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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
THIS AND That
By CHARLES (. TRAcEWELL

Householders shouldn't be in
such a hurry to eject small
flying insects which get into
their homes despite the best
screens.
Some Of these fellows are
worth studying.
After all, some of the queer
est Of all living things are the
insects.
Here we find everything
from little monsters to philos-
ophers.
If any one doubts the latter.
let him scurry around in his
garden and find a mantis.
Some people think of these
as large grasshoppers. but they
are insects in their own right,
and very curious they are.
Flyers that come indoors in
clude a queer sort Of wasp,
brought here to help exter-
inmate the Japanese beetles.
They seem to have done a
very good job of it, too.
One of them was flying
around Temp Jones' private
brass table, at the corner Of
his easy chair.
This is a Chinese sort Of
thing. dull black wood, two
large brass trays.
On these engraved saucers
Jones keeps his supplies Of
vitamins and the like.
He specializes in curious
little bottles, in which he likes
to house a variety Of pills and
tablets.
The latest is one Of the tram
quillizers, so called.
4 \ y \
Not wishing to make any
more Of q guinea pig out of
himself than usual. Jones pre-
vailed upon friend to take
the first Of q new tablet.
within half an hour" DR..
Jones said. you should begin
to feel tranquillized."
And after that?"
Temp Jones smiled.
After that, you should re-
main tranquil for 8 hours, at
least"
Finding 1t necessary to leave
the office, Mr.. Jones tele-
phoned his friend at the end
Of an hour.
How do you feel?" he asked,
casually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
The McGrory Touch

Well. your Mary McGrory
has done it again.
! have just read her Battle
OF Elders" story. Her almost
perfectly turned phrase, her
sardonic humor, and perhaps
paradoxically her clear hon
esty are, I think. magnificent.
! am delighted that The Star
mas sent her to Chicago. In
all the wealth of words that we
are IN for. I think I am going
to enjoy hers most.
Never let her go-that is.
II you can help it.
Mrs.) Rachel v. Campbell.
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What fine story Mary Nc
Grory wrote after the press
meeting with Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, published in the
August 10 Star. 1t was kindly,
understanding, informed and
informing. and written by a
reporter whose mastery of Ian
guage was easy and self
evident. I wish more news
stories could be so good. "Un-
raveled it like an old sweater"
was a very apt phrase and
smile. AS a one-time journal
ism professor (Columbia), may
heartily thank Miss McGrorv
for an expert job!
J. s. Hamilton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

mot so good" the guinea
pig grunted.
Don't you feel even a bit
relaxed?"
Jones sounded anxious, at
least as much perturbed as q
person Of his sunny tempera-
ment can.
After all. q great deal de-
ponds on whose OK is gored, as
the old saying put it.
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Il feel rather moody, I am
afraid" replied the other.
mo pain. or other side eff
fects?" queried Jones, brightly.
None at ALL" said the man.
I'm other words. / think your
pill is a fake"
The other morning, while eat
ing breakfast in his chair, a la
fresco. as somebody said, Tenn
pleton Jones happened to catch
a slight movement to the left.
This is one of natures more
kindly provisions for all living
things.
You catch something NOV
ing, just out Of the corner Of
your eye, as they say.
In nature, 1t might save
your life.
In civilization, we still see
moving things at the most
curious angles. and all it en-
ables US to do. in most cases,
is to crush a harmless insect.
This time, Jones did not re-
spond In the traditional man.
ner Of striking first and in
curing afterward.
He withheld the blow, and
had the pleasure Of watching
a strange little winged crea-
ture try to climb the side of
the latest Of his medicine bot
tie talismans.
The transparent wings,
against the glass. we're almost
invisible.
The little wasp finally got
over on a piece Of paper. and
Templeton Jones carefully
carried him to the back door
and tossed him out into the
open where he belonged.
After all. even an ardent
friend Of nature, such as T.
Jones, does not especially care
to share his breakfast with a
wasp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Speaking of Fines

