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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-30
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

We know q man who al
ways has two dictionaries
at hand.
They are little ones. not
more than word books, but
he loves them because he
loves words.
Do you love words?
In a world of hate and
strife. it is necessary to love
something.
Words will do. especially at
times.
The man, woman or child
who is interested in words, as
things. is never at loss.
Maybe 1t is q word game,
such as q crossword puzzle.
Perhaps 1t is how some ordi-
nary word Of the everyday
came into being.
\ 4
Each word, like q human
being. has a little history all
its own.
In our wonderful language,
1t may may have come from
the Sanscrit and probably
did. II 1t isn't from the Latin,
Greek or Turkish, maybe.
Even such an ordinary
everyday word as shampoo"
for instance.
ITO massage, as In q Turk
ish BATH" says a big diction-
airy. But the word itself Is
from the Hindu.
Today we think Of cleans
ing the hair, and it Is with q
massaging motion. sure
enough.
We also shampoo rugs. and
sometimes dogs. and occa-
sionally a cat, II We don't
know better.
- y
Everybody has to come to
word study in his own way.
The best and fundamen-
tai way, Of course, IL to
read.
You can't very well read
without words, can you?
The reading person knows
words the best way, the used
way. Grammar comes to him
from the experts. He never
has to think about 1t.
This is the best way to
know your grammar.
A child brought Up on the
King James Bible and Shake
speare will have q wonder
full treasury Of words. UNI
equalled in any other ma
ton.
He will know, from first
hand, the wonder Of words.
4 n
Perhaps word study"
makes the thing too solemn.
When you read. and really
enjoy it, you are not studying
in the worst sense but en-
joying life.
The mere mechanics Of
reading throw some people
off.
They make work out ,of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-30

another eighth place club here and
his records at the plate were the more
impressive in view Of the teams
standing.
All in all, it has been good year for
big league baseball. Milwaukee's Braves
go into the series as short-enders in the
betting, but as sentimental favorites of
most Of the Nations fans. Both the
Braves and the Yankees pack the power
that the fans like, plus the balance Of
pitching depth and experience under
IRE. This one should be good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-30
HHcffo Wins

There is every indication that James
r. Hoffa will be elected as their next
president by the Transfers, who are
opening their convention at Miami
Beach today. Two rivals still are max
ing victory claims, but Hoffa seems to
have the votes.
It has been charged that this will be
. rugged" election, controlled by dele
gates who were hand-picked by Hoffa'S
stoogeS and not chosen by the rank
and-file Transfers. If so, as the Court
of Appeals has indicated, Hoffa victory
may be set aside later on by the courts.
At best, however, this Is doubtful and
time-consuming remedy. Many months
will pass before this question is finally
determined.
It has also been indicated that q
Hoffa victory will result in the expulsion
Of the Transfers by the AFL-CIO: But
what good would this do? It would show
that the parent organization is keeping
the faith, but 1t would not safeguard.
and might even further prejudice, the
public's right to protection against
corrupt unioniSm. For a powerful
Transfers union headed by Jimmie
Hoffa, either standing alone or in alli-
ance with other racketeering unions,
would be major threat to our economy,
and no one should be under any illusions
on this point.
The real question Is whether, II Hoffa
wins, the Congress will screw up its
courage and enact legislation to safe
guard the country against the past
abuses of power which already have
been exposed, and the continued abuses
which can be expected in the future.
This is something which unqueStionably
ought to be done. But it probably will
not be done unless the emergence of
Hoffa as king of the Transfers stirs up
a strong and determined public demand
for remedial action by the legislators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-30

what ought to be sheer pleas
ure.
Today there are books
published. claiming that they
will teach you how to read
faster and better" as II
speed were the only factor.
Certainly 1t Is one factor,
and an important one. The
reader who takes q week to
go through one chapter, as
We knew q case, cannot be
said to be reading in the best
sense.
Another way to have fun
with words IL to buy one OF
these books that offers you
power" in 80 easy lessons.
They are hard to get into.
but once you master the first
few chapters. the rest are
easy and pleasurable.
And in time you really
know more words and how to
use them.
A very solemn way to know
words is to learn a new one
every day out Of a dictionary.
Look 1t UP in any good one,
the bigger the better. This is
one case in which bigness
means goodness.
The only trouble with this
method Is that words learned
in this fashion do not tend
to stick. because they are not
linked to the personal life in
Q disable way.
Words are to be used.
Without use, they fade
away, and are gone, like the
famous Arabs In Longfellow's
poem.
The lover Of words makes
the most money. too. we have
been told. and we hope 1t is
true. It should be. Words are
important. great. sublime:
they are happy. naughty and
sad: they leap to the skies,
they go down to the gutter,
because they are mans great
est invention. without them,
he would be . great ape still.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-30

