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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-20
Man Found Guilty
In Fatal Stabbinq

A man was convicted late yes
terday Of manslaughter in a case
in which the prosecutor had
given a demonstration to show
that q chisel, from which the
defendant testified he was de-
Tending himself, was not sharp.
The man convicted on the
manslaughter charge was Corne-
Illus Williamson, 80, colored, of
the $500 block of Tenth street
NV, a tailor. Williamson was
found guilty by a jury in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia, which had be-
gun celebrating on Wednesday.
Williamson's victim was Len
Walker, 81. colored. who was
fatally stabbed last December in
the defendants home. Walker
had no fixed address, according
to police.
Williamson testified he had
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him home with him. The de-
PENDANT testified he awoke to
find Walker going through his
trousers. He protested, he testi-
fed. and Walker started toward
him with the chisel.
Williamson testified he then
stabbed Walker in self-defense:
A large butcher knife was used
in the Stabbing.
On Wednesday, Assista n t
United States Attorney B. Michal
Landesman. who prosecuted Will
hanson. picked up the chisel and
struck himself vigorously about
the body with it to show the
jury the chisel held by Walker
was not a sharp weapon.
According to medical testi-
mony at the trial. Walker was
drunk at the time he was
stabbed.
Judge Burnita Shelton Mat
thews, who presided at the trial,
ordered Williamson to Jail pend
ing sentence. for which no date
was, set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-20
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-20
Wellington Koo Invites
Dulles to Formosu
BY the As,eeiaisd Pre,s

Secretary of State Dulles has
been urged by Chinese Ambas-
sador Wellington Koo to visit
Formosa soon.
The envoy said after extending
the invitation to Mr.. Dulles at
the State Department yesterday
that he had the impression the
Secretary plans to make q trip to
the Far East this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-20
Hosty Marriage Decried

More unhappiness is created
by marriage In haste than by
any other human act, accord
ing to Cyril Clancy, president,
British Federation of Psychol-
ogiStS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-20
Anti-Corrosion Bottle

NEW YORK.-Nearly 81 bill
lion a year is spent in this coun-
try on protective coatings and
their application to protect metal
structures and equipment from
corroSion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-20
Bergen Seal Found

BERGEN. Norway.-Lost for
200 years. the town seal of Ber-
gen was found recently at the
bottom Of a manure cellar on q
farm near Voss. No one knows
how it got there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-20
Students Face Druft

NEW YORK. - Only Is per
cent of the male seniors in the
colleges across the United States
have completed their tours Of
military duty,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-20
Ans,uer the Call-Cive Generously

has
Holm
Lonsburghs
Electric
Raleigh % Roebuek Co. Washington
Gas Light Woodward 8 Lothrop
Evening star., 1953-08-16

INTERNATIONAL HELICOPTER-As preliminary to inaugu-
rating international helcOpter service Brussels recently de
Gated its hepOr shown here located the site from
which, in 1885, the first European railroad train left the
Belgian capital Sabena Belgian Arnes initial helcOpter
service is scheduled between Brussels Antwerp and
Rotterdam also between Brussels and Le France Serv
ice will be stepped several flights daily the delivery
of SikOrSky S-55 craft.
Evening star., 1953-08-16

dividually have behind them
some so to so years of sailing,
will compete September IL and
IL in the waters off Names
Mount Desert Island. Event is
the Retired Shippers Race. En-
trants include Capt. Arthur E.
Ladd, 81, who began his sailing
career at IL, and 79-year-old
Capt. Barney Griffin.
Reconstruction of the build
ings and the launching appa-
ratus the Wright brothers used
in their first flight will be fea-
ture of the celebration of the
golden anniversary of powered
flight December II at Kill Devil
Hills, N. C.
Attendance at performances
Of Paul Green's Lost Colony"
now in it's 18th season at the
Waterside Theater, Manteo, N. c.,
is II per cent above 1928 fig
ures. When the presentation
ends September 6, it is estimated
more than $4,000 will have seen
this years production. One con-
tributing factor for higher at
tendance may be perfection of
the mosquito"control program.
Frequent Jogging Of the theater
area with DDT and other chemi-
Gals is said to have virtually
eliminated the pests.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
3D. in Berlin

