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Evening star., 1954-11-28
The Travellers Notebook
1855 Holiday Week Ends;
TuIqo Trains A-Cominq

IN spain, Cne country OF 1CS
origin, and whether it would
ever become a reality, at least
on American railroads.
Last June, the public got some
of the answers. The New Haven
Railroad actually made a Talgo
train test run between New
Haven and Boston and the low
slung streamliner was put on
display in New York's Grand
Central Station. Also, the Rock
Island Lines announced that
they had ordered one, with the
possibility of putting others in
operation later. The first of the
Talgos is scheduled for passen-
ger service on the Rock Island
late next year.
Meanwhile, there remains
quite q bit of mystery about it.
The New Haven'S test run in
spired carload of inquiries
about it's construction, safety,
weight and it's pubhcized low
center of gravity. Questions
have been accumulating ever
since it became known rACF In
dustries formerly the American
Car and Foundry Co.. was to
build the new type" Talgo.
Features Explained
The most authoritative an
swers come from John Furrer,
of ACF special products division,
who is in charge of Talgo opera
tions. He recently compiled a
list Of the most-aSked questions,
and ACF released them. with Mr..
Furrer's replies.
In reproducing some of them
here, the Notebook hopes to ac-
quaint its readers with major
features of a train that might
become the rail transportation
of the future. The New Haven
is represented by ACF as being
definitely interested.
One of the recurring questions
was: What does Talgo stand
for?" The answer is: T stands
for tren (train); A for articulado
(jointed): L for ligero (light) /;
G for Goicoecheo, for Spanish
inventor; o for Oriol, the Span
ish family backing the train.
@. What are the highlights of
Talgo construction?
A. Low center of gravity, light
weight. shorter units that ride
piggy back on the unit ahead
and guided axles.
@. What is meant by guided
axles?
A. On conventional trains
trucks are free to pivot to nego-
tiate curves. This makes the
wheels tend to fight the rail
around curves as they guide
themselves. Talgo's axles and
wheels are controlled as they
pivot through curves, resulting
in their being steered through
curves.
@. Are Talgos safer than con.
ventional trains, and why?
A. Because of the guided axle
principle, Talgo has remarkabl.
anti i-derailment safety.
], Speedy Around Curves
@. How fast will the Talgo GO;
A. The train is geared for 10:
miles per hour, but it recently
hit Ill miles per hour on a tesr
run on the New Haven. But 1t.
principal speed advantage is thaI
it can maintain higher averag,
speeds on curves. For instance
1 1t can easily take a 70-mile-an.
Evening star., 1954-11-28

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Evening star., 1954-11-28
By Jacques FutreIIe. Jr.
Hha Strr'e Y,ov.l Er;,nr

Calendars for 1855 already
are arriving from railroads and
airlines. They are bit previous.
So might also be survey of the
way next years holidays fall,
except that they often figure in
vacation plans.
The survey reveals that for
extra long week ends on each
of the Government-observed
holidays, 1855 is perhaps the
best year possible-until the
Monday Holiday Association
achieves its objective of revising
holiday dates. With a little
strategy in using a single day of
leaye-the boss permitting-a
series of four-day stretches free
from work can be arranged. That
is long enough to spend some
time in far-away California, if
you fly. Three-day-lopg holi-
days of summer, without ex-
pending a day of leave. also will
give extra time on a motor trip
to a favored beach. +,
There is more than a faint
hope that the new year will start
ausplclously, as far as long week
ends for Government workers are
concerned. The White House is
expected to decide within a day
or two whether to grant a half
holiday on Friday, December 81.
So an afternoons head start can
be figured in tentative plans.
Holidays on Mondays
Next holiday is George Wash
ington's birthday. February %
falls on a Tuesday, offering
nothing extra in the way of
consecutive days of respite un-
less the intervening Monday is
taken and charged to annual
leave.
But the next holiday, Memorial
Day, occurs on a Monday. Sc
does July 4 and, of course
Labor Day on September 5
Linked with a day or two of
! leave, each of these holidays is
capable of being expanded for
a four or five day trip. Veterans
Day is similar. It falls on Fri
day, November IL.
The usual Thursday Thanks
giving of 1855 is on November "a
Christmas comes on December
last Sunday, with the certainty
that it will be observed by Gov
ernment workers on Monday.
The ToIgo Train
/ The public for about fou1
years has heard vaguely of the
Talgo train. They seemed te
get the impression there was q
tremendous controversy about
its value in serving American
rail travellers, its safety and
operational feasibility. There
even seemed to be doubt as tx
whether such a train existed
Evening star., 1954-11-28
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A fortnight of traditional holiday
festivities, beginning Wednesday,
December fifteenth. Colorful pros
gram includes Yule Log ceremonies,
street caroling, candlelight concerts,
Evening star., 1954-11-28

