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Evening star., 1954-04-18
Come in EorIy Downright

DireSt it OF the lilies and the bells
And all that years hare added to its
glory
And read again the humble page that
tells
The inner beauty of the Easter story.
Then come in early dawnlioht to the
tomb
And stand Wllere louerS OF the Chrtst
are Weeping,
Sharing their ,Gonder at the empty
room
Where, as He said, He is no longer
sleeping.
There, from your lite at last, the doubt,
the yeGrning
viii be dtspelled. Hereafter, on your
tOGy
To some EnlmGuS, UiH your heart be
burning
Because He udlkS beside you day by
day.
Inez Borcloy Kirby
Evening star., 1954-04-18
DeIinouents-SovietS Style

It Is interesting indeed that the govern
mert-controlled Soviet press has openly and
often In recent months expressed its concern
about juvenile delinquency among the Russian
youth. And it is not surprising that American
nnanneriSns-zoot suits and Tarzan haircuts!
for example-are found 30 often among the Of
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Oil May Flow Soon

While there are many important and. diff
fcult problems yet to be resolved, prospects for
a settlement of the Iranian oil dispute
brighter today than at any time since the
facilities were appropriated and shut down in
mid-1951
The progress which prompts this optimism
has come about in several phases, but key
step was recorded few days ago when eight
of the worlds biggest oil companies agreed on
a formula for joint operation of the Iranian
industry. The international aspect of the pro-
posed consortium approaches closely what has
become the broad pattern for foreign control
and development of Middle East oil. The Brit
ish-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, orig
inal concession holder in Iran, would have
40 per cent interest in the new combine. Five
American companies all currently engaged in
Middle East operations, would have another
40 per cent. The remainder would be divided
between the French Petroleum Company and
the British-Dutch Shell Oil Company.
The first virtue of a combination of this
nature, and on this percentage division, Is its
attraction to Iran on the grounds that it means
the end of outright control by Anglo-Iranian,.
or even by the British Also, there is an attrac-
ton to Iran and to the Western powers alike in
the spreading of the "risk'-economic and polit-
ical-among so many national interests The
warm invitation" extended by the Iranlan
government to negotiating representatives of
the eight-company combine indicates much
more than diplomatic and formal interest in
getting on to final agreement.
The questions left for negotiating include
those of what compensation is to be paid
Anglo Iranian for appropriation of its prop
critics in 1851 and how administrative control
of the proposed new operation is to be divided
between Iranian and foreign interests. The
first is sticky financial problem that detied
direct British-Iranian negotiation before and
may still have to be settled by the International
Court at the Hague. The second is largely
political problem, on the whole less difficult.
Among the foreign companies themselves there
is still the major commercial problem of bring
ing Iranian production back into world mar
ket that is currently oversupplied The eight
concerns powerful in oil operations all over
the globe, may provide the answer by cutting
back voluntarily on some of their other pro-
duction.
In summary, the ending of this long dead
lock could make Iran once more a self-sup
ported nation financially and could assure
political stability that is vtally necessary in
that vulnerable but important part of the
world
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Herbert NJ. Hadley.
Daylight Saving

am sure the swivel chair operators
in Washington do not object to day
light saving, but how about the work
ing men who live in surrounding COM
munities? If vote were taken on day
light saving, am sure majority would
not want it.
Nj. S. S.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

the deceased painter as being of "a
modest, retiring disposition and much
beloved by a large concourse OF
friends" Surviving relatives were three
daughters, Marie, Angela and Con"
stance. and a son Louis. who became
painter in. his own right. Two little
great-grandsons, the children OF Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Louis Costaggini.
reside at 1904 Mckinley street NV.
and the younger of this small pair
bears the name Phillip.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

There are juveniles who set fire to school
houses and there are those who win essay con-
tests, and then there is the great bulk Of
ordinary, unpublcized kids who are extremely
unlikely to do either.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

Pen-nanes may be used If letters carry
UriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13