1t seems that the time has
come to choose up sides in
the Ted Williams episode.
After due reflection, it has
been decided by one group of
sober sportsmen that the fine
should be $4,000, to be paid
by the Commissioner of Base
ball from his personal funds;
in that he has permitted the
game of baseball to dete-
riorate into a malicious ex-
hibition of utter lawlessness.
The president of the Ameri-
can League should be fined
$4,000 personally, for allow
ing baseball as a sport to be
choked to death by hoodlum-
ism on the diamond. A fine
OF $4,000 should be exacted
from the president of the Ma
tional League because of his
failure to insist upon sports
manlike conduct throughout
his league.
OF course Mr.. Williams has
been guilty of reprehensible
conduct; but what of his gov
ernors, teachers, spiritual pas
tors and masters general
manager. field manager and
coaches? Has any one of
them ever tried to teach this
young man how to relax and
how to be a good sport? Have
they ever taught him the
rules Of the game? Do they
even know the rules of the
game?
Regarding the fine against
Mr.. Williams; let it be paid by
the one who pronounced the
judgment. Scapegoat Will
liams should be given some
instruction in how to play
ball, and then permitted to
continue in the game as long
as he behaves himself; but no
longer.
The $4,000 thus collected
should be turned over to the
Boys Clubs of America, the
Boy Scouts, or some other
worthy organization that
teaches fair play according
to the rules of the game,
good craftsmanship and the
ability to relax. Such pro-
cedure might, in some small
way, help in our battle against
juvenile-and adult-delin-
quency.
Strike Two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

City and Panama?-P. T. w.
A. There are two gaps-one
Of about $50 miles in Costa
RIGA, TO the border Of Panama,
and the other q 30-mile stretch
In Guatemala which will
within a few months have q
completed modern highway
running its full length. There
are convenient ways to get q
car around both gaps In the
highway. Special ceremonies
and q special tour for Ameri-
can and Canadian motorists
are planned for the opening
Of the Guatemala stretch OF
the Pan American Highway In
November. 1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Mr.. Trumun's Swan Soma

An einbattled Harry Truman fired the
last shot in his locker yesterday the
Stevenson forces rolled relentleSSly on
toward the Democratic nomination.
It was, in its way, saddening ex-
perience for>many of those who watched
the scene on television Here was a
former President, one who, at times, had
approached the heights of bold, imagi-
native leadership. Here, too, was man
whose whole life has been lived in the
Democratic Party, whose political in
StinctS had seemed sure and certain, a
man for whom party loyalty had been the
first law of politics. And yet, as he read
his statement at yesterdays press con-
ference, these traits were nowhere in
evidence. He profeSsed to believe that his
man, Governor Hartman, could win the
nomination-after it had become clear
to any political tyro that the New York
Governor had no chance at all. And, pro-
Tossing this, Mr. Truman did not hesitate
to denounce the all-but-certain winner,
Adlai Stevenson, as man who was not
faithful to party principles, as one who
would compromise on fundamental is
Sues" 1t is hardly an excuse to say that
this was the statement of a desperate
man. For how can desperation justify
party leader in making such a futile,
reckless attack on the man who in all
probability will be his party's nominee
an attack which could not change the
course Of Democratic events, but which
certainly would give ammunition and
comfort to the political enemy?
Perhaps the GROWING irony was Mr..
Truman'S assertion that he would sup
port Mr.. Stevenson if the latter becomes
the nominee. Let us look at what he
said:
What the Democratic Party needs is a
dynamic and fighting candidate who will not
compromise on fundamental issues.
Governor Stevenson is not that type of
candidate. He cannot win the election him
self without lot of help. Recent events
prove that he lacks that kind of fighting
spirit that we need to win and keep the party
from falling into the hands of conservative
minority group that would be content to act
as caretakers under a Republican admins
tration.
How can Mr.. Truman campaign for
Mr. Stevenson after such an indictment
as this? Does he think the voters are
going to forget that he has tagged Mr..
Stevenson as the type of candidate who
will compromise on fundamental issues?
Does he think the Republicans are going
to let them forget it?
Our guess is that this may well prove
to have been the swan song of Mr.. Tru-
man and those of the Democratic Old
Guard who stood with him. Certainly Mr..
Stevenson has been liberated and is free
of any obligation of any kind to Mr..
Truman. And the same thing goes for
the younger element in the party. It
has been said that the Democrats have
genius for lighting among themselves,
and then letting bygones be bygoneS.
But we. doubt very much that this
blood-letting affair will be successfully
patched up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
THE POLITICAL MILL
Harry Truman Remoins d FIGHTER
BY GOULD LINCOLN
STAR CONVENTToN Ru.

