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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03
There are four north poles

There are four north poles
and four south poles.
These are the two geographic
poles, the big magnetic poles,
the little magnetic or dip"
poles and the poles of inacces-
sibility.
The latter alone remain to
be discovered. They are the
points in the Arctic and Ant
arctic theoretically the most
difficult for man to reach-at
least before the age of air
transportation. The north
pole Of inaccessibility, as it is
known, is in the middle of the
Greenland ice cap. Nobody
really knows the location of
the south pole Of inaccessi-
bility. but it is placed theoret-
ically about 300 miles from the
geographic south pole, south
of the Wilkes coast and in the
general direction Of Australia.
Site of Soviet Station
It is the spot on the Ant
arctic continent most distant
from any coastal least 800
miles more distant than the
geographic south pole which is
only about $50 miles from
these great coastal indenta-
tons. the Ross and Weddell
Seas. Today. however, it prob
ably could be reached about as
easily by air, although under
Antarctic flying conditions a
few score miles could make a
considerable difference. Land
ing conditions around the pole
of inaccessibility are, of course,
completely unknown. The
spot. however, is in the mid
die of the vast, ice-covered,
lifeless continental plateau.
No mountains have been OBJ
served from the air in the vi
cinity. Presumably the area
will be fairly level. If this is
the case, supplies and labor
forces for building an airfield
could be dropped there by par
achute.
The pole Of inaccessibility is
the major station to be occu-
pied by Soviet scientists dur
ing the forthcoming Interna-
tional GeophysicaI Year. The
Russians at first proposed a
large camp at the south geo.
graphic pole where the United
States Is to establish a camp
under the command of DR..
Paul Siple, veteran of five
Antarctic expeditions.
Polar year observations,
however. are entirely co-opera-
tive. Since United States plans
for a south pole station had
advanced further than their
own. the Russian scientists
agreed that two parties on the
same spot. making essentially
the same observations, would
be an almost complete dupli-
cation of effort. They agreed
to take over the more difficult
station instead. The post will
be manned by a group of dis
tinguished geophysicists and
meteorologiSts with long expe-
rience in Arctic exploration in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03
Nj. Bevon's Comeback