Wien, one of Berlin's Oldest
movie theaters, is being re-
modelled into the city's most
modern cinema. 1t is located on
the glamorous Kurfuerstendamm.
Changes will permit showing of
Sd films.
Experienced shippers. who in
Evening star., 1953-08-16

village, it provides an intimate
glimpse of farm life. complete
with ScarecrowS and donkeys,
ducks and water wheels, cattle
and cultivators. Part of the
atmosphere is grain field. One
can look through glass windows
of the chicken houses to see
chicks emerging from their
shells, bees depositing honey in
the comb in a glass hive. Dairy
maids in colorful costumes pre-
side over the dairying opera
tions. For a fee, tourists can
fish in the well-stocked pond.
Bewhiskered "Old Mcdonald"
himself often is encountered
touring the place and overseeing
the guests pleasure, driving a
motel T Ford.
Stella PoIoris Cruise
The famous cruise ship Stella
Polaris will revive its Christmas
New Year cruise to the Carib-
bean and South America this
winter. The cleaning white
vessel will sail from New Orleans
December 81, returning Janu-
ary 5. Both holidays will be
celebrated aboard in the Scan
danavian tradition. The timer
ary includes HavarR, Ciudad
Trujillo, La Guaria. Curacao and
Kingston. Rates start at $415.
Two 28-day cruises from New
Orleans also are scheduled,
January Z and February S. A 20
day cruise leaves March 6.
A free bus trip between Las
Vegas to Hoover Dam and Lake
Mead is being offered by the
Union Pacific Railroad as part
of it's services between the Mid
west and California. The diesel
motor trip, leaving Las Vegas at
$50 am. and returning at 2::30
pm, ordinarily would cost $3.50,
plus tax. The guided tour
through Hoover Dam is an extra,
costing 80 cents.
Each Friday night during the
summer square dances are held
in Holiday Park, Fort Lauder
dale. Fla.
Sd in Berlin
Evening star., 1953-08-16
RESORTS.
CLARKSVILLE, MD.

VACATION ON A FARM-AduIts only.
Drive out. go min. from Silver Spring
via Route 90. Wkly.. S3S up; Daily. 81
mp. Sport, Swimming. CatalOg. THE
RANDALLS. Clarksville, Md.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
| Letters to The Star.
Pen-nameS may be used If letters carry
1OriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

teaching Of religion in the public
schools, the Supreme Court ruled it
would have to be discontinued. And
although there are millions of religious
people in the United States, apparently
nothing is being done to correct this
grave error This country would GER
tainly seem to be in need of Christian
soldiers.
1t is useless to say religion should
be taught in the home. Many parents
have never been instructed in religion
and cannot teach their children or
even appreciate the necessity of it. The
only place the most people can get this
instruction, at an age when they can
get the foundation best instilled into
their consciousness, is in the schools, in
routine curricula. The religion of the
parents choice should be taught every
child, and if the parents do not wish
religious instruction, then simple ethics
which stem from religion should be
taught Humans need to be shown that
religion is simply a blueprint for de-
cent. orderly living, which brings about
the highest chance for happiness in
this imperfect world. It is not an empty
emotional binge to go throuh on Sun
days, Christmas, and Easter, but mat
ter of spiritual enlightenment. the lack
of which is the greatest source of hu-
man misery.
&c. M.
Evening star., 1953-10-16

