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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
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Plans and specifications are on
file al the Richmond and Local
District Offices. Proposal guaran-
ty shall be certified check or bid
bond II the amount shown IN
schedule Oh back or PROPOSAL
.oln. Bid Bond &c be on form
furnished by the Va. Department
Of Highways. The Commission
reserves the right 10 reject any or
All proposals submitted in re-
Spouse to this adyel tistncnt. and
70 waive teclmlcalltlc, as ii may
deem best for the interest Of the
state.
Sealed Bids viii Dc received at
the Department ol highways,
Room 400, Central Highway OF
flee Building l22l f. Broad
Street, Richmond. Virginia. until
1000 A. NJ, Thursday, March 10
1858. on the following classes OF
Surface Treatment Work and
Materials;
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l54,067 Tons Aggregate Furnish
ing and Application Of Bitumi
nous Material and inc Applca
ton OF State Owned Covering
Material
6.904.o29 Gals. Bit. MAJ Glass &C
353'548 Tons Aggreealt- Furnish
ing ana Application of Bitumi-
nous Matellal ana the Furnishing
ana Application OF The Covering
material
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
HELP WANTED


MAN or woman between ages IS
and So, honest ana willing to
work. II p III. to TOO a. N. Reply
Box Box C" c ta4myille Her-
I'D. 2-24-tf
MANAGER - Local man for
urIye-m thcater. Year-rouud en-
Dloyment Free life insurance.
disqualification plan Paid vaca-
ton and sick leave tJr appoint
ment contact ALVIN Simmons.
State Theater. Telephone 21-J.
2-20-tl
WE HAVE AN openn.6 IN a local
established Fuller Blush Route.
Inexperienced men make $50
week to start Profits proven IN
the field before accepted Wutc
p Q Box 1893 LyLehbmg Va.
2-2I-4p
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SALESMAN marltG man tor
responsible position Nln lat4c
national dAtubutins Aaunllat,m
IA tarmvle area some mpchaia
ral aptitude and caI helpful lt
YOU are ayalIablc Immediately
write Boz * lIGajel wUrn
YOU and your Wltc ar- 1omc for a
personal interview 3-3-3t
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
ri GISTERED HEREFORD
Bull. SALE

Sponsored h, Star Hereford
Association
Selling IS lots Ages Z
months TO 3 wears STURDY
and sound Popular blood
lines b. and Bangs clean
March 81 at 100 p NJ
Purebred Sales Pavilion, )
miles north of Roanoke on
Route IL
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10

HAY mixed $4,000 TOT. Alfalfa
$4,000 per ton Il c Goodwin
Planning Mil, Pow hatan, Virginia.
3-3-tf
SEED Korean ica. )cacza seed.
99fc state tested d, NJ Dane
Want Enonyile, Va. 3-6-4p
HAY choice Lcspedeza hay 81
PCT bale T L Har@cl Prospect.
va 3-6-2t
III. ACRES tic John and Emma
Taylor farm. 4 mile off route
go. short distance flom Green
Bay 80 acres open land. balance
IN growing timber Apply to En-
ma TAYLOR on the premises Or
hnnic Morng FallWeh. FalmvIIlc.
Virginia, attorney for hens Of
John TaNlor, deceased. 3-6-4t
HEA TER Gle electric hot waite.
heater, ~ gallon. u.o14 about
year nov IN use reasonable
price Gerald 4 Ilca,h, Il 5. boA
"a Farmvilc 3-l0-ltp
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
FOR SALE


SEED LcSpedc2a secd. cleaned.
zoe per pound II +. warner, r. /.
FarmvillC Va BIO,
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DIAMOND very loeciH , carat
consiStory ring 32nd degree. Re
tail value $lot900 MUST sell and
VIII make an investment price
'or quick disposal The ring can
bc seen locally and appraised but
Tor business reasons write Box
u FarmHIlle Herald BLOB
Former Secretary OF the IN
terror Chapman has declared de
Velopment of synthetic fuels from
coal and oil shalc are necessary
for The future C. the countrv
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
c L A S S l FIE . S
FOR SALE

