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Evening star., 1953-10-18
The Aces Managerial Change

It is not hard to understand why the
Atomic Energy Commission has been reluctant
to accept the resignation of Marion w. Boyer.
For Mr.. Boyer who will return to private enter
prise next month after three years of distin-
guished work as General Manager of the Acc,
is an exceptionally gifted man whose admins
trative talents have been of great service to
the Nation during period of vast expansion
in the production and development of nuclear
and thermonuclear weapons-a period that has
also seen tremendous progress toward harness.
ing the atom for such other purposes as sub
marine propulsion and peacetime industrial
power.
Fortunately, however, although men of MIR.
Boyers caliber are relatively few and far be-
tween, his successor Observation-Disclosures General
Kenneth D. NcholS-iS admirably qualified for
the post. This is so because General Nichols
who at present is chief of the ArmyS Research
and Development Program, has been intimately
acquainted with our giant atomic project ever
since it's inception in 1912. AS Acc Chairman
Lewis S. Strauss has said he is "a natural
choice" for the commissions top managerial
job because he has had continuous record
of accomplishment in key positions involving
construction of facilities, production activities,
the design and manufacture of A-weapons and
other vital aspects of our nuclear-energy enter
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his quadrupled in size since 1946-a huge in
duStry in which the Nation will have made
a plant investment of over So billion by the
time the present expansion effort is completed
When General NicholS-a 1929 graduate of
West Point-takeS over Mr.. Boyer'S response
biliteS on November /, he will be the first mill
tary man to be in that post since the estab-
lishment of the Acc But he is retiring from
active duty in the Army with the special per-
mission of Defense Secretary Wilson, the per-
mission being biased on the determination that
his services would be of greatest value to the
country in his new capacity" Under the over
all civilian direction of Chairman Strauss and
the commission, he can be counted upon to
carry on with distinction from where Mr.. Boyer
leaves of.
Evening star., 1953-10-18
Bicycle Clubs for Adults?

would like to add the most enthusi-
astic endorsement to the suggestion OF
Isabel Prichard Radford in her letter
to The Star, namely. that we emulate
the healthy Danes and ride bicycles in
stead of sitting in our cars and getting
fatter and fatter and madder and mad
der. Instead of angry people in big
boxed-in cars worrying about traffic
jams, we'd have jolly, athletic citizens
working off weight and Illustration by
some vigorous pedaling.
Can't we, start frustrated Cyclists
Club and heckle Congress into giving
us the bicycle lanes Mrs. Radford sug-
gests? Look at the bride paths in Rock
Creek Park: mostly going to waste.
Couldn't they let us use them? Seems
to me the picture would be most at
tractive-healthy people bicycling to
work. All we see now are few anxious
Evening star., 1953-10-18
Vision Justified

The new Cleveland Park Branch of the
Public Library of the District of Columbia rep
resents bringing together of many different
values. 1t is the fulfllment of the hopes of an
entire neighborhood The vision of what such a
library branch might mean originally was de-
veloped by small group of farsighted citizens
over more than a quarter of a century they
Kept the dream alive and likewise kept it grow
ing until hundreds perhaps thousands of men,
women and children were enlisted to the end
now nearly completely realized.
Part of the money needed to purchase the
site was raised by popular subscription This
was splendid showing of community interest,
and the District Commissioners should readily
assume their responsibility to provide the funds
still required to finish the unit containing the
projected civic meeting hall and other supple
mentary facilities. Meanwhile, the library
proper has begun its service to readers. It still
lacks furniture and an adequate stock of books,
but it has borrowed enough of each to suffice
for the present
The Cleveland Park area is rich in library
opportunities. It has concentrated popula-
tion of potential borrowers, both juvenile and
adult; and there is every reason to suppose
that its information division will be kept busy
with inquiries. New patterns of library science
are to be put in operation against the most
modern of library backgrounds. new econ
omy of labor will be feasible because of i'm
proved interior arrangements. The end result
should be at once a less expensive and more
definitely useful library facility.
Thus the vision of all those who have
worked to create the Cleveland Park branch is
justified. Such a center of culture was wanted,
and it will continue to be wanted in the years
ahead.
Evening star., 1953-10-18
Spires Of the Spirit
How to Commit Suicide By ssssssz se=s 4o"s
BY Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church;
CHAPLAIN, United States Sonata.

