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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

ing once more with the sweet music OF
the Gaelic tongue" Mr.. Yeats was
only 38 when he spoke these words. He
lived to see his country independent.
won the Nobel prize for literature in
1923 and died, aged "A, in 1899.
X
The sports column of The Star for
February "a, 1904. reported: In a barn
few miles outside
Wolsh- QuieIey Of Boston yesterday
Bottle afternoon Jimmy
Walsh. the former
105-pound amateur champion, and
Tom Quigley of Wilkesbarre, Pa.
engaged in finish fight for stakes of
$500 side. Walsh knocked the Penn
sylvania fighter out in the middle Of
the 18th round after terrific
battle. The bout was pulled off with
scarcely word being breathed about
it to the sporting fraternity. There
were only 125 spectators present be-
sides the seconds and hackers of both
men and the referee. The admission
price was $50. A newspaper man who
learned of the fight and traced the
participants to the barn could not OBJ
tain admission. One of the seconds
said that the fight was of a whirlwind
order. Walsh had the better of it from
the very start, but Quigley showed
great gameness and only received the
count after he had been sent to the
floor four times. In the 18th round,
after the two boys had mixed
it up at furious clip, Walsh put a
terrific right to the jaw and crossed
with his left to the heart, putting
Quigley out. They weighed in at liz
pounds and used five-ounce gloves"
On February "a. 1904. The Star an
nounced: THE count just completed of
the distinctive paper
Every Sheet used by the Govern
Accounted For ment at the Bureau
of Engraving and
Printing shows how accurately every
piece of the property of the United
States is accounted for. The last count
of the paper in the bureau was made 10
years ago. Saturday, February 20. the
bureau was charged with 8,921,15
sheets of paper. The force of expert
counters which worked all day Sunday
and Monday reported that the required
number Of sheets was on hand when
they concluded the count. In the
past 10 years several thousand tons Of
paper, nearly half billion sheets, have
been converted into paper money and
every sheet accounted for, - stated"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

Stonewall was sold to Japan. and she
was sent over there by the United
States under command of Capt. (now
Rear AdmiraD George Brown and
delivered at Yokohama in the latter
part OF the spring of 1863"
A telegram from Chicago, printed in
The Star of February "a, 1904, an
nounced the death of
Nine. Petrelii Eleanore Petrelli, once
Decd world renowned
opera singer" She was
the daughter of Count Weigant of
Sweden and his wife, Countess Won
Scnwerin. and had been married to
Prince Won Petroff of Russia, "a boyar
nobleman." Having Lived to see two
great fortunes melt away and to have
her title taken from her." she earned
her bread as featured singer in three
royal opera companies but eventually
became "a poor teacher of music in
Chicago at the age of 81 years. Her
career closed "in an obscure hotel
alone and in want, save for the charity
Of strangers"
telegram to The Star for February
10, 1904. said: George D. Morgan,
nephew of j. Pierpont
JoponeSe BRIDE Morgan, and his Jap
OF American anese bride have ar
rived at Chicago on
their way to New York. Mrs. Morgan
cannot speak English. but through the
medium Of her husband it was learned
that she likes America from the view
point Of q tourist, but il not quite sure
that she could ever reconcile herself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Who Should Pay for the Bridges?

