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The Lincoln times., 1955-01-10
NO PLACE FOR A GIRL
BY William L. Roper

from the cameramen after she'd
testified in the Marks murder
case? Well, Marjorie marched
right in and got an exclusive pic
ture. Sure made all Of the male
photogs plenty sore"
Ted stopped sharply as Katy
entered the room. her creamy
nose tilted. His lean. clear-cut face
flushed red. but Katy did not ap-
pear to notice She tried to act
as if she had heard nothing.
Going over to her desk in a far
corner of the press room. she sat
down and dialed number.
"City desk. please" she said,
pressing the receiver to one ear.
Hello. Ed This is Katy. I'm back
in the press room and ready to
dictate. Okay. Ed. have Buddy
call me whsrf he's ready to take
it. I'd rather dictate to him. if
you don't mind
Hear that?" grumbled Bentley.
''She has a favorite rewrite to
dictate to-"
Katy replaced the receiver on
the phone and turned toward the
men AS casually as she could she
said:
''If you lazy buns will gather
around. I'll give you the latest bull
letin on the Manchester kidnap-
ping. The case is solved Little
Jimmy has been found unharmed
in an abandoned farm house three
miles east of Cherryvale. and an
ex-convict. Harry Bugs" Clark.
has been arrested He was cap
tured in police trap The police
used girl to impersonate Mrs.
Manchester She drove alone to
the designated place where the
fifty grand ransom was to be
dropped"
The ringing of Katy's phone in
terrupted her. It also spurred Bent
ley Harris into action He came
stumbling across the room, his
deeply lined face twitching. Bet
ter not cali anything in until the
Chiefs cleared it, he beloved
THE Chiefs busy trying to get
a confession from Clark" she said.
II got the story first hand | was
the girl who impersonated Mrs.
Manchester.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-10
FAITH IN THE FUTURE

AS enter into 1855, faith in the future of our
country and economy make this 'the best year
yet"
We must have an atmosphere which encourages con-
fidence and that faith atmosphere in which men
inspired to try and try again. in the knowledge
that they will not be despoled of the fruits of
either by confiscatory taxation by insidous
thods of monetary initiation.
greater understanding of how our free economy
operates is essential in order to overcome the economic
fallaces which bese the nation and to promote the
ceptance of sound proven economic principles which
necessary for making 1855 "the best year yet"
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-10
THE BIG TRAIN RIDE
By F. L. RowIey

MY TEN YEAR OLD brother
1VI George had always wanted tc
ride on a train. He used to sit
by the hour watching freight-trains
putting across the old trestle.
bridge that spanned Wilson's
Creek.
One sunny day as I was mend,
ing fences at the lower end of the
north-forty George came bound
ing over the hill. He looked for all
the world like a jackrabbit trying
to outrun a charge of buckshot.
'I just saw big train rob
bery!" George painted
mo kidding? Good for you'll rye
been watching flying horses my.
self. And I'd keep away from that
clump Of bushes if l were you
there's q tiger threShing around in
it."
George frowned I'm not jok.
ing" he insisted. ''I just saw some
men hold up a freight-train over
at Wilson'S Creek. The train is still
there. Just cause you're fifteen
you don't have to make fun of
everything l say"
where you headed now?" l
asked. The note of urgency in
Georges voice had aroused my
interest.
ITO get the sheriff. II somebody
got hurt he'll be needing help "
"n somebody got hurt he'll die
before the sheriff gets here" !
said. starting up the hill Lets
take look"
George was right. The long train
had stopped with its snout on the
bridge AS we ran alongside the
box-cars we could see where some
of them had been cut open-prob-
aoly with axes. The locomotive
hissed softly: there was no other
sign of life.
George climbed aboard quickly.
Its the engineer" he cried ex-
citedly. Hes deadl"
Dead people don't moan" l
said, climbing into the cab. Upon
closer inspection l determined that
the man was breathing--ever so
softly. Lets get him out of here, -
l said without looking up.
George didn't answer. When
did look up George was standing
before cluster of gauges with a
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-10

