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Evening star., 1953-12-29
BY a stoff Correspondent Of The sta,

by q oIoIT correspondent OF ms SIob
BOSTON, Dec. 29.-It isn't
recommended procedure, but
kindness to rats pays off-by
making a better brand of rats.
DR.. Otto Weininger of the Uni
versity of Toronto told a meeting
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science yes
terday of experiments with white
rats which can give an interest
ing parallel of human juvenile
behavior.
DR.. Weininger raised various
litters of rats, some of which
were petted and loved. Some
were left strictly alone. Some
got no kindness and mild pun
ishment.
Flourish On Affection.
It was found in general that
the ones who were loved grew
better, became more active. and
when they were sacrificed"
showed sounder hearts, kidneys
and cardio-vascular systems
than those who were punished
or left alone.
They had to be sacrificed" of
course. to find this out. Before
that, however. they showed
greater bravery in which appar-
emily is real test of courage for
their species-venturing into a
brightly lighted area. White rats
don't like bright lights.
At the end there was a crucial
test All the rats were bound
tightly with adhesive tape until
they we're completely immobi-
lized and kept without food or
water for "a hours. Then early
mothering paid off. All of the
non-petted rats died of the ter
rible experience, but none of the
petted They survived even the
bitter disillusion about mans
charity.
Parallel in Humans.
DR.. Weininger had in mind
getting some light on the still
debated question of too much
love or not enough love for hu-
man infants. The conclusion:
The more they are loved, the
better they will do.
He is convinced, DR.. Weinin-
ger said, that the rudiments of
all human behavior are shown
in the primitive actions of the
nervous system-which, of course,
are the same for rats and men.
Never knowing love, he be-
lieves. causes some damage to
that important center near the
base of the brain. the hypothal-
anus, which is site of emo
Evening star., 1953-12-29
Virginia Seeks Extension
OF Hay Freight Rate Cuts
BY the Asseeioted Pres.

RICHMOND. Dec. 29.-Gov.
Battle and Secretary of Agricul-
ture Benson both have renewed
their requests to eastern railroads
for extension of hay freight rate
reductions.
The one-half rates in effect
now expire Thursday at midnight.
E. v. Hill. chairman of the
Traffic Executive Association,
Eastern Railroads, said yesterday
from New York that vote on
the requests will be completed by
Thursday.
Evening star., 1953-12-29

this to say about the Court of
Appeals decision in the Army
case:
mo one can say for certainty
what it will mean in regards to
the Roth case and the job
rights of civil service employees.
However, it is a most encourag-
ing development and it certainly
indicates that the higher courts
recognize the necessity of pro-
tecting Federal employe job
rights. The situation looks a
lot brighter than it did several
weeks ago."
Evening star., 1953-12-29
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Cloudy
tonight with lowest around IS.
Tomorrow, partly cloudy. becom-
ing windy and turning colder.
much colder at night.
Maryland-Rather cloudy to-
night, lowest in the 30s, possibly
with light rain early tomorrow,
followed by windy and turning
colder in the afternoon. much
colder at night.
Virginia-Rather cloudy to-
night, lowest in the 30s, possibly
with a little rain late tonight and
early tomorrow, followed by
partly cloudy, becoming windy
Evening star., 1953-12-29

and turning colder during the
afternoon, and much colder at
night.
WindS-South at 1915 miles
per hour tonight, shifting to
northwesterly tomorrow at 20-30
miles per hour.
Five-Day Forecast for Washing
ton and Vicinity, Dec. 3O-Jan. 3.
Turning much colder tomor-
row and Thursday, milder FRI
day and colder at the end of
week. Temperatures will aver
age near normal for the period.
Washington normal high and low
at this time of year being A
Evening star., 1953-12-29
1000 YeorIy on Signs

RICHMOND, Dec. 20 (P.-
Virginia spends more than $5, 600
each year replacing State Fores-
try Service signs, State foresters
said yesterday. Half of the de-
stroyed signs are ruined by per-
sons shooting them up, State
Forester George D. Dean said.
Evening star., 1953-12-29
ADA Plans Porty

The Washington chapter of
the Americans for Democratic
Action will hold its annual Chill
dren's Christmas party at 2:3O
pm. tomorrow in the All Souls
Church, Sixteenth and Harvard
streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-12-29
Research Controdicts
Old Editorial Theory