Aneur1n Bevan, forceful left-winger
in Britain's Labor Party, has won another
important victory in his fight to regain
a top-ranking place in the country's DO
itical leadership. RiSking a critical
showdown with the moderate faction Of
his party, Mr.. Bevan made winning bid
for the post of Labor treasurer and its
accompanying privilege of a seat on the
party's National Executive Committee.
The committee, from which Mr.. Bevan
resigned under pressure in 1854, is the
principal policy making and disciplinary
unit in the party. Furthermore, in CHI
making two-year fight to win back his
place, the energetic Welshman helped
seven others Of his left-wing faction cap
ture enough national convention votes to
join him on the powerful party organiza-
ton.
Despite this turn of events, however,
there is little or no evidence that Mr..
Bevan has sufficient strength to chal-
lenge successfully the party leadership
of Hugh Gaitskell or that he even intends
such challenge in the near future. A
solid majority of the 28-member execu-
tive committee still is identified with the
GaitSkell faction and the young party
leader did not make a personal issue of
Mr.. Bevan's candidacy. There are, per-
hapS, two forces greater than personal
rivalrieS at work within the Labor Party.
One is the feeling that the Conservative
government has been hurt by it's inability
thus far to solve Britain's complicated
economic problems and is suffering fur
fko IF fr1,ek
ing out of the Suez crisis.
Although Sir Anthony Eden won a
parliamentary vote of confidence only a
few weeks ago, the possibility that gen.
eral election might be forced in the not
too distant future has encouraged Labor
Party hopes of return to power. In
such test with the electorate, there is
little doubt that Mr.. Bevan and his fol-
lowers would provide strong campaign
help. The second force working within
the party, and pertaining more to the
domestic economy is resurgent interest
in further naturalization of British in
dustry. While Mr. Gaitskell himself has
preached patience on this matter, an
increasing number of the moderate
LaboriteS appear interested.
Meanwhile, the next chapter of the
Bevan story probably will involve a shift
in his role in the House of Commons.
In recent months, he has been party
spokesman on colonial affairs. His latest
victory, however, may prompt his "pro-
motion" to similar function in the more
important fields of foreign policy, defense
or economic matters. Whatever develops,
1t is likely that his eloquent voice will
be heard more often and that his strong
views once again will be more influential
In shaping Britain's political course.
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and it is all hustle and hustle
by day. And its people are on
the whole very well dressed,
men and women alike, and
many of the latter show at
least as high a style, as much
smartness, glamour and beauty.
as can be found in any
metropolis this side Of the Iron
Curtain.
West Berlin, in short, Is
alive-so vibrant, so deter
mined to be Germany's capi-
tai again, so chic, bright
minded and confident in so
many ways that one would
hardly suppose that 1T is an
acutely vulnerable island of
freedom entirely surrounded
by the Soviet zone, which
Germans wryly describe as
the land of voluntary COM
pulsion. 1t is a remarkable
city to see. Just to be in it
for a few days is uplifting to
the spirit. And what a change
comes over the visitor-a SEN
sation of vague fear that APP
pears to affect all who take
the trip past the Commu-
mist guards-when he crosses
over into the queer. bleak.
unsmiling Orwellian world
that is East Berlin. There
are precious few lights there
at night, and even in the
daytime it seems, somehow,
to be half dark.
But on the other side Of
the intangible wall that splits
this city. the story is entirely
different. Voluminous eco
nomic and other statistics
can be cited to illustrate and
emphasize that point, but sta
tistics are dry and imper-
sonal. West Berlin, in the
last analysis, is as phenome-
nal as it is. primarily because
of the affirmative and coura-
geous spirit of its people.
They are a people who cherish
liberty in a way that cannot
be described in bookkeeping
figures. And the fact that
this is true of them, despite
their complete territorial en-
circlement by the Soviets. is
likely to continue to have a
contagious effect not merely
on the East Germans, but all
other peoples trapped behind
the Iron Curtain. The Krem-
lin has reason to regard the
whole situation as being more
than a little bit bothersome.
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are left alone. there is not
much danger, he said.
Better let sick bats alone"
he repeated.
A small bat can break the
skin with its teeth.
\ 4
Ordinarily, a bat Is never
seen.
Those seen may be suspected
of being sick. dead or injured
in some way.
Other bats in the United
States are the hoary bats and
the red bats, in addition to
the common brown bats.
Negrid, or black, bodies have
been found in the brain struc-
ture Of some bats. indicating
the possibility Of rabies.
DR.. Walker believes there is
much greater danger, in this
vicinity, from rabid foxes,
opossums, skunks and rae
coons.
OF these mammals, probably
only the fox will make an at
tack. The others normally do
not attack humans, even when
sick.
1t will prove measure of
safety. therefore, to instruct
children, especially. to let
found bats alone.
The fact that one finds a
bat suggests that something is
the matter with it.
And II there is even a re-
mote possibility that there is
a chance that the creature
may be afflicted with rabies,
or any disease resembling it,
it would only be the part Of
wisdom TO proceed cautiously.
The average contact Of a
human being with a bat Is
very, very limited. We see
them making their cratic
flights for food in the late
evening. and occasionally one
gets into the house.
The bat, according to DR..
Walker, is normally a very de-
cent little creature. and the
fact that one might, upon oc-
casion, bite. Is presumptive
evidence that something must
be radically wrong with II.
AS long as there Is any pos
sibility, however remote, that
the creature might be suffer-
ing from rabies. 1t Is best TO
leave 1t to natures care, rather
than attempt 10 handle it.
This advice win come in the
4 told you 30" class TO most
people.
WHO wants 10 handle q
bat. anyway" they might ask.
'Ughi"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03

WEST BERLIN. - Berlin.
East and West, must be seen
to be believed. Just reading
about it is not enough. You
have to be here. physically, to
feel the full impact of its split
personality. No city in the
world is quite like it. None is
so inspiring and depressing at
the same time. none so strik-
ingly place of contrasts in
the extreme, like day and
night, or good and evil, or a
fair thing and a foul one.
This is what used to be the
great capital of prewar Ger
many. In area, taken all to-
gether, it probably is the big
gest metropolis on the face of
the earth. and few cities any,
where can come close to
matching the loneliness of the
lakes and woodlands it en-
braces. 1t is full of magnifi-
cent vistas, actual and poten-
tial. No Washingtonian can
look at it without coming
away with a feeling that it
has a grandeur not unlike our
own seat of government, but
with a far longer history be-
hind 1t and much more space
in which to display itself, in
Guiding space enough to allow
for mile after mile of roadway
restricted exclusively to BIZ
cycle traffic.
But under the present dis
pensation, of course, one can
not speak of this city as a
single entity. 1t is two places
in the same place. There is a
wall that runs through it, not
a tangible wall made of bricks
and mortar. but a wall made of
Soviet policy. So there is an
extremely unnatural division
"a division that does violence
both to moral law and common
sense-under which we have
what is known as East Berlin
and West Berlin. And we have
also the fact that East Berlin,
with its population of IL mil
lion, is a relatively dead COM
munity where Communist rule
has blighted everything, ply
sically as well as spiritually.
You cannot go there without
feeling an inner chill, as if
trapped momentarily in a kind
Of neither world where male
violence is the order of the day,
and where even the sun itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03
Suez Background

