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Evening star., 1953-12-28
Words and the Atom

Apparently there is no end to the atoms
capacity to stir up people in one way or another
The latest example of this is the letters to-the-
editor controversy that has ragged within recent
days in the newspapers Of Fundamentally the
Times-over the question whether or not Amer
leans have done violence to the English Ian
guage by making common usage Of the word
fashionable"
OF course, since it is employed freely by our
leading scientists and statesmen and since 1t is
prominent in our Atomic Energy Act, the word
is altogether respectable here in America. But
more than a few Englishmen take very dim
view of It, Typical Of these is Alfred Hurst,
London merchant. With some show Of exaSper-
alton, he has written to the Times to ask 'Is
fashionable admissionable?" In answer, speak
ing as purist, if not as pedant, Edmund
Dews of Oxford University has declared that it
is not only not "admissionable" but downright
lamentable, In his opinion, "the real problem in
the terminology of disability or fssileness is to
distinguish between materials with natural or
artificial nuclear splits" And with that in mind,
he has handed down the judgment that "fis-
sile," or even possibly "fssive," is what people
should use when they refer to the explosive stuff
in A-bombs or reactors.
It must be admitted that this view, though
bit on the dull and stuffy side, has some sup
port in the dictionaries. In most of these, at
any rate, fashionable" does not appear, but
"fissive" and "fissile" do, the latter deriving
from fssilis, which in turn comes from fssuS,
the past participle of the Latin verb fndere
(meaning "to split'0. However regardless Of
all such learned Recommendation, and despite
people like Mr.. Dews, the London newspapers
have printed letters from number of English
men strongly defending our American usage.
Thus, as one has written, "It is unquestionable
that fashionable is Objectionable to. the impress
sionable, but to the knowledgeable 1t Is unex-
ceptionable." And as another has put it, " Fis-
sionable' is fashionable, and surely reasonably
admissible. Fissible Is risible.'
SO there we have it-another illustration of
how the atom, whether hssive, fssile or fission-
able, has brought contentiousneSS into practi-
cally every field Of human endeavor, including
English usage. What thing it is that man has
plucked from the heart of nature The fact
that be must argue even over the words
employed to describe 1t is measure enough Of
the task he faces in trying to understand and
bride It,
The taxpayers have bought for 100000
that MIG that the North Korean pilot turned
in, even though we still don't know whether 1t
has radio, heater and seat covers.
It is Casey Stengers contention that there
is more anti-Yankee agitation in the American
League than there Is In East Berlin.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Letters to The Star

If those principles are only formal and
shallow, the children often come to
think that such matters are only for
children and weak-minded women and
not for grown-ups who well know what
every person must face in adult life
in this distracted world. If the parents
have the moral and religious depth
that enables them to be faithful to their
convictions both in home life and also
in life in the world, despite the difficult
ties. the children as rule will follow
in their footsteps. If half of the par
ents in these United States during the
past 40 years had had that depth, "ju-
venile delinquency" in my opinion, in
stead of now being terrible problem
all over our Nation would be but
trickle which would merely illustrate
the maxim that there are few excep-
tions to all rules.
In my opinion the moral and religious
instruction of children is a response
bility placed by God directly upon the
parents and one that usually cannot
be avoided without disaster. For 60
years I have studied the tendency in
such matters, and it seems to me that
more and more parents are saying:
LET George do it," They expect the
pastor, Sunday school teacher or local
church religious director-or anybody
except themselves-to do for their chill
sdren what is first Of all their duty.
Methodist.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer TO sny question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Informa-
ton Bureau. 1900 Eye St.. NV. washington
g. D. c. Please inclose three 13l cents for
return postage
Evening star., 1953-12-28
COLUMBIA ROAD.

