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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-08
Engagements Announced
herzoq-Greene

Herzog Greene
Mr.. and Mrs. Max s. Herzog
announce the engagement of
their daughter Lorna Sybil to
Mr.. Gary Edward Greene. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Greene.
Both Miss Herzog and her
fiance are attending George
Washington University.
Sweetwood -Brownfield
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Anderson
Sweetwood of Arlington an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter Jacqueline Louise to
Mr.. Irving II. Brownfield, son of
Mrs. Henry Brownfield of
Charlottesville, and the late Mr..
Brownfleld.
Miss Sweetwood is a graduate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-08

Mrs. Curtis r. Perry, librarian
Prince Georges County Chap
ter-Mrs. Louise w. BurroWes
regent; Mrs. Roy Olds, vice.
regent; Mrs. Henry j. Walther,
chaplain; Miss Mary Shafer, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Eloise T,
Steltz, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Eugene c. Meyer. treasurer;
Mrs. Jessie H. Brown, registrar:
Miss Rosalie Walker, historian,
and Mrs. Charles Forquer,
librarian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-08

Sidwell Friends School and RAN
dolph-M Macon College for Women
in Lynchburg, Va. She is a men,
Der Of the Junior League Of
Washington.
Mr.. Schoenfeld is a graduate
of st. Adams School and Wash
ington and Lee University.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
BY Frank R. Kent

opinion of experts who believed that
Hamburg would bring 100000. It was
exactly 1925 o'clock when Mr.. Easton,
after making few appropriate re-
marks Introductory to the sale, ordered
Hamburg to be brought into the saw
dust ring at the Fourth avenue end Of
the Garden. On all sides of the in
closure sat men of millions. breeders.
turfmen, jockeyes. trainers. hostlers.
bookmakers and lovers Of the thorough
bred. who enjoyed the privilege Of being
close at hand. Further away the great
crowd rose to the galleries. where en-
thusiasm was rampant. There was
burst Of applause when Hamburg made
his appearance. He looked In robust
health, q magnificent specimen Of
horsehesh" Mr.. Whitney's first bid was
$4,000. An offer Of 100000 then was
made by Milton Young. Mr.. Whitney
responded to the challenge by bidding
$4,000 and this bid was accepted.
Hamburg was foaled In 1895. He In
by the great Hanover out Of Lady Reel,
the half sister to the famous Domino.
On the turf he won Is races and $64,-
525, and stands third on the list Of
winning sires for this year, his get
hazing won about 500. .o0o.' 8.
Evening star., 1954-10-24

Peggy Stewart, owned there, and she
arrived from London, Friday, October
IA, consigned to the house of T. G.
Williams & Co. In her cargo were II
chests Of tea. and when this was
known there was much excitement"
Public resentment against the Williams
firm finally centered on Anthony Stew
art, owner Of the ship, "for his COM
pliance with the Act Of Parliament
taxing tea," and a gallows was erected
for his execution. There was divi-
sion Of sentiment as to whether the
vessel should be destroyed. and 1t was
decided in the negative, but the mi
nority seemed determined and when
Charles Carroll advised Stewart, he
offered to destroy 1t with his own
hands. =. In order that the invalid
wife of Stewart, for whom the brig
had been named, might see the de-
struction, the brig. with sails set and
colors flying. was run aground In sight
Of her residence, and Stewart
went on board and applied the torch.
and In few hours the obnoxious tea
and the vessel were In ashes"
A dispatch from Roanoke. Va, to The
Star Of October II. 1904, said: willie
Cleburne, an eight
Little Willie, year-old boy. placed
Troin-Wfecker piece Of iron on
the N. q w. track
in front Of passenger train No. at
Willis. about 80 miles west of Roanoke,
yesterday and the pony trucks Of the
engine were derailed. The boy was
considered too young to be arrested,
but he was given q sound flogging by
his parents In the presence Of rail-
road detectives. This is the third at
tempt by children at wrecking trains
on the N. q w. withinetwo months, two
Evening star., 1954-10-24

