davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1955-07-25

other artificial butter with q
wide temperature range out Of
cottonseed oil and a synthetic
fat which does not exist In
nature. It has, they report. the
true flavor and color OF nat
ural butter. In appearance it
greatly resembles oleomarga-
rine, but it contains no mois-
ture or protein solid which will
attract bacteria and hasten
spoilage. Tests to date have
shown every evidence Of ac-
ceptability by the Army.
Southern Research Labora-
tory workers also have found.
they have just reported. that
the storage life of several pop
ular candies containing butter
can at least be tripled by add
ing yeast or a special oat -four
to avoid spelling caused by
oxygen combination with but
terfat. This has both COM
mercial and military implica-
tions. When butter candies are
stored for several weeks or
months the butterfat becomes
so rancid that the products are
unstable. During the last
war, of course, several candies
became important quarter
master stocks, and it was
necessary to transport them
over long distances and store
them for months at a time.
To Prevent Rancidity
Natural butter unfortunately
does not contain anything to
Offset oxidation. Candies pre-
pared with ordinary brewers
yeast and butter. the Agricul-
ture Department experiments
show, will remain free of ran
cidity three to six times as
long as those made without
yeast. Fudge and butter
creams, even at continuous
storage at a temperature of
86 F., were protected by the
yeast from 16 to 10 weeks.
Unprotected creams were not
ably rancid when kept only
eight or nine weeks. With oat
-four also the candies remain
unspoiled for three to four
months.
Peanut butter, the Agricul-
ture Department chemists re-
port after extensive expert
ments, also developed rancid
ity through oxidation but only
after storage for more than a
year. A great deal depends.
they found, on the degree to
which peanuts are roasted be-
fore the butter is made and
sometimes it develops objec-
tionable fiavors before any
oxidation can be detected by
chemical tests. In several
cases changes were not scien-
tifically observable for more
than two years, although Gus
toners have complained of
unpleasant taste. But, the
chemists conclude, there is no
need Of a synthetic peanut
butter. The natural product
is sufficiently stable for any
reasonable transportation and
storage demands.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
IS
FIuoriddtion

According to The Star of
July 10, the Mayor of Chicago
has ordered" that fluorida-
ton of the city's water supply
begin as soon as possible.
After such time as this order
is implemented, the taxpayers
of Chicago will have the great
satisfaction of seeing about
$685., 900 of the 100000 allotted
yearly to this venture being
literally poured down the
drain. They have been trying
to forestall this illegal and i'm
moral misappropriation of
public funds, but local author
tiles who are assuming more
and more arbitrary and die
torial power to regulate the
private lives of the individual
citizens OF this free country
always manage to "steal a
march" on local residents who
have to run a veritable OBJ
stacle course in fighting for
their evident rights. 70
Just how did the assumption,
and presumption, originate
which persuades city officials
that they have authority to
treat" whole populations ac-
cording to a formula being
promoted by the Public
Health Service and finan-
cially backed with almost
unlimited funds. without any
individual investig a ton or
proof of its long-range effects?
In spite of this well-financed
dictatorship, and the frantic
assistance of hordes of we'll
trained salesm en- darting
hither and yon all over this
free land, North, South, East
and West, to teach the poor
uninformed public the bless
lngs of this mass medication,
q" nearly 40 million of our people
have voiced their disapproval
OF these coercive activities of
the Public Health Service, and
have rejected fluoridation in
one way or another, either be-
fore or after operation OF the
system, in about $50 cities.
Vera E. Adams,
~ President.
National Committee Against
Fluoridation.
Evening star., 1955-07-25

One Of the fine things about
watching the birds eat raisins
the ,seedless variety are best
is the way they fly up from
the grass on small noises.
X Il II 4
Every one knows they can
fly, but it is only in watching
them on such short flights,
back to the shrubs and fence,
that the watcher realizes just
how perfect they are.
All of them, the often dis
liked as we'll as the always
liked. fly as If born to 1t, as,
indeed. they are, but still the
very perfection of 1t strikes
deep into ones ability to ad-
mire.
Every cat, every dog, every
human, would give much to be
able to fly that way.
Old Grandpaw, the white
cat. looks up in amazement.
Perhaps that is as near to ad-
miration as a cat can come.
Tom. the dog. realizes that
he cannot fly after them, so
there is no use running.
It Is a hot day, anyway, and
when a fellows tongue Is
hanging out already, from the
heat. there is no need to get
excited.
Man. the watcher, can fly,
after a fashion, and what a
clumsy fashion it is; man, the
meddler, has interfered with
a great noise and Glamour in
the air waves. once the private
property Of the birds.
Flyers in feathers still can
claim priority.
Even the humblest sparrow
can fly better than the great
est human when it comes to
straight flying. the kind the
Lord created in the first
place.
Give the boy a raisin.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Our Dream, World
To have a dream C

