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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-10-07
LOS ANGELES, Calf, Oct.

LOS ANGELES, Calf. Oct. 7
Saburo KIDD, Nisei attorney, Will
serve as new president of the Japa-
nese American News, it was learned
last week. The election was dis
closed simultaneously with the an
nouncement that President Ikken
K. Momii. founder of the newspa-
per, had retired and that board OF
directors had been formed.
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Woman Attacked

CONTINUED from Page IL
held the witness to answer and fix
ed the bail at $500 Oct. Ia was
the date set for his Superior Court
arraignment.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-10-07

PUYALLUP-Mrs.A Arthur Yamaaa
p. O. Box III, Milton wash.
pORTLAND-Tom Okaxaki
7lO4 N. Denver. Portland, Greg.
rACOMA-Yasuko Hashimoto
I716 Fawcett Ave. Tacoma, Wash.
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SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES,

YAKIMA-Mrs. Kara Ksnds
SOB Lynn Place, Yakima, Wash.
SPOKANE-Marth Tsuji
61S South Grant st.
Spokane 8, Wash.
ONTARIO-Shig HirOnaka
Box TAI, Ontario. Ores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12

land on the western side OF the
Atlantic. Rodrigo claimed that
he was cheated of the reward,
which consisted of money and a
velvet doublet as well.
1.-The Velvet Doublet" is main
ly work of fiction. It describes
imaginary efforts of the sailor
to obtain revenge on Columbus.
who collected the reward for
himself.
Records of history show that
Rodrigo de Triana, sailor, was
first to report the sight of land
at 2 o'clock in the morning of
the day of discovery-461 years
ago. On the previous neighbour
hours before Rodrigo's cry OF
"Land"-Columbus had seen "a
light" and this was used as a
reason for the prize to be given
to the admiral.
AS I look back on the episode,
it seems to me that Columbus,
at the least, should have divided
the money reward with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12
Uncle Rays Corner

Among the books which I have
read during the past year is a
novel called 1.-THE Velvet Dou-
blet." The story is supposed to
be told by Juan Rodrigo Bermejo
de Triana, a sailor who took part
in the first voyage of Columbus
to the New World.
In this volume Rodrigo pre-
sents his views about a reward
which Ferdinand and Isabella
offered to the first man who saw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12
By Ramon Coffmon

days when his heart appears to
have been the only one bold
enough to want to go on with the
voyage. Think of the natural
fears of men who kept sailing
the Sea of Darkness week after
week without sight of land!
Cheer came to the sailors dur
ing early October days. Sea gulls
flew around the vessels, and q
pole was seen floating in the
water. Another sign of nearby
land was a floating branch
which was covered with ber-
rieS.'
When the Spaniards stepped
ashore, it is little wonder that
they kissed the ground with
tears of JOY" Their crossing of
the Atlantic ranks as one of the
great adventures of history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12
Famous Fables
By E, E. Edoor

TOO RISKY-During the
depression of the '30s, Play
wright Owen Davis spent
some time in Hollywood,
writing for the movies. One
day the studio boss called
him in and suggested that
he take a salary cut.
why, is sonnet h in g
wrong?" asked the writer.
rs something wrong!"
groaned the other. We're
dying at the box Office, that's
what's wrong. Don't you
read the papers? These are
terrible times. People can't
afford to go to the movies.
They haven't enough money
to buy food!"
Davis thought this over.
Its really as bad as that,
is it?" he said.
IF anything, it's worse.
81 hadn't realized" said
Davis. Under the circum-
stances. I couldn't possibly
accept a cut. If times were
good, I might consider it,
but if it's as bad as you
say, I'll need every penny
I can get"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12

sailor. The velvet doublet would
hardly have been useful if it
had been cut in half, but the two
might have tossed a coin to
decide which should use it.
Despite the fact that he fell
short in that case. Columbus
proved himself a hero on his way
across the Atlantic. There were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12
Word Come
Find % or more words in
PHOSGENE.

