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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-16

A new fuel additive blended
into Shell Premium Gasoline and
sold under the trademark TCP,
corrects both pre-ignition and
misfiring, Shell Oil Company
announces.
TCP additive, the company ex-
plains, "fireproofs" deposits in
the combustion chamber, pre-
vents them from glowing red hot
to pre-fire fuel. 1t makes the de-
posits on spark plugs nom
conductive, and ends misfiring.
TCP breaks through barrier
So quickly does Shell Premium
Gasoline with Top 60 to work,
say the engineers, that you'll feel
the difference - up to 1919 more
power, more acceleration - by
the time you've driven 400 miles.
But, they warn, engine deposits
accumulate constantly. Contin-
ued use of TCP additive is neces-
sary to maintain your power and
performance gains.
Called the greatest gasoline
development since the discovery
Of tetraethyl lead, Shell Premium
Gasoline with Top is now exclu-
sively availahls at Shell Dealers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-16
Anacostia Group Acts
10 Get Traffic EunaI

The AnacoStiap Citizens Asso-
ciatioh last night set UP COM
mittee to meet with Traffic Di-
rector George E. Keneipp to see
about getting a directional traffic
light at Good Hope road and
Nichols avenue Sc.
The group also agreed to in
dorse a petition, signed by q ma
jority of residents Of the area,
for traffic sign at Eighteenth
and S streets Sc.
The meeting, conducted by
Mrs. Carrie G. Smith, first vice
president, was held in the social
hall of the Anacostia Methodist
Church, Fourteenth and U
streets Sc,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-16

practitioners who grind out DE-
vcrces ct wholesale fees (and
sometimes have to be disciplined
for engaging in price wars), the
legal profession also has It's mar
raige champions.
As attorney Richard H. Wells,
Of New York, 9 member Of the
InterprofesSional Commission on
Marriage and Divorce Laws, put
it, THE first thing which any
reputable lawyer win do when q
matrimonial matter comes into
his Office is to explore the pos
sibilities Of reconciliation. When
he is able to salvage q marriage
he counts It the greatest of victo-
ries."
Lawyer Saves Marriage.
A Boston lawyer scored such
a victory in the case of Mrs. O..
a well-to-do matron and club
woman. She went to the lawyer.
after 26 years Of marriage, asking
that he start divorce proceedings.
ST sensed that, despair and
futility. rather than thoughtful
consideration, had colored Mrs.
O's decision" the lawyer COM
mented. Instead of starting
proceedings I persuaded her to
talk further with some one skilled
in these matters before going
into anything so final as divorce"
The lawyer sent the woman to
the Family Society of Greater
Boston-and there was no di-
vorce. Instead she talked out
her troubles, saw new ways to
revitalize her marriage, and sue
ceeded in doing so. Recently she
wrote the Family Society, IF ]
could give advice to a young
wife now, I would say after my
experience that it would be better
not to try to hold everything
inside but rather to let go at
times"
Often time alone does the trick.
That is why more and more
courts have insisted on a cooling
of period. Under Ohio law six
weeks must elapse between the
filing Of a divorce petition and
the signing Of a decree.
One judge, as an experiment,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-16
Air Reserve Officers
Tour Illinois Base

Twelve members Of the 9462d
Air Reserve Squadron in Wash
ington have made an inspection
tour of Scott Air Force Base in
Illinois. They are:
Col. Ted E. Enter, squadron
commander; Maj. S. r. Dubro-
win, Mai. Orville T. Myers, Capt.
Laurence Liston, Capt. Charles
Billingsley, Capt. William Cou-
perthwaite, 1t. John G. Pool, jr.;
1t. Wilbur E. Henry, jr.; 1t.
Humphrey c. Patton, 1t. John
F. Utley, 1t. @. w. Young and
Capt. Paul B. MCGEE. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-16
Fourth Of q Series.

