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Evening star., 1956-03-29
Chiong Asserts Reds
Nearing End Of Road

TAIPEI. Formosa, March 20
P).-Chiang Kai-shek in q state
Iment today predicted that 1856
would "see the bankruptcy of
communism in Soviet Russia and
her satellites.
He also said "the Chinese Com
Imunists are now reaching the
tragic end of their road. The
Republic of China is at the juno
ture of launching the counter
Iattack for the recovery of the
mainland"
The statement commemorated
the 46th anniversary of 72 young
revolutionary martyrs killed in
an abortive uprising against the
Manchus at Canton.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Two Police Officers
Are Shaken Up as
Scout Car Is Hit

Two Takoma Park (Md.) po-
licemen were shaken up, one OF
them requiring disqualification
when their scout car was hit
from the rear early today by a
woman driving north on New
Hampshire avenue.
The policemen were 1t. Frank
Bell. 81. and Corpl. William T
Lane. "a. Beth were taken to
the Washington Sanitarium
Takoma Park. along with the
driver of the other car, Reba l.
Moore. 80. of 1924 Quebec ter
race, Langley Park, Md, police
reported.
Corpl. Lane and Miss Moore
each were knocked out by the
impact but regained conscious
ness at the hospital. Mis-;
Moore was released. Corpl
Lane also suffered a neck injury
while 1t. Bell. who was driving
was treated for shock and sent
home.
The crash about Ala am
caused about $500 damage to
each car, Chief Foster said. II
occurred near Holton lane. just
south of University lane.
Police charged Miss Moore
with reckless driving.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
81 StockpiIe
Goals Reached

The Government says that 81
of its "a stockpile goals have
been reached in the defense pro-
gram.
In a report to Congress, the
Office of Defense Mobilization
listed for the first time the stra-
tegic materials for which stock
piling has been completed.
ODM also reported that min
imum mobilization needs have
been met for such materials as
aluminium, tungsten, tin, rubber,
zinc and industrial diamonds.
Stockpile groups still incom-
plete include many materials in
heavy military demand like
nickel. cobalt, chromite, copper,
mercury, titanium and molybde-
mum.
The report showed the value
of stockpiled materials to be
$6.3 billion. as against an esti-
mated total objective-when all
IA goals are reached-of $11.2
billion.
The list of items for which
the minimum stockpile goal has
been met included:
Abrasives. agar, aluminium;
two of the three stockpiled types
of asbestos, chrysotile and cro-
cidolite: bauxite, cadmium,
castor oil, cocoanut oil. colum-
bite, abaca and sisal fibers, long
staple cotton, industrial dia-
|monds, acid grade fluorspar, two
of the three needed types of
graphite, hyoscine, lead, battery
grade manganese ore and metal
lurgical grade manganese ore,
Imuscovite mica splittings. palm
oil, pyrethrum, quartz crystals,
Iquinidine, rare earths, natural
rubber, sperm oil, tantalite, tin,
tungsten. vanadiun. all three
needed types of vegetable tan
min = chesnut. quebracho and
waffle, and zinc.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Policemen Hurt
IOn Motorcycle

A motorcycle officer was in
jured last night when his We
|hicle was struck by a station
wagon near the intersection of
Sixteenth and Upshur streets
NV. police reported.
Injured was Pvt. Bernard Gef-
fen, 80. of 4314 Keywood drive,
Mount Rainier, who was treated
at Emergency Hospital and re-
Evening star., 1956-03-29

Ileased. He suffered injuries to
the right elbow, pelvis and right
hip.
Police said James r. Robert
son. Is. OF 622 Mississippi avenue.
Silver Spring. whose auto struck
the motorcycle, was charged
with failure to yield the right
of way.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Mixed Thine and Mine

PHOENIX, Ariz. (P.-Robbers
held up a liquor store. The
clerk was handing over $116
when a 50-cent piece accidentally
dropped on the floor.
Never mind picking it up, !"
one of the holdup men told him.
That's yours"
Evening star., 1956-03-29

