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, 1954-11-30
Window Blown Out
Of Airliner $4,000 Feet
Over Oceun; All Safe

e A window blew out Of a
British Overseas Always
Corporation air liner $4,000
/ feet over the Atlantic ocean
n yesterday. The veteran pilot
: quickly brought his plane
+ down to 1900 feet as the SO
q passengers began to find il diff
ficult to breathe at the high
altitude in the depressurized
e cabin.
o
One woman passenger re-
: quired oxygen treatment.
= CfLZ. 80 41-F2&
, 1954-11-30

years in office he has always
demonstrated an untiring at
titude Of sincerity and con-
scientior,s toward his official
duties as President, now there.
fore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-14

They're interviewer Stretch Socks most fitting for
Fathers Day the perfect fit for Dads feet euery day.
For these socks literally go to any lengths to please
With the custom fit their resilient new nylon yarns
assure they adjust to Dads foot length and width his
leg length as well. And they flex with every
move he makes.
Let the head of your family sink up to his ankles in
the snug fitthe neat look and easygoing comfort-of
interviewer Stretch Socks on Fathers Day June 2h.
Be sure to stop for them today at the interviewer
Sock counters in your favorite department or
mems wear store.
Guaranteed for one year $1.OO a pair
Gray ay BrosOn Maroon Navy
Light Gray Beige khaki Light Green, Canary
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Guinea

Miss Pete Baldwin spent Fri
day niaht with Miss Hlaine Wal
ker, of White HAN
Miss Lillian walker. Of Airing
tom spent the week end in the
same home MIS- c. l. Smith
who spent some timf with her
sister, Mrs. Warren walker left
Saturday for her home in Wal
kerton She was accompanied by
Howard Walker. Miss elaine Wal
ker and MISS Pete Baldwin
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Coyineton
and son Joe Of Baltimore. Md
spent the week end with her
brother and slster-ul law. Mr.
and Mrs. G. r. Garnett ana fam
lily Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Jack
son and children, Naomi James
and Charles, Of An.derSonville
were recent guests in the same
home
Mrs Reuben Addleman and
DAUGHTER, Barbara, were Sunday
guests Of Mr. and Mrs A. VI
Blanton. Of Antioch neiehbolhool
MIS- Beverly Smith OF Wash
ington. D. C., was guests III the
same home
Miss Lois Honeycut, who was
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
NSLI Insurance
News for Veterans

More than $3.50 million of term
National Service Life Insurance
was converted to permanent
plans such as ordinary life 20
payment life. 80 payment life.
and endoWments during 1858.
V terans Administrator an
nounced.
Of the more than 100000
World War II policies in force
today more than 1000 are ON per
manent plans. Today, almost 35
per cent Of all NSLI policies are
on permanent plans.
The only CT life insurance
which may not be converted un-
der present laws is a special FIVE
year nonconvertible term policy
that Is iSsuable to veterans with
service since the start CT the Ko-
rean hostilities
Who May Convert
All veterans who hold NSLI
term term insurance issued before
April rs 1851. may convert these
policies to permanent plans Of
insurance
Those who convert pay the
same premium rate throughout
the premium-p paying life Of the
policy. Term policyholders on the
other hand pay at progressively
higher premium rates as they
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Permanent Values

Permanent plan policies pro-
vide guaranteed values which term
policies do not These guaranteed
values, which are available to vet
Grams after premiums have been
paid fCr one fun year. include
cash surrender value. policy loan
provision. and reduced paid-up
insurance.
VA said that thousands of term
policies, which have been permit
tered to lapse for nonpayment of
premiums when dug bu, which are
still within five year term per-
!od may be reinstated and con-
verted upon application to VA be-
fore their terms expire Veterans
may obtain fun information hy
writing to the VA Office 70 which
they are mailing their premiums
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

am SANTA iran, Nasb,,,e Tom "a
FLORIDA waS = visitor In this
oeiahhorbohd last weak she VA
oeromnanied NJ twn friends from
Nashville
A1r ana Mrs w r. walker
" . q snnaov e1bsts of tbeir
danoh5or MI Gtnart NrC;hae
and f,ni1y nj Denn,oh
onod n,,nv f,,on here at-
tendad rho sn,.,,ceg at cnmber-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

Mrs. Robert l.. DAVIS. at the
Southside Hospital on Friday
May 28
Miss Vidley Dennis, Of Raines,
was a visitor here Sunday. and
attended church school at Cen
tenary Church
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gayle of
Mathews and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Jones. Of Richmond, were holiday
guests Of Mrs Gayle's sisters,
MIS- B Z. Walker ana Mrs. w.
b Walker and their families.
Their visit was a delightful slw-
prise III the afternoon. the guests
accompanied by Mrs b 3. Walk
er, visited Mrs. Gayle's old home.
now occupied by her nephew,
Robert f, Garnett and family
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Guinea HID Club
Meets at Portland

