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that the Federal budget. which ac-
cording to the rules now spells in
fation, Is the surest indicator of
the state of economy. The largest
deficit in peacetime history. that of
fiscal 1858. came at the point of an
economic downturn, whether one calls
it an adjustment, contraction. or a
recession. On the other hand. our
worst imitation was in fiscal 1851. when
there was a stable surplus in the Fed
eral budget. We have been told that
President Eisenhower is attempting
to put the Nations finances into bal
ance" If that means the Federal
budget. he may be doomed to the frus-
tration Of King Canute ordering the
sea to recede. It should mean the econ
omy as q whole which was "in balance"
when he entered Office. The problem
was to prevent either imitation or de-
flation from getting the upper hand.
At the moment 1t Is the latter which Is
more feared.
While the goal Of the balanced budget
does on occasion offer guide to proper
Government fiscal policies. it throws
little light on the operation of the
economy as a whole. The budget of
the Government is not the same thing
as the economic budget of the Nation.
The former may or may not be in bal
ance, but. ignoring capital maintenance
and foreign relationships, the economic
budget Of the Nation is always in bal
ance. With the above proviso, the econ
omy as a whole in any case will pay
as 1t goes" and thus this cannot be
used as a criterion of the wisdom or
unwisdom of policies.
Sidney KOretz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12
Can StorIings Be Terrorized?

Starlings have made such a mockery of so
many efforts to shoe them away from Washing
ton and elsewhere that one must look with a
skeptical eye on what has just been reported to
the American Association for the Advancement
Of Science.
Still, it is an interesting report. As pre-
sented in Science the associations official jour-
nal, it tells of how the authors-Dr. Hubert
Frings and DR.. Joseph lumber Of Pennsylvania
State University-have figured out way to ter
rorize starlings into fleeing their customary
haunts. The doctors hit upon their idea when
they caught one Of the birds and shook 1t until
it began to chirp peculiarly. The chirp-a "dis-
tress call"-inspired them to make tape
recording of It, to amplify its sound up to level
of 100 decibels, and then to use it as weapon
against great hordes Of these least popular OF
our feathered friends. ALI this happened last
summer, and the results were amazing
Anyhow, according to Drs. Frings and Jum-
Der, the town Of State College, Pennsylvania,
now has only ABOUT 200 starlings, whereas it
used to have-before the sound machine was
put to work-between 10000 and 10000 making
a mess of things in a three-square- mile area.
The great bulk of them fled to other parts, long
before their normal october migration, after
only three nights Of the terror noise. A question
remains, however. AS good scientists, the two
doctors are not prepared to say that the birds
will not be back again come spring. But they
suggest that 1t should be possible to convert
any such return into a quick and frightened
departure by making prompt and thorough use
Of the tape-recording weapon.
All Of which remains to be seen. The STAR
ling, besides being hailed by some people as
grossly Mbeled creature that actually eats up
japanese beetles and does other good things
is undoubtedly tough character. Up to now it
has utterly discredited every device, no matter
how horrendous, designed to make it get lost.
Perhaps the Frings- lumber terror treatment
will prove to be its undoing. But let us wait and
see. A doubling Thomas attitude is still very
much In order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12
Who's Heard
Of Margaret Henley?

Who's heard of Margaret Henley.
Dead at the age of fUe?
Her father Urote InDtctus-
And that will dlways iue.
Yet ,Dhat OF daughter Margaret
What right has she to claim
share of recognition
Beyond her fathers name?
There tDas a man called Barrie
Who held her on his knee,
Evoking dimpled laughter
Like Dind through a summer tree.
He gaze her life torever.
In spite OF greedy death.
His little friend. his Wendy.
Draws tin1e-defnnt breath.
.AImo Roberts Giordon
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A reflection Of the fact that. as a
whole. the Truman administration sue
ceeded In balancing its budget Is the
downward trend of the Federal debt,
which crossed $2787 billion at the end
Of l945 and $267.4 billion at the end of
1852. The present administration prom
ised that there would be a change from
a regime of unbalanced budgets to one
Of balanced budgets. AS things stand
now. it looks like q change in the OPP
posite direction.
It has been dinned into our ears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12
BELONGING the BUDGET

At time when 1t is generally agreed
that the problem is prevention of the
spiralling effects Of recession. &C. E.
S." in letter to The Star, blames
everything on imitation. and he blames
imitation on the Government spending
more than 1t takes in. The fact is that
the Truman administration. after the
war. did not spend more than it took
in. These are the Federal cash receipts
from and payments to the public in
the indicated calendar years Gin mil
lions of dollars:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-12

