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Evening star., 1954-11-28

day offering during the last
summer meeting at Charles
Town.
In 1888 the Shenandoah VAL
ley Jockey Club was formed
and the present track laid out.
After this corporation folded,
A. J. Boyle, a construction
engineer, took over and the
plant was reorganized as the
Charles Town Jockey Club.
Mr.. Boyle built confidence in
racing there and the track has
continued to thrive.
It is called "the race course
in the hills" because the track
nestles between the Blue Ridge
mountains and the Ale
ghanies with the Shenandoah
Valley to the South. Although
the class of horses isn't as
fine as at the bigger tracks,
many players prefer the honey
atmosphere of Charles Town,
as the betting figures show.
Some say the track makes a
bigger profit than any COM
parable oval in the East.
During its early days, al
though the track was profit
able, it had to wait to the end
of the depression for big sue
cess. The first fall meeting
q 17-day affair under the
Charles Town Jockey Club had
a total handle of $579, ,926. The
record for one days betting
on an eight horse card set in
Evening star., 1954-11-22
U. !. 10 Help Train
Korean EnIistees
Replacing Veterans
BY John A. Giles

The United States has agreed
to help South Korean train and
equip new enlistees to replace its.
combat veterans, who will go
into reserve units. but has re-
fused President Syngman- Rhee's
plea for is more regular di-
visions. M
These provisions are In an
agreement signed last Wednes-
day in Seoul. Dispatches from
the South Korean capital men,
toned the settling of economic
differences In the agreement but
did not disclose the military pro-
visions of the pact.
To Continue Support.
OficialS here said yesterday this
country agreed to continue to
support the 90 Korean divisions
now in being. The approximately
650,0O0 officers and men in those
divisions, supporting units and
the small navy and air force
all are veterans Of the fighting
with the Communists which
ended some is months ago. Vir-
tually none Of them has re-.
turned to civilian life.
So it has been decided TO set
up an accelerated training pro-
gram to turn out requirements.
First to be released from the
army win be veterans with four
years service. In eight to 10
months those with three years
active duty will begin to leave
the ranks.
These seasoned veterans win
form reserve units much like
those in the United States.
Improved Strength. =
Thus, the overall strength Of
the Republic Of Korea win be
vastly improved. It is consid-
cred here that the country will
have IAN adequate protective
force"
But President Rhee will not
have sufficient strength to strike
out for the Yalu River and the
conquest of North Korea-a goal
he still holds dear.
South Korea also will get some
fast new jet planes for the one
wing in its air arm.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Bartlett Named 10 Post
For Business Conference
-copyright BY william WINS

John S, Bartlett, general COM
mercial manager Of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.. has been
named vice chairman OF, / the
Washington Board Of Trades
Business Outlook Conference to
be,held January rs at the Shore
ham Hotel.
Subcommittee chairmen ap-
pointed for the third annual con-
ference by Francis j. Kan e,
Trade Board president, are:
Budget Committee, E. L. Flor
ance, assistant vice president.
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. and Attendance Com
mittee, Arnold Fine, director of
public relations, the Hecht Co.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
U. 5. Lists New Rules
On Civil Defense Aid

Publication of the latest re-
visions to the Federal Civil De-
fense Administrations contribu-
tions manual was announced to-
day.
The manual spells out for
communities just where to go
and what is available in the line
of civil defense equipment, for
which, FCDA will contribute so
per cent Of the cost.
Under the contributions pro-
gram ,FCDA has available $13.3
million with which to match
State governments requesting
emergency equipment on a dol
lar-for- dollar basis. The book,
entitled Federal Contributions. !"
is available for SIPS at the Of
flee of the Superintendent of
Documents, Washington rs, D. C.
Evening star., 1954-11-22