marriage an inner thread of 10y
atty. a feeling that mo matter
how bad this is, it is between US
and it is nobody else's business. +"
When an outsider is brought in,
particularly as the legal partisan
Of one partner. the thread Of
loyalty is broken.
In place Of efforts to repair
their marriage the couple finds
their energies turning to a mud
singing duel. The wife who
rushes to a lawyer is routinely
asked, swell, what has your hus-
band done? What grounds do you
have?" She then recites every
ugly incident she can rake up.
Soon the husband gets a letter or
a legal paper setting forth these
things. His reaction-"So she
said those things about me. did
she! Well. I'll go to my lawyer
and give him an earful about
her!"
When this brickbat contest
begins, even hardened jurists are
sometimes shocked at how far
1t will go. "You wouldn't believe
there was that much cussedness
in the world" one divorce judge
told me. "They will disclose every
mean, petty thing they can recall
about each other. You see more
dirty linen in this kind Of case
than in any other"
Even Goldfish Divided.
Judge Paul w. Alexander Of
the Family Court of Toledo. Ohio.
told of a case In which a fifty
fifty split of a couples property
was being made. THE couple had
kept a fishbowl with two goldfish
In their home. When the show
down came they were so intensely
bitter that the husband even
insisted on dividing up the fish,"
the judge related. Often, he said,
when one parent is given custody
of a child, the other refuses to
give up the child's clothing-and
even the child's toys.
Lawyers are accustomed to
hearing husbands and wives, !
once lovers, snarl at each other,
IF it's divorce you want, you'll
get one-the dirtiest divorce you
ever saw" or IF it's the last
thing I do I'll take the children
away from you," or when I get
through with you your name
will be mud in this town"
I'm the whole administration
Of justice" said one member Of
the bar, there is nothing that
even remotely can compare in
terms Of rottenness with divorce
proceedings"
This is why family counSelorS,
judges. and lawyers themselves
warn embattled couples not to
rush to the law. The law, in fact,
may discourage reconciliation,
for a common principle in di-
vorce proceedings is that making
up. or "condonation" as it is
called, destroys the ground for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-16
Divorce Granted /!
By Howard Whitmon

One Of the worst things to do
when marriage hits q bad snag
Is to rush angrily Of to a lawyer.
Once legal proceedings have
been started and recriminatory
charges start flying back and
forth, an ailing marriage often
becomes hopeless. AS one hus-
band put it. I'VE might have
been able to patch things up,
but when my wife went to the
lawyer and started telling him
things about me-that was the
end"
There is beneath even the most
SCARED and bitter surface Of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-16
Angry Rush to See q Lawyer
May Prove Point of No Return

action. Thus a lawyer may warn
his client not to have anything
further to do with the marriage
partner-no making up, no for
givenesS-for fear of wreckine
the case and having it thrown
out of court.
This entire approach Is
wrong" commented New York's
Judge Anna KrosS, founder OF
the Home Term Court and now
commissioner of correction. I'm
stead of viewing the situation as
a battle Of recrimination, with
each partner out to get the best
OF the other, the marriage must
be viewed as a whole. It should
be seen as one marriage, rather
than two people. It is, of course,
a sick marriage but the first
move should not be to amputate
but rather to make it whole
again."
In Milwaukee. Mrs. S., mother
Of four children, came to the
Family Service agency convinced
that a divorce was her only
answer and hoping the agency
might help her get one.
The case history was q dismal
one. Mr.. S. was an alcoholic and
after recurrent quarrels he finally
had left her. Mrs. S. was so dis
traught she had attempted
suicide.
But instead of rushing for the
law Ito further separate two
people who already were far
apart. Family Service began, a
patient course of help. Both Mr..
and Mrs. s. came in, separately,
for many counSeling sessions.
Blamed Each Other.
From the case record: "He
blamed his wife for all the trou-
BILE in the marriage. He attributed
his excessive drinking to being
married to the kind of woman
he saw his wife to be. +. She,
on the other hand, felt her hus-
bands physical and mental abuse
was unbearable."
The healing technique was to
guide these people out of the
vicious cycle Of blame. Step one
was to make each see that both
contributed to the trouble. Step
two was to turn the emphasis
from blaming to helping. -. "Mr.
S. began to think about his re-
sponSibility for some of the
trouble. In the meanwhile. Mrs.
S. was shown how she could help
her husband by acknowledging
and encouraging his efforts to
change"
Mr.. s. eventually Joined Alco-
holics Anonymous (Which he had
previously scorned). Mrs. s. be-
came more stable and took q
job.
Final case entry: Mrs. S. is
successful at her job. Mr.. s.
hasn't had a drink for many
Periodic crises In the
still occur. But there
has been no more talk Of di-
vorce."
In $50 cities from coast to
coast there are Family Service
agencies, members Of the Family
Service Association of America.
They are ready to help couples
who. knowing their marriages
are sick. want to make them
whole again rather than ampu-
tate.
There are, in nearly every city,
ministers. priests, and rabbiS
willing to aid with patient coun-
selling. Courts in some counties
have social service bureaus
aimed at saving couples from the
relentless machinery Of divorce.
And even lawyers sometimes
help.
Counterbalancing the cheap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-16