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WATER HEATER - 81 gallon
Westinghouse. like new Reason
able. Phone 566-W. 2-27-tf
PLANTS-pansy. vlola, siberian
Iris, pinks. calliap5ls. German
iris. day lily. larkspui. peony and
others. Cut flowers in season.
Mrs. Geo. Stuart Cali 1856 J.
2-2T-5p
lNSURANCE-neW disability and
income policy. special polio policy
disqualification and polio policy
combined. For details phone 468
or write Box 400 Annie V. Put
ncy. Farmville. Va. 2-l0-l1p
SINGER SPECIALS
reconditioncd treadle
machines from
q number Of good recondi-
toned electric console
machines
$3.50 up
See these values AT
singer
SEWING CENTER
ga Main 81
Earmyilie, Va
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LESPEDEZA seed. recleaned. II
f. Stockton Five Folhs, Pamplin.
Va. 2-27-4p
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SPENCER - Individual measure
mentS for surgical and formfitting
garments. Also posture correcting.
Consult Mrs Annie V. Putney.
Box 402 Phone 46S, Farmville. Va.
2-10-11p
POuLAN chain saws. TIP. Bows
available. Call Carl Heifner, 500.
FaImville. Va. l1-18-tl
WOOD-miXed hardwood, stove
length. $40 load in large pickup
body. delivered Call Joe Wick.
i3. or Jimmy Watkins. PAT. Left
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TITAN chain saws. 4 to 12HP..
S325.00 up Bows available. Can
Carl He!fner, 693. Farmville. Va.
1l-18-tf
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10

Southside Sale OF Registered
Aberdeen Angus Cattle.
Saturday. March 81 1853
At the Livestock Pavilion,
Petersburg. Va. Sale starts
prompt, At 100 y. m
60 REGISTERED FEMALES
10 - REGISTERED BULLS
Open and bred heiierS COWS
with calves at side young
bulls and bulls ready for
heavy service An opportuni-
ty to buy lust what Vol
want Of really top breeding
cattle at auction All cat
tie from clean healthy herds
and fully guaranteed
TIE TOPS ARE IN VIR-
GINA. GET YOURS AT
PETERSBURG. VA.
Sale sponsored by the V.r-
gina Aberdecn-AneuS Asso-
cation. Box 1856. Cha!lottes-
vile, Va.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10

Consumption OF bituminous coal
by electric utilities III the U. S
set an all-time record IN Noyen-
Der 1852 when 1904 900 tons we're
wood
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
FOR SALE

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seed. fecelaned zoe
ana 25c per pouId = r Wis.,.
DlliWyn. Va 3-l0-1p
rooms. lulning Watel,
bath ald shower FL; clric lights.
wired for electric stove. also eieC-
tric hot water heater. i acre l&Ad
mile FIX. F1rm1I.ie. Doubt~
garage and outbui!dlhgs. 6 e.
DoWdy r 3, on Pers4nlmon Ice
load. Falmvi, 2. Va Call 30io j..
3-l0-2t
LESPEDEZA TESTED 9.o4 q pure
termination go. Lodder free
r. S. Johns, r. ,. Farmvllle
3-l0-4p
WATCH antique Key wind.
Hodges and DoWdy Fianlture Co.
Phone 81 3-l0-l p
HELENE CURTIS permanent
waving machine. just out OF use
IN good working condition
Hodges and Dowdy tAniture Co,
Phone 81 3-l0-lp
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10

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Evening star., 1953-05-20
No Sympathy for KesseIrinq

Being in Rome at the time of
Gen. Kesselring's infamous action,
would like to inform Dorothy Thomp-
son Of the truth of the incident.
In broad daylight on a crowded street,
several German soldiers seized three or
four young Italian girls, dragged them
into doorway and tried to assault
them. Italian. soldiers who saw this
infamous act rescued the girls, but un-
fortunately two German soldiers were
killed. Gen. Kesselring ordered SO
Italian boys arrested and early the next
morning young priest. whom knew,
saw these boys with their hands bound
behind their backs. being led into a
cave on the Appian Way accompanied
by German soldiers. He knew that he
could see into the cave from the back.
and so witnessed the murder of these
boys. He said prayer and then went
and told the Italian authorities.
Let Dorothy Thompson 20 to Rome
and read the inscription on the cave
by the Italian government. She may
change her favorite opinion of Kessel-
ring.
Afterwards the mothers of those boys
were ordered to appear and receive a
souvenir of their sons; a necktie,
handkerchief or belt was thrown at
them. That also under the generals
orders.
I hope Kesselring dreams of those
murdered boys every night.
Elizabeth P. King.
Evening star., 1953-05-20
Tito and the KremIin

