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Evening star., 1954-10-03
The Island John Smith Passed Up

WED have to wait hours to
play golf. even though we'd
made reservations far in ad-
vance," recalls Ellicott n.
Worthington. Judge Syming-
ton convinced us the only solu-
ton was to establish our own
club"
Judge Carroll T. Bonds
family home was on the
island" says Nathaniel s.
Kenney. HE and Judge Sym
ington and I drove down one
Sunday to see if it would be q
good site for our new club.
Unfortunately. we arrived at
high tide and had to wait hours
before we could get across the
Narrows. Then and there we
decided that If we bought the
place, building a causeway
would be one of our first
projects"
The Bond and Horner fam
lilies sold their lands to the club
for $4,000 each, but the
Linthicums held out for $65 900.
MIR. Worthington gives Judge
Symington credit for raising the
$165. 900. but story in Francis
T. Bierne'S book. THE Amiable
Baltimoreans." makes one won-
der If he is not being unduly
modest. It concerns a colored
servant in Baltimore clubs for
80 years. Emanuel Chambers.
who lived on his salary and
gave his tips to Mr.. Worthing-
ton for investment. The in
terest supported him for II
years after his retirement, and
when he died. his holdings were
worth more than $154, 900.
OF course. the club has the
golf course Judge Symington
wanted. It also has tennis
courts and 34h-acre fresh
water lake in which large
mouth bass and white perch
are said to be abundant. But
the sport for which it is most
Evening star., 1954-10-03

TINE FIRST white man to
l. lay eyes on this 943-acre
island in the Chesapeake Bay,
at the mouth of the Magothy
River. was Capt. John Smith.
In 1908 while seeking a short
cut to China. he sailed by the
island four times. But he never
bothered to land.
Judge w. Stuart Symington,
jr.. father Of the Missouri SEN
ator. showed better judgment.
In 1921 he persuaded IS other
prominent men, including five
WashingtonianS, to organize a
club and buy the island "exclu-
sively for pleasure, recreation
and other non-prof1table pur-
poses" The Gibson Island Club
and its offspring. the Gibson
Island Corp, have since de-
veloped part of the island into
q year-around residential COM
munity with its own fire COM
pany. police force, telephone
exchange and postofice. For
q while. Gibson also had a
water department and a power
plant. but Anne Arundel Ccun-
ty bought the former. and
extension Of electric lines from
the mainland made the latter
unnecessary.
The first recorded owner of
land on the island was Thomas
Homewood. who acquired 140
acres by royal grant in 1868.
BY the time the club was
formed, there were three own
ing families, the Bonds, the
Horners and the Linthicums.
For many years. the island
was known as Seven Mountains
because of its hills. The pres
ent name derives from John
Gibson. jr.. who acquired most.
If not all. of the property in
1893. VestigeS of the earlier
name survive. however. in
Mountain road, the highway
leading to the island, and
Evening star., 1954-08-08
MEN -OANAR FROM VIRGINIA

nNE SPRING day in a Blue
" Ridge Mountain paddock.
War Actress, granddaughter
of Man o. War. dropped a
chestnut foal which was the
spittin' image of his famous
granddad.
For a long while, War Ac-
tress' owner. Harry Newman,
had wished to show admira-
ton for his friend, Gen.
Lemuel c. Shepherd, jr., COM
mandant of the Marine Corps.
Why not name this youngster,
destined for fame in the show
ring, Gen. Lem?
Under Jockey Club rules,
one must have written per-
mission to register a thor
oughbred named for a living
person. Would Gen. Shepherd
consent? on went a letter.
Back came a hearty yes.
The next spring, War Ac-
tresS presented Ballantrae-
the Newman estate at The
Plains, Va.-with another
chestnut colt. Mr.. Newman
had been a warm friend of
Gen. George Patton. This colt
had Man o. War blood in him;
why not name him for the
famous cavalryman?
A letter went from Ballan-
trae to the generals widow.
A gracious letter of consent
came in a few days. So the
colt, Gen. Patton. likewise
was registered with the Jockey
Club.
A little later, still another
chestnut was dropped by War
Actress. This one was regis
tered as Gen. Macarthur.
Il wish I had those wonder
full letters of consent" says
Mr.. Newman. But ] had to
file them with the Jockey
Club"
Just for a change, War
Actress dropped a Ally two
years ago. She was named
War Bonnet. Last spring,
another colt came-a chest
nut like all the others. He is
to be named Gen. Wainwright.
Though these generals"
have the finest thoroughbred
Evening star., 1954-08-08

