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Evening star., 1955-10-26
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS r. HENRY
Some Mysteries Of Clouds and Smoke

They probably are not pres
ent in tobacco. as such, nor
in the tarry residues Of tobacco.
They may be the substances
responsible for much lung can-
Ger, II the thesis that the rapid
increase of this highly fatal
malady is due to cigarette
smoking can be upheld.
Their existence has just been
reported to the American As
sociation for Advancement Of
Science here by two German
chemists, Or. Hermann Rruck-
cry Of the Deutsche For.
schungsgemeinschaft and DIE
trich Schmahl Of the Univer-
sity Of Freibnrg through the
SIoansKettering Institute for
Cancer Research.
Existence Of the suspicious
materials was determined
through the phenomenon Of
fiuorescence by which light Of
certain wave lengths Is emitted
by substances irradiated with
invisible ultraviolet light. This
light differs for different CUB
stances which, BY this means.
sometimes can be identified Ia
extremely minute amounts.
Two Links with Cancer
Cigarette smoke was passed
through benzene or petroleum
and the combination was ir-
radiated. The resulting fiuo-
rescence could not be attrib-
uted to any known chemicals.
1t disappeared quite rapidly.
indicating that the substances
are highly unstable, although
one small stable constituent
was found.
It has been found in the
past, says the Sloan-K ettering
report, that cancer-producing
substances are chemically
highly reactiye. But. says the
report, "the chemical nature Of
the indicated unstable COM
pounds is not known and It is
not known whether they are
carcinogenic. The possible In
terest Of unstable compounds,
however, must be remembered
in the search for carcinogens
in tobacco smoke, and 1t is
possible that tobacco tars may
not preserve the full efficiency
Of compounds originally pres
ent In tobacco smoke"
Up to now. it is pointed out.
there have been two positive
associations established be-
tweep< tobacco and cancer.
Malevolent growths have been
produced on rabbit ears by
rubbing them with tars from
tobacco and skin cancers have
been produced In mice By
painting the skin with conden-
safes Of cigarette smoke.
These, however, are far from
establishing any certain ASSOC
ciation between cigarettes and
lung cancer. Until a specific
agent is found. the thesis Of
any association depends on
statistics and theory. which
may be quite convincing. all
though never entirely conclu-
sive.
Evening star., 1955-10-26

@. How long has there been
q musicians union?-W. McM.
A. The American Federation
of Musicians Of the United
States and Canada dates back
to October 10. 1895, when it
was founded in indianapolis.
A year late 1t joined the
American Federation Of Labor.
Membership today is about
252,000, though fewer than
hall the members are per-
manently employed in their
chosen proft ssion.
@. In what denominations
are Federal Reserve notes now
available?--M.WP.
A In denominations Of IS.
$40. $40. $50. 500, $500. ST.
600 $1,000 and $4,000. Since
there is very little demand for
the large denominations of
currency they are printed only
when required. The 500 note
is the highest denomination
printed since l945. The $780,
900 denomination Is a gold
certificate issued only to Fed
eral Reserve Banks. 1t does
not enter into circulation.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

The idea Of 4 cocktail party.
where everybody stood around
In a emi-idiotic fashion. had
not entered the mind of man
as yet.
Sometime later. the tea
dansant was to have q vogue.
but for the time being the
wholesome home e meeting
after dinner was the thing.
There was nothing exciting
about it. People didn't 60 in
for excitement, in those days.
About the most excitement
was when q horse ran away, or
maybe there was q good dog
fight down the block.
A&@
Nanny Gray was an old
woman who did the cooking
for the Jones family. and
Nanny Gray had q taste for
grocery store sherry.
So. when q particularly dis
tinguished guest came one
night to dinner, and the fam
lily overcarne It's prejudice
enough to attempt q foFerun.
ner Of q cocktail party. they
had to reckon with Nanny
first.
Where is the sherry. Mann
my?" Mrs. Jones asked.
/" Deed. / don't quite know"
said Nanny Gray.
You know. that bottle that
was right here on the shelf
"Yessum. I know"
well. have you seen it?"
mo. man, I hasn't seen 1t
since away last week"
Then came the $64 thousand
question.
"what became Of it. Nam
my?"
There was a long silence,
broken at last by q broad grin.
II suspect somebody drank
It," said Nanny Gray, land
dat's the truth"
Which, of course, It really
was. Nanny never told q lie.
Evening star., 1955-10-26

be efiectiye. It needs to be q balance In
fact rather than In theory. The United
Nations would perform valuable service
If It could determine with exactness the
relative modern military strength Of the
two sides. On such a finding, the justi-
fication- -or lack Of it--might be estab-
lished for either side acquiring additional
arms. With that established, the moral
pressure against suppliers either in the
West or the. East-would be correspond
ingly more effective.
Evening star., 1955-10-26

