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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
AntropoIoqist Finds Lot of Rubbish
BY THOMAS R. HENRI

says, "iron and bottle glass
disappears, but not smoking
pipes. The imported ones,
however. now are substituted
by claws Of big crabs, pierced
at one end, for smoking the
aromatic leaves Of jungle
plants. This habit must be
very ancient, since pipes of
that type occur at the lowest
levels. Immediately above the
virgin soil.
For many feet digging
through the deposit of shells,
mixed with a little earth, was
quite easy. At about three feet
above the bottom, however, O
sudden change was encount-
cred. The strata became very
hard and were cemented by
addition Of ashes to the earth.
The shells had been exposed
directly to fire. This was not
the case in the upper strata,
where the shells were well pre-
served.
Change Significant
"This change is ethnolop-
ically significant, since it shows
that the AndamaneSe, on their
arrival, did not know pottery.
Food was roasted in the fire,
or in hot ashes. Later, shells
were thrown in the pile only
after boiling and were neither
ask-like nor had ashes stick
ing to them.
Bones of the pig begin to
appear later than pottery.
They become more FREQUENT
the more we approach top
levels. The inevitable conclu-
sion would seem to be that
the ancient people knew nei-
Their pottery nor the hunting
of pigs. It is likely that both
pottery and the pig were in
troduced at the same time.
Five graves containing hu-
man bones were found in the
shell heap. They are very
small and were dug into the
accumulation of shells and
then filled with earth. They
contain only skulls with the
mandibles and long bones.
This allows the conclusion that
the remains had been buried
only after having been pre-
served in the hutS or worn on
their bodies by relatives or
friends. The custom of pre-
serving and wearing the skull
was practiced by the Great
Andaman Island tribes, now
numbering only % individuals
and nearing extinction.
Other present-day groups,
such as the Jarawa, preserve
only the mandible. In every
instance, the bones are dec
GRATED and worn hanging from
the neck in homage to the
dead person. In the neighbour
ing Nicobar Islands, the
skulls and long bones Of an
cestors are preserved in the
nuts, to De thrown away at a
liked place only after a con-
siderable time. Evidently the
Shell pile was such a place
OF final deposit Of human
remains"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

@. In coon dog field trials
what is meant by best cline
dog" and stree dog"?--O. o.
A. The cage which contains
the coon to be hunted is hung
in a tree. Around the tree
a line is staked out by flags.
The dogs are released at the
starting point Of the hunt, in
successive groups. and with
out handlers. They follow a
scent made by a piece Of bur-
lap soaked in coon grease.
The first dog in each group
10 arrive inside the line OF
flags is the Zine" dog. The
first one to bark at the base
Of the tree is the stree" dog.
Winners qualify for the finals.
q. Why isn't canary gravel
suitable for parakeets?--L. We
A. II does not have the
proper texture and Is too small
70 grind the seeds in the para
keet's crop and gizzard. A
good grade Of coarse gravel
should be used. These birds
also need q euttlebone. 70 pro-
vide lime and calcium. This
should be renewed once a
month. as the lime eyaporates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Time for Giving

There is a time for giving, and
De learn,
BY Iona experimenting, uhen
withholding
The gift is wiser, lest the
receiDer spurn
The thing behind our backs, or
greet US scoldin0
Us for our generosity, or act
As II 1t injured some deep pride
In him
Despite our casualness and euer
tact
or else his pitcher overfowed
its bYin.
And by these signs zoe knoD
the time wds ripe
For ptptn0: thdnk-youS from,
the heart that spring
Across the lips, the plain
attempt TO t0ipe
Awav tear, and those tDho
take a thing
And. quietly dpprecidting, shoi1
10 rds the Uery Gift they
needed 50.
Elaine v. Emons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Bad Approach

Congestion of incoming
traffic on Shirley highway and
on both sides of the new Four
teenth Street Bridge is about
as bad as it can become, bar
ring atomic attack or a rash of
fiat tires.
Probably thousands Of mo-
florists will agree that Shirley
highway is sadly inadequate.
Six to 8 miles from the Penta-
gon, bumper-to-bump travel
almost all the way is a regu-
lar experience.
A light rain slows traffic to
less than a crawl. It sort of
oozes along. like a cold snake.
Cars creep along as far out as
Lincolnia.
Something is needed. Per-
haps two or three elevated
roads similar TO the Pulaski
Skyway would solve some of
the problems. Double decker
bridges over the Potomac, or
tubes under the river, would
help.
1t seems to me that inter-
change capacities are too small
in the vicinity Of the Penta-
gon. They set up bottlenecks
that extend for miles. Couldn't
planners put traffic on two
levels near the Pentagon? And
put an elevated road in the
District to expedite tourist and
truck traffic?
Anyway, I hope someone will
be able to do something to-
ward relieving a situation that
is wasting time, gasoline.
bumpers. tenders and grilles.
Jack M. Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Policy on Suez

