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COMMERCIAL
ARLINGTON Blvd mi. below
| Seven Corners. 3 acres, suitable Tor
any type commercial business or q
| motel.
lSExEN CORNERS--Adjoining the new
Woodward & Lothrop shopping CEN
ter, fronting on 2 main highways,
10000 square feet.
ARLINGTON BLVD. Valuable cor
containing nearly 4 acres. Ideal for
modern shopping center or will
consider good lease.
COLUMBIA PIKE--Lot. 26 900 Sauare
IT. Ideal for 9 minute car wash.
NEAR NAVY ANEEx-5Is acres
Ideal for commercial enterprise or
vIENNA---Almost 2 acres frontInE on
ably priced.
is ACRES-FrontinE on hEys. 20 and
2ll. near Fairfax Circle.
Isis AcRES--one mi. beyond Msrri-
field: large road frontage.
ACREAGE
MCLEAN AREA---ata acres, utilities
available; near new school.
eS LOVELY AcREson hwy es4.
Ssr acre W Very ~ rood no terms g o"' 99o" pei
su,., ~ ,,,e.,,,r.v ,,
city water; ideal for iow-eost hous-
80 'O
IAKF--contafnIns ane
acre OF spring water, surrounded
BY az acres az land. II nj 81
hwys. % and Ell.
3s AcREs-Frontins $50 feet on
dale.
~
~ AeRES--Plus 4-room house and 2
feet on Leesburg pike. IN Loudoun
-,
ned. s acres o. rolling land.
-
Area acres Of
.LEESBURG PIKE--Oue acre. with
frontase OF 200 H.. facing . beauti-
PRIVILEGES; rsTTn'sr ,,,,s seon.aininT 5.ssdrOqIn
can be purchased separateiy. t0'
CALI, JIM CRAVEN
Arthur L. Walters Co.
IA. 7-A2o0. = III Q IA. 2-4IfI.
ATTTNTTnN nTTTT TEpc
ANA', oO1hA'GAkeo
AND DEUEL. .OpEPC
AS0
APPROX, ~ acres In Fairfax Co near
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:. :. LIKE THE COUNTRY
here. 80 acres Of beautiful Virginia
countryside, on main highway, with
two villages nearby. Completely
moderni7ed frame-stucco 4-bedroom
I lt2-bath home, horse stable, has
barracks. and other necessary out
bldgs.; for horse-cattle operation
Small lake, Most fencing post anc
In famous Orange County Hunt
Only $4,000.
JACK L. MIDDLETON
Reeltor Insurance
The Plains. Va.
Phone Plains of41
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Oversize Nv rm. with fireplace. large
screened porch. auto. oil heat, a-csf
garage, nice trees, lot 75X1Aa
fenced; only S11,950, small down
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4 BEDROOMS

most attractive rambler in q hhs
sll-year community. iiy, rm with
fireplace, 2 bedrooms, kit, diuettt
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UNUSUAL OFFER
ON THE BAY


CHESAPEAKE BEACH - Open all
year; less than l hour from D. c.
3S large rambler or cottage sites. on
knoll overlooking miles OF Chesa-
peake Bay; less than minutes Ia
large sandy beach, anchorage foi
your boat or boats. IN eft, deer
prSSseJtive Saoi inlet isores in' new orrrn
frontage Of 50 It, and un to 23G
f. depth, facing on improved streets
with electric. town water supply
trash and garbage collections twice
weekly, etc; priced according .te
size Of lot. with only 1860 dosn
and balance in convenient monthly
payments or cash il preferred; i'm
mediate possession. Make your Sc
lection now.
Chesapeake Co., Inc.
Al the Stop sign
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SILVER SPRlNG
.BONIFANT RID, 80 acres.
KENT MILL RD.. so acres, near new
Country Club
IvfERs MILL RID, IL acres. sewer
available.
NEAR ARcoLA RID. 43 acres.
WHEATON TRIANGLE, 400 su, IT.,
commercial property. near post Of
SEE Us FOR LAND IN MONT. CO.
Fletcher & Costello
JJ, S-S6sI Ewes. JU S-S744
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BRAND NEW

Newly decorated 3-hedroom home with
iiy. rm., din. rm., kit. bath AND
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MOVE TO DEALE

Al the Stop Sign
Chesapeake Peach, Md,
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IAKE IACKSQN

