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Evening star., 1956-08-17
The Cyprus Hongings

The news about the Suez
crisis (another mess in which
the colonial powers are trying
to drag the United States)
overshadowed the hanging OF
the three young Greek pa
triots by the foreign rulers in
Cyprus.
Some 16 years ago the Brit
ish who are today's hangmen
were calling the Cypriot youth
to join in the fight "for Greece
and liberty" They responded
in great numbers and fought a
winning war. They soon found
out, however. that they did not
fight either for Greece or for
liberty but for the glory Of
colonialism.
There is nothing good to
be expected from the British
any more, and especially the
Eden government, which by its
persistence to fight to the end
the losing battle Of colonialism
lost all track Of decency, humil-
ity and dignity, and has made
in the last couple Of years
more enemies than in any
other time in history, thus
giving the Communists a free
hand to act how they please.
There is, however. much to
be expected from this country
in its capacity of the leader OF
the free world-namely. more
justice and devotion TO the
principles for which we fought.
We expect to hear condem-
nation Of the abominable
hangings and a long -overdue
intervention by Mr.. Dulles,
who. in his last address to the
American people about the
Suez crisis, reiterated his be-
lief in the principles OF the
Declaration Of Independence
which. he said. he always has
in mind. Don't those principles
apply for all peoples and the
cvp-iots too?
John COnstantinides.
Evening star., 1956-08-17

humiliate them. When their
turn came. I asked them if
they had read my notice. Their
reply was either evasive or de-
fiant. I then warned them, I
would not serve them again
unless there was a bona fide
emergency. And I also told
them If they had any condi-
tion necessitating hospitaliza-
tion, I was not eligible to pro-
vide 1t. In insisting upon a
white doctor they were dis
eliminating against doctors of
their own race who were just
as well qualified and more de-
serving of their patronage on
the basis Of racial pride and
loyalty. I frankly admitted
that If I catered to colored
patients I would lose most of
my white ones and I had no
intention of inviting that dis
aSter in spite of their assur-
ances to the contrary. AS coll
ored they had the right of free
association. ! had the same
right as a white person.
But there is one other form
OF social aggression that hap
pens only in this unfranchised
community. I refer to the de-
liberate invasion of new COM
munities that white people
have retreated to and have
built in hope Of living to them
selves. Invariably they are a
challenge to the block-buster.
In the end, the economic war
fare of these deliberate social
aggreSsors despoils another ha-
ven of those merely guilty of
seeking the inalienable right
to associate with those Of your
own kind and preference.
Why do some Negroes feel
that to enjoy their rights they
must hold the rights of others
in contempt?
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Cleaner Wrestling

! am sure you are interested
in all kinds of sports in the
District and want such sports
to be conducted on q clean
basis.
Wrestling, if supervised and
conducted properly, is an in
teresting sport, and many
thousands in the District like
to see a good wrestling match.
However. apparently there is
little attention paid to wres-
Ting in Washington by the
District authorities.
I have visited the wrestling
exhibitions given in the Dis
trict several times recently, and
each time most of the matches
wind up in disgraceful brawls.
There does not seem to be any
control over the participants.
The referees in most cases are
incompetent, inefficient. and
do not control the wrestlers
participating in the affairs.
The wreStlers are often
poorly matched and they ap-
parently are not penalized for
their fouling and infractions of
the wrestling rules. They are
permitted constantly to foul
their opponents and use unfair
tactics and the results are very
unsatisfactory so far as the
audience is concerned. We pay
a fair price for admission and.
l believe. the majority that go
to tine wrestling matches ex-
pect to see a decently con-
Quoted affair. Such an exhibi-
ton is not now often found in
the District.
In every other sport infrac-
tionS Of the rules are promptly
and severely penalized. Re-
Gently a famous ball player
was fined $4,000 for being dis
courteous to the audience.
I believe the Authorities
should force those promoting
such bouts to not only furnish
competent referees but au-
thorize them to penalize the
offenders severely when neces-
sary. and have enough police
protection to make it possible
for the audience to be given
clean entertainment for the
money that they spend on the
admission fee.
George B. Furman.
Evening star., 1956-08-17