STAR CONVENTION BU-
REAU, CHICAGO - This is
about Harry Truman, fighter
Ia man who never turned his
back on a fight.
The former President of the
United States, who battled his
way to victory in l948. came
to this 1856 Democratic Ma
tional Convention for another
f1ght-againSt great odds. He
determined, for what he con-
sidered the good of the Demo-
cratic Party, to oppose the
nomination of Adlai Stevenson.
It istnow apparent, despite his
early talk of neutrality in the
race for the Democratic presi-
dental nomination, he had
made UP his mind that, if
Stevenson persisted in his
moderation" stand, he would
do his best to defeat him.
The old political maxim that
you can't beat somebody with
nobody confronted Truman.
The field of candidates against
Stevenson offered him little
choice. He picked Averell Har-
riman, Governor of New York.
He may have picked him long
ago.
ExplOdes BOmbshelI
Hartman, judging from
every test Of public sentiment
available. had little appeal to
the voters outside Of New
York. Even in the Empire
State, the polls placed Steven
son ahead of Hartman by a
wide margin. Truman's job was
in some way to turn over to
Hartman his own tremen-
dous personal popularity with
Democrats; to exert his own
influence on the delegates to
the convention in favor of the
New Yorker.
Things were at skies and
sevens, when Truman came to
Chicago only a few days before
the national convention was to
open. The Hartman candi-
dacy was on the skids. Tru-
man talked with as many
party leaders as he could. He
talked with Stevenson and
with Hartman. And then he
exploded his bombshell.
At the largest press con-
ference ever held-with some
700 reporters, news common
tators and colun,nists - he
announced himself in favor
of Gov. Hartman. It cleo
trified the city and the coun-
try. 1t put new zest into the
hearts of the Hartman people,
who literally were hanging on
the ropes. The old pro had
done it.
The Stevenson camp was
shocked, even though it must
have known there was strong
possibility or probability that
Truman would come out for its
chief opponent. His action
shocked many Of his old
friends who had been working
for the nomination Of Ste
venson.
There were protests that
Truman was wrecking the
party. Many expressions of
regret we're voiced that he had
taken such a step, when the
great majority of the party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

ample, more effective air reconnaissance
has been arranged, new radar facilities
have been installed and better system
for keeping the public advised of latest
developments has been inaugurated. So
there is cause for hope that future hurri-
canes will be unable to pull any surprise
maneuvers in their headlong courses of
the coaster inland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

quite obvious that the labor
leaders main objective is to
destroy the country's economy
and bring about imitation and
suffering in America as they
have done in other countries
when they gained the same
strangle hold that they are
trying to get on America.
Nish Showers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
With Tongue in Cheek

The time has come for the
San Bias Indians to unite and
rise up for the liberation of
our native country, Panama.
All we need is a true and
faithful native leader, like
SANDING or Pancho Villa.
When the United States
troops, airplanes and naval
ships have been withdrawn.
we will occupy the Panama
Canal Zone, which is morally
ours because our ancestors
were here first. We can de-
fend 1t with our trusty arch
ers, armed with stone-tipped
arrows and spears. If more
modern weapons are needed.
we can get them from Rus
STA, who will also doubtless
be willing to send a small
1--WE hope) military mission of
technicians to instruct us In
the repair and use of the guns.
planes and tanks they send us.
II the Yankees or any other
imperialistic power should at
tempt to keep the Panama
Canal, we will fight to the
last drop Of redskin blood. Our
brave cousins, the Choctaws,
have promised to dynamite
the oil pipelines in Texas and
Oklahoma If military force is
used against us. All we want
is what is rightfully ours. We
can reimburse the Yankees
with arrowheads, wampum
beads. and the revenue we will
receive in tolls on ships pace
ing through the canal, which
is morally and rightfuily ours.
Sitting Bull,
Chief, San Bias Indians
Committee for the LIBERIA
ton and Naturalization Of
the panaT ma canal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Political BUR

With the Republican Ma
tional Conventional meeting In
the Cow Palace and the Demo-
cratic National Convention
being held at the Chicago
Stock Yards, we can expect q
lot Of bull to be coming In on
the television during the next
two weeks. lack spratt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Lost Review

