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slant to the burner. and popl
There was light.
I'VE went down the stairs,
crunching few scrambling
reaches as we went. The
kitchen was the back room in
the basement. and old Eliza
was out somewhere, SO we had
a free hand.
Temp Jones, who must have
been all Of nine years old then,
selected the largest, longest
and heaviest knife he could
find.
HE hid this in his blouse.
Boys wore blouses, then, held
to the short trousers, or knick-
erbockers by a draw string.
when we got upstairs, I
watched fascinated as Jones,
the headman, drew a bead on
the tall King, and made a
sharp forward movement Of
the keen blade.
"The neck was cut as per-
fectly as If he had practiced
the stroke for days. AS / recall,
the cut was clean, and the
head rolled across the table,
and then over the green felt
table cover, and slipped to the
floor.
After this dissertation, we
quit. but / spent many anxious
hours thereafter, waiting to see
If my father would notice the
condition of the King.
Fortunately. he never did,
because that august piece was
in the back row, and the pawns
more or less covered him, since
the set was above the head, on
a small board not large enough
for 1t.
Sincerely. T. L. H."
y
Templeton Jones didn't even
smile when we let him read
this letter.
"It was the one thing in my
youth I was ashamed Of" he
said, rather mournfully, we
thought. Il still am ashamed.
but the truth is small boys
haven't got much sense. have
they?"
Templeton Jones says he
often wondered what ever be-
came of the mutilated chess
set. with its intricate carving,
little swords balanced Just so,
tiny ivory hats atop heads.
Such sets are probably never
seen any more, The American
taste is more to the Stanton
pattern. But as Jones recalls
the old Chinese pieces, he won
ders how the set has made out
over the years. And his wonder
Is still mixed with a bit Of cha
grin.
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cerned, there is need for further civic
teamwork with city Embellishments
to take stock of where we stand and
where we go from here.
The Commissioners would be wise to
reactivate the citizens committees which
had SO much to do with bringing the
public works program into being. The
advice of such groups could be of great
aid in formulating any new program, in
Guiding new emphasis on borrowing for
schools or other capital improvements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-21
A Swine at Kent

Isn't it fortunate for Frank
r. Kent that we Democrats
generally are such low, das-
tardly, conniving. ignorant,
socialistic Doors?
If we possessed all the vir-
tues of the Republicans, what
on earth would Mr. Kent find
to write about? He might even
become forced to seek a con-
structive idea!
Jane S. HevenOr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-21
A Nosser Victory

NNSSSA '. - wi
Your editorial, "A Nasser
Victory" stated that "the
reckless British-Israeli
gamble has ended in dismal
failure. Not one of its real
detectives has been attained"
While this summing up may be
true of the British and French,
it is not realistic to include
Israel. In the first place, there
is less reason than before to
assume that the British,
French and Israelis carefully
plotted the attack on Egypt as
a Joint operation. What is
far more likely is that the
British and French, perhaps
knowing or suspecting the
Israeli plans, decided to use
the opportunity to get back
into Suez. The announced
objective of the Israeli forces
was to destroy the Fedayeen
bases in the Sinai Peninsula.
This objective was certainly at
tanned with success. In addi-
ton, the Israelis captured an
enormous amount of weapons.
ammunition and supplies
more than they could possibly
have obtained otherwise.
In addition. the real obiec-
tiveS Of the Israelis appear to
have been taking of the GAIA
Strip and also the islands in
the Gulf of Aquaba which the
Egyptians were using to
blockade the Israeli port of
Elath. These detectives were
also attained.
Nasser is still firmly in the
saddle in Egypt and Israel is
no nearer to using the Suez
Canal than before. However.
it does not seem reasonable to
assume that this was what
Israel hoped to accomplish by
her foray into the Sinai
Peninsula. Even so. the ques-
ton Of Israel having free
access to the Suez Canal will
now have to be faced more
directly by the U. N. and the
West. AS for "the heritage
of hatred" which you say will
make it more difficult to settle
the Arab-Israeli dispute, it is
difficult to believe that the
Arabs. who have publicly
vowed to wipe the Israelis
from the face Of the earth.
can hate Israel with any
greater intensity than they
did before. The Arabs now
realize that the Israelis have
an army to be reckoned with
and that even in combination
they cannot drive the Israelis
into the sea. Therefore, the
Arabs now face the sharp
dilemma of either accepting
full-scale help from Russia
with the attendant strong risk
Of coming under Russian
domination and losing their
sovereignty. or else deciding
to accept the reality OF Israel.
Moral issues aside. all this
Israel has achieved by her
bold gamble.
n = r
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Grid lrony