II you're an editor and want
to give a story the best position
on Page ! of your newspaper,
put it on the left side.
A technical expert claimed
today that editors have been all
wrong in believing the right side
drew most attention of readers.
Herman F. Brandt, director of
Chicago's Institute of Visual
Research, told science meeting
in Boston that he first inter-
viewed newspaper editors about
how they thought their readers
read the front page. Then he
checked up on some actual read
erS, utilizing a tricky device
called "photo-electric eye
camera" which showed where the
folks were looking and for how
long.
1T is apparent from the re-
suits of this study" he reported,
that the majority of the editors
believed that the right side of
the front page of the daily news
paper received major portion
of attention.
THE scientific research. how
ever, showed that in spite of the
fact a number of the editors
would place their pictures and
leading stories on the right-hand
side, the reader still showed a
decided preference for the left
side of the page"
Evening star., 1953-12-29
New Councilman Named

WILLIAMSBURG. Va, Dec. 29
R).-William A. Schrieber, jr.,
local oil dealer. yesterday was
named to City Council to fill the
vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Russell M. Carneal.
Evening star., 1953-12-29

among Federal
e m p ] o y e e
groups t h a t
the appellate
tribunal will
uphold t h e
civil service
job protection
rights of Gov
e r n m e n t
workers.
Ever since
the Roth case
decision In
Federal Court
here several
W e e ks ago
Evening star., 1953-12-29

Snow furres expected tonight in the higher eleva
tOs of the Northwest and the Lakes region.
prevail through the Central Plains and mountain regions
while rain showers forecast for the
Coast Florida and the extreme northern portion
Coast Light rain dzze forecast for the South
Atlantic States warnings indicated
Northern Palms. Northern Lakes region weather
extending to the Eastern Lakes and Northern Texas
-AP Wirephoto Map
Evening star., 1953-12-29
The Federal Spotlight
New Decision Eases Fears
Resulting From Roth Case
By Joseph Young

A relatively obscure decisions
in the u S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia here
last week has rekindled hopes
Evening star., 1953-12-29
New Tooth-Decay
Theory BIames Both
Food and Bacteria
BY the AssociG,ed Press

BOSTON, Dec. ga new
concept of tooth decay-namely,
that both food and bacteria are
necessary for it to occur-was
reported today to the American
Association for the Advance
ment of Science.
The report resulted from al
lied research at Notre Dame,
Harvard Dental School and the
University of Chicago.
DR.. Frank j. Orland, of the
University of Chicago, said rats
were raised in completely
"germ-free" atmosphere in a
unique laboratory for that pur-
pose at Notre Dame. During
their rearing, the rats were fed
diets which ordinarily result in
tooth decay. But none Of the
rats developed bad teeth.
Harvard Test Described.
The work at Harvard was de-
Scribed by DR.. Reidar F. Sogn-
naeS.
At Harvard rats were reared
under normal laboratory condi-
tions and therefore had bac-
terra in their mouths, just as
man does under ordinary condi-
tions of living.
The rats were fed the same
kind of diets as the animals at
Notre Dame-but they were fed
through a stomach tube, so that
the food never got in contact
with their teeth.
Again, no rats developed tooth
decay.
Evidence Provided.
Said Dr.. Orland:
These two rather unique ex-
perlmentS together provide
much-needed evidence which
tends to establish the basic con-
cept that a living tooth cannot
decay in the complete absence
of bacteria nor in the complete
absence of food"
And DR.. Sognnaes declared:
Further work on laboratory
animals of exact hereditary and
n tritional background and
raised on synthetic diets of
known composition offers real
promise for testing the effect of
specific food elements, drugs
and other agents with potential
decay preventive properties"
Evening star., 1953-12-29

Record Tempefatures This year.
highest. 100, on Aug. 81 and Sept. q
Lowest. IL. on December lS.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High. As, at 1855 pm,
Low. "a. at 6:3O am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
Miss Buer
Married Here

Miss Verna Lucille Baer, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis N.
Baer of Bethlehem. Pa, was mar
ried August 8 to Mr.. William
Arthur Nash, son of Mr.. William
Nash of Chicago and the late
Mrs. Nash. The ceremony was
performed in the National Pres
byterian Church, the Rev. John
j. Rice officiating, and a recep-
ton followed in the church hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nash will live
in Silver Spring after their we'd
ding trip as the former is a
consultant at the David Taylor
Model Basin of the Navy Depart
ment. Mrs. Nash received her
bachelor of music degree from
Grinnell College and her mas
ter's degree from the Eastman
School of Music. She is a cata-
loguer in the music division of
the Library of Congress-. Mr..
Nash took his bachelor of science
and his masters degrees from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
Miss Gross


