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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-17

Mrs. Laudy Hollyday of Hagers-
town spent the week end with Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Scheller.
Mrs. L. T. Baxter celebrated her
eighty-eighth birthday on Sunday.
She is the daughter of the late David
H. Wyand who lived to be nearly
one-hundred years old She was
able to attend Sunday School as
usual.
Mrs. John Flock, state president of
the Associated Women, is attending
the national convention of the Amer
lean Farm Bureau in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wishard and
Miss Phyllis Wishard of Hagerstown
were Sunday guests of Mrs. Maude
Snyder.
Mrs. Sabina Baker spent Friday
/ Will It'll oISICl5 NlI ,. IldiIy OllYOGI.
The Ladies Aid of the Mt Vernon
Evangelical and Reformed Church
was entertained at the home of
Mayor and Mrs. Charles Taylor for
its December meeting. The devo-
tional period, consisting of Scripture,
story and prayer, was conducted by
the president, Mrs. George Miller.
Mrs. Bessie Line, Mrs Timothy VIII
hide and Mrs James BachtelI were
! appointed a committee to arrange an
altar for the Primary department.
The Christmas theme was carried out
in refreshments and decorations.
Those in attendance were: Mrs.
Bessie Line, Mrs. Nora Snively, Mrs.
Carlton Miller, Mrs. Howard Rems-
bur, Miss Mary Kefauver, Mrs. James
Bachtell, Mrs. Carl Grim, Mrs
George Snively and Mrs. George
Miller.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-17
AN INVITATION

Every year the management and en-
ployees of DELPHEY'S are pleased
to assemble for your enjoyment
window displays in keeping with
the true spirit of Christmas.
Once again, we extend to you an
invitation to view our NATIVITY in
its authentic setting. Also, we feel
you will derive a great deal of
pleasure from our STREET SCENE
complete with LIFE-LIKE FIGURES
whose faces glow as they sing carols
beneath the street light
Because these are night scenes, we
suggest you view them after dark
when they will be more effective
with lighting and music.
DELPHEY'S
237 E. Franklin ST.
Adv.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-17

Mrs. Laudy Hollyday of Hagers-
town spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Scheller.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-17

Mr. and Mrs. John Wishard and
Miss Phyllis Wishard of Hagerstown
were Sunday guests of Mrs. Maude
Snyder.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-17

Mrs. John Flock, state president of
the Associated Women, is attending
the national convention of the Amer
lean Farm Bureau in Chicago.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
AU Students Desert
Glasses and Books for
Campus Day Cleanup
By james 6. Deone

American University students
deserted their textbooks for a
day today to take up rakes and
paint brushes for a campus
cleanup.
Glasses at AUS uptown cam
pus were Cancelled for the oc-
casion. and faculty members
pitched in, too, serving up a
lunch for the student toilers.
Some profs even welded pick
axes.
The event, called campus day,
was a revival of longtime Gus
tom at the university which
lapsed at the start of World War
II. AU held similar cleanups
from 1888 to 1941.
Work to Be- Bop Strains.
Men students in dungarees and
goods in T-Shirts and shorts
swarmed over the university's
grounds at 9 this morning. 'The
project was spurred by jazz and
be-bop blaring from an impro-
vised outdoor public-address
system.
One group with a tractor
tackled the grading of the base
ball field. Another brandished
paint brushes Oh the outside of
some World War II vintage vet
eranS' quarters.
A dozen goods, directed by
Botany Prof. Phoebe Knipling
planted azaleas on the univer-
sity's quadrangle. Two girls
went to work securing a tar
nished bronze sundial. Others
painted the fences around the
tennis courts.
Poison Ivy Attacked.
The biggest group deployed
into the wooded Shakespearean
amphitheater and nearby lovers
lane" where Spokesmen averred
they hoped to clear out inhos-
pitable poison ivy.
The university medical clinic
was ready for blister and back
ache victims. along with poison
ivy cases. But none showed up
in the first few hours.
University President Hurst r..
Anderson was among the work.
ers. He and Mrs. Anderson were
up an hour ahead of time weed
ing the presidential garden.
This is wonderful" said DR..
Anderson between weeds. "A
days vacation on for mel"
After lunch the working schol-
ars planned to hold a faculty.
student softball game and a
sack race to elect a queen. The
queen will be crowned at an
evening street dance with dande-
lions.
Evening star., 1953-04-29

