halt from
high speed, or accelerate almost
infinitely fast from a standing
position. They can streak sound
lessly through the sky at speeds
greater than those which make ar
tillery shells sound like express
trains.
Ours Cont Do Ii
Obviously none of these feats Is
within the scope Of known aircraft.
Supersonic planes cannot move
slowly; helicopters cannot reach
very high attitudes. Planes as we
know them travel more slowly in a
vertical climb than when in level
fight. Quick turns and jackrabbit
starts and stops are quite impossible
for real-life planes and pilots alike.
Noise is always a companion Of
speed in any kind of aircraft we
know.
In appearance, too-assuming
they exist-the saucers are unlike
anything in our experience. Some
of them look, as the name implies,
like flat discs-Lewis CAROLS "tea
tray in the sky" Others are like
cigars. At least one, reported in
Spain, resembled a flying triangle.
Still another bore resemblance to
an ice cream cone with ball Of
fire where the ice cream ought to
be. One, clearly visible from the
ground, was checked by engineers
with theodolites (altitude-com-
putting devices) and found to be
over so miles up. To be that high
and visible from the ground, the
saucer" would have had to be
many times larger than anything
that has ever flown.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Troubled World

Z VEN AN OCTOPUS would have
- had trouble keeping a finger
on all of the worlds trouble areas
last week. Political crises in the
Middle East were matched by
economic crises On Europe.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

been DINNER in the 13 months of
negotiations.
It seemed increasingly doubtful
that the stalemate could last for
ever. Battlefront activity was
slowly stepping up. Sixty-six B-29
Super Fortresses ranged far behind
North Korean llneS-almost to the
Manchurian (Chinese) border-to
blast a big light-metals factory in,
the greatest raid of the war. And
despite a downpour of rain that
stymied most ground action, United
Nations forces took the strategic
hill, "Old Baldy," after a sharp
engagement.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Drought

The rains that last week made
life miserable for soldiers in Korea
would have been a godsend if they
had fallen in the United States.
Huge sections of the country were
in the grip of the worst drought in
decades.
In Nashville, Tenn, representa-
tives of nine States pondered ways
to get enough feed to keep cattle
alive. Eight Southern States-Ten-
nessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia, South Carolina and
parts of Missouri and Arkansas
were declared disaster areas and
made eligible for special Federal
loans.
New England, where Maine and
Massachusetts, were also disaster
areas, was equally stricken. So bad
was the need for rain that the
value Of a downpour there was
calculated at 81 million an inch.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Democrats

The apparent unity that Mr.. Sum-
merfield had wheedled, dragged or
bulldozed out of most dissident
fragments of Republicanism was
not yet assured in the Democratic
ranks. There had been no really
significant open break from the
Stevenson-Sparkman ticket. But
there was talk which might be
either just that-talk-or the fore
runner of q serious split among
Democrats.
Civil rights VS.. States rights con-
tinued to be the big issue. The
right-wing-Byrd, Byrnes & Co.
did not seem entirely satisfied with
the Democratic ticket and was quite
unhappy about the platform. A
walkout and the formation Of q
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Republicans

Having held their convention
first, the Republicans were just
that much farther ahead in getting
their campaign organized. While
Gen. Eisenhower f1shed and poll
ticked in the wilds of Colorado, his
campaign manager, Arthur Sum-
merfield, opened national head
quarters at the Washington Hotel
here.
Doing his best to present united
Republican front for the voters
benefit, Mr.. Summerfield paraded
erstwhile Eisenhower opponents as
) examples of the men who would
help the general. One was Senator
Taft, the No. man at Chicago.
Another was Senator Dirksen of
Illinois, who oozed venom against
the Eisenhower forces during the
convention. One man Mr.. Sum-
merfield did not round up was Gen.
Macarthur, whose political views
apparently lie to the right of the
Taft-Dirksen group. The aging
warrior slid last week into a re-
ported $100,000-a-year niche as
chairman of Remington Rand. He
said, as he took over the job, that
he would not take part in Eisen-
hower's campaign.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

open the door to communism in
Iran. Last week, the fatal day
seemed to be drawing close. The
Communists obviously thought so:
Their underground Tudeh Party
was enthusiastically supporting
Mossadegh in everything he did.
, 1952-09-17
N NOTICE

Savings Bank Book No,
9 3270 having been reported
lost or stolen, the holder there
Of is hereby requested to pre-
sent it to the Bank within
twelve (12) weeks from this
date, as otherwise the Book
will be cancelled and a new
one issued in its place at the
expiration Of this period.
Virgin Islands National Bank
Christiansted Branch
September II, 1852
, 1952-09-17
G OF G TO SCREEN q.

