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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

we uOuDG tIlaC IL makes much sense
for anybody to be greatly agitated by
the latest literary portrait of Secretary
Dulles as a statesman full of far-Seeing
derring-do. This particular picture has
been drawn by John r. Beal, who covers
the State Department for Time magazine.
On the whole, in its unStinted admiration
for the man, and in its rather unqualified
style, 1t resembles-but in larger form
what James Shepley wrote in Life last
year about Mr.. Dulles so-called brink
of-war maneuvers, which that article
hailed as things of dazzling brilliance.
Mr.. Beal, like Mr.. Shepley, has had
number Of personal talks with the Secre-
tary. AS a result, although not author
ized," the biography he has written will
be read around the world as a work that
has come, SO to speak, straight from the
horses mouth-more or less And what
will be particularly interesting abroad is
the books report on how Mr.. Dulles, in
"a moment of cold-war climax" decided
to take 1.-THE mammoth calculated risk"
Ia risk followed by seizure of the Suez
Canal and subsequent warfare of
abruptly withdrawing our country's offer
to help Egypt build the projected high
dam at Aswan. He did so, according to
Mr.. Beal, because ..NasSer combined the
right timing, the right geography, and
the right order Of magnitude for a truly
major gambit" in the international power
conteSt-a gambit designed to EXPOSE
the shallow character of RuSsia's foreign
economic pretensions," especially its
int -
amounts of nonmilitary aid to the Arab
states.
or course, judging from what Mr..
Dulles said at his news conference yes
terday, and judging also from the inter-
national political climate existing at the
time OF the decision to withdraw the
Aswan offer, Mr.. Beals version OF the
facts may be viewed as overSimplified,
or overdramatized. Nevertheless, since
the Secretary seems to have penchant
for talking privately to admiring and
enterprising Time-Life writer's, overseas
readers--in Cairo and elsewhere-will
certainly feel inclined, and understand
ably so, to regard the new biography as
an authentic summation of his life and
works. Thus, having taken the calcu-
lated risk OF comforting periodically land
apparently at some lengthy with good
and industrious reporter, Mr. Dulles must
also reckon with the fact that he has
taken the additional calculated risk Of
being misunderstood abroad at a time
when 1t is much better to be understood.
To say this is not to suggest (al-
though the point is an arguable one) that
the Secretarys Aswan decision was un-
sound or at least poorly executed. Still,
regardless of such reservations, we some
times think that Mr. Dulles would be
well advised to leave 1t to future historic
ans, rather than to contemporary maya
zine writer's, to measure the nature and
virtues of his craftsmanship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03
Another April

In an enchanted April porld
Bright yellow ,Ddrblers sing.
From a peach tree adorned in
pink
Gdily they dart and suing.
Cherokee roSeS--yellop, too.
Climb in the old oak tree.
ColoriM dancing butterflies
Shoio mhat IL means to be
free.
Far from nv home, I reminiScc
For II is AprH noW--
Time TO rencD a fading dream
To keep in touch somehow.
MonbelIe n. Wilder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

Are today's children crazy,
or what?
AS the reader shouts, AYE"
or mo-" so be it.
What prompted the thought
was a story Temp Jones tells
of the young teen-ager who
hoped off one bus to transfer
to another.
He had at least six books
under one arm and nice
brief case in the other hand.
The total outlay had cost
somebody at least $50, Jones
figured, not counting the case
and its contents.
- Il
The young man placed books
and case on the top of a gray
trash receptacle and went in
side a store.
He could Just as easily have
taken the books with him, but
he didn't.
Temp Jones at first wondered
If the lad were playing some
sort of trick or gag on him.
Maybe he was expected to
pick up the books, only to have
the youngster pop out Of the
store and yell, Stop theft"
Jones decided that the boy
was just indifferent and care
less.
Actually, he didn't care a
whoop what happened to his
books.
Jones always tries to look at
least upon the best side of
things. He saw that the young
fellow wasn't worried in the
least. Evidently his expert
ence had been that no one took
his books.
So he placed them where he
pleased. secure in the faith
that when he returned, they
would still be there.
In the old days. if you left
your books like that, someone
was sure to steal them, or hide
them as a joke.
Maybe today's youngsters do
not go in so much for horse
play.
n 4
These things Jones thought,
as he stood with the pile of
books at his elbow.
He passed UP his own bus,
just to see what finally would
happen.
1t was Is seconds before the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03
Cyprus Issue