had no idea how to treat a par
rot with a wounded leg and rea-
soned that Eekie knew how to
take care of himself. This proved
right. for he was back in action
within a few days.
Another time, found Eekie's
cage empty: I had carelessly
left the door open. ! searched
high and low. Perhaps q suicide,
I thought or maybe Meekie.
Meekie was asleep under the
winch, and I woke her up. NO."
the look on her face said, mot
me-" Not taking anybody's word
in such q case, I opened the cats
mouth so I could see to the back
teeth. but there was no trace
Of Eekie. I was about to throw
the cage overheard when I saw.
the parrot far forward on the.
weather side, standing on the
bamboo deck and gazing at the
sea. I crawled around the logs
to head him off and soon had
him back in custody. {
Hears Noise in Cage.
The first view of the Samoan
islands-the land and the trees
ON October IL, brought loud and
excited squawks from the parrot.
But we had been forced to pass
them all by. and were now head
ing for .Tutuila. on which the
town Of Pago Pago is located.
The night was very dark, the
wind was strong and the seas
high, and I was keeping close
steering watch when ! heard q
noise from the cage.
I tied up the wheel at once,
but when T went forward it was
too late. Meekie had gotten
loose and pulled off the card-
board I used as a door for the
cage "a Hopping dolphin had
smashed the original door many
weeks before. Meekie had Eekie
in her jaws. She tried to get
away under the logs, but !
grabbed her and tied her UP.
Eekie was dead: the trio that
successfully weathered the long;
lonely voyage across the Pacific
was broken UP. ! waited until
daylight. then put him III iltS
blue cage. and wound rope tight
" around It so my parrot would
not fall prey to the sharks.
Tutuila was now in sight, and
the sun was rising. I dropped the
little green coated fellow who
had given me so much fun over
the side. A sea rolled over the
cage, and a spot of white foam
marked where it went down.
Meekie was sitting on deck, not
even looking.
(Copyright. 1854. by william Willis,
All rights reserved throughout the world. )
Tomorrow: Reefs prevent
landing on American Samoa,
upsettihg Willis plans.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Senator Gordon Of Oregon
Comedies Election Defeat
BY The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Greg. Nov. 22.-
Republican Senator Guy Gordon,
who lost the November sem
atorial election in Oregon. to
Democrat Richard L. Neuberger
by 2,462 votes, conceded defeat
yesterday.
He sent Mr.. Neuberger a tele-
gram saying: "The people Of
Oregon have spoken. You face
an onerous task, a tremendous
responsibility. / wish you sue
cess" a2
Evening star., 1954-11-22

.
Fourteenth in series OF 10 articles
--->--->-~
voyage across a lonely ocean to
Pago Pago, ] decided to take two
pets aloflg-tfe cat for COM
panionship. and the parrot for
amusement. Eeekie, green with
a yellow breast. a red stripe
across the tail and some wing
feathers tipped with blue, traced
his background to the Peruvian
jungles and was given me by
the company which supplied my
fresh water. Meekie, a 6-month-
old black cat, had a nautical
background. She had lived in the
clubhouse of the Peruvian navy's
submarine division. 1t was in
these quarters that Capt. Saldias.
son of Peru's naval minister,
found her and secured her for
me.
The pets did q great deal to.
tighten the solitude Of my lis
days on the Pacific. But they
did not entertain each other
on the contrary. Many times
Eekie squawked warnings that
Meekie was reaching a paw into
his cage.
It was October n and. since
passing the Marquesas Islands
many hundreds of miles back.
I had held a southwesterly
course, heading for the Samoan
Islands. I counted the American
Samoas a likely landing place
but I had to have the right wind
and water conditions before !
could bring my raft to shore
without risking a wreck on a
reef.
On that October day, I passed
three of the Samoans, the Manua
groslp-Tau. olosega and Ofu.
but yeered away from them when
saw that q landing would be
hazardous. Finding a place to
bring my raft, the Seven Little
Sisters, to shore was my latest
problem, along with the contin-
ual shortage of fish that had
troubled me almost constantly
since the Marquesas. If the
American Samoas proved in
hospitable, planned to move
on to the British part of the
group-and if necessary even
to the Fijis.
Meekie Perfect Companion.
With the prevailing wind from
the southeast, I had to find a
clear landing area on an islands
riNKkh side, or risk being driven.
on the coral. With so many miles
behind me, and so many storms
and waves, I was intent that the
Seven Little Sisters, my balsa-
log raft, should not wind up on
areef.
Across all those miles. Meekie
had been a perfect companion
Affectionate in a quiet way, and
very independent, she never
complained even when we had
no fish for days. At all times
the cat kept her dignity and
pride. When only stale fish was
available, she turned up her nose
for two and even three days be-
fore nibbling a few bites in order
to survive. Her supply of evapo-
rated milk was scanty, and she
grew thin. But whenever sat
down by the wheel in the eve-
ming, Meekie insisted on lying
on q sweater by my side. When
I sang my songs, she touched
my face with a paw, just once.
and then lay down to sleep.
She slept most Of the time.
but the sight of me breaking out
q fishing line would quickly
bring her to her feet. Especially
in periods when fish were hard
to catch, / had, while fishing, the
most interested spectator innag-
Unable. When I did manage to
make a catch, Meekie pounced
atop it, getting slapped more
than once by the Tapping tail.
When failed. she simply re-
turned to her hiding place be-
meath the hand winch.
A true seagoing cat, Meekie
scurried out of the way when
ever began one of the frequent
Evening star., 1954-11-22
It's Doys ot Sea
BY WdIiom Willis


