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Smyrna times., 1955-09-15
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Evening star., 1955-05-01

piece by rolling on my left side
and blowing hard into the
mouthpiece to force water out
the exhaust. to clear water
from the face plate by lifting
an edge with a finger and ex-
haling sharply through my nose,
and to use equipment without
a face plate. Also included in
the course were taking off and
putting on a lung under water
and stwo men nursing from
the same tank beneath the
surface.
Mr.. Empleton pointed out
that, although the record dive
is over 400 feet. there is little
reason for the average diver to
go beyond 80 or 40 feet.
Past so feet, if you're diving
off the East Coast, the light
fades swiftly like a stagehand
dimming vast blue theater,
he says.
But in case you're ever fool
hardy enough to go deep, here
is an example of what you may
experience:
Gilbert Able. director of
Southern Oxygen Co.'s medical
division. brought to class a
gaseous mixture in a bottle
to simulate nitrogen narcosis, a
condition that can develop
when you're down 100 feet or
more.
"Air is 70 per cent nitrogen"
he explained. You breathe it
all your life on the surface, but
under the pressure of a deep
dive, the nitrogen has a mar
cotic effect on the brain"
After inhaling the mixture
for As seconds through a mask.
Evening star., 1955-05-01

my hands grew numb. my head
became light and there was a
giddy feeling that one feels
after too many drinks.
you're experiencing what is
commonly known as rapture of
the depths, Mr.. Able said.
IF you were in deep water, you
might want to take off your face
plate and give it to fish,"
LAST summer more than a
million persons from Maine to
California sank into the depths
with underwater breathing
equipment. Reports show the
sport represents a $50 million
industry in the United States.
I'VE agreed last summer at
the Conference for National Co
operation in Aquatics theld at
Yale University to hold a pilot
course at the Y, as facilities for
teaching civilians underwater
swimming are virtually nom
existent" Mr.. Empleton says.
Aquatic leaders here hope
to set up classes to train civil
ians. And it is hoped that the
success of our instructor course
will-spark similar programs the
country over"
Representatives of the Y,
local and National Red Cross.
Potomac Heights Rescue Squad.
Southern Oxygen. National
Institutes of Health, Naval Gun
Factory and George Washing
ton and American Universities
and Walter Reed Hospital swim
stats took the course.
The fast-growing aquatic
sport has posed many problems.
Many persons have regarded
an aqualung almost as toy
i plaything to experiment with
on vacations" Mr. Empleton
points out. Magazines have
published how-to-build- -it-your-
self units. Near-deaths have
occurred with homemade equip
ment."
And he adds:
IAN unwary public. ignorant
of the lethal power Of water
depths and changing pres
sures is flicking a chip of of
deaths shoulder.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-01

an animal can be produced the less
the labor cost and the lower the in
terest cost on the investment. The
important characteristic is the eff
ficiency Of an animal, that is, the
animal thar will produce one hun
dred pounos of gain on the least
number Of pounds of feed is the one
we want 1t has been shown. how
ever, that The animal that gains the
most per day will also make one
hundred pounds of gain on the least
feed.
The system of measuring or bull
indexing'' is followed by progeny
testing" In this process the calves
of the most efficient bulls are tested
to see if the efficiency of the sire is
transmitted to the progeny. AS
would be expected, the calves of an
efficient bull usually have the same
characteristic. In other words, I'VE
reap what we SOW"
OF course. it must be admitted
that efficiency is not all that is re-
quired of a bull or an engine There
is always more than one side to any
question. All factors must be con-
sidered in an entire program. The
diesel englre has shown a great eff
ficiency in fuel consumption. but it
has never found its place in automo-
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-01

