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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-29

either killed or deportsd- Jeremiah,
the citys most famous citizen. was
offered a chance to e. 10 BabSio.
MIA as free man, bot he deciired
He preferred to SHY aith his. own
people, he said ard his own land
But they were SORRY lot, the dfegs
Of the populace for the most part
Vows, Good and Bad
They were glad enough TO have
Jeremiah with them They seemed
to recognize him AZ last as a true
prophet He had TOLD them 50 often
just what would happen and i did
So they began 10 loog up Is him
and come to him with their prob
lens One day they game up Aith
very important decision 'hey
wanted him TO help them make
Should they 90 to Egypt Or not
This was not as # they we're gong
down there like tourists into Flor
ida This was for keeps full-
scale emigration A sort 81 Exodus
in reverse, with JeIemiah the new
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-29

either killed or deportsd Jeremiah,
the city's most famous citizen. was
offered a chance to e. 10 Babylo
MIA as free man, bot he declined
He preferred to stay aith his. own
people, he said, ard his own land
But they were a SORRY lot, the dsegs
~ the p0pulace for the most part
Evening star., 1955-06-27
HeIsinki Sideshow

AS kind of sideshow to the COM
memorative meeting of the United
Nations in San Francisco, there is now
taking place in Helsinki, Finland, get
together called the World Peace AS
sembly." Communist-sponsored, it Is
supposed to reflect the views of the
common people" Of no fewer than 81
countries throughout the globe. In actu-
ality, however, it is solely and simply a
gathering Of Reds and fellow travellers
plus some muddle-headed "neutralists"
-parroting the Kremlins propaganda
line.
There have been other meetings Of
this sort in the last several years, and
the current one differs in no essential
respect from its predecessors. The lead
ing personalities have not changed. They
include such old hands at the game as
Deputy Premier Kuo of Red China and
Frederick Joliot- -Curie, the superleftist
French physicist who is always available
to do his bit in any Soviet-serving show.
And the speeches being heard at the
Helsinki assembly" are virtually carbon
copies of those delivered in the past.
That is to say, they add up to little more
than dreary, mendacious and hackneyed
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Juveniles and the Courts

The line of distinction which the
Municipal Court of Appeals has drawn
between proceedings in the Juvenile
Court and those in criminal tribunals is
of interest in connection with the con-
troversial waiver issue. The appellate
court pointed out that the primary OBJ
jective of the Juvenile Court is rehabili-
tation of delinquent, not his punish
nent. It said that it has been repeatedly
ruled that a hearing in the Juvenile
Court that is conducted "for the purpose
Of determining whether a child Is de-
hnquent is not criminal or penal in char
acter.", The opinion was given in reject
ing an attorneys claim that juvenile is
entitled to advice as to his rights to
counsel in delinquency proceeding.
It is because of the non-criminal ma
ture Of Juvenile Court operations and
because Of that courts failure to waive
jurisdiction in some serious crimes in
volving juveniles that there has been
increasing pressure to limit the courts
authority in such cases. United States
Attorney Leo Rover has urged that his
Office be given the power to decide
whether a youthful major offender
should be prosecuted In criminal court.
A number Of law enforcement author
tiles favor such a system. but the Ju-
venile Court is reluctant to give up any
of its discretion as to waivers. There
is plenty Of evidence that the public
has not been properly protected under
the present Juvenile Court law. It
seems illogical to place in a rehabilita-
tive agency the sole responsibility for
waving Jurisdiction in fragrant crimes
committed by youths incapable of re-
spending to any corrective measure
short of punishment prescribed by the
criminal law.
Evening star., 1955-06-27

attacks on the West In general and the
United States in particular-with only
words of praise and glorifcation for the
"camp of peace" led by the Kremlin.
To put it mildly, all this would seem
to be quite out of key with the notes OF
sweet reasonableness that have lately
been coming forth from the Soviet prop
aganda organ. Certainly, the thing is
not consistent with RuSsia's recent thaw-
ing operations in the cold war, and II it
reflects the true and fixed sentiments OF
the men of the Kremlin-as distinct from
their present outward display Of ami
ability-then next months Big Four
summit" meeting is not likely to accom-
plish anything of real value.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

