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WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Antarctic Population Boom Predicted
By THOMAS R. HEM

one was left--but the wire
was much too high for any OF
the birds to jump over. Again
the pen was filled with pen
gums and watched all night.
1t was found that one bird
was climbing on another's
back to escape. But the last
one always had to remain
presumably q volunteer.
only within our lifetimes,"
DR.. Berkner said, have the
polar regions of the earth had
an impact on mans conscious
ness. Within the next century.
under the force Of population
pressures, both the Arctic and
Antarctic most certainly will
be populated. probably quite
heavily"
The Antarctic population
predicted by DR.. Berkner dur
ing the next two years will be
internationally m e r a n,
British. French. Russian and
Norwegian - and will occupy
the numerous observation sta
lions. Americans will consti-
tute the majority.
X X y
A fantastic animal is the
"burrowing sea cucumber"
just found in Chesapeake Bay
by scientists of the Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory of the
University of Maryland.
This creature, an echino-
derm remotely related to star
fishes. buries itself in the mud
of shallow waters where it has
escaped detection, although it
probably has inhabited the
region for many years.
1t lives in sand tubes glued
together with slime just below
the tide line. 1t is a worm like
animal, usually translucent
and sometimes transparent.
with five white lines marking
places where bands of muscles
extend down the body. The
skin is covered with remark
able tiny hard anchors which
enable the animals to obtain
hold when moving.
The mouth is at the front
end and is surrounded by IL
feathered tentacles. 1t can
shorten or extend the length
Of its body with ease. 1t can
break itself into pieces when
frightened or roughly handled,
and each piece will develop
into new worm. This frac-
turing always starts from the
tail end rather than the head.
All Born Males
There is some reason to be-
lieve. according to Chesapeake
Laboratory biologists, that all
these sea cucumbers are born
males and change into females
when two or three years old.
The eggs are Matched within
the body cavity of the female
and are essentially mature
males when born.
The animal secures its food
by extending its tentacles on
the surface Of the sand in the
mouth of its burrow and
graspine such particles of Or
ganic material or sand as it
wants.
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A hitherto uninhabited, and
considered uninhabitable, six
million square miles of the
earth's surface will have a
population of at least 10000
during the next two years.
This is the prediction of DR..
Lloyd v. Berkner, director of
the Brookhaven Laboratory of
the Atomic Energy Commits
sion and vice president of the
National Research Councils
special committee on the In
ternational Geophysical Year.
Some Of this population Of
the Antarctic continent
probably will be at least semi
permanent, forerunning the
day when the ice-covered
wastes Of both polar regions
may be rather thickly in
habited.
Up to now the population Of
the Antarctic never has ex-
ceeded more than few score
explorers and scientists at any
one time, and these seldom
have remained more than a
few months Only two or three
women ever have been there.
No child ever has been born
there.
The geophysical year settle
mentS In the far south. DR..
Berkner says, will be "the
very beginnings of the move
ment Of man into the polar
regions on a large scale" Mod
ern engineering and, to some
extent medicine, he stressed,
have gone far to make pos
sible what would have seemed
fantastic a few years ago but
many problems remain in the
adjustment of man to polar
environments.
Associate of Byrd
DR.. Berkner himself is a
former Antarctic explorer, an
associate of Admiral Richard
E. Byrd, who will be in over
all charge Of the geophysical
year program Of this country.
1.-THE Antarctic" he recently
told the New York Academy
Of Medicine, "is not nearly as
inhospitable as you might
suppose. One can live in rela-
tive comfort provided prepara-
tons are so complete that no
accident occurs. But such an
environment requires great
ingenuity to exist until the
land becomes more populous."
Much may be learned from
studying the ways of life Of
the penguin, the only higher
animal that has been able to
establish itself in the Antarctic
wastes. This has involved
establishment of a rather
highly developed animal so
ciety and voluntary personal
sacrifice on the part Of in
dividuals.
He cited a case when 20
penguinS were captured and
placed in a wire enclosure to
be brought back to the United
States. The next morning
there was only one penguin in
the pen Others were captured
and placed in the enclosure.
Again the next morning only
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minds and hearts. Each one
contains gems. but the recent
ones from Colombia, South
America, and those from
Panama, are rare gems-not
only the findings of the ex-
plorers but the explorers them
selves. We owe them so much
for sharing their finds with US.
Thanks to Mr.. Henry for
every word he's ever written
for The Star, and thanks to
you for publishing this.
Ann McGarvey.
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IN STREET.