The other members Of the family
laughed at them. Other members of
family always do! Ask the person who
tries to reduce. He or she will tell you
that it is always advisable to under
take such matters in secret
The school of eye care" is a simple
belief that exercises may be used to
relax the tense modern eye. And that
the eye, in the relaxed state, is the
only eye that functions normally. We
do not know if this theory is correctly
based or not. DR.. Bates original prem
iSes are still open to doubt. But the
fact seems to be that if one honestly
practices Peppards instructions, one
may have better eyesight, believe it
or not
Aldous Huxley's famous THE Art of
Seeing" may be purchased at any book
store. It is the theoretical side of the
school," but cannot be advocated for
the beginner Peppard is the man. He
explains the Bates system better than
Bates did.
It is only fair to say that orthodox
eye men do not approve of this. They
feel that one cure for all diseases is the
mark of crank. They are right, in
most cases. In this case, any one can
test it out for himself by finding a
copy of Sight Without Glasses" by
Harold NJ. Peppard, then trying to put
the precepts into practice. But one
must really work at it.. Just reading
isn't enough.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
West Capitol Street

When all the "tempos" have been re-
moved from the Mall it is hoped that
the architects, both structural and
landscape, will join other practical
minded citizens in recommending the
construction of a "West Capitol street,
to run through the center of the Mall
from Third street to Fourteenth street,
thence underpassing Fourteenth street
and veering slightly to the northwest;
thence west again passing the Monu-
ment, the Rejecting Pool and the Lin
coin Memorial on the north; thence to
the Water Gates north end.
From that point a "West Capitol
street" bridge, running half way be-
tween Columbia and Theodore Roose-
velt islands, could carry traffic to and
from the District, directly across the
Potomac. We have an East Capitol"
street, North Capitol" street and a
South Capitol" street. Let's harmonic
the plan with West Capitol" street.
Walter Fielder.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
Evolution

had q DiSion and SaW him rise
And lift his huge patUS upUard at the
skies
And cld,O the air and sway and strain
to stay
Erect. There D1S a look about his face,
And DhGt dumb pleading in the great
beast eyes,
And eUery muscle. tendon, nerUe intent
To thrust up to the very ornament.
He tottered, ttOiSted, slipped, gaue one
fierce grodn,
And teU NTH a -Splintering crash,
and lay
Stretched out and stunned and impo-
tent and mute.
He is a brute, thought. He has no
grace
To stand. 1t ,DaS not eUer meant. And
then,
Out of the mud and muck Where he
lay prone,
out of the agony of heart and bone,
/ Sdp him, oh, sdW him rise again!
james DiIlet Freemon
Evening star., 1953-10-16
Cause of Delinquency

Your motives in pushing the peren-
nial problem of juvenile delinquency
are of the best I'm certain, and if your
past performances are indications. I'm
sure you'll do much to speed resolu-
ton of the complex problems involved.
wish to point out, however, that
presentation of parents Gin Howard
Whitman'S Series) as the sole cause of
juvenile delinquency is dangerous
oversimplification, one that will only
retard solution of the problem. Profess
sional groups who deal daily with the
needs of children, e.g., the United States
ChildrenS Bureau, have pointed out re-
peatedly that delinquencyS causes are
only partly known-that no one yet
has obtained a complete knowledge
as to its causes and how to deal with
it-no more than we fully know why
adults get into difficulties with them
selves and others.
Of one thing we can be sure, how
ever, and that is that the problem of
delinquency is a responsibility of the
churches, the schools, the police, our
medical resources. and parents, among
others, in the community. The COM
munity in general needs to ask if it
provides sufficient and adequate hous-
ing, recreational facilities, schools for
children with special learning prob
lens. and mental hygiene clinics to
help parents and children with the
problems that promote delinquency.
Many other community as well as fam
lily problems could be mentioned-the
family where both parents have to
work, the family with only one parent
in such instances adequate supervi-
sion of children if often inadequate
through no fault of the parents.
Mr. Whitman implies that he and
the police are puzzled by the nature
and cause of delinquency, and rightly
So The police, who have their hands
full attempting to deal with the end
results of individual, family, and COM
munity problems, could hardly be able
to study and treat the causes. as well.
I suggest and hope that Mr.. Whit
man will approach such groups as are
studying and trying to understand and
deal with the basic problems which
promote delinquency. He will gain fur
ther enlightenment and be able to
present more balanced picture of the
problem as a result The Child We'll
fare League of America, the American
Psychiatric Association, the American
Psychiatric Social Workers Association,
the American Psychological Society.
the American Sociological Society, and
the United States Children's Bureau are
only few of the groups to whom he
could turn.
James b. WOOdrum.
X
The problem of juvenile or adult de-
linquency will never be solved until
the primary cause is fully recognized
and acted on: The lack of the grace of
God, which is the most important of
all factors influencing human behavior.
At present an unbelievably short
sighted situation exists in the United
States, country founded by people
with a profound appreciation of reli-
gion. Because one woman protested the
Evening star., 1953-10-16
Bridge Controversy

