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40 FRANKLIN ST. NE.
Overlooking Catholic Univ. grounds.
3 bedrms. and bath, lge. Nv. rm.,
din. rm. and kit. screened liv.
porch; full bsmt..- completely nm
tshed. including fully equip. kit.
This lovely home is in immaculate
cond. and priced to sell Immediately
with GoLDsTEN BROS. RE. 7-19SS;
evenings, EN-. 2-222l, --16
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coNyENIENT-Goop VALUE
65l LEXINGTON PL. NE
Bet. 9th and 7th, B and E; brk.,
alley corner. 3 apt, 3 tiled baths.
storage attic, bsn,t., auto, heat;
1882 4th st. n.e.--Row brk. 8 lge.
rms, tile bath, 2 kits, full bsmt.
automatic heat, storm windows. see
today. Call
ROGER MOSS, Ho. 2-80eo
AP. 7-412O Ewes, LA. 6-3a2S
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HOUSES sALE-vA. (cent., ,
COUNTRY CLUB
HILLS

5 bedrooms and 8 baths: in best
North Arlington area; occupied only
8 months; $4,000, with low down
payment. OWNER, KE. 6-S395.
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DESK SPACE
FARMS

A SHOW PLACE for Q general farm.
m and lake. orchsIrd. I S0se sets s'S Of a'5ss oas.
bldgs.. stock. farm. implements. ten
ant house; on hwy: will exch. for
real est. real est. notes. ia. g-70t0.
WANT TO BUY some cheapeno- good
unimproved land IN Southern Nd.
Ma. 8-6229. WO. 6-0747. la
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BELLE HAVEN
5-bedrm. brick rambler with
full bsmt. This home is beauti-
fully situated for the execu-
tive with a large family.
Priced at $31,950.
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-. .CoLORED
9th AND D SITS.
S395 DOWN.!
COLORED
40 FRANKLIN ST NE

3 large bedrms.. kit. and bath. Steam
heat! To inspect call ST. 3-399I; /;
ewes, TU 2-714O IA
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SILVER SPRING
ROSEMARY HILLS

4tNS1lAsA&AAsA l AAAA1A-O
E1S.5O0. Beaut. all-brick rambler in
choice Silver Spring location. Fea-
lures huge living room; separate
dining room, all-elec. kitchen. full
bsmt., patio with awning. CT AP-
PROVED, or non-Veteran may as
sumo large 40 loan.
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vIRGINIA's BEST BUYS
4 BEDROOMS-$12,500
RUCKNELL-$17,950 CT

OUOTAINEA41 ,VOU VI
with bsmt.. rec. rm. and
bath. 3 bedrms.. 9 baths, patio
and carpetine. II you desire .
home on the modern lines
don't miss this. Will also FHA.
Cute as can be. XII. $4,000.
Evening star., 1954-11-17
Dutch Receive Command
OF U. 5. Fighter Squadron.
By shs Asseeioisd Press

~ me Asseescieu Press
soEsTERBERG AIR BASE,
Netherlands, Nov. l7.The 5l2th
United States Fighter Squadron
was transferred to Dutch opera
tional command ayesterday by
United States Ambassador H.
Freeman Matthews in q cere-
mony at this birthplace Of the
Dutch air force.
"One more link Is forged Ii
the allied air forces chain Of
command" Mr.. Matthews said
as he handed over control Of the
$50 American airmen and their
rs Sabre Jets.
Dutch War Minister Cornelis
Stat described the ceremony as
u Landmark into NATO history. .
He asked the chief Of the Dutch
air stan. 1t. Gen. A. Baretta.
ito surround this squadron with
such care as II 1t were q Neither
lands squadron" He asked the
Dutch population to treat the
American airmen as compatricts.
"for they have come here for the
protection and defense Of our
freedom"
1t. Gen. William II. Turner,
Evening star., 1954-11-17
No Need to Bee Alarmed