Yesterdays advocates Of calm
and prudence
IN daily life and educational
processes
Today applaud old Alma
Matters students
Who Jurrow football feds
nth rash pYoboscisesi
Horold willard Gleason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-21

The white-hot stars are
cosmic kitchens.
There. at temperatures from
so million to half a billion
degrees, nature cooks" the
primal gas of creation. hydro
gen, into the 80 basal elements
of which all known matter is
composed.
This is the conclusion Of the
celebrated British cosmologist,
DR.. F. Hoyle, now visiting pro-
lessor of astronomy at Mount
Wilson Observatory. and his
colleagues, Drs. William A.
Fowler, G. r. Burbidge and
E. M. Burbidge.
A preliminary report of their
researches. partly supported by
the Navy and the Atomic
Energy Commission, has just
been made to the American
Association for the Advance
ment of Science here.
They conclude that the ele-
ments heavier than hydrogen
are being made all the time
by the cooking" process, and
hence that creation still is in
progress. This is in striking
contrast to now widely held
view that creation was a single
event about six billion years
ago and that all the elements
came into existence within a
few minutes from the begin
ming.
Three Processes Involved
Basing calculations on the
present ratio of the two major
isotopes of uranium, the more
common U-238 and the ex-
ploding U-235 which was the
basis of the atomic bomb, they
give the universe q much
greater age than has previous
ly been accepted-from rs bill
lion years to some undeter-
mined age depending on the
cooking process followed. For
the solar system they accept an
age of about 5 billion years,
essentially the figure accepted
by proponents of the instan-
taneous creation hypothesis.
Three separate element
cooking processes are involved,
DR.. Hoyle and his colleagues
say. The first now is generally
recognized, building up of hell
UNI out of hydrogen in the in
terror of stars such as the sun
with temperatures of about
so million degrees above abso-
lutte zero. This, in fact, is the
basis of the hydrogen bomb.
At temperatures of from one
to two hundred million degrees,
such as exist in the giant red
stars, the helium is cooked into
carbon, and at temperatures of
a billion degrees carbon to-
gether with the gases oxygen
and neon are fuzed to form
magnesium. silicon and ele-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-21