"Anglo-American" maintains
that the British, just because
they granted independence to
Ghana. proved their lawful
ness and integrity" and that
their present acts in Cyprus
are in accordance with inter-
national law.
A few well-known facts prove
beyond doubt that the British
in Cyprus have shown complete
diSrespect for international
law and human rights:
Archbishop MakarioS, reli-
gious and political leader of
the 100000 Greek Cypriots,
was kidnapped and deported to
the Seychelles Islands without
trial. The same is true for the
other three leaders also de-
ported to the Seychelles.
A 22-hour-a-day, S-day cur
few was imposed upon the city
OF Nicosia, the capital of the
island. during which children
tainted from thirst and hunger
and elderly people were car
ried to the hospital in bad
condition. Hundreds of per-
sons have been and still are
In prisons without charge or
trial. Entire families were
evicted from their homes
Freedom Of the press has been
abolished and the Communist
speciality of radio tanning is
still used by the colonial gov
eminent Of Cyprus.
The writ of habeas corpus
has long been abolished and
scores Of school children were
and are still whipped. while
nine young men between the
ages Of Is and Is died on the
gallows.
These are the methods en-
ployed by the lawful" Brit
ish in Cyprus to suppress the
Cypriot's love for freedom.
John COnstantinides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

The earth-circling artificial
moon to be launched from
Florida sometime next summer
will be devoted to four major
fields of scientific observation.
These finally have been Sc
lected out of more than 80
projects proposed, says DR..
Richard w. Porter, chairman
of the technical panel for the
earth satellite program of the
National Research Council.
The restriction was necessary
because of the limited weight
that can be carried in the form
OF instruments. This Is about
20 pounds.
All the observations are
such as cannot be made from
any point on the earth's sur
face or even. because Of the
limited time they are aloft,
with high-altitude rockets. The
satellite instruments will re-
cord. and telemeter back to
earth. observations over a pc
Rod Of weeks instead of the
spasmodic observations that
have been possible in the past.
Region Of Observations
The field of these observa-
tions will be a region a large
part of which hitherto has
been completely inaccessible
to mantle region from 200
to 400 miles above the earth
where the atmosphere, if there
can be said to be any atmos-
phere at all. will be less than
a millionth the density Of
that at the surface.
First will be observations of
the so-called Lyman alpha
line. This is the wave length
in the radiation spectrum of
the sun which accounts for the
greater part of the invisible
ultraviolet Zig hit especially
that which is sent out from the
still unexplained million-mile-
high geysers of flame from the
solar surface which occur
spasmodically.
This Lyman radiation, it is
known, is responsible for Gre
ating a considerable portion
of the electrical layers in the
extreme upper atmosphere
from which radio waves are
reflected back to earth. Other
wise any long distance COM
munication by radio would be
impossible since the waves
would escape to outer space.
These waves vary erratically
and the variations cannot be
explained satisfactorily with
out an understanding of the
radiation which causes them.
The Lyman waves bring an
enormous amount of energy
into the upper atmosphere
which is suspected of playing
a considerable part in weather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03
Strophonqer's Lament

AS a result of improper
scheduling. overcrowding, and
the attendant unsafe driving
practices. the d. c. Transit
Co. on its Nj and N-3 lines
operating between Wesley
Heights. American University
Park, Spring Valley and Cleve-
land Park and the Mall during
rush hours. is rendering the
poorest possible public trans
portation the city has ever had.
Conditions elsewhere in the city
must be equally unsatisfactory.
After seven months of new op-
Grafton conditions are worse
than before the change to new
ownership. The public has been
tolerant long enough.
Intentional by-passing of
passengers. cattle-like loading,
unhealthy and unsafe vehicles.
too fast driving, racing into
yellow and green traffic light
zones and going through red
lights are regular occurrences.
All of this is primarily due to
poor scheduling and too few
buses which causes the drivers
to hurry to a destination to
meet a too tight schedule. OPP
Grating expenses are thus cut.
Hurry and make another trip
is the word to the drivers.
Perhaps it will take an acci-
dent OF a serious nature to
bring the oyercrowding and
fast driving to the attention of
the police or other responsible
authorities.
The haraSsment, frustra-
lions and fears of the persons
who have to ride these buses
is taking an Intangible but ac-
countable toll upon the pas
sengers. BY the time people
get to work or home they have
usually "had it." Mental and
physical strains influence the
working habits and production
OF disturbed persons. Home
life is likewise affected. An up
set government ernploye. wife,
or child is a burden either at
home or at the Office.
The obvious strenuous ef-
forts of the ID. c. Transit Co.
TO "muscle-in' on the linlou-
sine and sightseeing business
along with the projected hell
copter service are indications
of the lack of real attention
being devoted to the prime
reason for their being char
tered to operate in this area.
Currently, We have an ex-
pressed interest in Baltimore
transit operations! Their main
business is supposed to be mass
public transportation locally.
The promises of better buses.
improved services and direct
attention to the puhlic's mass
transportation needs seeming
ly have gone by the board.
The D. c. Transit by its own
advertising highliehts its real
motives to make the supposed
ly easy money by entering
more vigorously the sightsee-
ing and limousine business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