It's easy to register and
qualify as q District voter. Go
to registration headquarters
on ground floor of the District
Building and sign ND.
Evening star., 1956-03-29

It's easy to register and
qualify as . District voter. Go
to registration headquarters
on ground floor of the District
Building and sign up.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
Constitutional Convention

committed to this point of view, and more,
that he is willing to lead and fight for this
principle.
Therefore, it appears to us, that
due care should be taken in selecting a
candidate from this area. Certainly legal
background, legislative experience, speak
ing ability statewide prestige, and above
all complete dedication to the purposes
the people of this area have endorsed,
should be determining factors.
Surveying the possibilities in the 10th
Senatorial District, our search comes back
to one man, whom we would commend to
our people. We would prefer that he be
from Prince Edward County, but good
Judgment must supersede pride in this
case We would like to see nominated for
the delegate from this senatorial district,
Hon. James S. Easley, of Halifax, Va. Mr..
Easley is widely and favorably known
throughout Virginia, having served in
many statewide capacities, trustee of V.
NJ l., and president of the State Cham
Der of Commerce to mention only two. He
served in the Virginia State Senate several
terms and is familiar with legislative pro-
cedures He is an eminent constitutional
lawyer, an excellent speaker, an outstand-
ing historian, and above all, he is dedicated
to the cause of maintaining racially sep
perfectly confident with James S. Easley
as our delegate to the Constitutional Con-
vention.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
Double Cheek

Having gotten fairly well start
ed on 1856 may we begin to sum-
Marie what it could be like as
seen from here. It's leap year :,
and in every way. steel prices
came in leaping and strikes
were in the news it's also q
Presidential year =. sorter freak
ish as we'll as the weather. You
can't depend on nothing; every
body is going to celebrate some
thing this year or bust. age has
nothin' to do with IT.
And talk about the "give-away"
shows on TV. we thought the
s64, 900 was sumptin' twernt
a drop in the bucket compared
with the ones being cooked up
by the political parties i. they
will run into billions and all you
got to do is answer the one ques-
ton: What party will be over
seer Of the poor in 1882" OF
course to do that right you got
to know who is getting the vote
this fall. =. ..
Big businesses has run the show
so far but they have got to get
hid the little things begin to
count. the guy with the vote. All
he's got is that measly little vote
:. well. they got to get that away
from him somehow and then
fergit him.
Thanks for reading,
Yours, j. MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
TIL e Voice of Virginia
Wall Street Journal
January IL. 1856

The other day the people OF
Virginia. by a two-thirds major
ity voted to change their state
constitution rather than be COM
PEELED to comply with the U. S.
Supreme Courts segreation de-
clsiCn This it seems to us. is a
voice of protest that the rest Of
the country should not ignore.
The Virginia protest is note
worthy in a number of respects,
not the least of which is the form
that it took and the manner in
which is was taken.
What the Virginia people said,
in effect. is that they will consid-
er abolishing their public school
system for all practical purposes
rather than submit to compul-
sorry indignation. The immediate
question was whether to change
their constitution SO as to per-
nit state funds to be allocated
to private schools; the vote au-
thorized the calling of state
constitutional convention for that
purpose This would not abolish
the state school system. But it
would permit it to be abolished
in the extremity.
As a political act this may not
seem as extreme as some of the
other courses of action urged in
the South since the Supreme
Courts decision. Even in Virginia
there has been a strong move
ment for the defiance direct" to
the Supreme Courts order. a dec
laration by the Virginia Govern
ment that the Court was without
power to do what it did and that
therefore its action was nullified.
The Constitutional crisis that
would raise in the nation can
be imagined.
But there is nothing trivial
about this protest. A community
does not contemplate the aboli-
ton Of its public school system
except under great provocation.
And it does not translate the pro-
test of words into the protest of
action unless it feels the provo
cation intolerable.
Nor is this Virginia protest
simply the voice Of some rabble-
rouSing demagogues hoisted to
power upon one suspender. Neith-
or the governor nor the legiS-
laturc. as has happened in some
places. presumed to speak for
the citizens; they put the ques-
ton to referendum There was
a political campaign. but there
was no passionate campaign with
the red shirts flying. The pre-
election days were so quiet they
were hardly noticed III the press
Of other areas,
To people In other parts of the
country this overwhelming vote
may seem extraordinary. The
educational and cultural progress
of the Negro people in the past
century has ,been so~ great that
elsewhere many find it inexplic-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
Mixed-Up Journalists

