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The Arizona post., 1955-10-21
Joining not only the TucsOr

oOlu1ILS IOt O1Aly tlAC uOSOAA
colony but mispoche as well
are Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dun
can and children, GWynne 13,
Denise 9, Gregory 8. Coming
from Phoenix, they are on E.
Cecilia. Mr.. Duncan is with
Electrical Products Corp. Mrs.
Duncan is the sister of Mrs.
Robert BrovaS and a un t of
Mrs. Sam Ruben. Her mother
is Mrs. Gertrude Berg. Living
with them is Mr.. Duncan'S
mother, Mrs. Tillie Duncan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gold
stein, E. Sylvia, spent several
days in Las Vegas.
After a long tour of duty
with the Army, a considerable
period of which time he was
stationed in England, Sidney
LeBoff returned to Tucson.
He opened a business on S.
9th last week. Mrs. LeBoff
joined him here after visit
of five months in L o n d on.
They have a daughter, Sheree
20 months. The LeBoffs live
on F EaStl3nd
Planning to spend the next
year here is Mrs. Ben Alper-
in, Miami Beach, 81 S ter of
Morris Sosin. She has been
joined by a niece, jamie Levin,
who is attending VA. They
live on E. 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Abram-
son are going into business in
Miami and take the good wish
es of friends for success.
An unexpected guest was
Eddie Vogel, Valley Stream,
L. l., who spent five days with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
VOgel, his sister and brother
in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Davidson. The several days
were crowded with a visit to
Nogales and the bull fight, a
football game, a scenic trip to
the surrounding country.
New headmaster at the
Fenster Ranch School an
nOunce Mr.. and Mrs. George
Fenster, is Paul A. Williams.
He has been on the faculty for
almost two years.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21
At dusk a recent Sunday

At dusk a recent Sunday
evening Sophie Silverstone
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Ruben at their new, beautiful
Tanque Verde home and eX-
pressed concern that she was
interrupting t h e ir rest. The
lights went on and she found
she was the guest of honor at
a celebration of her admission
to the Bar. Cue st S were
Messrs. and Mines. William
Walker, Alex S tein, ] a C k
Lapin, Jacques Freeman, Ben
Yasmer, Jack Cross, Sol Ka-
min.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry GOrO-
dess were in New York to at
tend the wedding of her niece.
They returned Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Fem
stein are back from their an
nual High Holiday visit with
their n DIR e n in Chicago.
They were hosts last Sunday
to the board of Workmen Cir
Gle.
Delighted to be back in Tue
son say Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Cohen, who were gone more
than a year to Las Vegas.
They have ia k n an apart
ment on E. 9th. Equally pleas
ed are their children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Gender.
Last w Elk Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Silverstein, N. 3rd, went
over to LA. They will attend
the m arriage there next
month of their daughter, Ber-
nice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hab-
erman who arrived back in
town last June from New
Engla n d are glad to be in
their new home on E. 7th. 1t
was through the Post that
friends learned they were
back and hastened to welcome
them.
Following an enjOya b | e
summer and fall at Newton
Center. Mass. with their chill
dren. Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham
Stavitsky returned home last
week.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21

Arizona Post. Oct. 21, 1855
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21

plan that is easy to follow.
staff members will help
Build now for the future.
Just visit any of the banks
Z conveniently located Of
you work out a savings
Evening star., 1955-11-27

a. squsre Hessoek OF right: Green. red, blue, Eo8
Ground podded top l6xl6xl5" high.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Kozy-Nook
HassOcks
Handsome Additions to Erery Room

All kinds of hoocks big ones little ones shapes and
designs that's the group Of hossocs we've assembled for your
Christmas giving There's KozNook hoock for every need
and DECOR budget Made with fine attention deto stu
built for long and comfort and ppy filled and covered with
eother-lke Plastic that wipes clean with damp cloth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01

