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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

ATLANTA, Dec 28.-The
earth's upper atmosphere CLOVIS
with a weird green light.
It shines all over the world,
like a green gossamer night
gown, all over the world all
the time, and has much in
common with the aurora seen
only in high north and south
ATTITUDES. 1t is so faint, how
ever, that quite sensitive opti-
cal instruments are needed to
detect it.
The mystery of this. light
will be investigated at a string
of stations extending from
Thule, Greenland, to South
ern Argentina. during the In
ternational Geophysical Year
1957-53, it was announced to
the American Association for
the Advancement of Science
here today by DR.. E. R. Man.
ring of the Air Forces re-
search center at Sacramento
Peak, N. Mex. Principal in
vestigations to date have been
carried on at Sacramento
Peak. This station will be
supplemented by stations in
Mexico. Peru and Argentina.
as well as stations operated
by other agencies. A special
instrument has been devised
which scans the entire sky in
four minutes and records the
intensity of the three wave
lengths of green light which
constitute this so-called "air
glow"
Main Detectives
The scientists want particu-
larry to know whether it varies
in intensity from time to time
and whether it is affected by
magnetic phenomena, as are
the auroras. This instrument
has been made so sensitive
that it now can detect the air
glow in full moonlight. DR..
Manring said. During the day
1t must be measured from
great heights, preferably from
rockets.
Intensity Of one of the light
waves has been observed to in
crease threefold or fourfold at
middle northern ATTITUDES in
late autumn. This particular
line is one which is emitted by
the element sodium. AS yet
there is no explanation as to
how this gets into the atmos-
phere at great heights.
There is a possibility, DR..
Manring said, that it comes
from the evaporation of sea
water. An alternative explana-
ton is that it is brought into
the earth's atmosphere by me-
teors from outer space. The OBJ
servations are expected to re-
solve this question as well as
throw light on the mocha
nisms at great heights which
cause the sodium atoms to be-
come luminous.
The day of radioactive iso-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used n
letters cdrry writers correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
SdfiOn
an unsuspecting public and it
is an opening wedge in the
attack upon our constitutional
freedoms. This group dynam-
les" method of first indoctri-
mating participants, refusing
votes at every level of discus
SIGN and thus getting a con-
sensus of opinion" to be re-
turned and spoon-fed to the
public cleverly circumvents our
republican form of govern
ment by bypassing congress
sional investigating commit
tees; and it circumvents the
democratic form of govern
ment in bypassing the cleo
torate on questions Of funda-
mental Importance to them
that are on constitutional
rights--in this case the right
of the States to set UP their
own schools.
Citizen Reporter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Pans Educators

1t was easy to see through
the dangerous group dynam-
les" used in the White House
Conference on Education. l
saw and heard the -oice of the
people ignored, stilled, and
distorted out of all recognition
by the time an increasing
percentage of educationists
reached a decreasing number
of discussion groups. until at
the top level two individuals
distilled" the ideas of 1900
participants on each of six
topics presented to them for
discussion. At that point, on
each and every topic, the edu-
cationists were 100 per cent in
control, even to excluding all
members of the press from the
discussions.
1t was not surprising that
the results were exactly what
had been suggested and asked
for by the educationists, not
only because the group dynam-
les method enabled the WELL
organized educationists to gain
control, but because all par
Elephants had been thoroughly
briefed and indoctrinated by
voluminous material put out
by the National Education
Association, United States De-
partment of Education, etc
including a large book called
Homework for Participants in
the White House Conference
ON Education" At many tables
opinions we're lifted verbatim
from that book, and what
came out at the end naturally
had even the wording Of the
stacked" report.
The voices of the so-called
"grass roots conference were
further silenced by the WHO
rules which prohibited all reso-
lutions from the floor.
No worse hoax and fraud
has ever been perpetrated on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

@. How many times a day
does a persons heart beat?
M. D.
A. About 100000 times. The
heart is active about 70 of the
time, and rests about % of the
time The blood completes its
cycle from the heart through
the arteries, capillaries and
veins and back into the heart
il 60 seconds or less.
@. Is it true there are pink
and yellow geese somewhere in
the West?--O r. A.
A. Yes, but man rather than
nature produced the colors.
The California Department of
Fish and Game has dyed geese
of several species yellow or
pink or green, in order to trace
nesting and breeding areas.
People seeing these unusual
birds are asked to report the
time and location of the sight
ing to the nearest Fish and
Game Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