INVESTIGATORS have discovered few
more newspapermen who were, at one
time, members of the Communist Party.
The journalists who were discovered say
that made a most regrettablc mistake
in joining the Party.
As far as we are concerned, the mis-
take certain was rcgrettable and. despite the
fact that the journalists now feel that if
the mistake made was a tragedy, that does
not alter our opinion that anyone who
joined the Communist Party, at any time
in the last thirty-five years. is badly lack
ing in judgment
We do not proposed prosecuting any
one who made the mistake of joining the
Communists Party. We can sec how inteli-
ment men can err. However, we cannot
have the same confidence in man when
we discover he has been Communist that
we had before.
That does not mean we lack spirit of
forgiveness. 1t simply means that mans
judgment has been proved to have been
badly off, on vital question of national
security and well being on a past occa-
sion. That means it could be off again, in
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

THE NEXT IMPORTANT STEP in pre-
serving public schools for all of the
people will be the Constitutional Conven
ton to be held March 5. Delegates to the
convention will be chosen on the basis of
Virginia Senatorial Districts. Candidates
will announce for the convention to repre-
sent the people of the district. This means
that Prince Edward County, Charlotte
County and Halifax County which COM
pose the 10th Senatorial District will have
a delegate to the Constitutional Conven-
ton.
Delegates from each senatorial district
in Virginia will convene in Richmond,
where changes will be made in Section 141
of the Virginia constitution, so as to per-
nit the use of public funds as tuition
grants to pupils and or to the parents Of
pupils for education in nonsectarian
schools. Tuition grants may be made in
cases where the pupil or the parents OBJ
iect to sending the child to racially in
tegrated school; or in cases where schools
have been abolished in lieu of integrated
schools.
Even though Virginians voted by ma
jority of to l in favor of Constitutional
Convention for this limited purpose, there
still remains opposition, especially in those
areas where opinion is divided, such as
Northern Virginia and some few other
spots like Norfolk and Roanoke. Those
who believe in racialy separate schools
must be sure the delegate they support is
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
II always close shop and have a
cup Of tea about this time"
she said

his room, and did odd jobs any
where he could get them to pay
for his board
Back in his room that night. he
thought over the events Of the
afternoon The book, business. as
the old lady conducted it. seemed
to consist OF buying from every
one who brought in old books, and
selling to the browsers = if she
could This. he thought. accounted
for the seemingly forgotten stacks
Of books in the back of the store.
not easily handled by customers.
She seemed unable to resist buy
ing another old book
Perhaps it was the cold room or
his frightened belt that gave him
the idea-if she liked those old
books enough to buy them once.
why not twice?
Hunger is hfe's most powerful
persuader. he had found.
After that he had broWsed often
at her shop and found it surpris-
ingly easy to sell t her books taxi
en- from the old stacks 1t gave
him many nourishing meal.
when he had no work, and kept
him going on the lorg four-year
struggle to get degree. He quiet
ed his conscience by keeping an
exact account of his urder-cover
book business. and by assuring
himself over and over that he
would repay every cent some day.
Now he had earned his degree
and found good job. The day
had come.
Over that friendly cup OF tea.
he gazed for moment at the
smiling face that must soon dark
en- with shock and disappoint-
ment. and took the plunge
Il want TO tell you about a fell
low know who's been having a
bad time with his conscience for
years. he began.
Let that wait awhile. Brad;
he'll make his mark in the world
I'm sure-and it won't be black
one. Conscience is great COM
pany."
But suppose his record is al
ready black and -"
Speaking OF marks she in
terrupted. when was young. |
was sure I'd make my mark in
the book business; but the only
mark l ever made was trade
mark. For years. I've put one in
every book I've bought--a little
bookWorm inside the back cover,
SO I'd always know my books"
Brad reached for book and
there inside the cover was the
wiggly line-the sign Of the book
worm-the mark that he had new
or noticed before. She had known
all these years.
Before he could speak. she add
ca hastily. and now about that
boy with conscience Tell him
they'll become fast friends If he'll
pass ,cn to the needy the help he
has received Sometimes want
leaves mark that onlJ the eyes
uf the heart can see He must
look for the hidden mark
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
The Great Out .Ot-DoOrs
~ E. LOUIS DAHL

