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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20
National Medical Library

Legislation to convert the Armed
Forces Medical Library into a National
Library of Medicine, adequately housed
in an imposing new home here, is more
important than it might appear at first
glance. This is not Just reorganization
and rehousing proposal. The bill spon-
sored by Senators Hill of Alabama and
Kennedy of Massachusetts, would rescue
sadly neglected institution from it's
stepchild role in the Defense Department
and re-establish it as an indispensable
public health asset
AS Senators Hill and Kennedy pointed
out to the Senate, the present library
many years ago outgrew it's original role
as reference center for military doctors.
It is recognized today as "the largest and
most important medical library in the
world"-a description applied by Hoover
Commission task force which deplored the
inadequacy of the library's Anticipated
facilities. The American Medical Asso-
citation and numerous other organizations
have protested the failure of the Govern
ment to provide the library with proper
housing and sufficient funds. To make
matters worse, there have been plans to
transfer some of the library'S overflow
material to frame barracks, where the
irreplaceable volumes would be subject
to fire and other hazards.
Congress several years ago author
lied the Defense Department to begin
the planning of a new building for the
library, at cost of $350.O00. But, in the
departments understandable desire to
make defense dollars 90 as far as possible
in the arms field, funds which might
have been allocated to the library have
been used instead for other purposes.
This years military budget, as usual,
contained no request for library plan
ming. The Hill-Kennedy bill would end
this frustrating cycle by removing the
library from the Defense Department
and setting it up as an Independent
agency. The bill also would provide for
$63-million building, modernly equipped
and stated. The plan is logical, prac-
ticable and in the public interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

and things make things
happen.
The story is dear to the
heart of mankind.
1t came down from the ark,
along with the dove.
1t wrote the famous tales of
antiquity.
In the old days. people were
more eager for stories, perhaps,
than we are today, although
it is doubtful.
Watch two men on bus,
how one asks the other, What
do you know" Usually it is
said this way, "Whaddaya-
know?"l
1t says. as plainly as words,
"Tell me q story"
Little Johnny, who can't
read, never asks to be told a
story more plainly. Nor does
little Nell, who can read words
of high-school dimensions and
she is only in the fourth grade.
Grandma turns on the tele-
vision set. just to get a story.
News broadcasts are made
up of stories pieced together.
giving us a world picture in a
word picture.
y 4 ~
The world pines for stories
as the hart panteth for the
water brooks.
These observations were in
spired by the reading recently
of two of Balzac's long short
stories, Master Cornelius"
and "Gambara."
Each starts out with a char
acter roaming after a pretty
girl. It might take place any
where, even in Washington.
There is the appeal of uni
versal human nature. Gambara
is a mad musician, who has
invented a marvellous machine
to take the place of a whole
orchestra.
Insane, he plays terrific dis
harmony; conked up on wine,
he plays true and beautiful
music. The hero hears the
voices of 40 young women" etc.
(He wouldD
It is wonderful to think that
today we have musical inven-
lions. electrical, which actually
sound like women singing, al
though we can't be as precise
about 1t as Balzac was. He was
that sort Of fellow, extrava-
CANT. a genius, If there ever
was one.
Master Cornelius" deals
with sleepwalking, a story
ahead Of his time. showing
an old miser stealing his own
money and hiding 1t so well he
couldn't find 1t!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20

The people of America were
glad to welcome the Prime
Minister of Ireland. They are
glad also that Ireland has
achieved her separation from
Great Britain-that part Of it
which wants to be separated.
But, they are not glad to hear
Mr.. Costello voice the hope
that the Northern Protestant
Irish will be forced to join the
rest Of Ireland-because they
know that would be as unjust
as forcing the Catholic Irish
south to remain in the British
Empire.
Mr.. Costello knows, and so
do the rank and file of his
countrymen, that there will be
no other way to get Ulster
men to join the Irish Republic
than by conquest.
Clarkson ]. BeaIl.
X X X 4
What is Mr.. Costello up to.
promoting his undivided Ire
land" thesis? This malarkey
keeps on year in and year out,
with Fire trying to annex
Ulster by persuasian. by de-
ceit, and by hoax.
If Ulster were interested in
joining forces with the sover-
eign nation of Fire, which in
cidentally was often accused Of
being highly sympathetic to
the Nazis during World War
II, then it's their business. But
the North of Ireland is not so
inclined. A good share of the
North are Protestants who re-
member the slaughter by the
Irish of their forebears. 1t is
scarcely conceivable that they
would live willingly in a sys-
tenn which would force them to
give national allegiance and
financial support to the Roman
Catholic Church.
The kindest service Mr.. Co.'S
tello can render to himself and
to harmony on 1.-THE Emerald
Isle" is to go home and forget
the whole idea. Mr.. Costello's
country's fond slogan Chill
dren of the Gael forever,
shoulder to shoulder" is pure
propaganda. 1t doesn't even
happen among those happy
souls who are fortunate enough
to live in Dublin. For the want
of anyone else to fight with,
they gleefully fight among
themselves.
Tom E. Moore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20
Vetoes Women Voters