fun of water when she went down on
her knees. She refused to gallop and
SHE'D at a pebble She looked one direc-
ton and went another, And finally
lit into her with the end of the reins.
stood up in fne saddle and batted her
over the head. jerked her around in
circles. and yelled till my head hurt
After l Gained down, I started to
apologize for my outburst, but the boss
grinned ana said, THAT'S what l
meant You should have done it long
ago Now maybe l can get some work
out of you two-and it's about time.
When we got home, requested that
a set of snarp spurs be fitted to my
boots And please, did we have a quirt
around anywhere? From that day on
the mare acquired great deal of re-
Spect for me-which is more than can
say for her. The lazy lout!
I've never had a satisfactory answer
as to why COW punching is always done
on the worst days of the calendar. ]
suspect it's because the weather is so
awful you cant do anything important
You can't fence or farm or put up hay
when it's wet and windy, or showing
and drifting But you can always get
on horse no matter how icy or torrid
the temperature or how slick the
ground
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-01

biles because of its weight. more
difficult starting and lack of flexi-
bility in power development. Now in
the event that this most efficient bull
that viii De developed by the new
method of measurements should pro-
duce a Door quality of beef, Or
should be more susceptible to dis
ease, or less able to stand severe
range corditions or show some other
defect, we would have to back 10
and correct the fault. Actually we
may find that the efficient beef pro-
Queer may have other good quail
tiles. His peef may not be inferior
as some suggest, when the final test
is made and as regards to his abil-
ity to rustic in the hills it is almost
assured that an efficient digestive
system and ability to get along in
the field will run hand in hand
Among men and horses. those who
can do the most work are not usually
the ones that eat the most food.
Time viii tell. There may be many
set-backs along the way but at least
we know that we must keep our cost
down. The cost of feed per one hun
dred pounds of beef is just as inn
portant in the livestock industry as
are the fuel costs in developing pow
er in engines.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-01
Roped, Tied and Halter Broke
Continued from page 81

ever lady even if he's she So
renamed the mare Tango-Which was
another prophetic coincidence, although
quite the opposite from truth. Except
when working at COW cutting. there
never was horse that did less dane
ing than she. She had most remark
able ability for stepping on her own
feet. She sInnDly despised to get out of
slow walk and In that, too, we were
Just alike. arc it mattered not at al
to her whefner another horse was
ahead, she hated racing.
No Sores
The only attribute I brought with me
for my horse riding education was the
fact that I didn't get saddle weary I've
been told this is quite unusual If I'd
got sore and stiff on top of all the
other troubles ] had, even the instruc-
tor, with his strong Will-to-make- a-cow-
poke out OF me, would have been
doomed to defeat.
The boss said all I needed was LOT
of experience and some day I'd get
so interested in separating cow from
the herd I'd forget what I was sitting
on ! didn't think I'd ever progress to
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-01
Tbs Land of ours
The Bull and the Engine
By JESSE GREEN

A similar method is now being
applied ir the live stock industry.
The daIrynlan has been using meas
urements tor long time He weighs
his feed and milk production and has
made great advancements by doing
so.
The beef producer has relied on
visual appearance of his animals to
guide in selecting the best animals.
But we know that we cannot tell by
the looks Of a frog how far he will
jump. Looks, or conformation, as
the livestock man calls it, are not
necessarily measure of efficiency
IL we want profit we have to rely
on the efficiency of our animals 90
produce it.
Recently the beef producer has
adopted the method of making meas
urements The method is known as
bull indexIng" Daily rate of gain
and pounds of feed per hundred
pounds OF gain are measured. The
rate of gan per day is not especial
ly important only in that the faster
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-01

ENGINES ARE measured in horse
power. James Watt, the inventor of
the steam engine, determined that
one gooo horse could do work equiv
alent to lifting $4,000 pounds one foot
high in one minute, or $50 pounds
second
An engine that can just produce
power may not be a very good one:
it must be efficient, it must produce
power cheaply. It's real value de-
ponds on cow many foot pounds can
be produced on pound of fuel. We
call this IFS efficiency. The engineer
runs tests measuring foot pounds of
work produced per pound of fuel,
coal, gas or whatever the fuel. BY
this method good engines are de-
signed, the efficient ones are re-
tanned, anc those that will not per-
form economically are discarded.
This evaloation of an engine is not
done by mere visual observation
The engineer makes careful meas
urement of fuel intake and power
output.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-01