The announcement of the en-
gagement of Miss Elizabeth Ann
Gross to Mr.. John Henry Eisen-
man has been made by her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence S.
Gross of Chevy Chase. Md. Mr..
Eisenman lis the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry A. Eisenman of
Venus, Pa.
Miss Gross is a graduate of
Dunbarton College of Holy Cross.
The bridegroom ELECT attended
st. Vincent College in Latrobe,
Pa. He is now serving an in
ternship under the city man.
ager in Manhattan, Kans.. to
complete the requirements for
the degree of master of gov
ernmental administration as
awarded by the University Of
Pennsylvania.
They plan to be married in
the fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09

turn to his studies this evening.
Read Admiral William L.
Harrison. deputy and assistant
chief Of the Bureau of Aero
nauticS and Mrs. Harrison have
with them for a fortnight, Miss
Nancy Peterson of Chicago. The
visitor came to be with the Har-
rlsons' daughter. Miss Holly
Harrison who is planning very
small and informal "get-to-
gethers" for the guest. The
girls were roommates at Stevens
College and were members of
the class of 1852.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
Service News
Navy Officers Move
To New Stations
Mrs. Ekstrom and Children Arrive;
Gerhorts Are Settled in Home
By Evelyn M. Dent

The new Assistant Chief of
Aeronautics. Rear Admiral Clar-
ence Ekstrom, was joined Thurs
day by Mrs. Ekstrom and their
two children, John and Martha,
6 and 4. They arrived by plane
from Coronado Beach, Calf, and
are getting settled in the house
at 1902 Old Dominion boulevard
in Alexandria, which the ad-
miral recently leased. Admiral
EkStrom formerly had head
quarters at Coronado when he
was in command of Carrier Di-
vision IT. Admiral EkStrom sue
ceeded Rear Admiral John B.
Moss in Washington.
Navy Commend Changes
The new Inspector General of
the Potomac River Naval Com
mand, Capt. John F. Walsh has
taken over his duties. He and
his two daughters, Susan, and
Joan 4, are staying with his
mother, Mrs. Charles Walsh in
her home on Harrison street.
Capt. Walsh will drive to
Cleveland the end of this week
to bring his wife, now visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Cole. to Washington. Capt. and
Mrs. Walsh have been at Pearl
Harbor for the past two years
where he was on duty after serv-
ing as Deputy photographer at
Suitland, Md.
Capt. Walsh succeeds Capt.
George Welker, who retired last
month. The Welkers have been
at their farm near Clarksburg,
Md, and are taking short trips
to nearby points.
Choploin Gerhort Here
Capt. Luther F.. Gerhart, new
Chaplain for the Potomac Com
mand. and Mrs. Gerhart are get
ting settled in the apartment
which they have taken at 1920
goth street. Capt. Gerhart has
been stationed at Norfolk as
Chaplain for the Atlantic Fleet.
Capt. Paul G. Linaweaver, who
is relieved at the Naval Command
by Capt. Gerhart, with Mrs.
Linaweaver are leaving Wash
ington the middle of the week
for San Francisco.
Travellers
Rear Admiral NJ. E. Curtis,
Navy member of the Research
and Development Board, and
Mrs. Curtis had as their guest
recently Mrs. Hall, wife of Rear
Admiral G. B. H. Hall. The
visitor came from Norfolk where
Admiral Hall had been on duty
and went by plane to Paris
where she now is the guest of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles
Coe.
Mrs. Hall will join Admiral
Hall the first of next month in
Naples where he now is sta
toned.
Rear Admiral John H. Sides
of the Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations and Mrs. Sides
will have with them next week
Admiral and Mrs. I. N. Kiland.
who will come up over the week
end and be with them August
II, 18 and 10. Admiral Kiland
now is in command of the Naval
Base at Norfolk and is coming
to Washington for conferences
with the department.
Rear Admiral William B.
Ammon, also of the Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations, and
Mrs. Ammon, were joined Friday
by their son. William B. Ammon
jr., who is a student at the sum-
mer school at the University of
Virginia. Mr.. Ammon will re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
-Hessler Photo.