North AniNfIc0n NeWspapeF AIHdne0
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.--Long
sea voyages, I've heard it said.
generally include a tragedy. On
my raft, my cat and ! seemed
most vulnerable to wind and
wave. But as 1t happened. Eeekie.
my parrot. was disasters own
choice, even through he spent
almost every minute in a sound
cage solidly lashed.
About four weeks before leav-
ing Callao on the 6.400-mile
Evening star., 1954-11-22

Tomorrow: Reefs prevent
landing on American Samoa,
upsettfng Willis plans.
Evening star., 1954-11-22

Fourteenth in serie. Of ls articles
Evening star., 1954-11-19

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Monroney Critical
OF Depression Talk

NEW YORK, Feb. GA Dem
ocratic Senator-A. S: CMike)
Monroney of Oklahoma-said
today there was absolutely
nothing in the economic picture"
to indicate the United States
was on the verge of a serious
depression.
Senator Monroney told Town
Hall lecture audience the great
est danger" in the economic Sit
uation was that it might be
"miscalculated" deliberately for
political purpose.
He said he was referring to
both political parties-that the
Republicans. in power. might try
to gloss over such weak spots as
there are while some Democrats
might indicate the economic pic
ture is darker than it is.
Asserting there were some
danger signals" Senator Mon
roney said I'VE probably won t
do as we'll in 1854 as we did in
1858. but we will be ahead of
all other years of our history in
economic production.
Senator Monroney advised
Americans against getting pan
icky" through an "unreasoning
fear of things ahead"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07

AMES. Iowa, Feb. Com
trary to a conclusion widely &C
cepted by experts. an Iowa State
College psychologist has evidence
that your mental ability at age
so probably is greater than it
was at 20.
DR.. William o. Owens, report
ing on studies financed by funds
from the Office of Naval Re-
search. said his findings indicate
that person is intellectually
more competent at SO than when
80 years younger.
DR.. Owens said his research
was prompted by doubts over
conclusions suggested by studies
in which a specific mental test is
given to different age groups at
approximately the same time.
Such studies have suggested
that people reach peak intelli-
gence at age 20 and decline to
something like a 14-year level by
age SIS. he explained.
But. DR.. Owens said. it &C.
CURED to him that such results
might have been caused by the
fact that since older persons
generally have less formal edu-
cation they are handicapped in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Douglas Alarmed al Cuts
In REA Fund, Asks Probe
BY the Associated Press

WATERLOO, ILL.,, Feb. g.
Senator Douglas, Democrat, of
Illinois, contended today there
has been constant whacking"
into the loan programs of the
Rural Identification Administra-
ton and called for "rousing
congressional investigation"
Secretary of the Interior Nc
Kay land others of this admins
tration" should be called ito clear
up their attitude toward REA
and public power projects" Sen
ator Douglas suggested.
After 20 years of brilliant sue
cess. I believe REA is in mortal
danger" he said in speech pre-
pared for the annual meeting of
the Monroe County Gll.) Coop
erative.
THE danger signals" he said,
"are flying from the Interior De-
partment in the budget -.
in the actions of Congress, in the
attitude of this administration"
Senator Douglas said "REA has
been hit hard in the new budget.
He said the SIS million rec
ommendation for electric Coop
eratives, plus a $45 million
carryover. lis at least $50 mil
lion short of needS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Take New Pride in Your Job,
Psychologist Urges Workers

