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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-07-04

and friends. Exhibits of unusual merit were
on display. Gifts were given the teachers
and associate workers by the Sunday School.
The presentation was made by Mrs. Roxie
Arnold
Mrs Cornelia Fisher of Rutherford ave-
nue., N. w., was the gracious hostess at
this weeks meeting of the Tuesday Morn
ing Breakfast Club. Among the guests en-
joying this pleasant luncheon meeting with
the members were Mrs. Mary Kessler and
Mr.. Lawrence Young, of Vivien, w. Va.
The Five Star Gospel Singers of the
First Baptist Church in Salem gave recital
at Big Hill Baptist Church last Tuesday
night. most appreciative audience en-
joyed this program given by this talented
group. The members are Messrs. Howard
Freeman, Jessie Harris, William Cannady,
William Wade and E. Wright.
Mesdames Ollie Beverly, Mary Crawley,
E. M. Davis and Miss Mary Hairston are
representing the local organization at the
annual meeting of the Virginia State Fed
GRAFTON of Womens Clubs in Alexandria
Va, this week.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-07-04
Over The
Back Fence
BY Mrs. E. Louise Woodbury.

~ SucceSSlul year or club activities in
the Star City is being brought to a close
with many lovely parties, gay outings
and noteworthy projects.
Still vivid in the memories of the men,
bers and guests is the gala closing picnic
given by the Just Right Social Club" last
Saturday night at Pine Oak Inn.
An exciting game of pinochle was the
hightlight of the entertainment program A
sumptous dinner climaxed this final outing
for the current season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Clayton and daugh-
ter together with Mrs. Lula Clayton and
daughter, all of Wyco, W. Va, are visit
ing their many friends in Salem, Va. They
worshiped with the pastor and congrega-
ton of the First Baptist Church in Salem
last Sunday morning
Miss Mary Hairston, member of the
Harrison School faculty. combined business
with pleasure on trip to Norfolk, Va,
last week.
We are glad to hear that Mrs. Jennie
Mae billiard who has been ill at her home
on Park Street, N. W., is improving rapidly.
Mrs. Fannie Woods of Gilmer avenue, N.
W., was the charming hostess entertaining
her friends in the Jolly Nine" last Satur-
day. An exciting game of pinochle and de-
licious refreshments highlighted this lovely
luncheon meeting.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert James of Knox
vile, Tenn, are among the guests of the
Hales' at Pine Oak Inn this week.
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The members of the Junior Cottage
Community Club enjoyed very pleasant
meeting in the home of Miss Mary Hair
ston on Madison avenue NJ E., last We'd
nesday. A most interesting business session
was conducted with Mrs Kathleen Pate,
presiding.
Mrs. Evelyn Taylor of Patton avenue.
n. W., reports a swell visit in the Tide
water Virginia area recently Mrs. Tay-
lor, who accompanied her husband on a
business trip to Norfolk last week, was the
house guest of Mr. and Mrs Henry Crock
ett
We are glad to hear that Mrs. Cora
Anthony, who is a patient at Burrell Men,
orial Hospital, is getting along nicely and
hopes to be home again soon.
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Mrs. Queen E. Williams of Tenth ST., N.
W., is delighted to have her aunt, Mrs
James Palmer, of South Boston, Va, as
her summers guest.
Mrs. John Lashley, who is studying at
Virginia State College this summer, spent
the weekend with her family in the city.
DR., and Mrs. S. R. Wilson together with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Bryant all of Norfolk,
Va, are enjoying a restful visit at Pine
Oak Inn following an extensive trip which
took them into Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hairston of Raj
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-07-04
THE TRIBUNE. ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

