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Evening star., 1954-01-08

two adult deaths in New Eng
land from New Years eve to
January 4. In addition. q New
York child perished January s
from fumes from a portable
kerosene heater.
Described as characteristic Of
many oil stove fires was the
November 8 blaze in South Full
ton, KY. starting from portable
heater. according to the NFPA.
Another such blaze in Wauke-
gan, Ill.,, in a crowded two-family
the lives of one adult and four
house, Mr.. Woodwork said. took
children. including a baby of 6
months.
Mother Finds Baby Dead.
In a recent Massachusetts, fire.
a mother summoned from a
nearby neighbor's home by one
of her children, found her baby
burned to death in its high chair
beside a flaming range.
Mr.. Woodworth. who served as
assistant fire chief and fire mar
shall Of Portland, Oreg.. looks
pretty grim when he talks about
fires in homes. And there's a
reason.
A fireman ultimately gets used
to finding bodies of adults in
ruins of burned homes. MIR.
Woodworth explains. But with
children it's different.
Finding a child's body always
wrenches a fireman's heart.
You never get used to it," says
Mr.. Woodwork. You always
feel sick maybe mad. I've
seen a district chief mad enough
to kill the person he thought was
responsible for child deaths in
fires"
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Colombo Cuts Tuxes

Colombia has scaled down its
l to So per cent income tax to a
scale ranging from one-half per
cent to 48 per cent.
Evening star., 1954-01-08

U. S. Timber Consumer
The United States uses about
half the timber harvested in the
world.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-10
THE TRADING POST

KerseY Lined Overalls
Faded Blue Stacks Black Jeans
Duffle Bags Rain Gear
Shoepacs Hip Boots Jump Boots
Fatigue Jackets. Pants, Overalls
Towels Blankets Pillow Cases
New and Used Sleeping Bags
At The Trading Post
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-10
Methodist Women To
Hold White Elephant
Sale Next Saturday

The Women's Division of the
Methodist Church have amour
ced their annual White Elephant
Sale for next Saturday morning
from o'clock until noon, to be
held in the former territorial tax
office on LIST Ave Cback of the
Glue PotD
They are accepting donations of
clothing, costume jewelry, fur
niture, and most anything that
has been outgrown but in good
condition.
Half of the proceeds has been
allocated to the building fund for
the new Methodist Church which
is planned.
Call Mrs. Charles Fagerstrom
if you have something to be
picked up by car. Pickup time
will be TOO pm. Friday evening.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-10
Tranthams 'Hitch-Hike"
Ride On Burton Island
To Wales From. DiOmede

Mr.. and Mrs. David Trantham
and family returned Saturday
from King Island where they
have been teaching school the
past winter.
They "hitch-hiked" a ride on
the Burton Island to Wales from
where they took air transporta-
ton to Nome.
The are enroute to North Caro-
lima due to the illness of Mr..
Trantham's father.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-10
REV. RAVENS AND FAMILY
LEAVE ON VACATION

Rev. and Mrs. Reeves Ravens
and family leave today for Juneau
to attend the 5Oth anniversary of
the Methodist Church in Alaska,
at which time they will meet with
other Methodist leaders for the
18th annual conference.
The main address will be given
by Bishop Grant of the Pacific
Northwest Area. Another speaker
will be the Rev. Daniel Walker of
Corvallis, Ore.
Following the conference the
Havens family will take a two
months vacation in California and
New York.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Notoble Achievement

Victory Is just around the corner In the
Community Chest campaigns close, IN
fact that attainment of the final goal can
almost be taken for granted. But even If
not another dollar came into the Golfers,
there is real reason for rejoicing over this
years achievement For more money was
raised-$3, ,S09, ,202 -plus-than ever before in
a six-week drive.
The sum reported at the final meeting
OF the volunteer workers represents 99.41
per cent of the goal of $685., 900. This
means that only $22, ,798 separates the cam
paign fund from complete success. Cam
paign officials believe that donations
already promised but not yet collected will
make up the deficit. Every Chest supporter
who has not fulfilled his pledge or who,
for some reason or other, has been over
looked in the canvass should come forward
promptly to help insure raising of the mini
mum goal After nine years of missed
targets, the Chest needs the shot in the
arm that triumph at long last will mean.
Whatever the final total, the city owes
debt of gratitude to the hard-working men
and women who selflessly waged this years
highly effective campaign.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
By Charles E. Trocewen
r. A. Seelig.

