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Evening star., 1953-12-08
By Charles E. TroceweH

stored away there. he or she is COM
paratively safe, since dogs cannot
climb.
The suburban dog is it's greatest en-
emy. next to man, himself.
The dog is a sworn foe Of the opos-
sum, and will track it, corner it by a
fence, and make a frontal attack,
against which the poor victim is not
we'll prepared.
The house cat seldom if ever attacks
opossum, but mostly pretends that it
does not see it, or that it thinks it just
another cat.
At times a cat will trail slowly
moving opossum at a respectful dis
tance. and if the opossum stops, the cat
will stop, too.
1t is the old fear of the unknown
that makes any human being afraid OF
this gentle creature Truly it is one
of the oldest of animals, and can bite,
if forced to do so, but much prefers
to be let alone, as it should be. With
so many truly wild animals roaming
the world, what is the sense in getting
all hot and bothered over a simple
opossum. whose only aim in life is to
live as the Lord ordained, and to get
his living as best he can?
The sensible person will not be
stampeded by the sight of this strange
one in his bird feeding station, but
will do as our correspondent, open the
window, and hand it out o slice Of
bread in the cold.
Evening star., 1953-12-08

with 1000 Rhesus monkeys, the Sanders group
has found an amazing percentage Of recovery
in these animals when they are first given mas
sve injections of polio virus (enough to kill
them many times over) and then, hours later,
injections of a preparation made from cobra
venom But far more striking than this is the
fact that the same preparation has been used
on few human victims" of poliomyelitis and
that these persons have recovered from the
disease
With proper scientific caution, DR.. Sanders
has emphasized that these findings are much
too incomplete to justify, in any sense, the con-
clusion that cobra venom is an effective cura-
tive agent for human polio, and he has warned
that "ill-considered" use of the poison "can
produce great damage" Still, though hope must
be strictly reserved, the promise is there Man
continues to make headway against one OF his
worst diseases.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
This and That

glance into those beautiful and slightly
mournful eyes dispelS that belief.
This is no rodent, but a member of
another animal family
X
1t is a cleanly and interesting animal,
eating a wide variety of foods, not
doing any particular damage, from a
human standpoint, and certainly none
at all from its own.
The time should have come in this
country (although obviously it has not
when the rights of the animals and
birds to have their own viewpoints on
life ought to be respected:
The small take" of foodstuffs by the
remaining members of the opossum
tribe is very small, one that really
makes no difference, one way or
another.
The animal goes into winter hiberna-
ton very fat. and this stored-up food
lasts it until spring, although on warm
winter days it may be seen coming
down from the hollow of some tree.
The large number of trees still left
in suburban Washington accounts fol
the oppossums still living here.
In almost every such case, the
home" of the animal will be found TO
be in some tall oak or locust.
If one is a climber, and goes up to
take a look, he will discover a rotted
place, or cavity, where he had never
thought one to be.
The opossum. however. found it. and
followed it out little more. Safely
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Trieste Outlook

