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Evening star., 1952-03-20
BY ihe Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 20.
Veteran Jay Bozeman. playing
billiards for the first time in six
years. took over the world three
cushion tourney lead last night BY
walloping Miss Masako Katsura.
so to 18.
Bozemanthir man to hold the
lead in three days has six wins
and two defeats in the single round
robin meet that ends Saturday
night. Tied for second at So are
Willie Hoppe. defending champion,
and the 1O-tin1e japanese champ,
Kinrey Matsuvama, who also
emerged from retirement this year.
Bozeman. bright-eyed and boy
ish looking at 46. has q chance to
win the championship tie for
1t Saturday afternoon in his final
game. But he must defeat Ray
Kilgore Of San Francisco, who
dumped 11-time champion Hoppe
and then Matsuyama in two big
upsets. Jay twice was runner1p
for the world title before he locked
up his cues in 1916.
Kilgore threw the tournament
into confusion when he closed out
Matsuyama 50-47 yesterday with
an unfinished run Of IL. That
run eclipsed this Journeys best. 10
by Bozeman.
It's unlikely--but entirely pos
sihle-for the event to end up In
q five-way first place tie. That
would necessitate a round robin
playof Of 10 games.
Behind the three leaders are
Art Rubin Of Brooklyn SIS and
Kilgore 4-3.
The three day windup Is q dog
fight involving all Of the top i've.
this way. Hoppe plays Rubin tot
night, and Matsuyanna Saturday
night. Matsuyama plays Joe
Evening star., 1952-03-20
|Von Scoyoc to Captain
Navy Quint Next Yeur
By the Assoeicted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 20. Jim
Van Scoyoc Of Peoria, Ill. has
been named captain Of Navy's
1888 basketball team.
Van Scoyoc, at 5-feet-10 q
mite among Middle players, was q
first-line reserve and slick OUT
side ball-handler on the Navy
team which won 16 Of % games
last season. The 20-year-old sec
ond classman has scored So goals
and 56 free throws for 1872 points
in 40 varsity contests the last two
years.
Van Scoyoc also is regular
shortstop on Nays baseball team.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
New Dates Approved
For Maryland Trocks
! By the Associuied Press

BALTIMORE. Mar. 2o.-The
Maryland Racing Commission
yesterday approved q shift in
dates for three Of the States five
half-mile tracks.
The new dates follow: Z
Bel Air, May 2l-sl; Cumber-
land. June 1921; Hagerstown.
August 1928; Timonium. August
27-september s; Marlboro. Sep
tember 1920.
Evening star., 1952-12-26

We are now in the heart Of the
Yuletide season. Christmas is the
chief day. but the holiday spirit
will last af least until New Years
Day, and in many lands dncluding
Mexico) until Twelfth-night.
Norway Is one of the countries
where. Christmas eve is marked
with more Importance Gin the
minds of children, at least) than
Christmas Day. The celebration
starts at 5 o'clock IN the after
noon, but by that time the sun Is
gone from the sky.
Perhaps bursting in from the
dark outdoors, the boys and girls of
the family see glittering Christ
mas tree. Often their presents are
piled around the tree, but In some
households the children search for
their gifts, somewhat as they
might hunt eggs on Easter morn
ing. It is common in Norway for
children to be told that their gifts
are brought by Kriss Kringle.
The Norwegians feast on ginger
bread and cookies shaped like ami
mails. They also eat Christmas
cod" or lutefish. Their Yuletide
lasts until the 18th Of January, and
people try to make It . time of
peace and good viii. Hunters stay
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Reply of Nuts!
Became 'Bosh' in Translation

Brig. Gen. Anthony c. McAu-
liffes reply of "Nuts!" to a Ger
man demand to surrender became
a more sophisticated "Bosh!" when
it was translated to the Germans.
This account of the incident is
told by the German commander
who received the reply, Field Mar
shall Gerd Won Rundstedt, in the
Icurrent issue of Golfers.
Won Rundstedt writes that Gen.
McAuliffe's famous reply at Bas-
Itogne was transmitted to German
headquarters as "Quatsch! (Bosh)
the nearest German equivalent" B."
The former German commander
now lives in an obscure walk-up
fiat in Hanover. In discussing the
Battle of the Bulge, Won Rund-
stedt writes:
Nothing can be beautified or
excused. Unfortunately. all Of us
make mistakes Bastogne will
remain a glorious ideal for the
American Army"
He said he ordered an investiga-
ton of the Malmedy massacre,
during which 140 American
prisoners were slain, and was told
that the shooting appeared to be
IAN error"
I The Americans, he was told. had
been captured at st. With, and
were being marched toward NAL
Evening star., 1952-12-26
New Bal Stratojet Bomber
Will Have Election Seats