Titanic, extremely tenuous
clouds I'LL the vast reaches Of
the solar systems. They may
be as much as 90 ,0o0, 900 miles
In diameter. They contain
from 400 to 1000 particles of
some sort per cubic centimeter.
These particles are thrown Of
from irregular explosions" on
the surface Of the sun. They
shield the planets from the
full impact Of extremely high
energy cosmic rays from outer
space.
This was reported to the
American Association for the
Advancement Of Science by DR..
H. ". Neher Of the California
Institute Of Technology as q
partial explanation for the
mysterious fluctuations OBJ
served from year to year in
the intensity Of the space
rain Of protons, heutrons and
the nuclei of heavy atoms. as
it can be observed near the
surface Of the earth. It has
been recognized for some years
that these fluctuations. url-
predictable In occurrence. were
in some way associated with
events on the sun. It has not
been possible. however. to ac-.
count for all Of them in this
way especially the fiuctua-
tions OF these lower energies.
The clouds in the supposedly
empty spaces Of the solar
system give ct least one clue,
Or. Neher said. Each carries
with it from the sun q magnet
! lie field, just as the earth. the
other planets and the sun it
self. This field apparently Is
sufficiently powerful to defect
some Of the incoming particles.
Radiation Source Unknown
The cosmic rays from outer
space, it has been observed.
are at q maximum when the
surface Of the sun is relatively
quiet. This is the exact oppo-
site to the prevalence Of low
energy particles which pre-
sumably come from the sun
itself.
Now, it was explained, these
vast clouds tend to dissipate
slowly from the time they are
formed. Within a year or two
they have broken up COM
/ tpletely. The more widely ex-
tended and tenuous they be-
come the less their magnetic
attraction. This never can be
considered the equivalent of
that Of a planet. It is suffi-
cient, nevertheless. TO defect
q considerable part Of that
constituency of cosmic radia-
tion which almost certainly
originates on the suns surface.
The source OF the more pow
erful radiation, thousands of
times more powerful than ever
conceived for a man-made
bomb, remains unknown.
There are evanescent.
unidentified, highly reactive
chemical compounds in ciga-
rette smoke.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Emphatic churm
An errant dandeiion. d single

An errdnt ddndelion, a single
rose
Remaining after other
blooms hare gone,
Ererts its splendor: candidly
It shotUs
The mood that shapes It's
eDeninD-slGnted dd,Dn.
ITS nncontested color claims
the scene,
Its sinoleness intensifes It's
tone
As limned against Gccommo-
dating. green
IN reckless 0aiety, 1t stands
alone.
Its daring print Is confidently
bold,
A dash of brightness lost In
summers course,
With fragile dainty petals
shaped to hold
"A single stroke OF color-
fashioned force.
The latest bloom, the sum
nter's gay fdre,pell.
Repeats aloud the charm Of
summers spell.
Florence Pedino Jonsson
Evening star., 1955-10-26
FIJI the Chest!

A recent Star editorial urged
all Community Chest car11-
paigners to redouble efforts to
put the 1855 Chest over. Finel
How about everyone re-
doubling effort? Time Is short.
but it can be done.
President Eisenhower made
q recording urging all to con-
tribute. II each one would lis
ten to the message straight.
from Ike.s heart. the Com-
munity, Chest problem would
be solved. How many have
heard or read this message?
Let's all read it again. and
ask our fayorite radio Of TV
station to rebroadcast II.
Let's put over the Chest
drive In '55!
Community Chest Eager
Beaver.
Evening star., 1955-10-26

II J d
Catholic faith, should "throw
on this past, uplifting rela-
tionship. II religion and moral
ity tboth in the words Of
Archbishop Fisher and OF our
own American George Wash
inetcn) are the only worthy
foundations Of efforts to up
build the social order, ] would
like to ask Student OF Ed
mund Gibbons: If one de-
thrones the Catholic Church
In Argentina Gas Peron SO un-
successfully attempted what
substitute win do q job half as
good as has been done BY the
Catholic Church these past
four centuries?
Pr0-Argentfna.
R4
It Is quite apparent from his
letter that student Of Edward
Gibhonr missed the main
point Of my letter which ap-
peared in The Star. and ! am
glad he did. for he set forth
my views on the Argentina
situation perhaps even better
than ! could myself.
However, accepting his
views ON this affair seems to
make It all the more necessary
that o complete and open
hearing on the pending reli-.
gious question be granted By
Congress. and definite steps
taken now to check Gil actiy-
ities being carried on in this
country that might later cause
such conditions here = were
experienced during the past
year In Argentina.
American Citizen.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Federal cutb1cks