@. In outdoor shooting, what
is a three o'clock wind"?--
u. "A.
A. The direction of the wind
is spoken Of as If the shooting
range were the face of a clock
with the target at IL o'clock
and the shooter at 6 o'clock.
A 3 O'Clock wind is thus one
which blows directly across the
range from the shooters right.
If it blew directly from his
left. 1t would be a 9 o'clock
wind; II from directly behind
him, q s o'clock wind. SINH
larry, there may be 5 o'clock,
IL O'Clock. and other winds,
all around the clock.
@. Was John Foster Dulles
an official u. S. delegate to
The Hague Peace Conference
in l907?--G. $.
A. No. In 1907 Mr.. Dulles
was 10 years of age and jun
Tor at Princeton University.
He attended the Conference
with his grandfather, John W.
Foster. a former U. S. Secre-
tary Of State who was a dele
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

gate plenipotentiary for China.
In the official proceedings Of
the 1907 Hague Conference,
John Foster Dulles is listed as
the fifth Of the five secretaries
of the Chinese delegation.
@. Who was the first known
woman golfer?--G. A.
A. Mary Queen Of Scots
tl542-158D has been called
the first woman golfer. Edu-
Gated in France, she called the
boy who carried her clubs
cadet ("young fellow"), Civ
ing the word the French
pronunciation which has
come down to the present as
caddie.
@. Is the speed limit on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike still
20 miles an hour?-H. d.
A. No. In May 1856, the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Com
mission reduced the speed
limit on the turnpike to IS
miles per hour. When the
road is ice covered or during
dense fog. 35 mile per hour
signs are displayed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03

administration. Many quail
fed administrators rise from
the ranks, but the same mis-
takes repeated year after year
do not add up to experience.
Former Intern, District Gen.
eral Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03
Roadside Eyesores'

No doubt most readers will
agree with the view expressed
in your editorial. Roadside
Eyesores" of March 80. How
ever. there is also something
to be said on the other side.
1t is said that billboards along
a highway entertain drivers
and help to keep them awake.
Such as the following Jingle
might also promote more care
full driving:
Round the curve lickety split,
Beautiful car, wasn't it?"
Then If there were no bill
boards. what would motorcycle
traffic officers hide behind?
GnOrpe EradericL NTiIlar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03
Runs in Circles

Over the years, Washing
ton has won great renown by
virtue Of its many circles.
There are the mental ones in
which our Senators cerebrate
and befuddle us little people.
Then there are the hard
cement ones in the Pentagon
which place q certain, amount
Of wear and tear upon one
end of our military planners
and strategists, OF course we
have our social circles which
exert a fascination for some
party-givers and goers. Per-
haps the most famous of all
are those circular areas which
our English friends call
"roundaboutS% Many a be-
dazed visitor, after circling
Dupont circle for a few laps,
will subscribe to the belief
that In this case the British
have come UP with the correct
answer. Angus Sinclair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-03
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used II
letters carry WriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Smyrna times., 1957-06-06
CLOCK NAMES WINNERS
Hands Stop on Names of Alfred
Moor and Josephine Walls

After a week of suspense the
hands of a clock which was start
ed a week ago in the window of
Sayers jewelers., watched keenly
by members of the senior class,
the hands have stopped on the
names of Alfred Moor and Jose
phine Walls, who will each re-
ceive a Bulova wrist watch. This
is the seventh year that the stunt
has been conducted by the firm
on Main Street and interest runs
high until the announcement of
the winners has been made. A
large artificial face has been
made for the clock. On the outer
rim of the face, in yellow space,
are written the names of the girls
in the class, and on a blue space,
the names of the boy graduates.
There are sixty-six names this
year. The clock was started a
week before by Barbara Deamer.
Smyrna times., 1957-06-06
Death of Homer w. Pratt