they would. he was sars Of the
cause.
who wants to lie on his
back on the floor. anyway"
snorted Jones.
He got over on his knees
again, with some difhculty, and
to his feet after more trouble.
One should remain agile, GER
tainly.
Temp Jones would defend
with his life. If necessary, the
right Of every human being to
remain agile.
Certainly one should remain
supple.
Yogis and the like say q good
way to timber up is to seize
ones great toe and pull it up
under the chin, then roll over.
Temp Jones refused to try
this.
1t was the instruction to pull
the held toe under the chin
that causes his dismay.
&*&
There is no real need for
anyone lying on his back on
the floor" said Jones, fiatly.
1t is much easier standing up,
and being seated, too.
Someone said that he never
ran when he could walk, ne
never walked wheD he could
stand, he never stood when he
could sit down, he never sat
when he could lie down.
Jones believes that the
American people might be bet
ter OF II they adopted q part
Of this regimen.
1t would result in less hurry,
and less hurry would nsean
that there would be more
CTduqulllJy.
Tranquillizers, as many peo-
pie know. are new drugs which
promise tension relief to many
persons harried by the mod
ern pace.
1t would be q great deal
cheaper. and much safer. ac-
cording to Jones. If perplexed
and perturbed people would
calm down. take it easy. relax.
But with all your relaxing.
says he. don't try to lie on
your back on the hard floor, 2
II you are getting along in
years.
Leave that TO the kids. They
are experts at relaxing the
hard way.
Evening star., 1956-08-17

Creation Is at least three
times as big and old as hith-
erto supposed.
Five or six billion years ago
the universe was born.
The countless billions of
stars and galaxies of stars are
fragments from the explosion
of a titanic mass which con-
tanned all the matter now in
creation.
The fragments still are
moving away from each other,
presumably from the force of
the original explosion. They
are moving away from each
other with a speed which in
creases with their distance
apart. The farthest known OBJ
jects in space apparently are
moving outward from the po-
sition Of the solar system at a
speed Of about 10000 miles a
second, a third of the speed
of light which, according to
relativity, is the ultimate at
tainable speed. Presumably an
astronomer on this farthest
galaxy would think Of his own
planet as standing still while
the Milky Way galaxy, of which
the earth Is a part. was NOV
ing away from it at the same
60,000-mile rate.
Discovered by Hubble
This phenomenon of the
mutual recession of the gall
axies. first observed about 80
years ago by the late DIR. Ed
win Hubble Of the Carnegie
Institution Of Washington and
explained in part by the ex-
ploding universe hypothesis Of
the Belgian astronomer, Fr.
Georges LeMaitre, now gen.
orally is accepted as a fact by
astronomers. They don't all
agree on the explanation. The
speed Of recession itself has
become the most significant
yard stick Of astronomers -
the only way to measure the
distance to objects in the
universe too far away to be re-
solved by the gigantic Mt.
Palomar telescope into stars
whose distance can be esti-
mated by their brightness.
DR.. Hubble estimated the
rate of the recession at $50
kilometers a second per three
million light years of distance.
That is, an object so far away
that its light required q mil
lion years to reach the earth,
moving at a rate of about 200,-
600 kilometers a second, would
appear to be moving away
from the earth at this rate.
An object two million light
years distant would appear to
be moving outwards at q
speed Of 720 kilometers a
second.
DR.. Hubble's figures were
based on the rate Of recess
sion of nearby galaxies, the
nearest about a million light
years away, in which could be
discerned stars similar to
known types of stars in the
Milky Way system whose dis
tance could be estimated from
variations in their brightness.
BY this same phenomenon the
time Of the universe could be
estimated-the period which
Evening star., 1956-08-17
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
7 Taking a New Look at Creation
By THOMAS R. HENRY

