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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10

From the little beagle that
runs sideways. like a crab. to
the glorious boxer. the neigh
borhood dogs are right there
on the same sidewalk, except
when they are exploring q
neighbours yard. and they are
always doing that.
Most dogs have regular
rounds. on which they go most
faithfully. as if great things
depended upon them.
Our dogs take life very seri-
ously, but with it all they often
combine a human sense pecu-
liarly their own.
That day young Duke mace
his first plunge into the mystic
ries of a snowy day, and was
thrown down and rolled over
repeatedly by a little raggedy
cur of experience.
Duke found the snow ap-
peallng, but he didn't know
exactly what 10 do with il.
until the other came along.
Then he knew that his part
OF the JOB was to roll over and
over and come UP with the
stuff Embedded in his deep fur.
He loved it.
-.
Templeton Jones likes his
dogs because they keep in him
some of the primitive instinct
We all lose in this, our modern
life.
We do not realize it, but We
are kept away from nature by
warm houses and Offices and
vehicles.
We are lulled, not to sleep.
but to disbelief in the powers
and truth of nature, whose
other face is God.
The dog, any old dog. sud-
denly takes us back TO the
time when the world was new,
and Eden was Just over the
hill.
A dog baying at the moon
is akin to worship OF some
kind.
The way a dog looks at you
tells a story of something lost
to humanity, something worth
keeping. or even of finding
again. If We could.
If we ever want to find it,
We will have TO walk to II.
We can't ride to it. We will
have to walk to it with a dog
by our side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10

@. Please tell something
about the type of f1g tree that
grows around another tree and
strangles it.-W. l.. A.
A, This tree is known as the
stranger fig. Seeds from it
are dropped by birds onto the
branches of other trees, where
they grow and develop long
threadlike roots which extend
down to the ground, AS they
grow in size, these roots grad
lally envelop the host tree,
resembling the arms OF an oc-
topuS. and eventually choke II
to death. A typical stranger
iir can be seen in st. Peters
burg. Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10

especially behind the Iron Curtain and
in "neutraliSt" countries like India-if
Mr.. Eisenhower took widely publicized
trip to the Pacific to watch one or more
of the forthcoming thermonuclear tests.
Even though absolutely essential in the
current arms race, such tests are under
standably not popular in the world, and
the President is right in declining to
view them personally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
Lost Time He Saw Paris

Reporter Doris Fleeson
seems hopeful about Senator
Kefauver's shrewd policy called
New South. 1t was his only
hope, lie, appealing to young
voters. The matured voter is
against him. If Miss Fleeson
should spend a month or two
in the South. as this CORE
spondent does each year, she
would find out Kefauver's Ten
nesSee campaign manager is
lukeWarm this season! More
over. rumors fly thick and fast
that the Tennessee delegation
will 60 TO Chicago's convention
'uninstructed" in 1856!
Perhaps this reflects some
fears from 1852. when Gov.
Browning supported Kefauver
land was on the side of Soapy
Williams, the Roosevelt boys.
the ADA. and Hubert Horatio
Humphrey-all poison ivy to
Dixie and Gov. Clement is
afraid history might repeat.
Newspapers with considerable
prestige oppose Kefauver, and
these include a hometown
Chattanooga daily, the time
honored Nashville Banner,
and both Paris newspapers.
Why Paris? Well. it's the home
OF Kefauver's State campaign
manager, to say nothing of
five former Tennessee gov
errors. A key point in poll
tics.
Editorially. here is The Pa
lislan" Of Tennessee speaking:
This year there is less ex-
cuSe to a Democratic bolt to a
third party than ever. If Estes
KetauVer is as strong as
Southern Democratic oppo-
nents think. then they should
have enough courage to speak
out against him-before and
during the convention. If he
gets the nomination anyway,
then we still have the Aus
trahan secret ballot to register
our vote against him.
The two-party system is
the foundation OF our form oil
government, and we are
ashamed that Southern Demo-
Gratis threaten to bolt to a
third party every time a left
winger captures the support of
all the New and Fair Deal
wild-eyed radicals of Detroit.
New York. and other rampartS
of the North and East. To say
nothing of California, the Sec
Ond largest CommuniSt-mem-
Der State in the Union, and
home of the liberal Chief
Justice of our Supreme Court.
who wrote the public school
decision on de-segregation.
III Kefauver is popular
enough to get the nomination,
and the South turns thumbs
down on him. We think this
section Of the country will
come into its own. We don't
need to bolt To a third party
TO head off another Carpet
Dagger Regime All that We
need do is re-elect President
Eisenhower, and We know from
our experience of 1852 that it
won't be diStasteful."
Well, as some would say:
That's IT," Normally. the
newspaper quoted above is
Democratic; but 1t is Inde-
pendently Democratic. not
blindly so. Not like those who
would vote for Joe Stain If
he came alive again and got
on a Democratic Party ticket
as a candidate.
Eisenhower Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
THIS AND THAT
Ru HAApIES TpAHEALEI