Hearings scheduled for tomorrow on bills
authorizing bridges at street and Jones Point,
in Alexandria, should at least produce record
of the pros and cons on when and where TO
build the next bridge over the Potomac River
1t now seems unlikely that they will accomplish
anything more.
Opposition to the street bridge by the Ma
tional Capital Planning Commission Interior
Department, Theodore Roosevelt Association,
and others; and opposition to bridge at
Reaches Run by traffic, highway and road
building authorities, promises to Stymie any
decision for some time to come on bridge
serving the central area of Washington. There
is no particular opposition to the Jones Point
bridge everybody evidently believing that 1t
would be good thing. It's location, and the
function it would serve, however, raise ques-
lions yet to be answered as to its financing.
The Commissioners are in pretty good
position to let nature take its course for the
time being as to a central area bridge. The
course of nature will rapidly add more people
and more automobiles intent on getting back
and forth across the Potomac River, and Gre
ate public pressure for relief that will demand
solution. 1t is difficult if not impossible for the
District to build bridge over the Potomac that
does not trespaSS on land owned by the National
Government and controlled by the Interior De-
partment. Inc prODIem represented III duc"
quate river crossing has been created largely
by the Federal Government. Added to the
question of where to build central bridge is
the one of who is to pay for it. AS hard pressed
as the District of Columbia now is for revenue,
to meet its basic needs, it is beginning to appear
rather fantastic that the people of the District
should accept responsibility of paying for
bridge that will be Of principal benefit to the
residents of Virginia.
Elsewhere in todays Star is an article dis
cussing some of the history of bridge financing.
With the creation of the highway fund, sup
ported chiefly by gasoline tax revenues to which
the Federal Government contributes nothing,
the cost of highways and bodybuilding in
Washington has gradually been shifted to Dis
trict taxpayers The Governments financial par
ticipation takes the form of the Districts pro-
portionate receipt of Federal highway funds, on
the same basis that such funds are shared by
the States. But there is no payment by the
Federal Government for District streets and
bridges which represents the extraordinary Fed
eral obligation incurred by reason of the Fed
eral Governments own peculiar need, and use,
of such facilities.
This is an important question that should
be reviewed while the numerous cooks who have
their fingers in the pie are debating about
where to build Potomac River bridge. Ger
tainly there is no equity in an arrangement
under which the District taxpayers would foot
the cost of bridge, without substantial con-
tributions to that cost by others who will share
even more directly the benefits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Rest in Peace

The Bricker resolution in its original form
is dead. It may be, however, that Senator
George was right when, in speaking for his
substitute proposal, he told the Senate: Mark
my words, gentlemen. You are going to submit
a constitutional amendment to the States on
this issue. You will do it now, or you will do
it later"
The amendment advocated by the Georgia
Senator would not have put as severe restraint
on the Presidents treaty-making land execu-
tive-agreement-making) function as would
have been the case with Senator Bricker's
proposal. There would, however, have been
some restraint. Perhaps the time will come
when experience will show that this restraint
is needed, and in such event an amendment
undoubtedly will be submitted to the States.
But the need has not yet been demonstrated,
and The Star hopes that Congress will not let
itself be pressured into submitting any amend
ment until such time as the need for it has
been clearly shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Fifty Years Ago in The Star :.

The Star of February IS. 1904. said
that 1t. Henry E. Rhoades. nov on
duty at the Brook
Origin OF the lyn Navy Yard"
navy of Jopon had explained: Il
believe that the
creGit for the Japanese Navy may be
placed to the American Navy officers.
It really began with the purchase of
the armor-clad Stonewall Jackson
0ater named the Adzuma) from the
United States Government in 1866, al
though the construction of the naval
dockyard at Yokoska was commenced
in 1865, under the supervision of
French engineer This was not COM
pleted till 1879. It cost nearly SIS
million. The Stonewall Jackson was
built in France, under contract with
the Danish government, and was to be
known as the Sphinx, but as this was
about the time Of the closing Of the
Schleswig -HolStein war and there was
delay in the completion of the vessel,
Denmark became lukewarm in carry
ing out the terms of the purchase, and
the boat passed into the possession of
the Confederates. She was put to sea
soon afterward but owing to some de-
rangement of the steering machinery
she ran into Ferrol. Spain, for repairs,
in February, 1865. where were lying
the American war vessels Niagara and
Sacramento. The commander Of the
American vessels allowed the Stonewall
to escape. and she went to Lisbon and
thence across the Atlantic to Havana.
Here she lay until after the close Of the
Civil War and was then given UP BY
Spain to the United States. Later the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Indispensable Red Cross