Dear Sir:
II know you tell reminis-
censes now and then of the
old days, and I thought you
might be interested in my we'll
remembered exploit with some
ivory chessmen at the age of
8 years.
Nov. the age Of 8 is not
very, very old; in fact. it is
scarcely started on the journey
Of life, as constituted today,
provided one misses contact
with deadly germs and the like
along the way.
MY father had some con-
nection at that time with the
old Chinese legation, years
and years before it was made
an embassy.
"The minister. in pigtails and
robe, gave my father this
beautiful set of Chinese
chessmen.
1.-THE pieces were at least
8 inches tall, as I remember
them, and were intricately
carved. Some of them carried
tiny swords, meticulously FASH
Toned, and some of the pieces
were or had elephants, I forget
which.
= ~
II had a playmate named
Templeton Jones, at that time,
an active, eager-beaver sort of
kid. as unrepressed as any
child of this generation, amid a
group of sat-upon boys and
girls.
Parents. in those days, sat
on their children. as the ex-
preston had and has it. They
put up with very little. and the
children ordered their lives ac-
cording to the pattern.
Nobody ever heard of
crimes committed by teen
ayers then. In fact, the very
word teen-ager, was unthought
of: people called them chill
dren. and let it go at that.
well. this Temp Jones was
as uninhibited as he could be.
and when he came to see me,
and saw the Old Mans chess
set, he Immediately conceived
the idea of beheading some Of
the men.
ITO me, a rather timid boy.
the idea of cutting of the
heads Of these beautiful chess
pieces was unthinkable.
But the boy Jones stuck
10 his idea. just one, he said.
and then we would quit.
What was he going to be-
head them with. ! asked. Tenn
pleton Jones had a ready
answer for that. We would 60
down into my mothers kitch-
en-. he said. and get the biggest
butcher knife. and he would
show me how 10 behead the
King at one blow.
Il was rather fascinated by
the idea. I must admit at this
late date. For nothing IN the
world would I have beheaded
the King myself, but was
perfectly willing 10 watch some
one else do It.
49,
80 We went down 10 the
cellar steps. cropping Our way
In the comparatively dark
passage because in those days
there was no electricity, only
gas amps. here and there. and
these unlighted excepted at
night, when somebody came
around with q long stick. at
the top Of which was AIMED
a lit taper.
There vas q turner affair
On the end. and with this the
gas was turned on. then the
taper vas applied on the In
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LETTERS TO TIE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry toriteTS' correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-21

firm warning but only Of faith
in peace"
My agony for the Hungarian
people is asSuaged only by the
knowledge that 1 too, would
prefer to go down fighting for
a cause as worthy as the free
dom and honor of my country
than to continue an existence
in a world seemingly devoid of
human compassion, courage
and honor.
F. ID. Simpson.
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Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
.AF Officer Considered
For Rhodes SCHOLARSHIPS

A 23-year-old Washington All.
Force lieutenant will be con.
sidered for the Rhodes Scholar.
ship tomorrow at a special COM
mittee meeting in Philadelphia.
Lee A. benson. ir.. son of Col.
and Mrs. Lee A. benson of 5000
Cathedral avenue NV, is one
Of IL people who are being con-
sidered. Four will be selected.
1t. benson was graduated
from West Point with IionorS
last June. He was one of four
cadets presented with the Eisen.
hover Award for excellence in
military psychology and leader
ship. He now is stationed at
Mariana Air Force Base, Arizona.
Col. benson. who is now re.
tired. is member of the West
Poir' o'nSe ~ 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
Chest Federation Dies
After Decade Of Service

raising organization for the liz
Community Chest agencies in
the area and 20 other local and
national agencies, including the
Red Cross.
New Budgeting Group
An Inter- Chest Budget Group
this year took over the budget
ing functions Of the federation
Instead Of simply dividing cam
Ipaign funds among the six area
Chests, the new group is budget
ing funds directly for each Of
the 112 agencies.
The United Givers Fund will
take over the files Of unpaid
pledges still owing to the fed
Grafton, and turn over any col
lections which come in to the
interim board.
United Community Services Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
2Nuns Plan Decorations
For Architectural Exhibit

Two vivacious Catholic nuns
from the West Coast gave indi-
cations yesterday that the ex-
hibition Of architecture to mark
the centennial Of the American
Institute Of Architects next May
will be no trite display.
The show will be the first
architectural exhibition to be
held in the National Gallery Of
Art, and is considered to repre-
sent the FIRST comprehensive ma
tional historical review Of its
sort to be undertaken.
Taking a hand in the prepare
ton OF decorative hangings for
the exhibition Of photographs,
drawings and color trans
parencies are Sister Magdalen
Mary. 1. H. NJ, chairman Of the
fine arts department and pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14