Recently Eleanor Roosevelt charac-
terized Senator Mccarthy as the great
est single detriment to the United
States" and said: You can't expect
the people to understand because they
don't know what they are afraid Of"
A real "detriment" to the preservation
of our American democracy is the small
but loquacious group Of naive indi-
viduals. who. like Mrs. Roosevelt, have
convinced themselves that what hap
pened to Poland and CzechoSlovakia
can't happen here. and that the con-
tamination of our Government depart
ments with Communist conspirators
by her illustrious husband is nothing of
which to be afraid. Nor can we forget
FD.R.'s prompt recognition of Soviet
Russia and the abortive attempt to
establish Communist settlement in
West Virginia, under the aegis Of Mrs.
Roosevelt.
In castigating Senator Mccarthy the
ubiquitous Eleanor eloquently reveals
the fear with which she Is obSeSSed-
that the Senator may expose additional
Communist collaborators in the Roose-
welt administrations. With the destiny
of the Nation at stake. our country
needs, with all his eruptive temper,
more vigilant, fighting, unafraid Nc
Carthys-and from the Eleanors only
profound silence.
Old Reacti0nary.
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power over your life and mine then he
becomes a threat to our liberty
one we cannot safely ignore no matter
how much we like him personally or
believe in the cause he champions.
A. d. Snyder.
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BY THE HASKINS SERVICE.

Q. What Is the scientific term for ex-
cessive fear of the number 1870. A.
A. It Is Neutrality-suspicious..
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@. How many women aviators are
there in the United States?-E. w.
A. More than 10000 American women
hold pilot licenses.
Kodiak mirror., 1954-08-14
States Marine Corps.


 The wedding music was played by Sister Mary Hilary, of Griffin Memorial Hospital.
 At the reception following the ceremony, three hundred guests were entertained by the music of Willie and Betty and were served a sumptlous buffet luncheon with Al Miller acting as Maitre d. Hotel.
 The happy couple are resid- ing in the BIinn house next door to the Blinn homestead and will be at home to their host of friends after Monday August 9th.
 :, Out of town guest attendin g the wedding where MT. and Mrs. Ottr Eggemej CT, from Chester, Illinois, Mrs. Pauline Hunt from Phoenix, Arizona, MT. and Mrs. Felix Aubushon from Anchorage and Mir. and Mrs. Kris Helgeson of Terror Bay Alaska. i,
Kodiak mirror., 1954-08-14
200 See Wedding BIinE-Eggemeyer

ceremony performed by Father Talbott of St. Marys' Catholic Church of Kodiak, approxi- matcly two hundred guests witnessed the marriage of Mar lyss Rae Bljnn to James Earl Eggemeyer USING. at eight o'clock last Saturday even ng August Eth 1854 na
 The bride, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Jess Blinn. was given in marriage by SherH father, a we'll known Kodiak business. man.
 Marlyss made a very lovely bride, having chosen for}her, wedding gown a beautiful white inifported aKtehch Chan. till Lace creation with three tiers of nyion5net over bridal, satin, ankle lenth;5 afinger' tip veil and crown of rhine; stones and pearls. The bridal bouquet was an old 'fashioned- Colonial bouquet of @wl1iteSrose buds cesnrltered around red sweetheart roses and lily of the valley. ags@ seo '@e
 Mrs. Walter Kraft, the Mat ron of Honor, was very lovely in a white nylonb ballerinagown with a pattern of pink roses and a pink bolero. She carried an old fashioned bouquet of matching pink and white car nations.
 The brides maids, MissMarie Anderson and Miss Beoma Blinn, who chose laceand nylon net. ballerino Tenth gowns with lace bolero and head pieces to match. Marie was at- tired in an aqua gown and car-
 
 ried an old fashioned bouquet of yellow rose buds and Beomo wore a pink gown and carried . Colonial bouquet of pink car- nations. Miss Blinnis the brides sister.
 The brides mother. Mrs. Frieda Blinn, wore a soft rose ballerina tenth lace gown, with matching gloves and hat. She wore a corsage of dusty rose carnations.
 The mother of the groom, Hrs. Otto Eggemeyer, was attired in Navy French crepe with white asscessories and wore a corsage of white gardenias.
 The bridegroom, son of MT. and Mrs. Eggemeyor, had Maj. Mccarthy. Commanding Officer. of the Kodiak Detachment of Marines as best man, and Cor poral Santa c. Coleman and P. FIG. Duans F. Reidlinger, as ushers, both of the United
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KODIAK. ALASKA