Dear Sir:
II remember you said in one
Of your articles that we should
keep in mind the following
date:
May IA, 1870.
But I have totally forgotten
what the date is for!
This is only my stupidity.
will you please tell me, and
/ guess there is plenty of time.
what is May IA, 1870?
VERY truly. ANNE L."
The date is so long in the
future that one may be for
given for forgetting.
1t is the day, we hope. when
the seventeen year locusts
come up again.
This amazing miracle will be
seen by millions now alive.
Many Of us will not be there.
Truly this is a stupendous
thing.
1t has attracted attention of
white men ever since the May
flower colonists came to this
country.
Bradford wrote of the
cicada as "a sort of fly"
xx&
The lore on these strange
creatures is fairly complete,
and any one can know all
there is to know about them.
Folklore, however, is diff
cult to overcome, somehow.
Every time the "locusts"
come up. millions of people
say if there is a wv" on the
wings, it means war.
They assert positively that
the creatures will destroy
trees. shrubs, peaches and
other crops.
People Indignantly will even
fight to uphold these beliefs,
neither of which is true.
The formation wv" is Just
there. and human beings are
always making war. There is
no other relation.
AS for the damage they do,
that is mostly old wives tales.
as every plant scientist knows.
but you will not be able to
convince anybody.
The same person with a
damaged branch from a peach
tree will rush into the news
paper Offices, in the spring Of
1870, and make the old decla-
ration that his crops are being
ruined.
County agents will say mo-"
but it will make no difference.
Old men, old enough to
know better, will solemnly as
sert that the locusts are poi
sonous. and will step on as
many as they can.
In the meantime, unless the
fall out" from the bombs has
done something TO them, about
the middle Of May. in that
far off day, the cicadas will
begin to emerge from their
dens.
People who have studied
them will know this from the
little mud tunnels and look
out towers which they have
made.
Even here the old wiseacres,
who always know everything
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@. Several years ago on a
T'V show a glass carver told
OF carving a motto on then
President Humans bathtub.
What was the motto? ETC.
A. I'm this tub bathes the
man whose heart is always
clean and serves his people
faithfully" The words were
engraved. with Sand-blast gun.
on a glass panel lie inches
high which was attached to
the side Of the Presidents tub
adjacent to a wall, during re-
novation of the White House.
Since it was hidden from view.
the panel with its motto re-
manned a secret until told
about by the glass-carver.
Herman Perlman, who had
originally been hired to do
decorative work on the fronts
Of five White House bathtubs.
@. Which agencies OF the
Federal Government have the
most civilian employes7-F.
S. S.
A. In March, 1856. the Post
Office was employing % per
cent of the total; the Army, IL
per cent; Navy. II per cent.
Air Force, IA per cent Vet
Grams Administration. per
cent. These Ave agencies en-
ployed rs per cent of the
2.366.456 civilians who we're on
the Federal civilian payroll at
the end OF March. OF the
total, 288.746 we're employed
in the Washington. d. c..
metropolitan area.
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Our Senior Citizens

WHO'S afraid OF an ddjective7
Call US "old' IL you WiH;
That simply means we're farther
along
on the climb up lies steep
hill -.
In fact, it's an dccoldde Ue rate
Because ne are climbing stilll
Roweno Cheney
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wants possession through slum
clearance and taxpayers
money.
My experience has been that
people Of the lower-income
bracket love their homes no
less than exurbanites and,
were it not for the blight of
RIA. my neighborS would to-
day still be expanding as
much effort making their
places attractive as they did
in the days B. z.
The opposition at the public
hearing made poor showing
because we who composed it
basically knew that the pro-
gramming would be as it was
(see transcript, which is
public reading). personally
could have afforded hours,
days of the affirmative to get
my say finally. But as an
editor I'm sure you appreciate
the fact that, aside from bust
ness interests represented. the
opposition consisted mainly of
persons whose chief objective
is earning a living. People
can't always afford to protect
themselves against the ex-
preparation of the highest
form Of property known to the
law, the property most zeal
ouSly protected by the law
the persons own home"
(Justice Prettyman0
A dreamer is disinclined to
hear opposition. I therefore
do not expect to see this, the
voice Of realism. printed in
your newspaper.
A resident Southwest prop
erty owner,
Ashley C. Morrison.
May I, as the owner Of one
very small piece of property
in Southwest Washington-a
single family dwelling-ex-
press through your columns
my gratitude to the u. S. Court
of Appeals for its recent de-
cision in a case involving the
condemnation price set by the
Redevelopment Land Agency
for a similar house?
The Court of Appeals ma
jority made many important
points but l would like to call
particular attention to the fol-
lowing statement:
Whole areas of the city,
many square blocks in extent,
are being seized and RACED, in
part for traditional public use
for streets and parks. but for
much greater part for sale to
private entrepreneurs for
strictly private business pur-
poses.
1t has been my view from the
inception of this program that
1T was unfair, unjust and in
herently a fragrant violation
Of basic American concepts to
take property from small
owners - houses purchased
through long years of toll and
thrift-and hand that prop
erty over to other and larger
purchasers for their own profit.
l add this further key point:
In setting condemnation prices,
no account at all has been
taken of the fact that owners
and tenants alike in the South
west have lived in constant
uncertainty and turmoil for
some five long years now
uncertainty which has inevi-
tably resulted in heavy losses
which represent severe hard
ship to small owners.
1t is to be hoped that Con-
gress can take some action
both to rectify the costly in
justices-costly to the owners,
tenants. business people and
the taxpaying public--and also
to prevent a repetition Of this
indefensible situation else
where in the city.
Staten H. Spenser.
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Bows to Science