Templeton Jones is proud
Of his dog friends.
He has been meeting them
all his life, and finds they run
much as human beings do.
some real friends, some
pseudo-friends, some deceit
full and harsh; some greet him
with love. others fail to re-
spond.
He calls them all his friends.
He usually calls to them, as
they pass on their mysterious
rounds
All stop TO look. but not all
come over.
Jones believes that he can
almost tell what the master
is from the actions Of the dog.
A friendly old pooch, with
the love light in his eyes.
speaks we'll for some human
at home.
A snarling. suspicious one
spells out a busy human who
never has time 10 train his
dog properly. Both may be
called socially unacceptable.
II a dog remains a snarler,
despite good food and care,
he should be regarded as sick.
II is very easy to see this
in an animal. not so easy to
admit it With a human being.
The human, after all, should
know better.
The dog can know only
through the eyes and ears Of
his long friends.
The dog runs on the hori-
zontal. the man on the verti-
cal.
The two planes meet at the
dog level. 1t is there one must
help, teach, guide.
A good dog has been called
mans best friend. Sometimes
this is open to some doubt.
but in the main it is true. and
1t offers US our great oppor-
tunity.
Going around, as Templeton
Jones does. keeps him not only
in touch with nature. in gen.
eral, but especially with the
dog population.
The man in car is letting
the power Of gas and steel and
the softnesS of rubber do his
walking work for him.
The man in a car sees a dog
only as a nuisance. something
always getting in his way.
The man aioot sees a dog as
friend. in the main: occa-
sionally, as q menace. You
never can tell when one OF
those bad owners is going to
sneak up on you!
Afoot. a man gets TO know
the habits of dogs. their very
ways Of running and walking,
and, of course, smelling. The
powers of smell are very real
to dog, and every human
friend accepts this as a part
of the canine life.
1t also is true of the cat. but
the cat is a mysterious crea-
ture, not given to roaming
boldly in the daylight, partly
because Of dogs.
The daytime walker meets
all the dogs Of his neighbor-
hood.
Most of them are old friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
Hospital Conditions

Commissioner Mclaughlin
seems to be developing a Selec-
tive ability to answer crlti-
clSms of the D. c. General
Hospital by medical officers of
the institution. He has chosen
to comment on insufficient
appropriations and their ad-
ministration by the District OF
Columbia Health Department.
Commissioner Mclaughlin, ac-
Cording to The Star, hasn't
been able to discover any
evidence of this" and has
looked into it."
In an election year. each
Congressman returns home to
talk personally with his con-
stituents to see how future
legislation will benefit his
voters. Commissioner Nc
Laughlin will not be compelled
to talk to the voteless d. C.
residents who may find it nee
esSary to use the facilities at
d. c. General Hospital this
election year. He does not de-
pend on the people he serves
to continue his present job.
However. looking into the D. C.
General Hospital from this
angle may cause him to dis
cover many inadeQuacies which
he has managed until now TO
overlook.
After a tour through the
admitting office. emergency
room, medical wards and the
out-patient clinics, he may see
the situation in a new light.
Talking TO the patients and
physicians who are concerned
with treatment, and not to
administrators. will further
his visibility.
Lay people who have little
contact with a hospital are
sometimes prone to judge its
efficiency Of operation by its
hotel facilities. Less tangible.
but vastly more important. are
such things as nursing care.
availability of indications and
sufficient physicians to exam
Inc patients and direct their
treatment. If Commissioner
Mclaughlin feels these needs
are being met. it would seem
that his opinions vary some
what from those of the medi-
cal officers at the D. c. General
Hospital.
Furthermore. [ hese two
groups, with seemingly widely
diverging opinions as TO what
constitutes good medical care,
make it apparent that there
is some basic fault at the hos
pital which needs correction.
The sequence OF events now
taking place. at the D. c. Cen
eral Hospital is not unique
among unsupported hospi-
tails. The first step will take
place beginning July |, 1856.
TWenty-nine interns have been
accepted by the hospital 10
fill fifty-five vacancies. Patient
care will have to be curtailed.
Without remedial therapy the
subsequent steps will be loss
of the present excellent staff
of medical officers. inability
to train medical students and
complete lack of support by
the medical schools. Each step
carries with it deterioration of
patient care. After all this,
the building. stockroom sup
plies and grounds will still look
the same to someone like
Commissioner Mclaughlin.
Former Intern.
ID. {. General Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names map be used II
letters carry writers correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtion.
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Questions and Answers
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CALL FOR BIDS