Dear Sir:
'Your serene philosophy and love OF
bird and beast have been q constant
source Of comfort.
"As lover Of the wonderful works
of God on this beautiful planet, am
minded to appeal to you to write q col
umn rejecting your thoughts on the
so-called juvenile delinquency.
"The fact that we have this situation
is due to the type Of world we older
ones have made.
''It seems such pity that this won
derful human material-our greatest
asset Our oncoming young generation.
should be going to waste-the growth
Of larger cities. the lack of creative
work about the home. such as we for
tunate ones who grew up on the farm
or In small towns enjoyed-so many
things combined to give adult pleasure
and satisfaction then-so many con-
tributing factors.
yours sincerely, @. NJ. s."
Il
SILVER SPRING, MD.
Dear Sir:
'Do you ever feel sorry for the
mothers Of this country?
Every one is telling them what and
what not to do In regard to raising
their children.
Then, Of course. they are blamed
for all the delinquency. But the mothers
never say anything back to their critics.
How can they?
Evening star., 1953-12-19
You'll See BIdck-dnd- White,
But 'AmuhF Will Be Tinted
By Harry Macarthur

could see as much color as pos
Sible. = x
In Washington, for the time
being at least, color televiSion
will be broadcast by only WNBW
and WTOP-TV. Both have done
experimental transmitting in the
field and are equipped to send
out the signals now. Equipment
to provide a better picture is on
order by WTOP-TV. according
to a man out there, due at an
indefinite date within the next
year."
Neither WMAL-TV nor WTTG
is converting to color Immediate
ly. In each case there is no point
in equipping for color until the
network makes plans for send
ing tinted shows along the micro
wave relays. These plans are neb-
ulous at both the American
Broadcasting Co., with which
WMAL-TV is affiliated, and Du-
Mont, which owns WTTG.
At the moment there are no
plans for originating color pro-
grams at any of the four sta
tionS here. There still are racks
of equipment at WNBW, left over
from those RCA tests, but more
would be required from New
York before it could originate
color program.
Evening star., 1953-12-19

tions: Santa Claus is guest pam
elist.
$3.50, WRC- Theater Royal:
Sir Laurence Olivier stars in
Alexandra Dumas "ZodomirSky's
Duel"
$3.50, WCFM-"John Browns
Body: Tyrone Power, Judith
Anderson and Raymond Massey
star in the work of Stephen Vim
cent Benet.
800. WRC-Hollywood Story:
The lives of Jack L. and Sam
Warner are dramatized.
1890, WWDC-Home for the
Aged: A Christmas appeal for
Blue Plains.
1000, WASH-Chicago Thea
ter of the Air: Gladys KrieSe and
Thomas L. Thomas sing a pro-
gram of Christmas music.
Evening star., 1953-12-19

middleweight bout.
1000, WTOP-Medallion The
ater: Jackie Cooper and Leslie
Nielsen head the cast of "24 Men
to a Plane" a drama about a
man who is torn between truth
and loyalty to his best friend.
Rodio Todoy.
$3.50, WRC - Symphony Of
Flight: The Airborne Symphony
of Lakeland Air Force Base is
heard in a special program salut-
ing the 50th anniversary of
power-flight. Sara Churchill Is
mistress of ceremonies.
1900, WWDC-Report to the
People: Frank Sartwell, jr., of
the Star and Warren Unna Of
the Post discuss District issues
with Commissioner Renah F.
Camalier.
$500, WWDC-Twenty Cues
Evening star., 1953-12-19
On the Air