napolis, Md. now is stationed
at Wheelus Field. Tropoli. Libya
with the 58th Air Rescue Squad
ron.
He was selected for the award
for his heroic rescue of 80 crew
members and passengers, includ-
ing women and children, of a
British Dakota airplane which,
went down in the Mediterrean
sea last July.
The award which consists of a
certificate, an inscribed bronze
plaque and $500, is made an
nually for an act of valor in
connection with aircraft. It was
established in 1927 in memory of
1t. william H. Cheney, Of the
Air Service, who was killed in
an air collision at Foggia, Italy.
in 1918.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Snow Emergency
Plan Completed
By Commissioners

Despite the sunny skies and
warm weather, the Commits
sioners yesterday decided to add
the finishing touches to their
snow emergency plan.
The plan was adopted by the
city heads in 1851. 1t provides
that when snow covers the Dis
trict. vehicles will be prohibited
from using certain arterial streets
unless they are equipped with
chains or snow tread tires.
Engineer Commissioner Louis
w. Prentiss pointed out the
emergency plan had never been
enforced during snowfalls largely
because no provisions had been
made for marking the prohibited
streets. The Commissioners &C
ticn would remedy that situation.
1t was ordered that a 20-inch
yellow band be painted around
electric light poles near the cor
ners Of all streets prohibited to
those vehicles not properly
equipped. The District Electri-
cal Engineer and the Department
of Vehicles and Traffic were Or
dered to complete the work be-
fore December /. It will cost
about $4,000.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Perfect Weather Greets
Meteorological Society

Some of the only men in the
country who ever do anything
about the weather gathered here
today to talk about it.
For the occasion-the five-
day meeting of the American
Meteorological Society-R. C.
Schmidt'S Washington Weather
Bureau served up a perfect open
ing day.
Weather experts from over the
Nation opened sessions at the
Museum of Natural History and
before its over they'll have first
hand reports on the worlds first
radar tracking of a tornado and
on the fabulous speed Of the
high altitude "jet stream" and
what effect it may have on sur
face weather.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Blossom Queen Due
Today at Winchester
For Spring Festival
By Mary Lou Werner
Sfor Sfof CORRESPONDENT

WINCHESTER, April 90
Warm spring weather and or
chards of pink-tinted blooms
greeted the vanguard Of visitors
arriving for the annual Shenan-
doah Apple Blossom Festival to
be held here tomorrow and Fri
day.
Most Of the apple trees sur
rounding this valley town were
in full bloom to add to the splen-
dor of the festive springtime car
nival.
Miss Kathryn Eisenhower, 19-
year-old niece of President Eli
senhower, was due to arrive here
today in preparation for her two
day reign as Queen Shenandoah
XXVI.
Presidents Niece.
Miss Eisenhower is a freshman
at Penn State College and is
the daughter of the Presidents
brother, Earl D. Eisenhower and
Mrs. Eisenhower of Charleroi,
Pa.
On the first day of the festival
tomorrow, Miss Eisenhower and
her princesSes will spend the
morning touring Winchester's
surrounding apple orchards.
Growing Tomorrow.
The coronation ceremony will
take place at 2:30 pm. tomorrow
at the Handley School Bowl. Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, retired
Army commander in Korea, will
serve as minister of the crown.
The annual pageant, "Our Her.
itage-a Pageant of Springtime,"
viii begin at 3 pm. at the Hand
ley Bowl as soon as the corona
ton is over. There will be o Sec
ond performance Of the pageant
at 10:30 am. Friday.
Radio and television star
Arthur Godfrey and cowboy hero
Hopalong Cassidy are due to ar
rive here Friday to give the
festival its customary touch of
entertainment celebrities.
Godfrey is to be grand marshal
Of the grand feature parade at
2 pm. Friday.
Hopalong Cassidy and his
horse. Topper II, are a special
attraction for the children. The
hero of television and movie
westerns will make q personal
appearance at 1880 am. Friday
at the Handley School Bowl and
will march in the grand feature
parade.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Youth Leaves Home as Parents
Refuse to Give Him SIS dWeek
Boy, Ia, Refuses
To Return Unless
He Wins Demand

