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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12

ate Civil Service Committee said
he still is optimistic about the
chances Of a Federal pay raise
this year. He said he was hope
full that House and Senate
leaders can get together within
the next few days and agree
on pay legislation.
A White House conference
with President Eisenhower to
determine just what kind Of q
pay bill the administration will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Eastman. r. =.

Gather, Kathryn
Galloway, Francis
Geaney, John F., jr
Gentle, Frank. jr.
Gildenhorn, Joseph
CHASER Skalny, Iva
GnldherR. BRUCE N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
DELEGATION in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Aug. - GA
nine-man American delegation
headed by Robert Snable,
chairman Of the Young Adult
Council in Washington, D. c..
arrived today to attend the
World Assembly of, Youth start
ing Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Resort Areas Forecast
friday

Blue Ridge-Showers in
the south portion, continued
cool. Winds, southerly. 10
Is miles per hour.
Upper Bay-Cloudy and
cool. Winds, variable, 10
miles per hour.
Lower Bay-Cloudy and
cool with afternoon showers.
Winds, southeasterly. 8-12
miles per hour.
Rehoboth Ocean City -
Cloudy and cool. Winds,
variable. 8-10 miles per hour.
Virginia Beach = Cloudy
and cool, followed by show
ers at night. Winds, south
easterly, 8-10 miles per hour
South Jersey-Fair, cool.
Winds, northerly, 8-12 miles
per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Husband and Wife Among 2o8
Passing June Bar Examination
A husband and wife are AMONG

A husband and wife are among
the 298 candidates who have
passed the June bar examination
here, the Committee on Admis-
sions and Grievances Of the Dis
trict Bar Association reported
today.
They are Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
N. Henson, jr.. Of 2112 Thirty
eighth street Sc. Mrs. Henson's
first name is Lusitania. She was
named after the great Cunard
liner sunk by the Germans just
before the United States entered
World War ].
IT don't know why ! was
named after the ship" the
pretty Mrs. Henson said. my
father just liked the name"
She said she prefers to be
called Lucy. Her father, Eman-
uele Benedetto. came here from
Italy in 1912. 81
With All-WOman Firm.
Mrs. Henson was born in Will
mington. Del, and came to
Washington 10 years ago. She is
now working in the all-woman
law firm Of Helen Miller Rosen-
thai and Louise London, in the
Colorado Building, at Fourteenth
and G streets NV. Both she and
her husband were graduated
from George Washington Uni
versity Law School on May 81,
1858.
Mr.. Henson. who Is with the
Inheritance Tax Division Of the
District government, was born
in Charlotte, N. c.. but he has
lived here most Of his life. Mrs.
Henson also Is dean Of Province
No. 2 OF Kappa Beta ri legal
sorority. The couple have been
married for I'VE years.
Those Who Passed.
The fulI list Of those who,
passed the bar examination fol-
lows: sses,s 81
A AaeSe.. g. E. A ATSn Hsrr Jane.
. i, ~
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Anfi-Aircrah BaftaIions

Safety is of paramount concern.
Bethany has an elaborate setup to
guard against the possibility of some
thing other than the target coming
within range Of the big guns.
From 75-foot tower In back of the
firing line soldiers with binoculars scan
the sky for planes and the ocean for
ships. Radar is in operation also to
pick up aircraft. At either end of the
range men lie In the sand searching
the sea with field glasses.
The anti-aircraft area of Bethany
Beach is marked "out of bounds" on all
aerial and ocean maps. However, this
doesn't keep unauthorized planes and
ships away.
Any one. ofiicer or enlisted man,
sounds warning Immediately when he
sees something. The panic button"
Is hit which sets on warning siren.
The red flag on top Of the tower comes
down signaling that no firing Is per-
mitted. Men on the batteries where
individual red flags show the gunners it
Is safe to fire. whip down their pen
nants. All Is quiet until the ship or
plane moves out Of range. The siren
sounds again and the flags 60 up.
In addition to these precautions q
patrol boat Is stationed outside the
firing range. Its duties are to warn
away unauthorized ships and rescue
any pilot forced to come down in the
water.
Under the direction of Maj Engle
Brooks. in charge of the range, semi
permanent crews perform necessary
duties so the firing can be accurate.
The meteorology section sends up
weather balloons before each tow plane
arrives. Attached are instruments
which tell the temperatures, wind
velocity and density Of the air thou
sands of feet above. This information
is picked up on instruments In the
section. Soldiers with slide rules and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
By Brian Bell. Jr.
Star Photos by EliDood Baker