The administrators poll
cies on Suez seem to me to
contain far-reaching insight.
Perhaps our Intervention has
meant delay. but the delay
has at least been a cooling of
period and already some of
the underlying truths arc
coming into perspective.
Egyptians-all Arabs, in
fact-can see that the once
popular Nasser has now lost
the confidence of the West
ern nations. He is in the posi-
ton of having to look to an
artful and crafty and far
from peace-minded, trust
worthy Kremlin for favors
and support. / doubt if the
Arab world feels comfortable
in this new friendship.
The entire Middle East can
see now that unilateral repu-
diation Of solemn treaty COM
mitments is no primrose path.
In this case, it quickly brought
armed troops to the borders
in full readiness. AS q result
NasSer is not the national
hero and savior of his people
he seemed at first blush and
he has had to be a lot milder
than his earlier truculent
speeches promised. This anti
climax Will not be unnoticed
in Araby.
Sudden seizure Of foreign
investments into which mil
lions have been poured in
good faith is not taken lightly
anywhere in the civilized
world, including in the United
States. On the contrary, it
has aroused us to energetic
action and flying trips, on be-
half Of peaceful solutions, to
be sure, but also to public in
sistence that justice and fair
ness in the traditional sense
dominate any settlement.
Public opinion, where it ex-
lists. approves these senti-
ments. Other countries which
have large foreign invest
ments will not fail to note
these facts.
The Middle East oil coun-
tries. when the shouting sub
sides. may begin to wonder II
they stand to gain from
Egypt's interference in the
orderly marketing Of their oil!
n. q. r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

And consider the nesting
materials.
Every home is a veritable
department store, and more.
from the mouse standpoint.
A mouSe-eye view would
show bits Of cotton, wool and
other warm materials, all
ready in rugs, blankets and
clothes, for the ambitious
young mouse couple about to
set up housekeeping in your
house.
From this viewpoint. then.
surely no human housekeeper.
however fussy, could do any,
thing but rejoice with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Donald Mouse, 224
Rainbow boulevard, chevy
Chase, Md. (the telephone
book gives Templeton Jones as
owner, but we won't go into
that now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mouse race
around in the attic; you would
think them full-fledged rats,
at least.
They select the incest place,
an old mattress thrown care
lessly on the floor.
There is a slit in the cover.
and from it Amy Mouse pulls
mouthfuls Of nice warm cotton,
or something.
j. Donald is out in the yard,
hustling for a living, finding
a few pokeberries, which he
carefully carries to the attic in
a long, hazardous climb up
through the walls. Really, quite
a feat.
Even greater is the fact that
he deposits the berries, full OF
juice, right in the middle Of an
old blanket without splitting
drop.
Its going to be nice and
warm there. in Mr.. and Mrs.
Donnie Mouse's bright new
home on Rainbow boulevard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

Earth'S biggest garbage pile
has been excavated by an
Italian anthropologist.
1t was is feet high, los feet
in diameter and $50 feet in
circumference.
1t was made entirely Of the
Kitchen trash" of q success
sion Of primitive settlements
over a period Of from 1000 to
5000 years.
This has just been reported
to the World Congress Of An
thropology and Ethnology by
DR.. Lido Cipriani Of the Uni
versity Of Rome, whose Spe-
cialty for years has been study
OF the pigmy-like, hair-cov-
cred, nomadic black people OF
the Andaman Islands in the
Bay Of Bengal.
Still largely hostile to white
men. these remain among the
least known people in the
world. The Jarawa, as they are
known, apparently have fire.
quented the locality Of the
monumental shell heap since
the first human occupancy of
the islands. Now, however, the
region is uninhabited except
for a few small groups who
seaSonally roam the surround
ing thick forests.
Layers Analysed
Every kitchen refuse pile in
the Andamans, Prof. Cipriani
says, consists Of the trash Of
from 80 to 40 persons who
stay about SO days at the same
spot every year. At least 80
per cent Of the contents of
this pile is made up Of clam
and oyster shells. Yet molluscs
are not a favorite food. They
are eaten only when nothing
else is available and seldom
except during halts at fixed
localities. Even then shells
are not thrown on the refuse
heap every day. The heaps
accumulate very slowly.
This is the basis Of the age
estimate Of nearly 5000 years.
Besides the shells, however,
DR.. Cipriani found abundant
bones of sea and land NAM
mails. bats, fish, turtles and
birds. There were arrow heads
made Of bones and sandstone
sharpeners to put points on
them.
Only at the very top level
were European objects, such
as pipes, chips of broken bot
ties, rifle bullets and bits of
iron found. These all were
within half a foot of the sur
face and hardly can represent
an accumulation of more than
a century.
Dogs, it is historically re-
corded, first were introduced
to the Andamans in 1857. No
dog bones have been found in
the great shell heap. but about
that time there was a big in
crease in the number of pig
bones. Both dog and pig since
have gone wild.
Going a little deeper than
half a foot" DR.. Cipriani
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

