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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

administration officials and
some Senators are advancing
spec GUS arguments and double
Talk as an excuse for not pass
ing H. r. 1925. which would
lower age limits at which
women and disabled workers
would become eligible for So
cisl security benefits.
They are saying that passage
OF the bill. passed by the House
at the last session, would work
hardship on women who
wished to continue working
mat argument is pure ba-
loney! There is no compulsion
TO retire if woman wishes TO
continue working full time.
really, she may achieve earlier
partial retirement by continu-
ing to work part time and use
her social security pension to
augment her income. Also, if
she is not the waee-earner. the
lower eligibility age would en-
able her and her husband to
get by without skimping along
on her husbands benefit alone
until she reaches age SIS. 'by
which time her husband may
Ia
nave passed on. which would
Still further reduce her income
and living standard.
They offer no direct ar
gument against the lower age
for disability benefits. They
simply ignore the fact that a
disabled worker is disabled
and unable to earn a livelihood
Tor himself and family, what
ever his age. but want him and
MS family to exc out a living
as best they can until the dis
aoled wage-earner reaches age
65, If he ever does.
lney cover both their obiec-
tons with the statement that
the change would cost Is per
cent more. But the use of a
percentage basis here is a
specious subterfuge. Actually
it would cost one-half cent per
dollar of earnings more for
both employer and employee
or maximum of $2l each per
year for maximum earnings of
$4,000.
They seek to make people
think they are worried about a
Is per cent increase in the So
cial security tax. amounting
to S2l a year. but it didn't take
them long to quiet their fears
when they passed a bill which
increased their own salaries
so per cent.
They seem to be straining
at a gnat after already hay-
ing swallowed a camel.
Carl e. Barber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Everybody is talking about
marriages these days.
At the soda fountain the
other day the girl who handles
the ice cream was sounding
off.
My" she said. I'm tired OF
hearing about this Grace Kelly
getting married.
Amt any one else getting
married this month they
could talk with?"
A customer grinned.
Well" she said, there's
Margaret Truman :"
The soda girl threw her
hands up in despair.
"Oh, my goodness" she in
toned that's even worse"
There is the story of the
father who swore he wouldn't
wear striped trousers.
Nothing doing" he said.
When I walk down the aisle,
with my daughter on my arm,
I'm going to wear a plain blue
serge suit. That will have to
do"
Neighbors made small bets
on it
He was a determined fellow,
they knew. with his own ways
OF doing things. but when it
came right down to the day.
they said. he would be there in
cutaway coat and striped
trousers, just the same.
The day came.
1t was raining, and the beau
tiful little lady had to do the
best she could to get her hoop
skirt INTO a modern automo-
bile.
One of the people who didn't
go to the wedding asked about
it afterward.
Yes. it was wonderful, they
all said.
The bride was a beauty, and
everything went along nicely.
Her father looked good, too.
as he came down the aisle.
Then the big question:
did he wear striped trou-
sers?"
Perhaps the reader thinks
he knows the answer. OF
course. he will think, he did.
They all do.
But the plain truth was just
as simple.
He did not wear striped
pants. He wore a plain blue
serge suit, and looked very
nice. thank you.
Other fathers, take heart.
4
Women dominate the mod
ern weddings, as by right they
should.
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Stamp of Approval

