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Evening star., 1955-05-30
VSTAS IN SCIENCE
Man in America $4,000 Years
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

Ohio, known as the Toepfner
Mound. 1t was found to be
about 2.400 years old. An
other was from a mound near
Fox. Ohio. which gave a date
Of approximately 1900 years.
Old Copper Workers
DR.. Libby likewise used
charred wood from an Indian
site near Oconto, Wis. This
region was occupied by Indi-
ans of the so-called Old Cop
per Culture. They made spear
heads and tools from raw, ma
tive copper. 1t had been as
sumed that they f1ourished
sometime early in the Chris
tian era. The dates from
charred woods around their
habitation sites. however,
range from $500 to $500
years.
Accurate Mound Builder
dates are Of special interest to
American psychologists. The
Mound Builders, who extended
over much of the Middle West
and erected large earth
mounds for burials, remain a
mysterious people although the
last remnants of them may
have been alive at the time of
the first white explorers. Still
nobody knows where they
came from or what became Of
them.
Present indications are that
they originally were migrants
from the South. One branch
of them may have moved
northeastward and become the
ancestors of the Iroquois. 1t
then is possible that these
Iroquois, a conquering people,
turned back and destroyed the
remnants left behind. If this
is the case, however, the
mound building practice was
abandoned. Iroquois artifacts,
however, have a curious re-
semblance to some found in
the mound burials.
Among the more than 100
dates reported by DR.. Libby in
this series is one for a Sunken
forest found in Pelham Bay,
near New York City. 1t was
established that trees in this
forest were about 1880 years
old, with a possible margin of
error of $50 years. This means
that some natural catastrophe
which raised the sea level took
place about this time.
Evening star., 1955-05-30
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

latest thing in sporting We
hicleS.
X X X
1t was on the first Decora-
tion Day that Templeton Jones
can recall that he went early
to the cemetery on the hill.
and helped clean away the
weeds and struggling branches.
and then took the homegrown
roses and placed them as he
was directed,
He didn't know exactly what
it was all about, but the rest
seemed to know, and that
satisfied him. Children of that
day were satisfied more easily.
They did not ask so many
questions, and they knew how
to read, too.
Little Temp Jones spent
some time in arranging a spe-
cial bouquet of pale pink roses,
with one very red rose right
in the middle.
What is the red one for,
Templeton?" someone asked.
The lad blinked in the sun
under his pale golden hair.
That's for Jum," he said,
as he pointed to the tigercat,
which had accompanied him.
The very-m u C h-alive cat
dashed through the greenery,
and emerged on the other side;
and somehow, from that mo-
ment on, life and death seem
interviewer to our old friend.
whether the day is called
Decoration Day or Memorial
Day.
Evening star., 1955-05-30
Road COMPROMISE Needed

Extension and modernization of Amer
ica'S highway system are considered basic
requirements for the safety of our growing
population and for the good health of the
national economy. 1t was with this in
mind that President Eisenhower named
a special advisory commission to study the
problem. And it was by this commissions
recommendation that he proposed to Con-
gress last February $101-billion Federal
State construction program to extend over
the next 10 years.
An unusual financing Scheme-calling
for creation Of Federal Highway Corpora
ton with authority to issue $21 billion in
special bonds as the major Federal con-
tribution-drew immediate criticism of the
Presidents plan. This, plus certain par
tisan political considerations, resulted in
introduction in the Senate of a Demo-
cratic-sponsored substitute five-year $18-
billion program which would follow the
current formula of Federal-State collabo-
ration but would step up substantially the
present road-buifding pace. The Senate
has now accepted the Democratic plan and
the issue has moved to the House Public
Works Committee
Although administration spokesmen
have expressed greater optimism that the
House would favor the Eisenhower plan,
there is serious question as to whether
two such widely differing proposals could
be reconciled in conference The key votes
in the Senate showed less support than
expected for the administration formula
a 60-to-31 ballot against substituting it
for the Democratic bill and 50to-39 bal
lot against recommital to committee. In
the light of these margins, Senate con-
ferees would be unlikely to compromise
in any important degree on the most con-
troversial provisions of the legislation. 1t
appears then, il anew highway program is
to be launched at all this year, that some
tailoring Of the plan to approach the SEN
ate version may be first requirement.
Since the need is undeniably great, the
House committee has a real responsibility
to seek formula on which both branches
of Congress-and both parties-can reach
agreement
Evening star., 1955-05-30
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Were parachute troops
used in World War or at any
time before World War II?
I'M. H. Y.
A. In the first World War
parachutes were used by the
Allies and Germany only to a
limited extent, and chiefly for
emergency escapes. There is
no record that parachute
troops were used by the
italians in Ethiopia. There
is a report that some Japanese
paratroops we're dropped early
in October, 1941, in an attempt
to take Changsha during the
second ChineSe-Japanese War.
The Germans used parachut-
lists in Poland and the Rus
slams, in small numbers, in the
Russo Finnish conflict. In
1910 Norway's capital, Oslo,
was actually taken from the
air by German troop-carrying
planes, and similar tactics were
employed in the conquests of
the Netherlands, Belgium and
France, early in World War II.
@. What per cent of all heart
disease cases in this country
are the result of rheumatic
fever?-U. S.
A. In the last quarter century
the number has been cut in
half and now represents only
one fifth of heart disease.
@. Has the Republican Par
ty increased the number of
delegates it will have at the
1856 National Convention?-
H. Mel.
A. Yes, there will be 94 more
than in 1852. bringing the total
to 1900. Most of the increase
in delegates is in the South.
@. Is there press capable
of producing a million pounds
of pressure?-N. H. w.
A. Yes. Any press, which is
rated 500 tons or more, is ca
pable of one million pounds
pressure.
Evening star., 1955-05-30