pageants, musicales,
square dances, fire.
works, Open House at
Governors Palace
and Raleigh Tavern
; and other events.
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WHAT'S AHEAD ON The WIDE SCREEN?
Continued from page mine

He never bothered to patent the device.
and to this day is not sure that it is patent
able. In this connection, he partly confirmed
an amusing r,mor about the negotiations
between imself and 10th Century-Fox.
According to this story. Spyros Skouras.
during the industry's search for cheap
rival to Cmerama, few to Paris to make
Professor Chretien an offer.
But have no patent, said DR.. Chretien,
highly entertained by it all. you can have
it for nothing"
SKoURAS. it is admitted. magnanimously
but vaguely assured DR.. Chretien that he
would be taken care of and few hastily back
to his company with the startling news. And
it was then. according to the slightly mali
cious Interpretation. that he made his hand
some offer to give CmemaScope to the whole
industry.
Nevertheless. Dr. Chetien still has some
what of a monopoly on the process, the
secret being that few other people can make
the lenses with the perfection the device
requires.
The whole thing was amicably settled by
Skouras's agreement to rebuild DR.. CMetiens
laboratory in Paris, dismantled by the Ger
mans during the occupation. Also he re-
ceives royalties on the making of the lenses
used for CinemaScope.
Dr.. Cmetien, it may be stated. is happy
with the deal He appears to be dedicated
scientist, content to live modestly with his
attractive wife and daughter in an ancient
mansion, picturesque but cr,mbling. high
up on the Grand Corniche. the mountain
road from Nice to Monte Carlo. He has a
garden Of which he is very proud. and a
home laboratory. built by himself, of which
he is even prouder. A huge telescope of his
own fashioning dominates the laboratory,
and from it Dr.. Chretien, during World
War ii, watched the landing of the iberat-
ing American Army.
Dr. Chretien is remarkably jolly soul,
with smile Of irresistible amiability. He
hardly takes his invention seriously.
And it, true that Cinerama is still more
striking. and doubtless has its own exciting
possibilities. But for the workaday screen
world. as an answer to TV, and if only as
an innovation, CmemaScope is the thing to
watch this year. The End
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compass the explosion but to frame the
cramped submarine quarters on the wide
screen. 1t should be hit.
But then we believe that almost anything
good that is produced in CinemaScope today
will be smash. We have faith in Dr.. Chre-
ITEMS invention and DR.. Chretien himself.
Nearly year ago, at his home IN Nice,
we met Professor Chretien. He assured us
then. quite impersonally as scientist. that
his invention would be entirely acceptable
to the public.
They will see it here" he said, tapping
himself on the head.
If Hollywood had respect for its own
heroes. it would erect monument to this
man. A suitable place would be the 10th
Century back lot. right next to the huge
drill where Daryl Zanuck is digging for oil.
They may find that oil. but even then they
probably struck it richer with Professor
Cmetien.
1.-THE man who saved Hollywood. - Is
the way they refer tO him reverently i'm
the executive Offices there.
The Man Who Saved Hollywood seemed
more amused than impressed by the hula
baloo his optical device had stirred up. He
has been to Hollywood, but never visited a
movie studio there, his concern being with
the Mt. Wilson Observatory, which he
visited IN an advisory capacity. He never
goes to the movies.
Professor Chretien is one of the worlds
foremost authorities on telescopes, lenses
and the science of optics in general.
He dismisses his invention briefly -
known principles of optics" he says.
8taxtsd % Yeaxs Age
liz FIRST toyed with the idea more than 20
years ago, when he was asked to solve the
problem of throwing an image, without dis
torti0n. on the wide and rounded walls Of
the great exhibition hall ON the Champs
Elysees IN Paris. What they had in mind
was wide screen, but reviewing the posi-
bilities, Dr.. CMetien hit on the idea of
encompassing a whole wall, using normal
35-mm. film in the camera. This he achieved
by COMPRISING the image on the film, and
later expanding it through another lens when
it was flashed on the screen. The trick was
to develop precision lenses capable Of widen
ing the image to the same degree that it had
been narrowed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