of La Mesa, Calf. Both were
booked for robbery although the
juvenile was turned over to Ju-
venile Court authorities.
Within five minutes after a
lookout was radioed for the rob-
berry car bearing California tags,
Accident Investigation Unit Po-
|licemen Frederick Campbell and
Raymond j. Clark said they were
amazed to see the car In front
of them near Bladensburg road
and New York avenue NE.
Pvts. Clark and Campbell said
they had taken up an emergency
station on hearing the broadcast
but did not believe an auto could
be driven In the 7 pm. traffic
fast enough to get from Third
and H streets NV. in that short
time:
They Seize the Pair
Pvt. Campbell jumped from
his cruiser and pulled the juye-
nile from the right side Of the
car. Figuerido would have driven
of. the officer said, except that
heavy traffic blocked him at the
intersection. Pvt. Clark ther
collared the driver.
They acted, they said, on a
report that Harold Simpson, 81,
of 1923 Queens Chapel road,
Queenstown. Md, an attendant
at q gasoline station at Third
and H streets NV. had just
been held up and robbed Of $78
in bills and change.
Mr.. Simpson, slightly-built
man. said the pair drove into
his station, got out Of their car
and approached the office.
AS soon as they opened the
door, he said. the juvenile took a
new bowie knife and placed 1t
against his throat, using enough
force to tilt back his head.
GIVE me the dough-" he said
the youth demanded. The ban
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01

dts companion remained at the
door as q lookout.
He Gets Tag Number
At first, Mr.. Simpson said, he
handed over his money changer,
but the youth was not satisfied.
"Okay. I want the bills. too"
Mr.. Simpson said the bandit de-
manded. Mr.. Simpson told po-
lice he took $75 in paper money
from a desk drawer and turned
lit over.
| AS soon as the bandits left, he.
added, he. took down the tag
numbers of the 1913 sedan in
which they sped of. and notified
police.
/ Taken back to the scene, both
bandits were Immediately iden-
titled by their victim. One
clincher, Mr.. Simpson said, was
a cut the juvenile bore under his
left eye. He later told police he
got 1t in a fight when he tangled
with q bouncer in a Florida tav-
ern en- route here.
Talking freely, the pair admit
ted holding up seven gasoline
stations to finance their high
living trip from California. They
said they were going to New
England to visit some friends Of
Figueriedo.
The Juvenile, during his talk
with Robbery Squad detectives,
often reverted to the jargon Of
the underworld, police said. He
said he had taken part in other
crimes, but that last nights ar
rest was the first time he ever
had been busted"
Carries Pachuco Mark
He also denied being a member
of the notorious "pachuco" gang
of teen-age hoodlums on the
West Coast, although he bore a
characteristic tattoo between the
thumb and foreinger on his left
hand. The design, red and white,
was a bomb over which was
superimposed the word MON"
! The pachucos, mostly Califor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01

mans Of Mexican birth. take a
blood oath Of violence and swear
never to inform on one another.
Both youths told police their
series of crimes began when they
entered Texas on their way east.
They admitted other holdups.
always with two shiny new hunt
ing knives, in Ell Paso. Laredo
and Houston, Tex; Mobile, Ala,
and Jessup and Savannah, Ga.
In each. they got an average of
from $40 to $50. they said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
Police Nab Bondit Pair
After $78 HoIdup Here
By JOSEPH B. BYRNEs

hoodums who admit financing uansconlnenta
knepont robberies captured
night within minutes after the $7s holup Of gasoline
station
Arrested in their getaway car they were identified as
from FL Caon Caf and Russell Fguerido 49,
Evening star., 1955-05-11
Quemoy-Motsu Policy

The administration remains
reticent on whether or to what
extent we are to participate in
the defense of the Quemoy and
MatSu Islands. InaSmuch as
these islands are militarily sig
nificant only with respect to
an invasion of the Chinese
Communist mainland, the rea-
sons for this continuing silence
must lie elsewhere than in the
realm of the military.
We are told the islands are
held solely for bargaining pur-
poses; we also are led to be-
lieve their loss would have a
tragic effect on Nationalist
morale. But any contradiction
inherent in these explanations
must be more apparent than
real, for the President would
have spoken long ago if he had
thought it auspicious.
Eventually but inevitably the
administrators judgment in
this matter must stand public
scrutiny; along with a clarifi-
cation Of cloaked intentions
the case for secrecy must be
presented. M. Rhyner.
Evening star., 1955-05-11
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Super-Dworfs Guard Health
By THOMAS R. HENRI