To have q dream come true,
one must first have the dream.
To have come true the dream
Of a world, where peace for
mankind ION earth exists in
actuality, one must first have
that dream-on a working
basis.
President Eisenhower's offer
to trade military blueprints
with other nations seems to
give a solid structural ap-
proach to such a dream. The
implementation Of the idea of
reporting of disarmaments
could well be the first step
towards breaking down the
mutual distrust that has been
perpetuating the existing cold
war. Representative Dewey
Short, Republican of Missouri,
Representative L. Mendel
Rivers, Democrat of South
Carolina and Senator William
Knowland, Republican of Cali
fornia are among those who
have expressed pessimistic
opinions varying from skep-
ticism to absolute l1egativism.
These opinions seem to repre-
sent a lack Of faith in mans
ability to raise himself above
the orninous impending doom
with which we seem to face.
If we will permit them to,
these opinions will drag us
from the brink on which we
now stand, into the depths of
the pit Of oblivion.
The philosopher Emerson
wisely said that, LAS a man
thinketh, so shall his out
ward circumstances shape
themselves" We need to think
Peace, we need more talk
of Share the secrets which
dare no longer be secrets. "
We need to think this-the
Russians need to think this.
Perhaps if we keep thinking
and talking-and dreaming
how to give more than lip
service to this Happy Talk.
we'll make a dream come true.
|. Jessie B. Solomon.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R. HENRY
INew Synthetic Buffers Developed

In North Africa, in Italy. in
England soldiers called it "axle
grease"
1t was the rubbery butter
served in field kitchens and
headquarters messes. Gen. Els
enhower himself must have
eaten the stuff at the st.
Georges in Algiers and when
he was in England waiting for
D-day.
Once in Normandy, Of
course. axle grease was. out.
In that lush cream country the
finest butter in the world could
be had in unbelievable profu-
sion from apple-cheeked dairy
maids in the red-roofed stone
barns. Any mess sergeant who
didn't have a plentiful supply
should have been court mar
tailed and shot at dawn.
What axle-grease was made
of presumably somebody in
the Pentagon knew. The name
was no misnomer, some theo-
rized, holding that the stuff
really was just ordinary axle
grease somehow colored vel
low.
Soldiers May Like Them
Now Department of Agricul-
ture chemists have developed
two new synthetic buffers
which, they have faith. no fu-
ture soldier will damn without
reservations. The weakness of
natural butter and the nearly
indistinguishable oleomargar-
inc for, other than household
use, it is pointed out in the
Bureau Of Chemistry report. is
that its spreadability on bread
is restricted to a rather mar
row temperature range. Stored
below 40 centigrade, both are
too solid and must be warmed.
At higher temperatures than
65 both melt and separate into
layers of water and fat.
This makes them unsatis-
factory, especially for military
use. Ever since the war the
Quartermaster Corps has been
looking for something to be
spread on bread which would
be equally acceptable to a SOL
dier in the middle of the Sa-
hara OF on an ice island near
the North Pole.
The problem was put up tc
the Agriculture Department
chemists. Workers at the
Northern Research Laboratory
now have developed a product
composed largely of vegetable
| oils. glycerines. vitamins ane
f1ayoring and coloring agent.
which can be spread readily al
temperatures from zero to III
F. BY various chemical treat
ments and byrpacking in ar
inert gas it can be stored fol
long periods without LOSING
any of its qualities. If soldier'
happen to be where natura
butter is available, the produc
can be improved by mixing IL
some butter fat.
Chemists at the Southern
Research Laboratory at New
Orleans have developed an,
Evening star., 1955-07-25
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
Fall is on the way. although