ment. there is less stress and strain
in daily living.
The hidden blight Of ownership.
where the individual impinges on other
individuals. is much lessened.
Probably the guy upstairs who beats
on the floor, or let's water run down.
makes a mighty impingement for a
time, but in the main,. there is less
chance for individual to run squarely
into individual as in the one family
home, with its boundary lines, and so
on.
Apartment living is good for young
married couples. and for old ones.
The single person perhaps lives best
that way: and temperament, rather
than money, is the real criterion.
For reading. there Is no better place.
Outside noises do not, ordinarily,
come as well into an apartment as into
the living unit" we call the house.
The weary soul. tired from pushing
and being pushed around, can fall up
the stairs. or out of the elevator, and,
with no more trouble than the opening
and the closing of door, be in his own
land.
This is home. no matter what the
experts call it. No unit this, but home;
no number in list of numbers, no
portion Of graph, but home. the old
home sweet home that John Howard
Payne wrote so poignantly about.
BE it ever 50 humble, there's no
place like home" That goes for apart
faaY1ts fnn
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Special Prayer
Cora March.

My friend. the Rev. James Myers,
membership secretary of the National
Child Labor Committee, after hearing
that some good church people in GER
tain town voted against a summer
school for migrant children because it
would increase taxes" wrote the fol-
lowing Prayer for Grace as Citizens:
Help us, o God, to recognize thy will
being done in the collective efforts of
society, by good citizens through the
agencies of government. May we not
fail to discern the spirit of our Lord in
measures of security for the aged, in
widows pensions, in unemployment
benefits, in education for the young
and special care for little children, in
proper housing and public health, in
united efforts toward world peace, and
in all measures for the common good.
"As government embodieS and ex-
presses the concern of the greater COM
munity, the larger family of mankind,
for peace and well-being among the
people, give us grace to share gladly in
this service. paying our taxes for these
undertakings as an act of devotion to
the least of these our brethren, and
unto thee, o God. the Father of us ALL"
Samuel M. Lindsay.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Cont Follow Stennis

/ see in The Sunday Star that Sena-
tor John c.. Stennis, of Mississippi.
while discussing the censure proposal
Of the Watkins Committee, made the
following remarks: 'There was not any
one particular thing the Senator said,
did or failed to do that caused me to
reach the conclusion I did The en-
tire picture led me to the conclusion
reached"
am not here attempting to debate
the Watkins Committees action, per
Sc. Rather, I must confess to certain
bewilderment when / attempt to fol-
low Senator Stennis' non -Euclidean
reasoning. Apparently, the Senator
believes that in this instance the whole
does exceed the sum Of the parts. If
mot any one particular thing the SEN
ator said, did or failed to do" caused
Mr.. Stennis to conclude that Senator
Mccarthy merited censure, then how.
logically, could the entire picture" force
Mr.. Stennis to his conclusion?
One can only imagine the Juror which
would arise. and rightly so, If Judge
said to an accused: mo one action
OF yours causes me to pass Judgment,
but your general pattern Of behavior
forces me to pronounce you guilty.
I am afraid that my reasoning pow
ers are not nimble enough to permit
me to accompany Senator Stennis as
he crosses the gap between his premise
and his conclusion.
l.. H. RothwelI
Evening star., 1954-11-20
aTwelfth Street s.E.

Twelfth Street Sc.
Dear Sir:
How we enjoyed reading about
porches in your recent column, espe-
cially now that we live in apartments,
missing for the most part everything
worth while-tile sunrise. the glorious
ending Of the day. the rainbows, the
yards and trees.
I'm the mornings we arise. have our
coffee inside, come home in the eve
nings and read the paper-and for the
most part do not step out in the open
in the evenings to see the stars and
moon, and nature at its best.
"That day is lost when we do not see
Sunrise, sunset, and waving tree;
The stars that glitter in the sky.
"A shining moon in heaven high.
Sincerely. L. A. c."
This correspondent shouldn't be so
peSsimistic.
Apartment living has many good
features, as she Of course knows; only
at times does the lack Of view upset
one.
Apartment living is coy. easy and
satisfying.
What more should one desire?
Those sunsets, those rainbows--
All one has to do Is make the effort
and go out.
It is always q good thing, when living
In an apartment, to, select nearby
park, or circle, or small triangle to call
ones own.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
This and That