KATY HANSEN knew the mer
IN were talking about her the
moment she opened the outer door
to the police press room. She rec
ognized their voices. AS she paused
momentarily in the doorway. color
flooded her cheeks right up to
where her golden. blonde hair be-
gan. A thin partition. separating
the outer room from the main
press room, made it possible for
her to overhear what was being
said without being seen.
''The Chief made a stupid mis-
take in telling that new girl re-
porter as much as he did about
the kidnapping. Ted Singleton
was saying in his usual positive
way. ''Of course, be swore us all
to secrecy until he gets a break
in the case. but"
yeah, but you can't ever tell
what scoop-crazy girl will do, "
Bentley Harris broke in. ANY
little slip at this time could blow
up the police scheme to trap the
kidnappers, and that could mean
death for little Jimmy Man
chester"
Besides" said Ted. "a press
rooms no place for girl"
A roar Of laughter, mostly Bent
ley's followed this wise crack.
Katy's blue eyes flashed angrily
She ierked off her little pea-green
hat. flung it into her locker and
slammed the locker door shut. The
men on the other side of the par
tition gave no indication Of hearing
These newspaper gals are all
alike" Ted went on. They'll tell
you very sweetly there's no sex
in the business, and then when
you're least expecting it, they'll
i use their sex to get a scoop on
you. 1 think told you. Bentley.
l saw the Chief and Katy talking
in low tones in his Office yesterday.
Real chunmy. Didn't look good to
me-"
"oh, they'll do it every time, /"
Bentley said. Remember last
summer how Marjorie. that tall,
skinny photog on The Sun. cornered
that actress that had fed into the
women's rest room to get away
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-10

ticed experienced admitted truth him
showed her how the dishes
her
while the discharged
on
allowed select
tipped
literally.
She enjoyed busy that
little time to
And the habit
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-10
HE KNEW

Magnate Ito poor suiter:) Young
man, do you know how made
my. money?
Young Man: Yes, but I can't
permit that to stand in the way
of Muriel's happiness.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-10

time. then she said to herself. Il not going to
sit and worry will get busy
She loved to cater to the public, she looked
IN the paper and advertised job for waitress
She answered it and they asked whether she had
had any experience. She said mo" Sorry. we
can't use you
Then she went to another place and again they
said no.
However, when she went into the third place she
told them that she was experienced So they hired
her When she began TO work the head waiter
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-10
DALECARMEGHIE|
sI'aI!sI':s s| *

M RS IDA UROV 125 So Oakhusor Beverly Hills California
lNl husband attack of ari
he should they rid of their
stored their A short while after that
enlisted the Navy she worried? Yes indeed for
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Hail and Farewell, Commissioner!

1t is with genuine regret / see that
the term of Renah F.. Camalier as Dis
trict Commissioner expires on June /
and that good party men" are already
campaigning for the position. Perhaps
We shouldn't express surprise at any
thing that happens in our voteless and
politically free District, but it might
be all right to wonder about things
just bit.
Undoubtedly the boundless energy of
District minded Commissioner CANA
lier has attracted the attention of the
residents. Everyone is acquainted with
the big smile that is part of him in
every newspaper picture. This man can
take all the bumps administered by
Congress without losing his drive and
good spirits.
Any plea for his retention by the
populace will, of course, mean nothing.
Id suggest, however. that the man
who takes his place be as photogenic
as Commissioner Camalier-since pic
lures of the Commissioners are almost
a daily occurrence in our newspapers.
It's a pleasure to see guy who looks
like he'd rather be a District Com
missioner than anything else in the
world.
Harold b. Hughes.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Ralph kaul.
Wants to Be Useful

They tell us. we old folks are fast
growing part of the population and
that We will have more and more
leisure. I hope we are also acquiring
more and more wisdom and patience.
We read many articles on where to
retire to be comfortable or how to
retire and have fun. Why not give us
some advice on how to retire and begin
a new life dedicated to today's chill
dren? After all. we contributed either
actively or passvely to the present
lack of spirituality and resultant de-
cadence of morals. Children need un-
derstanding grandparents" as we'll as
"big sisters" and big brothers" We
Go, of course, need some instruction;
but there is no other joy quite so
wonderful as helping some young per-
son to find himself and God.
Abraham Lincoln once said, ITO sin
by silence when they should protest
makes towards out of men" Edmund
Burke'S statement, "All that is neces-
sary for the triumph of evil is that
good men do nothing" should be i'm
pressed on our minds and hearts.
Ruth r. Cole.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
General Brehon SomerveH

