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The Lincoln times., 1954-06-21
MOTH IN RUGS

If moths get into rug, cover
the place with wet towel. Apply
q hot iron until the towel is dry
This kills both the moths and the
eggs. Then sprinkle with salt ev-
cry week before sweeping.
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-21
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Jellied Tomato BOuill0n
(SeryeS 81

1 package lemon-fiavored gelatin
2 cups boiling tomato juice
l teaspoon salt
VI teaspoon paprika
l teaspoon onion juice
Dissolve gelatin In tomato
juice. Add remaining ingredi-
ents and pour into a pan which
is one inch deep. Chill until firm.
Cut into cubes and serve cold.
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-21

Hands that perspire while sew
ing, which results in soiled ma
terials. can be remedied by bath
ing Them in strong alum water.
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-21

North Carolina commercial
latcheries produ ced 8,830,0O0
chicks during April, 1854. the
highest April output of record.
The Lincoln times., 1954-06-21

You may purchase ad-
ditional poses if you
desire, however, there
is no obligationl
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Working Against Itself

How Congress sometimes indulges IN
self-defeating tactics by authorizing an i'm
provement and then failing to appropriate
funds to carry it out is well illustrated In
the annual report of Henry P. Chandler,
administrative officer of the Federal courts.
After testimony concerning the serious de-
lays in Federal justice, due to congested
dockets Congress authorized the appoint
ment of 80 additional judges for the IL cir
cults. But funds were provided for less tnan
half that number of new judges.
MIR. Chandler reported that many staf1
vacancies cannot be filled when employees
die or quit, travel must be curtailed to the
detriment of prompt justice, law books can
not be furnished always as requested, pro-
baton work will have to be cut. Only Is ad-
ditional judges can be appointed, although
twice that number are required to enable
some courts to keep abreast of their dockets
and reduce logjams. Surely" said Mr..
Chandler, "the Congress which provided for
the additional judges in order to reinforce
the courts and help them to carry their In
creasing load could not have realized how
far it was undoing the benefit by refusing
proportionate increase in appropriations. y
The report, approved by the recent Federal
Judicial Conference, should be given careful
study when the next appropriation bill for
the Federal courts is taken up.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
This and That .

Almost invariably they are pasty
skinned as well.
This relationship between mental
sunshine or the lack of it and the suns
rays has never been investigated scien-
tifically, and there is doubt that 1t ever
will be, because of the Intangible fac
tors concerned
Here we deal with an effect for which
there is no known measurement, but
that does not mean that one cannot
be discovered.
"If it exists. it can be measured"
some one said.
Fortunately, we do not have to meas
ure thing to admire it, and to receive
it's benefits if we are sensible enough to
subject ourselves to its influence. .
The sun has been up there for mil
lions of years, so far away that it seems.
literally, tout of this world" and yet
few things are more tangible.
We can measure those rays, find out
they are not single but composite, con-
tanning not one but several different
kinds, notably heat rays and actlnic
rays.
It is the actinic rays that tan, the
heat rays that burn.
The best of the sun-tan lotions and
creams operate because they tend to
keep out the burning rays, but let the
tanning rays come through.
The return Of sunshine to q gray city
Evening star., 1954-09-30
By Charles E. TroceWen
Faith C. Windsor.

is always a thing of rejoicing, but
especially so to those who have made
the great discovery that plenty OF sun
shine has a good effect on their minds.
With exposure to the suns rays every
day. their minds work better, and above
all they are happier. The effect can
not be called entirely physical. Nor
completely mental. It contains and ex-
ceeds both of these.
It is something, the observer may
feel, that comes straight from the very
sources of the universe, this happiness.
It has nothing to do with measuring,
observation, plotting or planning.
It comes down through the ages. ties
men Of good will everywhere together
in the universal spirit of suntan. which
Is not just something that interests
flighty girls on a beach. No. suntan,
the result of sunlight. binds all races
together in its own color scheme,
smoothes out the differences between
dark and light, between yellow and red,
makes for uniformity Of outward de-
sign which comes directly from a uni
formity of inner design.
Every one has noticed it, this secret
fraternity of suntanned people. Tney
may never speak word, but a glance
of approval goes from eye to eye.
Who knows but this simple, happy
thing, in ages to come, may be the one
great bond finally binding all peoples
together for good2
Evening star., 1954-09-30