Near Manassas, Va.---Sale. 3 ranch
houses: all modern improvements,
nr. water prices, S4,500, $500,
S6,500. Cash or terms . Call Ma
nassas a1-W, or drive ont. --l6
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ARLINGTON BLvD.--valuabie cor.
ner, fronting on main higbways,
containing nearly 4 acres, Ideal for
q modern shopping center or viii
consider q GOOD lease
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Blvd mi. below
Seven Corners. 3 acres, suitable for
any type commercial business or q
motel.
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farm In the most scenic part OF
West Virginia, 100 miles from Wash
ington. Top variety apple trees.
produced $4,000 bu. 1854: also
for stock, some woods with timber
also many deer and pheasant for
hunting. Located In path OF newly
developing natural gas field. Ex-
perienced resident manager avail
able. Call OWNER for further in
formation If O-RQI6
Evening star., 1955-10-14
Interesting Experiment

The merchandising world will watch
with interest the bold attack on down
town decay" launched in Richmond, Vir-
ginia, by well-known department store,
Thaihimers. In what the stores owner
described as an expression of faith In
downtown trade, Thalhimers has just
remodeled its block-long store, the most
striking improvement being resplend
ent six-story aluminium facade designed
to attract attention-and customers The
new face was added to row of drab, old
buildings which the century-old store
has occupied in the heart of Richmond's
shopping district
William B. Thalhimer, jr., president
OF the store, has refused to join in the
movement to branch out in the suburbs,
tendency evident in so many large
cities. Contrary to the current trend
towards expansion through suburban
stores he said, I'VE feel that the down.
town area provides the most complete
shopping center, since 1t caters to both
urban and suburban customers" If Mr..
Thalhimers theory proves sound in Rich
mond, face-lifting operations and other
Improvements In stores similarly
situated, here and elsewhere, may be
expected.
Evening star., 1955-10-14
Hold the Line

The Citizens Advisory Council had
the best interests of the city at heart
when it urged the Commissioners to hold
the line on the District budget for fiscal
1857. With Washington facing serious
financial crisis that will require greater
tax revenues, this is the wrong time to
consider any spending proposals that are
not absolutely essential to the orderly
functioning and development of the
Capital
The council, representing a broad
cross-section Of the people of Washing
ton, had the difficult task of weighing
the huge accumulation Of departmental
estimates against the city's capacity to
pay its operating and capital-improve-
ment bills. They found the total of $213
million requested by department heads
to be $43 million above the current years
budget and far beyond the Districts
pocketbook resources, unless drastic new
taxes are imposed.
AS for new taxes, Council Chairman
William E. Leahy stated the case sue
cinctly when he said: I'VE think we have
about reached the saturation point inSo-
far as we can go in regard to taxation.
We feel as though the individual tax
payer in the District of Columbia, as we
are advised, is already paying more than
the average taxpayer in cities of COM
parable size. We think there must come
a time when firmness should be evil
denced with regard to the skyrocketing
requests of the various departments
which must call for additional tax in
creases. There must come a. limit. We
feel that limit has come now."
Saturation point or not, additional
revenues will have to be raised, even II
the new operating budget is chopped
down to present budget size. For Con-
gress raised the pay of District employees
and reduced the Federal contribution
from $40 million to $18 million Some
$40 million additional in revenues must
be collected just to continue operations
on the present level, with few necessary
extras, perhaps. Therefore. the council
is right in advising the Commissioners
to slice deeply into the estimates in
determined effort to keep the budget
close to the 1856 pattern.
Evening star., 1955-10-14
The Post-Office Pen

Anybody who hates to see old institu-
tions pass away will greet with mixed
feelings Postmaster General Summer
fields announcement that he intends to
install ball pens in rs more major post
offices across the country. He has AL
ready done this in 20 such Offices, and
the experiment has worked so well-even
though many of the new writing instru-
ments have been stolen-that he wants
to go forward with the idea on an ever
expanding scale.
What this almost certainly means, Of
course, is that the traditional American
post-office pen-that terribly scratchy,
nk-spattering thing that has infuriated
countless numbers of citizens for genera
tions past-is doomed to become as ex-
tinct as the dodo and dinosaur. Mr..
Summerfield welcomes the prospect. AS
he sees it, one of the big gains promised
by the ball pens is greater legibility Of
writing" and their advent will naturally
add to the comfort of all of us. Yet,
with that said, the fact remains that
lovers of the old order can hardly fail
to. feel bit saddened, and they have
some reason to wonder whether the
change is not just another example Of
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Many Happy Returns