STAR FHOLOS 0D EtUOO0 60GeT
ti-aircraft firing range takes up 500
yards Of the beach and the soldiers
are active from 1880 am. until dark
setting OF heavy barrages.
When weather permits, an airplane
lows q target across the course. The
anti -aircraft batteries IRE their 80 and
100 nm. guns at sleeve attached to
the plane by long cable.
II a low ceiling makes flying i'm
possible. the gunnery crews spend the
time firing live ammunition in drills
to sharpen the teamwork Of the battery.
Anti-aircraft battalions come from
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh and other Eastern points to
the Bethany Beach range twice a year.
They spend two weeks firing at the
moving target and practicing with live
ammunition.
Weather becomes a problem at this
time Of the year The two planes come
from Mitchell Field, Long Island, and
the ceiling may be too low there for
flying, although it is perfect at Bethany.
WAECN q QA0AC S0A AAy VAAV ~V~AS~s
radio contact Is kept with the pilot from
the time he arrives until he leaves. A
steel cable 1,700 to 1000 yards in length
with a target sleeve on the end Is
unwound from the plane before the
pilot comes into firing range.
The sleeve Is made Of metal compost
ton which enables the ranges radar
equipment to track 1t. As the plane fies
by at $50 miles per hour, thousands
of feet above the ground, the big guns
guided by radar follow the sleeve. The
crews load. an ofilcer shouts, Fire" and
bursts of ammunition fill the sky. =
Three scorers equipped with binocu-
lars and stationed In different parts OF
the range compute the accuracy Of the
batteries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14

computers translate the weather into
ballistic facts. and relay them to the
batteries.
The chronograph team operates two
electric eyes set up in front Of a gun
which measures the speed Of the shell
as it leaves the barrel The electrical
impulses are computed automatically
for the gunners A measure of muzzle
velocity Is needed so that the projectile
will burst on target.
Yne WA sn,AaeYoAI era
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14

Another member OF the chronograph
team measures the inside Of the gua
barrels with gauge at intervals and
figures out how much longer they can
operate accurately.
The men stay at Camp Duncan.
which was built by German prisoners
during World war II. They make the
7-mile trip to the firing range in all
kinds of weather It is nice in summer
but grueling at this time Of year.
PICTORIAL MAGAZINE. MARCH "a. lSs4-PAcE Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14

Del.
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Army
Evening star., 1954-08-01
1895 Lovely Hand-embroidere
Imported LINEN Dinner Sets

64r84" Cloth
sUith 8 Napkins
64sIO4" Cloth
NTH II Napkins
Evening star., 1954-08-01
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Danask I able Sets !.
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10y o own gift These fine imported oo-ord
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peoh Gold green Arocey boxed for oving for now
for the holidays!
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Round Lace Doilies
Imported from Holland

So mony places you will wont TO use
these dointy doilies: for dressers.
tobles, vonities. chests. Bleoehed Q
pure white and washable. of course!
Kann's-Sfreef Floor
Evening star., 1954-08-01

Luxury sets for your most gallo occasions! Every
stitch hond embroidered on fine ecru linen. The
perfect background for cleaning tableware!
Your choice Of exquisite pottens. Buy now OF
worthwhile sovinqs during this August Sole event!
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Man Against the Machine

Any man who has ever felt sense OF in
feriority in the presence of machines, any man
who has sometimes feared the possibility OF
being enSlaved by soullesS robots equipped with
superhuman chronological power and intelli-
gence, has reason to be heartened today by the
story about Gerhard MortenSen. For Mr. Nor
tensen, a Danish farmer, has pitted his mind
against a formidable electronic brain and
beaten that brain to figurative pulp.
At any rate according to the reports from
Copenhagen Mr. Mortensen-described as
"human adding machine"-has correctly mul-
tiplied several extremely complicated sets OF
figures faster than the big computing monster.
Further than that, challenged with the prob
lem Of raising the number SO to the eighth
cube, he has given the right answer in IS sec
Onds nat. On the other hand, challenged with
Evening star., 1954-05-30