Somehow or another we always man.
age to be putting the cows into the
caIving pasture in the only snowstorm
in six weeks And the day the tempera-
ture hits 100 on the upside. that's the
day when The herd has to be uncovered
from their underbrush hideOuts and
shufhed around with great reluctance,
both on the part of the cows and of me
and my horse hate to disturb any
things status quo on hot day. Besides
which. a morse gets awfully high on
a tired day ard acquires more altitude
with each gaze you have to get down
and open, then get down and close.
In addition 20 cold days and hot days,
Sundays usua ly turn out to be wrang-
ling days. Like most ranchers, this one
saves up the little jobs for Sunday
when we don make practice of work
ing
Nom intended to raise me up to be
a lady, and though she didn't succeed,
she still thought I'd marry a man who
earned a living by the sweat of his
BRAIN instead, I. married a rancher
and it's proDably just as well. Other
wise I'd have gone through life never
knowing that horses are not just to
ride Horses are to work-ranchwives,
mean.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-01

that; but I sure was fired OF being
scared to death every time the gal
turned corner. And you don't get
much pleasure out of riding when you
hold saddle horn with both hands.
He also sad I was too easy on that
lazy mare ! fatty refused to wear
spurs. and whip would have been
quite out OF the question. How can
you hold 1hip IN hand which has
Z. death grip on saddle horng And to
ride all loose IN q saddle. unattached
in any way, was quite beyond me. AS
for spurs / certainly never wanted the
mare TO 90 fast and wouldn't have
touched her with cushion A lot Of
effect spurs ever had on herl Later |
found that her hide was considerably
tougher than my desire to get her on
the run
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1955-09-01
But the Day Came

But the u3y arrived when I'd had
enough. Not that I recognized what day
it was. was lar too mad to make note
Of it, Tango pulled every trick in her
wide repertoire, but this time it was
just too m',ch even for me She STUN
bled over the creek and got my boots
Evening star., 1955-01-24

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Evening star., 1955-11-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09
THINKS HE'S A DOG
Bunny Boyle to Begin
New Life as Rabbit

that had been sprayed with DOT.
In tears, Ethel called her hus-
band at NH, screaming Bunny
was dead.
In a blanket and laid out in a
shoebox, Bunny Boyle, his three
and-a-half feet pointing upward.
was rushed to the Institutes. He
was shot up with millions of units
of wonder drugs. An hour later,
the possum playing rabbit raised
his head and began to jump. He's
never been sick since, Ethel said.
Now Bunny Boyle is starting
on a new adventure. DR.. Boyle
has been transferred to Charles
ton, S. c., and Bunny has been
inherited by the James Somer-
veil Dawson family in Rockville.
Mr.. Dawson is head of person.
mel for the Maritime Administra-
ton. Bunny Boyle is likely to
give him additional personnel
problems at home. Ten-year-
old Button Dawson is planning
to give Bunny Boyle a big black
playmate of a rabbit she spied
in the local pet shop so he can
start leading a normal rabbits
life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09
Sewer Contracts
Let byCounty

Construction contracts for
$100,475 worth of storm drain
sewers and water and sewer
mains in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties have been
awarded by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
Storm drain work will include
Ito feet of Is to 48-inch lines
in streets of North Englewood
Prince Georges County, and GAO
feet of 48-inch lines in Barclay
avenue, Takoma Park. Con-
struction will start in two weeks
Contract for the Prince Georges
job went to Subaco Co. of Airing
ton on bid of S25,929. Taylor
Construction Co.. Bethesda, won
the Takoma Park project on a
bid of $21,916.
Water and sewer mains in
Oxon Run drive and Indian
Head road, Bell Acres. Prince
Georges County. will be laid by
the LIS Construction Co. OF
Branchville. which submitted a
$30,5l2 bid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09
Medical Student
Hunqs Self at Home