soldiers. however. are auto
nations with no choice of &C.
ton for good or bad. When
they cut down the effects Of
a drug deliberately adminis-
tered. they may well be a
detriment.
They operate. the National
Institutes scientists believe, by
setting up a chemical reac-
tion. the nature of which is
unknown. Current researches,
DR.. Sebrell says, indicate
strongly that an important
part is played in this reaction
by ascorbic acid. the vitamin
C found abundantly in citrus
fruits and many fresh vege-
tables. Apparently the micro
somes operate in some way to
prevent the vitamin from ex-
ercising a hitherto unsupported
normal function which makes
possible the metabolism of the
drugs.
Experiments have shown
guinea pigs, when deprived Of
the vitamin, metabolize vari-
Gus drugs very slowly. but re-
gain their normal rate when
the vitamin again is admin
istered.
Niacin for Headaches
New functions also recently
have been found for several
other vitaminS, DR.. Sebrell
explains. This is notably the
case with niacin. or NICOTINE
acid, which now is known to
stimulate secretions of stomach
acids and induces dilation Of
peripheral blood vessels. This
is making it valuable in
treatment of frostbite, arterio-
sclerosis and certain types Of
headache. One derivative is
being used widely as a stimu-
liant to respiration.
Vitamin B IL, latest discov-
cred and probably the most
potent of the B vitamins, DR..
Sebrell declares, likewise is
being found to have uses con-
siderably beyond the treat
ment of pernicious anemia,
for which it is the most effec-
tive known drug. 1t is bene-
fetal in amounts SO to 200
times those ordinarily used in
treatment of cranial nerve
neuralgias and the neuritis
which results from diabetes.
Spectacular results, he af-
firms, have been reported in
treatment of the nerve dis
orders which result from al
coholism. Preliminary animal
studies indicate that it pro-
notes healing of wounds.
Evening star., 1955-05-11

@. Could water softeners
have any bad effects on the
body?-H. OBJ.
A. According to the United
States Public Health Service.
no harm need be expected as
general rule. Anyone who
has been put on a low salt
diet, however, should first con-
suit with his physician before
drinking Softened water. Home
water softeners usually con-
tain a compound of sodium,
aluminium and silicon. When
added to hard water, alumi-
mum and silicon drop off the
sodium in the water and re-
move the calcium and magne-.
SUM which made it hard.
Thus anyone drinking the
softened water will be taking
into the body relatively more
SOuIuIll anu leSS magnesium.
@. What is the distance be-
tween the twin cities, Mime
apolis and st. Paul? e. O.P.
A. Both cities have grown
up on both banks of the Mis-
sissippi River. Minneapolis is
Is miles upstream from st.
Paul. but their city halls are
only 10 miles apart as the
crow flies. In the north only
a surveyors line divides the
two cities and farther south.
the center Of the river marks
the boundary.
Evening star., 1955-05-11
Age and the Poqo Stick

The comeback of the pogo stick is
an interesting phenomenon. Anybody
who was city child years and years ago
in the early 1920s-can hardly fail to feel
the memory being logged bit by the
news For in those dear dead days beyond
recall, when one was little boy or a little
girl, this ridiculous plaything was true
delight even though doctors warned
against its possible effect on the kidneys,
the heart and other vital organs.
And now the toy is in vogue again
apparently veritable craze among chill
dren in some parts of the country. The
same sort of stick as 80 years ago >.
with the same strong spring at the bottom
go. with the same step on each side just
above the spring . with the same
jumping action, up and down and slightly
forward :. and with the same warnings
from the doctors. In short, the story is
exactly the same as in the distant past
When one was much too young to think
of becoming middle-aged, and rather
stout, and sadly ill-equipped to undertake
anything more strenuous than croquet
or Tom Thumb golf.
But away with nostalgia! The big
question has to do with why modern
American children-despite what seems
to be pretty sound medical advice-have
suddenly grown enamored of the old
fashioned pogo stick. Is this good omen?
Is it harbinger of the kind of tranquility
and prosperity that existed in the 20S?
Does it mark the beginning of trend
away from what is euphemistically known
as juvenile delinquency? Or would the
pSychiatrists describe it as the outward
sign of an inner compulSion to rebel some
more against "a hostile adult world" that
has become too full of such distressing
means Of locomotion as Jet planes and
Superpowered automobiles?
These are large questions-too large
for any aging pogo-stick veteran to at
tempt to answer. The only thing such
person can be sure of is that the years
have gone by all too fast and that jumping
up and down, dozens and dozens Of times,
no longer seems quite so attractive sport
as it used to be. Alas, although ones
yesterdays can be remembered readily
enough, the old ability to bounce inter-
minably on spring is lost forever. Happy
those youths who are not yet thus handi-
capped!
Evening star., 1955-05-11
Return From Koreu