The old-timer looked at the
glistening row of machines,
dispensing milk, soft drinks,
and so on.
He shook his head.
Wont do" he commented.
Wont do"
why not?" asked Temple
ton Jones, a disciple Of his age,
who likes machines and gad-
gets.
They amt no wimmen
mixed up with it, said the
codger, shaking his head more
emphatically. .. ..
$50 what?" bristled Jones.
"It won't be clean" replied
the old man, with emphasis.
Men amt goin' to keep it
clean"
Templeton Jones thought of
the sanitary ways Of his
childhood.
Then, flies were invited.
practically, to sit down at
every feast, for there were
few window screens.
Huge gobs of fresh dates
were stuck on a stick, and dis
played outside small corner
groceries.
And then there were snow
balls!
Who remembers snowballs?
They were made of shaved
ice, onto which favored Syrups
were poured.
All was done in the open
air.
The whole attitude toward
sanitation was naive.
The truth, in those days,
was that few persons really
knew much about such mat
ters except women.
It was an emerging science.
Now that it has emerged, let
us say (see polio vaccine hub
bubD even the least scien-
tif1c person knows much.
1t is a good thing, with in
creasing discoveries about
germs, virus, rickettsia, and the
like. Most of us do not know
what we are talking about any
way, when 1t comes to such
things, but we do like to talk.
and why not? It is a sign that
we are good children Of our
age.
Templeton Jones admitted
that when it comes to cleanli-
ness, around food, no one can
take the place of a woman.
It's the training, he believes.
Women. as women, may not
intrinsically be cleaner than
men, but they have gone
through a course of instruc-
ton, as it were.
Or do older women teach the
little girls any more about
how to make beds, and set the
table. and dust?
Certainly they do!
But does it take?
It must. else the world
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Legal Opinion

This reader cannot contain
a feeling of regret at the most
recent judicial appointment in
the District. Warren E. Bur-
ger, the new appointee to the
Federal Court of Appeals, is a
young man of recognized abil-
ity, and members of the legal
profession wish him a speedy
confirmation. Yet one cannot
help grieving at the fact that
once again the outstanding
lawyer of this jurisdiction has
been bypassed. I speak, of
course, of Leo Rover. His rec
ord, public and private, up to
the beginning of the Eisen-
hover administration. was
more than sufficient to make
him the obvious candidate for
any vacancy on the local bench.
But when one considers the
magnificent job he has done
as district attorney during the
last two years. plus his coura-
geous and lawyerlike perform
ance during the long and try
ing ordeal of the baltimore
case, the oversight on the part
of the administration becomes
sharply incredible.
Otis Reid.
Evening star., 1955-06-27

the important people in our
Government we're to be taken
away from Washington for
safekeeping.
I'm sorry to be unable to
take such grave matters as the
destruction Of our fair city
and it's inhabitants more seri-
ously; but somehow ! cannot
but consider, with a kind of
questionable abandon, that
we would not have the chance
of a fly in an overheated flue
If such q raid came. So why
get all het up about it?
Once when st. Francis was
hoeing his garden, so goes a
story, someone asked him what
he would do If he knew that
tomorrow he were going to die.
He replied, I'D go right on
hoeing my garden" I amt one
to sniff at that answer.
Can't you just feature the
aftermath of this grand shuttle
in which the President was
whisked away to an unknown
safety deposit box. Scene: The
White House porch, Pennsyl-
vania avenue side. Time: Just
before press-conference time.
Much scurrying and hustling
about is taking place. amid a
general air of great agitation.
Finally a reporter manages to
grab one of the White House
staff. What goes?" he de-
mands. Good grief" screams
the official tearing out fistsful
Of hair. I'VE hid the President
and now we can't find him!"
Wouldn't it just be simpler
to go on hoeing the garden?
Barbara Joy Nimnom.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Russia Reqrets