General Brehon Somerven, dead at 62,
coined what may be the best description OF
the great service which he gave to his coun-
try. "Blitz may be a German word,' he
said once, but we've given it an American
accent For it was very largely through
the energy and imagination of General
Somervel, commanding the Army Service
Forces. that the almost unbelievable power
of the Allied assault upon the European con-
tinent was mounted in early 1914. 1t was
his command that fed clothed, sheltered
and transported the millions of our troops
not only in Europe but all over the world
that built their roads, bridges, airfleldS and
ports; that cared for their morale, their
spiritual welfare, their health and even their
pay. And it was the way this job was done
that prompted one associate to describe the
dapper and always neatly dressed officer
as dynamite in Tiffany box"
Born in Arkansas, Brehon Somervell
became WaShngtonian when he was only
IS After graduating from West Point, he
served in many parts of the world as an
Army Engineer and there were several tours
of duty here. There are, in fact, some no.
table monuments to his engineering skill in
the Washington area. One of the first was
the Dalecarlia reservoir and some of its
secondary structures, but undoubtedly the
most unusual is the Pentagon Building and
the complex of highway approaches to that
headquarters center of the defense estah-
Evening star., 1955-02-15
No One Need Go Hunary

In a recent letter by an attorney,
was astonished to find the statement:
There is to my knowledge, no organi-
Zation in this city which will grant
immediate assistance to a hungry man
OF woman"
The Central Union Mission has been
serving the needy of the Nations Cap
ital for more than 10 years. During
this period it has provided immediate,
free food and lodgings for many thou
sands of people, and, when unable to
assist them, has aided them to obtain
prompt help elsewhere.
In addition to caring for thousands
of homeless men, the Central Union
Mission conducts Children's Emer-
gency Home in which children from
broken homes are cared for until ar
rangements can be made for their per-
manent, proper care.
The mission also distributes clothing
to needy men, women and children
throughout the year: conducts a camp
where underprivileged children live
healthy, happy lives for while during
the summer; helps to mend many
broken homes; assists many to obtain
prompt emergency medical care: pro-
vides clean, cheap lodgings for service
men visiting the Nations Capital.
These and numerous other vital forms
of assistance are the constant work OF
the Central Union Mission.
The Central Union Mission is spon-
sored by more than hundred of the
Capitals churches, and all OF its many
free services are made possible through
the voluntary contributions of our
citizens.
The fact that the Central Union Mis-
sion makes no public appeals for funds,
and does not participate in the Com
munity Chest, may cause its vital con-
tributions to the Capitals welfare to
be less well known than they should
be, but it seems strange that one en-
gagged in the activities described In the
letter mentioned should be unaware OF
the existence of the Central Union Mis-
sion, and of the other institutions in
this city, all engaged in providing inn
mediate, free assistance to those in
need.
We cordially invite everyone inter-.
ested to visit the Central Union Mis-
sion at 624 Indiana avenue NV. at
any time. They will be astonished at
the scope of it's activities, and at the
kindly, sympathetic treatment accorded
to all who come in search of help.
Herbert E. Eberhardt,
Superintendent, Central Union
Mission.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
No Appeoser

The decision by President Eisenhower
to defend freedom at Formosa and to
call a halt to Red expansion is the
wisest move the United States has
taken since the end of World War II
hostilities
From here on, this Nation must
steel its nerves and awaken Its spirit
to any challenge that may come from
our avowed enemies. We must not
finch or panic in the face of combat.
but rather be ready to meet the foe
head on if the situation demands it.
From 1945, without necessity. in
shame and at the loss Of many sane
tums of freedom, this Nation has re-
treated from the Bolsheviks in the
interest of world peace, hoping that
somehow their voiced desire for peace
came as the true expression of what
they really wanted. But time has run
out on the Reds; we know now they
only talk peace as cover-up to wage
war.
Today. we find the Chinese Reds
sending us ultimatums, instead of get
ting them from us. We must, by all
means, here and now, serve notice to
the entire world that the Red march
of tyranny and slavery in our time
has reached the end of the road of
appeasement.
Let us reassert the fact that we are
Evening star., 1955-02-15
This and That
Mother and Musician.

