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Milford chronicle., 1953-02-13

LATE BREAKING LOCAL AND WORLD NEWs.-Bv the
Stars own local correspondents-frOm the wires
Of Associated and United Press and other press
services will come late news-completely and
accurately reported.
HOMETOWN NEWS-The stories concerning the
churches, schools and civic organizations Of our
area will keep every Star reader informed about
these important local activities.
SOClEIV.-The social news-hOmemaker's hints
home ecOnomiCs--news Of big and little things
happening to people in your community.
9ORlS.-This additionally favOrite section will
be enlarged-there'll be more stories-mOre pic.
tures-lrOm all spOrts-On the local as well as
national scene.
BUSNtSS-In one Of the fastest growing trading
areas Of our nation the news Of business is i'm.
pOrtant news. This will be reported and edited
carefully for the Wilmington Trading Area and
Delaware by the Wilmington Sunday Star.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-13
REDS TAKING Over BANKS

HONG KONG - (P) = Red China
newspaper reports indicate q ma
tiOnwide move to put all private
banks under direct government con-
troll. The reports say that the pri-
vate banks have been combined and
placed under a bureau supervised
by the official Peoples Bank
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-13

The first practical typewriter was
placed on the market in 1874.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Letters to The Star !.

have had no other guide in the straight
and narrow way of Truth"
The position Christian Scientists take
with regard to the new translation of
the Bible was clearly stated in an
editorial in the Christian Science Moni-
tor for October 4, 1882 The editorial
said, in substance, that Mrs. Eddy's
writings show she was interested in
any version of the Bible that promised
new light; that she consulted several
tranSlationS for variations in rendering,
and in some cases highly approved
what she found. Yet her deep and
fruitful study of the Bible was done
with the King James Version, and her
writings are based on its renderings.
This, in addition to a great love for its
familiar and beautiful passages, give
the King James Version an unques-
toned first place in the hearts and
lives of all who read and study her
writings.
It was for these reasons that Mrs.
Eddy established the King James Ver-
sion for use in Christian Science
Church services and for daily study by
Christian Scientists.
Christian Scientists use the King
James Version of the Bible continually;
they have not revised it.
James Watt,
Christian Science Committee on
Publication for the District of
Columbia.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Fifty Years Ago in The Star -.

the attention of the commissioners to
it, The work of the commission has
greatly expanded since the time OF its
organization. It was quartered
at the beginning in the City Hall
Building. Then it moved to the struc-
ture on the southeast corner of Eighth
and E streets known as the Concordia
Building. Later it was established in
the present building at the northwest
corner of Eighth and E streets, for
merly occupied by the Money Order
Bureau of the Post Office Department"
Half century after these quoted words
were printed the Civil Service Commits
sion considered its 10th anniversary
lust another day." A spokesman
said: IT believe we will celebrate our
centennial"
Half a century ago The Star fire.
ouently carried advertisements for
Diamond Dyes. They were
Diamond manufactured at Burling-
nvee ton, VT, and enjoyed
worldwide reputation as
coloring agents suitable for domestic
use. No particular skill was required
in applying them to cotton. silk or
wool. All that was necessary was to
follow the directions printed on the
packages Thousands of American
families had brighter homes, more
varied wardrobes because of them. At
least As different "tintS" or shades
were available. The price per package
was 10 cents. Drugstores displayed
cabinets of Diamond Dyes on their
counters. But times gradually changed,
and today the once universally popular
Burlington colors seem to have van
ished from the Washington scene.
Henry B. Gilpin Co., wholesale drug
gists supplying hundreds of outlets.
say: 1--WE discontinued them years
back" William D. Appel of the Bu-
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Faster Than Gossip Even

