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LUCKY DOCS! We haven't made an on-the-
spot inspection to test its reliability, but a
report has reached us that dogs who live in
Reno do not have feas! It's bit of canine
intelligence, we believe, that could rock all
dogdom if the countrys pets ever got hold of
it; as many irritated pooches would be trek
king to Reno as unhappy humans Animal
experts, we're told. say the phenomenon is not
due to any one specific thing; they credit the
combination of altitude, the crisp dry air and
the nature of the soil. And nobody knows
what happens to the feas that arrive in Reno
on visiting dogs - except perhaps the dogs
themselves.
case where the justihability of divorce" cam
not be argued.
THE LATEST! Science is wonderful but so
many startling things happen these days that
it's hard to keep up with them. We have
nothing but warm sympathy for the youngster
who came home from school and announced
excitedly to his mother. They've got magic
record player at school! You don't have to
plug it in or even use electricity to make it
play. All you do is wind up crank
NEXT WEEK. John Kieran, famous natural
list and longtime expert on Information Please.
says Put Some Life In lt!' in Words To Live
By; author Mignon G. Eberhart provides
another fiction thriller in The Valentine
Murder; today's top golfer, Ben Hogan. pre-
diets who will be tomonow's champs; George
Waltz Jr.. tells you how to spot an unsafe
driver. and author Mark Van Doren gives
tips on how to treat guests in Everybody's
Etiquette. The EDITORS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-28

much of interest or Of happiness, during those eight
decades, as my friend discovered close to his own
door.
The Weenness of the grass beyond the fence is
proverbial. The Happy Valley seems always to lie
over another ridge. An overcoming fallacy is
the belief that we have only to move to leave cur
troubles behind. that somewhere else we will be
different and life will be interesting. But, as the
wisdom of the East has it:
They change their skies but not themselves
who cross the seven seas"
OMY mile or so from his birthplace in Concord.
Mass. Henry Thoreau had the great adventure Of
his life in his hut behind Walden Pond. He spoke
the literal truth when he said he had travelled a
good deal in Concord" Travelling widely at home
lies within reach of US all. And in truth If we find
nothing of lasting interest where we are, we are
likely to find little Of lasting interest where we
wish to 60.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-28
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@et us Dig oar fisry0sO IN the
fields Of The commonplace"
j. HENRI FABRE

VHE happiest men have known have been those
i WHO found their pleasures in simple things
Like ]. Henri Fabre the peasant born student of
the insects who spent most of his long life exploring
apebbly tistly acre or two in the south Of France
they have sought their adventures near at home
Another case is that of gentle naturalist who
for more than 80 years lived on Staten Island and
was familiar with all the back roads. knew the
hidden whereabouts of the rarest wildfowers
noted the arrival and departure of the birds When
he died IN 1885, William T. David had become
world-famous as Americas leading authority on
the cicadas Yet all his life he lived within 200 feet
of the spot where he was born.
often wonder if any Of the roaming men who
sailed away, past Staten Island. out of New York
Harbor. to far ends of the earth ever found as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-28
This Week
THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE

THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE
WILLIAM 1. NICHOLS, Editor
Editorial Offices: go Lexington
Acen,se. Ner York II. NesC York
TIE CERfBOARO. .........................
STOP DRIVING OUR BEST SOLDIERS OUT or
By coiessl Oliver G. Haywood. k.
TIE TIGER HUNT. .......:.....
Fiction By Erie Hsfek
ART on THE FARM. ......................... 20
By Lswrsnes O. Hvtekisen
WHAT 90 YOU LAUGH ATT. ............... ~
BERGMAN BURNS AGAIN. ............... -
BY Louis Berg
REPUTATION. UAsAvoRY. ................ ~
Fiction BY Astkw Gordon
DANCING m WALL STREET. ..........:.. 70
BY Leslie Lisbss
SEz YOU. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II
THERE OUGHT 70 Be A LAW. rs
HOW SAFE A DRIVER ARE YoU7. ........... -
FASHION FIND .......................... 30
HOW AMERICA EATS. Observation-Disclosures. -
EvERVsOOTS ETIQUETTE. .......... ~
Cover BY Dovd Seymour
and semi-6ehon articles in this magazine wholly
imaginary Any which happens to be the same a.
The titIs rSis in the Pstsat once
FOR A BETTER AMERICA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-28
WHERE THE GRASS is GREENER
fence, you thought? this
by Edwin Way Teale