blood, Ballantrae does not
race them, but confines their
public appearances, in the
true Virginia tradition, to
hunt meets and show rings.
One season, Gen. Lem, ridden
by Miss Dorothy Craig Of
Arlington, won FIVE ribbons In
five different classes in Madi-
son Square Garden, New York.
At the last Upperville VA
show, Gen. Lem won the red
rosette, which was placed on
him by Gen. Shepherd him
self. And at the more recent
Warrenton show. another gen.
eral-Patton-captured three
ribbons.
Miss Craig rides all the
generals in their public ap-
pearanceS. She handles the
most fiery animal with an
assured competence that has
brought congratulations from
many, including Gen. Shep-
herd, himself a fine hOrseman.
Should you visit Ballantrae.
you may see a powerful hunter
with a brownish tinge to his
coat and three white-Stock-
inged legs. Don't ask his
Evening star., 1954-08-08

pedigree. It seems that one
starry night a stallion name
unknownD leaped over the
fence into a mares paddock
mot War Actress. either).
This big fellow was the result.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Cancer Society 10 Hold
First Of Four Meetings

The first of four educational
meetings sponsored by the Mont
gomery County Chapter of the
American Cancer Society will be
held at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
the chapter headquarters. Park
lawn, 1850 Rockville pike.
DR.. Frank s. Ashburn, chief of
thoracic surgery at Doctors,
Emergency and Providence Hos
pitals in the District, will be the
principal speaker. The meeting
will be open to the public and a
question period will be held.
A film entitled Lung Cancer"
will be shown.
Mrs. a. r. Lofstrand. jr., presi-
dent Of the chapter, said the four
educational meetings this year
are designed to furnish the latest
information on cancer problems
and aid in recruiting volunteer
workers to participate in the
chapter activities.
Mrs. L.ofstrand announced that
Mrs. Charles E. Dawson has been
named to direct the 1854 fund
campaign in Montgomery County
as part of the National Cancer
Fund campaign conducted in
ADril.
Evening star., 1954-01-13

fact. would -be-aggressors are
generally deferred. That is the
modern way of getting maxi
mum protection at a bearable
cost.
What the Eisenhower ad-
ministration seeks is a similar
international security system.
We want. for ourselves and the
other free nations, q maximum
deterrent at a bearable cost.
Local defense will always be
important. But there is no
local defense which alone will
contain the mighty land power
of the Communist world. Lo-
cal defenSeS must be reinforced
by the further deterrent of
massive retaliatory power. A
potential aggreSsor must know
that he cannot always pre-
scribe battle conditions that
suit him. Otherwise, for ex-
ample. a potential aggressor,
who is glutted with manpower.
might be tempted to attack in
confidence that resistance
would be confined to man.
power. He might be tempted
to attack in places where his
superiority was decisive.
The way to deter aggression
is for the free community to
be willing and able to respond
vigorously at places and with
means of its own choosing.
So long as our basic policy
concepts were unclear. our
military leaders could not be
selective in building our mill
tary power. If an enemy could
pick his time and place and
method of warfare-and if our
policy was to remain the ira
ditional one of meeting agrees
sion by direct and local oppo-
sition-then we needed to be
ready to fight in the Arctic
and in the tropics; in Asia, the
Near East and in Europe; by
sea, by land and by air; with
old weapons and with new
weapons.
The total cost of our Sc
curity efforts. at home and
abroad, was over $50. billion
per annum, and involved. for
1858. a projected budgetary
deficit of So billion: and Sill
billion for 1854. This was on
top of taxes comparable to
wartime taxes: and the dollar
Evening star., 1954-01-13

to enjoy the fruits of
their labor. But that is not
easily granted by those who
look upon human beings as a
means to create a powerhouse
to dominate the world.
We can be sure that there
is going on, even within Rus
sia, a silent test of strength
between the powerful rulers
and the multitudes of human
beings. Each individual no
doubt seems, by himself, to be
helpless in this struggle. But
their aspirations in the aggre-
gate make up a mighty force.
There are signs that the rul-
erS are bending to some OF
the human desires of their
people. There are promises of
more food, more household
goods, more economic freedom.
That does not prove that
the Soviet rulers have them
selves been converted. It is
rather that they may be dimly
perceiving a basic fact, that
there are limits to the power
of any rulers indefinitely to
suppress the human spirit.
In that God-given fact lies
our greatest hope. It is a hope
that can sustain us. For even
if the path ahead be long and
hard, it need not be a warlike
path; and we can know that
at the end may be found the
bleSSednesS of peace.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
AS we shall be demonstrat-