Gold frogs and square trees
did III 1t forced me finally to
tell you how. through. the
years. the columns by Thomas
r. Henry have delighted our
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters are subject to conden.
SGtion.
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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

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The Arizona post., 1956-03-02
NCJW Look Ahead

National Council of Jewish
Women hold a board meeting
March IA at the home of Mrs.
Alvin Kivel, 1884 E. Broadway
at 9:45 am. Mrs. Charles Cor
don, president, has prepared
an agenda which includes a
final report on the successful
sweetheart dance, discussion
concerning the open house at
the Sick Room Loan Chest,
and formulation of the pro-
gram for the next meeting,
with membership participa-
ton.
The Arizona post., 1956-03-02
Bnai Birth Women

Board m e e t i n 6 set for
March 8 has been postponed
due to the CJA luncheon that
day. 1t will be held at Mrs. AL
bert Bernstein's home, 4O17
E. 2nd on March 7 at 10 am.
BBW joins BIB as hosts for
an Armed Forces dance at the
Armory March 10. With Ma
than wen as chairman,
working on that event are
Morris Sohn, H AIRY Miller
and from BBW Mines. Irving
Kasen, Harry Wexler, Harry
Miller, Max Lukacs.
The Arizona post., 1956-03-02
Jewish War Veterans
Attend Institute

Representatives of the Post
together with delegates from
the Phoenix Valley of the Sun
Post attended the all-day in
stitute at Veterans Hospital
here recently to discuss pert
inent matters relating to the
Volunteer Services program.
Local Post were pleased to
witness the presentation of an
award to the Phoenix count
erpart for establishing a child
ren's nursery at the Veterans
Hospital at Phoenix. Tucson
members were Commander
Phil Roth, Henry Okrent, Leo
Marmis, George Buchsbaum.
Attending from the Auxiliary
were Mines. Frank GiamakoS,
Henry Fassler, FIR e d Smith,
Auxiliary president.
AL JOIsOn AZA Activities
Movie on parliamentary
procedure was shown at the
last meeting, to which mem
bers of Tucson AZA were in
vited. Program was arranged
by Marv A gron. Ronnie
Miller, community service
chairman, headed a committee
of ten which canvassed Pueb-
10 Gardens for the Heart
Fund.
Last weekend in Phoenix
for the regional board meet
ing were Bob Tretiak, region
al maskir and Stan Cornfield,
regional sopher. The two
AZAs and the BIG chapters
held a joint religious service
at Anshei Israel, followed by
a discussion on the tense Mid
die East situation, Friday
evening.
Next meeting this Sunday
at the Center at lis a new
time.
Tucson AZA Calendar
On Friday evening mem
bers joined with the o It h er
BBYO groups for a Sabbath
service at Anshei Israel fol
lowed by a discussion of the
Israel situation. Next Sat
urday night a progressive sup
per will be held with Lillian
Wald BIG. Members are en-
rolled in a basic Ju d a S m
course by mail.
Hadassah Board Meets
Board members will meet
at the h o m e of Mrs. Jack
Starr, 5732 E. 7th, March 4
at 10 am. Membership meet
ing is set for March 20. Mrs.
Alexander Dushkin in her re-
port to the National office fol-
lowing her recent visit, laud-
ed the local chapters work
and praised the leadership of
the pr S i d e n t, Mrs. Alex
Weiss.
The Arizona post., 1956-03-02
Organizations
RiShOna Pioneer Women
Celebrate Music Month