are quite new. as wages are
high and people Of all classes
can afford a good car, with a
minimum of mechanical de-
fects. Only a pretty good car,
OF a late model. can attain the
high rates Of speed which are
credited with causing most of
the accidents. The people be-
hind the wheels are the prin-
cipal offenders, and even these
might be normally harmless
were their heads not Keeling
with the liquor which they
have consumed, and which is
all too easy to procure in the
vast number of drinking
places which line the high
ways.
Years ago drinking was con-
sidered a moral evil which
destroyed hundreds Of lives
every years; but today, cou-
pied with the automobile, it is
responsible for the loss of
thousands. AS man is weak
and liquor has been his I'M
doing since at least the time
Of Noah. it is rather hopeless
to mouth the "drinking-driv-
ing" slogans; but we can pass
laws and have them so rigidly
enforced that the manufacture
and sale Of liquor is greatly
curtailed and supervised.
Even a liquor dealer should
feel ennobled when reminded
that after all, he, too, is his
brothers keeper; and the
life he saves may be in his own
family.
R0v T.. Rarrnua
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

the proposal wishful thinking
and "pie in the sky"
Maybe so, but I would rather
sample that kind Of "pie" than
any more fresh strontium 30,
which even in peacetime can
bring us cancer, deformed fu-
ture generations or Sterility.
Disturbed Citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELI

Templeton Jones got a new
mattress the other day, and
with huffing and putting car
ried the old one out to the
garage.
Then he thought he might
not like the new one, 50 with
more huffing and considerably
more putting he carried the
old one to the attic, Just in
case.
A terrible thought smote
him.
Suppose a mamma mouse
with young had managed to
get into the old mattress. and
he had carried her and them
in?
That would be fine for Mrs.
Mouse, not so good for the
Jones household, for several
months free Of mice.
4
Jones finally decided there
was not much danger.
Anyway, mice come in al
most every autumn.
Just how they do it, he has
never found out.
His house is reasonably
tight, and offers little en-
trance except for a bat. now
and then, and two of these big
black spiders. as soon as the
days start to turn cool.
Jones doesn't like spiders.
either.
These odd creatures, with
their long legs, somehow strike
an elemental note.
For every man like the IA
nous prisoner, who set up
conversation with one in
prison, there are a million
people who believe that spiders
should stay in the garden.
1t does no good to assure
them that most spiders will
not bite, If you let them alone.
People Just do not like
spiders, snakes and bats.
Even the greatest nature
lover has been known to
shrink at the entry Of a COM
mon brown bat.
Temp Jones had his two big
spiders, right on schedule.
The first was seen in the
living room, and the second
in the kitchen, a day apart.
Probably mates, thought
Jones, as he carefully exter-
minated them.
He turned them over, even
more carefully, to see II they
had the marks Of the famous
Black Widow, and was relieved
TO see that they did not.
Nice enter every fall, TO
get out Of the cold.
Being sensible creatures.
they are geared to take full
advantage Of the shelter Of
fered them by man.
They not only raid his gran
aries, ever fun or part full.
they come into his homes
where cheese is the main OBJ
Jective, next TO warmth.
What a winter wonderland
a fine mouse must find even
the poorest domicile, with its
cookies and cracker crumbs,
its ever-present cheese. its bits
Of sandwich dropped by Sally
and Jimmie when they come
home from school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Showing Their Hearts

