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Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
HOUSTON
By Mrs. Mer1.ts
ThIsslew0od
Milford 1914

Church News for Sunday, Sept
II. Services Will resume their regu-
! lar schedule, Sunday School al
10 a. m, Howard r. Moore, Supt.
and Alvin Brown, Junior Supt
11:00 a. m, Morning hour of wor-
ship with the Senior Choir back
on duty and the minister back af-
ter 6 two weeks vacation. The
eveflng services in their usual
order.
The services for the balance OF
September will be broadcast over
Radio Station WKSB starting with
this Sunday.
Fred Hayes condition is i'm
proving. His daughter and son-in-
law, Madlyn and Martin CULLEN OF
Delaware City, visited him over the
weekend and he was able to go
for a short drive with them.
We are also glad to report Mrs.
Grace T. Manlove is still on the
mend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Obey F. Sapp re-
turned home on Saturday after a
weeks trip to New York, and they
visited the following places of in
terest-Salamanca. N. Y, Lewis
burg, Sunbury, Hummers Wharf.
Seling's Grove, Rolling Park and
Hershey Park all in Pa, and they
bad a most wonderful trip. Hum
mers Wharf was named for the
Hummel family of which Mrs. Sapp
is a descendant.
daughter, Eileen and Diane Morris
spent the weekend at their cott-
age at Riverdale.
Mrs. Merrill W. Thistlewood and
son, George went on business trip
to Virginia on Wednesday of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Paul Greenlee
entertained at dinner on Sunday,
Mr.. Greenlee's uncle and aunt, Mr..
John Greenlee and Miss Edith
Greenlee of Greensboro, Md.
Miss Nancy Thistlewood returned
to her home on Sunday, after spend
ing a week in Baltimore, Md, with
her aunt, Mrs. Albert r. Anglin and
Mr. Anglin.
Mrs. Annie Sharp of Harrington
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
George B. Thistlewood and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sapp and
daughter Frances and Mr.. and Mrs.
HummelI Sapp and children, Guy
and Robin of Wilmington, spent
tha Tahor Day wpok-pnd at the
home of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
COAL FOR PROMOTION

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Up
Gov. William c. Marland, courting
new industries for the state, passes
out small gifts to industrialists.
They're cuff links manufactured
by inmates of the Federal Women s
Reformatory. centered with e dime
sized piece of coal. Coal is West
virginia's leading industry.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
NO GROANS HEARD

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - up =
Tie city is easing up on the tax
levied against one profession here.
The City Council has reduced the
occupational license free from five
to three dollars for professional
wrestlers.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09

Tests show that 100 per cent n.y.
Ion pile carpets can be cleaned sat
isfactorily in much the same man
ner as wool, but require higher de-
tergent concentration than cotton
or wool.
Evening star., 1955-04-29
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R. HENRY
World of Outer Atmosphere

Invisible ultraviolet light
emitted from the sun varies as
much as 1,000-fold from day
to day.
At an altitude of ITO miles
the atmosphere is so thin that
single molecules are yards
apart.
The temperature at 100
miles is more than 100 cent?
grade, or above the boiling
point of water on the earth's
surface.
These are some of the OBJ
servations made to date by
recording instruments attached
to the more than 200 rockets
sent into the earth's upper
atmosphere during the past
eight years. as reported to the
Office OF Naval Research re-
view by DR.. S. F. Singer of the
University of Maryland.
The peak altitude attained
has been $50 miles above sea
level, but the rocket carried no
equipment. Last month a
similar rocket reached an alti-
tude of slightly over 100 miles
above White Sands, N. Mex,
and all its equipment was re-
covered intact when dropped
by parachute.
Solar Jig-Saw Puzzle
Until the advent of rockets
the extreme limit of the
earth's atmosphere above the
very high electrified layers
which bounce radio waves back
to earth was completely un-
known, and the picture today
has been pieced together bit
by bit from such instruments
as are recovered from great
attitudes.
Although most of the heat
which we receive from the sun
arrives in the visible range of
the spectrum" DR.. Singer says,
"the ultraviolet is important
because it produces gases such
as ozone in the upper atmos-
phere which trap this heat
near the earth, somewhat as a
greenhouse traps heat by
means of glass. Although the
sun appears to be a stable
type of star, it is actually quite
variable when it comes to
emitting ultraviolet and X
radiation. We believe that it's
output of ultraviolet may
change by factors of the order
of 1000 when the suns at
mosphere really becomes dis
turbed.
1--WE now have very good
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Important Requirements