Author Of "Insect Le,'' 'CiTcIe Of The SeasOns ETC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Bentley Under Knife
Sd Time for Wounds

A third operation was per-
formed last night on Represent
alive Bentley, Republican, OF
Michigan, most seriously wound
ed Of five members of Congress
shot in an attack on the House
March /.
DR.. Joseph r. Young, Casualty
Hospital chief of staff, said the
operation was necessary to close
a wound In the abdominal wall.
Recurring attacks of hiccups
caused partial separation at a
point left open to allow packing
around the damaged liver to
emerge.
DR.. Young said the operation
slowed recovery and Mr.. Bentley
still must be considered seri-
ously i'll, but the general picture
was optimistic.
Mr.. Bentley was wounded in
the attack by fanatical Puerto
Ricans. A bullet entered his
chest, passed through a lung,
the diaphragm, stomach and
liver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
RIA 10 Open Bids
tomorrow on Razinq
OF Southwest Block

The District Redevelopment
Land Agency will open bids to-
morrow for the razing of the
first block to be torn down in
the redevelopment project in
Southwest Washington.
The block is bounded by Third.
Fourth. H and I streets S.W.
1t contains Dixon court. the
subject of criticism because of
its slum alley dwellings.
After the bids are opened it
will take about 10 days to exc
cute the contract, according to
John r. Searles, jr., RIA execu-
tive director. Then the houses
will be turned over as they are
vacated.
The block was acquired by
RIA through condemnation pro-
ceedings. The RIA. however, has
been enjoined by the U. S. Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia from razing one piece
of property there, at 812 Fourth
street S.W. Thomas and Rosie
Bullock. owners, are seeking a
permanent injunction which the
RIA will oppose in court later
this month.
Mr.. Searles said about $50 to
200 families lived in the block
originally. Relocation of these
families is we'll underway, he
added. In Dixon Court. for ex-
ample. about two-thirds of the
80 families there already have
been moved out.
Mr.. Searles also said the RIA
had reached agreement on the
purchase prices for 36 of the
properties in the block. In addi-
ton, agreements have been
reached on the purchase price
of another % pieces of property
in the project area, totaling
1923. 100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Teachers Union Demands
$500 Flat Pay Increase

An immediate $500 fiat pay
increase for all educational en-
ployes of Washington public
schools was called for last night
by Local 6, American Federation
of Teachers.
The action criticized the Dis
trict Commissioners for refusal
to recommend the salary revision
plan Of the Board of Education"
and said that during the 83d
Congress, teachers must seek
salary relief"
Congress consistently has
been willing to approve fiat and
percentage increases for teach
ers," the federation's statement
said.
The meeting, at the Petworth
Library, also commented on "the
continuing inability Of the board
to attract and employ enough
qualified teachers at the present
salary level"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
New Tab Buying Lays;
Keneipp Warns Of Jam

District Traffic Director George
E. Keneipp today complained
that car owners are not buying
their 1854 license tabs fast
enough and a big jam may de-
velop at the end of the mouth.
A total of 65.822 tabs were
sold through last night. Mr..
Keneipp said. This is 1882 be-
hind the number Of license
plates sold during the same
period last year.
Mr.. Keneipp warned. that un-
less people come down now and
get their tabs. the end of the
month will find big lines at
Municipal Center and delays OF
an hour or more for those stand.
ing in line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Scouts Buy Homeless Donkey
For Shenandoah Park Hikes

during the sale at the police
warehouse. 467 c street NV.
The sale price. however. was
donated by three persons inter-
eSted in the Scout movement.
The two boys, Eldon Karr, IL,
Of 2605 Terrapin road. Troop
433; and David Smith. 10, Of
12405 Flack street, Troop 249,
said the animals new name is
Dusty.
Dusty will be quartered the
rest of the time on the Herndon
(VaD farm of DR.. Alfred Law
ton, chairman of the Fairfax
District for the council.
Representatives of the Wash
ington Humane Society were on
hand for the auction prepared
to bid if necessary to see that
the animal did not go to a glue
factory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Mrs. Doyle Forecasts
tangible Results
From Youth Council