With April Is upon US. we
are all painfully aware of the
expenses of our National Gov
eminent. And l think it is
pertinent at this time that
some attention be called to
the fact that we are right
now. as average taxpayers,
getting ready to make another
payment towards the postage
bill of the big publishers and
large mail users. l refer, of
course. to the postal deficit
which was some 1862 million
last fiscal year and which is
expected to run around $440
million this year. according to
stories l have seen in The Star.
And l think it is appropri-
ate that at this time we call
attention TO miSinformation l
have noticed IN connection
with the postage rate increases
that the Postmaster General
has requested of Congress. to
erase the postal deficit of
which we are so painfully
aware at this time of the year
or at least largely to elimi-
nate it.
Nothing could be further
from the truth than that a
penny increase in postage rates
for flrst-class letter mail would
represent an extra burden on
the average citizen. as some Of
the reports on the proposed
rate increases have Indicated.
The exact opposite is true. A
penny increase would, in fact,
relieve the burden of the
average taxpayer at this time
of the year. BY paying pennies
in additional postage. we
would save dollars.
And here is why: The postal
deficit must be paid out of
general taxation. Sixty per
cent of all income taxes are
paid by individuals, with only
40 per cent being paid by
other than individuals. And
through income taxes. ordi-
nary taxpayers are paying
most of the postal deficit,
while large corporations and
businesses are paying a smaller
part.
This is in spite of the fact
that, according to Post Office
figures. nearly 80 per cent of
all first-class mail is business
mail and only 20 per cent is
mail from individuals. So.
actually. a onc-penny increase
in letter mail rates would shift
a substantial part of the f.
nancial burden of supporting
the Post Office from the shoul-
ders of the individual tax
payer to the large business
mail users.
Or look at it from another
direction. a penny increase in
letter rates would cost me and
my family about ~ cents a
month and these figures are
average; or about $l.44 a
year. But the average family's
share of the postal deficit is
81 a year. which we have to
pay each April Is, more or
less. In other words, it is
about five times as much in
hidden tax costs. through
postal deficits, as it would be
if we had an aboveboard in
crease in postal rates to place
the costs of the postal service
where they should be-and
not on our shoulders each
year when tax time rolls
around.
Russell Savillc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

nation about the new science
university established in con-
nection with the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research.
What degrees will be awarded?
r.. /, S.
A. The university will award
only Pho. and SGD. degrees.
1t offers three years of adj
vanced training for select
groups of scholars in natural
science but limits its enroll
ment TO IS. The university is
the country's third wealthiest,
ranking after Harvard and
Yale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
Stirred by Andrews

I nominate T. Coleman An
drews for President OF the
United States on an Indepen-
dent ticket, and he will be
elected if nominated.
Any man who has nerve
enough to tell the truth about
that accursed theory that has
been predominant in this
country for 90 years - that
theory being taxation for the
benefit Of foreign countries
ought TO be President.
Robert A. Barbee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

$4,000 yearly salary scale for men of this
rank, is to encourage extended service
for veteran diplomats of unusual ability.
The interests of the country will benefit
if these four remain to carry on their
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
Father to Son

Failure, boy, is no disgrace
As long as you rerun the race.
Each time you Jail, try harder
still.
The secret OF success is wilI.
{. Endicott
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names NAV be used II
letters carry DrtterS correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

@. What is the name Of the
weed-killer that kills dande-
lions and other broad-leaved
weeds in lawns without harm
ing the grass?-D. d. r.
A. This is one of the newer
chemicals commonly known
by the abbreviated name 2,
AID. Broad-leaf plants treat
ed with it rapidly grow them
selves to death while the
narrow-leaved grass is not
harmed. A single application
often clears lawn OF the
Undesirable weeds.
q please rive Some infnr-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-13

ways been considered 'seedy'
and 'unlearned.'" Yea, verify!
George Frederick Miller.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN SERVI

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@. Please give some infor-
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-08-31

bold Hebrew and in straight,
clean English lettering. Mr.. G..
Hamori of Tel Aviv is the de-
signer.
THE Collectors of Religion on
Stamps Society" a predominately
American group. will soon pre-
sent an award to Israel for this
postage stamp. II has been chosen
as having the best religious de-
sign based upon a Jewish theme.
Last year "The Collectors of
Religion on Stamps Society" de-
cided to originate a series of
awards for the most inspiring re-
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-08-31

The prize-winning 'commemora-
tive postage stamp depicts the
emblem of the State of Israel with
the seven arms of its Menorah
lighted, symbolizing the compile
ton of seven years of independ-
ence. Against a predominately
green background, two olive
branches symbolic of peace, bor-
der the Menorah which is en-
famed with warm orange lights.
The extra-large stamp, subtly
shaded and beautifully executed,
bears the word Israel" both in
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-08-31
Jackson, Mississippi