TANEYTOWN. Md, April 8
R.-A 29-year-old Princeton
graduate and student on leave
from Medical College, hanged
himself from the rafters Of his
home yesterday while his mother
was attending Good Friday serv-
ices at a nearby church.
Writ Patterson Crapster was
found hanged by his mother.
Mrs. B. Walter Crapster. when
she returned home shortly after
3 pm.
DR.. j. T. Marsh. Carroll County
medical examiner, ruled the
death a suicide and said the
youth had been depressed.
A graduate of Taneytown High
School and Mercersburg Acad-
envy, Mr.. Crapster was graduated
from Princeton in 1947. He was
on leave from his studies at Co
lumbia College of Physicians and
Surgeons,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09

of some students to wear aprons
while serving as mattresses ir
the college dining hall and the
controversial discharge of 9
householder led to that inquiry
Then in December. 1854. DR.
Combs charged in a letter to the
board that five members of the
Mary Washington faculty were
in a conspiracy against him.
These charges are completely
unfounded." said the board in
it's statement.
The board also referred to
recent circulation of a petition
entitled 1.-THE Whole Story at
Mary Washington College" which
contained a request to Gov
Stanley to investigate the action
of the board in cutting down DR..
Combs authority. The board
said the petition was "a sour
rilous document" of which DR..
Combs had been aware and
which he had urged at least
one person to sign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09
Winter Stort Set
| For State BUILDING

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. April 8
(P.-Work is expected to begin
on the new State Office building
here by early winter, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Albert P. Backhaus, engineer
for the Department of Public
Improvements, said bids will be
advertised Monday for the razing
of Is more homes on the site of
the proposed 50 million building.
In all 43 families must be re-
located to clear the site, which
is just behind the present State
Office building here.
A $40 million Office building
is to be constructed in Balti-
more. Last week the Legislature
defeated move that would
have added some 81 million for
the Baltimore building and
about 81 million for the one in
Annapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09
THINKS HE'S A DOG
BY CARTER GORSKA

A big white Rockville rabbit
who thinks he is a dog and has
as many lives as a cat is going
to be a real Easter bunny to-
morrow.
That's birthday day for Bunny
Boyle, a rabbit who knows his
name. knows how to be civilized
in house and how to win the
hearts Of heart experts.
Bunny Boyle has led very
unrabbit-like life since the day
he turned up three years ago
in a heart experimental cage
the doctors at the National In
stitutes of Health had labeled
as all male rabbits.
Bunny's mother promptly ear
marked him for life. She put the
bite on him for one ear.
Besides putting one ear on
the floor. it put one foot in the
grave for Bunny. The ear is
where the doctors took their
rabbits blood samples.
DR.. Ed Boyle, a heart doctor
with a heart, saved Bunny from
his death sentence. Wrapping
him in a magazine with an ap-
propriate title (Life), he stuffed
him in his pocket and took
Bunny home to his wife Ethel,
in Rockville.
Ethel treated Bunny like a
dog. and he's grown up thinking
he is one. He's never seen an
other rabbit. His only play
mates have been dogs. He
romped and roamed with two
bird dogs and even slept cuddled
up with them at night.
When the Boyles played golf.
Bunny accompanied them around
the course. But his mileage
wasn't up to bird dog par, so
when all his bunny kicks were
exhausted, he hoped home by
himself.
The Boyles were sure he used
to worry because he couldn't
understand why he wasn't like
other dogs.
It turned out that a rabbits
foot wasn't necessarily lucky for
a rabbit-at least for Bunny
Boyle. He got too kittenish with
a power mower when the motor
was running. He hoped into
the blade and hoped out minus
part of his right hind foot,
Then one day he went into
shock and Ethel went into hys-
terics. Bunny Boyle passed out
after eating leafy rabbit food
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09

ties. If turn away from such opportunity, we are
refusing to obey this all-important commandment
In addition, each of has the opportunity OF
strengthening institutions that in turn help our fellow
human beings realize their highest possibilities When we
make contribution to good government, for example,
carrying out this commandment
Likewise when we help to strengthen Community Chest
agencies communities carrying out this
mandment.
Above ALL when we help the church and faith of our
choice to fulfill its mission obeying this command
When stand the sdelines spectators
refusing to obey
Real genuine satisfaction will to each of
only willing to live up to all Of the implications OF
commandment which, II put in operation, will insure
glorious future for Nation and for the world of which
part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09
Settlement Accepted
In License Violation