In reference to the Septen1-
Der % letter of Marcia Felter
on the Suez issue. ! should like
to point out that Ferdinand
de LesSeps, a Frenchman, OBJ
tanned a concession from Egypt
in 1854 to build the canal. He
organized the Suez Canal Co.
to finance the project.
The company stock was
bought by French investors
and several Middle Eastern
rulers, among them the ruler
Of Egypt. In 1869 the canal
was opened. the company's
charter stating that in 1868
the canal would become the
property Of Egypt. In 1875
England bought from the then
bankrupt ruler Of Egypt stock
which brought the English
holdings to A per cent Of the
total amount. England still
owns this stock.
There are many complexities
in this situation. do not
presume TO know them all. but
1t seems to me that the above
easily ascertained facts ade-
quately refute the implication
by Marcia Felter that It is we
who are seeking TO acquire by
force. atom bomb-rattling,"
something to which we have
no moral right.
Eugene Burns BOstrOm.
~
Much condemnation has
been aimed at Egyptian denial
Of passage Of Israeli ships
through the Suez Canal as a
violation Of the provision Of
the Constantinople Convention
Of 1888 insuring free and open
navigation. in peace and war.
70 every vessel Of commerce or
war without distinction OF flag.
The question arises: During
World War ! we're ships Of the
Central Powers and during
World War II were ships Of
Germany. Italy and Japan in
slred free and open navigation
through the Suez Canal?
Trudy Noxtins.
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Wrong Tune

Adlai Stevenson has done his best to
make amends for sounding sour note
last Tuesday night, and we hope that
all will be forgiven.
1t seems that national television
network cut out the last five minutes of
the quizz show, Name That Tune, to put
on paid Stevenson commercial. The
commercial was harmonious little thing,
but it was definitely the wrong tune. For
the network was bombarded with protest.
ing phone calls, kilograms and letters.
Mr.. Stevenson, upon learning Of this,
was the more distressed when it devel-
oped that his commercial had cut off
contestant who had just worked up to
$4,000 and who, in addition, is the wife
OF a Kansas farmer and loyal Demo-
crat. So Mr.. Stevenson speedily got of
a telegram of his own, apologizing on
behalf Of himself, Senator Kefauver and
the Democratic National Committee. This
apology was intended to be read during
last nights presentation of the show, but
this was not done Perhaps the telegram
was too commercial. In any event, we trust
that the apology has Modified the Name
That Tune viewers.
There is lesson in this little Incl
dent, however, and it should be taken to
heart by all political candidates. This
lesson has to do with the relative impor-
lance Of things, and its substance is that
a political candidate, even presidential
candidate, must watch his Ps and Qs.
II he has something to say he should be
careful when he says it. He must not
intrude when the voter is watching his
favorite television show, taking an after
dinner nap or is otherwise engaged with
the more important things Of life. Sup
pose, for instance, that Mr.. Stevenson or
President Eisenhower should be rash
enough to break in on the World Series,
which both will attend, for five-minute
commercial chat. That would be enough
TO cost either man the election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL


Perhaps it would be just as
well, If you find a sick or in
jured common brown bat, to
leave it alone.
There may be danger from
it, if it bites you.
Phis is the advice of DR..
Ernest Walker, assistant super
intendent Of the National Zoo
logical Park. one Of the coun-
try's leading authorities.
DR.. Walker says he doesn't
want to brighten anybody, but
his investigations of bats in
Mexico in 1855 led him to the
conclusion that there is some
danger.
Rabies may be contracted
definitely from the blood. lap
ping bats of Trinidad, the
famous isle of the calypso
songs.
There the bat bites have
given paralytic rabies to cattle.
The authorities Of Trinidad
have asked DR.. Walker if he
can come to their aid by taking
photos Of their bats, as he did
in 1855 in Mexico.
Walker spent two months
in Mexico. photographing bats
from the Pacific to the
Atlantic.
He entered caves in which
there were thousands Of dead
bats. and a few live ones.
The photos we're taken with
an electronic flash.
The Mexican authorities
didn't know the cause Of the
epidemic among the bats.
But it was supposed to be
akin, at least, to rabies.
While there may not be
many common brown bats in
the United States with rabies.
there are a few, DR.. Walker
said.
With so few facts, he said.
1t is not definitely known If
the type Of afiiiction can be
transferred to humans.
The Zoo authority has him
self taken rabies shots, when
he was bitten by a pet bat, Of
which he usually has three or
four at a time, in his Office,
and at his home.
Insectivorous bats in South
America have the rabies, and
fruit-eating bats up here.
Our common brown bat, Of
course, is related TO the insect
eating bats, being one itself.
A bat never attacks any
body. DR.. Walker stated. There
is only one known case Of
attack.
So IL sick or injured bats
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let WALL DIVIDES
A SOVIET WALL DIVIDES
Berlin: City With Split Personality
BY WILLIAM H. HARRISON

BY WILLIAM HI. HARRISON
star stan Correspondent
seems to shine without warmth
whenever it is out.
East Berlin, for example,
is still largely a mass of war
time ruin. Compared to West
Berlin. whose population is
90 million, it has done little
rebuilding. It's biggest con-
struction project has been
Stain Allee-a pretentious
array of ornate, pre-Khru-
shchev Moscow-style apart
ment buildings so poorly put
together that some sections of
them are already beginning to
disintegrate. Another meas
ure of the deafness of the
place is the relative lack of
motor traffic, and the dreary
assortment of prohibitively
high-priced consumer goods
speaks for itself as an indict-
ment Of the Communist-run
economy. And still more elo-
quent is the outward appear
ance of East Berliners them
selves. They regularly flock
in large numbers to the Anglo
American sectors of the city,
and they can almost always be
spotted by the poor quality of
their clothes and a generally
glum demeanor and the women
among them are especially
noticeable because of the
dowdiness of their hair-dos-
a condition forced upon them
by the fact that they and their
sisters throughout the Soviet
zone must put up with the most
atrociouS kind of shampoo
preparations.
These are but the external
signs Of the tremendous eco
nomic and spiritual i'm
poverishment that the Kremlin
has imposed on East Germany.
BY way of contrast, West Ber-
Unlike the free German
Federal Republic as a whole,
but not yet to as great an
extent-is booming. 1t has
done a vast amount of re-
building. 1t has cleared away
well over / billion cubic feet
of wartime rubble out of a
total of 1.6 billion. It's main
streets are jammed with auto
mobiles. Its shops, its restau-
rants, its hotels, its industries
lit still employs more indus
trial workers than any other
locality in the country look
as prosperous as those of our
own cities. 1t is a place full of
bright illumination at night,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03
Contented Pyqmies

In these days Of fantastic diets, when
otherwise sensible people will swallow
anything that is supposed to take of a
few excess pounds, it is possible to believe
that the Atom pygmies Of New Guinea
actually exist on steady diet Of roasted
beetles. But We doubt very much that
this is the real reason for the extraordi-
nary contentment.
A report on the Atom pygmies, who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03

@. What is the scientific
term archaeologists use TO de-
scribe their processes In dating
and verifying their discoy-
eries7-J. L.
A. You probably refer 10 the
word hermeneutics--which Is
the science Of Interpretation
and explanation. Much as q
criminologist flts together
clues and bits Of evidence 70
arrive at the truth about q
crime. an archaeologist draws
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-03

conclusions Is 70 the genuine
meas and history Of q discovery
BY putting together an the
facts and clues he can discover
about II.
q. How much more does II
cost 70 drill an offshore oil
well than 10 drill one on lsnd7
w. L.
A. A large oil company re-
Gently stated that offshore
wells cost almost six times a.
much 70 drill a. do land wells.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

bF THE HAHkIN SERVICE
Eye X
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Smyrna times., 1956-02-02
SCHOOL
REPORTER
Basketball Team To Meet
Harrington