tegration would be more than
now comes from the interior.
Also the uranium and its
companion. thorium, in met
eorities, believed to be frag-
ments from the interior Of
an exploded planet which
was quite similar to the
earth, is very small COM
pared to that in the earth's
crust.
Age Of crystal rocks, esti-
mates Of which hitherto have
been quite crude, now can be
determined with relatively
extreme precision-withtn
three or four per cent or
about 10000 years in q mil.
hon-with techniques first
developed just before the war
but which now have been
greatly refined. it IL explained
by DR.. r. D. Russell Of the
University Of Toronto.
This technique has become
SO important to oil and mi
ming companies. DR.. Russell
said, that about Is lab
oratories all over the world
now are entirely devoted to
rock age determinations.
Precision Of q few thousand
years at least is essential to
their operations.
The technique, he said, Is
based on use Of an instru-
ment known a. the mass
spectrometer. This has been
known for about Is years.
but In crude form. As a light
spectrometer splits white
light into the colors Of the
rainbow, the mass spectre
meter based on the principle
Of magnetic attraction sep
arates the molecules Of ele.
ments which compose rocks
into q spectrum Of the atomic
table.
Most potent age indicator
is the relative abundance
shown BY such . separation
between q radioactive form
OF potassium and isotopes Of
calcium and the rare gas
argcn. This form Of potas-
stun has . half life Of about
1.S billion years. The amount
Of the proper forms Of the
other two elements found
with It show how long 1t has
been present In . rock.
Separates Uranium 23S
The mass spectrometer
also separates uranium 235.
basic element Of the atomic
bomb. which has q half life
Of 700.000.000 years from
the more stable form, q 23S.
with . half life Of $500 mil
lion years. The ratio be.
tween the two gives q close
approximation Of the age Of
the rock itself. Another
method Is the proportion Of
q radioactive form Of the
metal rubidium. q member
Of the potassium family, into
strontium. closely related to
calcium. which is the GRIM
tnal Of the atomic test world.
All the radioactive ele-
mentS used In the spectre
m eter investigations, Dr..
Russell said. are found il
mica which is a corstituen5
Of most rocks in which min
ing and oil companies are
interested. In order to APP
ply the process extremely
complex methods Of separat-
ing the rock into invisibly
minute molecules in the form
NJ Ooeoa vSa,Hek ~ .,saN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-30
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Eorth's Age Is as Billion Years
By THOMAS R. HEN

The planet earth in its
present shape is as billion
years old-plus or minus a
few million.
It cannot be much more
than 500 million years older
in any form. The elements
Of which it is composed, how
ever, are very much older
and must have been formed
somewhere else, probably the
interiors Of stars, where mil
lion degree temperatures were
available.
After years Of debate full
OF paradoxes, most geophy-
sicists now agree on the As
billion years figure. it has
just been reported to the In
ternational Union Of Geod-
esy and Geophysics by Drs.
F. r. Houtermans Of the Uni
versity Of Berne, Switzerland;
g. j. Wasserman Of Califor-
mia Institute Of Technology;
and g. H. Wetherell Of the
Carnegie Inst tuition Of
Washington.
Estimates have increased
greatly during the past 20
years. they said, but it is ex-
tremely unlikely that they
can be pushed up much
more. At the beginning Of
the period most "guesses"
were based on the Oldest
rocks. in Canada, South
Africa and Australia, accord
ing to the proportions Of
uranium and two rare forms
OF lead which they contained.
Uranium decays into these
forms Of lead by radiodisin-
tegration over billion year
periods. These measure
mentS gave Q maximum age
Of less than three billion
years. Present determine
tons are based on the time
which must have elapsed
since the formation Of the
uranium itself. Astronomers
were even more conserva.
tive. They gave the age Of
the whole universe a. only
about two billion years, or
less than the certain age Of
the earth. It now has been
shown BY Carnegie Institute
Of Washington discoveries
that the astronomical con-
stants were wrong and that
the estimate, based on the
distance Of the nearest ex-
ternal galaxy, must be In
creased about threefold.
Generally Accepted Estimate
The now generally accepted
geophysical estimate with
which there is unlikely to
be much disagreement, DR..
Houtermans said, is capable
Of checking by several in
dependent ways. The as
billion years represents only
the time since the earth has
had q crust and presumably
about the same internal
structure as now. Before it
may have been in liquid or
even gaseous state. But this
could not possibly extend its
age more than another bill
lion. which agrees essen
tally with one school of
astronomers on the age of
the universe itself,
1t now is known that most
Of the radioactive element
uranium is in the earth's
thin crust and is slowly de-
caying into lead, the geo.
physicists said. II there were
much below this crust the
heat created by its disin-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-30
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