The regiments are i0ditin0
In lines OF Lincoln blue.
There's q stlrer buOle singing
AZ the drum mer passes
through.
Good Abraham Is smiling.
As he seldom used to do,
And he Ddres a CHEEKY iDel-
come
AZ the drummer passes
through -.
Douglas M. RideOut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HAsKN
By THE HASKN SERVICE
reader
D g Please ncose cents for

@. In his long message 70
Congress on the farm problem
two years ago. did President
Eisenhower mention the soil
bank idea?-M.S.A.
A. On January II, 1854, the
Presidents message included
this sentence: When land
must be diverted from pro-
duction. 1t is essential that its
use be related to the basic
detectives Of soil conservation
ITO protect and improve that
land"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

q. Are there any impossible
stretches left In the Pan Amer
lean Highway between Mexico
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Truman Eyeinq Senate?

Strike Two.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
FELTON, School News
seaIOr Trip

SeaI0r Trip
Next Wednesday, May 2, the
Seniors, travelling by bus. will make
their annual pilgrimage to New
York. This year they are staying
at the Hotel Commodore. The ac-
companying chaperones will be
Miss Margaret L. Taylor and Mr..
Robert Herbert, Class Advisor.
They will leave FELTON, early
Wednesday morning and arrive
In New York around noon. After
registering and unpacking the
group will attend the matinee of
the Broadway show. mo Time For
Sergeants." In the evening tn y
will be divided; half attending sew
eral television shows and the other
half visiting a night club.
On Thursday, there will be an
all-day tour from $3.50 a. m. until
$3.50 p. m, which will include visits
to the Empire State Building, St.
Paul's Cathedral, Chinatown, The
Bowery, The United Nations Build
ing, and many other points of in
terest Also included, is a boat
trip around Manhattan Island and
the Statue of Liberty.
Thursday evening the group will
visit Rockefeller Center and Radio
City Music Hall
After very firing day Thurs
day, they will rise early Friday
morning, have breakfast, and take
a subway ride from the hotel to
Central Park. Here. the park, zoo,
planetarium and museums OF Art
and Natural History will be visited.
Also, a ride on the Staten Island
Ferry Boat will be taken and then
the subway ride back to the hotel.
For Friday afternoon, they were
fortunate enough to get tickets
to the Barnum & Bailey Circus,
which is being held at Madison
Square Garden.
Friday evening, the group will
attend the late show at the War
ner Theatre, where "Seven Won
ders of the World" will be showing.
Saturday morning will be free for
everyone to do his last minute
shopping, gather those last minnie
soveniers, spending his last few
cents which he has managed to
hold on to since Wednesday.
Leaving New York around 1900
by b & o Railroad, they will ar
rive in Wilmington around 500
p. m.
The remaining trip will be made
bv automobile to FELTON, and thus,
climax their never-to-be-forgotten
New York trip.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Open House Planned At
Bissell SanatOrium

An Open House will be held at
the Emily p. Bissell Sanatorium,
1000 Newport Gap Pike, on Thurs
day, May 10 from S-6 p. m, in cele-
bration of Hospital Day.
The theme Of Hospital Day this
year will be new trends in the
treatment and rehabilitation of the
patients.
Many instances can be cited of
former patients who have inter-
rupted their treatments by leaving
against medical advice, coming
back to the hospital and complet-
ing their full treatment because
OF the occupational therapy and
rehabilitation programs at the hos
pital
Because these rehabilitation pro-
grams have done wonders with the
patients, this sanatorium will place
emphasis on this program and the
work the patients are doing, dur
ing Hospital Week
This will be the first opportunity
the general public will have to
see the new rehabilitation section
which is sponsored by the rehabili-
tation division of the board for
vocational education who has
equipped the department and sup
plies instructors for the patients
of the hospital.
Mrs. Dorothy Caille is chairman
of the General Planning Commit
tee, assisting are, Publicity, Mr.. g..
Taggert Evans. William Smith and
Miss Stocker; Tea, Mrs. DOROTHY
Greenhill; Invitations, Mr.. David
Foresman: Decorations--M Clara
Munger; House Arrangements, Mise
Mae Ikeda: Tours. Mrs. Doris Bor-
onski. R. ~
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Kangaroo Rats