Another indication of shifting Soviet policy
can be found in the Kremlin's display of a
seemingly softer attitude toward Yugoslavia.
Until recent weeks, ever since his break with
Moscow in 1948, Marshal Tito and his "rene-
gade" Communist government at Belgrade have
been subjected to the most extreme forms of
economic pressure and propaganda attack
and even to hundreds of frontier shooting
affrayS-from Red Russia and its satellites in
the Cominform. But now, as an aftermath of
Josef StalinS death and in keeping with the
succeeding regimes "peace offensive" marked
change appears to be taking place-a change
that could conceivably do much to ease ten
sionS in the explosive Balkans.
Thus although publications in Russia still
attack Tito, they do so less frequently and
with less vituperation than heretofore. In
addition, for the first time in four years, the
Soviet Foreign Minister has received Yugo-
Slav official Since 1948 the Kremlin has sent
no ambassador to Belgrade and Belgrade has
sent none to Moscow, but they have exchanged
minor diplomatic personnel to maintain q
strained kind of relations marked by frigidity
and mutual lack of amenities. It Is these
Evening star., 1953-05-20
On the locust 'front.'

On the locust front!
Male locustS (cicadas) are getting
their second wind now, and are begin
ming to yelp for the lady locusts.
If you listen carefully, you can hear
the higher accents. with the sudden
cutoff. added to the perpetual drone
which has gone on in the trees to date.
This is love song, if you will, or if
not. a hymn to the sun.
Unpoetic souls who think of the
locust song as that awful noise" need
to add bit of poetry, perhaps, to
their own lives.
Here they are, these amazing insects,
aloft at last, after II years in the dark
ground, and they strum on their little
drums. and who can blame them?
The human hearer, if he blames the
locustS, needs to think just little more
how he would feel, if suddenly,
after so long time in the dark, he
were released into the light of the sun.
He, too, would make noise about it.
The drumheads of the male cicada
are beneath the bases of the wings
on the front end of the abdomen.
The female cicada has no drum or
other sound-making apparatus, and
keeps silent her whole life.
CicadaS are relatives of the aphids,
and eat sap from trees while aloft
The emergence from the shell in the
nymph form usually takes place in the
evening and requires from IS minutes
to an hour and a half.
In our neighborhood thousands of
specimens Swarmed on q telephone
Evening star., 1953-05-20
By Charles E. TroceweN

cicadas begin to sing quietly about 3
o'clock in the morning, and usually be-
gin to taper off about o'clock in the
afternoon. although some may be heard
until dark. (These times are real
time, not daylight-saving time, So
called) ..-
The yelp we have spoken of is some
times called the Pharaoh song, since
some one once thought that it resem-
bled that word if the first syllable is
prolonged and the second dropped of
abruptly at the end.
There are large forms and small
forms of the 17-year locustS, and each
form has its own sound.
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Egg laying begins in the early part
of June, and is at its height by June 10.
Eggs are placed on end in chambers
made by splitting the bark Of twigs.
Music of the cicadas will continue
until the second week Of June, after
which all the adults will die, as thou
sands have already done. due to vari-
ETY. of causes. A fungus disease ends
the life of many.
First Matching comes about July "a.
The young cicadas lose their hold, and
fall to the ground.
They are too small to be seen with
the eye when they drop.
Facts in this article are taken from
the delightful chapter on the periodical
cicadas by Robert Evans Snodgrass Of
the United States Bureau of Entomol-
ogy, in the volume. Insects, Their Ways
and Means of Living" as published In
the Smithsonian Scientific Series.
Evening star., 1953-05-20

amenities that the new Malenkov-Be
Molotov regime seems to be in mood to restore,
and there are reports that it has already acted
to eliminate certain studied discourtesies toward
Tito's representatives to pave the way for better
feelings.
All this, as pointed out by the Yugoslav
charge d'affaires in Moscow, falls far short of
a rapprochement between Belgrade and the
U. S. S. r.. but 1t is tending to make their
relations less abnormal than in the past four
years. Further than that, it suggests the pos
sibility that the post-Stalin Russian leadership
may be preparing to put stop to the once
relentless Cominform effort to unseat and de-
stroy Tito. Should such a change take place,
Balkan tensions would decrease, and the result
ing effect on Europe in general would be whole
some. AS for Tito himself, it seems improbable
that he will veer from his independent course
and tie himself again to the men of the Krem-
lin Having tasted their vinegar, he Is not likely
to let their sugar get the better Of him.
Evening star., 1953-05-20
This and That

