davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1953-08-14
ANNOUNCEM

Auction sole will be held at the Bethlehem
ydrd Of the Virgin Isldnds Corporation, Fri
day ~ufternoon. between 400 and 5:O0P NJ
covering the sale Of six (6) riding horses. It is
expected that these horses will be in q price
runqe suituble to dlmost onYbodYs pocket
book. The horses are serviceuble und in
good heolth. but no longer needed for cone
field work.
Evening star., 1953-09-29

start to compare with prices In
the States.
Bacon or ham and eggs (bought
in a restaurant), $1.60; ordinary
hamburger sandwich, 70 cents
giant size, $1.40; "de luxe
cheeseburger, $1.40; chedda I
cheese sandwich, 80 cents; hot
roast beef or roast pork sand
wich, $1.35; hot turkey sandwich,
$1.60.
Also chocolate sundae. SIS
cents; fried egg sandwich. so
cents; large tomato or orange
juice, 70 cents; ham and egg,
or bacon and tomato sandwich,
$l.00; and bacon and cheese, 80
cents.
AS to milk, the local pasteu-
rized variety runs 43 cents a
quart while the homogenized
type brought in by air costs SO
cents.
A small jar of jam, roughly 10
ounces. is priced at SIS cents and
a loaf of white bread costs 40
cents, with the brown variety,
so cents.
Eggs brought in by air run
$1.15 a dozen and a head of
cauliflower costs about 43 cents.
I paid 88 cents for two apples
Evening star., 1953-09-29
By Harry Lever
Stor StoH Correspondent

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20.
Anybody who thinks prices
are high in the United States
ought to try Fairbanks for a
while.
Some prices are fantastically
high while others are only a
mere 10 or Is per cent over
Stateside. 1t seems to be mat
ter of supply and demand, and
wages are exceptionally good,
But generally the prices are
more than enough to scare a
tourist away.
PeriShables have to be shipped
in by air but visitors and many
residents believe that even this
added expense can not justify
the fancy prices in many in
stances. They are higher than
anywhere else in Alaska and
many visitors buy their necessi-
ties in Juneau, Kotzebue or
Nome. if they can get there,
rather than in Fairbanks.
Here are some typical prices in
this city which you can't even
Evening star., 1953-09-29

brought in by boat or by truck
over the Alcan highway.
School children are learning
the hard way. Stationery and
school articles are at least double
in cost over the States. The old
"two for q nickel" variety of
scratch pad now is 20 cents.
Building Sky High.
Building costs have rocketed
sky high. An 8O-room hotel be-
ing built in downtown Fairbanks
will cost an estimated $1.S mil
lion: While it is expensive to
bring in construction materials,
this price even amazes the Fair
banks people.
Rents are correSpondingly
high. You'll pay $17O a month for
a modern one-room furnished
efficiency apartment, if you can
get it, and add on to this so
cents for each 10 gallons of
drinking water, as tap water is
not potable. A one-room log
cabin with cardboard partition
(making one room into two)
costs Sis a month.
AS to wages, an unSkilled la
borer makes approximately $2.25
to $3.50 an hour, while skilled
Evening star., 1953-09-29

and a handful Of grapes, and
saw a sign proclaiming potatoes
at S. q hundred. Frosted dough-
nuts are a quarter each.
Native Products Expensive.
Here are some more heavy
prices: Shoe shine, SO cents;
cleaning a suit, $3.50; haircut,
$3.50 without tonic.
Ivory curios, carved by the Es-
kimos above the Arctic Circle are
almost priced out Of range for
the average person. Little carved
polar bears. desk sets, bracelets.
1ewelry and other ivory items.
Notwithstanding their beauty and
artistry, invariably are SIS and
up. Mostly up.
AS to taxis. here is a good Il
lustration Of how they run. This
writer had three suits pressed,
which came to a total Of $3.79.
He called a cab to take him to
the. cleaning plant less than a
mile from the downtown area.
While it was true the driver
crossed the city limits, the hill
for the cab came to $3.50 in
cluding tip. which made a total
of 1923 to get the three pressed
suits out. Gasoline has to be
Evening star., 1953-09-29
Urge to Own Private Property
Rises in Russia Despite Cost
sfasFess eTssset =