Find % or more words in
PHOS ENE,
meaning, "a colorleSs gas of un-
pleasant odor." Average is 81;
time limit, 20 minutes.
Rules OF the game. Words must be
of four or more letters. .. words which
acquire four letters by the addition of
as" such as bats cats" are not
used. g. Only one form of a word is
used. 4. Proper names are not used. .
Answer to CARBONATE.
care, card, canoe. candor, cane. canard,
coda, code, cone, core. cord, corn,
cornea, crone, crane, acne. acre, acorn,
adorn, anode, adore, area, ardor, arcade,
rancor, raced, rare, record, rend, rear
read. redan, roared, rode, road, roam,
cared, once, order, nacre. nard. near,
node, dace, dare, darn, dancer, dean
dear, deacon, decor. done, drone. drear
earn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12
Contract Bridge
By EosIey BIockWood

by EoSIey bIoCKWooo
Today's Mr.. Truck is not only
one of the finest players in the
world. He is also a player of
whom it is often said, 'He hasn't
gone set over SO points in so
years" This hand shows how
much of a fable that story is.
South dealer, both sides vul-
nerable.
NORTH
(Mr. Masters)
AJ105
31096
b96543
WEST EAST
(Mr. Champion (Mr. Dale)
AAK64 A732
0AQ52 V843
OF pAJ10S2
&Q983 AXIS
SOUTH
(Mr. Truex)
AQ98
3KJ7
NKQ
+J10762
The bidding:
South. West. North. East.
Pass club Pass l d'nd
Pass spade Pass Pass
INT Pass Pass Dble.
All pass
Needing points badly in a
team-of-four match. DR.. Dale
= decided there was no game for
his side when his partner failed
to make a very strong bid on
the second round. Over Mr.
Champions one-Spade bid, he
might have said one no-trump
or <two diamonds. Instead, he
elected to pass, hoping for
something bigger than a part
score.
He got it. Mr.. Truck figured
that if his opponents were not
willing to 60 beyond the one
level, they must be pretty weak.
He had a good hand himself
and it seemed likely that Mr..
Masters had fair high card
strength.
The cheapest" place to back
into the bidding was at one no
trump, which Mr.. Truck bid.
The roof proceeded to fall in on
him when MI. Dale doubled.
Not only was the defense
beautifully played but at the
end a squeeze developed on Mr..
Truck, taking away from him
trick which, at the start, he
seemed bound to win.
MI. Champion opened the
deuce of hearts and dummy'S
ten won. Mr.. Truck played the
ace of clubs from the board
and followed with the four. MI,
Dale won the second club and
returned a heart. Mr.. Champion
won with the queen and quite
properly decided there was no
hurry about cashing his other
tricks in the suit. Mr.. Dale
probably had as many as three
spades, as he had indicated will
Iingness to play that suit.
So Mr.. Champion returned a
low spade. Mr.. Truck won with
the nine and led the ten of clubs.
Mr.. Champion bounced on this
with the queen and cashed two
heart tricks. then three spades.
On the last spade Mr.. Truck
had left the jack of clubs and
the king and queen of dia-
monds-all three of them win
ners or potential winners. But
he had to play something on
the 18th trick. If he dropped a
diamond, all of Mr.. Dale's dia-
mondS would be good. He dis
carded the club and Mr.. Cham
pion cashed the nine spot, then
led to his partners ace OF
diamonds.
The best that can be said now
is that Mr.. truck hasn't gone
set over l 100 in LOO years.
n ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12

To obtain q free copy Of the IL
Illustrated leahet, "NltamlAs anu din
erals" in natures. food send SELF
addressed. stamped envelope to Uncle
Ray IN care Of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12

LUCK - French Author
Jean Cocteau and a friend
attended the opening of a
rival writer's play. Before
the curtain went up, Coo
teau wished his rival luck.
"Luck?" said the friend,
after the playwright had
gone. do you believe in
luck?"
of course" said CocteaV
SWeetly. How else can you
explain the success of those
you don't like?"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-09-01
Acreage Cut Relaxed
For Planting Only

FARMERS IN winter wheat areas
can plant more wheat than their
acreage allotments allow-but they
cannot harvest it without penalty.
This agriculture department ruling,
while seemingly paradoxical, is seen
as an aid to farmers who had pre-
pared land for winter wheat seeding
before they were told of the 1854
allotments.
In cases such as this, the new rul-
ing allows those farmers to plant
wheat as cover crop to prevent
wind erosion on the prepared land,
the department explains. Growers
can seed their excess acreage to
wheat for any purpose-cover crop,
green manure, hay-but it must be
pastured off, turned under or cut
for hay while the wheat is still green.
If the farmer allows the excess
wheat to ripen, the acreage will be
counted against his farm allotment
and marketing quota penalties will
apply.
The new order will be admin
istered by local PIMA committees, the
department adds, and farmers are
advised to contact the committee and
obtain approval before planting
wheat in excess of allotments.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-09-01