had elapsed since the original
explosion Of the cosmic mass.
This turned out to be about
five billion years. period
roughly in accord with radio
activity determinations Of the
age Of the earth.
About four years ago DR..
Walter Baade, of the Carnegie
Institution staff at Mt. Palo-
mar, predetermined the lumi-
Mostly Of certain stars in the
great Andromeda galaxy, near
est of all the other systems to
the Milky Way galaxy at q dis
tance which had been esti-
mated at a little less than a
million light years. The re-
determination with improved
instruments showed that, on
the criterion of comparative
brightness, the Andromeda
stars were at least twice as
far away, about two million
light years, as Hubble had .
estimated.
The calculated speed Of re-
cesSion was thus cut in half
and distances and times in the
universe based upon it were
doubled. In other words the
cosmos appeared twice as big
and probably twice as old as
hitherto had been estimated.
The Mt. Palomar astrono-
ners have continued their
work, since the speed Of re-
cession is the most important
constant with which they work
in genealogical studies. They
have found that objects in an
other nearby cluster Of galax.
les, the so-called Virgo clus-,
ter. which Hubble had con-
sidered as stars actually were
glowing masses Of hydrogen
gas. much brighter than the
types Of stars to which they
had been assigned.
Speed Re-estimated
This has caused another
radical re-estimate Of the
speed Of recession-now deter
mined as about 1870 kilometers
per three million light years.
The detailed observations Of
the Mt. Palomar astronomers
have just been published in
the Astronomical Journal. or
gan Of the American Astro-
nomical Society.
This means that the size Of
the universe and the time of
creation. from the best avail
able measuring instruments.
are at least three times greater
than has been estimated.
The results. the report en-
phasizes. still are preliminary.
Determination Of the actual
speed Of recession, it says. is
one Of the most dificult prob
lens in modern astronomy
since every step required for
an accurate solution is Just on
the borderline Of possibility.
The great difnculty lies in de-
termining with reasonable ac-
curacy distances to nebulae in
which individual stars can be
resolved and which still are
far enough away to have
significant speeds Of recession.
The new four-year research
has just been started on this
problem.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Russo Japanese Treaty

1t was eleven years ago this month
that Japan surrendered to the victorS in
World War II. In September, 1851, she
signed treaty of peace with all her
major opponents except the Soviet Union.
Internationally since then representatives
of the Moscow and Tokyo governments
have attempted unSucceSSfully to nego-
tiate their settlement. Most recently,
Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu
has been in Moscow for talks with Soviet
Foreign Minister Shepilov but, again, the
negotiations have begged down in dis
agreement. Both principals are attend
ing the Suez Canal conference in London
this week-with only slight possibility
that they will find time for further dis
cuSsion of their bilateral problem while
conversations are being held on the
Middle East crisis.
The explanation of the stalemate in
simplest form, is that the Soviet Union
has refused to return to Japan the south
erly islands in the Kurile chain, extend
ing to within few miles of Japan proper.
Not only does foreign occupation of these
islands pose continuing military threat
to Japan, they are perhaps of even greater
economic Importance. For in their waters
lies one of the great natural fishing
grounds on which Japan has long de-
pended for essential food supplies. Under
Russian control these waters have been
closed to Japanese fishing fleets, scores
of boats venturing into the area have
been seized and hundreds of Japanese
fishermen imprisoned. Economically vul-
nerable at best, Japan would remain even
more SO if the loss of these islands is
permanent. To Russia, they mean much
less in terms of need, and there are other
Soviet-held former Japanese territories
which Tokyo is willing to renounce.
For both countries there is attraction
to the prospect of increased mutual trade.
Japan, particularly, needs Asiatic markets
for its manufactured goods--a fact that
gives leverage to the Soviet bargaining
position. The waving of Soviet opposi-
ton to Japan's admission to the United
Nations likewise is concession" within
Moscow's power to grant.
The Soviet position Is, of course, a
strong one in bargaining terms. 1t was
victor in the war-although party to
the Pacific conflict for barely a week
and it does not really need anything that
Japan can give in exchange for peace
treaty. 1t could gain by driving a hard
bargain, perhaps in drawing Japan closer
to the Communist world. 1t could also
demonstrate an interest in peace and in
orderly international relations by ac-
knowledging some Of Japan's needs and
tailoring treaty TO At.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRAcEWELL

Templeton Jones gave UP
taking a tub bath q long time 4.
ago.
He found he got in, all right,
but the getting out was some
thing else.
Putting it in its bare essen
tials, it was impossible for
him to arise.
This made a strange situa-
ton, so he never sat down
again.
Hence, the shower.
Showers, as millions Of
Americans have discovered,
are even better than tub
baths.
There are many variations,
from orthodox showers, with
fancy curtains, to use Of a
small hose on the spigot with
shower head.
The latter has the advan-
tage over all other devices in
taking a shampoo.
+ 4 4 +
These homely details in the
personal life Of T. Jones
would not be complete with
out his latest physical finding.
He recently discovered that
he could not lie down on his
back on the floor properly.
He read somewhere that this
was the greatest relaxation in
the world
Just sprawl out. as you did
when q child, said the article.
Right fiat on the back. the
piece said.
Templeton Jones got down
on his knees. and then rolled
over with a thump.
1t was the first time for
heaven knows how many years
that he had taken this posi-
ton, and was he surprised!
4 4 4 4
He found that his head
would not touch the floor.
There he was, head sticking
UP like a turtles, his shoulders
and the rest Of him fiat enough.
but there was the head.
1t simply would not go
down.
After a vain attempt to
strike the floor with the back
Of his head. he gave up.
A lifetime Of bending the
neck to read books had done
this to him.
Let the doctors call 1t arth-
ritis, or tension neck. or what
Evening star., 1956-08-17