50 arranged his court docket that
the period was stretched out to
six months. The number Of
couples who went through with
their divorces dropped 20 per
cent.
Tomorrow: Is the Next
Wife Tor Husband) Amy
Better? Case histories show
that divorce usually makes
matters worse.
(Released by the Register and Tribune
Syndicate, 1064.)
Evening star., 1954-11-24

stitutes Of these colleges until
they have climaxed months of
discussion and criticism with q
biography. Says the report.
They must write out everything
connected with their past. their
relations with the Kuonlintang,
any crimes they have committed.
their experience In the former
society and how they see them
selves best fitted to serve the
new Peoples China. They must
use self criticism"
From Horses Mouth.
This. then. Is the new tech
nique Of dictatorship. straight
from the horses mouth. It ex-
plains why we talk through our
hats when we say millions in
China are waiting to revolt
against communism. What hap
pens to these who by earlier
education had developed q dis
like for totalitarian methods is
only a more concentrated version
Of what goes on today among
Chinese whose education began
with communism and will end
there.
They are taught" says an
other report on education in
general. how great is the aid
given China by the Soviet Union
in contrast with the exploitation
and brutality Of the imperialist
powers here in the past"
As / drove back from jail. !
Evening star., 1954-11-24

noticed again the garishly COLI
.ored socks worn BY many citi-
zens Of Peiping. They are the
only touch Of color IN all the
drabness. The socks came from
the jail and now they did not
seem so jolly.
Today the Chinese laughter,
their loud arguments and their
delight In simple Joys like fire.
crackers and hot noodles all
burst through the uniformity
and just when you lose patience
with their rulers. some funny
little Chinese character says or
does something that makes you
think this country is still the
liveliest place In the world.
And then you look at those
socks and they seem like the first.
spotty symptoms Of q loathesoG1e
disease and you wonder how long
before these sparkling black eyes
IN crinkly Chinese faces will
begin to lose their glitter and
how long it will take the patient
but answering Chinese Con-
munists to teach all these lovahle
people not to look up when q
stranger moves among them.
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Tomorrow: People live In
mud huts yet giant guesthouse
is empty.
Evening star., 1954-11-24

ahrainwashing." It's an over
ssifnplification. I can only quote
an official publication which
states '.the art Of criticism and
self criticism" Is given tremen-
dous emphasis In Peoples
China" It is in fact the art Of
making you change your mind.
I'VE have to teach them labor is
q glorious thing, !" said pedagogue
Liu. ''They must learn they cam
not stay idle In our society"
Some Hold Out.
Some tough old birds survive
who cling to old fashioned
notions about liberty. ] sidled
into a cell and rummaged among
the scanty bedding to find one of
the notebooks supplied to every
prisoner that he may copy out
the works Of Chairman Mao Tse-
tung and other pundits Of the
revolution.
It must have belonged to an
obstinate goat because three of
its pages were decorated with
the cruder kind of sketches
dreamed up by idlers In all
societies.
When such men refuse to
change their minds about COM
munisnl, e-education" ends. "A
report on one Of China's revo-
lutionary colleges, where some
60 to get reformed admits
"there are hardened scoundrels,
Of course" IT describes three
who just simply would not con-
fess their sins and continues:
Their comrades denounced
them. Witnesses were brought
and an accusation meeting held
before they were handed over
to the authorities" What hap
pened then is. never explained.
! wanted to see a revolutionary
college. but somehow never got
around to- it. ] found all I
wanted, though. in an official
report during my rambles in
Jail. Let me give some extracts
and judge for yourself why no
terror stalks the streets in that
outmoded guise. the secret po-
lice.
"A great problem was to find
enough civil servants, techni-
clans and teachers to run the
country" it states. 1.-THE great
majority Of such people came
from families with reactionary
and semifeudal backgrounds. !.
Those with knowledge and ex-
perience had the wrong outlook.
The peoples government helped
solve this problem by a daring
experiment in education, by
setting up colleges in which
these people. were given a new
outlook"
Nobody leaves the political in
Evening star., 1954-11-24
From Inside Chino
Prison Work Breaks Minds
OF Communism S Opponents