the Illinois Institute of Tech
nology and his Phi. D. from the
University of Michigan.
The Nome nugget., 1953-09-18

listd personnel under Col. Will iams' command. That portion of the Army and Air Force personnel not then engaged in assigned duties, will be guests of the city for tour by bus through the city and mining district.
 The commanding general of the Alaskan Command, It. Gen. Joseph H. Atkinson, Maj. Gen. W. M. Miley, US. Army; Maj. Gen. George R. Acheson, U.S.A.F.; Brig. Gen. Donald B. Smith, U.S.A.F., have been invited by Mayor Andersen to be in the city and at the banquet honoring Col. Williams in the Boring Sea Club at 7:30 Wednesday evening.
 Col. Williams and military guests will proceed the buses car rying enlisted personnel into the city. Superintendent Angel plans
 Continued on Page TwO
The Nome nugget., 1953-09-18
SENATOR MCCARTHY TO GET NEW BOSS

WASHINGTON, R- Sen. Mo Carthy and Miss Jean Kerr, for mer research assistant in his of cie, are to be married.
 Mrs. William P. Kerr, mother of the bride-to-be, announced the engagement Thursday. The we'd ding will be Sept. 29 in St. Mat thews Roman Catholic Cathedral here.
 Miss Kerr, 29, was employed in McCarthy's office from 1948 until 1852.
 A brunette, she was voted the most beautiful girl at George Washington University in 1945 while student at that school.
The Nome nugget., 1953-09-18
Parts of Bodies Of Two Women Found In Ellis Hall Search

KETCHIKAN, R-Parts of the bodies of two women were found Thursday by a shore party from the Coast Guard Gutter Kimball searching the beaches of Boca de Quarda for Ellis Hall, missing New Mexico oilman, and four other plane crash victims.
 A message from the Kimball said the remains were those of Mrs. Hall and one o.i the two daughters who were ab ,arI5 the plane when it disappeared a month ago.
 Coast Guard officials here said it appeared likely the bodies had been broken up in a long fall or from an explosion since the mes sage said only parts were found.
 Search has centered in the tidal basin area 35 miles southeast of Ketchikan since wreckage identi- fled as from Halls twin-engine plane was found Tuesday,
 Also with the Halls on the ill., fated flight was Patrick Hibben, IF, of Albuquerque.
 The search group said it is as- sumed that the three women were in the back of the plane and were thrown out when it broke open. If the theory is correct, and Hall and Hibben were in the cockpit, they may have gone into the water with the main part of the fuselage.
The Nome nugget., 1953-09-18
SOVIET sBOMB'' ANNOUNCEMENT BRINGS SWIFT US. REACTION
US. Tags l93 Cities Probable Targets Of Atomic Attack

WASHINGTON, R - In the wake of Russia's H-bomb amour cement, the United States govern ment has tagged 193 American cities as probable targets of at omic attack-7O of them as ''criti- cal"
 But the list "does not purport to include all possible targets" :" the Federal Civil Defense Admin istration said in issuing it last night.
 "For security reasons" it added certain targets that have nation al or military significance, in- cluding the atomic energy install lations, have not been listed"
 It was the first disclosure of areas officially designated as pro- bable A-bomb targets.
 The only Alaska city listed was
 
 Juneau.
 (Other potential targets in the Territory presumably were omit ted on the ground that they were Of a military nature).
 Issuance of the new list came six weeks after Russia claimed mastery of the dread hydrogen bomb and two days after muni- cipal legal officers reported some cities are thinking about aban- doning civil defense programs unless more federal aid is forth coming.
 All state capitals are named, but not as critical targets unless in dustrially important. Other cities having 5O,0O0 population or more are classed in the non critical group.
 The 70 critical targets, embrac- ing a population of 67,750,982 are population centers having at least 40,00O manufacturing workers and at least one city with a popula- ton of 5O,000. Washington, DC, was included because it is the nations capital.
The Nome nugget., 1953-09-18
Reds Claim Only POWs They Now Hold Are Those Refusing Repatriation

MUNSAN, R-A A Red cores pendent said Friday the only AL lied war prisoners still in Red hands are "the handful which won't go back" The Communists said later 10 or more of those have changed their minds and will be returned Saturday.
 The Communists have said pre- viously they were holding about 300 South Koreans and about 20 non-Koreans who had refused to return home. Some Americans were believed to be among the score of non-Koreans.
 The Reds have given no official answer to an Allied demand for an accounting of what happened to about 3,400 Allied troops - more than 90 of them Americans whom the JUN. says were once konwn to be captives. !
 Communist correspondent Will fred Burchett of the Paris L'Hu- mantle told newsmen at Panmun- jom the Reds are checking the list carefully.
The Nome nugget., 1953-09-18
'Col. Williams Day" Is New Venture
 In Public Relations By People of Nome