about farm-by-farm differences in
the same county?
Actually, there weren't many. For
the most part, a farmers base acre
age was established by PIMA COM
mittees by averaging his wheat acre
age planted in 1852 and 1858. The
base was multiplied by the county
allotment factor, and that was that.
There were some mot TYPICAL cases,
though, and these were adjusted ac-
cording to set rules.
The simplest adjustments were
caused by natural conditions. If a
farmer was forced by drouth or flood
to cut his wheat acreage in 1852 or
1858, local committees were author
lied to eliminate the nontypical year
or years in reckoning his base acre
age. They could do the same if either
year was not typical because of a
change in the farmers operations or
because of definitely established ro-
tation systems which would not be
reflected in single years cropping.
And not all adjustments were up
ward. In some cases-such as that
of the farmer, who, for one reason
or another, seeded twice as much
wheat as usual this year-commit-
tees could determine an individuals
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-09-01
Mother Receives
$4,000 Payment

AS BENEFICIARY of two Mon
tana Farmer accident in
surance policies, Esther D. Robinson
of Great Falls recently was paid
$4,000. The policies were held by
her son, John E. Robinson of Brady,
who was killed June 26 when light
ming struck the tractor he was OPP
Grating.
Both policies had been renewed
three times. One, which carried an
annual premium of 81, provided
payment of $4,000 plus Is per cent
for renewals, or a total $4,000. The
second policy, which had a So pre-
MUM, paid $1,000 plus 80 per cent
for renewals, or $1,000.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-09-01
Acreage Allotnents
1aI NO
Continued from page y

acreage base without figuring in alb
normally high acreage. Necessarily,
much was left to the judgment of
committee members. But the aim
was universal: To give each farm
base acreage both representative of
and comparable to other farms in the
community, and to insure that no
one farmer profited with an unduly
large allotment at the expense of all
others in the county.
Downward adjustments were linn
tied to rs per cent of the farmers
1928 average seedlings or, if one
was judged not typical, to rs per cent
of the acreage seeded in the other
year. And if neither year was judged
typical for the farmers or commu-
nity's conditions, the committees
could eliminate both 1852 and 1858,
and adjust the acreage base up from
zero. The farmers acreage base then
could be made as high as the aver
age ratio of grain to cropland in the
community was planted to wheat,
the committee could set the farmers
acreage base at 40 per cent of his
total cropland.
THIS TABLE shows acreage al
lotments released to counties, with
the supplemental allotments granted
10 state counties under Public Law
1T from national reserve set up
to take acre of unbalanced Gin" trend
areas.
County Allotment SrnrIe-
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Weather Watchers Pick Out
A Scopegoot, It's A-Bomb Now

States and New England. cold
in the West and warmth in the
East during May-do not seem to
be capable of explanation either
singly or all at once by any one
theory of atomic explosion
weather relationships.
"It would be difficult indeed
to think that an explosion over
1000 miles away could cause
normal rains in the city of
Washington and record-breaking
rains IN the suburbs. Moreover,
the 1859 inches recorded at the
(Washington) airport was
equaled in May. 1889, and nearly
equaled in 1886. long before the
days Of atomic explosions"
Mr.. Reichelderfer said that
while the force of an atomic ex-
plosion is immense by compari-
son with previous man-made
efforts, about 1000 atomic
bombs a minute would have to
be exploded to match the kinetic
energy of a single moderate size
hurricane"
"A mere rainstorm Of moder-
ate intensity releases energy at
the rate of three atomic bombs
every second" he added.
Public Never Remembers.
Mr.. Reichelderfer continued:
Really, this rainy weather is
not much out of line. The usual
thing about weather is that it is
unusual in some place or other.
The strange thing to us is that
Evening star., 1953-06-22
| River Yields Body
OF Missing SociaIife

The body Of q missing former
Washington socialite who disap-
peared from the Drake Hotel In
New York June IL has been
found in the Potomac River near
Cobb Island in Southern Mary
land.
The missing woman was Miss
Margaret Watts Bisland. SO. a
resident Of Georgetown for MANY
years. She first disappeared from
her hotel apartment, then last
Friday vanished from the
Steamer District Of Columbia
which she had boarded under
an assumed name.
DR.. Edward j. Edelen, Charles
County. (Md.) Medical Examiner.
issued a suicide certificate. He
gave the cause Of death as
drowning,
The body was identified by
Mrs. c. Hawley Oakes, of 2507
Massachusetts, avenue NV, Miss
BiSland's niece.
She said her aunt disappeared
from her Drake Hotel apartment
on the eve Of a proposed trip to
Switzerland. The first hint the
woman missing from the Nor
folk Washington steamer might
be Miss Bisland came Saturday
when Mrs. Oakes identified a
green travelling case and cane
in the steamer cabin as belong
ing to her aunt. The body was
found yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Civil Rights Lawyers Meet
Al NAACP Convention
BY ths Asseeiated Pres,