The Air Force said today that
new Boeing Bat stratojet bomb
ers would be equipped with ex-
plosive- propelled election seats
similar to those used in jet fight
ers.
A spokesman said Stratojets
coming off the production line
would be soT equipped beginning
in January. There are no plans to
modify the present big fleet Of
Bats, already being used by the
Strategic Air Command, he added
The present planes have an es-
cape hatch in the belly, but pilots
might have some difficulty getting
to it. The spokesman denied that
the B-47-the worlds fastest and
most lethal .bomber-might be a
death trap for its pilots in flight
emergencies.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Take Nv Word for 1t BY F'o"t Cobb,

Man and the Gnat," Phaedrus re-
lates how a bald man. trying to
crush gnat which had settled on
his pate. succeeded only in dealing
himself q heavy blow. The gnat
jeeringly replied, you want to
revenge the sting OF tiny gnat
with death; what will you do to
yourself. who have added insult
to injury?"
Coraopolis: My co-workers main
tain that it is good usage to refer
to a drink of liquor as shot"
Is it?-C. Dew.
Answer-It's American slang at
the present, but I'm afraid that it's
here to stay and will shortly be
accepted as idiom. Slang, as I
have pointed out repeatedly, ID
i-'iom in the larval stage.
Distributed By McNausht Syndicate. lncJ
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Word Come
Find 80 or more words in
n A ~ r ~ A r r. n

Find 81 or more words IN
C A T E N A T e ID,
meaning, linked" Average is %:
limit Is minutes.
Rules--Words must be Of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letter,
by the addition of So such as bats,
cats. are not used. Only one form OF
word Is used Proper names are not used.
"A list will be published tomorrow.
Answer to AUTOMATISM.
Atoms. autism automatic. utmost taut,
toast omits. oust. outsit. mast, mains,
mama, miasma. mimoss. mitts, mist
must iota. smut. stoa. stoat. stout. suit
Evening star., 1952-12-26
O'Conor Urges Americans
To Keep Faith in u. n.
BY the Asseeieted Press

Americans should not let allega-
tions that subversives have in
filtrated the United States staff at
the United Nations undermine
their faith in the world organiza-
ton, Senator O'Conor, Democrat,
OF Maryland said yesterday.
Senator O'Conor is a member of
the Senate Internal Security sub
committee, whose hearings have
been a factor in the discharge Of
20 United States nationals from
the U. N. staff. The Americans
were fired on the ground that they
may be disloyal to the United
States Government.
Senator O'Conor's statement
said:
Even such an unsavory condi-
tion as has been disclosed-which
can and must be corrected-should
not be permitted to tear down or
endanger the structure of inter-
national cooperation which has
been so laboriously erected"
He called for continued effort
to weed out security risks, but en-
phasized a belief that they will be
found to constitute "only A very
small percentage" of the staff.
Evening star., 1952-12-26

A leafiet which reduces an explana-
tion Of atoms and atomic energy to
simple terms has been prepared by
Uncle Ray. To obtain free copy send
o self-addressed. stamped envelope to
Uncle Ray in care OF The Star.
Evening star., 1952-12-26

Pittsburgh: The other day girl
in our ONCE made the statement
that some one twas all shook up. -
II questioned it, but she told me
that Shook" is the past tense Of
shake" so it was correctly used
in that way. thought 1t would be
was shaken up" I'm confused.
Jean.
Answer-You are right, Of colirsel
Shook" quite true, is the past
tense Of shake" and the past tense
lis never used with an auxiliary
(helping) verb, such as was, were,
has been, etc. 1t is correct to say:
He shook the box: she shook the
tree; they shook the package. But:
The box was shaken; the tree was
shaken, etc. Hence: He was all
shaken up.
However, call shook up I un-
derstand, is current service slang.
When the soldier, sailor, airman or
Marine says he lis all shook up,
Ior Man, I was really shook" he
means that something happened
that surprised and upset him.
Charlotte: What Is the origin of
the expression, ito add insult to
Finjury"2-F. ]. T.
! Answer--In his fable, The Bald
Evening star., 1952-12-26