@. How can dust inside a
camera be cleaned out without
chance Of injury to the
camera?-A. B. F.
A. Try blowing into 1t, hard.
Another suggestion is TO force
a stream Of air into its back
with the kind Of syringe used
for irrigating the ear. This
may be bought at a drug store.
@. What are the Horatio Al
ger Awards. and who gives
them?-R. d. O.
A. The American Schools
and Colleges Association
Evening star., 1956-08-17


I'm too old to cry but it hurts
too much to laugh" I imagine
that r. G. o.. does not realize
that in Mr.. Stevenson's hour
of defeat he could not look to
1856. but several years have
elapsed since that time. If all
words must be taken at face
value, / can remember Mr..
Eisenhower's expressions Of re-
luctance to be a presidential
candidate.
1t is a mans prerogative lin
politics. to change his mind.
Roma Silberg.
Evening star., 1956-08-17

founded these awards in l947,
10 publicize equality Of oppor-
tunity In America and TO in
spire youth. Each year ten re-
cipients are chosen without
restrictions) to receive q plaque
awarded for achieving out
standing success in their fields.
despite humble beginnings and
considerable vicariousness in
their early years"
@. What Is khadi cloth?-'
NJ. /.
A. Khadi. or khaddar, n .
homespun cotton cloth made
IN India.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Lawrence on Truman

One Of the most uncon-
sciously amusing pieces ! have
read in many years appeared
in The Star the other day
when David Lawrence. with
the solemnity and leaden style
so peculiarly and unmistak-
ably his. endeavored to read
a lesson in practical politics
TO. Of all people. Harry S.
Truman, Of Independence,
Mo.
Kusel Behr Mitlum.
VIZ etnfvr3ov. - n
Evening star., 1956-08-17

In addition TO the informa-
ton you gave r. @. o. regard
ing Mr.. Stevenson's statement
about his future when he lost
the election in 1852. I remem-
Der Mr.. Stevenson saying.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry ,DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sution.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
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D Please
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Political Preroootiye

Washington. d. C.
Evening star., 1956-08-17
Clements Orotory

George B. Furman.
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02

Dover Grange Hall on last Wed
nesday. The next meeting will be
held in the church basement on
Tuesday evening, Feb. Z. Albert
Barthelmeh will preside. Chapman
Shockley will present a musical
program. Mrs. Clara Belle Jar
man will serve as hostess.
The January meeting of the
Kenton Homemakers Club was
held in the church basement on
Thursday, Jan. 26. A covered dish
dinner was served at 1890. Mrs.
S. Knotts and Mrs. Ed Alexander
were hostesses. The business
meeting was called to order at 2
pm. Mrs. K. Wooleyhan presided
The meeting opened with prayer,
creed and flag salute. Roll call
was taken with thirteen members
and three visitors present. Bust
ness consisted of paying dues.
Meeting places and leaders were
named. Three new members join
ed the club, Mrs Elizabeth Pratt,
Mrs. Walter McGinnis and Mrs.
John Willis. The club is grieved
to remove from the roll one of
its faithful members, Miss Pearl
Short, who passed away in Della
ware Hospital on Tuesday, Nov
%, after a ten-day illness. The
February meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. H. Hilyard. The
leaders will present the topic,
Short Cuts in Cleaning. Miss C.
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02