It takes only a day or two Of gray
weather to show our dependence on
sunshine.
All living things are children of the
sun, but some creatures seem to require
sun rays more than others.
Dogs and cats, as far as is known,
could get along very well without ever
subjecting themselves to its rays.
The feathers of birds insulate them
from sun rays as we'll as from receiv-
ing any vitamin effects.
What is it, then, that makes sun
shine so necessary to mankind?
It must be the gray cells Of the brain.
Other creatures have brains, but not
to the quantity or quality Of man.
Just what is this effect Of sunshine
on the brain cells effectively hidden
away behind flesh and bone?
Nobody knows, and probably never
will know until the whole mystery Of
life is solved
This, of course, is just a way Of say
ing that it never will be discovered.
Whatever it is. the influence of the
suns rays on the mental side of mans
life is immense.
All those dour looking people you see
ON buses and street corners. glaring at
nothing In particular as If they hated
the world, are that way because they
refuse to get out into the sunshine.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Boy Bridge Controversy

The present controversy over the
proposed bridge from Chincoteague
Island to Assateague Island involves
the selfish wishes Of few to keep the
island a private paradise for them
selves. They use any and every excuse,
from shooting ducks to preserving all
the fishing for themselves, under the
guise of preserving the wild life.
In Florida there are roadways and
bridges through the swamps and
marshes of the Everglades, and the
wild life is not in the least disturbed.
The most disturbing thing that can
happen to duck is to be shot. Nobody
says hunters don't have the right to
hunt-just as they should not say the
people who like to swim will hurt the
ducks. A bridge would greatly aid the
fishermen, the hunters, the swimmers
and all the people to enjoy beautiful
island created by God for all to enjoy.
The natural white sand and blue rolling
surf are lovely to behold. Wild ponies
and cattle range on the island. Ducks
and birds are abundant-and not afraid
of people, One duck stole my chicken
neck (bought for grabbing purposes)
while I was pulling up a crab line. I
tried to shoe the duck away by waving
the crab net. He simply picked up the
chicken neck and waddled off anyhow.
Lot Owner.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
White Roses to Moscow

A pleasant and rather novel in
ternational gesture was made recently by
members of the California State Florists
Association. More or less syn1bolically, in
an effort to express 1.-The hopes of the West
ern world for peace" they air-mailed to
Moscow II of their most beautiful white
roses-one each for Premier Malenkov and
Is of his top colleagues. Unless it was
barred at some point along the Iron Curtain,
the bouquet probably reached its distina-
ton, but outsiders can only speculate
about the reception accorded it. Perhaps 1t
was rejected scornfully and cast aside as
capitalist-imperialist trash; but what must
be hoped for is that the men of the Krem-
lin-individually and collectively-accepte
it in good spirit, delighting in its loveliness
and saying to themselves few sentimental
words not unlike Shakespeare's:
Then tpin raise nloft the n,ilk-,phite rose
With whose sDeet smell the air shall be
perfumed.
Anyhow, unrealistic and silly as it may
be, it is nice to imagine Mr.. Malenkov at
this moment, or Mr.. Molotov or Mr.. Krush-
chev, lingering his gift from California,
holding 1t delicately to his nostrils, savor-
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Montgomery School Waste

Several recent letters to The Star
have indicated that taxpayers and par
ents are gradually waking up to the
disconcerting reality known as the
Montgomery County Public School Sys-
tenn. The strange breed Of hybrid
Americans known as leading educa-
tors have been vastly successful in
keeping true facts from parents and
taxpayers. For the purpose of gathering
true facts, it may be parenthetically
said that the new nisformed and mis-
directed Montgomery County Citizens
Committee on School Issues is not rec
commended.
The Montgomery County public
school system has been described from
different viewpoints as either excess
lively costly" or "a bargain" Actually,
the county's pitiful public education
system is not only Excessively costly"
in misspent tax dollars. but is also
almost criminally wasteful in misspent
time of American students.
AS parent with three school-age
sons, have been made painfully aware
of the present lack of proper American
instruction and the over abundance of
un-American indoctrination and prop
aganda. Direct and personal disappoint-
ment with the un-American and waste
full county public schools has made
necessary the unwelcome financial pen
atty of tuition fees at proper private
schools where instruction is based on
sound and proven American ideals and
principles.
May I suggest that county taxpayers
demand more value per tax dollar pres
emily wasted in Montgomery County
public schools and that parents demand
more proper American instruction per
hour of their child's time presently mis-
spent in county public schools?
Franklin T. Miles.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
COmmuter.
Wostebusket Fodder