/ hope no one feels offended
when ] say they looked to me
like zombies tending enormous
bowls Of noodles as they sprang
from cauldron to cauldron to lift
from the boiling contents long
twisted strands Of dyed cotton.
Opposition Being Re-educated.
You expect as q stranger to
cause a stir when you drop sud-
denly into d Northern China
prison, but ] walked through the
clackety-clack of the sock factory
beyond without producing q
flicker of interest among those
who raced up and down the al
leys, to tend machines.
! forgot how many production
records were being broken and
just what number Of machines
the authorities had succeeded in
putting into the care Of each
worker, but I accept without
challenge their claim we cannot
match those figures in the West.
I somehow doubt If Canadians
will ever take kindly to seeing the
government opposition getting
"re-educated" in such cheap la
Dor factories. More than two
thirds of these workers were what
Governor Liu called counter
revolutionaireS." In other words
they did not love their Com
muniSt leaders with the required
degree Of devotion.
Some There for Life.
Some were there for life and
though their fellows might have
chosen to stay, their own reward
for higher production was q
reduction in sentence. They got
no pay but seasonal rewards and
the quicker they shuttle-cocked
between the looms the sooner
they got something better than
their daily kilogram Of millet,
half kilogram Of vegetables, one
third of an ounce of edible oils
and a weekly four ounces of
meat.
"Thero ara arynv C1,orr3c ont
side" said Governor Liu, "but
none inside. Our object is to
reform these people and make
them skilled, useful members of
society"
The worst punishment for mis-
behavior was of all things under
the sun, criticism" I hesitate
to use the dramatic phrase
Evening star., 1954-11-24

you need only change the con-
troll cabin on top" the COM
radeS seem to say.
That lis why many a former
anti Communist is found today
bent over his workbench trying
to produce more socks than Sis
ter Susie further down the as
semhly line. Nobody, shoots the
imperialist agents any more.
They just kill their minds with
a ruthless sort of kindness.
Tea With Governor.
I went to jail In an air-condi-
toned limousine and took tea
with the governor. which is why
I am not qualified to talk about
police terrors and the miseries of
Block 16. I slipped gently instead
into a horrid little world with
Nightmares of its own and I
really rather doubt whether the
comrades will understand what
I am talking about when / tell
them the torture chamber
seemed infinitely preferable to
their prize prison from which
nobody ever escapes although not
q guard is seen within its walls.
No roses grow around the door
to Peiping's Prison of the Peo-
pies Court. but there were half
the inmates, by a strange coinci-
dence, humping and tootling
and scraping away at the instru-
ments of the jail band. The con-
ductor was a forcibly retired coll
onel in naughty Chang Kai-
shek's army and the only reason
he was not freely choosing to do
what his new government told
him to perform in outside So
ciety was that he had asked to
stay In jail.
I'm fact" said Governor Liu
Hsing -chian, shuffling between
teapot and cups in his loose
moccasins, 1--WE have $50 pris-
oners who have pleaded to stay
with u.s."
Working as Weavers.
"Is that a fact?" I said, casting
a doubling eye at the eight mar
row corridors rediating from
where we sat. There were 40 cells
In each corridor and 10 men or
more to each small cell. / made
an effort to sound convinced.
"Why do they stay?" I asked
It seemed they liked their work
In the weaving sheds, SO I gal
loped off to take a look at these
unique creatures. They were
there, all right, mixed up with
less distinguished men and wom-
en- who were simply in jail be-
cause they had to be. They dived
from loom to loom in rhythm
with the pounding machinery.
q In the sheds next door where
shaven-headed men stripped to
the waist tended steaming vats
Of blue, yellow and red dyes.
Evening star., 1954-11-24

Twenty-seventh Of . series written
under Red promise Of no censorship.
Evening star., 1954-11-24
From, Inside China
By Willioln Stevenson
lAkA 4ha sf,Arn.nfe 81

PEIPING.-I always thought
only women had the right to
change their minds until I went
to Jail here and found the Chi
nese government alone is priv.
ileged to change the mind. Of
any one eand I do mean any one.
why waste a perfectly good
piece of human machinery when
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-02-01
STEP
,
SHAPE, RISE, BAKE

Divide dough and shape into desired
rolls. (See left9 If you wish, add your
favorite toppings and filings for sweet
rolls or fancy breads
Place in creased baking pans and let
rise in warm place-900 F.-until double
in size, 30-40 min
Bake at 3750 for 1920 min, depending
on shape and size. Remove from pans i'm
mediately, cool on racks. Brush tops with
softened shortening. Cover with towel.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-02-01
Clover Leaf Rolls