Fall is on the way. although
it may not look like it.
Those eight robins eating in
the backyard are the payoff.
This is a preliminary to the
real robin grouping that will
occur in October.
The eight robins, fat and
hearty. were Just preview of
what is to come.
In autumn, they will gather
in groups of so to 100 birds.
preliminary to flying to the
Southland.
n 4 4
What was attracting the
eight was the raisin,. popular
with birds and men.
Filled with iron and other
minerals, and some vitamins.
the raisin is one of the best
foods to attract the birds.
The cardinal, robin, wood
thrush, mockingbird. catbird-
These are the best.
The raisin also attracts
starlings and common SPAR
rows.
The best way to put them
out is at a given spot on the
lawn.
They may be flung by the
handful. making dark spots on
the green.
X X y
If this is done at about the
same time every day, the birds
will soon learn to watch for
the offering.
AS a matter of fact, they
will herald 1t by .perching
around beforehand.
Then the starlings will make
an ugly grating noise.
The watcher may wish they
would used their whistle, of
which they haVe a very fine
type.
No matter the noise, the
startling makes a pretty picture
in the grass.
The true bird lover will try
to find the good point or points
of birds commonly held not so
good. Not SO good as what?
Not so good as better ones, And
that, of course, is the common
fate OF human beings. too.
Some are not so good, not so
pretty, not so smart, as others.
but If we really try, often we
can find good points.
So about the starlings and
English sparrows.
On the lawn there, eating
raisins, these often maligned
birds are very pretty. The
black of the starlings makes
vivid contrast, and the browns
and gray Of the sparrows seem
quite right there, even when a
cardinal flies down.
Did you know that the card
inal is a relative of the SPAR
row, and eats with it most
amicably, as good relatives
should?
There is no need, in the
sport of bird feeding, of adopt
ing the attitude of discrimina-
ton. Not all birds can be as
attractive as the mocker, as
small as the hummer, as bril-
liant as the Baltimore oriole.
BY the way, what has be-
come Of the oriole?
We have not seen one in
Chevy Chase for twenty Years.
Probably there are a few, but
we have not seen one.
Evening star., 1955-07-25

wherein the capacity of the
reactor In kilowatt hours
10,000-and the fact that it
was q prototype of the nu-
clear engine to be fitted into
the submarine Sea Wolf ap-
peared.
Any marine engineer expert
enced In submarine construc-
ton can now convert this in
formation into a very close ap-
Proclamation of both maximum
surface and submerged speed,
since 746 watts equals one
horsepower and the latter is
one controlling element of
speed.
I freely concede that the
public is entitled to know that
atomic energy is soon to be put
to work for utilitarian pur-
poses, but I do not believe the
average citizen wants to know
details which if made public
constitute a threat to his safe
ty. It is no exaggeration to say
that at some future day a
member of the present reading
public may lose his life in the
unfortunate sinking of the Sea
Wolf or a sister ship due to
the publication of this infor-
nation should the cold war
ever turn hot.
Freedom of the press exists
solely for the benefit of the
public. It does not exist for the
benefit of the press per Sc. In
consequence the press.is trustee
of this privilege and abuse is
a sure invitation to its cur
tailment by censorship with
the attendant damage to the
public. What has happened
to the newspapers vaunted
boast of self-censorship? 1t is
no answer to say that this item
was cleared by the Acc. OBJ
tuseness' is not the exclusive
possession of any board or
bureau looking for a pat on
the back by rushing into print
with q "see-what-a-wonder-
full : thing -have-don now"
boast.
When will we as a Nation
learn to keep our big mouth
shut in matters vital to our
security? And don't tell me to
practice what I preach, be-
cause I kept quiet when the
above information first ap-
peared. But your editorial was
adding insult to injury.
G. L. Harriss,
Captain, USN, Retired.
Editors Note: Capt. Har-
riss is fretful without cause,
The information in The Stars
editorial was cleared by the
Atomic Energy Commission,
the Navy and the Defense De-
partment as a whole only after
all data conceivably useful to
a potential enemy had been
ethoroughly screened out. The
published material said moth
ing whatever about a 10000
kilowatt reactor; it referred
solely to a ,000-kilowatt
turbine generator. There's a
world Of difference between the
two. Actually, as Acc Chair
man Strauss emphasized at
West Milton. THE capabili-
ties Of the Sea Wolf -. must
remain secret. And this proto-
type Of her atomic power plant
must likewise remain so CLASH
fed even though that pro-
totype is today being converted
to the most benign purposes.
Capt. Harriss can rest easy.)
Evening star., 1955-07-25
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sGtion.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