eigh Avenue, N. E., are telling of a most
enjoyable visit in Dayton, Ohio, recently.
While III the midwest they were the guest
of their daughter, Elizabeth, and many
friends
The members of the Cottage Community
Club were highly entertained last Sunday
W.C.A. Mrs. Nellie Yancey and Mrs. Whit
ted, co-hostesses went all out to make the
closing meeting for the current season a
most enjoyable one.
Friends of Mrs. Margaret Watts regret
to hear of her illness and wish for her a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. Ellen Perry, editor of the ma
tionaly popular magazine "Up The Hip
was guest of honor at the closing meeting
of the local. chapter of "Jack and Jill Inc,
of America" last Monday afternoon.
Mrs Perry. having recently attended
the annual National Convention of the or
ganization in Memphis, Tenn, stopped over
for a brief visit with her friends in the
Star City while enroute to her home in
Norfolk, Va.
Mesdames Evelyn Skipper, Dorothy
Stewart and Mary Steptoe were the charm
ing hostesses at this lovely affair given in
the beautiful living room of the Model Home
at Addison High School.
Messrs Charles Booker and H. L. Book
err, both of Charleston, w. Va, were guests
of their many friends in Salem over the
weekend
N. W., were host and hostess at the lovely
party which marked the closing meeting
of the current season of the well known
"Venetians Social Club. A gay evening of
games and refreshments was reported by
the members attending last Friday night
Mesdames Caroline Washington, Flor
ence Chessan and Bessie Conaway of Nor
folk, Va, and Mrs. Guelia Harrell of Frank
lin, Va, were recent house guests of the
E. G. Burtons on Gilmer avenue, N. w.
Mrs E. M Davis of. Leudon Avenue, N
w., writes of a very pleasant visit with hel
son and daughter-in-law, 1t. and Mrs. E
Morris Davis, in Washington, D. c.. Mrs
Davis, who left the city last Tuesday will
attend the annual meeting of the Virginia
Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in
Alexandria, Va, this week.
The Daily Vacation Bible School al
Loudon Avenue Christian Church came tC
a brilliant close last Friday night with ar
interesting program. Highlighting the clos
ing program was movie on Health. De
licious refreshments were served during the
social period that followed One hundred
twenty-one students were enrolled during
this years session. Mrs. Frances Hancock
was general chairman
Mrs. j. o. Epps, member of the Louder
School faculty, spent the weekend with hel
family in Roanoke Mrs. Epps is studying al
Virginia State College in Petersburg, Va.
Certificates were awarded to nearly
hundred qualified students at the CLOSING
program of the Vacation Bible School al
TN. Zion AM.E. Church last Friday night
A most interesting program was enjoyed
by very appreciative audience of parents
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-07-04

Mr.. and Mrs. David Hairston of Raj
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Raising New Revenue for D. c.

The recent editorial on suggested in
creases in District taxes indicated that
The Star was not too pleased with
the solutions offered by the Commits
sioners. In that you have plenty of
company.
We all agree the public works pro-
gram is fine, but unless the Federal
Government contributes at least $40
million year there is no use taking
the first step. And if the Federal
Government does come through. the
suggested increases in the District ex-
else taxes on alcoholic beverages should
not be approved. Those engaged in the
beverage industries will pay their fair
share of the burden of the public works
program through increased income
taxes. the same as other citizens.
Remember. the Federal tax is now
$3.50 3-gallon case, plus the District
tax. 1t is no secret that volume has
dropped. and that illicit sales and boot
Logging has increased because of these
high taxes. Were the District to in
crease these taxes further, undoubtedly
volume would drop even more and
revenue along with it.
I should like to suggest a means of
raising approximately So million in
revenue which would not cost the citi-
zens of the District anything, and would
be easy to collect: A per cent tax
on transient hotel rooms in the District.
This would provide nearly half the
sum required. New York City has used
this method for years, and it's still
difficult to get room in New York.
Fairminded.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
We Were in Love-

There is no occasion to pass harsh judg-
ment on Betty McCuddy and Thomas c. Buntin,
principals in the most weird story to come to
light in many long year. 1t should also be
made clear, however, that there is nothing
admirable in what they have done
Twenty-Five years ago they vanished from
Nashville Tennessee and both were pronounced
legally dead. When they were found this week
in orange, Texas Miss McCuddy, known in
Orange as Mrs. Thomas D. Palmer, said: 1--WE
were in love. Money didn't mean much to us.
If money had meant anything, we wouldn't
have done what we did" This may be true, but
it hardly excuses or juStifes what they did.
Assuming that the full truth has come out,
Miss McCuddy must have cared little for the
worry and heartache of her own parents after
she dropped from sight. Mr.. Buntin left behind
him a wife and three sons, the Oldest of whom
was nine when he disappeared He also was a
party to a fraud on his insurance company
Now they have six children who know them as
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, and the status of these
children is, to say the least, uncertain.
Betty McCuddy 20, and Thomas Buntin, g.
may well have been in love and obviously did
not care much about money Butslest any
yountkter of the current generation should con-
Evening star., 1953-11-28