Tangible results can be ex-
pected from the Commissioners
Youth Council to combat juve-
nile delinquency, Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle. chairman Of the
group. said last night.
In speaking before the Altrusa
Club. in the Brookings Institu-
ton. 722 Jackson place NV.
she said such results should en-
compass clinical and hygenic
care, recreational facilities and
school adjustment aid.
Mrs. Doyle pointed out various
phases of youth activity, as seen
by Juvenile Court.
An increasing number of
young people is coming before
the court. The age of such
youngsters, based on national
figures, was from IS to II years
Of age. but now is between IL
and Is. She also pointed out
more serious crimes are being
committed by people under Is.
Mrs. Doyle said there was no
magic solution for the problem
OF delinquency, but that it re-
quires a concerted effort by all
forces in the community and the
shouldering of responsibility by
the adults.
Mrs. Doyle urged more classes
for retarded children, stressing
that emotional instability first
shows up around the fourth
grade.
The Altrusa Club is made up
Of executive and professional
women. Mrs. Doyle was pre-
sented by Miss Hazel fireman.
Judge Edith Cockrill Of Juvenile
Court also was present. Miss
Gretchen Feiker, president of the
club. directed the dinner meet
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Young Prospector
Seeks Titanium Ore
In Chesapeake Bay

| A 28-year-old Washington
prospector hopes to hit pay dirt
this spring beneath the waters
OF Chesapeake Bay.
/ Sidney S. Alderman, jr., of
21o1 Connecticut avenue NV,
will go looking for ore used for
itanium, a light, durable and
rust-proof metal critically needed
for supersonic jet airplanes.
The Army wants it, too, for
bayonets. rifles and artillery
shells, So does the Navy, to
build ships that won't need
paint.
Like most prospectors. Mr..
Alderman is reticent about his
plans.
But I'm enthusiastic enough
to invest my money in it," he
said Il think we'll find some
thing
He is keeping most of his plans
a secret because he doesn't want
trouble with claim jumpers. For
that reason he will not say
which parts of the Bay look the
most promising to him.
To Prospect BY Boat.
His prospecting will be done
by boat. and will get under way
about the first of next month.
He has a go-ahead from the
Maryland Board of Public Works.
In asking for permission to
prospect. he told the State:
MY sampling work this spring
and summer will be a general
reconnaissance and will cover all
areas of the bay open to leas-
ing"
He will seek particularly IL
menlte. the ore of titanium, and
zircon, a semiprecious stone re-
sembling the diamond and often
found with deposits of ilmenite.
Hmenite has been mined sue
cessfully for several years of
the coast of Florida. Prospecting
has been widespread recently
because of increased defense de-
mandS. Most titanium now is
imported from Canada.
Will Shun Oyster Beds.
He said he has detailed charts
showing the location of all sur
Veyed oyster beds, clam beds and
grabbing bottoms. and will stay
clear of them.
Mr.. Alderman has been pros
pecting for five years. He spent
those years. following his gradu-
alton with a degree in geology
from the Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology, with a mining
company in the West, looking
for lead. zinc and copper.
He has been in Washington six
months. surveying the possible
ties OF East Coast mineral de-
poSitS.
DR.. Joseph T. Singewald. jr.,
director of Maryland's depart
ment OF geology, mines and wa
ter resources. approved the AL
derman project.
He said he is skeptical about
reports that major deposits of IT,
tanium ore lie under the Chesa-
peake. but he conceded the ore
may be there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
High Schools Slow
To urn Back Clock
To Speed Traffic

School officials are giving a
cold shoulder to suggestion for
delaying the start of the high
school day half an hour to re-
duce rush-hour transit conges-
ton.
Assistant School Supt. Norman
j. Nelson said today the school
system has opposed this idea in
the past and officials have not
changed their minds. Mr.. Nell
son said the delay would disrupt
teacher meetings. and ne added.
not many students use public
transportation. anyway.
The Commissioners. earlier
this week, said they plan to raise
the proposal with the Board Of
Education as one of numoer
of possible steps to improve pub.
lie transit service. The SUCCESS
ton is to make the senior and
junior high opening hour $50
instead Of 8 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Red Cross Campaign
To Honor City Division