Many Of today's career efIl-
pioyes In Federal service who
have many years to their credit
have been hit in various Cow
ernrnent agency reductions in
force, commonly know as
"RIF."
Most of these career employees
gained the jobs which per-
lnitted them to work for Uncle
Sam by arduous study during
their school years and BY much
experience in Jobs previously
held In which they performed
the type Of work in which they
procured their Federal assign
ments, after passing an exani-
nation proving them qualified.
During World War II. practi-
cally anyone who wanted ern-
ployment could find it In some
Federal agency. The various
agencies. at the expense of Mr..
Taxpayer. went right ahead to
train thousands Of such ern-
ployes to do the job for which
they were hired-faany Of
whom had little or no knowl-
edge and little or no expert
encc In the work to which they
were assigned.
When the RIFFS cameand
recently there have been many
Of them--the greater number
let 60 were career employees.
Younger employees. often purely
q novice, most often one who
has a patron somewhere among
the higher-ups, is hardly af-
fected In these RIFFS.
In our form Of democracy.
should the United Safes Goy-
ernment continue to be d
school for the ignorant? And
should the people pay for such
schooling?
MsR3r.
Evening star., 1955-10-26

Someone wants to know II
Templeton Jones has ever been
to q cocktail party.
No, Jones has never been to
a cocktail party.
He says he is glad he has
not, and that he never will.
| Templeton Jones regards
this American amusement as
silly.
He says he stood and
watched a whole yard full Of
guests at 70 cocktail shindig.
and hasn't quite got over it
yet.
The spectacle of so many
people. all standing around
and holding their hands at
chest height, with appropriate
gestures upward from time to
time
This scene, Jones says,
struck him as the lowest peak
Of something or other. II q
peak can be low. and he thinks
1t can.
The cocktail party, accord
ing to T., Jones. is Just d good
way Of doing nothing.
If fit were graceful, he thinks
1t might not be so bad. but
all that gabbing!
Standing around and talk
ing always has bored some
people. Jones is no exception
in this, at least.
He prefers to be seated,
thank you. =
This probably goes back TO
his childhood, when two big
green benches always stood
on the inner sidewalk leading
up to the house.
AS Jones looks back upon
his youth, he thinks the more
stuffy neighbors might have
been slightly shocked by those
benches,
The family had come from
the Middle West. where men
are men and women are
women and everybody likes to
talk.
In the old days. on fashion,
able 10th street, the Jones
benches were a part Of the
general scene.
Teddy Roosevelt. wearing
his high hat, always waved to
the boys as he walked out
toward the Zoo and Rock
Creek Park, his fayorite hik-
ing ground.
It was q truly democratic
age, although nobody talked
about it.
It Just was.
Members Of the Jones FAM
lily congregated on the front
porch. or stoop, after dinner.
The green benches took
care Of the overflow.
Father, mother. neighbors.
and boys, all we're there.
Sometimes a distinguished
guest came, and he was enter
tanned in the parlor.
But for the ordinary daily
or nightly guest. the front
walk, In spring and summer
was good enough.
y ~
There was no liquor In the
house, except maybe a half q
pint for medicinal purposes,
and some grocery store sherry
for the culinary art.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Marcy Road Pool