A wise government, for some reason
or other, filled our fair city with these
small places. devoted to green grass.
shrubbery, benches, pigeons and squir-
rels.
The people are incidental.
With thousands more arriving every
year, the people clutter up the parks
so that 1t is necessary for the honest
apartment house dweller to select his
time carefully.
This period varies according to the
season.
Who wants to seat himself in a park
already overloaded with OATS in their
shirts and undershirts. sprawled
around?
The sprawling time must be evaded.
II one Is to commune with nature prop
erly.
Then. and only then. can small coy
park be exactly what it should be.
In world where many things are
not what they might be, and some are
not at all what they should be, it is
nice to find something good, based
solidly on the elemental things that
do US no harm
This is found Ia one or more OF the
small local parks, squares, triangles.
There pigeons wait for their kind
friends, and squirrels bark occasionally
from the trees.
Apartment living Is often less weary
ing on the nerves.
Even IN the OMner-operated apart
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Urges Fluoridution PIebiscite

In the recent elections. fluoridation
OF the water supply was voted on by
nine cities, rejected in seven. We
should have an opportunity in this
city to vote on whether we want medi-
cation in our water. This could be
accomplished by some sort of plebiscite
under the auspices of the Commission
ers. While it would have no legal
standing, the Commissioners would
then be advised of how the citizens
feel. Obviously. the question of fluori-
dation is highly controversial, and on
such matter the Commissioners
should not take high-handed, arbi-
trary stand as they have done Al
though we are faced with an accom-
plished fact that our water is now con-
taminated with f1uorine. it does not
need to remain an accomplished fact
My own feeling is that the subject is
far from closed. Either here or else
where.
r. A. Seelig.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Conversation Piece

If the results of the November 2 elec-
tions did not dispel sufficiently the popular
picture Of powerful and intransigent farm
bloc, the Military Academy at West Point
has dealt the final blow. For the autl1ori-
ties on the Hudson, ruling that our Army
officers of tomorrow must not debate pub
licly the issue of recognizing Communist
China, have suggested with no apparent
misgivings that the merits of agricultural
subsidies be discussed instead
Intervening to force withdrawal of the
West Point debaters from a scheduled
forensic encounter at Rutgers University on
the Red China problem, academy officials
described the subject as too controversial
and lin any event national policy has al
ready been established" Support came i'm
mediately from another quarter when the
Naval Academy revealed similar position.
It would be difficult to dispute success
fully the grounds cited. Recognition of Red
China is controversial subject indeed and
a national policy against it has been stated
on several occasions. But until the intrepid
Ezra Benson led the fight to cut agricul-
tural subsidies there were few in public life
who dared question the subsidy system or
challenge the so-called farm bloc in Con-
gress. One suspects, in fact, that if the
military had been forced to make an earlier
choice it would have preferred to argue
about Peiping- even in favor of it--rather
than about parity price supports.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Senator Kefouver Dissents

It is hardly responsible and states
manlike position that Senator Kefauver has
taken in his announced opposition to con-
frmation Of two new appointees to the
Atomic Energy Commission
The appointees are DR.. Willard F. Libby
and DR.. John Won Neumann, scientists.
After questioning DR.. Libby before the Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee,
the Tennessee Senator declared him emf
nently qualified in his scientific background
but mot qualified to run power business
an electric generating and distribution
poWer-broker business" Since, in his ex-
pressed opinion, the Acc has been put "in
the power business" by its negotiation OF
power plant contract with the Dixon
Yates combine, the Senator will oppose the
nomination.
The Acc is not Of course, really in the
power business. It's negotiation, during a
Republican administration, of the Dixon
Yates contract was very similar procedure
to the negotiation of two earlier private
power contracts-during Democratic ad-
ministration. Furthermore, the commission
has important tasks awaiting it in its proper
field and the services of two qualified mem
bers are needed to keep the agency function
ing at top strength. DR.. Libby and DR.. Won
Neumann appear to have the necessary
qualifications. It is to be hoped that SEN
ator Kefauver, whose basic concern is for
the Tennessee Valley Authority, will aban-
don his strained Interpretation of what
qualifications are needed by Acc members
and allow DR.. Libby and DR.. Won Neumann
to be judged on their merits as scientists.
Evening star., 1954-11-20