The dream, OF home has faded
noU and gone.
Done lUith those lengthy.
lonely months and
drear,
At last haze returned.
Bright Warmth aud
cheer
Well up like sunrise to a gold
en- ddUn.
In dreams / sought in vain the
paragon
OF SDeet realities Which no,O
appear
Before my once obliUious
eyes: hot0 dear
Are Uitdl sounds, small sights
gaze upon.
The ltuely ,Udter gushing from
the tap
Is diamond feckedi There's
magic IN the choice
OF lights to dim or brighten!
Yet dboUe
All else, my children nestled
on my lap
Are UiSionS magnifed; and
/ rejoice
In my return-in fact
to home and love.
Jeon Mersord
Evening star., 1955-05-11
Comforting Editorial

I would like to thank The
Star for its kind May l edi-
torial on behalf of my country
in connection with the last
earthquake disaster at Volos.
In the difficult and trying
times that lie ahead for Greece,
it is comforting to know that
a newspaper such as yours
stands by an old and faithful
ally of the United States.
You may perhaps be inter-
ested to know that your edi-
torial was given prominence
in the Athens newspapers and
was very much appreciated by
the Greek public.
Having had for many years
the pleasure of representing
Greece in the United States,
I am confident that the Amer
lean people will once again
respond generously in my
country's great time of need.
Constantine Alex.
Triantaphyllakos,
Director, Information Serv-
ice, Royal Greek Embassy.
Evening star., 1955-05-11
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

The person in a car, II he
wants to look at the top of a
building, must stick his head
clear out of the window.
This twist is not good for
the neck, to say nothing of the
fact that he may get his whole
head knocked off while do
ing it.
We suspect that the differ
ence between putting ones
name high in the air. rather
than down on the sidewalk.
meant nothing more than GUS
tom.
Every day and age has its
customs, and putting the date
of buildings construction at
the peak was the way it was
done then; now the corner
stone is the thing, with name
and date where every passer-by
can see them, as we'll as every
motorist. =
1t would be interesting to
speculate on the difference
between the innate modesty of
human beings of the 1905 and
the 1950s. but it would be fu-
tile; we may believe that there
is not much difference in peo-
pie, after all, and that what
appealed to one age, would ap-
peal to another, if the sur
rounding conditions were the
same. The fact is that condi-
tions are not the same. Many
OF them are plain, some are
hidden. but often the in
f1uence of the hidden is more
potent than that of the open
and easily seen influence.
Traces of the old days are
seen high in the air along F.
street, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets. The down.
stairs may be strictly modern,
with chromium and plate
glass, but upstairs, and espe-
cially at the roof line, they
remain as they were in the
1880s.
Evening star., 1955-05-11

An emergency army Of
super-dwarfs - physiological
soldiers designated as a hith-
erto unknown "metabolic sys-
TEN or systems'-has been
found by National Institutes
of Health scientists.
1t consists of submicro-
scopic particles, the so-called
microsomes, lately discovered
in liver cells. Although far
below any microscopes limit
of visibility they can be iso-
lated by use of an ultracentri-
fuge producing a centrifugal
force 10000 times the force of
gravity.
For some years since the
ultracentrifuge first revealed
them, they have been objects
of mystery. No function could
be attributed to them, but the
human body does not retain
the useless for many genera
tions. Now, according to the
National Institutes of Health
workers, it has been demon
strated that they deactivate a
considerable variety of poisons
likely to get into the body, as
well as some drugs.
A short time ago, according
to DR.. w. H. Sebrell, jr.. di-
rector of the National InSti-
tuteS, a remarkable drug was
put on the market which is
able greatly to prolong the
action of various drugs used
in medicine. 1t appeared to
be acting as an antagonist to
something in the body itself
which normally deactivated
these drugs. 1t tended, for
example, to shorten the action
of morphine in small doses.
Many Tissues Tested
The National Institutes sci
entlsts proceeded with the te-
dious task of testing against
these drugs fractions of vari-
GUS tissues which, there was
reason to believe, might play a
part. Some showed slight ef-
fects against some drugs but
only the microsomes showed
pronounced effect against all
of them. They were designated
as the common denominator."
They themselves, however,
were deactivated by the new
drug which had been found to
prolong the action of the other
drugs.
Except in emergencies, the
microsomes apparently play no
part in the body's economy
and their inactivation does no
apparent harm under ordinary
circumstances. These dwarf
Evening star., 1955-05-11
Spain Today