the Newsletter that lack Of
representative attendance at
Trevious meetings have been
the greatest deterrent to hold
ing Of General Meetings"
Failure to attend tonight's
meeting will be most dis
couraging.
The screening Of the movie
"The Dupont Story should
prove to be very interesting.
The film has a beautiful seen
cry and is educational; show
ing the most recent develop
ments in modern science.
, 1952-09-17
SIX PAINTERS

rean war. They had been or
dered to land at an airfeld
because Of bad weather which
made it dangerous to land
back on their carrier.
, 1952-09-17
NOTICE TO FARMERS

farmers Production & Marketing Service requires your
attendance to one Of the following meetings, to discuss with
you plans to be put into effect, which will increase your
production, reduce your cost of cultivation and to organize
transportation for the 1858 crop, This is the last call to ALL
FARMERS. Those who desire to enter into the sugarcane cul-
tivation are also invited to attend:
La Valee Rural School Tues, Sept 10Th 8:ooP.M
Princesse Rural School Wed. Sept. 18th 8OOP.M.
Sob Rural School Thurs. Sept. 18th 8O0P.M.
Frederksted High School Fri. Sept. 18th 8O0P.M.
Peters Rest School Mon. Sept. 22nd 8O0P.M.
Grove Place Sun. Sept. 2lst 4s50P.M
FARMERS PRODUCTION N
MARKETING SERVICE
, 1952-09-17
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

In accordance with Section 6 of Bill No. 80 of the Eighth
Municipal Council Of St. Croix, Ordinance to Encourage the
Establishment Of New Industries and the promotion of Tour
ism in the Virgin Islands through the Granting of Exemptions
from Payment of Certain Taxes and Fees, and the Granting
of Special Industries Subsidies, and for other Purposes, sane
toned end approved on the 7th day Of January 1852, a public
hearing on the following applications for exemptions and sub
sides will be held on September 80, 1852 at 800 pm. in the
District Court Room, Christiansted.
Name Ct Applicant Address Type of Business
The Buccaneer Hotel St. Croix, VI. Hotel
Club Cornanche, Inc St.Croix, VI Hotel and related
business.
Any person, natural or artificial, interested in the ap-
proval Or d~isapproval Of the application may appear and be
heard provided a written statement is submitted to the
Chairman Of the Board at leastone week prior to the hearing.
Tax Exemption Board, Municipality of ST. Croix, Chris
tiansted, VI. September 5, 1852.
CHARLES H. r. NORMAN sKEocH
Secretary Chairman
, 1952-09-17
By the Governor
Of the
Virgin Islands Of the United States
A PROCLAMATION
NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSICALLY
HANDICAPPED WEEK, 1852

WHEREAS the President Of the United States has set
aside the week beginning October 5, 1852 as National Employ
the Physically Handicapped Week and has called upon. the
Nation to cooperate with the Presidents Committee on Em-
%ployment of the Physically Handicapped in carrying out the
purposes Of joint resolution approved August Il, 1915 so Stat.
500 Of the Congress.
AND, WHEREAS, the Presidents proclamation calls
public attention to the need for nationwide support of and
interest in the employment Of otherwise qualified, but physi-
caly handicapped men and women"
NOW, THEREFORE, I.MoRRIsF. DE CASTRO, Cover
nor of the Virgin Islands of the United States, do hereby de-
signate the week beginning October 5, 1852, as National
Employ the Physically Handicapped Week throughout the
Virgin Islands Of the United States and I call upon all public
officials, leaders Of industry and labor, and members of reli-
gious, civic, women's and fraternal organizations to take part
in the observance Of the designated week, in order to enlist
the widest public support Of programs designed to increase
opportunities in employment for the physically handicapped.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, / have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal Of the Government Of the Virgin Islands
Of the United States to be affixed at Charlotte Ama1ie, Saint
Thomas, Virgin Islands, this tenth day. of September AID,
1862.
Morris i. de Castro
, 1952-09-17
FOR SALE
Cheap so < SO Screen
Telephone M IA Rings)
RICHARD G. MAssocK ].