A reader can set an answer by mall
TO any factual question by writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau.
1900 Eve st. NV, Washington s.
d. C.. Please inclose 3 cents for
Evening star., 1955-02-03

shese prices effective until close Of busi-
%s:hnsson vs.: saaarS'E B. .0rSalks G. MAksYIANS S:' H.
crest Heights, Bethesda. Silver Spring.
Takoma Park, Bladensburg, Coral Hills,
Hyattsville. Kensington, Brentwood,
Chevy Chase, Colmar Manor, Wheaton,
Mount Rainier. College Park, Berwyn.
Suitland, Marlboro, Laurel, Indian
Head, Capitol Heights: VIRGINIA;
Alexandria, Arlington. Fairfax, Falls
AnnandaIe. NO SALES TO DEALERS,
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT
QUANTITIES. Produce prices subject
to daily market changes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
SceIba Praises Role
OF Western Schools

NEW YORK. April 2 R.-
Italian Premier Mario Scelha
said today Western universities,
by upholding the spiritual val
ueS of the past, act as bulwarks
against communism.
Mr.. Scelba received doctor of
law degrees from two Catholic
universities, Fordham and st.
Johns, and was the guest of
Gov. Averell Hartman at a pri-
vate luncheon.
At st. Johns he spoke Of the
"fanatical doctrines" Of commu-
nism and said, Catholicism IS
perhaps the spiritual strength
which can best stem the tide Of
the Eastern political myths"
At Fordham, he said the. West
ern centers of learning have a
vital role in the fight against
communism.
Among those attending the
luncheon at Gov. Harriman's
Manhattan home were Francis
Cardinal Spellman, the Italian
Ambassador, Manlio Brosio:
Clare Boothe Luce. United States
Ambassador to Italy. and leading
members of the Italian-American
colony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Baruch Calls Defense
Nations First Need

CHARLESTON, S. c., April
P.-Bernard Baruch, address
ing cadets at The Citadel, today
called self discipline and defense
the greatest needs of the indi-
vidual and this Nation.
The famed financier appeared
at the invitation of Gen. Mark
Clark, president of the military
college in South Carolina. He
answered "a wide range of ques-
tons, posed by Gen. Clark and
the cadets. dealing principally
with problems arising from the
cold war with Communism.
One question was, How much
longer will our economy be able
to withstand the strains of abb
normal defense spending?"
Our economy can stand any
strain necessary" Mr.. Baruch
declared. 1--WE cannot have ade-
.quate defense and have every
thing else our hearts desire. We
will have to discipline ourselves
and put first things first"
How can we judge whether
Russia is preparing for WARP" he
was asked.
"Only by the production of
war goods" Mr.. Baruch said.
There is no lessening in the
amount going into war goods
and little increase in consumer
goods"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Horses and Wagons
Banned in Baltimore
During Peak Traffic

BALTIMORE. April 2 iP.-
Flooding Dobbin and his wagon
have been banned from Balti-
more's main streets during rush
hours.
Traffic Director Henry Barnes
issued the order today to keep
horse-drawn vehicles and push
carts from sections Of "a main
streets during morning and eve
ming rush hours.
They are banned entirely from
a long stretch of busy Baltimore
street.
Mr. Barnes said there had been
hundreds of complaints that
horses have been tying up traf-
fic. Signs announcing the ban
are to be erected in about a
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03

Are you growing deaf? The
Washington Hearing Society
will give you hearing tests and
an opportunity to try diff
ferent hearing aids.
It also has classes in how
to make the greatest use of
your remaining hearing and
how to use a hearing aid to
best advantage.
Its services are free to those
unable to pay and it viii lend
used aids to those who cannot
afford to buy them.
It holds classes in lip
reading and you may have a
social good time with others
hard Of hearing in the Fell
lowship Club. Address 1884
Calvert street NV. Telephone;
CO. 5-7335 or CO. 5-0493.
Prepared by the Committee on the Aging
United Community Services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Man Arrested as Drunk
Hits Policeman With Stone

Pvt. John D. Martone of the
First Precinct was admitted to
Emergency Hospital yesterday
after a drunken prisoner hit him
on the head with a sharpening
stone.
Police said that Pvt. Martone
arrested Bill L. Duggan, Sc. Of
the 900 block Of New York ave-
nue. NV, at l pm. yesterday
when he saw Duggan drunk at
Sixth and D streets NV.
Pvt. Martone said Duggan
drew the stone from a briefcase
and struck him while he was
phoning for a wagon at Seventh
and D streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Deafh'T Hits 34S,
May Go Higher in
Philippines Quake