The common cold is a continuing
mystery.
We recall attending medical con-
ferallce here at least 80 years ago, when
speakers said medical science then
knew little about respirational diseases.
AS we recall those speeches, the COM
mon opinion was that grandmother
still knew as much about curing a cold
as the doctors
Perhaps this still is true.
The situation now is made more
complex by greater knowledge of al
lergy, which often complicates the
picture.
After a doctor comes and cures
cold by giving penicillin, we are told
that none of us should use such rem
edies except under doctors care.
We are thrown back. then. on
grandmothers remedies. after all.
Perhaps the dear old lady knew best.
She innocently thought a cold tenn
perature had something to do with
cold.
One became chilly. and the nose
begar to feel odd. and the eyes, too.
Grandmother thought it was time to
apply the counter remedy, heat. which
she Cid by means of hot bath and
a hot drink.
Ano plenty of covering, afterwards.
:. Most persons have tried the sweat
Ereatment for common cold. Some
times 1t seemed to work, at other times
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Lesson for Young Criminals

A good example of the sort of cooperation
among the courts that is a deterrent to juvenile
crime and protection to the public is provided
in the case of Jesse L. Black, teen-ager with
adult criminal tendencies. Black earlier this
year, while only II, committed two armed
robberieS and an attempted robbery. In the
latter crime he pulled the trigger of his pistol
twice at a liquor-store owner, but it failed to
fire. Arrested on these serious charges, Black
could have been referred to the Juvenile Court.
At the request of the police however, that court
wisely waived its jurisdiction in favor of Dis
trct Court. Two judges there imposed sentences
in the three cases totaling 13 to 80 years. That
is a severe penalty, reserved usually for adult
criminals. But sad experience has made it
clear that the Coddling of youthful criminals
is a mistake. If more potential outlaws in
teen-age gangs were convinced that the law
would deal with them not as mischievous
children but as adult offenders, there would be
less juvenile delinquency to worry about today.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
By Charles E. TroceweN

and no one should laugh at the de-
termined person who moves away from
any cne who sneeZes.
He merely is trying as best he can
to carry out his doctors orders.
Every one knows his own signs of
catching-or building up-a cold
Peculiar feeling in the eyes, sniffles,
SneeZlng-
These are some, but there are others.
One person will begin to feel sleepy.
Another may find himself becoming
irritable at the slightest thing in con-
trasr to his usual sunny temperament.
There can be little doubt that if one
gets after cold early. he has better
chance of ending it quickly.
Some believe that 24-hour fast.
with nothing but water to drink, is as
good a remedy as there is.
Swilling orange Juice has lost its
vogue. One can get vitamin c quicker
by taking one of the new stress vitamin
capsules.
Some take additional amounts of
ordinary vitamin tablets or capsules
and swear that they help. They usually
contsiE vitamin c..
Making ones self warm on the
instant of a chilly feeling is another
old-tirie remedy, and good one. for,
after all, the thing is called cold"
which is exactly descriptive. Just wrap
up we'll .. --
Take care Rf your cold, or it will
take care Of tyou.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
When Is d Road q Purkwuy?'

Definition of a word versus principle
seems to be about the giSt of the dis
pute, when is a road a parkway?"
going on in upper Rock Creek Park.
The history of parkway" as traced
in George Beveridge's timely article
hardly lends support to siX-lane, Co.
mile-an-hour proposition.
The principle involved should also
help to get this thing back to reality.
The principle was recently stated by
DR.. CLAUS j. Murie, naturalist and
writer, in one of series of lectures at
Pacific University, his subject being
the Importance of preserving our parks,
scenery and unspoiled natural areas
"aS national asset"
DR.. Murie quoted Sir Richard Living
stone, visiting professor of English and
History at Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology: Can you see scenery at
20 or 80 or 40 miles an hour?" The
answer: mo more than you can see
picture gallery by running through it,"
John F. Clagett.
Evening star., 1953-11-28