--aS we shall be demonStrat-
ing.
If the dictators persist in
their present course then 1t is
they who will be limited to
superficial successes, while
their foundation crumbles un-
der the tread of their iron
boots.
Human beings. for the most
part, want simple things. They
want to worship God in ac-
cordance with the dictates of
their conscience. But that is
not easily granted by those
who promote an atheistic
creed.
They want to think in ac-
cordance with the dictates OF
their reason. But that Is not
easily granted by those who
represent an authoritarian syS-
tenn.
They want to exchange
views with others and to per-
Suade and to be persuaded by
what appeals to their reason
and their conscience. But that
is not easily granted by those
who believe in a society of con-
formity.
They want to live in their
homes without fear. But that
is not easily granted by those
who believe in a police state
system.
They want to be able to work
productivity and creatively and
Evening star., 1954-01-13

then sets UP. That is why we do
not plan ourselves to shackle
freedom to preserve freedom.
We intend that our conduct
and example shall continue. as
in the past. to show all men
how good can be the fruits of
freedom.
If We rely on freedom. then
it follows that we must alb
stain from diplomatic moves
which would seem to indorse
captivity. That would, in effect.
be a conspiracy against free
dom. ] can assure you that we
shall never seek illusory Sc
curity for ourselves by such a
deal"
We do negotiate about spe-
cific matters but only to adj
vance the cause Of human well
fare.
President Eisenhower elec-
trified the world with his pro-
posal to lift a great weight of
fear by turning atomic energy
from a means of death into
a source of life. Yesterday I
started procedural talks with
the Soviet government on that
topic.
We have persisted, with our
allies. in seeking the unifica-
ton of Germany and the lib
Grafton of Austria. Now the
Soviet rulers have agreed to
discuss these questions. We
expect to meet them soon in
Berlin. I hope they will come
with a sincerity which will
equal our own.
We have sought a confer
ence to unity Korea and re-
lieve it of foreign troops. So
far our persistence is unre-
warded, but we have not given
up.
These efforts at negotiation
are normal initiatives that
breathe the spirit of freedom.
They involve no plan for q
partnership division of world
power with those who sup
press freedom.
If we persist in the courses
I outline we shall confront die
tatorship with a task that Is
in the long run, beyond its
strength. For unless it changes,
it must suppress the human
desires that freedom satisfies
Evening star., 1954-01-13

cisioas by the National Security
Council and ''this has been
done," the Secretary said.
Mr.. Dulles spoke Of the new
policy as q ''long -haul" con-
cept. designed to avoid the dan
gers Of practical bankruptcy
which Lenin had predicted the
Communists could force on the
free world, and, at the same
time. deter Red aggression.
He conceded there may be
some setbacks to the cause of
freedom. but said what we do
expect to insure is that any set
backs will have only temporary
and local significance"
Then came his reinsurance
against any IDEAL" with the
Soviet that would serve to in
dorse the captivity of peoples
under Red dictatorship.
Evening star., 1954-01-13
| Dulles Warns Reds
New Aggression Will
Invite Retaliation
By Gornett D. Homer

The United States has served
public notice that new Commu-
mist aggression anywhere In the
world will invite retaliation "by
means and at places Of our own
choosing" rather than mere local
defense Of the area attacked.
Secretary Of State Dulles
sounded this warning in a major
speech last night in which he
also assured the nom Communist
world that the United States
never will make any deal" with
Moscow that would seem to in
dorse the captivity" Of Soviet
satellite areas.
His address, delivered before
the Council of Foreign Relations
in New York and teleyised ma
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Skirmishes in Indo- Chino

HANOI, Indo- China, Jan. 13
R.-French Army headquarters
reported fresh skirmishes today
with Wet Mimi troops around
Dien Bien Phu. Fighter planes
and bombers hammered at rebel
concentrations there on the
northern border Of Laos for the
Goth straight day.
Evening star., 1954-01-13

tionally. explained the basic pol
icy behind recent moves to cut
the size Of Americas ground
forces while building up its air
striking power with new atomic
age weapons.
Outlines Basic Change.
He described q fundamental
change by the Eisenhower ad-
ministrat.on in American mill
tary planning. He praised such
Truman administration moves as
intervening in Korea and giving
aid to Greece and Turkey to
check Communist drives. But he
said those were emergency ac-
tions imposed on us by our
enemies"
The traditional policy Of
meeting aggression by direct
and local opposition" Mr.. Dull
les added. meant letting the
enemy pick his time. place and
method Of warfare and made 1t
necessary to prepare to fight
anywhere in the world. This
cost too much, he said.
Changing military planning
required some basic policy de-
Evening star., 1954-01-13

