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Evening star., 1953-01-23
Influenza Outbreak
Spreads With Most
Of Nation Affected
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

A form Of influenza or grippe
has spread across most sections
Of the United States and has
hit areas in Mexico. Europe,
Japan and Hawaii.
The United States Public
Health Service said yesterday
the widespread outbreak gener-
ally was limited to rather mild
cases.
However, IA Germans died in
the flu epidemic which broke
out in the American occupation
zone in Germany.
Central Sections Hit Hardest.
A Nationwide survey showed
that central sections Of the
United States were hit hardest.
Infections were widespread in
Texas. Minnesota. Arkansas and
Tennessee. Virus outbreaks ap-
peared in more than half the
48 States.
The Public Health Service said
the prevalence of A-prime in
f1uenza has been confirmed by
tests in IL Central and four East
ern Seaboard states.
The service said 58 cities listed
S46 deaths from flu and pneu-
monia in the week ended Janu-
ary 10, compared with 291 the
previous week. There was no
breakdown between the flu and
pneumonia deaths.
Epidemic Threat Discounted.
An official said the jump in
deaths was not significant, be-
cause it might well have oc-
CURED in pneumonia deaths if
there had been no flu outbreak.
In Chicago, DR.. Austin Smith.
editor Of the Journal of the
American Medical Association,
said that while the flu is causing
Inconvenience there is no indi-
cation it will turn into a serious
epidemic such as in 1913"
Evening star., 1953-01-23
1852 Circulation Drop.
Listed for US. Papers
BY The Asseeioted Pres,

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-News-
paper circulation in America fell
OF slightly in 1852 although the
roster Of daily newspapers
showed a gain of Is.
Editor and Publisher, the
weekly trade magazine, made the
report yesterday and commented: /:
Although United States news
papers in 1852 did not continue
their long string of circulation
gains, the overall picture is not
disturbing.
"A total circulation decline of
only one-tenth Of per cent is
a fairly good record in view of
the unprecedented circulation
rate increases and the stiff COM
petition from other media In the
last year.
The total number Of daily
newspapers in the country at the
end Of the year. Editor and Pub
Usher said, was 1,7S6-up Is
from the 1851 year-end figure of
1,773.
Evening star., 1953-01-23

dona said he fought back with
his fists. Asbell was taken to
Georgetown Hospital for stitches
in a head wound.
Mr.. Cremins said the fleeing
youth ran three cars off the
road at Western end Wisconsin
avenues NV, ran through stop
lights, hit a traffic island near
Ward Circle, turned completely
around and forced about so cars
of the road with his weaving
pace.
Asbell had just completed a
jail term for stealing a car in
Maryland. Last summer he was
sentenced for assaulting two No.
z policemen, Pvts. p. L. Burke
and j. H. Flatu.
Evening star., 1953-01-23

view when buses were unable to
return them to their rural
homes. Many remained in
Plainview homes for the night.
A Plainview radio station re-
peatedly broadcast their names
to worried parents.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-02-15

February Is. l953-49
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-07-16

BREAKFAST set, painted yellow. with
hutch cupboard, nearly new. UL.
l-2046.
REFRIGERATOR, Kelvinator, 9 years
old, good condition, $50. WI. $4,000.
DAVENO bed, maroon, $40. l342 East
l88th st. KE. l-0726.
DAVENPORT, dark rose and matching
chair in excellent condition, reason
able " 1-5070 after 6:30 p. m
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-07-16

GOSSIP bench, tea cart, rock maple
dinette set, kitchen sink with brand
new swing faucet, tier table, walnut
dresser, large mirror. 2 small mir
rors, fire screen misc. 1924 Bur-
nette ave.
USED refrigerators sos and up; gas
ranges $S and up; washing machines
SIS and UP; televisions S35 and up;
living room sets $45 and up, and
other bargains. Stockdale Home Ap-
pliance, 300 East 156th> ST.
FEUDAL oak davenport and chair
suitable for office $50. ". l-4471.
DINING room set. good condition, rea-
sonable. KE. l~4859.
2-PIECE living room set; White Star
stove, left-hand oven. RE. l-214O:
6-FT Apex refrigerator, porcelain IN
and out, good running condition S2S.
". 1-4029
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-07-16