WashingtonianS have good cause to
extend their friendliest greetings and we'll
wishes today to distinguished fellow citi-
zen who has brought honor, pleasure and
good craftsmanship to the city during a
long career. Clark Griffith, at IS, is more
to us here in the Capital than one of base
balls all-time greats" He is to the local
community a good neighbor, civic pro-
moter and generous, though elf-effacing,
contributor to worthwhile causes And not
forgotten is the fact that he brought Wash
ington it's only baseball world championship
and three pennants, to Offset long years of
lean pickingS for the home team
Mr. Griffith can look back with pardon
varied and illustrious records. AS pitcher,
manager or owner he has always been
prominent in the world of baseball He won
niche in the Hall Of Fame by his prowess
as pitcher in the '90s and early 1900s. His
cunning with curves led his victims to dub
him "The Old Fox" nickname which has
clung to him through the years, as he con.
tinued to use his innate shrewdness IN later
managerial or ownership roles. It was Grifi
who established as a permanent practice
the opening-day presidential ball-tossing
ceremonies, stunt that has helped to raise
baSeball's prestige to that OF national
pastime." AS one Of the founders of the
American League, he had a part in setting
the stage for the inter league rivalry which
has made baseball a major American sport
attraction and a big business as well.
Since 1911, however. washington has
regarded Mr.. Grifath as d strictly local
ngure the man who saved Walter johnson
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Huntsmon Unweoried

Again, Orion mounts the midnight sky,
Hu1tsn1Gn unDedrted. Centuries
unfold.
Mtlentunss NTH silent tread pass bu-
He Keeps his cisnngeless pathway az
of old.
Oh, beautiful his cleaning belt of stars
And radiant his tourney through the
night.
UnsDerutuo though a storm CLOUD
briefly bars
The brightness OF his march from
human sight.
See tuhere he shtnesl No other
constellation
Burns Nth such splendor, kindles
such UGst
Upsurge of 5oy, such nanseless erdttdtton
Proceeding from an tnimensortdI
past,
And lighting Nth q strange expectdncy
The ages OF q dim futuvtty.
Inez Boreloy Kirby !.
Evening star., 1954-11-20

On the first page of The Star of NO
vember Is it is announced that Gal
liant Fox is dead. Gallant Fox was a
Triple Crown winner, but nevertheless
he was horse.
On the obituary page the same day
is announced the death of a dis
tinguished admiral man I do not
know. However, he served on the staff
OF Admiral Sims during World War I,
and had in other ways contributed to
the service of his country.
How can you justify giving more
prominence to the death of horse?
I well remember the day that Presi-
dent Eliot Of Harvard died-and well
renowned he was-but certain movie
person by the name Of Rudolph VAL
entino died, too. on that day, and so
it was he who was featured in the
news, and President Eliot was relegated
to the inner pages.
Cora March.
Evening star., 1954-11-20

from Jumping" to another league by raising
$40 900 bonus to induce him to stay with
the Nationals, whose wise choice Of man
ayers and players gave Washington the
world championship In 1924 and league
leadership in 1925 and 1888, who has sup
ported many civic enterprises and who has
been, withal, an exemplary and kindly
citizen. The city as whole will be mindful
OF these things as Washington's grand old
man OF baseball observes his 85th birthday
anniversary.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Where Security Lies

"Real security, IN the final analysis,
rests within the hearts and minds Of our
people. It must be directed toward the
common goal: the general welfare of all
people. Real security must start in the
home. where parents teach the fundamental
lessons of common decency the virtues of
thrift, temperance, tolerance, the dignity of
hard work, respect for the rights OF others
and, above all, the fundamental of all life:
God has created, God rules and God can
destroy. These are the fundamentals Of
good citizenship. and good citizenship means
security."-J. Edgar Hoover, in accepting
the Cardinal Gibbons Award for 1854.
Evening star., 1954-11-20