The letter "Wastebasket Fodder" in
The Star of September % implies that
circulars from direct-mail advertisers
are scarcely worth the notice of those
who receive them.
Many people do not realize that the
advertisers spend piles of money on
those circulars and would soon go broke
if nobody read them. A company that
mails such advertising knows how many
dollars it takes in per thousand mailed.
The fact that they keep mailing them
shows that it pays, and proves that
people do read them.
Any kind of advertising can be annoy
ing at times. When you are expecting
check in the mail and get nothing but
a furnace ad, it makes you boil. When
you turn on the radio to find out the
score and long, silly commercial in
terferes, you want to use an ak on some
one. When billboards along highways
shut out the views, you are cheated.
But for the most annoying of all, the
telephoned ad is hereby nominated.
You are in a bubble bath up to your
eyes or perhaps have your hands deep
i'll the dough when the ring comes.
After you finally get to it you hear:
Mrs. Doe, we are having special sale
on sidesaddles at one-half off and. -
Without advertising we would be too
slow to find out about new and better
commodities. Within the past decade
or two our lives have been made much
easier and happier by numerous new
products and gadgets, which we first
discovered in some ad or from some one
else who heard or read the ad.
So don't be too impatient with circu-
lars. You will often miss something
valuable by not reading them. The
J "wastebasket fodder" has been and will
continue to be no small part of progress
George Frederick Miller.
Mrs. j. H. Klipple's letter Waste.
basket Fodder" was fine. / have beer
retired for years. When I had goot
salary I helped several causes with
small amounts and I think I shall o'
on their lists until they know am dead
appreciate the feelings of the man wh'
wrote: Count that day lost whose lov
descending sun brings in the mail NJ
appeal from any one."
They all say they need more none,
than formerly because everything cost
Evening star., 1954-09-30

ing it's fragrance and musing over the fact
that beauty and life, the things Of creation,
the wonders of nature-a flower, a horse,
a man, woman-are all far better than
bleak, synthetic, factory-made theology.
Surely il there were more of this sort OF
thinking in the Kremlin, II there were more
heart and poetry there and less mechanistic
philosophizing, the world would have solid
reason to look forward with confidence to
an age when there would be no Iron Curtain
and when the milk-white rose of genuine
peace would perfume the air everywhere
not in our own lifetime probably, but
maybe some day.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Totally No Good

Nothing new Is revealed IN the JUST
published texts of the heretofore secret
American-Soviet notes on President Eisen-
hower's "atoms-for-peace" plan They
merely lend formal confirmation to what
has been known for some months past
namely, that the Kremlin will not Coop
crate in the project unless or until the
United States agrees to an immediate and
unconditional ban on Aweapons, the hy-
drogen bomb and other instruments OF mass
destruction.
This is the same demand, of course,
that the Russians have insisted upon for
years past in connection with our American
proposals-indorsed by the overwhelming
majority of the United Nations-to set up
a genuinely effective system for the inter-
national outlawry of all such weapons. And
in extending it now to strictly non mill
tary enterprise-an enterprise that would
in no way basically affect their armaments
situation but would only promote nuclear
energy for peaceful uses and thus promote
a new climate of trust that could lead to
real control of A and H bombs-they have
left no room for doubt about their objective.
That objective is simply this: To try to
sell a proposition under which the free
world WOulQ OlSarm 1CSelI OIL lGS SIcdIco1
deterrent power against aggression-at
once, Internationally, without any estao-
lished system of inspection against viola
tions and evasions-in exchange for mere
paper promise from the Krenlin not to
build up its atomic strength clandestinely
or employ it in tremendous sneak assault
calculated to win mastery of the entire
globe.
Needless to say, such a promise is totally
no good in terms of arriving at an accept
able and effective formula for disarmament.
And it is altogether ridiculous AN insult
to the intelligence-wheni it is advanced as
an essential precondition for agreement on
completely non-military plan designed to
harness the atom solely for benef1cent pur-
poses. In the circumstances, given this
kind of Soviet negativism, the United States
should spare no effort to press forward with
the Presidents project in close concert with
all those nations that are ready and eager
to make a reality of it-a reality capable
of bestowing immense blessings on the whole
of mankind.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Adventures Of q commuter