On Wednesday afternoon. May
&c, the Guinea lid Club was en-
tertalntd by Mrs. Joe A. Halle
grove.
The president. Mrs, r. 3. Adj
dleman presided MIS- r. Il Gar
nett conducted the devotions.
Many items Of business were
transacted.
The r. D. agent, Mrs Georgia
Wilkerson. gave a demonstration
on New Fabrics in Dress Their
Use and Care
The county nurse. Mrs. Vim
ginia Hutchings. gave talk on
cancer. III connection with that,
she also mentioned other out
standing diseases
The meeting was Of unusual
interest
Twelve members were present
including the two new members
Mrs c T Simpson and Mrs
Benjamin. Walker
Delicious cake and ice cream
+ We're served BY the hostess.
The club was invited to NEE
with Mrs. Thomas L. Scott. 81
Stoddert. in June
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Religion In Action

More than 1855 100000 pounds
OF United State surplus foods
given by the American people
through cir government for
free distribution TO the deStitude
and hungry overseas were dis
trlbuted to these victims Of war.
famine and disaster throu G h
agencies OF Protestant, Roman
Catholic and Jewish faiths dur
ing the year ended April 30, 1854
This surplus food ID u ter
cheese, and powder milk valued
at $50 .226 .0l5 represented more
than 87Gc Of all such surplus
foods distributed abroad during
the last year by all American vol
untary relief agencies.
OF the remainder 7GG- 49,
100000 pounds valued at 50 $40
850--was distributed through the
Cooperative for American Remit
tances to Everywhere. Inc. (Care)
and 5.3%-9.545 900 pounds val
ued at s3.424 1872 throueh eight
other non sectarian agencies.
This was made known today il
the quarterly report to its mem
bership by the American Council
Of Voluntary AGENCIES for For
eign Service. 20 West 40th Street
New York City, in which are re-
presented 46 agencies for over
seas relief and service REGISTERED
and recognized by the United
States government.
Total of the surplus foods re-
leased by the United States Com
free distribution during this per
iod was slightly IN excess Of 179. :
600 600 pounds With total of
$50. 521.l57.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

MI and Mrs. w. B. Walker
were Sunday guests Of the Leigh
r. Womack family,
Mrs Warren Walker. Miss Lii
liam walker and Howard Walker
were Sunday afternoon guests Of
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Allen, Of
Powhatan,
sunday luncheon guests of Mr..
and Mrs j p, Stratton were Mr.
and MIS- J f. Meador and Am
bier Cox.
Several from year attended the
quarterly conference at Payne
Memorial Church Friday evening,
May e.
Attend Recital
A good many from here attend
ed the music Recital at Cumber-
land High School Friday evening
Miss Lucille Ferguson took part
IN the program, and also Miss
Barbara Addleman.
OH Tuesday afternoon May IS.
Mrs. Robert +. Garrett attended
a meeting Of the Auditing Com
mittee Of the Cumberland charge
at the h ONE Of Mrs Charlie
Goodman Of Cumberland. Mrs.
Ganctg was accompanied by Mrs.
J RI 4tratton Fin route home
they made brief call in the
home Of Mrs c. T. Ferguson
Mrs Conduit Mathews visited
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
TWO-PRICE PLAN TRIED

The Eisenhower Administration
is tuning to rejected
'two-price" plan as device for
supporting farm income ana UNI
loading heavy crop surprises. The
Agriculture Department is nov
uslns this plan in effort to sch
at home and aboard more wheat.
flour. butter, cheese. dried milk.
llaXSeed and cottenseed oil and
some fruit. Corn oats. rye bar
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

The channel catfish is a fine
fighter, 1t sometimes hits spin
ners, spoons and plugs but is
more likely to take live bait such
as minnows, crawfish, insects,
worms.
Evening star., 1954-01-17
ScotIonds Burning
BY Nathaniel Burt. little, BroDn: $500

A boys preparatory school
Is a microcosm-a little world.
Although the students are part
boys. part men, old enough to
think and form tastes, young
enough for pranks and horse
play, they are maturing swift
ly. In this little world they are
forming their characters, max
ing decisions which may affect
their WHOLE lives. Thus the in
terlude between childhood and
adulthood takes on an import
ance the college years, when
the boy is a man, cannot
match.
In a sensitive, lyrical first
novel Mr.. Burt has explored
such an institution and it's ef-
feet on a dreamy, rather fragile
boy Of IA. Anthony is not much
good at athletics, though he
tries valiantly, and he is bull
lied by older. stronger boys.
But this is only one problem;
his relationship to the other
boys and to the masters is
more complex. He is highly in
telligent and he has his place
in the school community, He
finds himself. in time, involved
in loyalties he did not seek and
Evening star., 1954-01-17
Peruvian Textiles