MANY happy returns Of the day :"
The traditional salutation normally has
somewhat perfunctory undertones. Birth
day celebrants tend to take 1t for granted.
like an acquaintances nod, they would
notice 1t more If it were omitted than
they do when it isn't. But this time
things are different On the 65th BIRTH
day of the stricken President Eisenhower,
the old phrase takes on an added,
more fervent, meaning.
The dispatches from Denver say the
Presidents giant birthday cake will in
corporate 6212 pounds Of flour, SO pounds
Of sugar-and so on through the recipe,
down to final pound Of salt. It sounds
like q lot. But 1t Is no match for the
Happy Birthday" greeting that the whole
world sends winging Denver-way today.
Evening star., 1955-10-14
Eisenhower to BuIqonin

President Eisenhower, In his brief
letter to Soviet Premier Bulganin on the
subject of disarmament, has carried on
the generally conciliatory and personal
tone that has marked the recent "sum-
NIT" exchanges on this vital topic. BY so
doing, he has kept the door open for fur
ther constructive discussion Of the matter
and has kept alive real hope that his
dramatic proposal for lessening the threat
of a major war-submitted first at the
Geneva Conference in July-may yet be
translated into action.
Specifically, the President advised the
Soviet marshal that "full reply" to
the latter's lengthy letter Of September 10
must await Mr.. Eisenhower's further re-
covery. In the meantime, he said, his
advisers are engaged in the preliminary
work Of framing our answers to the
several alternative proposals and ques-
tions which Mr. Bulganin had raised.
But, having declared himself "encour-
aged" by the Soviet Premier's "full con-
sideration" of the basic Eisenhower plan,
the President then offered conditional
acceptance of one of the principal
Bulganin suggestions that Of control
points from which Russian and American
military representatives might observe
any unusual concentration of offensive
type forces. Addressing the President
"as a military man." the Premier had
pointed out that the waging Of modern
warfare requires such concentrations in
advance of military action. To forestall
them, for purposes of surprise attack, he
suggested that reciprocal observation
posts be set up at large ports, railroad
and highway functions and airfields.
2 There are, of course, many questions
remaining in the path of American
Russian agreement. MIR. Eisenhowers
original plan was, in brief, that as a
prelude to actual disarmament the two
countries should agree to mutual aerial
inspections and to an exchange of blue
prints of military establishments. Mr..
Bulganin, also conciliatory in the tone Of
his reply, countered by suggesting that
reduction in armaments and prohibition
against atomic weapons should be prime
step rather than following one to the
proposed inspections. In addition, he
urged that aerial and other inspection
rights be extended to cover military in
1 stallations in countries allied with the
United States and with the Soviet Union.
It is likely now that there will be no
further significant disarmament develop
ments prior to the Geneva foreign min
isters' meeting later this month. In
effect, the United Nations disarmament
subcommission is marking time. The
President has reaftirmed through his let
ter, however, the sincerity OF his hopes
in the matter and the climate, at least,
is favorable.
Evening star., 1955-10-14
No More Draw Spans

The decision by the Army Corps Of
Engineers to eliminate the requirement
for draw spans on future Potomac River
bridges in this area makes sense. The
requirement dates back to the days when
Georgetown was thriving port and river
traffic, either sail or steam propelled, was
heavy. In recent years, however, few
boats with stacks high enough to require
opening of draw spans have used the
Georgetown channel. An inquiry showed
that current river commerce could ac-
commodate itself to closed bridges If
compelled to do so.
To have insisted on the outmoded re-
quirement for draw spans would have
added nearly So million to the cost of the
proposed Constitution avenue bridge and
about SIS million to the cost Of the second
highway bridge, yet to be built. In addi-
ton there would have been the MAIN
tenance and operating costs, totaling
more than $4,000 year just for the two
present draw bridges. The Army Engi-
neers found that such savings far out
weigh the advantages of keeping the
channel available for an occasional ship
with high SuperStructure. However, some
solution to the fireboat problem must be
devised The old fireboat now in use
cannot pass beneath the closed Four
teenth street span. A new f1reboat has
been requested. If the item is approved
in the budget, the new boat could be
designed to meet the new conditions.
OF course, the decision to seal the
present spans and discard the draw units
on future bridges will have more than
an economy aspect. Motorists who have
had the Illustrations of long waits at the
bridges while lone sand or Oil barge
slowly makes its way through draw span
will hail the Army's announcement The
bridges are bottlenecks enough without
adding to the logjams of cars using them.
Evening star., 1955-10-14
Commentator