Of which were successful - one at
Dunlow last week and the other at
Oakvale seven weeks ago."
A half page advertisement in The
Star for october 8. 1904, listed the
attractions of the grand
Furniture fall opening" of the Lans-
Borgoins burgh Furniture Co..
Inter-Ocean Building.
512 Ninth street, Northwest. Large
golden oak Morris chairs with heavy
carved legs were offered at $3.50 each;
quartered oak chiffoniers with large
French plate mirrors were priced to
sell at $24. "very handsome polished
oak" combination desks and bookcases,
beautifully made" were real money
savers at $26.50. Six-foot pedestal
dining tables were listed at $3.50,
princess dressers at $24, sideboards
with mirrors at e26. Haley's uniformed
band was to play Wednesday evening,
October IL, from 7:30 to 10:3O. During
the concert friends of the house were
invited to examine everything ct your
leisure"
The Star for October IL, 1904, said:
Ten thousand persons attended the
first part Of the famous
Homburg Whitney stud sale In Madi-
Sold son Square Garden, New
York. last night. where Al
head brought grand total Of 1924, ,75O,
with the high average Of 81, 5,4S1. Ham
burg. the famous stallion for which the
late William G. Whitney paid 100000
at the sale OF Marcus Days horses.
was knocked down to Harry Payne
Whitney for 10000. AS it was generally
believed that Mr.. Whitney would buy
the sire Of the two Futurity winners,
Hamburg Belle and Artful, breeders as
Q rule healt on. At least that was the
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Maryland Jet Tragedy

Following the recent tragic crash OF
Jet plane in nearby Maryland, let
ter from pilots wife, Mrs. Lois c.
Hughes. said it is a mistake to permit
homes to be built close to air bases.
Let me refute some of her statements.
First. the people living along Dain-
gerfleld drive In Clinton, Md. who have
had more than their share Of heartache
from the Air Force at Andrews Air
Base, have, in most cases, owned their
homes for over Is years. This was long
before the air base was even thought Of.
Second, on both sides Of Daingerfield
drive there are long wooded sections
where planes could travel with no dan
ger to any one.
Third. we have, complained to the
operating staff Of the field time after
time about the hedge hopping, hot rod
pilots who use Daingerf1eld drive as q
guide line on their flights to and from
the field, flying so low that the ex-
haust from the jets has burned the
leaves from the tops Of our shade trees.
personally called the field about q
month ago to protest a Jet flying so low
that 1t broke windows in the house and
shook dishes of of the shelves. and
was told by the officer on duty that
we wouldn't have to worry too much
longer as the Army was going to take
our homes anyhow. I told him at that
time that it would be too late If they
had another Morningside affair before
that. We did.
We watched the young father and
mother who were killed and injured
grow up with our own children and
gloried in their happiness, wishing the
same for our own families, so the hor-
ror was a personal loss to each of us.
Our crusade consists Of getting real
human being in charge Of operations
at Andrews who will put stop to reck-
less, low, unsafe flying.
Gladys J. d'Arney.
4 X
was impressed by the recent letter
headed "a Flyers Wife on Jet Crash, 4"
written by Lois c. Hughes. think her
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Spires of the Spirit
Spare Tres

How about your Spare?" said the car
expert who always carefully inspects the
blue chariot before long motor trip
begins. The four rubber cushions on
active duty had been Scrutinized inside
and out. In fact. the examination had
resulted In the substitution Of brand
new tire for one that was showing dam
ger signs that it ought to be retired"
Glad to be assured of stability and
safety by the new acquisition, was
about to step on the gas and swing out
into the traffic when my car doctor said
quietly: "Wait a minute! How about
your spare? We haven't looked at
that" It was found that that auxiliary
needed little more air to make it 100
per cent ready to jumper, rather. to
roll-should emergency demand its in
stant services.
That final question about the fifth
wheel safely locked Ia the trunk sent
me of thinking Of spare tires. I re-
called that preacher friend had told
me that while motoring some months
ago out in the Northwest he had come
across big car stalled by blowout,
with no spare tire. There it stood on
the side Of the road 22 miles from the
nearest service station. As the preacher
speeded on along the beautiful high
way. leaving the other car motionlesS.
but. of course, promising to send help.
his meditation centered around "spare
tires" AS he wrote later, his thoughts
ran along these lines:
Spare tires do not add to the beauty
Of the car. They involve extra expense.
They are very seldom used. But spare
tire serves one good purpose-it takes
a load of the mind Of the driver. Much
of the worlds trouble arises from
lack of spare tires. We get along
splendidly under average circum-
stances, but we surrender to emer-
gencies.
For the ordinary days four tires are
enough. They provide all that seems
necessary for a joyride. But the journey
across the isthmus Of life is by no means
all o hilarious experience-notf for any
driver. How often the traveller finds
that the cushioned ease whose con-
tinuance he had taken for granted has
been suddenly punctured; then every
thing depends upon the availability
of spare tire.
A counselor. who for many years has
dealt with the pressing problems Of
thousands of people as they have
turned to him for help in some crisis,
has said truly: Success depends upon
the forces we are able to muster in
an hour of special temptation or un-
usual danger-the powers we are able
to command in an emergency" The
successful man Is the one who Is not
overcome by the unusual, the unex-
pected, the unprovided for; who does
not surrender to emergencies.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Fifty Years Ago in The Star !.