j, MANILA, Sunday. April 3 up.
The number Of known dead in
the worst Philippine earthquake
of the century rose to 348 early
today and officials predicted it
may exceed 400.
In addition, a Manila Times
correspondent reported from Ca
.gayan de Orc City in Misamis
Oriental province on Mindanao
that % bodies had been recov-
cred from four municipalities
This report, however, had not
been confirmed.
The Philippine Red Cross said
100 persons were missing, more
than 800 injured and about 49,
600 made homeless. Philippine
News Service reported 538 in
jured.
Communications Out
Communications disrupted by
the series of violent temblors
Friday still make a complete
check of the death toll and dam
age impossible.
Casualty figures were heaviest
in Lanao province on Mindanao
where the quakes caused an esti-
mated IS million damage to
crops, homes. churches and pub
lie buildings.
Twenty bodies were recovered
from the Marantao district on
the western shore Of Lake Lanao
early today. boosting the death
toll, the Lanao governors Of
flee reported. One body was
found in Lligan, a coastal city in
northern Lanao.
Epicenter Located
A government geophysicist said
the quake's epicenter probably
was between Lake Lanao and
nigan. He said he had made
preliminary survey and found
the quake's intensity must have
reached z or 8 on a scale with
a maximum intensity of 10.
Manila seismographs recorded
magnitude Of Z.
Further casualties are expected
from the devastated Lake Lanao
region where tidal wave wiped
out at least one village.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Editor Tells 80 Legislators
To Go to Hell, Hits Charges

GREENvILLE. Miss. April 2
P.-Editor Holding Carter, a
Pulitzer prize winner, today told
the members of the Mississippi
House of Representatives who
voted for a resolution condemn
ing him to "go to hell"
Mr.. Carter called the lawmak-
ers "89 character mobbers."
The lawmakers, taking offence
at Mr.. Carriers recent Look Ma
gazine article on "Citizens Coun-
cils," voted 1919 in favor Of the
condemnation resolution yester-
day. The resolution said the ar
ticle was wholly untrue" and
based on the flimSiest kind of
evidence.
The Senate adjourned before
action could be taken on the
resolution.
The article said the Citizens
Councils, designed to keep segre-
cation, contained the seeds of
terror-if control falls into the
wrong hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03

let the people know" . spokes-
man said.
The sirens viii sound from
these locations:
The RFc Building. Vermont
avenue and H street NV: the
GPo Building. North Capitol and
H streets: GSA Building. Sew
enth and D streets S.W.; 2lO0
Connecticut avenue NV; West
ern High School, Kelly Miller
Junior High. Fiftieth street and
Washington place NE; Sousa
Junior High, Thirty seventh
street and Eli place Sc, and
Stanton Junior High. Alabama
avenue and Naylor road Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03

Lawmakers called Mr.. Carter
a "scalawag" and other names
during a bitter floor fight.
Mr.. Carter said in an editorial
to appear on Page ! of tomor-
rows Greenville Delta Democrat
Times:
". The House of Repre-
sentatives has resolved (me)
into a liar because of an article
I wrote. If this charge were
true, it would make me well
qualified to serve with that body.
It is not true.
80. to even things up, here
with resolve by a vote Of 10 that
there are SO liars in the State
Legislature
Those SO character mobbers
can go to hell, collectively or
singly, and wait there until I
back down. They needn't plan
on returning"
He expressed gratitude to the
10 who voted against the reso-
luton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
New York's Thruwuy
Renamed for Dewey

ALBANY, N. Y. April 2 (P.-
The Legislature today agreed to
change the name of the New
York State Thruway to the Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey Thruway.
Several Democrats opposed the
bill. 1t was sent to Gov. Averell
Hartman.
In last falls election campaign
Democrats repeatedly referred to
the cross-State expressway as
"Dewey's upstate boulevard"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Air Raid Sirens
To Get Workout
Tomorrow Noon

Civil defense win give It's eight
new gasoline-powered air-raid
sirens a rousing workout at noon
tomorrow.
The 180-horsepower screamers
will be turned on simultaneously
from the central control panel
at noon and sound a steady one
minute blast.
1--WE just thought we'd better
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
], 500 Compounds in Gus

NEW YoRK.-Each gallon Of
modern gasoline contains $500
to 5000 different chemical COM
pounds made up of hydrogen and
carbon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Practical Nurses to Meet

The Practical Nurses Associa-
ton of the District will meet at
8 pm. Tuesday at the Cardoza
High School, Thirteenth and
Clifton streets NV.