WEST HARTFORD. Conn
Policeman Robert E. Null
doom saw smoke pouring from
a tree and sounded the alarm,
When the firennen arrived. Floyd
w. Parish. an off-duty fireman,
scrambled down the tree. He
explained to his colleagues that
he was smoking out d swarm
of bees for a friend.
Evening star., 1954-11-17
InstoIIment Bubies

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (R). -
You can have babies by the in
stallment plan in two Kalama-
zoo hospitals. Under q new sys-
tenn prospective parents can
start payments as soon as q
woman becomes pregnant, and
the bill is paid by the time the
baby arrives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

Squire Lovejoy was magistrate in the
third ward. to which position he had
been repeatedly elected. He was known
to be man of considerable education,
but he chose to live by himself in the
unattractive apartments of the old
courthouse"
On February 4, 1904. The Star an
nounced: THE Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution have ac-
Continental copied the completed
Hall plans for their Continent
tai Hall and the con-
struction of the edifice will be COM
menced in the early spring. At the last
continental congress. held one year ago,
number Of plans for this building were
submitted to the Continental Hall Com
mittee. but no one of them was salts
factory in its entirety. :. The commit
tee finally selected two or three plans
and directed that certain features of
each be embodied in one plan This
plan was submitted to the committee
at its meeting yesterday and . was
accepted. The building is to be erected
at E and Seventeenth streets 'front.'
ms on Seventeenth street near
the new Corcoran Art Gallery and
adjoining the grounds of the new
Columbian University. It is to be
built Of marble and is to cost between
100000 and 100000. The lot has
already been paid for it having been
acquired at an outlay of $4,000. The
building will have frontage of 210
feet and will occupy $4,000 square feet
of ground"
According to The Star for February
IL. 1904, Dan Patch, record 1864,
the 100000 champion
Don Potch pacing stallion, owned
in Danger by M. w. Savage. had a
narrow escape from
death by fire Wednesday afternoon In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14

mist League, has been asked to turn In his scout
badges. The Boy Scouts Association is puzzled
as to how he can be Communist and still
honor his scouts promise to do his duty to God
and the Queen" Ofhand, the associations
doubts seem most logical-since Communists
deny God and presumably are dedicated to
overthrowing all "decadent capitalist" govern
mentS Paul's reaction has been to express
concern about "McCarthyism' and American
infiltration'- meanwhile holding fast to his
badges
Paul probably knows of course, that he
couldn't keep his badges If he were living in
one of the Communist countries. And he should
know, If he doesn't already, that the Boy Scout
movement has disappeared without recognizable
trace in country after country which has
slipped behind the Iron Curtain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Spires of the Spirit
7 rees in an AppIe

You can count the apples on tree.
But who can count the trees in an
apple? So asks one who has read ayidly
the biographies of men who are beacon
lights of history, who, because they
have lived, have made life different for
untold numbers of their fellows.
In this day of global thinking and
strategy who can compute the tremen-
dous significance of the missionary en-
terprise of the Church across the last
century? In addition to lifting levels
of living and easing pain and perjury,
dedicated missionaries planted the seed
of democracy whose harvest was
divine discomfort demanding more
abundant life.
A century before the beginning Of our
American Civil War a Baptist preach
err wrote in his diary: Baptized today
a journeyman shoemaker" That shoe
makers name was William Carey, and
hidden in his heart was the passion
and the vision Of the modern mission
airy crusade. Even Parliament called
him a lunatic for advocating export
ing the Gospel to far lands. But in
his fruitful life there was seed for a
thousand trees and for waiting acres,
even as in that tiny Scotch cobblers
shop he stood in front of his homemade
map exclaiming: God so loved the
world-the world-the world"
Another minister who, greatly dis
treSSed, was asked why he was so dis
couraged and low-spirited, replied it
was because he had so adjectly failed
in the work of his church in the year
just closing. He confessed with shame
that the record indicated that for the
entire year he had received only one
member. That did sound rather dis
heartening. What was his name?"
"Oh." replied that preacher, "he was
just a gardener. a young fellow named
Robert Moffatt." To be sure, a pretty
scanty harvest 1t seemed after, tend
ing the trees Of grace for q whole
year In that section of the vast king
dom orchard! But when one tries to
compute the lives transformed through
the apostolic zeal of Robert Moffatt
In South Africa. all that flaming life
accomplished must be credited to that
IL months work in what seemed, by
any numerical yardstick. to be a very
unproductive period.
Carey and Moffatt suggest two small
parish trees with only one apple on
each. But how many trees were in
those two apples? Statistical reports
often fail to include the most signifi-
cant items Of any given period of en-
deavor. Often the things that matter
most slip through the meshes of any
net Of mere numbers. Teachers with
their eyes upon individuals have always
known how fallacious is a scale of
reckoning whose symbol is a mammoth
scoreboard with numbers triumphantly
chalked up in whirlwind campaign.
A teacher may fill in blank indicat-
ing the number Of students in a class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14