Under the heading, Maryland Tea
Party" The Star for October 10, 1904,
said: October 10 is the 130th ami
versary Of the earliest stirring events
of the revolutionary
Peggy Stewart days as we'll as the
Anniversary 123d Of the crowning
event of the struggle
for independence. The first is that Of
the burning of the Peggy Stewart at
Annapolis, on which some Of the de-
testable weed tea, had been imported
and duty paid thereon. and the second
the surrender Of CORVALLIS at York
town. the crowning act Of the drama
of the revolution. The patriotic So
cieties throughout the country will
doubtless observe both of these ami
versaries, but the former, having been
q provincial affair and its enactment
being almost within sound of the Cap
ital, will be more than usually hon.
ored In Maryland. In the court house
in Baltimore mural paintings by
Charles Ct. Turner depicting the event
have been placed on the walls and
these. will be unveiled with appropriate
ceremonies and much will be made Of
the Maryland Tea Party Of 1774. The
Boston Tea Party antedated this some
months. but the same spirit was In
volved- opposition to taxed goods.
Annapolis. though 1t had been the port
Of entry and the capital OF the Prov
ince Of Maryland and county seat since
the preceding century, had not more
than $500 inhabitants In some 200
houses. It was. however. regarded as
the wealthiest town Of It's size In Amer
lea and was q rival Of Boston In the
claim Of being the modern Athens. q. !.
There was considerable trade with
London and the West Indies from An-
napolis. engaged in which wasethe brig
Evening star., 1954-10-24
BY Frederick Brown Horris
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tion Of questions Is: Do you have the
spare tire Of genuine faith2 This is
not TO suggest that religion is simply
something to be kept out Of sight In
ordinary days something just to fall
back on IN some case Of emergency.
One Of the worlds greatest preachers
died . few months ago, DR.. Arthur
Gossip Of Scotland. In O sermon on
courage he said to his people not many
months before the end: "Out Of the
darkness. without warning. there may
leap rushing wind, and In one mo-
ment we may fllid ourselves staring at
what can't be true. and yet Is true:
standing In sudden echoing empti-
ness among the tumbled ruins Of our
home all fallen nat" When that
preachers wife. who was the light of
his life, suddenly passed away soon
after ne gave utterance to that thought,
his great congregation was amazed
that he insisted on preaching the fol-
lowing Sunday morning. His subject
was when Life Tumbles In--What
Them" And his text was from the
old prophecy Of jeremiah: "How wilt
thou do In the swelling Of Jordan?"
That sermon has gone round the
world and has been like an elixir to
many q life when everything seemed
to have tumbled in. It was uttered by
brave man who, when that un-
expected blow fell, had his spare tire
ready. But we must solemnly remem-
ber during fair days and blue that
there are no spare tires for sale at the
bleak place called Wits End; they must
be carried along on the journey.
It would not be irreverent to call that
great figure Of the Old Testament,
Habakkuk, the Prophet of the Spare
Tire. When he had reached the last
extremity, when the billows and
waterspouts Of fortune had done their
worst, listen to the calm, heroic, un-
afraid voice of that lonely man. What
he said amid what seemed like COM
plete disaster is declared by both Ben
jamin Franklin and Daniel Webster to
be among the most inspiring words in
all literature. Habakkuk had lost every
thing-crops. herds, all gone. In rural
land this meant utter desolation. In
the midst Of it all he speaks: Although
the fig tree may not blossom, neither
shall there be fruit in the vines, the
labor Of the olive shall fail and the
fields shall yield no food, the flocks
shall be cut of from the fold and there
shall be no herd in the stalls, never
theless. I will rejoice in the Lord and
JOY in the God Of my salvation. And
! will walk in the high places" He had
lost everything-but God.
No life can be stopped or stalled by
any loss which carries that spare tire"
That soul. though all he'll shall en-
deGDor to shake,
I'H neUer, no neUer. no never torSdEe.
Evening star., 1954-10-24