It is hopeful sign that Italy and Yugo-
slavia have agreed to "normalizep their COM
mon frontier near Trieste The action has per-
ceptiby lessened the tension that has existed
between the two countries for the past several
weeks In addition, it has strengthened the
possibility that they may be able to reconcile
their differences by joining in the fve-power
conference that France, Britain and the United
States have proposed in an effort to work out
peaceful and enduring settlement of the long
and bitter dispute over the Free Territory'S
future status
The dispute reached a new degree Of in
tensity last October when Britain and the
United States announced plans to withdraw
their occupation forces from Zone of the
Trieste area and hand it over to Italy's control.
Marshal Tito of YugoSlavia-whoSe troops hold
Zone B. which makes up the rest OF the Free
Territory-immediately responded with belli-
cose talk that brought counterthreatS from
Italy and both countries thereupon rushed
combat-ready military units to emergency"
positions along the border. 1t Is this situation
that they have undertaken to "normalize" by
pulling back those units to regular stations far
enough removed from the frontier to minimize
the danger of possible shooting incidents.
To that extent, therefore, the Trieste sit
uation has undergone an encouraging improve
NOGllIlS Has UccIl SCttlcu, VI
but the mere fact that tension has been eased
can be of considerable help in generating an
atmosphere conducive to good-tempered and
realistic negotiation. AS reported from the now
concluded Bermuda conference, France, Brit
ain and the United States have moved to bring
about such negotiation by reaff1rming their
desire to sit down with Italy and Yugoslavia
at full-dress meeting aimed at finding
mutually satisfactory solution to the problem
of the Free Territory. Meanwhile, although it
has not been abandoned, the Anglo-American
plan to withdraw from Zone will continue to
be held in abeyance.
Considering how envenomed the dispute
between Rome and Belgrade has been, there
is not too much ground for optimism regarding
the outlook for a near-future agreement that
would acceptably partition the Trieste area
between them otherwise satisfy their clash
ing demands. Still, taking note of the relaxed
tension, Premier Pella has promised that his
government, in seeking 'just" settlement of
the issue, will not allow italian aspirations to
be "in any way y. contrary to the needs of
peace" If Marshal Tito and Yugoslavia ap-
proach negotiation in the same spirit, then a
good solution of the whole problem may be
achieved much sooner than seems likely at the
moment.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Venom for Polio?

Now there is another fair promise that man
will yet win his long fight against the paralyz-
ing scourge of poliomyelitis This time the
promise-contained in announcement by
Flordas University of Miami-haS to do not
with preventing the disease through immuniza-
ton, but with checking and curing it after it
strikes. And the chief substance involved, the
source of the hope, is cobra venom.
1t has been known for a long time that
cobra venom. like polio itself, attacks the motor
cells of the body. With that fact in mind-a
fact suggesting that the snake poison might
be used to fight the diseaSe-a team of Scien-
fists went to work at the Miami institution more
than four years ago to see what more they
could learn about the matter through pains
taking research and experimentation. Headed
by Dr. Murray Sanders the team has been
learning lot ever since.
Thus. experimenting through the years
Evening star., 1953-12-08

visitor was the same speaker when he
later said: 1--WE are calm, confident
Americans. united by the vast majesty
of freedom in it's most solemn crisis OF
the Christian era"
Curiously enough, this demagogic ap-
peal for votes comes from an aspirant
to the presidency of our united re-
public who, in the White affair, charges
Attorney General Brownell with 'po-
litical motives"
In defense of Mr.. Truman, Mr.. Ste
venson said he has done more than
any living man to check the forward
thrust of communism" Mr.. Steven
son evidently has a very unfattering
opinion of the intelligence of Georgia
legislators, since it is fact generally
accepted by many Democrats as well
as Republicans, that throughout his
tenure of the presidency Mr.. Truman
refused to cooperate with congressional
committees investigating Communist
spy rings in his administration and
in several instances used his influence
to hamper and obStruct the work OF
the committees. Nor is it forgotten
that Mr.. Truman's Secretary of State,
Dean Acheson, still stands behind"
the convicted red herring" Alger Hiss.
Old ReactiOnary.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
"TAKOMA PARK, Md.
''nnor Sir.

Dear Sir:
I'VE had a strange animal at the
feeding station just outside our dining
room window the other night.
1T had long face and long tail.
and it sat there eating slice of bread
that had placed there.
The wonderful thing was that it
seemed unafraid and did not jump
down or run away.
In fact. when raised the window it
still sat there. and when I offered it
another slice of bread it accepted it.
Il would be tempted to say that it
accepted the bread with grave courtesy,
1t did not snatch it, or make grab,
but took the bread and began to eat it.
This animal was there for full
half hour, and the last thing saw was
that long tail going over the side
What was it. the animal, I mean?
Sincerely, G. M. L."
X
The courteous animal was an opos-
sum.
A few of these marsupialS (the only
one in America) live in our suburbs.
They are canny beasts almost devoid
of fear. despite the attacks made on
them by animals and men.
The poor opoSsum plays dead" to
little effect, in most cases. but it is
the best it can do, and sometimes 1t
succeeds
1t is often mistaken for large rat,
owing to the long naked tail, but one
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Chides Stevenson