legislation, is perfectly proper if our
power as Nation is to be preserved.
If such appointment was knowingly
made, upon proof thereof the appoint
ing official would be guilty of mall
feasance in office and subject to i'm
parchment or dismissal And it is but
just that history record an accurate
Judgment of the retired official who
has been derelict in his service to the
Nation.
Secondly, the investigation should
teach Salutary lesson to the elec-
torate. The voters are primarily re-
spcnsible for the White affair and if,
in the future. they give thoughtful con-
sideration to the political antecedents
of candidates for public office before
casting their ballots, such investiga-
ton will have been we'll worthwhile.
Old Reactionary.
The ill wind" of the Harry Dexter
White case and the subsequent pub
licity has blown" at least one good.
1t has brought to the attention of the
American people the vast scope and po-
tential power of congressional investi-
eating committees
In the furor over the White incident,
the United States lost much prestige
in the critical eyes of the world. It is
regrettable that people of other coun-
tries do not understand that this incl
dent really demonstrated the glory of
democracy. Americans do not have to
fear the rise of any governmental mon
ster. Through freedom of speech, press,
and assembly. they are armed with
knowledge and in government by the
people, for the people, and through the
people their will will be done.
In the 1854 and 1856 congressional
elections the legislative branch will
be tried and the electorate will be
Judge. They will decide whether the
present Congress has abused it's func-
ton as delegated under the Constitu-
tion; whether it should leave espionage
and Communist infiltration activities
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the Federal courts; and whether
it has put political motives above duty.
Betty Lane.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
MARYLAND Overruted?

I submit that there is something
radically wrong with a rating system
which enables an admittedly good
Maryland team, by playing patty-cake
schedule. to overtake fine Notre Dame
group which has opposed and bested
the very finest teams in the country.
submit that your Terrapins would
have met their pitfalls had they met
the likes of Oklahoma, Georgia Tech,
Iowa, Purdue, etc. Instead they feasted
on such gridiron "titans" as Washington
and Lee, South Carolina, George Wash
ington and Miami.
Unless and until they agree to meet
teams from the Big Ten, Pacific Coast
or Southwestern Conference and an
Eastern independent or two, Maryland
will go along knocking over third-rate
teams and continue to be the best in
the land" to that sector known as
College Park But to the rest of the
country the best is found in South
Bend.
WOOdley KneSsler.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
This and That

it didn't. but left the patient feeling
worse than ever.
No wonder the doctors throw up
their hands, and give penicillin in
private, but talk against it in public.
The observant person, though he may
not know what role germs play in the
affair teven those secondary invaders, 4,
will feel pretty sure that feeling cold
has something to do with the cold.
He also may believe, as the writer
here does. that what one eats, and
how has great deal to do with it.
In many homegrown colds there
seems to be a piling-up effect in the
system, for which every sufferer will
have his own personal explanation.
One will feel that eating too much
sweets does it, the next that too much
breadstuffs is his nemesis.
One Washingtonian declares that he
can give himself a cold by eating half
a plate of old-fashioned chocolate
fudge. and no wonder.
The next swears that if he eats
more than two slices of bread day
he comes down with the sniffles
We spoke of omegrown colds.
The theory is that the cold that
circulates at home is not as bad as
the one contracted in public from
stranger.
Hence, the injunction. to avoid those
who cough and sneeze.
This, admittedly, is very large
order, but at least it CAM Se attempted,
Evening star., 1953-11-28
New Economic Peaks