The life insurance business is built
entirely on the thesis that the time
will inevitably come when the spare
terly essential. This Is true with re-
gard to money for education. for
illness. and for the uncertainty Of life
itself. disqualification is spare tire. /"
The arguments put out by insurance
companies are so gripping and arrest
ing because they are based on facts
that no one can logically deny. These
announcements effectively preach the
gospel Of the spare tire.
Every school and every college is a
factory for the manufacture of spare
tires" OF course, ar education i'm
measurably expands and enriches the
personality. But it also has very prac-
tical implications. In the highly COM
petitive world whose highways sweep
just outside the doors of the halls Of
learning, how many youth who has
chosen "a good time" rather than to
scorn delights and to live laborious,
studious days. has found later to his
grief that some coveted prize has gone
to another. The chance was lost be-
cause he had no spare tire Of required
training.
He'll has been defined as Disqualified
ton In the face Of opportunity. Goals
reached do not depend on native talent
alone. That, Of course. is q factor;
but there is always the matter of train
ing to be taken into consideration. A
trained mind is spare tire in tackling
any problem or facing any open door.
1t is because Of that advantage that
one who has employed thousands Of
men says: "The reason why college
men forge ahead Of the non-college
men, after the first year or two, roots
back in their college training"
Spare tires are made ready for use
in the stern worshop of discipline. And,
alas, alas. it is discipline that this day
of ours sadly lacks. The great crises
Of life are spiritual. Then, the ques-
Evening star., 1954-10-24
The CIA's 'CreditobIe Job

It is reassuring to learn from such
competent group as the Doolittle committee
that the Central Intelligence Agency is
doing "a creditable job" The agency, Amer
lean counterpart of storied European "cloak
and dagger" organizations, had been under
fire by the Mccarthy subcommittee. Last
May, Senator Mccarthy said his committee
had heard that "quite number" Of Army
intelligence employees suspected Of Commu-
mist or left-wing sympathies had been
transferred to CHA. He was persuaded, how
ever, not to launch special investigation
Of the ultrasecret agency.
Instead, two administrative inquiries
of CIA were undertaken. One was by
Hoover Commission task force" headed by
General Mark Clark. This group was di-
rected to concern itself primarily with the
organizational structure and administrative
procedures of CIA. The Clark committee has
not yet made its report. The second group
was appointed by President Eisenhower to
deal more particularly with the question Of
CIA integrity. Retired General Jimmy Doo-
little was good choice to lead this delicate
investigation. He had proved during World
War II that he was man who under
stood the Importance of security Of infor-
nation and organizational integrity.
CIA Director Allen Dulles gave the
Doolittle committee full cooperation. The
inquiry was pressed, thoroughly behind
closed doors-necessarily so in view Of the
extremely confidential nature of the intelli-
gence work Of the agency. It would have
been most unwise and possibly dangerous
to national security to have conducted con-
gressional hearings on the reports OF Red
inf1ltration mentioned by Senator Mccarthy.
The Doolittle group found that CIA Is
exercising care to insure the loyalty Of its
personnel" This statement was not am
plified publicly, but the report submitted
to the White House went into considerable
detail on a number OF the committees hnd-
ings.
That this report was not whitewash
Is evidenced by this additional comment Of
General Doolittle: "There are, however, Inn
portant areas in which the CIA organiza-
ton, administration and operations can and
should be improved. The agency is aware Of
these problems and in many cases steps are
being taken toward their solution" Pre-
sumably, the Hoover Commission viii dis
cuss these organizational and administra-
tive problems more specifically when It's
own investigation Is completed.
4 In an era Of cold war tension, when
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Revised Girl Scout Handbook