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be received at the Dept. Of
Insular Affairs, Division Of
Procurement & Supply, Chris
tiansted, Virgin Islands, until
II am. June u, 1856, and then
publicly opened for GROCER
AND OTHER COMMO-
DITIES.
Copies of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the
Dept. of Insular Affairs, Divi-
sion of Procurement & Supply
christiansted, Virgin Islands,
upon request.
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, 1956-06-11
N OTICE
RE REAL RoPERTY TAX N NIcEITsoIL REMoV-
Al. SERVICE FEES FOR LENDA YEAR 1855

Public notice is hereby given, as required by Section 80
of the Ordinance of September 5, 1886 providing for the assess
ment, levy an dconection of taxes upon real property, that
the taxes assessed under said ordinance for the year 1855, to-
gether with the ~nightsoil removal service fees for said year,
as prescribed by Ordinance of September Is, 1943 concerning
fees for nightsoil removal service, as amended by Ordinance
of July !, 1916, will be due and payable on or before June 80,
1856.
Payment should be made at the Finance Offices in Chris
tiansted and Frederiksted, for the respective districts, on all
business days, from 900 to 1870 o'clock am, and from 1870
to $50 o'clock pm. If not paid within sixty days after the
date interest will be charged and collected at the rate Of so
per annum.
Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Governor,
Christiansted, st. Croix, ". /. May "a, 1856.
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So to 500

Many one-of-o-kind in q group
that includes necklaces. eor-
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winebock earrings. These ore
colored beods, gold and silver
color metal and white, too.
Pleose odd 1923 Federal tax.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

States Navy and he was one of the lucky men who
made the Navy great. He was Stephen Decaturs first
lieutenant in the Barbary Coast war; and when the War
of 1872 came along the Navy made him skipper Of the
sloop of war Hornet in which he went out and cap
tured Inns Peacock. So he was promoted captain and
given the frgate Chesapeake, which where the
good-uck man met the hard-luck ship.
Chesapeake Jonah: of those ships for which
nothing ever quite goes right The British cruiser
Shannon laid for her outside Boston harbor, and in
June Of 1873 Lawrence took Chesapeake out for fight
Chesapeake had green crew and tradition of bad
luck Shannon was the crack frigate of His Maestys
Navy, and when the fight came on Shannon got Ches0
peake in box, raked her and then alongside to
send boarders in to finish things. LAWRENCE down with
a mortal wound, gave his last order -.
Don't give up the ship we're licked and we're
going to die and there nothing do about it, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

Ills body had been torn open by grapeshot, and
Captain James Lawrence Of the USS Chesapeake had
only 10 minutes to live. Here oblivion and the long
night coming up out of the shadows to end brilliant
career, fortunate life in which, until this moment the
future shone brightly ahead.
What does man think of at such moment? James
Lawrence had just one thought which he gasped
he was carried below:
"Don't give up the shipr'
Then he died His gesture didn't work. The ship was
given up. because the British had the bulge that
day, and USS Chesapeake became the prize of Inns
Shannon. Yet somehow James Lawrence had
rather than lost As long Americans admire bravery
and patriotism they will remember him.
Lawrence had been glamour boy Born in 1881 in
Burlington, N. j., he entered the Navy midshpman
at l6-young he was, he Older than the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

cERFBoARD: Last OF The desert Rats
What You Wear Tells What You Are
8 Viii We Get Second Rate Vice-President2
I3 Tv: Eddie's The Funniest Brotheri
"A Quiz EN-
IS PERsoNALzED PATTERNS
10 MOVIES: Don't Look At Donna!
20 HOW AMERICA EATS: Chicken Enchiladas
~ FICTION: Father And The Tooth
~ LAST LAUGH: Pop Comes Clean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