ligious designs on stamps during
1855. Awards were to be given
Tor Christian, Protestant, Jewish
and inter-faith themes. Approx
mately 500 members of the stamp
society voted. Nominations were
open to every country.
Not only did Israel walk away
with the final award. but the
majority of stamps nominated for
the Jewish theme award were Is
raeli. No. U. S. stamp was nomi-
mated for the Jewish award.
Perhaps it is inevitable that the
Jewish state should win the Jew
lsh award. Jewish themes on Is
raeli stamps are the rule rather
than the exception. Furthermore,
in some countries-like the Uni
ted States-religious subjects on
stamps might be interpreted as a
violation of the church-state sep
aration principle. The, only U. S.
stamps which has been described
by the Post Office as displaying
frankly religious subject matter
was issued in 1948. It tells the
story of the famed four Chaplains
who sacrificed their lives for the
crew of the steamship dor
chester"
However. according to a stamp
society spokesman. collectors of
religious stamps are looking for
something more than the conven-
tional religious designs in select
ing a winner. For example. the
award for the best Protestant de-
sign will be presented to the
Catholic state of Monoco for their
stamp of Albert Schweitzer. The
spokesman suspected that the U.
S. would have grabbed the Jew
ish theme award if il had en-
graved a stamp picturing Albert
Einstein. Just as Germany. the
CONTINUED on Page l48)
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-08-31
ISRAEL STAMP Wins
AWARD IN u. S.
BY BETH SIEROTY
Copyright 1856. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.

An Israeli stamp telling the dramatic story years
independence. has non-sectaran religious award.
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28

in honor of the 231st anniversary
Of the founding of the historic
church.
Mr.. Warner w. Price and son
Bunny, sailed yesterday from
New York on the H.R.M.S. Queen
Mary" enroute to Europe, where
they will spend an enjoyable va
cation visiting England, Scotland,
France, Holland, and as many
other countries as they have time
to see.
Smyrna Legion Street Carnival
which opened on North Street be-
tween East and Boulevard Friday
night, is now at its height attract
ing crowds nightly and winning
the enthusiasm of patrons from
all parts of central Delaware, and
the Eastern Shore. 1t is situated
where it can be seen by the Boule-
ward traffic making it ideal.
Miss Mildred Pusey, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond A.
Pusey of Clayton, was married to
James S. Hairgrove of Camden,
Del, Saturday evening at Z
o'clock at st. Paurs NJ. E. Par
sonage in Wilmington, by the
Rev. Oliver Collins.
The personnel of Delaware's
four CCC camps engaged in mos
quito control work at Lewes and
Slaughter Beach, in Sussex coun-
ty, and Leipsic and Magnolia in
Kent county, will celebrate a
joint field day tomorrow, Friday,
July 8, at Slaughter Beach.
Joseph B. HUM, aged 81,
Smyrnas oldest barber, and a
prominent churchman, died at the
Delaware House where he made
his home at $3.50 Sunday evening.
He had never regained his speech
since ne was stricken Tuesday OF
last week and lapsed into uncon-
sciousness in which condition he
remained unto the end. He mar
ried Miss E m m a Leinberger,
daughter of the late Jacob Lem
berger of Smyrna. She died many
years ago. He is survived by one
daughter, Miss Julia HUM of Up
per Darby, Philadelphia.
Miss Bessie c. Matthews leaves
this week to attend Summer
School at Columbia University,
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28

daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Hardcastle and Mr.. Carrow is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Car
row.
Miss Ida Reed of Wilmington
was a visitor recently with Mr..
and Mrs. Walter w. Hynson. Miss
Reed, who graduated with high
honors in the Smyrna Public
Schools in the class of 1905, left
here last Fall to take a course
of typewriting and stenography at
the Goldey Commercial College,
Wilmington, and is among this
years graduates at that institu-
ton.
Mrs. Joseph L. Beckett is visit
ing in Philadelphia and Atlantic
City Miss Anna Bell Beckett
who has been at Dickinson Col
lege has returned.
Mrs. Mary Gegenheimer, Miss
Edna and Edith Gegenheimer, and
Mr.. Phillip Reemer of Philadel-
phia are visiting Miss Clara Lem
berger.
Mrs. Charles Gessing and daugh-
ter, and Mr.. John c. Barnes and
children of Philadelphia have been
guests of Mrs. w. A. Stokesbury
Miss Edith Kirkbridge and Mr.,
Joseph Debarth of Philadelphia
are being entertained by Miss
Julia HUM.
Miss Emma Hoffecker, Will
mington, Mrs. V. o. Steel and
Miss Helen Richardson of Denton,
have returned from a visit to
Mrs. James P. Hoffecker.
1t is understood that the COM
mittee of ministers headed by the
Rev. A. w. Lightbourne and the
Rev. DIR. Watt to ask the Penn
sylvania Railroad officers to dis
continue Sunday trains will not
do so until the number of names
upon their petition reaches 10000
1t is understood that the Railroad
Company will not discontinue the
trains as they have reached the
conclusion that a large preponder-
ence of sentiment in this state on
the peninsula is in favor of the
trains being continued.
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28