Minister; 1st S;.i Foundry @ @Mss.hediss stn Church;
in the gay and giddy whirl of that
world city something began to happen
to him. The city got him. His ap-
pearances at the church, to which his
earlier convictions had at first taken
him, grew less and less frequent. No
fragrant sin stained his record. Yet
now, if he met one of "the religious
set" while he was polished and courte-
Gus, those who had known him when
his life had been full of eager enthuSi
asms and spiritual commitments sensed
that his diSarming smile was but
facade for a cynicism which was kill
ing his inner life. He had committed
spiritual suicide. After meeting him
on certain occasion and contrasting
what he had become with what he
once was, his pastor sadly remarked.
Speak to him now about things which
once would have elected warm and
affirmative response, his replies echo as
if they came from a marble mauso-
leum. His sophisticated and urbane
person is the abode of death"
In self destruction the process always
involves a contraction of the ego, the
"I." A shrinking of the self is the
sure beginning of suicide. An expan-
sion of the self always indicates that
one is climbing to more abundant life.
The soul leaps to newneSs of life when
the selfish self begins to respond to
the concerns Of others. Joy is the ex-
hilarating sense of being fully alive,
and that cannot come to narrow minds
absorbed by selfish concerns. Such
contracted selves are truncated and
Suffocated. They lack that expansion of
life which comes with large interests
and generous enthusiaSn1S which reach
out beyond the selfish self.
Pure religion and undefled is abun-
dant life. It is not subtraction, it is
addition. 1t is simply the attainment
OF the complete, normal. over-brim-
ming, abounding spiritual health. On
its coat-of-armS. is the Psalmist's CRATE
full testimony. my cup runneth over"
To stubbornly guard the "me" and
the mine" is to be forever robbed of
life's supreme SatiSfactionS. Life Is
saved, not by guarding it but by giving
it to causes that will outlast our pill
grim years. The testing question is
not "Are you determined to win?"
The answer to that may be a fatal
poison which will land one at last in
the morgue of lost souls. The acid
query is. What do you want to win?"
Jesus said, you may win the world and,
in doing it, may commit spiritual
suicide.
Isolation, in a nation or person is
the road to humiliation. The fact that
complete egoist annihilates himself
suggests how not to commit suicide.
Evening star., 1953-10-18
Sir Winston's New Honor

There will be no dissent on this side of the
Iron Curtain-though there may be on the
other-from the decision awarding the Nobel
prize for literature to Sir Winston Churchill.
Betimes a soldier bricklayer and an artist in
Evening star., 1953-10-30
tuberculosis Gaining,
Seal Sale Sponsors Told

New cases of tuberculosis have
taken a jump over the last
three years, 81 sponsors OF the
47th annual Christmas Seal sale
learned yesterday.
Edward K. Funkhouser, exec
utive secretary Of the District
Tuberculosis Association, told a
meeting of the sponsors in the
Mayflower Hotel that there were
1885 new cases of the disease
here in 1852 as compared to
1851 in 1850.
The meeting. conducted by
William E. Leahy, chairman of
the 1858 Christmas Seal sale,
was held to impress on the
sponsors the need for funds for
the 1854 program, and to make
final plans for the sale.
Mr.. Funkhouser stressed that
funds are particularly needed to
continue the chest X-ray sur
vey. Cuts in Public Health Serv-
ice funds have eliminated the
use of mobile x-ray units used
IN the past, he pointed out.
The seal sale is scheduled to
begin here on November Is with
volunteer-manned booths open
ing on December 4.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
Mount Alto Patient
Kills Self in Arlington

A patient at Mount Alto hos
pital took his life in Arlington
County yesterday during a "a
hour leave from the institution,
police reported.
He was Presley c. Ashby, As,
former Warrenton real estate
salesman.
Mr.. Ashby'S body was found at
the home of a sister, Mrs. Charles
S. Pierce. 1901 South Glebe road,
Arlington, Va. Police said he was
lying on the kitchen floor. His
wrists had been slashed with a
razor blade and the gas oven
was turned on. DR.. w. C. We'll
burn, county coroner, said MIR.
Ashby bled to death.
Capt. Dudley Rector, chief of
detectives. said Mr.. Ashby had
been a patient at Mount Alto
since last June with multiple
sclerosis. According to relatives,
Mr.. Ashby was depressed over
his illness and was upset because
of a pending transfer to another
hospital in New Jersey.
Mr.. Ashby left a note, police
said. Police ruled the death a
suicide.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
u. 5. Tax on Aviation Gas
Reported Under Study
BY the Assoeiated Pres.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 30.-A Fed
eral tax on aviation gasoline to
help defray costs of Government
services to the aviation industry
is under consideration, Gov
eminent official said yesterday.
Gordon Bennett, special as
sistant to the Undersecretary of
Commerce for transportation,
said the 212-cent-a-gallon tax
is being studied by the Civil
Aeronautics Authority at the re-
quest of the House Appropria-
tions Committee.
Mr.. Bennett, in an address be-
fore the National Business Air
craft Associations annual meet
ing. estimated the tax would
raise about $25 million a year.
The cost of services now pro-
vided the industry by the Gov
ernment, he said, is about SIS
million year.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
East Germany Expands
Hunt for Czech Deserfers
By the Assoera,ed Press