The District Of Columbia
Congress of Parents and
Teachers commends James G.
Deane for his continuing as
tute analysis Of the school
situation in our city. In. the
name of all children. he prods
the conscience of our COM
munity and shows us our
shortsighted ways,
He strikes aside the am
biguous and places before the
eyes of many the simple truths
Of children's needs.
We who volunteer our effort
on behalf of children find great
encouragement in the eloquent
expression of our convictions
In his words. Our wishes for
his well-deseryed success go
with this letter Of gratitude.
John B. GilliIland.
President, D. C. Congress
Of Parents and Teachers.
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how the softening process is reaching out
to affect every aspect Of our once-rugged
national life.
Anyhow, the old post-office pen
surely mightier than any sword-has been
a rugged instrument well fabricated for
the use Of rugged individuals. When the
day comes that it disappears entirely,
part of old America viii be gone with it.
and that will be a development that the
nostalgia among us must mourn over.
Perhaps Mr.. summerfeld ought to give
some thought to that
Evening star., 1955-10-14
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
8 By THOMAS eR. HENRY
New Theory About Deer, Blue Sec

cooling effect on the surface
waters. A larger number Of
observations upon which may
be built q valid hypothesis
will be one Of the objectives
of research ships assigned TO
the Atlantic during the forth
coming international geophysi.
cal year.
Mr.. Worthington's interest
in the problem was aroused
when sound transmission speed
measurements in the neigh
borhood of the BrownSon
Deep. the deepest portion Of
the Caribbean, indicated a
rather sharp temperature and
salinity gradient between bot
tom water Of South Atlantic
origin which nils the trench
and the less dense North At
lantic deep water. In COM
pairing recent deep oxygen
determinations with some se-
cured about 80 years ago he
found that below a depth Of
about 10000 feet over the en-
tire Western North Atlantic
there was about three-tenths
Of a cubic centimeter less oxy.
gen per liter Of water.
Carbon Figure Doubted
Using this indicated rate Of
oxygen consumption, he then
could calculate the time when
the deep water was saturated
with this gas. This turned
out. as he suspected. to be ap-
proximately 14O years. Previ-
Gus determinations had been
made by measuring the radio
active carbon content Of the
deep layers. These had fluc-
tuated around 1 500 years. The
carbon figure must have been
quite erroneous. the, Woods
Hole oceanographer believes.
because 1t in no way fits into
the total picture. Only during
an extremely cold period does
surface water become sufici-
emily dense to sink In large
enough quantities to influence
markedly conditions in ocean
abysses.
His observations indicate
that oxygen is being consumed
largely by the decomposition
of organisms sinking from
higher levels, faster than it is
being replaced by the sinking
Of surface water. at least in
high ATTITUDES. If his estimate
of the rate of consumption is
correct. says Woods Hole re-
port, 1t will only require about
1000 years before all the oxy-
gen below a depth Of about
10000 feet is used up.
Presumably it will not be
replaced to any great extent
before another very cold period
causes a major overturn Of
the ocean waters.
The observations may carry
other important implications,
the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute report points out, but
the whole concept is as yet
too new to warrant further
speculations.
Evening star., 1955-10-14
THIS AND THAT
Bv CHARLES E TPACEWEff