thsreN be other big ones begin
ming to stir around in search or
food.
Fishing deep with large spoons.
or II you can find them. large
minnows. is the surest way OF at
tracing those really big fellows
this time Of the year.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
future unforseeable situation.

future unforseeablc situation.
The discovery of journalists who were
members of the Communist Party is not
doing the journalism professions reputa-
ton any good, and those newspapers who
have such men on their stats are naturally
being embarrassed by continuing revela-
tons. Altogether it is sad spectacle, one
which reflects no credit on the United
States, and some of the writer's in the Met
ropolitan cities.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
March Of Dimes

The March of Dimes drive will con-
tinue throughout this month and you will
be asked to contribute something in the|
fight against polio. The National chairman:
of the March of Dimes campaign has re-
duced the budget this year by millions OF
dollars because of the progress which has
already been made in the effort to prevent
polio.
However, money is still needed, for
a vaccine, for other necessary supplies, for
research and for preventive and educa-
tonal work. Therefore, your contribution
to the March of Dimes in 1856 is needed
and we hope all citizens will respond-a
they always have-to this need.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

able that anywhere others should
see an educational or cultural
gulf remaining.
But however difficult for others
to understand, here is impressive
testimony that,-the people who
live closest to this ancient pro-
blem do not believe it can be re-
solved by Supreme Court decree
which overnight threw down
long line of Supreme Court de-
cisions under which the separate
schools were built.
These people do not say never;
the South has narrowed the gulf
in, every generation. What they
protest is the insistence that in
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
49, 500 Killed In 1855

the total does not equal the number killed
on the highways and streets of the United
States in 1855 alone.
Unless the trend is changed, 1856 is
sure to be a record year, and deaths rec
orded on our highways and in the cities
this year will exceed the all-time record
of l94l, and top the 10000 figure.
If the increase continues its present
pace, it will only be about five years before
we are killing about 1000 Americans a
week in traffic accidents These figures are
pretty convincing argument in behalf of
safer streets and highways and more care
on the part Of the drivers of motor vehicles.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

As this is being written. the
weather-man Is predicting snow.
50 it looks as If what game Is
not killed this afternoon tWednes-
day. may survive as brood stock
for another year.
And its just as we'll. As recent
as yesterday hunting was excel
lent: Harry Lancaster and ! bag
ging eleven birds in the afternoon.
Neither Of the four coveys which
we found we're badly shot down.
and as for me. I'm satisfied for
the remained of the coveys to
remain unmolested for another
season.
I've wondered often what .
dressed quail weighs. so last night
I weigh the five which I had kill
led. After they were dressed and
ready for the freezer. the five
weighed Is ounces. And to my
mind q five-ounce serving Of Old
Virginia Bob-White. served with
rice and thin gravy is about the
finest thing that our great out
ofsdoors haH to offer.
And now to change the subject;
you recall that it was in February
two years ago that those big Bass
were caught out in Holiday Lake.
That's just a reminder that as
soon as the ice goes off the lakes
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
recently estimated than $500 persons
were killed in 1865. This was tentative
estimate and official figures may prove the
total to be even higher.
The estimate of dead in 1854 was
$4,000.
In other words, the traffic death toll
jumped several thousands in 1865. 1t APP
preached the all-time record of $1,000,
and official figures may show that it is
closer to that figure than tentative COM
pilations indicate.
In the Korean War; 33,4l7 L. $. sol
diers, sailors, marines and airmen were
killed in over three years of fighting. Yet
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