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BY
PHONE 75c MINIMUM, CASH
WITH ADVERTISEMENT 6Oc
MINIMUM. MUST BE IN OUR
OFFICE BEFORE NOON WE'D
NESDAY.
PHILCO refrigerator, Z Gu f.. in ex-
cellent condition, reasonable. w.
1882 after 5 80 p. m.
DAVFNpORT. S35 w i-7SS4
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-07-16

3-PC. bedroom set $50; gas range SIS:
washer S. rug. 9x12 S.; pots and
pans; roll-a-way table S.. 1885 Page.
apt 26.
WESTINGHOUSE refrigerator. excel
lent running condition used by
adult SIS: one black laquered antique
dropleaf table and two ladder back
chairs and china cabinet $50 COM
plete; one new Zenith televlslon SET
SlOO Ii. 1-5144. call mornings.
SOFA and 8 chairs II. 1-7688.
VACUUM ceaner, Rexaire. all attach
ments, reasonable. KE. l-70O4.
STOVE, Grand, side oven. beautiful
condition $25. ". 1-169O.
LIVING room furniture, crystal lamps,
chrome dinette set with formtcA top
table, must sell FA. l-4S28
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-07-16

LIVING room set, 2 piece mohair with
slip covers and solid oak 7-piece din
ing room set; 7x9 and 10xl3 Alex
ander Smith rugs; 9xl2 Firth Pro-
vincial rug pads included all in
good condition, reasonable. Ii.
1879
PHILCO 10 inch TV console With
radio and phonograph combination,
beautiful cabinet, reasonable. For
appointment call MU. l-0498.
DINING room set, electric console
sewing machine. very reasonable.
PO. 1-oi2S.
Evening star., 1953-01-14
MorriogeLicense
Applications

Under d. c. laU couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, ,Uait three full days
and receiDe the license on the
fifth day. Sundays and hoH-
days are counted the same as
other days.
: Erma Collins, IS. 1926 d st. Sc.
eSsI cisrde W Yates e. ssO 1854 s smms Ss s Dr. i1e ss
and Hazel Cunningham. 33. 223O Cal
Alfred Peytens +; ns q, Alensnar.s, va. and
Dopaid psidicls msE Ss1ms Beii1s sSg Ii
Base, and Janette Williams. 20, Selma.
Aea5s bath sEsa n iss aPs 2aonls cfs%h
James Travers. .25. 2o5 10th st, Sc.
Manrd. snd MFs MS Smith 51s 5sh st obe
and Jape Duckwitz., 80. Arlington. Va;
Dorothy Sans 10. American Uni
Leroy Monroe. 30. 1884 wylie st. ne,
and Armenta Green. FL. 52o7 D st.
IAN and Mary Hin. se, asss Gainesville
23, both Of 735 Hamilton st. NV.
Thomas Locke, 81. Atlanta; Ga. and
Louise Baumsartner, 26, 1415 Tucker
Louis Gunther, aii 20, Kingston. Pa. and
Christine Rampola. 20. 1871 Que st.
Billie Grubbs, 30, Boiling Air Force Base.
and Lena Thomas. 10. 2s Galveston
Marvin Sontee. Is. , as N st. NV. and
Jean Brown, 21, 303 st. ne.
James Patten, 23, 2O17 o st. NV. and
Anne Hightower. Is. 44O1 Garrison
Richard cribb. as, and Mary Bostic. 27,
both of 1920 Porter st. NV.
George Goff, %, Warrenton. Va, and
Teresa Crist, 21. 4911 Sherrier pl.
Harry Cleveland, %, Riverdale, Md, and
Verna Gross, 33. $3.50 10th st. NV.
Paul Sapourn. 90, 1915 18th st: NV,
and Helen Ranges 10. Cambridge,
clifford wallace. %. ouantico, va. and
Glenna punklee, 90, 70S 18th st. ne.
and Doris Ransom. 10, 507 Rhode
George Dowtin, II. Boiling Air Force
Base, and Yvonne Henry. 19, 2715 N
Norman Rosen. 81, Fort Belvoir, Va,
and Beverly Rozansky, %. 1440 Rox-
Samuel stokes 21. 1725 Montello ave.
ne, and Anne Wright, Is, 1929 Cap
itol ave ne.
Evening star., 1953-01-14
Denver Zoo Too Cold
For Venezuelan Tupir
BY the Associoted Press