An important point that has been
properly stressed at Senate hearings on
the Southwest redevelopment program is
the necessity for including a tax provision
In the proposed leaSe-purchase legislation.
Under pending bills calling for Federal
lease-purchase building program in the
reconstructed Southwest no requirement
is made for payment to the District of real
estate taxes on buildings erected by private
contract and leased to the Government.
This is an oversight that the General
Services Administration rightly contends
should be corrected.
The GSA tax stand is supported by
the District Commissioners and the Re-
development Land Agency. The provision
should be explicit, whether Congress ap-
proves special lease-purchase law for the
Southwest project or adopts the GSA sug-
gestion of amending the national law to
meet local conditions. And equally explicit
should be another requirement-that re-
moval of the tempos on the Mall should
coincide with the new Federal building
program. 1t would be mistake to leave
any loopholes in this proviso
However, the lease-purchase bill
should not close the door on negotiated
contracts. Southwest redevelopment in
wolves unique considerations that do not
lend themselves well to competitive bid
ding. Success of the Zeckendorf plan de-
pends on the outcome of pending negotia-
tions, failure of which would be a sharp
setback to the whole project.
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Peoples Right to Know

With due Difference to Richard w.
Slocum, president of the American News
paper Publishers Association, it may be
suggested that the peoples right to know"
Is something less than an absolute right.
And in all probability, Mr.. Slocum would
readily agree. But the fact remains that
reports of his New York address leave the
impression that there is something akin
to mortal conflict under way in Washing
ton between the peoples right to know"
whatever that may mean, and an "ever-
present urge to censorship in the Govern
ment in general and the Defense Depart
ment in particular
There has been a Tightening up of
news sources in Washington. And when
the Defense Department comes out with
an inept order which seems to ban infor-
nation unless it makes a constructive
contribution" to the primary mission of
that agency, a suspicion that the censor
is at work almost automatically arises.
But this is not necessarily the case.
The peoples right to know" Is a limited
right. One limitation is that the people
do not have right to know, and news
papers do not have a right to publish,
information of a military nature which,
once revealed, would be harmful to the
United States or helpful to a potential
enemy. If any newspaperman contends
otherwise, he Is treading on dangerous
ground.
Perhaps it would be we'll to calm down
and await developments. A new publicity
chief, R. Karl Honaman, has taken over
5 IN the Defense Department. In The Stars
opinion, Mr. Honaman is not censor by
instinct, and has no ambition to become
censor. He has been an advocate of what
might be called program of voluntary
censorship in a limited area, which, as
practical matter is probably unavoidable
But Mr.. Honaman wants to put out
maximum of information, and it might
be good idea for the press to sit down
with him and try to work out ways and
means of doing So
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Strong Sir John

Although his parliamentary opposition
has decided to try to overthrow him with
vote of no confidence, Sir John Kotela-
wala has good reason to be confident that
his days are far from numbered as Prime
Minister of Ceylon, If anything, he is now
stronger in that position than ever before.
This is SC. for two reasons above all.
The first of these is the fact Of Sir Johns
impressive performance at the Asian
African conference in Bandung, from
which he has returned home with a record
that stamps him (though he is supposed
to be "neutralist" of sorts) as one of
the most eloquent and effective opponents
OF Red "colonialism" in that part of the
world. And the second big point in his
favor is that his foes in the Ceylon Parlia-
mert constitute rels lively small minority
OF Communists and fellow travellers, whose
"no-confldence" nareuver-which Is de-
signed to punish him for having dared to
throw the spotlight on the Vaccinations
OF the Peiping- Moscow axis will almost
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Praise From q Critic