An aspect of pre- Columbian
indigenous culture more ia
miliar to Washingtonians,
thanks to George Hewitt Myers
for his unique Textile Museum,
Is the collection of Peruvian
textiles there. a selection from
which is now on loan to George
Washington University Library
through January 81. This is
the third in a series of annual
loan exhibitions from the mu-
scum to the university.
This group comprises more
than 80 items, ranging in date
from examples of Paracas en-
broidery dating from about
800 BIC. to a 10th century
Spanish colonial tapestry
which illustrates the blending
Of European and Indian styles
and motifs. Feather bands,
ponchos, fllets. brocades. paint
ed cotton cloth including two
small Paracas squares with
mustard yellow stylized figures,
tapestries and other fabrics,
reveal the mastery of the am
cient weavers, Indians Of the
Central Andean region of South
America who began to twine
and weave fabrics nearly 5000
years ago. The dry climate of
the coastal areas has preserved
a large number of these fab
RIGS, mainly in graves. Al
though the Indian weavers
probably used a simple back
strap loom, they were able to
develop almost every technique
known today, and some which
cannot be duplicated on mod
ern mechanical looms. The
Peruvian Indians used cotton
and wool, both dyed and in
natural colors. and other flbers.
The third volume of a Cata-
logue Raisonne Of the Textile
Museums collections is to be
published this month: Para
cas- Fabrics and Nazca Needle
work." by Junius Bird of the
American Museum Of Natural
History and Louisa Bellinger
Of the Textile Museum. Five
color plates from the book are
included in the exhibition.
This collection was lent BY
Evening star., 1954-01-17
Art NotobIes Here

The Portuguese Ambassador
and Senhora de Esteves Fer
nandeZ will entertain during
the coming week several dis
tinguished museum officials
and scholars who came to the
United States with others from
more than 20 European, Asian
and South American countries
to attend the international
congress in art history and
museology held this month at
the Metropolitan Museum of
Art In New York City.
The Portuguese Embassy's
guests will be DR.. Abel de
Moura of the National Museum
of Art in Lisbon, DR.. Rodrigo
Melo Franco de Andrade, di-
rector, Patrimonio Artistico e
Historico Nacional, Ministerio
de Educacao. Rio de Janeiro,
and DR.. D. Redig de Campos.
assistant director. Pinacoteca
Vaticana for Medieval and
Renaissance Art, Vatican City.
Evening star., 1954-01-17
Art Lectures

The Freer Gallery Of Art will
welcome the public Tuesday
evening (January 19) at $3.50
in the gallery auditorium. to
its third lecture on Oriental
art. Robert Treat Paine, jr.,
assistant curator in the depart
ment of Asiatic art at the Boss
ton Museum of Fine Arts, will
speak on Japanese Screen
Painting" a subject In which
he has specialized. He will
base his lecture on some of
the screens in the Freer Gal
lery's collections, including the
newly acquired pair by Sesshu
which will be placed on exhibi-
ton Tuesday for the first time.
Mr.. Paine, who has been on
the Boston Museums staff for
20 years. has studied in China
and Japan, and his articles.
books and other publications
deal with many fields Of Far
Eastern art.
Toronto University's director
Of medieval studies, Etienne
ellison. will be guest lecturer
this afternoon at the National
Gallery Of Art. He will speak
on Maurice Denis.
Evening star., 1954-01-17

AS a parodist. Mr.. White
has equals. II not superiors on
the staff Of the New Yorker,
the magazine from which most
Of these pieces were garnered.
But in the field Of light verse.
he shows a giddy facility quite
unexpected in one usually so
decorous. For instance. he in
scribes q riotous ode to the
Queen Bee that defies the hor-
ticulturists.
I'm sorry for cows who have
to boast
OF affairs they've had by
parcel post"
He is also very lighthearted.
in verse form. at the expense
of Mr.. Bromfield's model Mala-
bar farm and the Classics Club.
Philosophical Norrotive
However. it is in the field
Of the essay. or perhaps it
should be called philosophical
narrative. that Mr.. White ex-
cells. The Death of a Pig"
an account Of the untimely
demise. naturally. Of a porker
being fattened for the kill. is
q subtle, sad and altogether
beautiful piece of writing.
Mr.. White also sheds anonym-
nifty for the first time and
acknowledges authorship Of
many Talk Of the Town"
New Yorker pieces, those per-
fectly polished paragraphs Of
commentary on the current
scene. Many of these are
pithy and charming. others
rather thin, and still others
require one to share Mr..
Whites passion for New York,
which is not always possible.
In all. this is most well
come volume from our lead
ing essayist. who deplores the
valedictory note such a collec-
ton suggests. and says: Let
US just say that have tidied
up my desk a bit, and flung
out a few noisy and ill-timed
farewells, like a drunk at a
wedding he is enjoying to the
hilt and has no real intention
Of leaving" M. Meg.
Evening star., 1954-01-17