"a of Miracle Method
Basic dough makes II
Clover Leaf Rolls.)
Place dough on Toured
board and shape into
large roll, about Is"
long. Cut into II pieces,
then cut each piece into
3 parts and shape into
balls. Place 3 balls in
each creased muffin cup.
Brush lightly with melt
ed shortening. See Step
3 instructions.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-02-01
Fon Tons

"a of Miracle Method
Basic dough makes 10
to II Fan Tans.) Roll
into g. x II" rectangle.
Brush with melted but
ter and cut, lengthwise,
into 6 strips; stack. Cut
stack into pieces about
II" wide. Place in
creased muffin pans
with cut edges up. See
Step 3.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-02-01
Dinner creseenfs

Is of Miracle Method
Basic dough makes 16
Dinner Crescents.) Roll
into II" or IA" circle on
Toured board. Brush
with melted butter. Cut
as for pie into 10
wedge-shaped pieces.
Roll up each piece, be-
ginning with wide end.
Curve roll slightly as
you place, tip down, on
creased baking sheet.
See Step 3.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-02-01

Add 49,. 1 cup lukewarm water
900 F.*
d cup dry milk*
tablespoons sugar
teaspoons salt
2 cups of the sifted flour
Is cup lard Tor other shorten
ing, room temperature
eggs, unbeaten
Beat for min. with rotary beater. CElec-
trio mixer may be used at medium speed
for this one step only)
Work in remaining flour about cups
gradually with spoon, then by hand, until
dough is moderately stiff Turn out onto
Toured board, shape into round ball
Cover; let stand minutes.
Ut using fresh milk omit water and dry milk Scald cup
fresh milk Cool to lukewarm-90o F.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-02-01
0ccIDENT miracle RISER"

Dissolve q pkgs. active dry yeast in
large warm mixing bowl
with
l cup warm waterloo F.
Let stand 5 minutes
Add $500. 2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
p cup of the sifted flour
Mix with rotary beaten until smooth.
Cover and let stand in warm place-9OO F.
for 1915 min. mixture will bubble up
and become foamy.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-22
Two Girls Hit by Auto;
Driver BIaIles Setting Sun

Two teen-age girls were struck
and injured by an auto whose
driver told police he was blinded
by the setting sun late yesterday
in the $500 block of Landover
road. Cheverly. Md.
Prince Georges County police
said the injured girls. Mary
Mitchell. Is, of 4510 Emerson
street. Hyattsville, and Judith
Shif1et, IA, of 6814 Parkwood
street, Landover, were walking
to a church fair in Cheverly
when hit.
The Mitchell girl was admitted
to Prince Georges General Hos
pital. Her condition today was
listed as satisfactory. The Shift
flet girl was treated for cuts and
released.
Police charged the driver,
Kenneth Yorke, 81, of 400 Adj
Olson Chapel road NE. with
reckless driving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-22
Democratic Clubs
In Anne Arundel
Support Menk

Paul Menk, Democratic candi-
date. forth House from Mary
lands 5th district. today an
nounced that he has been in
dorsed by the Associated Demo-
cratic Clubs of Anne Arundel
County.
Mr.. Menk was notified of his
Endorsement last night at a
meeting at Carvel Hall, Annap-
oils. Mr.. Menk said that Mrs.
Richard Landlord, wife of the
candidate for the nomination
from Anne Arundel, has been
a member in the organization.
Some political observers in
Annapolis expressed surprise
over the organizations support
of Mr.. Menk, a resident Of
Prince Georges County, over the
candidate from its own county,
Mr.. Menk said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-22
College Park Motorcycles
Critically Hurt in Crash

A young motorcylist was criti-
cally injured today when he was
thrown so feet in a collision
with a truck at Baltimore boule-
ward and Erie street, College
Park. Md.
Admitted to Leland Memorial
Hospital with fractures of the
right shoulder, left arm and
right ankle and a possible skull
fracture was Richard w. Willard.
10, of 40O5 Beechwood road,
College Park.
Prince Georges County police
said the motorcycle struck the
dump truck which was making a
left turn into Erie. street at 8
am.
The driver Of the truck, Rob-
ert Campbell. 80, Of Lakeland.
Md, was charged with reckless
driving and failing to give the
right Of way.