There will be a snack lunch
on Tuesday in the T e m p e
auditorium, ecedi in G the
1 pm. m e e t n G. Observing
Jewish Music month, David
Sirota will sing a group of
songs, accompanied by Sidney
Appelman.
Members are reminded to
bring rummage for the sale.
The Arizona post., 1956-03-02
Organizations
RishOna Pioneer Women
Meeting

Meeting
Next Wednesday members
will meet at Anshei Israel at
l pm. After a brief business
meeting, there will be a pro-
gram in observance of Ma
tional Hebrew M o n t h. Mrs.
Sol K a m in, president, will
give a succinct review of Pho
neer Women's efforts in pro-
noting and stimulating He
brew culture. Mrs. Morris
Schwebel will read an address
given at the World Hebrew
Congress in Jerusalem ! a t
year in this connec o n.
Friends of the organization
extended a cordial invitation
to attend. There will be a Soc
ial hour. Nominating commit
tee will present a slate of new
officers.
Anshei Israel SisterhOOd
Hear About Passover
The Passover holidays will
be highlighted at the next Sis
terhood meeting March 13 in
the auditorium at 1890 pm.
There will be a talk on the sig
nificance of the holiday and
the symbols used at the Seder.
Group will sing holiday songs
and refreshments will be
served.
Jewish Culture Club
Study History
Group meets Tuesdays at
the Center. Last Tuesday they
discussed the significance of
Purim. All conversation is in
YiddiSh. Members are pres
emily studying Jewish history
and are now at the period be-
fore the Christian era. Anoth-
er portion of the meeting is
devoted to literature and some
of Sholom Aleichem works
are being enjoyed.
Canasta Club HOstesSes
Servin G as hostesses for
those attending the Canasta
Club at Anshei Israel on Mon
day afternoon were Mines.
Barnet Bey, Sam R. Kauf-
mann, William Davidson, Will
liam Levin. All women in the
community are invited to at
tend the pleasant card game
sessions on Monday after
moons. Information may be
secured by ph o n in G Mrs.
Michael Schaeffer at 6-2044.
Chicago Club Meeting
Social 6 a t h erin G of the
members and friends will be
held March II at 1880 pm.
at the K of P Hall. Winter
visitors and residents fr o m
the Chicago area are invited.
The Arizona post., 1956-03-02
Young Chicago Club
Gathering

S a tur d y, March 3 has
been set as the d a tie for a
meeting of the group at the
Center at 9 pm. A unique pro-
gram has been prepared by
the entertainment committee,
which Irving Berger is chair
man.
The Arizona post., 1956-03-02
Stars of Rebecca
Tournament

Members are practicing for
their Jacks tournament with
Tucson AZA on March IL.
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The most interesting sequence
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HOLLY WOOD
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM
Bloody Scen,le.-SteoIer