and how many teaching days were
spent, without experiencing the awe and
exultation which always shone in the
eyes Of one great teacher, many. many
years ago, who each morning on enter
ing the classroom bowed low in rever-
ence as he faced those bundles Of
potentiality. He said, in explanation
Of his habit: who knows what doctors
or professors or statesmen may be
nodded here for the reckoning future?"
He was thinking of the trees in an
apple. One boy might have orchards
IN his brain and dreams Of abundant
harvestS in his heart.
On snowy Sunday. on New Years,
1850. boy slipped into a chapel in
London. The driving storm was too
severe for him to attempt to go further.
Only handful of the faithful had
struggled through the drifts to that
place OF worship. The preacher, coming
from distance. did not arrive. A lay
man was prevailed upon to mount the
pulpit. He brought hating message,
but warm from his own heart The
only stranger there was that lad who
sat under the gallery. That lay
preacher thought that at least the boy
who had braved the storm ought not
to be sent back inc the raging elements
feeling he had received nothing. The
dear man did the best he could. And
what Of 1t? Well. a marble tablet now
adorns the wall near the seat that
lone boy occupied that snowy day. The
inscription records that that very
morning the youth sitting there was
converted. He was IS then. He died
at 81. But in the course of the inter-
vening years he preached the gospel to
millions and led thousands and thou
sand into the kingdom and service of
the Master Of Men.
Said great scholar, editor and
preacher, William Robertson Nicoll:
Let preachers study this story. Let
them believe that under the most adj
verse circumstances they may do a
work that will tell on the universe for
eyer. 1t was a great thing to have
converted Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
And who knows that he may have In
the smallest and humblest congrega-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14

"Rumor Of Clash London Hears Of
Naval Engagement. News Not Con-
firmed. Japan
Russo japanese War and Russia at
Begins Officially Parting of Ways.
Note Sent to
Tokyo. General Belief That Diplomacy
Is at End. Japanese Minister at st.
Petersburgh Said to Be Preparing to
Start for Home" In these headlines
The Star of February 6, 1904. an
nounced the beginning of hostilities
between Russia and Japan. The London
cable supporting this development read:
1.-THE scare in city circles here was
exemplified today by a wild report
current on the stock exchange that
severe naval engagement has taken
place, in which three Russian and two
japanese ships were sunk" Diplomatic
negotiations. i'll fact. had been broken
off. "Belated declarations" were to APP
pear on February 10.
The Alexandria column of The Star
of February 8, 1904, included the
following paragraph
Deoth of Francis Lovejoy,
Squire Lovejoy aged 70 years, known
throughout AleXan-
dria as Squire Lovejoy,' was found dead
this morning in his room in the old
courthouse building on North Colum-
bus street, where he had resided alone
for many years. Some one who had
business with the squire went to his
room this morning and, knocking. re-
ceive no response. Looking through the
window, the visitor saw the old man in
a semisitting posture. with his head
leaning over the back of chair. Police
men Knight and Gill, who were notified,
entered the room and found the body
corpse. Coroner Purvis was notified
and the remains were examined, but 1t
was decided that an inquest was I'M
necessary. Death was due to Rpoplexy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14