Homer w. Pratt, go, postmas-
ter at Kenton for 13 years, died
suddenly Saturday. He was a son
of Mrs. Sarah B. Jones Pratt of
Kenton and the late James B.
Pratt. In addition to his mother,
he is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ruby M. Wiley Pratt; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Mary E. Morton, Hart
ly; Mrs. Dorothy Harbath, Dow
er; two grandchildren, and two
sisters, Mrs. Irving Hart, Town
send, and Mrs Louise P. Free
man, Snow Hill, Md. Mr.. Pratt
served a term in the Delaware
House of Representatives, being
elected in 1910. Services were held
in the FAIRIES Funeral Chapel
Tuesday at pm. Interment was
in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1957-06-06
FIRST STUDENT BY TELEPHONE
IN STATE TO GRADUATE HERE
BY Evelyn Webb

Sixty-four members of the class
of 1857 at Smyrna High School
will walk to the front of the
stage in cap and gown to receive
their diplomas on June IL, but
one graduate will wheel himself
forward in his wheel chair to re-
ceive the diploma which has spec
ial significance for him. George
c. Fischer, 20, will be the first
student in the state of Delaware
to receive a diploma for having
attended classes by telephone.
Three years ago the connection
was made by private telephone
lines from his home to an ampli-
fer and classroom unit located
six miles away at Smyrna High
School. The following fall he en-
tered the tenth grade and has
attended" classes regularly from
his room in the family home three
miles from the Delaware Bay on
the Leipsic Road near Woodland
Beach, and is now ready to grad
uate. The connection with the
Smyrna times., 1957-06-06

school supplemented the teaching
at his nome by Mrs. William S.
Taber. His education has been
through the State Department of
Public Instruction, under the di-
rection of John S. Charlton, di-
rector of child development and
guidance, with Mrs. Taber as in
structor. The horizon which wild
ened for him on that June day in
1854 has been extended still furth-
er and he is now a well-adjusted,
happy, busy, alert student, with
many extra-curricular activities
and wide interests, despite his be-
ing bound to the wheel chair.
George has been taken by his
brother to various assembly pro-
grams at the school, including the
gym carnival this year. He is
paralyzed as a result of polio,
which disabled him when he was
13 years old, but with eagerness
and a Keen mind he has over
come his handicap. Despite par
Continued on Page Twelve
Smyrna times., 1957-06-06
LEAGUE
CEREMONIES
Parade With Band Music To
Proceed Dedication Cere-
monies Saturday
"LITTLE LEAGUE DAY"

Saturday, June s, will be a red
letter day in Smyrna, having
been proclaimed Little League
Baseball Day" by Mayor George
M. Blendt, who will throw out the
first ball at the double-header,
six-inning games which will fol-
low a parade and brief dedication
ceremonies at the field. The par
ade will form on Frazier Street
and is scheduled to start at 1890
pm. from the high school ath-
letic field. The route of the par
ade will be north on Main Street
to Four Corners, west on Com
merce Street to School Lane,
and north on School Lane to the
field. The spotlight in the parade
and at the field will be on the
boys, members of the four teams
comprising the league, who will
be in the line of march. The boys
will be preceded by the band of
the Citizens Hose Company and
the American Legion color guard.
In the line will also be represent
atives of the town of Smyrna,
headed by the mayor, and repre-
sentatives of the town of Clay
ton. The pre-game dedication
ceremonies are expected to start
at 1880 pm. and the first game
to start at lis pm. The program
at the field will begin with a Sc
lection by the band, followed by
the invocation by the Rev. o. G.
Jones, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church. The address of
welcome will be given by Wells
Campbell, president of the Smyr-
na-Clayton Little League. The
dedicatory remarks will be made
by the Rev. F. Sydney Bancroft,
rector Of st. Peters Episcopal
Church. Members of the Little
League will recite their pledge
and the ceremony will conclude
with the flag raising by the color
guard and the playing of the ma
tional anthem. The first game will
be played between the Smyrna
Lions Club team and Smyrna Rot
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1957-06-06
LOCAL SCHOOL
TAX RATE SET
Officials Announce Tax Rate
of 33 Cents for 1957-5S;
CapitatiOn $500
ASSESSMENTS UP