and said that consistency had
the support of the sages Of
antiquity. ,ss.
The question as to Shake
speare is up to every reader.
What Henry James said is,
after all. what Henry James
said.
The main thing is what
Templeton Jones says, when it
is Templeton Jones who has
to answer the question in his
own mind.
We put it up to the old fell
low the other day, and got his
famous ever-ready smile.
II believe that Shakespeare
wrote Shakespeare" he an
swered. why not?"
Perhaps it was as good an
answer as any.
1t is ShakeSpeare's special
fate to be doubted 800 years
after he wrote. a distinction
scarcely given to any other
great writer.
Probably only a playwright
could have achieved it.
The stage is a world all its
own. 1t is called "Theater."
today, without the the" which
We think should be there, just
the same.
The stage demands a special
talent. which even Henry
James lacked. The reader can
buy all his plays in one large
volume, and it is very inter-
esting, but the plays were
failures. On the same evening
that one of Oscar Wilde's plays
was making a hit, one of Henry
James was being Missed off
the stage.
Naturally, the old boy didn't
like playwriting after that,
and went back to the novel.
Our belief is that James
belief about Shakespeare was a
prejudiced one. His pride had
been trampled on, and he
wanted to take it out on some
one.
So he turned on poor old
viii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

A correspondent recently
spelled out the page and edi-
ton of Henry James letter in
which she said he questioned
whether Shakespeare really
wrote Shakespeare.
Maybe we will look it up
sometime, but for the present
We will go along in the belief
that, after all, it doesn't make
much difference what the great
novelist thought.
What one writes in letters
is something special. One time.
one thought; another time. an
other. That. we believe, is the
special point of letters.
Great men, in their letters,
are plainly on parade. even
when they say they aren't. A
steady reader of letters. as
presented in collections, knows
this perfectly we'll.
The letter writer's know it.
too. That is the joke of it.
They wrote with tongue in
cheek. one eye on the paper.
and the other on posterity. 1t
cannot be any other way. The
real writer knows he can write,
even if his public doesn't!
Henry James is a good case
in point.
He failed throughout life to
satisfy the great general pub
lie. who would have none of
him. at least in the sense of
the modern best seller"
He wrote, and was printed,
but only once in his lifetime
can he be said to have hit the
jackpot. with his long short
story. or novella. as he called
1t. DAISY Miller" Today his
popular fayorite is "The Turn
of the Screw" Actually. this is
one of his lesser works. Such
novels as THE Bostonians"
outrun it by a mile.
y X y
The great average reader is
nonpluSsed, in most cases,
when he is introduced to
James. or. better. introduces
himself to James.
The point is, we believe. that
Henry James. dead or alive.
didn't and doesn't give a
whoop. He wrote as he could.
and as he wanted to write,
as any real writer must do.
He never truckled to other
peoples opinions. or to ex-
pediency of one sort or an
other, but was himself, first,
last and all the time, which
accounts today for the revival
of interest in him.
There are English and
American editions of his let
ters. but you have to be a real
letter reader to turn to them.
Not every one likes the letter
form, even from the great.
Perhaps this feeling prevails
because the reader has a dis
tinct feeling that he is not
getting the real lowdown from
his author. The man is writ
ing one way, today, in this
letter; he may change his
ideas around the next time,
and write the other way. The
amazing thing is that he will
be right, at least for him. both
times In other words, he sees
all around his subject. One
time, he is IN favor of this;
the next time, of that. Con-
sistency, as Emerson said, is
the hobgoblin of little minds.
Even that great sage. If his
next essay had demanded,
would have reversed himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Airport Issue

In his half-page ad in The
Star of December 10, Henry
j. Rolls aptly states the case.
Truth VS.. Fiction" in his
specious, unsupported argu-
ments-full of glittering gen.
eralities and semitruths-for
support of his pet project, the
Burke Airport.
If the arguments Of oppo-
nents refer mainly, as he says.
to military type aircraft and
not to the modern type of
commercial airplanes now be-
ing bought by the commercial
airlines," then what is all the
fuss the citizens of Alexandria
are constantly making about
noise and dangers of such
commercial aircraft? Why did
Washington papers recently
carry editorials raging about
the noise bothering all Wash
ington? If commercial planes
are so silent and safe. why are
they not allowed to fly over the
White House?
Mr.. Rolls states that an air.
port would add tax revenue to
Fairfax County. But he never
says how. Where I went to
school you weren't allowed to
subtract something from some
thing and come up with plus
answer. If you take a lot of
land from the tax rolls, how
can you add land to the rolls?
He also claims that airports
increase land values nearby.
If that be true how can you
land at any airport in the
country outside New York
(where stark land necessity
forces poor people to build on
all possible SiteS) and see
either nothing for miles, or
else just plain slums? AS for
enticing light industry to an
airport area, where has this
ever been done?
If proponents of another
airport mean what they say,
why not conduct truly up-to-
date survey of the needs of the
entire area and plan for an
airport that would serve the
Washington Baltimore An
napolis Montgomery Prince
Georges area. from which
most of the passengers would
be drawn? The reason can
only be that there is some
great and urgent hope for
vast profits from insisting on
Burke. Owen J. Remington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
An Assist
Edward A. Tape.