He cited a wax salesman who
freely admitted the only progress
or change in his product over a
number Of years was in name
only Yet he sold it for a living.
DR.. Fromm also said the ma
iority of the people feel a certain
work restriction" That is. he
said, they prefer to give out with
what is average, instead of their
best"
Chasing the Clock"
The attitude toward work. DR..
Fromm said. is a disease which
industry has recognized and tried
to cure.
More pay is one incentive to
more work. said DR.. Fromm. but
it stops when the worker finds
himself chasing the clock" for
more pay.
And the team spirit" which
industry leaders have tried to
instill in their workers was
labeled by the psychologist as
an "oiling of man" like a ma
chine.
The speaker said work is not
enjoyable to many because of
the stigma of dirty work" which
society has placed on certain
jobs.
He said many people wouldn't
mind working. driving cab or
waiting tables-if it wasn't for
the stigma.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Kashmir Assembly
Would Join India
BY the Associated Press

JAMMU. Kashmir. Feb. g.
The Kashmir Constituent As
sembly in this Indian-occupied
sector recommended today that
Kashmir become a part of India.
Neighbor India on the record
objects on the grounds that a
popular election should be held
to make the decision.
Neighbor Pakistan contends
that the old princely state
should be annexed TO Pakistan
because it has a MoSlem re-
lieious majority in affinity with
officially Moslem Pakistan.
The state has been the center
OF a tug-o'-war between India
and Pakistan since those coun-
tries became nations on the
withdrawal of the British from
the subcontinent in 1947. Each
wants it on its own terms.
The assembly with loud cheers
adopted an advisory committee
report advocating accession to
India, and is expected to pass
a formal resolution in favor of
accession next week.
Earlier this week an Indian
government spokesman said
India sticks to her agreement
of last August between Prime
Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and
Mohammed Ali of Pakistan that
new efforts would be made to
arrange a plebiscite in Kashmir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Mental Ability Greater at SO
Than at 20, Researcher Says

test competition with young
folk.
DR.. Owens took the scores Of
127 men who had taken the
Army Alpha examination when
they entered Iowa State College
in 1919. Then he went to the
same 1877 men and again gave
them the same tests to see how
their mental ability had changed
in 80 years.
1.-THE results showed that these
subjects we're intellectually more
able at mean age so than they
had been at mean age 10 when
they were freshmen" he said.
This superiority is mainly man.
ifest in verbal and international
type of tasks"
But he added that it was
noteworthy that the perform
ance level of these individuals
at so had not declined signif1-
cantly on any of the various sub
tests into which the Army Alpha
is divided. He said there was
some possibility that gains
shown by the tests might have
occurred largely during the years
the persons tested were in
college.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Mrs. Norris Dies;
Maryland Teacher

Mrs. Mary E. Norris, a native
Of GAINESVILLE. Howard County,
Md, died Friday night at the
home of her son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry 1.
Moler, in Silver Spring.
Mrs. Norris had been in failing
health since she suffered a stroke
more than a year ago. Her con-
dition was aggravated by a virus
attack in December. followed by
bronchial pneumonia.
Mrs. Norris was the daughter
Of William Francis and Emma
Knott Hearn. After attending
normal school in Baltimore, she
taught school in Frederick
County, Md, for many years.
She was a member of st. Mi
chael's Church and st. Michael's
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin in
Silver Spring.
Mrs. Norris is survived only by
her daughter, a member of the
faculty of Montgomery Blair
High School, with whom she had
made her home for the past Is
years. Her husband was the late
Claude E. Norris, who died in
1922
Low mass will be celebrated at
st. Michael's Church at 10 am.
Tuesday, following prayers at
the Humphrey funeral home
at $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07

A plea that the American
working man take more interest
and pride in his job was sounded
last night by DR.. Erich Fromm,
psychologist and author.
According to DR.. Fromm, the
American workers job is mean
ingless to him and rather boring.
Because Of industrialization with
its mountains Of machinery, he
has lost the spirit and skill with
which the artisans of the 18th
and 14th centuries applied to
their crafts.
DR. Fromm, speaking to the
Washington School of Pscyhia-
try. said the working man should
be permitted to share more in
mighty industrial plants prob
lens and economies-instead of
turning a bolt from 9 to S.
Skilled Workers Vanishing.
The speaker said that the
skilled worker is slowly vanish
ing while his place is being
taken over by the white collar
worker who deals exclusively
with nothing except symbols on
a piece of paper"
An there is great dissatiS-
faction within the working man
Of today, DR.. Fromm said. While
it is not universally true, the
worker usually feels the product
he helps to turn out or sell is of
FRAUDULENT quality"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Eisenhower 10 Attend
Lincoln Church TODAY
BY The Assccioted Press