Sunday. They also visited Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Weaver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Clark, Of
Crewe. were dinner guests of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. D. Ma
son, Monday evening
Mike Payne, of CreWe, spent
last week with his grandmother,
Mrs. c. M Payne and aunt, Miss
Mabel Payne
Lawrence Bailey is spending
this week attending a Masonic
School at Blacksburg
Mrs. w. S. Farley and children
and Mrs. J A. Young visited Mr.,
and Mrs. Herman Gowen Of Al
berta Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cawohorne
and children. Carol and Billy, of
Petersburg visited the Rev. and
Mrs H N. Soyars, Monday.
Mrs. j D. Berry was a recent
visitor of Mr. and Mrs Joe Berry
and Mr. and Mrs. Billy Berry, in
Richmond.
Mrs Louis Ayres and Miss Bob
bic Andrews. of Richmond spent
the week end with Mrs. L. c.
Andrews Mrs H II. Hubbard
and Tommy Layne, Jr.. were din
liner guests Of Mrs. Andrews, Sun
day.
Mrs S M Hughes. Nh. and
Mrs J A James and children
were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Everett Pliddy in Burkevine.
Friday.
Miss Lena McNutt. of Farmviue.
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
w S. Weaver She was the din
ner guest Of Mrs H L. Bradshaw
Sunday
Nh and Mrs. Billy Watkins. of
Farmville. We're dinner guests of
her parents the Rev. and Mrs. H.
n Soyars. Monday evening.
Mrs E T Newly, Miss Frances
and James Newly visited Mrs.
John Olgers. Sunday.
MI and Mrs. Jamie Bradshaw
spent several days last week with
relatives il Huntington. w. Va.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13

Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Bazemore
and Miles Barefoot spent last
week end with relatives in Lynch
burg.
Mrs. B. E. Gaulding. of Rich
mond, is spending the summer
here with her daughter and SON
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs Note Petus
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Pulley and
daughter. Gladys, of Richmond,
visited relatives here last Wed
nesday.
Misses Joyce and Pattie Wat
hngton have returned from a
weeks vacation with relatives in
Richmond
Mr. and Mrs G. l. Hall and
Miss Alvina Valencourt, of Rich
mond, spent several days recent
~ with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. M Valencourt.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13

Western Carolina for week va
cation Their little boys are stay
ing here with their grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs C B. Beck
u f. Williams and daughter,
Carolyn Rae, left Tuesday for
Hampstead. l. l. N Y where
they visited his sister. Mrs. f. j.
Halter Returning later in the
week, they viii bring Mrs. Halter
and four boys for visit with her
mother. Mrs Mabel McWilliams
Mr.. and Mrs Carleton Gordon,
Of Chase City. we're Monday visi
tors of Mr. and Mrs. q. w Pal
mer
Mrs. jimmy Hodnett, of Green's
boro. n. G.. is spending several
days with Mi and Mrs. g. w
Palmer and Mn. and Mrs. r. b.
/ Wil$on Jr.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13

Mrs. Ollie Owen has returned
from the hospital and is conva-
lescing nicely, her friends will be
glad TO learn.
Mrs. Rose Kramer. mother Of
Mrs Fred Henkelmann, who has
been quite sick. is much i'm
proved, her friends viii be glad to
learn.
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Pulley
Joined Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Pulley
of Richmond. last Saturday for a
several days fishing trip on the
Potomac
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Wagstaff. OF
Richmond, were week end guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
George Smith.
Mrs. Jessie Terrell. of Phila
delphia, Pa. is spending severa,
months here with her sister, Mrs
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13
luce

Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. w S.
Farley and Mrs. j. A. Young last
week were Mrs. Allan Wallace
and children and Mrs Floyd
Gowen. of Norfolk, and Mrs.
Obediah M n n Of Farmville
Misses Peggy and Betty Farley, Of
Richmond, and Miss Ann Daniel
of Farmville. were recent visitors
in the same home.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Layne
were week end guests of Mrs. Una
Nesmith OF Richmond, in hen
home on the Rappahannock river
near Underwater, Va,
Mr. and Mrs Morie M, Yeats
of Chillicothe. Ohio, were visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Yeats
several days this week
Mrs G. b Marcuson and chill
dren, Of Richmond spent last
Friday with Mrs. s. H Bondurant
Mrs L. c. Ellis and children
Sandra and Shelia, of Washing
ton, have been visiting her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. F. w Baldwin
Dinner guests in the same home
on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs
Franklin Baldwin and Kirk, Mr.
and Mrs Kyle Baldwin and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs Calvin
Baldwin and baby. CALVIN Keith
of Farmville \
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Weaver
Claud Jr and Bagby Roberts
spent last Tuesday at Fort Lee
and Thursday with their daugh-
ter. Mrs. Robert Buchanan ant
Mr. Bucknam, in Lynchburg. anC
on Saturday they visited Mrs
Weaver's brothers in Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ A Aylfes and
children. of Falls Church were
week end guests Of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G Walton
Mi and Mrs. w S. Weaver
were overnight guests of Mr. and
Mrs. George Banks in Norfolk.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13

Theodore Fowlkes
Mr.. and Mrs, Jimmie Tucker
and little son, of Richmond, spent
last week end with her sister. MIS-.
Note PetuS
Miss Glady Robertson, Of r ~
mond. was a week end guest Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Willie
Robertson.
jerry Warrington underwent an
appendectomy at SouthSide Hos
pital last week We wish for him
a speedy recovery
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Smith.
Of Victoria, were recent visitors in
this community.
Miss Catherine Scott returned
recently from an extended visit
with relatives in Tennessee.
Quite number of our people
attended preaching services at
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13
Green Bay
ROUTE l

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller and
children. OF Summit. N j.. are
spending this week here with his
mother. Mrs. Fred Henkelmann.
Mrs Grace Lail and daughter,
Fay of Baltimore, Md, spent
last week end with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs A. M. Bolton.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Stephenson and
children of Ivor, were recent
guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T E. Hudgens.
Rev. and Mrs. Coy Grove and
boys. of Keysville, visited in the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl At
klns last week
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13

Meherrin Methodist Church on
the first Sunday morning The
Rev, c. l. Salmon preached a
most excellent sermon
A wonderful rain which was
greatly needed fell here Monday.
Mrs. B. NJ Green spent several
days recently with her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
George M. Smith. of Victoria.
Mr.. and Mrs Howard Jennings
and family, OF Lynchburg, visited
Mr. and Mrs j w Bazemore. last
Sunday.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13

DISCUSSING the 100000 hpbudng and shpby
with the American President Lines a. to r Louis S.
Rohscd Maritime Board Administrator George Kon pre
Lines and Ralph K Davies board chairman The ship
replica the Lines President Cleuednd Of four vessels
the Government which will be purchased by
the eight ship deal The Administrators overall $685.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-13
Green Bay

Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Redd, of
Ellerson, left last Sunday for
Asheville and the mountains Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09

Passengers coming in after midnight
often hear a mockingbird singing ut
National Airport.
When the moon Is shining, he joins
his brother Knockers in suburban Wash
ington, probably 10000 strong.
The roar of planes, the hum Of late
taxis, may drown this singer out briefly,
but when the roar subsidies. there he Is,
singing his heart away.
He is believed to be the same bird that
has sung there for the past three years.
They call him Joe.
The best naockingbird, Of course, Is
the one at home.
No music appeals so much to some
listeners.
Occasionally there viii be new
conner to the suburban scene who
actively resents this all-night singing
Of this best OF birds.
The sleepless one win rant about 1t
at first.
As the days-and nights-go by, he
win come to realize that this Is one
of natures supreme gifts to us.
What has the average human being
done to deserve such sweet music free?
Yet the old mocker. spurred on by
love and the moon always q potent
combination) sings away as II his
heart would break.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
This and That
BY Charles E. TroceweN