In an article in The Sunday Star,
October II, entitled "Girl Scouts Renew
Tiff With Legion" most important
point was overlooked. It was not Robert
LIE Fevre's article nor the admirable
stand OF the American Legion alone
which brought about the changes re-
Gently published for the 1858 Girl Scout
handbook. It was also the many
letters of protest from parents Of Girl
Scouts and Scout leaders all over the
country who objected to the United
Nations Charter being given precedence
over our American Constitution and
the Declaration of Human Rights being
emphasized over our Bill of Rights.
Particularly Objectionable was the
recommending of writings by persons
with prof. Communist affiliations.
Every parent Of q Girl Scout who
has not already read the poem Good
by Christ" by Langston Hughes should
do so.> It is indeed not only anti
religious but blasphemous: yet the writ
ings of Langston Hughes are recon-
mended in the new Girl Scout Manual
as reading for the adult leaders. No
wonder the American Legion rose up
In arms against the youth Of our country
being subjected to the writings of one
capable Of such blasphemy. Not only
the American Legion, but every one
who loves the Girl Scouts Of America
and who would like to continue their
support to them should insist that not
alone the handbook Of 1853 he revised,
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Case of the Forgotten Ward

There may be happy ending to the
disturbing story of Loudoun County'S "for-
gotten" juvenile ward. AS the 16-year-old
girl prisoner" was being removed to Rich
mond after SO days in police station at
Groveton, the movement for establishment
in Northern Virginia Of an inter-county
detention home was picking up momentum.
Had such an institution been available
when the girl was held for larceny, the
commitment Of the girl to lookup unfit
for juveniles of either sex could not have
happened.
Although State welfare officials at first
seemed to resent the publicity given the
case by The Star and other newspapers,
the press reports have had the salutary
effect of disclosing other instances of i'm
proper falling of juveniles in various parts
of the State. Five other girls held in adult
lockups are being transferred to State
detention facilities. In fairness to the
State Welfare and Institutions Department
1t should be pointed out that State inSti-
tutions are overloaded and that additional
facilities are being built. But the fact
remains that 1t was not until publication
of the news stories here that arrangements
were made to remove the six girls from
their jail quarters. And the Loudoun
County girl probably would still have been
in the overnight lookup for men, without
bathing or other facilities for long impris-
onment, had it not been for discovery OF
her plight by reporters.
Even when the new detention home at
Richmond is ready for use, there still will
be need for temporary home to serve
counties like Fairfax and Loudoun, which
have no such facilities now. Arlington's
new jail building has separate quarters for
juveniles, with matrons In attendance.
Alexandria has two detention rooms In its
juvenile court building, but no staf to SUI
pervise them The lack OF suitable deten-
ton facilities In most Of Northern Virginia
has been under consideration by the
Northern Virginia Regional Planning and
Economic Development Commission, but
little, headway has been made to date. A
special subcommittee meeting has been
called to resume study Of the problem.
Joint action and financing by the juris-
dictions involved will be necessary II the
movement Is to get anywhere. The time
for constructive action Is right now, while
the case Of Loudoun's forgotten girl Is still
fresh In the pulsic's mind. Z,
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Insanity as q Defense

There are at least two reasons why the
District Council on Law Enforcement, when
1t meets tomorrow, should give the most
serious consideration to United States At
torney Rover's request that 1t examine the
recent series Of appellate decisions with
respect to the plea of insanity as defense
In criminal case.
These appellate decisions originated
with what has come to be known as the
Monte Durham case. In that case the old
tests of insanity as defense-whether a
defendant could distinguish between right
and wrong and whether his offenSe was the
result of an irresistible impulse were
scrapped. The Durham case laid down the
new rule that the tests must be whether
the criminal act was the product OF a
mental disease or mental defect.
This judicial amendment of the old
insanity test has been challenged, first, on
constitutional grounds. Article /, Section 8
of the Constitution, provides that Congress
shall have power to exercise exclusive legis-
lation in all cases over the District of Co
lumbia. Beyond this, the law provides that
the English common law, the implementing
statutes of Maryland, and appropriate acts
of Congress up to 1901, shall be controlling
tible impulse" test was added by judicial
pronouncement after 1901. The current
constitutional question, however, is whether
the appellate court acting by three or by
all nine members, has constitutional au-
thority to proclaim still another test Of
insanity. Il @gsa1< s #s
The second consideration has to do
with the practical aspects. What, really, is
the meaning of mental disease or mental
defect?" If this new test of insanity is to
relieve accused persons of legal response
bility for their crimes, to what extent may
the public interest suffer? Will the related
opinions in these insanity cases which have
been handed down by the Court Of Appeals
serve unduly to hamper the administration
Of justice?
It seems to The Star that these are
legitimate questions which deserve careful
study. The Council on Law Enforcement
could render real service by undertaking
to explore them.