President and Mrs. Eisenhow-
err were to attend special Lincoln
services at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church at 1880
am. today.
This is the church Abraham
Lincoln attended. At the serv-
ice, Mrs. Eisenhower will receive
the original letter written by
Mary Todd Lincoln to Queen
Victoria May 81. 1865, acknowl-
edging a letter of coincidence
the Queen of England sent Mrs.
Lincoln after President Lincoln S
assassination on April IA of that
year.
The letter will be presented
by Mrs. Barney Balaban, wife
OF the president of Paramount
Pictures Inc. a collector of Lin
coin materials who last year
donated and unveiled at the
church one of the early drafts
OF Lincoln's Emancipation Proc
lamation. The EisenhoWers also
attended that service.
AT 2:30 pm. Gen. Eisenhower
Will broadcast from the White
House a brief speech on the
Back to God" program spon-
sored by the American Legion
and originating in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
S5OO,OOO Fire Races
Zion (|||.) Store;
Shoppers Escape
BY The Assoeioted Press

ZION, ILL.,, Feb. 6.-Fire struck
a crowded downtown store to-
night. and quickly swept the
long. two-story building
and nearby structures-butw with
no reports of deaths or serious
injuries.
Firemen from Is communities
in Lake County, ILL.,, and nearby
Wisconsin communities brought
the blaze under control three
hours after it started. They were
handicapped by low water pres
sure, below freezing temperatures
and a sharp north wind off Lake
Michigan, which the historic lit
tie city borders.
Shoppers Escape.
The fire RACED the 50-year-old,
frame-constructed Zion Depart
ment Store-crowded with Sat-
urday night shoppers. Police
said the shoppers escaped, but
many suffered from the effects
OF smoke.
The blaze leaped from the
store across Sheridan road, the
principal street in the business
section, and swept an appliance
store. an electrical appliances
shop and a furniture store.
Capt. Howard Garnant of the
Waukegan Fire Department esti-
mated damage as at least half
a million dollars.
Flames visible for 80 miles
shot up from the fire. and at
tracted thousands of spectators
from scores of communities.
Police blocked all highways
leading to and from the city and
forbade entrance. At one time
automobiles were backed up for
five miles on one road.
Firemen at Dance.
When the fire broke out most
of the flremen-both professional
and volunteer-Were attending a
square dance at the Zion Benton
High School. sponsored by the
Firemen's Association to raise
money for radios.
The fire alarm broke up the
dance, and most of the firemen
were quickly on the scene, four
blocks away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
H-Bomb Air Drop
Expected Next Month
In Marshall Islands
BY the Associated Press

The new series of atomic tests,
which will include the first trial
of an actual combat-designed
hydrogen bomb, is expected to
begin within the next month at
the mid-Pacific proving grounds.
Construction crews are under
stood to be rushing to completion
building projects and the in
stallation of intricate instrument
systems at the two Atolls in the
Marshall Island group now des-
ignated as test sites for full
scale nuclear devices and
weapons.
Official reference to thermo-
nuclear (hydrogen) weapons,
instead of the test device"
which was exploded at Eniwetok
in the fall of 1852. points to the
probability that an H-bomb will
be dropped from an aircraft.
The United States is believed
to have at least two bomber
types which can handle an H
bomb-the high-speed Boeing
BAT jet medium bomber and
the huge. long-range Convair
B-36 jet-piston engined bomber.
During the past few months
engineers, technicianS and con-
struction crews have been busy
refurbishing the old, 1916 atomic
test site at Bikini Atoll. Bikini.
where the first two postwar tests
of flssion bombs were conducted
in 1916, seems marked for the
experiment with the first actual
hydrogen bomb.
In 1852 the Atomic Energy
Commission and the military
task force fired off a hydrogen
device at Eniwetok Atoll. But
the power of the hydrogen ex-
plosive has become too great to
risk damage to the test facilities
at Eniwetok. Therefore, the
Acc has decided to reopen
Bikini.