Hour after hour he sings softly, much
more subdued than In the daytime. but
loud enough to be heard all over the
neighborhood.
After one has heard this music few
days and nights. he gets to listening
forward for 1t. as one might say.
The listener soon comes to note the
differences between the night and day
singing. During the day, the bird is
more free in his improvisation, whereas
at night, with the moonlight all around,
he comes to rely more on straight
melody.
The harsh clucks. sometimes inter-
jected into the musical dow during the
sunny hours, are entirely missing dur
ing the moonlight hours.
Other birds. ct times. sing at night.
Many Of the sparrows sing very softly.
so softly, indeed, that unless the listener
Is within three or four feet he win not
be able to hear them.
This singing is done with the bill
almost closed. giving muted effect.
It would be interesting for trained
musician to make . list of the musical
effects birds have given us.
It Is impossible but to feel that early
man. just down out Of the trees. must
have sensed the good In bird music very
early. and patiently tried to initiate 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
One Million More at Work

Politics to the contrary, 1t is difficult to
"view with alarm" national economic
trend in which civilian employment has In
creased by nearly one million workers in
the last measured month. Comparably re-
assuring, too, are the figures for new-con-
struction expenditures during the first half
Of 1954-about $166 billion-which by &C.
cepted projections indicate that the years
total will hit the expected record high
figure of $50 billion. And sin sharp con-
trast to the usual seasonal pattern" was
an unemployment increase from May to
June of only $4,000 for the Nation.
The brightest spot in the national
economy this year has been the construc-
ton industry and these latest statistics
from the Departments of Labor and Com
merce show that June was real record
breaker. Outlays for new construction of
all types in that month amounted to $3.3
billion-of which $2.2 billion was private
spending with the remainder coming from
Federal, State and local governments. The
high level Of private spending was inter-
preted as being particularly encouraging.
Construction employment, incidentally, &C
counted for about 100000 of the Job in
creaseS.
There were two other interesting and
significant aspects of this latest set of sta
tistics. One was that nearly 100000 of the
/ million new jobs were in agriculture
a segment of the economy that really has
suffered depression, or at least recession,
during most Of the past year. The other
was that among the unemployed totalling
about 3,347,000 in June-there was a drop
Of nearly 100000 among those who had
been jobless for Is weeks or more. This
category, considered long-term unem-
ployed, had been fixed at approximately
one million since March but dropped to less
than $4,000 from May to June.
It is not too surprising, of course, that
political foes of the administration should
make special effort to pick flaws in the
business statistics. The health of the ma
tional economy is not really a partisan
responsibility, however, and signs of its i'm
provement warrant a welcome from both
sides of the political aisle. It has been
clear enough for nearly a year past that
the boom touched off by the Korean war
had run its course. But 1t has been rea-
sonably clear also that no major depression
was indicated. It appears now that the So
called soft spots are getting no softer, while
tangible improvement is being recorded in
other important sectors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09

He found then, as we find now, that
1t Is almost impossible.
But what he did learn was this, that
the birds really had few tricks UP
their Threats.
Early man did not know then--it
took modern ornithologists for that
that the birds could sing because they
had certain type of throat muscles.
and the right number. We think it is
about four.
The trill, the vibrato, the shake, the
extended improvisation, the staccato-
These and other musical effects come
to us from the birds, although few
musicians today would admit it, per-
haps.
A very good time to listen for them
is some moonlight night, when the
mocker is going good.
We recently listened TO our favorite,
and found he sang softly for hours but
cut it on promptly at so am. al
most as If ordered to do so.
We we're too lazy to get up to see II
q cloud had blotted out the moon, but
do not think 1t did.
The question, then, was:
Why did he stop?
Our guess was that, being q real
musician. he simply had enough.
Real musicians, unlike the synthetic
kind. always know when they have
had enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
Old MiIitiumun Speaks