Templeton Jones was a timid
child.
This was a long time ago,
in a far away State.
1t had not been many years
since Decoration Day had
been inaugurated.
It was called Decoration
Day, in the beginning, not
Memorial Day at all.
The idea was to decorate
the graves of the brave SOL
diers who had died that this
country, one and indivisible,
should not perish from tie
earth.
1t was only later that Dec
Grafton Day became Memorial
Day, as the memory of all the
beloved dead was kept.
In the old village days where
and when Temp Jones lived
there, the Civil War was still
the War of the Rebellion.
Even today Jones can recall
a subscription volume that lay
in state on the mahogany
table in the parlor.
1t was called "a History of
the War of the Rebellion" in
gilt on blue, and contained
several genuine steel engrav-
ings.
AS a child, and in memory
since, the one that intrigued
Jones the most was that of
the seige of Vicksburg. show
ing a great trajectory of a
shell as it went toward the
doomed city.
Just where young Temp
Jones got his timidity nobody
seemed to know.
AS a child, he was afraid of
dogs and umbrellas.
Today's Freudians might
have an explanation; they
seem to have explanations
satisfactory to t h m selves
about everything.
But in those days there were
simple acceptance.
"A very timid child. by
nature" said old Doc Jones
(no relationD
DR.. Jones prescribed beef
juice, and. wonderful for the
time, sunshine.
So young Jones was allowed
to play in the sunshine, much
to the amazement and con-
sternation of other mothers.
who believed that the suns
rays were somehow bad" for
you.
The green blinds were kept
pulled down, so the sun
would not fade the carpet in
the parlor, where there was a
pump organ and a shelf of
books, including the one about
the late War.
Il X \
AS a baby, Templeton Jones
has screamed every time a
dog came by.
That time big one leaped
into his face was put down in
the calendars of the Jones
family as a day not to be
repeated.
It was at this time that
some subtle psychology. as
then unheard of, was brought
into play.
Why not get little Templeton
a nice dog, and get him used
to dogs?
Temp Jones settled for cat.
Jumbo had been the name
of a famous circus elephant.
one Of the very first. And so
the small tiger cat was called
Jumbo.
There is still extant a faded
snapshot Zone of the very f1rst)
of a small boy in knee breeches
perched atop a horse block,
holding the big tigercat in his
arms.
A morse block was two steps
of stone at the streets edge,
up which you mounted to get
onto horseback or into q car
riage or maybe blackboard, the
Evening star., 1955-05-30

such niggardliness with the
$3.5 billion that Mr.. Eisen-
hover is terribly anxious to
throw away on foreign aid. The
real pay-of comes in Novem-
ber, 1856.
What a Deal.
Evening star., 1955-05-30
LETTERS. TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry aDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtion.
Evening star., 1955-05-30
Questions and Answers

A reader can get an answer OF man
tn anv factual question ~ writing
The Evening Star Information Su-
reau 1000 Eve st NV Washington.
8, D q Please inclose 2 cents Tor
return postage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-01
Yoriek D. kafles
Refires From VA