Gian-Carlo MenOtt1S Christ
mas opera, "Amahl and the
Night Visitors" will be the first
post-approval color television
program seen in Washington. 1t
will be seen here in color on only
a handful of sets. of course.
WNBW is planning, however. to
transmit a color signal when the
musical work is televised to-
morrow at 5 pm. on NBC-TV's
Hall of Fame"
Your present televiSion set will
turn this color signal into a
standard monochrome picture.
! It may even be slightly better
than the one you usually get, be-
cause of the special lighting re-
quired.
This will be the first color
transmission WNBW has done
since the days when 1t was used
for tests and demonstration OF
the RCA compatible system. The
recent color tranSmisSions OF
some NBC shows have been car
ried as ordinary black-and-Whlte
telecasts by network stations out
side of New York, including
WNBW.
The Federal Communications
Commission followed up its ap-
proval Thursday of the indus
try's compatible color system
with another move yesterday. 1t
granted blanket permission to
the television broadcasters to do
any shows in color, pending the
January date when Thursdays
order will go into effect. Instead
of asking special permission for
each program the networks now
are required only to notify the
FEC that a show is being tele-
vised in color.
How much this will speed
tinted television into the living
rooms is still a question. One
publicity man (who understand
ably preferred to remain anony-
nous said he would believe
color TV was here when he saw
it IN black and white.
The FEC approval of the in
dustry's system does not mean
that the microwaves will be
multi-hued Immediately from
morn to midnight. There is not
much that the commission can
do either about speeding the
setting up of production lines.
Most manufacturers still are
talking about small screens and
high prices.
One of them, however, has
promised that it will have color
sets, using Chromatic's 21-inch
tube, available in February. How
many will be available and at
what price. manufacturer doesn't
say
X X ~
How many programs will be
available to tempt buyers of
color receivers is another ques-
tion. Color program production
seems likely to keep pace with
color set production, which be-
comes a vicious circle. The
broadcasters will tint their TV
when enough sets are distrib-
uted. And the more tinted pro-
grams available, the wider the
distribution of sets will become.
Beyond tomorrow's opera,
NBC-TV has two shows at least
scheduled for the full spectrum
treatment in the near future
One is next Thursday nights
special Christmas drama on
"Dragnet," recently filmed in
color. The next will be the New
Years Day Tournament of
Roses" parade in Pasadena,
Calf, one of the things the
color TV enthusiasts have been
calling ideal for the medium.
The NBC plan for gradually
embracing tinted TV with color
premieres" of its regular pro-
grams apparently is still in effect.
Both NBC and CHS have plans
in the works for daytime color
shows, too. A CHS spokesman in
New York said his network would
try to avoid conflicts with other
stations so that those with sets
Evening star., 1953-12-19
Highliehts
RIVETS
BEETLE BAILEY
TeIevision Todoy.

1880. WMAL-Leave 1t to the
Girls: Aldo Ray faces the femi-
nine panel.
$500, WNBW-Bonino: Andrew
is frightened at the prospect of
singing a Christmas carol solo at
a public performance.
$3.50, WMAL - Music from
Meadowbrook: Johnny Long and
his orchestra are featured.
$3.50, WNBW-Original Anna
teur Hour: Young performers try
for their big break in show busi-
ness.
900, WMAL-Saturday Night
Fights, Carmen Basilio meets
Pierre LangloiS in a 10-round
Evening star., 1953-12-19
FM Stutions

WRc-FM-s3.s Me-, Channel 230
$50 am. to ! am.
WHUz-FM-s5.5 Me-, Channel 23S
3 pm. to 9 pm.
WT0P.FM-9S.3 Me-. Channel 247
Around the Clock
WASh-FM-s7.I Me-, Channel 2As
9 am. to II pm.
W0L-FM-se.1 Me-, Channel 2Si
5 pm. to ! am
WcFM-ss.5 Me-, Channel 7SS
S pm. to II pm.
WFAN-I0o.3 Me-, Channel 3s1
$50 am. to Midnight.
MWDc-FM-101.1 Me-, Channel 7es
7 am. to 2 am.
WeMS-FM-1o3.5 Me-, Channel 7lS
$50 am. to Midnight
MARl-FM-105.1 Me-, Channel 2ss
6:45 am. to 9 pm,
WUsT-FM-10G.3 Me-, Channel 1s7
7 am. TO 9 pm
WMAL-FM-i01.3 Nc. Channel 2sI
sam. to Ills pm.
Evening star., 1953-12-19
Other AM Stutions

WeMS-s1o ke.-s:30 s.m.-4:as Pm.
WPIk-13o ke.-1:15 a.m.-4:45 pm.
WARt-1eo Ke.-7:15 a.m.-a:45 pm. .
WeAI-1,0so ke.-7:iS a.m.-a:A5 Pm.
MUST-1,12o ke.-1:tS a.m.-4.4S Pm.
WFAx-1,72n kc.-1 s.m.-A:45 pm.
W00k-1,3ao ke.-5:3o ANIL am.
WEAM-1.3so Ke.-s:3a s.m.-1i pm.
W0l- 1,45o k.-s a.m.-17:15 pm.
WD0N-i SAC ke.-s s.m.-4:a5 pm.
WlNx-1,soe ke.-s 1.m.-4:A5 pm.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15