RICHMOND. April 9 (P.-A
$3.50 settlement has been &C
cepted by the State Corporation
Commission from a Washington
insurance agency for violations
of State law in soliciting insur-
ance in Virginia on behalf of an
insurance company not licensed
in the State.
The settlement from the L. E.
Harris Insurance Agency followed
investigations by the sec staff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09
Arlington Tax Men
ToHeIp File Returns

Arlington County Commits
sioner of Revenue George D.
Fischer. and his staff of depu-
ties, will be at darlington next
Thursday to assist residents in
preparing their State income
and county personal property
tax returns. They will meet in
the Administration Building,
1900 Thirty first street south,
from 7:30 to $50 pm.
The tax officials will also visit
the Virginia Highlands fire sta
ton, Twenty-third and South
Eads streets, at the same time
on April 20.
Mr.. Fischer announced that
his Office in the courthouse will
be open each Saturday this
month, from am. to noon,
and on April q from 1870 to
$50 pm, to accommodate those
who are unable to visit the Of
flee during regular hours.
State and local tax returns
must be filed by April 30 to
avoid a penalty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09
Ousted Head of College
In Virginia Fights Back

Z n A n LIZ l i ESVlLLE, va,
April 9 P).-Dr. Morgan Lafay-
cite Combs yesterday was fired
from the presidency of Mary
Washington College.
The governing body Of the par
ent University OF Virginia or
dered the immediate dismissal of
the 62-year-old president from
the post he has held for Is years
at the women's board of the uni
versity in Fredericksburg.
The university Board Of WISH
tors took its action in a three
hour secret session. 1T then
withheld the official announce
ment for two hours more while a
faculty courier carried the word
to DR.. Combs at Fredericksburg.
In an 8l2-page statement the
board said it had exhausted it's
patience trying to keep DR..
Combs in line with a policy it
thought he had agreed to more
than a yea" ago.
Not Worried, He Says
Shortly after he received the
board statement from James A.
Bear, jr., a member of the library
staff. DR.. Combs said:
I'm not going to take this
lying down.
I'm not discouraged or the
slightest bit worried. still have
faith enough in the people of
Virginia that they will listen to
the facts and not be carried
away"
The unanimously approved
board statement said lit now ap-
pears that the board has been
overly patient with DR.. Combs
and mistaken in its reliance on
his promises"
Some slight sting was taken
out of the summary dismissal,
however. The board said DR..
Combs would continue to receive
his $9,800-a-year salary until
June II, 1856, when he will be
eligible for State retirement. The
announcement said money in the
interim would come from "pri-
vate funds" of the university.
Darden Interim Head
The administration of Mary
Washington was turned over en-
tirely to Colgate w. Darden, jr.,
president of the University of
Virginia, until such time as a
new president of Mary WASH
ington is elected. Mr.. Darden
said he thought it likely the
board would not name a new
president until next school term
at the earliest.
The board said today ut is
clear that continued reten-
ton of DR.. Combs in any capacity
at Mary Washington College
would be against the best inter-
eStS of the college :"
DR.. Combs wrangle with the
board dates back to December,
1858, when complaints were
made he had brooked no criti-
cism of his administration, was
unjust in melting out discipline
to students, threatened reprisals
for any deviation from his
orders, exhibited a violent tenn
per reprimanding students, and
on occasions was profane.
The next month the board.
after an investigation, stripped
DR.. Combs of most of his admin
istrative duties but allowed him
to retain the title Of president.
The board had just concluded
an investigation Of substantial
complaints" against his admin
istration. A dispute over refusal