Our JOY in having the Sher-
atom Corporation withdraw its
application for a public park
ing lot on our short. narrow
but beautiful Woodley road
NV, thus messing up our
homes and beautiful st. Thorn
as Church. would be incom-
plete were We to fail to
acknowledge The Stars graci-
Gus response to our appeal in
the columns of your paper. to
give us a hand in helping keep
our city beautiful.
One Of the WOOdleyiteS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

The causes for this sort of ebb and flow
cannot always be foreseen clearly in
advance, nor can corrections always be
made in time to Offset them. Memories
Of modern depreSsions and recessions are
sufficiently strong today, however, to
keep both government and the business
community alert to the problem and
there are no really disturbing signs at
present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Out of Pocket

Some years ago ] purchased
a rather expensive foreign
make chronograph. Last July
/ took this watch to my jeweler
for repairs when it ceased to
to run. He informed me that
a small wheel had broken and
1t would be necessary to order
the part from the importer in
New York, inasmuch as he was
unable to obtain a duplicate in
Washington. He estimated that
it might take 10 days or two
weeks before he could procure
this wheel TO repair the watch.
Five months have passed
and the watch has still not
been repaired. necessitating
my purchase of another time
piece. My jeweler advises he
has been informed by the i'm
porter that the latter did not
have a stock Of the part in
question and has been unable
to procure the item from the
factory abroad.
! am entirely in accord with
the principle that if we expect
to export the products of our
own factories we should open
our domestic market to i'm
ports from abroad. However,
if foreign companies expect to
sell their products here they
certainly have the obligation
to adequately service them. I
hope my own unhappy expert
ence is an isolated one. If it
is not then many people might
we'll hesitate to purchase ex-
penSive foreign made products.
which would be unfortunate
from our standpoint as well as
that of the economy of our
friends abroad.
Edward A. Tame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

reader can get an answer t. any
iactua' question by writing The
Evening Star information Bureau,
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Evening star., 1955-06-14
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-12

All YOU do is send in the box
TOP from a bottle Of Johnson's
Baby Shampoo, to JOHNSON
e. JOHNSON, New Brunswick,
New Jersey.
Evening star., 1955-11-10

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be received at the Dept. Of In
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curement & Supply, st. Croix,
Virgin Islands, until 800 PM,
Tuesday June IA, 1855, and
then publicly opened for the
following:
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INGS AT ESTATE Annals
HoP FOR USE AS HOME
FOR BOY. z
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the
Dept. of Insular Affairs, Divi-
sion Of Procurement & Supply
st. croix, Virgin Islands, upon
request.
Alphonso RomneY
Clerk-in-C Charge .
, 1955-06-04
CALL FOR BIDS

|, Sealed bids in septuple will
be received at the Dept. Of
Insular Affairs, Division Of
Procurement & Supply, St.
Croix, Virgin Islands. until
300 PM, Friday, June 3, 1855,
and then publicly opened for
the equipment listed below.
! Pickup Truck. " ton.
Standard American Manufac-
ture.
Copies of Invitation to Bid
may be obtained from the
Dept. of Insular Affairs, Divi-
sion of Procurement & Supply
St. Croix, Virgin Islands, upon
request.
Alphonso RomneY
Clerk-in-C Charge
H
, 1955-06-04
CALL Q BIDS

Sealed bids in Septuple will
will be received at the Dept.
Of Insular Affairs, Division of
Procurement q Supply, St.
Croix, Virgin Islands, until
800 Pm. Friday, June 10,1955
and then publicly opened for
the items listed below.
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Oil Lubricating sac 80
Ties, HeavY-dutY
Tubes, Inner HeayY-DutY
Rim, for s:so-ls Tire, Ford
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the
Dept. of Insular Affairs, Divi-
sion of Procurement & Sup
ply, Christiansted, Virgin Is
lands, upon request.
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Clerk in Charge
, 1955-06-04
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-22
Wife in Staying
Asks Divorce

