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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
So BIC..,yet so thrifty

FORD'S the longest car in the low
price fleId...yet model for model,
It's the loWest-priced:* No wonder
thrifty families are buying FORD!
What are the things you're looking for in
your new car?
You want top performance, of course. And
you want room enough room SO that you
and your family can travel comfortably
crosS-town or cross-country.
And you want thrift If you're typical
thrifty buyer you'll look for three things in
any car you consider: low initial cost low
operating cost ]. high trade-in value.
Fthese are the things you ,rant, your ncv
car is sure to be a 81 Ford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
It's BIG in power

Threading through heavy traffic or travelling
super highways on Thunderbird VS. wings,
you'll love the co you get in 81 Ford 1t
has the only engine that has been electron-
ically balanced while operating under its
o,cn polcer to make it super smooth. Or
choose the thrifty Mileage Maker Six. Its
modern short-stroke design means less fric-
ton more miles per gallon of gasoline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20

in "The Valley of Peace"
His next assignment? Two
more pictures in Italy and
another in Yugoslavia.
Then maybe I'll go back to
America tor a time" he said.
I'm negotiating with a United
States company over a con-
tract"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
Ex-OHicer in U.S. Army
Receives Award as Actor

ROME. May 20 (P-A husky
American Negro Army officer who
was summoned from a postwar
poker game to the gamble of a
new career in motion pictures
has raked in the best actor"
award Of the Cannes film fes-
rival.
He is John Kitzmiller, a mod
est, retiring engineering graduate
of the University of Michigan
and ex-captain in the all-Negro
United States 92d Division. His
break came IL years ago.
/. Today he is one of the most
regularly employed actors in the
\ European fllm business. He won
1.-THE acting award at the Cannes
festival. which closed Friday
/ night. for his work as a pilot in
the Yugoslav film 1.-THE Valley of
Peace"
4 MY film career started one
(, day IN the spring OF 1916" he re-
called. sitting on the terrace of
his Rome apartment near the
basilica of st. Giovanni in
& Lateran.
Il was playing poker in the
officers club near Leghorn when
Italian Film Director Luigi
Tampa came in. He looked
across at me and said: That's
the man I want.
Il love it here. The people
are delightful. There's no color
problem-and I'm engaged to be.
married to a lovely Italian girl"
AS a Negro. the 43-year -old
actor feels he has an important
job to do in Europe--to act as
an unofficial ambassador of his
race.
BY Italian standards Mr..
Kitzmiller is a highly paid actor,
but not by Hollywood measures,
I'm afraid"
He got $4,000 for his role
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20

'"it is the growing awareness
you might say the tormenting
necessity-for Rotary to accom-
plish more in the advancement
of international understanding.
/. :"
Mr.. Lang reported that Rotary
international numbered 1878
clubs, comprising 442,500 busi-
ness and professional men in al
most 100 countries.
Miss Helen Keller is to address
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
It's BIG in durability

There's rugged new Inner Ford" beneath
Ford's beauty. A brand-new frame, suspen-
sion and body-all bolted and bonded into
one solid, silent unit-make this the most
durable Ford ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
It's BIG in resale value

The incest surprise comes the day you finally
decide to trade your faithful Ford for a
newer model. Ford's additionally high re-
sale value and years-ahead styling make it
worth far more at trade-in time, too!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-20
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the convention tomorrow her Finland Now 76
work with the handicapped. she told newsmen:
Looking trim and alert mink year older than
coat and white trimmed blue hat when was U.s. In fact feel
the deaf and blind world figure younger"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11

and the Planning Commission stands
out sharply. The Fine Arts Commission
will hold regular meeting here to-
morrow and the National Capital Plan
ming Commission will meet on Septem-
Der 20. We hope both agencies, which
were bypassed by Congress when the
original shrine legislation was enacted
in 1854 and which we're not represented
at the recent committee hearings on the
new legislation, will make it plain to
Congress and to the National Monument
Commission precisely how they stand
on the shrine design submitted at pre-
viouS meetings. There should be no
misunderstanding on the part of any
agency in connection with such, monu-
mental undertaking as that planned by
the National Monument Commission and
its affiliated private group, the National
Freedom Shrine Foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11
Multiple Exostoses