was depreciating in effective
value. Our allies were sim
ilarly weighed down. This
could not be continued for long
without grave budgetary, eco
nomic and social consequences.
But before military planning
could be changed, the Presi-
dent and his advisers, as rep
resented by the National Sc
curity Council. had to take
some basic policy decisions.
This has been done. The basic
decision was to depend pri-
marily upon a great capacity
to retaliate, instantly. by
means and at places Of our
choosing. Now the Depart
ment of Defense and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff can shape our
military establishment to At
what is our policy. instead of
having to try to be ready to
meet the enemy's choices.
That permits of a selection of
military means instead of a
multiplication of means. AS
a result. it Is now possible to
get, and share, more basic Sc
curity at less cost.
X X X Il
The Hope
In the ways I outlined we
gather strength for the long
term defense of freedom.
We do not. Of course, claim
to have found some magic for
mula that ensures against all
forms of Communist successes.
1t is normal that at some times
and at some places there may
be SetbackS to the cause of
freedom. What we do expect to
ensure is that any setbacks
will have only temporary and
local significance because they
will leave unimpaired those
free world assets which in the
long run will prevail.
II we can deter such aggres-
sion as would mean general
war, and that Is our confident
resolve. then we can let time
and fundamentals work for us.
We do not need self-imposed
policies which sap our strength.
The fundamental, on our
side. is the richnesS-Spiritual,
intellectual and material
that freedom can produce and
the irresistible attraction it
Evening star., 1954-01-13
Dulles Reviews Policies Relating to u. S. Securt,

A partial tert OF Secretary OF
State Dulles speech last night
before the Council on Foreign
Relations in NetD York follopS:
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05

large Andnow it be Old-some military COM
mands Jewish chaplans Nevertheless before
the World War was over 81 rabbis had served
in the chapIancy The average strength of the armed
forces during period 95455 will be about 3OOOO accord
ing to the JyVB estimate today force of more than
2O military and civilian rabbs functions at every spot In
world where Jewish military personnel are sta
toned They than 40 Jewish chapains over
seas Jewish chapains in this country and nearly
14O civilian rab who officially recognized aary
chaplains at domestic military installations 1t is interest
ing to note that i'm proportion to their civilian numbers in the
civilian population Jewishas well nonJewlsf-
men attended religious larger numbers than their
civilian cOuterparts Increasingly Jewish chaplalns have
boor with the necessity organizing religious
classes the of military personnel living at
latons distant from organized Jewish communities Ihe
remarkable thing that of the Jews In the areo
serves who establish contact the chapns have never
been to a synagogue.
INSIDE ISRAELI Israel is determined to attract more
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05
BY REGINA WEISS

1 say old chap, would you
care for a spot of arsenic? Or
is it just rollicking entertain
ment you crave? In either
case I know the perfect place
to find both. Those Kosher
Kats" are at it again. This
time they are brewing up
their own inimitable rendition
of Arsenic and Old Lace"
Spent the other night down
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05
Study Mission
Leaves for Israel

NEW YORK (JTA). A
group of "a top Jewish COM
munity leaders from all parts
of the country left this week
end for Europe and Israel on
a study mission with the aim
of bringing back to the Amer
ican Jewish community a re-
port of the total picture in
Israel from the standpoint of
the stewardship of the United
Jewish Appeal.
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05
arsenic & Old Lace Next
For Kudimuh Presentation