TINE OREGON TRAIL: Americas Western pioneers
summed up their epic crossing Of tine plains in II
words: "The towards never started, and the weak
died along the way" Rssd Bruce Cations inspiring
article In this series, March ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

we won't quit. Stick to the fnsh and even if they win
they will do it only over our dead bodies.
1t didn't get Lawrence anywhere and il didn't help
Chesapeake: but tradition born tradition that
paid off in the Battle of Lake Erie !. . and at Pearl
Harbor. the Coral Sea, Leyte Gulf - names which
James Lawrence heard Of Because of the trad-
ton Lawrence founded, America is still great nation
You can win when you lose, if you refuse to accept
defeat. Life becomes victory if you are bold enough to
insist on it, and what happens you personally doesn't
make any difference. This made America, and this will
keep America strong If America continues to play it
that way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

Ibis Week tn. .u.o.. m.e.z...
I1ua,d N>zonah1. New York; NY.
Magasiue
WILLIAM l. NICHOLS, EdDrin.Chg and Publisher
BEACH,
CovnsoroN, JOHN STERLING, Chairman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Feb 20 CPf.-An active de-
m ia at the opening sent grain prices
After the initial buyinR was satisfied,
the irading. pace slackened and prices
levels. ., They remained substantially
Buying appeared to be based on re-
ports Of crop damase in Europe as .
result o. severe cold weather plus the
ieelns the Senate would approve 90 per
crops
Wheat near the end of the first hour
mas, Sas :, .I to = hishsT March s2.is; corn
to . cents higher. March ST 26s.; soy
beans to IL. higher March 50 500.
shd .afd Msr 70 20 sends hundred pounds
Europe's cold wave attracted the most
aas aaa during early trading. Presi:.
o oset Ei to hove . over the weekend
pluses available to Western European
countries which may have suffered crop
II was not Immediately clear as to
whether this grain would be sold or
being shipped abroad under disposal
ee enr5sn sr9 tn In addition ON
foreign eurrencies in the buying coun-
France either was hardest hit BY the
cold wave or quicker in tabulating the
results. Anyway, that country was said
to have lost four million tons out Of
an annual production Of 10 million tons
IF wheat. At least part of the lost crop
can be regained by sowing spring wheat
report from Spain said there was
damage to olive trees in that country.
This was reflected in higher prices for
Soyhean oil and Soybeans
Egypt purchased three million bushels
of hard and red wheat over the week.
end Great Britain took a little corn,
Cash corn arrivals by barge were quite
large totaling 49, 400 bushels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
Steel Supply
Maybe Tight
Later in Year

CLEVELAND, Feb. 20 R.-
Strengthening demand and the
possibility of a steelworkers
strike next summer may put
steel in tight supply in the Sec
Iond half of the year. Steel Maya
zine said yesterday.
One Of the factors stimulating
current demand is a likelihood
lof further increases in steel
prices, the magazine said.
Although the automobile in
dustry-largest consumer of stee.
is slowing down now, the in
PRODUCTION Of some new models
lin August in September may
increase the steel needs.
Construction, the second big.
lgest consumer, Is making better
than seasonal gains in booking
new business. Some structural
steel fabricators predict theil
product will be in light supply
for the next Is months.
| The steel industry is contrib
uting to the construction boom
las well as to its own business
with plans to make its greatest
annual outlay in history this
year for rnodernization and ex-
pansion.
Enough freight cars are on
order to keep their builders busy
Through the second half. In
January. 147.320 cars were on
order, more cars than ever built
lin any year since 1928.
A few shipbuilding orders will
Ibe reflected in second half steel
demand.
The mills have labor contract
negotiations due to come to a
head at midyear. and number
of issues are at stake.
Last week the mills operated
at 100 per cent Of rated capacity.
steel prices remained steady at
a composite of s127.91 a net ton.
Scrap, however, continued to
slide with a composite price of
$40 a gross ton, down s1.33 from
the preceding week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
New Car inventories on Feb