1886 she sold the building to the
fire company which still has head
quarters there. She also operated
a restaurant here. Mrs. Fox was
member of the New Century Club
until February of 1852, when she
fell in her home and suffered a
broken hip. She had been a men,
ber of St. Johns Episcopal Church
for 63 years and was a member of
the Church Guild. Surviving are a
daughter, Mrs. Lewis A. Mathis of
Port Norris, N. j., a grandson, Sam
ell J. Wilson, Mathis, Vineland, n.
J. and a granddaughter, Miss Mari
tha Jane Wilson Mathis of Wood
bridge, n. J. Services were held on
Monday afternoon from the Wilson
Funeral Home. The Rev. Joseph
Wood of Baltimore, the Rev. Allen
Day of Snow Hill, Md, both former
rectors of ST. Johns Church and
the Rev. Paul Parkhill, present rec
tor, conducted the burial rites. In
terment followed in the Wilson
family plot in the Goshen Methodist
Cemetery, Milton.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15
WEEVILs WOW BuRN

RALEIGH, N. c. Up "You
Can't Burn Out the Boil Weeyil."
This fact is also the title of a
folder issued by North Carolina
State College Extension Service.
The cover of the folder depicts
a raging forest fire in full color
often the result when farmers burn
over their fields. The author. Exten-
sion Forester John Gray, writes:
You can't burn out the boil vice.
vii unless you burn down all your
barns and Out-buildings, burn up
all your haystacks and stored corn,
burn up all woodpiles and stacks
of refuse, and get all your neigh
bOrs to do the same"
Even then, Gray writes, you
would destroy only very small
percentage of the over-wintering
weevils.
Fifty years experience has
shown that the only effective way
to control boil weevils is to fight
them in the field with recommend
ed sprays and dusts," Gray says.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15
POLICE BUILD HOUSE

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-(P)-Last
February, Mrs. M. r. Steelman
cried softly in the rain as she
looked at blackened timbers and
gray ashes-all that remained of
the small house she had built her
self.
Today, she's got a new home
a three-roOm, cinder-block house
standing on the same spot-built
by Knoxville police
"We found that people were glad
to help" said Sgt. Emory Jackson,
president of the FTaternal Order
of Police. "And the material for
the home was almost all donated :"
eve did the work ourselves when
he had some time off from the de-
partment," Jackson said. "On days
off and 7hen our regular shift was
over, we'd go out and work" 1t
took about three weeks.
Furniture was donated to the
FOP for the most part, and includes
a stove and refrigerator. The FOP
landscaped the small yard.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15