q. Which Is higher-Mount
Rainier or Colorado's Mount
MassiveI-E. +.
A. Mount Massive. In CEN
trail western Colorado. which
towers to 14.4l8 feet, IS
10 feet higher than Wash
ington'S Mount Rainier.
@. How much money is
spent on dog food?-F. N.
A. According to the maya
zine Dog World, more than
1910 million is now being
spent annually on dog food.
Canned dog food ranks sec
ond to canned soups in total
sales.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-03-16
ST. MARK

Last Sunday, March 10, Pas
tor Laviscount continued his
sermons on Congregational
ism.
The flowers on the Altar
were given by Mrs. Carroll
Lew and Mrs. Martha Will
liams in loving memory of
their father, Mr.. william Arm
strong, The Cross on the Al
tar was also given by them
in memory of their father.
The Girl Scouts Troop $40
and The Brownie Troop 81 of
st. Mark and The Communi-
ty worshipped in a body Mrs.
Odessa Smith is leader and
Mrs. c. Brewer is co1leader
of the Scouts and Mrs. Enid
Belifante, leader of Troop No.
40 which was also present
Mrs. Martha Brothers and
Mrs. Mary TONNES leader of
Brownie Troop Mrs. william
Price, District Director, was
present and made a few in
spring remarks.
Lenten Services are held at
the Church every Wednesday
Evening from 8 to 8. All are
welcome.
The Pell Nell Club will hold
a dinner in the Church Yes
try on Sunday March 81. do
nation 99c and the proceeds
will benefit the Weed Day
Church School Fund,
The Choir sang "The King
of Love My Shepherd Is" with
Elinor Strider singing Con
tralto solo and Lucille Bentley
singing the Soprano solo. The
st. Mark Sextet sang Lift
Thine Eyes Oh Lift Thine
Eyes.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-03-16
BOSTON BAKED
COnainued from Page On,

Conainued from Page One
leaders, and schools like Lin
coin University which COM
bined to make possible the in
dependent and semi-iudepen-
dent African nations like Ii
IBERIA, Nigeria, the Sudan, and
now Gold Coast Ghana. Prime
Minister Kwame Nkrumah has
Joined others in recognizing
Americas help.
THE GHANA first Prime
Minister, Kwame Nkrumah,
speaks reverently of the U. S.
Statue of Liberty which he
watched as he left our land
era last week he told N. Y.
in 1945, And speaking in Ac-
reporter Ted Kheel, Ten
years of study in American
colleges opened my eyes to the
true meaning of liberty" The
IS year old African in his
book "Ghana", wrote fiat af-
ter leaving the U. S. he would,
never rest until carried its
message to Africa"
WINSTON CHURCHILL. new
er a man to pose with a col
ored leader or advocate the
freedom of Ireland, was en-
gagged in a clash with FDR
over the colonial question dur
ing World War II. an Incl
dent which was quickly sup
pressed in the news. But FDR
told Churchill the current At
rican reforms must be made.
Churchill swore he would
never yield an inch. Today
Mr.. Nixon is representing U. S.
policy Britain has rejected
Mr.. Churchill's views. SO how
wrong was FDR~
BRITAIN has come to the
realization how vital the At
rican people and resources
have been in the saving Of
France and Europe in the last
two world wars. Many West
ern nations would suffer &C.
ononic collapse without At
RIGA The loss of vital military
bases in Africa would stagger
the West. In March of i941,
Gen. Rommell's invasion of
unprepared Africa forced this
nation to set up ramparts in
Latin America and long both
coasts.
THE TRAINING of the
modern Africa and its native
peoples has its urgent as we'll
as humane reasons. The fact
that the U. S. has been a
large factor in this training
is largely due to Americas
Tan Yanks, These men in
cluded Fred Douglass, Or. Du-
Bots, Munroe Trotter. DR., Car
yer and many more. Airforce
Col Robinson helped revive
Ethiopia. Africa will need the
help OF many trained Ameri-
cans colored and white, in the
years ahead That help should
be given.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-03-16
REAL ESTATE
NOTARY PUBLIC
IT'S LATER THAN
YOU THINK"