personal attack against Julian
r. Series, jr. president of the
Donaldson Run Recreation
Association. The letter claims
that the reason for the defeat
Of . proposed community pool
on Marcy road in Arlington
was tine mishandling of public
relations by Mr.. Series.
Already. at 8 public meeting, q
political candidate in ArIing-
ton has read from this letter,
presumably In an attempt to
lay the defeat of the pool TO
Mr.. Series personality. rather
than to the 80 vote OF the
County Board.
Some 1000 pool advocates
in this area would be ungrate-
full indeed If we let this oppor-
tilnity pass to pay public
tribute TO Mr.. Series for the
tremendous amount Of work ne
has done for our community
pool. One can understand II
he has occasionally become
miffed at the constant rebuff
Of his efforts.
Decisions, either individual
or official. concerning support
of the pool. should be made on
the basis Of community well
fare and not on personality.
We find 1t hard to believe that
any fair-minded citizen would
work against a pool which
would delight hundreds Of
children in our area. simply
because he happened not to
like q member of the group
supporting the pool.
We see the issue as this: On
October 8 Arlington's Daily
Sun reported the defeat of the
pool permit by the County
Board, and quoted one of the
three dissenting board mem
bers as saying: Donaldson
Run residents were told before
making the permit request
that there could be no objec-
ton" II the permit was to be
granted.
1t is this policy Of "any OBJ
jection-no legislation which
should not be allowed to be-
come an established procedure
governing the issuing of per-
mits for community pools Tor
other community activities. for
that natter. Our democracy
is based in part on respect of
the wishes and rights Of the
minority, but also recognizes
that these rights should not
be allowed TO submerge the
welfare and rights OF the ma
joiity. Thus 1t seems that
this policy Of .any objection
no legislation" is hardly a
justified course to be followed
in this and similar cases by
officials elected to represent
the interests Of all the people.
We would not push for a
pool in a neighborhood where
1t would work an inordinate
hardship on nearby residents.
But an impartial group. the
Zoning and Land Use Com
mittee Of the County Board.
stated specifically In its rec
ommendation for the permit,
that in the case Of the Marcy
Road Pool. it would not hurt
property values.
At present there are no pools
in Arlington without long
waiting lists. Nor are there
likely to be any public pools
built while the segregation
issue hangs fire. Thus we be-
lieve community pools Of the
kind in question, built at no
cost to the county, should be
encouraged and supported.
T. a i. -
Moselle s. Caldwell,
Florence X. Ashton,
Katherine H. Ginnane,
Nance o. Hart.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
'LETTERS TO THE STAR
Greosing the Pig.

Pen names mag be used II
letters carry ipriters' correct
names and addresses. Al
ietters are subject to conden-
sGtion.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

4 resas, San a sst an q! snswsi ps mail
Evening star Information Bureau.
1900 Eve st NV Waskinstor 5.
D. c Please inrlose 2 vents for
return postage
Evening star., 1955-10-26

There was no liquor in the
house, except maybe q half q
pint for medicinal purposes.
and some grocery store sherry
for the culinary art.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-06-01
New Wyoming Circular
Tells Insect Controls

INSECTS CAN BITE into crop profits.
A new wyoming Agricultural Extension
Service circular gives the latest recon-
mendations for controlling insect pests
on crops.
The circular is divided into sections
by crops. Under each crop, it lists in
sect pests and methods of control. Crops
covered include: Alfalfa and clover,
crested wheatgrass. beans, peas, po-
tato, sugar beets, small grains, corn.
Insects and their controls listed in
cIude: Alfalfa weeviI, army cutworm,
blister beetle, clover seed chalcid, Glow
er-head aphid, grasshoppers. lygus bug,
pea aphid, sweetclover weevil, crested
wheatgrass bug. flea beetle.
Mexican bean beetle, seed-corn
maggot, wirewroms. pea weevil, Colo
RADIO potato beetle, potato psyllid, tuber
flea beetle, beet webworm, sugarheet
root aphid, sugarbeet root maggot,
army worm.
English grain aphid, green bug, pale
western cutworm, wheat stem maggot,
wheat stem sawfIy, wheat jointworm,
white grubs, corn earworm.
The circular is available from Wyo-
ming county agricultural extension
agents. ASK for Control Recommends
tons for Crop Insects, 1855, = Extension
Circular No. 143.
Recommendations were compiled by
I. r. Robb, extension entomologist,
and w. D. Fronk and R. E. Pfadt,
both Wyoming Agricultural Experiment
Station entomologists.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-06-01
Farm Mechanics
Handy Farm Ideas
By /. w. DICKERSON
Water-Logged Tanks

Can you tell me how to get air
into our water pressure tank to re-
place the air which is absorbed by
the water under pressure and thus
prevent waterIogging without hav-
ing to partially drain the tank every
few days?-Mrs. H. A. L., Custer
County, Mont.
There are two or three ways of doing
this at little or no expense. The simplest
is to have your dealer install ''snifter
valve on the inlet into your tank so
that every time the pump forces water
into the tank the water flowing past the
snifter valve will open the valve and
suck a small amount of air into the
pressure tank. By properly adjusting
the amount of air sucked in, the pres.
sure tank can be kept two-fifths full of
air so that there is no danger of wa
terlogging. Most pressure tanks have
plug for installing such snifter valve
or if not he can bore and tap hole
for one.
Another simple way IS 10 pOIS anu
tap hole in a cap or plug in the pres
sure tank and screw in or solder on a
tire valve to which you can attach an
ordinary tire pump. BY giving the tire
pump few strokes per day, or so
many per week, enough air can be
forced in to keep the proper balance
between air and water in the pressure
tank.
A third way often used with a recipro-
eating or stroke pump is to mount
tire pump so that the stroke Of the
pump will also produce a stroke of the
tire pump and thus force a small
amount Of air into the pressure tank
and keep the proper balance between
air and water.-I. w. DickersOn.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-06-01
Broom Lasts Longer