BERLIN, Oct. 3O.-The East
German police army has expand
ed the hunt for a small group Of
Czech deserters into giant civil
war maneuvers," a West Berlin
newspaper said today.
Some $4,000 police are being
trained in the war games to pro-
tect the Communist government
from a repetition of the June II
workers revolt, Der Tag said.
According to the newspaper
report, the police forces operat-
ing in the southeast of the Soviet
zone have been given the ma
neuver task to surround unrest
centerS" and seek out rebels"
The manhunt for two or three
Czech army deSerters, blamed
with killing four East German
police two weeks ago, has given
the Communists a sound pre-
tence for starting their long
planned maneuverS, the West
Berlin newspaper said. 1t de-
Scribed the hunted Czechs as
last survivors of a group of seven
or eight deserterS who at
tempted to make their way across
East Germany to West Berlin.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
French Upper House
indicates Cautious
Approval Of Edo
By the Asseeiated Press

PARIS, Oct. 30.-The French
Council of the Republic adopted
a resolution today which asked
the government to seek all pos
sible guarantees before present.
ing the proposed European de-
fense treaty for ratification.
The resolution. while eau
tiously worded, appeared favor
ably inclined toward the idea
and indicated that the European
Defense Community treaty could
rally a majority in the Council,
advisory upper house OF the
French Parliament, when it fl
nally comes up for approval.
This was the first parliament
tary expression on the measure
which would permit Western
Germany to rearm and would
link together forces OF France,
Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hol-
land and Luxembourg.
The Council of the Republic
turned down suggestions that it's
two-day debate on. the ticklish
subject should be ended without
any statement of position.
1t also turned down a Com
munist resolution of opposition
and Socialist resolution which
approved the principle but out
lined certain specific reservations
The vote on the motion pro-
posed by the majority parties
] was 240 in favor and IA against.
| The Council only recommends
action to be taken on legislation
Evening star., 1953-10-30
Sex Trial Continues
For Sd Of IA Youths
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 30 The
trial of the third of IA youths
charged with sex offenseS against
two girl cousins continued today
before jury in Youth Court.
Two defendants have already
been convicted by Chief Judge
w. Conwell Smith, sitting with
out a jury. Testimony in those
cases was taken in the judges
chamber.
Found guilty yesterday of as
sault with intent to "carnally
know" one of the girls who was
II at the time was Charles
Cooper. The 18-year-old boy
was found not guilty of statutory
rape charges.
On Wednesday William r.
Krug, II. was found not guilty
of raping the 11-year-old, but
guilty of perverted practices.
The girl is now II and her
cousin was 13 at the time of
the alleged offenSes last July.
On trial today was George
Frederick Kincaid, IT. When
the proceedings opened yester-
day. his lawyer told a jury of
IL men and one woman that the
young girls we're roaming the
streets" and Turing the boys on.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
80 Civilians Meet Today
For Military Briefinus
BY the Associated Press

Eighty persons representing
civilian activity throughout the
Nation assembled at the Penta-
gon today for the first civilian
orientation conference held un-
der the Eisenhower administra-
tion.
Those taking part represent
industry. the professions, finance
and the newspaper business.
Secretary of Defense Wilson and
the service chiefs arranged to
give the visitors brief1ngS on the
defense program today.
Later sessions will be held at
the Marine base at Quantico,
Va; Eglin Air Force Base in
Florida; Fort Benning, Ca, and
Norfolk, Va.
Evening star., 1953-10-30

and treaties. The National As
sembly has the final say on rati-
fication.
/. Foreign Minister Georges BIZ
dault told the Council last night
the EDO treaty would be sub
mitted to the Assembly for rati-
fication as soon as three French
conditions are agreed on.
These involved agreement on
a basis for settlement of the
Saar dispute with Germany,
agreement of other pact mem
berS to certain explanatory pro-
tocols and a tightening of British
ties with the EDO.
Mr.. Bidault said negotiations
now are proceeding satisfactorily
to link Britain with the army
plan.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
7 Arlington Girls, 13,
Last Seen in Car With
; Men, Are Missing