A 14-year-old Taft Junior
High School student whose
parents said he is using their
love as tool to seek a greater
allowance is being sought today
by police.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justin SIR of
1889 Twelfth street NE, said
their son, David L., IA, refuses to
come home until they increase
his allowance to IS a week.
They told police the youth
complained about his financial
situation yesterday. Mrs. SIR
said he told her that "All the
other boys have at least IS in
their pockets"
Mrs. SIR refused to increase
his allowance and David went
off to school, obviously miffed.
He returned in the afternoon,
still in surly mood, she said,
and rode off on his bicycle. Mrs.
SIR told the Missing Persons
Bureau she heard nothing from
David until about 9 pm, when
he telephoned and repeated his
demand.
Mrs. SIR said she ordered him
to return home after attemptil.g J
to reason with him, but he has
not returned.
She told police she believed
David Is hiding somewhere in the
city.
David is 3 feet inches tall,
weighs about 110 pounds, is
slender, has dark brown hair and
eyes and was wearing maroon
tennis shoes, blue jeans, a blue
shirt and brown suede jacket.
He wore no hat.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Boy Fractures Skull
In Fall From Wall

A 6-year-old boy suffered q
fractured skull when he fell from
a 15-foot wall behind his home
yesterday while playing with an
other child.
In fair condition at Providence
Hospital was Edgar Richards, the
son of Mrs. Catherine Richards
Of 1923 Independence avenue Sc.
The boy was taken to the hos
pital by a passing motorist after
his playmate called for help.
Evening star., 1953-04-29

W Ill IcCc1Ve
the coveted
Cheney Award
for 1852, for
heroic service
in aviation.
TIL e q n
n nc ement
by the Depart
ment Of De-
fense said the
date of the
actual award
has not yet
been set. Capt.
Reeves, who is
q native of An
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Greek Minister on Way
Here for Economic Aid
BY the Associoisd Press

ATHENS, April 29.-Minister
Of Coordination Spyros Mar
kezinis left by air today for the
United States to seek economic
support for projects costing
about $3.50 million. He also will
visit Canada.
In Washington he is scheduled
to have important conversations
concerning Greek economic re-
covery and the present size Of
the armed forces. He is expected
to stress the necessity for carry
ing out a long-range program
of projects. including oil and
sugar refinerieS. with American
funds.
Evening star., 1953-04-29
ST 900 Ring Theft Reported

A diamond ring valued at more
than $1,000 was reported stolen
from a guest at the Shoreham
Hotel. Ruth D. Lief of Maple
wood. N. j.. told police the ring
was taken from a jewelry box in
her room between 9 am. and 6
pm. yesterday,
Evening star., 1953-04-29
Capt. Reeves Wins Award
For Heroism in Aviation

Air Force Capt. Kendrick U.
Reeves, whose stepmother, Mrs.
I. S. K. Reeves, lives at 5126
Worthing drive, Westgate, Md.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
TideIonds and Teapot Dome

Thomas l.. Stokes, in his column
April 8, quotes a woman in Ohio as
comparing the bill to clarity title in
the "tidelands /" to the Teapot Dome
scandal. This Is indeed an apt COM
parison, though not in the way Mr..
Stokes intended. The danger to proper
administration of our oil resources lies
in the Federal ownership and control
which Mr.. Stokes so vehemently eS-
pouses. Examples which prove this
are many.
Regarding the "tidelands" them
selves, we need only look back to the
months following the Supreme Court
decision in the California case. I'M
mediately after the rendition Of the
courts decision in that case, a group
of political hacks with connections
high in Democratic Party circles began
buying up old land scrip" with the
avowed purpose Of using it to lease
the mineral rights on proven land on
the California coast. This scrip was
purchased at about one per cent of its
face value, and that Is an approxima-
ton of the amount an influence ridden
Government would have realized on
these resources.
During World War II, the Federal
Government asked regulatory bodies
in the oll-producing States to suspend
controls on production and to allow
production at "wide-open" capacity.
Railroad commissions and other bodies
responsible for conservation of petro-
leum resources in the various States
refused, knowing that wide-open flow
Evening star., 1953-04-15
By Charles E. TroceWeN