A letter published July 3, and signed
John P. Cowan," intrigues me much.
The gratuitous insult offered the men
of the pre-Revolutionary days, the men
who fought and won the Revolution,
and the men of today, is silly thing.
AS an old militiaman, an honorable
and honored name in America, feel
that every one of us should resent it.
The letter errs in its history in several
ways. The men who went with WASH
ington to Fort Necessity were militia
men, regardless of their regimental
designation. We had no other troops
then or for many years thereafter.
For Mr.. Cowan'S information, actual
" the National Guard and the Organ
lied Reserve Of today are classified as
militia. Until q few years ago, the
National Guard of Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania were officially designated
as militia, and 1t was as corporal in
the historic and great 9Th Infantry,
Massachusetts, Volunteer Militia, that
I saw my early service.
Incidentally, Mr.. Cowan has ignored
the Civil War and the fact that Virginia
was one Of the States that tried to
leave the Union. Her militia regiments
then became part Of the Confederate
Army, and fought against the United
States. In doing this, they lost their
continuity of history, and the pfe-Civil
War regiments can have no official
connection with the regiments Of today,
regardless Of the similarity Of designa-
ton and location.
It is small wonder that the Virginia
troops were not hailed with JOY at the
celebration of the disastrous defeat at
Fort Necessity.
Charles Coulter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
From an Old Gorden

How brightly IN my heart the memory
burns
OF an old garden on steep hills
bTow
Above shining riper tphere 1t turns
To tourney eastward. remember
hotU
The gentle hills along It's farther shore
Were blue and dreamy on summer
day
With PATCHWORK fields and ttreadlike
roads that bore
Old hayloads creeping on their dusty
tDGy.
The hatcher In the garden saw that
Grow dim at tiohtfaH, suw the
shadow creep
Up from the pGlley Hike mothers hand
That folds her tired children In tor
sleep,
Then the great stars resumed their
silent reign
Ktndlin0 the old. old ,Oonder-d1d TN
I,t Inez BoreIoy Kirby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
On Withdrawing From U. N.

Permit me to quote from your recent
nne editorial titled, Senator Know
land Serves Notice:
'For these Senator's mean business.
In the event the Communists are
seated. they may very well be able to
take this country out Of the U. N. And
II that happens, the q. N. Is dead"
Now I would like to add one final
sentence Of my own:
And II the U. N. dies, we and the
world die also.
In the whole panorama Of our his
tory no truer words were ever spoken,
no thought was ever voiced more apro-
pos this situation than: 1--WE must all
hang together or we will all hang sep
Narately." AS annoying as it must be to
Senators Knowland, McCarran, ct al,
the fact still remains that we are
member Of the family Of nations, shar-
ing the common bonds of our natures
and conditions. And just as the States
of our great Union that find themselves
in the minority must bow to the will of
the majority, so must we-and so can
we without surrendering one bit of our
national sovereignty-bowt to the will Of
the greater number.
If we were going to withdraw from
the u. N. because we disapproved Of
some Of our companions, we should
have done so long ago. To do so now
is rather like the spoiled child who
says, "AI right, If you won't play my
way and If you won't let me be cap
tain, then will take my toys and go
home"
There are many very good reasons
why Red China should not be seated
at the U. N.
The present government of the Chi
nese mainland was installed by force
OF arms and we have no accurate means
Of ascertaining II it does in fact ex-
press the wishes and the will Of the
Chinese people. The fact that the pres
ent Communist government would con-
slider that to be beside the point is an
equally good reason why they should
not be seated.
Further, and Of more immediate i'm
portance, the present government Of
China is at war with the U. NJ If adj
mitted, we will have the picture Of
body that Is patting itself on the head
with one hand while with the other
hand 1t stabs itself in the belly.
In times like these we must multiply
our strength with wisdom, not divide
it by folly. For il we do not keep try
ing to work out our differences across
the conference tables. negotiating not
from fear and with no hint of appease-
ment, but rather from the strength and
courage which is ours to command,
then we will have to take those differ
ences to the battleflelds and there run
q bloody course from which no victor
can ever emerge.
would call upon Senator Knowland
not to resign his position and fight to
destroy, but to marshal the strength
Of his position behind a fight to pre-
serve and build. For the builders will
go down in history, Senator. and great
will be their names, while the destroy
ers will be lost in the dust Of their
passing.
Evans Thornton.