Any idea that breaking the sound barrier
in fight was going to be the end of trying to
get somewhere in a hurry has now been dis
spelled by an Air Force engineer
D. G. Samaras Of the Wright Field Air
Development Center told some automotive engi-
neers in Detroit the other day that space flights
at the speed of light-186,000 miles per second
are possible if the scientists will get their
old-faShioned commitments to thermal fuels
Mr.. Samaras suggests the ionic rocket draw
ing it's force by electrostatic acceleraton of ions
or the "photon rocket" drawing its power from
light rays, as more modern conveniences to
speed. Fortunately, he acknowledges that "it
may take quite some time before our primitive
vehicles (sic) will fly at speeds approaching the
speed of light"
Truly, it is wonderful age in which we live
Evening star., 1953-01-18

laudet, Julia Goldsborough, Adola
Greely, Elsie Hoban, Bertha Hill. Ethel
Seckendorff. Carol Simpson, Eleanor
Terry, Emile Fitch, Gertrude Brown.
Harriet Sutherland, Charles Crawford,
w. l.. Mcpherson. Freeman Field, John
OldS, William Bingham, Piquette
Mitchell. Charles and Frank Poe. Hud-
son Poole, John wilkins, Murray Cobb,
Walter Davidge, Frederick and Reginald
Huidekoper, Gould Lincoln. Baron
Ritter, Richard Ely. Senor Palido.
Stephen Elkins, Robert e. Lee and Hugh
Rowland. Anne Washington became
Mrs. Augustus Silliman Blagden and
now helps her husband in the man
agement Of a beautiful farm called
"Wessyngton" at Cedar Hill, Tenn.
Local friends had Christmas cards from
them four weeks ago.
A telegram from st. Louis to The
Star of January IL, 1908. explained
that "the reproduction
King Solomon's of King Solomon's
Temple temple on large scale
will be one Of the fea-
lures of the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition. Working models, paintings and
designs, said to represent an outlay Of
$4,000. have been inspected by mem
bers of the exposition management.
From these models the temple will be
reproduced as a counterpart Of the
famous original. The estimated cost is
nearly $500,000" Does any reader
know whether the plan thus outlined
really was carried out and. If so. what
became of the reproduction after the
st. Louis Fair closed?
Evening star., 1953-01-18
FIeeson Attacks Mccarthy

Doris Fleeson certainly has been
working overtime trying to discredit
Senator Mccarthy in the eyes of the
American public. Scarcely column is
written that she doesn't mention Sen
ator Mccarthy. Is it that she just has
a one-track mind, or could it be that
she is trying to make name for her.
self by attacking this great man?
One thing 1 would like to know is
how Miss Fleeson could possibly gain
access to Senator McCarthy's records
in the Department of Defense, as she
stated in her column:
THE Mccarthy records do not show
that any c. o! recommended the Sem
ator for decoration. However, some
time prior to September 27, 1951-his
request is signed but undated-Senator
Mccarthy applied for strike flight
awards"
All military personnel records are
strictly confidential and available only
to personnel of the Department of De-
fense authorized to see them.
Could it be that Miss FleeSon used
her New Deal connections to gain &C
cess to these records?
Nj. Burns.
Editors note: Regardless of what
the records show. Senator McCarthys
former commanding officer in the
Marines, Col. Everett E. Mum, has
stated he did recommend Mr.. Nc
Carthy for the Air Medal "but the
request was turned DOWN.
Evening star., 1953-01-18

The Star of January 16, 1908, con-
tanned an obituary article relating to
Rosa Morris Nourse,
koSo Nourse whose funeral took
or St. AIbon's place from st. Al
bans Church that
day. She had been member of fam
lly long associated with the history of
Washington. One of her sisters, Phoebe
Nourse, had left 40 gold dollars to be
used to build a house of prayer where
st. Adams now stands. Other sisters
and several brothers, all children of
Mai. Charles j. NourSe and his wife
had shared her interest in religion.
The family originally were Friends but
became EpiscopalianS. Their home was
the Highlands on Tenleytown road,
now Wisconsin avenue, near Quebec
street. The father of the major was
Joseph Nourse, register of the United
States Treasury under John Adams,
jefferson, Monroe and John Quincy
Adams. No member of the family at
tends st. Adams in 1858, but several
memorials-including plaque to Rosa
may be seen in the Guild Hall which
in itself is monument to the Nourses.
Flora Brown, a volunteer historian Of
the parish, remembers Rosa as she was
in her '70s-a woman of keen in
telligence, tirelessly active in church
and charitable work up to a few
hours before her death.
X
yesterday" said The Star for Janu-
ary II, 1908, was the goth ami
versary of the estab-
Civil Service liShment of the Civil
Anniversary service commission.
Under act of Congress
the commission began business January
16, 1888. But few of the clerks of
the commission knew that. :. There
were one or two of the older employees
ewho remembered the day and called
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Spires of the Spirit
Changing the Guard