Arlington police today issued
a lookout for two 13-year-old
girls who have been missing since
last night. They we're last seen
in the company of three young
men.
Police have arrested another
man. Walter Shelton, 10, of the
6n0 block of Notabene drive,
Il Xandria, and charged him
with contributing to the delin-
quency of a minor.
According to Detective Russell
L. Runyon of the Arlington
police, this is the story told by
Shelton and the mother of one
of the girls:
Shelton had been warned by
the parents to stop seeing the
girl. He met her last night at a
drugstore in the Arlandria sec
ton. in south Arlington. They
entered an automobile with the
three youths and the group then
picked up the second girl in
Shirley Homes.
Called Police From Home.
Shelton said the other men
invited him to go along on a
holdup and. making an excuse
to get out Of the car. he asked to
be taken to an aunt's house in
Alexandria.
Alexandria police reported
Shelton called them from a
home in the 500 block of East
Windsor avenue. but when they
got there the car containing the
three men and two girls had
gone. Shelton, police said, told
them the boys tried to break in
the house while he was calling
police.
Detective Runyon quoted Shell
ton as saying the men were
part of gang" of adults and
Juveniles.
Knew of Beating.
The detectives said Shelton,
who was held in Jail last night,
appeared to know about a beat
ing reported by Raymond Kick
lighter, of the 1900. block of
South TWenty-eighth street. Ar
lington. Mr. Kicklighter said he
was beaten Wednesday night in
the Del Ray section of Alexan-
dria.
Shelton's aunt, Mrs. Edna H.
Morgan of the Windsor avenue
address, told reporters the men
wanted her nephew to partici-
pate in a filling station holdup.
Because of Shelton's story, po-
lice believe the missing men, for
whom warrants have been is
sued, are armed.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
Tokyo Has Tourist Boom

TOKYO, Oct. 80 (P1.-A total
of 33,712 tourists, mostly Ameri-
cans spent $13,047,086 in Japan
in the first six months of this
year-$4 million more than over
the same period year ago, the
Transportation Ministry said to-
daV.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
NepuI's King Improves

NAPLES, Italy, Oct. 80 (P).-
Nepaps King Tribhuvana, victim
of heat attack here week ago,
was released today from the In
ternational Hospital here to con-
tinue his European trip. He left
by train for Geneva, Switzerland.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
Army Saves Paper

OKINAWA, Oct. 80 (P).-The
Army here recently took a long
look at 755 different forms used
in paper work. 1t discovered
that 445 could be eliminated or
combined with the remaining 80.
A monthly saving of 250.0O0
sheets of paper alone is the re-
suit.
Evening star., 1953-10-30
Bridgewuter Elects Queen

BRIDGEWATER, Va, Oct. 80.
Miss Nancy Hollar of Timber
vile has been elected homecom-
ing queen at Bridgewater College
and will reign over the festivi-
ties November 7.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
Researchers Report
On BroiIer Production

Researchers at the Oklahoma
Agricultural Experiment Station
report that for maximum income
from broiler production, it is es-
sential that the broiler house be
used at its maximum capacity
In other words, the number of
broilers per square foot of floor
space must be kept as high as pos
sible without reducing growth rate
or efficiency of feed conversion.
Where good management prac-
tees are followed, three-fourths of
a square foot of floor space per
broiler should be economically
sound in both summer and winter,
they report
One square foot of floor space
per broiler would be the recon-
mendation where management
practices are not up to standard,
where there are frequent disease
outbreaks. or where housing con-
ditions are less satisfactory.
The type of management being
practiced, and the skill of the poul-
tryman in charge of the broiler op-
GRAFTON. must be considered in
making any floor space recon-
mendation, they say. Where man
agement practices are not up to
standard and disease outbreaks
give considerable trouble one
square foot of floor space or even
more may be required.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
William p. Thomas,
Of Arvonia, Dies