facing decisions thrust on him.
The football captain is far
from the model of decency. the
ideal junior citizen the school
has held him to be. And yet
when certain reports reach q
faculty member, Anthony
learns. to his lasting disillu-
sionment. that it is more i'm
portant to maintain the myth
that the football team is be-
yond reproach than, it is to
purge the school of low con-
duct. AS winter wanes q dis
aster strikes the school, bring
ing various simmering conflicts
to a climax.
The story Of a year at the
school Is told in the first per-
son, but the author has inn
parted maturity to these mem
ories by having Anthony re-
turn after Is years. wander
over the grounds and look back
on that crucial time in his
life. The Pennsylvania land
scape. as the seasons pass, is
described with beauty and the
characters are etched clearly.
Mr.. Burt, beyond question, is
a novelist to watch. He is the
son Of two writer's. Katherine
and Struthers Burt.-C. B. j.
Evening star., 1954-01-17
The Second Tree From the Corner
BY E. B. White (Hurper & Bros, So

Mr.. Whites prose is. If John
Milton will allow me. both
"comely and reviving." In an
era when so many people who
are really politicians. scien-
fists. hacks or simply unfor-
tunate. have been drafted to
write. he stands out as one
who enlisted. He writes be-
cause he has something to say
and infinite care in the saying
Of 1t. He has. moreover, wit,
perception and perspective.
He raises q quiet but authori-
tative voice amid the clamor-
Gus counsels Of the best-seller
lists.
1t seems to me. that II the
State Department wanted to
circulate q book which would
reflect an America thinking
instead of screaming about the
atomic age, they need look no
further than "The Second
Tree From the Corner" A.
Chilling Fontosies
Mr.. White regards technol-
ogy with a dubious eye. He
wonders when It will cease be-
ing slave and become surly
master. His reflections have
taken the form of several
chilling little fantasies. The
most notable Of these Is 1.-THE
Morning Of the Day They Did
It," a 1984-ish story OF
world from which birds, bees
and flowers have been ex-
tinguished and men have
trouble breathing. The hero
remembers sadly his country's
great heart and matchless
ingenuity"
He can, betimes, be merry
about such other modern phe-
'nomena as psychiatry. in
come taxes. artificial insemi-
nation and the future OF read
ing. OF that. he says, THE
reports we get nowadays are
those Of men who have not
gone to the scene Of the ac-
cident. which is always further
inside ones own head than 1t
is convenient to penetrate
without galoshes."
Evening star., 1954-01-17

and her friend was that they
stay at the home of Don Otavio
in his hacienda on the shores
OF Lake Chapala. There, amid
a Bemelmans dream Of per-
feet service and a family that
suggests both Chekov and
Nancy Milford. they settled
down for several months of
domestic drama and peerless
hospitality.
In the course Of her viva
cious and malicious narrative.
Mrs. Bedford imparts a good
deal Of Mexican history and
bemused political commentary.
She pays tribute to the sud
den views" Of breathtaking
beauty which confront the
Mexican traveller; but she does
not gloss over the incon-
venienceS.
"The Sudden View" is surely
something new in travel litera-
ture-with its rich assortment
Of personalities and prejudices
it is more like a novel. Mrs.
Bedford suggests her travelling
days are now over, which !
hope is not to say she will give
up writing. She plans to settle
down In Italy, and for one,
fervently hope she will tell us
all about IL. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1954-01-17

tering spots for dance and en-
tertainment. the shabbier tav-
erns, the crowds of homeless
people like Manolo who wan
der the streets, running err
rands for a few pesetas. steal
ing when they can, eating and
drinking what they can come
by.
One is reminded, to an ex-
tent, Of another novel of
Madrid which came out a few
months ago. "The Hive" by
Camilo Jose CELIA series Of
impressioniStic sketches, deal
ing with many characters. Mr..
Carreno's method is more
psychological than natural
istic; he goes deeply into the
minds Of his cast. ~The Final
Hours" won the Nadal Prize
IN Spain. The author has
taken other awards for poetry
and plays. &C. B. ].
Evening star., 1954-01-17
Reviewed by William Hines
Holt: $500