6401 Fourteenth street NV, and says
she does not remember being espe-
cially surprised in 1904 because "in
those days there were lots Of surprise
parties, dozens Of them"
According to The Star Of May %.
1904, Saturday afternoon, at the Port
ner. Mary Kimball pre-
Miss Europe's sented to large audi
Recitol ence Of her pupils and
friends Mary L. Europe
in a piano recital. Miss Europe is
young colored girl of the most remark
able musical talent and was brought to
Miss Kimballs notice year or SO ago.
since which time she has been study
ing with her, and as her recital proved,
has developed into promising pianist.
Her musical gifts are Of the very high
est order-beSides absolute pitch she Is
able to transpose difficult composition
at sight. has composed a number of
songs. is a wonderful sight reader and
she can learn a piece by heart after
playing it over a few times. In addi-
ton to all this, she has great pianistic
talent and is gifted with q beautiful
touch and fine technical facility. Her
program comprised Prelude in e
Minor by Mendelssohn; Moonlight
Sonata" Beethoven; Goddard's 'Au
Matin,' Raff's Fileuse.' Macdowell's
witches Dance Sinding's Frueh-
lingsrauschen,' Rachmaninofrs Prel.
ude in c Sharp and Chaminade's Air
de Ballet The audience was deeply
interested and very enthusiastic." =
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Letters to The Star.
Pen-nanes may be used If letters carry
1OriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

is an obvious need for a separate and
distinct Southern Democratic Party.
A move of this kind would divide the
voting elements of the country into
approximately equal one-thirds. Un-
der such political setup the South
ern Democrats would certainly have
as good chance of coming out on
top in an election as the other two
parties. r. w.
In 1887 we set out to form a more
perfect Nation. The Supreme Court has
shown by its recent decision on school
segregation that we are still engaged
in that endeavor. Progress in govern
ment depends upon constant reappli-
cation of the basic principles of our
Constitution. not upon maintenance of
status quo by unchanging interpreta-
ton Of the written laws.
This same reasoning holds for the
religion of our day. A living religion
like living government cannot be
based on an ancient Interpretation of
a set of laws. The people of Judah
and Israel attempted this type of re-
ligion. The Old Testament of our Bible
records their failure.
In the area of racial discrimination
most Christian leaders have concluded
that enforced segregation is not COM
patible with Christianity. Three months
ago, Elson Ruff, writing in the Lu-
,theran magazine. said: Its actually
the churches that will be on trial. if
the Supreme Court rules against school
segregation the end of school
segregation would surely call for an
end of church segregation as well :. :.
= This is an especially good time for
Christians to say their prayers-and
begin inviting Negroes into their
churches to say prayers with them"
1t is to the credit Of 10000 Lutheran
subscribers that DR.. Ruff did not get
a single letter condemning his stand.
Edmund T. Klemmer.
4
Surprisingly, one of the strange as
poets of the recent Supreme Court de-
cision on racial segregation has been
overlooked
The ual-protection" clause Of the
Evening star., 1954-05-30

the same problem, the super er-duper electronic
brain has scored q complete failure. Seldom
has there been more satisfying example Of
mans superiority over mechanical devices
Back in 1888. when the chronological age
still was little more than a gleam In the eyes
Of people like Einstein, George Moore had a
very bleak vision. '"The world" he wrote, "is
dying of machinery: that is the great disease,
that is the plague that will sweep away and
destroy civilization; man will have to rise
against it sooner or later" Well, MIR. Morten-
sen, for one, has risen against it, and he has
done so with enough success-three cheers for
him!-to warrant the hope that the human
race will somehow manage to save itself from
its own gadgetry, no matter how fearsome.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