Twin detectives, one related to the other,
will spur the small army Of volunteer workers
enlisted in the 1854 Red Cross campaign which
opens this week. Money and blood are urgently
needed, in generous amounts, to keep the
famous mercy organization operating as effec-
lively at home and abroad we have come
to expect it to operate. 1t would be a serious
mistake, however, for the public to take 1t for
granted that Red Cross services can continue
as usual without enthusiastic and substantial
support of all citizens. That type of support
is particularly important now, for experience
has shown that community interest has tend
ency to lag whenever the fighting stops in a
war zone.
In Deacetime as we'll as in Wartime how
ever the American Red Cross must continue
to serve the Nation with it's blood program, its
special services to men in uniform, its disaster
relief facilities and its many other valuable and
indispensable activities. To render these Serv-
ices it must continue to receive gifts OF blood
from qualified donors and the financial aid
with which the essential blood-collection pro-
gram and the other public services are made
possible,
This year the national goal of the fund
drive is $85 million, of which ST ,46350C will be
the responsibility of the District Chapter Of the
Red Cross The blood quota, locally is 1900
pints month"; minimum estimate of the
needs of 60 hospitals in the District and nearby
Maryland and Virginia. The Washington area
always has responded Fundamentally to the
annual appeals of the Red Cross. 1t is truly
a community enterprise that never must be
permitted to fail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Monsionor Sheehy on Italy

A recent issue of This Week Maya
zine contained an article on commu-
nism in Italy, by Henry J. Taylor. No
information was given about Mr.. Tay
lor's qualifications as a writer on this
subject; but a perusal of the article
indicates that he either had very little
information, or not reliable informa-
ton. about the matter he discussed.
The Star Of February 81 contains an
article by Monsignor Sheehy of the
Catholic University on the same sub
ject; and this article is based on in
formation obtained by a man who is in
a position to obtain reliable informa-
ton from those in Italy who know the
language and the people.
Evening Star readers are fortunate
in being able to read newspaper which
endeavors to give all sides of con-
troversial questions. The publication
OF Monsignor Sheehy's article is GER
tainly appreciated.
Norma E. Solman.
am glad you published Monsignor
Sheehy's article on Italy. Certainly
the news from Italy has not been cheer
ing-nor the news from France and
England. But nothing could be more
disastrous than to write these allies off
prematurely. Desperate situations pro-
duce either despair or heroiSm. Which
shall it be? Edward j. Heffron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

to the American style of dress for wom-
en-. She says she would look strange in
an American costume. owing to her
small stature. Mrs. Morgan was Miss
Yuki Kato of Kioto. She was married
to Mr. Morgan on January 20. Mr..
Morgan said they will reside in New
York"
Mcmahon Hall. Catholic University,
was the scene of meeting assembled
to hear lecture by
W. B. Yeots William Butler
In Woshinoton Yeats, Irish poet
and prose writer,
on the evening of February 81 1904,
and The Star of the next day carried a
lengthy and detailed report of his re-
marks. Notwithstanding our respec-
tive geographical position. America is
much nearer to Ireland than is Eng
land I have gone into the country
districts and found the peasants read
ing American newspapers and COM
mentlng in their own simple manner
on American affairs. know that these
peasants have never seen an English
newspaper and some of them have not
even read a Dublin paper. Their
friends and relatives go to America
and send back these souvenirs, which
are mighty factors in Irish sentiment.
-. Through the establishment Of our
theater, our Gaelic drama and our
Gaelic folklore. we have compelled a
sentiment looking toward q complete
recreation Of the land Of Erin. Old
men and old tales are honored again.
and the hills and the valleys ere echo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