Master Mickey Mantle, by occupa-
ton an outfielder with the New York
Yankees, is we'll known to sports fans
for many reasons. One, according to
tape measures, is that he hits baseballs
farther than anybody. Another, accord
ing to stop watches, is that he runs
faster than any other ball player. Along
with these, when he is able to run fast,
he also catches a lot of baseballs hit
over larger than average area of center
field. But Master Mickey also is becom-
ing we'll known these days as the most
publicized victim Of "shin splints"
Shin Splints, it seems, add up to a
rather painful ailment centered in the
muscles and flesh surrounding the shinS.
They are acquired most often by hard
running on hard surfaces - basketball
floors, for example, or perhaps even on
the overbaked turf of Yankee Stadium.
1t is not quite certain where Mickey got
hiS-Since the Yankee Stadium manage
ment would not like to think their turf
is to blame. Professor Casey Stengel
master of double-talk and manager Of
the Yankees, probably is not so much
concerned about where Mickey's splints
originated as when they will go away
Meanwhile, some fans who still think
that baseball in New York means the
Giants, are trying to prove their point
by referring to the medical dictionaries
which define splint as follows: Single
or multiple exostoses succeeding infiam-
matory processes of the interosseous
ligament between the splint bones and
the large or third metacarpal in the
Equidae" That means 1t is something
that happens to horses. So what does
that make Master Mickey MANTLE or
even the-Yankees2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
By THOMAS R. HENRY
Rodiooctivity in Air to BeMeosured

tiers found, gradually lost It's
ability to contract, although
maintained under supposedly
perfect physiological condi-
lions. This condition, which
somewhat resembles conges-
tive heart failure, can be
overcome by digitalis. 1t also
can be reversed by inclusion
of liver in the preparation.
A search for. source OF the
digitalis like substance in
liver brought the finding that
it is much more widely dis
tributed in mammalian It's
sues. A material was isolated
which appears quite pure.
The most abundant source
was the medulla Of the beef
adrenal gland. 1t was entirely
lacking in the adrenal cor
tex. Liver apparently con-
tains less than a fifth as
much as the medulla. None
could be found in red blood
cells or skeletal muscles.
The active component has
been crystallized from adre-
nal tissue and identified
chemically as monopalmytoil
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lyso-
lethecin, a previously known
chemical with mild psysio-
logical action. The substance
prepared in the laboratory.
however, was found to cause
two reactions. One was poi
Sonous, causing abnormally
rapid contraction of the
heart muscles. The toxic sub
stance apparently was formed
in the extraction process.
+ + =
One Of the largest fish yet
known-a sunflsh, or mola-
mela. weighing 2,640 pounds.
has been reported to the
International Oceanographic
Foundation by an Argentine
biologist.
The creature, sometimes
known as a 'moonflsh," was
stranded on an Argentine
beach.
Molamola is a slow-moving
fish. oddly shaped and usually
found on the surface Of the
sea. Its favorite food is jelly
fish. Although ordinarily slow
of movement, it can be quite
active and jump entirely out
of the water despite its
peculiar shape and huge
size.
Occasionally, according to
the International Founda-
ton bulletin issued at the
University of Miami. giant
sunf1sh are found of Florida
and the Bahamas, but the
largest yet reported weighed
less than a ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