medy by a handful of Germans.
These met a unit of the First SIS
Division hurrying toward the
front. This unit opened fire, ap-
parently in the belief that it was
an advancing American unit. Ac-
cording to this report. the German
escort also was killed.
Won Rundstedt says Hitler was
close to Bastogne during the
battle.
Hitler had moved up what he
considered the greatest and most
incompatible German weapon
himself" the former German
commander writes.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Anaver to AIjTOMATTsM.
Nuns Put Out Fire
AT Home for AGED
sv the A,sociu,sd Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 26.-A taper
used for lighting altar candles
started a $4,000 fire at Christmas
mass for the Little Sisters Of the
Poor and $50 Of their elderly
charges.
The taper accidentally brushed
|a decorative pine. Flames were
extinguished before firemen ar
rived by Sister Louise and Sister
|Bernadette.
The mass was being celebrated
at . chapel In the home for the
aged.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Dutch to Dio Channel

A Dutch firm has the contract
to dredge a channel 500 feet wide
In the Cockburn Sound, Western
Australia. for big tankers bring
ing crude oil to the new Anglo
1ranian refinery at Kwinana.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Hoirdressinq Report Poor

Hairdressers all over Britain
have been complaining Of poor
business, blaming cold weather
and the common cold.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Contract Bridge
By EosIey BIockwood
." Washington. D. c.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1882

By Eosley Bloekwood
Sound thinking is more important
than a knowledge of the rules" of
play. This is particularly true in
the defense of hand, where
neither defender can see his part
ner's cards.
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr MasterS)
AA3
90
KJ1O542
&9754
CMrs. Keen) (Mr. Dale)
AQl0982 AKJ754
oKQ974 0AJ6
186 093
"A 1852
SOUTH
(Mr. Champion
A6
Vl0852
oAQ7
&KQJ103
The bidding:
South West North East
club spade 2dm'ds 2spades
Pass 3spadeS clubs 4spades
5 clubs 5Spades Double All pass
OF course, a defender can try
TO form mental picture Of his
partners holding, based on the
bidding and the looks of the
dummy. Most defenders do think
pretty hard in the later stages of
q hand-after the chances of de-
feating the contract have almost
disappeared.
That is not good enough. The
thinking should start at trick one.
In today's deal, Mr. Chapman
made fine cooperative play at
the very first trick. Against the
five-spade contract. Mr.. Masters
opened his singleton heart.
Mrs. Keen won the first trick
with the ace of hearts in dummy
Now, Mr.. Champion had no in
terest whatsoever in the heart suit.
A lesser player might have played
the deuce without thinking what
difference it could make.
But, Mr.. Champion thought
along these lines: My partner and
I bid diamonds and clubs. Why
the heart opening. then? 1t must
be a singleton and my partner must
have control of the trump suit,
with hopes of ruf11ng a heart lead
later
It also occurred to Mr.. Champion
that when Mr.. Masters did get in
with his supposed spade winner,
he would probably lead a club.
After all, Mr.. Champion had bid
nothing but clubs and he had never
raised diamonds. Yes, he had the
ace of diamonds and not the ace
OF clubs. In an effort to have his
partner lead the higher of these
two suits, he played his highest
heart, the ten. at trick one
This thoughtful play resulted in
q tWo-trick set. Mr.. Masters won
trick two with the ace of spades,
put his partner in with the ace
of diamonds and ruffed the heart
return. Another diamond trick
completed the set.
Note that If Mr. Masters had led
a club at trick three, Mrs. Keen
would have won, picked up the
trump and discarded both of
dummy's diamonds on her long
hearts-making six-odd.
(CopyriKht. 1852 General Featurea Corn ,
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Uncle Rows Corner 8, se"o" cot"o'

home; instead of shooting game,
they place sheaves Of grain above
their barns and houses, so that
birds may have plenty to eat.
Sweden also has long Yuletide,
stretching from the Feast Of Lucia
on December Is to the same date of
January-a full month. One Swe-
dish story tells about the lubbock,
or Yule goat, which knocks or
butts presents through an open
doorway. Something more quiet
takes place in a Swedish house.
hold when a character known as
the Gnome Of Good Fortune enters
the room Of the Christmas tree
with a load OF gifts.
AS in Norway, the Swedes have
their big feast on Christmas eve.
Roast goose and Christmas ham
are features of the meal.
Evening star., 1952-10-26
Draft Law Is Threatening Conodon-Yonks