Even $3-milliori-a-n, onth
public schools in Montgomery
County cannot seem to satisfy
the League of Women Voters
spokesman. This group can
not reasonably demand that
more tax funds be poured
down the drain by the SPEND
thrift County Board of Educa-
ton, SO they now demand as
surance that alleged bruised
feelings of low-morale teachers
be asSuaged with a ridiculous
statement by the semiludi-
crous board.
/ refer to the recent request
by the league that the board
assure teachers that the board
has confidence in the integrity
OF teachers, even though that
board has seen fit. to ban one
un-American textbook recon-
mended by a staff of these
same teachers. If the Board
of Education falls for that kind
OF patter and grants the re-
quest. the semiludicrous board
will become completely ludri-
crous.
Franklin T. Miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20
Big Bill for Foreign Aid

President Eisenhower's appeal for
$486 billion for foreign economic and
military aid in fiscal ST will be closely
scrutinized by Congressman this is as
1t should be- For this is lot of money,
and a variety of doubts are entertained
by some officials concerning the long
range usefulness of some aspects of the
program. We venture the guess, however,
that Congress, after it has heard the
whole story, will conclude that it is de-
sirable to give the President substantially
what he has asked for.
BY far the greater part of this money
Sab billion is for military assistance
and defense support. Presumably there
is not going to be serious opposition in
Congress to these items, for Communist
military power remains at very high
level and, as the President correctly said,
1t "still casts an ominous shadow over the
world" 1t is probable that the same con-
clusion applies to the special funds sought
by the President, including the requested
item of $500 million to be used as and
where need arises in the Middle East and
Africa. Recent events in that part OF
the world leave little room COR debate
over the desirability of setting up such
fund.
The congressional fireworks, to the
extent that they materialize, will be di-
rected toward the items for economic
aid, and, in particular, the Presidents
request for authority to make commit
ments up to 10 years in length to assist
backward countries, with the proviso that
not more than 500 million could be used
for this purpose in any one year.
Those who will oppose some or all
of the items in these categories are sin
cere, and their views should be fully
explored But at the same time we should
not let relatively unimportant consid-
erations divert us from the main stream
of the reasons which support the PreSi-
dents position. Our foreign aid pro-
grams, over the past nine years, have
been successful One measure of this Is
in the progress which the free nations
have made with our assistance. Another,
though not susceptible of precise meas
urement, is to be found in rational eStl-
mate of what might have happened to
our friends and allies if we had been
unwilling to act.
The growing strength of the free
world has put stop, for the time being
at least, to the advance of communism by
the use of force and threats of force
They are now exploring the possibilities
of economic and political penetration. No
one would contend that our foreign aid
programs have been solely responsible for
this change of direction and emphasis by
the Russians and their satellites. But
neither would any rational person deny
that these programs have played an i'm
portant part in this turn of events. In
our judgment, the time has not yet come
when we can afford to relax and rest on
our laurelS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20
Orchids for All

I take this opportunity Of
thanking the people of the
Washington Metropolitan Area
as well as the thousands Of
out-of-town visitors for the
wonderful reception accorded
the sixth annual National Cap
ital Flower and Garden Show
at the Armory.
Needless to say, we are more
than appreciative to The Star
for its excellent coverage Of
the event.
The Allied Florists Of
Greater Washington and the
National Capital Garden Club
League. co-sponsors of the
Flower Show, are proud to
have had a part in this most
worthwhile civic project.
Otto w. Noll,
President, Allied Florists
Of Greater Washington.
Mrs. Clifton H. Luce,
President, National Capital
Garden Club League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20
All in a Days Work