Yorick D. Mathes, deputy
general counsel for the Veterans
Administration for nearly 20
years. retired yesterday.
Mr.. Mathes Joined the VA in
1884 as a special counsel. Before
that. he had been in private Law
practice In Houston. Tex. where
he maintains o home.
Mr.. Mathes has been in Fede-
raj service for "a years and Is Q
veteran of World War I.
He plans to enter private prac-
tice in Washington after q vaca-
ton. His home address Is 2044
Pierce Mill road NV.
Twelve other VA employees also
retired yesterday. They are:
Miss Ella Bemis, after So
years; Mrs. Goldie N. Carroll, 81
years: Mrs. Dorothy x. Davis, IS
years; Mrs. Mary q. James, 81
years: Miss Minnie Kaplan. IS
years: Mrs. Gertrude II. Leyee.
II years.
Also Bartholomew v. Murdoch,
81 years: Hugh M. Perry, 50
years; Thomas n. Reed. 81 years:
Mrs. Margaret NJ. Sales. 81 years;
Mrs. Louyse w. Sickel. 81 years,
and Mrs. Kathryne r. Wilcox,
SO years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-01
House Ball Teams Going
To Florida to Train for Game

The Republicans have never
won.
The two teams go into training
lacking some Of their stars of
the past-lost In the election
races back home.
The Republicans win be with
out their former manager. C. w.
(Runt) Bishop Of Illinois. The
Democrats also are minus their
star pitcher, w. M. (Fireball.
Wheeler of Georgia.
In an effort to break into the
winning column, this year. the
Republicans have named two
managers: Glenn Davis of Wis
consin and Thor Tollefson OF
Washington.
With so many players In camp,
the managers announced they'll
use the platoon system"
Guests Of Chamber
AT Daytona Beach. the Com
gressmen and their families will
be guests Of the Daytona Beach
Chamber of Commerce.
The Congressman would like
1t known - particularly back
home that they're not neglect
srn t3,a}r sn3,c TsB.io ic thsi,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-01
By the Associated Pres.

Those baseball-playing menu
bers Of the House Of Represen-
tatives. SO strong. move into Day
tona Beach. Fla. this week end
to begin six days of spring
training" for the annual game
between the Democrats and Re-
puhlicans.
1t win be played here on
June z.
Wives and children are going
along. They'll make the total
count 208.
This is their third spring trip
to Daytona Beach, and the fourth
to Florida.
It all started at the sugges-
ton of Representative sgd Her
long. Democrat. whose district
includes Daytona Beach. Mr..
Herlong is manager of the Demo-
Gratis and former president Of
the Florida State League.
The ball game is sponsored by
The Star for its Summer Camp
Fund. The proceeds Of the game
are used to send about 100
youngsters to camp for q two
week period each year.
Republicans Always Lose
The game is a flve-inning af-
fair. It is played In Grifith Sta
dunn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-01

IM. tFishbait) Miller. doorkeepes
Of the House. He comes from
Mississippi.
The teams are expected to be
In camp by Sunday. Training
ends on April 8.
The big attraction Of the trip
will be a post season" game at
Daytona Beach next Thursday
night.
Members ON Trip
Mr.. Herlong,s Office listed the
following members as making
the trip:
Democrats: Fountain Of North
Carolina. Forand Of Rhode
Island, Quigley Of Pennsylvania.
Rivers of South Carolina, Ia
block Of Wisconsin, Rogers Of
Texas, Jarmar1 of Oklahoma,
Sieminsisi of New Jersey, ASH,
more of South Carolina. Tlmulty
of New Jersey, Reuss OF Wis
consin. lizard of Texas, Thorn
berry Of Texas. Clark Of Penn
sylvania. Doyle of California.
Macdonald of Massachusetts,,
Udall OF Arizona. Alexander of
North Carolina, Gordon of nli-
nois, Thompson of New Jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-01

Of Tennessee and Lesinski Of
Michigan.
Republicans: Nicholson oi
Massa chus etts, Tollefson OF
Washington. Belcher Of Okla
homa, Scudder Of California,
Dawson of Utah, Cramer OF
Florida. Saylor of Pennsylvania.
Med onough of California. Mil
Ter Of Nebraska. Hyde OF Mary
land. O'Hara Of Minnesota. Elmo
of New York, Robson OF Ken
lucky. Ostertag Of New York,
jackson of California, Dorm of
New York. Davis Of Wisconsin,
Cederberg Of Michigan. Laird of
wisconsin. Kubser Of California,
Widnall Of New Jersey. Cretella
OF Connecticut, Alger Of Texas.
Jonas Of North Carolina, Killings
Of California. Younger OF Cali
fornia, Crumpacker of Indiana
and Springer Of Illinois.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-01
I Campfire Girls
To Give Easter FuYors