A funeral service for William
PoindeXter Thomas. 66. Of Arvon-
ia. was held Tuesday afternoon at
Cedar Church, near Dillwyn. Bur
ial took place in the church GEM
etery.
Mr.. Thomas, a retired quarry
worker died Sundav, Sept. 6, in a
Richmond hospital.
He is survived by his wife Mrs.
Robert W. and Randolph x. Of
Irene Dawson Thomas: three sons
Richmond, ami Albert B. Thorn
as .oi Midlothian; two sisters.
Mrs Lizzie Mcjor, of Richmond.
and Mrs Martha King, of Bal
timore: two brothers. Luther j.,
Of Aironia. ard Bowman Thorn
as OF Midlothian, and three
grandchildren
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
Mrs. J. H. Cook, rs,
of Prospect, Dies
Service at Church

A funeral service for Mrs. John
Hurt Cook. rs, of Prospect. was
held Wednesday morning at Pros
pect Methods. Church. Burial
took place in the church Gene
terry
Mrs. Cook died Monday, Sept.
T. at her home in Prospect, after
long Illness
The DAUGHTER Of Emma Hancock
and william Buck Agee, she was
born in BuckinHham county.
Mrs Cook was active in com
munity affairs until her health
failed
In addition tc her husband. she
is survived by FIVE daughters, Mrs.
Pearl Gowen, of Lynchburg. Mrs,
H w. STABLES. Of Crewe. Mrs, Ar
thur Durfee, Of Prospect, Mrs J
r Adams. Of Charlotte. and Mrs.
Crawford StroSnider. of Mt. jack
son. four sor>, Everett. Howard
and Buck Cook. all of Farmville.
and William A Cook, of Madison
Heights; II grandchildren: six
grandchildren; four half sisters,
Mrs Russell Gillian, Mrs. Mar
tina Gillian and Mrs. John Brown,
all of Lynchburg, and one half
brother, Tom Eeee. Of Anderson
Vile.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
Soil Tests Reduce
Production Risks
Use Right Fertilizer
Where Most Needed

Using the right fertilizer where
1t will do the most good will re-
duce the risks in field crop pro.
duction.
Whether little or much, it is
foolish to make the required in
vestment for seed. fertilizer, la
Dor. etc. without having all the
information that can be obtained
readily about the soil on which
the crop is to be grown,
To get the maximum profits from
your soil have it tested. You may
be surprised how much it needs
and how little you have given it.
But it is important to use the
right fertilizer when and where
it will do the most good. Take
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
John j. GibbOney
Dies at Hospital

A funeral service for John ia
cob Gibboney. CA. of Farmville
was held Monday morning at the
Doyne Funeral Home. Farmville
Burial took place in East End
cemetery in Wytheville. Monday
afternoon
A retired Norfolk and Western
Railroad employee. he died Sat
urday, Sept 5. at the SoUtlside
Community Hospital.
Mr.. Gibponey was born in 1888
in Wytheville. He was the son of
the late L,cy A Kelley and James
M Gibboney.
He married the former Miss
Lena BeCraft III Bristol Tenn.
in 1909.
In addition to his wife. he is
survived by two daughters. Mrs.
Harris Grimsley OF Richmond,
and Miss Mildred Gibboney, of
Farnville: two sisters. Mrs F. P
Clayton. ST., of Bluefeld, w. Va.
and Mrs. E. H. Proffitt. of Rad
ford. and one brother Harry Glib
honey, of Atlanta, Ga
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
Miss Ollie Boiling, 1914,
Buried In Cumberland

A funeral service for Miss Oh
lie Boiling. l04, was held Wednes-
day, Sept. 2. at Bland Funeral
Home, Farmville. She was buried
in the graveyard OF the old an
ceStral home in Cumberland coun-
ty.
Miss Boiling died Sunday. Aug.
so, in Freedman's Hospital, Wash
illqton.
The daughter of Samuel P. and
Ellen Boiling. she was born in
cumberland county in 1850 Her
father was member of the Cen
erai Assembly from 1888 TO 1887
Miss Boiling was member of
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
Shelter for Layers

The University of Illinois poul-
try specialists recommend shelter
at night, shade during the day and
plenty Of eating and drinking
space for those pullets you want
to develop into good layers. A
range shelter with wire-covered
sides will keep your chicks more
comfortable and healthy than a
brooder house in summer. It will
give good shade and allow plenty
Of free air movement both day
and night