DENVER.-Clyde Hill would
like to have a tapir. He's ZOO
superintendent here and he has
an offer of one or more-free-
from Venezuela. But he sadly
admits he can't take it-or them
now. It's too cold.
The tapir is from the tropics
and needs warm quarters and a
lot of green stuff. Denver's ZOO
hasn't either available right
now. Mr.. Hill hopes he can ar
range to have the tapirs sent
next summer.
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Sidewalk Superintendents-
No Mere ldIers These; They're Philosophers
Eager to Learn of Woshinqtons Earthly Past

The many eXcavating jobs
going on hereabout almost in
evitably draw heterogeneous
crowds out Of nowhere to
watch the earth being moved
out. What is it that engages
their attention so raptly? It
could hardly be the machines,
a commonplace in American
life. Could it be the mysterious
earth itself. the source of all
life and being?
These watchers are not mere
tdlers; they are philosophers
and thinkers-any group pho
tograph of sidewalk superin-
tendents proves that. The friv-
olous never find time or incli-
nation to observe the earth
as the great shovels tug at a
heavy sandstone rock. maybe
20 feet down.
No: these are a special breed
of folk. They are never too
busy. tired or hungry to find
time to watch for half an hour
or so as the mysterious neither
regions are revealed to day.
light after ages of buried dark
ness. AS they watch. they do
not talk; they just look. Their
faces reveal them to be of a
piece with listeners at a SYM
phony concert; they wear the
transported expressions Of
poets and monks.
What is the basis of this
strange fascination engendered
by a hole in the ground?
Interesting Story
In the Washington area. so
geologists say, the earth has a
very interesting story to tell.
Only the professionals fully
understand how to decipher
much Of the riddle presented
by the local rocks and sedi-
ments, but ordinary people are
free to speculate and wonder.
That, in fact, is what they do.
A most important fact Of the
local geological setup is that
Washington is on the dividing
line between two geological
provinces" Northwest WASH
1ngton belongs to the Pied
mont Plateau, the remnants
Of an incredibly ancient noun
tain range. These mountains
still exist in the granite rocks
Of Rock Greek Park. The
lower regions of the city are
part Of the Coastal Plain, q
Evening star., 1953-03-01

The soldiers most ancient
protection against the weapons
of the enemy. forgotten for al
most 300 years, is paying of
on the Korean front.
The United States, taking a
cue from the old Greeks and
Romans, is using armor again.
In Korea, the armored vest has
passed the test of combat. Now.
500 infantrymen are testing
armored shorts" And, soon,
they'll get a chance to see what
kind of protection is afforded
by armored long pants. or leg
gings. which are under study
by the Quartermaster Cen
erals Office.
In Korea, as in Europe II
centuries ago, the soldiers
body armor is made of fabric.
Today, it's nylon. The Roman
legions used quilted linen.
This time, body armor may
become permanent and stand
ard equipment of the foot SOL
dier. The reasons for its grad
ual decline and final abandon
ment in the 18th century are
not likely to recur.
The armor of the Greeks
and Romans served the pur-
pose well. being practical and
convenient. But, with the con-
quest of Europe by the bar
barian hordes, the armor Of
the Roman legions disappeared,
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Arnnor Stages Comeback