pole, but when they got to the top, they
found no leaves, which they love, so
they promptly few into trees.
After few days. the cicada flies very
well.
The feeding on sap. however, causes
no damage to trees.
These beautiful insects cause so lit
tie harm that it is a cruel injustice
to them for people to keep on talking
of the damage" they do.
At most, their egg-laying activities
result in a pruning of tree tops, some
thing that is good for them.
1t is not generally realized that the
cicadaS belong to the order which in
cludeS the true "bugs," including the
bedbugs and other sucking insects.
Scientists hold that to the sucking in
sects belongs the name "bug," which
they hold is no synonym Of insect"
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The abdomens of these insects (male)
are mostly filed with air, constituting
great air chamber.
There are, then, drumheadS, and
air chamber. and two membranous
areas.
BY the contraction of thick muscle
the drum membranes are set in mo-
ton.
The cicada, therefore. does not in
any sense beat it's drum, or play upon
them with any external part Of its
body.
In our neighborhood (Chevy Chase,
Nd. close to Brookeville road the
Evening star., 1953-05-20
Reversal

The toords, like some antiphony
OF neUer-ending sound,
Vibrdte in broken tones or foiD
From tutor to the tutored. round
In counterpart, as lessons 90
Their lively or their tagging tD1y.
what is the Latin Oerund?"
This to a girl 1Dith Sun-0old hair.
Only her eyes Spedk-ot her errGnd
OF tracing fragile dreams some
Dhere.
or, please decline fumen in FUR;
And from tall boys mind
Perfection pours ,Dith sure uoice
And smile that challenge me to
find
Validity for queStion's choice.
Wisdom? My humble heart appeals:
Let not this girl or boy
Lose that they haze, o Life, nor
From their deep -tounted ,ueu Of
jon:
Let them be teacher. let me learn.
Fronees Goss
Evening star., 1953-05-20
CIeon Up Project

The stirring letter by Edward Fisher
recently about what tourists do to litter
our lovely city stimulates me to say a
few words about our own sanitation
department, and our careless trash men.
My home looks out on the confluence of
Connecticut avenue and Columbia road.
just back of the statue of Gen. Nc
Lehman. At this point the Connecticut
avenue streetcarS turn up Columbia,
while buses turn left and continue on
Connecticut avenue. That's where your
Star trucks, unload their evening edi-
tlons amid an assemblage of waiting
newsboys.
It's the natural place for this unload
ing, and We who love your paper are
grateful that as a result we get our
late editions invariably on time. How
ever, all paper packs thrown on the
curbs inevitably have some loose sheets
both wrapping sheets and torn copies.
OF the thousands of papers here un-
loaded daily, and therefore a heap of
daily debris, there is only one lone
trash-barrel for their disposal. Your
drivers (and I have spoken to several
of them) are most concerned about see
ing that the area is left relatively clean;
they compel the boys, while the drivers
are still there to supervise, to pick up
and pile into the lone trash barrel all
extra papers. The fact remains, how
ever, that Cd one barrel isn't enough
on most days for the collected debris;
90 once the drivers disappear the boys
become careless; 90 and, most serious
Of all, when the trash men do come
(And on some days they don't appear
at alb to make their collections, in un-
loading the barrel they leave almost as
much uncollected on the curb and side
walk and street as they collect. have
seen them leave piles of loose papers
on the curb. because they are too lazy
to pick them up. All of this means
that our square here is one Uttered
mess. day in and day out.
The remedy lies in (a) having an
extra barrel placed in this much-needed
area; (b) having the sanitation depart
ment warn their collectors that they
must not themselves add to the litter
they should collect every scrap, even
if it lies on the sidewalks and curbS
close to the lone barrel: Co have your
drivers warn your newsboys day in and
out that they must keep that area
clean. If all this can be done, we, in
this part of our lovely city, close to the
diplomatic section of it, will be eternally
grateful to you for the publicity you
give this letter. WashingtOnian.
Evening star., 1953-05-20
Bod Guess on Koreo

He who signs himself ION LOCKER" in
reply to my letter of April 81, states
that and many others are misled by
testimony before the Armed Services
Committee of the United States Senate
regarding budgetary assumptions as to
when the Korean War would end.
However, according to an artice by
Harold Hinton in the New York Times
April 81, Gen. Marshall did sign an
assumption that the war would end in
June, 1951-an assumption by the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. And according to some
OF the Senators it was not merely a
budgetary assumption coming from the
Office Of the Secretary of Defense, but
a jos opinion.
It is to be hoped that the administra-
ton will make this testimony public
through reports on the hearings
printed by the United States Printing
Office and that these reports will be
frank and complete. They are not
yet available for the latter part of
Evening star., 1953-05-20
Hard Road Ahead