worth 210 billions and the turn
over tax amount to 240 billions.
The rates on luxuries are usu-
ally higher than those charged
on essentials, but practically
nothing escapes. The rates for
different articles have not been
published for several years. Even
a Soviet citizen cannot learn
them unless he has access to
secret manuals giving this infor-
nation.
The average Russian worker
makes 5000 rubles a year, per-
haps less. The revenue realized
from the turnover tax amounts
to about 1900 rubles for every
adult and child. In other words,
this concealed tax may run
around 4.800 rubles to a family.
OF course. part of this comes
back in the form of social serv-
ices and education. And there
have been price cuts annually
since 1947. but the cost of living
remains tremendously high.
Evening star., 1953-09-29
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. C.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER e. 1855

laborers such as painters and
carpenters earn $3.50 to 81 an
hour. Mechanics also make
about $3.50 hourly. White collar
workers average $75 to 500 a
week. With overtime, which is
common. it is not unusual for
skilled laborer to bring home
$3.50 weekly.
Funny thing about it-coffee,
Evening star., 1953-09-29

Mr.. Whitney went TO Moscow in 1874
for the St0te Department. and in
l947 become writer for the Asso-
eioted Press. Now in London he has
written q series Of articles on the high
cost Of living in Russia. This is his
second article.
Evening star., 1953-09-29
InfIution-Soviet Style
By Tom Whitney

LONDON, Sept. ga fortu-
nate Russian, after long efforts,
may get a small plot of land on
which to build home.
What is the first thing he does,
then? He erects a fine, big fence
Evening star., 1953-09-29

which is fairly high in the States,
is so cheap here that you can
have all you want for a dime.
with your meal.
Evening star., 1953-09-29

Children Cut Teeth EurIier
British children. especially girls.
are cutting their permanent teeth
earlier than their parents did,
Birmingham doctors report.
Evening star., 1953-09-29

When Cadillac comes into the service of a family
that has never owned one before, it is-quite natu-
rally-a of great pride and happiness to the
entire family group.
But we have noticed, through the years, that the
is very special favorite with the ladies' For,
most assuredly, Cadillac does some very wonder
full and extraordinary things for lady.
First of all, she looks her loveliest when she is
seated behind its wheel Every time she takes to the
highway, she finds herself the focal point in per-
fectly gorgeous picture
And she feels just as wonderful as she looks.
Evening star., 1953-09-29

The cars deep, luxurious cushions cradle her in
magnificent comfort Throughout the longest journey.
The great responsiveness of the quiet, powerful
engine gives her marvellous sense of command The
steers and brakes and drives with such miracu-
lous ease that she actually rests as she rides.
Of course, there are great many other satisfac-
tons which lady finds in new Cadillac car.
There is, for instance, her delight at seeing her
family surrounded with every comfort and safeguard
known to the science of motor design. And there
is the deep and rewarding sense of fuflment which
comes with ownership of such priced and sought
Evening star., 1953-09-29

after possession Even parked in her driveway, the
car is tribute to her good taste and judgment -.
and wonderful complement to the beauty and
graciousness of her home.
To any gentleman reading this advertisements
we would like to make suggestion:
Some day soon-when the sky is bright and the
time is right-ask your lady if she wouldn't like to
take ride in 1883 Cadillac.
We think we know what the answer will be-and
well be happy to see you, indeed.
Evening star., 1953-06-14

from the tiny type once worn
on watchchainS to the giant,
present-day models. And,
paradoxically, the instrument
that has helped conquer dis
ease was considered a play
thing, for the most part, until
the mid-19th century.
High-priced, ornate instru-
ments, some fashioned in ivory
and silver similar to the 1865
Guiseppi Campani original in
the museum, were sold to
European royalty. They held
microscope parties compar-
Evening star., 1953-06-14

is the microscope he used IS
years ago to obtain magnif1ed
photographs of cancerous
tissue, which were technically
superb, even by modern
standards. Also on display is
the microscope that Oliver
Wendell Holmes, a renowned
physician, as we'll as a poet
and eSsayist, devised while
teaching anatomy at Harvard
Medical School.
More than 500 antique and
modern microscopes are in
the museum, ranging in size
Evening star., 1953-06-14

able to today's TV parties.
There was wonder and ex-
citement in magnifying wee,
wiggly insects or in observing
bits of dust that might have
crossed a sunbeam shining
through a window. Jonathan
Swift caught the spirit of the
time when he wrote:
so, naturalists observe, a flea
Hath smaller fleas that on
him prey;
And these have smaller still
to bite 'em;
And so proceed ad tnfnitum."
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Rhee and Patrick Henrv
Completely of World Diplomacy Makes Some in America
Critical Of Those Who Want Liberty or Death, Too
Constantine Brown:

The situation in Korea
shows how easy 1t is to get
into a war and how difficult
the Acknowledgement is when
no decision has been reached
on the battlefield.
AS things stand today, the
situation on the battle front is
far less complex than the dip
lomatic situation. At the front
there is a unity of purpose.
Our own men want desper-
ately to come home: the South
Koreans are equally eager to
return to their shattered homes
and start rebuilding them. But
both have an enemy facing
them and are determined to
go on fighting If there is no
alternative to victory.
In Washington there are in
decision and confusion because
never in the past have we been
confronted with a military sit
uation in which we have not
been victorious. The RESPONSE
bility for this situation lies
with those who. for fear of
extending the Korean CAM
paign into a third world war,
denied our troops the chance
Of victory when. according to
military leaders in the field,
we could have defeated the
enemy two years ago.
Because of this confusion
there is a tendency in certain
political quarters to blame the
President Of the Korean Re-
public. Syngman Rhee, for de-
laying an armistice which un-
der the present circumstances
means. unfortunately, only a
cessation of hostilities, during
which time the enemy can
greatly improve his military
capabilities at our expense.
The main problem Is what
kind of peace could be OBJ
tanned after the armistice is
signed. And on this subject
there are few, If any. men in
responsible positions in Wash
ington who believe we can ac-
complish at the diplomatic
table the objectives for which
we alone have suffered nearly
100000 casualties and spent
over SIS billion.
Our position is entirely diff
ferent from that of our allies
who have sent token contin-
gents to punish" Communist
aggression and unity Korea in
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Doris FIeeson:
Doris FIeeson
Dulles Chicks Coming to Roost
Secretoys Assurances Of Cooperation Truce Issue
Find Senate Leaders Sweating in Uneasy Calm

An uneasy calm prevails in
the Senate with respect to
the Korean truce.
Influential Senators are not
at all sure they like what they
hear about the truce terms.
Some Democrats say bitterly
that had Mr.. Truman pro-
posed these terms last year he
would have been hanged in
effigy.
Secretary of State Dulles
has either sensed or heard Of
these misgivings. He is max
ing it his business to call on
leading Senators of both par
ties with assurances that he
values their opinion and is
giving them the facts.
No one is speaking up pub
licly, but their GOODNESS to the
Dulles overtureS Is marked. A
veteran Democrat Of consider
able influence with his col
leagues turned back the Sec
retary's tribute to his wisdom
with the terse comment: Il
feel very unwise these days"
This attitude of aloofness by
no means implies support for
Senator Knowland's cham
pionship of the recalcitrant
Korean President, Mr.. Rhee.
His elders in fact feel that the
acting majority leader spoke
out Of turn.
1t Is clear, however, that 1t
Evening star., 1953-07-08

keeping with pious resolutions
of the United Nations.
These goals were good
enough so long as the military
situation appeared favorable
to the allies. But as soon as
the Chinese Communists ap-
peared on the battle scene,
after our forces had annihi-
lated the North Korean ag-
gressors, the allies, and par
ticularly Britain and India.
reversed themselves and urged
acceptance Of an armistice
which had only one quality
it gave the U. N. q vague
face-saving device.
The American Government,
however, is on record as fa-
voring a united democratic
Korea which is not a satellite
of the men in Peiping or Mos
COW. We are concerned with
the long-range strategy in the
Pacific and are mindful of the
fact that if Korea becomes
a Communist satellite, the
whole of Southeast Asia and
Japan would soon fall under
the domination Of the hammer
and sickle.
Mr.. Rhee has recognized the
fact that an armistice on Com
munist terms would end only
temporarily South Korea's
struggle. He also has recognized
the fact that at the peace
table the cards would be
stacked against the United
States and South Korea. It
takes no diplomatic wizardry
to realize this situation. In
the British House of Com
mons. the mother Of all parlia-
ments, some remarkable pro-
posals have been heard: %
That Communist China be
given a seat in the U. N, (2)
that additional British forces
be sent to Korea to help dis
pose Of the resistance of the
South Koreans to the decisions
of the U. NJ, 90 and that
President Rhee be arrested
and deprived of his elected
Office, in the same manner ap-
parently as the British gov
ernment dealt with the leader
OF the Mau Maus in Africa.
In this country there have
been suggestions from individ-
uals, who should know better,
that we dismiss Mr.. Rhee, who
in the eyes Of these people
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Thomas L. Stokes:

Eisenhower Republicans" of
practical political experience
are beginning to take a care
full look at the party situation
on the basis of what happened
in the last election and what
has happened in the first ses-
sion of Congress now nearing
its end-all with a view to
their relation to the problem
the party faces in its first elec-
ton since its return to power.
That election, of course, oc-
ours a year from next Novem-
ber.
Going back to the last elec-
tion, there Is the indisputable
fact that it was an Eisenhower
victory rather than a Republic
can Party victory. The Presi-
dent ran ahead of members of
Congress. In fact, the party
barely squeaked through to
win control of Congress, which
was almost unprecedented
when you consider the scope
of the Eisenhower landslide.
Looking forward to the next
election, party strategists come
up against the hard fact
that it will be members of Con-
gress-the branch that did not
do too we'll last November
who will be running and
carrying the future fortune of
the party, and running on
their own, without the Presi-
dent running at the head of
the ticket. Every member of
the House and a third of the
Senate will be up for election.
From all reports, President
Eisenhower's popularity holds
up. But experience has dem
onStrated that such is hard
to transfer in off-year elec-
tions when the President Is
not. himself, a candidate.
To retain control Of Con-
Evening star., 1953-07-08
-Four Killed in Crash
On HOLLYWOOD Freeway
Nv the ASsocicted Press

LOS ANGELES, July 8.-The
worst crash on the Hollywood
Freeway since its opening 21a
years ago has left four men dead
and four others injured.
Traffic was jammed for two
hours by the spectacular crash
which involved a big salvage
truck and four other vehicles
near the Grand avenue crossing
during the busy going-home pc
riod yesterday. A dozen other
cars banged bumpers on the
eight-lane super-highway.
Dead are Del Beach, As; Ches-
ter N. Packwood, 40; Robert C..
Reed, SO, all believed aboard the
truck, and Ralph Ward, 80, driv-
er of one of the cars. All were
Los Angeles residents.
Police said the truck jumped
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Post Offices in Il
Towns May Close
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

Representative Hyde, Repub-
lican. Of Maryland says the clos
ing Of about a dozen post offices
in Montgomery and Frederick
Counties is under considera-
ton" by the Post ONCE Depart
ment.
He said last night a definite
decision has been made on Lily
pons, near Frederick. That Office
will close July Is.
Among those definitely under
consideration for closing. Mr..
Hyde said, are Tuscarora in
Frederick and Derwood, Brooke
vile, Ednor, Ashton and Spencer
vile in Montgomery.
Mr.. Hyde said he had received
letters urging against closing the
Brookeville Office because of its
historical background. The office
has been in use since 1902.
Mr.. Hyde said he would op-
pose closing any post office
where he felt the saving realized
would not be worth the resulting
loss in service. But he indicated
he would not oppose closing any
ONCE where he believed the move
was justified on the ground Of
economy.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Ike plans to send Nixon on goodwill tour
OF the Far East 1t took them whole year. Republicans
finally decided to put the show the road-Nxon
and the mortgage
The Democratic Party places monthly magazine on sale
It's bargain For only twobits
with the new against the shirt pants
LOST discovering what was wrong with the last
Gov Dewey Washington confer with Republican
congressman Deweys ambition revamp the Republican
Party so 1t will never fail to New York while losing
the Nation.
Representative Jackson people want an nvest
cation Of Reds in religion These investigations good for the
countrythey keep the Congressman busy tinker
laws.
House committee kills the impeach Supreme Court
Justice Douglas It held that with Douglas the Con-
stituion had become living wider area
year.
House Speaker Martin predicts excess profits tax will be
continued The Speaker no such pre-
dcton for the Republican Party.
Stanley Andrews boss of the program for
egn countries short of ypewers papers Some
nations backward they prepared track
OF the woes civilization is about to bring them.
Evening star., 1953-07-08