Official notification was made at
the meeting of the Smyrna Town
Council Friday evening that the
Street Sprinkler, so long delayed,
had arrived. A report was made
by Chairman Thornley, of the
Street Sprinkling Committee who
said that his committee had made
all arrangements for operating
the sprinkler. The contract has
been placed with Denney A. Colds
borough, who agreed to do the
work for $1,000 a week, the town
to furnish the sprinkler, water
and necessary couplings.
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Legg
were married fifty years on Sum
day. The event was celebrated
Monday evening by the gathering
together of friends and relatives
to the number of eighty or more
who extended their good wishes
and congratulations. They were
presented with a purse of S100 in
gold in addition to other gifts.
The social event of the past
week in Cheswold and vicinity
has been the marriage of Miss
Ethel Hardcastle and Mr.. William
Carrow. Miss Hardcastle is the
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28

In the final roundup of the
busy session of Congress, Sena-
tor j. Frank Alice succeeded in
getting an appropriation of $4,000
to buy a postoffice site for Smyr-
ma. The outlook is now most prom
Using that with the coming year
Smyrna will have a magnificent
and up-to-date Federal Building
large enough to accommodate the
growing demands of the Post
office.
Smyrna has decided to join the
Kent County Baseball League and
will play the first two games of
the season today the Fourth. This
decision was reached the past
week at a meeting of the Associ-
alton of which Harvey w. Far
les is president and George w.
Dunning, secretary and treasurer.
Announcement is made of the
engagement of Miss Elizabeth
Conwell, daughter of County
Treasurer B. T. Conwell of Mag
nolia and w. Lewis Fader. of the
General Electric Company at
Pittsburgh, Pa. Miss Conwell is
well-known here and Mr.. Fader is
formerly Of Newark.
Mrs. Roland w. Bell and son,
William, of Portsmouth, Va, who
have been visiting her parents,
Capt. and Mrs. A. H. Smith, re-
turned home yesterday.
Miss Rebecca Collins of Port
Deposit has been spending a few
days with Mrs. ]. w. Clifton.
Miss Margaret Lank of Will
mington visited Miss Elizabeth
Smithers over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George R. Barnes
and Master Norris Jordon, OF
Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs
Robert Norris.
Announcement has been made
of the approaching nuptials OF
Joseph H. Hossinger, cashier OF
the National Bank of Newark, and
Miss Laura j. Raub, daughter of
the late DR.. Albert N. Raub, fol-
several years president of Della
ware College.
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28
20 Years Ago

In the chapel at Bishopstead at
4 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
Miss Elizabeth Martin of George
town, a teacher of the John Bas-
sett Moore High School of Smyr-
ma, became the bride of Mr. Will
liam Davis Hudson, son of Mrs.
Homer D. Hudson and the late
Mr.. Hudson Of Smyrna.
A number from Smyrna motor
ed to old st. Anne's Protestant
Episcopal Church near Middle
town Sunday to attend services
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28

tended the convention of the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula Fertilizer As
sociation.
Miss Edith Hazel is visiting
her sister, Mrs. William Harris, in
Camden, N. j.
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28

will continue her studies through
the summer and be ready to start
work in September.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Ralph FAIRIES
spent the weekend at Ocean City,
Md. Mr.. FAIRIES, while there, at
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files Of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature Of the
Times. will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28

New York City.
Miss Alverna Jones, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Jones,
has accepted a position at Bea-
com College where she has been
a student for the past year. She
Smyrna times., 1956-06-28
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Smyrna times., 1956-06-28
Blue Sunoco First Choice
of Autonlotive Engineers
over all other premiums combined

IT'S PREMIUM IN EVERY WAY.
STILL AT REGULAR GAS PRICE
We invited large group of automotive engineers to
try Blue Sunoco, boosted in octane, in their
and give their reactions The results of this survey,
compiled by an independent firm of certified public
countants, make New Blue Sunoco the favorte.
439o already are users of Blue Sunoco
Of the 66 engineers who reported 56 Blue Sunoco,
1870 told they already users of gasoline.
This far greater number than reported using all
other premium gasolines combned-perhaps the great
est testimonial any gasoline had
Blue Sunoco is recommended for the newest high
compression when owners manuals specify pre-
MUM gasoline
Up again in octane
Blue Sunoco is the only gasoline that meets the
higher premium octane standards and sells at regular
gas price, Follow the lead of automotive engineers.
Make your own 10-gallon test today.
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So Car Permits Revoked,
Sc Suspended Last Week