Emp, in the Saturday edition of
the J-EE.- Growing-up; Paulette
Thornhill, as president, Charlotte
Sylvester, vice-president, Carolyn
Ross, secretary; Donna Dunning,
treasurer; Sue Ellen Burke, nurse;
Viola Duchatel, Kapers, the result
of an election of officers of
Brownie Troop 141, under the di-
rection of Mrs. James Vaughn,
and Mrs. Ernest Duchatel troop
leaders Birthday congratulations
this week for Kit Borman, Sylvia
Urban, and Johnny Dunnack The
local firemen We're called on Fri
DAY to the farm of Ernest FARRELL,
about 4 miles southwest Of Clay
ton, on the Middle Alley Road,
where a renant-house chimney was
afire. Damage was to an extent
that the chimney must undergo
complete repair. Chief ]. George
Knotts, with Assistant Elwood
Starkey, and eight volunteers an
sWered the alarm. Winter on the
wane with the appearance of
first Robin as observed by your
local correspondent early Tuesday
dawning.-Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe c.
Wharton have returned home af-
ter an extended visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin F. Dobleman in
Underwood, N. j. Mr.. Wharton
suffered an attack that required
surgery at Hahnemann Hospital,
Philadelphia, and recuperated at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Doble-
man. ~ That local businessman
drew epithets from fellow motor
lists the other morning for buck
ing the line on the wrong side of
traffic at the P.R.R. crossing,
thereby breaking motorist ethics.
Such tactics may some day put
him second in a line-the first car
with the Pail Bearers usaully pre-
cedes the earse!-Austin Turner
has returned home after being
hospitalized at Kent General Hos
pital.
The weakly wit: She took her
dieting serious. = Took off II
pounds a day for ten days The
last time she was weighed she
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02
KentOn

The quarterly Conference will
be held in Kenton Church on Fri
day, Feb. 8 at 7:3O pm. The Rev.
o. BARLEY will preside.
The Young Adult Glass held
their regular dinner meeting in
the church basement on Tuesday
evening. Mrs. F. Downs and Mrs.
A. Ford were hostesses. Carl Orth
presided.
The Junior Choir is planning a
skating party to be held at the
Dover Skating Rink on Monday,
March 13.
The Kenton Klubbers All Club
will hold a bake on Saturday,
Feb. in the Acme Store, Smyr-
ma for the benefit of the March
of Dimes. Anyone desiring to
make a contribution, money or
baked goods, contact Mrs. S.
Knots. Co-workers are Peggy
Palmer and Betty Alexander.
The little one year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dar-
rell, Wanda, returned home on
Thursday from the Kent General
Hospital after undergoing an op-
Grafton on a ruptured navel.
Cooks Holiness Church, Kenton,
will hold a special service Sunday
evening, February 5th at 7;3O
o'clock. There will be special mu-
sic and singing. Mr. Roland Jes-
ter and others will be present.
Come and worship with us. Rev.
Claud Lynch, pastor.
Ralph McGinnis returned home
on Tuesday from the Veterans
Hospital, Perry Point, after being
a patient for several weeks.
The Grange will sponsor the
heart drive. Mrs. A. Barthelmeh,
health chairman, will distribute
the containers. Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Barthelmeh, Mrs. Belle Pal
mer, Mrs. Marie Shockley, and
Mr.. Francis Downs attended the
Grange officers conference held in
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02
CLAYTON

Ewells-St. Paul Church Notes
Sunday, February is the fifth
Sunday after Epiphany. The SUBJ
ject for the morning worship at
IL will be, "A Blank Check" The
sermon will be delivered by Rev.
w. B. Kitchens. In the evening
at Z, youth IA to 25 will meet in
Fellowship Hall. The Church Cal
endar lists the following: Friday,
February 9, at 8 pm. the Sun
shine Class will meet at the home
of Mrs. Beulah Blendt, on Glen
wood Avenue. Tuesday, February
z, at 7;30 pm. the Finance Com
mission will meet in the Church
Parlor. Wednesday, February 8,
at 8 pm. the Official Board will
meet in the Church Parlor.-T The
Devotional Reading for Today:
Folly is bound up in the heart of
a child, but the rod of discipline
drives it far from him. Prov
22:15.
Items The Clayton All Club
will hold its annual Family and
Parents Night on Tuesday, Feb
ruary Z, at $50 in Fellowship
Hall, of Ewell's-St. Paul Church.
"A regular meeting of the New
nam-Lee- Urban VFW Post 1901
was held in the Post Home last
evening. 1t will be noted that the
meeting nights have been changed
from the 1st and 3rd Monday OF
each month to the 1st and 3rd
Wednesday of each month. All
members are urged to keep this
in mind!-The Boxer we mention
ed in last weeks edition as being
'on-the-town' has disappeared
from the passing scene, and it is
hoped that his return home was
joyful one. Truth to tell, we kinda
miss the pup!-Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Shane were the weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Callovini,
and daughter, Jean, in Washing
ton, D. c. Edward Ed Melvin,
local member of the State Police,
on the sick list Dorothy Girls
void, long our favorite poetess,
makes with bit of whimsey, Did
Eve Leave When Adam Had