As one Of many Federal field en-
ployes who are occasionally ordered to
report in Washington for temporary
assignment, found reasonable and
attractive living quarters near Alex
andria, Coming from long distance
and realizing local driving and parking
difficulties, left my car lacked up
in California where 1t can depreciate
without deterioration. and where it can
cause the District traffic patrol 20
trouble by rolling into one-way-street
BOBBY traps or highway intersection
whirlpools.
commute from Virginia by bus. The
bus company operates number OF
routes distinguished by destination signs
of ingenious combinations of the words
Arlington and Fairfax such as Fair
lington, Squarelington, not to mention
~Un-f darlington. I leave the Office just
before the Navy flood gates along Con-
stitution avenue swing open to release
a tidal wave of penned up humanity,
homeward bound.
This is the signal to take a firm
hold on the well-anchored steel bus
stop sign and to hang on while the
tide surges back and forth along the
block-long loading zone to engulf all
transit vehicles that can reach the
curb. Frequently an Alexandra bus
sails by without stopping because there
is no room at the curb.
This means at least another half
hour of watching an endless procession
of buses for Arlington, Harrington.
Sparlington, Fairfax, Parkfairfax, and
par-boiled Fairfax, when am hungry
enough to consume it raw.
Finally, in desperation, board any
thing which bears even a slight sug-
gestion of Alexandria on the destina-
ton sign. One evening an Alexandria
via Pendleton bus took me on an ex-
tended tour of Fairfax County. Some
time after I despaired OF reaching
home on the same date and began
looking for Pendleton, Oregon, I was
agreeably surprised to see some OF the
familiar landmarks of Alexandria ap-
pear on the horizon.
I can predict with reasonable GER
tainty that will reach home within
three hours after I leave the office
After this time has elapsed my wife Is
instructed to call the police and report
me missing.
Surprisingly enough. am still glad
that my automobile is safely jacked
up far away. After day in the Office. ]
do not feel physically or mentally equal
to a wild ride in the raging torrent OF
outward bound automobile traffic.
The above experiences are a good
argument for more staggering of Fed
eral working hours. No transit COM
pany can afford to keep enough equip
ment on hand to suddenly move a
human tidal wave. Conversely. with
ample patronage in not too concen-
trated rushes assured there would be
no excuse for inadequate and unreliable
service. The highways could then be
released for something approaching
pleasure" driving instead of the Pc
riodic nightmarish, fender crunchins
rat race.
COmmuter.
Evening star., 1954-09-30

America and the world could enjoy
many decades of the greatest peace
time prosperity in our history. I sin
cerely pray that reason and mature
consideration of all the facts will pre-
vail over the emotional hysteria (based
on deceptive impulse) of politicians like
Senator Knowland. who are screaming
for a preventive war" against Red
China and Russia, oblivious of the fact
that Russia also possesses hydrogen
bombs and planes equal to our own.
which would result in mutual suicide
by reducing America and Russia to
radioactive cemeteries!
John Sato,
Ravenna, Ohio.
Evening star., 1954-09-30

because an honest analysis of the tragic
history of two world wars is conclusive
that war is communism's best ally for
flooding the world with communism
and socialism, with concurrent de-
cline in the prestige and influence Of
America.
Peaceful co-existence is especially
imperative now, because Americas pro-
duction pipelines are so overexpanded
in proportion to demand that a catas-
trophic and imminent repetition of the
devastating financial collapse of 1929
and tragic unemployment of the 1930s
can be avoided only if our State De-
partment should become realistic and
Immediately open up free trade with
Red China and Russia. China and
Russia represent the greatest unsatu-
rated markets in the universe, so that
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Flanders Too Far AfieId?