It is an impressive measurement of the
American economy that the Federal Reserve
Board has given in it's estimate that the gross
national productive total value of all goods
and ServiceS-will hit new record high in 1858
of 1858 billion. The comparable valuation for
1852, itself a record, was $3.50 billion-the
increase being approximately per cent.
Consistent with this increase, and contrib
uting to it, is the fact that personal income for
this year will total close to $285 billion-an
increase of about 6 per cent above the record
figure of 1852. Actually, just about every meas
ureable statistic bearing upon gross national
product-with the notable exception of farm
income which has dropped to its postwar low
of $16.25 billion recorded in 1949-reflects the
economic good health mirrored in the Reserve
Boards report.
1t is unreasonable to suppose that each new
year is bound to bring new economic peak in
terms of the gross national product. Produc-
tion and expenditures for war or defense have
contributed materially to an upward trend that
has advanced from about $160 billion in 1889
to the new record of 1858. Efforts are being
made and there are grounds for hope, to
stabilize this element in the economy on
lower plateau Whether civilian consumer buy
ing will provide a matching increase in pro-
duction and service requirements is not at all
certain The boom period of 1858 occurred last
winter and spring and there has been down.
turn of about per cent in the past six months
Much of this is traceable to the fact that inven-
tories of civilian goods had reached such high
point last spring that there has been slowing
of new orders and consequent drop in both
production and employment. Furthermore,
despite new living index as of
last month, Commissioner 'Clague of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics has said that "the period
iVoAo 70 h0 ay1dN inNn mao
urement of gross national product is in dollars,
halt to the inflationary spiral would remove
one of the forces pushing the dollar figure
upward
While any national economy is almost GER
tain to show dips and rises, the steady growth
of our own population, the constant introduc-
tion of new products and the American habit of
mechanizing so many of the operations of work.
ing and living offer a continually expanding
market and contribute, in turn, to high gross
national product.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Realism on World Trade

Two authoritative Government spokesmen
delivered some sound and realistic words on
world trade problems at the National Foreign
Trade Convention in New York recently. In
each case their expressed views held signif-
canoe worthy of note abroad as we'll as to the
American business and labor interests con-
cerned with international commerce.
Secretary of Commerce Weeks, for example,
was speaking blunty to our friends overseas
when he emphasized that improvement in the
world trade picture depends upon more than
unilateral American action. 1--WE must make 1t
clear" he said, that progress will only be pos
Sbe if they Goreign nations) forsake import
and exchange quota systems, eliminate multiple
exchange systems pursue sound money policies
at home permit non n-discriminatory entrance Of
foreign capital and take steps leading to the
ultimate goal of re-establishing convertibility
of currencieS and multilateral trade"
Mr.. Weeks said American industry is pre-
pared to face hard and fair competition for
world markets but that it must not be forced to
do so "at the expense of the standard of living
of American labor" In seeking ways to help
foreign countries earn the dollars they need to
pay for the goods we want to sell them, the
Secretary proposed that legislation bearing
upon our import policies should permit an
allowance for American wage scales higher than
those abroad but should also permit an adjust
ment for the higher labor productivity in this
country.
Randolph Burgess Deputy to the Secretary
of Treasury, likewise directed some reminders
to those in foreign countries who feel that
American tariffs are excessive. Citing Tariff
Commission statistics covering the period of the
reciprocal trade agreements program, Mr.. Bur-
CESS pointed out that American tariff rates have
been reduced during the past IS years on more
than 5000 items, accounting for 90 per cent OF
the total value of our dutiable imports. 1T is
only fair" he added, Ito look at the record and
to realize that the United States has taken
leading part in trying to free the world from
unnecessary trade restrictions"
AS did Mr. Weeks Mr.. Burgess predicted "a
period of increasingly competitive world trade"
in which the reciprocal levelling of commercial
barriers and greater convertibiity Of currencies
will be important factors. Whatever the United
ing economy here can provide other benefits to
friendly foreign nationS-through our increas-
ing requirements for raw materials and food
stuffS from abroad, the continuance of our sub
Stantial tourist expenditures and continuance
of American purchasing of increasing foreign
gold production. For their part, the foreign
nations must watch their industrial costs,
improve their productive efficiency and be vigi-
liant of their internal financial stability.
The sum and substance of both of these
expressions on the world trade picture comes
down to the fundamental fact that this is a
two-way problem, in which the United States
may take a leading role but in which it is not
the only nation required to keep its economic
house in order.
Evening star., 1953-11-28
Portrait of
Else of Amsterdam

Though / hare no looking glass,
Yet hGUe seen Alice pass, -aa.
With her blue eyes wondering
At the toorld and everything
Which is strange and lovely in it.
For an hour or for a minute
She stands lUtere the sea Dind bloUs
And marks hotD the sea gull goes.
Notes the bright arc OF fish,
Sees star and makes WiSh,
And her clltld-like whiSper- -,0ords
Take the air like singing birds.
NJ heart bends into her hand,
Alice, lost from Wonderland,
Here tOhere salt and sea minds pass,
Aice-Through- The Looking GlasSi
AnobeI Armour