The Smyrna High School Eag-
les basketball team will oppose
Harrington High School on our
court on Tuesday night, February
z. The Junior Varsity teams of
both schools will meet in the 700
pm. opener with the varsity
game getting under way about
$50 pm. In their previous meet
ing last month the Eagles were
victorious in both games. The
varsity team will use the same
lineup that captured six Of the
first eight games. Ben Solloway
and David Deakyne will be for
wards, Turk Orvis at center, and
Karl Gebhart and Jay Knight at
guards. The junior varsity team,
who has captured the first eight
games on its schedule, will have
Dale Reedy and William Cassen at
forwards, Larry Ellery at center,
and Kenneth Poore and Robert
Spencer at guards. Only two more
home games remain on the sched-
ule after the Harrington game,
Middletown on February II, and
Milford on February "a.
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02

Warren, Dover; and Mrs. John S
Farrow, Magnolia.
Those who attended were: Mrs
Sam Kendall, Dover; Mrs. Edward
Hardy, Dover; Mrs. Lester Smith,
Clayton; Mrs. Franklin Loper,
Dover; Mrs. Arthur Rusby, Smyr-
ma; Mrs. j. A. Pecht, Milford;
Mrs. Walter Winkler, Harrington;
Mrs. Oscar Dickerson, Harrington;
Mrs. Edith K. Ruth, Harrington;
Mrs. Harold w. Wall, Milford;
Mrs. Arthur Hall, Milford; Mrs.
George Thompson, Harrington;
Mrs. Walter Dill, Milford; Mrs.
Thomas Pickering, Dover; Mrs
Reynolds Reed, Dover; Mrs. HUI
bert Cannon, Harrington; Mrs. w.
C. Milbourne, FELTON,; Mrs. Frank
Stephens, Hartly; Mrs. Lemuel
Spence, Viola; Mrs. Wallace Ough-
letree, Dover; Mrs. Ray Smith
Dover; Mrs. Francis Winkler
Harrington; Mrs. Walton Smith
Sr., Smyrna; Mrs. Bessie Urian
Clayton; Mrs. Helen Jones, Clay.
ton; Mrs. Ruth Stokes, Viola
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02
Kent County Students Meet
At Caesar Rodney

The fourth meeting of the Kent
County Student Council will be
held at Caesar Rodney High
School on Monday, February 6. At
this meeting all school will as
semble the decorations to be used
at the Queen of Hearts Dance to
be held at Smyrna High School
on Saturday night, Feb. IL. In
addition to the aforementioned
business the group will also vote
to adopt a rotation system for
county and state offices. Those
who plan to attend from Smyrna
include Richard Price, Robert
Hurd, Christine Sharp, and Mr..
Williams.
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02

constitution consists of Richard
Price, Tom Price, and Charlotte
Pryor. The club viii receive its
charter at a candle light cere-
mony next Thursday, Feb. 9, at
the monthly meeting of the Par
ent Teachers Association.
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02

the course, or (2) a pro-rated
amount based on S110 a month
for a full-time course whichever
is less.
Q. How much money may 1
borrow on my permanent CT in
surance policy? 1t has been in
force for more than one year.
A. You may borrow up to "a
percent of the reserve value of
your policy. Any VA Office can
determine the exact amount for
you.
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02

mad been unattractlVe or useless
were turned into beautiful pieces
of furniture as the cane was WOW
en- into a beautiful slat.
Miss Patricia Middleton, Home
Management Specialist, was in
charge of the project school; three
Home Demonstration Club MEM
bers who have done lots of Gaming
helped those who attended with
their individual problems and
helped the meeting go smoothly.
These helpers were Mrs. Nobel
Jerman, Leipsic; Mrs. William
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

@. I am going to school less
than half-time under the Korean
CT Bill. What will be the amount
of my monthly CT allowance pay
ments?
A. You may receive either ~
the established charges for tuition
and fees paid by non-veterans for
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02

u 8 e d. M ore
than thir ty
Kent County
homemakers at
tended a pro-
ject school on
January "a, and
81, to learn to
put cane seats
in chairs. Many
old chairs that
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02
Boys Intramural Basketball
Underway

The boys intramural basketball
schedule is in full swing as last
Tuesday night the twelfth grade
met the eleventh grade, and the
tenth met the ninth. The games
will be played one each week un-
til all teams meet one another. A
special playoff will then be ar
ranged.
Smyrna times., 1956-02-02
Heart Assembly To Be Presented

An assembly on Heart Disease
will be presented to the students
of the secondary school on Tues
day afternoon, Feb. z, at 1:25 pm.
Since February is National Heart
Month it should prove to be a
timely topic. Mrs. Cornelia Jones
is in charge of this program.