The city council, at it's last regular Monday night meet ing instructed the city at torney, Paul Dupler to draw up an ordinance to incorporate the standard requirements necessary to meet the needs set up by the Fire Under writers Laboratory specifica- tions for outdoor and indoor lncinerators for home owners of the city of Kodiak.
 A request was. received from Patrick Lynch and Russell Wright to remove rock from the quarry in the.s East Addi- 'tion which is;now operated by the Aleutian1 Homes ineorpor-. ated. The GouncilF deferredy action;untilth the next@regufar meeting on therequest. If any, citizens is. ,interested=s- assSto- whetherS. permission t.; shesld- or shoulda not, be&gransed, ;. they're presence att thee ext
 council meeting isswelcomed. ..;l .t', ! = MIX 2 , -251 Fssl < :'Efij
 The clerk at theSinfo desk at supply said to asalesman'a pm justa cIogin thewheels around here" '
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Toekeep apples from spelling, place in a cool room which is occupied by several small boys.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Mildred ]. Moore,
Librarian al Eastern

Miss Mildred J.. Moore, librar-
ian at Eastern High School. died
yesterday at Emergency Hospital
after collapSing OF q heart attack
IN an r street store.
A lifelong washington resi-
dent. Miss Moore was the daugh-
ter Of the late Jessie A. and NIL
lard j. Moore. Her father was
assistant Commissioned Of Pat
ents for q number Of years. She
was the niece Of DR.. Charles @.
Abbot. retired secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution.
Miss Moore was graduated
from Central High School and
George Washington University.
where she received her master Of
arts degree. She taught first ct
Hyattsville High School. IN 1885
she was appointed librarian at
Eastern High School.
Survivors are two sisters, Miss
Ardala Moore Of the Upshur
street address. retired from the
Library Of Congress, and Mrs.
William p. Hudson. Hawthorne.
N. j.
Services win be held at 8 pm.
tomorrow at Gawler's funeral
home. l756 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be In Islip,
Long Island. N. Y.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Col. Gilbert 5. Brownell,
Taught al Staff School

Col. Gilbert S. Brownell. So.
formerly stationed here at the
Arny's ONCE of the Adjutant
General. died Sunday In New
Rochelle. N. Y. He lived in
Charleston. S. c., but had been
visiting his sister.
A West Point graduate of
1915, Col. Brownell was in
France during World War I. He
was graduate and teacher at
the Command and General Staff
School. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
He retired in l943 due to i'll
health.
Survivors are his widow. two
daughters. a son and his sister.
Services will be held at 10 am.
tomorrow at Fort Myer Chapel.
Burial will be in Arlington Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Simon D. Lambros,
Native OF Greece

Simon Demetrios Lambros
7720 Fourteenth street NV, died
In Rochester, N. Y. while eating
Christmas dinner, friends here
reported today.
Mr.. Lambros was in his 70s
but his exact age is unknown
He had gone with his wife,
Anna S. Lambros, and son De-
metrios, senior at the Univer-
sity of Maryland school of phar-
macy, to visit his daughter and
son-in-law, DR.. and Mrs. Chris
Katsampes, in Rochester for the
holidays.
A native of Messinia, Greece,
MIR. Lambros came to America
about Is years ago and spent
much of that time in Washing
ton. He had been retired from
business about Is years.
He was a member of st.
Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church
and the Federation of Arcadians.
Survivors include two other
children, DR.. Vasilios S. Lambros,
r1euro-surgeon. of SCOT Roose-
velt street, Bethesda. and Mrs.
Theodore L. Coroneos of New
port News. Va, and seven grand
children.
Services were to be today in
Chambers Funeral Home, 1400
Chaplin street NV, and in st.
Sophia's Church. Burial was to
be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
John Strait, Retired
Insurance Firm Aide

John M. Strait. 50, retired Of
ficial of the Sun Life Assurance
Co. of Canada, died yesterday at
his residence. the Presidential
Hotel. 900 Nineteenth street NV.
Born in Arkansas, Mr.. Strait
attended Ouachita College, Arka-
delphia. Ark. until he entered
the armed services. becoming q
lieutenant in World War /.
He was with the Sun Life AS
surance Co. of Canada for 26
years. spending 10 Of 1t in Wash
ington. He retired in January,
1852, and since then had been
a consultant with the company.
An ardent golfer, Mr.. Strait
was a member of Columbia
Country Club. He was a men,
ber also of Almas Temple, Amer
lean Legion and the Military
Order of the World Wars.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs,
Helen M. Strait. 1880 Wisconsin
avenue NV, and two sisters and
two brothers in Arkansas.
Services will be held at 1918
am. Friday at Gawler's funeral
home, 1855 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Dr.. Paul Barranger,
French Teacher al
Montgomery Blair