ST. LOUIS, June 22.-About
100 lawyers active in the field of
civil rights met today in a pre-
liminary session Of the conven-
tion of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People which begins tomorrow.
NAACP special counsel Thur
good Marshall, who called the
conference. said the lawyers
would discuss problems facing
various organizations in their
fight to abolish racial discrimi-
nation.
Chief point to be taken up,
Mr.. Marshall said, is the Su-
preme Court request for new ar
gumentS this fall on cases in
volving segregation in public
schools.
The preliminary conference is
closed to the public.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Cambodians Ready 10 Die
For Freedom, King Says
BY the Associated Press

BANGKOK, June GA Cam
bodian government spokesman
said today "Cambodians are
ready to die for independence
This means an independence war
but the King is first watching
French movements and awaiting
initiative"
The spokesman, Krengnill,
said young King Norodom ST.
hanouk authorized the state
ment.
The King returned to Cam
bodia Saturday from Self-im-
posed exile in Siam and became
commander in chief of the in
dependent Cambodian army in
response to the peoples request,
Krengnill said. The spokesman
returned to Bangkok today.
He said the 31-year-old King
Norodom has received reports
France has prepared three bat
talions of Africans at the capi-
tai city Of Prom PENN, and has
distributed arms to French resi-
dents.
Krengnill stressed that if the
King leads a war it would be a
Nationalist campaign rather
than Communist.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
By the Assoeiated Press

Francis w. Reichelderfer, chief
of the United States Weather
Bureau, said today that people
always look for a scapegoat when
the weather seems unusual, and
that right now many are blam-
ing the atomic bomb.
II remember in the summer of
1915, when radio was first be-
coming widely known, we had a
very wet season in Indiana" Mr..
Reichelderfer said. Many people
at home were sure that the un-
usually wet weather was due to
these radio waves that we're sup
posed to be disturbing the atmos-
phere.
Whenever the weather is un-
usual people look for a cause, and
seem inclined to blame what
ever is new in their environ
ments."
In a copyrighted interview
with the magazine U. 8. News
and World Report, Mr.. Reichel-
derfer reiterated that scientists
have found mo basis at all" to
support a theory that atomic
tests in Nevada are responsible
for unusual weather in some
areas this year.
Various Types in May.
"The various types Of abnor-
NAL weather this spring
drought in Texas, heavy rain and
floods in Virginia and Montana,
tornadoes in the South, Central
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Raid Warning Horns
Go Berserk, Disturb
Janney School Area

The latest in a series of un-
scheduled broadcasts by the Dis
trict's civil defense warning
horns disturbed the Sunday
3 morning peace in the vicinity Of
the Janney School. Wisconsin
avenue and .Albermarle street
NV, yesterday.
The warning horn on top of
the school picked up and sent
out an assortment Of static and
other noises to the neighbor-
hood.
Civil defense officials explained
that they are having some trou-
BILE with the decoders in the
city's air raid warning system.
and that there have been several
such incidents.
The decoders are supposed to
be set off only by certain i'm
pulse which is transmitted from
a central transmitter. They are
supposed to reject other signals,
but in some cases they have
picked up the wrong radio
waves.
The decoders are being re-
placed, and it is expected this
work should be completed in
about month, civil defense Of
ficialS said.
The Districts warning system
now has 38 horns. It is hoped
that IS more can be installed
on availability of additional
funds from the Federal Civil
Defense Administration to go
with 100000 approved by Con-
gress for the local civil defense
office.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Cunudu's S Trade Rises
a Pct. to Peak Value

OTTAWA. - Canada's total
merchandise trade rose to a peak
value in 1852 of 1886. .40O, 900.
slightly more than 4 per cent
above the previous record high
in 1851.
Total commodity export gains
totaled nearly 10 per cent and
were only partly offset by a de-
cline of 1.3 per cent in the value
Of commodity imports,
Evening star., 1953-06-22

the public never remembers this.
Year after year, there is very
unusual weather some place
heavy rainfall, tornadoes, freezes,
frost.
Normal weather is mostly
a mathematical fiction. Vagaries
are normal"
Evening star., 1953-06-22
5 Traffic Deaths Increase
Virginia Total 10 397
BY The Associated Press