There certainly is nothing In the
latest plane incident-the attack over the
FormoSa Strait on a Chinese Nationalist
airliner by Chinese Communist MIGs-to
stir up the international waters. An
American doctor aboard the Nationalist
plane is reported to have been wounded.
But the attack, fairly viewed, seems to
have been one of those incidents that are
inevitable in war zone.
The same thing cannot be said Of the
earlier attack by Soviet jet fighters on
a Navy Neptune on patrol over the Bering
Strait AS usual, the oficial versions are
far apart. We say the patrol plane was
attacked over international waters and
that it did not fire on the Soviet planes.
, The Russians say the Neptune was flying
In Soviet air space, and that there was
an exchange of shots. This last raises an
issue Of veracity, and there Is no reason
to doubt that the Neptune crew members
\ are telling the truth when they say they
! did not fire on the Russians. On the other
hand, there may be an honest difference
Of opinion with respect to the location of
the incident, for the Neptune was at least
close to Russian territory.
In any event, it Is the Russian attitude
which is OF immediate significance. Mr..
Molotovs expression of his governments
regret with respect to the incident and
his offer to pay one-half Of the damages
are new under the diplomatic sun. This
attitude does not help to clear up the
81 T,1f IND "a
Russians do not intend to let the incident
interfere with the Geneva Conference,
and neither should we.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Not for the Records

On behalf Of the many
workers at the Franklin street
division Of the Naval Gun
factory, Alexandria. Va, please
allow me to request that you
correct a mistake in your ar
ticle Of June 81, Bright Fu-
ture Foreseen for Alexandria
Port" You state "this build
ing is being used for storage OF
records"
This to inform both you and
Mr.. Broyhill that this plant is
doing work Of a highly secret
and technical nature that is
vital to our national defense.
It employs many skilled
workers, with years of expert
ence in their particular jobs.
These workers live in Alex
andria and pay taxes and vote
in Alexandria.
Incidentally, the estimated
value of the combined proper
ties mentioned in your article
is $25 million.
G. p. Crane
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Peace Bid in MoIoyu

The British, with the full backing Of
a special committee representing the
country's major political parties, have
done the right thing in rejecting the
proposals that have just been made by
the Communists for "peace negotiations"
in the Federation of Malaga.
This is so for number of reasons.
The Malayan Communists, for one thing,
are in no sense legitimate force. They
are loathed by the overwhelming major
ity of the population. They represent
nobody but themselves and the interna-
tional Red conspiracy which they serve.
And the jungle war they have been
waging ever since June, 1948, is not a
true war, but simply barbarouS cam
paign of hit-and-run terrorism in which
they have committed innumerable atroci-
ties against innocent men, women and
children.
In coping with this evil, the British
led forces have lost more than 1000 men.
But the Red terrorists have been hit
harder than that. Close to 5000 Of them
have been killed, and only few thousand
Of them now remain to carry on the dirty
work in the jungle. Moreover, with the
Malayan government promising amnesty
and rehabilitation to all defectors, the
morale of these Communists appears to
be steadily weakening. Hence, with
signs indicating that their military for
tunes are likely to grow progressively
worse, it is not surprising that their
leaders have offered to negotiate" in an
effort to achieve "peace settlement"
that would give them position of
political prestige and respectability-a
position to which they have long since
forfeited any claim.
These people, after all, have for years
been guilty of savage outlawry, and they
therefore have no right to expect the
constituted authorities of Malaga to
negotiate" with them, or work out some
kind of deal with them, as if they
were equals or represented a legiti-
mate nationalist revolutionary move
ment. And this is the more true, as
practical and realistic matter, because
the terroriSts now seem to have their
backs to the wall, or at least to be
incapable of improving their deterior-
ating position with armed force.
Accordingly, although some Malayan
politicos apparently favor "deal," the
situation calls for a continuing Arm
front and constant military pressure
against the Reds still In the jungle. This
policy, plus the standing amnesty offer,
certainly offers the best promise Of
bringing about their ultimate defeat,
whereas to negotiate" with them would
be merely to play into their hands.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Helen Keller