One of the worlds most picturesque
pageantS is changing the guard" at
the residences of Britain'S royal family.
The dazzling brilliance of the uniforms,
the perfection of the drill techniqueS
and the stirring, martial music make
the spectacle one which tourists put
on their must" list on visits to London.
Even for children, the thrill of it is
caught in the opening lines of a mod
ern juvenile book. with the rhythmic
music of nursery jingle: They're
changing the guard at Buckingham
Palace, said Alice"
On January 20 the gaze of the world
will be focused on democracy's white
domed palace of patriotism, as around
the globe is heard the cry: They are
changing the guards in the capital of
the free world-the unfettered, un-
coerced realm where the people rule!
The sovereign citizens by secret vote
have declared at this inaugural the
guards" are to be changed, as one
national administration is succeeded
by another. This will be done amid
miles of parading battalionS, on the
ground and in the air, symbolizing
Americas expanding might. The
honor guard will be picked heroes with
their battle flags fresh from the bloody
shambles of bare Korean hills, where
the soldiers of freedom are throwing
their very bodies in front of the ag-
greSSors, declaring by deeds which will
live forever, You shall not pass!"
Now, as one looks upon the famed
avenues and the stately Government
buildings and monuments which make
Washington indeed glorious Capital
its Splendor, to be sure, often marred
by adjacent squalor-the contrast be-
tween the setting for the first inaugu-
ration held on the Potomac and this
latest is vividly suggested by the i'm
precision the new city made upon a
prominent foreigner in the early 1800S.
He wrote: There is not even one house
between the Capitol and the Presidents
house! The plan of the city is both
judicious and noble; but it is, in fact,
the grandeur and magniflcence of the
plan which render the conception no
better than dream" In the same
time, William Jansen has left this
record: THE entrances or avenues, as
they are pompously called, are the
worst roads I passed in the country.
In the winter season, during the sitting
OF Congress. every turn of your wagon
wheel for miles is attended with dan
ger. Deep ruts, rocks and stumps of
trees every minute impede your prog
ress." Those graphic verbal snap
Evening star., 1953-01-18

shots indicate the change which has
come.
In the cleaning glory of the Wash
ington of today, the guards" that
change moving off while their places
are taken by others, but emphasize
the things that do not change. New
faces, new attitudes, new policies but
proclaim the abiding tenets of the
American creed 1t is we'll to remem-
ber that the new guard, which with
pomp and ceremony marches In to
protect the ageleSs jewels which sparkle
in Freedoms crown, u.s. after ALL but
very small proportion of those who
as public servants, in fearful times.
stand on the ramparts of the Republic.
Let not the shouting and the tumult
and all the pageantry of the changing
of the guard obscure the fact that
more than 80 per cent of the Govern
ment personnel are now under pro-
lection of Civil Service. There is a
great unchanged army back of the
changed guard.
AS the guard changes, the most potent
thing that the Voice of America is say
ing to listening world has to do not
with change. but with the immutable,
granite principles which undergrad this
sweet land of liberty. One man, pillar
of peoples hope, chosen out of more
than $50 million, in an act of heartfelt
devotion kisses the Book of Books, as
he says, II solemnly swear" His voice,
magnifled until it thunders around the
globe. becomes the VOW OF united and
determined Nation pledging undying
6eVOtiOn and eternal VIGILANCE IN all
that America means at its best This
is the very heart of the Inauguration.
AS all America gathers around that
Evening star., 1953-01-18
The Aqe of American Man