either of those mentioned, with the adj
dition of a singing voice of superlative
breadth and power, to properly inter-
pref Puccini's heroine. That Miss Ger
truoe) Rennyson succeeded in meas
urable degree -. is high compliment
to her ability as singer and an &C
tress She showed complete concep-
ton of the character and from the first
act in which the intensity of her love
for Mario was made manifest through
the various trials she was called upon
to undergo she was conScientiouSly
consistent in her work Mr.. (JoSeph'
Sheean was Mario and again displayed
his great improvements both as an actor
and singer. Mr.: Golf sang the role of
Baron Scarpia. Puccini'S orcheStration
is rich and elaborate, and Conductor
Emanuel brought out its full beauties"
Members of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association were as
sem b e d for their
outrage 36th annual convention
Convention at the National Rifles
Armory, 900 G street
NV. on February IL, 1904. and The
Star of that date reported the gather
ing extensively. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait was presiding. The opening prayer
was offered by the Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw. Delegates from 80 States an
sWered to the roll call. Elizabeth j.
Hauser. office secretary. presented an
account of the years work. Mrs. Ida
Hustled Harper offered new declara-
tion Of principles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Letters to The Star.
Pe1-1lan1es may be used il letters carry
tDriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

BILE, II its lofty pillars should fall, and
its gorgeous decorations be all covered
by the dust Of the valley. All these
may be rebuilt. But who shall recon-
struct the fabric Of demolished Gov
eminent? Who shall rear again the
well-proportioned columns Of constitu-
tional liberty? Who shall frame to-
gether the skillful architecture which
unites national sovereignty and State
rights. individual security and public
prosperity?
mo. II these columns fall, they will
be raised not again. Like the Coliseum
and Parthenon. they will be destined
to a mournful and melancholy immor-
tally. Bitterer tears, however, will
flow over them than ever were shed
over the monuments of Rome or Gre
clan art; for they would be monuments
of more glorious edif1ce than Greece
or Rome ever had-the edifice of con-
stitutional American liberty"
Edna Hannaum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14

Mr.. Savage's stables at $500 Portland
avenue, Minneapolis. Blinded by dense
smoke and showered with water from
the hose directed by the firemen, the
king of the track was led from his stall
by Judge C. B. Elliott, Mr.. Savage and
Charles Plummer, the caretaker. The
famous horse did not seem to be in
jured in the least by his exposure to
fire and water and, although excited
and nervous after the ordeal. was
quieted by his handler in a few mo-
mentS."
The Star of February 6, 1904. con-
tanned a detailed account of the cere-
mony of the previous
installation OF evening at the Wash
Robbi Simon ington Hebrew
Temple, Eighth street
between H and K streets NV, ar
ranged for the formal installation of
Rabbi Abram Simon as associate lead
er of the congregation. Coming from
Omaha, Nebr., the new assistant was
welcomed by DR.. Louis Stern as senior
rabbi, I. L. Blount as president of the
congregation and Simon Wolf, dis
tinguiShed Jewish civic worker.
"Puccini's opera, 'Tosca,'" said The
Star for February 6, 1904, twas given
for the first time in this
Tosco' city last night at the Co.
Performed lumbia Theater before an
audience which filled
every seat and occupied much of the
standing room. :. It was given in Eng
lish by the Savage Grand Opera Com
pany. The libretto Is made from the
play of that name by Sardou. which
has been made familiar to theater-
goers by Bernhard and the late Fanny
Davenport. both of whom were pecu-
liarly adapted to the title role by reason
of their great dramatic ability. 1t re-
quires an actress Of the equipment of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Study of Public Works