ants had their den. such as
it was, back there. where
there was less light.
1.-THE nefarious works Of
darkness"
Not to be spoken
That is the meaning of the
Latin word from which We
get 'nefarious."
The ants know nothing of
dictionaries. but they like
the depth of Office desks. some
of which harbor rolls Of
candy.
Fortunately for Jones the
Office manager could not ac-
cuSe him of that. or even OF
eating lunch at his desk.
His portion Of the office
economy was as neat as a
pin, and he could only won
der why the ant colony had
taken it over as their own.
There are two main types
of ants, the sweet eaters. and
the fat eaters.
These probably were OF the
latter classification. and had
come up from the depths in
some obscure moment After
all, a climb of seven stories is
an immense undertaking for
creatures no bigger than 1il6
of an inch.
Temp Jones looked at his
watch. He had been looking
at his ants for 10 minutes,
and that was enough.
Ants are hard to keep an
eye on, like modern children
with their automobiles and
their allowances and their
many interests.
Templeton Jones had given
up the kids long ago. but he
wasn't as afraid Of the ants,
although he did not like to
have them crawl up his legs.
A rather nefarious opera
ton, some way or otherl
Jones got up carefully. in
order not to step on any OF
the thousand.
With all his care, 20 or 80
bit the dust. as the old books
said, leaving the colony with
only $3.50, more or less.
1t was pretty hard to prove,
one way or another.
The life of the colony went
right on behind the steel cur
tain of the desk top.
Temp Jones took another
look at his watch. The ants
had departed, and the
cleaning women were waiting
in the offing. 1t was time for
him to go home.
Clock watcher
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
reader can answer tsetua gnestiSn ~ yrips
1000 NV "Mhheton
BY THE HASkIN 81

A. The National Button
Society Of America was
founded in 1888. Its address
is 1853 Stockton St., Rights
town, N. j.
@. Did Edison invent the
first incandescent ele trio
lamp?-U. N.
A. Credit for the first lamp
of this type is given to the
English chemist. Sir Hum
phrey Davy C1778-l829), who
built one when he was "a
years old. 1t was CONNER
cially impractical because no
satisfactory source of cleo
tric power was available.
other persons worked on the
idea, and in 1879, Americas
Thomas Edison (1847-l93D
produced the first successful
lamp Of this type. II was put
on the market in 1880. and
the first commercial installa-
dion was made on the steam
chip Columbia in that year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11

Measurements of the dis
tribution of both natural
and man-made radioactivity
in the air will be carried out
in an expanded cooperative
program of the Naval Re-
search Laboratory, Atomic
Energy Commission, Weather
Bureau and the meteorologi-
cal services Of Ecuador, Peru
and Chile, the ONCE of Naval
Research has announced.
A network of 10 to IL
monitoring stations will be
set up along the Both me-
ridian west from Greenland
to Antarctica, to be operated
during the international
Geophysical Year. Seven Of
these stations already are in
operation. The network will
supplement a series of sta
tons operated by the NRL
in Washington and at sew
eral Navy establishments
since 1949.
Two general methods Of
collecting and analysing data
will be used. In one, samples
of airborne particles will be
collected on gummed film,
cloth screen and filter paper
and returned to the Naval
Research Laboratory for an
alysis. In the other, natural
ly occurring radon and tho
ron decay products and
gross fission products will be
collected and their radioac-
tivity measured at the COL
lection site.
X 4
There is a hitherto un-
known heart Stimulant in
certain tissues of mammals,
probably including man.
Its action is similar to that
of the familiar heart drug,
digitalis. but its action is
only from one-fortieth to one.
sixtieth as strong as various
digitalis preparations.
Apparently it is not pres
ent in the tissues of birds or
reptiles.
Finding of this elusive sub
stance. which exists in ex-
tremely minute amounts, but
may play a very important
part in some emergencies, has
just been reported to the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science here
by Drs. Elwood Titus, Her
bert Weiss and Stephen
Hadjou Of the National Heart
Institute.
The finding came from ex-
perimentS with isolated NAM
NAL hearts in the laboratory.
Such a heart, the experiment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11

Temp Jones was watching
the ants running around on
the asphalt tile floor beneath
his feet.
Well-conducted Offices are
not supposed to have ants
and mice.
These two, and one other
the ubiquitous roach.
These three. and one
other-the clock watcher.
Somehow. a modern en-
ploye is not supposed to look
at his watch, except by
stealth. which, of course.
he does.
Jones was not watching the
office clock. but some ants.
small and active.
There must have been at
least one thousand of them.
Counting ants is a Job; it
would be such even for one
of these modern electrical
miracle machines.
+
Templeton Jones was salts
fled without proof that his
count Of 1000 ants was good
enough.
Proof has been overdone.
People are always demand
ing proof, and are loudest in
their demands when they
know the thing is difficult
to prove.
There was Jones with his
thousand ants. like Solomon
in his harem.
The ants were dragging
away two dead moths Of
about an inch in length.
Probably a hundred of the
small insects were at work on
each moth. which was Of a
clean tan celebration.
+ = = 4
Pushing and pulling, the
myriads took the moths along
at a very rapid rate for such
operations.
Jones was reminded Of
stories he had read about the
creating of the pyramids,
how thousands Of toiling
men, over countless years.
took monstrous stones aloft
to great heights. 1t must
have been done with inclined
planes and rollers. but 1t is
still hard to understand how
they did it.
The ants had something Of
this same effect on their ST
lent watcher.
They pushed, mostly, and
some dragged, and away
went the moth.
The objective seemed to be
the rear Of the desk. 1t was
darker there. and maybe the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11
Like vs.. AS
S. Hauser.