They are made primarily
for night driving. and probably
are a good thing.
People really ought to be on
their toes. figuratively speak.
ing. when driving.
The amount of caffeine IS
no more than is put in some of
the formula tablets of anti
histamine. once proclaimed as
the great cure-all of ordinary :
everyday colds.
The surge Of publicity in
their favor has abated, but
many persons still find that
antihistamines do help, after
all. when first catching a cold.
One antihistamine tablet or
capsule. on going to bed, may
clear the nose, and abate some
of the symptoms Of the cold.
Most people neither know nor
care that their cold" is not
exactly that, but what the
medical men call allergic
rhinitis.
The symptoms are well
enough known.
There is a lack of enthusi-
asm, a queer feeling around
the eyes. and perhaps snif11es.
Some persons realize they are
\ catching a cold when they sud-
denly find themselves angry
at some other person. Their
normal sunny disposition is
clouded. Another sign of an
oncoming cold, some claim, is
a hankering for bread and
other starchy foods. Still an
other is tendency to regard
any bus trip as too long. slow
and draggy.
These symptoms. mental and
physical, put together, mean
cold, and the wary watcher of
himself can recognize them in
time, perhaps. If he does.
he may find that an aspirin
or an antihistamine tablet, or
getting and keeping very warm.
will ward OF other symptoms.
Perhaps the whole thing, at
least in some persons, is wholly
mental. and all could be
obviated by thinking ones
self we'll in the first place.
It has been done, you know.
We asked Templeton Jones
how long 1t took for his anti
sleep tablet to wake him up
after his antihistamine had
made him sleepy.
II don't know" he grinned.
1.-THE only thing I can do is
wait and see." Since that is
about all most of us can do,
any more, we left him to his
doze.
Evening star., 1955-10-14
LETTERS TO THE STAR
wAsaIHGIss srAa

question. The reporter who
wrote the october Z story. to
which Mr.. Carter refers. asked
Mr.. Kern what he knew Of
the advertisement and quoted
Mr.. Kern in the story as reply
ing he knew nothing" Of it.
Mr.. Carter is also mistaken
when he says that any favorit-
ism has been shown in the
news columns.)
Evening star., 1955-10-14
Also for the Books

SbSV III bItG OOONS
The Janney School parent
whose letter Of October 6 is
entitled Demand Fair Play"
calls for a reply by presentation
of the facts in the name of fair
play.
Frequently, emotions har-
bored over extended periods
blur the sincere intentions to
present facts. and. instead. ex-
aggerations are used to win
sympathy.
Specifically. the proposal to
build q branch public library
on the Janney School grounds
is not a give-away program at
the expense Of Janney School.
The school would not be giving
anything that has been effec-
lively used during the past 20
years. On the other hand, JAM
ney School children will receive
the special privilege Of having
in proximity public library to
meet their educational and
recreational needs. a benefit
many a school would vie for.
In addition, the Janney PTA
will benefit by being spared its
hard-earned contributions to
maintain and operate the pres
ent school library--a noble
project which has proved a
hardship on many volunteer
mother. 1t would also release
schoolroom space for other
purposes.
Readers can be the best
Judge whether the portion of
the grounds to be occupied by
the library would take away a
Substantial portion" Of the
schools playground. The facts
are that the Janney School oc-
cupies 3.6 acres, or approxi-
mately $4,000 square feet.
The portion suggested for the
library would require about
.38 Of an acre. or about l6.500
square feet.
To call this eastern portion
Of the Janney grounds Janney's
east playground and to imply
that it would be obliterated is
also something In the class Of
poetic license" The portion
involved would call for only IS
feet along Albemarle street,
with $50 feet remaining be-
tween that point and the school
building. The area proposed for
use as the library site includes
a sloped terrain unsuited for
use as q play area. The mere
magic of the simple suggestion
to fence this portion would
still not make 1t usable for
play. More likely. in addition, a
high retaining wall, a fill in
volving several thousand cubic
feet of dirt, all totaling a high
and unwarranted expense Of
tax money to make usable this
small portion of the area,
would be involved.
At present this area has q
luxurious growth of grass,
principally because it has
been protected from those who
would desire to play on it by a
so-called grass patrol" The
vigil of the grass patrol" re-
Gently has been relaxed for
obvious reasons.
As for the land grab, the site
has been declared eavailable
for library use some 20 years
ago.
T. w. Mermel,
Also q School Parent.
Evening star., 1955-10-14

@. How did the word "goof"
come to mean make a mis-
take"?--R. L.
A. Goof is a slang or col
loquial word which has had
long usage and many appli-
cations, all of them nom
complimentary. The word goes
back to the early English CUFF
or goff and Old English
gofish. meaning stupid. The
American Thesaurus Of Slang
records a dozen different
usages Of the word. including
goof OF (make q mistake).
Evening star., 1955-10-14
Bonfires Burning
The ulleels Of tle season

The tcheels of the season
Are silently turning,
And non autumn sets
All her bonfres burning.
Her footsteps haze hdStened
Up hill and dopn holloiD.
And iuhere she has gone
Hearts yearntngly tollotu.
Yet after her bonJfres
Haze burned to an ember,
Hearts knotc tuIJillment
With dreams to remember.
Inex Clark Thorson