West Virginia's Senator Nicely, during
his long service in Congress, has become
known as one of the Metropolitan Police
Departments severest critics. Sometimes
his criticisms have been justified, as when
he attacked past administrations for fail
ure to clean up gambling and other law
leSSneSs Sometimes, it has seemed to The
Star, his charges have been far-fetched
and unfair. Against this background,
Senator Neely's latest comments about our
police force stand out in pleasant, news
worthy contrast. Any time that the out
spoken West Virginian says anything COM
plimentary about the local police-as. he
did in praising Chief Murray and his men
for their fine anticrime achievements
recentlv-there must be valid reason.
1t Is good to know that Senator Neely is
as ready 70 commend the department for
good work as to condemn it for short
ccmings.
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Military Training Bill

The House Armed Services
Committee bill. H. R. 5297, if
passed. would lead the Ameri-
can people down a path con-
trary to long-established ira
ditions of our Nation and en-
danger our Nations world
leadership for peace.
This bill, making American
youth subject to an eight-year
obligation to the military by
requiring seven and a half
years of participation in the
active reserve after completion
of the six months basic train
ing, seems to have many dis
advantages:
1t would increase the tax
load on the American people.
Estimates range from Sit bill
lion to 81 billion. Other nations
would have real reason to
question our sincerity in seek
ing world arms reduction If
this bill is passed at the very
time our representatives are
engaged in arms reduction
conferences.
Reader.
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Councils Aims

There is some misunder-
standing inIregard to the pur-
poses of the Inter- Community
Council of Southern Maryland.
1t is my wish to correct any
erroneous impressions, and to
clarity the position of the
council.
The council was first or
ganized in May, 1858, when an
effort was made to convert
part of Andrews Air Force
Base at Camp Springs, Md,
into a commercial airport.
There had already been several
plane tragedies in this area,
and the residents rose in a
body to protest any further
kind of air service on the An
drews base.
Determined resistance on
the part of Maryland citizens
and legislators won. It rep
resented the will of the major
ity of the people, and this be-
came the prime purpose of the
Inter- Community Council at
this time.
Since then, other problems
affecting various communities
have come before the citizens
Of Southern Maryland, so the
council was reactivated. It
offered opportunities for both
sides Of a problem to be
brought before the people, and
discussion was open for all who
cared to avail themselves Of the
privilege. The council itself
takes no sides on a question.
except that it has always beer
its purpose to support the
majority Of individuals in 4
community to gain their OBJ
iectives. The council is nom
political, nonsectarian and
uonrac.at.
1t has been publicly stated
that our organization 10
against everything" Nothing
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Springfield Churches

In a feature article April "a
on the growth of Springfield.
Va, The Star states that
church steeples will soon be
raised in the community. that
one denomination broke ground
last month and that the others
are working on building plans.
This statement is unfortu-
nate in such a comprehensive
report, as it ignores the ac-
tivities of Springfield's first
church. st. Marks Evangelical
Lutheran Church started as a
small mission in its own quar-
ters in April, 1858, and later
erected an attractive edifice,
which seats ITO in the sanctu-
ary, at the intersection of Am
herst avenue and Back Lick
road, two of Springf1eld's prin-
cipal thoroughfares. This
church building. which was
completed in August, 1854, has
been used by the community in
many ways, both religious and
secular. Last Thanksgiving it
was the scene of a union serv-
ice of all the congregations in
Springfield.
II. X. Saalbach.
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Shortchonqed on Taxes

In the public interest it is
believed the Washington SUBJ
urban Sanitary Commission
should furnish an explanation
to the public concerning their
inability to function with
modicum of normal operating
efficiency.
It is believed the assessors
section operates with reason
able efficiency as sanitary tax
is levied and collected on
unimproved areas where no
facilities are available or ap-
parently planned.
AS a typical example of the
manner in which the commits
sion operates, application for
entrance to an existing water
main at a distance of about so
feet was made on February s.
Payment was made at that
time of about $140 in required
fees.
Seventy-one days after ap-
plication, the engineering de-
partment advised that "in
about three weeks" plans could
be completed for the connec-
ton. provided the surveying
department had completed
their work Git is assumed of
measuring the so feet of line).
Approximate time for connec-
tion was not given, but it
was stated generally five to
six months was taken by the
commission on finally arrang-
ing for a connection.
While press of other jobs
was pleaded by the Commits
sioners' Office and the chief
engineer for the excessive de-
lay, it has been observed in
this instance, and in many
others. that there is no re-
lationship to the time of filing
of application and of securing
a connection. Completed resi-
dences are standing without
water and unoccupied, adja-
cent to connected houses under
construction where later ap-
plicationS had been filed. AS a
commentary on the situation,
the commission has been forced
to allow occupancy of COM
pleted houses without bath
and toilet facilities, which un-
questionably does not provide
adequate public health protec-
ton.
Inasmuch as the commission
apparently has been granted
unlimited taxation authority,
of which it takes full advan-
tage. lack of operating funds
is not an excuse for long de-
lays in providing service. 1t is
recommended that the Com
missioners and the adminis-
trative staff plan and pursue
their work to the end that
reasonable performance can be
made consistent with the
amount of taxes and fees be-
ing collected from the public.
Neil II. Zaneis.
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Letter to q City