REAL ESTATE
NOTARY PUBLIC
IT'S LATER THAN
YOU THINK"
FOR SALE
Rockville PIX. 3 Fam.
Frame, 3-3-3, White Cab
met sinks. All electric kilt
chens. oil heat. Continuous
hot wafer. wall cabinets.
Near transportation and
stores. Income Sl5S.oo per
month. Price $7l00.
FOR SALE
Mi. Pleasant Ave-. 3 fam.
brick, 5-6-s. hard pine frs,
3 piece bath, central heat.
(oill good section, near bus
line. Income from 2 apis.
$4,000; Price Reduced 10
$4,000. House in good condi-
tion.
Heath ST.. 3 fam. frame
single. 3 separate steam
heaters teoall. 8 piece bath
in each apt. white cabin
cts. sink. venetian blinds
on Ord floor apt. good
plumbing. yard fenced in.
space TO park car. Near
transportation. Price $500
Call Julius c. Morrison. GA
7-515s.
FOR SALE
MI. Pleasant Ave-. 3 fam.
brick. ASS. good plumbing
hard pine floors. white
stoves and sinks, central
heat (oill storm windows.
near transportation. Catho-
lie church and school. in
come for 2 apis. Sl26.25.
Price S12.50o. Call Julius
c. Morrison. GA 7-515s.
Bainbridge ST. - 3 fam.
franc with single siding.
5-6-6. how'd. and nd. pine
frs. good plumbing. 2 oil
burners and a coal boiler.
large yard for parking. good
location. near transporta-
tion and park. Income SI05
for apis. Ass. $500. Price
Sl0.500
FOR SALE
BROADWAY Cambridge
Single brick, 10 rms, hard
pine floors. nice bath,
white sink; hot water Toll
heat) Ideal for large family
or guest house, near Har-
ward College, on bus-line.
Price Sl2.5o0
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-03-16
SPORTS WITH STODY
BY RALPH WARD