is going to be, for better or for
worse, President Eisenhower's
truce. If it turns out we'll, he
will get the credit, but all in
dications are that Congress will
see to it, if possible, that he
gets the blame If it proves to
be a mistake.
In this situation where he
could use friends, Mr.. Dulles
chickens are coming home to
roost.
Supporters he might have
had, if he had taken a firm
stand on principle, are in
different to him.
The appeasements which re-
PEELED them appear to be in
vain. The Mccarthy clique is
saying that Dulles, of course,
must go.
The appeasements took
many forms. The book-burning
controversy, set in motion by
directives dictated by McCar-
thy, has now claimed as victim
DR.. Robert L. Johnson, the
Presidents first choice to head
the information programs.
Mr.. johnson says he is i'll.
House attaches who heard the
going over that Mr.. johnson, a
promoter type, took from the
hard-boiled House Appropria-
tions Subcommittee are ready
to believe he doesn't feel very
well.
Evening star., 1953-07-08
Thonos l. Stokes:
G. Q. P. Needs q New Portv
Eisenhower Must Rejuvenote Ranks as Roosevelt Did
Or Republicans Are Likely to Lose Contro! in 81

gress, the Republican Party
will. in effect, have to reverse
a trend that is so customary
that 1t is nearly a rule in
American politics by now. Al
most invariably the party in
power loses seats in Congress
in off-year elections. If there
were the normal off-year loss
in the congressional elections
next year, Republicans would
lose control of Congress be-
cause of the very thin ma
jorities they enjoy nova
margin of one in the Sen
ate Of 96 members and IL in
the House of 435 members.
Only once in this century
has the party in power gained
in an off-year election. That
was in 1884, two years after
the Franklin D. Roosevelt
landslide, when Democrats
added a few to their already
heavy majorities. Republicans,
if they retain control, would
have to do in next years con-
gressional elections virtually
what has been done only once
in half a century.
Looking back to that 1884
off-year election may offer
some helpful hints to Re-
publicans looking to their 1854
election.
Because of the times and
the nature of Franklin D.
Roosevelt's first election vic
tory and, subsequently. the
dynamic leadership he as
sumed in a crisis, he remade
the Democratic Party into a
new party, at least as the pub
lie saw it. and it became the
Roosevelt Party. That identifi-
cation with him may account
for the continuous onward
roll of the tide toward the
Democrats in the 1884 off,
year elections which, it may be
Evening star., 1953-07-08

recalled, reached its zenith In
1886 when Mr.. Roosevelt car.
ried all but two States, Maine
and Vermont.
This suggests that the an.
swer for the Republicans, not
only for next years elections.
but for any protracted tenure
Of power, is creation Of an
Eisenhower party, with his
identity so impressed upon the
party that 1t, too, becomes q
new party.
That has not happened thus
far. The Republican Party, as
the public has come to know
1t. has been dominant in Con-
gress. Eisenhower Republic
cans" are a minority, both In
numbers and influence. SIM
ilarly, the old line organization
still controls the party ma
chinery out in the country,
too, with that vigorous new
element, the Eisenhower en-
thusiasts, many Of them anna
teurs in politics until the last
campaign, given short shrift.
though it was the balance Of
power they represented, en-
bracing Democrats as well as
Republicans, that accounted
for the Eisenhower personal
triumph.
Some Eisenhower Republic
cans believe the 83d Congress
must enact a broad program
Of legislation appealing to all
classes Of voters, if the party
is going to keep control Of
Congress. Since that has not
been done in the first session
soon ending. it must be done
in the next session. 1t has not
been done this session because
old line Republicans who con-
troll Congress wanted very
little done, and want little
done in the second session be-
ginning next January, as q
matter OF fact, with the prob
abilities in their favor because
1t is an election year. 1t is the
belief of the old-liners that
balance Of the budget and a
tax reduction before the cleo
ton will be enough to hold
Congress. coupled with the
peace they expect eventually
in Korea.
If there is to be a dynamic,
aggressive new Eisenhower Re-
publican Party-then some
body has got to begin working
at it very soon.