They tell me you haze changed
since I DGS there;
! came long years ago, on
eager feet
I'm mn heart courage, on my
lips a prayer
To tread broad duenue and
shaded street.
White City, / shall not return
to you
Lest you should reSurrect
some buried dream,
Then mock at me NTH old
things changed to neW,
Borne on the crest of times
St1ift-running stream.
No. let me keep the memories
/ prize.
OF cherry blooms in spring.
gay hueS in tdH,
OF shaft and dome. outlined
against blue skies,
OF park and spl-e, Memorial
and Mall.
An6 7 shall hold them close
against my breast
7heSe symbols OF a nation God
Fns bleSt.
Anpo NJ Pv;estiey
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Overwhelmed byChority

When will the various door
to-door drives" no matter
how worthy, let up in this city?
The latest about to start is
the third in the last couple of
months.
If you happen to live in an
apartment. one of your neigh
bors will keep calling on you
and, if necessary, take your
last dollar.
There are many retired peo-
pie living in Washington on
checks so small 1t is a terrific
struggle to make ends meet
after the doctors and druggists
get the major portion.
It's a constant worry and
embarrassment to them, and
they can take their choice of
doing without things necessary
for the simplest kind of living
or contributing to a collection
every few weeks.
WaShingtOnian.
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Prescribes for D. c.

The hassle between the med
ical officers of the D c. Gen
eral Hospital and the outgoing
District Commissioner concern
ing funds to meet the needs
of patients brings into sharp
focus a subject most important
to the citizens of Washington.
The subject involves the ad-
visibility of law which will
provide that in future one If
the three Commissioners be a
doctor of medicine.
To properly administer the
Health Department, the city
hospitals. public welfare and
penal institutions, a Commits
sioner must possess technical
knowledge and sympathetic in
terest, and these departments
have suffered for a long time
because of the absence of such
a Commissioner. Furthermore,
the business of these cepart-
ments comprises a large per-
centage of the business OF the
city. They all involve health,
which is essential to good gov
ernment.
Consideration of this cues
ton by the proper committee
of Congress might result in a
law which will require that one
member of the Board of Com
missioners be a doctor of med
icine. Improvement in the
services mentioned and con-
servation of the hard-earned
taxes of the citizens would
follow.
James A. Cannon, M. ID.
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Arlington Schools

My neighbors and I are
happy to find at last that some
organized group is attacking
the drift in Arlington schools
toward less emphasis on fun
damentals and more time on
minor subjects. The Parents
Educational Research Organi-
zation is to be commended for
the constructive way II has
attacked the problem. The So
luton has been spelled out
for the school authorities and
there is no reason why it can
not be put INTO effect prompt
ly. Let us hope the school
board has courage enough to
follow 1t
Encouraged Mother,
Evening star., 1955-04-29