He is, indeed. kind to the small birds,
but many watchers fail to realize it,
and inveigh against the most American
of all our species.
just why the jay strikes one as super
American is hard to say, except that
he is cocky, loud and Dragging.
Our blue jay reminds one of Walt
Whitman throwing his barbaric yawp
over the world"
The jay screams, he defies, he wants
to place himself definitely in his
habitat. ...
He is bold, but not mean. and here
again let us say, despite what some
human observers say of him.
Perhaps at times he does drive some
other birds away, or peck at them, but
this is no more than all other species
do to smaller species.
Here we have one of natures rules:
Rule 80, in Natures Book:
'Never attack larger creature. If
you do, you are likely to get the worst
of it,"
So all living things, from man to
jay. wait for smaller nation, animal,
bird, to come along.
The rule runs right through creation.
1t is based on millions of years of
observation, and like amount of ex-
perience.
Hitler was good animal when he
waited until he got his forces ready.
If he had waited five more years he
would have ruled the world. as he
intended.
He would have had the atom bomb
by that time. all by himself, and would
have been irresistible.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Distant Friendship

Friendship of the close variety appeals
to nearly everybody. But Baltimores
Friendship-the airport, that isis just too
distant to warrant the ver-say-die efforts
of some Marylanders to picture it as the
answer to Washington's airport problem.
Proof of that fact is to be found in the
results of test runs between Washington
and Friendship conducted by the Civil
Aeronautics Administration.
The best time for three automobile
trips made between the Statler Hotel and
the Friendship terminal was At minutes and
80 seconds The longest drive was timed
at So minutes and Is seconds. The tests
were part of a series being made at the
request of the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee. Senator Butler and other
Maryland legislators long have been seeking
to promote the use of Friendship as an
auxiliary Washington airport, despite OPP
position by Baltimore airport officials and
by the airlines.
The driving times recorded by the CAA
ought to squelch for good the Friendship
campaign. The Doolittle Commission in it's
1852 report on airport location recommended
against placing any commercial airport
farther away from the city than 40 minutes
driving time. Measured by this standard,
Friendship is out of bounds. BY contrast,
the driving time to Burke, in nearby Vir-
ginia, is well within the acceptable limit.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
By Charles E. TroceweH

Compared with mean human, blue
an angel should be.
The jay helps other birds in two
ways. by notifying them of the ap-
proach of danger, and by hiding food
where they can find it.
These are his two main contribu-
tionS to avian philanthropy, and prob
ably both of them are unintentional.
But he also adds to the JOY of life,
something birds appreciate, we are
sure. Who can doubt that the wild
jay screaming his head off, is source
of fun to birds? Surely there must be
streak of humor in birds as well as
in people, since strains go clear through
the fabric of life, as we have shown.
The small birds enjoy watching the
jays and the jays, in their turn, like
to entertain the small birds. We
swear to this, although it isn't men
toned in any of the bird books.
X
First jay contributions are alarm
and food-hiding. BY setting up an ear
splitting noise, at the approach Of
cat, hawk or mean human land jays
know a mean man just by looking at
him), the jay warns all and sundry in
feathers to watch out!"
Then, by hiding pieces of nuts,
grains and suet, most of which he
never eats himself, in crevices of bark.
he provides for the smaller birds of
tree trunks and hedges.
Just why he does this is question.
We think it is because he is a phi
lanthropist, as well as humorist; he
likes to see the small ones hunt and
find
Evening star., 1955-02-15
One Hard Formosu Fact