Walter ". Crouch
Phone
hilton AsSS


The fourth annual PTA Fair and
Festival found members, friends,
teachers and children once again
ready and responsive to help the
project succeed. The theme of this
years entertainment program was
titled "a Fairyland Fantasy, which
included cowboys, by the Kinder
garten: three bears, supported by
mixed chorus, first grades;
BILLY Goat Grufg also told in song
by the second grade chOruses;
third, fourth and fifth, as we'll as
sixth grades carried out the theme
well in song portraying various
fairyland and Mother Goose char
acters. The sixth entertained with a
puppet show. The high school band
and chorus also participated in the
program under the direction of the
music director. Lemuel Evans The
art instructor, Mr. Jacobs, directed
his art students in the decorations
in the auditorium as we'll as some
of the class rooms. The dinner
which is prepared and served by
the members Of that committee,
were able once again to prepare a
meal which cost the public only
SO cents. Response to this was over
whelming. The cake booth, fancy
work, book, candy, grab-bag, fish
pond, flower farm products which
included poultry of all descriptions
and eggs, as we'll as the pie and
home made bread, booths all were
abundantly filled when the sale be-
gan and very pleasingly empty al
the close of the evening. Samuel
Shapiro, general chairman, and
William A. Mcdaniel, president OF
the organization were both pleased
with the response once again given
the affair. The final proceeds will
be announced at the final PTA
meeting on Thursday evening
More than a thousand persons are
estimated to have visited the
school on the evening Of the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rex P8rks and Mr.
and Mrs. John Ponder spent the
weekend in JOhnstown, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Dockerma1
of Delmar, visited her sister, Mrs
Benjamin Palmer on Sunday.
Mrs. Granville Mills, Sr., under
went an operation at the Delaware
Hospital, Wilmington. on Monday
Her many friends are wishing hel
a speedy recovery and a quick re-
turn home.
Mrs. Alfred Roach is a patient al
the Beebe Hospital in Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl King were
. host and hostess at a covered disE
supper at their home on Sunday
evening. Their guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Lester E. Clendaniel, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles T. Vent, Mrs
Mary Quigg, John T. Crouch, Caro-
line and Lester Clendaniel and
Medford King.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Spence'
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15
THAMES PAGEANT FOR
CORONATION

LONDON - [P) - Cumbersome
Thames barges will be. dressed up
to look like intrepid galleOns of
old as part of Britain's coronation
celebration.
A huge fleet of the decorated
barges will sail up the Thames,
through the heart of London, to
the steps Of Parliament. They will
resemble ships which carried Bri-
tain's flag during the reign of the
First Queen Elizabeth.
Queen Elizabeth II and her sail
or husband, the Duke of Edinburgh,
will witness the river pageant.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15

were weekend guests of their son
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Dyson
Spencer and daughter, Gloria Jane,
near ParsOnburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Jackson
were weekend guests of their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Orville Banning in Bridgeville.
Last Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mOnd Short and family Of Chester,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fisher of
Kynyn, near Wilmington, were
weekend guests in Milton with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Glen
daniel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace KOpple and
son Eddie and Mrs. Hugo Kopple
Of Harbeson, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. Walter w. Crouch
and family.
Ralph Marvel, member of the
q. S. Navy, stationed aboard the
USS Mississippi EAG 128-L $50 at
Norfolk, Va, was promoted to 3rd
Glass Petty Officer on May 9Th. His
wife, Alice Sammons Marvel lives
with Ralph's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Marvel.
At the Sunday morning Mother 5
Day service at the Grace Methodist
Church, Mrs. Nelson Belts received
a pOtted plant for being the young
est mother present at the worship.
Mrs. Maggie Collins, Oldest mother
present, was also gifted with a
flower, as was Mrs Glen Kramer,
who had the largest number of
children present at the service.
During the same worship hour Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Belts, Jr., present
ed their young daughter for Christ
ening.
The following seniors will be
presented for graduation at the
Commencement Exercises in Milton
on June 10 at s pm: Lois Heck
man, Jerry Hassemer, Constance
Darvy, Joseph BrosOn, Donald Fish
er, Graham Dill, Ronald Jefferson,
Nancy Hopkins, Bruce Harpster
Glenn Green, Esther Donovan, Car
Olyn Clendaniel, Doris Spencer,
Doris Mills, Clifford Baker, Charles
Carey, Leona Brown, James Jeffer-
son, Virginia Brooks, Sara Messick
Gloria Ketterer, Martha Moore
Nancy Phillips, Norman Reynolds
Hubbard Macklin, George Seigfried
Patricia Pepper, Kathryn Parsons
Ludwig Stuchlik, George Couch
and Ronald Howard Carey.
The baccalaureate, also to be held
in the schools auditorium, will be
held on Sunday evening, June 7th
at 8 pm, with the honor students
of the class participating.
Mrs. Ida J. Fox, 70, died in the
Beebe Hospital, Lewes, on Friday
morning, following a long illness
She was the daughter of Col. San
j. and Martha Donovan Wilson
Her husband, William H. Fox, dieC
in 1909. For many years she was {
member of the Sussex County Dem
Ocratic Committee from Milton. She
was the first woman to cast hel
vote in that district af,er the
woman's suffrage amendment. Mrs
Fox was in the real estate business
in st. Petersburg and Tampa, Fla
| She owned and operated Millions
first motion picture theatre. II
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-15
JUNGLE FIGHTERS BATTLE ANTS