The Red Cross fund campaign
will honor its City Division, now
leading the drive with IS per
cent Of it's quota reached. at its
report luncheon tomorrow.
Secretary Of Commerce Weeks
will be the principal speaker.
A pageant, "MileStones in Red
Cross Nursing" will be present.
ed in honor Of the birthday of
Jane A. Delano. founder of the
Red Cross Nursing Service.
The drive has collected gifts
and pledges of $288. 430, or 1877
per cent of its $1.463,5 500 goal.
Tomorrow's luncheon will be
held at 1890 pm. in the Cham
Der Of Commerce building, Con-
necticut avenue and H street
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11

A female donkey with a
clouded past today was assured
of a secure future with the Boy
Scouts of America.
The donkey-found on q back
yard lawn in the Northeast last
month-appeared unconcerned,
however. over her career as she
was auctioned OF by the police
today.
The 3-year-old animal, which
went for SIS, will spend most of
her time on Scout trail trips in
the Shenandoah National Park.
She will be quartered for these
expeditions at the Scouts Her.
bert Hoover camp on Skyline
Drive.
Two Silver Spring Scouts, and
adult representatives of the or
ganization's National Capital
Area Council. were high bidders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Bill Asks SIS Million
To Aid Private Plans
OF Health Insurance
By Allen Drury

Chairman H. Alexander Smith
Of the Senate Labor Committee
today introduced an administra-
ton bill to authorize an appro-
priation of $25 million for Gov
eminent underwriting Of private
health insurance plans.
The measure would carry out
one of the major recommended
tons President Eisenhower made
in a message sent to Congress
on January 10. Senator Smith
told the Senate that the bill
rejects the concept of socialized
medicine"
The bill would create a re-
volving fund administered by a
national advisory council Of IL
members, which would re-insure
private health plans meeting
specifications laid down by the
Secretary of Health. Education
and Welfare.
Eventually Self-Supporting.
The fund would be invested in
Federal or Federally guaranteed
interest-bearing securities and
would eventually become self
supporting.
The bill would provide a mo-
competition" clause directing the
secretary to approve Reinsurance
only If funds were not available
to a given company from private
agencies.
Further. plans re-insured I'M
der the program would have to
meet a series Of requirements
including one that the company
is financially sound and oper-
ates in a manner which entities
it to public confidence. The
secretary would have the power
to set all necessary regulations
and conditions.
Liscensed Practice Assured.
The secretary could not APP
prove for Reinsurance any plan
for direct medical or dental serv-
ices offered by a private firm
through its own salaried medical
or dental staff unless the car
rier has an organizational struc-
ture vesting control over the
practice of medicine or dentistry
solely in duly licensed members
Of the professions involved"
In a summary released with
the bill. Senator Smith pointed
out that the fund would not
underwrite all of the private
firms annual benefit costs I'M
der the plan. Rather. he said,
the re-insured portion of such
costs would be limited to the
excess of its annual benefit costs
over and above its gross annual
premium income and an lad
ministrative expense allowance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Commissioners Act
To Ease Jams on 7
Anacostia Bridges

The Commissioners today took
steps to ease traffic congestion
on two Anacostia River Bridges.
Acting on the recommendation
of the traffic department they
decided:
/. To institute an unbalanced
traffic lane system on the
Eleventh Street Bridge for rush
hours.
2. To block off two thorough
fares which feed heavy volume
OF vehicles into the south APP
proach to South Capitol Street
Bridge in the mornings.
1t will be up to Traffic Direc-
tor George E. Keneipp to decide
when the new regulations take
effect.
18th Street Bridge.
On the Eleventh Street Bridge,
which is IS feet wide and &C.
comodates a total of three lanes,
two Of the lanes will be desig-
mated for inbound traffic during
the 1880 am. rush hour, while
the balance will be reversed for
the 4-6:30 pm. outbound rush.
Traffic counts on this span
show that during the morning
peak hours inbound traffic
totals 1000 vehicles, outbound
IT'S. In the afternoon rush, out
bound traffic totals / 300 vehicles.
double that of inbound after
noon traffic.
Blocked of from the new
South Capitol street bridge will
be Howard road. with its in
bound morning rush hour traffic
volume of 600 vehicles, and Ana
costa drive. with 300 inbound
vehicles. These two thorough
fares pour three lanes of the
seven now entering the span ap-
proaches.
Divert Traffic.
The purpose of blocking them
off is to divert the traffic now
using Anacostia drive and How
ard road to either Suitland park
way or South Capitol street
further away from the bridge.
Some of the present traffic
may even be encouraged to
abandon South Capitol street
bridge altogether and to use the
Eleventh street bridge instead.
The new block off will reduce
by 'one-third the total South
Capitol street bridge volume Of
5000 vehicles.
Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
engineer commissioner, said that
the South Capitol street span
does not lend itself to the I'M
balanced lane treatment because
traffic volumes in both directions
in both rush hours are nearly
equal.
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Judge Explores liquidation
hCTC Stock Transfer Deal