Officials of the Smyrna Special
School District announced this
week that the tax rate for resi-
dents of the Smyrna Special
School District will be 33 cents
per S100 of assessed property
and $500 capitation for school
purposes during 1957-58. This is
in keeping with promises made
during the recent referendum for
funds to provide for needed addi-
tions to the present elementary
building. Twenty cents and $500
of the tax will be used to finance
the new building program and
continue payments on bonds and
interest on the 1851 building pro-
gram. Officials pointed out that
this rate would have been higher
if Smyrna had not received a
comparatively good rate of inter-
est on it's bonds. The Smyrna
School District bonds sold at 35s
per cent, a comparatively low in
terest rate for school bonds dur
ing the past year. Thirteen cents
and S1.O0 of the tax will finance
local current expenses during the
coming year. This is a two-cent
increase over the amount present.
ly being levied. This additional
amount will provide the school
about S1,S0O.00 in additional re-
venue. The local school is author
lied to raise 16 cents if necessary
for this purpose. Officials point
ed out that all residents of the
school district are assessed on
the basis of the county and not
the Smyrna town assessments. No
overall changes have been made
in the county assessments during
the past year Increases in the
number of homes and industries
in the community have raised the
total assessment in the district
to $9,221 ,O68.41. This is an in
crease of over 100000 over last
year. The district now has a cap
itation list of over 5000, this list
showing an increase during the
year of almost 200 adults. Assess
ed property in the district has
shown an increase of $1,362,00O
since 1854. The Smyrna Special
School District includes property
in the First and Third Districts
of Kent County Duck Creek and
Kenton Hundred) and in the First
and Second Districts of Blackbird
Hundred and the First District
of Appoquinimink Hundred in
New Castle County.
Smyrna times., 1957-06-06
DAVIS : HURD
HEAD 81 CLASS
Diana Davis Named Valedic-
torian; Robert Hurd, Salu-
tatOrian of Class of 81
SIXTY-FIVE GRADUATES

Diana Lee Davis has been nam
ed valedictorian of the Glass of
1857 at Smyrna High School and
Robert e. Hurd, salutatorian of
the class of So graduates who
will receive their diplomas at
commencement exercises on We'd
nesday, June IL. Miss Davis,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard c. Davis, will enter Dean
Junior College, Franklin, Mass,
on a scholarship, where she will
major in a medical secretarial
program. She was the recent win
ner of the State Daughters Of the
American Revolution Good Citiz-
en- award, and represented Smyr-
ma High School at Girls State
during ner junior year. Miss Dav-
is served as secretary to the
Leaders Corps and the General
Organization, and has been a
member of the staff of the school
paper, Spy GLASS;" and Smyrna
Eagle yearbook. Robert Hurd,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E.
Hurd, of Clayton, has been ac-
cepted at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. He has been an
outstanding student during his
high school years, locally and in
the state, and has served this
year as president of the Delaware
Association of Student Councils,
and of the local General Organi-
zation, student governing body.
Hurd has been editor of the year
book for senior year; served as
president of the Spanish Club, and
/ consul of the Latin Club. A we'll
rounded student, he served as
manager of the football and base
ball teams; on the basketball
team for four years; and went
out for track two years.
Smyrna times., 1957-06-06

Charles Blendt of Smyrna is
one of several dairy farmers in
the Philadelphia milk shed to be
honored at a luncheon in the Bur-
gundy Room of the Bellevue STRAIT
ford Hotel, Philadelphia, on June
7th. Planned as a part of the OBJ
servance of Dairy Month, the af-
fair will see several of the milk
distributors playing host to one
or more of their shippers, who
have been selected because of ex-
cellent milk production records, to
represent their fellow farmers in
this tribute to the high quality of
milk being produced for the Phil
adelphia market. Mr.. Blendt, ac-
companied by Mrs. Blendt, will
be given an award by Foremost
Diaries, in recognition of an out
standing production record during
the past year. The other farmer
guests will receive similar awards
from their respective buyers. In
addition to the individual pre-
sentations, the Interstate Milk
Producers Cooperative will pre-
sent a special award to that men,
ber of their organization in at
tendance with the best overall
production record.