! would like to extend deepest
sympathy to the relatives and
friends of the brave fireman
who lost his life in the Mime
sofa avenue Sc. fire, March
Is.
I would also like to pay
tribute to a fine organization,
the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co., and especially
to their efficient operators
who stand always ready to
serve in cases of emergency.
During, and after, the Mime
sofa avenue fire these busy
telephone operators stayed on
the job rendering valuable
help, aid and assistance to
those trying to get in touch
with friends and relatives of
the fire victims. To Mrs. H.
M. McClintic and Mrs. Kath-
crime LIE waugh, OF the Jordan
Telephone Exchange, I wish
to thank for their services in
locating my brother living in
st. Mary's County. He has no
telephone. and I do not know
anyone living down that way,
but this did not stop these two
efficient telephone operators,
although trying to locate some
one in the country is harder
than locating a person living
IN the city. After many in
quiries, one of his neighbors
was located. my message de-
livered, and I was talking to
him in less than half an
hour. I call that service
beyond the call of duty. To
them it is "all in a days work"
Laurence S. Growden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20

acceptable as the best we can
do educationally for our chill
dren. The kind of discipline
and rote learning involved is
fine perhaps for the military,
but not for learning that en-
courages truly awakened in
terest, inquiry and participa-
ton. It Is all very well to men,
ton nonpublic schools where
classes of so are the rule of the
day, but these schools can and
do practice selectivity while,
and rightly so, the doors of
the public schools are open to
everyone including those who
for one reason or another do
not adjust to the nonpublic
school.
Education aimed at meeting
individual abilities and needs
is education for producing the
best citizens. It is not an easy
goal to achieve. However, in
this country of wealth and
power I think it is a sad day
when instead Of rallying to
employ our every effort to
achieve this goal we settle, in
our public schools, for doing
what the apparent resources
will allow.
Louise s. Steele,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20

CHICAGO, Mar. 20.-When
Illinois voters go to the polls
April 10 to register their pre-
ference for presidential nomi-
nees of the Republican and
Democratic Parties, the answer
for the Democrats will be Adlai
Stevenson: for the Republicans,
Dwight D. Eisenhower. There
will be no Estes Kefauver con-
test here, as Mr.. Stevenson,
former Governor, is unopposed
in his home State.
President Eisenhower. on the
other hand. has opposition
from the extreme right wing
America First group, with Lar
Daley as its candidate. Com
mentators here refer to the
group as the "lunatic fringe"
The only interest lies in the
size of the vote Daley may get
and the predictions are it
will be mighty small.
Kind Of Beauty Contest"
The presidential primary in
Illinois is a kind of beauty
contest" The results are not
binding on the delegates. How
ever, the Republican delega-
ton to the G. o. P. National
Convention will stand solidly
for Eisenhower. The Demo-
cratic Illinois delegates will
vote for Stevenson to a man.
The Democrats elect, at this
primary. 1913 delegates. each
with half a vote in the party's
national convention, a total of
ga convention votes. This will
be a sizeable addition to the
Stevenson vote, when the con-
vention opens. The Repub-
licans elect 60 delegates, each
with one vote.
On the same primary date,
both parties nominate their
candidates for Governor, Sen
ator, members of the House.
and State officers. AS of today,
Republican nominees for Gov
ernor and Senator will be Gov.
Stratton and Senator Dirksen.
The Democrats are tying to
two newcomers in the State
wide first place contests. The
party organization-the Dem
ocratic State Central Commit
tee-picked State Representa-
tive Richard Stengel of Rock
Island to run for Senator. and
Herbert c. Paschen. Cook
County (Chicago) treasurer, to
run for Governor. The action
of the committee was a bitter
disappointment to former Sem
ator Scott Lucas and to Ste
phen A. Mitchell, former Demo-
cratic National Chairman and
a strong personal friend Of Mr..
Stevenson. Lucas sought the
senatorial nomination and
Mitchell that for Governor.
The State committee, of
which Mayor Richard Daley
of Chicago is chairman. turned
thumbs down, however, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20