14th Amendment was used in de-
Gliding the cases from Delaware, Kan
sas. South Carolina and Virginia. but
that part of the Constitution did not
apply to the District of Columbia. So
the argument in freeing the District
from segregation was based on a clause
in the Fifth Amendment-"d process
of law" 1t is clear that the 14th
Amendment did not serve the purpose
for the District, but why was the Fifth
Amendment not used for the four
States as we'll as for the District?
Surely all the States as well as the Dis
trict are covered by the Fifth Amend
ment.
A story about Sir Isaac Newton IL
lustrates the point. He kept in his
study an old cat and kitten. To avoid
the trouble of opening the door for
them to go in and out he had two
holes cut at the bottom of the door-a
large hole for the cat and a small one
for the kitten.
George Frederick Miller.
"Old Reactionary" in a recent letter
deplores the Supreme Court decision
banning segregation and blames it on
the successful New Deal campaign for
the Negro vote" and the Republican
effort to capture it, This could have
been avoided if, instead of an 'in-
tegrated' government seeking votes of
all colors, the Constitution provided for
segregated governments. each en-
titled only to votes of its assigned color
Sidney KOretZ.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

Morgan & Co., the duly constituted fls-
cal agents of the Panama government.
the remaining 50 million Of the sum
stipulated in the treaty as the consid-
Grafton of the concession" One million
dollars already had been paid. To pro-
tect the money from restless revolu-
tionary effort" it was agreed that it
would remain in New York.
X
The Star of May l8. 1904, reported
gathering of members Of the Dante
Club at the residence
Dante Club of Mr.. and Mrs. w. c.
Entertained Eldridge. 322 c street
NV, "the home OF
Prof. Samuel Morse at the time the
invention of the telegraph was per-
fected." Mrs. j. Finney Engle, presi-
dent of the society. assisted in receiv-
ing the guests. Catherine B. Barlow
read a paper entitled, I'm the Foot
steps of Dante" Nellie Hodges played
the piano, Mrs. Charles Sumner Helm
line and Mrs. Calvin Nelson sang, Mrs.
Evelyn Clark Morgan gave impressions
of Florence and Violet Pierson recited
the court scene from THE Merchant
of Venice"
In the society column of The Star Of
May 16. 1904. there was an account Of
surprise party given
Louise Beromonn Louise Bergman at
Nat Su,nr;sad her home on Park
avenue. Bright
wood, D. c., "Wednesday evening last" +"
Among the guests were Bessie Collision,
who rendered piano solos: Lula and
Ivy Thompson, Virginia Collins. Irene
Smith. Sadie Caffrey. Emily Faulconer.
Myrtle and Flossie MCGUIRE, Virginia
Wilmoth, Emma Horner, Emma Berg
mann, Tony Kuhn. Chris Horner. Teller
Collision. AShby and Edgar Grant. VIII
liam Shaw. James Smith. william Berg
mann. John Faulconer. Fred Kernard.
Louise Bergman grew UP to work IN
the Veterans Administration and to
take an active part In Emory Meth
odist Church affairs. She resides at
Evening star., 1954-05-30

uncorrected even now, long half
century after Mr.. Watkins wrote that
the work finally had been authorized
and was to be done.
On May %. 1904. The Star published
the text of an address delivered by its
editor-in -chief. Crosby S.
Mr.. Moves Noyes. at the Worlds Press
on Style Parliament in the Festival
Hall Of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition at st. Louis two days
previously. A characteristic paragraph
from the address was: I'm the matter
Of style the mission Of the college or
school of journalism should not be to
teach the ancient or modern languages.
One of the hardest tasks Of the tutor
editor is to teach his pupil. if college
bred, how to unlearn or unload all the
pedantries of a classical university
course with which he has been
crammed. The student of journalism
should be taught, and as well in the
public schools as elsewhere, to write
with directness, precision and force; and
there is no language in existence so
capable of expressing ideas clearly, in
words easily cofnprehended by every
one, high or low. as plain. unem-
broidered English-the strong. simple
diction of Bunyan, Defoe and the
English translators of the Bible. The
student of style could have no bet
ter model set before him than that
passage of wonderful beauty in the
23d Psalm, commencing: The Lord is
my shepherd. shall not want"
On May Il. 1904. The Star an
nounced: I'm order to completely close
the Panama transaction
ConoI Zone and to avoid any question
Paid For - to the authority Of
the United States over
the Canal Zone arising out Of the fact
that the consideration for concession
hac not been actually paid as provided
by the treaty. the Department Of State.
acting under the advices Of the Attor-
ney General. has paid over to J. p.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