CIcleville Q. - Arrested for
driving on the railroad tracks.
Custer Delawder. 48, of Ironton.
had one complaint-the streets in
Circleville are lousy and bumpy"
The judge fined him 500 and
costs and sentenced him to three
days in jail for drunk driving.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

every place. and without regard
to circumstances. the whole bur-
den of solving the most difficult
Of social and political problems
should be thrust upon single
generation of school children.
And unless you are to say that
the entire Commonwealth Of Vir-
GINA is peopled in its majority
by men of less character. integ-
rity and wisdom than the rest
of us. then it is not protest to
60 UNDECIDED It's a perilous. busi-
ness for a nation to thrust by
force great social changes upon
a part of it determined to resist.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
Owls

he owl he is O wise old bird
Or SO it has been sold;
He sleeps all day to nightly stray
When others ore in bed
He hunts for mice and birds at nioht
Who would more careful be
Were they SO blessed thot they possessed
Owls perspioooity,
Owls don't dispute or give boot
If often its been sold
That folks grow rich and wiser if
They eorIy go to bed
When in his lair, he doesn't core
What folks about him say;
But when its dark, forth he'll embark
To seek nocturnoI prey.
Sometimes find that incline
The owl to imitote;
For like the owl, like to prowI
Until the night grows Iote
Often at night beneath light,
In my chair I'm musing
When other folks here in the house
Are in bed q snoozine
"Eor1y to bed and eory to rise"
Is advice that despise;
Most mornings when S otter ten,
I'm still in bed and sleeping then.
.... OwIishly yours,
|. D. Whitaker
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

EVEN THOUGH a vaccine has been de-
greatest aid in fighting polio ever enjoy
ed, the disease nevertheless attacked 3d.,
900 persons in this country in 1866. In ad-
dtion, there are $4,000 patients who must
be cared for, not counting those who will
be attacked by the disease this year.
Moreover, the search is constantly be-
ing carried on to discover and develop
better vaccine than that which has been
used thus far. The vaccine which is avail
able is largely effective in preventing para
lytic polio, but does not prevent attacks.
of the disease which are relatively costly,
even though they are not paralytic attacks.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

Forty years ago Kim Hubbard wise
cracked that the INDECENT were being driv-
en- by relatives in automobiles to the poor
house. But today many on poor relief own
and drive automobiles and live at home.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

Practically everyone, at ono time or
other. nurses an ambition to fill some posi-
ton he is obviously incapable of filling.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

While man is wondering how he can
increase his income by hundred dollars,
his mate is probably contemplating how
she would spend the hundred.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
.uI1e{21N1
Hidden
Mark
By Lynn Adam.

The sign over the old bookshop,
4 Come In and Browse Around"
had drawn many browsers and
few buyers. but Brad Sinclair was
neither one. He was just waiting
waiting out the hardest hour of mis-
life. He felt cold and sick at heart.
as fellow would who was obliged
to tell crippled child that there
was no Santa Claus Only this
time it would be
Woodworking little - -n;..,.
old lady who must
be told that some u tIctioA
one she trusted
had been robbing her for years.
He could see her gray head bent
over the counter, as she wrapped
books for a customer. and he re-
called wildly his first meeting
with her, one bitterly cold day IN
December, Hungry and lacking an
overcoat. he had been drawn by
that welcoming sign and had spent
long afternoon among the old
books,
When the day ended. he was the
only one left in the shop and it was
showing hard outside.
when do you close" he had
asked, dreading a return to the
cheap. unheated room where. sup
PEERLESS. he must study for the next
days examinations at college.
mot till you've had cup of tea
with me- she replied, smiling into
his astonished eyes. Il always
close shop and have cup of tea
about this time" she added
Never had tea and cookies tasted
so good. ....
Afterward. in the friendly Warmtl
Of the old shop. she had mana gee
to draw from him the fact that he
tended furnace in eXch; nge fol
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

time II would be a
Woodworking little
old lady who must
be told that some
one she trusted