Here is an idea which I have found
useful. dip my broom in pail Of hot
soapsuds once week and let it dry.
This makes the straws more pliable
and I find the broom does better job
Of sweeping and the straws do not
break off. The brooms last much long
er.-J. FL. r.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-14
CEDAR NECK
Mrs. Thomas III. Carroll
Phone Milford 1888

Church services for Sunday, Oo-
tOber 16:
Sunday School at 100 p. m. E.
E. Watson, superintendent.
Preaching at 200 p. m. Rev. Will
liam H. Revelle, Sr., pastor.
The WSCS met on Tuesday eve
ming, October IL, at the home Of
Miss Alice Brown, with a good at
tendance. After the business meet
ing, Miss Brown served delicious
refreshments. The meeting then ad-
jOurned to meet in November at
the home of Mrs. Edith Reed.
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Shockley
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Benson Of Lincoln.
Mrs. Urania Carey of Milford
spent several days last week visit
ing Mrs. Hilda ShOckley.
Miss Gladys Carroll, a student
nurse affiliated with the Philadel-
phia General Hospital for four
months is spending this weekend
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Carroll and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Pierce were
VlSlLOfS on sunday or Mr.. anu Mrs.
Dallas Pierce and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Brittingham
and family were Sunday dinner
guests Of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Calvin Brittingham.
Mrs. Hilda ShOckley, president of
Cedar Neck WSCS, wishes to thank
each and everyone who helped in
any way, either through donations,
gifts or the ones who so willingly
gave their time to solicit for the
recipe book which the group of
WSCS ladies are compiling. Mrs.
also wishes to thank all
the ladies for the wonderful rec
ipes which will be published in the
book soon to be available. Remem-
ber these recipes are all Cedar
Neck favOrites.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-14

ment followed in the Odd Fellows
cemetery
The Milton BaSeball team won
the opening game of the Mar-Del-
League final play-off on Sunday
when it defeated the Wyoming
team, 4 to 0. Bob Knight of the
local nine was the winning pitcher.
The second game Of the series 5WflI
be played at Wyoming next Sun
day. This series will be the best
of three games since the play-offs
have run late into the season.
Original plans called for a best
out Of five play-off.
Mrs. Dick" Roessler and her
new daughter Carol Ann are at
home with the rest of their family
and are reported progressing very
nicely. Carol Ann arrived at the
Milford Memorial Hospital two
weeks ago is their fifth child.
Their other children are Colleen,
Kathy, Glenn and Dick, Jr.
Mrs. Wallace KOpple and Mrs.
Clara KOpple were hOstesses at the
monthly WSCS meeting Of Harbe-
son Methodist Church. At this time
the group celebrated its 18th an
Mrs. KOpPle decorated
a three TERED cake appropriately
for the occasion. During the com
memOration services special men
ton was given to the original Off
GERS, fifteen years ago. They were
president, Mrs. Nora Ennis; Secre-
tary, Mrs. Meta Mason and trea-
surer, Mrs. Clara KOpple. Present
officers include president, Mrs.
Elsie Wiley; secretary, Mrs. Olga
Davidson and treasurer Mrs. Ida
Gordey. Each officer just mentioned
were presented with a pOtted plant. |
Mrs. Ennis first president lighted
the fifteen candles adjoining the
TERED cake and the present presi-
dent Mrs Wiley blew them out. |
Following the business meeting
led by the president, Mrs. Wiley
and a short devotional service, the !
program was presented as follows:
Readings by Mrs. Archer and Mrs.
Clara KOpple; monologue by Mrs. |
Alga Davidson; Mrs. Nora Ennis
gave a reading; several trios by the
Sisters; Donald Dodd |
gave a piano recital; Eddie KOp-
Dle played a selection on the saxa-
phone and Harold DOdd played a
musical selection on the trombone. |
Cake and punch were served by
The hOstesses.