had only been called upon to
design protection against
sword, ak, lance and arrow.
were forced to increase armor
weight further. At first, pro-
lection against the bullet was
achieved. But with the de-
velopment of the early musket,
q race between arms and
armor began. It was the same
contest the navies have been
fighting in the last century.
Armor lost out in land fight
ing as more deadly firearms
were developed.
Body armor did not reappear
until World War I, when the
British adopted a helmet
slightly similar to the salade
of 500 years previous.
The modern armor being de-
signed for our troops in Korea
has not yet been developed to
the bulletproof stage. It slows
the speed of bullets. but its
main protection is against shell
fragments. And the problem
of weight still plaques the
armormaker. The new nylon
leggings. designed to protect
the soldier from thigh to
ankle. weigh 8 pounds, This.
with the 4-pound shorts and
6-pound vest. may decrease
the infantryman's mobility to
the point of being impractical.
Military leaders are working
now to iron out that wrinkle.
Evening star., 1953-03-01

active practice, was a graduate
Of the Medical School at How
ard.
There are white students
enrolled at Howard today. Just
how many, no one knows. Uni
versity applications carry no
questions concerning race or
color.
Editors note: Unofficial es-
Inmates, however, place the
number of white students at
between so and 1907
Is Notionolities
Howard today is a truly cos
mopolitan institution. It's stu
dent body comes from AZ
States and "a foreign coun-
tries. and includes the Anglo
Saxon. the Celt, the Mongolian
and the Greek.
The story of the growth and
development of Howard is not
unlike that of many other uni
versities here in America. It's
86-year tradition from a frame
house to a SIS million plant
can probably be paralleled by
a dozen other schools. But
what is unique about Howard
is The role which it has played
in the progress of the Nations
largest minority and. in some
cases, the progress of the Ma
ton and the world.
Approximately so per cent
Evening star., 1953-03-01
Howard U Student Body Represents Is Countries

the school were to maintain
its present standards.
Even with this relatively low
student fee, Howard is COM
PEELED to turn down the ap-
plications Of several hundred
promising students each year
because Of their inability to pay
and the inadequacy of the
university's scholarship fund.
Next year a Embarrassing drive
will be launched to provide
scholarship aid for deserving
but needy students.
Development Since 1926
Although Howard is now SO
years old. its development into
a firSt-rate school actually
began less than 80 years ago.
In 1926 Mordecai w. johnson,
q Baptist minister from
Charleston. w. Va. took over
as head of the institution and
started the program which
was to put Howard on the ed
ucational map. johnson was
its first Negro president. When
he came, only one Of the uni-
versity's eight schools was ac-
credited. Today there are 10
schools and each is recog-
nized by the highest accredit-
ing associations in the Nation.
In 1926, the student body
numbered 1000 with fewer
than 200 teachers. Today ass
teachers serve the schools
1000 students. In 1926. the
congressional appropriation
to the school was $218,000.
The 1923 fiscal year appro-
priation was more than 81
million.
AS a physical plant. How
ard has come a long way
from the frame structure at
the corner of what is now
Georgia avenue and w street.
Today, the university com.
prises 80 buildings and an
other seven will be added by
the time its current SIT mil
lion building program is COM
pleted. Of1cials are hopeful
this can be done by 1857.
Evening star., 1953-03-01
By Dovid Koonce

and was virtually forgotten.
When it again came into use,
its development had to start
all over again. Because fabric
and leather never gave COM
plete protection against a we'll
directed blow or thrust. inter-
laced chain was added grad
ually.
About this time, the Nor
mans developed a conical he'll
met, which provided a glanc-
ing surface against lance
blows. BY degrees, plate armor
was added to the body. First,
it was the knees that were
protected by small pieces Of
plate. Then later, the shins
and arms. BY 1400. about mid
point in the Hundred Years
War the fighting man was
wrapped entirely in plate
metal with articulated joints.
The knights of the Crusades
fought under the scorching
sun of the East in heavy
quilted surcoats covered by
chain mail.
In the 18th century, knights
began adding armor to their
horses, as they likewise in
creased protection and de-
creased mobility for them
selves. Later, firearms were
nearing a practical stage, and
armor- -forgers who previously
Evening star., 1953-03-01
By G. |. Herbert