of him a chattel or a slave. The One
who is the truth declared in deathless
words that ring down the ages: ''Ye
shall know the truth. and the truth
shall make you free" Across two
thousand years that truth has been
marching on. It is that releasing word
which blazed with dazzling effulgence,
never before seen in political DEGREES. in
the American Declaration Of Independ-
ence and the Constitution of the United
States. They mirror Christian funda-
mentals: All men equal under God and
the law, endowed with rights inalien-
able, rights which no government can
give or take away. For thousand
cropping years the world had been watt
ing for this, new charter.
The true symbol of the emancipated
man is not Lenin but Lincoln. In the
true Utopia mans rulers are not the
elect but the elected. Christianity is
the real revolution which will yet free
all men, Russians included with all the
innate religious instincts of that great
people. Atheistic communism is but
a counterrevolution against the great
and final revolution which came out OF
Palestine. That spurious counterfeit
Red revolution denies God and man,
freedom and spiritual verities. 1t re-
pudiates. everything which Is lifting
men slowly. but surely. to their destined
inheritance as the sons Of God
No wonder the blind masters of the
Kremlin go to all lengths to pull I'D
the roots OF supernatural religion and
especially to detract from the Chris
tan tradition by bringing it down to
the level of astrology and soothsaying
and presenting it as relic which no
longer matters. But. ah, stored in that
relic is the dynamite of God which will
yet pulveriZe that refuge of lies!
Inasmuch as democracy pure and
undef1led is the social expression of
Christianity, it follows that America,
with her vast moral and material
might. is the one foe totalitarianism
most fears and hates. Communism as
directed from the Kremlin is out to
dominate the world. 1t knows that to
do that it must destroy the United
States of America. That is it's goal
and strategy. Nothing is more i'm
portant than that the free world be
alerted to that fact. The unvarnished
truth about this aggressive, worldwide,
criminal syndicate presents so vile
picture that it is defiling experience
for any free people to go through the
motions of any negotiations with her
robot representatives.
With any political agreements neces-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
On Recognizing Peiping

In a number of free countries abroad, more
than few vocal individuals and groups period
ically criticize the United States for its unreal
istic" policy of refusing to extend diplomatic
recognition to Communist China. But their
criticism might be much less severe, and 1T
might even peter out altogether, If they took
the trouble to null over such things as the tes-
tmony made public the other day by House
Appropriations Subcommittee.
For this testmony-as given by Walter
Bedell Smith, Undersecretary of State, and Wal
ter S. Robertson, Assistant Secretary of State
for Far Eastern Affairs-adds up to an utterly
damning and powerfully convincing indictment
of the Peping regime of Mao Tse-tung. In brief.
what it sets forth is the picture of a savage and
merciless Communist tyranny that has been
deliberately numbering the Chinese people on
vast scale for the past five years-years of almost
indescribabe misery and terror.
Thus, as MIR. Robertson has testified, the
Chinese in 1850 had one of the worst famines
that their country has ever experienced, and
throughout that period, with thousands starving
to death, the Peiping Reds exported food to
Soviet Russia in exchange for industrial equip
ment and military supplies. But that is only
small part of the story. AS for the really grue-
some figures it is estimated on the basis of these
deaths from starvation plus the POPULATIONS
the liqudations in public squares, where they
Just lined them up and turned The machine
guns on them; the liquidationS of the political
opposition, the landowners, business people and
the classes that they want to exterminate-
that the Communists have liquidated about is
million people since 1949"
In fact, according to Mr.. Robertson, all
available evidence shows that the pattern Of
action followed by Red Peiping since its rise to
power "has been Just about the bloodiest pattern
the Communists have followed in any country in
the world" And General Smith has backed this
up with these words: 'We do not see Commu-
mist China as a decent member of the world
community at the present time or in the fore
seeable future" Secretary of State Dulles feels
the same way about 1t. 1t is simply criminal
conspiracy engaged in an immensely Of evil
doing at home and abroad.
This is consideration that does not seem
to have entered the heads Of those censorious
people overseas who have made kind Of pas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Our Presidents

Thank you so much for the interest
ing and educational feature by Honore
NJ. Catudal. one of the things I look
forward to reading in The Star. Please
convey to the author the appreciation
of his work that I have expressed. A
number of my friends read it regularly.
should think it would be one of your
very substantial circulation boosters
among thinking people.
Charles E. Rogers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

time out Of taking potshots at our country for
declining to deal with Red Peiping as diplo-
matte equal or member of the family of civil
lied governments. Who is really being ''real-
istic" and who "unrealistic"? In our upended
world, where many old values have been trans
valued into burlesques of themselves, the United
States need not apologize for its reluctance to
bargain with the devil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Letters to The Star.