The Stars October IL editorial en-
titled "They Could Be Wrong Again"
is very good discussion of the Poto-
mac bridge ISSUE
have never thought that construc-
ton OF bridge piers on Roosevelt Me-
mortal Island would ruin the island
as memorial. since have never been
impressed with that swampy island as
fitting memorial to one of our out
standing presidents.
So far as bridge piers impairing or
affecting the present purpose of the
island as wildlife sanctuary, doubt
that the bees, the birds, the reptiles,
the rabbits and other species of Wild
life would be too unhappy about it..
There is one thing, however, that
should be given very careful considera-
tion in the matter of the E street bridge
and that is how to dispose of the traffic
on the Virginia side. The three main
routes, Arlington boulevard, Wilson
boulevard and Lee highway already
carry tremendous traffic load and
being so close to one another it would
seem that there is little room for an
other road except at a great expense.
E. X. Melin.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
Illness Expensive
George H. Butler.

So the private duty nurses are asking
for $18 a day. What pikers-their
union must be slipping. Why don't
they ask for raise of $10.25 a day
instead of a mere $5.25?
wonder if any of these "profes-
siona" nurses ever has been critically
i'll? Recently was difficult surgical
case. Were private duty nurses avail
able? No-they were "too busy" for
my case, but they were available for
simple cases where they could sit, read
or sleep. And how many of them will
work nightS-or week endS-or holi-
days? People aren't supposed to get
sick at inconvenient hours apparently
Eighteen dollars per shift means $54
day just for private nurses for a sert-
Gus patient. Add the hospital bill and
the doctor bill and you have 500
day. I guess we just can't afford to
get sick any more.
And don't believe that the $18 rate
will put local nurses only So a day
above other cities. Check the figures
instead of generalizing on the basis of
one or two cities
All hail the modern Florence Night
ingale-that is, if you are a millionaire!
Florence johnson,
r. N. Q922.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
This and That

A reader wants to know where the
school of eye care is located"
1t is not building, Of course, but a
body of thought.
1t began in 1920, when "The Cure of
Imperfect Sight" was published by its
author, DR.. William H. Bates.
A condensed version was issued,
about 1910, by Henry Holt, publisher,
New York.
Both books are difficult to read, hard
to understand and neither has a clear
cut program the reader can use.
The best book is "Sight Without
Glasses" by Harold M. Peppard. This
was published, by Eye Health, Inc, New
York City, in 1896. The original edition
was 81.
Since then, Peppard's book has been
printed in different editions, one of
them at ST., cloth bound, and another
at 35 cents.
This is a well-written book, free
from the difficult prose of the origi-
nator. and carrying a set program for
eye help.
This is the book that helped the
writer here, who took off his glasses in
1886 and has never had them on since
And has read-and written-millions
of words since.
1t is only fair to state, however, that
at least dozen copies have been pre-
sented to friends, and that not one
of them seemed able to make the
work work"
Evening star., 1953-10-16
By Donald MichoeI Rouh