HOLLYWOOD MAMA
Quite an incident when Alec
Guinness was bopped on the nose
by old-time star SeSsue Haya-
kawa for a scene in The Bridge
on the River Kwai." He was sup
posed to fake the punch, but hit
hard enough to draw blood. In
the ensuing uproar, Hayakawa
was accused of trying to steal
the scene from Guinness.
Rita HaywOrth, wearing no
other makeup than a little lip
stick. was the most glamorous
girl at the Mike Todd premiere
OF around the World in 80
Days" Her escort, George Jes-
sci. spent much of the evening
later at Todd's party, posing for
pictures with Miss Hayworth. /
told him. you have the prettiest
girl in town" (Rita has slimmed)
and George replied. I'm several
towns"
Gary Cooper, happy to be back
after the cold and hard work
IN Paris. wandered around the
theater and party. looking like
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage
Arena Stage - "Tartuffe";
$3.50 pm.
National-"Inherit the Wind:
$3.50 pm.
Shubert - Dark. 1.-THE Boy
Friend" starts January 7.
Theaters
Ambassador - Baby Doll";;
ISIS, $3.50, 5:45, 8, and 1920 pm.
Capitol - "Anastasia"; 1880
am, 1880, 1886. $40, TAO. and
9:45 pm.
Colony "Wee Geordie";; 6,
7:55 and $50 pm.
Columbia - "The Girl Can't
Help IT.: 11:15 am. 1870. 1928.
$3.50, 1885 and GAS pm.
Dupont-"The Silent World;
4, 2:45. 4:30. 500, $40 and 10
pm.
Keith's-"The Ten Command
ments": 10 am, 2 and 8 pm.
Macarthur - Josephine and
Mem; sos. 7:45 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan - Baby Doll";;
11:15 am, 1920, $3.50, $40, 1850
and 10 pm.
Ontario - Friendly Persua-
SION: 1:25. 4:10, 6:55 and $40
pm.
Palace-"Teahouse of the Au-
gust Moon; ii am, lis, 3:35,
$3.50, sos, and 1925 pm.
Playhouse - written on the
Wind; IL am, l2:45, 2:35. 4:20,
$40. 8 and GAS pm.
Plaza - Lady Chatterley's
Lover; 1918, 2:15, AIS. 6:15,
I8:15 and 1915 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Zarak";; II am,
1880. 2:40, 4:35, 6:25. $40,
1915 pm. and 1910 am.
Oklahoma; 2, 5,
and $3.50 pm.
Warner-"Seven Wonders oil
The World" 2, S. and $3.50 pm.
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Days"-just a bit like all the
stars, including Marlene Die
trich, Noel Coward. Red Shelton,
on and on. Sir Cedric was not
there to laugh at himself. Hes
been in the hospital, but comes
out tomorrow" Lady Hardwicke
told me.
A much thinner Jack Oakie,
squeezing past on his way to
his seat, explained, "This gal is
starving me" - indicating his
wife.
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10 run more IMAM q year, a Qu-
ration of stay about which its
sponsors have no lack of conf
dence.
Newest of Cinerama's biggest
shows-on-earth is the work of
Lowell Thomas. Like the others,
this one is travelogue in its
simplest terms. It turns the
hugest of camera eyes upon what
is actually seven times seven
wonders. thus departing both
lightly and generously from the
specifications of the title.
This, as Mr.. Thomas explains
in a narration. is more or less
inevitable in view of the fact
that wonders have vastly in
creased through the centuries,
and the rather more basic fact
that only one of the original
seven survives. This one is
Egypt's Sphynx-a very hard
wonder to type-which is treat
ed in the film with the respect
Its age and durability demands.
The single nagging wonder
left by the picture is whether
or not the time is ripe for a
more refreshing dramatic use
OF the spectacular process; say,
directing its gaze from the facts
Of life to a fiction of suitable
grandeur. After all, audiences
have gone a long way with
Cinerama in its strictly sight
seeing function.
The spectator, indeed, goes
farther this time than in any
Of the earlier pictures. With Mr.,
Thomas as cameraman, or direc-
tor. and Paul Mantz as his adj
venturous plane pilot, it peers
virtually everywhere at every
thing this time.
Its subjects range from a
frolicsome visit to Japan. a
reverent pause for a Papal Bene-
diction in st. Peters Square, a
nerve-shattering runaway train
ride above Djardeeling, and an
eerie flight above the Amazon
jungle and Igauzzu Falls.
1t is not to the advantage OF
Seven Wonders" as some will
see 1t, that it is apparently more
interested in things than in peo-
pie. Mr.. Thomas might justify
this aspect of it, however, on
the ground that it is easier to
comprehend the former than the
latter in any fleeting camera
study.
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in Seven Wonders" is a matter
of personal judgment. There is
one area Of the picture. however.
that piquantly reflects the sound
ness of Mr.. Thomas anticipa-
ton as a journalist. This is its
exploration of the Middle East's
oil area which, since the picture
was made. has assumed the mid
stage position in a dramatic and
uneasy world.
This ancient sandy waste with
its contrast of primitive camel
trains, oil pipe lines and air.
conditioned heavy duty motor
vehicles becomes fateful focus
of interest in the film.
Significantly here, too, Mr..
Thomas brings his camera to
ground level with results that
are ore real, If less spectacular,
than when it scars aloft in Pilot
Nantes dancing airplane.
~ \
The run of romantic place
names through the newest Cine
rama is seemingly unending.
Ankor Wat temple in Cambodia
has its sequence and the daz-
zle of the Tai Mahal in the
moonlight is captured in an
other. The giant Watusi tribes
men of Africa. with their large
Iuneconomic size offspring. con-
tribute their bit. Also Rio de
Janeiro spreads its shimmering
loneliness before the cameras
and Victoria Falls its cleaning
majesty.
Lesser known and more mys-
ferrous are such other photo
graphed pauses are those at
Gangala-Na-B odio and Ruanda-
Urundi.
The trick of perfect synchro-
nizatlon on the 140-degree
screen of Cinerama has not yet
been mastered but it's absence
in nowise mars the inevitable
thrill sequence in Seven Won
ders." This, the equivalent of the
roller-coaster and ski passages
in the earlier films, is the run
away train ride at Djardeeling
in India.
Quite a wonder this. in it's own
small way. Another is that in
volving fight between a mon
goose and a cobra which init
mates tina anything seen
through the. eyes of Cinerama
still has its own oversize drama.