DR.. Paul M. Barranger, 50,
French teacher at Montgomery
Blair High School. died Monday
at George Washington Univer-
sity Of heart condition. He
lived at % Philadelphia avenue,
Takoma Park. Md.
DR.. Barranger taught French
a year at Calvert County High
School, Prince Frederick, Nd.
before he came to Montgomery
Blair in September.
A native Of France. he was
educated there and at st. Louis
University in this country. He
got his PHD. from Laval Uni
versity in Quebec. He spoke
several languages and had
taught French, Latin, Spanish
and Greek at various colleges.
including Holy Cross College for
eight years and St. Johns Uni
versity for 10 years and at st.
Francis College, both in Brook
lyn, N. 7.
Survivors are his widow, Mar
tina: three sons, John p, q petty
officer aboard an aircraft carrier;
Sergt. Bernard j. Barranger,
Fort Meade. Md; Ralph F..
Maryknoll Seminary, Chicago,
and five sisters in France.
Services will be held at $3.50
am. tomorrow at Our Lady of
Sorrows Catholic Church, Ia
koma Park. Burial viii be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Wallace {. Lyon, 81,
Dies; Engineer and
u. 5. Vault Designer

Wallace C. Lyon, 81. retired
structural engineer for the
Treasury Department who de-
signed many of the Govern
ment's big money vaults, died
yesterday at his home. 5000 Bal
timore avenue. Hyattsville, Md.
Mr.. Lyon was assistant chief
OF the structural engineering di-
vision of the Office of the super
vising architect of the Treasury
when he retired in 1888.
He designed the huge money
vaults for the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, vaults at the
Treasury and the large under
ground vaults in the United
States Assay Office in New York.
Mr.. Lyon was born in Padu-
cab, KY. and was educated in
Louisville. He drew the plans for
the county courthouse in Bards-
town, KY, before he came to
Washington in 1893 to be a
craftsman in the architects Of
flee of the Treasury.
Mr.. Lyon had lived in Hyatts-
vile since 1896. He was a life
member Of the American Society
of Civil Engineers.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Helen L. Donaldson, Mrs.
Juliette L. Furr and Mrs. Kath-
ryn l.. Holden, all of the home
address, and son, Henry H.
Lyon, 40O4 jefferson street,
Hyattsville His wife, Emma,
died in 1916.
Services will be held at noon
tomorrow at Hines funeral home,
2901 Fourteenth street NV. Bu-
rial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Mrs. Minna I. Heller,
Richmond Civic Leader
By .he Assoeiaied Press

RICHMOND, Dec. 29.-Mrs
Minna Thalhimer Heller, leader
in civic and welfare work in
Richmond for many years, died
Monday of a heart attack in
Tucson, Ariz. She and her hus-
band, Nathan, were on vacation.
Mrs. Heller, a sister of William
B. Thalhimer. chairman of the
board of the department store
here, was named woman of the
year" by the Richmond Jewish
Community Council in 1852.
She was cited then for her
work as a director of the Rich
mond area Community Chest,
Travellers Aid Society. Jewish
Community Council and the Beth
Ahabah Sisterhood.
She also had served as presi-
dent of the Mid-Atlantic States
Conference of the Council OF
Jewish Women. and twice as
campaign general of the Jewish
Welfare Fund campaign.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Services Tomorrow
For Col. CheseIdine

Funeral services for Col. Ray
mond M. Cheseldine, So, retired
Army officer and former Wash
ington resident who died Friday
in Corona. Calf. will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Eeg-Luyine Contest
Due to Exuqqerution
By the A,,oeio,ed Press

STORRS, Gonna University
of Connecticut expert gives a
simple explanation as to why
the widely known Storrs egg
laying contest was established
back in 1911.
It came about. says Prof. Fran
els A. Ryan. because breeders
in those days made extravagant
claims about the egg-laying
abilities of their hens.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
National Symphony
Gets $1,000 From
Murray Foundation