OTTAWA. - Thousands Of
Americans living in Canada are
in danger of losing their
United States citizenship be-
cause they haven't complied
with American selective service
laws.
Many Of them are dual ma
tionals," usually Canadian born
sons of an American parent or
parents, and sons born in the
United States of Canadian
fathers. The Canadian govern
ment considers dual nationals
to be Canadians, while the
American Government considers
them Americans.
In July all American males
18 to 26 years old who were
living in Canada were required
under the terms of the Amer
ican Selective Service Act to
register at an American con-
sulate in this country. AS a re-
suit Of such registration they
became liable to Gallup for mil
itary training just as though
they were living in the United
States.
Poor Response
Only a few hundred regis
tered. Neither the American
nor Canadian authorities know
how many failed to obey the
draft law, but the belief is that
thousands who should have
registered didn't do so.
Canadian statistics on Amer
leans living in Canada are 10
years old, but even those badly
Evening star., 1952-10-26
As Goes A|Qsko-
To Hear 6. O. P. Tell 1t, Landslide
In Far North Portends Ike Victory
By Cecil HoIlond

If you're looking for a polit-
ical straw in the wind by which
to forecast the outcome of the
presidential election, the Re-
publicans will supply you one.
They will give it gladly, exui-
family. They will cite the recent
vote in Alaska for the territorial
Congress as a pretty good in
dication that Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower is going to be the
next President of the United
States.
In the Republican way of see
ing things, the way Alaska goes
in its own congressional elec-
tions, so goes this country. It's
another version of the old adage,
LAS Maine goes, so goes the
Nation"
What has filled the Republi-
cans with glee is the outcome
of the Alaskan election. AS of
this writing, it seems the Re-
publicans have scored an over
whelming victory. While the re-
turns are not fully accounted
for, it appears that 33 Republi-
cans have been elected to the
Alaskan House and Senate to
7 Democrats
The Republicans claim that
the Alaskan election for the
territorial Congress has indi-
Gated a trend which has been
accurate back to 1916. In re-
cent years at least, it has fol-
lowed pretty generally the elec-
ton pattern in this country.
In 1914, for example, the
Democrats elected "a and the
Republicans only 6 members of
the territorial Congress. In
1916, the year the Republicans
gained control of the national
Congress, the Alaskans, in the
vote for their own Congress,
split evenly-20 Democrats and
20 Republicans.
In l948, when the Democrats
Evening star., 1952-10-26
By GeroId Worino.

out-of-date figures show $4,000,
exclusive of dual nationals. The
number has increased greatly
since then. For example, the
government of Alberta esti-
mates there are $4,000 Ameri-
cans in that province alone, and
Alberta is only Canada's fourth
most populous province.
Some Of those who didn't reg
lister undoubtedly didn't know
they were obliged to, while
others didn't know they were
entitled to register. The latter
are people who think of them
selves only as Canadians, not
realizing that their birth in the
United States or their American
parentage makes them United
States citizens.
And, of course, there are those
who know they are Americans
and know the American law re-
quires them to register, but who
fail to do so either to avoid mill
tary service or because as dual
nationals they decline to accept
the obligations of United States
citizenship.
Draft-age Americans living in
Canada who fail to register,
whatever their reasons, are
liable to the penalties provided
in the Selective Service Act.
But so long as they remain in
Canada, the law can't reach
them.
On December "a. however, the
amended United States Immi-
Evening star., 1952-10-26

the rare experience of not being
taken for granted by either
party.
When a woman member of
Congress, Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers introduced him
in Massachusetts,, Gen. Eisen-
hover was quick to suggest that
the success of his crusade can
be assured only by winning the
support of the women of the
country.
Nov I say this" he went on,
mot only because there are 2
million more woman voters than
there are men; I say it because
there definitely must be a spir-
itual and moral quality to this
crusade or it cannot succeed"
The Women's Vote
Some political observers COW
erlng his campaign believe that
Evening star., 1952-10-26

if Gen. Eisenhower wins, wom-
en- will have had a large hand
in his victory. They base this
view on the earnest look on
the faces of the women in his
audiences, and the way they
listen to what he is saying.
Many of them carry small
American flags, indicating they
are approaching the campaign
in the spirit of a crusade.
One bit of evidence that he
is not a seasoned politician is
to be found in his unprepared
whistle-stop speeches. They are
not smoothly connected as he
turns from one subject to an
other. but they have a ring of
sincerity that makes up for the
lack of polished phrases.
Of course, Gen. Eisenhower is
not without plenty of profess
sional advice to make up for
Evening star., 1952-10-26
Amateur Ike Uses Tricks of Old Pros