New Car Inventories on Feb
ruary l totaled 856.665 units.
largest on record. The figures
compared with a January total
Iof 808.47 and the former record
Iof 848.498 on June i. 1855
Automotive News.
General Motors announced its
wage earners in United States
plants averaged a record Sl02.41
"a week and an average 42.5-hour
week In 1855 VS.. a $91.44 and
40.4 hours in 1854.
Equita Bile Life Assoc. an
Inounced opposition to plan by
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rail-
road to exchange prior lien bonds
and other debt securities for
Katy's outstanding 667 zoos shares
Iof cumulative preferred stock
with unpaid dividends of 1854 a
share.
Reynolds Metals Co. disclosed
details of a S43 million expansion
program in Texas and Alabama.
American Gas g. Electric in
year ended January 81 earned
I$38, All .684 or $3.50 a share VS..
I$32,9l6,447 or S2.56 in 1855.
General Tire g. Rubber in year
ienoed November 80 earned
i$9, 704,731 or $500 a share VS..
l$4 .502.645 or $318 in 1854.
A. o. Smith Corp. in s months
ended January 81 earned $780,
1896 or $2.79 a share VS.. $780,
$50 or SLIT in 1855.
Carolina Power d. Light in IL
months ended January 81 earned
SIS, 500.l58 or $1.72 a share VS..
81, 968,263 or $1.65 in 1855.
Other earnings included:
For Year Ended December 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
BALTIMORE
MARKETS

Quotations supplied by the United
States Agriculture Department:
Poultry Quotations
Market quiet, Offerings consisted q
Some carried heavy type hens fowl sole
| for 20 cents. Demand light for al
classes. Too few sales to report whole
sale prices.
Livestock Markets
Cattle-l 800; run largely steers; In
Guiding Al loads slsughter steers. 3 loads
stockers, 3 loads heifers also on sale,
cows forming around i2-l5 per cent
sold to establish price trend, scat;
tered odd sales about steady, cows and
bulls opened steady; scattered small lots
GOOD and choice 97S-l ,043-lb. slaughter
and commercial heifers, 400 i q. 90;
few utility and commercial cows, 1900
90; Gamers and cutters, S.5o-l2 90;
few utility and commercial sausage
ID, stoeker steers. 1910.
with last Thursday; few closed sorted
sh9i1e AID aos prime me v ssairs
so; some commercial down to 1900,
odd calis as low as 1000.
Hoss--l 100: run includes ! double
trsd trad SLOW. truekedin Offerings seiiins
steady to 25 cents lower compared last
Thursday. sows 25 cents or more lower;
most mixed lots U. s, Nos l-3 Grades.
] S0-220-lb barrows and Eilts. mostly
1925; lot Of : head, 2lo lbs, mostly
No. grade, 1880. scattered sales
Ii 90; most 220-240 lbs. l2.75- 10 90;
s40-27O lbs, .12.oo-50; 270-3o0 lbs.
IL ,00-12.25: heavier weights IL 90
down: few 12a-14O lbs. lO25-1l 25:
40-1 $50 lbs. II 25- IL so: 1iO-lS0 lbs,
] :, So 3. 90; sows under 400 lbs mainly,
a.55, but few around $50 lbs. and
lighter I'D to 1000; 100000 lbs, S.75;
50O-600 lbs. 500
Grain Market
Flour - Receipts, 22,6l5 10o-pound
sacks
! Wheat---Receipts, los.5i4 bushels:
shipments GAS bushels. stocks 1884
$40 bushels, No. 2 red winter sarlicky
spot, III Oranstt); gig (nontransitl.
Corn--Receipts, 3SS0g bushels; ship
ments, 9,706 bushels; stocks, 2.s77,2so
bushels.
oats--Receipts, none. shipments, none
stocks, 1.054,59l bushels.
Barley--Receipts. none: shipments
142.S59 bushels; stocks 5pS.05S bushels
Rye-Receipts. none; shipments, none:
stocks. 117,66a bushels.
Sovbeans-Receipts. none: shipments.
none: stocks, 593.33q bushels,
Millfeed--Receipts, 900 tons.