Next Thursday. God willing
and the weather permitting,
Mamie Eisenhower will swing
a champagne bottle across
the bow of the U. S. 8. Maui
titus (SSN STD, and the most
fantastic, ship ever launched
will be afloat at last. At this
moment, there will come to an
END the troubles of Hyman
G. Rickover. beside which the
woes of Our Gal Sunday pale
into inSignificance.
Clay Blair, a Time-Life
correspondent in Washing
ton. has put together Tin the
nick Of time) a persuasive, II
overly pro-Rickover, account
of the man and the vessel who
will make history Thursday.
Whether or not Mr.. Blair's
case against the Navy is en-
tirely justified-it Is utterly
Evening star., 1954-01-17

show will remain through
January 81.
It comprises 80 prints
woodcutS. block prints, litho.
graphs. etchings and aqua
tints, some in colors, by 80
artists of 10 Latin republics.
The earliest is dated a quar-.
ter century ago, but the ma.
jority are recent works. Many
of the artists have been rep
resented in exhibitions at the
Pan American Union, National
Museum, Library of Congress
and other galleries.
In contrast to the majority
of recent graphic arts shows
at the Pan American Union
by Latin Americans. this IL
predominantly naturalistic.
These prints have interesting
variety of subject matter, rep
resenting different racial types
customs, costumes. architec-
ture and landscape. Within
Evening star., 1954-01-17

Philip Wylie believes that
this country is peculiarly vul-
nerable to an attack with the
new bombs which could and
may come at any time in the
future.
The United States, he feels,
is apathetic, Indifferent, COM
placent. for the most part, in
the face of this terrifying po-
tential. Pearl Harbor should
have been an all-time lesson,
but wasn't. Even those who
have sense enough to be afraid
are not disposed to do much
about 1t, in his view, and so
civil defense languishes for
want of both funds and in
tereSt.
Mr.. Wylie was so stirred up
about this hazard that he
wrote his ideas into one Of his
most effective novels.
chiIlineIy Realistic
Tomorrow" may be propa-
ganda, satirical to an extent,
but he has made a real novel
out Of it, chillingly realistic,
never merely fantastic, with
credible characters and a story
that is developed with all Mr..
Wylie'S skill. In this book he
has said just about the last
word an imaginative writer
could say about an atomic in
vaSion.
Whether you agree with Mr..
Wylie's premises and conclu-
sions or think his picture is
exaggerated into distortion.
I'll offer odds of 20 for that If
you start this story you'll finish
1T. 1t is packed tightly with
suspense and generates ex-
c1tement as it goes along,
The novelist philosopher,
who wrote Generation of VIZ
pers" and "An Essay on Nor
ais" as well as fishing stories.
romanceS and fantasies. has
concentrated his story on two
typical Midwestern cities
which face each other across a
river. Green Prairie and River
City are known as the Sister
Cities.
The two cities, both the last
word in skyscrapers, neon and
chromium splendor. are differ
ent in spirit. partly because
each is in a different State
and the governmental philoso-
phieS of these States differ.
Green Prairie believes in civil
defense and has developed an
excellent organization, despite
some disSension in high places.
River City has q city admins
tration that thinks all these
Evening star., 1954-01-17
The Sudden View
BY Sybille Bedford. (Harper G. Bros: $3.75J

~Irs. Bedford is an English
woman. who could plainly
make a marvellous occasion
of a trip on the LA bus from
Chevy Chase Circle to the
Federal Triangle. She is opin-
donated, cultivated, irreverent
and amusing.
Her account Of q year in
Mexico Is not likely to send her
readers pelting to the travel
bureau screaming for reserva-
tions. In fact. they might
decide not to go at all. But
they will be awfully glad that
she did. Mrs. Bedford is not
one Of your muscle -flexing
travellers who forge inexorably
on in search Of vistas and
cultures. She just does what
seems indicated. What was
very casually indicated to her
Evening star., 1954-01-17

damning Of an organization
and q system that resistS
progress as the Devil resists
salvation-there is no doubt
that Admiral Rickover has
been through q nasty meat
grinder in recent years. Just
how the meat grinder worked
Is the subject Of Mr.. Blair's
book.
Though the author repeat
edly makes the point that
Rickover's shortcomings as a
Navy politician hampered his
progress, the fact remains that
relatively speaking Rickover
is UP and the Old Navy Is
down today. It Is not entire
ly unlikely that the Admiral
was not the babe in the po-
litical woods that Mr.. Blair
and others would like to think
he was.