not" He pointed out that the
transit company "as a public
utility" will derive nothing from
the stock transfer.
Accountant Sees Liquidation.
Later, William Falk, senior
accountant of the PUG, testi-
fed that the stock transfer deal
was a liquidation of company
holdings that otherwise would
add to company assets.
THAT is very logical" Judge
Curran said. He continued:
1T is liquidation of part Of
the capital Of Capital Transit
whether. 1t affects the company's
financial status enough to give
to the PUG the relief its wants
is another matter"
The commission is contending
the company's financial moves
should be held up at least until
the commission completes an in
quiry into the company's finan-
cial structure to see II the bond
and dividend plans would affect
the public welfare adversely.
Controller Called.
The first company witness to-
day will be Robert E. Harvey
vice president and controller. MIR.
Harvey has certified that, even
with the bond redemption and
SIS million apportioned in the
proposed dividend for four quar-
tiers, the utility would show a
cash surplus of 50. $50 900 at the
end of this year.
In his figures, Mr.. Harvey used
q utilities commission estimate
made last January that the COM
pany would have SIS million net
income this year.
Since then. the commission has
said it erred in its prophecy and
now, citing steady declines in
company earnings, assumes the
company will show no profit at
all this year. On the basis of
this assumption, the commission
now figures the company will
show a deficit of $900,956 this
year.
Minutes Delayed.
Robert E. Mclaughlin, commits
sion chairman. testified yester-
day that. despite instructions to
the Capital Transit to send In
minutes Of all meetings. the min
utes of q February % special
meeting at which the financial
plans were laid did not reach the
commission until March /.
On February Is, a regular
meeting was held. after which the
bond and dividend plan was an
nounced. Mr.. Mclaughlin said he
learned Of the moves through q
press release on the same day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
By Howard [. Dutkin

Further liquidation of Capital
Transit Co. assets involving q
stock transfer deal was explored
today in the U. S. District Court
for the District of Columbia.
Under terms Of the financial
maneuver, etc shareholders
would receive stock in Glen Echo
properties owned by the COM
pany with a book value of $780,
288. This would be in addition
to the proposed quarterly divi-
dend payment of 1894. 900 due
April and which is now in liti-
cation.
The Public Utilities Commits
sion is seeking to prevent the
quarterly dividend plan and the
redemption of $50 million in
bonds. This dispute is being
argued before Judge Edward M.
Curran.
Properties Are Non-Transit.
The Glen Echo deal was ex-
planned this way by etc Attor-
ney Edmund L. Jones: The
properties are not included in
figuring a rate base for the COM
pany and the company "can not
make a dime" from the proper
ties insofar as transit operations
are concerned. The properties
include the Glen Echo Amuse-
ment Park.
Under the plan. a new cor
poration has been set up, with
the etc owning all the stock
The stock is to be distributed
on a Share-for-share basis. to
current transit company share
holders.
Mr.. Jones explained to Judge
Curran that the deal is known
as "spin-off." In the language
of tax experts, a "spin-off" is
a non-taxable transfer of assets
IN kind.
Judge Sees Liquidation.
The judge asserted that the
stock transfer means that fur
ther assets are being liquidated
by Capital Transit"
When Mr.. Jones protested that
the Glen Echo properties were
distinct from Capital Transit
operating assets and do not af-
feet the public. Judge Curran
leaned over the bench and ex-
postulated:
THE money goes into the
pockets of Capital Transit
shareholders"
When Mr.. Jones asserted that
the transit company as such was
not allowed to earn money on
the properties, Judge Currar
responded, 81 don't care If you
are allowed to earn a dime OF