It is not easy to know where propa-
ganda ends and truth begins in many OF
the statements that are being made about
Formosa and the offshore islands of Quemoy
and the MatSuS.
The Peiping radio, proclaiming that the
Chinese Communists have liberated" the
Tachen Islands, renewS the threat to Glib
crate" Formosa and the coastal islands. Do
the Communists really mean to make the
effort?
Chang Kai-shek refuses even to discuss
the possibility of giving up Quemoy and the
Matsus. The yielding of the Tachens, he
says, was "a blow to our morale" and Gin
no case" will Quemoy and the Matsus be
abandoned Does he mean what he says?
News dispatches from Taipei tell of the
"saeging spirits" of Nationalist troops re-
turned to Formosa from the Tachens under
the protective shield of the 7th Fleet.
Their commander, Lieut.. Gen, Liu Lien-yu,
said that under the circumstances he was
ashamed to meet his people, and he
pledged victory on some future battlefield.
Are these soldiers of Chang Kai-shek so
determined, so eager, to fight the Commu-
nists?
It is most difficult, respecting these
things, to know the true answers But there
cannot be much doubt about one hard fact
which emerges from the Formosa situation.
And this is that Quemoy and the Matsus
cannot be yielded as were the Tachens.
It is conceivable, just conceivable that
these offshore islands might be turned over
to the Communists in exchange for thor
.oughly dependable cease-fire with respect
to Formosa and the Pescadores. But such
a cease-fire would have to be reinforced by
firm assurances from other nations of
readiness to fight If the cease-tire should be
violated. And no guarantee of this sort is
in sight at this time.
In these circumstances, the hard fact
is that we must stand ready to give the
Nationalists whatever support they need to
hold Quemoy and the Matsus. If we were
not to do this, the blow to the morale of
Chang Kai-shek's forces would be devas-
tating Our prestige in JAPAN the Phil
ippines and throughout Asia would sink to
the vanishing point. In short, lacking
dependable cease-fire, we might as we'll pack
up and come home from Formosa if we are
not willing to fight for Quemoy and the
MatSuS.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Ravenna, Ohio.
Congressional Pay
John Sato.

My heart bleeds for the Western
congressman who has to pay Federal
and State income taxes, property taxes.
retirement, for tires and battery on his
car. etc, etc. Well. for the love of
George. who doesn't?
In 1914, a professional Government
employe of highest grade P-8) got
$4,000 per year. Now the GS-15, which
is probably comparable to the old P-8
grade. gets $4,000 per year. This is
nothing like the increase some in Con-
gresS are advocating. Come on, you
congressman, use your heads! You de-
serve cost-of- living raise, but you
don't deserve 100 per cent or even 80
per cent any more than any other per-
son does
Form an opinion from the facts, Con-
gress, and for the good of the United
States. Your grandchildren will inherit
the results of your bad decisions.
L. w. ID.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Co-exist or Else

There is only one sane and logical
conclusion to the world crisis: We
must Immediately scrap our obsolete
foreign policies and adopt the princi-
pies so brilliantly and coutageously
enunciated on his birthday by Gen.
Douglas Macarthur: 1--WE are in a
new era. The old methods and solu-
tions no longer suffice We must have
new thoughts, new ideals, new con-
cepts, just as did our forefathers when
they fashioned new world. We should
now proclaim our readiness to abolish
war in concert with the great powers
of the world. The result would be
magical. Whatever betides, the ulti-
mate fate of the Far East and the
world will not be settled by force OF
arms. War can no longer be an arbl-
ter of survival"
I anticipate that Red China will be
admitted into the United Nations this
year and that Formosa will also be adj
mitted--not as the Republic of China
(Which would be ridiculous). but as
the Government of Formosa. The fore
going would provide ample latitude tor
both East and West to "save face" and
peacefully preserve our civilization.
rather than reducing the homes Of
the Russians and Chinese. as we'll as
our own to radioactive cemeteries. If
we wish to exist, we must peacefully
coexist, as no other existence is possible
in a world where science has made war
obsolete!
John Sato.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Speaking of Hobbies

The author of the recent Sunday
Star feature, what Your Hobby Tells
About You'll" must have received his
information from surveys made among
morons.
Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Church.
i'll and many other well-known people
paint pictures as a hobby. Albert
Schweitzer, the greatest living example
of a person magnificently adjusted to
his fellow man, developed his musical
hobby to the point where he could have
been professional, and still uses it
as form of relaxation.
Collectors of tangible objects. on the
other hand, are often people who have
inferiority complexes and must make
a show of possession to the rest of the
world. ..
In everyday life, the boy who prac-
tices his musical instrument while the
kids with the baseballs and bats stand
outside and hoot at him, very often
grows up to be happy. fulfilled per-
son, while his young tormentors spend
their lives wondering why their mothers
didn't make them practice. Also, the
housewife who spends some of her
leisure hours playing the piano or
painting feels much better adjusted to
her neighbors when she meets them in
the supermarket than she would if she
had spent the time gossiping over the
coffee breaks. or quarreling with them.
I have school-age children in my
house who l am trying to educate, in
soul as we'll as mind and body. l hate
to censor news for them, except when
it has suspicion of slant as this
article certainly has. Since they are so
anxious to be well-adjusted, what will
happen to music and art if they find
out that such hobbies will make them
"maladjusted"
Mother and Musician.