On November "a, Adlai Stevenson,
waving the banner of sectionalism be-
fore the Legislature of Georgia, made
a futile effort to rescue his party from
the disastrous effects of the White epi-
sode. In AN attempt to revive Sec
tional hatred of the Republican Party
he said: Il remind you citizens of
Georgia that it was by this identical
tactic of smearing the Democratic
Party as the party of disloyalty that
the Republican Party kept itself in
power for a generation after the Civil
War" The legislators must have had
some difficulty in believing that their
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Still the Stronqest

We are living in a time when all too many
Americans are biting their fingernails, or wiring
ing their hands, or giving loud voice to lot
of Nervous Nellie comment on domestic and
international affairs So it is good to have
man like David E. Lilienthal remind everybody
that our Nation, despite its shortcomings, con-
tnues to be by far the strongest in the world,
and that when we talk about what's wrong
with it, we ought not to forget what's right
with it,
Speaking on this theme to the Philadelphia
section of the American Chemical Society, the
former chairman of the Atomic Energy Com
mission and the Tennessee Valley Authority
has affirmed that our national strengths greatly
outweigh our national weaknesses and that
we therefore have more reason to talk "about
how 1UeH we are" than about how sick we are.
AS he has put it, "A country can become
hypochondriac, too, just as person can.
country can fall into the habit of popping
fever thermometer into its mouth to take its
economic temperature every hour on the hour,
listening anXously to its every heartbeat and
forever psychoanalyzing itself Frankly, we've
had bit too much of this lately"
Actually, in Mr.. Liienthals Judgment, the
United States as a whole would do well to
engage occasionally in national Dragging be-
cause America has a lot to brag about"
For example wholly apart from our country's
contribution to freedom, there is the fact that
our chemical enterprises have brought about
the most far-reaching transformation, in
single generation, of the economic life of
great Nation and the daily lives of all its people
to be found in all the annals of human his
tory" Further, with our amazing new produc-
tivty, our host of discoveries, our revolution
ary products and our uniquely advanced indus
trial techniques and skills, We have scored
unparalleled gains in our material living stand
ards, and the nature of economy gives
everv promise of the same sort of steady prog
reSS in the future.
Nor have our chronological achievements
been solely materalstic. On the contrary, ac-
cording to Mr. Lilienthal, the leaders of our
economic enterprises have within the past 80
years or so done more than ever before to pre-
serve and promote the best features of indi-
vidualiSm in our masS-production society. And
there is good reason to hope that there will be
continuing advances along that line until there
finally emergeS in our country perfected and
unrivalled industrial democracy imbued with
a large measure of spirituality and "a dynamic
fighting faith beside which the cause of
communism becomes pallid. dehumanized and
transtory." At any rate, that is Mr.. Lilien-
thals firm faith, and although it may be bit
too optimistic, it seems to make much better
sense than the lack of faith expressed by the
hypochondriacS and the pesSimists.
1t is a historians opinion that Daniel
Boone never wore a coonskin cap and next
thing we know they'll be telling us Miles
Standish didn't walk around with an arrow
through his hat
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Book Of Day

The day lies open like book
For any one at all to look
or, if he takes the time, to read
Some uery louely things indeed.
The riUer WriteS fo,Ding hand
Across the pages of the land.
On margins of old ruined tDalls
Sndils hare signed their siluer scrawls.
FlockS of tDild geese flying tree
Make mOuing lines of poetry
Which any one can Dlemortze
By simple ScanSion OF the skies.
A wholesome hour may be spent
Reading the chipmunk's tiny print
or learning how the tDild bee goes
About translations OF the rose.
Robert Lee Brothers
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Car Stripping Case

The Star is to be commended for it's
fortnight criticism of Judge Boards
decision in regard to the automobile
parked on an empty lot which w8S
stripped by young vandals. It's pc
culiar reasoning to brine into a case
the fact the owner of the lot was not
cogniZant the car without tags was on
the lot-even though not concerned. If
there is no ordinance saying you can
not leave personal property upon the
lot of another, if the owner of the lot
doesn't object, what concern is it of
the court?
When first read the case it seemed
like the judge reversed the charge and
aimed it at the owner of the car for
trespassing. If the car is not being
used, see no difference in an indivi-
Evening star., 1953-12-08

dual leaving it idle on a lot near his
home and a used-car dealer leaving
number of them. Frankly. have never
read of more blatant miscarriage Of
justice, which absolutely licensed rob-
berry under favored circumstances.
COnfOrmiSt.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
On Curbine Delinquency