Wonderful, dairy sweet fla
vof. Gives exactly the same
amount Of B vitamins, pro-
teins. calcium, and other
milk minerals as top Equality.
pasteurized milk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-02-25
CANVASBACK

RANGE: The Canvasback is one
of Maryland's most priced ducks.
1t breeds to a limited extent in the
northwestern states and winters
along our coast with large numbers
remaining in the Chesapeake Bay
and some of its larger tributaries.
Because of the abundance of wild
celery in the Susquehanna Flats,
this is a favorite area for the
"Can."
BREEDING: Male courts duck by
throwing back head and by Some
pursuit. Nest of weeds surrounded
by water, down-lined. Eggs 7-15,
olive gray. Incubation by duck, %
days; young, deep yellow. One
annual brood, beginning May-June.
HABITS: Believed to be one of
the fastest flying ducks; clocked at
II m.p.h. from an airplane. Most
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-02-25

If they had a good word to say
Of Mr.. Eisenhower, it would be a
little more surprising than if one
came from Senator Humphrey, of
Minnesota; Senator Sparkman, Of
Alabama, OF Chairman Mitchell, of
the Democratic National Commit
tee. They know-these labor bosses
that General Ike is a real friend
Of labor and wants it to be treated
fairly. But that isn't enough. They
want more than that-much more.
They want to run both parties
and the country. They came pretty
close to doing exactly that under
Roosevelt and Truman. When the
noble Mr.. Stevenson caved in to
labor-boss pressure soon after his
nomination and echoed the labor
bosses demand for repeal Of the
Taft-Hartley Act, thus accepting
their view that it was slave
labor law, it was equivalent to
stating that the Roosevelt-Tluman
policy of complete subselvieucy
would be continued if he We're
elected.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-02-25

The fundamental fact to remem-
Der when these labor-boss outbursts
occur is that practically without
exception they are-and have been
AN important segment of the
Democratic party since the late
Nh. Roosevelt first lent his name
and position to the recruiting of
the CIOI back before the 1886 cleo
ton. They are today-and have
been for nearly twenty years-part
and parcel of the Democratic party,
able to veto or dictate national
nominations and secure party
adoption Of whatever legislation
they want. In brief, the Democratic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-02-25

In the light Of their complete po-
litical impotence at that time it is
almost incredible that they should
be able to repeat the same threats
and the same denunciation time aft
en- time and time after time with the
expectation Of being taken serious
~. Nor does I reflect credit either
upon the radio and newspaper
commentators who seriously treat
these denunciations as news. In
fact, it does not reflect much credit
upon the intelligence of the read
ing public that these repetitions
can be made year after year and
year after year without seeming
ridiculous. Certainly it should be
unnecessary again to recall that
in addition to their general defeat
IN 1852, the late Senator Taft took
them all ON in his last Ohio cam
paign and showed them up as
powerless to deliver the rank and
file Of the unions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-02-25

In brief, we are solemnly warned
that General Ike's inability ito APP
pease" Mr.. Walter Reuther. Mr..
George Meany, Mr.. James Carey,
Nh. David Dubinsky, Mr.. David
Beck, Mr. Michael Quill and others
OF the widely advertised labor boss
IS, means that the Republicans in
the 1854 elections not only will lose
what little control Of Congress they
now have but that Nh. Eisenhower
will be ANONYMOUSLY defeated in
1886. That is the only possible de-
duction that can be made and it is.
Of course, am unfounded deduction,
evolving total disregard of the fact
that all these labor bosses were
unitedly and vociferously opposed
to Mr.. Eisenhower in 1852 and were
50 overwhelmed that no one was
able to point to any section where
their influence was potent enough
to count in the result.
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party is their party and they are
not very far from being the actual
Democratic leaders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-02-25

The election Of General Ike put
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-02-25
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS


Copyright by The Baltimore Sun and re
printed in The Republican BY permission
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-02-25

Reference is to the current effort
to scare the President by pictuling
the professional labor bosses as
"displcased," opposed" "dissatis-
fled, 8" disturbed" angry" hos
tile" and "reseutful" because of
the Administration proposed
amendments To the Taft-Hartley
law. As a result Of these emotional
upheavals in the stalwart bosoms
of the labor bosses, We are told
that the Eisenhower effort to APP
pease' them has failed, that the
prospects are that both next fall
and in 1856 the forces of union
labor will be lined up against the
President The preparations of both
Go and AFL to do this are given
in detail with particular emphasis
upon the amount Of money each
intends to raise to overthrow the
enemies of labor" and elect for
president next time a friend of
labor" by which they seem to mean
Mr. Adlai Stevenson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-20
Natures Children
By Lillian Cox Athey

for sound. The crackle Of foot
step will alert them and they will
hurry to another spot which very
likely is not as safe as the one
they left.
The young are provided with
no better shelter than the leaves
above them. From the beginning
they are given to understand
they are on their own. The
miracle is that so many survive
infancy, but naturalists claim
only one out of a dozen lives to
maturity.
All hares are vigorous kickers.
They strike out viciously with
their strong hind legs when
caught and often regain their
freedom. They are prey for all
f1esh-eating neighbors.
Varying hares are well known
in the wooded regions of North
eastern North America, but in
some sections they are becoming
scarce. Foxes are their most per-
sistent enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-20

poe-poo-REE.
@. A writer speaks of "the
elementary rudiments OF sing
ing" Isn't that redundant?
Yes. Either elements Of sing
ing" or "rudimentS of singing"
would be sufficient.
@. Where did we get the word
beer?
Beer is from the Middle Eng
lish bere. from the Anglo-Saxon
beor, barley"
@. Why is the tomato some
times referred to as a "love
APPLE? 4
For some obscure reason the
tomato was given the French
name, pomme d'amour. apple
of love-" The word tomato (toe-
MAY-toe, please) is from the
Spanish tomato, from the Indian
tomati.
@. Exactly what does "ersatz"
mean, and how is it pronounced?
Ersazt is German, and means
Substitute" Say: airZAHTSS.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate 1ncS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-20
VARYING Hare,

Our Northern white rabbit is
typical hare known to most
of us. He is no family man and
his mate is utterly unconcerned
about the comfort of her babies.
BY preference their dwelling
place is in old growth in forests
and dense thicketS.
OF all our wild animals, they
are beyond doubt the most help
less and incapable. They appear
to be helpless when it comes to
using their laws for grasping as
most other animals do. There is
no evidence they carry anything
in their mouths.
Winter and summer, in all
kinds of weather, they possess
no better shelter than the droop-
ing boughs of an evergreen be-
meath which they crouch to es-
cape the intense heat of she sun
or the severe cold of the winter
Apparently they sleep with
one eye closed and an ear open
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-20
Famous FubIes
BY E. {. Edgar

LOSS: Humorist George
AIDES first attempts at writ
ing plays met with no Sue
cess. Although practically
penniless. he doggedly con-
tinued to submit manu-
scripts.
One morning, after re-
ceiving the usual shake Of
the head from a theatrical
producer, AIDE left the mans
Office. Five minutes later, ne
was back, breathleSS.
did I leave my manila
folder here?" he gasped.
"Oh. your manuscript"
said the producer. mo. /
didn't see it. Don't be so up
set. Surely you have a copy
at home"
tits not the manuscript
I'm thinking about" cried
AIDE. II had a ham sandwich
In that folder!"
y y y i
COMPLIMENT: After a
book of his own had been
published, novelist Israel
Zangwill was concerned only
with sales charts. Once, at a
luncheon, a lady admirer
gushed:
oh, Mr.. Zangwill, I must
tell you how much I enjoyed
your latest book. I borrowed
1t from a friend last week
and I read it six times!"
"It would have pleased me
much more, madam. re-
piled Zangwill. "if you had
bought six copies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-20
AWord to the Wise
First q word about "potpouri."