' There is evidence of growing apprehension
over the nature of changes in the public works
program that may be recommended by the
congressional joint committee which has the
program under study. The Citizens Advisory
Committee, for example, has seen fit to urge
the Commissioners to stick to their original tax
proposals, warning that more radical tax in
creaSeS can defeat the whole public works plan.
As is usually the case, when reporters try to
find out what is going on behind the closed
doors of the committees meetings with District
officials there is considerable speculation as to
the committees thinking, and some Of 1t Is
disturbing
On the other hand, 1t Is important to
remember the nature of the task that the
Joint committee members have undertaken
They must satisfy themselves, beyond reason
able doubt, as to the soundness of the Commits
sioners' own tax proposals, along with the other
features of the public works program. They
must do this not merely to convince themselves,
but to be prepared to convince the House and
Senate when the legislation comes up for floor
consideration. A necessary part of this pro-
cedure IS to review what the Commissioners
have recommended in the way of tax increases,
and in addition to examine with equal thor
oughneSS all the other possible methods of
getting more revenue from local taxes. Up to
this time, the committee members have reached
no final conclusions.
The encouraging part Of the picture is that
the subcommittee is friendly one, that it Is
convinced of the seriousness of the situation
which has made the public works program
necessary, and that the program itself has been
approved by the Budget Bureau and has been
urged by the President If extensive changes
are proposed by the subcommittee, either in
the recommended tax increases or in the fnan-
cial participation in the program by the Federal
Government, the subcommittee will doubtless
give the Commissioners, and the members of
the citizens group which prepared the program,
full opportunity to analyZe the changes and to
note their criticism.
Subcommittee members have expressed
some concern over the fact that the program
seems not to assure complete ability to make
both ends meet, with substantial deficits pos
sible after a few years. It is, of course,
important to take note of those possibilities,
and to seek methods of avoiding them. But it
IS also important to remember that the public
works program must, of necessity, be reviewed
from year to year, and that under budgeting and
appropriations policy, actual deficits will not
be permitted to occur. If the subcommittee
seeks to cross all possible financing bridges
before they are reached, there is danger that
the fundamentals of the program will be so
obscured in the process that the program itself
will be neither acceptable nor workable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Dissension in Alexandria

Since City Manager Willard under
took to give Alexandria businesslike
deal. the Mayor has publicly criticized
him. This fact is overlooked: Willard,
as professional in civic management,
cannot retaliate and keep the code of
city managers. who should and do stay
out Of politics. In real sense, Mayor
Beverley is blabbing. bullying and be-
rating In hardly courageous fashion
when he knows that Willard is dedi-
Gated to keep his own counsel and do
a job and cannot speak up or back
Beverley has every right to do what
he does, however. Especially since he
can't seem to help it. Let's hope he
enjoys reading his press clippingsLhe
looks like nice guy. Bully for him.
@. E. d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Bricker Amendment
Reader.

The Bricker American Bar Associa-
ton amendment must be passed with
out any modification.
I should like to quote from Daniel
Websters great speech of eulogy to
George Washington and to stress the
clarity of thinking of this great man:
"Other misfortunes may be borne.
or their effects overcome. If disastrous
wars should sweep our commerce from
the ocean, another generation may re-
new it; if it exhaust our Treasury.
future industry may replenish it, if it
desolates and lays waste our fields, still.
under new cultivation. they will grow
green again and ripen to future har-
vests.
1T were but a trif1e even If the
walls of yonder Capitol were to crum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14

Your editorial, Critical Stalemate in
Asia" focuses attention on one of the
most serious problems confronting us
today. If the traditional temporizing
policies of the democracies persist, we
shall lose Indo-China as we lost China
and then have some very penetrating
analyses of this failure.
We have one major and possibly de-
eiSive resource which we have failed to
apply in Indo-China. 1t is Gen. James
A. Van Fleet. There is no one else in
the world with his experience and sue
cess in organizing and training military
forces of technologically backward
countries. AS chief of our military mis-
sion in Indo-China. he could very soon
tell the President what is necessary to
place military operations there on a
winning basis. 1t seems to me tragic
error to send lesser military men to this
critical area when we have Van Fleet
on our side.
RAadop