The President, in his eagerly awaited tax
talk last night, was fighting an economic
delaying action.
It was an action designed to slow down
and, If possible, to stop the forces pressing for
an immediate tax reduction. Whether the
President will be able to stem these forces
remains to be seen, but 1t must be said that
he made a strong case for his stand.
Most of the speech was devoted to presen-
tation of General Eisenhower's concept of a
sound, sustainable defense program, and to a
his administration has made toward establish
ing such program.
At the heart of the speech, however, was
plea for sound economy-for public under
standing of the threat to the ultimate value of
the dollar which would be posed by tax reduc-
ton at this time. The President argued that
Federal deficits of past years have been a main
cause of cheapening of the dollar by half it's
value-a contention which can hardly be dis
puted. Furthermore, there are two things which
currently promise a further decline of the
dollars value. One is the fact that inescapable
defense outlays will reach their peak in the next
two years. The second is that Federal revenues,
under prevailing statutes, are scheduled to de-
cline in approximately the same period. If
nothing is DONE as the President said, the
result can only be bigger deficits greater Gov
ernment borrowing, ever-increasing cost of
living deprecated savings higher and higher
cost of the Nations security"
What the President wants us to do will not
be palatable. His prescription is to extend the
exceSS-profitS tax, due to expire June 80, for
six months; repeal the S per cent reduction in
the regular corporate tax rate scheduled for
April /, 1854; defer certain reductions in excise
taxes, and refrain from advancing the approx
mately 10 per cent reduction in the individual
income taxes, now scheduled to become effective
next January l.
The Star believes it would be much better
to let the excess-proflts tax die and recoup the
$500 million which it would raise, If extended,
through an increase in the normal corporate
tax rate. In view of the attitude of Chairman
Reed of the House Ways and Means Committee,
however, this may be politically impossible
And in that event, there is no rational alter
native except to adopt the Presidents recon-
mendations in their entirety. Another six
months without any tax relief is to be preferred
to another dose of imitation.
Evening star., 1953-05-20
The Greatest Fish Story of Them All

THIS MONTH Of May, with the
L spring fishing season at its best,
is time to remember gentle old Izaak
Walton, who wrote his "Compleat
Angler just 800 years ago.
Nearly 800 editions Of this greatest
fishing classic have been published
since the spring day in 1868 when
London anglers first tucked the COM
prehensive little book into pocket or
fish bag and sauntered up the Thames
or the Lea. With q vitality rooted in
its quaintnesS. "The Compleat Angler
or the Contemplative Mans Recrea-
ton" ranks among the most popular
works in English literature. It has
cheered, Soothed and Solaced the cares
of ten generations Of readers. the Ma
tional Geographic Society recalls.
The unpretentious treatise. which
has successfully endured the burdens Of
praise, criticism and editing. is con-
glomeration of angling instruction,
natural history. anecdotes. homely
philosophy and appreciation Of the out
doors. All is fitted into dialogue form,
interspersed with songs and verses.
Neither an unkempt literary style nor
facts that are frequently inaccurate
or outmoded can mar the infectious
charm and the dignity Of this English
pastoral. With its glimpseS Of hospi-
table tavernS, happy companionships
and dowery river banks. the book cap
lures the mood Of the city mans escape
to the country. mo Hfe," wrote Walton,
so happy and so pleasant as the life
OF a well-governed angler; for when
the LAWYER is swallowed I'm with hllsi.
ness and the statesman is preventing
or contriving plots, then we sit on
cowslip banks, hear the birds sing and
possess ourselves in as much Quietness
as these silent silver streams which we
now see glide SO quietly by u.s.
1zaak Walton was born in Stafford
August 9, 1893, when Elizabeth was
queen and Shakespeare had just pub
lished his first work. After a Stafford
shire boyhood fishing such streams as
the Trent and the Sow, he became a
gentleman tradesman in London and
enjoyed such excursions to the nearby
River Lea as he recounts in the
Angler" He Joined Sir Henry Wotton
for afternoons of angling on the
Thames below Eton, and he also slipped
away to brooks in Hampshire and in
Kent.
Forced to leave London during Eng
lands civil strife, Walton returned to
nearby ClerkenWell in 1850 and there
finished the Angler" Later he revised
and expanded 1t through the five edi-
tions produced during his lifetime. For
the fifth edition, published in 1876, a
second part on fly fishing was added