his own lack of experience as
a .campaigner. But there is
reason to believe that he does
not always follow suggestions.
His decision a few days ago
to answer some of President
Truman's attacks on him is
said to have been his own,
after some of his associates had
advised him to ignore Mr.. Tru-
man.
Sure AppIouse-Getter
His oft-repeated statement
that he is not a politician in
the usual sense of the word
always draws applause. which
would indicate that the people
do not think his lack of past
experience as an office seeker
is a drawback.
But if the general himself is
a novice, there is one phase of
his campaign organization that
is strictly professional. That is
his press relations staff, under
the direction of James c. Hag-
erty.
Mr.. Hagerty handled both of
Gov. DeWey's campaigns and
has profited by that experience
in the tedious task of seeing that
rs or more reporters get to and
from the campaign train
through the ever-present crowds.
The most proficient operation
OF the campaign is the way Mr..
Hagerty's force of stenographers
and typists turn out the texts of
his unprepared speeches.
Quick Steno Service
Working in relays, they tran
scribe and turn out copies of
these off-the-cuff speeches with
in half an hour after they are
delivered.
When the general is flying
from one stop to another they
squat on the floor of the plane
and grind out the copies on me-
chanical equipment.
Even when the reporters are
travelling by bus in a motorcade,
they haul their equipment along
and produce one speech on the
bus before the general arrives
at his next stop to deliver an
other one.
In this campaign both candi-
dates have shattered all previ-
Gus records for distances COW
cred. They have done this by
switching back and forth from
trains to planes and buses. About
the only means of transporta-
ton they haven't tried are BIZ
cycles and OK carts-and there
is still a campaign week ahead.
Evening star., 1952-10-26
By J. A. O'Leory

NEW YORK.-"I have never
been a politician and I am not
one now" Gen. Eisenhower has
been telling the voters in all
parts of the country.
The first part of his state
ment is true beyond question,
for he spent more than 40 years
of his adult life in the Army.
But, following him through
this campaign, one gets the i'm
preston he is learning mighty
fast.
A candidate for Office is like
a salesman. He has a cause to
sell, and if he succeeds in con-
vincing the voters they ought to
try what he is Offering them.
he is a good politician.
Only the returns on Novem-
ber 4 will show whether he has
put his cause over. Listening
to him deliver scores of
speeches, however, provides
convincing evidence that he has
caught on to the basic rule of
the experienced politician: Say
the right things in the right
places.
The Alma Mommy PIoy
For example. if there is COL
lege in the town where he is
speaking, he never fails to say
something nice about it, and it
never fails to draw a response.
If he sees servicemen in his
audience he haStens to greet his
former comrades in arms. u
Reporters covering his cam
paign have gathered from this
that Gen. Eisenhower does not
fear the argument that some
people are reluctant to put a
military man in the White
House.
His constant reference to his
campaign as a crusade" is not
original, but it is good politics.
1t enables him to say that he is
not just after a job, but is lead
ing a cauSe-a cause to estab-
liSh good government.
No Mere Copycot
Gen. Eisenhower has not,
however, followed doggedly IN
the footsteps of other Repub-
llcan candidates. He refused,
for example, to write the South
off as sure Democratic territory,
as other G. o. P. candidates
have done for many years. In
stead, he made four trips into
Dixie. AS a result, Gov. Ste
venson deemed it necessary to
60 South also. Southerners had
Evening star., 1952-10-26
METROPOLITAN Scene-
Woshingtonons Are Not Undertoxed
Or Overtoxed, Comparisons Show
By John w. Thompson. Jr.

ployed in the States and cities
together. Some States don't have
a sales tax. The District has.
Some don't have an income tax.
The District has. And so it
goes.
If Congress can be shown that
District taxes are high enough
the chances for favorable action
on the giant 1919 million public
works program will be much bet
ter this winter. In this program
are many things that other cities
can obtain through borrowing.
If the District tax burden is
shown to be adequate even with
out the addition of payments
against borrowing, perhaps Con-
gress can be persuaded to make
the big grants and loans called
for in the program.
If there is any lesson in all
this for the WaShingtonian. it is
that he must watch out for fig
ures. They can cheat you just
Evening star., 1952-10-26

his nationality. On December
"a the onus of proof will be
transferred to the individual.
He will have to prove that his
absence from the United States
was not an effort to avoid
military service. or he will be
liable to loss of his American
citizenship.
American authorities don't
believe many Americans flee to
Canada to avoid the draft. But
they do predict that thousands
of young Americans in Canada
are going to find themselves just
Canadians. if they are now dual
nationals, or stateless persons if
they are not, with their unap-
preciated American citizenship
gone forever.