Five persons lost their lives in
weekend highway accidents in
Virginia as the States 1853 traf-
nc toll neared the 400 figure.
Among the victims was an IL
year-old Staunton- child, struck
Friday while riding his bicycle,
who died Saturday night while
being taken to a Charlottesville
hospital in an ambulance.
The death Of the child, Will
liam Earl Bell. and the four
others raised the State toll to
397.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Gives You More
'NaiuraI.Like' Relief
From IrreguIariiy

Throw away harsh laxatives and rely
A DR., Edwards Olive Tablets. This
m vegetable formula quickly estab-
fishes rhythmic activity to assure more
WArURAI-LIKB bowel movements - %
gentle, soft yet thorough. No purging.
Olive Tablets clean out waste from -.
1i1e intestinal tract to help you fed
iast fine. 16f, SOC, zoe.
- @AnaaA AAAR ~ AVS
Evening star., 1953-08-30

zens. Contributors to the CERT
board obviously are particu-
larly susceptible to direct rays
of the sum. How else would you
explain the stories that follow land
they're not the zaniest that have
come sizzling along in the past
couple of weeks by long shot)2
Kenneth MacKenna, of Culver
City, for instance, insists that you
hear about the Scotch terrier who
took his wife and puppy to see the
dog show and promptly was pulled
out of the audience to receive first
prize in his class. Startled and
gratifed, the Scottie stopped off at
a tavern on the way home to cele-
brate his good fortune, and mad
vertently left his prize on the bar.
He discovered his loss the moment
he got home and sent the puppy to
retrieve it.
The puppy ran briskly back to
the tavern and nudged his way
through the swinging doors. The
BARTENDER noted his entrance, and,
pointing a long finger at him, de-
manded, :'What'll yOM have?"
ThePup, of course. answered,
''Pap's blue ribbon"
THEM there was an Irish sailor,
cited by Frank O'C Connor, of Glen
coe. ILL.,, who was cast up on an
unknown shore and promptly cap
tured by cannibals. Each day the
fends would prick his arm with
Evening star., 1953-08-30

makes a lion, alleged king of beasts,
shiver in his paws: a liOness.
Abarkeepin Indianapolis, writes
Paul Mulvey, was mildly aston
ished when a customer came in out
of the heat to order IL martins
with plums in them. He lined them
up and drank them one by one,
chewing contemplatively on the
plums.
"'It's an acquired taste" ex-
Evening star., 1953-08-30
CRAZY WITH The HEAT

spear and drink some of his rich
Hibernian blood. The day came
when he could stand this no longer.
Thrusting his lower jaw out
at the chief, he hOllered, xiii
me and eat me if ye will, ye
heathen rascals. but this is
positively the last day ye're go
ing to stick me for the drinks!''
THE THE has come, feels K.
Thackeray, of Dallas, for another
tale about a Texas oil Millionaire,
and this concerns the one who
owned four Cadillacs.
One day he discovered that his
left arm had become deeply tanned
from resting on the left-door win
dow sills of his chariots while his
right arm remained white as the
driven snow. Disheartened7 Not
bit of it! He simply called his deal
er and commanded, Get me four
Rolls Royces with 1ight-hG,sd drives
out here by tomorrow morning!"
/ was telling Isabel Bigley,
star of BrOadway's hit musical,
''Me and Juliet" that story
when she reminded me that it
was just a twist ON the one
about the Hollywood tycoon -
in the good old days = who had
to buy a new Isotta-Fraschini
because the ashtrays ON his old
one were full.
THERE'S an enterprising chap in
Coney Island, according to William
Mohr, of Bayonne, who makes a
pretty penny by being a habitue.
He stands by a scale on the
boardwalk chanting to passersby.
"Habitue l68, habitue 1874. :"
Bob Walker, of Sioux City, halls
the discovery of an animal that
Evening star., 1953-08-30
uN ARTHUR


ISABEL BleLEY told me one
planned the customer. SSMy
doctor says NO more olives or
onions. Ever since, I've been
plum crazy"
THE LAST STRAW. Pathetic
indeed is the puny, -underfed ma
gician who, sighs John Straley,
had to give up his profession.
He was SO weak the rabbits
kept pulling him into his hat.
Next week Qet us hope): fair
and cooler. BENNETT CERF
Evening star., 1953-08-30

ELS no
Il telling how
a long spell of
tOrrid summer
weather will
affect even the
most placid and
serene of citi-