A COUGH" thought crotchety DR..
"A Samuel johnson in 1755, was
something vaguely resembling "a con-
vulsion of the lungs. vellicated by some
sharp serosity"
If baffled readers Of the good DR..
Johnson'S dictionary had ever COM
planned about his murky definitions.
they apparently never let on.
But in 1928, scholarly gentleman
by the name of Noah Webster-"a Curl
Gus, quaint, Connecticut looking ap-
partition" of some 70 yearS-brought
out to a grateful public a two-volume
work that seemed to make sense to
innocents laundering on the linguist-
ical shoals. 1t sold for $40 and was
called IAN American Dictionary of the
English Language"
Although its immediate sale was dis
appointing, the new word-book that
had been 20 years in. the making was
heralded at once as the dictionary to
end all dictionaries.
There were some dissenting opinions,
though, like those from critics who pre-
ferred to think OF Webster'S venture in
the deriSive terms of "Noahs Ark" A
newspaper columnlSt OF the day mo-
rosely confessed to his readers that he
had turned in disgust from the pert
hypercritic whose pages, dull, cold and
formal, are never Illuminated with a
single ray of genius"
But the huzzahs were more frequent.
Less maudlin observers on the lexico-
graphical front found Webster's 10000
listings novel for their range and COM
pleteness, a list that included new
words of science and industry and
words of popular usage DR.. johnson
and other pedants wouldn't have been
caught dead using in their dictionaries.
A characteristic of Webster's lexicon
was his insistence on using American
spellings and definitions in keeping
with the American temper of the time.
Previous American dictionary compil-
ers, like Nathaniel Bailey, who pub
lished a weighty tome in 1921 GA Uni
Evening star., 1953-10-16
Few Accidents Are Really That

study by Virginia's Highway Safety Com
mittee revealed the interesting fact that only
one out of SO fatal traffic accidents" during
one month really should be called an accident
The dictionary defines an accident as any event
that is unforeseen or unexpected" The COM
mttee found that most of the mishaps studied
could have been foreseen and should have been
expected
The group, appointed by Governor Battle,
examined records and testimony in highway
crashes that killed 116 persons during october
of last year. Hiram Smith, director of public
relations for the committee, wrote in the Uni
versity of Virginia News Letter that in the
"dreary recital of deadly human error and in
difference" the committee found just one case
in which the human element could not be held
responsible for what happened. This was a
smashup caused when horse bolted from
field and onto highway causing driver to
SWerve into another car.
OF the cases studied, 38 involved single cars
and resulted in the death of At persons. In
this type of accident" said Mr.. Smith, there
is almost always 100 per cent driver fault. In
toxication, fatigue, speed, inattention, sleep or
any combination of these causes the car to go
out of control and leave the road" From its
inquiries the committee reached the conclusions
among others, that even small amounts of
alcohol interfere to a deadly extent with
drivers perceptions and reactions" and that
riding as passenger with a reckless driver Is
utter insanity" The findings of the Virginia
committee ought to be required reading for
every applicant for a drivers license. And
there would be fewer serious accidents on the
public highways if experienced drivers paid
more attention to such studies by safety
authorities.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
MuddIed Thinkino

Ralph E. Himstead, general secretary of
the American Association of University Profess
sors, told delegates to the American Council on
Education here that he does not think profess
Sor ought to be fired automatically Just because
he is member of the Communist Party MANY
college teachers" he explained, "are terribly
absent minded. They might not take the trouble
to formally resign"
It is this type of muddled thinking (aSSum-
ing that Mr.. Himstead was not being facetious)
on the part of some college authorities that has
made it surprisingly easy at times for Commu-
nists to carry out their plans for infiltration OF
school and college faculties. Hearings on COM
munism in the New York City schools gave
startling evidence of the fact that some head
way was made by the Reds before official
Investigations exposed their conspiracy. Else
where there have been disturbing revelations
of efforts of Communists to invade the teaching
profession.
If there has been muddle- -headedneSS and
absent -mindedness on the part of professors
who fell for the Reds game, there has been,
also, too much muddle-headednesS and absent
mindedness on the part of some administrators
who failed to recognize the peril to education
involved. There are refreshing indications that
many educators finally are waking up to the
threat. The proposal at the council meeting for
creation by the colleges of an overall joint
agency to expose communism among teachers
as an alternative to congressional Investigations
is an indication of the new awakening. OF
course, as several speakers pointed out, Congress
still would have authority to investigate on it's
own. But Congress would be less inclined to
check on teachers if educational institutions
in general were more concerned about Com
muniSt professors, absent-minded ones included