The problem Of juvenile delinquency
primarily is one of inadequate discl-
pline and training first by the parents
and next by primary and secondary
school teachers. Young folks should be
required to take a siXmonth course
in home building at night schools be-
fore being granted marriage licenses.
The peculiar principles of teaching OF
children now presented in most of our
higher institutions, in which adequate
discipline is decried, appear to be COM
munistic in nature, designed to weaken
our form of government.
I have a degree in education and
other courses. was the oldest of eight
children and am the father of four, and
have been a firm disciplinarian. Young
children are much like animals. They
range from the most sensitive to the
most thick -skulled. Their intelligence
should be appealed to first, but restraint
and proper direction must be gained in
one way or another. If reasoning,
firmness, and other forms of light pun
ishment, which usually are adequate
for the former type fail in results then
the shingle or strap must be applied
in cases of marked misbehavior. But
parents must maintain control of their
tempers, so that harsh brutality may
not occur. Usually light tasks, such as
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Letters to The Star

moving lawns, cutting hedges. washing
and wiping dishes, ETC.. when available,
should be required of children at mod
est pay. G. /. X.
Evening star., 1953-12-08

1t is a historians opinion that Daniel
Boone never wore coonskin cap, and next
thing we know they'll be telling us Miles
Standish didn't walk around with an arrow
through his hat.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-02

~ advise every reader to get excited about
the parking situation where he lives" Mr.
Babson is right again Fortunately Farm
the advantages for a number of wears and
for the present at least, adequate parking
is available within block Of the business
section
This does not mean that there are no
traffic problems in FarmVille there are but
these conditions would be more acute with
out the convenient parking facilities Park
ing meters We're installed in the business
section to regulate parking and traffic
Metered areas are provided for limited time
use, an hour or less 1t is believed that if
all parking in metered spaces could be
limited to an hour that there would be
always sufficient space for the short-time
parker Police find it difficult to limit park
ing to one hour when citizens make prac-
tice of staying longer by inserting another
coin in the meters For best use Of metered
zones the cooperation of motorists must
be sought, and If a car is parked in meter
ed zones longer than one hour it constitutes
an infraction of the regulations and oc
cupies space which really belongs to some
one else.
We feel that Farmvilc is fortunate in
having developed parking facilities. and
visitors can be assured of easy parking
whenever they come to FarmviIie. either
on the free public lots for unlimited park
lng or IN metered zones for limited park
ing 1t is easy to drive in FarmviIle, to
park here and to shop here.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-02
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1858
Community Community Responsibility

through its Community Fund officials
know that the various agencies are worthy
of its support.
The Community Chest established in
in 1913 has replaced annual drives for
funds made individually by each Of these
ten agencies Combined into one effort the
annual drive saves time for olctors as
we'll as those being solicited, and provides
financial assistance to ten agencies, certi-
fed as valued community servants.
The Community Fund is practical even
in as small an area as Prince Edward Coun-
ty and Farmville. Its support is the respon-
sibility of every citizen. For the past few
years the Community Fund has failed to
make its quota by approximately ten per
cent. Reviewing the record we conclude that
not enough citizens have shouldered their
part of this responsibility The major por-
tons of the total have been given by rela-
lively small proportion of the citizenship
If every citizen would contribute to the sup
port Of the fund there is no doubt that it
would reach its set goal, and the reSpon-
Sibiity would be shared by all Just as the
benefits are shared universally
We have no fault to find with the rec
ord Of the people in sharing in community
responsibilities. They are universally gen
erous in their financial and moral support,
but we do feel IL necessary to suggest that
each citizen review his philanthropies and
do what he believes to be his part in Iinanc-
ing ten value community agencies through
the annual solicitation of the Community
Fund
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-02
Double Check