First a word about "potpouri."
It derives from the French
pot, meaning pot" plus pourri,
past participle of pourir. Ito rot"
Unusual? No more so than many
of our other words. Today pot
pourri" means, of course, "a
mixture: a collection Of literary
extracts; a medley" Potpourri
has two sanctioned pronouncia-
tions; the first is the Anglicized
version: pot-POOR-ee; the sec
ond is very much like the French:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-20
Job Investment

NEW YORK.-It requires an
investment of not less than So, 900
to create a job for an average
worker in an industrial plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-20
Contract Bridge
By EosIey Blockwood

By Eosley Bloekwood
In figuring out a defense
against end-plays, it is neces-
cary not only to learn how to
escape the trap yourself but also
how to take your partner of the
spot.
East dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr. Dale)
4 KQ7
y QJ7
. 8765
. AQ5
WEST EAST
(Mr. Muzzy) (Mr. Champion
4 932 ass
9865 y 1892
o. ia . AK Q102
. 109S7 KJ6
SOUTH
(Mr. Masters)
AJ1054
y AKA
. 90
= asa
The bidding:
East South West North
1d'md l spade Pass Sspades
Pass 4spadeS All pass
In today's deal Mr.. Muzzy's
refusal to pay any attention to
his partners signal gave Mr..
Masters the opportunity for a
very fine play.
MIR. Muzzy opened the jack of
diamonds and it held the trick.
Mr.. Champion playing the deuce.
This practically demanded a
switch to some other suit, and If
Mr.. Muzzy had led a club at
trick two Mr.. Champion could
not have been put in q HOPELESS
situation later in the hand.
But Mr.. Muzzy continued with
O second diamond. After all, Mr..
Champion had BID diamonds,
hadn't he? The fact was that
Mr.. Muzzy'S hand was so bad
he had already given up.
Mr.. Champion won the second
trick and had no better lead
than another diamond. Mr..
Masters trumped high. then
pulled three rounds Of spades.
Next he caShed the ace and
king of hearts. The last trump
was now led and the five Of
clubs discarded from the board.
At this point Mr.. Champion
had EFT the ace. king of dia-
rnonds and the king, jack Of
clubs. When a heart was now led
to dumn1y's queen, he knew there
was no way to avoid the throw
in. He had the choice of banking
the king of clubs or getting down
to the lone ace of diamonds. He
chose the latter and Mr.. Masters
promptly led dummy's last dia-
mond. MFR. Champion won with
the ace and had to lead club
into dummy'S ace-queen.
It didn't require too much
Imagination to lead club from
Mr.. Muzzy's hand at the second
trick. That is the only holding
in dummy which clearly needed
to be led through was the club
holding. If Mr.. Champion had
the ace-king Of hearts. he could
always win with those cards,
without any help from his part
ner.
<0-...-Lt 1oSA nararaI Faa tuyeS Corn
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Word Come
Find As or more words In
~ ~ M NJ ~ 81 =

Find IS or more words In
CO M M / N G l. E,
meaning, ito mingle together"
Average is As; time limit. IS
minutes.
Rules Of the game. Words must be
of four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition Of
IS" such as bats" cats" are not used.
g. Only one form of a word is used.
4. Proper names are not used.
Answer to CHATTER.
care, caret. cart, cater. char, chart, chat.
heart, heat, hear. ache. acre. arch. tare,
tart. tact. tear, teach. teat that, threat.
trace, tract, treat, tret, earth, each, etch,
race, rate. ratchet. ratch. reach, react,
Evening star., 1954-06-08

singer appeared last night on
Alex Sheftel's Il Wish I Wuz"
program You won't have
to go all the way to New York
to attend the Metropolitan OPP
era's opening next November 8.
You won't have to 60 any fur
ther than the Capitol Theater
here. where the premiere will be
displayed via Theater Network
Television. The announcement
was made yesterday by Curt
Schiller, president Of the Ma
tional Opera Guild Of Washing
ton. There must be a lesson
for amateurs who try to outguesS
horses somewhere in what hap
pened to Sam Renick on the
telecaSt Saturday of the Peter
Pan. Mr.. Renick, q former jockey
and presumably an authority.
assured us several times before
the race that we wouldn't have
any trouble finding Jet Action
in our CHS televiSion picture.
A speed merchant, that one, he
said. So Jet Action fell so far
behind he was almost In the
next race. well out Of camera
range.