One Of the most bitter con-
troversies since the days Of
DR.. Johnston is raging over
the use Of like" and "as."
started by anpadvertising Slo-
gan which asserts that a GER
tain cigarette tastes good
like a cigarette should" Such
eminent professors OF the
English tongue as Clifton
Fadiman and Bergen Evans
are taking part.
/ am surprised that no one,
so far as l know, has made
use Of the compromise af-
forded by those greatest of
writers, the masters and
scholars OF oxford who said
in Hebrews iv.15: In all
points tempted like as we
are. yet without SIM; and
again. in Psalm xvii.l2: Like
as a lion that is greedy Of his
prey; or in Isaiah xviii:
Like as a woman with
child; and yet further in
Acts ii,3: And there. ap-
peared unto them cloyen
tongues like as Of fire."
Homer Joseph Dodge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11
Luxurious Schools

I am a taxpayer in Mont
gomery County. Nd, and I
have just received my real
estate tax bill for 1857. AS
usual, it is higher than last
year, and since 1852 it has
been increased by SIS per
cent. The principal reason
for the increase is the school
tax. This year the school tax
constitutes SO per cent Of my
tax bill. Every year the
school tax goes up.
The reason given by school
authorities is that they need
more new schools because
more people have been NOV
ing to the suburbs. requiring
new schools to take care OF
their children. That sounds
plausible.
But much Of the school
fund is being squandered on
luxury facilities. One would
think after a visit to one Of
the new schools that it had
been built for a private club.
1t has every conceivable
gadget and luxurious appoint
ments not used for class
work.
cafeteriaS that supply only
one meal or snack a day are
large enough to serve an en-
tire hotel three meals a day.
They have modern stainless
steel facilities. steam tables,
and other equipment not
necessary. and by check only
IS per cent Of the children
patronize the cafeterias.
There are enormous facil-
tiles for so-called recreation:
big auditoriums with sta
tionary seats, used only a
small portion of each week:
stages for entertainment Of
children when they are not
studying: gymnasiums for
both girls and boys; and
space for a kindergarten that
occupies about one-third Of
the school space. 1t has been
stated by prominent educa-
tionA authorities that kinder
garten is nice but not neces-
sary for the education Of the
child. 1t provides only a
baby-sitting arrangement.
If we restricted our schools
to necessities, we would have
classrooms for all. and we
could drastically reduce the
school tax.
With all our expenses for
play and recreation in these
luxurious school buildings.
the average American stu
dent is far behind the I'M
pampered European student.
G. B. r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11
Disputes Thompson

At a time when Commu-
nist-oriented Arab leaders
are taking over Syria with
the full support of Egypt.
and our country is employ
ing emergency measures TO
check any further Commit
mist advances in the Middle
East, Dorothy Thompson be-
comes a champion of Egypt's
dictator. Colonel Nasser. She
tries to make excuses for
his collaboration with the
Soviet Union and his vicious
attacks on the United States.
while stuciously ignoring his
consistent and deep = rooted
anti-West attitude.
AS far back as october IL,
1955-long before the Aswan
Dam decision - the Nasser-
controlled Cairo radio said:
UNITED States democracy
leaves the capitalists free to
rule the country. while the
masses chase dollars and
watch baseball. The USSR
is a true democracy with
rulers taken from the people
throughout the Communist
Party"
Since then, Nasser's rant
ings against the United
States have become worse
and anyone who thinks that
Nasser can be won back to
the West ought to be sem
fenced to listen for one hour
to the Cairo radio. Consider
ing what the United States
and Secretary Of State
Dulles did for this interna-
tional adventurer in return
ing the Suez Canal TO him
free and clear, one can only
conclude that Nasser is the
worlds biggest migrate.
Miss Thompson has only
harsh words for Israel, the
sole Middle East nation di-
rectly threatened by the So
Wet Union and the only
democracy in that region.
There has never been any
question about Israel's
friendship for the United
States and our friendship
for Israel. Nor does 1t take
much imagination to visual
ize the strategic Importance
Of Israel to the West In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11