Eight 7-year-old girls, mem
bers Of the Biuebird Group Of
the Campfire Girls, win present
more than 200 Easter fayors
70 the Washington Sanitarium
at ? pm. Sunday.
The group. directed BY Mrs.
Lillian Captain. includes Peggy
Gales. Barbara Kessler, Susan
Balm, Susan Kronenberg, Taffy
Colker. Annette Kamerow, Irene
Captain and Sharon Solow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-01
Sudden Strike Staged
By 5000 Workers
Al 10 Rubber Plants

NEW YORK. April ! R.
some 5000 CIO rubber workers
st,,,.p s. ,,iAn,.,,t Iast n;obt
.. <. & 1919. 80
asaaaass sas plants - WIG
United States Rubber Co. IN .
dispute over terms Of q master
contract Wares ware MT an
sss.,s ~
The comnarv and the rr0
R,,hner Worira,s had haa,, nsoo.
tiating ! new Contract cnuernir,p
ho,,rs wolEinc standards and
hoiidsvs The oiS contract ex-
nired al midnic,t
EN- c,,shing IN charge Of
comnanv nerotiat;ons said earlv
todav al All hannend s,,dden,v !,
IA declined f,,rther comment
Negotiations Collapse
The Waterbury Comm Re-
publican quoted union official
Clifford Owens as saying nego-
tiations broke down 10 minutes
A. n nu.s Y ,,res,d.rt - Tho
unions Local as Ia one Of the
three United states Rubber
plants in Naugatuck, Conn.,.
where 5000 workers were af-
fected.
Other United States Rubber
plants are in Detroit: Chicopee
Falls, Mass: Eau Claire, Wis:
Philadelphia; Los Angeles; Mi
shawaka. Ind: Providence. r. I;
Indianapolis: PasSaic. n. j.;
Woonsocket, r. L: North Bergen,
N. j.; Bristol. r. l.: washington,
Ind: Fort Wayne, 1nd.;; chicago,
and Milan, Tenn.
At Bristol just prior 20 the
contract expiration. eight pickets
appeared 10 'front.' o. the mann
gate Of United states Rupper.
TWO pickets carried signs read
ing mo Contract, NO work ana
THIS FAINT y on Strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-01
London College Exponds

An expansion program that
win result in Europe's largest
single group Of university build
ings Is announced by University
College, London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-01

Reot wolken our toiIored shces with
wonderfully comfortable Wilio-Flex con-
struction. Top, "Rsieso1 i, ombeiiite a.
red colt, l7s5. Left, "Foirfos" HE Sip.
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Silver Spnno
Arizona sun., 1955-01-14
Dear Readers:

Dear Readers:
Due to the fact the social clubs
are not back on schedule, we shall
talk little on social conversation.
Ideal conversation should be a
matter of give and take, but too
often it is all "take". The voluble
talker or chatterer rides his own
hobby straight through the hours
without giving anyone else, who
might also have something worth
while to say, a chance to voice his
opinion. To be a good conversa-
tionalist bear in mind this one
simple rule "stop and think
Nearly all the mistakes in con-
versation are caused by not stop
ping to think.
One of the. first rules for be-
havior in general is: Try to do and
say those things only which will
be agreeable to others.
The cynics say that those wha
take part in social conversation are
bound to be either the boreS or
the bored; and that which you
choose to be, is mere matter of
choice. People who talk too much
or easily are often unreliable in
their statements On the other
hand the man of silence" who
never speaks unless he has some
thing worthwhile to say bears we'll
with his fellowman. -
The tactful person keeps his pre-
judices to himself. The gift of hui
NOR is the joy of joys if it is not
malicious.
Tactless persons are also legion.
1t is very bad manners to ridicule
or criticize others: (DO UNTO
OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE
THEM DO UNTO YOU'D.
Arizona sun., 1955-01-14

And then there is the bore, the
one who talks about himself all
of the time. To the bore there is
no dullness in life, every subject
is of unending delight. On the
other hand there is the bored, to
be bored is bad. habit, and one
too easily to fall into. REPETITION
alone bores to no end. Don't re-
peat yourself. The faults of omis-
sion are not as serious as the faults
of commission; regrets are seldom
for what you left unsaid The chat
terer- reveals every corner of his
shallow mind one who keeps
silent can not have his depths
plumbed. Stop and think. If you
stop and think, you can't chatter
or expound or founder ceaselessly.
The sympathetic (not apathetic(
listener is delight.
Arizona sun., 1955-01-14
MosIem Court Holds
Regular Meeting