dream come true. not only to the dear
old folks who will occupy it. but to those
of us who have worked and known the
need for its existence.
Margaret G.. SimsOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28

Pen-nGn1eS may be used it letters carry
UriterS' correct names and addresses
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
Courageous Art Critic

Miss Florence Berrymans art column
February 81 showed courage seldom
seen these days. 1t was refreshing to
read a deviation from the You must
say you like this mumbo- jumbo mod
ernism' or you are not accepted into
the inner circle of estheteS."
In reference to current showing of
etchings. the exhibitors assuming a
'childlike" technique (if she is capable
Of anything else) is as revolving as an
adult who affects baby-talk to convince
us of worldly innocence. Could any
thing be more suspicious?
1t is the enviable prerogative of the
critic to stand up to fakery and be
counted in the ranks of the intellectu-
ally sincere. I hope this heralds many
more constructive criticisms.
An interesting comment on the So
clety Of Washington Artists Show, now
open at the National Museum. amused
me so I decided that it might appeal
to number of others who feel as
do about that kind of art.
noticed one of the guards actively
patrolling the gallery, so 1 asked him
if he thought it likely that any one
would steal picture from the show.
His reply was mo sir. that never wor-
ries me. What I am afraid of is that
some one might get mad and throw
rocks at the pictures and damage the
sculpture"
know just what he meant.
Art Lover.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

daughters, Rita, Lois and Dixie
Lee of Bishopville, Md.
Sorry to report that our neigh
Dor, Joe Smith, is i'll at the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital. We hope
to see him home soon.
MIR. and Mrs. Charlie Tingle en-
tertained Tuesday evening to a
home made ice cream party: Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Murray. Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Murray. Also the
Tingles had as their dinner guests
on Wednesday: Mr.. and Mrs. Raw
mond Calhoun and son Barry of
Seaford, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hick-
man of near Millville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Brittipgham
and two sons Of Georgetown were
dinner guests Sunday of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Asher B. Car
ey, Sr.
The many friends here of Rev
Harvey Hufnal of Rehoboth. are
sorry to hear of him being con-
fined in the Beebe Hospital at
Lewes. Hope he will soon i'm
prove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginal Simper.
who have been in Philadelphia for
some time, where Mr.. Shipper has
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22
NEW Chevrolet TRUCKS FOR 50

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NEW, BIGGER LOAD SPACE. New
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new stake bodies are wider and longer
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NEW CHASSIS RUccEDNEss. Heavier
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more rigid frames on all models.
NEW ADVANcE-DEsIcN STYLING.
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cate the full width of the truck.
*OPtional al extra COST. Ride Control Seat
is available on all cab models, "JObmastey
26I" engine on 2-fOH models.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22

evening. This will be Ellen's last
public appearance for a few days,
since she awOke on Monday morn
ing to find she had chicken pox.
Once again the citizens of Green
wood are asked to dip into their
hearts and pockets to help the
town reach its quota for the 1854
March of Dimes. Our quota this
year, as last year, is $4,000, al
though 100000 was collected in
1858. This year our dollars will
have dual purpose-to help bear
the expense of patients who have
contracted polio, and also for the
expense of mass testing the Gam
ma Globulin vaccine, which may in
the very near future be the answer
for the prevention of this dreadful
disease. So when solicitors come
to your door asking for donations.
please don't turn them away; and.
if you possibly can, give Just a
little more than you gave last year.
Remember, this donation is deduc-
tible from your Income Tax.
Mrs. Geraldine Cannon, Chair
man for the drive, has announced
that there will be a Square Dance
on February 18th at 500 p. m, in
the Fire Hall for the benefit of the
March of Dimes. Please help her
make this great success. DOna-
ton only SOC. Refreshments will
be served. So mark this date on
your calendar. Tickets may be
purchased from Mrs. Cannon, call
Greenwood 4424.
Harold Johnson, husband of Mrs.
Rose Lord Johnson, passed away
in the Fairholme Nursing Home in
SeafOrd on Monday morning. He
has been patient there for some
time.