The problem OF the antiquity Of mankind
in the Americas has been brought to the fore
again by the claim of DR.. George F. Carter of
Johns Hopkins University to have found evil
dence that men lived in this half OF the world
more than 900 years ago." Certain human
patterned flakes of rocks" discovered in Cali
fornia, it is alleged, date back that far. These
"spearheads" are said to have come from cliffs
near San Diego DR.. Carter, a botanist before
he turned to archaeology, contends that
chemical analysis of the soil" around the arti
facts shows that it ''had been in place during
glacial specifically three glaciers ago.
The people who "chipped" the flakes of rocks"
he argues, must have crossed from Asia to
North America before this third glacial period
or at the latest at its onset
Dr. Carter is not the first scientist to set up
such theory. Charles Darwin, in his book on
the exploratory voyage of the Beagle, tells OF
finding a fragment of cotton thread on
high terrace of the Andes, far above the sea.
The great evolutionist wholeheartedly believed
that human beings had lived and labored on
that mighty hill at time when 1t was much
lower much more accessible. At the opposite
extreme, DR. Ales Hrdlicka curator OF physical
anthropology in the Smithsonian Institution in
1888, just as stoutly insisted that artifacts and
bones he excavated in the Aleutian Islands
ago" and yet were "some of the first threads of
human infiltration of North America from
Asia"
Obviously, the crux of the whole question
of human antiquity in the Americas is: What
demonstrates stone or bone or a scrap of
fabric to have been shaped by men? APP
pearances alone are not enough. Every
geoogist, every ethnographer encounters ar
ticleS which seem to have been brought to their
prevailing form by human hands, motivated by
human intelligence. But appearances are de-
ceptive. Nature has powers and forces which
are capable of producing reasonable facsmi-
les' of man-made creations. Some of these
will be more convincing than others. The only
way to prove that humanity reached the West
ern Hemisphere 100000 years ago or even 10000
years ago is to find indisputable artifacts. What
DR.. Carter has discovered is not yet accepted as
definitive.
Evening star., 1953-01-18

reau of Standards confirmed the dis
appearance Diamond Dyes were good
dyes. e~declared, but other dyes took
their place" Perhaps the members OF
the ColoriSts, meeting at the YWCA
Monday evening. January 26. know the
answer to the question: "Why?"
X
On January 13, 1903. The Star chron-
icled the death of Winnie D. Mercer,
popular baseball pitch
Boseboll Hero er, in San Francisco.
Suicide He had killed himself
by inhaling gas in a
hotel room. Friends were unable to
account for his act. He had played
with the Detroit American League
team during the 1902 season and was
under contract to be playing man
ager" of that aggregation. Regarded
by thousands of fans as "a splendid
fellow" Mercer was a member Of the
Wagner team with home grounds in
Washington from 1894 to 1899. He was
assigned to the New York club in 1900,
but returned to Washington in 1901.
The Star said of him: Mercer repre-
sented the better element of the ball
players, OeIlS dt dA tuiicS tdoCeAuAy
dressed; and it is on record that he
transgressed the bounds of propriety
in batting an umpire but once"
Nearly half a column of the society
section of The Star of January II,
1908, was devoted
Anne washington to an account of
Doncine Porty a dance given at
Rauscher's thu
previous evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
S. Gillett for Anne Washington, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Wash
ington. Among the guests were Zaide
Cobb, Marjorie Cotton, Carolyn Huff,
Enrol Brown, Elsie Curtis, Elizabeth
Dodge, Garcia de Peyster. Marion Gal
Evening star., 1953-01-18
CopIund's Portrait

January IA: Bruno Walter and Vice
President-elect Richard Nixon ad-
dressed the National Symphony Annual
Sustaining Drive Luncheon at the Stat
Ter Hotel. They urged all-out CO.
operation in this community enterprise,
and stressed the value of the arts in
the struggle for freedom and indie
pendence.
January Is headline: inauguration
Concert Cancels Coplands Lincoln
Portrait" The inspiration of the words
of a great former President in his
annual message to Congress on Decem-
ber l, 1862, will not be heard by our
citizens this January 18 on the grounds
that Aaron COPELAND, the composer,
Evening star., 1953-01-18
The Football Rules

The National Collegiate Athletic Association
has taken a sensible step backward in killing
the ee-subStitution rule for college football.
The fact that three days of thorough discussion
by the rules committee, with various other quail
ified advisers participating, brought unani-
nous vote on the action adds weight to the
judgment.
For the players themselves, and their de-
voted spectators football in the past decade
has been too intricate for pleasure. The spec
tace of platoons of specialists romping across
the field whenever the ball changed hands, or
for kickoffs and punts, has become more like a
chess game of mechanical men than test of
the athletic energy and ingenuity of band
of young Americans. The boy who spent few
minutes each Saturday afternoon holding the
ball for field goal and extra point kicks must
have been almost as frustrated as his parents
in the stands.
There have been other effects, perhaps even
more serious, the curricula of college sports
and the schools themselves. Platoon football,
as it developed under the free-subStitution rule,
required not only big squads of specialized play
ers-so specialized by physique or training that
many of them could fill only one type OF assign
ment-but also enlarged squads of coaches
equally specialized. Many schools have neither
the manpower nor the finances to support such
an athletic standing army. Some gave up
football entirely, others terminated traditional
rivalrieS.
The change now voted varies only slightly
from the substitution rule in effect prior to
1941 Players taken out in one quarter are not
eligible to return until the following quarter
except for special status given the final four
nainuAs of the second and fourth quarters
Evening star., 1953-01-18