John Elfreth Watkins was the author
of feature article in The Star for May
81. 1904. discussing
Emerging plans for improving the
the Copitol seat of the national leg
islature in part as fol-
lows: "Uncle Sam has outgrown his
Capitol for the second time. and within
the next four years more than $780,
900 will be expended upon extensions
and annexes essential to the comfort
and convenience of our lawmakers and
their vast corps Of assistants. The
colossal structure has cost $15.5 million
to date. and this figure will have very
nearly reached the $24 million mark by
the time two more Congresses have
adjourned. Although the Capitol is the
most classic and most pretentious struc-
ture adorning the western continent,
ii is a vast piece of patchwork. The
front of the great pile stands as
fragrant violation Of one Of the funda-
mental rules of architectural symmetry.
According to the greater Capitol
scheme commenced in 1851, the present
building was to cover the four sides Of
the old one The old freeStone walls
have been covered by marble extensions
on the north, south and west. But the
eastern facade Of the original Capitol
remain bare to this day. The porticos
of the new marble wings jut out far
beyond it at the sides. The central
portico, which should be the superior
one of the three, is the most inSignifi-
can't The lower rim of the great iron
dome, designed to rest well back on the
finished building. still overhangs the
old east wall by or 10 feet. The
great white thimble, with its weight Of
3,57e tons, has thus been left with an
appearance Of insecurity since its myr-.
lad parts were bolted together In the
middle Of the last century. Until the
session Just adjourned, Congress has
been satisfied with this condition Of
its historic shelter. And even now the
great building is to be completed for
reasons Of comfort rather than Of
esthetic taste" But the Capitol was
not finished. It's east front" remains
Evening star., 1954-05-30

do her part and the League, in spite of
the empty chair Of the United States,
had needed the voice from Ethiopia,
catastrophe piled to heaven and the
dire threat over the free world today
would, without question. have been
averted. The new order which lived
in the soul Of Woodrow Wilson, the
radiant vision which stirred the war
weary multitudes Of the world might
have come to earth-if! But all Amer
lea and the League did about the at
tempted crucifixion Of Ethiopia was to
evoke economic SanctionS-with holes
big enough for all the oil to flow
through which Mussolini's Black Shirts
needed for their bloody highwaymen's
job.
When the Emperor, now our guest,
declared before God and man that if
the League did not save its weakest
neighbor from the wolves of aggression,
God and history would remember, he
spoke the awful truth. When the jackal
dictator with the Caesar complex sent
his black-winged pirates Of the air to
NOW down the defenseless subjects Of
Halle Selassie. we thank God America
did not rejoice and acquiesce as, alas,
some other parts Of Christendom did:
Yet We did not say with our might,
Stop! We let 1t happen. And God re-
members. Our boys paid the price of
that appeasement, and others in Man.
churia and Munich, by facing Italian
legions in Africa, Sicily and italy, I'm
told thousands Of young Americans
sleep under white crosses because we
did not interfere. And when we with
the other great powers stood aside, the
signal was given for World War II.
While in our land this friendly mon
arch from Ethiopia ought by all means
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Failure at Charlottesville

It is reasonable to think that the ends of
justice have been served by the modified penalty
imposed on three of the fifteen University Of
Virginia students involved in a sex scandal on
the campus during the April ga week end.
Three students have been expelled eight
have been suspended and the degree Of one who
graduated in February has been held up. Three
others, originally recommended for suspension,
will receive, instead, letters of censure. These
three did not participate in the misconduct.
Their offense was that they did not report or
attempt to halt the affair. Perhaps they had
some responsibility for the quarters used by the
real offenders but this seems an inadequate
basis for such severe penalty as suspension.
1t is asking a lot of youngster to report or
prevent misconduct by fellow students, and in
the circumstances of this case the letters of
censure seem adequate
This affair however, is not something to be
minimized. University President Darden has
commented in this fashion: II cannot escape
the conclusion that the university itself must
bear some of the blame for what has occurred.
We have failed, for what reason do not know,
to build a society here that furnishes safe
guards that parents have right to expect for
children who are students here or who visit
here" That there has been q failure at
Charlottesville is suggested, not only by the
April 3-4 episode, but also by some Of the COM
ments at student mass meeting staged while
the penalties were under review. An outsider
is in no position to guess as to what the reasons
for the failure may be. There can be con-
fldence, however, that the university authorities
will do everything in their power to discover
and correct the c4lses. !