The Community Chest Fedora
ton passed quietly out Of ex-
istence last night after 10 years
as the largest charitable fund
raising group in the Washington
area.
The federation's board Of di-
rectors voted unanimously to
turn over all It's powers to q new
streamlined interim board, COM
posed Of II members. The in
term board will have no central
budget and will transfer the few
remaining functions Of the fed.
Grafton to other agencies.
The end Of the federation wa.
foreshadowed by development Of
two new organizations which
took over most Of its work. The
new United Givers Fund, formed
this year, has become the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14

tfessor Of painting at Immaculate
Heart College, Los Angeles. and
her co-worker, Sister Mary
Corita Of the same order.
Confer With Director
They were consulting on the
project yesterday with Fred
erick Gutheim. a Washington
planning consultant and archi-
tectural historian who has been
retained to direct the exhibition.
They talked of decorations
with references to architecture
in the Bible and Of building other
than the material kind-buildine
Of the spirit ct q luncheon in the
Cosmos Club.
The sisters approach to art is
an engaging one, particularly fol
the layman. They hold that art
lis not just for the expert or the
person who has talent, but q
form Of expression available to
everyone in his own way.
Art as Education
| The art program the sister,
direct is in a liberal art college
and is not concerned so much
with development of professional
artists so much as with thu
frightening Of appreciation in 8
general education program.
This is done by actual projects
in painting and the other arts
and crafts. rather than by lee.
lures. slide exhibitions or read
! ing.
A highlight in the program oil
Immaculate Heart College is thu
annual procession in which the
students carry banners they have
made during the school year
Each student is thus represented
with his own creation and is con.
tributing to an organized activity
The exhibition in which the
sisters will assist with the hang.
ings is one phase Of the observ.
ance planned for the ALA Gen.
tennial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14

Washington will provide the
interim board with the services
of its controller to assist the
liquidation. UCS will also take
over the salary classification
function Of the federation. This
function advises Chest agencies
on how much to pay staff
workers.
At its final meeting yesterday.
the federation board gave a
standing ovation to DR.. Hurst r.
Anderson. president of Ameri-
can University, who headed an
Evaluation Committee which
worked out many Of the details
Of the new reorganization.
Praise for Courage
They presented two hats. a
brand-new one and a very old
one, to Ferdinand v. Grayson.
who for the last year has been
in a state Of suspended schizo-
phrenia" as executive director of
both the federation and the new
United Givers Fund.
Federation President John
Hayes congratulated the direc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
Judge Kirkland
Under reutment

Federal Judge James r. Kirk
land Of the U. s. District Court
for the District of Columbia is
undergoing treatment at George
Washington University Hospital,
it was learned yesterday.
Friends said the Judge entered
the hospital last Sunday for a
checkup. DR.. Robert Groh,
Judge Kirkland's physician de-
clined to comment as to the
Judges illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
"A Branch to Meet

The Municipal Court branch oil
Alcoholics Anonymous will OBJ
serve its 18th anniversary tomor-
row in Room sol Of the police
court building at Fifth and E
streets NV. This IA branch is
the only one that regularly OPP
crates within a courthouse. ac-
cording to a court ofTicial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14

tors on their courage in facing
up realistically to changing con-
Iditions, He said. I'VE now
enter a new phase in the for
ward march Of progress in
social planning on a Metro
Ipolitan Area basis. Other metro
politan communities are watch
ing us. We have a great oppor-
tunity ahead Of US and am
conf1dent that the civic leader
ship in the area Of the Nations
Capital will arise to the oc-
casion."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
School Plans Ready

Location and personnel Of the
new School of Hope for Excep-
tional Children will be announced
at a meeting at 8 pm. tomor-
row in the East Washington
Heights Baptist Church, Branch
and Alabama avenues Sc. The
school will open on January IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
New 25s.hp safety-surse We

priced ne Features another Mercury first which you get
extra all engines for 5-a Thermomac Carbureor
1t automatically controls the temperature Of the air the engine
breathes-heps keep it uniform and winter. Engine
starting easier disable power and economy increased
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
New 255-hp SafeN-Surse We
with PoWer-Hooster Fan

This great engine features revolutionary Mercury FIRST
the Montclar Series The engine fan when needed
for cooling You horsepower other But addition
to boosting performance fuel reduces engine sound You
enjoy far quieter ride
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14
SWAY POWER CHOICE