Is days; Clarence Moon. 1896 corcoran
street NV. 80 DAYS. Randolph Swinson,
2J7 Fifty-eighth street NV. - days.
Charles E. Beall. l454 Enclid street NV,
Also Demetrius F. Reid. R42 TslDeri
terrace Sc, 10 days. Russell o. Tut
1879 Cedar street 5 E. 80 days; Everett
W. Drew, 1904 Jackson street NE. II
NV. 80 days; Michael s. Fitch. 2S5l
Webster, ~ NJ street NV. 10 days
GeoTges Houston; rs Third street NE
chusetts avenue NV. . days and trafiC
school; Calvin Johnson, 3O22 Knox street
s E. 80 days; Willie Bullock, 1914 Mass.
achusetts avenue Sc. 80 days: Seth H
is days Willie Y. Ivey, r., 1910 {
street NE, > days; Robert McCarter
1850 Gallatin street NE, 30 days; lie.
roy Mooring, 702 Irving street NV. Il
DAYS; Haley a. Parker, 27O5 Thirteenth
Suspended until satisfaction Of judE.
ment-.Cieyeiand Butler 81 L street
Capitol street Larry E. franklin, cal
Third street NE: Galen W. Wampler
1904 street NV; cyrial G. Ivey. 443a
E itr. street SCI Alfred PFnsis z 5o,1
First street NV; James A. Holt. SOC K
Suspended for failure 10 file insuranc,
Ferris ]. Graf, 1850 Montgomery ave.
nue.. Bethesda Raleigh Eley SI3 Twenty
sixth street N w: Bildo Claiborne. 23l(
North Capitol street; Montague H. Pol
lard. 1854 Monroe street NV; James H
Badgett. lS46 Alabama avenue Sc.
Jere A. Belmont, 1855 Pennsylvania ave.
nue. S E. James W. Robertson, 81 Rhode
Island avenue NV; Don NJ Vernon. 81
Gallstin street NV: Samuel W. Parker
.90i E street S.W.
No d. c. permit. privilege suspended
until financial responsibility insurance j,
filed-Enock King 1925 Eighteenth
street NE; Larry f. Franklin, 64l
Third street Sc; Zola Mangum. 1915
Rhode Island avenue NV: Irma Kuntz
Els Fifty-fourth street Sc: Grover c
jenkins. 3S o street SW.; William White
1924 Fifteenth street NV; George A
Jones, 1873 d street Sc: Wilford Gin.
ton: l4lf Rhode Island avenue NV
Andrew l. Atkinson, lao Hillside place
Sc; Charlie Molloy, 233 Sixth street
S.W.; Anna c. Odum, 1910 Massa.
Chusetts avenue N w
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Maj. King Named
Ceremonies Officer

Maj. Samuel L. King, SO, of
24O4 Holmes Run drive, Falls
Church, has been assigned to
the operations and training
section of the Military District
of Washington as ceremonies
officer.
Maj. King succeeds Mai. Dom
aid F. Powell, ceremonies officer
since 1854, who has been as
signed to the Command and
General Staff College, Fort
Leavenworth.
The new ceremonies officer,
who has been with the military
assistance advisory group. Japan,
for the past is months, will
arrange all MDW retirement
parades and other major and
special military ceremonies. His
biggest project at present is pre-
pairing for the inaugural parade
to be held next January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-05
.ONE-INCH BOARD
ISN'T ONE INCH
AND WON'T BE

If you believe a 1-inch
board is an inch thick, you're
wrong by 1882 of an inch.
Under size standards origi-
nally issued in 1924, a 1-inch
board has been 1882 of an
inch. That will come as a
surprise to many do-it-your-
self carpenters who have as
sumed the inch board was
actually "a of an inch.
Now the Com m o dity
Standards Division of Com
merce wants to make "a of
an inch standard, looping off
1882 from the former figure.
The division has put it up
to the lumber people.