Washington's National SYM
phony Orchestra today re-
ceived q $4,000 donation to its
sustaining fund from the Philip
Murray Memorial Foundation.
The gift was made by Founda-
ton Director Arthur J. Gold
berg to sponsor q children's
concert.
Carson g. Frailey, general
chairman Of the National SYM
phony Orchestra Sustaining
Fund Drive. and Mrs. Cyrus S.
Ching, chairman of the Orches-
tra's Advance Gifts Drive. re-
ceived the donation at the head
quarters of the CIO. 7l8 Jack
son place NV, at 10 am.
Was Head Of CIO.
Mr.. Murray was president of
the CIO at the time of his death.
In presenting the donation,
Mr.. Goldberg said Mr.. Murray
was a great humanitarian
(who) believed that one Of the
great detectives of the American
labor movement is to promote a
cultural and educational devel-
opment of the children Of our
beloved country"
Mr.. Frailey has announced
that the sustaining fund drive
will be conducted from January
% to January 20. He asked for
volunteer workers to aid in the
collection effort.
Cultural Enterprise.
"Our bid for community sup
port of the orchestra" Mr..
Frailey said, "will be a re-
emphasis Of the fact that the
National Symphony is the only
cultural enterprise In the Ma
tion's Capital which citizens Of
the area are asked to support"
He said the National SYM
phony makes good music, in its
highest form, available to more
than $4,000 students and chill
dren in Washington and sur.
rounding communities ("
Evening star., 1954-12-29
James A. Dunn, Lawyer
And Ex-Miami Official

James A. Dunn. about 81. a
lawyer and former judge and
city commissioner in Miami,
died today in Miami where he
lived.
He WIS born in Marshalltown,
Iowa, and got his law degree
from Georgetown University. He
practiced law in Washington
from World War I until 1926.
Survivors are his widow. Mrs.
Mary Sheridan Dunn; two sons,
James S. and Robert: a daugh-
ter. Elizabeth. all of Miami, and
a sister-in-law, Mrs. Josephine
S. Stahl, 1916 Longfellow street
NV.
Services will be held Friday in
Miami.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Everett W. Holt, 50,
Automotive Engineer

Everett w. Holt, so, automo-
tive engineer in the Office of the
chief Of Army Ordnance, who last
week received an unusual honor
from the Army, died Monday
in Arlington Hospital. He lived
at 5621 South Fifth road, Arling-
ton. Va.
Mr.. Holt was the second per-
son to receive both the Army
Exceptional Civilian Service De-
coration and the Arny's Man.
agement Improvement Award
for single act. He was decor
ated Thursday by Mai. Gen.
Emerson L. Cummings, chief of
Army Ordnance, for conceiving
and directing the design of con-
verting obsolete World War II
Sherman tanks into tank re-
covery vehicles urgently needed
In Korean combat operations.
Mr.. Holt was born in Kansas
and was educated at Bradley
Polytechnic Institute. Peoria, Ill.
He had been q civilian employe
Of the Army Ordnance for 35
years, having served at Rock
Island Arsenal. H.. and Fort
Benning. Ga. He came to the
Washington area in I942.
Survivors are his widow. Ruth;
two sons. Everett w. jr., Of the
home address and Pvt. Phillip
E. Holt, with the Army at Fort
Riley. kan: his father. Herbert
4. Holt: . brother. Thomas E.
Of Cincinnati. and . sister. Mrs.
Ruth Glowacke OF San Fran
cisco.
Memorial services viii be held
at . pm. tomorrow at Arlington
Unitarian Church.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Sir Robert B. Irving, II,
Cunard Ex-Commodore
~ m. A,.,oeio,ed Pres.

CARLISLE, England. Dec. 20
Sir Robert Beaufin Irving. II
former commodore of the Cunaro
Line and master of the Queen
Mary, died yesterday.
He retired several years age
and went to live at his ancestral
home on Bonshaw Tower. His
widow survives.
Sir Robert Joined the Cunard
Company in 1904. He was called
up in the Royal Navy in 1914 and
took pBrt in the Battle Of Jut-
land. He was mentioned in dis
patches and promoted to Com
mander. Later he was awarded
the Order of the British Empire
for services on the Palestine
coast as naval transport officer
He was named marine aide-de-
camp to King George v in 1885
In 1887 he took over command OF
the Queen Mary. then the larg-
est ship in the world. He became
commodore in 1898.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Virginia Death Rote Drops
To Lowest in States History

vascular LESSONS affecting the
central nervous system, causing
total of 1893 deaths. Attic
tions which fall into this cate
CORY most commonly are termed
brain hemorrhages, strokes Of
apoplexy and coronary embol-
ism.
Cancer was third among the
death causes with 3.657 victims.
Accidents - including deaths
on the highways--was in fourth
place with 2.097 deaths. or all
accidental deaths. 882 or AZ per
cent resulted from highway mis-
hapS.