KUALA LUMrUR, Malaye Up
The British Army in Malaga is
waging a two-front fight-against
Communist rebels in the jungle,
and against white ants in their
bases.
Men of the Royal Army Ord
nance Corps fight the termites with
arsenic and keep them at bay with
creOsote and coal tar solutions.
Major d. LOney of the RAOC De-
pot says, ga pair of muddy boots
can be eaten in a night, leaving
only nails and studs. 1t is a cease
less watch we keep for in next to
no time they could eat most of the
contents of the depot"
Evening star., 1953-08-06
TOTS AND ToDDLERs' APPAREL

Were NOW
It's Tots Cotton Skirts Sizes 3 1870
to Ok NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 3.99 100
40 Boys shorts, in stripes, solids,
and checks. Sizes Z to Ok loo 1.38
$50 PersonoIized terry cordqons,
white. Sizes z, 4, 6, g. 239 1.7S
1873 Girls Cotton Skirts, to 6x leo 1853
100 Rhunnbo Sunsuits, l. to Ok -l9o 1888
29l 7-woy Sundresses in no-iron
seersucker. Sizes 5 to 6x---2eo z.3S
6e7 Cobono Suits in no-iron seer
sucker. Sizes z, 4, s, s. 1eo LOO
$50 Tots Famous Make Cotton
Dresses. Sizes z to 3, to 800 TO
6x ------ 7e5 2.s8
40 Tots Shorts sizes z to Ok lo9 l.3S
800 Tots Fomous Make Cotton
Dresses, sizes ! to g. 3 to Z.o9 to
6x Neutrality-suspicious. 800 100
1870
Tots Shorts sizes to 6x--- $50 l.39
End Floor Washington and SHUer Spring;
3rd Floor, PARKington
Evening star., 1953-08-06
GIRLS DRESSES AND BLoUSEs

Were NOW
It's Girls Cotton Dresses for now
and bock- o-schooI wear, 4ooto 1888
broken sizes 7 to A. 7oo &2Ss
$50 PlisSe Popovers prints and
solid coIors, broken sizes
to IA ---------------- 1.99 5se
80 Denim Jeons, print or plaid
trim cuffs, sizes 7 to 4 2oo 1888
$50 Group of Girls Summer
Bouses, Shorts, PedoI Push l5e to SIto
ers, Sportsweor to IA 500 1888
$50 Girls Polo Shirts, Midriffs, 90 to soc 6
Holters, broken sizes to IA l5o sSe
md Floor, Washington & Siluer Sprino:
3rd Floor, PARKinoton
Evening star., 1953-08-06
So, 900 LINEN CLEARANCE

Luncheon, dinner. banquet sets, place mats,
cocktail napkins, guest towels, assorted napkins.
In imported cloths, Chinese cutwork, cotton &
royon domosk
Evening star., 1953-08-06
INFANTS APPAREL

INEANIS ATFAN66
Were NOW
2lo Cotton Knit Crib Sheets. Two
in q pockooe- 4.50 LOO
3o2 imported Rubber Toys----- 2.ee LOO
90 Flexible Rubber Bunny l!o9 100
300 Oreondy and Pique Summer SOTO 7Se
Bonnets ---- $50 6 100
Infants Apparel, 2nd Floor, Washington
and SilUer Spring; 3rd Floor, PARKington
Were NOW
80 Psse Rhumo Sunsuts, one
and z piece styles, to 3-- l.9o 1873
81 NyIon Plisse Topper Sets for
boby. Short iocket with Ioce
trim and waterproof points.
Broken sizes l.o9 1.38
u Cotton Knit Sunsuts PosteIs
broken sizes - l.5o 100
ITO PIsse SIumber Bogs. White
only ------------------ 29e l.ss
Infants Apparel, End FL, Washington Store