New 2so.hp Turnpike Cruiser V.s
The mghest engine in Mercury history Wait till you feel its
skandd yname performance! Compression ratio power
boosting 975 to Displacement understanding 368 cubic
inches TOrque is mountainhungry 4O5 lift. Optional on all
Moncars and Montereys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-14

YEARS MOST IMPORTANT RIDE IMPROVEMENTS
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Floating Ride features The FIRST shock disorders in the industry such
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absorber hydraulic cushions when there
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New Swspt6ack 6aloint Front Suspension
bG design Of Mercuys suspension
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The benefits: better ride easier handling
New balanced weight distribution scientifically
distributed the front and back greatly dipping sudden
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also add greatly to Mercury's evenkel stability.
New roadhuesns center Of gravity Everything lower
passenger frame axle You enjoy amazing
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These features working together. bring you Mcuys amazing
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

"this is bad f. Ben Is going Il
have to stop the building
Ben is going to let the cat out OF
the bag. Everybody will know
where the road is going.
On another occasion while
waiting for Basiliko near Offen-
berg's apartment, Alexander said
he took a peek at a roll of maps
in Basiliko's car and said they
showed the route of the new Ma
tional Pike. When asked by the
defense why he had looked at
the maps, he said II was curious
=. I wanted to find out where
the new road was coming myself. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

lfenberg as "a millionaire whit
was backing him"
Alexander also said that an
option had been taken in his
name with his permission to buy
about 100 acres from Charles
Herman Rabbit in December,
1852. He said he made out a
check for $4,000 on his bank
account to pay for the option
land received a $4,000 check
signed by Max Gutenberg to de-
post to cover his own. Title to
the property finally was taken
lin the name of Gutenberg.
"Too Far From Cloverleaf"
Alexander testified that on
one occasion he pointed out to
Basiliko a farm north of Gath
|ersburg that was for sale. He
said when he and Baliliko went
to view the property. Basiliko
told him this piece of property
isn't any good to use: it's too
far from the cloverleaf.
On another auto trip, he said
Basiliko noticed that four houses
were being built near the western
limits of Rockville.
He quoted Basiliko as saying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09

llican. has been q member of the
commission since 1925.
His present term expires June
Is. The reappointment would
mot necessarily continue him as
chairman, but White House
Press Secretary Murray Snyder
said he assumed the President
would redesignate Mr.. Brossard
as chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
Du Pre- Admits He Lied
At Roads Boord Heorinu

offices. of the Basile Realty Co.
and the Basiliko Realty in
Washington. He said he pro-
vided Basiliko with photogram-
metric plats of road locations.
He described only one per-
sonal contact with Gutenberg,
and that was involving the sale
by Gutenberg of a tract near
Gaithersburg to the roads COM
mission for 100000
Du Pres answers were mud
died at times by awkward
English. He was unable to re-
call exact dates of conversations
with Basiliko and referred to
most of them in relation TO set
tlement dates on acquisition by
the roads commission.
Defense Objects
Du Pre- drew bitter objections
from Defense Attorneys Joseph
B. Simpson. jr.; Vivian v. Simp-
son and Walter w. Dawson
throughout his testimony.
His constant reference to Sec
tons of his appraisal reports as
untrue, describing them as win
dow dressing" to justify awards.
brought defense attorneys to
their feet repeatedly.
Francis D. Alexander, today's
second witness, testified he saw
Du Pre- deliver a roll of maps to
Basiliko at the Basile Realty Co.
He said he later was in a car
with Basiliko when he took the
maps to a photostating firm on
Twelfth street NV, to be copied.
Alexander, whose information
played a key part in the ousting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-09
Atomic Bon Asked

TOKYO, Mar. 9 R.-The
Japan Seamen's Union asked
President Eisenhower today to
call off a new series of United
States nuclear weapons tests set
to begin in the central Pacific
sometime after April 20. The
union, which claims 10000 men,
beers, also asked Prime Minister
Ichiro Hatoyama to urge can
collation. of the tests.