1NVWS Act > Uet On WIN HIS If1al.
intelligent reasoning presented in the
columns concerning the Mccarthy
problem written by David Lawrence.
AS reader of The Star, always
welcome the opportunity to read David
Lawrence. He is brilliant writer, and
on the basis Of his many years of
direct observation Of political complex
ties. he has unlimited ability and cour-
age to present the facts, without bias
and without apology. David Lawrence
merits the highest praise for his writ
ings defending Senator Mccarthy.
McCarthy's opponents staunchly rec
ommend pussy-foot control of the Com
munist problem, and in that respect
are demanding that he be censured. AS
loyal American, earnestly regard
Senator Mccarthy as one of the great
est Senators the United States Gov
ernment has ever had.
Rawley C. Donohue.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
etters to TheStor

we are on the, road to metaphysical
agreement.
''Psychiatrist" is wrong in asserting
that there are "traditionally held and
nletaphysically certain principles that
permeate our civilization" Our civili-
zation is perneated by diverse and
sometimes opposing sets of such prin-
ciples. The Court Of Appeals did not
deny freedom or the difference between
right and wrong; it did not blaspheme
against any sacred tradition. But it
recognized that though a man may be
free agent. he is sometimes, too often,
sick.
Sidney KOretz.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

g. Why has the Union of South
Africa several capital cities?-R. 2.
A. There is one for each branch Of
the government. Pretoria is the ad-
ministrative capital and the residence
OF the Governor General: Cape Town is
the seat Of the legislature. Since the
headquarters Of the national judiciary
Is at Bloemfontein, this city is the
Judicial capital of the union.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Redevelopment Methods

Is our Government going Com
munist?
1t would seem so. in view of the
Redevelopment Land Agency's seizure
OF title to certain Southwest properties.
Redevelopment may be advantageous
within limits, but it exceeds those
limits when it invades ones private
property.
That compensation is paid the own
ers is of small moment.
Virginia Evans.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
The Way to Answer 1t

the current outburSt Of threatful Soviet
comment on the Paris agreements to grant
sovereignty to West Germany and rearm
it as member Of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
AS expressed In MoScow's newspapers,
the burden Of the comment is that If the
Western powers ratify and effectuate the
agreements, then the Kremlin and its pup
pet regimes in the satellite lands will resort
to stern counter measures. These counter
measures, it seems, would involve ~ the
creation Of an East German army and (2)
action by the Soviet Union and Its "allies"
behind the Iron Curtain to form military
grouping Of their own as rival to NATO.
What makes this look somewhat farcical
Is the fact that it threatens to do things
that have already been done. Thus, al
though the Kremlin refuses to admit it, the
Communist East Germans have
long since been remilitarized on rather
formidable scale. According to the most
recent authoritative estimate, they have an
army Of more than 10000 men-a ground
force capable Of being swiftly increased to
at least Is infantry and arnored divisions.
In addition, the Soviet high command has
equipped them with small but readily
expandable navy, and they have an air
establishment in which no fewer than $500
flyers are being trained in the use of certain
types Of Russian warplanes. BY way of
contrast, the West Germans are entirely
lacking in organized military strength, and
they will remain in that status until the
Paris accordS take effect.
Similarly, when it threatens through its
press to organize military grouping to
counter NATO in the balance of power, the
Kremlin speaks as if it thought the free
world could be made suddenly blind to
reality that has existed for years pasta
reality that came into being long before
the Atlantic alliance. This reality is the
network of bilateral defense" pacts that
bind all the European satellites to the Soviet
Union in mammoth coalition Involuntary
as far as the captive peoples are concerned)
armed on a gigantic scale and ready for
aggressive action at any time. The coali-
tion's structure differs from NATO's, and
1t has no formal name, but it is nonetheless
tremendous militarized bloc tightly con-
trolled by the high command in Moscow,
and numerically far superior to NATO in
terms of land strength
It is because Of the presence of this
bloc and the remilitarization of East Ger
many that the Atlantic alliance exists and
is now to be strengthened with West Ger
man participation. And what the Kremlin
threatens, in an effort to prevent that par
ticipation by trying to frighten parliaments
away from ratification of the Paris accords,
seems essentially meaningless because the
substance Of the threat-an East German
army and Red military coalition-has long
been an active force in Europe.
Accordingly, 1t is hardly conceivable
that any Of the Western parliaments will
be intimidated by the tough talk of the
Soviet press. After all, unless the Kremlin
contemplates resort to war, such talk is
empty, and the only way to answer it is
with prompt ratification of the sort that
now seems assured for the Paris agreements.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Lawrence and Mecorthy

Isn't 1t about time David Lawrence
got wise to the fact Joe Mccarthy is a
mature man. and a distinguished
Senator from Wisconsin?
II Mccarthy were a 12-year-old, who
had been caught printing pictures on