In the old days, musicians
went in more for tunes, and
writers for plots.
Beethoven, Mozart, Berlioz-
take those, and find a hundred
melodies of the first class,
where modern composers would
have none.
Read Scott, Dickens. Balzac
just these, and discover plots
galore, integral, part of the
story and the scene.
The elder composers thought
in terms of theme; the fiction
writer's of yesterday thought
in terms of stories, we call plots,
Sometimes Dickens over
plotted his tales.
Balzac, the marvel ous
Frenchman, probably got many
OF his ideas, especially of the
long short stories, from old
manuscripts. What he did with
them was his own idea.
Each tale tells a story, some
thing that has SNOWFALL"
effect, to use a modern term.
Narrative hook?
This dubious phrase, en-
ployed to try to explain
catching the readers interest
in the very first paragraph.
was something used by Balzac,
as by every really good writer
of fiction.
But such men never in
vented phrases to explain the
way they worked.
Balzac, for instance, wrote
some 20 novels, which we're
published and forgotten before
he really began to write.
Someday some research man
is going to find those old
stories, in the fading files of
yeSteryear, and make some
thing out of them.
Balzac wanted to forget
them. They we're his prelimi-
nary test runs. If they are ever
brought to light, they will have
good stories in them, though, a
real tale or two.
X \ 4 +
Who doesn't like a good
story?
A story can be short, middle
length, long.
1t may be no more than
rumor or hearsay among neigh
bors. 1t may be a tremendous
piece of news, or an unimpor-
tant one. It may picture no
more than a slight action, or a
gigantic one.
The basis Of it is that some
thing is done.
If nothing is done, then a
few words may carry the &C
ton on, for words are things,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20

above Special treatment for the railroad
fund, the Ways and Means Committee
said in a resolution, would necesSitate
logically the extension of a similar tax
benefit to the members of other retire
ment systems at cost to the Federal
revenue of several billion dollars annu-
ally"
The case against the proposal is
convincing one. 1t should be defeated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20
March MeIts the Ice

March melts the ice December
frose
Spring clothes
Dress each anemone, purple
the feur de lis.
Strange temtnity
Stirs the indifferent fig
To chdrtreuse botps on each
gray ttDig.
Small edrthlings conquer space
NTH kite-high ecstusyi
Moude Rubin ,
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right under its mutual agree.
ments will use the notice con-
sisting of a &C" within CIR
Gle followed by the name Of
claimant and the year date.
This is the international SYM
boil of copyright. The United
States, in 1855, became one Of
the nations subscribing to the
Universal Copyright Conven-
ton.
@. How many seeds are
there in an ounce Of tomato
seeds?-O. c.
A. An ounce numbers about
$500 seeds. Three ounces Is
ample to plant an acre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-20

@. What special week was
the first to be nationally OBJ
served?-G. H. L.
A. National Children's Book
Week, November 1919, which
began in 1919 and is now an
American institution. It was
initiated by Franklin K.
Mathews as a result Of his
work as chief librarian with
the Boy Scouts.
@. What special copyright
notice is used in the countries
that have subscribed to the
new Universal Copyright Con-
vention?-I. B. A.
A. ANY work claiming copy
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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SPECIAL NOTICES

LADY wants ride with lady driver.
Colt rd. to City Hall. 80 and 5, call
after p. M, PO. l-l460.
LET me be your alarm clock Wake
up service for morning workers and
Sunday school goers. ". 1919.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-15
OH Fish Derby
Is Biggest Yet

800 children caught 1000 pounds
of fish in an hours time at the
Virgil st. Clair quarry at Rocky
Ridge Sunday as perfect June
weather greeted the annual Fishing
Derby sponsored by Oak Harbor
Conservation Club. Top Individual
catch was 80 fish; longest fish was
a 21-inch catfish.
Sixteen prizes were awarded and
three families with five children
fishing tied for that award. DR.. l..
j. Darr, president, announced the
boat given by the club went to
Byron Holly, the camera to Wayne
Samson, and the shotgun to F. L.
Erwin.
80 boys and "a girls fished in
the 6 to 10 year classification; IA
boys and 38 girls in the 10 to IA
age class. Children went home with
catfish, bullheads blue gills, bass
and perch. One eel was landed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-15
BOYS STATE HAS
991 ATTENDANCE