Readers OF The sunday
Star, May /, were given an
inside view of "Spain Today"
by Weldon James. Mr.. James,
during his brief visit to Spain.
found that country to be a
land of poverty and a great
DEAL of discomfort, with fol-
lowers of every phase of polit-
ical opinion voicing dissatis-
faction with the Franco
regime. In short the writer
found Spain to be the most
backward and poorest country
in Western Europe"
The writer finds it difficult
to reconcile Mr.. James report
with those of other writer's of
recent date who make mention
of new housing projects, the
generous freedom accorded
those who oppose Franco,
about the freedom of move
ment among the eyer-increas-
ing numbers of tourists, not to
mention that Spain is a land
of order where there was chaos
prior to the advent of Franco.
Indeed in The Star of May S
we find that "U. S. Has Real
Friend in Spain," by the out
standing journalist, David
Lawrence. He reminds his
readers that Americans can
breathe easier because Spain
has opened big areas of land
for airtields and has gener-
ously bestowed military ad-
vantage after advantage to
make possible a real defense
operation. ready for instant
action" Mr.. Lawrence further
states that the United States
has given little in return for
the enormous concessions
granted by the Franco regime.
But that the Spanish officials
are much too proud to make a
point of it :"
Mr. James in his view of
Spain proved blind to the con-
cessions granted to Americans
by the peoples of that back
ward" country.
John T. Bowling,
Evening star., 1955-05-11
The Wind

The wind is a multitude, It is gentle
enough to lift leaf on a short journey
and lay it softly against a hedge: fierce
enough to destroy a tree 1t is boon to
the traveller who pauSeS at the top of the
hill on hot summer day: terror to the
farmer who watches his soil torn away in
a drought. 1t ycaresSes the weak and the
strong, and then, in pique, lashes them
alike. 1t is hurricane and breeze, a
monster and delight.
The busy wind daShes the rain against
the windows, scatterS the seed of the dan
delion, hurlS a kite higher and higher,
whips the bay and the river into fury,
pushes the clouds to where rain is needed,
gives aid to the migratory bird in its firing
flight, sends a chilling draft across the
floor, slams door when nobody is around,
kisses a daffodil, carves a rock, sings a
sorrowing song in the trees.
The capricious wind deserts the sailor,
harries the sportsman, chills the marrow,
blows dust in the eyes, upsetS a paper
plate at picnic, touSels the hair, blows an
umbrella inside out, carries off a hat, shat
ters store front, tears flag to shreds,
puffs out match after match, makes holo-
caust of fire in the forest or prairie. The
wind is the most restless, unpredictable
force Of Nature.
The winds busy, restless capricious-
Evening star., 1955-05-11
GEORGIA AVENUE.

DSdA AJA1
Sometimes, when not driv-
ing my car to work, I find it
interesting when using public
transportation, to watch the
tops of the buildings.
This is especially true on
the Seventh street carline
from Florida avenue down
through the business section.
Dates on some buildings,
others with owners names &C
companying dates in the 1905
and earlier, will be seen.
Il note that some of these
markers in the past few years
have fallen off or otherwise
disappeared.
I'm any event the mid
Victorian construction they
hover over is interesting to my
imagination.
X X X
Nov compare this with the
modern method of noting
dates of building construction
with cornerStoneS close to the
ground. When did this change
of dates from the tops of
buildings to the street-floor
level occur?
ut must have been rather
trying on a pedestrian to see
whose pride and JOY was
erected by whom at the turn
of the century.
And, by the way, whatever
happened to the Roman nu-
merals and their classic
dignity?
Sincerely, S. L."
A great many persons felt,
evidently, that the classic
dignity" of Roman numerals
was a bit too classic for every
day American use.
IhlS Is an argument tnat
goes on forever.
To some honest Americans
just plain numbers, as they
say, are best, because the
simplest and the least likely
to be mistaken.
A classic instance occurred
recently.
Consulting a Bible in which
the Psalms were numbered in
Roman numerals, the reader
tried to find a certain number.
AS with most persons. he
had to think twice when he
got up in the &C" numbers.
Being more conversant with
the beauties of the Psalms
than he was with the Roman
numbering, he mistook one
number for another, and read
the wrong one for the given
time.
1t happened that in getting
the wrong PSalm-and none
of them can be wrong in any
except a numerical sense-he
made a mistake and credited a
liking for the wrong Psalm to
another.
If they had been numbered
according to the usual system,
he could have made no such
mistake.
Roman numerals seem to
have their place on pediments
of classic dignity, as the phrase
is. but just on everyday
buildings, not so much so.
1t is easier. simpler and
more accurate to use the num-
bers the telephone company
does
AS to when the change oc-
Cured which brought names
and dates down to street level.
we believe it began when the
automobile became a common
vehicle.
You cannot see out and up,
in one, and that is that.