The careful persons who washes his
hands before meals is set down as some
sort of crank"
Even the term, common cold" Gre
ates the generally held impression that
it is so common, or usual, that 1t Is not
worth worrying about. a
AS for careful washing of the hands,
this is branded, even in 1858, as some
sort of con1pulsion neurosis.
One is held to be 'crazy" if he insists
on being careful about such matters.
This attitude arose, no doubt, in an
agricultural economy in which most
persons neither had the time nor facili-
ties for proper washing of the hands.
Even in cities today one who wishes
to do q thorough job of hand cleaning
had better do it in secret. Real washing
is mostly q mechanical proposition, the
soap forming an emulsion with water
which removes dirt containing millions
of germs. Repeated gatherings and
rinsingS are necessary with the use Of
a brush essential for the best results.
Germs may be found in the deep lay
ers of the skin after five minutes Of
washing, rinsing, brushing. What then,
can one expect, from hasty 1athering
and one rinsing? Little more than the
removal of the surface dirt. Yet this
latter is the typical hand washing. even
Of persons who regard themselves as
very clean. ThoroughnesS must be built
up as q national virtue before we can
escape, as q people, from many Of the
strange and unusual, as well as many
Of the usual, diseases which afflict us.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
This and That :.

ferer practically helpless just about
when he is ready to wake up.
He is fully conscious, and realizes
that he cannot move muscle, or speak.
One Of the strangest things about
this malady is that If some one else
touches the sleeper, his muscular CO.
ordination and talking powers are re-
stored instantly. Yet Of himself he
cannot move or talk.
The spells, If they can so be called.
last for about 10 minutes, and seem
to leave no bad results, except mental
It may be realized that person
so afflicted IN time comes to dread
to go to sleep, in the fear that his
sleep paralysis" will increase in dura-
ton from night to night.
The trouble with this disease is that
many healthy persons will greet the
idea. even, with laughter.
"Oh, yes" they will snairk, II suffer
from sleep paralysis every time I try
to get up!"
Joking about disease is a pretty bad
thing, from any standpoint.
'Just a cold" is phrase which has
caused more suffering than almost
any other.
The common attitude Of indifference
toward the common cold, which 1t rep
reSents, has created national con-
dition in which little care Is taken to
safeguard others.
Even persons who agree with the
germ theory will Smirk at any one who
dares to move away from Q Sneezer.
Evening star., 1953-04-15

variety of highly embossed, expensive
stationery, and "a different kinds of
envelopes.
These items of small" waste in
Government no doubt seem trivial to
the higher-ups, but Ben Franklin Il
think said: Save the pennies and the
dollars will take care Of themselves" :"
When such examples of waste are
multiplied many thousandfold, year in
and year out. it is no wonder that what
used to be a fair income no longer
buys even bare necessities.
We do indeed need a change, but do
not let it be the sort of change that
that hateful Mccarthy and his back
ers are trying to bring about. I see
very little difference between the in
quiSitions in Russia and her satellites
and what is going on in our Senate at
the expense of our taxpayers and by
the supine permission of our Govern
ment-to date, at least.
Believe me, I am not Communist
I abhor communism and all it stands
for. I am a direct descendant Of a
Huguenot who fled for his life and the
lives Of his family from France to
England, and then came here to live in
peace and freedom.
Elizabeth MOxley Bryan.
Fredericksburg, Va.
Evening star., 1953-04-15

Strange diseases among men and
animals
Fright disease, in dogs; sleep paral-
ysis, among humans
These are two of the odd ones. and
one may read about them in medical
magazines.
There are, of course, many terrible
diseases known to doctors, and only
to those in hospitals, probably, to
which disease must gravitate.
But fright disease, and sleep pa
ralysis!
It seems, that some dogs, probably
as result of vitamin deficiency, be-
come almost afraid of their shadows.
Claims are made that this ailment
may be cured by proper dosing with
B vitaminS, but the trouble is that
most owners of such dog will never
realize that it is really i'll.
: They will put down the trouble to
plain everyday dog cuSsedness, and in
the end have the animal put to Sleep"
as the phrase is.
In our own experience we knew of
a dog that would suddenly Jump
through a glass window, without once
looking where it was going.
It would take sudden fright at any
thing or nothing, apparently. An
nihilation at the hands Of q veteri-
marian was its fate.
r.
The sleep paralysis is q strange
human malady which leaves the suf-
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Showdown Comma