Seventy-five years ago today at
Tuscumbia, Alabama, one of the most
remarkable lives in human history began.
The daughter born to the wife OF Captain
Arthur H. Keller on June 81, 1880, was
a normal baby until she was 10 months
old. Then mysterious illness, diagnosed
as brain fever, left her blind, deaf and
mute. Relief for the stricken infant
came when DR.. John J. Chisholm of Bal
timore advised that she be taken to DR..
Alexander Graham Bell, teacher of the
hard -of-hearing long before he invented
the telephone. The meeting between the
famous scientist and the helpless child
took place in Washington in the summer
Of 1886. A quarter century later, Helen
Keller, then world famous, wrote of this
interview: II did not dream that Gt)
would be the door through which I
should pass from darkness into light"
What followed has been told many
times and is being retold again just now
with special emphasis. The little blind
deaf mute for whom DR.. Bell opened the
gates of liberation was destined to set
an inspiring example for thousands Of
other handicapped children and still
other thousands of handicapped adults.
With the help of generous friends she
was placed under the instruction of Anne
Sullivan, subsequently Mrs. John A. Macy,
trained at the Perkins Institution in
Boston. This gifted and devoted woman
was Helen'S companion until she died in
1886. She revealed to the isolated child
committed to her care the fact that
everything has identity and that things
are related to each other through the
miracle of language.
Helen was liberated by the develop
ment of her sense of feeling, her capacity
to understand what her tactile powers
could reach. Miss Sullivan educated her
to comprehend the meaning of touch.
She spelled words into Helen's hand, and
each word became an opening door. In
1904 the blind deaf mute was graduated
with honors from Radcliffe College.
Since then she has been tirelesS in her
service not only to the handicapped but
also to those who are not so limited.
She has written important books, lee
tured before innumerable audiences,
played on the stage and in the movies,
been an adviser and counselor of many
governments, exemplified the values of
faith and courage in the highest degree.
Aided since 1914 by her sister" Polly
Thomson, she has been the leader of the
American Foundation for the Blind.
Recently she completed tour of the
world in aid of the blind overseas. Her
18th birthday finds her still bravely
laboring that life may be more abundant,
free, and happy for humanity everywhere.
Evening star., 1955-06-27

would have been ended long
ago by a sort Of Black Death
or something.
If the invisible agents Of
disease were one-tenth as fe-
rocious as they are pictured.
they would have ended all
life on this globe long ago, If
it were not for two things
the innate health of the liv-
ing creature, with God behind
it. and the tradition of woman
kind and cleanliness.
At one extreme there Is the
woman more precious than
rubies, of the Old Testament,
keeping her home clean.
At the other, there is the
sloppy mink, one OCCASION
ally sees on the street, with
unkempt hair and lollypops.
In between. come the mil
lions of ordinary women and
girls who are brought UP to
frown upon dust, and how
right they are?
4 4 + 4
Who recalls the old-fash-
ioned jokes about the too-clean
housekeeper?
She was pictured as leading
her poor husband q dogs life.
when actually she was years
ahead Of the doctors, even.
She was portrayed as o flend
for cleanliness, when actually
she knew all about anergy
from dust decades before the
very word "allergy" had been
discovered.
She knew that stains on the
wallpaper, from grimy hands,
not only made the place look
bad, but contained germs,
too.
She swept and washed and
busted because she had been
taught to sweep and wash and
dust. but also she was q sani-
tary agent before the profess
sion Of nursing had ever been
heard Of. She may have made
a nuisance Of herself. at times,
to her dear husband and his
poker-playing friends. but
they feared the weight Of her
authority in such matters, and
deferred to her wishes, and
so not only kept peace in the
family, but actually saved
themselves from many an ILL
ness by following her strict
injunctions..
When it came to food and
its serving, we all would have
died in our tracks long ago II
it had not been for the con-
slant care Of the women of
the world that their menfolks
and children had the best
they could dish up, and the
cleanest.
If the automatic machines
want to make q real 60 out of
it, they will get a few women
to take care Of them, to wash
their faces. and see that their
surroundings are all that they
should be.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
Also DisqruntIed