The Colonel Williams Day"S program as sponsored by the City of Nome assisted by the Chamber of Commerce, an entirely new venture in public relations on the part of the people of Nome, to make clear and understandable their appreciation of the fine and friendly cooperation on the part of the commander of Nome Field, It. Col. Harold I. Williams, U.S.A.F., with the city officials and the people of Nome during his tour of duty here.
 The gratitude and sincere friendliness of the officials and citizens, is in part, expressed by Mayor Andersen and the mem- bers of the City Council, in of ficially proclaiming Wednesday, Sept. 23 as Colonel Williams Day"
 Part of the days program will include entertainment of the en-
The Nome nugget., 1953-09-18
S-Year-Old Siamese Twins Separated Successfully By Team of Eight Surgeons

NEW ORLEANS, R-A team of eight surgeons separated Louisi- ana's Siamese twins Thursday after operating two hours.
 The surgeons separated the low CT intestinal tract that the eight year-old girls shared after divid- ing a fused vertebra that also joined them.
 "The condition of the twins is very satisfactory" following the separation, a staff surgeon re- ported and expressed hope that both girls would survive.
 The surgeons split into two teams of four each to finish the work on each girl individually.
 If both girls survive, the sur geons believe they will have writ ten new page in medical history. A spokesman at New Orleans Foundation Hospital said that never before have both twins sur vived such an operation.
 The girls are the daughters of Mayor and Mrs. Ashton J. Mouton of Lafayette.
The Nome nugget., 1953-09-18
B-36s Try Out Base At Thule, l,7OO
 Miles From Russia

THULE AIR FORCE BASE, Greenland, RHB-36 bombers of the United States Air Force all ready are beginning to try out this new air base at the top of the world as a springboard for strikes at Eurasia should Russia turn to war.
 A half dozen of the Arranging B-36s have come in here during recent months, it now may be dis closed, from their home bases 5000 miles away in the United States.
 Here at this northern tip of Greenland is the northernmost of the chain of bases operated by the Northeast Air Command.
 And only 1,7OO miles away on a direct line, describing an arc over the polar ice, is the coast line of the Russian mainland with munitions-making cities and the capital lying a.few hours beyond.
 But this powerful air base in the ice and rocks of the Arctic is much more than a springboard for the 12,0O0-mile B-36s.
 It brings Russia in a retalia- tory bombing war within range of the swift-flying BAY jet bomb CTS or the older piston engined B-29s and B-50s.
 All three types of the medium bombers have operated into and out of Thule either in routine training operations or expert mentally.
 Thule and the bases south of here in Greenland and Laborador also exist as a system of warning for and interception of sudden strike by Red long range bombers.
 At Thule is based the 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of F-94 jets.
 Reporters who arrived at Thule this time after a visit a year ago found all but some minor construction is completed.
The Nome nugget., 1953-09-18
Claim Success of "New Type''
 Atomic Bombs

MOSCOW, R-The Soviet gov- ernment today claimed successful tests of 'new type" atomic bombs in recent weeks but said it still wants an international ban on destruction weapons.
 The announcement by the So- viet news agency Tass said the blasts occurred Gin the last few weeks" but gave no details of the new type" weapons tested.
 Qn Washington, a spokesman for the US. Atomic Energy Com mission said the Russian announ- cement merely confirms" the AEC's statement Aug. 31 that a fission - atomic - explosion of about the same power as recent US. tests in Nevada had taken place Aug. 23 in Russia. The pre- vious statement added the explo- sion would appear to be part of series"
 (The American spokesman em- phasized again that the Aug. 23 explosion was a ''fission," or at omic, blast. Observers in Wash ington concluded from this that the Soviet explosion apparently did not involve the thermonuclear reactions of a hydrogen bomb.
 (Moscow's announcement stir red speculation at United Nations headquarters in New York that it was timed to pave the way for new Soviet disarmament propos- als to the LIN. Assembly, which has just opened it's eighth annual session in New York.
 The Soviet statement said that although the Soviet Union ''is able to give attention to the produc- ton of atomic bombs," it would pursue a policy of attempting to reach agreement with. other na- tions on arms cuts and the pro- hibition of mass destruction wea- pons under strict international control