Kangaroo rats. pocket mice,
prairie dogs. gazelles. and dozens
Of other desert animals. pass their
whole lives without touching a drop
Of water.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Not Ensoyabgs

No woman probably can say that
she enjoys doing dishes, but II shs
does it efficiently she can at least
cut down the time consumed In the
task
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27

Scarcity of writing material in
ancient and medieval times often
led to erasure or scraping off of
one text and use of the material
for another text, with the result
that 1t is sometimes possible to
read important older documents
under more modern writing.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27

Prices Hi. sdsss..a sseiv. through Saturday April asth
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-03
Rotavjans View Fiima Of Arctic Expedition

Ski Jump H." photographic expedition conducted in 1852, into the Pt. Barrow region of Alaska, was shown to the Rotary members at their meeting Tuesday. The in- teresting film depicted the Navy P2V photographic plane and an RAD, preparing for the expedition, landing and making scientific stu dies of the region. Most of it was conducted in sub-zero weather, with the RAD having to be aban- doned, due to a crackup.
 Directors of the club for the year were voted on. The following six men will serve: John Molletti, the present president, Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, Red Durham, Bill Lamme, O. A. Torgerson and Ole Johnson.
 Among those present at the meeting, besides the regular mem bers were: Rev. Norman Smith from Larsons Bay, o. K. Kincaid, J ohm Cushing, Charles Edris, Charles Truitt and Fred Keen, a visiting Rotarian from Anchor age.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-03
ROAD BLOCKS ANNOUNCED
 BY CITY POLICE DEPARTMENr

Road blocks were set up this week for the purpose of appre- hending all drivers of motor ye- niciss without 1856 license plates, 1t was announced by Chief of Police Roland Vickery.
 The road blocks were announced as starting between March 1st and srd, and all those without the plates and City stickers will be
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-03

.apprehended and taken to court. !: The headline for securing terri toFil plates and the stickers end. ed February 28, The deadline for the plates on that date Is in ac- cordance with territorial law.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-03

A request has been made that all post office box holders check their boxes when they get their mail and be sure the boxes are locked.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-03
POLICE SLOGAN

It's not what you hear about safety that counts. It's what you do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
u. 5. Ships Fail
.ToShare Boom
In Coal Exports

NORFOLK, Va. July 6 (P).-
Despite a boom in coal exports.
American ships are actually
carrying less coal to foreign ma
tons than they were a year ago.
This was revealed in statistics
compiled by the Hampton Roads
Maritime Association for port
activity during the first half
of 1856.
Through June there was an
increase of 1913 ships in both the
coastwise and export coal trade.
In all, there were PISS vessels
arriving for coal through first
half of this year.
So far only 81 American ships
were in to load coal for foreign
nations. A year ago. when only
half as much coal was dumped
over local piers, 40 American
ships were in for export coal
cargoes.
American bottoms, however,
did chalk up a stable gain in
the coastwise coal movement
which foreign ships can not take
part in. There were All Ameri-
can ship arrivals for this trade
through June 80. compared with
800 for that period last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-06
Increased Stock
Helps NBW Lift
Loans 15.6Pct.

A sharp increase in capital
funds enabled the National Bank
of Washington to expand its
loans and discounts 1876 per cent
in the last year, midyear state
ment from President Barnum
L. Cotton revealed yesterday.
Loans and discounts aggre-
gated $97, 468,026 on June 80, a
gain of $13,070,89O from $84. 397.-
1876 on the same 1855 date.
Capital funds of NBW stood
at new peak of $19,249,687 on
June 80. an increase of Sc, 448. 296
from $12.801, 1891 a year earlier.
Major factor in the big increase
was an offering of capital stock
which raised $6.150,000 of ad-
ditional capital last September
and increased the number of
shares to $4,000 from 100000.
Holdings of Federal obliga-
tions totaled $87, 543,607 on June
80, decrease of SIS. 349,576 from
$92, 893.183 a year earlier.
Total resources amounted to
$257,274,034 on June 80, a gain
of $9,258,976 from $248,015, 058
on June 80 last year. Deposits of
$235.667.0l7 we're up $2,443, 727
from $233,223,290 a year ago.