of modern prisoners in penal
establishments to make a
break for it is in all the papers.
Even when the screen door
. is opened, the prisoned house
cat hestitates to step over the
threshold.
Sometimes a specimen will
actually step backward, rather
than cross the sill to the free
dom he used to know.
This is a strange thing to
watch.
The most curious side Of it
lies in the subsequent reac-
tion if he actually does make
the crossing.
Then, forever after. he
wants out.
He paws at the door.
Never let him out, he never
wants to go. nor seems to miss
the outside. He watches other
cats. maybe his friends, come
and go. but seems to have not
the slightest idea that he, him.
self, can be out there.
The only explanation is a
lack of time sense.
1t is true, he knows when
dinner time arrives!
But this is not any intelli-
gent understanding of time
and its passage. It is merely
the pangs of hunger, set up by
the stomach muscles after a
certain period has elapsed.
Time enters here only as a
result of the intelligence of
muscles. Muscles have minds
OF their own. They know a
thing or two!
With this exception, the
house cat or other prisoned
animal can be said to endure
captivity precisely because one
day is like another, because
it is not thinking Tomorrow
I will make a break" but
merely accepting life as it
arrives without dividing his
life off into compartments
labeled seconds, minutes, hours.
days, weeks, years, centuries.
Just as the house cat has no
color sense. and all things look
gray, perhaps, or monotone, to
it, so the animal cannot be
bored or hurt by time or its
passage. It lies looking out at
a world in which it is wholly
at peace, in a sense we have
utterly lost. The cat has not
been ousted from its Paradise.
Evening star., 1955-04-29
Republican Dissenters

Those Republican Senators who dis
agree with the administration Formosa
policy have right to make their own views
known. In fact, it might be said that they
have an obligation to do this.
Considering the gravity of the matter,
however they also have an obligation to
refrain from misrepresentation, either di-
rectly or by implication. Thus, Senator
Jenner should not be saying that the For
mosa resolution approved by Congress last
January contained firm commitment to
defend the Quemoy and Matsu Islands.
The fact is that the resolution was care
fully drafted, to give the President freedom
of action and to avoid making any such
commitment. Similarly, in the absence of
evidence, Senator Knowland should not be
implying that the administration is about
to betray the Chinese Nationalists.
The administration is seeking a solution
in the Far East that will prevent war,
possibly an all-out atomic war; and which,
at the same time, will safeguard the essen
tial interests of Nationalist China The
Republican diSsenterS are advocating a
course which puts the interests of Chang
Kaishek first, and which very probably
would result in war. 1t may be that war
is inevitable, and that, in this respect time
will vindicate the judgment of the Know
land-Jenner wing. But this possibility GER
tainly is not valid reason why the admin
istration should neglect any reasonable
opportunity to arrive at peaceful settle
ment.
On the contrary it is the highest duty
of the President to try by every honorable
means to prevent war. Furthermore, when
he does this he is not setting the stage for
another Munich, and Senator Knowland
has no right to suggest the contrary
Evening star., 1955-04-29

information on how the den-
sity of molecules falls of with
altitude. In the region of the
ionosphere where many of the
air molecules are ionized by
solar radiation and form the
radio-ref1ecting layers which
are so important for long
distance communication one
could travel many years with
out hitting a single molecule.
Temperature Variations
Rocket experiments also
have been carried out to meas
ure the temperature of the up
per atmosphere and its COM
position. We have found that
the temperature first de-
creaseS, then increases, and
reaches a maximum at about
80 miles. Then it decreases
again to a minimum at about
so miles. Then it starts to
increase very rapidly to higher
and higher values. It reaches
a temperature of 400K (almost
130 Centigrade) at 100 miles.
This doesn't mean that if you
were at this altitude you would
burn up. The atmosphere
there is so rarefied that it
would take a long time for
the temperature Of a large
body to reach that of the sur
rounding atmosphere.
eve also find that the COM
position of the atmosphere
changes as a function of
height. In the region of about
10 miles most of the oxygen
which exists in the lower at
mosphere in the molecular
form is broken up by a portion
of the ultraviolet radiation
into it's atomic form. At higher
attitudes the nitrogen molecule
also is broken up.
Pictures of the earth's sur
face taken from rockets have
been of great value to weather
studies. 1t often is possible to
see over very large distances
in this way and to study the
distribution of clouds over
wide regions.
Special studies are being
carried out with the rockets to
investigate the very faint ennis
sion of light which takes place
in the very highest layers of
the atmosphere. This is rather
difficult to see with the naked
eye, but at high latitudes be-
comes quite as spectacular as
northern lights. We suspect
they are caused by low energy
particles which come somehow
from the SUM-"