Poland's reported anti-Russian DEM
onstrationS are a measure of the ire
mendouS mass bitterness and hatred that
have been pent up over there through
the long years of Soviet-impoSed miSrule
and oppression. And it is only natural
now that some of this feeling should be
vented in public by Sorely abused people
who have suddenly come under a new
Communist regime that processes to be
independent Of the Kremlin.
The top man of this regime is Wlad-
yslaw Gomulka, the Polish "Titoist" who
suffered Imprisonment under Stain but
who has come back to power as a ma
tionalistic Marxist apparently deter
mined to make his country its own
master, even If under communism. He
himself has given the best explanation
of what accounts for the anti-RuSsian
demonstrations. He has done so in his
defiant speech last week-a speech de-
Scribing the June uprising in Poznan as a
justified event in which the workers,
having been exploited beyond endurance,
finally shouted in powerful voice:
Enough! This cannot go on any longer!
Turn back from the false road!"
On this particular subject, Mr..
Gomulka has spoken out with impressive
frankneSs. Mailing down the big lie that
came out Of Warsaw and Moscow at the
time of the uprising, he has declared
that "The clumsy attempt to present
the painful Poznan tragedy as the work
OF imperialiSt agents and provocateurs
was very naive" and altogether untrue.
And he has gone on from there to explain
that the incident was an explosion
caused not only by unbearably bad eco
nomic conditions, but also by the evils
OF system of suppression and terrorism,
which did not start to end until Mr..
KhruShchev's deglorification of Stain.
With that, among the Poles, people be-
gan to Straighten their backs. The ST.
lent, enSlaved minds began to shake of
the poison of mendacity, falsehood and
hypocrisy"
The text of Mr.. Gomulka's speech
also contains other strong words, apart
from the economic ones, that help to
clarity the background of Poznan and
such things as the reported new anti
Soviet demonstrations. The words say
this: I'm Poland, too, tragic events &C.
Cured when innocent people were sent
to their death. Many others were i'm
priSened. Many people were submitted
to beStial tortures Terror and demorali-
cation were widespread We also had
our own domestic variety of Beriaism
a page full of provocation, blood, prisons,
and the SufferingS of innocent people,"
In short, as the completely servile agent
OF the Kremlin, the pre-Gomulka Warsaw
regime criminally exploited and terror
lied the Polish people, who throughout
their history have been anti-Russian as
well as anti German.
Small wonder, then, If the Poles
vehemently demonstrate against Moscow
in these days of new government that
promises characterization" and national
independence. Small wonder, too, that
the same sort Of thing has spread to
Hungary, where reports filtering through
a news blackout tell of Surging riots
against communism, whether of the
Moscow or Budapest variety. The spirit
of freedom quite obviously continues to
animate countless hearts behind the
Iron Curtain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Nixon and 1860

There goes the runner! Oh.
it's Nixon! He stole second
base. My, how that boy has
grown the past four years!
Todsy's best laugh is prompted
by the attitude Of those poll
ticians who look down their
noses at Nixon and view with
alarm the prospect OF his
succeeding TO the presidency,
when as q matter Of fact he Is
better qualified than they are
for the post. They had as well
get accustomed TO the idea, for
in 1860 Dick win step in on his
own.
Texas Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

that the progress toward orderly rela-
tons between France on one hand and
Morocco and Tunis on the other may
be severely set back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Prefers Pie in SKY

Ike tries to dismiss Adlai's
suggestion that the United
States take the lead in hating
further H-bomb tests, calling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Maryland Accidents

The Star for October Is, car
ried an editorial lamenting the
death toll in Prince Georges
County, Maryland.
The editorial made it appear
that all deaths were due to
the fact that there is no auto
inspection law in Maryland.
1t implied that States which
have inspection laws are a cut
above the rest of the country.
There is no quarrel with auto
inspection laws. They are good
and should be backed UP by
periodic drivers license ex-
aminations.
The argument is with the
manner in which your writer
presented the subject. He
should have checked before
painting the rosy picture Of
car inspections. The facts are
something different.
Between January /, 1856 and
September 80, 1856 there were
43 autos involved in fatal &C
cidentS in which 40 people
lost their lives. Where were
the cars registered? d. c., 8:
Georgia. /; Louisiana, L.,
Maine, /; Maryland. 10; New
Jersey, 3; New York, /; North
Carolina, 8: and Virginia, 5.
Your writer thought it fine
that Washington and Virginia
require inspections. Yet IA peo-
pie from these two areas were
killed and 10 from Maryland.
Inspections are not the answer,
because no inspection in the
world can keep people from
making fools Of themselves.
Police in Prince Georges
County cannot hope to patrol
the roads in this county. They
simply do not have the man.
power. They do an excellent
job, everything is considered.
Leo M. Conner.
Your recent editorial,
Slaughter in Maryland" gave
a number Of excellent reasons
for the alarming increase in
trafic accidents. yet the most
important cause Of all is not
mentioned in this particular
citation.
Most cars on the road today
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Modern Joshua?
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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-26