at "Sherm's Hideaway" a darl
not-so-secluded spot on Camp
bell Ave. watching rehearsals
and am now firmly convinced
that arsenic" will be yer.
potent"
1t seems that everybody i
living his part these days. A
I entered, the blood-curdlini
scream of "Charge!" befell mi
poor ears. The voice sounded
familiar and after delving Tu1
ther into the mystery / dis
covered that l was having thl
privilege of listening to thF
President of the United State
that is to say, good OF Tee
dy Roosevelt. l was about {
strike up a conversation whel
suddenly a cold, clammy ham
reached out of the shadow
and gently entwined itsel
about my neck. Zone of tn
friendlier members of the cas-
no doubt!) By the time I'd re
covered my senses Teddy wa
off to Panama digging tha
craZV cana1lii $4,000. 7 Dre-OC
cupied myself by accosting
"dashing devil' in a purpl
apache shirt. To top thing
off, two dainty Vampires i
Victorian disguise tried Il
offer me some "elderberr!
wine" I think they called il
but they had to dash off t.
a funeral before I had tim
to taste it. 1t really smelle'
divine. Maybe I'll be able t.
catch them again. hear tina
they will be serving Noven
Der 16 at the Center.
Anyway to sum up tn.
whole evening, as Red But
tons would say, "Strang'
things are happening!"
But madcap situations ar.
not all this captivating pla'
has to offer. No, indeed, TO
fresh from his performance
in Harvey" for TIT come
Lou Venturini. Lou won tn
"Katchina" for the best SUP
porting actor in ''Lo and Be
hold" Assisting Lou will b
Lee Berger, who is always
treat for Tucson audiences
Among his numerous credit
are: placing first in the Hol
ace Heidi talent show in Kc
rea, touring Korea as NC. o
his own show. Blanche Berkc
witz, endeared to Tucsonan
for her roles in 'Liliom" an
"The Happy Time" on tn
TIT stage, and Miriam Fel
ber who has appeared in sun
mer stock in Boston, make
charming duo as Abby an
Martha, the two eccentric oil
maids.
Norman Fisch, who has ha
experience in summer stocl
companies and with theatr
groups, plays an oftbea
drama critic who's beset wit
a bunch of mixed-up rela
tiOnS.
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05

for each 1000 Jews in the
service. In World WarI
there was one Jewish chap
lain for every 10000 soldiers.
During World War III, the
average was chaplain for
every 1000 soldiers. Dur
ing World War III, the aver
age of nOn-JewiSh chaplains
to nOn-Jewish men was one
chaplain for every 1000 men.
This is the ratio which the
Jewish Welfare Board is seek
ing to achieve now. =. There
were good reasons why the
Jewish percentage of chap
lains was smaller than the
nOn-Jewish. Firstly, there
was a shortage of American
trained rabbis. Secondly,
Jewish service men were scat
tarad in small orOuDS over
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05
Honor Scientist
PHILADELPHIA (JTA). :

PHILADELPHIA (JTA).-
DR.. Robert ]. Oppenheimer,
the physicist, received the
Pyramid Clubs achievement
award for "unstinting deVo-
ton of his own great gifts to
the end of increasing mans
knowledge" The Pyramid
Club is a social and civic or
ganization of prominent Phil
adelphia Negroes.
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05
Support fhe Community
Chest Drive

The Community Chest is making it's annual drive
for funds. We all acquainted with the fact that
there Is agencies who receive direct benefits from
this drive and that own Community Council is one
of the participating agencies.
It has never been said that the Jewish residents
of this community have not supported every charitable
Embarrassing drive to it's fullest capacities and we know
that when the campaign reaches its goal, we will be
we'll represented with our volunteer worker youth
and adult group supporters and financial contri-
buttons.
The Community Chest is symbol of democracy in
m1nity can with one donation aid the charitable work
of the three major religious faiths Catholic Protes-
tant and jewish all working together for the better
ment of mankind.
It deserves and will get our wholehearted support
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05

tourists from the us. TOursm has made relatively
contribution to the cOuntrys Altogether
tourists spent $SOOOO0 hotel accommodations during the
ApriJune the peak of the tourist The
scass hotels in Israel occupied only to 46 per
capacity in April which is the leading tourist
month. During the month, the Al secOndcass hotels
occupied only to the extent of 80 cent of their
pacy despite the fact that the price of room and
the highest class hotel ranged from $6 to $4 day.
the SIS per day and in the third class
less than 81 . The slow tourist season came as an
disappointment to the already sorefuy tried hotel
owners.
JEWISH GEMS: American-bOrn Jews, who cannot read
Ydds may the best of what has appeared in Yid
dish literature during the last so years "a Treasury of
Stores edited by Irving Howe and Elezer Green
berg this week made appearance and is the first book of
it's kind ever published in the United States In it the
reader will find excellent collection of about 80 short
stories written by Yidish writer's from Mendae
Mocher SefOrim ShOlem Aleichem to BasheVsSnger
and Chain The translaOrs include Ludwig Lew
isohn Alfred Maurice Samuel Meyer Levin and others
who are themselves wenOn authors. In addition to the
Ydds sOes the editors have prefaced the boo
with an introduction which is i'm itself fundamental essay
on the mainstream of Yiddish literature.
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Observation-Disclosures
BETWEEN YOU AND NE
By BORIS SINCLAIR

COMMUNITY TRENDS: The ambition of the National
Welfare Board, which provides Jewish religious
program for the have Jewish chaplain
The Arizona post., 1954-11-05

e. 1897 Arizona
published BY Community Newspa
matter
neted
prior payable
in