Eighty-siX years ago tomor-
row, President Andrew john
son affixed his signature to a
document which was in time
to give the country not only
one of its outstanding institu-
tions of higher learning. but
one which would occupy a
unique position as the virtual
capstone of Negro education
here in America. The docu-
ment was the charter estab-
fishing Howard University.
At that time the intent was
not, as many people believed,
"a school for the, newly lib
Grated Negro" or IAN expert
ment in integration." That
Howard has become pre-
dominantly Negro was prob
ably beyond the conception Of
Andrew Johnson and the
members of the 39th Congress
who passed on the schools
charter. The act to incorporate
Howard University made no
mention of the race or creed
of the students who were to
attend. The schools founders
had as their purpose the
establishment of a university
available to Negroes, but not
primarily for them. It was
set up to satisfy demands for
such a school from the South.
First Graduates Were White
The schools first four stu
dents. the children Of faculty
members, were white as were
it's first graduates. That
Negroes dominate the student
body today seems to be the
result Of an enrolment pat
tern brought about by racial
barriers rather than the plan
Of any individual or group.
Enrolment had increased to
.94 students by the end of the
university's first year. BY then
the trend toward Negroes was
apparent. But they came to
Howard not because of any
desire to be "integrated" or
to dominate the school. They
Games because Howard was
one of the very few schools
open to them at that time.
Although the proportion Of
Negroes to whites increased
rapidly during the schools
early years, this did not deter
many whites in search Of
higher education from enrol
ling at Howard.
The first woman to be ad-
mitted to the bar of the Dis
trict of Columbia was a grad
uate of the School of Law at
Howard. Another woman, DR..
Amelia Foye, white, who died
last November after so years of
Evening star., 1953-03-01
By ChorIes [. Morris


great geological complex Of
sediments, gravel. sand and
clay.
Washington just escaped the
great glaciers that ground
down through the Northeast
States, but huge Ice Age boul-
ders still line the Potomac and
Anacostia Rivers.
The fact that Washington
is located in two dissimilar
geological provinces is an i'm
portant reason for the varied
and beautiful topography
which distinguishes Shis city.
It also gives rise to the beauties
of the Great and Little Falls
of the Potomac. There the
river. long since having re-
moved the overlying soft
earth. has secured down to the
last hard rocks of the Pied
mont. to enter presently the
sediments of the Coastal
Plain.
Lower Cretoceous, D. G.
Even before a shovel digs a
single foot down. certain areas
of Washington have the layer
of earth which the geologists
call the Lower Cretaceous"
at the surface. This layer. on
which we walk every day. was
laid down by the rivers and
streams 100 million years ago.
The material originally came
from as far away as the
Appalachian Mountains be-
yond the Blue Ridge.
To students of the earth's
youth. this Lower Cretaceous
layer is profoundly interesting.
This is the reason: It is
possible that the first seed
bearing, true Towering plants,
which now make up nine
tenths OF all plants, were first
highly developed in the Wash
ington area. in the same earth
that many Of us use for
gardens.
These broad-leaved, decidu-
GUS trees and related plants
probably got their earliest be-
ginnings in the Jurassic layer.
which is somewhat older than
the Lower Cretaceous. But
they reached an extraordinary,
almost astonishing develop
ment in the Cretaceous. The
crux Of the matter Is this:
So far as geologists have been
able to determine, this plant
Evening star., 1953-03-01