About year ago read an article in
a periodical which described Commu-
mist infiltration in the State of Ver-
mont. It told how the Communists
had established camps. youth clubs,
and other organizations, all of SUBJ
versive nature, in Vermont. It seems
to me that Senator Flanders. instead
of censuring Senator Mccarthy for
trying to get Communists out of Gov
ernment. should first investigate con-
ditions in his own State.
Roy j. Sontag.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Sylvan Reflections
Bv Gould Lincoln

Strong -,
As the staluart pine. bisecttng the sky
With verdant branches. nooIe IN
steady potDer
Against the elements that thrust ana
Die
For undeterred freedom hour on
probing hour;
Supple 90, ,
AS the ,DilloD. iDaDing tDtth graceful
ease
Its handsome tresses In rhythm Dtth
old songs,
one ,bith each trenzted mind or bltthe-
some breeze,
Yet proud that to endurance tt stnt
belongs:
Pure
As the birch, its tDhite and unstdtned
limbs
With laued and wholesome beauty
Haunting gears.
Untdrntshed by the tDedther's tempting
tDhtrnS,
Refreshed By springtin1e's shoaoer OF
glad tears:
Strong and supple and pure, IKE each
fine tree,
pray my child aDill aim and Hoe TO oe.
Jeon Mergard
Evening star., 1954-09-30
DEALING With IncorriqibIes

The Nations police chiefs believe that
there would be fewer juvenile hoodlums If
the hardened habitual juvenile offenders"
were dealt with more sternly in the courts.
They so reported at their New Orleans con-
vention. A great many citizens share this
view. It is doubtful, however, that incorri-
BILE youthful criminals will get the deterrent
sentences they deserve as long as some ju-
venile courts continue to treat juvenile
crime as juvenile delinquency.
Police Inspector Winters, head of the
new juvenile division of the Police Depart
ment, found on his recent survey of large
cities that good results have come from al
lowing juveniles in major crimes to be tried
in courts concerned with adult violations Of
the law. He will recommend change in
the local system that will assure the trial
in District Court of young repeaters involved
In serious offenses.
AS the law now stands, such cases may
be referred to the higher court at the dis
cretion of the Juvenile Court Judge, but the
record shows regrettable reluctance of the
Judge to grant such referrals. That is why
legislation was proposed to reduce the Ju-
venile Court judges discretionary authority
In aggravated cases. through intervention
of the United States Attorney. There is no
apparent reason why another effort to OBJ
tain such legislation should not be made at
the next session of Congress.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Mall Porking Bon

I am requesting you to publicize the
ban on all-day parking on the Mall,
depriving people of transportation in
their cars, both for themselves and CO.
workers who ride with them
I work at Fourth and Adams drive
and use my car to get to and from
work so as not to have to stand in long
lines waiting to get on buses and TAX
ing twice as long to get home.
It certainly would be lot better to
tear down the unsightly temporary
buildings that the so-called sightseeing
people can view in the City Beautiful
and put in a few Government parking
lots for Government employees.
AS to the new fringe parking over
at South Capitol street, maybe people
in that direction will use it. But. what
about the hundreds that live in the
other direction?
Faith G.. Windsor.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Mr.. McCorron and Nevada

Senator McCarran'S death, at 70, re-
moves from the national scene controver-
sial but colorful and powerful political per-
sonality whose friends and supporters must
have been at least as ardent as his many
critics. In any case, as Nevada's dominant
Democrat, he played large and highly in
fluential role in the affairs both of his own
State and of the country as whole. Ger
tainly, whether one agreed with him or not,
he had very real impact on the shaping
of numerous important and historic pieces
of legislation during his long career In the
Senate, where he voted on most major Is
sues as an anti Roosevelt and anti-Truman
maverick maverick who tended, as often
as not in recent years, to side with Repub-
licans on the far right
Indeed, as far as Nevada itself is con-
cerned, this Off ff-the-reservation quality OF
his-a quality that led to long fight split
ting the Democratic organization out there
accounts in large measure for the fact
that the State now has a Republican Gov
ernor. Charles H. Russell. Nevada law
currently is being studied to determine
whether Governor Russell has the power
to name a successor for the remainder Of
Senator McCarran's term, expiring in 1856,
or whether the vacancy must be filled by
election. A gubernatorial appointee would,
of course, be epublican-which would
increase the margin of G. o. P. control in
the present Senate when 1t reconvenes on
November 8. Nevada Democrats, however,
already are contending that nominations
can be made in time for the November 2
voting and that an appointment by Gov
ernor Russell now would be valid only until
that date.