on J. ROSeum.
CHESTER - Jay J. Lyman,
house, 85a to Mabel P. Lyman,
Miriam Smith, l a to Ralph
L. Smith, Roscoe F.. Sanders,
house, 193a to Fred J. and
Jeanette Bernard, E d wa r d
Grennan, new house, 1.06a to
Jerry Jr. and Shirley Janik.
Samuel and Harriet F'urem, 7.34
a to Dutchess E. Formhalo.
Kathryn M. Hopkins, .56a to Ro-
bert E. Warren.
CLARIDON - Erwin G. Ran
dies, half interest .09a to Ma
mie RandleS.
CLARIDON CHARDON VII
LACE - Newton j. Baptie, so
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Brown.
CHARDON TWP. - William
V. and GeneVieve Sked, 19.25a
to Chardon Methodist church
Inc, Alden and zelma Moore,
house, 1.42a to Walter A. and
Helen Krause.
CHARDON VILLAGE - Sar-
ah Armstrong, house, .21a to
Charles H. and Claude Garfield.
Tom and Lenna Murray, gas
station, .80a to Frank and JOS
eph Dyrcz. William V. and Gene
We've Sked, 5.75a to Chardon
Methodist Church Inc. Frank M O..
and Irma MarinSek, .34a to Ray
mond J.. and Wanda Ash. Anne
J. RoSeum, house, 1.02a to Their
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-26
COMMON PLEAS

Charging neglect and cruelty,
Barbara Smock, Wilson Mills
rd., Chester, asks divorce from
Carl Smock, same address
They married in Alma, Mich,
Dec. 9, 1948, and have three
children for whom custody is
sought.
Ray C. Workman is granted a
divorce on grounds of neglect
and cruelty from May Wort
man. Both reside on Brake
man rd., Hambden. The cross
petition of defendant was with
drawn. The 33 acres on Brake
man rd. was given plaintiff,
subject to a bank lien, and de-
fendant is to convey her rights
upon payment by plaintiff OF
$3 900, the amount to be a lien
on the premises. The defendant
is to have the right to live on
the premises six months with
out rent. She\Was awarded GUS
tody of two minor children.
Plaintiff is to pay $48 each two
weeks.
Following hearing of the div
orce case of Carl B. WickS, of
Burton VS. Marion j. WickS, the
court found that on the cross
petition of defendant, the plain
tiff is guilty of neglect and
cruelty. She was granted a div
orce.
Judgement of $504.70 is given
Geauga Loan and Discount,
Chardon, in an action to recover
on a cognovit note against Fank
w. Salmons, Windham, O..
MARRIAGE LICENSES
(applied for)
Eli D. Miller, 81, Mesopota-
mia and Martha Byler, 90, Mid
dlefield.
James w. Forrest, %, Novel
ty, and Ellen Pendleton, 81,
CheSterland.
Lawrence David Cullum, l8,
and Chardon and LASDFKDEI
Lawrence David Cullum, l8,
Chardon and LaVerne A nm
Klaus, Is, Montville.
Don E. Shipley, 81, Chagrin
Falls and Carol Fran, 20, Cha
grin Falls.
Stephen E. Forrest, 35, Mingo
Junction, Ohio and Christine
Fruhaf, 80, Novelty.
Lee L. Parpart, Chardon and
May Workman, Hambden.
Dan. E. Yoder, %, Middle
field and Edna KuhnS, 81, Park
man.
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.32a to David Weinberg. John
and Rose Musil, 29a to Tivis
and Viola Wright, .29a to Lowell
and Pauline Workman; "a a
to Edward w. and Florence
zitzman.
BURTON VILLAGE - Eliza
beth Smallwood, Helen David
son, house, shop, .40a to Esther
and Fred M. Kinney. Clifford
Dayton, shop, .27a to Joan E.