Canute A. Brodhurst Of the
AVIS, where he met and
talked with Mrs. Rachael Arm
strong who gave him some
interesting historical back
ground Of St. Croix.
Mr.. Massock was a guest at
the Comanche Club.
, 1952-09-17

(sEAL)
BY the Governor:
Daniel w. Ambrose
Government Secretary
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-03-29
LIMELICHTINC
..-..-'cilh Libby
SPRING PLANS UNDERWAY

tho h 80 re'less AT Club its last regular ncctoo \,
ladies a.e n .haes Arnold Ager Street Tuenty6 -
Program NJ =, aa Introduced novel ideas for Spnp
napr,,f Oia omih Ethel HAIRLESS
The wn ana MRS Julia Mitchell recording secretary
My IL pm - Ky Norps VIII celebrate birthday ON
rhjfs,,., ~ ul' celebration viii be formulated
A, pH At 300 p NJ Veterans Memoril P,iId 3
invited +, -, ph n'nbe OF the Women Army Corn ~
it furtler Information may be secured h., I
u Eu-e Hart ~ Tin ~ 040O Oh Kenu.oid . 200 " s
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-03-29
National Council
Opens 50 Campaign

rl, N.ilopal Council oi NeS''
U,,,,n announces plans Ton =
membership campaign during '''
month of Mae Fnundcr fieSi-
dent Emeritus Mrs May Nc
ena Bcthunc. and MIS- ha'h
sampson. executive b'"d mem,
~, vul serve a, HONORARY ana
,.tNe chairman re,pe,'iN'P
7, announcing Inc plans Tor the
.,n,n'asn Dr Dorothy y Fore
hee. president stated ih"' '"'s
.ffo,t would give oppoti.ini'N 10y
.,,cnethcnine Tho NCNW hN in.
,,,preiine ana hehhsh'ins /"
y. a am.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-03-29
Red Cross
Drive On

Nvd Cross campaign leaders
and volunteer WORKERS in every
section OF the cAy and county
are Fging all Whip have not CIV
en- to send in thek contributions
~ once 10 their Local chairman or
70 Red Cross Campaign Head
quarters. 1873 f. Elizabeth De-
tfolt B.. Mich.
Wos keIS reported total ~
500, Pos al their mud campaign
meeting March 10, in Hotel Shcra-
ton Cadillac This is less than
one third Of the 1881 900 needed
70 complete Detroit Chapter
budget OF 81 1913, 900. Final re-
ports viii be given at a meeting
IN Hotel Statler, April :.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-03-29
2hce/ 2My,
ID Il, Ih1;

Whether your han j, lane ~
loit YOU can give II prof,..
>ional look by following these
distractions for setting from the
Woman's Home Companion
To set poodle cut. make pin
curls all over head. Comb
strand for each curl upward
toward crown; wind toward
face. In emergencies try the
old fashioned curling iron
To keep bangs in line comb
lalr over ioll of cotton OF set IN
me ruW OF large pin curls Fen a
waved bang make two rows OF
.uIs alternating direction %
,ndung
For plge.boy effect, tie string
round head so il lies just above
lanhnc In back Roll ends undci
m curriers' or make one row OF
atge pm curlS.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-03-29

tendance were 70 IN Chap'ei
l3l Rive, Rouge VI dame.
Thomas. Sabbath. Wa,s o. Doda
HafVcy Green, From Chap'ci
1873, Detroit NJ. danes MAJ NJ
Ter Hale lIaIi,. Perry. Mi
Mylcr. Miichncr
From Chaptcg 1877. Dctsoi, Mes
DANES Mason Parker KYLE. Cole
Burns, Walton. Pracr and KING
From Grand Rapids. MesdameS
Fireman. GoodloWc Whca,lcv and
students from hc school From
Muskegon. Mcsdames Murphy
Upkins. White. Howard. Lartell.
Gossip. Beard Fields. Anderson.
From Lansing; McSd mos Wal
kcr EIucll NJ MILD From pom
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-03-29
Sterling Purposal

The National Council OF Negro
Women concerns itself with the
indignation OF Negro women INTO
all areas of American lie. build
ing of international and ntcrcul-
tural goodwill serving as
clearing house Tor national Wo-
mems organizations. and citizen
ship education.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-03-29

Yes spring IS IN the air.
Straw bonneis. shorts an d
winning suits are going 10 be
quite the thing around the
mile.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-03-29

The demonstrators were as fol-
lows: Mrs Harris (bcttcr known
rs Lady Foster) OF Chapter 1873
gave the new Bcs Gay demon
>iraticn and represented the C.
a Howell Co. Mrs Thelma Par
kcr 81 Chapter 1877 demonstrated
with Lady Clairol. Mrs. Anne
Watson and Mrs Ruth Moore Of
Chapter l3i were hairstylists.
Mrs Incz King and Mrs. Mitch
ncr representing the House OF
Beauty Cosmetics. demonstrated
the artistry Of correct makeup.
Mrs Walker OF Lansing demon
sifated a pin curl over pressed
hair.
Many Attend
Among those beautic..u~ IN at