life revolution seems to have
been localized right in our own
back yards Of the Washington
area.
When the excavation for the
Mayflower Hotel was being dug
out. a lignitized tree was found:
Scientists studied this tree and
found it to be 100. 900 years old.
It was buried in the remains
OF an Ice Age swamp. Further
investigation brought out the
fact that the tree was a bald
cypress, of the same species
and identical with one now
growing in Lafayette Park.
This shows that in geology
100000 years is less than the
batting Of an eye.
In an alley near Thirty
ninth and T streets NV. some
years ago. a cut was made.
leaving an embankment. In
this cut the Cretaceous sedi-
ments "a gravelly mixture 100
million years ODD is shown
lying directly on the old crys-
talline mountain rock. These
latter rocks are unimaginably
old. having been through so
many of the vicissitudes of the
earth's long history that all
trace OF their origin and age
has been swallowed up in the
vast reaches of past time.
However, the interesting fea-
ture of the embankment is
this: Biologists believe that
the mountain rock lay there
for something like 365 million
years before the gravel started
settling on top Of it 100 mil
lion years ago.
Thot Forowoy Look
Figures like these go far
toward explaining why the
watchers at excavations have
that faraway look in their
eyes. They are in tune with
the infinite. Who knows but
what they have some secret
understanding OF what they
see. but they just don't bother
with the figures. They prob
ably don't need or want the
books And they in all likeli-
hood could tell the geologists
plenty that they don't know.
These watchers are kin to
the people who look up into
the sky on clear October
nights in the country and
wonderland know. They are
full of the wisdom of the ages.
and they are learning all the
time.
Evening star., 1953-03-01

eral Judge William HASTE,
blood plasma specialist Charles
Drew, and Chemist Percy Ju-
liam. It was the latter's work
with the soya bean which gave
the medical profession a new
and Sorely-needed source for
cortisone.
But like most other schools,
Howard has its problems. The
principal one now, as through
out it's history, is finances.
Without the annual appropri-
alton from Congress, which
has been the chief source of
Howard's income since 1879,
the average yearly undergrad
uate tuition of $3.50 would have
to be increased many fold If
Evening star., 1953-03-01

of the Negro physicians and
dentists in America today and
Is per cent of the country's
Negro lawyers received their
training at Howard; 721 Of the
schools 10000 graduates have
become religious leaders; 685
have become pharmacists, and
another 398 are engineers and
architects.
In the recent Supreme Court
cases on segregation in pub
lie schools, 8 of the IS at
Uorneys attacking the system
were either Howard alumni or
teachers.
Products of the schools
faculty include u. N. Me.
diator Ralph Bunche, Fed
Evening star., 1953-11-05
Nesbitt Reinstated
On Liquor Board
By the Assoeinted Pres,

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 5.-George
F. Nesbitt, Annapolis Republican,
was back on Anne Arundel Coun-
tvs ever-changing liquor board
today.
He was there temporarily any
way, while challenging a Circuit
Court decision bouncing him in
favor of Elton Fallon, a Brooklyn
Democrat.
Contention over the seat began
last winter in the State Legisla-
ture. Gov. McKeldin had ap-
pointed Mr.. Nesbitt along with
two other Republicans. The Sem
ate refused to confirm him at the
behest of Senator Phipps, Demo-
crat, of Anne Arundel County.
Mr.. Fallon was approved two
nominations later.
The liquor board argued con-
f1rmation wasn't really necessary
and seated Mr.. Nesbitt. The
quarrel went to court, where Cir
cult Judge Benjamin Michaelson
ruled Fallon was the legally
appointed member.
Fallon was accepted after that
decision last month. Then Mr..
Nesbitt moved to take the case
to the Court of Appeals. Tuesday
night the board reinstated Mr..
NeSbitt. Mr.. Fallon attended the
meeting but took no part in tfN
proceedings and left before it
ended,
Evening star., 1953-11-05
so RY!
We're fresh out
Of miracles today!

We look at the ads, tOo-es-
pecially for soaps and soap pow.
ders and detergents. They sure
claim some pretty wonderful
things for them, don't they? If
they would work only half as
. we'll as they're supposed to,
they'd still be miraculous. We
don't claim miracles for BlukO.
We say it'll clean walls and
woodwork and bathrooms and
things like that faster than any
soap or powder or detergent.
Here's why we make this claim.
BlukO is liquid. 1t goes on faster
and it works faster. Nothing to
rub off or rinse off. Wipe it on
off comes the dirt. Makes sense,
doesn't it? Try BlukO. Don't ex-
pect miracles-just the best
cleaning job you've ever gotten.
That much we guarantee!