The Moslem Court 116, Daugh-
ters of Isis, held its regular meet
ing last week at the Masonic Tenn
pie with the newly elected illus
trious COMMANDERS, Lillian White,
presiding.
Illustrious Commanders White
presented her program for the
year and made committee appoint
InentS.
The next regular meeting of the
group will be on February 3; at
which time the initiation of new
members will be held.
Arizona sun., 1955-01-14
Memory
la n e

Would you mind strOlling
down Memory Lane with us
while we relive the social and
other events of five years ago,
I when
Mrs. Versey Collins of 1105 West
Sinaloa Street, had as guests her
two sisters-in-law from Bristow,
Oklahoma. They were Mrs. Lizzie
Sorrell and Mrs. Ella Hal. Mrs.
Hal was SO, and Mrs. Sorrel
claimed to be 133 years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Douglas of
1926 East Jefferson Street had as
their guest, their sister, Mrs. Mary
Wilson, of Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. Wilson was also the sister of
John and Ocie Bell of this city.
Mrs. Wilson had not seen her
brother or sister for over twenty
years.
"A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bunyan Moore, Jr., of 1917
East Henshaw.
NGr. and Mrs. James Brown of
Lubbock, Texas, were the house
guests of their aunt and uncle, Mr..
and Mrs. Booker White of 2453
Eoo+
Ten years ago, when
Cpl. James O. McElroy visited
his mother, Mrs. Esther McElroy,
during the Christmas holidays. Aft
er the holidays, Cpl. McElroy re-
turned to Westover Field, where
he was an instructor CT synthetic
training for Navigators and Bonn
bardiers.
Second Glass Seaman Q/c Sher-
man Hall spent three very pleas
ant days with his mother, Mrs.
Essie Pruitt of TOT West Sherman
Street.
First Sgt. Charles E. Hays of
525 East Jefferson Street, returned
to Phoenix to visit shis bride, the
former Miss Louise Cooper and
their baby. Sgt. Hays had been
stationed in the Aleutian Islands
for two years.
Arizona sun., 1955-01-14

have been going through his mind.
You say he is a bachelor and he,
therefore, may think of marriage
itself as enough of a check on his
activities. Add the responsibility of
a child to that, and you have
enough to scare away any con-
firmed bachelor at first.
Then, there may he the old
mother-in-law scare. He may not
relish the idea of living under the
same roof with your mother, and
this, tco, has been built up into a
sufficiently formidable barrier so
that any man would think twice
before taking on such situation.
This is the time for you to show
your true colorS and take def
mite stand. The mother-in-laW
problem can be solved. Certainly
your mother would not stand in
your way and would be gracious
about finding a place to herself in
order to give your marriage the
best possible chance. But your
child is something else again. Let
Tom know that you have no in
tention. Whatever of living apart
from her., Don't ever let him en-
tertain any notion that you would
do otherwise. When he under
stands that he must accept both of
you, he will begin to revise his
whole idea. Actually, you have not
indicated that his feelings are
strong in this regard He simply
has family suggested it because it
sounds so very simple.
If Tom loves you and is sincere,
he will not want to separate you
from your child. Be sure to talk
it over with him thoroughly and
include your mother in on the
discussions l am sure you will
work it out. Good luck!
E. 3.
Arizona sun., 1955-01-14
De Lawd' Screen
Star Rex Ingram
STAGES A Comeback

CHICAGO, ILL II refused to
die when Lady Luck struck me
down." says stage and screen star
Rex Ingram in the March issue
of EBONY. Ingram, who gained
international fame for his portray
al of De Lawd in Green Pastures,
relates without bitterness the
trouble he had with young white
woman in 194S that tumbled him
from the pinnacle of success.
In the by-lined article. the pipe
smoking star reviews his SO years
in show business and tells how he
earned $500 week for IA
months only to lose his entire for
tune and California home during
the court action.
Yet despite his misfortune Ing
ram is inching his way back up the
ladder. During two of the past four
years he appeared as an African
chief in the weekly TV series,
Ramar of the Jungle. People still
recognize him on the street as De
Lawd and request his autograph.
When Ingram got his first big
chance at another stage role, after
the 1913 incident he was fearful
of how the audience would receive
him. The play was Christopher
Columbus Brown which opened at
Los Angeles theater. When he
first walked out on the stage there
was deep silence. Then from the
rear of the theater there was
slight hand clapping. Suddenly it
rose to a tremendous deafening
roar that engulfed the entire au-
ditorium. 1t resulted in a two-min-
ute standing ovation.
'"They roared, clapped, cheered
and whistled, yelling Come on,
Rex! l was crying inside but
couldn't show it in my eyes. 1
knew then that 1 was not dead.