Mrs. katherine Young Haynes,
charged with shooting TO death
her husbands girl friend, yes
terday filed suit for divorce,
charging him with, adultery.
The papers were filed In Fair
fax (Va.1 Circuit Court.
Mrs. Haynes, who lives at 1924
Wayne road, Falls Church. is to
be tried ON the murder charge in
District Court Monday.
In the divorce papers Mrs
Haynes accuses her husband
Willis. Of committing adultery
with the woman she is charged
with numbering.
The dead woman was Miss
Nancy Penton. Mr.. Haynes,
who lives at ll3 sMankin walk,
Falls Church. is charged in the
divorce papers with having lived
with Miss Penton from January
~ to February IA. 1855, at 500
Seventh street Me-. and from
March 10 to July 10 at 232
Eleventh street NE.
Mrs. Haynes asks for custody
|of the couples four children and
for support Of them and herself
The papers. were filed by At
torney Frank s. Morgan OF
Arlington,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-22
Parents Fail to Free Son
Held for MentoI Checkup

BALTIMORE, Oct. % tR.-
Tns parents OF II year old
Douglas Dye. jr., yesterday failed
u get him out Of q mental In
stitution where he has been un-
der study since he ran on from
Silver Spring. Md, with his girl
friend and they took rat poison
together.
Judge r. Ralph Warnken de-
MED 3 petition for q writ Of ha-
beas corpus which the parents
had filed in Baltimore City
Court.
you could better serve your
boy BY showing q little co-opera-
ton with the Montgomery Coun-
u Juvenile Court instead Of us
ing technical efforts to upset
what has been done Judge
Warnken told the Dyes.
Young Dye has been under
observation at Seton Institute in
baltimore on the order Of Judge
Alfred D. Noyes Of the Mont
gofnery County Juvenile Court.
both Judge Moves and Algei
BArbee. Montgomery Counts
prosecutor. appeared before Judge
Warnken TO oppose the attempt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-22
Arlington Bor Honors
+ rank |. Ball , ST., 70

Frank L. BAH. ST., was honored
last night for his long and dis
Itinguished legal and public serv-
lice career in Virginia.
The former State Senator. who
has been practicing in Airing
ton since 1908. was 70 this
month. Several attorneys and
Judges from the nearby Virginia
area took the occasion to paE
him tribute at an Arlington
Bar Association dinner.
The program. held at the
washington Golf and Country
Club, was a surprise affair for
mr.. Ball. The first president Of
1.-THE Arlington Bar Association.
he was one of IL charter mem
beers on hand for the program.
known affectionately as "the
wizard because Of his successful
courtroom trial work, MIR. Ball
heard the highlights of his
career reviewed in talks BY old
friends.
Born october 4, 1885. he grad
uated from the old National Uni
versity Law school and went into
private practice At years ago.
Mr. Ball served as Common
wealth attorney from 1916 to
1924. At the time of his cleo
ton his jurisdictions included
Arlington, Fairfax, Prince VIII
liam County and Alexandria.
Mr.. Ball moved from the post
OF commonwealth attorney to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-22

Ito free Dye from the institution
They pointed out the exami.
nation at Seton will be over II
three weeks. Dye then win b
returned to the Juvenile Court al
Rockville for disposition Of his
case.
He Is charged with being 8
delinquent as the result Of q
series of episodes involving hi,
love affair with the l3-year-old
Donna Murray.
Because they had previously
run away together. Judge Noyes
during the summer ordered the
teen-agers to stop seeing each
other.
They were found doubled ur
with pain at q picnic spot neai
Roanoke, Va, October I. They
had taken rat poison. A note In.
fdicating q suicide pact was
PINNED to a picnic table with q
dagger.
The pair had driven OF to-
Igether IN . family station wagon
la week earlier.
They were returned to Mary.
land and Judge Moves ordered
young Dye to the mental institu-
ltion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-22
Site on Shirley Highway
Urged for GA Building

| Mr.. Draper and other members
agreed with him. but said II the
choice Is between the two sites
now under consideration the To-
cation on Shirley highway near
Seminary road should be used.
The group at its meeting yes
lterday unanimously favored
adoption Of an interim zonine
regulation requiring row houses
Ito be at least 20 feet wide. A
coming commission hearing on
1.-THE issue will be held November
l16. The regulation would prevail
until the new coming code for
THE city, now being worked out.
takes effect.
Stuart Finley, radio and tele.
vision commentator who con-
Quoted the "Our Beautiful Po-
ltornac'' series on pollution, told
THE committee he hopes for pas
sage Of legislation to make an
adequate survey Of the river and
Us pollution as . step toward
cleaning 1t UP.