BOXING UPSET
Friday, March 8, the boxing
populace was stunned to see
little Walter Byars defeat the
highly touted CAP Sugar"
Hart. 1t was an interesting
bout from start to finish, viii
ByarS out-thinking the hard
er punching Sugar" all the
way. I personally, didn't think
that he could do it, as Hart
had everything in his favor,
weight, height and reach. Hart
had faced tougher competi-
ton, was highly respected as q
good performer in the ring
and many other attributes
that make a good boxer, and
was a S to l favorite. All of
this went for naught as the
consistent little boxer from
Boston. beat him to the punch
constantly. 1t has often been
said that ByarS is an under
rated fighter. This is not true.
Byars has not fought all over
the country against tough OPP
ponentS like Hart, Basilio, or
men of their ilk. In his fight
against Hart, he fought a diff
ferent style much more ag-
greSsive than ever before; in
fact, looked entirely different
from his style IN any previous
bout. He was not the Taper.
stab and run boxer that he
was on many occasions. I hope
that he can retain the ability
to box as well as he did last
week. He certainly did impress
everyone, including the highly
ratd Hart.
The Red Sox farm hands.
Green and Wilson.
Now the time is almost ripe
to hear a lot about Jerry
Green and Earl Wilson from
the San Francisco team of the
Pacific coast League, Triple A.
Both of these boys have been
promoted and 7 am keeping
an eagle eye on them and all
OF their activities this spring.
If they improve enough and
the Red Sox are still in dire
need for reinforcements as
thy are now, they certainly
will be crazy if they don't take
advantages of the opportun-
ity to bring them to Fenway
Park. I hope that it isn't the
same old situation that has
usually-prevailed among the
big league teams. That is, to
to wait until another colored
player is ready before the or
1glnal player can come up,
one of those Siamese things.
This is a modern day, we don't
need any Noah'S Ark to bring
our players UP two by two. I
am quite sure that any one
colored player will survive an
entire season without a COL
ored player companion. At this
time, I don't know which of
the boys will be ready first. |
Each of the boys have their
supporters. The Public Rela-
tons favor Green and the
Farm heads prefer Earl Will
son, the pitcher, and 1 favor
them both. So bring them
both up here for a look see
and it will be appreciated by
all of your patrons from all !
over New England and will
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-03-16
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
BOSTON - coy clean
room brick. Widow has neec
TO sell. In good condition
Terms arranged.
ROxBURY 3 fam. 5-s.s
rms. sep. hi. w. htrs., GOOD
cond. in & out. Land for
parking, garden. Original
price $1,000. now $4,000
for quick sale. 6 ym. apt.
for new owner.
RESTAURANT
Doing good business. Must
sell on account Of illness.
Good business. good equip.
1nent. Going business ~.ou
can walk right in and keep
II going. Priced for quick
sale.
FOR RENT
RoXBURY APARTMENTS
Isl class condition and 10.
Gallon. heat. hot water GAS,
electricity. furniture. silver.
ware. dishes. refrigeration.
Sl2 TO Is per wk.
2 five rm. sim. hid. apis,
one has nd. wd. floors,
in all roms $50 mo.
One in apple-pie order $50
mo.
3 rm. apt. 1st class cond..
ht.. bath, cont. hi. wtr.. Ss5
month.
Homestead ST. - rms. ht..
cont. ht. wtr. $40. mo.
rrsmoni 60. S rms. $40
vacant. Feb. 1.
Also first class furnished
rooms in HoxburY and Boa.
ton.
WE HAVE CLIENTS LOOKING TO
RENT HOUSES. APIS, KITCH-
eNETTES, ROOMS AND STORES
PLEASE LIST YOURS WITH Us
FOR SERVICE. n YOU ARE IN
NEED or A FlRsy OR SECOND
MORTGAGE TO BuY OR REPAIR
WE CAN HELP YoU. CALL ON
US. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1957-03-16
ERIC v. GREY
REAL ESTATE
40 WAUNBECK ST.

TN 0-4lS6
Watch this space for the
best buy in Real Estate.
West Medford-Low tax rate
2-familY So rooms, separate
hot wafer heaters 5000 so.
II. of land. price $4,000
West Medford 2-family with
a 2-car garage. price SIl.S0o
Dorchester Normandy ST.
Grove Hall Section q.
family brick 6-6 rooms Sc
parafe heaters by oil, COM
plete Placement plaY-room.
Dorchester York ST. 7-e
rooms. separate heaters,
must sacrifice because OF
illness. This Is your chance
for a good buy very reason
able.
Dorchesier-Crescent ST. s-7-
7.rooms. separate heaters,
all modern improvements,
basement plaY-room, big
yard, price reasonable.
RoxburY-Gaston ST. The
Best Buy In Roxbury, IL
room single. oil heat, hard.
wood floors. cleo. dish
washer, garbage disposal,
cabin kitchen, nice yard. A
Beautiful Home for SII,5oO
HoxburY-Crawford ST. To-
room single with a 2-car
garage, modern and beauti-
full inside and outside, not
one penny TO spend before
moving in.
RoxburY-Ruthven ST. q.
family Asa rooms, rec,
halls. oil heat. ultra Mod,
RoxburY-HoweIand ST. Q.
family s-6-4 rooms, 2 car |
garage, oil heat, this house
was VA. appraised for Sls,-
goo will sacrifice for $751;
RoxburY-Brookledae ST. q
family brick. separate heat
ers by oil TT rooms.
RoxburY-Munroe ST. 8.
family, separate heaters, 6.
Sd rooms, clean and mod.
dollar for dollar you can
not beat this beautiful home !
for $4,000
Investment
Seaver ST. s.family brick,
z car garage, income
SSSs.00 per month.
HoxburY.Warren ST. liz
room brick. oil heat, in.
come $3.50 per mnoth VA.
appraised for $4,000 will
sell house and furniture
for $4,000 all rented.
Regent ST. Hoxhury, ?.
family, oil heat, income
$3e2.oo per month.
Price Sl3.50o
For Rent
HOMELAND ST. 7-rooms all
decorated, separate oil heat,
S6S. per month.
Savin ST. 6-rooms, heat and |
hot water. SIS per month.
2-3-4-5-6 room apis. for
rent. all can be seen by APP
pointments.