It would be a mistake to underestimate
the seriousness Of the threat implicit in Sena-
tor Mundt's demand for sweeping shake-up
Of policy making off1ceholderS In the State
Department. 1t is serious because the South
Dakota Senator is speaking for a substantial
body of Republican opinion in Congress and
because this group is in an unusually strong
position to impose its will on the State Depart
ment.
Senator Mundt reduces the matter to
simple terms. 1t is not a question, he says,
of loyalty or security. I'VE promised change
in the last campaign, but an alarming number
of the old Acheson team still hold most Of the
top posts"
Senator Mundt and those who share his
view seem to think they have mission to drive
these unidentified members of the "old Acheson
team" out of the department. The fact that
this is blind partiSanShip at its worst will not
deter them. Nor are they apt to be restrained
by the further fact that the deciSon in this
matter properly belongs to the President and
his Secretary of State. In effect, Senator
Mundt is saying that General Eisenhower Is
Weshing on Republican campaign promise,
and that he is not going to be permitted to get
away with it. That this reflects on the integrity
of the man who led the Republican Party out
denty means nothing at this time to the
Senator from South Dakota He seems de-
termined to destroy the last vestige Of the "old
Acheson team" even if the Republican Party's
greatest political asset is also destroyed In
the process.
Unfortunately, Senator Mundt and those
who think as he does on this point are in
strong position. The Senate subcommittee
which will handle the State Department ap
preparation bill is loaded with Senators whose
blood pressure scars at the merest mention of
the "AcheSon team" And they can cut the
heart out of the appropriation for payment OF
salaries in an effort to force Mr.. Dulles to get
rid of people whom he may want to retain but
who have incurred the diSpleasure of these
Would-be senatorial dictatorS.
Events may show that there is nothing the
President can do to stop this maneuver, for the
control of Congress over appropriations Is abso-
Lutte. If the threat actually materializes, how
ever, General Eisenhower should fight 1t to
the last ditch. For the long-awaited showdown
will be at hand. And in the face of this kind
of unwarranted coercion, it is better to go down
fighting than not to fight at ALL Nor should 1t
be forgotten that Senator Mundt and those
who go along with him on this issue may i've
to see the day when they will regret having
undercut the man who carried their party 10
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Pent0qon Iron Curtain

Defense Secretary Wilson'S efforts to clamp
down on the flow of news from the Pentagon
will encourage the uneasy feeling that all is
far from well in our defense program.
There have already been rumblings of
discomfort and apprehension. And they cannot
be entirely silenced. by any American-style Iron
Curtain around the Pentagon.
One dispute, already aired to some extent,
concerns the kind of industrial base we should
maintain for military production. Mr.. Wilson
apparently wants to abandon the program laid
down by his predecessors which relied heavily
on standby plants and reserve tooling. He is
said to favor stepped-up production in
relatively few military plants stockpiled equip
ment and primary reliance In time OF emergency
on quick conversion Of civilian plants to mill
tary production. This presumably would result
in immediate economy. But we have had
some coStly-and dangerous-experiences with
this approach in the past
Even more disturbing is a report aired in
the current issue of Aviation Week, a trade
publication. This article attributes to Mr.. VIII
son a desire to reduce jet bomber production
heavily in favor of greater output of fighters
and defensive missiles to bolster American air
defenses against the threat of Russian atomic
attacks
real concern. For the one great restraining
force that we have been able to bring to bear
on the Russians since World War II has been
the threat Of our long bombers capable
Of reaching deep into the Soviet Union with
atomic weapons. It is undoubtedly cheaper
to build fighters to patrol our own skies. But
If this were to be done at the price of sacrificing
modern strategic Air Force the security thus
obtained would be more illusory than real. For
while we might-and the might" should be
emphasized-be able to keep Russian bombers
away from the United States, we would lose
much Of our ability to prevent the Russians
from striking at other areas Of the world that
are vital to our security.
1t is difficult to believe that General Eisen-
hover would countenance any such backward
move as this in the name of misguided economy
But if any such move is afoot in the Pentagon
the American people and their representatives
in Congress have right to know about it, and
to be heard on it, before a final decision is
taken. We have paid dearly in the past for
planning blunders masquerading as economy,
and we cannot afford any more of them.