If misinformation is re-
peated often enough, it will
become gospel truth to a con-
siderable number OF people.
Nowhere is this axiom better
exemplified than in the
legend that doctors charges
have become outrageous.
The truth is that doctors
fees have not increased since
1890 proportionately with the
other necessities Of life. Your
plumber and your television
repairer demand about the
same fee that your doctor
charges. and this rule holds
generally with other manual
laborers.
Sickness is expensive, but
most Of the cost is for X-ray
and other necessary labora-
tory examinations and for
disqualification. Com pared
with these, your doctors bill
is modest indeed. All labor
and all materials, including
food and rent and other COM
modities necessary for liv-
ing, have doubled in cost
since 1880. The cost Of
medical care is more APP
parent than real. The proper
Interpretation Of various
tests has resulted in accurate
diagnosis. and therapeutic
advances have made possible
prompt recovery from ill
nesses which in the past were
protracted. involving much
loss Of time to the bread
winner, innumerable doctors
visits and many trips to the
drugstore.
The average stay in the
hospital now is less than half
of what 1t used to be. Prior
to the introduction Of the
wonder drugs, serious diseases
like pneumonia required one
or two doctors visits, often
for as long as three weeks.
Today, with a remarkably
reduced mortality, it is nee
essary for the doctor TO call
only three or four times, and
the patient can usually re-
sumo his work in two weeks
Is it cheaper to pay for 35
visits at SO each than 4 visits
at IS each? DO you save more
by paying the hospital SIG
per day for one week or $40
per day for three weeks2 Is
it an advantage to spend $40
for medicine at one time
rather than SO seven times?
Would you rather lose your
income from your daily work
for twice the time, which
you did in the past? DO you
know anybody except doctors
who devote their lives to the
prevention of the source Of
their incomes, which is
illness?
Think this over and then
phone your doctor that you
will be in for a physical
checkup. A stitch in time
saves ninel
James A. Cannon, MD. /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11

@. When and where did
Donald Campbell set his
hydroplane speed record Of
225.63 mph?-A. d.
A. On September 10. 1856.
Campbell in his iet-propelled
"Bluebird" averaged 225.63
mph on two successive runs
within one hour over a
measured kilometer on Lake
Coniston, England. In so
doing he broke his own previ-
Gus record Of 216.02 mph set
on Lake Mead. Nevada, on
November 16. 1865. Donald
Campbell, SO years old. is the
son Of the late Sir Malcolm
Campbell, one-time world
speed king" on both land
and water. Sir Malcolm. who
died in London on January
/, 1919, was the first man to
travel more than 800 mph on
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11

Blocking Nasser's ambitions
to dominate Jordan and
Saudi Arabia. Miss Thomp-
son is wrong when she says
Israel is not an American
ally. What does she hope TO
achieve by dragging out the
old grab bag of Arab propa-
ganda arguments. none Of
which can stand the spot
light Of fact?
g Hauser
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11

O. Is there a button organ
ization in the U. 81 Il. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-11
Cost of Sickness

Homer Joseph Dodge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-14
Routine Check KeyHope
In Hunt for Child Killer

DETROIT, June IA R-A
routine checkout Of countless
tips and an area wide dragnet
for known sex deviates appeared
the only hope Of police today fol
the clue that would lead them
to the savage rape-slayer of 8.
year-old Mary de Caussin.
OF four men picked up fol-
questioning after the child's body
was discovered yesterday in a
small woods about 21a miles
from her home in suburban
Ecorse township. two were re-
leased.
Police continued questioning
an itinerant commercial photog-
rapher seen in the neighborhood
of the girls nome Wednesday
They held q 23-year-old man Of