WEST trading with EAST on a
big increase The Stassen report
shows that trade NAV iurnp 500 !.
good or bad it's free world trade
and that's what was apparently
wanted.
Atom Bomb is not the only
bomb that can pack big eX-
plosion. We have one in the max
ing. 1t may startle the world,
UN opposes individual inter
views They might talk US out OF
something. Teachers with MA de-
gree do not get pay raise in some
cases-evidently it pays to be
ignorant these days.
10000 Federal job holders I'M
der Civil Service cut since Jan.
LIST That's only part of the
catastrafee that hit civilian life
under the COP rule . it's the
Democrats BIG pay off.
Well ut least two medical au-
thorities have come out in favor
OF lOaflng, just plain OLD faSNlOned
loafing. 1t happened before the
Michigan Medical Society last
week. It's healthy to loaf. even
sleep in subways. One city magiS-
trate puts it as human souls
whose rights may not be tram
pied upon
F. Voice of the People. Times Dis
patch got off on the blooming
Sweet potatoes a debatable
subject . bloom or not to bloom
:. they are Sweet 'Taters Just
the same. Americas greatest food
The World Series may end the
War.
Thanks for reading,
Your,
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-02
Virginia Antiques
Fair October GO
In Richmond Mosque

Dolls and dishes. furniture and
firearms. porcelain and prints and
countless other antiques will be
on display when the second an
nual Virginia Antiques Fair opens
at RichmondS Mosque ballroom
October 60
Fair sponsors, the Virginia
State Chamber OF Commerce and
the Virginia Antique Dealers As
ISOLATION, spurred by enthusiastic
dealer and public support OF last
years initial fair. are bringing so
top dealers and their wares to the
ballroom.
Statistically, Addison said, the
States antique industry is COM
posed of approximately IT'S deal
ers and realizes sales of approx
mately 100000 a year Show
room stocks of the aggregate Vir-
ginia dealers are valued at about
100000.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-02

ter world Christians at their worst
do not At their worst. Chris
tianS either accept the world as
it is and initiate if or even dc-
fcnd il against all critics. ar they
run away from it. shutting them-
selves away from it. leaving it To
dirt, disease and the devil ut
might be asked, are such persons
Christian at all2 That is another
question: Almost all Christians
plan on small scale Most e
US live in rather small world
and in the tiny world of our daily
life We like to make plans that
are Christian In the home. for
example: an unplanncd home
hjggledy-piggledy with everything
in a continual uproar, is not tho
kind Of home we want to live in
Christian young people plan 70
make their marriage and their
home as near Ike heaven as they
can-and that takes planning ana
hard work too
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-02
Mayor Proclaim S Hire
Handicapped Week

Mayor w c. Fitzpatrick has re-
quested by proclamation that next
week, October to 10, be set aside
for local observance as Hire the
Physically Handicapped Week" in
conjunction with the national OBJ
servance.
Emphasizing the need OF urgent
rehabilitating and employing the
physically handicapped. Mayor
Fitzpatrick has urged all citizens
especially the employers of Farm
vile, to cooperate in this worthy
campaign to find suitable jobs for
the physically handicapped
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-02
Widening Circles

Are we Of today better Chris
tians than our ancestors we're?
John Baltic asks the question NJ
his The Belief in Progress
His answer is No. if you mean
by the question: Are Christians
today more devoted, more sanity.
than eight or eighteen centuries
ago? If we have advanced beyond
our forcfatherS, it is not in be
ing better men personally But
John Baltic thinks. and it is a
thought worth bordering. tia, We
can and sometimes do have a
wider view of the area Of Chris
tian action Let us ask the qucs
ton: Are we cleaner than our
ancestors were? No. if you mean
devotion to the ideal Of clean
liness next to Goodness But
while the citizen Of 1900 was per.
sonally as clean as the soap ID
those days would permit his kltch
On and his streets and his water
supply were not clean by ou:
standards Now planning for clean
liness includes such things I'm
mosquito determination and bonds
for a sewer system 50 it Is with
Christian planning. If you want Il
keep your home Christian you viii
need 10 do some thinking about
all those wider circles that afTec;
the home; schools. government.
business life, war and peace