Port Clinton delegates to Boys
State at Camp Perry this week, Bob
Kyle and Jan Garner, sent home
enthusiastic reports of a wonder
full time" at which they are getting
much constructive information and
knowledge.
Bob was elected to the House of
Representatives as the 991 boys -
l short of the all-time record at
tendance of 992 in 1850 - swept
all candidates from the Nationalist
Party into office.
Boys State Governor, Richard
Gorsuch, 16, of Westerville, was a
guest at Rotary Tuesday and told
of his party's successful rlitical
campaign. Legion members in a
body expected to visit Boys State
Thursday night.
After church services Sunday
morning and a final dinner, boys
will break camp and return home.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-15
Pee Wee League
Opens Monday

Ohio State Construction and Mil
Ter Cabs won opening games of the
American League Monday night as
the Pee Wee League got underway.
Construction, with Colston and
Hazard as batteries, chalked up 13
strike outs in defeating X of C
14-0. Zibert, Cochran and Fritz
were K of c batteries.
Miller Cabs got runs on II hits
to defeat P c Decorators, which
had run on five hits. Dick Below,
Fehnrich and Rickner were bat
teries for Miller's, Below getting
8 strike-outS and accounting for a
home run and a double. Fehnrich
had six strikeouts and j. Black had
double and triple. Wilson had 2
strike-outs and connected for two
doubles and single. Carter had
two strike outs.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-15

: SP0R s
RECREATION SCHEDULE

Friday, June Is
$50 PC. Rubber Standard Products No 2
j. Matthews Boats Catawba Marine Sales No.
1: 80 Girls voleyball, ages 8-12 at Waterworks
Monday, June 1S
$50 Matthews Boats PC Lumber, No. 2
Pc. Mfg. Co. VS. Peninsular Rubber No 1
130 Girls Voleyball, ages 8-12 at Waterworks
Tuesday, June 19
$50 Buccanneers>vs Crewcutters No. l
: Diamonds Bobsters No. 2
80 Boys Midget Softhall, ages S-10 WateTworks and
Erie Gardens
500 Yankees Pirates, No.
Indians Tigers No.
Wednesday,, June 20
$50 PC. Mfg. Co. VS. Matthews Boats No. 2
Catawba Marine Sales Standard, No.
80 Girls Voeyball, ages 8-12 at Waterworks
Thursday, June Fl
$50 Diamonds Crewcutters, No.
BOOSTERS All Stars, No.
80 Boys Midget Softball, ages 8-10 Waterworks and
Erie Gardens
6 100 Indians Pirates, No. 2
Tigers VS. Dodgers No.
Friday June %
$50 Standard Pc. Lumber, No. 2
Catawba Marine Peninsular Rubber No.
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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-15
Philips Team
Wins Tourney Cash

Philips Jewelry bowling team
took ninth place in the Champion
OF Champions tournament recently
ending at Avon Lake, it's 2939
series (2435 actuaD being good for
$40. Mary Summersett rolled 6O3
and Vera Coulter SAT. Other team
members were Bev. Collins and
Barbara Pelyhe, with Mary Snider
subbing.
Matthews and Maytag, other
Tuesday Night Women's League
teams bowling in the tourney,
rolled 2726 and 2481 respectively.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-15
BASEBALL IN GERMANY

BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY =
PFC Melvin G. Hoover, son of En-
cry E. Hoover, 537 Locust ST., Oak
Harbor, is playing baseball this
season in Germany with the AID
Field Artillery Group "Finches."
Hoover, message center clerk
in Headquarters and Service Bat
terry of the 868th Field Artillery
Battalion, entered the Army in
February, 1855 and completed
basic training at Fort Knox, KY.
He arrived in Europe last Febru-
arV
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-06-15
Coleman Pitches
No Hitter AS Babe
Ruth League Opens

Port Clinton Lumber, with a 22-2
win over Catawba Marine Sales,
and Port Clinton Mfg. Co., with a
81 win over Standard Products,
opened the Babe Ruth baseball
league season Monday with vic
tories.
Lumber Co. pitcher Billy Joe
Coleman opened the season in fine
form by pitching no-hitter against
Sales, striking out IL. Bill Robel
struck out IL batters to lead Mfg.
Co. to its win over Standard.