had associated with Communist front
groups!
I recommend that every person who
reads this letter. whether or not he
attends the inaugural concert, listen
to recording of this magnificent work
There he will find only lofty idealism,
beautifully expressed as only Abraham
Lincoln could, accompanied by the
thrilling music of great American
composer, Aaron COPELAND.
Where, oh where, are we heading?
Janet N. Neuman,
National Chairman, Public Relations,
Womens International League for
Peace and Freedom.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
ByFrederick Brown Harris,
Minister. Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain. United States Senate

altar of faith upon which is the open
Book of Life and Light, she solemnly
recites the creed which has made her
great:
II believe in the common man. I
believe the common man possesses
enormous possibilities and is qualified
to govern himself, along with other
common men. I believe he has the
right to make the rules and to choose
his leaders. believe that all men are
endowed by their Creator with certain
rights which no other man or COM
bination of men can either bestow OF
take away"
In that phrase, ''by their Creator"
which is echoed by Lincolns under
God" is glimpsed forever the bedrock
on which our Republic is built. 1t is
impossible to dig down to the founda-
tionS of it without finding the Ten
Commandments and the Sermon on
the Mount. If ever they are removed
as the vital basis of living, there is
nothing there but sinking sand With
out those foundations the house of
democracy will fall, and great will be
the fall of it. If ever we lose the
convictions which gave it life the
American dream is through. Our hope
is in the Everlasting.
h X
The new President of the United
States recently has declared: Our
form of Government has no sense un-
less it is founded in a deeply felt
religious faith" In changing the guard
the direSt danger is written acroSS
the national sky in Kiplings warning
about scheme of guarding which
calls not Thee to guard"
We cannot but be conscious that
we are changing the guard in this
high day of destiny in plain sight of
the most sinister forces the world ever
has known, set to pulverize into dust
the very things to which, at this shrine
of dedication. we pledge our allegiance.
But amid the changing of the guard,
with dauntleSS faith in the invincibilty
of spiritually centered America every
true patriot is singing in his heart:
"Our thought of thee is glad Nth hope,
Dear country OF our loue and prayer!
Thy aUay is do,Dn no fatal slope,
But up to freer sun and air.
Tried as By furnace fires, and yet
By Gods grace only stronger made; :;
IN future tasks before thee set
Thou shalt not lack the oldtime aid.
With peace that comes Of purity,
And strength to simple justice due,
So runs our loyal dream OF thee.
God OF our fathers! make it true!"
Evening star., 1953-01-18

Smaller squads probably will result but perhaps
with teams in more colleges, and more football
for the spectators.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Temple of Peace for D. c.?

I read with interest the letter Frank
Gannett wrote Gen. Eisenhower, and
which was quoted in The Sunday Star
on December 81. feel much the same
as he does, about the need of an agency
for peace; and the advisability of eStab-
fishing Department of Peace with
cabinet officer at the head, on par in
authority and influence with all other
cabinet members" agree that our Ma
tion should take the lead and set
precedent for other nations to follow.
1 believe that we should have an army
of Christian Soldiers who will wage
peace as men in the past have Waged
war. We need to mobilize the spiritual
forces of those who desire and pray for
peace; and work together for the
achievement of peace on earth and
good will toward men-on the basis of
justice, fairness and equality for all.
In order to accomplish this we need
to unite in prayer; and pray for all
Notwithstanding our enemies. King
Solomon built a temple in Jerusalem
and dedicated it as house of prayer.
Would it not be we'll for us, as Amer
leans who have attained unique posi-
ton of leadership among free nations,
to take the lead in building the Temple
of Peace in our National Capital and
dedicate it as house of prayer for the
people of all races, classes and nations
of men who long for peace on earth
and good will toward men everywhere?
Rev. Herbert w. Hahn.
First Methodist Church, Revena, N. Y.
Evening star., 1953-01-18

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