Your descriptive caption Of
''Disgruntled Taxpayer" used
recently on a letter by Carlisle
Bargeron might well be aptly
directed to most Americans
today-and especially to vic
Tins of Montgomery County's
excessive and unreasonable
taxation. Mr.. Bargeron quite
wisely and correctly supports
the county managers recon-
mended education budget in
preference to the extravagant
and wasteful budget promoted
by the County Board of Educa-
tion, it's superintendent, the
County Council of PTAs and
other questionable elements in
Montgomery County.
Mr.. Bargeron recalled the
year 1948 when Republican
presidential candidate Dewey
was credited with saying that
"the most powerful and most
dangerous lobby in this coun-
try is the education lobby"
The year 1948 may also be re-
called in Montgomery County
as a meaningful year. There is
a close similarity between the
questionable means used by the
Board of Education in 1948 to
promote an excessively costly
annual budget and the means
currently used by the present
board. In both instances loud
were the walls and laments OF
discontinued educational needs
If the boards full budget re-
quest was not granted. How
ever, in 1948 the boards re-
quest was far in excess Of the
actual approved appropriation
and all board laments were
subsequently shown to be false
and merely budgetary oratory.
This year the same result will
undoubtedly prove to be true
the board will be shown to be
currently indulging in false
and meaningless budgetary
oratory.
It is to be earnestly hoped
that the County Council will
not be duped or deluded by any
misleading Board of Education
budgetary oratory. and that
instead they will finally ap-
prove the realistic and con-
servative education blu get
recommended by the more
competent and trustworthy
county manager.
Franklin T. Miles.
Evening star., 1955-06-27
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
New World Grain Crops Seen
By THOMAS R. HENRI

There are prospects of hith-
erto unutilized major grain
crops for the world.
Cultivated in the high Andes
for at least a millennium are
two closely related cereals.
quinoa and canihua. Their
food value is equal approxi-
mately to that of wheat or milk
powder. Their yield per acre is
essentially the same as wheat,
but they will grow on land and
in climates that will not sup
port any other common grain.
Similar plants grow wild in
many parts of the world, but
never have been utilized. Qui-
noa grain is almost unknown
outside Of Peru and Bolivia.
Attention to the potentiali-
ties Of the two cereals is called
by four eminent chemists-Dr.
Philip L. White of the Harvard
School of Public Health; and
Drs. Enrique Alvistur. Cesar
Dias, Eduardo Vinas and Car
los Collazos of the Peruvian
Ministry Of Health. in the
American Chemical Society's
journal of Agricultural Chem
istry.
Mountain Cereals of Antiquity
These two grains. it is
claimed, have been cultivated
in the lofty Andes mountains
since long before the time of
the Inca empire. They were
major foods of the people of
this highest of aboriginal
American civilizations. Since
the introduction of European
grains, however, they have de-
clined greatly in Importance.
Both are plants from four to
six feet high with large clus-
ters of small grains produced
at the end of the stalks. Many
varieties of each grain are
known. A drawback is that in
certain species of quinoa the
seeds are covered with a wax
like film which has a bitter
taste and must be removed by
vigorous scrubbing. Some of
the best varieties, however, do
not have this coat.
The present yearly produc-
tion of quinoa in Peru is ap-
proximately 10000 tons and
that of canihua 10000 tons.
Almost all is grown by quite
primitive techniques, which
yield from 440 to 800 pounds
per acre. Yields considerably
over two tons per acre have